Pet Peeves

[Sworntothecans]

An Post. Every fucking thing about An Post.

You're seriously telling me it takes 5 days for a parcel to come from Bray to Dublin?Or Dublin to Galway?Fuck off

Never had an issue with them but the Dublin & Portlaoise parcel centers are cursed during peak times.

I've noticed their tracking system is  slow as fuck recently and they're no longer naming the sorting locations.

[Pentagrimes]

Is that with registered post? That should be next day delivery.

Y

My feckin Virgin Prunes LP is MIA and that's going from Melbourne to Melbourne    usually takes two or three days when I order from Searchers Records and I'm a week and a half waiting now. I reckon it's in the post office and the postman didn't bother his bollocks delivering a slip to the house. Geebag.

If it never shows up remind me next time you're home and ill give you an OG copy

[Eoin McLove]

It is an OG copy 

[Carnage]

Is that with registered post? That should be next day delivery.

Y

That's odd. We used them regularly at work and never had an issue, always arrived within two days.

[Eoin McLove]

Two words: "forever home".

[son of the Morrigan]

Another two words, "property ladder".

[Bürggermeister]

Ah yeah, cunts using "property" where house would do just fine, it never stops grating. "Let me show you the back of the property" fucking cunts 

[StoutAndAle]

Fresh from The Deftones gig thread.


The absolute state of this;

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2025/07/20/the-best-night-out-the-gen-z-ticketmaster-warriors-spending-1500-a-year-on-gigs/

Choice cuts from the article include;

For Kate Henshaw (24), from Malahide, Dublin, concerts are a guilty pleasure. --- What?

Henshaw is one of Gen Z's Ticketmaster warriors... --- Suffering Jesus.

Johnny Wang (23) enjoys going to smaller gigs sometimes to support friends such as Child of Prague, who recently performed in the Workman's Club. Tickets for the indie rock band's gig in May cost €12.50. --- Fair play, Johnny - what else did you go to?

Having attended about 10 gigs in the last 12 months, he says his most expensive purchase was for Lido Festival in London, where alternative acts such as Arca, Jamie xx and Panda Bear took to the stage in Victoria Park in June. General admission started at £75 (€87). --- Right.

Aoibhinn Clancy (22), from Dublin, ... estimates that the 14 concert and festival tickets purchased in the last year cost her approximately €1,100.

"I am definitely in the upper echelons of concertgoers among my age group says Aoibhinn ... Going to concerts is kind of my thing, my hobby."


Christ. Kill me.


Also, Johnny Wang... I looked at my calendar. I went to 11 gigs in May.

[Snare]

"Upper echelons" says Aoibhinn... christ on a bike.

[Maggot Colony]

"She recalls a 30-day concert marathon during the summer of 2023, when she went to nine events. "I was exhausted," she says."

 

[StoutAndAle]

A whopping 19 live music events in 2023...

It's the "whopping" that's annoying me there.

"She recalls a 30-day concert marathon during the summer of 2023, when she went to nine events. "I was exhausted," she says."

 

The Jazz Ensemble of Bukkake concert marathon? You'd be flahed out from it.

Is there a misspelling there somewhere?

[John Kimble]

Without rushing to judgement (actually, I am), money probably isn't an issue for someone from Malahide with a surname like Henshaw. I've no doubt the bank of mummy and daddy gets hit up a lot.
Am I a wee bit jealous? Of course. When I was 24, I was working part time in an Xtra Vision and didn't have a pot to piss in.

[Eoin McLove]

On channel 9 here in Victoria you get news headlines every 15 minutes before the news comes on, but they kind of feed the headlines to you,  teasing you with a little bit more information as it gets closer. Such a bizarre fucking approach highlighted this evening by Ozzy's death. The headline that just came up: Godfather of Heavy Metal and reality TV star,  Ozzy Osbourne".

Yes? What about him? It feels like the main gist of the story has been kind of missed out here.

[Born of Fire]

Aussie media has always been dire for trying to sensationalise the bollocks out of everything

[Maggot Colony]

"She recalls a 30-day concert marathon during the summer of 2023, when she went to nine events. "I was exhausted," she says."

 

The Jazz Ensemble of Bukkake concert marathon? You'd be flahed out from it.

Is there a misspelling there somewhere?

I think she's referring to the Foxrock Fierce Fisting Fest. No wonder she was exhausted.