Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 5)

[Clockwork Cupcake]

silverfoxcc said:

TL;DR

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

On a related subject, I just logged into my Flickr account to be told that SmugMug and Flickr are now together. "WTF is SmugMug?", I thought. There was a link that said "find out more". So I clicked it, and watched a trendy video that said that SmugMug and Flickr are now together.

In what sense has this told me more?

[Antony Moxey]

Whenever a film is discussed inevitably someone points out how it compares to the book. It’s a film, who cares? I don’t read books, never have, never had the patience or the time so to me it matters not a jot how close it is to the book. Also, to me, I don’t see why it matters to book readers either, it’s a film, judge it on its own merits as a film, especially as most film credits say it’s ‘based on’ rather a word for word direct copy of.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Antony Moxey said:

Whenever a film is discussed inevitably someone points out how it compares to the book. It’s a film, who cares? I don’t read books, never have, never had the patience or the time so to me it matters not a jot how close it is to the book. Also, to me, I don’t see why it matters to book readers either, it’s a film, judge it on its own merits as a film, especially as most film credits say it’s ‘based on’ rather a word for word direct copy of.

It inevitably comes down to expectations and, in some cases, feeling judged.

Scenario A - person really likes the book, feels invested in it, goes to see film "based on the book" and it is a massive disappointment / takes a great big steaming st on the book. Person feels let down and says so on an internet forum.

Scenario B - person likes the book. Goes with a friend to see the film "based on the book" which is, as in Scenario A, is a great big steaming turd. Friend mocks said person saying "you like that st? The film was crap!". Person defends themselves by retorting that the book was much better and that is why they like it.

Scenario C - person likes the book. Film is a big steaming turd. Person laments that it was a hugely wasted opportunity and that it has probably killed any chance of a sequel / it being done properly.

All scenarios seem valid to me.

[MartG]

My neighbours who class themselves as 'keen gardeners', despite their garden being mostly paved over with a few plants around the edges, and their total failure to comprehend my utter indifference to my garden not being 100% tidy.

I far prefer that my slightly overgrown garden has sufficient foliage to allow sparrows, blue tits, and a blackbird to nest in it,

[bristolracer]

Wireless printers

[RizzoTheRat]

My complete inability to step on to a broken travelator properly!

I can see its not working so I know it's just a step on to a slightly different surface that isn't moving. No different from stepping from a hard floor to a carpet. So why the hell do I stumble every time?

I've started to deliberately walk on the ones that aren't working to try and train myself. I can now get off them without stumbling but not managed stepping on properly yet. :-D

[nonsequitur]

RizzoTheRat said:

My complete inability to step on to a broken travelator properly!

I can see its not working so I know it's just a step on to a slightly different surface that isn't moving. No different from stepping from a hard floor to a carpet. So why the hell do I stumble every time?

I've started to deliberately walk on the ones that aren't working to try and train myself. I can now get off them without stumbling but not managed stepping on properly yet. :-D

Everybody in the whole wide world does that. (slight exaggeration).

[SCEtoAUX]

bristolracer said:

Wireless printers

Quite.

[Zarco]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Antony Moxey said:

Whenever a film is discussed inevitably someone points out how it compares to the book. It’s a film, who cares? I don’t read books, never have, never had the patience or the time so to me it matters not a jot how close it is to the book. Also, to me, I don’t see why it matters to book readers either, it’s a film, judge it on its own merits as a film, especially as most film credits say it’s ‘based on’ rather a word for word direct copy of.

It inevitably comes down to expectations and, in some cases, feeling judged.

Scenario A - person really likes the book, feels invested in it, goes to see film "based on the book" and it is a massive disappointment / takes a great big steaming st on the book. Person feels let down and says so on an internet forum.

Scenario B - person likes the book. Goes with a friend to see the film "based on the book" which is, as in Scenario A, is a great big steaming turd. Friend mocks said person saying "you like that st? The film was crap!". Person defends themselves by retorting that the book was much better and that is why they like it.

Scenario C - person likes the book. Film is a big steaming turd. Person laments that it was a hugely wasted opportunity and that it has probably killed any chance of a sequel / it being done properly.

All scenarios seem valid to me.

Quite.

It's annoying when people that don't read books think the film version is good.

[gothatway]

Zarco said:

It's annoying when people that don't read books think the film version is good.

Surely people who don't read books belong in the council thread ? Mind you, I think that most people who watch films belong there too.

[MartG]

gothatway said:

Zarco said:

It's annoying when people that don't read books think the film version is good.

Surely people who don't read books belong in the council thread ?

I'd agree - especially when they appear to be proud of the fact that they have never read a book since leaving school

[Stan the Bat]

MartG said:

gothatway said:

Zarco said:

It's annoying when people that don't read books think the film version is good.

Surely people who don't read books belong in the council thread ?

I'd agree - especially when they appear to be proud of the fact that they have never read a book since leaving school

Got to agree here , people who seem to be proud of never having read a book are council to a T.

[Shiv_P]

That fking weird way of washing up a couple of my flat mates use

Fill the sink/bowl with water, soap it to fk, then wash all your plates in that scummy water - WTF?
You put your first dish in, it contaminates that water so it's got massive floaty bits of fking beef stew or whatever st they've eaten, then they wash the rest of the cutlery/pots/pans etc IN THAT SAME DISGUSTING USED WATER? WHY?

Might as well not wash up. Utterly vile

[Pericoloso]

Shiv_P said:

That fking weird way of washing up a couple of my flat mates use

Fill the sink/bowl with water, soap it to fk, then wash all your plates in that scummy water - WTF?
You put your first dish in, it contaminates that water so it's got massive floaty bits of fking beef stew or whatever st they've eaten, then they wash the rest of the cutlery/pots/pans etc IN THAT SAME DISGUSTING USED WATER? WHY?

Might as well not wash up. Utterly vile

What other ways are there to wash dishes ?

Change the water after every dish/plate ?

I've been doing this for decades and never poisoned myself with dirty plates.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

I'm genuinely intrigued to learn how hand washing *should* be done.

[Shiv_P]

Run the hot water from tap, rinse and put to one side of sink/on draining board. Use a scouring pad loaded with washing up liquid to scrub the plates/pans after first rinse and then rinse again to get rid of washing up liquid remnants

Washing plates in nasty scummy water is so counter intuitive - once the first dish has gone into that water it turns dirty, after a few it resembles the toilet after I've dropped the kids off at the pool. To me it makes absolutely no sense

Yes it costs more in water but I'd rather spend £15.46 or whatever per year extra in hot water then have to eat my food off plates which has a weeks worth of germs and recent food scrubbed all over it

[Antony Moxey]

Stan the Bat said:

MartG said:

gothatway said:

Zarco said:

It's annoying when people that don't read books think the film version is good.

Surely people who don't read books belong in the council thread ?

I'd agree - especially when they appear to be proud of the fact that they have never read a book since leaving school

Got to agree here , people who seem to be proud of never having read a book are council to a T.

Wouldn’t say I was proud, just that I never seem to have the time or patience for a book, much prefer to watch a film. I’d welcome the reasoning as why this appears to be council.

[Strudul]

Shiv_P said:

Run the hot water from tap, rinse and put to one side of sink/on draining board. Use a scouring pad loaded with washing up liquid to scrub the plates/pans after first rinse and then rinse again to get rid of washing up liquid remnants

Washing plates in nasty scummy water is so counter intuitive - once the first dish has gone into that water it turns dirty, after a few it resembles the toilet after I've dropped the kids off at the pool. To me it makes absolutely no sense

Yes it costs more in water but I'd rather spend £15.46 or whatever per year extra in hot water then have to eat my food off plates which has a weeks worth of germs and recent food scrubbed all over it

This is pretty much what I do, except I put everything in the sink rather than on the side.

1) Everything in sink
2) Tap on hot, plug not in
3) Soap up pad
4) Grab plate or whatever and clean
5) Rinse
6) Put to side to drain / dry
7) Repeat 4-6 and 3 when necessary

[Cobnapint]

Shiv_P said:

Run the hot water from tap, rinse and put to one side of sink/on draining board. Use a scouring pad loaded with washing up liquid to scrub the plates/pans after first rinse and then rinse again to get rid of washing up liquid remnants

Washing plates in nasty scummy water is so counter intuitive - once the first dish has gone into that water it turns dirty, after a few it resembles the toilet after I've dropped the kids off at the pool. To me it makes absolutely no sense

Yes it costs more in water but I'd rather spend £15.46 or whatever per year extra in hot water then have to eat my food off plates which has a weeks worth of germs and recent food scrubbed all over it

I wash my pots and cutlery as normal in hot fairy liquidy water (other washing up liquids are available), stand them all in the drainer. Then at the end, pour fresh cold water from a little watering can all over them, flushing the fairy liquidy water away.
The tea mugs get rinsed out under the tap before putting them on the drainer - nobody likes soapy tea.