NWR Silly Little Things That Annoy You

Tedious speculation on mainstream news, about something not earth-shatteringly important, and which is very close to being announced.

Apropos nothing at all, I was vox-popped this morning for a Manchester radio station about the re-formation of Oasis, and without having much time to think, I gave a pretty good Grumpy-Old-Man response.

The fuss about Oasis reminded me a bit of the speculation about whether Taylor Swift would make it to the Super Bowl or not, about which I cared even less.
 
Steve Slatcher said:
The fuss about Oasis reminded me a bit of the speculation about whether Taylor Swift would make it to the Super Bowl or not, about which I cared even less.
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I didn't know Tom had restarted the big wineathons. And such an illustrious guest, though I do recall he did a tasting with Malcolm McLaren on the telly once.
 
Tom Cannavan said:
I installed Duolingo to brush up on a language and it constantly 'awarding' me with stuff, telling me I've gained or lost 'points' and asking me to watch a video to get more 'points' lest I risk slipping down the 'leaderboard
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Two in my household have been doing this, it’s been “Noi parliamo italiano!” or “Wo ist der Taxistand?” all day long… They’ve respectively got ‘Ada’ and ‘Babs’ in hot pursuit on the leaderboard
 
Tom Cannavan said:
I'm afraid I've got another one: phone apps that think I'm a 5-year-old. I installed Duolingo to brush up on a language and it constantly 'awarding' me with stuff, telling me I've gained or lost 'points' and asking me to watch a video to get more 'points' lest I risk slipping down the 'leaderboard'. Kindle sends messages to tell me I am 'on course to unlock an achievement badge'. I presume reading a book is seen as an 'achievement'.

I don't want badges, I just want to read books, and I don't want points, I just want to brush up my grammar and vocabulary. Next there will be virtual silver and gold stars in the corner of my screen, or perhaps a scrawled, "could do better".
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If, on the other hand, badges are your thing, you'd love the "The [Wine] Society's Community". There are around 50 possible ones, and it seems I've managed to win around half of them. I'm especially proud of my "First Emoji" badge, for the first time I used an emoji in a post.
 
Andy Leslie said:
People that get on the bus and then appear stunned that some sort of financial transaction is necessary before departure necessitating much searching through either a bag or a phone.
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And there was me thinking that these people were all on the buses that halt the traffic en route from my area to Northampton town centre.
 
Sainsburys self checkout.

Put bag on checkout thingy....NO! The most micro sensitive checkout tills in the world.

so i have to scan every single item... put tgem on the checkout weighy thing.... and then put it in bag AFTER i paid....

GRrr
 
Raymond Tilney said:
When people use the term “we” when discussing a team or organisation they support.
For instance a Soccer fan might refer to his favourite team saying..we won on Saturday. :mad:
I am always tempted to ask in what position they played.
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People who use "they" when discussing the performance of the team they support with others supporting that team...

If we reserve "they" for our team then how do we meaningfully refer to the other team? ;)
 
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Paul J a i n e s said:
Sainsburys self checkout.

Put bag on checkout thingy....NO! The most micro sensitive checkout tills in the world.

so i have to scan every single item... put tgem on the checkout weighy thing.... and then put it in bag AFTER i paid....

GRrr
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That's why I like waitrose, their self checkouts have a tare function for bags - you can even swap bags out half way through without punishment.

The veg are still sh1te though.
 
Pronoun stupidity
This from the BBC schedule for the 2024 Proms.

“Live at the BBC Proms: BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Simon Hale with singer Sam Smith perform their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour."
 
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