[Closed] Minding other people's business: A rant

Two ways of putting it
WHAT was so wrong with Canada that you left?
SECONDLY you can always piss off back if you don’t like it.

Good argument well made.

I'll just mosey on back to Canada, then, and make sure I don't ask any questions/pose any challenges/express any thoughts or feelings on the way out.

SECONDLY you can always piss off back if you don’t like it

Classy

I totally agree. Ive lived in America, Australia, New Zealand and Norway and never met a single nosey or opinionated person. Still what do you expect from a bunch of uppity colonists and whale killers.

Two ways of putting it

WHAT was so wrong with Canada that you left?

SECONDLY you can always piss off back if you don’t like it.

A career at the home office beckons.

And yet you passed comment of our attitude to our national anthem…

Huh?

You did call us all cynical for suggesting our national was a joke/dirge/jingoism/propaganda.

You didn't have to but you did. Where is the difference.

Also whats your opinion of preachers standing in the street and reciting scripture?

I'm not having a go. I think you are one of the most patient and skilled debaters on this site especially around your specialist and extremely divisive subject! Infact i'm genuinely surprised the op came from you.

I personally think living in a country where people talk without the fear of getting deaded in a hail of bullets isn't all bad and goes someway to reducing the build up of anger.

my kids (we’re talking between the ages of 2 and 6) have been told off by random strangers in the local park either for picking up some of the daffodils that they have found lying on the ground.

yeah right!

I totally agree. Ive lived in America, Australia, New Zealand and Norway and never met a single nosey or opinionated person.

Don't believe you.

Should be an instant ban unless you are Jamaican (how’s that for minding your own business)

One of the last people I would have marked down as a believer in the evils of cultural appropriation.

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Saxon me old fruit,you need to have some set replies ready for these moments

My commute on Monday morning...

Passing a big long line of stationary traffic at road works..

DRIVER1: "Why are you not using the cycle lane?"

ME: "It's full of penguins"

DRIVER1: ??

ME: "L8rs"

DRIVER2: " *&%*^ CYCLE LANE *&*^%$*  YOU MUPPET"

ME: "So this is your life,shouting at cyclists on the way to work ?"

DRIVER2: "*&^*@**%**@@^^"

ME: " Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha "

ME: ” Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ”

Oh the joy of just laughing at others who are being irrationally argumentative/obnoxious. It's my preferred solution.

OTOH Given the steep decline in police budgets one of the few ways that anti-social behaviour can be deterred is by the expression of social opprobrium.

ads678 you tell ex colonists what to think. You don't listen to them. You'll be wearing a jumper with your suit next!

Indeed verses,along with winking or blowing them a kiss. 😉

WHAT was so wrong with Canada that you left?

SECONDLY you can always piss off back if you don’t like it.

Prince Phillip, is that you?

Funny this gets mentioned.... having lived in places all round the world and being born a northerner and living in the souff at the moment....

I was at Swinley last weekend with the nipper (who seems to always have unsolicited advice for everyone but I'll get to that)...

Anyway, some bloke and his family were cycling (more pushing) the wrong way round (without helmets) to which I just couldn't be bothered... the nipper was seasoning the little drops now "Cooper's Fall" ...

We caught up with some other people later and they were saying (sic) "how rude, I was only trying to tell him the route's in the other direction" .... I had a bit of a grin ...

When I got back the parking the nipper wanted 10 mins in the kids playground and I would have liked a coffee (but settled for the stuff they sell at the cafe) ... and the bloke who's family were riding the wrong way came and asked me unsolicited advice on what he needed to buy to ride at Swinley...

I kinda started off saying a helmet would be a good investment... and mentioned I'd met some others who'd tried to advise him he was going the wrong way... and much as it might hurt a bit hitting someone conning fast down a trail being hit by a bike going fast will almost always end up worse for the one not moving...

He tried apologising to me and I said I wasn't the one he'd shouted at...

Incidentally in line with Saxon I do find the whole British "Kids can't ....." freakin annoying...

I'm with the OP 100% on this, unless someone is in real danger, then mind your own business.
Earlier in the week I cut my hand quite badly and it was pissing blood, I was riding very carefully on a shared use path back home when I passed a couple of OAPS giving them a cheery 'Good afternoon' to alert them that I was approaching. All I got back was 'Find a bell and ring it'. Well actually I do have a bell but I chose to speak to you rather than ring it because my hand is dripping with blood you inconsiderate arseholes.

I put it to you SaxonRider, that the aforementioned gentleman actually said you ‘ I would suggest you are a helmet ‘ 😉

ME: “L8rs”

Why were you texting him?

I've had the same in Cardiff.

Sometimes I wear a helmet and sometimes, I don't - depends where I'm going.

But it's like a mania, a hysteria, that impels people to reprimand you.

And it's all done in the name of safety. But a helmet fundamentalist would like nothing better than to see you injure yourself - to prove their point.

I wonder what would happen if TJ kicked a helmet-wearing dog?

The bloody bell one annoys me. When I don't have a bell is because where I'm riding doesn't need one and the riding I'm doing might involve crashing and breaking said bell. I occasionally get the "get a bell" yet they saw me a mile off and there's a wide path with plenty of room to give way and they're not going to be mowed down. It's just a busy body thing where they want to have a rant and not ringing a bell is an excuse to do so.

Occasionally I point out how bells can be ineffective, often poorly made, and some consider them rude or jump out of their skin. Not to mention useless with the hordes of people wearing headphones or deaf OAPs.

And then if I do have a bell (my "tow path bell" as I get fed up of "get a bell" down the tow path), I instead get, in a sarcastic tone... "at least you *have* a bell". Yeah, thanks for that. Couldn't think up something else to moan about I guess.

 At 6’4″ with a shaved head, I seldom seem to get “helpful bits of advice” from random punters.

Become a pub landlord and you'll have instant access to every **** and his dog's opinion on how to run your business. 😉

don't think anyone has mentioned the elephant in the room: its always old people who do this. Blue rinsers. Men with sticks. With no exceptions. GET IN THE SEA.

One of the last people I would have marked down as a believer in the evils of cultural appropriation.

Ha, Not worried about the cultural appropriation, it just makes someone sound like such a **** that it's cringe inducing.

 wonder what would happen if TJ kicked a helmet-wearing dog?

Do you remember when they crossed the streams in Ghostbusters?

I have three kids and they have never been told off in a park.  Perhaps your kids are just naughty.

Another good response to any ‘advisory’ comment is “thanks, I’ll take it under advisement” and carry on riding.

Accept there are plenty of dicks about, wherever you go, and you are bound to run into them every so often.

Wise words from angeldust.

And it is mostly old people that offer unsolicited advice. Take comfort in the fact that they’ll be dead soon.

The bloody bell one annoys me.

I hate the get a bell crowd. Guess what dickhead? I can’t hear you walking, why don’t you wear a bell like a mountain goat so I know you’re hanging about just after this bend. If you can’t hear my Hope hub you ain’t hearing a bell.

simple advice

I used to be the worlds worst, especially feeling indignant with other drivers. Then I read an article about a motorbike club in the US, and that was their only rule. It stuck with me and now I take a deep breath and practice patience before responding. Seems to work for me, doesn't matter how loud you shout, you'll never change people

Another good response to any ‘advisory’ comment is “thanks, I’ll take it under advisement” and carry on riding.

Like the Brexit referendum 😁

Guess what dickhead? I can’t hear you walking, why don’t you wear a bell like a mountain goat so I know you’re hanging about just after this bend.

Whaaaat?

This response works well for me.

Guess what dickhead? I can’t hear you walking, why don’t you wear a bell like a mountain goat so I know you’re hanging about just after this bend.

Whaaaat?

Yeah, I went a bit ranty there for a second. Just bugs me. I’m on a bike that makes lots of noise. Walkers are walking ergo not much noise. They should be made to wear cowbells around their necks so that I can hear them. Seems fair to me. Either that or Hope should make walking sticks with a built in freehub. Sort of like those metre sticks they had at school 😀

Old people - Motivated to engineer their surroundings by any means fair or foul, so they can cope better with life i.e. by reducing speeds of things and crowding they can't cope with.

Dog walkers - Want the countryside (within reach of a car park) as their exclusive lead free doggy playground and dog toilet. Other people can get teh **** I'm not keeping Kato, Tyson and Zeus under control.

Covers the main thrust of arsehole you get in **** You Britain. Created and voted for by grey haired two faced liars, who vote in/incite like minded, to by proxy screw other people over.

I wonder what would happen if TJ kicked a helmet-wearing dog?

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I did wind my window down on a rainy Nov commute home and suggest to a chav dressed in black with his hoodie up and no lights that he should get some lights unless he wanted to become a statistic.  his response was **** off.

Ignore them? Your mental choice to get upset or stay happy.

I wear a helmet and have a bell. It’s not the law but do as you please.

If it becomes law, let the police enforce it.

I couldn’t give 2 monkeys as I don’t have 2 monkeys 😉

How many sheds have you got?

I find using a bell to warn walkers you are approaching is generally the best way to go.

However, very occasionally you meet people who just don't want you to be sharing space them whatever you do, so they will moan regardless.  Doesn't happen very often.  Usually they turn around with a grumpy face ready for confrontation, see how big and scary* I am, then quickly change their mind and say nothing as I cheerily say thanks/hello as I ride past.

* Not meant to be humble brag.  I am big, and despite my best efforts, can apparently look scary, but I'm not scary at all when you get to know me :-).  It's a bit like not having cars pull out on you on the motorway because you are driving a 'masculine' car :-).

and the bloke who’s family were riding the wrong way came and [b]asked me unsolicited advice[/b] on what he needed to buy to ride at Swinley…

At least one of you was confused about what “unsolicited” means.

I find using a bell to warn walkers you are approaching is generally the best way to go.

Me too, if you’ve been struck down with leprosy. All joking aside there’s enough shit on my handlebars without adding a bell. The power of the Hope hub is all that’s needed 😀

At least one of you was confused about what “unsolicited” means

Ah, true... bit of a Bushism....Trump however I guess only knows the other meaning of solicit.

At last!! The forum's back on track! Slagging SR off for having a rant, even after he's lived here for 15 years some SILLY BASTARD says, 'piss off back' (to Canada of all places)

PMSL!

Shirly just a case of people thinking they know what is best for other people and needing to shut the hell up...