Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
Discussion
Cobnapint said:
So do they refuse to use pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, household cleaners, and food additives etc., because animals are supposedly 'exploited' during the testing of just about everything we use these days.
Yes, there are non animal tested versions of all these products.I knew a guy who used to make money on the side by attending residential drugs trials sessions - basically being a human guinea pig. It used to amuse me that some of the things they tested on him hadn't been tested on animals yet because that was seen to be unethical. Because, you know, testing on animals is cruel so let's skip that and endanger human life instead.
Bonkers.
Bonkers.
I wonder how many vegetarians know that even supposedly herbivorous animals like deer and cows will supplement their diets with meat.
http://io9.com/field-cameras-catch-deer-eating-bir...
http://io9.com/field-cameras-catch-deer-eating-bir...
rohrl said:
I wonder how many vegetarians know that even supposedly herbivorous animals like deer and cows will supplement their diets with meat.
http://io9.com/field-cameras-catch-deer-eating-bir...
They wouldn't eat deer or cows either, so I don't suppose it really matters.http://io9.com/field-cameras-catch-deer-eating-bir...
FA calls for fans to report sexism.
This is the same FA who promote this: http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football.
I know a women's league is positive discrimination, and therefore fine, because it excludes one gender for the good of the other, unlike negative discrimination, which is exactly the same thing.
This sort of thing makes me furious, despite not caring even remotely about football (fun to play, dull to watch).
I do care about sexism. I probably care about it too much, even to the extent that since I realised that every single person I've ever had sex with is a woman I've been worried that being anything other than indiscriminately bisexual might be offensive.
This is the same FA who promote this: http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football.
I know a women's league is positive discrimination, and therefore fine, because it excludes one gender for the good of the other, unlike negative discrimination, which is exactly the same thing.
This sort of thing makes me furious, despite not caring even remotely about football (fun to play, dull to watch).
I do care about sexism. I probably care about it too much, even to the extent that since I realised that every single person I've ever had sex with is a woman I've been worried that being anything other than indiscriminately bisexual might be offensive.
Captain Muppet said:
FA calls for fans to report sexism.
This is the same FA who promote this: http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football.
I know a women's league is positive discrimination, and therefore fine, because it excludes one gender for the good of the other, unlike negative discrimination, which is exactly the same thing.
Eh?This is the same FA who promote this: http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football.
I know a women's league is positive discrimination, and therefore fine, because it excludes one gender for the good of the other, unlike negative discrimination, which is exactly the same thing.
Are you really saying that because the FA support womens football they shouldn't also ask football fans not to shout sexist abuse at women physios and referees or have I got the wrong end of the stick here?
rohrl said:
Captain Muppet said:
FA calls for fans to report sexism.
This is the same FA who promote this: http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football.
I know a women's league is positive discrimination, and therefore fine, because it excludes one gender for the good of the other, unlike negative discrimination, which is exactly the same thing.
Eh?This is the same FA who promote this: http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football.
I know a women's league is positive discrimination, and therefore fine, because it excludes one gender for the good of the other, unlike negative discrimination, which is exactly the same thing.
Are you really saying that because the FA support womens football they shouldn't also ask football fans not to shout sexist abuse at women physios and referees or have I got the wrong end of the stick here?
The problem is not that the people shouting abuse are sexist, it's that they are shouting abuse at all.
Captain Muppet said:
rohrl said:
Captain Muppet said:
FA calls for fans to report sexism.
This is the same FA who promote this: http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football.
I know a women's league is positive discrimination, and therefore fine, because it excludes one gender for the good of the other, unlike negative discrimination, which is exactly the same thing.
Eh?This is the same FA who promote this: http://www.thefa.com/womens-girls-football.
I know a women's league is positive discrimination, and therefore fine, because it excludes one gender for the good of the other, unlike negative discrimination, which is exactly the same thing.
Are you really saying that because the FA support womens football they shouldn't also ask football fans not to shout sexist abuse at women physios and referees or have I got the wrong end of the stick here?
The problem is not that the people shouting abuse are sexist, it's that they are shouting abuse at all.
Antony Moxey said:
BorkFactor said:
It can be dangerous in the event of a crash though, I don't let anyone sit in the middle when there is no one else in the back in my car 
Why? How is it dangerous?I cringe when I see cars with people belted up in the front, but with children standing up in the back right in the gap between the two front seats.
I think I have posted this before, but one of the many things that consistently annoys me is people quoting an accuracy in figures greater than appropriate for the data.
Case in point is the reports on Alonso's crash which say he was "driving at a speed of 215km/h (133.6mph)". What they are actually saying is that he was driving at "around 215kph" and the journalist has put 215 through a converter to get 133.6mph which is clearly b
ks as "around 215 kph" is, at best, 134mph or more likely "around 135mph".
If you think I'm being picky, consider this joke:
A tourist is in the Natural History Museum and walks up to a Security Guard and asks
"Excuse me. Do you know how old that dinosaur is?"
"Yes, sir" the Security Guard replies, "it is 3 million years and 3 months"
"Good heavens! How can you know so accurately?"
"Well, I've been working here 3 months and when I started they told me it was 3 million years old".
Case in point is the reports on Alonso's crash which say he was "driving at a speed of 215km/h (133.6mph)". What they are actually saying is that he was driving at "around 215kph" and the journalist has put 215 through a converter to get 133.6mph which is clearly b
ks as "around 215 kph" is, at best, 134mph or more likely "around 135mph".If you think I'm being picky, consider this joke:
A tourist is in the Natural History Museum and walks up to a Security Guard and asks
"Excuse me. Do you know how old that dinosaur is?"
"Yes, sir" the Security Guard replies, "it is 3 million years and 3 months"
"Good heavens! How can you know so accurately?"
"Well, I've been working here 3 months and when I started they told me it was 3 million years old".
Rangers. Perhaps now they've finally been taken over that annoying tt Jim White will stop going on about every five fking minutes on Sky Sports News. Just a note for you Jim, being Scotch you might be interested but the rest of the proper speaking footballing world couldn't give a fk about an also ran club in a tinpot league that no bugger bothers watching anyway.
So can we now get back to proper football instead.
t Jim White will stop going on about every five fking minutes on Sky Sports News. Just a note for you Jim, being Scotch you might be interested but the rest of the proper speaking footballing world couldn't give a fk about an also ran club in a tinpot league that no bugger bothers watching anyway.So can we now get back to proper football instead.
TaRD said:
Not all veggies don't like the taste of meat, they don't agree with the way it's produced. Vegetarianism is more about the exploitation of animals and the environmental impact of meat production.
My son went through a phase of being a veggie. Then one day he just got stuck in at a barbie followed very shortly afterwards by the mingiest beefbuger concoction I have ever seen.His excuse? Just got fed up with seeing people enjoying food.
Well I was, and am pleased for him as now he doesn't annoy me beyond all reason anymore. I am now served bolognaise etc. at home made from real meat instead of that bloody horrid soya bean crap! Hurrah!
That f***ing VistaPrint advert which starts every other sentence and more with "As in...."
"As in this offer...as in more offers...as in buy our products....as in use this discount code....as in hurry up as it's limited time only...."
"As in F**K OFF you annoying sodding company and stop talking like you're one of these plonkers who can't start a sentence without "Like" or "So" or "as f***ing in""!
"As in this offer...as in more offers...as in buy our products....as in use this discount code....as in hurry up as it's limited time only...."
"As in F**K OFF you annoying sodding company and stop talking like you're one of these plonkers who can't start a sentence without "Like" or "So" or "as f***ing in""!
CB2152 said:
That f***ing VistaPrint advert which starts every other sentence and more with "As in...."
"As in this offer...as in more offers...as in buy our products....as in use this discount code....as in hurry up as it's limited time only...."
"As in F**K OFF you annoying sodding company and stop talking like you're one of these plonkers who can't start a sentence without "Like" or "So" or "as f***ing in""!
I quite like the lady dog groomer in that advert. "As in this offer...as in more offers...as in buy our products....as in use this discount code....as in hurry up as it's limited time only...."
"As in F**K OFF you annoying sodding company and stop talking like you're one of these plonkers who can't start a sentence without "Like" or "So" or "as f***ing in""!
The old lady though? Fussy b
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