Pet Peeves

[Thorn]

Lucky you, I have an old man's everything

[Circlepit]

I no longer know what's old anymore. None of that you are as old as you feel shite either.
To some of the people that work me I'm ancient, to some of the people I have interactions with I'm a young pup full of vigour.
It's best to presume they are all cunts.

[The Great Cull]

Cunts, especially short cunts who let their seat back all the way on flights. I'm 6'2 and if I can get away without reclining a seat then you fucking can too. Legroom is a far more valuable commodity that shouldn't be fucked with.


Also cunts who stop walking when they're on the travelator in airports. It's intended to speed you up, not walk for you. Lazy bastards.

[Mooncat]

Cunts, especially short cunts who let their seat back all the way on flights. I'm 6'2 and if I can get away without reclining a seat then you fucking can too. Legroom is a far more valuable commodity that shouldn't be fucked with.


Also cunts who stop walking when they're on the travelator in airports. It's intended to speed you up, not walk for you. Lazy bastards.

Hate both those things when travelling as well. See also diagonal walkers dragging their suitcases behind them in large crowds, managing to just block everybody. Also people who take up 3 seats in a busy airport either with their luggage or by lying down, thereby denying several people the opportunity to sit down.

[The Great Cull]

Cunts, especially short cunts who let their seat back all the way on flights. I'm 6'2 and if I can get away without reclining a seat then you fucking can too. Legroom is a far more valuable commodity that shouldn't be fucked with.


Also cunts who stop walking when they're on the travelator in airports. It's intended to speed you up, not walk for you. Lazy bastards.

Hate both those things when travelling as well. See also diagonal walkers dragging their suitcases behind them in large crowds, managing to just block everybody. Also people who take up 3 seats in a busy airport either with their luggage or by lying down, thereby denying several people the opportunity to sit down.

I hate that too. Flying out of Bergen earlier I took my coat off the seat next to me to make room when the departure gate got busy, only for the prick next time me to put his bag there to stop others sitting down

[Hellyeah]

So fed up of banks and modernity in general. I'd happily trade in my smartphone and laptop and rock back to 1985.

Similar but I'd go for 1997 or 98

1997 to 2001 for me. Much simpler times.
Have a trip planned the weekend and the Yahoo email went down yesterday and I had a complete spase, thinking it was just my phone and not a global issue. We are just too reliant on tech and it's unavoidable.
Talking to young people at work, completely clueless. No life skills at all, like they were born yesterday.

[Mooncat]

That's interesting, why specifically the late 90s for both of you?

[astfgyl]

Because we had all the tech we needed but the phones hadn't kicked in beyond calls and texts and that was enough of that. The likes of this board could have even existed then without all the bullshit and social media. That was on the cusp, those years.

That's my reason anyway. Just enough tech but not enough to destroy everything and not enough to avoid human interaction.

I could write a thesis on it, how wee almost got it right but then fucked it up beyond repair

[Hellyeah]

Well you could go into a bar and no one had a phone, so what's the story? Instant conversation. People talked.
You talk to a random stranger these days and your labelled a freak or a creep.
Walking into work a few months back, group off girls outside smoking. I said "morning girls" the youngest of the group said " You can't say that"
Ie I'm just assuming her gender. Like just fuck off will yah.
I immediately replied OK, " Morning lads" the older women started laughing.
This ended with a meeting with HR.
Like really 😒
The world's gone nuts. Literally.

Btw said girl left to go find herself or whatever and management agreed with me off the record.
Note to oneself talk to no one , and never assume the collectives gender.

[astfgyl]

Off the record though. If they had a pair of balls we wouldn't have esg scores and dei initiatives. They can go fuck themselves, the management class because they have entirely played their part in the sucking of arse that has us where we are with this absolute horseshit we find ourselves mired in.

Actually horseshit is not offensive enough, it needs to be catshit

[Hellyeah]

Because we had all the tech we needed but the phones hadn't kicked in beyond calls and texts.

Nail on the head. Peak tech right there.

[astfgyl]

Because we had all the tech we needed but the phones hadn't kicked in beyond calls and texts.

Nail on the head. Peak tech right there.

We lasted perfectly well until the smartphone

[Thorn]

I think that's my favourite comment of yours Astfgyl. Obviously I'm ranking them all. .We should have stopped at calls and texts..But yeah get me on that time machine when you get it working will ya.

[astfgyl]

I think that's my favourite comment of yours Astfgyl. Obviously I'm ranking them all. .We should have stopped at calls and texts..But yeah get me on that time machine when you get it working will ya.

Sound man 

We were so close to not fucking it up we really were

[Mower Liberation Front]

F1 racing on a Saturday.