Things That Irritate You in Life

Breckenridge said:
Oh man, you're unlocking memories of that game and all the frustrating min-maxing you had to do to get your animals happy. It also meant you could never have much variation in how certain exhibits looked or try certain species mixes unless you were okay with your animals being unhappy.

Also, God forbid you place an interactive object next to a structure or fence in Zoo Tycoon 2. I'd place certain food or enrichment items tucked away in a corner to make my habitats look more naturalistic and then just get spammed with messages saying the animal can't use it or the keeper can't refill it because their pathfinding is on the fritz. Three of the four sides could be completely unobstructed and it'd still do that.

Still one of my most favorite game series ever though.
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That game was pure nostalgia and one of my favourites. I too cringed at having to ruin the aesthetics of my Indonesian rainforest or Polar bear pit (based on Auckland Zoo’s ornate exhibit of course) with a bunch of water bowls in ZT2.

Also, why did guests always end up in the Ethiopian wolf exhibit? The alpha pair would have pups; hundreds of guests would swarm the exhibit and run around like crazy; then five or so would be in the exhibit, having apparently passed through a solid concrete wall.

If I could change one thing, it’d be longer lifespans. In ZT2, Captive born Greater flamingo would grow to adulthood; raise the chick; and then die as it was reaching adulthood. This species can reproduce at three years (intergenerational gap) and live for 80 years irl!
 
Batto said:
It also goes the other way: I've made it a habit to reply to relevant requests, job / externship applications etc. as soon as possible. I don't like to be kept waiting, so I try not to keep others waiting. And it ticks me off that more and more people (usually the ones that stressed in their original message how urgent their case is) never respond to my reply and ghost me.
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Yeah I get it... To your last point, mixed messages can be quite off-putting!
 
Wow, I have to say, two things that really tick me off and get under my skin are general incompetence and delays, especially when the two are mixed... I had to deal with that today...
 
UngulateNerd92 said:
This is happening again today with that same co-worker. There is a reason that one of my favorite sayings is, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I am trying to stay calm about it though...
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Ok so now this same co-worker told me to stop saying that quote and accused me of complacency... Ok, I am sorry she feels that way, but whatever...
 
UngulateNerd92 said:
Missing moth returns to Savernake Forest after 120 year absence

A rare moth has been spotted in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, in what is thought to be the first sighting since c.1900. The adult Light Crimson Underwing (Catocala promissa) was sighted by butterfly and moth experts David Green and Dr Susan Clarke while undertaking surveys for Butterfly Conservation, on behalf of Forestry England.

Missing moth returns to Savernake Forest after 120 year absence
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Does this irritate you:D?
 
One thing that annoys me a lot, and that I hear quite often in the Netherlands these days: when nature conservation laws or regulations stand in the way of building projects, intensive agriculture or other polluting activities, there's always a lobbyist or politician to point out that "the rules are the problem, we made those rules ourselves, so we could just change them to fit our needs", without any regard for the actual biodiversity or climate problems that those laws and regulations are meant to mitigate. Especially in our "nitrogen-crisis", people act like nitrogen deposition is a bureaucratic problem created by our laws, instead of the nature conservation problem it actually is.

Most egregious example I heard was someone at a talkshow who straight out said we should just not legally protect our nature reserves anymore, because then all strict nature-related regulations in the surrounding area could be lifted and all problems would be solved.

So in case anyone is still wondering why we have lost 75% of our farmland birds in a few decades...
 
@UngulateNerd92, can you keep your posts generalised (not personalised) please. Generalised posts are something everyone can relate to versus venting about stuff in your personal life.

This is generalised (good):
UngulateNerd92 said:
two things that really tick me off and get under my skin are general incompetence and delays, especially when the two are mixed
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This is personalised (venting):
UngulateNerd92 said:
Ok so now this same co-worker told me to stop saying that quote and accused me of complacency... Ok, I am sorry she feels that way, but whatever...
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UngulateNerd92 said:
I have to say, staying calm under pressure is not my strong area...
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Just trying to keep this thread relatable YK.
 
Zoofan15 said:
@UngulateNerd92, can you keep your posts generalised (not personalised) please. Generalised posts are something everyone can relate to versus venting about stuff in your personal life.

This is generalised (good):


This is personalised (venting):



Just trying to keep this thread relatable YK.
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Sorry about that. I understand.
 
Here is another one. When a friend makes plans to meet up with you and then bails on you and doesn't show up. They don't even give you prior cancellation notice. It is disrespectful of your time, especially when you planned a good part of your day to accommodate that plan. I am thinking, "Dude we had plans and you didn't communicate with me, not cool!" Again your time feels disrespected.
 
And here is another thing... Meeting and interacting with girls and women that have jelous and controlling boyfriends that won't even let them have male friends.
 
And here is another thing. I guess I am on a roll tonight... Rude, impatient, and aggressive drivers. Especially when they tailgate you or won't let you in (even at merging lanes)...
 
Mr. Zootycoon said:
One thing that annoys me a lot, and that I hear quite often in the Netherlands these days: when nature conservation laws or regulations stand in the way of building projects, intensive agriculture or other polluting activities, there's always a lobbyist or politician to point out that "the rules are the problem, we made those rules ourselves, so we could just change them to fit our needs", without any regard for the actual biodiversity or climate problems that those laws and regulations are meant to mitigate. Especially in our "nitrogen-crisis", people act like nitrogen deposition is a bureaucratic problem created by our laws, instead of the nature conservation problem it actually is.

Most egregious example I heard was someone at a talkshow who straight out said we should just not legally protect our nature reserves anymore, because then all strict nature-related regulations in the surrounding area could be lifted and all problems would be solved.

So in case anyone is still wondering why we have lost 75% of our farmland birds in a few decades...
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I am irritated by everything you brought up here as well. These are all issues here in the United States as well!
 
jwer said:
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- When you see something interesting on a webpage, click on it, only to find an add "just" popping up/loading in the exact spot you clicked
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Oh yes that drives me nuts if I’m on a slow network and that happens
 
I’m pretty chilled about things but one thing that I hate is aggressive drivers that tailgate when I’m in a village or town and I’m sticking to the speed limit or even worse at higher speeds out of town
 
LCPete said:
I’m pretty chilled about things but one thing that I hate is aggressive drivers that tailgate when I’m in a village or town and I’m sticking to the speed limit or even worse at higher speeds out of town
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In New Zealand, people have long dealt with tailgaters by saying if they don’t like them going the speed limit, they can go 10-20km/hr under the speed limit (or slam on the brakes to make them think fast). As a country, we’re probably just coming to the end of being able to get away with that kind of counter-antagonism, which would escalate to who knows what overseas.

The positive about driving in New Zealand, is everyone let’s you in when you’re trying to pull off a side road into the main stream of traffic. If the first car doesn’t let you out, the second car will.
 
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