Busaholic
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More than 50% of people can't use a urinal, even including some who are neither women nor trans.
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Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you
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61653 HTAFC
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Pretty much all modern car designs should be banned. It used to be possible to identify a car make and model simply by its silhouette, nowadays they all look pretty much the same as each other and that isn't just down to "badge engineering".That looks somewhat pointless.
Speaking of cars, I'd like to ban the Nissan Puke. At some point last month, I was driving on a motorway (can't remember which, sorry!) and, during a habitual glance in the mirror, saw an odious blot of ugliness approaching. Must be a Nissan Puke, I thought to myself. Sure enough, it was! I think there's a new model out, of which this was one. Just look at it!
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They're also mostly far too big. Prime example, the modern Volkswagen Polo is larger than the Mark One Volkswagen Golf.
Urinals in general. Peeing in view of others is utter savagery...
Or maybe I'm just too lazy to pass up the opportunity of a thirty-second sit-down!
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Techniquest
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I guess some of us are more curious than others! It just adds some sort of detail to an anecdote I guess?
Or maybe I'm just too lazy to pass up the opportunity of a thirty-second sit-down!
Is a bit of a "treat" when it's quiet.
No you just don’t have the eye for it. I’ve always found amazing how people can think modern cars all "look the same" when cars of the second half of the previous century were all standard-shaped curved boxes (1950-1970) or angled boxes (1970-1990) with, for most, the same basic design elements (like bog-standard round or rectangle headlights).
Nowadays even at night you can differentiate cars with, for example, the design of their headlights, or during the day even from afar with, say, distinctive curves on their body.
At night from a distance, can you really differentiate between a 1975 Opel Manta and a 1975 Ford Escort ?
Between a 2019 Ford Focus and a 2019 Opel Astra, I certainly can…
1) Political disputes (for example) being described as a "row".
2) Camera phones being used at gigs etc. Sure take a few photos, but don't watch the entire thing through the screen when it is happening in front of you, right now. *Especially* when it's somewhere like Glastonbury when you can LITERALLY WATCH THE WHOLE THING ON IPLAYER AFTERWARDS.
2) Camera phones being used at gigs etc. Sure take a few photos, but don't watch the entire thing through the screen when it is happening in front of you, right now. *Especially* when it's somewhere like Glastonbury when you can LITERALLY WATCH THE WHOLE THING ON IPLAYER AFTERWARDS.
61653 HTAFC
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It probably is an age/familiarity thing. Similarly with trains, my dad and uncle would say "all diesel locos look the same*" whereas I'd argue that pretty much all kettles followed the basic "cylinder with a cab on the back" shape, with only the wheel arrangement and having a tender or not to distinguish them...
All I know is, my ability to identify cars has declined as I've aged, bizarrely with a noticeable drop-off when driving became an everyday task rather than something to look forward to!
*=in the corporate blue era, they had a point to be fair!
Then in the end we agree. It’s more a perception thing (due to age, etc.) than the cars actually looking a lot like each other.
61653 HTAFC
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Yeah... apart from nearly everything being an SUV or Crossover these days. Which brings me back on topic: If you've got a vehicle the size of a studio flat but there's no mud on it, both it and you would be banned in my (mostly) benign dictatorship!
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Sports commentators who insist on using the terms P1, P2, P3 etc. rather than 1st, 2nd, 3rd.........
adrock1976
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The thing I have noticed with modern cars nowadays is that there is no front or rear bumpers fitted.
At least if the bumper got dented or fell off, you knew that you had hit something.
It also makes unisex bathrooms easier, by just putting stalls in, and since we live in the 21st century, shouldn't we be aiming for something progressive like unisex bathrooms everywhere?Urinals in general. Peeing in view of others is utter savagery...
Or maybe I'm just too lazy to pass up the opportunity of a thirty-second sit-down!
Or we could just copy Japan. Then again, I might be biased, as I love Kei cars.
But those people wouldn't generally be having a stand up pee (likely all over the seat in some cases)
People who call our glorious steam locomotives "kettles".
ABB125
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Ok, let's change it to "tea-brewing devices" instead!
I must admit that the ex LNWR super D's were known as " Coffee Pots" when I was a spotter in the 1950's.
That reminds me. Ban coffee. Britain used to rule the world when we drank tea, now look at us. Ruined by coffee.Ok, let's change it to "tea-brewing devices" instead!
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py_megapixel
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Might be good for us that we don't rule the world, especially if tea-drinking is a condition of it!
Ban anyone who wants to ban coffee. Tea is overrated
Talking of coffee, I would like to ban anyone from pronouncing Latte "Lar-tay".
It's "Lat-tay", and don't you forget it.
And in the the coffee shop, you should be refused service if you say "Can I get....."
It's "Can I have...." or "I would like..."
"Can I get a lar-tay?" just grates on me.
Which reminds me. People with enormous flags at festivals, blocking the views of the people behind them. Selfish in the extreme
birchesgreen
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Talking of coffee, I would like to ban anyone from pronouncing Latte "Lar-tay".
It's "Lat-tay", and don't you forget it.
And in the the coffee shop, you should be refused service if you say "Can I get....."
It's "Can I have...." or "I would like..."
"Can I get a lar-tay?" just grates on me.
No lar-tah is the correct way, ya rung.
gg1
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Actually the correct pronunciation is "white coffee"Talking of coffee, I would like to ban anyone from pronouncing Latte "Lar-tay".
It's "Lat-tay", and don't you forget it.
And in the the coffee shop, you should be refused service if you say "Can I get....."
It's "Can I have...." or "I would like..."
"Can I get a lar-tay?" just grates on me.
Busaholic
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I'd ban lattes, cos so many staff seem to think a cappuccino, which I drink to the exclusion of all other coffee drinks other than espresso, is just a latte which has been left a few seconds longer so the milk can get stiffer, which it never can as latte is basically a drink for people scared of real coffee but want a milky drink with the merest hint of something stronger. Got a feeling I might get a pasting now.Talking of coffee, I would like to ban anyone from pronouncing Latte "Lar-tay".
It's "Lat-tay", and don't you forget it.
And in the the coffee shop, you should be refused service if you say "Can I get....."
It's "Can I have...." or "I would like..."
"Can I get a lar-tay?" just grates on me.
And don't get me on the subject of decaffeinated coffee!
nlogax
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Oh hell yes. I was stood behind someone asking for a lar-tay only this morning. Always a tongue-biting exercise on my part!
Techniquest
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I'd ban lattes, cos so many staff seem to think a cappuccino, which I drink to the exclusion of all other coffee drinks other than espresso, is just a latte which has been left a few seconds longer so the milk can get stiffer, which it never can as latte is basically a drink for people scared of real coffee but want a milky drink with the merest hint of something stronger. Got a feeling I might get a pasting now.
I hated making latte and cappuccino when I was briefly a batista in 2018. Ugh, what a job that was!
As a former coffee addict, I have strong views on all manner of things coffee related, I do have the odd coffee here and there now but it is extremely unusual. I normally stick to tea these days, and I've just discovered the joy of green tea and lemon
Wow that was a nice and refreshing beverage, I'm going to get that more often! Why I left it so long to try I have no idea.Mind you, when it comes to tea, the best I've had so far was a mango flavoured herbal tea I got from a European shop in Hereford. That was awesome, and I really must go and buy some more very soon!
As for decaff coffee, I like it. The flavour of coffee, for those days when you get bored of tea and don't want any more caffeine, but you still want a hot drink that isn't full of calories such as hot chocolate. Decaff certainly has its place and I once never thought I'd like it but I am converted. Long gone are the days of 4 or 5 cups of coffee a day!
Oh, and my favourite method of serving coffee? Plain and simple, black coffee with nothing added to it. The best way to serve it, anything added to it ruins the experience.
Ban anyone who wants to ban coffee. Tea is overrated
So, it's heresy then.....