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I often get frustrated/confused as to why people hate being wrong/mistaken about plainly factual issues to the point where they double-down/get angry/defensive/even aggressive. I seem always to have thought that ‘being wrong’ was an opportunity to learn. Even saying that - it makes me sound annoying and self-righteous. This annoys me also, as I’m simply 100% being literal. Am probably somewhere on ‘the spectrum’. I understand that it’s an ego-thing with others, but I just don’t ‘get it’ as don’t experience it personally. Such feelings of bruised pride and/or denial seem to be so counterproductive, even to the point of fall-outs, misunderstandings, aggression, wars etc. It’s bloody annoying.
Confusing:
People who don’t turn their vehicles engine off when doing so would have no negative consequence for them whatsoever.
This baffles me also. There's a level crossing near me (Starbeck for those who know) and the barrier can be down for quite a while when two trains are arriving. Even though there are signs at the side of the road asking drivers to turn off engines, people rarely do.
I still do not fully understand the rules on swearing and I have tried to understand them.
It’s fairly easy. The following words are prohibited and will get you banned….
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Oh FFS I’m so stupid
I’m assuming pulling down from the top and not from underneath is the correct way ?
Yes. To settle any arguments, buy the "puppies on a roll" Andrex.
I still do not fully understand the rules on swearing and I have tried to understand them. (I’m going to regret saying this, as I won’t be able to find the evidence) but it is not uncommon to see moderators break the above rule without comment.
Put simply, the swear filter is a blunt instrument, it will edit out any exact matches it finds in a fairly short wordlist. "Swear filter avoidance" is deliberately misspelling words to get around this.
Say for instance, "Piers Morgan" was in the swear filter. Posting going "that Pi3rs M0rgan is a right ****," whilst factually correct would be swear filter avoidance.
If simple words don't get caught, it's safe to assume that they're fine to use. Shit, piss and so forth. Complex words and compound swearing will get through as there's no pattern matching enabled (google "the S****horpe problem" for further reading) and it's impossible to predict people's impressive swearing creativity (hypothetically, were we to block "shit," someone will come along with "thunderingshitwomble"). There's little we can do about that other than ask that you don't do it and manually have to clean up after people if they do.
Andrex? ..naaah ..Costco's Kirkland brand ( triple ply ) blows that out of the water ..softer and also wider ( not that I have a particularly wide bum though!)
Put simply, the swear filter is a blunt instrument, it will edit out any exact matches it finds in a fairly short wordlist. “Swear filter avoidance” is deliberately misspelling words to get around this.
I have no need to swear, so I’m not overly troubled. But, I do not understand how FFS is any better than ‘for ****s sake’, or for ‘for Fuchs sake’ any worse.
The one that really gets to me is the unneeded overtake when I am in my car traffic stacked up at lights 100m away – car overtakes then comes to a halt on the back of the traffic queue. I roll up behind it, while the car in front is stationary. Happens every day.
FIFM
Truck drivers who pull out into the right lane on dual carriageways when doing 56.1111113 miles an hour to overtake a truck doing 56.1111112 miles an hour. And whilst pulling out, they see a line of cars overtaking the said trucks but simply pull out regardless forcing emergency braking and almost a trail of carnage behind them.
And yes, you are on dash cam and I have reported you...
Tosser
People that get annoyed by trivial things used to annoy me until I realised that doing the things they hate gives me super powers.
Thanks for the heads up all.
People who switch lane from the right-hand to straight-on to dodge the queue at the Medlock St/Whitworth St lights in Manchester plus people who dodge into queues on motorway exits. The lights go green and air turns purple.
People who use art galleries for a more sophisticated class of selfie.
People who try to avoid their round.
'Outraged' of Tunbridge Wells.
I realised that doing the things they hate gives me super powers.
I'm irritated just thinking about that.
Noisiness. Like the people near where I live, it's as if they are allergic to quiet, especially on a sunny day like today.
So far I've heard:
- next door neighbour revving up his motorbike (he never uses it) for half an hour,
- two doors away neighbour decides to hit something in his garden with a big stick for an hour
- other next door neighbour decides to go out in the garden and have a shouting match with his daughter for 15 minutes
- went to a coffee shop for a break from it, two ladies walk in and have a conversation at the top of their voices about their kids for 20 minutes!
Yes, I appreciate I am turning into Victor Medrew! I've invested in a pair of noise cancelling headphones like the builders use on site.
I still do not fully understand the rules on swearing and I have tried to understand them.
I've been 'reminded' a few times. It's pretty easy. Type what you what to say, if you use a word they'd rather you didn't they'll ****ing change it to something else.
However, if you attempt to circumvent the filter by using txt speak or otherwise swap characters etc they get very upset about it. Some swears are allowed, some not.
However, if you attempt to circumvent the filter by using txt speak or otherwise swap characters etc they get very upset about it. Some swears are allowed, some not.
Sounds easy, but ‘they’ don’t adhere to their own rules, which can seem harsh on others.
I do not see the mods avoiding the swear filter at all - just using words that are not in it.
So you can say balls but not bollocks?
EDIT - turns out you can say either
Dare I try a few swearwords to see what happens? Errmmm nope. I remain on my shoogly peg and am feart 😉
I do not see the mods avoiding the swear filter at all – just using words that are not in it.
One of us is recalling incorrectly, it may not be me.
Mother****er
I've never even met your mother.
The problem, as ably demonstrated here, is there will always be people trying their damnedest to push the envelope of exactly what they can get away with. Give an inch and some people take a parsec.
The swear filter exists as a crude way of preventing the place turning into, well, Mumsnet. The site's target audience is different, there's no age limit I'm aware of for membership (unlike Mumsnet where, well, the clue is in the name, there hopefully shouldn't be may 12-year old mothers on there), and it's a commercial venture. A degree of decorum is expected, you might call each other ****s down at the pub but you wouldn't do it over Sunday lunch (unless you're Glaswegian). We're supposed to be welcoming and inclusive.
Personally I swear like a trouper and I find it weird that a jumble of letters in a certain order can be problematic, I don't get how "can't" is a word in common parlance but swap the 'a' for a 'u' and it's suddenly one of the most vulgar swears out there. But, here we are, not my language and not my website.
People that get really excited about football during a world cup. I love football and could talk about it all day, don't give me "your opinion" on what happened. I watched the same coverage so I know you have just repeated what the experts have said.
While I'm getting grumpy about modern football. The stats that Sky Sports and the like take so much time analysing are mostly irrelevant. A team can have 90% of the possession and have 30 shots on target but it means bugger all if they can't get the ball in the net. You get no points for shots on target or possession. You get points by winning games which means scoring goals and defending better than the opposition can attack. Instead they should show us the clips of Policemen having their helmets / hats knocked off or stewards getting hit by the ball, the linesman (assistant ref) tripping over and any other incident that gets a great cheer from the fans at the game.
I'm glad the 3D phase has passed, I got sick of trying to explain to the Sky sales people in shopping centres that the most authentic experience is not achieved by sitting on my sofa wearing daft glasses after being told that it's better than being there because it was in HD 3D. I pointed out that when I go to watch football it's always in HD 3D with the added benefit of real atmosphere, hot pies and the collective excitement and anger of being in a crowd of people who all want the same thing. The experience of watching the the Champions League on the best TV is nothing compared to going to a game even in the lower leagues.
That feels better!
However, if you attempt to circumvent the filter by using txt speak or otherwise swap characters etc they get very upset about it. Some swears are allowed, some not.
what about french connection uk. **** ?
but it's a brand logo not a swear word
Can we have that swear filter word replacement thing that used to substitute ‘I have nothing of interest to say’ for certain words and phrases back again please?
What about “frack”?
You goddamn fracking cylons!
Is that swear filter avoidance?
Fracking frackity frack frack frack
People who don't pick up thier dog's 💩
I got sick of trying to explain to the Sky sales people in shopping centres that the most authentic experience is not achieved by sitting on my sofa wearing daft glasses
I think you might be doing something wrong ?
I have been in shopping centres and seen those Sky Sales places loads of times, but have had conversations with them a grand total of Zero times so far.
I just can’t imagine how you are managing to get yourself into conversations on the merits of 3D tv with them repeatedly 😳
+100 handybar.
The woman upstairs who puts high heels on when getting out of bed at 6.15 then clatters around in them until leaving at 7.30.
People who cover themselves in free scent at the duty free, then sit next to me on the plane.
Passengers in UK-registered cars at French toll booths counting out the right change before throwing half of it on the road. Then trying to get out but only succeeding in getting stuck halfway while mashing the door against the kerb, the driver's hands going up in despair.
Why can't you just pay with a card like everyone else?
Wash cars.
I mean their own cars. Not other people’s for money, which is an obvious motive. I mean it neither annoys nor confuses me really, but it is an utterly pointless thing to do.
Old geezers who whistle in the supermarket
Caught self last time. Soon put a stop to my jollity. But, they did used to have piped music...
People who half ar5ed put a seat belt on in the car – just draped over the shoulder
Does that ever happen?
Yep, two people I know do it. For some reason they object to actually wearing the seatbelt but don't want to be pulled over by the rozzers and fined.
I have given up questioning it.
I have been in shopping centres
i don’t get why people willingly do this.
👍I have been in shopping centresi don’t get why people willingly do this
For me, it saves about a ten minute walk (around the outside) to get to the sandwich shop I like from the office as the shopping centre is perfectly in the way.
But yes, not my favourite places, and I do walk straight through without “shopping”
Can we have that swear filter word replacement thing that used to substitute ‘I have nothing of interest to say’ for certain words and phrases back again please?
That never went away.
The Orange Order, and for that matter every tin flute playing bunch of swivel-eyed loons who swagger around the towns and cities of the west of Scotland every year.
Just don't understand their mentality, and their enduring desire to thrive on segregation.
People who don’t pick up thier dog’s 💩
People who put their dog's 💩 in a plastic bag and then throw it in a hedge.
Wash cars.
I mean their own cars. Not other people’s for money, which is an obvious motive. I mean it neither annoys nor confuses me really, but it is an utterly pointless thing to d
I understand washing cars - just like most items folk possess - they are better if kept reasonably clean.
I don't understand being utterly anal and obsessive about cleaning cars though, not at all.
People whistling or singing in an open plan office - that really ****ing annoys me.
Cyclists that ride on a dual carriageway when there’s a perfectly usable cycle path running alongside it.
Walk on the pavements
I know that seems a bit broad, but there is always someone in the way.
This may be because I live in the middle of Edinburgh though.
People who use art galleries for a more sophisticated class of selfie.
I've read all of those whiney objections above but this one made I larf....
People that get really excited about football during a world cup. FTFY
Drivers who tailgate me at 06.30 on my way to work. I assume theyr'e either always late or their job is so awesome they can't wait to get there.
Just some of the haul I collected walking down Tinto recently. One of these was carefully placed about 20m from a bin
