So, I'm innocently checking out a divine recipe for french fries and I run smack dab into an annoying ingredient. Every time I see that this ingredient is in something, I have a pang of irritation. My eye twitches. I want to refuse the incredibly delicious food just on principle.
What is this offensive food? Sea salt. The pretentious jerk of seasonings.
It's irrational of me. I get it. Why should I be annoyed?
Look, I'm a foodie. I love me some excellent food. And I love unique ingredients. I don't even know why it irritates me. I even like the taste of sea salt, which only serves to further annoy me.
I'm not claiming to be reasonable here. And I'm not irritated by people who use it. Really. I've used it. But the more and more I see it used with an air of superiority, I am increasingly tempted to rebel.
I think it's when the new "it" salt starts looking down on all the other salts that we were all perfectly happy with our entire lives till the new guy in town comes along and, suddenly, if you still use that old, washed up salt, you must be terribly gauche.
Ehh, don't bother trying to reason with me here. It's completely irrational and ridiculous, I'm aware of this.
But do you ever have these pangs of irritation with trends? Things that make you want to turn your nose up so that you can... Who knows? Stick it to the man? or something. The point is they may or may not have any basis in reality. But they really irk you!
Anyone care to discuss how cranberries and pomegranites have completely taken over the juice aisle and now you are hard pressed to find a juice that doesn't contain one of these ingredients? How wealthy is the guy who got cranberries and pomegranites into everything?!
And this doesn't just have to be about food. It could be about anything, really. :) Do jeggings get your goat? Chihuahuas in purses?
Come in here and share your irrational pet peeves. Because I want this campfire to remain...err...somewhat positive, let's remember not to express annoyance at people, rather the things that annoy you. Yeah, yeah. Sometimes they're kind of inseparable. Just be respectful and stuff.
And while looking for a visual aid, I ran across this pic that reminds me of LJ. While it expresses a rational grammar pet peeve, it had to be posted. How could it not?
