What makes your blood boil?
By Joanie
@Freelanzer (10743)
Canada
September 25, 2015 9:53pm CST
I have heard the statement "it makes my blood boil" many times over the years. As a child I heard it from my mother, grandmother, aunts and friends. I knew what it meant then but it does sound kind of gross using the term today and imagining someone's blood boiling. In essence, it is what makes you angry, seethe or indignant. "It makes my blood boil to think that she is getting away with murder" or "When I see the way he treats his employees my blood boils" My blood boils less today than when I was much younger but when I see people with bad manners it does cause my blood to simmer a bit. What boils your blood?
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Sep 15
That is very hard to take - when innocent lives are lost for no reason
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
26 Sep 15
Politics and religion. Most of the times its the people behind each that does it. Mainly politics though, I can't believe idiots have such positions.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Sep 15
Politics and religion cause a whole heap of problems when extremists take it to the next level
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
26 Sep 15
@Freelanzer Pretty much when anyone takes it to an unreasonable level. Otherwise I can talk about both.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Sep 15
@OneOfMany I t just seem that those topics bring out the worst in some people. Having studied political science I would love to discuss both if the emotions were left out.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
17 Nov 15
The evil that is occurring in the world for example the terrorist attack in Paris, makes my blood boil.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
18 Nov 15
Especially when we feel so helpless in the face of all the madness
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Sep 15
@OneOfMany That is eminently sensible - make them earn it.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
26 Sep 15
That's why if I were to write the welfare program it would include community service as a factor to earn it. Clean sidewalks, pick up trash, do landscaping, make businesses look nice. Just simple things go a long way to improving a community. Things people wouldn't have to pay others to do (not that they were before). If they refused to do anything but leech, they would get very little. Hardly enough for any lifestyle other than survival.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Sep 15
Especially when other able bodied people are working their butts off just to scrape by.
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@sprinklesare4winners (531)
• Avenel, New Jersey
26 Sep 15
racism, or hate towards any specific group of people. its just so petty and senseless.
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@sprinklesare4winners (531)
• Avenel, New Jersey
26 Sep 15
ps that picture is ridiculoussssssssss hahah
@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Sep 15
That too makes me mad I find it unbelievable that people still behave that way in the 21st century
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 15
Any kind of discrimination or hatred shown to others makes my blood boil! The evilness of ISIS is absolutely vile and senseless this makes my blood boil too.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Sep 15
I feel the same way and sometimes what is worse is when you seem almost helpless to change it. How do you change the mind of a bigot or an extremest like Isis? Very tough
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
26 Sep 15
petty mindedness, people who nitpick and create angry arguments over nothing ruining your day over something that really shouldn't matter.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Sep 15
I know what you mean and we have all probably experienced the petty person and it is amazing how much damage they can do to your mind and self worth.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50258)
• United States
27 Sep 15
Injustice makes my blood boil. You should tell Kandase to join us
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Sep 15
Fairness used to be my biggest beef in the workplace so when I was in any position of authority I always tried my best to treat everyone fairly
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Sep 15
@Freelanzer - Right you are. that is a really old-timey expression. Fact is, though, that sometimes the blood of even the most docile, even-tempered tough guys can get to boiling - the deep sea divers who ascend from the deep too quickly and get "the bends" when the boiling blood bubbles burst within their bone joints. (I know that you knew that, too...) 
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
5 Oct 15
I did, I actually wrote a post about that a while ago, but I like your description way better
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
26 Sep 15
I'm mostly pretty calm but I do get riled by companies who make mistakes and then punish ME or threaten me because of their own incompetence. I'm in an extended conflict with my gas and electricity supplier who screwed up the direct debits (they didn't set them up properly - 3 times over) and then got aggressive with me for non payment.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Sep 15
I can see how that can upset anyone. I expect excellent customer service with whomever takes my money for good or service - I demand it.
