Seemingly trivial things that you give absolutely no f's about, but others go apeshít over.
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For me this would be lunar stuff. Supermoons, blue moons and lunar eclipses. These things often make the news too.
Smart phones
Astronomical transits, for example the ISS crossing the Moon or Mercury crossing the Sun.
Any and everything involving the royal family, not including deaths.
Tyre compounds, torque vectoring, adjustable engine management settings or stuff that is generally available to the public, but only really makes a tangible difference when racing or competing. Cycling world is the worst for this sort of crap. One example; a carbon fibre bottle cage costing £60 when I purchased the one next to it costing about a fiver. Come to think of it, that won't affect an individuals race performance either, not even negligibly.
Smart phones
Astronomical transits, for example the ISS crossing the Moon or Mercury crossing the Sun.
Any and everything involving the royal family, not including deaths.
Tyre compounds, torque vectoring, adjustable engine management settings or stuff that is generally available to the public, but only really makes a tangible difference when racing or competing. Cycling world is the worst for this sort of crap. One example; a carbon fibre bottle cage costing £60 when I purchased the one next to it costing about a fiver. Come to think of it, that won't affect an individuals race performance either, not even negligibly.
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Led Zepplin.
I owned one of there albums once, got rid of it to a grateful mate. Never again.0 -
Poetry0
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Opera.
Full stop.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Politics and politicians.1
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Modern cars. Yes I like to get from A to B in relative comfort but pretty much all do the job.
Fitted kitchens - well ripping out perfectly functional kitchens and spending a small fortune on something that is no better just not quite as dated.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
Binge watching.“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0
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I'm putting this here because clearly she gives no f's about making a cup of tea and I am absolutely livid.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Rumours that Dominic Cummings will get a knighthood."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1
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What the fuckfuckityfuckfuck was that!?!rjsterry said:I'm putting this here because clearly she gives no f's about making a cup of tea and I am absolutely livid.
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Fleabag. The Guardian is obsessed with it.0
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Clapping for the NHS
There, I said it!2 -
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But you can't change the past. Not even the great unwashed in Bristol can do that.0
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Social media.0
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Words. They're just a combination of mind fvcks.0
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Can change history, however.Darius_Jedburgh said:But you can't change the past. Not even the great unwashed in Bristol can do that.
After all, the past can’t be changed, but our understanding of it is “history” and that is always changing.
It’s why the whole “it’s revisionist history” bit is odd as history is in constant state of revision.0 -
You can't change history. You can learn from it.
History is over and done.
Only the pinkos and politically correct brigade try to rewrite history to suit their own prejudices.1 -
Checking out the new thread of the day, only to find it contains exactly the same crap as yesterday's new thread of the day."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.2
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At some point in the late 60s and early 70s our opponents in WW2 stopped being Germans and became The Nazis, would you agree that was a conscious decision to revision that period of history.rick_chasey said:
Can change history, however.Darius_Jedburgh said:But you can't change the past. Not even the great unwashed in Bristol can do that.
After all, the past can’t be changed, but our understanding of it is “history” and that is always changing.
It’s why the whole “it’s revisionist history” bit is odd as history is in constant state of revision.0 -
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What I think Rick is trying to say is quite simple: You can change how the past is perceived and interpreted.Darius_Jedburgh said:But you can't change the past. Not even the great unwashed in Bristol can do that.
In other words historical actions cannot be changed, but evaluations and therefore doctrine can, by future generations of historians.
However, there will always be dissenters."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Sure history is a living breathing thing but I think a lot of people miss out the fact that history is always contemporary (the subject just happens to be the past) and so gets buffeted by the preoccupations of the now.surrey_commuter said:
At some point in the late 60s and early 70s our opponents in WW2 stopped being Germans and became The Nazis, would you agree that was a conscious decision to revision that period of history.rick_chasey said:
Can change history, however.Darius_Jedburgh said:But you can't change the past. Not even the great unwashed in Bristol can do that.
After all, the past can’t be changed, but our understanding of it is “history” and that is always changing.
It’s why the whole “it’s revisionist history” bit is odd as history is in constant state of revision.
Of course, it’s not as linear as that as the past also impacts the present, but you get the idea.
Today’s story of the past is different to yesterday’s and so on.0 -
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Was going to be my choice. Alongside science fiction they have no real-life rules they need to follow and yet somehow manage to follow the same, formulaic plot everyone and the fight scenes between two 'indestructible' superheroes are just mind-numbingly boring.rick_chasey said:Anyway.
Any superhero film which seems to break box office records every time they’re released0 -
Football.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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