Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    I did say at the present time.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,193
    edited August 2022
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,601
    My own posts now registering as new unread.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,685
    One for the intriguing thread but is someone running the forum purposely deciding to switch some of these options on and, if so, do they really think they improve the user experience?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    Getting chopsticks with Thai food.

    Suncream. Very tedious stuff.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,933
    TheBigBean said:


    Suncream. Very tedious stuff.


    Indeed, but somewhat less annoying than forgetting to do a bit, being out all day in the sun, and finding out that evening which bit you forgot.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    briantrumpet said:

    TheBigBean said:


    Suncream. Very tedious stuff.


    Indeed, but somewhat less annoying than forgetting to do a bit, being out all day in the sun, and finding out that evening which bit you forgot.
    Yes I can see that, but my first choice is normally clothing instead. Far less tedious. My kids don't concur.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Dear Breaking Bad viewers & fans.

    Some of you do not seem to understand that Walter White is not a hero.

    The entire programme is about a man consistently making the wrong decisions and getting lucky, in order for him to be able to make more bad decisions.

    It’s a man who is so consumed with his own ego he obliterates the lives of everyone around him.

    He’s not the hero.
    _
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rick_chasey said:

    Dear Breaking Bad viewers & fans.

    Some of you do not seem to understand that Walter White is not a hero.

    The entire programme is about a man consistently making the wrong decisions and getting lucky, in order for him to be able to make more bad decisions.

    It’s a man who is so consumed with his own ego he obliterates the lives of everyone around him.

    He’s not the hero.

    surely the whole point is that he is a fvckwit who until the final few series goes to a lot of trouble to end up with virtually no money
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    You’d think.
    _
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,933
    rick_chasey said:

    Dear Breaking Bad viewers & fans.

    Some of you do not seem to understand that Walter White is not a hero.

    The entire programme is about a man consistently making the wrong decisions and getting lucky, in order for him to be able to make more bad decisions.

    It’s a man who is so consumed with his own ego he obliterates the lives of everyone around him.

    He’s not the hero.


    Even before my DVDs started playing up, I was losing patience with it. My loss, I know, but I've got to like (or care about) at least one character in such a protracted storyline. I had no problem on that front with The Wire, despite pretty much everyone being deeply flawed in one way or another.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,469
    You really don't get the concept of "antihero" do you? It's hardly unique.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    First.Aspect said:

    You really don't get the concept of "antihero" do you? It's hardly unique.

    You’d think it was obvious yes.

    Alas.
    _
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,469
    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    You really don't get the concept of "antihero" do you? It's hardly unique.

    You’d think it was obvious yes.

    Alas.
    There are no heroes in Breaking Bad. They are all crooks one way or another, or they die or are bereaved. The genius is that you empathise with the characters, even though they are awful people.

    Ozark is somewhat similar.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    briantrumpet said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Dear Breaking Bad viewers & fans.

    Some of you do not seem to understand that Walter White is not a hero.

    The entire programme is about a man consistently making the wrong decisions and getting lucky, in order for him to be able to make more bad decisions.

    It’s a man who is so consumed with his own ego he obliterates the lives of everyone around him.

    He’s not the hero.


    Even before my DVDs started playing up, I was losing patience with it. My loss, I know, but I've got to like (or care about) at least one character in such a protracted storyline. I had no problem on that front with The Wire, despite pretty much everyone being deeply flawed in one way or another.
    The wire is the best thing I’ve ever watched and I shared a lot of irritation with breaking bad, but I stuck with it (watching it when turboing) and the development all the characters go through was worth the pain.

    Not just Walt but Hank, Hank’s wife and Walt’s wife especially. Hank is really awful in season one but by the end you see him as the good guy.

    That’s quite the arc.

    Walter was always annoying though. Never stopped.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,933
    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    You really don't get the concept of "antihero" do you? It's hardly unique.

    You’d think it was obvious yes.

    Alas.
    There are no heroes in Breaking Bad. They are all crooks one way or another, or they die or are bereaved. The genius is that you empathise with the characters, even though they are awful people.

    Ozark is somewhat similar.

    Maybe I'm just rubbish at empathy.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited August 2022
    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    You really don't get the concept of "antihero" do you? It's hardly unique.

    You’d think it was obvious yes.

    Alas.
    There are no heroes in Breaking Bad. They are all crooks one way or another, or they die or are bereaved. The genius is that you empathise with the characters, even though they are awful people.

    Ozark is somewhat similar.
    Hank is the real hero at the end.

    Can’t say I ever empathised with Walt.

    _
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,469
    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    You really don't get the concept of "antihero" do you? It's hardly unique.

    You’d think it was obvious yes.

    Alas.
    There are no heroes in Breaking Bad. They are all crooks one way or another, or they die or are bereaved. The genius is that you empathise with the characters, even though they are awful people.

    Ozark is somewhat similar.
    Hank is the real hero at the end.

    Can’t say I ever empathised with Walt.

    I empathised with him as an underpaid chemistry graduate.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Haha I did almost type a tongue in cheek “it confirms all my prejudices about science grads”
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,469
    rick_chasey said:

    Haha I did almost type a tongue in cheek “it confirms all my prejudices about science grads”

    Again, that was the point, right down to his posture at the start.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited August 2022
    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Haha I did almost type a tongue in cheek “it confirms all my prejudices about science grads”

    Again, that was the point, right down to his posture at the start.
    Yeah but tangentially related I do think there are swathes of incel types who see Walt as a legit hero (back to my original point)
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,469
    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Haha I did almost type a tongue in cheek “it confirms all my prejudices about science grads”

    Again, that was the point, right down to his posture at the start.
    Yeah but tangentially related I do think there are swathes of incel types who see Walt as a legit hero (back to my original point)
    Can't help it if the writers are smarter than some of the audience.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Haha I did almost type a tongue in cheek “it confirms all my prejudices about science grads”

    Again, that was the point, right down to his posture at the start.
    Yeah but tangentially related I do think there are swathes of incel types who see Walt as a legit hero (back to my original point)
    Can't help it if the writers are smarter than some of the audience.
    Ah the Al Murray defence.
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,685
    Not sure anyone thinks Walter is a hero. I think people start out sympathetic to the inept guy doing a bad thing for a good reason. The whole point is seeing him go on the downward spiral as he just gets more self-obsessed and greedy.

    Mike was the most likeable character for me. Still not a good person in many ways but had principles.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,898
    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    First.Aspect said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Haha I did almost type a tongue in cheek “it confirms all my prejudices about science grads”

    Again, that was the point, right down to his posture at the start.
    Yeah but tangentially related I do think there are swathes of incel types who see Walt as a legit hero (back to my original point)
    Can't help it if the writers are smarter than some of the audience.
    See also The Boys. Apparently a significant minority of the audience didn't realise that the Homelander character was the villain.
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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    I think the brilliance of breaking bad is the whole point that people aren’t one dimensional.

    Bad people do good things and good people do bad things.

    The brilliance of Heisenberg is the parallel of the legend he becomes (in the drug world) whilst the reality is Walt is just a normal bloke on a toxic trajectory where initially he is totally out of his depth. But even that journey is a culmination of many small steps on a path where sometimes there are only bad decisions to choose between.

    He’s not just a bad man from the outset unlike so many one dimensional dramas.

    I do love that the image that defines Heisenberg is the guy with the hat and the goatee. And yet the scene where the image comes from is him looking a dick with a whimsical, off the cuff attempt at disguise.

    Hey ho, I just thought it was a fascinating journey.



  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,844
    edited August 2022
    Fackin Eurosport. Just turned over to watch the Vuelta highlights, having avoided the results from today.
    The idiots have a 2 minute news round up immediately before the highlights show (not mentioned in the TV listings) with the stage result as the first item.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,627
    mrb123 said:

    Fackin Eurosport. Just turned over to watch the Vuelta highlights, having avoided the results from today.
    The idiots have a 2 minute news round up immediately before the highlights show (not mentioned in the TV listings) with the stage result as the first item.

    There is a way around that.
    When I have watched the highlights, i'll post the solution. :smile:
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    Pross said:

    Not sure anyone thinks Walter is a hero. I think people start out sympathetic to the inept guy doing a bad thing for a good reason. The whole point is seeing him go on the downward spiral as he just gets more self-obsessed and greedy.

    Mike was the most likeable character for me. Still not a good person in many ways but had principles.

    Mike was happy to kill Walt for no real reason other than being expendable and then sulked about Walt's reaction.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,685
    TheBigBean said:

    Pross said:

    Not sure anyone thinks Walter is a hero. I think people start out sympathetic to the inept guy doing a bad thing for a good reason. The whole point is seeing him go on the downward spiral as he just gets more self-obsessed and greedy.

    Mike was the most likeable character for me. Still not a good person in many ways but had principles.

    Mike was happy to kill Walt for no real reason other than being expendable and then sulked about Walt's reaction.
    I think he grew on me more in Better Call Saul.

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