Q&A for How to Be Annoying

Don't do anything so annoying that you could get in real trouble, and be careful following these instructions in school because you could get detention.

That's the thing you want to get in trouble with that person, otherwise you're not annoying them sufficiently. If you are scared to do so, then don't do it at all.

No. Just annoying and potentially embarrassing.

Repeatedly send messages to the person or send them really long, pointless texts to waste their time.

Just for the fun of it. It's also possible that they could be intentionally trying to push someone away from them.

Do it until it's not funny anymore. When you are talking with someone, just make, like, ambulance noises or something at random times. At first, it will seem very funny, but then it will get annoying. Just use these tips and go overboard with them.

It depends on what you're doing and where you're doing it. If you are disturbing people outside of your home, then yes, people can call the police.

You shouldn't, it could get you suspended or expelled. It's best to stay away from anything like that.

wikiHow is on a mission to teach anyone anywhere anything. So if anyone ever wanted to be annoying, though I agree it wouldn't be the wisest course of action, this would be how they would do it. Did you know you can edit the article itself? You could add a tip or a note at the end of it, or just include your feedback in the text. It really does help a lot of people.

It's never appropriate to use inappropriate language even if another person says it to you.

It's possible. Try to be less obnoxious. You'll have more friends.

If you are auditioning for the role of an annoying person, then being annoying would help your acting career. With anything in life, it's important to be aware of your situation only be as annoying as is needed. In order to get along with the other people working with you in a non-creative way, you need to not be annoying.

There are two parts in communication (or interaction in general): what is sent and what is received. For example, my name is Tom and I don't like people calling me Tommy. When someone 'sends' me a "Hi Tommy", they cannot know it annoys me when I 'receive' it. Everyone can send anything to anyone, as long as they take into account that it might annoy others and change their behavior when they get feedback. So in conclusion, if your parents do stuff unintentionally, they can't be blamed for annoying you. Give them feedback, speak up, talk about these things. But always be nice and kind.

Gently pull her hair, pull harmless pranks on her, change her phone or tablet background to a picture of something weird or creepy, or embarrass her in front of her friends.

No, this isn't harassment. If someone is getting really irritated with you though, it's best to just leave them alone.

No. There may be billions of people on earth, but nobody ever meets them all. In fact, it is very difficult to keep meeting new people continually. If you're nice, kind, polite, social and friendly with the people you do meet, you will inevitably make friends. But if you annoy them, they will meet you and not want to be around you a second time. You'll have nothing but one-off interactions with everyone you ever meet; no friends, no loved ones. So sure, it can be fun to you to be annoying to others, but they won't like it, and they won't want to be around you.

This depends on how you personally determine the value of intentionally irritating those around you vs. the humor you derive from it. Weigh the risk of those whom you're annoying not wanting to spend time around you against the personal satisfaction you get from being annoying.

It will probably be funny at first, but if you do it multiple times to someone, they will get annoyed.

Yes. Most kinds of repetitive singing get on people's nerves. Be aware, though; this particular song may cause you to seem childish.

Only if this gets really bad. Depends on what they consider a “harmless” joke.

Maybe. It depends on what seems annoying and hurtful to them.

Laugh back.

Because it’s fun, and being annoying is sort of playful. It’s for people who think they are that type of person.

The limit is when the other person says to stop multiple times or is really mad at you. Just keep it lighthearted and fun. You want the other person to laugh at these things.

There are lots of synonyms for annoying that you can use. For example, there's irritating, aggravating, vexing, and bothersome. You could also use high and mighty synonyms for an annoying person such as irksome, perturbing, or even galling.

While most things that annoy other people will also annoy a girl, you can be especially annoying if you constantly interrupt her while she's talking or explain things to her as though she's stupid. You could also ignore her whenever she's talking to you by pretending you don't hear her or by looking at your phone while she's talking.

A surefire way to annoy someone is to make annoying sounds around them. You could click a pen over and over until they can't take it anymore. Chew your food loud and obnoxiously with your mouth open near someone you want to annoy. You could also sing a popular song repeatedly to get it stuck in their head. That will annoy them all day long!

Say to them "I know what you did". Repeat it often even though you don't know. Many people have done something embarrassing they don't want others to know and will think you are talking about it. They might even be foolish enough to say something about it.

This sounds like a bad idea as you'll probably get in trouble, but you could raise your hand for every single question, and say "ooh! ooh!" Then answer like an arrogant know-it-all. After this is done, explain it's your experiment and you wanted to see what reactions your rudeness would elicit.