[Zizu]

Right …

I hate sudden noises …
So when supermarket assistants suddenly drop empty trays on the floor behind me it freaks me out .. not just trays some shop assistants are just too noisy with their banging when closing doors or cupboards


Agahhhhh !!!!


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[Livia]

I love to see the union flag being flown but it sends me into a tailspin when people fly their own national flag upside down. It's not interchangeable, it does matter what way up it's flown and it's simple to learn and retain. Flying the flag upside down is a sign of disrespect. Get a grip, patriots!

[Maru]

Not knowing the difference between General Chat and Chat & Games... keep looking for threads in all the wrong places.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

I can never finish one film in one sitting anymore. I either fall asleep or get distracted and before I know it a 1 and 40 minutes film took me 5 hours to finish

[Redway]

The inaccuracies of ChatGPT. It can hone in on a metaphysical spin in a way that nothing-else can and give good advice/tips but at the same time it’s only as accurate as the information it’s fed, some of-which is very, very wrong, and it doesn’t always remember or store the truth or context. I’m someone who’s very-much a writer by nature so I could never, ever use it to do my craft for me or add articulation to my opinions but I like to get feedback and intuitive spinnings of ideas from it it on occasion. Sometimes it’s fair game, sometimes it’s absolute nonsense.

[Redway]

The over-prevalence of unripe (green) plantains relative to normally-ripe, yellow plantains in certain parts of the world. Green plantains aren’t what you can fry, as far as I know. And that’s perhaps the most common utilisation of plantains.

[Redway]

People who can’t resist the urge to nag excessively about what everyone in their environment is doing or not doing.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Redway

People who can’t resist the urge to nag excessively about what everyone in their environment is doing or not doing.

Gossips?

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Gossips?

Not even that. Just the urge to nag constantly.

[Ammi]

…an irritation for me yesterday evening…seeing a streamed movie showing that looked interesting/reading the synopsis etc and thinking yes and I have that streaming site as well…then realising when I go into it that it’s a paid for movie …I’m so done with extra charges for some movies/series and they seem to be growing to be more and more as well…

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Redway

Not even that. Just the urge to nag constantly.

I hear you

[Redway]

People who are so obsessed with generations and who’s millennial vs. Gen.-Z. What does it really matter at the end of the day?

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Redway

People who are so obsessed with generations and who’s millennial vs. Gen.-Z. What does it really matter at the end of the day?

It matters in how people respond to things, their perspectives and what matters to them lol

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

It matters in how people respond to things, their perspectives and what matters to them lol

Yeah but it’s not set-in-stone like maths or quantum-mechanics are. Moreover, people are still individuals, regardless of the boxes society tries to cluster them into. Some people take that generation-typology shiz way too seriously. Generations exist to observe patterns, not to cage people or get obsessed over which group had it better as kids (a time tinted by nostalgia in retrospect anyway, for all generations; it’s a tale as old as time itself). It’s just a bit of fun pop-sociology. It shouldn’t be taken any-much more seriously than that.

[Redway]

Flo. Chinyere constantly telling Nigerians not to move to the U.K., that Spain’s the best. If Spain worked out for you, that’s great, but as far as I can tell it’s definitely not the better of the two places to live if you’re someone who needs history, continuity, legacy and a broader all-round sense of community across generations. There’s none of that whatsoever in Spain.

Spain might sound like a more attractive location on paper to the U.K.; a more tropical destination, sure (that-it is); but rarely outside of the U.K. and maybe certain parts of America and Canada do you see such concentrated, long-standing enclaves of community, across many different tribes, including deep presence in Peckham (more Yoruba), Houston (more Igbo) and the official Igbo community in Liverpool, the oldest official Igbo community outside Igboland (possibly even in the whole world, because this was in 1935, when suggestions of a pan-Igbo identity were still in the early-ish stages, even in Nigeria itself. Ọ̀gbakọ́. Yam-festivals. International slavery-remembrance day (23 August), weekend-òwámbẹ́s, a strongly-established second-generation generation all being brought up in very similar but very different ways, and with its proximity to and even influence of more general established black-community culture, as well as American/British cultures in less racially-defined ways. The carnivals, the festivals, the networking-spots and platforms (e.g., Igbo Cultural-Support Network/ICSN). The restaurants and general easy availability of Nigerian-food access, even if you don’t live in a major city. The huge number of churches, from Pentecostal to Nigerian Anglican/Catholic ones to Assemblies of God. Spain ain’t got none of that. And quite-frankly, the U.K. is at-least on-par with the U.S. as having the best TV in the world (Nollywood and Nigerian movies in-general, at-least the actually-well-written ones, being another supplementary frontier). Spanish TV is dead. Nice beaches, warm weather, nice holiday-spot, a fraction of what the U.K. has in terms of overall Nigerian community (and it really is only a fraction), maybe a bit cheaper, and that’s it. I don’t think an enormous number of people from some of these more intertwined backgrounds would actually wanna live there. It could be quite isolating for many.

And I'm going to guess there isn’t the range of particular Nigerian ethnic groups (Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Edoid/Bini, Urhobo, Efik, Kalabari, Igala, you name it) in Spain. No mixed-race communities borne of the back of mixing, all with their own story to tell and part of the chapter to add. It seems sparse and not built on strong intergenerational foundations, no matter how nice an all-inclusive 2-week trip to Ibiza is or the culture of siestas (which the U.K. could do with a bit more of). It wouldn’t have taken Flo. a million years to have heard of Golden-Sella basmati rice if she was in the U.K., either.

[Mystic Mock]

Two things that really grind my gears as Peter Griffin would say.

1. Reading a Manga series that you largely enjoy, just for one of the leading female characters to be there just purely for sex appeal, like there's no real discernible personality.

And what makes it more uncomfortable is the fact that most of the Gantz characters are between the ages of 14-16 years old.

And 2. Why are Sky Sports so obsessed with Dan Burn and Phil Foden?

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Two things that really grind my gears as Peter Griffin would say.

1. Reading a Manga series that you largely enjoy, just for one of the leading female characters to be there just purely for sex appeal, like there's no real discernible personality.

And what makes it more uncomfortable is the fact that most of the Gantz characters are between the ages of 14-16 years old.

And 2. Why are Sky Sports so obsessed with Dan Burn and Phil Foden?

That would probably do for Zizu.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Redway

That would probably do for Zizu.

I honestly can't stand writing like that personally.

[Redway]

Microsoft.

[Redway]

When coffee doesn’t kick in at the right time and has you awake when you’re trying to sleep instead.

[Redway]

Messy workmen who don’t clear up after themselves. That’s how passing mice enter the kitchen this time of year.

[Zizu]

I actually use 4 Ai apps for every query then pick out all the best info




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[Crimson Dynamo]

The woman behind me at the football talking about her f-king extension or recent holiday when we are about to take a corner or set piece.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

It will never stop being irritating that in films when everyone is in danger, especially in isolated and dangerous places they're all like "we should split up" or "I'll be better on my own" bisssssshhhh is you ok?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

It will never stop being irritating that in films when everyone is in danger, especially in isolated and dangerous places they're all like "we should split up" or "I'll be better on my own" bisssssshhhh is you ok?

…yeah, I know…or that they’ll stay in a creepy situation and be killed when they could have just said…nope, I’m outta here right now…and if they hear creepy noises from a building/room etc…that’s the very place they head to…directly into those creepy noises and places…eh…?…