A while ago, I wrote a post about people sharing the absolute smallest hill they'll die on. You guys seemed to really be into that, so I decided to share some more, straight from our own BuzzFeed Community!
Some of these are increeedibly relatable. Some I'd never even thought about, but now that I have, they will haunt me forever. And for some, I'm not gonna lie, I'm kinda like, "Wow, amazed that anyone would ever care about that!" ...But regardless, they're entertaining. So, please, enjoy!
1. "It bothers me when people say that they will be 'renting' something from the library. Rent implies that a fee was paid in order to use an item for a period of time. You 'borrow' items from a library. Borrowing implies that you can use the item at no cost."
2. "People saying 'thanks so much' for everyday things, like getting a coffee. Just say thank you. What are you going to say when someone saves your life? You used 'thanks so much' on a muffin."
3. "'Apart' vs. 'a part.' 'Apart' means separate, e.g. torn apart, living apart. 'A part' means a piece of the whole. [I see] so many Instagram posts [where] people are 'happy to be apart of a special day!' Were you separated from the event? No, you were A PART of the day."
4. "It's anywaY, not anywayS!!!"
5. "When people spell it 'yay or nay' … it’s 'yea' or nay. (I know it's] still pronounced 'yay,' which explains the common misconception.)"
6. "Rampant misuse of apostrophes. It feels like we've collectively become dumber. Apostrophes mean [a word is] possessive, or [is] a contraction. [They] never mean [a word is] plural."
"Style guides used to be okay with an apostrophe to pluralize an acronym, such as ATM’s, but that has since changed, so it would just be ATMs."
7. "I'm well aware that this hill is actually a pile of sand I made for myself, but I hate advertising for horror films popping up on movies/shows/videos that have nothing to do with [horror]. I have a psychotic disorder and [It's hard to keep] some images from feeling real, so I avoid anything [related to] horror movies or TV shows."
8. "People who think you aren't disabled unless you're in a wheelchair with an oxygen tank. There are invisible disabilities, and lots of wheelchair users can walk. [That] doesn't mean they can do it very long or far. People scream obscenities, leave nasty notes on my car or scratch it with keys because I parked in the handicapped space and walked in... 'You don't look disabled!' they sneer. You don't look stupid either."
9. "My hill is that every adult* native English speaker should know the grammar basics. I'm talking about knowing how to properly use its/it's, to/too, they're/there/their, etc."
10. "[Something] that really annoys me is people who say 'I don't give two shits' as if [that has more emphasis than] 'I don't give a shit.' It does not! 'I don't give a shit' means that you don't even give one single shit; you give no shits. 'I don't give two shits' means you do, in fact, give a shit!"
11. "If your dog is not a service dog that’s specifically trained and tested, DO NOT BRING THEM EVERYWHERE. Look, I love my dogs, but they are NOT trained service dogs. Unless it’s, like, PetSmart or Home Depot, leave them in the car with the windows down a little if you really want to bring them with."
12. "Stop saying '6 a.m. in the morning.' 'a.m.' implies that it’s morning."
13. "If you want to make a burger bigger, make it wider, not taller. I’m tired of having to try to unhinge my jaw to try to cram a whole meatloaf with fixins in my mouth."
14. "If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times: the rebranding of pleather as 'vegan leather' is one of the greatest scams of the past decade."
15. "When people spell 'y’all' as 'ya’ll,' especially if that person claims to be from the south."
16. "When someone asks 'Do you mind?' the correct response is 'no,' as in 'no, I do not mind.' It drives me mad when people respond 'yes' — that means you do mind!"
17. "'How did you do on your test?' 'I did good!' ...No, you did well. I don’t know why that one annoys me, but it does."
18. "Pay It Forward drive-thru lines. I'm not going to risk paying $40 for someone else's order when all I bought was a soda."
19. "YOUR means it belongs to you. YOU'RE is a contraction for you are. LIGHTNING strikes during storms and you go to salons for hair LIGHTENING. YOU'RE going to LOSE your keys if YOUR pockets are LOOSE. A king REIGNS and you pull tight on your REINS to slow your horse down."
20. "BAD SOUTHERN ACCENT SYNDROME IN MOVIES! If the film is set in Georgia, actors talk like Texans. If Texas, they sound like [they're from] Mississippi. Louisiana film actors sound like [they're from] Georgia! Each state is different. Nobody has made a dress from flour sacks since the 1940s and southern women don't wear limp dresses, drab sweaters and clunky men's shoes. We do read and write, and we listen to many more music genres than just country."
21. "I will die on the hill of the Oxford comma. I’m lucky the editors at my job are pro-Oxford comma or I’d lose my freakin’ mind."
"Same! If you ever need to convince higher-ups to use it, show them the case of the Maine dairy delivery drivers, who disputed a contract over a missing Oxford comma, and their company ended up owing them $5 million for unpaid overtime."
22. "The hill I will die on is that companies should not be allowed to put 'leather' in the name of a product when it’s actually pleather. I almost bought a belt that was called a 'leather belt' on the website, but the description said 'vegan leather.' Plus, they get away with charging more for products by calling them 'vegan' as opposed to 'plastic.'"
23. "When things are a matter of taste, don't judge other people for their preferences... Unless it's a mullet. Then, judge away."
24. "When you enter my home, please take off your shoes. I don’t understand why people don’t take off their shoes. I don’t want to track the ‘outside’ into my house."
25. "People adding an apostrophe + s to place names. Like, if they talk about going to 'Target's' or 'Panera's.' It's like nails on a chalkboard to me."
26. "There is no 'x' in the words escape, especially, or espresso."
"The espresso one drives me nuts. I worked in a coffee shop that had 'espresso' as the Wi-Fi password. Customers' arguments with employees got so bad that we literally had to say 'The password is Espresso, with an 's,'' to avoid people getting mad at us."
27. And, finally: "PLUTO IS A PLANET!!!"
...Whew. Personally, the espresso one irks the hell out of me... Espresso itself might make my eye twitch from caffeine, but "expresso" is a whole other beast. I hope you all enjoyed (or were infuriated by) these — and feel free to leave "small hills" of your own down in the comments!
Note: Some comments have been edited for length and/or clarity.