Irrational things that annoy you (and non irrational things too come to think of it)

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by Belmit

It's the etc. that bothers me. It implies that the preceding information infers what's to come.

Well not really, because initially, it just meant 'and other things'. Literally speaking it meant 'other things such as these' , i.e. a logical continuation, but it's not the only usage, just the most common one.