Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
Discussion
stemll said:
G-wiz said:
Car ads which use houses like the above. Car is average, but the house is anything but.
Imagine the average house exterior, in the s
thole that is London. Very few houses are like the above.Find it odd that advertisers frequently use houses that are implausibly representative, of the average 100sqft s
tboxes we actually live in, London or otherwise.
G-wiz said:
Car ads which use houses like the above. Car is average, but the house is anything but.
Imagine the average house exterior, in the s
thole that is London. Very few houses are like the above.Find it odd that advertisers frequently use houses that are implausibly representative, of the average 100sqft s
tboxes we actually live in, London or otherwise.GroundEffect said:
G-wiz said:
Car ads which use houses like the above. Car is average, but the house is anything but.
Imagine the average house exterior, in the s
thole that is London. Very few houses are like the above.Find it odd that advertisers frequently use houses that are implausibly representative, of the average 100sqft s
tboxes we actually live in, London or otherwise.mko9 said:
GroundEffect said:
G-wiz said:
Car ads which use houses like the above. Car is average, but the house is anything but.
Imagine the average house exterior, in the s
thole that is London. Very few houses are like the above.Find it odd that advertisers frequently use houses that are implausibly representative, of the average 100sqft s
tboxes we actually live in, London or otherwise.Another gripe: people who drive around with only their DRLs or no headlights on at all at night, yet who chances are will have automatic headlights.
I think this has become an issue since DRLs became a thing and white LED streetlights began producing a floodlight effect.
Before you'd know if your lights were off because the instrument cluster would not be illuminated.
The green dipped beam headlight symbol needs to be altered on car dashboards that are ever-illuminated, so that if the headlights are off then the symbol is permanently red, with the word 'off' next to it also in red, even if DRLs are on (because they're not the same thing).
Side lights on either causes the symbol to stay red but the word 'off' disappears.
Or the symbol can turn yellow and word 'off' disappears. Or some alternative symbol for side lights can be developed.
Dipped lights causes the symbol to turn from yellow to green.
Main beam sticks to its own separate blue symbol.
It's a simple combination that wouldn't take long for even the simplest of people to grasp.
I think this has become an issue since DRLs became a thing and white LED streetlights began producing a floodlight effect.
Before you'd know if your lights were off because the instrument cluster would not be illuminated.
The green dipped beam headlight symbol needs to be altered on car dashboards that are ever-illuminated, so that if the headlights are off then the symbol is permanently red, with the word 'off' next to it also in red, even if DRLs are on (because they're not the same thing).
Side lights on either causes the symbol to stay red but the word 'off' disappears.
Or the symbol can turn yellow and word 'off' disappears. Or some alternative symbol for side lights can be developed.
Dipped lights causes the symbol to turn from yellow to green.
Main beam sticks to its own separate blue symbol.
It's a simple combination that wouldn't take long for even the simplest of people to grasp.
Turtle Shed said:
In TV and films when they dub a small click onto a person using a remote control for a TV. I know why they do it, and I think it is right that they do it, but that doesn't stop it annoying me.
I used to watch a couple of soaps (for my sins) until about 11 years ago and found these dubbed sound effects to be wrong, too.They also dub monophonic Nokia 5110 'beeps' whenever a soap character used their (obviously not a 1990s or early 2000s) polyphonic/smartphone mobile.
That and the generic double beep car alarm arm/disarm sound effect whenever they'd use the remote central locking button.
Also how, whenever a soap character is drinking a beverage, they never make any progress with it. If it's a hot beverage you can never see any and there's never any steam coming out of the mug.
Looking back, the present-day existence of soap operas is annoying as they're a relic from the days of terrestrial TV when content was limited and we were dictated what the content would be.
"We are currently experiencing longer than normal wait times - You can also use our web chat which will super duper definitely be faster".
No one ever answers the web chat, and the while on hold on the phone it hangs up after 20 mins or so.
Stick it up your hoof IKEA you meatball eating freaks.
No one ever answers the web chat, and the while on hold on the phone it hangs up after 20 mins or so.
Stick it up your hoof IKEA you meatball eating freaks.
captain.scarlet said:
Turtle Shed said:
In TV and films when they dub a small click onto a person using a remote control for a TV. I know why they do it, and I think it is right that they do it, but that doesn't stop it annoying me.
I used to watch a couple of soaps (for my sins) until about 11 years ago and found these dubbed sound effects to be wrong, too.They also dub monophonic Nokia 5110 'beeps' whenever a soap character used their (obviously not a 1990s or early 2000s) polyphonic/smartphone mobile.
That and the generic double beep car alarm arm/disarm sound effect whenever they'd use the remote central locking button.
Also how, whenever a soap character is drinking a beverage, they never make any progress with it. If it's a hot beverage you can never see any and there's never any steam coming out of the mug.
Looking back, the present-day existence of soap operas is annoying as they're a relic from the days of terrestrial TV when content was limited and we were dictated what the content would be.
Pathology labs seem to have cameras that flash and make a "whoomph" noise.
bigpriest said:
captain.scarlet said:
Turtle Shed said:
In TV and films when they dub a small click onto a person using a remote control for a TV. I know why they do it, and I think it is right that they do it, but that doesn't stop it annoying me.
I used to watch a couple of soaps (for my sins) until about 11 years ago and found these dubbed sound effects to be wrong, too.They also dub monophonic Nokia 5110 'beeps' whenever a soap character used their (obviously not a 1990s or early 2000s) polyphonic/smartphone mobile.
That and the generic double beep car alarm arm/disarm sound effect whenever they'd use the remote central locking button.
Also how, whenever a soap character is drinking a beverage, they never make any progress with it. If it's a hot beverage you can never see any and there's never any steam coming out of the mug.
Looking back, the present-day existence of soap operas is annoying as they're a relic from the days of terrestrial TV when content was limited and we were dictated what the content would be.
Pathology labs seem to have cameras that flash and make a "whoomph" noise.
I'll also add people not saying "Bye" when ending a phone call. Almost everyone just finishes a sentence and then hangs up without actually saying "bye". To the point where I'm currently working through Top Boy and it stands out that they all sign off a call with something so it seems odd (although in Top Boy it's usually "Say less" or "Love" but same thing).
captain.scarlet said:
The green dipped beam headlight symbol needs to be altered on car dashboards that are ever-illuminated, so that if the headlights are off then the symbol is permanently red, with the word 'off' next to it also in red, even if DRLs are on (because they're not the same thing).
Newer VWs don't even have the green headlight symbol. Cue many posts on owners fora asking where the symbol is....
C5_Steve said:
I'll also add people not saying "Bye" when ending a phone call. Almost everyone just finishes a sentence and then hangs up without actually saying "bye". To the point where I'm currently working through Top Boy and it stands out that they all sign off a call with something so it seems odd (although in Top Boy it's usually "Say less" or "Love" but same thing).
they might just be Russian 
. I used to work for the buggers and one of their (many!!) quirks was their putting the phone down as soon as they'd said their piece without any pleasantries at the end. Quite disconcerting TBHDodgyGeezer said:
C5_Steve said:
I'll also add people not saying "Bye" when ending a phone call. Almost everyone just finishes a sentence and then hangs up without actually saying "bye". To the point where I'm currently working through Top Boy and it stands out that they all sign off a call with something so it seems odd (although in Top Boy it's usually "Say less" or "Love" but same thing).
they might just be Russian . I used to work for the buggers and one of their (many!!) quirks was their putting the phone down as soon as they'd said their piece without any pleasantries at the end. Quite disconcerting TBHcaptain_cynic said:
DodgyGeezer said:
C5_Steve said:
I'll also add people not saying "Bye" when ending a phone call. Almost everyone just finishes a sentence and then hangs up without actually saying "bye". To the point where I'm currently working through Top Boy and it stands out that they all sign off a call with something so it seems odd (although in Top Boy it's usually "Say less" or "Love" but same thing).
they might just be Russian . I used to work for the buggers and one of their (many!!) quirks was their putting the phone down as soon as they'd said their piece without any pleasantries at the end. Quite disconcerting TBHLunarOne said:
Funnily enough I watched this vid a week ago that delved into the topic of "shoe leather" in filmmaking, and why nobody ever says "bye" in phone call scenes.
Wierd the guy didn't bother to look up where the term "shoe leather" comes from whilst doing a whole video on it and got it completely wrong........captain.scarlet said:
Another gripe: people who drive around with only their DRLs or no headlights on at all at night, yet who chances are will have automatic headlights.
I think this has become an issue since DRLs became a thing and white LED streetlights began producing a floodlight effect.
Before you'd know if your lights were off because the instrument cluster would not be illuminated.
The green dipped beam headlight symbol needs to be altered on car dashboards that are ever-illuminated, so that if the headlights are off then the symbol is permanently red, with the word 'off' next to it also in red, even if DRLs are on (because they're not the same thing).
Side lights on either causes the symbol to stay red but the word 'off' disappears.
Or the symbol can turn yellow and word 'off' disappears. Or some alternative symbol for side lights can be developed.
Dipped lights causes the symbol to turn from yellow to green.
Main beam sticks to its own separate blue symbol.
It's a simple combination that wouldn't take long for even the simplest of people to grasp.
I think that new cars have lights that are on “Auto” by default. “Off” still exists but it can only be flicked on and the switch returns to “Auto”, so the next time the car is started the lights are back to auto. (at least new stuff I’ve been driving lately it like that).I think this has become an issue since DRLs became a thing and white LED streetlights began producing a floodlight effect.
Before you'd know if your lights were off because the instrument cluster would not be illuminated.
The green dipped beam headlight symbol needs to be altered on car dashboards that are ever-illuminated, so that if the headlights are off then the symbol is permanently red, with the word 'off' next to it also in red, even if DRLs are on (because they're not the same thing).
Side lights on either causes the symbol to stay red but the word 'off' disappears.
Or the symbol can turn yellow and word 'off' disappears. Or some alternative symbol for side lights can be developed.
Dipped lights causes the symbol to turn from yellow to green.
Main beam sticks to its own separate blue symbol.
It's a simple combination that wouldn't take long for even the simplest of people to grasp.
Basically, if it is dark and the headlights are off then the driver has switched them off.
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