DrStrangelove wrote:I set my TV volume to prime numbers only. It does backfire when I have to go from 29, some programs seem barely audible at the level, to 37, where it is far too loud. I don’t really know where this fixation comes from, or why i always skip passed 31 which would probably be fine. |
Stupid things that annoy you but shouldn't • Page 268
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Saul_Iscariot 4,399 posts
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How in TV and advertisements the only computers are Macs and the only tablets are iPads. As far as I know, Apple doesn't even pay them for doing so, they just do it because they think it's cool.
Especially in public service broadcasting who are fee-financed and disallowed from advertising products in most of their broadcasts. Yet in the prime time news there's a Macbook sitting on the table next to the presenter (a special version without the Apple logo but it's more than obvious what it is) without ever using it. They just placed it there in plain sight without doing anything with it. Also how their logo changed to the exact same geometry of an iPhone app icon shortly after the iPhone was introduced. I guess it makes them feel hip or something, but it's just as stupid and embarrassing as putting Apple stickers on your car. Quit it! -
BreadBinLidHero 10,804 posts
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Registered 12 years agoBut we had that thread a while ago where a few Apple zealots decided that everything the company does is groundbreaking and their products are uniformly jizz-worthy. That's why. -
Must have been a long while ago because a lot of time has passed since they were ahead of the competition.
What annoys me most that they always use that crappy mini keyboard. I had the bigger, better Mac keyboard years ago and even that was a pile of shit. But somehow they still think using that scrubby mini keyboard makes you hip. -
Saul_Iscariot 4,399 posts
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Registered 9 years agoSurely it will be a sign of the end of the world when Naga Munchetty presents the news sporting a beard, wearing spectacles with no glass in them, wearing mismatched vintage clothing, sipping on a Starbucks and working on her novel on said keyboard? -
Probably. The unmistakeable message would be "face it, it's over. Just kill yourself".
If I was to do anything in TV or advertisements, I'd use black plastic Windows laptops so that anyone in their right senses would know that I don't think they're fucking tools.
I'd also add 90s Eurodance to all of it, which may or may not be the reason why I don't get to do that sort of stuff.
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Saul_Iscariot 4,399 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI would love to see a Question Time debate on the British exit from the EU set to a tune by 2 Unlimited. -
challenge_hanukkah 14,402 posts
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Mola_Ram 26,196 posts
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Registered 9 years agoPeople on a plane who get up to fetch their bags the moment the plane has landed. Which is almost everyone, which makes the aisle clogged with people standing there doing nothing until the doors are opened. Do they think they're saving time? -
RichDC 9,177 posts
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Registered 17 years agoPeople on a plane who wait until everyone in front of them has left the plane before getting up and fetching their bag. You've had 20 minutes to sort this out, why leave it until the last minute, delaying everyone behind you!? -
billythekid 12,595 posts
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Registered 16 years agoPeople on a plane. -
challenge_hanukkah 14,402 posts
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Registered 8 years agoPeople. -
It's true though, whenever people come out in public they apparently become completely inconsiderate troglodytes.
They seem oblivious to the nuisance they're causing others and are even offended when someone points out how they're being a hindrance or annoyance to those around them.
I've never understood that: you hate or at least don't enjoy it when others do it to you so why don't you make an effort to avoid doing it to them to begin with?
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Syrette 51,181 posts
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Registered 19 years agoColleagues who leave pen nibs out. -
Jono62 27,357 posts
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Registered 13 years ago+1 for people especially when you are trying to get to your connecting train and they walk so fucking slowly looking at their phones. -
salrip 192 posts
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Registered 11 years agoDogs. -
salrip wrote:
Come now, we've evolved socially. We call them "women with a nice personality" these days.
Dogs. -
challenge_hanukkah 14,402 posts
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Registered 8 years agosalrip wrote:
Dogs are alright. Not my kid's dog though, he's a fucking dickhead.
Dogs. -
Mola_Ram 26,196 posts
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Registered 9 years agoRichDC wrote:
Not really understanding this. I'm not blocking the way of anyone by staying in my seat until it's a little less crowded. Once there are fewer bags and fewer people, it is much easier to fetch your bag!
People on a plane who wait until everyone in front of them has left the plane before getting up and fetching their bag. You've had 20 minutes to sort this out, why leave it until the last minute, delaying everyone behind you!?
And there are lines to wait in after you get out of the plane, so it's not like you're saving massive amounts of time by exiting the can at the same time as all the other sardines. -
fontgeeksogood 12,913 posts
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Registered 3 years agoThe last plane I checked my bags on, my bag was the first out of the carousel when we landed. That's never happened before -
Every time I read "XBox Series X" it makes me cringe. And I thought "XBox One" was a stupid name. -
DasBooter 546 posts
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Registered 15 years agoPeople putting bed sheets up on roundabouts to mark some twat's birthday.
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Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoDrStrangelove wrote:
It's messy. And I can't even do what I do with the XB1X and pronounce it "Ex-Bonks".
Every time I read "XBox Series X" it makes me cringe. And I thought "XBox One" was a stupid name. -
puddleduck 2,002 posts
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Registered 14 years ago@Mola_Ram the other end of the journey annoys me more. People who get up and start queuing really early to get a seat. You literally have a ticket. -
Psychotext 70,652 posts
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Registered 15 years agoMola_Ram wrote:
Yup. I'm more annoyed by the people that jump up like they're on fire so as to get their bags first... then wait 15 minutes standing up like a plonker whilst waiting for the airbridge / bus.
Not really understanding this. I'm not blocking the way of anyone by staying in my seat until it's a little less crowded. Once there are fewer bags and fewer people, it is much easier to fetch your bag!
And there are lines to wait in after you get out of the plane, so it's not like you're saving massive amounts of time by exiting the can at the same time as all the other sardines.
I stand up as they start disembarking people, take all of 5 seconds to grab my bag, then off I go. -
Dougs 100,415 posts
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Registered 18 years ago@puddleduck not if you fly one of the budgets. Or have they stopped that bun fight now?
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Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIt's a nice day here and I've got a few windows open. And Every Fucking Fly south of the Thames seems to have decided that my living room is the place to be seen.
This is some Serious Sam level shit. I'm sat here with a can of Raid in each hand and the bastard things just won't stop coming. You'd have thought they'd maybe take a look at the fog of fly-killing chemicals and the three-inch-thick carpet of their dead comrades covering the floor and decide to go somewhere else. But nooooooooooooo... -
TechnoHippy 19,245 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI harvest spiders and they keep the little bastards in line. -
Jono62 27,357 posts
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Registered 13 years ago@Rogueywon Try Citronella. Flies don't like it apparently. -
Rogueywon wrote:
We've got these things on our windows as the missus is a bug phobe. Not the prettiest things but at least I can have the window open all night.
It's a nice day here and I've got a few windows open. And Every Fucking Fly south of the Thames seems to have decided that my living room is the place to be seen.
This is some Serious Sam level shit. I'm sat here with a can of Raid in each hand and the bastard things just won't stop coming. You'd have thought they'd maybe take a look at the fog of fly-killing chemicals and the three-inch-thick carpet of their dead comrades covering the floor and decide to go somewhere else. But nooooooooooooo...
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