Phrases that annoy you the most

[TameRacingDriver]

Deranged Rover said:

snuffy said:

"Reality TV".

When applied to shows like Big Brother, Love Island, I'm a Celebrity and so on.

Since those shows are entirely manufactured situations, how can they be reality TV ? They are the complete opposite of real life.

In a similar vein - Dragons' Den.

They're not dragons, they're Capitalists. And dragons don't live in dens anyway; they live in lairs.

Consequently, Capitalists' Lair would be a far more accurate title.

Plus it's completely fixed anyway. I can't remember her name but in the latest series there was someone peddling some snake oil cure for something and the dragons were basically all licking her arse and surprise surprise she got a deal, with Stephen Bartlett, who, it later turned out, was friends with this person so he already had a vested interest in it.

Load of crap!

[Bobupndown]

Americans and Canadians who do everything "right off the bat".

[Honourable Dead Snark]

Topical but “if you don’t vote you can’t complain!!”

Yes, yes I can.

“Shouldn’t complain” would still be annoyingly naive but at least it wouldn’t be objectively wrong.

[loskie]

Had the usual email from one of our inept managers today. Full of the usual "myself and yourself" wrongly used in what they think is an intelligently worded email but is actually just abysmally written flannel showing their lack of intelligence.

Edited by loskie on Thursday 4th July 21:30

[loskie]

Honourable Dead Snark said:

Topical but “if you don’t vote you can’t complain!!”

Yes, yes I can.

“Shouldn’t complain” would still be annoyingly naive but at least it wouldn’t be objectively wrong.

You should go and ballot a spoiled paper otherwise it just shows as apathy.

[M4cruiser]

Monkeylegend said:

There seems to be an increase in posters saying "for sure"

That makes me wince a little bit every time I read it.

Same for "dear me".

[Honourable Dead Snark]

loskie said:

You should go and ballot a spoiled paper otherwise it just shows as apathy.

A non vote just shows apathy in the same way that a spoiled paper just shows you didn’t know how to fill out a form correctly…

Either can be interpreted as an intentional protest or something else. Only one of these could be argued as a waste of time.

[loskie]

I disagree.

[Short Grain]

"It's coming home!"


It's not 'coming home'. It wasn't 'home' in 1966! It was on fkin holiday, possibly! The '66 team did well to win it but that doesn't make England its fkin home you tts! Just fk Off! And then fk Off a bit more!

[911hope]

Short Grain said:

"It's coming home!"


It's not 'coming home'. It wasn't 'home' in 1966! It was on fkin holiday, possibly! The '66 team did well to win it but that doesn't make England its fkin home you tts! Just fk Off! And then fk Off a bit more!

Less than eloquent, expletive laden rants are quite annoying.

[snuffy]

loskie said:

I disagree.

Tell me what spoiling your ballot paper actually achieves?

[Short Grain]

911hope said:

Less than eloquent, expletive laden rants are quite annoying.

Don't read them then!

[Monkeylegend]

snuffy said:

loskie said:

I disagree.

Tell me what spoiling your ballot paper actually achieves?

An enormous sense of smugness and self satisfaction.

[Blown2CV]

Monkeylegend said:

snuffy said:

loskie said:

I disagree.

Tell me what spoiling your ballot paper actually achieves?

An enormous sense of smugness and self satisfaction.

genuinely though, is it counted as a protest or does some old lady volunteer just tut and throw it in the bin?

[pb8g09]

Blown2CV said:

genuinely though, is it counted as a protest or does some old lady volunteer just tut and throw it in the bin?

I can actually picture a Hyacinth Bucket doing exactly that

[snuffy]

Blown2CV said:

Monkeylegend said:

snuffy said:

loskie said:

I disagree.

Tell me what spoiling your ballot paper actually achieves?

An enormous sense of smugness and self satisfaction.

genuinely though, is it counted as a protest or does some old lady volunteer just tut and throw it in the bin?

It's recorded as what it is; a spoilt ballot paper. There's no counting it as a protest, that only occurs in some people's heads.

So it's counted, recorded, and finally destroyed with all the other ballot papers.

[Wheelbrace]

Short Grain said:

Don't read them then!

How does anyone know they don't like them unless they read them?

I'm confused.

[RATATTAK]

'Reach out' has now become 'reach back out'. Saw it in an email yesterday.

[jet_noise]

RATATTAK said:

'Reach out' has now become 'reach back out'. Saw it in an email yesterday.

Something which not even a Four Top would do.

[21st Century Man]

jet_noise said:

RATATTAK said:

'Reach out' has now become 'reach back out'. Saw it in an email yesterday.

Something which not even a Four Top would do.

But the tribute band might.