Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)

[Shakermaker]

FourWheelDrift said:

Shakermaker said:

Damn it!

But don't get my started on how much I despise the ridiculous over use of hashtags.

What do they actually achieve on things like twitter? You can still search and find the same things without it.

In simple terms, they allow quick searching of things that are deliberately targeting one topic.

If you are actively discussing (or in many cases, promoting) a certain topic then it is easy to do, as an example, #pistonheads for example - and then everyone who is also talking about or searching for something to do with #pistonheads can see it. Twitter also then built in that creating a hashtag created a hyperlink as well after seeing how people were going ahead and using it. Yes, you can go onto twitter and just search Pistonheads directly - but this is for when you are browsing through to see what other people are talking about.

Similarly they are then used for promoters who want to get people involved or quickly gather all tweets on their particular topic. An example then of people all entering a competition by tweeting about #PHSundayService with say a photo attached or simialr - that becomes part of the entry requirements.

Facebook then also built in the hyperlink function to any words/phrases that followed a hashtag for the same reasons.

But where they then fall down is with the 4 dozen hashtags people then use to talk about their day, often about topics that noone really would be searching for, or have reason to follow a created hyperlink. If you are at the #gym and want to tell everyone about your #workout using the #treadmill and drinking #vitaminwater and eating a #snickers - it does not make me think "Ooh, I wonder what other people doing a workout might be posting about, I'll click that link" or "oh yes, I need to know more about Vitamin Water, i better see who else is talking about that!

[RizzoTheRat]

Shakermaker said:

Got an inbox? ARGH! It is a called a MESSAGE! Nobody sends you an INBOX, they send a message TO your inbox

INBOX ME YEAH HUN?

NO you fking creting - send them a message rather than a whole fking folder full of messages!

(to be clear - people saying "inbox" instead of "message" annoys me beyond reason)

I'm glad I read the rest of the thread before posting a rant on the same topic, yours was far more eloquent

[ClockworkCupcake]

Shakermaker said:

But don't get my started on how much I despise the ridiculous over use of hashtags.

Ironically, I did it on purpose; I was expecting it to light a blue touch paper.

I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.

[Sheets Tabuer]

People that wait until you have a mouthful of lunch before asking you something, fk off I'm eating, come back when I've finished you tosser.

[McAndy]

Sheets Tabuer said:

People that wait until you have a mouthful of lunch before asking you something, fk off I'm eating, come back when I've finished you tosser.

"I don't mean to disturb you while you're eating."

Given that you are standing by me, talking to me while I am eating, you clearly do. I'd mind less if you opened with "Sorry to disturb you while you're eating...", at least acknowledging the inconvenience caused.

[V8mate]

Shakermaker said:

southendpier said:

Shakermaker said:

"god knows how many years?!"

So do we. The answer is 2 years, according to the details under your username.

I crossed posts with Clockwork Cupcake though who beat me to the joke and as such should be awarded the necessary bonus points.

That annoys me more than it should!

I'll post a witty response to something, with lightning speed. Half an hour later, someone comes along and makes the same joke and everyone gives *them* the lols.

So. Unfair.

[grumbledoak]

The useless cow currently shush'ing her crying baby. It wants something, stupid, almost certainly food, and it's your job to supply it whatever it is!

[ClockworkCupcake]

grumbledoak said:

The useless cow currently shush'ing her crying baby. It wants something, stupid, almost certainly food, and it's your job to supply it whatever it is!

At least she was trying. Better than the one I encountered on a recent train journey who let her kids totally run amock and completely ignored them.

[Shakermaker]

V8mate said:

That annoys me more than it should!

I'll post a witty response to something, with lightning speed. Half an hour later, someone comes along and makes the same joke and everyone gives *them* the lols.

So. Unfair.

This happens in real life as well. One of my best mates, Tom, has a very similar sense of humour to me, both of us are quick-witted as well. But in a social situation when something happens and we are both out, he will parrot my witty response 2-3 seconds later than I've said it. Or, I will parrot his. But every time, I don't know if it is because we have heard the other person subconciously and believed it to be our own brain giving us the idea, or if its just because we both have that same sense of humour that means we come up with the same response in the situation?

[FourWheelDrift]

Shakermaker said:

Lots of stuff

thanks.

[McAndy]

ClockworkCupcake said:

grumbledoak said:

The useless cow currently shush'ing her crying baby. It wants something, stupid, almost certainly food, and it's your job to supply it whatever it is!

At least she was trying.

Exactly. She may well be struggling and quite conscious of the disturbance to others, hence the shushing.

[WindyMills]

Those fking buzzfeed videos, showing how to cook a meal, or carry out a little diy project.

What the fk happened to a list of ingredients and instructions? Instead, various family members force me to watch a 6 minute video of a tt gently stirring mousaka while placing in chucks of chicken one by one.

Or, just now, a 4 minute video of some tt digging (through impossibly soft soil) a fire pit and placing fire bricks around. fk me, it will look st, will last a month or two, and I pity the poor git forced to do it (me).

Why can't they just have a photo? Why do I need to spend so much ttting time watching these fking videos?

[Silverbullet767]

People who mouth off their political views in the office like we're all supposed to agree.

[fluffekins]

People using the word "random" when clearly it was nothing of the sort and is completely out of complex.

"That's a bit random" No love, what you mean is that was a little bit unexpected or even unusual.

[ClockworkCupcake]

WindyMills said:

Those fking buzzfeed videos, showing how to cook a meal, or carry out a little diy project.

What the fk happened to a list of ingredients and instructions? Instead, various family members force me to watch a 6 minute video of a tt gently stirring mousaka while placing in chucks of chicken one by one.

Or, just now, a 4 minute video of some tt digging (through impossibly soft soil) a fire pit and placing fire bricks around. fk me, it will look st, will last a month or two, and I pity the poor git forced to do it (me).

Why can't they just have a photo? Why do I need to spend so much ttting time watching these fking videos?

Whilst I don't deny you your right to be annoyed, and whilst I too prefer description and photos to a video, some people simply find they learn better when something is demonstrated to them in a video than in photos and text. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes a video is worth several thousand.

Each to their own and all that.

But, as I said, you're more than welcome to be annoyed that not everyone is exactly the same as you.

[Morningside]

Clickbait that draws me in with "10 things you didn't know about" and then shows one per page and yet fills the screen up with nothing but more clickable junk.

[ClockworkCupcake]

Morningside said:

Clickbait that draws me in with "10 things you didn't know about" and then shows one per page and yet fills the screen up with nothing but more clickable junk.

Yup.

Best one today was a Dr Who clickbait on Facebook about how people have aged, with the heading "What Jon Pertwee From “Doctor Who” Looks Like Now is Crazy"... with a picture of Tom Baker.

The comments were suitably savage, such as "Jon Pertwee looks like a corpse. This is Tom Baker" and "Hmm. I'd be very intrigued by how Jon Pertwee looks like now seeing as he's been dead for years. If you must post drivel like this at least make it accurate and have a bit more respect" and also "Three things. 1) Thats Tom Baker. 2) Jon Pertwee has been dead for 21 years, so yeah I imagine he does look pretty insane right now. If they bought him back it'd have to be as a villain I feel 3) Go away".

[Skii]

Is it the legend27?

Yeah the legend 27

• skip advert**

[Sheets Tabuer]

Some snot nose kid that worked in a sandwich shop or some other valuable establishment eating most of the stock by the looks of them had an epiphany after seeing an old lady slip over and became a H&S officer at our place.

They have decided Stanley knives are to be banned in the office and anyone found with a Stanley knife will face some serious disciplinary action.

[alorotom]

Shakermaker said:

Got an inbox? ARGH! It is a called a MESSAGE! Nobody sends you an INBOX, they send a message TO your inbox

INBOX ME YEAH HUN?

NO you fking creting - send them a message rather than a whole fking folder full of messages!

(to be clear - people saying "inbox" instead of "message" annoys me beyond reason)

Not quite as there are messages that all can see there are messages that are private (which go to the inbox), it's just a simple vernacular for differentiating between the two, no need to have an aneurism over it though fella