A truncated list of things that bother me

 

Sticky surfaces

The scent of onion on my fingers  

Tight waistbands 

Itchy fabric laid directly against my skin 

People who don't actually listen when someone else is talking to them 

Commercials 

When people on the internet comment on an article without reading the article 

The expectation that everything someone writes or says should accommodate itself around every facet of another person's lived experience, regardless of whether the writing or speaking person knows the other person or whether the writing or speaking person is focused on expressing their own experiences 

Men who don't listen when women are speaking 

The ways I've debased myself for shitty men's approval 

When people say, I shouldn't be eating this, when they're eating something they enjoy eating 

Vacuuming 

Every right-wing politician and most of the Democrats 

The smell of lightly decaying food scraps in the drain catcher in the kitchen sink 

The incessant high-pitched whir that emits when the battery for the electric leaf blower is charging 

Bigotry against bisexuality, most especially from within the queer community 

The fact that some people don't like to read and that some other group of people, both overlapping with and distinct from the group of people who don't like to read, doesn't enjoy listening to music 

The way Paul Hollywood's opinion is privileged over Prue Leith's opinion on The Great British Baking Show 

Any time I can't get a twist-off jar lid to open despite using all my strength. This is poor design that warrants a refund 

Mountain biking

When Suzie breaches the baby gate, races up the stairs, and starts gorging herself on Wilson's dry food 

Corporate price gouging

A hangnail that's long enough to continuously irritate your cuticle flesh but not long enough to remove with nail clippers 

Almost everything my mother says 

Jeff Bezos

When you're sharing about something going on in your life that's consternating you and someone says, without you asking, and without them acknowledging that you haven't asked or asking whether you'd appreciate hearing what they're about to say, My advice is...