Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

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  • monkimark
    monkimark Posts: 1,952
    Possibly just me getting old but i don't really come across the kind of pop music that used to annoy me in my 20s. 90% of music I listen to is either Spotify or music I already own. The remaining 10% is radio, mostly in the car and on stations that don't play it.
    kingstongraham said:

    masjer said:

    Ed Sheeran, vowing to quit the music industry if he lost his copyright lawsuit.

    Damn, he won.

    It can't just be me - Ed Sheeran barely impinges on my consciousness. He carries on, he doesn't, whatever.

    I'd recognise Shape of You and The A Team (or whatever it's called), but other than that, sometimes I hear something forgettable and then it turns out it was him but it's never anything that I'd think "that sounds like him". And I might hear it again and not know who it is.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,396
    Stevo_666 said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Things that make men attractive, in order:
    - Money
    - Being responsible for a baby
    - Being responsible for a puppy
    - Running into a burning building to rescue any one or more of: a baby, a puppy, a kitten
    - Their appearance

    According to this scientific analysis, the first and last ones of your list are the ones that matter (6 mins in, but you need to watch the mens guide first) :)
    https://youtu.be/pInk1rV2VEg
    It has graphs so Rick will approve.
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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,067
    Fancied some rice pudding last night, opened a tin to find it curdled, opened the other tin to find the same. No rice pud for me.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,825
    masjer said:

    Ed Sheeran, vowing to quit the music industry if he lost his copyright lawsuit.

    Damn, he won.

    :D
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,825
    First.Aspect said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Things that make men attractive, in order:
    - Money
    - Being responsible for a baby
    - Being responsible for a puppy
    - Running into a burning building to rescue any one or more of: a baby, a puppy, a kitten
    - Their appearance

    According to this scientific analysis, the first and last ones of your list are the ones that matter (6 mins in, but you need to watch the mens guide first) :)
    https://youtu.be/pInk1rV2VEg
    It has graphs so Rick will approve.
    Do I need to delete all the cookies from my phone now?
    It's not been a problem for me. Good advice, no? :smile:
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,496
    Deciding that my laptop screen needed a clean and couldn't get rid of one annoying mark at the edge of the screen. It was the tail of the cursor. 🤣
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,752
    pblakeney said:

    Deciding that my laptop screen needed a clean and couldn't get rid of one annoying mark at the edge of the screen. It was the tail of the cursor. 🤣


    In the opposite direction, thinking I've repeatedly mistyped a full stop into a sentence, then realising it's a spot on the screen.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,825
    surrey_commuter said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    First.Aspect said:

    Things that make men attractive, in order:
    - Money
    - Being responsible for a baby
    - Being responsible for a puppy
    - Running into a burning building to rescue any one or more of: a baby, a puppy, a kitten
    - Their appearance

    According to this scientific analysis, the first and last ones of your list are the ones that matter (6 mins in, but you need to watch the mens guide first) :)
    https://youtu.be/pInk1rV2VEg
    It has graphs so Rick will approve.
    that guy should present a series
    It is rather good, isn't it :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,145
    kingstongraham said:

    masjer said:

    Ed Sheeran, vowing to quit the music industry if he lost his copyright lawsuit.

    Damn, he won.

    It can't just be me - Ed Sheeran barely impinges on my consciousness. He carries on, he doesn't, whatever.

    I'd recognise Shape of You and The A Team (or whatever it's called), but other than that, sometimes I hear something forgettable and then it turns out it was him but it's never anything that I'd think "that sounds like him". And I might hear it again and not know who it is.
    This….
    Could be my age though but I find a lot of it quite bland. For something new to grab my attention it has to be a bit WTF. Like the first time hearing Kate Bush, Bjork etc.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    The funny bit is that that was his line of argument in court.

    "I use the same 4 chords as everyone else"
    _
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ
  • de_sisti
    de_sisti Posts: 1,283
    Eurosport commentators using the phrase: "Upping the speed/pace"; instead of saying something like; "Increasing the speed/pace"
  • de_sisti
    de_sisti Posts: 1,283
    Professional sports people (especially sportswomen) crying when things don't go their way.

    They should realise that the other people/teams competing against them also want to win.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,496
    de_sisti said:

    Professional sports people (especially sportswomen) crying when things don't go their way.

    They should realise that the other people/teams competing against them also want to win.

    Of course the others want to win but years of hard work down the swanny.
    Understandable for me.
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  • de_sisti
    de_sisti Posts: 1,283
    pblakeney said:

    ..but years of hard work ..

    Yes, but others have done exactly the same. We can't have a situation like they have
    in some schools, where there are no losers in their sports day events, but all share/get
    a winner's prize.

    *The last bit may be a bit of hearsay.

  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    de_sisti said:

    Professional sports people (especially sportswomen) crying when things don't go their way.

    They should realise that the other people/teams competing against them also want to win.

    You don't want sports people to feel that emotion, or you just think they should keep a stiff upper lip?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,496
    edited May 2023
    de_sisti said:

    pblakeney said:

    ..but years of hard work ..

    Yes, but others have done exactly the same. We can't have a situation like they have
    in some schools, where there are no losers in their sports day events, but all share/get
    a winner's prize.

    *The last bit may be a bit of hearsay.

    You missed my point. Someone else winning isn't the hard part, it is all that effort for nothing. Giving up a career, and possibly family etc, etc. Emotion is part of sport.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    de_sisti said:

    Professional sports people (especially sportswomen) crying when things don't go their way.

    They should realise that the other people/teams competing against them also want to win.

    Surely you want that, as it makes the win all the more glorious?

    Nothing worse than someone making out they don't really care when they lose. You want them to have given absolutely everything and then still lost.

    A victory is all the better when the defeated are inconsolable.

    As a spectator or fan I am not really a fan of being a 'good sport'. I think you should be fair, but I want my sportspeople to really care and give it everything they have.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rick_chasey said:

    de_sisti said:

    Professional sports people (especially sportswomen) crying when things don't go their way.

    They should realise that the other people/teams competing against them also want to win.

    Surely you want that, as it makes the win all the more glorious?

    Nothing worse than someone making out they don't really care when they lose. You want them to have given absolutely everything and then still lost.

    A victory is all the better when the defeated are inconsolable.

    As a spectator or fan I am not really a fan of being a 'good sport'. I think you should be fair, but I want my sportspeople to really care and give it everything they have.
    I can remember enthusiastically turning in to see Ferguson in a post-match interview after a bad Utd defeat and being annoyed at how magnaminous he always was.

    Klopp/Mourinho are far more fun
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    kingstongraham said:

    masjer said:

    Ed Sheeran, vowing to quit the music industry if he lost his copyright lawsuit.

    Damn, he won.

    It can't just be me - Ed Sheeran barely impinges on my consciousness. He carries on, he doesn't, whatever.

    I'd recognise Shape of You and The A Team (or whatever it's called), but other than that, sometimes I hear something forgettable and then it turns out it was him but it's never anything that I'd think "that sounds like him". And I might hear it again and not know who it is.
    That thing he does and live concerts where he records a bit of him playing and then puts it on a loop then does a bit more gets on my t!ts. It really isn't as clever as he seems to think it is and he may as well just record a backing track before the gig. All he's doing is using up some of his time slot on stage when he does it at festivals.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Pross said:

    kingstongraham said:

    masjer said:

    Ed Sheeran, vowing to quit the music industry if he lost his copyright lawsuit.

    Damn, he won.

    It can't just be me - Ed Sheeran barely impinges on my consciousness. He carries on, he doesn't, whatever.

    I'd recognise Shape of You and The A Team (or whatever it's called), but other than that, sometimes I hear something forgettable and then it turns out it was him but it's never anything that I'd think "that sounds like him". And I might hear it again and not know who it is.
    That thing he does and live concerts where he records a bit of him playing and then puts it on a loop then does a bit more gets on my t!ts. It really isn't as clever as he seems to think it is and he may as well just record a backing track before the gig. All he's doing is using up some of his time slot on stage when he does it at festivals.
    Does he still do that? I think I saw him do it years ago, but wouldn't have expected it to cut the mustard at Wembley stadium.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    I don't know why you watch his concerts if he annoys you.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    kingstongraham said:

    Pross said:

    kingstongraham said:

    masjer said:

    Ed Sheeran, vowing to quit the music industry if he lost his copyright lawsuit.

    Damn, he won.

    It can't just be me - Ed Sheeran barely impinges on my consciousness. He carries on, he doesn't, whatever.

    I'd recognise Shape of You and The A Team (or whatever it's called), but other than that, sometimes I hear something forgettable and then it turns out it was him but it's never anything that I'd think "that sounds like him". And I might hear it again and not know who it is.
    That thing he does and live concerts where he records a bit of him playing and then puts it on a loop then does a bit more gets on my t!ts. It really isn't as clever as he seems to think it is and he may as well just record a backing track before the gig. All he's doing is using up some of his time slot on stage when he does it at festivals.
    Does he still do that? I think I saw him do it years ago, but wouldn't have expected it to cut the mustard at Wembley stadium.
    I saw him doing it on something (possibly his Glastonbury set).
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,496
    kingstongraham said:

    I don't know why you watch his concerts if he annoys you.

    I found watching any concert on TV to be a completely underwhelming experience.
    I stopped watching.
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  • de_sisti
    de_sisti Posts: 1,283
    edited May 2023
    pblakeney said:

    You missed my point.

    No I haven't. In sport you're competing against someone who has made exactly the same sacrifices as you, and may be better at it (the sport) on the day. (Let's not continue arguing about this, but agree to have different viewpoints on the subject).

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,496
    My last word. They are mourning their personal loss, and could probably happily acknowledge the other competitor's superior performance.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,517
    surrey_commuter said:

    rick_chasey said:

    de_sisti said:

    Professional sports people (especially sportswomen) crying when things don't go their way.

    They should realise that the other people/teams competing against them also want to win.

    Surely you want that, as it makes the win all the more glorious?

    Nothing worse than someone making out they don't really care when they lose. You want them to have given absolutely everything and then still lost.

    A victory is all the better when the defeated are inconsolable.

    As a spectator or fan I am not really a fan of being a 'good sport'. I think you should be fair, but I want my sportspeople to really care and give it everything they have.
    I can remember enthusiastically turning in to see Ferguson in a post-match interview after a bad Utd defeat and being annoyed at how magnaminous he always was.

    Klopp/Mourinho are far more fun
    I dunno.
    I recall when Man U were played off the pitch in the final of the CL against Barca., 2011
    All Ferguson said was "It's our 60th game." with a dour mouth and walked away.
    It was Barca's 62nd.

    What sort of frikkin excuse was that? The art of management is to be able to rotate their (rather big) squads.
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    evil_breakfast said:

    Tweets like 👇🏻. What's the point? As if the responders have any agency to effect change.
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  • kingstongraham
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    You've seen some threads on here, yes?

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