Trivial things that annoy you part 479

OldNotWIse

jamesbere wrote: »

Just realised I put on odd socks this morning

I wear odd socks every day. If I inadvertently wear a matching pair, I get really paranoid and spooked, as if its some weird omen :P

OldNotWIse

redfacedbear wrote: »

HELLO ONW's work colleagues! *WAVES HANDS*

ONW IS LOOKING AT GAY PORN!!!!!!

Menas

OldNotWIse wrote: »

ONW IS LOOKING AT GAY PORN!!!!!!

Again!

OldNotWIse

Mondays. Beyond bored. The cursor is flashing in the search box and I'm staring at it.... There is nothing I want to know/watch. I'm actually bored of the internet.

redfacedbear

Was supposed to be off today, but what I thought I had to do, didn't happen. I've decided to come in for the afternoon to save the half-day's leave. Major mistake - can't get my head in gear at all - people are asking me routine questions and the answers are completely beyond me, time is moving at half speed and last weeks propensity for mis-spelling engine has spread to all the words - 20 minutes spent trying to do 1 letter that should take 5 minutes.

I can't stop with the hunger. I'm so so so so so so soooo hungry.

Menas

Deleted User wrote: »

I can't stop with the hunger. I'm so so so so so so soooo hungry.

I have a cold. (My TA for today) And my Gran always told me that you 'feed a cold and starve a flu'.

So I have had a sausage roll, an apple, an orange a lamb korma and a packet of crisps so far today.

Get a cold Whoops, and feed it. Guilt free.

OldNotWIse

An acquaintance on Facebook who has recently birthed a child must be rushing to update social media every time it sleeps. It just goes beyond normal. There was actually a pre-birth professional photo shoot with 50 pictures of her and her husband in some forest, all with the big naked belly on show. Photos of the naked belly with baby shoes on it, from different angles, both of them staring at the belly, staring at each other as if they were just about to make another child. There were photos of her minutes after the birth, professional make up on. Photos of the kid with a feckin tiara, a big pink bow on her head, in a basket, inside some kind of weird giant fake dandelion or something. Now, the profile picture has been changed back to a pre-birth one with the out-y belly button on show (lest we forget that she was pregnant before she had the kid?).

It's irritating as hell and also, poor kid!

castletownman

OldNotWIse wrote: »

An acquaintance on Facebook who has recently birthed a child must be rushing to update social media every time it sleeps. It just goes beyond normal. There was actually a pre-birth professional photo shoot with 50 pictures of her and her husband in some forest, all with the big naked belly on show. Photos of the naked belly with baby shoes on it, from different angles, both of them staring at the belly, staring at each other as if they were just about to make another child. There were photos of her minutes after the birth, professional make up on. Photos of the kid with a feckin tiara, a big pink bow on her head, in a basket, inside some kind of weird giant fake dandelion or something. Now, the profile picture has been changed back to a pre-birth one with the out-y belly button on show (lest we forget that she was pregnant before she had the kid?).

It's irritating as hell and also, poor kid!

I've a similar acquaintance who since she has given birth has updated her status with drivel about random milestones: "nine days ago this beautiful child came into my life....." etc.

But what is worse is she got friendly with another woman in one of those pre-natal classes, and announced to all and sundry on FB that SHE had given birth to a healthy baby too, tagging her name and all.Literally not too soon after the woman in question's family had found out. For feck sake.....

Menas

Menas wrote: »

I have a cold. (My TA for today) And my Gran always told me that you 'feed a cold and starve a flu'.

So I have had a sausage roll, an apple, an orange a lamb korma and a packet of crisps so far today.

Get a cold Whoops, and feed it. Guilt free.

No! I can't get a cold!

My metabolism is fcuked with all this running and the past week I cannot eat enough food

I've already had:

A slice of toast with peanut butter and a banana.
High protein greek yogurt, blueberries and homemade granola.
Salmon, a whole big plate of stir fried veg, rice.
More granola.
More yogurt with more peanut butter in it.

Still starving. Have to go run 15 miles now. Might be found in McDonalds.

paleoperson

I'm not really annoyed by this, it's just.... weird, and a tiny bit irritating by now. I got a laser printer and have been more than happy with it. Then after about 1000 pages it was supposed to run out of ink, and others on Amazon said something like this also, and I duly bought replacement cartridges for that time. The "low toner ink" sign came up and I thought I saw a tiny drop in quality, I said shur I'm not fussy I'll keep going for as long as it'll go.

And it's kept going... and going... and going.... what feels like 5,000 pages later, I ask it to print something and it just does, and it comes out perfectly... it's getting freaky. It's like some crazy Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits episode. And I haven't even opened the replacement cartridges yet, no way I'll be able to send them back if they don't work at this stage. I'm almost starting to hope the next page comes out faded.

starling

paleoperson wrote: »

I'm not really annoyed by this, it's just.... weird, and a tiny bit irritating by now. I got a laser printer and have been more than happy with it. Then after about 1000 pages it was supposed to run out of ink, and others on Amazon said something like this also, and I duly bought replacement cartridges for that time. The "low toner ink" sign came up and I thought I saw a tiny drop in quality, I said shur I'm not fussy I'll keep going for as long as it'll go.

And it's kept going... and going... and going.... what feels like 5,000 pages later, I ask it to print something and it just does, and it comes out perfectly... it's getting freaky. It's like some crazy Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits episode. And I haven't even opened the replacement cartridges yet, no way I'll be able to send them back if they don't work at this stage. I'm almost starting to hope the next page comes out faded.

It's a sleeper agent for the decepticons.

OldNotWIse

castletownman wrote: »

I've a similar acquaintance who since she has given birth has updated her status with drivel about random milestones: "nine days ago this beautiful child came into my life....." etc.

But what is worse is she got friendly with another woman in one of those pre-natal classes, and announced to all and sundry on FB that SHE had given birth to a healthy baby too, tagging her name and all.Literally not too soon after the woman in question's family had found out. For feck sake.....

The classes. That's another one. Baby yoga. Baby sign language. Baby mindfulness. Mother and baby-(attach to any normal activity). On and on and on. Post after post about fluoride, sugar, breast feeding, attachment parenting, mindful parenting, natural birthing etc. And it's not that I don't admire them, I really do think they are doing a great job, but sometimes there is a certain smugness to the posts. It's like they want to make other parents feel inferior. Lots of women have had to have C-sections when they would have preferred a natural birth. Lots of women would love to breast feed but cant for whatever reason. I'm sure lots of parents would love to do attachment parenting but have to work etc. I think anyone who has a kid, keeps it alive and manages not to dope it up on liquid piriton and hit the bottle themselves is doing fine

One eyed Jack

OldNotWIse wrote: »

attachment parenting

Sweet suffering Jesus. There are some things I never heard of before, where I don't know what they are, and then when I search for the term... five minutes later I'm sorry I did!

It's like parents reverting to their childhood ffs, you're supposed to bring up children, raise them, not make excuses for the parents that allow them to revert to their childhood state and start again vicariously through their children.

Saccone Jolly types, I didn't know what it was called before, but I know it when I see it! :rolleyes:

starling

paleoperson wrote: »

I'm not really annoyed by this, it's just.... weird, and a tiny bit irritating by now. I got a laser printer and have been more than happy with it. Then after about 1000 pages it was supposed to run out of ink, and others on Amazon said something like this also, and I duly bought replacement cartridges for that time. The "low toner ink" sign came up and I thought I saw a tiny drop in quality, I said shur I'm not fussy I'll keep going for as long as it'll go.

And it's kept going... and going... and going.... what feels like 5,000 pages later, I ask it to print something and it just does, and it comes out perfectly... it's getting freaky. It's like some crazy Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits episode. And I haven't even opened the replacement cartridges yet, no way I'll be able to send them back if they don't work at this stage. I'm almost starting to hope the next page comes out faded.

When you print a page of text, does it come true?

OldNotWIse wrote: »

The classes. That's another one. Baby yoga. Baby sign language. Baby mindfulness. Mother and baby-(attach to any normal activity). On and on and on. Post after post about fluoride, sugar, breast feeding, attachment parenting, mindful parenting, natural birthing etc. And it's not that I don't admire them, I really do think they are doing a great job, but sometimes there is a certain smugness to the posts. It's like they want to make other parents feel inferior. Lots of women have had to have C-sections when they would have preferred a natural birth. Lots of women would love to breast feed but cant for whatever reason. I'm sure lots of parents would love to do attachment parenting but have to work etc. I think anyone who has a kid, keeps it alive and manages not to dope it up on liquid piriton and hit the bottle themselves is doing fine

Oh God yeah. Some people are overachievers and have to be the most perfect parents ever. I do think there's a little bit of competitiveness to it, sometimes even smugness, some people will always want to be the best whatever-it-is-they're-doing in the history of the world; but it's hardly surprising when you think of how women are always being judged for their parenting decisions.

eisenberg1

OldNotWIse wrote: »

The classes. That's another one. Baby yoga. Baby sign language. Baby mindfulness. Mother and baby-(attach to any normal activity). On and on and on. Post after post about fluoride, sugar, breast feeding, attachment parenting, mindful parenting, natural birthing etc. And it's not that I don't admire them, I really do think they are doing a great job, but sometimes there is a certain smugness to the posts. It's like they want to make other parents feel inferior. Lots of women have had to have C-sections when they would have preferred a natural birth. Lots of women would love to breast feed but cant for whatever reason. I'm sure lots of parents would love to do attachment parenting but have to work etc. I think anyone who has a kid, keeps it alive and manages not to dope it up on liquid piriton and hit the bottle themselves is doing fine

Wait a few years until the kids are screaming at them " I'm gonna call childline on you!"

Mine used to say that to me, when we were having a "debate"

fussyonion

There's a girl at my gym who's lost 8 stone in a year.

The gym's always putting up things on Facebook like "Anna (not her real name) has lost 8 stone in 12 months. She's an inspiration, you can do it too!" and constantly putting up before and after pictures of her.

She's always being stopped in the gym by people congratulating her and all the gym staff are always praising her and telling people all about her.
And that's fine.
She's done so well, of course she should be praised.

But my God she has some ego now.
I was talking to her this morning in the gym and she wasn't even listening to me; she was too busy looking around to see if people recognised her (cos she's kinda famous in the gym now) and she's always putting up pics of herself on Facebook.

I mean, not a pic every month to show her progress; she's putting the same before and after pics up every two or three days.

Of course she's amazing, BUT there's another girl in the gym who's lost 7 stone in 7 months. She gets no praise, no encouragement from the gym's FB page, she goes around doing her own thing, not looking for attention, and it annoys me how the first girl is always being singled out like this.

It kinda makes me think "Yeah but what about her and what about him etc..why is this girl getting all the praise?"
I'm sick hearing about her.

And the thing is, she NEVER treats herself, never has a drink, never eats carbs, she lives on turkey, steaks, eggs, yogurt and nuts.
She's always on FB moaning how tough it is and how she would kill for one glass of wine but she won't allow herself.

No thanks, I'd rather lose weight slowly but actually have a life and allow myself a treat now and again.

OldNotWIse

starling wrote: »

When you print a page of text, does it come true?



Oh God yeah. Some people are overachievers and have to be the most perfect parents ever. I do think there's a little bit of competitiveness to it, sometimes even smugness, some people will always want to be the best whatever-it-is-they're-doing in the history of the world; but it's hardly surprising when you think of how women are always being judged for their parenting decisions.

http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20120521,00.html

OldNotWIse

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Wait a few years until the kids are screaming at them " I'm gonna call childline on you!"

Mine used to say that to me, when we were having a "debate"

I said that to mine once. They handed me the phone. Never said it again

OldNotWIse

fussyonion wrote: »

There's a girl at my gym who's lost 8 stone in a year.

The gym's always putting up things on Facebook like "Anna (not her real name) has lost 8 stone in 12 months. She's an inspiration, you can do it too!" and constantly putting up before and after pictures of her.

She's always being stopped in the gym by people congratulating her and all the gym staff are always praising her and telling people all about her.
And that's fine.
She's done so well, of course she should be praised.

But my God she has some ego now.
I was talking to her this morning in the gym and she wasn't even listening to me; she was too busy looking around to see if people recognised her (cos she's kinda famous in the gym now) and she's always putting up pics of herself on Facebook.

I mean, not a pic every month to show her progress; she's putting the same before and after pics up every two or three days.

Of course she's amazing, BUT there's another girl in the gym who's lost 7 stone in 7 months. She gets no praise, no encouragement from the gym's FB page, she goes around doing her own thing, not looking for attention, and it annoys me how the first girl is always being singled out like this.

It kinda makes me think "Yeah but what about her and what about him etc..why is this girl getting all the praise?"
I'm sick hearing about her.

And the thing is, she NEVER treats herself, never has a drink, never eats carbs, she lives on turkey, steaks, eggs, yogurt and nuts.
She's always on FB moaning how tough it is and how she would kill for one glass of wine but she won't allow herself.

No thanks, I'd rather lose weight slowly but actually have a life and allow myself a treat now and again.

And also, it's easy to lose eight stone when you have it to lose!! You went from 30 to 15 stone? Really, getting to your before photo must have been some achievement too!

starling

OldNotWIse wrote: »

http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20120521,00.html

Oh my god, I remember when that came out, there was uproar! 'Tis a very strange carry on altogether.

paleoperson

starling wrote: »

When you print a page of text, does it come true?

There's a small bit of barely noticeable fade here and there, like you might even see on a newspaper sometimes. Nothing like the fading on an inkjet printer. Even tiny text is perfectly readable. I can't believe all the time and money I spent on multiple inkjet printers and all those cartridges... they should be illegal. No informed consumer would ever choose one of them for b&w printing.

starling

fussyonion wrote: »

But my God she has some ego now.
I was talking to her this morning in the gym and she wasn't even listening to me; she was too busy looking around to see if people recognised her (cos she's kinda famous in the gym now) and she's always putting up pics of herself on Facebook.

I mean, not a pic every month to show her progress; she's putting the same before and after pics up every two or three days.

And the thing is, she NEVER treats herself, never has a drink, never eats carbs, she lives on turkey, steaks, eggs, yogurt and nuts.
She's always on FB moaning how tough it is and how she would kill for one glass of wine but she won't allow herself.

No thanks, I'd rather lose weight slowly but actually have a life and allow myself a treat now and again.

I had a friend who lost a lot of weight after we left school and I remember her being a bit like that. She'd been plump, nothing like your Anna but enough to be very conscious of her weight all the time and enough to be unhappy with her body. She didn't get much attention or compliments on her appearance.
She looked amazing but she didn't lose her insecurity with the weight, so she was still obsessed with keeping in shape and it was almost like she got drunk on the positive attention she was suddenly getting.

I felt sorry for her because she still wasn't happy, even though she was very good looking. It looked like ego but it was really insecurity gnawing away at her.:(

starling

paleoperson wrote: »

There's a small bit of barely noticeable fade here and there, like you might even see on a newspaper sometimes. Nothing like the fading on an inkjet printer. Even tiny text is perfectly readable. I can't believe all the time and money I spent on multiple inkjet printers and all those cartridges... they should be illegal. No informed consumer would ever choose one of them for b&w printing.

Yeah it's some racket alright but I meant do the things you write actually happen when you print them out

whatismyname

I've been ill so been lying in bed lots the last couple of days, and as a result my hair is a big tangled mess at the back.

I love my long hair so much, and would be devastated if I got it chopped, but sometimes it's so unmanageable that I do get tempted.

paleoperson

starling wrote: »

Yeah it's some racket alright but I meant do the things you write actually happen when you print them out

Oh... not too sure about that but I'll be looking out for it. At this point anything seems possible.

starling

whatismyname wrote: »

I've been ill so been lying in bed lots the last couple of days, and as a result my hair is a big tangled mess at the back.

I love my long hair so much, and would be devastated if I got it chopped, but sometimes it's so unmanageable that I do get tempted.

Are you me? Seriously I know exactly what you mean. And sometimes washing and blow drying my hair is just out of the question. I resort to the bun far more often than I should! But for bed I plait it , helps to keep it from getting too bad.

whatismyname

starling wrote: »

Are you me? Seriously I know exactly what you mean. And sometimes washing and blow drying my hair is just out of the question. I resort to the bun far more often than I should! But for bed I plait it , helps to keep it from getting too bad.

Haha if you plait it, I'm definitely not you - I generally couldn't be arsed.

My hair is the longest it's ever been, and I love it. But the longer it's gotten the more unmanageable it is, so I may need to start thinking about plaiting in bed.

Anything's better than me suddenly getting super annoyed of the practicalities of managing it,, and getting it cut and then regretting it.

starling

whatismyname wrote: »

Haha if you plait it, I'm definitely not you - I generally couldn't be arsed.

My hair is the longest it's ever been, and I love it. But the longer it's gotten the more unmanageable it is, so I may need to start thinking about plaiting in bed.

Anything's better than me suddenly getting super annoyed of the practicalities of managing it,, and getting it cut and then regretting it.

I sometimes put it in a loose bun either at the nape of my neck or high up on my head. I don't usually lie on my back so it doesn't bother me there.

I once read something about how sometimes, the fear of heights is actually the fear that if you're standing somewhere high, you might suddenly have an irrational impulse to jump. I think I know what they meant, I do actually have a little fear that if I'm not careful I'm going to do a Britney one day

KatW4

starling wrote:

Are you me? Seriously I know exactly what you mean. And sometimes washing and blow drying my hair is just out of the question. I resort to the bun far more often than I should! But for bed I plait it , helps to keep it from getting too bad.

You're me! I have to plait mine before bed or I end up with a nest on my head. Takes me anywhere between 20 and 40 minutes yo brush my hair. I love it long but it's so thick that it's unmanageable a lot of the time. Everyone says they're jealous but if they had to spend as much time on their hair as I do, they'd change their minds pretty quickly!

Also thanks for all the hilarious teenage cat names! They gave me a good laugh! The little git just jumped on me and stole my bag of crisps... She's so bold!

whatismyname

KatW4 wrote: »

You're me! I have to plait mine before bed or I end up with a nest on my head. Takes me anywhere between 20 and 40 minutes yo brush my hair. I love it long but it's so thick that it's unmanageable a lot of the time. Everyone says they're jealous but if they had to spend as much time on their hair as I do, they'd change their minds pretty quickly!

Not sure how long yours is, but I've a friend who has literally the longest hair in anyone I've ever known - it's down to her ankles. Everywhere we go she attracts attention. It takes her hours to wash it, and so she can only do so every few weeks - apparently that's fine as her hair has gotten used to it. But I guess she must like it that way, and I couldn't imagine her any other way.

But if I get trivially annoyed with my long hair now, who knows how I'd cope with hers.

Whitewinged

OldNotWIse wrote: »

An acquaintance on Facebook who has recently birthed a child must be rushing to update social media every time it sleeps. It just goes beyond normal. There was actually a pre-birth professional photo shoot with 50 pictures of her and her husband in some forest, all with the big naked belly on show. Photos of the naked belly with baby shoes on it, from different angles, both of them staring at the belly, staring at each other as if they were just about to make another child. There were photos of her minutes after the birth, professional make up on. Photos of the kid with a feckin tiara, a big pink bow on her head, in a basket, inside some kind of weird giant fake dandelion or something. Now, the profile picture has been changed back to a pre-birth one with the out-y belly button on show (lest we forget that she was pregnant before she had the kid?).

It's irritating as hell and also, poor kid!

I have a friend a bit like this.

when she was pregnant, she constantly paid for private scans. Every week she seemed to be getting one. She had pictures and the videos in 3d. She practically had a documentary made up of the child before it was even born.

KatW4

whatismyname wrote:

Not sure how long yours is, but I've a friend who has literally the longest hair in anyone I've ever known - it's down to her ankles. Everywhere we go she attracts attention. It takes her hours to wash it, and so she can only do so every few weeks - apparently that's fine as her hair has gotten used to it. But I guess she must like it that way, and I couldn't imagine her any other way.

Oh wow!!! That's long! Mine isn't very long really but I used to have it way shorter so it's long to me! Half way down my back maybe. I wash mine every 2 or 3 days. How nice would it be to go weeks without having to wash it!?!

starling

Whitewinged wrote: »

I have a friend a bit like this.

when she was pregnant, she constantly paid for private scans. Every week she seemed to be getting one. She had pictures and the videos in 3d. She practically had a documentary made up of the child before it was even born.

Same here, and I always dreaded having to look at the 3d pictures because they look so weird and freak me out a bit. Maybe it's just me....

Also she insisted on calling them 4d pictures...:rolleyes:

whatismyname

KatW4 wrote: »

Oh wow!!! That's long! Mine isn't very long really but I used to have it way shorter so it's long to me! Half way down my back maybe. I wash mine every 2 or 3 days. How nice would it be to go weeks without having to wash it!?!

I'm similar. Halfway down back and wash every 2 to 3 days.

I am seeing this friend on Wednesday. I might ask her if she has any trivial annoyances about her ankle length hair :P

fiachr_a

Irish rock bands with similar names: Revs/Revenants/Revelino. Is it because they all sound alike they might as well use confusing names?

starling

whatismyname wrote: »

Not sure how long yours is, but I've a friend who has literally the longest hair in anyone I've ever known - it's down to her ankles. Everywhere we go she attracts attention. It takes her hours to wash it, and so she can only do so every few weeks - apparently that's fine as her hair has gotten used to it. But I guess she must like it that way, and I couldn't imagine her any other way.

But if I get trivially annoyed with my long hair now, who knows how I'd cope with hers.

:eek: does she have to put it up to go to the loo? I couldn't cope with that at all at all.

KatW4 wrote: »

Oh wow!!! That's long! Mine isn't very long really but I used to have it way shorter so it's long to me! Half way down my back maybe. I wash mine every 2 or 3 days. How nice would it be to go weeks without having to wash it!?!

Mine is only down to my shoulders, it shouldn't be such a big deal, I'm just shït at functioning. I have to lie down after washing it. Standing in the shower + having my arms up to wash my hair = bad bad things.

whatismyname

starling wrote: »

:eek: does she have to put it up to go to the loo? I couldn't cope with that at all at all.

She usually has it tied up in some way, and usually involve plaits - either two plats one either side, or plaits tied together... Even when she has it tied up in some way, it's still remarkably long, which I sometimes forget until we're out someplace and people stop to ask her about her hair.

But no, I definitely couldn't cope with it at all either, beautiful though it is!

guylikeme

Posts about a 'new car'

Then I see the year. 04 is not new.

Robsweezie

The new "eir" advert formerly known as eircom. Just stupid and too long.

DareGod

The fact that our two national chat shows are fronted by two people who completely lack any form of true charisma or enthusiasm. (Ryan and Ray.)

How the hell has that come to be?

DareGod

Also, when you're walking along the footpath and you're intending to pass out the person ahead of you but they keep wandering from one side of the path to the other. And as you try to pass them out they start wandering back in front of you again. People are so frustrating. Please everybody when walking along a footpath make an effort to walk STRAIGHT.

starling

DareGod wrote: »

Also, when you're walking along the footpath and you're intending to pass out the person ahead of you but they keep wandering from one side of the path to the other. And as you try to pass them out they start wandering back in front of you again. People are so frustrating. Please everybody when walking along a footpath make an effort to walk STRAIGHT.

And for the love of god, don't just suddenly stop in front of me when you haven't noticed I'm there because you're trying to walk and update your FB. Status at the same time. :mad:

starling

Robsweezie wrote: »

The new "eir" advert formerly known as eircom. Just stupid and too long.

Just fücking ads in general. Precious few of them aren't irritating as hell. That's why I watch everything on the interewebs.

The channel 4 on demand thing is annoying too, because they haven't that many advertisers so you see the same ads every time.

whatismyname

starling wrote: »

And for the love of god, don't just suddenly stop in front of me when you haven't noticed I'm there because you're trying to walk and update your FB. Status at the same time. :mad:

Or for any other reason! Jeez, this is so annoying.

So many times I've been walking, someone in front of me, and suddenly they just STOP!!! whether it's looking in a shop window, looking on their phone, or whatever, they just STOP!!! and I almost go crashing into them... Grr...

I kinda have got into the habit now of, if I know I'm gonna stop (most likely to look in a window - shop window, mind, i'm not a weirdo looking in people's windows), I look behind me and see if anyone's behind me to see if anyone is there first.

I might not always remember but almost always do. I just fail to understand how more people haven't adopted this simple practice.

Whitewinged

DareGod wrote: »

Also, when you're walking along the footpath and you're intending to pass out the person ahead of you but they keep wandering from one side of the path to the other. And as you try to pass them out they start wandering back in front of you again. People are so frustrating. Please everybody when walking along a footpath make an effort to walk STRAIGHT.

It makes me cringe, its so awkward

The King of Moo

"all-you-can-eat data:" just say "unlimited data" 3, you can't eat data!

DareGod

starling wrote: »

Just fücking ads in general. Precious few of them aren't irritating as hell. That's why I watch everything on the interewebs.

The channel 4 on demand thing is annoying too, because they haven't that many advertisers so you see the same ads every time.

Channel 4's 4OD On Demand service is horrific. They make you watch 5 minutes of ads before the program and multiple times during it too.

TV3 make you watch 2 minutes of ads, and RTE are the same I think. Not as bad but still annoying. I guess they have to pay for it somehow. Although, don't RTE get their money from the tv licence?

One eyed Jack

The King of Moo wrote: »

"all-you-can-eat data:" just say "unlimited data" 3, you can't eat data!

You can't eat Data, but you can eat Counsellor Troi!


/nerdy Star Trek reference...

starling

whatismyname wrote: »

Or for any other reason! Jeez, this is so annoying.

So many times I've been walking, someone in front of me, and suddenly they just STOP!!! whether it's looking in a shop window, looking on their phone, or whatever, they just STOP!!! and I almost go crashing into them... Grr...

I kinda have got into the habit now of, if I know I'm gonna stop (most likely to look in a window - shop window, mind, i'm not a weirdo looking in people's windows), I look behind me and see if anyone's behind me to see if anyone is there first.

I might not always remember but almost always do. I just fail to understand how more people haven't adopted this simple practice.

There's actually an even more annoying thing that happens sometimes, I'm not sure how to explain it but sometimes for example I might be just drawing up level to a person and the person will suddenly do something that forces me to make a sudden and painful movement, I don't know if I'm explaining it right? Because tbh if someone stops and I literally end up walking into them, it wouldn't bother me as much because forward motion isn't as difficult as whatever gimpy manoveur I'd instinctively do..

I think as well, if I have to suddenly sidestep often they don't even notice what has happened. Or if they do, they don't realise it actually hurt me. Often people look at me as if they're expecting me to get out of their way but whatever position we're in, I can't do it and I think maybe they think I'm being awkward on purpose. Not that that bothers me, it's not my fault. But at least if you end up walking into someone, they realise they did something silly so they might not do it again ....:)