Which age group annoys you the MOST?

New parents. So, aged 16-46. They're just as bad as toddlers but they're old enough to know better.

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- Cyril Connolly

I do agree with the people who said you can find annoying people in any age group. I just look at it as what proportion of the people that age annoy me in a given day. That's why I picked toddlers as the most annoying group, because close to 100% of all toddlers I meet exhibit behavior that I find annoying: putting their grimy hands on things, asking pointless questions in a painfully high-pitched voice, whining, or shrieking at a painful pitch and volume.

At 11, some kids can participate in an adult conversation and don't run around yelling but sit quietly, and I have no problem with these kids. However, they're really in the minority at that age. By the time that cohert is 20, a greater proportion will have reached these markers...but the majority still won't have, and in fact never will, even if they live to be 100.

Most people annoy me.

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tropical beach bum
I have met some wonderful human beings....but there are assholes in every age group.... which exhibit these traits which I hate:

newborns...too dependant, liability
toddlers...too annoying, smelly, noisy, nosey
grade-schoolers...too in between (old enough to know better, but still too dependant), smelly, noisy
tweens...too emotionally unstable, smelly, noisy
young adults under 35...too spoiled, lazy, ignorant, smug, entitled, arrogant, impatient, insensitive, noisy, unattractive
anyone over 35...too bitter, angry, apathetic, racist, insensitive....

but to answer your question.... toddlers I would have to say they piss me off the most because they are supposed to be our future! And most of them are fucked up now... it amazes me and angers me how fucked up in the head, nasty, spoiled and entitled they are already!!!

My list is about the same as the beach bum's, although I'd like to add that my favorite group of kids would be the intelligent ones who haven't yet reached the know it all teen stage. They also haven't yet already formed very many prejudices simply due to their limited time on Earth and short exposure to societal expectations, in general. It's interesting to me to learn their views on things from the perspective of someone who has yet to experience life very much. Their views on things, in general, is fresh and not tainted, yet. I enjoy asking a 5 year old, for example, what he thinks about kids in his class getting free lunches, the school not keeping score at his age group ball games, and what he thinks about having to invite his entire class to his birthday party, like is required by public schools in my area.

The ONLY problem with this though is there's generally an IDIOT moo lurking nearby who is SO FUCKING stupid and self absorbed she thinks I am asking the question(s) of her kid because I don't know the answer or have an opinion on it myself! Then, she proceeds to disrupt, interrupt, and steer the conversation towards HER unwanted opinion on the subject! This happens a great deal with my sister in law and every time she does it I could slap the stupid cow across her face. Example reenactment of a typical conversation:

Me: So, Stevie, did you have to invite everybody in your class to your birthday party at the mall arcade last week?
Stevie Yeah, they make you do that at my school and...................................
Moo:(interrupting, in a fucking sing-sing voice, giving an answer for HIS benefit and to "educate" ME, you know, since I don't FUCKING already know the answer since I am childless and all!) They do that so no one's feelings get hurt and no one is left out! WE had fun though, didn't WE Stevie!?
Me:(ignoring the cunt and redirecting the original question) SO, Stevie, like YOU were saying, what did you think about having to invite everybody, even the kids you didn't like?
Stevie: I really hated inviting Mike because................
Moo(Interjecting AGAIN!) HE didn't mind inviting Mikey because it's mean to leave people out, RIGHT Stevie?
Stevie:Yeah Mom, but....................................
Moo We KNOW it's the right thing to do, to include everybody, right?


FFS I wish she'd STFU! I hate it when cows won't let their kids express their opinions under some misguided notion they are being a good moo for forcing their kids to conform to the herd! I suppose I detest MOOS of kids of most every age there is because, by and large, THEY are the reason most kids are assholes in the first place. Their mission is a self replicant and many of them get their wishes. SO, when I despise a particular kid it's usually because he's a reflection of his COW of a Moo and the age group mostly affected by the Cow is the 4-12 age category, making them THE most annoying as a result of MOO interference.

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If YOU are the "exception" to what I am saying, then why does my commentary bother you so much?
I don't hate your kids, I HATE YOU!

Anyone under age 18, to me, and even then....

I'm not a fan of any age - they all annoy me (including their handlers).

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coco_uk
I don't like anything under 25!

I'll go along with this!

And most people, in general, annoy me.

I am fortunate enough to live in a high end yuppy / hipster type area - so at least the people here have half a brain.

Stick me in hard core Suburbia (or Wal Mart) - and my head would explode.

99% of people suck IMO - at least 'back in the day' - they had manners to cover that up / deal with other people. Now, they let all their ignorance hang out. And are even PROUD to make ignorant children! The Honey Boo Boo Chile - as example.

People suck, period. Most of them are just stupid animals. I try to avoid them or at the least - stick with my own kind. Call me a Snob? OK - I'm a snob.

Toadlers.

I would kill myself if I had to put up with that nonstop whining, screeching and stupidity day in and day out.

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felisdomestica

newborns don't annoy me. they frighten me.

they're not HUMAN. they're like space moneys!

not the monkeys! monkeys are cute! newborns look like a blob of half cooked meat with bud-like swarming arms and legs, with odd shaped head and extremely fugly face.
yesterday I saw newborn with flat head. SCARY I TELL YOU!

lol!

somene posted a pic of their babby the other day- this was one FAT babby! it seriously looked like a BLOB OF FAT with a HEAD stuck on top!

Depends on the person for me, really, moreso than age overall. Have 2 nephews; youngest at 8 is a delight--sweet, funny, helpful, easygoing, loves and is intensely curious about nature. His two-years-older brother is high-strung and could use a dose of manners, especially table manners. Some elderly (thinking of some folks in our local historical society) are treasures whom I love to run across and chat with; other elderly folk are bitter, warped, rigid, intolerant, bigoted, and think the world revolves around them. Case by case basis. Overall have the least patience for grubby toddlers pawing everything and getting in everyone's way.

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"we three found joy in the belly while filling out the police report..." --myrna minkoff

"having to invite his entire class to his birthday party"

WTF???

OH GAWD, THAT'S LAME!!!!

I find them all annoying, but the age group I hate the most is 2-5 years old. They never shut the fuck up!

0 - 9 is the most annoying age-bracket for me.

Loaves: because they are constantly screaming, shitting, puking, etc.
Toadlers: because they are shrieky little germ vectors that destroy everything in their path.
4 - 9: Because by this time, they are supposed to have some semblance of socialization, yet most do not.

I have met some decent teens, so I'm not quite ready to throw them all out with the bathwater. The rotten ones though? Only reinforce my CF lifestyle more than anything! They will never be MY problem....that's for sure.

More than I hate all of these age groups? I hate goddamned breeder parents! They annoy me even more than their little miscreants do!

It's a hard choice for me too. All age groups annoy me for different reasons. Babies because they do nothing but shit and cry, toddlers and grade-schoolers because they throw tantrums and are mobile enough to get into lots of trouble. Pre-teens and teens because they go from all acting alike (as in everyone screaming for no reason like assholes) to developing personalities, most of them being shitty. Not to mention they're all practically surgically attached to their phones, they feel the need to share every second of their lives with the whole world via digital media.

Also, the current generation of 20-somethings can be annoying. I mean these grown men and women who are fucking retarded in many respects because they have been ruined by micro-managing helicopter parents. The ones who still live at home at age 29 because they're too lazy to get a job. The ones who go into an interview and demand a huge salary along with having off weekends and holidays and not working 40 hours a week. The ones whose mommies have to hold their hands all through college.

Now obviously, there will be exceptions to all age ranges. There are babies that don't scream constantly for hours on end (or better, are brain damaged and can't cry), there are grade-schoolers and toddlers who are raised by real parents who are bearable to be around. Once in a while, you may even find an actually intelligent teenager or a 22-year-old who realizes they must do actual work at their job and not get paid to play Farmville all day long. But these exceptions are the needles in the haystacks.

But the ones that are MOST annoying are probably between the ages of infancy and 6, and from 12 and beyond. In my experience, grade schoolers seem to be the most bearable because they're beyond the "I'm gonna sob hysterically for no reason" sage, but not yet at the, "I hate you, you don't understand me, I'm an emo pussy, give me money and a phone" pre-teen/teenage stage.

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coco_uk
I don't like anything under 25!

I am under 25

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Zatoth
Middle schoolers

agreed, they are also the meanest.

Lately it's been the teens, because they are invading too many of my spaces and expect to be catered to. They either ruin it by being mouthy or try to adopt me as a mentor. They want to hang out with old people they see as cool, but I don't see them as cool. Many adults seem to like to be with these teens or at least tolerate them and it kind of creeps me out. They don't belong in meetups or forums that are set up by and for adults. I do NOT want to have to babysit a fourteen year old brat and will not be treated by one as if we are the same.

toddlers, followed very closely by pre- school age kids, and then newborns because they are hideous. Once they are in school, they become slightly more tolerable, but only slightly.

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coco_uk
I don't like anything under 25!

I am under 25

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then you're the exception!

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lar19
All of 'em. They all have their annoying stages and I want nothing to do with any of it.

A-fucking- Men

Okay, today I ESPECIALLY hate toddlers because as I was sitting on the bus today, something that should have been aborted grabbed a handful of my hair and yanked. HARD. I bitched out moo, but I actually looked her in the eyes only to find...the back of her skull. Thank fuck she got off at the next stop. I WISH I could slap both the kid and the mother. The bus has cameras, and it was "just a kid," and I could get picked up for assault, but god damn it I wanted to slap them both so much.

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"A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter." -Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal

I admit I find newborns sort of cute as long as I don't have to change, touch or smell them -- but anything past around 6 months to around 6 years is intolerable, with ambulatory toadlers definitely being the nadir. I cannot stand to even look at those smelly, unkempt, annoying little creatures.

I would say that while I don't dislike children from newborn to age 6, that group sets my teeth on edge more than any other. "Not fond of them" would be the term. They look the same, have high pitched voices that irritate me, act like destructive criminal wannabees, and show such limited intelligence that I won't bother trying to talk to them. They are also ready-mixed bodily secretion machines, oozing vomit, piss and dung at regular intervals, usually right in front of me. All guaranteed to just make my day!

After that, it's on an individual person-to-person basis. By 6, they're showing individuality, trying to communicate using words and whole sentences, and are intelligent enough to want to be free from Moo. That just gets better as they get older. If they can't talk to me like an adult, then they at least have their noses buried in their iPhones or Gameboys and stay out of my way. Which is all I ask from anyone.

"have high pitched voices that irritate me,"

UGH, I CAN'T stand THOSE TERRIBLE VOICES THEY HAVE!! WHY WHY WHY must they be so MASSIVELY IRRITATING? It's as if one combined the stupid-sounding voice of a RETARD, plus the high pitched squeal of a 1950's housewife seeing a mouse in her kitchen!
Are they designed this way so they will be LIKELY TO BE EATEN BY LARGE CARNIVORES??

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Snark Shark
"have high pitched voices that irritate me,"

UGH, I CAN'T stand THOSE TERRIBLE VOICES THEY HAVE!! WHY WHY WHY must they be so MASSIVELY IRRITATING? It's as if one combined the stupid-sounding voice of a RETARD, plus the high pitched squeal of a 1950's housewife seeing a mouse in her kitchen!
Are they designed this way so they will be LIKELY TO BE EATEN BY LARGE CARNIVORES??

That's it! Those fingernails-on-the-chalkboard voices are designed to attract the attention of sabertoothed tigers, so the mother can drop the kid as a decoy, and escape with the killed antelope so the whole tribe can eat!

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Snark Shark
"have high pitched voices that irritate me,"

UGH, I CAN'T stand THOSE TERRIBLE VOICES THEY HAVE!! WHY WHY WHY must they be so MASSIVELY IRRITATING? It's as if one combined the stupid-sounding voice of a RETARD, plus the high pitched squeal of a 1950's housewife seeing a mouse in her kitchen!
Are they designed this way so they will be LIKELY TO BE EATEN BY LARGE CARNIVORES??

That's it! Those fingernails-on-the-chalkboard voices are designed to attract the attention of sabertoothed tigers, so the mother can drop the kid as a decoy, and escape with the killed antelope so the whole tribe can eat!

and the Tiger can eat, too!