Little things that irritate you

[Redway]

I’ve said it once and I’ll say ir again. Make ITV’s Specsavers/audio adverts stop. Bev. literally couldn’t get any more annoying.

[Mystic Mock]

Hmm "what are you are your period? Kee Kee Kee you're so cranky!"
"Ooooh I heard you couldn't get it up is that why you were all stroppy this morning?!" Hmmm

Some men would definitely not like that comment.:laugh:

Personally I find it funny, but then I do have a warped sense of humour.

[Redway]

Big-ting: the fact that we live in an era where some people would seriously rather film someone having a stroke and put it on TikTok than actually try and help them.

[Redway]

Igbos (and Calabars, and Deltans for that matter) generally cook better than Yorubas, but this insistence so many Igbos have of believing all types of jollof rice are created equally when it comes to being receptive to crayfish is a bit west, still. (If you know, you know.)

[Redway]

When people conflate ignorance from ignorant people in the general public with clinical reality.

“We didn’t call ’em panic attacks back-in the ’90s.” Yes, we did. Officially, medically. Maybe not at the pub on a drunken Friday night, builders’ assemble or on the playground.

“Well, we didn’t call it bipolar in my day.” No. We called it manic-depressive illness and before that (before your grandparents were born) circular insanity. And so-on. People have been observing and writing about it since the beginning of time. There’s nothing new about mental health.

[Redway]

Ralph Wiggum.

[Benjamin]

When somebody adds something to your dish at its simmering so it ruins the flavour. :mad:

[Niamh.]

When somebody adds something to your dish at its simmering so it ruins the flavour. :mad:Domestic dispute in progress? :fan:

[Benjamin]

Domestic dispute in progress? :fan:

He’s ill, and so his taste is off. I went to go do something and he added salt to the dish, so now it’s really salty. I was so cross :fist:

[Niamh.]

He’s ill, and so his taste is off. I went to go do something and he added salt to the dish, so now it’s really salty. I was so cross :fist:

:laugh:

I do like a lot of salt tbf so I'm with him :hee:

[Benjamin]

:laugh:

I do like a lot of salt tbf so I'm with him :hee:

There was already a lot of salt in it. Now it’s all I can taste. :yuk:

[Niamh.]

What are you having?

[Benjamin]

What are you having?

He’s having spag bol. I’m having cheese and crackers now. :laugh:

[Redway]

That’ll teach me not to come between Benj. and his spag-bol.

[Redway]

Just to put it out there, though, potatoes can absorb excess-salt.

[Benjamin]

Just to put it out there, though, potatoes can absorb excess-salt.

I had no potatoes in (and that really barely only works for stews etc and you have to then remove the potatoes) and I’m too tired to bother trying to salvage it. Just means he’ll be eating spag bol for the next few lunches and dinners. :laugh:

[Niamh.]

He’s having spag bol. I’m having cheese and crackers now. :laugh:

Oh dear :laugh: we had spag bol tonight as well

[Benjamin]

Oh dear :laugh: we had spag bol tonight as well

:fist:

[Redway]

Poor Benjie. Cheese and crackers is no meal.

[Niamh.]

Honestly I'd probably rather cheese and crackers than Spag Bol, it isn't my favourite bit everyone else loves it

[Redway]

How long do you leave it to cook for?

[Redway]

And do you use a combination of beef and pork?

The worst bolognese I’ve ever made was one with turkey mince. Turkey definitely doesn’t help with the profile but a certain amount of pork (if you like/can eat pork) definitely goes a long way.

[Benjamin]

How long do you leave it to cook for?

Usually 1.5/2 hours. And beef always.

[Redway]

Usually 1.5/2 hours. And beef always.

Gotcha.

[Benjamin]

I can’t say I’ve ever had turkey mince. What would it usually be used in?

[Redway]

I can’t say I’ve ever had turkey mince. What would it usually be used in?

Anything you’d normally use minced beef for but probably more-especially certain curries. It’s low-fat and tastes accordingly, for better or worse.

The bolognese I made with it wasn’t terrible for what it was but what it wasn’t was anything like a bolognese should taste like, not to me. But then one of my least-favourite people (a nasty so-and-so from Wrexham) ate it. Looking back that puts a wry smile on my face. He didn’t deserve better. I’m glad he never got to eat a really good spag.-bol. from me.

[Niamh.]

How long do you leave it to cook for?An hour-ish and I use beef (Gav cooked tonight though)

[Redway]

An hour-ish and I use beef (Gav cooked tonight though)

Ah, right.

One thing sauces in-general benefit from is a good, long simmer. Definitely at least an hour for a chance of more optimal results. Sun-dried tomatoes ain’t half-bad an idea, either.

[Niamh.]

Ah, right.

One thing sauces in-general benefit from is a good, long simmer. Definitely at least an hour for a chance of more optimal results. Sun-dried tomatoes ain’t half-bad an idea, either.Not a fan of sun dried tomatoes I'm afraid

[Benjamin]

Not a fan of sun dried tomatoes I'm afraid

Fussy little b aren’t you. :hehe:

[Redway]

But yeah. Turkey mince really ain’t it when you’re expecting a beefy kick.

[Niamh.]

Fussy little b aren’t you. :hehe:

:oh:

[Ray.]

I'm often making typos on this site. Never in texts or emails or what have you. Only ever on this site. It's a little thing that's come to irritate me a little.

[Niamh.]

I'm often making typos on this site. Never in texts or emails or what have you. Only ever on this site. It's a little thing that's come to irritate me a little.

Same, so annoying

[Redway]

The way alcohol features so, so much in soaps.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The way alcohol features so, so much in soaps.

At least they are not taking a dangerous gateway illegal drug

[Redway]

At least they are not taking a dangerous gateway illegal drug

I know you’re not going to get bored of this nonsensical rhetoric so I’ll let you be.

[Mystic Mock]

Whenever you complain about something more old-fashioned being better and you get one of these three responses.

1. "It's of it's time" - So? If said thing is better than the "current" thing, how about we go back to the better old-fashioned method?

2. "You're just being a boomer" - Obviously doesn't really make for a good debate.

3. "You just have to learn to lower your standards" - Why should I?:shrug:

And obviously I'm saying that everything modern is worse because that's quite dumb, but it's almost taboo in society to admit that some modern stuff has really poor quality standards to them, that I don't believe would've been acceptable back as recently as a decade ago.

[Mystic Mock]

Recent Eurovision Seasons leaning too heavily into autotuned Dance tracks.

Don't get me wrong some of them can be catchy, but this year in particular looks like we're going to have a whole host of uptempo Dance-y kind of numbers in the Semis and possibly the final.

As it stands, I really hope that one of Lithuania, Serbia, Greece, or Albania win as they have more distinct styles by the year's standard.

I obviously hope that the UK tries to avoid the Dance genre this year, as it will make us standout.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

When a film with unknown actors has an everyday word like Lies as the title and then it becomes close to impossible to find out more about the movie on the net

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

World leaders. All immature boys with toys and power

[Nicky91]

people who are xenophobic towards russian culture and language


i have my reasons, and i can explain just to avoid me being called a troll



i have a female friend (on escforum) who lives in germany, but she and her family are russian

i chat a lot with her through PM's on that forum, the one who i talk about german lets dance with

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Meghan has no black friends :bawling: we defending you with every breath and you don't even have black friends you could invite in your show, Meghan. Why Meghan why :bawling:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

people who are xenophobic towards russian culture and language


i have my reasons, and i can explain just to avoid me being called a troll



i have a female friend (on escforum) who lives in germany, but she and her family are russian

i chat a lot with her through PM's on that forum, the one who i talk about german lets dance with

Blame Putin and the stereotypes

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

That nowadays you need to read a bit about the film beforehand or during because otherwise you may not know what the heck is happening. It seems they skip setting up the scenes and character plots nowadays

[Mystic Mock]

Televising Wolves Versus Everton on the Football.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Meghan has no black friends :bawling: we defending you with every breath and you don't even have black friends you could invite in your show, Meghan. Why Meghan why :bawling:

I stand corrected. Baby girl brought on one black friend-Tracy Kobbins :D

[Ray.]

YouTube ads on your mobile.

'Have you ever had financ-'

No.

Refresh.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Meghan has no black friends :bawling: we defending you with every breath and you don't even have black friends you could invite in your show, Meghan. Why Meghan why :bawling:

wait, she has friends?

:conf:

[Redway]

YouTube ads on your mobile.

'Have you ever had financ-'

No.

Refresh.

I mean, we’ve all had financial problems.

[Redway]

People using Covid as a landmark for things. ‘I tried for [this-and-that] before Covid but it didn’t work. Let’s see if I get lucky now.’

[Ray.]

People using Covid as a landmark for things. ‘I tried for [this-and-that] before Covid but it didn’t work. Let’s see if I get lucky now.’

I kind of relate to this. People talk about coming up under COVID as though it were like living in the shadow of 9/11 with the war on terror, and Afghanistan raging and whatnot. The latter is something I can identify with. But idk, I just don't feel any real connection to people who talk about COVID in those terms. Not even necessarily saying they're wrong to do so, but for me COVID wasn't something that ever reached the level of cultural zeitgeist. Owing to being furloughed and not particularly minding staying indoors more, for me it was just something annoying happening in the background that you kind of just had to deal with.

[Redway]

I kind of relate to this. People talk about coming up under COVID as though it were like living in the shadow of 9/11 with the war on terror, and Afghanistan raging and whatnot. The latter is something I can identify with. But idk, I just don't feel any real connection to people who talk about COVID in those terms. Not even necessarily saying they're wrong to do so, but for me COVID wasn't something that ever reached the level of cultural zeitgeist. Owing to being furloughed and not particularly minding staying indoors more, for me it was just something annoying happening in the background that you kind of just had to deal with.

The pandemic was a real blessing for a lot of introverts, too (those of us who thankfully didn’t lose loved ones to Covid anyway). More time and space to do what we do best (think and introspect, review the social connections we do cultivate and the depth of them, solitary hobbies like writing and baking banana-bread). That plus the fact that the year right before Covid, 2019, was among the worst of my life. Nothing throughout most of the first 3/4 of 2020 was that bad, and when it was it was for reasons that had sod-all to do with Covid.

[Mystic Mock]

People using Covid as a landmark for things. ‘I tried for [this-and-that] before Covid but it didn’t work. Let’s see if I get lucky now.’

People using Covid as a topic to try and make themselves seem more mature to other people, even when it doesn't naturally fit the discussion.

I'm not aiming that at you Redway btw, it's just you mentioning Covid made me think of people like that.

[Mystic Mock]

Chart Music being absolutely dire in general these days.

Anime Music also being pretty bad in general recently too, although my Brother doesn't agree with me on that one as much.:laugh:

[Redway]

Chart Music being absolutely dire in general these days.

Anime Music also being pretty bad in general recently too, although my Brother doesn't agree with me on that one as much.:laugh:

I feel like that’s been the case most years since 2012. Afrobeats is the genre that’s kept on giving in the past 8 years. Other genres not as much.

[Mystic Mock]

I feel like that’s been the case most years since 2012. Afrobeats is the genre that’s kept on giving in the past 8 years. Other genres not as much.

I was thinking 2012 was the last time that the chart Music scene was decent.

I wish that I had've appreciated it more at the time.

[Redway]

I was thinking 2012 was the last time that the chart Music scene was decent.

I wish that I had've appreciated it more at the time.

I personally was including 2012 when I said “since”. The start to the year was a dead-end in terms of decent pop and R&B and Rihanna’s “Where Have You Been” track was so bad it isn’t even a song.

[Mystic Mock]

I personally was including 2012 when I said “since”. The start to the year was a dead-end in terms of decent pop and R&B and Rihanna’s “Where Have You Been” track was so bad it isn’t even a song.

2012 did have some decent numbers still imo.

Songs like Take Me To Church, Gangnam Style, Hall Of Fame, and speaking of Rihanna she did release Diamonds in that year.

I agree that it's not the greatest year for chart Music, but it's a damn sight better than any of the years in the 2020's imo.

I joke (but I'm also half serious) when I say that you get better Music from Eurovision nowadays.:laugh:

And obviously searching for less known artists on YouTube.

[Redway]

1. The fact that so-many people don’t seem to be aware of the link between alcoholism and mental illness. It’s inevitable that someone like Phil Mitchell would develop a depressive illness eventually off the back of all-that, whether he’s a thug or not. That wasn’t even who Phil was before 2000.

2. https://youtu.be/c-EUR4E33G4?si=K7AB3_Zf0BK-XQl_ | https://youtu.be/hgO_6Oni-RA?si=2sNxMHs9ryPQvZss | https://youtu.be/fwI63rMfKNs?si=3AUlFarspEEVcBso | https://www.youtube.com/live/5W377hlEbrE?si=zI-oTwqf3ogsmPSN

^ the fact that America and Canada are light years ahead of the U.K. when it comes to using ketamine and psychedelics medicinally for mental health conditions. The British Isles (although ketamine’s offered for treatment-resistant depression privately, still) still has a very backwards approach to these things and thinks that all your non-clinical problems can be solved with a good-ol. pint or glass of white. Any and every situation seems to call for a drink.

We like alcohol too, too, too much in this part of the world. It’s the furthest thing from a healthy coping mechanism.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

What is it with Hollyweird trying to normalise incest now? Eek first my fault film now mother of the bride? Ew. They tried to normalise pedophilia didn't work now this nonsense.

Burn it down!!!

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

DHL was supposed to deliver something by 12pm yesterday. By 3 it hadn't gotten there and tracker said it was running later. By 6 it said that it was supposedly delivered and signed by me but it wasn't. I was furious! Called customer service and they said they probably clicked delivered by mistake and that it would be on its way today! Today! Driver said he supposedly lost the package!!!!!!!!!! Now we'll wait for tomorrow to see if he will find it!!!!!!!! How the bloody heck do you lose a package!!!!!!!!

[Crimson Dynamo]

DHL was supposed to deliver something by 12pm yesterday. By 3 it hadn't gotten there and tracker said it was running later. By 6 it said that it was supposedly delivered and signed by me but it wasn't. I was furious! Called customer service and they said they probably clicked delivered by mistake and that it would be on its way today! Today! Driver said he supposedly lost the package!!!!!!!!!! Now we'll wait for tomorrow to see if he will find it!!!!!!!! How the bloody heck do you lose a package!!!!!!!!

If you call them and tell them just how many exclamation marks you have used in the above post I am sure that will get the ball rolling :shrug:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

If you call them and tell them just how many exclamation marks you have used in the above post I am sure that will get the ball rolling :shrug:

You!!!!!!! are!!!!!! right, my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!





!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!https://i.ibb.co/PGDh84gJ/IMG-0533.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)

[Redway]

ENTPs’ endless love of debate. Not everything needs to be tribunal-screened, like a for-and-against argument-question in a GCSE paper worth 8 or 16 marks. Sometimes just go with the flow. Not everything’s an argument.

[Redway]

Ross Barton’s (Emmerdale) dumbness is frustrating to watch. That, too.

[Mystic Mock]

What is it with Hollyweird trying to normalise incest now? Eek first my fault film now mother of the bride? Ew. They tried to normalise pedophilia didn't work now this nonsense.

Burn it down!!!

I never thought that I would say this because both are disgusting imo.

But thank god that they changed it to Incest.

Because under no circumstances should we be seeing Pedophilia being celebrated.

[Mystic Mock]

ENTPs’ endless love of debate. Not everything needs to be tribunal-screened, like a for-and-against argument-question in a GCSE paper worth 8 or 16 marks. Sometimes just go with the flow. Not everything’s an argument.

I can agree with this.

[Ray.]

People presuming to put your name forward for a task to perform at work.

Don't speak for me, you jackass. What a pisstake.

[Redway]

Incels (of all ages) and their weirdness.

[Redway]

People presuming to put your name forward for a task to perform at work.

Don't speak for me, you jackass. What a pisstake.

It is pretty annoying in-general, t.b.f., when other people speak for you without knowing the full context.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

I never thought that I would say this because both are disgusting imo.

But thank god that they changed it to Incest.

Because under no circumstances should we be seeing Pedophilia being celebrated.

It's a sad day on earth when these are the choices

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Still haven't got the package! Wonderful

[Mystic Mock]

It's a sad day on earth when these are the choices

Agreed.

[Mystic Mock]

Incels (of all ages) and their weirdness.

Have you ever seen the tweets in this particular YouTube video?:umm2:

QqVsNXw4f1Y

In particular the 5:25 mark, the 7:15 mark, 7:32 mark, 7:58 mark, 8:54 mark, and the 9:06 mark were the most objectionable tweets in the video imo.

Although the first 4 minutes aren't exactly lovable tweets either tbh.

[Ammi]

Still haven't got the package! Wonderful

….is the package lost, did you say…?..have you spoken to the delivery company or the supplier and have they said they’ll send a replacement or you’ve filled a claim with DHL or…?…let us know if you get the package, CeeCee….

[Gusto Brunt]

Little things that irritate me - Patrick Christys. Well he is little, I think 5 feet 6. :D

I first saw him on Talk TV a few years ago. Always thought he was a boy trying to do a man's job. :D

Never found him interesting or particularly intelligent. Just a lucky bloke.

Now he's on GB News. Every time he comes on I switch off. I even can't stand it when the trailers for his show come on.

https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/590x/secondary/Patrick-Christys-GB-News-5064479.jpg?r=1699955651685

[Redway]

Have you ever seen the tweets in this particular YouTube video?:umm2:

QqVsNXw4f1Y

In particular the 5:25 mark, the 7:15 mark, 7:32 mark, 7:58 mark, 8:54 mark, and the 9:06 mark were the most objectionable tweets in the video imo.

Although the first 4 minutes aren't exactly lovable tweets either tbh.

Ugh. Gross.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

….is the package lost, did you say…?..have you spoken to the delivery company or the supplier and have they said they’ll send a replacement or you’ve filled a claim with DHL or…?…let us know if you get the package, CeeCee….

The seller who is from eBay claims he is also chasing. I called DHL again today and today they claim that they are investigating the whereabouts of the package via cctv. If I don't get it tomorrow I'm claiming a refund cause I've had enough. I did give them an earful more than once though.

[Ammi]

The seller who is from eBay claims he is also chasing. I called DHL again today and today they claim that they are investigating the whereabouts of the package via cctv. If I don't get it tomorrow I'm claiming a refund cause I've had enough. I did give them an earful more than once though.

…that’s so, so annoying that you haven’t got your item and yeah, claiming a refund if it doesn’t arrive today is the way to go ….then you can draw a line and start again and decide if you’ll purchase from elsewhere as it’s obviously a stress causing thing atm that isn’t necessary to have…

[Mystic Mock]

Ugh. Gross.

This Youtuber always finds the nasty stuff.

He had a video recently called r/inbreeding.

We'll leave it at that because all of the comments in that video were foul beyond belief.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…that’s so, so annoying that you haven’t got your item and yeah, claiming a refund if it doesn’t arrive today is the way to go ….then you can draw a line and start again and decide if you’ll purchase from elsewhere as it’s obviously a stress causing thing atm that isn’t necessary to have…

Tried to ask for a refund they said to wait for Monday. Guess what now DHL has updated that they will deliver on Monday while simultaneously their tracker still claims I signed for it on Wednesday! Disgusting

[Ammi]

Tried to ask for a refund they said to wait for Monday. Guess what now DHL has updated that they will deliver on Monday while simultaneously their tracker still claims I signed for it on Wednesday! Disgusting

…yeah I know it’s annoying when you’ve been waiting for your parcel and then you have to wait for a refund…/…it just compounds the frustration, doesn’t it…at least you’ll be able to look at reordering elsewhere or just drawing a line, you know…

[Redway]

The incessance of some people’s Instagram stories and constant pep-talks and bragging about the showcasable elements of their lives. Just shut up and pack yourselves in. Every time talk, brag, talk. FFS.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…yeah I know it’s annoying when you’ve been waiting for your parcel and then you have to wait for a refund…/…it just compounds the frustration, doesn’t it…at least you’ll be able to look at reordering elsewhere or just drawing a line, you know…

Got a refund today. Bittersweet!

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

News outlets "breaking news: inside so and so's SHOCK split!" Shock where? No1curred

[Ammi]

Got a refund today. Bittersweet!

…yay…!!!…hopefully they won’t mess with you and your parcels again…

[Redway]

“Bipolar is just random mood swings, innit?”

“Delirious Mania.
The transition to delirious mania is marked by the appearance of confusion, more hallucinations, and a marked intensification of the symptoms seen in acute mania. A dreamlike clouding of consciousness may occur. Patients may mistake where they are and with whom. They cry out that they are in heaven or in hell, in a palace or in a prison; those around them have all changed—the physician is an executioner; fellow patients are secret slaves. Hallucinations, more commonly auditory than visual, appear momentarily and then are gone, perhaps only to be replaced by another. The thunderous voice of God sounds; angels whisper secret encouragements; the devil boasts at having the patient now; the patient’s children cry out in despair. Creatures and faces may appear; lights flash and lightning cracks through the room. Grandiose and persecutory delusions intensify, especially the persecutory ones. Bizarre delusions may occur, including Schneiderian delusions. Electrical currents from the nurses’ station control the patient; the patient remains in a telepathic communication with the physician or with the other patients.
Mood is extremely dysphoric and labile. Though some patients still are occasionally enthusiastic and jolly, irritability is generally quite pronounced. There may be cursing, and swearing; violent threats are made, and if patients are restrained they may spit on those around them. Sudden despair and wretched crying may grip the patient, only to give way in moments to unrestrained laughter.
Flight of ideas becomes extremely intense and fragmented. Sentences are rarely completed, and speech often consists of words or short phrases having only the most tenuous connection with the other. Pressure of speech likewise increases, and in extreme cases the patient’s speech may become an incoherent and rapidly changing jumble. Yet even in the highest grades of incoherence, where associations become markedly loosened, these patients remain in lively contact with the world about them. Fragments of nearby conversations are interpolated into their speech, or they may make a sudden reference to the physician’s clothing or to a disturbance somewhere else on the ward.
Hyperactivity is extreme, and behavior disintegrates into numerous and disparate fragments of purposeful activity. Patients may agitatedly pace from one wall to the other, jump to a table top, beat their chest and scream, assault anyone nearby, pound on the windows, tear the bed sheets, prance, twitter, or throw off their clothes. Impulsivity may be extreme, and the patient may unexpectedly commit suicide by leaping from a window.
Self-control is absolutely lost, and the patient has no insight and no capacity for it. Attempting to reason with the patient in delirious mania is fruitless, even assuming that the patient stays still enough for one to try. The frenzy of these patients is remarkable to behold and rarely forgotten. Yet in the height of delirious mania, one may be surprised by the appearance of a sudden calm. Instantly, the patient may become mute and immobile, and such a catatonic stupor may persist from minutes to hours only to give way again to a storm of activity. Other catatonic signs, such as echolalia and echopraxia and even waxy flexibility, may also be seen.”

Delirious mania says hi.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…yay…!!!…hopefully they won’t mess with you and your parcels again…

I'm upset cause I actually wanted what I was paying for. It was a PC desktop :bawling:

I'll search elsewhere and hope they don't use DHL or Hermes

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

It's still so terribly off putting when the scene is dark in tv shows and movies! It needs to stop

[Beso]

People in harvesters that dont move quick enough around the free nibbles.

And kids round the nibbles with there snotty hands.

[Ammi]

I'm upset cause I actually wanted what I was paying for. It was a PC desktop :bawling:

I'll search elsewhere and hope they don't use DHL or Hermes

…sadly, the delivery to you wasn’t something that was happening and that’s such an essential part of the purchase, isn’t it…I hope that you do get what you hoped for soon…:love:…

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Can't decide which is worst-X or IG. IG people only post the best edits of their life, making others feel inferior or perhaps that they have to document their life more and X is literally a pit of hell where the worst of the worst gather and make everyone privy to their inner darkest thoughts every hour. The amount of racism, degrading, mocking, blasphemy whatever you can think of it happens in X. People arguing all day. I hate them both. I wish Steve Jobs never had this idea. I wish he left well enough alone. I was happier before being privy to people's thoughts. At least before we could live in some kind of ignorant bliss with only an idea of how bad it is not actually seeing how bad it is

[Niamh.]

Can't decide which is worst-X or IG. IG people only post the best edits of their life, making others feel inferior or perhaps that they have to document their life more and X is literally a pit of hell where the worst of the worst gather and make everyone privy to their inner darkest thoughts every hour. The amount of racism, degrading, mocking, blasphemy whatever you can think of it happens in X. People arguing all day. I hate them both. I wish Steve Jobs never had this idea. I wish he left well enough alone. I was happier before being privy to people's thoughts. At least before we could live in some kind of ignorant bliss with only an idea of how bad it is not actually seeing how bad it is

Definitely X imo

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Definitely X imo

Really want to quit social media but I have FOMO.

[Niamh.]

Really want to quit social media but I have FOMO.

I don't use X, can't stand the place, an absolute cesspit. I have FB and IG but I keep my accounts small and private, mostly just for people I actually know irl (besides a few people from TiBB) plus i use FB as well for logging in to things like Air BnB. Kind of hate social media as well though so yeah :laugh:

[Ammi]

Can't decide which is worst-X or IG. IG people only post the best edits of their life, making others feel inferior or perhaps that they have to document their life more and X is literally a pit of hell where the worst of the worst gather and make everyone privy to their inner darkest thoughts every hour. The amount of racism, degrading, mocking, blasphemy whatever you can think of it happens in X. People arguing all day. I hate them both. I wish Steve Jobs never had this idea. I wish he left well enough alone. I was happier before being privy to people's thoughts. At least before we could live in some kind of ignorant bliss with only an idea of how bad it is not actually seeing how bad it is

…strangely I’m only just expanding out more into Social Media because of a different job role…when I was working at the school it was always just the best option for me not to have it as it can create so much that I just wouldn’t want to get involved in../…plus school policies etc…I have IG which I like because I can ‘catch up’ through photographs with people I know who live overseas or long distances…it doesn’t bother me in any negative way because I do know that those ‘perfect life’ pics are just life in pose and snapshot, you know…it doesn’t represent a life being lived as such, it only represents nice images and that hasn’t been any different to looking through an album of photographs that have been posed back in the day etc…

…I don’t have X but I’ve recently just got FB because I’ve moved to a different area and it’s really useful for building up all kinds of contacts in the area of things going on…so many local groups have guided me in the right way and to the right people when I’ve needed it…and the marketplace has been useful as well…so I guess that I just go on for a purpose and then just come off again…but I understand it’s not possible to always use it like that…why not take a social media break for a few days or a week or so…that might be all you need to press your own refresh button…?…

[user104658]

Booted Facebook to the gutter about 10 years ago... have never been (active on) X Twitter or Instagram or anything else. I am aware of plenty of the content but I don't engage with it.

I have been drawn into one or two TikTok comments arguments to be fair...

[Redway]

Social media can be toxic just like the vis-à-vis world can be toxic. That doesn’t mean social media in itself is inherently a bad thing.

[Crimson Dynamo]

X is brilliant

1904289938524213380

[Redway]

Booted Facebook to the gutter about 10 years ago... have never been (active on) X Twitter or Instagram or anything else. I am aware of plenty of the content but I don't engage with it.

I have been drawn into one or two TikTok comments arguments to be fair...

I mean, TiBB is rife with arguments and infractions/bans (I’ve just got back from one). Lots of people have even left over the years and switched to Discord because of some of the toxicity on here. Yet every single one of us still here choose to be active posters. Toxic dynamics don’t necessarily mean a whole medium is toxic, but in the case of this beloved forum of ours I’m not saying ir is or it isn’t.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I mean, TiBB is rife with arguments and infractions/bans

no it isn't

you and Nicky got bans and IMO rightly so

hasn't been any for ages and very few this year so far

[Redway]

no it isn't

you and Nicky got bans and IMO rightly so

hasn't been any for ages and very few this year so far

You’ve literally just been arguing Markhle’s supposed blight (vain attention-seeking) within the last few days. A whole thread got deleted because of the likes of you. But I’m not going back to TiBB prison so I’ll just not say more at this point. I’ll not say more.

[Redway]

Anyway (to get back on-topic), tattle-tales and notorious gossips. 2 types of people in this life I hate with a burning passion.

[Redway]

And the fact that the smell of cucumber travels so far. Yuck.

[Ray.]

Tinnitus!

[Ammi]

Tinnitus!

…oh yeah, I have something similar…it’s not Tinnitus as such but it does display in a very similar way and makes some sound pitches so incredibly painful…I feel your pain…:hug:..

[Redway]

Just caught a bit of today’s Classic Corrie’s (2006) reruns and I’m just wondering who lets a 15-year-old (Dev’s annoying daughter) behind a counter when they can’t serve what a lot of the clientele will be looking to buy (alcohol, cigarettes) if they’re not supervised by someone older. I’d just be pissed if I couldn’t buy my Red Stripe or bottle of Lambrini because the owner got pushed into leaving a kid who should be preparing for her GCSE mocks behind the counter all alone.

[Redway]

Another thing. When you’re bored out of your mind and someone recommends going for a walk.

[Redway]

Not being able to shift for the amount of broken glass on the floor in some places. What are they trying to achieve by smashing bottles everywhere?

[Redway]

I’ve said jt again but I’ll say it again; depression (*mild* depression)and anxiety being considered together as a light conglomerate. Make it stoppp.

[Redway]

Meta AI. Just why?

[Cherie]

Another thing. When you’re bored out of your mind and someone recommends going for a walk.

walks a great mood lifter, you have to raise your heart beat though, so not an amble a proper walk

[Redway]

walks a great mood lifter, you have to raise your heart beat though, so not an amble a proper walk

I just don’t find that with walks. I walk enough as it is.

[Redway]

Spotify playlists playing everything but the song you downloaded first. Man just wants Christina Aguilera’s Beautiful, not a million-and-one side-tracks.

Like, ugh.

[Redway]

Big ting: the fact that there are people out there who after today’s Corrie are gonna be like “no midwife would act like that; they’s gon. play the race-card”. Midwives and nurses like that do exist, and that’s the whole point they’re doing this storyline with Dee-Dee. Modern Corrie gets a lot wrong but this is actually accurate and true to life, in a show that’s now overrun with Manny gangsters and unnecessary misery.

[Ray.]

If a small thing falls off the bed, it can't just fall off the bed... It has to fall off the bed and into a completely different ****ing dimension that's totally cut off from our world.

[Maru]

Not being able to find a specific pen. The one day I needed a BiC-style pen. Today I had to go into Walgreens and pay $3 for a 20 pack of them when I only needed 1 (it's to go into a machine so I can calibrate it, it has to be a certain size)

[Ammi]

If a small thing falls off the bed, it can't just fall off the bed... It has to fall off the bed and into a completely different ****ing dimension that's totally cut off from our world.

…I’m pretty sure that I read somewhere that there is a specific area under the bed…like a black hole type thing and if your dropped item falls into that, it could be several years that it’s trapped in there are that it makes its way to the surface again to be found…true story…

[Maru]

When tech misbehaves without your ability to intervene and it has unintended social consequences. Sigh.

[Livia]

Big ting: the fact that there are people out there who after today’s Corrie are gonna be like “no midwife would act like that; they’s gon. play the race-card”. Midwives and nurses like that do exist, and that’s the whole point they’re doing this storyline with Dee-Dee. Modern Corrie gets a lot wrong but this is actually accurate and true to life, in a show that’s now overrun with Manny gangsters and unnecessary misery.

Oooo i really agree with this. I have met some foul people working in the NHS. People always imagine nurses are like angels... Hmmm... Hell's Angels, some of them. When my grandmother fell ill before she died, we removed her from the Norfolk & Norwich hospital because their elderly care is positively Third World. In fact, the Third World has more respect for their elders probably. We were lucky to be able to go private when my children were born, I remember the excruciating horror show my sister in law endured when my nieces were born and I had no faith in the NHS. And another thing... We're always being told the nation has an obesity problem but SO MANY nurses are enormous. And they think people are going to be advised by them. Good job they did away with the smart nurses uniform and now let them all slob around in scrubs and Crocs.

[Redway]

Dog-owners letting their dogs invade people’s personal-space boundaries and come up to them, thinking that everyone’s a dog-person. For all you know, the random person walking past could’ve been attacked by a dog as a kid, their baby might’ve, they might be allergic or they just-plain might not like dogs. All-those reasons are just fine. It’s on owners to know that not everyone’s comfortable with dogs.

[Redway]

People who constantly spit.

[Benjamin]

People who constantly spit.

Yeah, I agree with that. It’s really grim.

[Redway]

The fact that it takes longer for your ’phone to charge than for the battery to deplete. Falling asleep with it at 37%, it’s annoying waking up to a dead ’phone that you hadn’t even used all night. Battery shouldn’t be going when you’re not pressing anything.

[Niamh.]

The fact that it takes longer for your ’phone to charge than for the battery to deplete. Falling asleep with it at 37%, it’s annoying waking up to a dead ’phone that you hadn’t even used all night. Battery shouldn’t be going when you’re not pressing anything.That sounds like your battery is ****ed tbh

[Ammi]

People who constantly spit.

Yeah, I agree with that. It’s really grim.

…yep, concurring…very grim…

[Mikeharper]

I hate people who walk slowly in front of me when I am rushing on my way in to work, I feel like shoulder barging them to the floor NFL STYLE ffs.

[Redway]

People who don’t thank you or even acknowledge you when you step out of their way/hold a door open for them.

[Swan]

People who don’t thank you or even acknowledge you when you step out of their way/hold a door open for them.

Completely with you on this one. Manners cost nothing.

[Redway]

Misophonia alert: people who constantly sniff. If you’ve got a snotty nose, blow it and get it over with already. I’ve said this before but I’ll say it again.

[Gusto Brunt]

I cannot believe at the age of JUST 43, I am now listening to Radio 4 on a permanent basis. :shocked::shocked:

Yes, theose radio adverts and modern music - and old music in fact, gets on me t***.:shocked::hee:

[Zizu]

I cannot believe at the age of JUST 43, I am now listening to Radio 4 on a permanent basis. :shocked::shocked:

Yes, theose radio adverts and modern music - and old music in fact, gets on me t***.:shocked::hee:


My default is currently Classic FM , then Radio 3 Classical plus RTE Lyric FM ( 0139 on Sky)

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

That sometimes when there's a sentence that is like a song title or chorus I can't help but sing the song in my head whether I like it or not! Like every time I see the "what have you done today?" thread, the song "what have you done today, to make you feel proud" rings in my head and I have no control over it :bawling:

[Redway]

The fact that the new BBC iPlayer update doesn’t allow you to tilt your mobile sideways and watch it like-so. Hashtag if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it

[Mystic Mock]

Definitely X imo

I don't know tbh.

Instagram is a vacuous place.

[Mystic Mock]

Oooo i really agree with this. I have met some foul people working in the NHS. People always imagine nurses are like angels... Hmmm... Hell's Angels, some of them. When my grandmother fell ill before she died, we removed her from the Norfolk & Norwich hospital because their elderly care is positively Third World. In fact, the Third World has more respect for their elders probably. We were lucky to be able to go private when my children were born, I remember the excruciating horror show my sister in law endured when my nieces were born and I had no faith in the NHS. And another thing... We're always being told the nation has an obesity problem but SO MANY nurses are enormous. And they think people are going to be advised by them. Good job they did away with the smart nurses uniform and now let them all slob around in scrubs and Crocs.

So they're not like the Nurses from Holby City? Damn it!:fist::joker:

Speaking of medical stuff but moving over into medical conditions.

Has anyone on here noticed a bizarre trend on Social Media of people diagnosing themselves and even sexualized themselves as Autistic, having Down Syndrome, ADHD, and some people have been so sick as to even fake having Cancer.

Has anyone else been seeing this disgusting ****?

[Jessica.]

So they're not like the Nurses from Holby City? Damn it!:fist::joker:

Speaking of medical stuff but moving over into medical conditions.

Has anyone on here noticed a bizarre trend on Social Media of people diagnosing themselves and even sexualized themselves as Autistic, having Down Syndrome, ADHD, and some people have been so sick as to even fake having Cancer.

Has anyone else been seeing this disgusting ****?

There are liars and fakers everywhere but especially online, we even had someone faking cancer on this forum once.

[Mystic Mock]

There are liars and fakers everywhere but especially online, we even had someone faking cancer on this forum once.

That vaguely rings a bell.

I think it's a low blow for anyone to be lying about that though tbh.

[Jessica.]

That vaguely rings a bell.

I think it's a low blow for anyone to be lying about that though tbh.

It's usually a problem with their home life.

[Livia]

So they're not like the Nurses from Holby City? Damn it!:fist::joker:

Speaking of medical stuff but moving over into medical conditions.

Has anyone on here noticed a bizarre trend on Social Media of people diagnosing themselves and even sexualized themselves as Autistic, having Down Syndrome, ADHD, and some people have been so sick as to even fake having Cancer.

Has anyone else been seeing this disgusting ****?

In some cases people self diagnose because they can't get to see a doctor in our Third World healthcare system. There is virtually no chance of an adult being tested for ADHD, autism etcunder the NHS. When you see someone in the news who is an adult and has been diagnosed with autism or ADHD they are invariably celebrities who have got their diagnosis privately.

Fake cancer? Now there's someone who could do with some kind of talking therapy at the very least. Or maybe they 'identify' as a cancer patient?

[Redway]

So they're not like the Nurses from Holby City? Damn it!:fist::joker:

Speaking of medical stuff but moving over into medical conditions.

Has anyone on here noticed a bizarre trend on Social Media of people diagnosing themselves and even sexualized themselves as Autistic, having Down Syndrome, ADHD, and some people have been so sick as to even fake having Cancer.

Has anyone else been seeing this disgusting ****?
I’ve been talking about this neurodiversity thing for ages. Drives me nuts.

[Redway]

The fact that EastEnders chose to demonise ketamine use with Jay and Nadine 2 years ago, while everyone drinks vodka like it’s lemonade, instead of doing something better, like tapping into ketamine therapy (off the NHS; privately, which Phil. would’ve been able to afford) for Phil Mitchell’s psychotic-depression breakdown. Very disappointed in Clenshaw for choosing the easy, cop-out narrative.

[Swan]

The fact that EastEnders chose to demonise ketamine use with Jay and Nadine 2 years ago, while everyone drinks vodka like it’s lemonade, instead of doing something better, like tapping into ketamine therapy (off the NHS; privately, which Phil. would’ve been able to afford) for Phil Mitchell’s psychotic-depression breakdown. Very disappointed in Clenshaw for choosing the easy, cop-out narrative.

They only care about promoting alcohol and the consuming of alcohol 24/7.

[Redway]

An 18-year-old was bullied by Subway staff for having a voice so quiet/low that people struggled to hear him. His worst crime was quietly asking for a meatball marinara and they vilified and took the piss out of him. When he called them out 4 years later, they either couldn’t remember or gaslighted him, using the fact that he struggled with social anxieties at the time means he must’ve misinterpreted the blatant laughing at him under his nose in paranoia. I still feel sorry for the guy.

[Redway]

They only care about promoting alcohol and the consuming of alcohol 24/7.

U think this is one of the few things we’ll ever agree on.

[Oliver_W]

I think I just strongly dislike improper use of our language - there's an MP and occasional Jeremy Vine guest (not from today) who never pronounces the H-sound at the start of words, it drives me crazy :joker:

[Swan]

People who don’t thank you or even acknowledge you when you step out of their way/hold a door open for them.

Completely with you on this one. Manners cost nothing.

U think this is one of the few things we’ll ever agree on.

Maybe, i dunno, but i agreed with you here also.

[Oliver_W]

I hate when people send voice notes instead of typing.

I can't be bothered to listen to you rambling down your crappy mic, either ring me or use IM/text message.

I've almost always got music on, I don't wanna miss that just to listen to you!!!


THOUGH IRONICALLY - I prefer actual phone calls (or video chats) to text based talking. So I'm not sure how to circle that square.

[Redway]

I have an off-and-on relationship with driving, meaning I’m a pedestrian quite a bit of the time. And too many drivers just don’t have regard or respect for pedestrians.

Maybe, i dunno, but i agreed with you here also.

I mean, fair enough. That’s true.

[Redway]

I have an off-and-on relationship with driving, meaning I’m a pedestrian quite a bit of the time. And too many drivers just don’t have regard or respect for pedestrians.

Speaking of cars, Lee Park Road/Avenue (Liverpool) is almost undrivable. You can hardly move for the amount of bumps on those-two roads.

[Redway]

Speaking of cars, Lee Park Road/Avenue (Liverpool) is almost undrivable. You can hardly move for the amount of bumps on those-two roads.

And the irony is, it turns out a police-car walloped into another car just by this corner.

[Mystic Mock]

I’ve been talking about this neurodiversity thing for ages. Drives me nuts.

It's crazy isn't it, Redway?

[Mystic Mock]

It's usually a problem with their home life.

I wish that they would channel their problem in a different way on the Internet though than faking having Cancer.

[Mystic Mock]

In some cases people self diagnose because they can't get to see a doctor in our Third World healthcare system. There is virtually no chance of an adult being tested for ADHD, autism etcunder the NHS. When you see someone in the news who is an adult and has been diagnosed with autism or ADHD they are invariably celebrities who have got their diagnosis privately.

Fake cancer? Now there's someone who could do with some kind of talking therapy at the very least. Or maybe they 'identify' as a cancer patient?

Fair points to both paragraphs.

And I unfortunately remember seeing a YouTube video the once where they covered someone on TikTok putting on pale looking makeup on their face with a caption about having Cancer, you could almost say it was their attempt at Satire.

But unfortunately a really unfunny one.

[Redway]

Fred (Classic Corrie; 2006) constantly dismissing Claire as hormonal whenever she’s rightfully upset with Ashley.

[Redway]

People glaring over your mobile when you’re trying to do something on it. I find that so nosey.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

I’ve been talking about this neurodiversity thing for ages. Drives me nuts.

Yeah not gonna lie it annoys me how a large percentage of society, and colleagues just call themselves neurodivergent now

[Redway]

It's crazy isn't it, Redway?

Certain conditions (like misophonia) have to be self-diagnosed and people suffering becoming their own passionately best advocates, pharmacologists, experts, because the system hasn’t made diagnostic room for them yet and even specialists don’t necessarily have a clue, despite the fact that it’s not as unusual condition as one might think. People in those situations just have to claim agency in the face of institutional neglect and non-acknowledgement. So I do get the validity of genuine, well-informed self-diagnosis. I’m the last person in the world to overlook that. But the way things like autism and ADHD specifically are concerned, it’s just going way too far. Every 1 in 2 people claims to be neurodivergent these days, and all these people can’t be officially diagnosed.

[Redway]

Ralph Wiggum.

Seriously. God knows I HATE this stupid kid.

[Redway]

Misrepresenting and gate-keeping the layers which have added to someone’s unique shade of cultural identity just so they can prove themselves totally authentic to you (big-ting), when chances are they’re more authentic than you in that regard, is something that needs to be cancelled. You don’t get to do that, whether you’re in a relationship with them or you’re just passing strangers. Simplifying the layers of someone’s hometown, or even labouring under the illusion that they can only have one, is just … not the way to go.

Someone’s hometown can be as much Cairo as it is Newham. Toxteth as much as Montegro Bay. Especially with those areas being quite multicultural anyway. They’re not abandoning their Egyptian, Jewish or Jamaican identity by making that known. They could just as well be saying that their diaspora communities have enhanced their cultural identity all-the more. Either way, it’s not to go attacking someone like a pack of hounds because they used “hometown” in a somewhat double-faceted way. They’ll have their reasons and context of lived experiences within the confines of what they’re talking about. And you can’t take that away from them, no-matter how much you try to gatekeep one culture or the other in monoculture type of way. Claiming multiple hometowns is just not a betrayal of heritage. You shouldn’t have to strip your identity of nuance to be accepted by everyone. It’s not going to work like that in a migratory, globalised world anyway.

[Redway]

Gossip dressed up as spiritual concern.

[Redway]

Apps giving you the option of them either tracking your activity and location all the time or only why you’re using the app as if anyone would actually be comfortable with the former and being tracked all the time. Why is it an option anyone would have to choose between?

[Redway]

People who burp in public like it’s nothing.

[Ray.]

People who burp in public like it’s nothing.

Agreed. Revolting thing to do in front of others. :yuk:

[Redway]

In MBTI lingo: extroverted sensing types who dismiss intuitives as just overly reserved and over-analytical.

[Redway]

People who make personality-pervading judgements about people based on nothing but their vis-a-vis social demeanour, especially when they’ve only ever seen the person in motion with people that they’re not terribly comfortable with. You’re obviously not going to see the real them when more of their personality is directed inwards rather than outwards and they’re not even comfortable to begin with. Comfort is everything for the average introvert. Mistaking situational awkwardness or silence with someone’s whole personality is never a good thing. Still waters run deep. And there’s often a world of immense emotional and intellectual depth beneath the surface. You just need to get to know them in themselves, and some people never will, because they never utilised the opportunity to. You … don’t get to see it in random passing or from the undifferentiated outside looking in. You get it through time, trust, comfort, nuance and maybe the odd questionnaire or two on Snapchat. Otherwise your knowledge of them might be 0.1% and nowt more. It always pays to respect the complexity of the inner world.

[Zizu]

People who post huge , unreadable blocks of concentrated text ….

[Redway]

Lymecycline capsules. The way they easily break and disintegrate in your hands is so annoying. I’ve got a good mind to make a complaint to the pharmacy.

[Zizu]

Lymecycline capsules. The way they easily break and disintegrate in your hands is so annoying. I’ve got a good mind to make a complaint to the pharmacy.


Speaking from experience you may be better getting plenty of sunshine .. just use high factor sunscreen


Back in the day sun lamps plus protective goggles were used effectively but times have changed

[Redway]

People who defend Joshua Pascoe.

[Zizu]

You are welcome


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Redway]

Speaking from experience you may be better getting plenty of sunshine .. just use high factor sunscreen


Back in the day sun lamps plus protective goggles were used effectively but times have changed

I’m not sure what sunshine’s got to do with antibiotics. As usual, you’re not making any sense.

[Zizu]

I’m not sure what sunshine’s got to do with antibiotics. As usual, you’re not making any sense.


I presumed the antibiotics were to treat acne as that is the main thing those particular antibiotic capsules are prescribed for … apparently - apologies if I was mistaken


Either way I was offering you an olive branch ..

… and no the olive branch isn’t a cure for acne before you ask

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Can't sleep so I'm watching from up on a poppy hill

[Ammi]

Can't sleep so I'm watching from up on a poppy hill

…I blame BB production for your rest-less sleep…10pm is so late on a Sunday evening for the show and then the after show …and the triple Tuesday announcement, all far too much to absorb to help any tranquil sleep inducement…I’m not sure I’ve seen that film, did you enjoy…?…

[Zizu]

Can't sleep so I'm watching from up on a poppy hill


So let’s talk about your punctuation/ grammar …



Were you actually up on a poppy hill ?

I was thinking how brave at that time of night plus midges !!!!


Looking at that previous post were you watching a movie called ..

From Up On A Poppy Hill

???

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

So let’s talk about your punctuation/ grammar …



Were you actually up on a poppy hill ?

I was thinking how brave at that time of night plus midges !!!!


Looking at that previous post were you watching a movie called ..

From Up On A Poppy Hill

???


Sir, not today!!!

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…I blame BB production for your rest-less sleep…10pm is so late on a Sunday evening for the show and then the after show …and the triple Tuesday announcement, all far too much to absorb to help any tranquil sleep inducement…I’m not sure I’ve seen that film, did you enjoy…?…

I blame them too. I didn't finish it. It's an Animation
https://i.ibb.co/35wrzmcY/IMG-2867.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)

[Zizu]

Sir, not today!!!


I was only jesting about your punctuation
Apologies if the timing was off ..

[Zizu]

I blame them too. I didn't finish it. It's an Animation
https://i.ibb.co/35wrzmcY/IMG-2867.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)


Ah well

There’s my answer

[Ammi]

I blame them too. I didn't finish it. It's an Animation
https://i.ibb.co/35wrzmcY/IMG-2867.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)

…yeah, I was familiar with the title but it’s not one that I’ve watched…my favourite Ghibli film is Grave of the Fireflies but it will honestly break your heart in two…

[Redway]

People cooking nsala soup with all shade of obstacles besides catfish, the core protein of the dish. It’s not chicken-and-goat meat soup. Catfish is the fundamental meat. It’s not supposed to be a general meat-fest.

[Swan]

People cooking nsala soup with all shade of obstacles besides catfish, the core protein of the dish. It’s not chicken-and-goat meat soup. Catfish is the fundamental meat. It’s not supposed to be a general meat-fest.

I hate when that happens

[Redway]

A more familiar issue (as-if I don’t know that nsala’s deadly niche on here): random numbers calling you and then hanging up.

[Redway]

The news and its constant negativity. It’s always bad news.

[Redway]

And people who end every sentence with annoying filler like “eh?” and “is that it?”

[Redway]

+ Barney’s facial expressions (EastEnders). I know it’s just the way his dyspraxia and ASD affect him but his facial communication just comes across as really jarring for the body of a 15-year-old.

[James]

Not sure how I managed to accidentally close this thread, but reopened now.

That happening is a little thing that irritates me.

[Ammi]

Not sure how I managed to accidentally close this thread, but reopened now.

That happening is a little thing that irritates me.

…:laugh:..

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

I was only jesting about your punctuation
Apologies if the timing was off ..

It's 3 dots, sir.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…yeah, I was familiar with the title but it’s not one that I’ve watched…my favourite Ghibli film is Grave of the Fireflies but it will honestly break your heart in two…

Argh I've not watched that one yet. Thanks for the heads up. I'll reserve it for a day when I need a good cry.






I'm mad! I forgot I took today as leave. I was stressing for the last two days and this morning for nothing. How could I forget :bawling: Could've enjoyed my lie in instead of grumbling as I got ready :bawling:

[Ammi]

Argh I've not watched that one yet. Thanks for the heads up. I'll reserve it for a day when I need a good cry.






I'm mad! I forgot I took today as leave. I was stressing for the last two days and this morning for nothing. How could I forget :bawling: Could've enjoyed my lie in instead of grumbling as I got ready :bawling:

…have a great surprise bonus you day…:laugh:..:love:…

[Ammi]

It's 3 dots, sir.

…absodottinglutely…anything else is dot abuse and misuse…

[Redway]

1. The fact that there were no Classic Corrie episodes uploaded to ITVX throughout the Easter weekend. Chocolate doesn’t have to give the uploads a pause.

2. The fact that the Internet-signal ’round Gateacre Village (a whole affluent neighbourhood in Liverpool) is always really lousy.

[Zizu]

It's 3 dots, sir.


touché

[Redway]

I presumed the antibiotics were to treat acne as that is the main thing those particular antibiotic capsules are prescribed for … apparently - apologies if I was mistaken


Either way I was offering you an olive branch ..

… and no the olive branch isn’t a cure for acne before you ask

Lol. So weird.

Olive-branch not accepted.

[Zizu]

So weird.

.

Don’t be so hard on yourself

[Redway]

Don’t be so hard on yourself

I know you like to think you’re funny and that you’ve got a leg to stand on when it comes to throwing insults back at people but you’re not and you don’t.

[Redway]

Torticollis. I didn’t know until yesterday-evening how painful a neck can get without having suffered whiplash or been in an accident. My left side fully radiated crushing pain for hours and hours. Thank God for hot-water bottles

[Zizu]

I know you like to think you’re funny and that you’ve got a leg to stand on when it comes to throwing insults back at people but you’re not and you don’t.


Yawn …

[Zizu]

Torticollis. I didn’t know until yesterday-evening how painful a neck can get without having suffered whiplash or been in an accident. My left side fully radiated crushing pain for hours and hours. Thank God for hot-water bottles


In other news… hot water bottles are great for alleviating migraine pain - just apply heat to the painful area ..


Who knew !!

[Redway]

In other news… hot water bottles are great for alleviating migraine pain - just apply heat to the painful area ..


Who knew !!

k

[Redway]

When the phone-line accidentally cuts.

[Redway]

1. When you’re part of a group and the rest of the group wants to keep gallivanting up and down everywhere and just cannot stay still in one place. Pace and restlessness, stillness feeling (to them) like a void to be filled instead of a space to breathe.

Extraverts in-general can be so, so annoying.

2. The snotty-nosed squad who sniff and do every other thing but blow their nose. Nightmare for misophones, and wherever you go there’s always a sniffer. There’s always one.

Noses can be such horrid organs. Drippy, sniffly, wet, sneezy little saboteurs.

[Redway]

I may or may not have mentioned this before but people recommending going on a walk to cure Sunday-boredom/melancholy is infuriating. As-if strolling past bins and closed shops, and the odd ugly mouse in the corner, is going to even touch the sides of a particular kind of existential entrapment and hollow time-stretching Sunday brings. A walk might boost the mood for all of 3 minutes but then that’s it.

[Mystic Mock]

Men being called "Simps" just because they respect one woman in the entertainment space.

Thankfully I've never had that word said to me (surprisingly,) but I hear all of the time on Social Media, and half of the time it's coming from Incels who just resent people being respectful towards women.

Therefore they don't even use the word correctly.

[Mystic Mock]

…yeah, I was familiar with the title but it’s not one that I’ve watched…my favourite Ghibli film is Grave of the Fireflies but it will honestly break your heart in two…

If you like Anime Movies with a dark ending you would have a shot at Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade.

And I have got to watch Grave Of The Fireflies myself eventually.

[Ammi]

If you like Anime Movies with a dark ending you would have a shot at Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade.

And I have got to watch Grave Of The Fireflies myself eventually.

…oh thank you for the recommendation, ill check it out Mock…I haven’t watched lots of Anime, its not a genre that I would specifically look out for…but the ones that I have seen are pretty stunning in their visuals and storyline and really excel at pulling on emotions…

[Mystic Mock]

…oh thank you for the recommendation, ill check it out Mock…I haven’t watched lots of Anime, its not a genre that I would specifically look out for…but the ones that I have seen are pretty stunning in their visuals and storyline and really excel at pulling on emotions…

Tbh I'm only really just starting to go into Anime Movies myself (that aren't Disney or DreamWorks related anyway lol,) but I definitely think that Jin-Roh can pack a punch in the writing department imo.

I'm not an animation expert tbh, so I don't know how you would rank it against other Animation Films in that particular area.

[Ammi]

Tbh I'm only really just starting to go into Anime Movies myself (that aren't Disney or DreamWorks related anyway lol,) but I definitely think that Jin-Roh can pack a punch in the writing department imo.

I'm not an animation expert tbh, so I don't know how you would rank it against other Animation Films in that particular area.

…I think that’s it, anime can be so well written that you completely absorb and it’s often such an emotional journey…/…that’s for sure the way with Grave of the Fireflies and I will check out Jin-Roh on your recommendation, Mock…

[Mystic Mock]

…I think that’s it, anime can be so well written that you completely absorb and it’s often such an emotional journey…/…that’s for sure the way with Grave of the Fireflies and I will check out Jin-Roh on your recommendation, Mock…

I will do the same with Grave Of The Fireflies.

I'm hoping to have seen within the next few weeks, but I know what my brain is like, so there's no guarantees.:laugh:

[Redway]

People who think advertising Shilajit and Trip on their TikTok showcase makes up for a lack of a decent, likeable personality. You’re not an influencer. You’re a walking affiliate link, selling vibes because they’ve got no value. The people of integrity who you’re looking up to on that front, consciously or from an undercurrent-imprint from 4/5 years ago, bask in better Sea Moss and magnesium glycinate every minute and they’ve been where you are but with their heads more screwed on a billion times. Their quiet Friday-night peace is serene, squeaky-clean and unmatched, something an aesthetic-with-no-ethics person couldn’t even half-match in a trillion lifetimes, whether they’re 27, 19 or 80. You can’t compete with integrity in self-betterment. Especially if you’re a narcissist.

What the person of integrity sees lying down with their eyes closed a clout-Chad couldn’t see on top of Mount-Everest with 20/20 HD-vision. You can try but it’ll never be as good or authentic. It’s like comparing white rice with mayonnaise that’s trying to be woke with the addition of a few mint-leaves and two slices of avocado to maple-and-opepe-smoked jollof-coconut rice basking in supreme bottom-pot vibes, venison, goose, juicy turkey, deer-liver, aptly-proportioned flamingo and steamed amaranth for sides. Their nourishment comes from entirely within themselves, when they’re doing it right. It’s as clear-cut as that.

If the clout-vitaminista is genuinely a good person in themselves and has qualities to bring to the table that in some shape might better society (or at-least have them standing firm in their morale, with nobody getting hurt as a result of them), okay. Cool. But being into chakra energy (a prey-niche of narcissists) and … “omG try ashwaganda” doesn’t make you interesting, cool or a good person when your soul is permanently rotten. So don’t bother, chad. You’re nothing. A complete waste of space with a foul soul to boot. Rot in hell.

[Redway]

People recording voice-notes in places that are too windy/noisy otherwise to actually hear them clearly.

[Redway]

Flo. Chinyere (nee All Nigerian Recipes) emphasising so much why jollof rice shouldn’t burn at the bottom, even stating original, as-opposed to regular (which apparently burns easier), stainless steel pots as her preference. Even if there is a subtle line between bottom-pot-burnt and genuinely smoky, there’s no reason, when the vibe fits, for both to coincide, and there’s even a scientific reason behind why certain foods taste better towards the bottom of the pot. Other cultures do it often enough. And at the end of the day Flo.’s a scientist, so that empirical backing behind bottom-pot (rice) should appeal to her nature. Avoiding the Mallard reaction isn’t what inherently makes someone a better cook of jollof rice than someone-else.

[Mystic Mock]

Contrarians just for the sake of being contrarian.

It's incredibly annoying imo.:fist:

[Redway]

Over-used suffix fillers (“can I”, “would it/I/you”, “is it”) can be very irritating.

[Mystic Mock]

Over-used suffix fillers (“can I”, “would it/I/you”, “is it”) can be very irritating.

I'm wondering how often I've done this tbh.:laugh:

[Zizu]

Over-used suffix fillers (“can I”, “would it/I/you”, “is it”) can be very irritating.


Are they ?

[Redway]

Bottles with corkscrew tops. Urgh.

I'm wondering how often I've done this tbh.:laugh:

Don’t worry, my guy. You’re good.

[Ammi]

Bottles with corkscrew tops. Urgh.



Don’t worry, my guy. You’re good.

…it’s funny that bottles with screw tops can now go into general household recycling but if they don’t have a fixed top…/…had a cork…they can’t go in there…

[Zizu]

One of my seriously pet hates are cans of food that don’t fit nicely together when you stack them up ..

Heinz beans for example have flat bottoms and just slide off - its a nightmare if you like neat and tidy tin cupboard

[Redway]

…it’s funny that bottles with screw tops can now go into general household recycling but if they don’t have a fixed top…/…had a cork…they can’t go in there…

Hmm. Interesting.

[Oliver_W]

I've said this before but some vocal tics just annoy me - the guests on Jeremy Vine this morning: the woman drops every H in every word, and the man has a mouth full of marbles :joker: I don't know if I can watch!! :joker:

[Zizu]

I've said this before but some vocal tics just annoy me - the guests on Jeremy Vine this morning: the woman drops every H in every word, and the man has a mouth full of marbles :joker: I don't know if I can watch!! :joker:


Maybe the guy is related to AJ ?

[Redway]

Self-service checkouts that don’t accept your coins. You end up asking for assistance so what’s the point in it being self-service in the first place?

[Oliver_W]

Self-service checkouts that don’t accept your coins. You end up asking for assistance so what’s the point in it being self-service in the first place?
Oft-times those bally things are no quicker anyway...

[Redway]

Medication-resistance (big-ting, still), especially when the medicine once worked. The likes of propranolol and lymecycline do nothing for me now. Not a discernible thing.

[Ammi]

Medication-resistance (big-ting, still), especially when the medicine once worked. The likes of propranolol and lymecycline do nothing for me now. Not a discernible thing.

…what were you prescribed the Propranolol for, Redway…that’s cool if it’s too personal a question….but it can be prescribed for multiple things so I was interested as to what you’re feeling it isn’t so effective with …but yeah, obviously we can build up resistances as well and long term taking of a particular medication can cause negative impacts as well…which is one of the reasons for regular reviews, obviously…

[Redway]

…what were you prescribed the Propranolol for, Redway…that’s cool if it’s too personal a question….but it can be prescribed for multiple things so I was interested as to what you’re feeling it isn’t so effective with …but yeah, obviously we can build up resistances as well and long term taking of a particular medication can cause negative impacts as well…which is one of the reasons for regular reviews, obviously…

I’ll tell ya over PM but it’s for the same thing I used it for 11-ish years ago. It worked then but my body’s just outgrown it.

Someone said to me once that people who sweat a lot (like me; my hyperhidrosis is a mad ting) could benefit from propranolol but I think that’s only in the case whose excessive sweating is, like, a peripheral manifestation of anxiety. For people with primary hyperhidrosis (like moi), beta blockers don’t seem to be the answer. Atenolol (another beta-blocker), again, did nothing for me in the sweat-department, but then I only took so much of that. Maybe if I was on the maximum dose or something closer to it I would’ve benefited from it in that regard but if propranolol didn’t work, I don’t see how atenolol would. There’s a beta-blockers called pindolol which, for various reasons, seems like it would suit me a lot better than either of the other two beta-blockers but it’s scarcely available in the UK. That’s my problem.

[Ammi]

I’ll tell ya over PM but it’s for the same thing I used it for 11-ish years ago. It worked then but my body’s just outgrown it.

Someone said to me once that people who sweat a lot (like me; my hyperhidrosis is a mad ting) could benefit from propranolol but I think that’s only in the case whose excessive sweating is, like, a peripheral manifestation of anxiety. For people with primary hyperhidrosis (like moi), beta blockers don’t seem to be the answer. Atenolol (another beta-blocker), again, did nothing for me in the sweat-department, but then I only took so much of that. Maybe if I was on the maximum dose or something closer to it I would’ve benefited from it in that regard but if propranolol didn’t work, I don’t see how atenolol would. There’s a beta-blockers called pindolol which, for various reasons, seems like it would suit me a lot better than either of the other two beta-blockers but it’s scarcely available in the UK. That’s my problem.

….yeah, I asked because I’ve also taken Propranolol…(…for migraine prevention…)…and I know that it can be prescribed for multiple things…I also know that anxiety is something else it can be prescribed for and as you say, there are physical symptoms displayed with anxiety but that doesn’t apply to you…beta blocker type medication is pretty heavy duty medication in general, though…I’m guessing and thinking that you have tried alternative therapies etc…anyways, I asked because I was familiar with the medication itself and many of it’s prescribed uses but I won’t discuss anything medical further…apologies for that…

[Redway]

People who talk loudly/make loud ’phone-calls in coffee-shops, places that are supposed to be relatively quiet. Urgh.

[Ammi]

People who talk loudly/make loud ’phone-calls in coffee-shops, places that are supposed to be relatively quiet. Urgh.

…especially when you reply to them and then realise that they weren’t talking to you…?….

[Redway]

I may have said this before but the fact that the nearest Waitrose as far as Liverpool’s concerned is in Chester is really, really annoying. Gateacre’s an affluent enough area and yet in place of what should’ve been a Waitrose is an Aldi. Not a bad Aldi by any means but I guarantee you the average person from the posh parts of south Liverpool (Woolton, Childwall, Gateacre, Mossley Hill, Allerton, Grassendale, certain parts of Halewood) is more Waitrose-than-Aldi-inclined. If there was a Waitrose in one of those areas, it could quietly become a community-touchstone for local idealists, foodies and discerning introverts, whenever they can afford it.

[Redway]

…especially when you reply to them and then realise that they weren’t talking to you…?….

I don’t think I’ve ever experienced that, tbh, but I’m sure that would be super-awkward.

[Ammi]

I don’t think I’ve ever experienced that, tbh, but I’m sure that would be super-awkward.

…:laugh:…it’s just a me thing, then…yep, that figures…

[Redway]

…:laugh:…it’s just a me thing, then…yep, that figures…

Lol, it’s definitely not just a you-thang. I know it happens.

[Niamh.]

When people say "happiest of Birthdays" or "love you lots jelly tots"

[Zizu]

When people say "happiest of Birthdays" or "love you lots jelly tots"


I’ve never heard of “happiest of birthdays” but I prefer it to ‘happy birthday’ as that phrase just annoys me as there’s rarely any emotion attached to it .., especially said the day after

[Niamh.]

I’ve never heard of “happiest of birthdays” but I prefer it to ‘happy birthday’ as that phrase just annoys me as there’s rarely any emotion attached to it .., especially said the day after

It's usually on FB rather than in real life, i don't know why it just gets under my skin :laugh:

[Ammi]

When people say "happiest of Birthdays" or "love you lots jelly tots"


…love you loads frogs and toads…

…one of my girls does say love you to the moon and back every time she texts…

[Ammi]

…one of my irritations would be abbreviated words/names…

[Niamh.]

…love you loads frogs and toads…

…one of my girls does say love you to the moon and back every time she texts…

That one almost made my list too :oh:

[Ammi]

That one almost made my list too :oh:

…tbf I think she might say it because she knows that it’s annoying…:laugh:…

[Ammi]

…or maybe she does actually love me to the moon and back…?…hmmmm, thinking dinosaur meme….

[Niamh.]

…tbf I think she might say it because she knows that it’s annoying…:laugh:…

Ok I forgive her then :laugh:

[Niamh.]

…or maybe she does actually love me to the moon and back…?…hmmmm, thinking dinosaur meme….

There's so much space in her heart for you :hee:

[Ammi]

Ok I forgive her then :laugh:

…see, it’s all context isn’t it…:laugh:…

[Ammi]

There's so much space in her heart for you :hee:

…I won’t tell her that you said that because honestly, she’ll start saying it in every text…

[Niamh.]

…I won’t tell her that you said that because honestly, she’ll start saying it in every text…

:laugh: