minimatt
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Post by minimatt on Jan 8, 2024 19:07:39 GMT
random dicks on the news insisting on river dredging without presenting evidence of their degrees in hydrology & years experience in watercourse management. Complex problems rarely have simple solutions & we don't accept the medical advice of random unqualified twats on the news, why is this complex engineering problem afforded the chinny reckons of blokes who think they know better? At the very least they should be asked why they're advocating everyone downstream of them getting fucked even harder
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Post by Nanocrystal on Jan 15, 2024 7:45:51 GMT
There's a TV show called Psych being advertised on my telly's home screen, with the description "A fake psychic cons his way into working with the police".
Oh right, a fake psychic? As opposed to all the real ones?
Pisses me off.
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Jan 15, 2024 8:26:20 GMT
I can sense a real anger in this thread
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dmukgr
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Post by dmukgr on Jan 15, 2024 11:17:16 GMT
Why Nanocrystal? Psychic's do exist. |
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Post by rawshark on Jan 15, 2024 11:34:59 GMT
Stadning at the bar waiting to get served... it's taking a while becasue there's only one overworked person behid the bar. Eventually she comes to take my order when an older guy barges into me saying he was before me. I don't need the shit so I just let it go and let him go first. After he orders he turns to me saying I've got "no manners".
"I was raised by my father to always look left and right before ordering to see if there was anyone else who was there before me. I was here half an hour before you were."
No you weren't, and no you weren't. Fuck off.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 15, 2024 12:27:45 GMT
Did you eventually have your shit?
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 15, 2024 12:35:52 GMT
I’ve done a few years bar work and called out customers who cut in. One guy threatened to rape me and another threw his boot over the bar, smashing a few spirits on the back bar.
I did watch a colleague once take a £20 note out of a customers hand, which they had been waving in his face to get his attention, scrunch it up and lob it over the crowd of customers. I wish I had the balls to do that. Would probably have been jumped on the way home afterwards.
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Post by jono62 on Jan 15, 2024 13:20:17 GMT
There's a TV show called Psych being advertised on my telly's home screen, with the description "A fake psychic cons his way into working with the police". Oh right, a fake psychic? As opposed to all the real ones? Pisses me off. It's great. |
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Bongo Heracles
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 15, 2024 13:22:38 GMT
There is probably a better thread for this but:
In a game, if I can go up and down ladders fast or slow ALWAYS BE FAST BY DEFAULT NO OTHER SPEED IS NEEDED
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 15, 2024 21:46:10 GMT
But what if you slip? What if the ladder isn’t bolted into the wall properly?!
It would have been amazing if you could have failed climbing the ladder in the opening sequence of MGS 3.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 15, 2024 22:20:09 GMT
I'd like it if they could slide up them the way they slide down them
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Jan 15, 2024 22:21:05 GMT
Little known fact, Kojima made the game generate a different length ladder for each player.
There's some players still climbing that ladder 20 years later.
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Post by Nanocrystal on Jan 15, 2024 22:37:02 GMT
There is probably a better thread for this but: In a game, if I can go up and down ladders fast or slow ALWAYS BE FAST BY DEFAULT NO OTHER SPEED IS NEEDED This reminded me how Returnal's auto-run setting is turned off by default and not even mentioned in any tutorial. In a game where speed and movement is absolutely central to the gameplay. Crazy shit. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 16, 2024 9:59:33 GMT
I haven't watched The Jimquisition since before Christmas, so I decided to go and have a look at one. It was either the Christmas or New Year one and that bloke has his own skit as well as a wacky dance number in it
Don't think I've ever been put off something so quickly. Literally watched it nearly every Monday for years
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Post by askew on Jan 16, 2024 15:53:43 GMT
Fackin’ Brexit. Who TF do I pay and how?
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Post by Dougs on Jan 16, 2024 16:18:02 GMT
Who is it held by? Them, I guess!
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Post by gamingdave on Jan 16, 2024 17:56:27 GMT
Appliances Direct - more like liars direct to your face
Our washing machine broke last week, and the landlord arranged for a quick replacement. New machine was supposed to be delivered, fitted, and the old one taken away.
They come with the new one, pull the old machine back a bit and declare they can't access the plumbing so just leave.
I was out and my partner was on calls when they came so she took their word for it and we relayed this to the landlord. The machine is slid inside a space with a cupboard to this side (hardly unusual) and when I came home I took everything out the cupboard (took 2mins) and to no-ones surprise, there was all the plumbing.
The landlord arranges for an independent plumber to come and fit the new machine (which they do in 45 mins despite needing to nip out for a new washer) and AD agree to come back to collect the old machine today.
They arrive, take one look at it and say they can't take it as there is no lift, despite having been here before and knowing there isn't one. They say they need to go and call head office and will come back. They simply drive off. Landlord speaks with head of customer services, apparently they couldn't take it because there were carpet fitters in which would have made it dangerous. There were no carpet fitters in the property and the stairs from the flat down to ground floor and outside are not carpeted.
Absolute shambles of a a company. Avoid.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jan 17, 2024 13:24:25 GMT
People who upload YouTube videos of a "Whatever happened to..." or "Where are they now..." theme, and give the video a thumbnail that's a shot of whatever celebrity/cast they are talking about where it's a split between one of their authentic photos and one that's clearly been digitally altered and in no way realistic or even slightly related to reality.
There's one up now about the cast of Farscape, and not only has the uploader gotten three of the actors names wrong, the thumbnail is an image of Claudia Black with extra weight in the face and in a wheelchair having had both legs amputated. In reality, other than being blonde and slightly more tanned now, she looks pretty much exactly as she has done for the last twenty years, and notably, still has her legs.
What kind of desperate-for-clicks fucking sociopath do you have to be to do this kind of shit?
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Post by simple on Jan 17, 2024 13:38:43 GMT
He doesn’t do that but Justin Hawkins from The Darkness has exceptionally off-putting clickbaity thumbnails and video titles for what are often quite thoughtful little vlog posts on his youtube channel.
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Post by zisssou on Jan 17, 2024 15:02:09 GMT
Jussstttinnnnn Hawwkkinnns riiiiddeeess agggaaiiiiin
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 17, 2024 15:11:58 GMT
People who upload YouTube videos of a "Whatever happened to..." or "Where are they now..." theme, and give the video a thumbnail that's a shot of whatever celebrity/cast they are talking about where it's a split between one of their authentic photos and one that's clearly been digitally altered and in no way realistic or even slightly related to reality. There's one up now about the cast of Farscape, and not only has the uploader gotten three of the actors names wrong, the thumbnail is an image of Claudia Black with extra weight in the face and in a wheelchair having had both legs amputated. In reality, other than being blonde and slightly more tanned now, she looks pretty much exactly as she has done for the last twenty years, and notably, still has her legs. What kind of desperate-for-clicks fucking sociopath do you have to be to do this kind of shit? I guess they do work though, because I accidentally (cough) clicked on a few a couple of years back, before realising they're all shit. Luckily adblockers filter a lot of them out.
PS/ Claudia Black was pretty cool in The Nevers recently. Definitely had both legs. Recommend going in without knowing too much about it though.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 17, 2024 15:24:24 GMT
Was in children's outpatients today for my daughter's appointment. There was someone in there streaming a show without headphones. Boggles my mind that someone can be so unaware of anyone else.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2024 15:36:42 GMT
Spend a lot of time in and out of hospital appointments as my daughter only has one kidney. It's rarer that people have headphones for children in the waiting area than those that don't.
Worst was in the barbers recently. Guy brought his kid in have him his phone that was blaring away Bluey in Polish. He then was getting his haircut next to me screaming at his kid in the waiting area anytime he acted up.
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Post by dmukgr on Jan 17, 2024 15:38:22 GMT
Was in children's outpatients today for my daughter's appointment. There was someone in there streaming a show without headphones. Boggles my mind that someone can be so unaware of anyone else. That is one of my biggest pet hates. I was on holiday last summer, nice quiet harbour spot, and the locals at the next table had one person playing a load of Greek shite on his extremely tinny phone, full volume - completely ruined the meal for me. |
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Jan 17, 2024 15:42:01 GMT
Talking of barbers, I've noticed walking past (long hair gang represent!) that it's really common to see people on their phone during the haircut now.
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Post by Vortex on Jan 17, 2024 15:59:25 GMT
Really? Social interaction is dying through the generations? I always chat to mine. Not so stealth I'm not bald post.  The headphones thing does bug me though. On the train to edinburgh a month or two back and one guy is watching all sorts of shit on his phone at full volume, THEN has a phonecall come in, takes out headphones for that call, then removes them and goes back to blasting out at full volume while watching shit! If we'd been in a quiet carriage I would have 'harrumphed' and pointed to the signage. I mean wtaf was all *that* about? You have headphones with you, gie's peace. |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jan 17, 2024 16:00:26 GMT
Haven't been to the barbers for literally decades, hair is long now but even when it was short a few years ago I'd just do it myself, grade 1 all over
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jan 17, 2024 16:02:58 GMT
People who play shit loudly on phones are bloody annoying though.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 17, 2024 16:07:06 GMT
If I believed in hell then there would definitely be a special circle just for phone speaker cunts.
Tinny music especially does my head in.
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Post by simple on Jan 17, 2024 17:08:47 GMT
Talking of barbers, I've noticed walking past (long hair gang represent!) that it's really common to see people on their phone during the haircut now. Have you seen those barbers capes that have a see through square in the groin area so you can look down at your phone without it getting hair on it? |
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