Room 101

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Some obvious ones here, but:

- People who litter. It's unforgivably lazy and disrespectful to others and the environment. There's a medieval deer park near us - a truly lovely place - so why do people go there (they must think it's nice) but then leave their detritus behind?

- People who don't bag up their dogs' 'leavings'. No-one wants to tread in it, just lazy and selfish.

 

[WayneKerr]

Ridiculous threads posted on the forum.

Newbies who come on here asking a question which then gets multiple replies but the newbie never comes back to view them and they're never seen again.

 

[Al ears]

Idiots that post totally irrelevant comments on this forum??
Even if it is on a newbie thread , comments are useless.
There seem to be several of late who's names I will not currently mention.

 

[JDL]

What are your pet hates? It could be anything from a taste, smell, lane hoggers on motorways... anything that really gets your back up.

I hate with a passion is text speak. When you have a face-to-face conversation with someone. For example:

You say to someone I lost a winning lottery ticket, and instead of them responding "oh my God, that's awful", they go OMG. This really turns a mild mannered individual like me into a raging bull.

One of Mrs. Ps,hate is the word "flavoursome" when referring to food or drink.

My pet hate is rude unpleasant people. To be polite and try to be agreeable costs nothing.

 

[JDL]

Idiots that post totally irrelevant comments on this forum??
Even if it is on a newbie thread , comments are useless.
There seem to be several of late who's names I will not currently mention.

Oh dear. I'm guilty of being one of those"....idiots" that posted irrelevant comments on this forum in the recent past. Nevertheless, notwithstanding useless comments, there was no offence intended and I personally will certainly desist from posting thoughtless uselessness. However I have noticed that there are people here who seem to 'be in the club' that can say whatever they like whether it's relevant or not and receive no backlash. But it's all great fun and highly amusing.😂

 

[JDL]

At the risk of being a killjoy, I'll suggest that we need to avoid politics - even though I suspect many of us might have strong antipathies towards a particular world leader at the moment!

A world leader? Hmmm, I wonder who that might be.😂

 

[JDL]

The biggest problem I have with the internet, apart from finding the 'On'/'Off' button, is people tend to lose the old fashioned art of communication. Which takes me back to the opening post and hate for text speak. Are people no longer capable of stringing a couple of sentences together?

OMG. IMO. LMAO. ASAP.

 

[jjbomber]

A world leader? Hmmm, I wonder who that might be.😂

All of them!

 

[WayneKerr]

Oh dear. I'm guilty of being one of those"....idiots" that posted irrelevant comments on this forum in the recent past. Nevertheless, notwithstanding useless comments, there was no offence intended and I personally will certainly desist from posting thoughtless uselessness. However I have noticed that there are people here who seem to 'be in the club' that can say whatever they like whether it's relevant or not and receive no backlash. But it's all great fun and highly amusing.😂

We're all guilty John but I wouldn't say you're a serial offender.

 

[JDL]

We're all guilty John but I wouldn't say you're a serial offender.

Ah ...thanks for that.👍🏻

 

[JDL]

All of them!

All of them. I would certainly agree with that. And there's a few I could single out for a real dose of the worst insults I could think of. I won't do it here. I just rant about them in the privacy of my home ha ha.

 

[Gray]

I have noticed that there are people here who seem to 'be in the club' that can say whatever they like whether it's relevant or not and receive no backlash.

Rest assured, nobody here can say what they like without backlash John.
I speak from experience - banned for saying something.....that many people agreed with 🤔.

Users of WhatsApp may have seen a picture of a pile of washing-up that hasn't been done.
The caption points out that it's a tragic consequence of the women's world cup.
A businessman local to me has come under fire for forwarding sexist sentiments, with calls to boycott his funfair business.
Too many people now are waiting to be offended.

Using brain scans, they're just beginning to see what people are thinking - God help us all with that.

 

[JDL]

Rest assured, nobody here can say what they like without backlash John.
I speak from experience - banned for saying something.....that many people agreed with 🤔.

Users of WhatsApp may have seen a picture of a pile of washing-up that hasn't been done.
The caption points out that it's a tragic consequence of the women's world cup.
A businessman local to me has come under fire for forwarding sexist sentiments, with calls to boycott his funfair business.
Too many people now are waiting to be offended.

Using brain scans, they're just beginning to see what people are thinking - God help us all with that.

Yes, I've noticed that as progressivism progresses, there are certain kinds of people, usually the ones who make the most noise, who are constantly on the lookout for reasons to be offended and outraged. If one is in the firing line of their rancour, it's usually accompanied with a barrage of prejudgements of imaginary phobias and discriminations .This type of thing usually says far more about the accuser than the accusee. A sign of the times?

 

[Revolutions]

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I fear we're drifting towards politics.

 

[jjbomber]

Too many people now are waiting to be offended.

'Sexist' Amazon Alexa didn't answer Lionesses question

Amazon admits error after voice assistant replied to semi-final query by saying there was no match.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JDL]

I fear we're drifting towards politics.

Politics is to be feared, I fear

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Politics is to be feared, I fear

Forum rules prohibit.

 

[JDL]

Forum rules prohibit.

Yes.

 

[Friesiansam]

Idiots who drive past a Road Closed sign, especially when that sign has a notice next to it, detailing the dates and, still think they will be able to get through, on a road about 8 feet wide...

Are they really stupid enough to believe, that maybe the closure doesn't apply to them?

 

[JDL]

The number of people I find myself following whilst driving, who crawl along at about 40mph on a derestricted road, then they come into a 30 limit and speed up to 45 or so. That annoys me. 👎🏻

 

[Friesiansam]

The number of people I find myself following whilst driving, who crawl along at about 40mph on a derestricted road, then they come into a 30 limit and speed up to 45 or so. That annoys me. 👎🏻

Decades ago, when I was in my 20s, had a slow cheap car and, wanted to drive everywhere like my hair was on fire. People with much quicker cars than me, driving very slowly on twisty stretches, then putting their foot down on the straights, so I had no hope of getting past. Very frustrating for a young man in a hurry...

 

[Friesiansam]

No cable thread, what will we do?

 

[Al ears]

No cable thread, what will we do?

Live a normal stress free life?

 

[JDL]

Erm, let's talk about cables again.......maybe not. I'm guessing you'll manage without more cable talk.