Pet Peeves

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

And yet Irish people are suposedly buckling under the weight of living costs...never saw so many beached whales in my life as the time I came home 2 weeks ago.

[mickO)))]

And yet Irish people are suposedly buckling under the weight of living costs...never saw so many beached whales in my life as the time I came home 2 weeks ago.

That has a lot more to do with healthy food costing a fortune and shitty food only costing a fraction of the price. Then when people get into the habit of eating badly it starts to almost become an addiction. Of course the Governments claims they want people to eat healthy but in reality do very little to encourage it but yeah a sugar tax is a great excuse to get more money into the pockets of those who need it the least. 





Queueing up for food isn't a new thing I see it on an almost daily basis where I am living. It's all about being the first one to get a picture posted posted on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter so you can get as many likes as possible. The same thing goes on all over the world not just in Ireland.

[Pedrito]

Yeah but we're breaking revenue records against the likes of Canada.

I do agree to a point with what you're saying around healthy food in fairness but a tin of tuna surely costs less than a donut? There's a lack of real education around nutrition in Ireland too from what I have experienced.

[Eoin McLove]

The overuse of the word genuinely/genu-wine-ly. It's the new literally.  It's sprinkled so liberally throughout all conversations these days as to be approaching a point of total meaninglessness.

[Kunt 4 Life]

I hate the way they changed the definition of literally because people kept using it when they shouldn't. Dickheads.

So does that mean we can use 'I seen...' and not get shouted by the grammar police cause eventually it will be accepted?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Does that mean language is a living evolving thing and always has been? Perhaps the only genuine (!) advantage of correct knowledge of "official" grammar use is being able to avoid class judgement and prejudice. Otherwise, as long as intent and meaning are not obstructed, language is doing its job at an optimal level.

[Pedrito]

Such and such a band/book/ted talk/fannypad 'saved my life'...ah fuck off!

[Kurt Cocaine]

Such and such a band/book/ted talk/fannypad 'saved my life'...ah fuck off!

The Bible saved my life.
I had it in my coat pocket the time I was stabbed.

[Pedrito]

Love Chuck Schuldiner/Death but the youtube videos have loads of 'saved my life' comments in them..hard to stomach

[Eoin McLove]

Does that mean language is a living evolving thing and always has been? Perhaps the only genuine (!) advantage of correct knowledge of "official" grammar use is being able to avoid class judgement and prejudice. Otherwise, as long as intent and meaning are not obstructed, language is doing its job at an optimal level.

Language is dynamic and is constantly evolving but overuse or misuse of a word is still annoying as fuck. I'm a fossil.

[Carnage]

The your/you're and there/their/they're mix ups are eternally infuriating, but nothing compared to misplaced apostrophes. Nobody's perfect obviously, but when you see it in journalism or even on professional websites, fucking hell...

[Eoin McLove]

It drives me nut's.

[Carnage]

Genuinely or literally?

[Eoin McLove]

Both in equal measure.

[Carnage]

Totes.