Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

rick_chasey

Stevo_666 said:

Maybe someone could do a comparison of the military strength of European countries in WW2? Admittedly some may find it a bit trickier than in the C-19 thread to praise Germany for being near the top of the class.

Sorry, what are you arguing here?

TheBigBean

surrey_commuter said:

what are you arguing about? that entire sentence is about the British saving Rick and how he should be eternally grateful. If I had argued he should be grateful to the British Empire rather than just GB then I would accept your point.

He would be speaking German now, if he had survived their ethnic cleansing if it was not for Great Britain and the British who now allow him such a comfortable life for him to constantly criticise.

As per quote below. The war references e.g. "Britain saved the world during WW2" are annoying, but so too are the corrections "No, it didn't, aren't you aware of the contribution of the Russians on the Eastern front, and that is before the significance of the US entering war is factor in."

It's trivial, but it is annoying. Like people who go on about peanuts, actually, are legumes. Sure, but do you think the barman cares. Does anyone care?

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

"Dunkirk spirit".

It was a f*cking military and strategic loss. The flotilla itself would be, in other circumstances, wholly irresponsible and it was only because no-one in their right mind would do a civilian 'boat lift' and some very lucky weather that it wasn't an even bigger disaster.

At best, it was a flukey narrow tactical victory.

Stop banging on about it.

I find war references from those who did not participate to be annoying. I also find the correction of those people on historical grounds equally irritating.

rick_chasey

TheBigBean said:

surrey_commuter said:

what are you arguing about? that entire sentence is about the British saving Rick and how he should be eternally grateful. If I had argued he should be grateful to the British Empire rather than just GB then I would accept your point.

He would be speaking German now, if he had survived their ethnic cleansing if it was not for Great Britain and the British who now allow him such a comfortable life for him to constantly criticise.

As per quote below. The war references e.g. "Britain saved the world during WW2" are annoying, but so too are the corrections "No, it didn't, aren't you aware of the contribution of the Russians on the Eastern front, and that is before the significance of the US entering war is factor in."

It's trivial, but it is annoying. Like people who go on about peanuts, actually, are legumes. Sure, but do you think the barman cares. Does anyone care?

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

"Dunkirk spirit".

It was a f*cking military and strategic loss. The flotilla itself would be, in other circumstances, wholly irresponsible and it was only because no-one in their right mind would do a civilian 'boat lift' and some very lucky weather that it wasn't an even bigger disaster.

At best, it was a flukey narrow tactical victory.

Stop banging on about it.

I find war references from those who did not participate to be annoying. I also find the correction of those people on historical grounds equally irritating.

National narratives and identities are not based on whether peanuts are or aren't nuts.

You're better than to say that interpretations of the past are merely trivial.

TheBigBean

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

surrey_commuter said:

what are you arguing about? that entire sentence is about the British saving Rick and how he should be eternally grateful. If I had argued he should be grateful to the British Empire rather than just GB then I would accept your point.

He would be speaking German now, if he had survived their ethnic cleansing if it was not for Great Britain and the British who now allow him such a comfortable life for him to constantly criticise.

As per quote below. The war references e.g. "Britain saved the world during WW2" are annoying, but so too are the corrections "No, it didn't, aren't you aware of the contribution of the Russians on the Eastern front, and that is before the significance of the US entering war is factor in."

It's trivial, but it is annoying. Like people who go on about peanuts, actually, are legumes. Sure, but do you think the barman cares. Does anyone care?

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

"Dunkirk spirit".

It was a f*cking military and strategic loss. The flotilla itself would be, in other circumstances, wholly irresponsible and it was only because no-one in their right mind would do a civilian 'boat lift' and some very lucky weather that it wasn't an even bigger disaster.

At best, it was a flukey narrow tactical victory.

Stop banging on about it.

I find war references from those who did not participate to be annoying. I also find the correction of those people on historical grounds equally irritating.

National narratives and identities are not based on whether peanuts are or aren't nuts.

You're better than to say that interpretations of the past are merely trivial.

Ok. Let's look at it another way.

Telling a barman that his offer of nuts is technically incorrect, because they are legumes is not likely to achieve anything, because the barman has no interest.

Telling a jingoist that Britain didn't win the war, because its contribution wasn't that big is not likely to achieve anything, because the jingoist has no interest.

Anyway, this is a trivial thing that annoys me

surrey_commuter

rick_chasey said:

TheBigBean said:

surrey_commuter said:

what are you arguing about? that entire sentence is about the British saving Rick and how he should be eternally grateful. If I had argued he should be grateful to the British Empire rather than just GB then I would accept your point.

He would be speaking German now, if he had survived their ethnic cleansing if it was not for Great Britain and the British who now allow him such a comfortable life for him to constantly criticise.

As per quote below. The war references e.g. "Britain saved the world during WW2" are annoying, but so too are the corrections "No, it didn't, aren't you aware of the contribution of the Russians on the Eastern front, and that is before the significance of the US entering war is factor in."

It's trivial, but it is annoying. Like people who go on about peanuts, actually, are legumes. Sure, but do you think the barman cares. Does anyone care?

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

"Dunkirk spirit".

It was a f*cking military and strategic loss. The flotilla itself would be, in other circumstances, wholly irresponsible and it was only because no-one in their right mind would do a civilian 'boat lift' and some very lucky weather that it wasn't an even bigger disaster.

At best, it was a flukey narrow tactical victory.

Stop banging on about it.

I find war references from those who did not participate to be annoying. I also find the correction of those people on historical grounds equally irritating.

National narratives and identities are not based on whether peanuts are or aren't nuts.

You're better than to say that interpretations of the past are merely trivial.

If the likes of Coopster were aware of their country’s century long decline they might be less inclined to place so much faith in British exceptionalism.

The same could be said for the French who are taught that they liberated their own country in 1944

Stevo_666

rick_chasey said:

Stevo_666 said:

Maybe someone could do a comparison of the military strength of European countries in WW2? Admittedly some may find it a bit trickier than in the C-19 thread to praise Germany for being near the top of the class.

Sorry, what are you arguing here?

I'm not arguing, I'm just suggesting something.

orraloon

Reading the above sort of sh1te on this thread. Exactly how many angels is it that can balance of the head of a pin. FFS. Get out more you lot.

rick_chasey

orraloon said:

Reading the above sort of sh1te on this thread. Exactly how many angels is it that can balance of the head of a pin. FFS. Get out more you lot.

Ahaha.

Back on topic: strava has stopped free users accessing leaderboards.

https://twitter.com/dcrainmakerblog/status/1262428428931923968?s=21

pinno

What's come over BR?

rjsterry

pinno said:

What's come over BR?

Dunno. Perhaps people who know f*** all 20th century history should shut up, if only to stop annoying @TheBigBean.

TheBigBean

That I can't avoid Trump's latest utterances.

TheBigBean

orraloon said:

Reading the above sort of sh1te on this thread. Exactly how many angels is it that can balance of the head of a pin. FFS. Get out more you lot.

Can someone translate this for me? I presume it means there has been a lot of boring disagreeable posts.

Ben6899

rick_chasey said:

orraloon said:

Reading the above sort of sh1te on this thread. Exactly how many angels is it that can balance of the head of a pin. FFS. Get out more you lot.

Ahaha.

Back on topic: strava has stopped free users accessing leaderboards.

https://twitter.com/dcrainmakerblog/status/1262428428931923968?s=21

Komoot it is, then. Not losing any sleep over this.

Stevo_666

orraloon said:

Get out more you lot.

I think you've hit the nail on the head there Loon

pblakeney

orraloon said:

Reading the above sort of sh1te on this thread. Exactly how many angels is it that can balance of the head of a pin. FFS. Get out more you lot.

There just might be a reason people haven't been getting out much recently. 😉

TheBigBean

Microsoft Teams. Proprietary means of communication are irritating at the best of times, but at least make them functional.

sungod

poorly toasted toast

raw - bread shown toaster, then put on a plate
uneven - one end/side untoasted
shallow - high-speed high-heat contraption that merely singes the surfaced without developing the necessary depth of taste and crunch

i always tell the waiter to take it back, did it twice in one breakfast

surrey_commuter

sungod said:

poorly toasted toast

raw - bread shown toaster, then put on a plate
uneven - one end/side untoasted
shallow - high-speed high-heat contraption that merely singes the surfaced without developing the necessary depth of taste and crunch

i always tell the waiter to take it back, did it twice in one breakfast

Please share with us this place where you can have a waiter bring you breakfast

pinno

surrey_commuter said:

sungod said:

poorly toasted toast

raw - bread shown toaster, then put on a plate
uneven - one end/side untoasted
shallow - high-speed high-heat contraption that merely singes the surfaced without developing the necessary depth of taste and crunch

i always tell the waiter to take it back, did it twice in one breakfast

Please share with us this place where you can have a waiter bring you breakfast

Wormwood scrubs.

sungod

surrey_commuter said:

sungod said:

poorly toasted toast

raw - bread shown toaster, then put on a plate
uneven - one end/side untoasted
shallow - high-speed high-heat contraption that merely singes the surfaced without developing the necessary depth of taste and crunch

i always tell the waiter to take it back, did it twice in one breakfast

Please share with us this place where you can have a waiter bring you breakfast

hotels, restaurants, even cafes - most countries do not have the 'queue at the counter' model that's typical in the uk

i'm pining for colbert on sloane square to re-open, though getting an outside table on a sunny day was always a lottery at the best of times, btw colbert's toast is correct, and served the proper way, by a waiter

TheBigBean

Even cheap cafes selling all day breakfasts for less than £5 have table service. Maybe they're not called waiters.

surrey_commuter

I assumed most posts on here had been triggered therefore I was intrigued (wrong thread) as to your circumstances that had triggered this annoyance

sungod

ahh, poor toast is a lifelong annoyance

i'd been reminiscing about eating out and it just came to mind

bompington

Anybody live anywhere near Glastonbury?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52810220

capt_slog

bompington said:

Anybody live anywhere near Glastonbury?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52810220

oh, good grief.

I'm appalled and frightened by the levels of stupidity involved with this. I'll admit to not being the sharpest knife sometimes, and I'm sure we're all responsible for some howlers in our pasts, but continuing to believe this 5G stuff I find depressing.

Pross

bompington said:

Anybody live anywhere near Glastonbury?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52810220

That cheers me up rather than annoying me.

bompington

Have they got the GPS satellites orbiting in some weird pattern that deliberately avoids getting too close to eastern Scotland? Or maybe I just need to give up drinking and cycling.

veronese68

Pross said:

bompington said:

Anybody live anywhere near Glastonbury?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52810220

That cheers me up rather than annoying me.

Me too, laughed all over again being reminded of it.

Ben6899

I might start making and selling my own anti-5G USB sticks, depending how much luck Trading Standards has...

sungod

Ben6899 said:

I might start making and selling my own anti-5G USB sticks, depending how much luck Trading Standards has...

i'd had the same thought, fleecing the tinfoil hatters can only help society

antivax bracelets, lovingly crafted silicone bands that protect you from all known vaccines (wear two for rabies)
chemtrail facemasks, look exactly like a surgical mask so you're neighbours will never know!
anticovid mouthwash, as recommended by donald trump