Things that give you "the ick"

Project draws

Stashed pads in the alpine. 

MC Findley wrote:

Stashed pads in the alpine. 

What, like crash pads?

Eric Moss wrote:

What, like crash pads?

Yep.

stashed crash pads = trash

Make it a point to carry out the trash left behind by other thoughtless people

Jay Crew wrote:

although unlikely to break, quicklinks are significantly weaker than bolt hangers

Super good enough 

Turning any MP discussion into a Cali bitch fest.

The word cringe 

Locked threads

X Foliator wrote:

Locked threads

It's just the market doing market things, dawg

X Foliator wrote:

Locked threads

Locked threads by moderators are pretty lame most of the time, but far worse is someone starting a thread, seeing it go against his/her plans, and then locking it. That's some seriously cowardly bullshit.

PWZ wrote:

It's just the market doing market things, dawg

Funny thing about The Market. Even when it is run badly, when the Collectivists hold the means of production, it still can function and create value. The thing is, the Market is at its very best when Laissez-faire adherents hold the reins thus creating a truly liberating environment for human ingenuity to flourish 

Bat urine

Alex C wrote:

People at the gym putting their belay device on the ground before starting to climb, rather than just… clipping it to their harness (clearly they have never wondered what those loops are for)

My wife does this, drives me crazy.

Related, she’s lost her belay device a few times…

^ But that's not icky. Is the current usage more generic?

philip bone wrote:

^ But that's not icky. Is the current usage more generic?

"Ick, usually the ick, refers to a sudden feeling of disgust or repulsion that causes a permanent reversal in feeling toward a romantic (or potential romantic) partner. Ick is also used (often without the, as in “a list of icks”) for the cause of the disgust or repulsion itself. It is sometimes used more broadly for a feeling of disgust or repulsion outside of the context of romantic relationships."

 https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/ick#:~:text=Ick%2C%20usually%20the,of%20romantic%20relationships.

Thank you for that Adam. 

Partners who wait until the start of the route to fit their crampons to their boots.

Alex C wrote:

People at the gym putting their belay device on the ground before starting to climb, rather than just… clipping it to their harness (clearly they have never wondered what those loops are for)

<sarcasm mode on>

hey hey hey... that gri-gri swinging around it gonna totally gonna distract me whilst on the proj.... 

<sarcasm mode off>

raises hand...occasionally guilty of this

Make sure the gri-gri doesn't obscure your belay card or your PAS when you clip it to your belay loop.