31. Facebook
Despite its undisputed dominance as the most popular social networking site on the planet, Facebook is still highly annoying for these reasons:
1. You may receive friend requests from people who are not your “friends” in real life
No, you haven’t seen Danny Rogers or Sarah Kesselman since the tenth grade, but they have already friended you on Facebook. Sure, you can accept their request, but when a few whatcha up to? [...]
20. Texting
Text messaging on today’s cell phones is a great convenience that allows simple communication without the added hassle of having to engage someone in a real conversation.
Still, this modern convenience can be annoying for the following reasons:
1. Not getting a text from a person you really want makes getting one from someone you don’t want highly frustrating
Before the advent of modern telecommunications, letter correspondence was an agonizing-yet-effective tool for amplifying [...]
18. Cell Phones
One of the great conveniences of the modern age is the cell phone. Keeping in touch with friends, family, and associates any where you’re at is a luxury enjoyed only by a select few in the history of mankind.
However, these same devices can also be highly annoying for the following reasons:
1. In public, you may be forced to endure details of people’s horrible lives
In today’s world, the requirements for getting [...]
13. Temporary Freak Outs
Being faced with adversity over an extended period of time is highly stressful because the solution to your problem is not immediately known.
However, being faced with a serious problem, then finding a quick solution minutes or seconds later, is still stressful (and highly annoying) for the following reasons:
1. Many temporary freak outs serve as a subtle reminder that you are disorganized
When hitting severe traffic and possibly being late to work, [...]
7. Spam Email
Whether the subject line deals with erectile dysfunction, get rich quick schemes, or miracle weight loss, junk email is annoying for these reasons:
1. Even if the product sounds really good, you may pass on the opportunity because of misspellings in the copy
Even with the catchy subject line, Make sexy fun for your special lady all nite long!, your desire to take advantage of the great prices on Calias, Vi@gra, and [...]




