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You wouldn't be human if you didn't

It seems I have one or two friends who are not human then... but the vast majority of people I shared the clip with admitted that they laughed.

I sure did at the unexpected end! 

Anyway;

It grinds my gears that, during the elections in Sweden, all major political parties plastered their campaign posters with insipid slogans everywhere,
and apart from being a ridiculously outdated way of reaching out to voters (if I've never voted for your party in all my life, some cardboard with a one-sentence slogan won't change my mind),
those posters are now just a huge trash problem now that the election is over.

[Astrid]

Well it's a good thing that Shawn of the Dead isn't a zombie movie then. It's a romantic comedy. 

Hate to break it to you, but to lots of people, literally any movie that features zombies counts as a zombie movie.

I just saw the new Thor movie. Heimdall's son is a young boy in this movie, and he listens to rock and wants to be called Axl. And he gets admonished a bit because he's got this rough Asgardian name, before they give in and call him Axl for the rest of the movie. Thankfully. His Asgardian name was Astrid, which is a girl's name.

How on Earth is it possible to make this lousy research? One google search would tell you this, if you had not already heard of Astrid Lindgren (which I realize must be possible in other corners of the world).

As a Swede, this actively pains me.

Seriously, I'm fine with Marvel doing their own fantasy interpretation of viking mythology, since it's just myths to begin with and it's a lot more honest about being a modern Hollywood interpretation than stuff like Vikings and The last Kingdom,
but I cannot and I will not accept butchering common names and naming traditions that are still in use in modern-day scandinavia and would take literally 5 seconds of Google to correct.

Unlike USA, where parents are free to give their children literally any batshit and cruel name that's often misspelled to boot, Sweden have laws in place to ensure children aren't given names that are offensive or make them bullying targets,
and that includes giving boys a traditional girls name and vice versa, and unlike the anglo-saxon sphere, most Scandinavian countries have a clear division between boys and girls names, and a boy presenting himself with a girls name
would either be met with people wondering if it was a practical joke, or people wondering if he was coming out as a transgender woman (Swedish kids are allowed to change their names when they are old enough to legally change their gender).

This is the same reason I hated the female Thor, because Tor is a men's name, and while some writers could have used the naming to show the characters explore their gender identity or similar,
it's clear that they're just throwing "exotic" names around without doing any research and this just being another example of Americans being blind to any culture outside the US.

[Blade runner]

That might work if you use it as a running gag in a comedy, but only if you also add some individual twist or reaction to it.

Seeing the same lame pun on a common subject in Every. Single. Comments. Section. where said subject is mentioned is just frustrating,
it feels just like seeing somebody give a thourogh and unprompted explanation of an obvious joke just so they can laugh at their own explanation of the joke.

I guess I was looking at it more as a personal thing. Like I have a friend who does the whole "That's what she said" joke, which is so obvious and so overdone and so tired, but his persistance at it just makes it so hilarious for me, so much so that now when he hears something where it could possibly apply, he just raises his eyebrows at me and I slap my head in groany laughter.

Well, I guess that's different, and I could see how some people could make it a kinda funny joke in person, but then it would only work on friends that know them and their humor.

But piggybacking off something Stupot said, something that DOES grind my gears is people using pre-conceived notions to outright reject or dismiss something with little to no knowledge of it. Taking the example of movies, I got annoyed when a friend rejected my suggestion to watch Shawn of the Dead because "Zombie movies are stupid", and they wouldn't listen that this wasn't that- I mean, yes, I can understand not wanting to watch zombie movies, and I can understand the perspective of someone who thinks that sort of movie is uninteresting, but to be so totally close-minded to just a label is weird.

Well, I can see how it's unfair if you judge a label on a pre-concieved notion whilst having a completely wrong idea on what the thing is actually about;
for example, my father refused to see Blade runner because he thought it was a stupid comedy about men ice skating, and not realizing he had confused it with the movie Blades of Glory,
was a pretty bad misconception that almost made him miss out on a cool sci-fi film. But on the other hand, if you have already seen several films of a genre and not liked any of them,
or in the case of zombie movies, think that reanimated dead who hunt and eat people is a ridiculously stupid and unrealistic concept that you hate, it's probably not worth trying to nag them into watching a zombie movie.
I've literally seen it with my own mom, it doesn't matter if it's a self-aware comedy or a serious attempt to use fantastical things as an allegory for real-world issues, as soon as a film set in the real world
introduces any supernatural creatures or abilities, she growns and loses all interest. Even with Arcane, which I think was a fantastic series, she could barely sit through one episode before giving up on it
because she dislikes superpowers and all forms of cartoons regardless of their art style.

You just can't make people like things just because you yourself like them, and it's just another fact of life to accept.

My two cents is that the version without painterly effects looks decent, but not very original, whereas the "painted" version looks like a cool art experiment,
though I think there's a bit much white grain over it, especially on the character sprite. Maybe some softer contrasts?

When people repeat jokes that have been run into the ground. In particular:

"I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."
"Actually, it's only X if it's from the X region of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling [description of X]."

Isn't that sometimes the point of such jokes (I suppose not in the examples you gave, though)? To overdo something to the point of hilarity?

That might work if you use it as a running gag in a comedy, but only if you also add some individual twist or reaction to it.

Seeing the same lame pun on a common subject in Every. Single. Comments. Section. where said subject is mentioned is just frustrating,
it feels just like seeing somebody give a thourogh and unprompted explanation of an obvious joke just so they can laugh at their own explanation of the joke.

["I don't have to watch these things"]

OK then. Like cat, it grinds my gears when people cannot understand that an experience or sensation that is pleasant to them may not be pleasant to others, and attack them for it.

"It grinds my gears when people say they avoid spicy food, because first of all, a lot of so-called 'spicy' food isn't really all that spicy, and besides, what's so bad about a little burning in your mouth? That just means it's achieving its goal. They shouldn't be so childish! I don't have a problem with people who have food allergies or a medical condition, but 'too spicy' is a bad excuse."

"It grinds my gears when people say they don't go to clubs because they don't like loud music and crowds of people pressed tightly together, because not all clubs are like that, and anyway there's nothing wrong with feeling your body crushed by sweaty, dancing people: that's the fun of it! Get over yourself! The only people I can forgive are those who have experienced personal trauma like a mass panic where people were crushed to death, so that it triggers their PTSD. Anyone else has no excuse."

Those are bad takes. So is the one about scary movies.

This.

I don't have PTSD or some obvious trauma, but having struggled with depression and anxiety, one of the most liberating and helpful insights that helped me handle it
was knowing and accepting that "I don't have to watch these things" and being able to feel that I'm not a bad or childish person for not wanting to watch such "entertainment"
and explicit material, and I shouldn't have to have undergone some severe crime or catastrophe to "earn" the right to set boundaries on what I'm willing to watch in my own free time.

Now, I have seen a few horror movies I liked (with a big emphasis on few), but only after checking out content ratings and trigger warnings and skip those without content warnings entirely.
Also, the "watching explicit dark stuff helped me overcome my problems" is such a terrible argument, because mental health is extremely individual and for many, trying those things only makes it worse,
and I can speak from personal experience where several works recommended to me gave me nothing and made me feel worse, and I've spoken to several others who've had similar experiences.

Sorry for the rant, but I guess that so many people still not understanding this topic really grinds my gears.

How ridiculous. I never got why the ‘pineapple on pizza’ thing became such a debate. People either like a thing or they don’t. People only have such strong opinions about it because it somehow arbitrarily became a ‘the thing everyone has to broadcast their opinion about’. There’s another universe somewhere exactly like this one except everybody debates whether or not you should be allowed put cinnamon in a latte (something I hate but enough people seem to enjoy).

I like pineapple on pizza, and nobody should care about what anyone likes or doesn't like (for all things, not just what's on your pizza). But there's one legitamte reason why you might want to discuss it: Shared pizza - half so, half so. You just can't stop the pineapple juice from dripping into the other section and this might lead to some weird taste. Though, why anyone would only get half a pizza when they can get a whole one, I'll never understand. 

It grinds my gears that people seem to have a hard time accepting that I'm not interested in getting and playing Elden Ring.

And as soon as I say it, the discussion turns into "Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Elden Ring?".
Well, I've seen footage, I've seen reviews and I've watched friends play it and talk about it, and I'm still not interested.
I'm not into souls-like games, I don't like George RR Martin, I despise grimdark fantasy, I'm really tired of games where
the majority of the areas in-game are grimy and decaying, and where I'm at in my life, I'm actively trying to avoid big open-world games
designed to keep the player in a gameplay skinner box for hours on end.

Look, I can see why other people might really, really like the game, as I can also see why some people like classics like Planescape Torment
or Shadow of the Colossus, both massively praised and popular games I did try, and I didn't like them either, and I think that there can be no such thing
as a game for EVERYONE, because everyone is different and there's always going to be outliers.

And while I may not like Elden Ring, I do like pineapple on pizza, but I'm not going to nag somebody who dislikes pineapple to try it.

Sanitarium is now available for free on GOG. 5hrs left as of now.

Aw, I'm late to the party again! 

It grinds my gears whenever someone who doesn't understand the appeal of a certain type of gameplay, decides that it's because that type of gameplay is now dated and a good example of bad game design, rather than because it's not to their taste.
Two really good examples are the inventory item puzzles on Adventure Games and the turn-based combat prevalent in JRPGs.

Indees, it oftentimes feels like there are too many people with zero patience who seem to think all games should be like something you could play at an arcade.

I missed the ceremony?! 

Cute and funny!

And for some inexplicable reason, this is the animal Sweden's most popular chocolate brand choose to take their name from:

I think that the origin of that word is from islam. Marabout. A marabout is something like a saint/holy person and the bird got the name from marabout and then that declicious chocolate was named after the bird. Just sayin'

I remember reading that from wikipedia,  it's named that way because the birds looked somber and lonely or something, though I'm still stumped as to what that has to do with cocolate!

I have recently uploaded a ball jointed doll I've been working on for a while for sale on cults3d, for a modest sum anyone can download and 3d print the files for it.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/female-knight-bjd
I'd love to hear what you all think!

There are too many damn thumbnails that depict disgusting boils, skin rashes, q-tips full of earwax, and other similarly disgusting things on online websites.

Even if they are thumbnails for whatever clickbait health solutions are meant to cure those things, I still don't want to see that explicitly depicted on a giant thumbnail
when scrolling by news articles on my phone (and even AdBlock and clicking "Stop seeing this ad" hasn't kept them from popping up).

Just what kind of disgusting people come up with such abominations?

What kind of slug is that?!

I've been trying to practice more in blender lately, and I created this chonky critter for 3D printing;
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5249440

Years ago I registered the domain kidsafe.app for an idea I had to make a crow-sourced "parental guidance" type app which parents could use to find games (video, board), movies, tv shows, etc. that were generally considered safe for kids (as voted on by parents). I never got past mocking up some design ideas (and I let the domain lapse) but this thread makes me think maybe it was worth building and I might dust off the idea now...

You should totally try it, it could be similar to the site Common Sense Media, but with a stronger focus on games, and indie games especially, especially if you could give indie devs the opportunity to upload their own games for parents to rate as opposed to other such sites,
where it's mostly just the most popular media that the parents pick and rate.