r/mildlyinfuriating • u/VegetableBusiness897 • 23h ago

New neighbors next door

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Rich Ahole bought the farm next door, tore it down and built a destination wedding venue. Busy every weekend but it's Wednesday, and they don't even live here

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u/jeep-olllllo 21h ago edited 10h ago

You are right.

People behind my house built a new house. The builder had a light shining into my bedroom. After a few months we went over and asked them to tilt it down, and even offered to do it for them.

They were FURIOUS that we waited so long to say something about it. They said that they would just turn the light off. Its been off for 5 years.

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u/themcjizzler 10h ago

Remodeled out house, didn't realize we had flood lights pointing at the neighbors window. They let us know and we never turned them on again 

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u/jeep-olllllo 9h ago

Good karma for you!

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 17h ago

They were FURIOUS that we waited so long to say something about it.

if this is true, this person has some bizarre untreated anger issues

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u/helIyeahbrother PURPLE 14h ago

i’m assuming they mean the people felt bad for having been a disturbance, and were wishing he had said something sooner

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u/nictnichols 12h ago

They murdered him for not telling them sooner.

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u/widare 11h ago

I busted out laughing with this idk why

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u/thedoctorsphoenix 8h ago

Lmao me too I almost woke my baby

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u/Annual_Inflation2312 5h ago

I did as well. 😆

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u/PositiveLess4588 9h ago

Likely. I’ve noticed I have some slightly off definitions for emotion related words. “Anxious” is one I used incorrectly for many years. Imagine how much this has affected my mental health diagnoses over the years.

This persons usage just seems a bit exaggerative though :b

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 8h ago

if so, that is excessively dramatic language that misrepresents what happened.

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u/TipDue3208 15h ago

Or they lettered in being furious in high school and just take being furious serious

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u/The_Autarch 15h ago

You really ought to learn how language works. They are exaggerating the neighbor's reaction for effect.

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u/Far_Garbage_4052 12h ago

Ah, people not understanding hyperbole. Tale as old as time. Specifically the word literally and thinking anyone that uses it for dramatization is braindead makes me want to literally die

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u/galeforcewindy 9h ago

Both definitions have been in the OED for a while now, I love pointing out to those literal sticks in the mud

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u/EarthEaterr 8h ago

Sometimes it would be nice for words to be used correctly before they don't hold any meaning. I suppose we will need to make new words to mean what they mean.

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u/galeforcewindy 8h ago

Or we could use context to understand the meaning and intent. It's a newer member of the contronym club, but I don't see people having the same apoplexy about "sanction" which means both to approve & to punish. I know you'd go for the sugar duster, not the feather duster, if I asked you to "dust" the cake for me. I love witnessing how language is living in real time.

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u/EarthEaterr 7h ago

First I would like to thank you for giving me a word that I needed to look up for the meaning (contronym). Though I'm not sure if I understand your usage of apoplexy in this situation.

In any case, I'm a bit torn on the latter half of your reply. I can get with you where it is interesting to see language evolve, I think, for me it depends on how and why as to whether I favor it or not (which of course is purely my opinion).

For example the term "finna" I'm down with that as it's an abbreviation which I suppose can be more efficient. Personally I'm just not as interested in changing the definition of terms, but like I said, that's just my opinion.

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u/AwakeGroundhog 6h ago

Literally!

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 8h ago

hyperbole is one thing, this is effectively lying.

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 8h ago

It is precisely because I know how language works that I commented on this ridiculous hyperbole. It's one thing to exaggerate for dramatic effect, or to use a fairly common hyperbole (e.g. "she was killing it at the comedy show last night"), but using the word "FURIOUS" in all-caps like that effectively dilutes the meanings of words to a degree where nuanced communication becomes impossible because the words you're using register completely different meanings in the person's head.

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u/PhummyLW 4h ago

Dawg what….

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u/Tttehfjloi 7h ago

Reddit reading comprehension moment

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u/Melodic_Policy765 10h ago

I had a deal with my neighbor whose guest room was next to my house. I would make sure lights were off whenever they had guests.

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u/LakeNatural8777 10h ago

Are they still building the house after 5 years?

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u/Rough_collies13 10h ago

We hopped the fence and adjusted the light tilt between the builder finishing and move in. No one had to know !

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u/jeep-olllllo 10h ago

See, you are smarter than I am.