What grinds my gears...

[Focks]

People being interviewed and begin by saying, "Look..." before they respond.  There is no need to say it, I am already concentrating on your response or I wouldn't be watching listening to you in the first place FFS!

 

Once you notice it you'll find that almost everyone is doing it. 

 

Also the media obsession with interviewing female pundits.

[foxile5]

 

23 hours ago, bovril said:

The kind of person who indulges in creative twee swearing. 

Thundercunt and Cockwomble being passed off as acerbic insults. 

[Sly]

On 20/08/2021 at 23:16, foxile5 said:

Russell Howard. 

 

I can't decide what's worse. His contrived 'Inbetweener-cum-inadequate-adult' bullshit or his 'serious-but-still-irreverent' bullshit.

 

He's painfully unfunny and a twat. 

I prefer his sister, Kerry Howard. 

[Voll Blau]

The lack of working cashpoints on High Street.

[The Bear]

20 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

The lack of working cashpoints on High Street.

Contactless is king nowadays. 

 

Got to be 12 months since I last used an ATM. 

[The Bear]

9 hours ago, foxile5 said:

 

Thundercunt and Cockwomble being passed off as acerbic insults. 

I like that sort of stuff. Shows a bit of imagination. Plus people who swear often have been shown to have a higher vocabulary. 

[Voll Blau]

4 minutes ago, The Bear said:

Contactless is king nowadays. 

 

Got to be 12 months since I last used an ATM. 

Yeah likewise, pain if you need a tenner for a cash-only shop and it's pissing it down though. You shouldn't have to run the length of Leicester's busiest shopping street to find one.

[Nalis]

Celebrity travel shows or most derivatives of them, especially those filmed during lockdown.

 

Its a bit self indulgent and they are basically being paid to go on holiday

[foxile5]

1 hour ago, The Bear said:

I like that sort of stuff. Shows a bit of imagination. Plus people who swear often have been shown to have a higher vocabulary. 

Oh I swear like a trooper. 

 

Adding 'womble' at the end of a pejorative is just boring though. It's painfully unfunny and part of that 'Lol so random purple monkey dishwasher' type humour that wasn't funny in 00s.

[Nalis]

Man City empty stadium /no fans comments on social media trying to be funny

 

It is so boring and not even true

[Brainy]

8 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Man City empty stadium /no fans comments on social media trying to be funny

 

It is so boring and not even true

Isn't sport socials all about trying to be as unfunny as you can be?

[Brainy]

People who achieve something for the first time in X years being labelled as "record breakers" or "history makers"

[Silebyfox_89]

Ex-footballers, Pundits, fans saying things like the following:

 

"Not playing like the Arsenal DNA"

"Playing the West Ham way"

"Playing the United way"

 

What does that even mean? All teams would love to play attacking football yet some people seem to think they invented certain styles of play?

 

[Nalis]

26 minutes ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

Ex-footballers, Pundits, fans saying things like the following:

 

"Not playing like the Arsenal DNA"

"Playing the West Ham way"

"Playing the United way"

 

What does that even mean? All teams would love to play attacking football yet some people seem to think they invented certain styles of play?

 

Its usally when a team played a certain attacking way for about a 5 year period years ago and everyone somehow thinks thats their way. West Ham being one, Newcastle are another.

 

[Carl the Llama]

14 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Its usally when a team played a certain attacking way for about a 5 year period years ago and everyone somehow thinks thats their way. West Ham being one, Newcastle are another.

 

5 years?  We just needed 1 season to define Leicester as a counter attacking team according to every Tom, Dick and Harry on the airwaves.

[Corky]

6 hours ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

Ex-footballers, Pundits, fans saying things like the following:

 

"Not playing like the Arsenal DNA"

"Playing the West Ham way"

"Playing the United way"

 

What does that even mean? All teams would love to play attacking football yet some people seem to think they invented certain styles of play?

 

The Arsenal way is an interesting one because their two most successful managers in the last 50 years (Graham and Wenger) played completely different ways.

 

Basically, it's shouted because these teams aren't as good as they used to be. It has always been and always will be about winning. It justifies everything you do.

[bovril]

6 hours ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

Ex-footballers, Pundits, fans saying things like the following:

 

"Not playing like the Arsenal DNA"

"Playing the West Ham way"

"Playing the United way"

 

What does that even mean? All teams would love to play attacking football yet some people seem to think they invented certain styles of play?

 

Just West Ham in general.

 

Such an inflated sense of their importance. 

[Fox92]

On 22/08/2021 at 09:11, The Bear said:

Contactless is king nowadays. 

 

Got to be 12 months since I last used an ATM. 

Apart from stuff where contactless can't be used such as some car parks and matchday programmes every Saturday.

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

Apart from stuff where contactless can't be used such as some car parks and matchday programmes every Saturday.

We went to Leamington last weekend to visit the lovely park and the glasshouse. Every nearby car park we tried was cash only/pay by phone. The process of downloading the app and then registering my car and then my debit card failed twice. We left and came home. Ridiculously outdated tech. They want tourists, get up to speed.

[whoareyaaa]

On 22/08/2021 at 08:49, Voll Blau said:

The lack of working cashpoints on High Street.

seeing this as well just in general, also no chicken at nando's and no milkshakes at Maccies New world order is upon us  

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

The lack of sunshine in our our English summer.

I know last year was a one off only it would be nice to occasionally see the 🌞 instead of grey cloudy skies day after day after day..

[leicsmac]

Nihilistic fatalism regarding the future, a few examples of which cropped up in the XR thread today.

 

If one thinks that there's nothing that can be done then fine, freedom of thought and all, but it would be nice if those ideas don't become convincing to other people and end up becoming a self fulfilling prophecy while folks who do actually want to do something about the future work at it.

[Parafox]

4 hours ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

The lack of sunshine in our our English summer.

I know last year was a one off only it would be nice to occasionally see the 🌞 instead of grey cloudy skies day after day after day..

Frustrating. Every day the same. Last year we pretty much couldn't get out to enjoy the sunshine. This year we can and there's hardly any. Mother nature is a vindictive biatch.

[woollett the bullet]

On 20/08/2021 at 23:27, Carl the Llama said:

Another in a long line of absolutely terrible comedians that somehow find steady employment with the BBC.

Michael mcintyre springs to mind  - 

Might not be on the BBC but nevertheless 

[Jimothy]

On 20/08/2021 at 23:27, Carl the Llama said:

Another in a long line of absolutely terrible comedians that somehow find steady employment with the BBC.

Don't think Russell Howard has worked for the BBC for years. Been on Sky for ages now.