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I don't want to seem like a dick at this time of national crisis but...

Started by Gurke and Hare, April 01, 2020, 10:47:00 PM

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Gurke and Hare

Because the news is on BBC1 permanently now, Pointless has been shifted to BBC2. The EPG on my Virgin box hasn't been updated to reflect this though, so it's recording 45 minutes of news every day. I appreciate there are bigger issues, but it would be a moment's work to sort this out wouldn't it?

What do you not want to seem like a dick at this time of national crisis about?

honeychile

Having been teetotal for more than two years, over the past four or five months i've been contemplating reverting to occasional drinking, maybe three or four times a year (which is what i was at for the couple of years pre-temperance). Really been up for breaking my duck recently, but i've been very specifically fancying doing so with a bottle of Exmoor Gold. Usually the local Co-op stocks it, but whenever i've been in there (on a strictly essential basis of course) they haven't had it due to cunts clearing the place out. I don't want to seem like a dick at this time of national crisis, but it's keeping me on the wagon when i want to hop off.

idunnosomename

why do they keep messing about with things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.I've felt like a petty cunt for getting increasingly irritated about the overuse (and often misuse) of certain words or phrases mostly on social media. The most obvious one being "unprecedented; never heard a single soul use that word before and now its everywhere, literally everywhere, presidents prime ministers your next door fucking neighbour.
Also, and this does make me an absolute knob, but every single business or band or venue that announces their closure began their statement with "it is with heavy hearts that..."every single one. Even my band did it ! (I dont operate our facebook/instagram) but if I did I certainly wouldn't have fucking followed suit. I know getting irritated about something so petty in the face of people losing their businesses is abhorrent but still.

Also one more, people doing an instagram story of them panning an empty street with Ghost Town by the Specials playing. The Coronavirus will end up being to the Specials what Xmas was to George Michael, they'll make a fortune in PRS payments


Quote from: bgmnts on April 01, 2020, 11:18:23 PM
So usage of the word unprecedented is unprecedented?

It is with a heavy heart that I must call you a cunt.


Glebe

Quote from: Gurke and Hare on April 01, 2020, 10:47:00 PMBecause the news is on BBC1 permanently now, Pointless has been shifted to BBC2. The EPG on my Virgin box hasn't been updated to reflect this though, so it's recording 45 minutes of news every day. I appreciate there are bigger issues, but it would be a moment's work to sort this out wouldn't it?

What do you not want to seem like a dick at this time of national crisis about?

"And well done to any of you at home that got any of those."

"Thaaanks Richard..."

Danger Man

There's a thing on the internet called iplayer which is great for watching Pointless because you can skim past Armstrong's cringeworthy attempts to talk to the proles and his 'hilarious banter' with Osman and just bang out the questions in 5 minutes. Perfect.

JesusAndYourBush

Quote from: Gurke and Hare on April 01, 2020, 10:47:00 PM
Because the news is on BBC1 permanently now, Pointless has been shifted to BBC2. The EPG on my Virgin box hasn't been updated to reflect this though, so it's recording 45 minutes of news every day. I appreciate there are bigger issues, but it would be a moment's work to sort this out wouldn't it?

What do you not want to seem like a dick at this time of national crisis about?

It's odd that they're trying to force people to watch the news.  What's wrong with leaving Pointless where it is but preceding it with an announcement "If you want to watch the news right now, tune to channel xxx*" (*Whatever the number is, although retuning to porn would probably be preferable.)

Even worse when a sporting event overruns and a programme you've been waiting for all week is postponed until next week.  Just continue your sport on the red button.  You have this technology you didn't have a few decades ago, bloody use it!

Sometime last year a sport overran and the announcer said if you want to continue watching tune to BBC2.  The sport continued on BBC2 but it also continued on BBC1 and the next programme was put back a week.

pancreas

Quote from: Danger Man on April 01, 2020, 11:49:58 PM
There's a thing on the internet called iplayer which is great for watching Pointless because you can skim past Armstrong's cringeworthy attempts to talk to the proles and his 'hilarious banter' with Osman and just bang out the questions in 5 minutes. Perfect.

Are they actually worth it though? Even just the unadulterated 5 minutes of questions? I couldn't really get into the programme at all really. It is with a heavy heart that I have to say this ... but isn't it all a little ... p...?

Dewt


NoSleep

Quote from: Misspent Boners on April 01, 2020, 11:16:05 PM
.I've felt like a petty cunt for getting increasingly irritated about the overuse (and often misuse) of certain words or phrases mostly on social media. The most obvious one being "unprecedented; never heard a single soul use that word before and now its everywhere, literally everywhere, presidents prime ministers your next door fucking neighbour.
Also, and this does make me an absolute knob, but every single business or band or venue that announces their closure began their statement with "it is with heavy hearts that..."every single one. Even my band did it ! (I dont operate our facebook/instagram) but if I did I certainly wouldn't have fucking followed suit. I know getting irritated about something so petty in the face of people losing their businesses is abhorrent but still.

There must be a word for something like this behaviour that had never occurred before.

Icehaven

I bought my Mum one of those Ancestry DNA I'm a Viking kits for Mother's Day but it's probably not a good idea to be posting bits of saliva at the moment, and their website is no help at all. Not the most pressing dilemma of the crisis but still, it wasn't cheap so it'd be nice to know if/when she can use it.

kngen

I work from home anyway (and rarely go out socialising), so 99% of my existence is pretty much the same. But, sometimes, when the wean is playing up, and my wife is losing her shit[nb]Before anyone starts, I do my fair share looking after our daughter, but if I'm on deadline, the understanding is that I need to get my stuff finished no matter what. Besides, she prefers me out of the house so I don't have to witness whatever arcane Sicilian child-rearing terrors she's inflicting in my absence. [/nb], I pack up my laptop and finish whatever I'm working on at the bar up the road. I can no longer do this, so I am irritated that 1% of my existence has been closed off for a bit. I'm a dick.

Quote from: Misspent Boners on April 01, 2020, 11:16:05 PM
.I've felt like a petty cunt for getting increasingly irritated about the overuse (and often misuse) of certain words or phrases mostly on social media. The most obvious one being "unprecedented; never heard a single soul use that word before and now its everywhere, literally everywhere, presidents prime ministers your next door fucking neighbour.
Also, and this does make me an absolute knob, but every single business or band or venue that announces their closure began their statement with "it is with heavy hearts that..."every single one. Even my band did it ! (I dont operate our facebook/instagram) but if I did I certainly wouldn't have fucking followed suit. I know getting irritated about something so petty in the face of people losing their businesses is abhorrent but still.

Also one more, people doing an instagram story of them panning an empty street with Ghost Town by the Specials playing. The Coronavirus will end up being to the Specials what Xmas was to George Michael, they'll make a fortune in PRS payments

I've noticed loads of people talking about the "current climate" in reference to the economy.  It really gets on my tits.

popcorn



thenoise

I'm allergic to whatever the fuck they are spraying the trolleys with in Sainsburys, which means every time I go shopping I end up having a coughing/sneezing fit and everybody looks at me like I'm a big bad Covid spreader and I shouldn't be there.

Janie Jones

Am I being a dick? I sell a lot of stuff on eBay, mainly old books, magazines and records, also some of my kids' saleable cast-offs like clothes, game gear and music merch. These lockdown days have meant I've got a huge backlog of auld shite listed and there's a nice bidding frenzy on some unexpectedly popular items of 1970s ephemera. I think people are turning towards nostalgia in these dark times. Anyway, I use prepaid 'Drop and Go' at the post office which I walk to every morning before starting my daily permitted run. I observe all the new rules at the post office but the staff are now treating me like a piece of dogshit, huffing, tutting and sighing heavily whenever I hove into view with my pile of parcels.

My husband asked what their problem is and they said we are using the service and taking up their capacity but are not sending 'essential items'. So I've looked online and can't find any rules that say only essential items should be posted at this time. So am I being a dick? Do I need to start fibbing on my Drop and Go form and writing 'Ventilator part' instead of 'I'm a Roy Castle's RECORD BREAKER badge' in the column where you list parcel contents?

Gregory Torso

They are being dicks. They probably just resent the fact that they have to still be at work instead of getting to go home and watch Pointless all day and write nonsense on the internet. And like, you're making them do something. I work in a post office and chose to self isolate because of historical lung problems and after next week will be getting fuck all pay but most of my colleagues are still there because key workers, yo. But there aren't any rules about only sending essential items, you can still send whatever (i mean within reason obvs). Sounds like typical passive aggressive behaviour from people who wish they could go out for a run and leave their musty germ-fried counter for a few hours.

Thomas

People going out of their way to praise regressive establishment politicians with inhumane voting records because they managed to read a single pre-written speech without stuttering. 'Wow, actually quite statesmanlike!' I don't want to seem like a dick, but dick off.


Bently Sheds

Quote from: JesusAndYourBush on April 02, 2020, 01:37:29 AM
It's odd that they're trying to force people to watch the news.  What's wrong with leaving Pointless where it is but preceding it with an announcement "If you want to watch the news right now, tune to channel xxx*" (*Whatever the number is, although retuning to porn would probably be preferable.)
Back in the days of just analogue television and, later, set-top Freeview boxes it made sense to put Big News on the main channel. Now we've all gone digital with access to the 24 hour BBC News channel shouldn't the BBC be sending people there to boost its viewing figures? Otherwise what is point BBC News 24?

Dewt

Quote from: Thomas on April 03, 2020, 11:04:07 AM
People going out of their way to praise regressive establishment politicians with inhumane voting records because they managed to read a single pre-written speech without stuttering. 'Wow, actually quite statesmanlike!' I don't want to seem like a dick, but dick off.
I love Thomas

chveik

Quote from: Gregory Torso on April 03, 2020, 10:57:18 AM
They probably just resent the fact that they have to still be at work instead of getting to go home and watch Pointless all day and write nonsense on the internet.

seems reasonable to me.

Thomas


jobotic

Getting pretty good use out of the English Heritage membership my mum and dad got us for Xmas.

Cloud

Worse than when the bastard football gets in the way of Coro isn't it

Thomas

Don't want to be a dick, but I'm inordinately angered by the latest vapid feelgood chain mail doing the social media rounds:

QuoteLet's do this for 75% of all suicides, that are commited by men, too many have already been taken away too soon!
We can't keep letting this slip by us, be strong, be there for eachother and please never be afraid to speak up or try to reach out to anyone, even myself!
#ChallengeAccepted #24Hours
(If I didn't tag you please don't be offended, I tried to pick people I thought would take part)
All too often, some men find it easier to criticize eachother or themselves instead of building eachother up, with all the negativity going around, lets do something positive!!
Upload 1 picture of yourself...ONLY you.
Then tag 5 or more men to do the same. Build yourself and everyone around you up instead of tearing//others down. COPY AND PASTE
If I tagged you don't dissapoint me, you better do it!!
Lets spread some positivity please!

You'd better fucking post a selfie! Don't disappoint me. It's about suicide, you know. Somehow. Anyway, that's my bit for the vague and nebulous 'mental health cause' done.

If you want to post a picture where you think your jawline looks good, just fucking do it, or take it to Tinder. Don't pretend it's about a Serious Message and shame your mates into sharing it. At least edit the fucking sentences into some sort of coherence.

Fucking hell. So much broad 'mental health awareness' stuff on social media really grates on me. I've found that it breeds a strange mindset - that your mental health issues aren't valid unless you plaster them on Facebook for the little dopamine hits of likes and shares, which seems to me a superbly counterproductive way to deal with any self-esteem or anxiety issues you might actually have. I think social media itself encourages you to post as though you're a celebrity, every detail and every thought, we're all celebrities, we all have followers and profiles - which can pollute something otherwise broadly positive like 'mental health openness'.

The basic message is 'it's good to be open'. Great, lovely. But it also becomes an expectation. I've had otherwise intelligent people confidently assume - to my face, spoken as if recounting a fact about me - that I must never have suffered a mental health issue myself because I've never broadcast anything on social media or in conversation.

I don't know what it is. Things that openly state their intention to 'spread a bit of positivity' invariably end up annoying me. They're not working! I'm immune.

The Bumlord

Yes, a friend of mine posted that shite on Facey-B at the weekend.

I'm delighted to report zero comments or shares.