Pet Peeves

[Ducky]

Samsung. I usually get their highest "mid" tier phone (the A5X series). Big battery, AMOLED and 120Hz screen, decent RAM, support for LDAC, 25W charging etc. Basically everything I want from a phone.

It's main use for me though is a portable music player. I've most of my digital library on a juicy micro SD card (and a big chunk of the on-board storage goes to Spotify downloads). Except now they've decided to kill off the micro SD card slot... like, fucking why? Why is my ancient Sony Ericsson from 2008 got expandable storage while a €500 quid phone in 2025 doesn't?

Strongly considering looking at different brands for the first time in a decade after this shithouse move.

[Carnage]

All to get you gobbling up data by streaming. My brother bought a secondhand Samsung phone the other week and it was the same, so they've been at it for a while. I'll be fucked when I have to replace my current one (Samsung J6+, 5-6 years old and counting) as I don't stream at all.

[astfgyl]

I still have a Walkman for tunes but I can see how the whole lot is just becoming more of a pain in the hole by the day. Apparently, USB charging ports are next to go after an EU ruling on compatibility. As long as they support wireless charging. All painful but of course we'll all just get used to it

[Ducky]

Lightning ports are to go, the EU are making USB-C the default.

[mishima]

Samsung. I usually get their highest "mid" tier phone (the A5X series). Big battery, AMOLED and 120Hz screen, decent RAM, support for LDAC, 25W charging etc. Basically everything I want from a phone.

It's main use for me though is a portable music player. I've most of my digital library on a juicy micro SD card (and a big chunk of the on-board storage goes to Spotify downloads). Except now they've decided to kill off the micro SD card slot... like, fucking why? Why is my ancient Sony Ericsson from 2008 got expandable storage while a €500 quid phone in 2025 doesn't?

Strongly considering looking at different brands for the first time in a decade after this shithouse move.

I've been using Motorola since I first got a smartphone.
(Essentially) stock Android and plenty of variety, however they're definitely phasing out the 3.5mm jacks.
A fair few of them have expandable memory though, and that's pretty much a deal breaker for me.

You can pop over to gsmarena and enter your requirements here if you're not arsed looking at manufacturers one by one:
https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3

Dead handy.

[Giggles]

Hiccups 😭

[Ollkiller]

Hiccups 😭

Glass of water. Wait till you hiccup. Take 12 tiny sips of water really quickly and on the 13th sip take a big gulp. If it dosent work do the process again. It tricks the oesophagus into thinking the trapped air is gone.
Sounds mental but has saved me countless times over the years. Also works with beer if you're in the pub.

[Carnage]

Swallow a bug gulp of air, straighten your back/neck/throat and wait 'til you burp it all up.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Hiccups 😭

Stop feckin giggling for starters!

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Hiccups 😭

Glass of water. Wait till you hiccup. Take 12 tiny sips of water really quickly and on the 13th sip take a big gulp. If it dosent work do the process again. It tricks the oesophagus into thinking the trapped air is gone.
Sounds mental but has saved me countless times over the years. Also works with beer if you're in the pub.

And then you get to celebrate with a fresh new one after your hiccups are gone from downing the first, it's a perfect system.

[StoutAndAle]

People with poor personal hygiene in the workplace, smelly fuckers, humming bastards - whatever you want to call them. 

There is zero excuse for coming to work on a Monday morning (or any morning for that matter) stinking of 3-day-old BO. Soap, shampoo, water, deodorant - all readily available. There's a lad that works with us and, by Christ, it is like an assault nearly every day. I've never been tear-gassed but, after working with this fella for over a decade, I reckon I could deal with it. It's so bad that you can tell when he's been down a corridor or in a room long after he's departed the area. He arrived at a works pints thing one night - he'd changed his clothes but hadn't washed. I had to leave, it was fucking torture.

Re-visiting this - it has now become my number one (workplace) peeve. The fucker is absolutely stinking for the last three days straight. He came into work on Monday morning REEKING of BO/sweat/ass-crack/ballbag/halitosis.

Monday fucking morning! Smelling as if he'd spent the weekend living in Deadwood or something.

And again this morning.

[Eoin McLove]

Seems like something management needs to address but how do you approach it. Might be that he has a condition but even if he doesn't, imagine having to sit the cunt down (all windows wide open, Glade plug-ins bilging smoke under the pressure) and say, hey dude, no offence, but you stink like a wet shite. Wash yourself, cunt. No offence.

[Maggot Colony]

Got ripped off by a dirty bastard of a taxi driver. The little lad was having a procedure done in Clane - we then got taken to Crumlin by ambulance as he was having breathing issues. Fucking terrifying, but he's okay. He spent a night being observed and got the all clear. Happy days, used Freenow app to order a taxi back to Clane to pick up the car. The driver landed stinking of weed, kept speeding up and slowing down for no reason, but got us there. The missus went to pay on the app, but the app said we still had a minute to our destination. Driver says this always happens and pulls out a card payment machine, so she pays and we get out and get our bags. The driver then starts waving at us and asks for a 5 star review as he slowly drives over to the exit and then stops the car. The missus looked again at the app and another payment had gone through. Fucking shitbag cunt took full advantage of us being distracted with the young fella, and took 2 payments off us.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Most important is your little lad is ok. But def try reporting that prick through the app, if possible.

[Maggot Colony]

Most important is your little lad is ok. But def try reporting that prick through the app, if possible.

You're right, the young lad is home so that's all that matters. Already reported him and the missus is contacting the credit card company.