Do you use the phrase "negative feelings"?

[raccoon]

Do you use the phrase “negative feelings”?

If you do, quit it quit it quit it quit it.

Use the phrase, “painful feelings.” Thank you. That’s just a pet peeve of mine.

[Sherman A1]

1. I have negative feelings

About such a change.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. Both phrases include weasel words that are too squishy for my liking

Adjectives are subjective and have no place in discussion of feelings. Be explicit in describing feelings; ambiguity is among my pet peeves. For example, someone may have ‘negative feelings’ toward someone else, but WTF does that mean? Perceived dishonesty? Halitosis? Disagree with political views? These may or may not be ‘painful.’ A Venn diagram would be blurry on where ‘negative’ and ‘painful’ overlap.

[Beakybird]

3. The operative word is "negative" peeve.

[marble falls]

4. I have negative feelings about the expression "pet peeve". Please stop using it.

[Yonnie3]

6. All this negativity! Please stop using it.

We need positivity in our life. Try it! A sample below.

I have positive feelings about not hearing the expression "pet peeve". Please stop using it.

[marble falls]

7. You said 'stop'. Cease the negativity .... er ... dammit!

How ya doin' Yonnie? Good as me at least, I hope!

[Yonnie3]

9. Doing OK

Got old man creakiness this morning. Once I move around it usually gets better. Now I understand the noises my late father made getting up from the couch. "EHHHHH!"

It's a minor matter, all things considered.

[marble falls]

11. I consider it a blessing when compared to the alternative. I sort of resemmle the stages of ...

man's evolution to becoming upright.



The floating aspect is when my knees finally give out and I get a Hoveround. That last one is the great inevitable.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. I agree. My "pet peeves" curl up on my lap and demand belly scratches.

The outdoor, feral, peeves are negatively annoying.

[marble falls]

18. My pet peeves bite my ankles and keep me from sleeping.

[Yonnie3]

5. Perhaps "negative feelings" is misused and that is what peeves you

I can have negative feelings about something. For instance, I have negative feelings about a plan the city has to remove parking spaces where I often park.

I have painful feelings when I read about yet another shooting incident.

[marble falls]

8. I dunno, but the use of 'pet' trivializes a trivial notion, 'peeve'. I have negative emotions ...

... about further expansion of gun 'rights'. Being peeved about it might make me sound a little superficial about my commitment to gun control.

[Yonnie3]

10. "out of an abundance of caution," I did not use the word "pet" n/t

[marble falls]

12. That was addressed to the expression "pet peeve". You speak truth, Yonnie and I listen.

[raccoon]

13. You got it! Nt

[RobinA]

14. I Think Both

are too ambiguous and don't really indicate degree. I'm more likely to say I feel like s*it or That bugs me because... I don't use "painful" at all because I think it is over used to the point of meaninglessness. It's become a weasel word. It has come to the point where every unpleasant feeling is described as painful. I feel the same way about "devastated." I have a friend who is devastated about everything. "I was devastated when my dinner didn't turn out right." If that is true, you need to seek help.

[Ocelot II]

15. Too wishy-washy. I'm not going to say, for example, that I have "negative feelings"

about TFG; I will say that I detest his f*cking guts. I don't have negative feelings about the GOPers in the Senate; I think they are the dumbest, most pernicious and useless assholes in the history of the universe. I don't have negative feelings about creeping bellflower; it's a loathsome weed that I hate with the fire of a thousand suns. Be specific and don't beat around the bush.

[YoshidaYui]

17. I do not own any Pet Peeves....

I WOULDN'T know what to feed them.

[uriel1972]

19. I have negative waves from Oddball.