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Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by such effects as irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking. The words definition is also similar to the word perturb, however, perturb has been replaced with the English word, disturb in modern English society. It can lead to emotions such as frustration and anger. A person can be annoying to one, but not to another. This is all a matter of opinion. Personification of thought (Greek Εννοια) in Celsus Library in Ephesos, Turkey Thought or thinking is a mental process which allows beings to model the world, and so to deal with it effectively according to their goals, plans, ends and desires. ...
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Annoyance An annoyance is a stimulus that can produce a state of annoyance in a person. It can be in the form of a persistent and mild physical stimulus, a younger sibling, a delayed train, an immature friend or the continued hindrance from achieving a goal. Oftentimes severe and deliberate annoyance can be caused by somebody in a close vicinity, such as the room next to yours, who is tapping or slapping a desk or fixed object continuously and to various beats.
Annoy Annoy (like the French ennui, a word traced by etymologists to a Latin phrase, in odio esse, to be "in hatred" or hateful of someone), to vex or affect with irritation. In the sense of "nuisance," the noun "annoyance" is found in the English "Jury of Annoyance" appointed by an act of 1754 to report upon obstructions in the highways. For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ...
Psychology Various reasons exist for why one finds particular stimuli annoying. Measurement of annoyance is highly subjective. As an attempt at measurement, psychological studies on annoyance often rely on their subjects' own ratings of levels of annoyance on a scale.
Many stimuli that one is at first neutral to, or even finds pleasant, can turn into annoyances from repeated continued exposure. One can often encounter this phenomenon with such media as popular music, commercials, and advertising jingles, which by their very nature are continually repeated over a period of weeks or months. For the music genre, see Pop music. ...
From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising in some countries. ...
A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and sometimes on television commercials. ...
A study published in the International Journal of Conflict Management found that one's response to an annoyance, at least when the perceived cause is another person, escalate to more extreme levels as they go unresolved.[1] It also found that one was more likely to blame the party who was causing the annoyance in the study, rather than one's self, for the annoyance as it escalated.
Psychological warfare can involve creating annoyances to distract and wear down the resistance of the target. For example, in 1993 the FBI played music "specifically selected for its irritation ability" on loudspeakers outside the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas in an attempt to bring about the surrender of David Koresh and his followers.[2] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...
The Branch Davidians are a religious sect which originated from a schism in 1955 from the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists, themselves former members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who were disfellowshipped during the 1930s. ...
For the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas, see Waco Siege. ...
David Koresh (August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993), (born Vernon Wayne Howell), was the leader of the Branch Davidians religious sect, believing himself to be the final prophet, until a 1993 raid by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and subsequent siege by the FBI ended...
Effects Annoyance can cause stress, leading to high blood pressure, and other illnesses. Arterial hypertension, or high blood pressure is a medical condition where the blood pressure is chronically elevated. ...
Annoyance in United States law The Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996 made the communication of anything "indecent with the intent to annoy" a felony punishable by a fine and up to two-year imprisonment. President Bill Clinton signed the CDA into law after it was passed by Congress in February 1996. Artist and activist Clinton Fein filed the lawsuit, Apollomedia v. Reno [1], against Janet Reno, former United States Attorney General, challenging the constitutionality of the CDA, at the same time he launched his Annoy.com web site, designed to clarify the notions of both indecent and annoying. A three-judge panel in United States District Court for the Northern District of California decided against him in a divided decision. Fein filed a Supreme Court appeal, which he won in 1999. The Communications Decency Act (CDA) was arguably the first attempt by the United States Congress to regulate pornographic material on the Internet, in response to public concerns in 1996. ...
William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...
Clinton Fein Clinton Fein (born 1964 in South Africa) is an artist, writer and activist, noted for his company Apollomedias controversial website Annoy. ...
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma. ...
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Popular Culture Annoyance and annoyances have often been made the subjects of humor and amusement. Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Amusement, Viktor Vasnetsov Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and usually entertaining events or situations, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. ...
For example, the web site AmIAnnoying.com allows visitors to vote on which celebrities they find annoying. If you have the time, please vote for PETE WENTZ. AmIAnnoying. ...
For the 1998 movie, see Celebrity (1998 movie). ...
In many comedic double acts humor comes from the annoyance that the comic's actions create for the comic foil. An act may also feature a person dealing violently with the annoying other (such as Punch and Judy) This article is about the comedy duo. ...
The use of a character who, by contrast, brings out the comic qualities of another character (or of other characters). ...
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Software Annoyances are used to measure how well a software program conforms to (or competes against) user expectations about how a particular feature or package should work. Individual annoyances are routinely archived and catalogued by users and reviewers. Such archives often include "annoyance busters" or "workarounds" that can be used to resolve or ameliorate the irritating effects. For top-selling software titles, archives of annoyances and workarounds are often published.
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Distraction is also a television game show: Distraction (game show) Distraction is the diverting of the attention of an individual or group from the chosen object of attention onto the source of distraction. ...
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References - ^ Dean G Pruitt, John C Parker, Joseph M Mikolic. Escalation as a reaction to persistent annoyance. International Journal of Conflict Management. Bowling Green: Jul 1997.Vol.8, Iss. 3; pg. 252, 19 pgs
- ^ Mark Potok. FBI grinds away at cult USA Today 14 April 1993 01A
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