Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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The new Barclays ATM I used the other night. Used to be quite an old one with a noticeable black area of dead pixels growing on the monitor (around the size of a Rich Tea biscuit last time I saw it), now it's a fancy new one. And the annoying bits are that it plays the Windows "ta-da" sound from the nineties when you do anything, and twice when it spits money out; and second that the cash amount selection icons on the screen don't line up with the buttons down the side, requiring lines moulded in the screen surround leading from where the icons are to where the buttons are.
BarbaricAvatar said:
Only 2 things annoy me: Pride in one's country and religion.
Never understood why individuals are automatically biased to one camp just because it's something their country has done/produced....
If you believe that newborn children enter this world with a sense of nationhood then you might need to do a bit of reading on the subject of nature vs nurture.Never understood why individuals are automatically biased to one camp just because it's something their country has done/produced....
What you seem to dislike are people...those weak, tribal, scheming, inbreds we all call 'family'.
People really are annoying beyond reason. Pity I luv 'em too.
DaveGoddard said:
TV programmes which shrink the credits down to a tiny corner of the screen so they can fit a preview of the next programme or something similar on. Sometimes I may want to find out the name of a piece of music used in the programme (for example) but thanks to this, I now can't.
If only there was a vast resource of searchable information accessed by some form of interactive electronic viewer. Something like that would be so useful in circumstances like this. 
JonRB said:
DaveGoddard said:
TV programmes which shrink the credits down to a tiny corner of the screen so they can fit a preview of the next programme or something similar on. Sometimes I may want to find out the name of a piece of music used in the programme (for example) but thanks to this, I now can't.
If only there was a vast resource of searchable information accessed by some form of interactive electronic viewer. Something like that would be so useful in circumstances like this. Antony Moxey said:
Well quite. And imagine how brilliant it would be if you could use that very same device to preview the programme coming up next so that the credits for the one you just watched didn't have to be shrunk down to an unreadable size. Technology eh, innit marvelous what they can do nowadays...
bigkeeko said:
BarbaricAvatar said:
Only 2 things annoy me: Pride in one's country and religion.
Never understood why individuals are automatically biased to one camp just because it's something their country has done/produced. While it's easy to point the finger and say "Oh the Americans and French are the culprits for this"; the English are far, far worse. The image of this country is that of the beer-gutted yob on benefits (or a paedophile). That's nothing to be proud of. We also have a higher percentage of d
heads per 100 people than anywhere else.
As a species we're evolved enough and intelligent enough to know that there are no true fairy tales, so why people insist on pressing on others that there is some all-powerful being(s) looking over them, is beyond me. You make your own path in life or you go nowhere. And you die alone and then rot with no second chances, what's hard to understand about that?
Why do they annoy me? Because they're not things that anyone can simply ignore, there's always a tt wherever you are pressing their misguided idiocy upon others, or shouting about it in public places.
I concur. 100%. There`s nothing more stupid than some daft Never understood why individuals are automatically biased to one camp just because it's something their country has done/produced. While it's easy to point the finger and say "Oh the Americans and French are the culprits for this"; the English are far, far worse. The image of this country is that of the beer-gutted yob on benefits (or a paedophile). That's nothing to be proud of. We also have a higher percentage of d
heads per 100 people than anywhere else. As a species we're evolved enough and intelligent enough to know that there are no true fairy tales, so why people insist on pressing on others that there is some all-powerful being(s) looking over them, is beyond me. You make your own path in life or you go nowhere. And you die alone and then rot with no second chances, what's hard to understand about that?
Why do they annoy me? Because they're not things that anyone can simply ignore, there's always a t
t wherever you are pressing their misguided idiocy upon others, or shouting about it in public places. thinking he or she is better than someone else just they happened to be born on the other side of a line on a map. That, incidentally they had no fking choice in the matter in the first place.Religion needs no explanation. How it`s even entertained in 2014 is f
king beyond me.I'm proud my country started the industrial revolution
I'm proud my country was at the pinnacle of design, engineering and innovation during the 19th and first half of the 20th century
I'm proud my country helped defeat military imperialism, fascism and communism
I'm proud my country has (ok, had) a brilliant attitude of unflappability and stuf-upper-lip pride
I'm proud of our traditions and heritage.
I'm proud of the past achievements and glory of my country and how it was always a land of endless opportunity for anyone willing to work hard enough. As Donald Campbell said - "To be born British is to win first prize in life".
So, by your logic, I'm a t
t. I therefore do not care for your opinion, good sir.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6GpFdmooLE&fe...
Edited by ChemicalChaos on Tuesday 7th October 19:26
I really like the show Wheeler Dealers but the one thing that irritates me is they hardly ever show how they re fit any glass they remove from the cars, especially on the old stuff with string in windows. I do it as a job so I know how it works but it'd be nice if they showed more of it.
The only one I saw them do was a bonded BMW 8 series screen and they just plonked it on without saying how they'd got it out or what was involved in putting the new one in.
The only one I saw them do was a bonded BMW 8 series screen and they just plonked it on without saying how they'd got it out or what was involved in putting the new one in.
ChemicalChaos said:
"To be born British is to win first prize in life".
I`m not going to insult your intelligence by presuming to think you actually believe what you just typed.I suppose you are `proud` of Jimmy Savile , Fred West and Peter Sutcliffe? After all, they`re as British as you. Patriotism provides only one thing. Self serving sentimentality that extends itself to the dislike and distrust of others. I understand the tribal aspect we haven`t got away from and the need to protect the`group` but what makes you any more `proud` than someone from China? They had science and civilization long before us. As I`ve demonstrated , selective observation is easy when you can choose what to feel good about.
What about America? That`s about a proud as it gets. How about a proud Masai warrior? Or someone from New Zealand? Are we all to be `proud`? What kind of nonsense is that?
Infact, why am I bothering? We haven`t really evolved as a species. I`m out.
Edited by bigkeeko on Wednesday 8th October 16:12
BenWRXSEi said:
Commuting into London. I have to do it periodically for work, and I have to say fighting my way through the tube system amongst countless bored-looking commuters is properly soul-destroying. Why the hell do people do this every day?!
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