Pet Peeves

[Eoin McLove]

Getting the house cleared of all our stuff,  getting the cleaners in to deep clean the place so it's ready for tenants to move in and then what happens? I get pneumonia! Lying in a hospital bed with the likelihood of being here until at least Friday and our flights to Oz are on Saturday. Never a dull moment 

Its officially 'winter' here in Australia , which means the days are beautiful with cool temps at night ; my favorite time of the year.
Good idea to come here this time of year so you'll have a chance to gradually acclimatise to the nuclear inferno of summer.
What city are you moving to?

Moving to Melbourne. I really like it over there. I've never been there in winter and I'm looking forward to experiencing it in a different season as I've only been there in summer.

[Blackout]

They're wile handy at the censorship though.

[91/30]

Getting the house cleared of all our stuff,  getting the cleaners in to deep clean the place so it's ready for tenants to move in and then what happens? I get pneumonia! Lying in a hospital bed with the likelihood of being here until at least Friday and our flights to Oz are on Saturday. Never a dull moment 

Its officially 'winter' here in Australia , which means the days are beautiful with cool temps at night ; my favorite time of the year.
Good idea to come here this time of year so you'll have a chance to gradually acclimatise to the nuclear inferno of summer.
What city are you moving to?

Moving to Melbourne. I really like it over there. I've never been there in winter and I'm looking forward to experiencing it in a different season as I've only been there in summer.

Its close enough to an Irish summer down there at this time of the year.  Gets crispy though when the wind is coming up from the south. 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

"Colours are fun, aren't they?" is easier to explain than "Daddy's an intolerant bigot and a conservative shitehead", so maybe start with that?

[Caomhaoin]

The young children to whom this sugary shite is marketed at shouldn't be sexualised like this. Put a treasure map on the back of the box.

This empty corporate woke stuff is the absolute pits. They couldn't give one solitary shite, but parents have to explain the pronoun, rainbow flag and drag queen shit to young f'las who are not ready to hear about this stuff which is completely irrelevant to their lives. The Nazis started indoctrination young and all.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The young children to whom this sugary shite is marketed at shouldn't be sexualised like this.

Call me old-fashioned, but I don't see that there's anything sexier about this than your average box of Frosties. I mean, there is no getting away from the fact that Tony is a tiger, rarr.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

There's the cock too, I suppose. But that's always been there and all.

For a company that supposedly set up with the intention of stopping people from wanking, they sure chose some pretty loaded imagery!

[astfgyl]

"Colours are fun, aren't they?" is easier to explain than "Daddy's an intolerant bigot and a conservative shitehead", so maybe start with that?

The irony of this can't be lost on you.

Imagine the wife picks this shite up while drifting around the supermarket and having to explain this propaganda to your 7 year old?

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/16/kelloggs-glaad-lgbt-theme-cereal-together-with-pride/

In a way he is right though. Just don't bother explaining it and let the schoolmates fill in the details in the traditional fashion.

I was having a good sneer at pride month with a gay chap in work earlier along the lines of how bad it must be to be so unsure of oneself to need backup and acceptance from soulless multinational corporations who are the devil's spawn as they have always been, but then both he and I simply found it amusing rather than upsetting so it's harmless enough. It's hardly the case that people can be marketed into their sexuality is it? This pride marketing stuff is an obvious attempt to sell shit to folks who are silly enough to buy it. "Hey I'm Bi, I'd better pick up a pack of that rainbow cereal!" is a very innocent mindset really for the consumer, as is "Well I'm straight so I can't eat the rainbow cereal, and Alphabetti is right out even though I like the taste". Pure bullshit.

[Giggles]

Obviously we can't see what's written on the back of the box, but the front doesn't look too conspicuous? It doesn't mention gay or trans etc... so what you be having to explain to your 7 year old anyway? The word pride?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

It's propaganda! Or empty corporate woke shit!* One or the other (conceptually difficult to be both), and goddamnit, if "the wife" brings it home, I wouldn't want to be having to explain why Tony is alongside Snap, Crackle and Pop. Sick and wrong it is!!


*This is the correct part.

[Mower Liberation Front]

Together with Pride? It just looks like heart shaped Fruit Loops. Where's the Rice Krispies, the Frosted Flakes, the Corn Flakes, the Corn Smacks? Why have them together on the box if you're not going to have them together in the box.

Has anyone actually seen what happens when you google "Can you get Coco Pops in America?" Holy shit.

Anyways, when it comes to breakfast cereal, Trix uber alles.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Now we're getting to the heart of the matter!!

[astfgyl]

The kids don't give half as much of a shite about any of this as the adults do. My young fella was telling me they are getting the sex talk in school next week, but he has already told me that 2 lads in his class are gay and 2 of the young girls are lesbians, and he thinks it's no big deal either way. One of his other friends is trans as well. It's just not a big deal in the real world and the fears of the adults are unfounded. My kids have known that their uncle is gay for years and they don't care so I doubt a box of cereal is going to make any difference to them.

Besides, Coco Pops are the king.

[Eoin McLove]

Together with Pride? It just looks like heart shaped Fruit Loops. Where's the Rice Krispies, the Frosted Flakes, the Corn Flakes, the Corn Smacks? Why have them together on the box if you're not going to have them together in the box.

Has anyone actually seen what happens when you google "Can you get Coco Pops in America?" Holy shit.

Anyways, when it comes to breakfast cereal, Trix uber alles.

Holy fuck.  What's that about??

[astfgyl]

Has anyone actually seen what happens when you google "Can you get Coco Pops in America?" Holy shit.

I think I'll still eat them regardless