Have you recently developed any new pet peeve(s) if so what are they?

Darn, the little rascal.  Hope it isn't too much to clean up. 

That does happen from time to time. People have bad days, perhaps something personal is really bothering them. Sometimes people turn inward and are unaware of how they come off to others.  Under "extreme" stress I've had my moments.  Then there are those who don't know any other way.  Nothing you can do but move forward. 

Oh...you met my brother-in-law, I see.

LOL

I had college professors like that. One got fired.

Oh! I thought the professors had a licence to talk, at least in lectures.
I guess a lot depends on how well they do their job.
I remember Prof. John Armstrong on philosophy. His words set my mind on fire.
Nothing repeated, nothing unnecessary, always a challenge to deeper thought. This post was edited by inky at September 19, 2018 3:55 PM MDT

I had a Professor David Dollimore who was like that. I miss him. Friends from all over the world came to his funeral.

For you, what defines stupid?

To me, stupid is not learning from one's mistakes and remaining ignorant.

Yep - learning from mistakes would have to be the basic minimum requirement for intelligence.

I would have defined stupidity as
the inability to recognise patterns and use them to solve problems,
or,
the choice to remain ignorant/deliberate refusal to learn.

Not sure which.

Would still like to know Zack's definition.

I'm sorry...what did you say?

See?  At least you took the time to read, try and comprehend what I was saying and go as far as to find out what part you didn't understand.  That brings true Happiness to me. 

Did I make this joke backfire on you?
Or, did the second sentence through you into a loop?  It was poorly written.  To clarify, if that was the hang-up, it would read better if I had written:  Developing "new" pet peeves would require me to look for "new" things that bother me....
Big winks and smiles!

I love pets too - in fact, most animals.
I find they are excellent listeners, far more accurate than most humans.
The latest statistics from Psychology Today are that the average person can listen  accurately  for 45 seconds.
After that, the attention wanders to their own thoughts and reactions.
So the quicker we sum up what we want to say, the more likely we will be heard.



This post was edited by inky at September 18, 2018 10:24 PM MDT

Indeed.  Listening is one of their better attributes.  I talk with them too. I listen to what they say and feel and pay attention to their concerns and share their happy times.  Most people just talk to them.  Sometimes that is what is needed.
Animal therapy  has worked wonders on people in hospitals and in every day normal life.  One of my mom's dogs is a therapy dog. His name is McKinley. He's on the tall side; hence, his name.  He's a larger than normal Standard poodle.  He does his rounds every other Wednesday at the hospital.   My mom also takes him to the public library on Thursdays for reading time.  She goes and sits on the floor and reads to the children with McKinley.  The kids LOVE it.  It has been a huge success and the children look forward to seeing McKinley and learning to read.  Other libraries are taking a look at introducing it in their libraries.  
I thought the attention span for humans was 7 minutes.  Boy, was I way off!  Maybe that was for dogs!  Big giggles.  Goes to show who actually cares and is paying attention to what you are saying.
I hope I haven't gone over my 45 seconds.  I have a tendency to write with detail.  I'm trying to break that.  Obviously I didn't do a very good job on this response.  Big smiles.  I have to take the truck in to get the oil changed and smoged. (sp?) Is that with 2 "g s?"  So, when I disappear here in a few minutes, please know, I wish you a great day! :) :) This post was edited by Merlin at September 18, 2018 9:43 PM MDT

I was messin' with you, dear.