What is about the little things that go wrong that makes us so very angry? True, we get angry at the big things, too, but at least that makes sense. Could it be that the little things just go wrong so often that we’ve lost our tolerance for them years ago?
People on Reddit shared the teeny tiny things that make them completely furious and you know what? SAME.
Bossiness rage
Someone telling me to go do something that I was going to do anyway. If you tell me to go do the dishes as I’m walking to go do them, I no longer want to do the dishes. I have no idea why this makes me as enraged as it does.
Head-bumping rage
Bumping my head on something when I stand up. It takes me by surprise and pisses me off
Shushing rage
If someone shushes me or puts their hand in my face. I go from 0 to 100 in no time.
Talking to me with Earphones on
Why do people try to talk to me when I have headphones on
Stop it. I’m ignoring you for a reason.
Sidewalk rage
People taking up the sidewalk and walking too slow. Immediate rage.
Interrupting rage
Talking over me. I get that it’s a cultural thing for some people – in some families you never get heard at all unless you talk over your family members – but doing it in regular conversation is just enraging.
Also condescension. Call me “son” or “honey” one more time, asshole
Technology rage
When whatever you’re about to do gets derailed by technology.
Want to watch a movie? Well the Chromecast won’t connect, the subtitles are wrong, the audio is offset by 200ms, the bluetooth speaker ran out of battery, and the internet just went down.
Fine, I guess I’ll just play a video game instead. Well there’s a 15gb update, and it made the game laggy. Also the servers are having connection issues and matchmaking is broken.Dammit, alright I’ll just go for a walk and play some music.
Except the bluetooth headphones won’t pair today, and Spotify is stuck in offline mode.
I just wanted to relax, but now it’s 10PM and I’ve spent my entire evening angrily troubleshooting stuff.
This is why I tend to avoid technology as much as possible. It replaces predictable inconveniences with unpredictable problems. Everything is broken and nobody cares. Even my todo app is giving me trouble these days.
Speaker phone rage
People who use speaker phone in public.
Also, the especially shitty subgroup of people who blast music from their phone/Bluetooth speaker in public instead of using headphones. “Bruh, dis that shit you ain’t never hurd before!”
Yeah, and now I long to return to such an idyllic time.