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people who refer to their dog as their 'fur baby'.
God yes. I feel I've probably posted that in this thread already to be honest.
See also "crossing the rainbow bridge".
Forum members that live in Australia who insinuate that you don't know how to perform a Google search to get exactly the results you want without them being diluted by lots of vaguely similar but not what you want things, and then you offer to hold their beer for them to demonstrate how to do it and then they've not demonstrated and have either forgotten about it or they realise the enormity of the task ahead and have given up, hoping that it'll simply fade away.
People that want everything, immediately.
... I'm just waiting for the massive bag of top hat thingos to turn up so I can post a photo of them with the details of the Google search, then offer to post one (or maybe 2... or even 23) to you at an incredibly inflated price to account for my extortionate Google consultancy fee 😛
The disappearance of Eddie Stobart branded trucks.
That its rained every single day since I bought my new motorbike - and not just a sprinkle either, the roads are awash.
"New, improved recipe!"
It's not, is it. It never is. You've taken something people liked and made it crap, again. Give it 12 months and it'll be discontinued because no-one's buying it any more, because it's crap.
I popped out to go for a walk this morning. I parked up and there was a car next to me with the engine running. I got back after nearly an hour and the car was still sat there with the engine running, bloke asleep in the driver's seat. I may have accidentally leaned on the horn of my van as I drove off.
people who refer to their dog as their 'fur baby'.
God yes. I feel I've probably posted that in this thread already to be honest.
See also "crossing the rainbow bridge".
As a dog owner and lover, me thrice.
Also add social media accounts/posts 'from the dog' in odd speak.
'Fren' being a prime example.
I can't be doing with animal baby talk either, you can add "forever home" to that list. They're the same people who dress up their Shih Tzu like a Barbie doll and carry it everywhere so its paws don't get dirty.
That said, I am guilty of "cat dad." I shall of course now go and delete my account.
Anyway, today's STMYDC:
"I'm going out in 15 minutes!" sets the heating to High for four hours
Anything referred to as "Curated" that isn't in a museum.
****s.
EBAY postage- they decide the postage method for you- evri or royal mail etc.
Theres no evri shop for miles, and the post office is often closed- so if im going to town i want evri, etc.
I dont get to choose next day, signed for, 48hrs etc, nor package size/cost (sometimes)
And as I just found out, if I want to pay extra for faster delivery eg. at post office, I cant get a refund for the postage which i already paid for
You really have to be careful with this stupid new "Simple" postage thing
I think I've touched on this one before, and Cougar has for sure. People for whom the concept of 'In The Way' is wholly alien.
Yesterday, we bought a new bed for the dog, to replace a couple that have gone totally collapso in the middle. She's brought the new one upstairs into the bedroom, and put a fleece over it to try and keep it reasonably clean; so far so good.
Then, shes hoofed-out the collapsed ones, along with the small duvet that was on top of them, and left them smackbang in the way of the bathroom, airing cupboard and spare bedroom doorways, right at the top of the stairs. In the name of Christ... WHY?
Yes, as it happens 😆
Rather pleasingly, she went into the spare room on the right a couple of moments ago, and duly tripped over the corner of them. Sympathy limited.
That said, I am guilty of "cat dad
Am I still ok to refer to myself as dog entertainment officer?
So long as you keep your bone to yourself.
Mrs 100th away to that there London sends me a group photo every hour or so (they may well be the same photo) then gets upset when I don't reply within an acceptable timeframe.
And then doesn't look at her phone when I say exactly where I'm "illegally" parked and so walks confidently in exactly the wrong direction.
Council pot hole repair folk with their chuck some tar in the hole not even a scrape clean, then " pack it up pack it in jump around" for 30 seconds
Never sweep away the 2" stones lying scattered from the damaged road , no sealant around the edges like was done many years ago and the pot hole without a marker around for everyone to see just 3' away is left to bite a few more tyres and rims
Jump back in the pickup after less than 5 mins
2.30pm big load of unused tar dumped at recycling yard and the next two hours they're paid for a washing and barrier cream hands time, fill in their bonus sheet for the day then Facebook time
Mrs. dove1's word blindness when 'from' is used before a price in an advert. She repeatedly moans at me that the price something is quoted at when she tries to order or book it is more than the advertised price. When I point out the advert states "from £xx.yy" and that a customer rarely gets that price it suddenly becomes my fault!
People who completely fail to plan ahead on narrow roads. Several of the roads around here are barely wide enough in places for two cars to pass each other safely, but most of the time they tend to be pinch points with stretches between that are wider. If you read the roads carefully you can plan for safe passing by slowing down in the wide bit, and allow the car passing through the pinch point to go past you without them having to slow down or take evasive action. I lose count of the number of people who see me approaching and jam all on at the narrowest part of the road, which then means we both have to stop, and I beckon you past me where it's perfectly safe to do so. They then get all pissy because you don't acknowledge how ****ing magnanimous they've been by blocking the road and delaying everybody else, the stupid tossers. Oh, and to the woman this morning that shouted something about my stupid wide car, I'd like to point out that a VW Tiguan is actually 4mm wider than a HiLux.
The Volkswagen Tiguan has a total width (excluding side mirrors) of approximately 1,859 mm
The Toyota Hilux Invincible has an overall width of 1,855 mm
(AI Source)
Mrs. dove1's word blindness when 'from' is used before a price in an advert.
Similarly, people who dont understand the use of the expression 'up to' in advertising (eg '"kills up to 99% of bacteria" or '"removes up to 99% of stains"). While on the subject of advertising, please stop using shitty expressions like "darkens twice as much grey hair" without a baseline ... twice as much as what, exactly?
When things happen to me that make me cross and I think "this is going on that thread", and then when I get around to going on the forum I can't remember what they were.
This https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6edwg06n1o
The response from people shows they need to watch the bloody film.
The response from people shows they need to watch the bloody film.
Well, indeed!
Foxx commented below a post about the incident on social media, saying, “Unacceptable” and “Nah he meant that shit”.
The whole point is that he didn't "mean that shit". How thick can you get ??
What until they find out what he said to her maj lizzie
Council pot hole repair folk with their chuck some tar in the hole not even a scrape clean
This is the third time that they've done this. Utterly pointless. That stuff will be scattered all over the road within a couple of days, providing a lovely load of marbles just waiting for a cyclist or motorcyclist.
Were attendees not warned before hand? I believe they were.
And the guy with tourettes said other stuff prior.. It's wasn't just the 'racist' thing...
And wasn't he up for an award for a film about the very same subject?
Such a nothing burger.. I mean sure it's a bit awkward but there are adults in the room...what did the black attendees make of it? I'm sure they'd rather not hear it and it was a bit awkward for all involved, but really, that's it IMO.
Context is key with this sort of thing and I'd like to think most rational adults would just cringe a bit and move on in this scenario.
Mrs. dove1's word blindness when 'from' is used before a price in an advert.
Similarly, people who dont understand the use of the expression 'up to' in advertising (eg '"kills up to 99% of bacteria" or '"removes up to 99% of stains"). While on the subject of advertising, please stop using shitty expressions like "darkens twice as much grey hair" without a baseline ... twice as much as what, exactly?
I had to painfully explain why my friend can't buy 100% pure isopropyl alcohol and the highest you can get is 99%.
It is 100% pure but it's also very hydroscopic, so the second you undo the lid it will absorb a little moisture just by being exposed to the air, that will bring it down to 99.99% pure or whatever.
So it's simply sold as 99% otherwise some confidently incorrect idiots will start moaning about false advertising.
Tricky one, the John Davidson one.
Absolutely it's involuntary ticking, but the semi-non-apology and response after is also not right. 'IF you were offended...' - of course black actors will be offended by someone shouting the N-word over them presenting an award, or at them directly after the event. It's entirely possible to be offended and sympathetic to the reason and there should have just been a 'Sorry for the offensive slur but here's why....'
What did he say to Her Maj, and hopefully she told him to **** off back.
of course black actors will be offended by someone shouting the N-word
Well, according to my in depth understanding of the subject (I watched Top Boy) there are contexts in which this word is not insulting. So why don’t those include a medical situation?
Maybe, but I'm not a fan of being offended on behalf other people, generally speaking.
Have any of the black attendees commented? I'd be more interested in that than some sensationalist news article.
I wish they would stick to to reporting the facts rather than articles being 2% fact and 98% conjecture.
Fair challenge
But let's not derail what's supposed to be a lighthearted thread.
Yes, several have commented, about the incident and the non-apology
But let's not derail what's supposed to be a lighthearted thread.
Sorry - I hadn’t intended to be controversial 🤪
The guy has tourettes, why is this even a thing.
Where do we stand on singing along to some NWA?
For the benefit of the hard of understanding, the outrage over the Baftas isn't aimed at the bloke with Tourettes, it's aimed at the BBC editing crew.
HTH
Well maybe it is disproportionate... I get accused of having intimate relations with sheep on a regular basis when people learn I'm Welsh.
I'm not saying that's as bad a a black person being called a ****, but it's the same ball park.
I just have to accept casual racism as 'banter' I guess? I pretty much do and I suspect something similar with black people.. I suspect they kinda just brush it off unless it's said with ill intent.
For example if my friend calls me a sheep shagger when we are watching the rugby I wouldn't care really. Likewise someone with tourettes, I really wouldn't GAF.
If a random person said it though, out of context, well, hopefully they have a good dentist.
And that's the critical thing. Context.
the semi-non-apology and response after is also not right. 'IF you were offended...'
I thought it was perfect. If you were offended by someone with a disability then that's a "you" problem. Are they hoping for nominations for Best Melodramatic Performance next year?
(If this is going to turn into a discussion it's probably worth a thread of its own...?)
OMG, I can't believe how disproportionately ANGRY this BAFTA news bollocks has made me!
Then there was Trump waving his finger and shouting down Zelenskyy like he was telling off a schoolboy, how Volod didn't smack him in the chops, I do not know. I know why I stopped watching the news now!
"1940's Weekends"
Oh, wasn't it great, spirit of the blitz and all that, remember those cheeky GI's with their jeeps and their chocolate? And Vera Lynn eh? We'll Meet Again, marvellous. Let's all dress up and have a cup of tea out of a proper teacup, maybe a sticky bun too. Hurray, a Spitfire flew over!
Why does no-one think that having a jolly old hockey sticks time about a war that saw the deaths of tens of millions of people is in gobsmackingly poor taste?
Fears for town's 1940s day future over lack of volunteers - BBC News
Not being able to exclude virtual rides from my activity feed on Strava.
Shove your Watopia... 🤬
It says... Spinning for the best part of two minutes.
the semi-non-apology and response after is also not right. 'IF you were offended...'
I thought it was perfect. If you were offended by someone with a disability then that's a "you" problem. Are they hoping for nominations for Best Melodramatic Performance next year?
(If this is going to turn into a discussion it's probably worth a thread of its own...?)
Totally agree.. you shouldn't have to apologise for something that's clearly beyond your control, much less be judged by it after being advised that this kind of thing is likely to happen.
That won't stop the whole thing being weaponised by certain aspects of the media thouugh.
The guy has tourettes, why is this even a thing.
Where do we stand on singing along to some NWA?
Exactly... if he shouted 'C U N T' randomly, and a woman was on stage at the time, would it be getting the same attention?
*my apologies, mods, I'm circumventing the swear filter as it's very relevant in this context.
It's not him apologising FFS, it's the bbc apologising for not subsequently bleeping or removing it.
No-one* is critical of John, it's accepted that this is how coprolalia works - your brain thinks "what's the worst thing I could possibly say here" and has no control to then stop you shouting out.
It's entirely possible for the utterance to be offensive, and for John to be blameless for uttering it. I think the n word is offensive, as is the c word if yelled out in a situation like the baftas. Yes, as some will say a black person calling another the n word - is that still offensive. Very much a different thing.
* yes, there are some that have said it must be some kind of inbuilt racism to have 'chosen' that word - i totally disagree, there is no choice. And if you asked a non-tourettes person in that situation, watching two black actors present an award, what the most offensive thing you could shout out is - i reckon that or similar would be top of the poll. I'll admit, if you asked me it would probably be that too, and knowing what might be hugely offensive doesn't then make me a racist just for knowing the word. I hope, at least.