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Originally Posted by Keith_M
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Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
A rose by any other name...
I think there's more to it than a name. I don't think it's a coincidence that distinctively Scottish Unionists pushing Scotland's agenda but from within the Union did better than a subsidiary branch of the UK Tories has done since. You see the same dynamic in Quebec where the Coalition Avenir Quebec are dedicated to Quebec's interests but within the Canadian Federation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
I think there is a gap in the Scottish politics market for Unionists not controlled from London and they would probably supplant the current Con/Lab/Libs were such a grouping to emerge.
I don't know enough about CSU/CDU to comment if it's a similar thing.
Anyway, I realise I have just put Indy on yet another non-Indy thread.
Anyone got a peeve about that? :greengrin
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Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
Nothing peeves me any more.....
I'm not sure if I have mentioned this before but articles that are about people who I think we are supposed to aspire to but are just smug bull**** completely lacking in anything resembling self awareness.
I read one recently featuring a woman talking about the 'secret' to paying of a mortgage before the age of 40. She blabbed on for a bit about working hard and trying to save a bit and basically all the stuff that loads of people try to do. Then she casually mentioned the substantial monetary gift from her parents to put down as a deposit on 3 buy to let flats. Oh then she married a man who already had a mortgage on a £400K house with over 50% of it paid off. She then sold 2 off her properties at a huge profit to pay off most of the rest. The 'secret' there is having wealthy parents. I'm sure she does work hard and I'm sure using coupons to save a few pounds a month at the shops helps but loads of people do that and don't have the same advantages.
There's loads of it about. People boasting about their amazing lifestyles thanks to their 'side hustle' on Etsy before casually dropping in the 6 figure trust fund as a throwaway line.
I'm not going to decry someone for being in a fortunate financial position and having a few advantages or privileges in life but at least have a bit awareness of them.
Hearts could bring out an article about how to be a successful Championship club, casually forgetting about FoH, the benefactor (and Brora for that matter)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Donald Trump the self-made man who denies receiving hundreds of millions from his father?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Aha I’m sure I read the same article and thought exactly the same!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Basically if you have capital you can make more....the big revelation of money makes money if yer half sensible!
As you say there is tons of that type of thing about and it’s well deserving of a peeve!
The term 'Cultural Appropriation' and how widely it's used for things that are just so trivial (and ridiculous).
White guy dares to get deadlocks and is decried for 'Cultural Appropriation', because it's a 'black thing' (that was actually the phrase used).
White Chef dares to make some Caribbean food on a TV show and it's 'Cultural Appropriation'.
Millions of people the world over sent their kids to school in tartan kilts.
Q: Is that 'Cultural Appropriation'?
A: Who gives a ****!
That actually reminds me of a series of articles by a newspaper - one seems to have a vendetta against the food writer and activist Jack Monroe who learned how to feed herself and her child through tinned and frozen food for literally pennies a meal. She's since published cookbooks of these recipes to help those in that position to be able to recreate it. Brilliant, but as she's left wing and LGBTQ+ she constantly gets a pasting from this paper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
The same paper ran a story about a middle class mother who has a YouTube channel posting videos of her making recipes from the "use by today" yellow sticker items from supermarkets - in other words not something that can be replicated unless you get the exact same things from the yellow sticker section on a different day. She was described as "clever" and was praised heavily.
Funny how the one who publishes something actually useful is the one who gets panned.
The very common trend of people saying something provocative, getting a reaction then wanting to play the victim. See most Tories, failed actors and the like.
Surely you enjoyed “Super Caley go Ballistic Celtic are Atrocious”Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
That was clever wasn't it? That's 2 now across the threads I'll concede are good. The other daily onslaught of drivel gives me the dry boak.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfiembra
I’ve seen that so often I’m beginning to think what would happen the other way around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Saw two Chinese dudes at my golf course recently learning to play...since golf is a game from Scotland I wonder if that could be classed as them culturally appropriating my sport?
On TV recently I saw a Japanese lass wearing doc martins...a rather British style of footwear so were they appropriating British culture?
Would seem odd to lambast either of them for doing perfectly normal things but going by some of the cultural appropriation stuff I’ve seen you never quite know.
Also I occasionally ponder what on Earth is wrong with a bit of cultural appropriation....seems to me it’s something that should be welcomed when a culture’s habits or whatever are shared and taken on by others. Surely it’s a sign of acceptance and integration...the very thing that I thought people from different cultures would value and celebrate.
Ach it’s a funny old world sometimes I suppose and without that this thread would have a lot less peeves on it!! [emoji2957]
As a "privileged" white (getting close to middle age :rolleyes: ) male, apparently I'm not afforded comment on such matters (so I was told on Twitter), and normally I don't get involved. But, last summer I got more than a little frustrated when Adele got lambasted for tying her hair up in "Bantu" knots, in celebration of Notting Hill Carnival. She got ripped apart by loads of people on all media forums.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
FFS, her hair was in buns, I was doing it to my daughters hair as soon as it was long enough. This really shouldn't be looked upon as cultural appropriation/misappropriation.
If anything, people have been copying peoples since time began, look at fashion, tattoos & piercings. Many of them can probably be traced to a vague region on this small planet but they have been embraced & emulated the world over. If anything, the offended peoples should be flattered at the others worldly outlook.
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Actually, I'd forgot about that one.
I have to be honest that I genuinely think there are some people out there (probably a very small number) determined to be outraged and a vast array of media outlets that enjoy posting their views to be controversial and also to cash in on whatever cause is currently in the limelight.
Here's a few more counter examples:
Anybody wearing Paisley pattern that isn't from Paisley.
Have you ever worn Slippers? Did you know they originate from South-East Asia (China and Vietnam)?
Jeans, if worn by anybody that wasn't in the French navy in the 18th/19th century, should be a crime.
Side hustle. Or to be more exact, the attitude of some of the people who have them
firstly, and I’ll apologise now if this reads as sexist as it’s not meant that way at all, some of the females who do these things, and the stream of ‘mums making this work’, ‘at it like only mums can’, ‘mothers meeting their breaking point and making it happen anyway’. It comes across as if dads don’t provide or bother, or men in general. It’s not all women doing a side hustle who make these kind of comments, I just find them patronising, which is the opposite of the point of them.
secondly, this applies to men and women, when they pressure you to join their thing, but try to frame it that they’re doing you a favour, and ignore the polite refusal they’ve had and keep pushing you. Lots of replies like ‘yeah but you must have some spare time’, ‘Yeah but you could find a new way of living’, ‘yeah but I know someone who’s name I was told and not actually met or even seen in real life who has bought a fleet of cars and their own private island by doing this side hustle for 2 hours a week and raising 4 kids’.
side hustles that seem to begin as ‘sell these products and make a commission’ and swiftly lead to recruiting others and becoming a “life coach” to your team, where you make money from their sales.
people who brag about how early they get up and late they work on their side hustle, preaching their work ethic and the lifestyle it brings them, whilst simultaneously being lazy *******s at their job and often late etc, even though it’s their job that provides 90% of their income and where their negative behaviour affects others much more than the side hustle.
finally, the smug expression they give when they’re asked any questions that challenge or question their extreme belief in who amazing their side hustle is. When you ask about why other people make money off of their work, or why, since it’s such an amazing product, it can’t be found on tv or newspaper advertising or available in big shops or online retailers, or or why they are given strict scripts to follow rather than information to share, and so on. They give you this semi-pitied look as if you’re incapable of seeing how they’ve got the answer
and breath :greengrin
I don't know if it's LinkedIn, Instagram, or social media in general that has caused it but this idea that getting 4 hours sleep a night in order to "hustle" is horrific, not to forget the people that celebrate it with the required "smashing it bro" styled replies.
I have someone in my work who does that pyramid make up scheme.Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
Cant remember the name of the company but i googled it and it is a total scam.
Mentioned my thoughts to her and she now basically doesnt really speak to me now "as she doesnt need negativity in her life".
That's straight out of a cults handbook.
Spelling error in one of those words?Quote:
Originally Posted by sleeping giant
Theres a woman I work with (fortunately she is full time WFH, I'm in the office) who has 2 or 3 of these ventures on the go, and is actively promoting her pish while on the clock of her main job. Candles, creams and cock-ups are the three things shes most known for round the place.Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
She’s selling WHAT?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
Reminds me of a story my ex told me about. She’s a primary school teacher and one of the kids in the P1 class went into their bag, pulled out a big envelope and presented it to the very young teacher saying it was for her from her mummy. Said teacher opens the envelope to find a catalogue for adult toys and clothing. Turns out the mum was a sort of Avon-style rep and was trying to sell stuff to the other parents at the school drop-off. The bell rang, she put the envelope into the kid’s bag who assumed it was for the teacher given that’s who any other envelopes that her mum puts in the bag are for.
I know à woman who does the Juice Plus thing (called Club W here). She was doing well enough from it money wise that she packed in her job as a teacher.
However;
Despite loads of Facebook etc. posts about being so lucky to work from home and choose her hours, she works far more than she did teaching, without the long holidays and at all hours every day including weekends.
She went on one of their diet/cleansing programme things which is meant to last something like 6 or 12 weeks. That's almost 3 years she's been on it and has had some unusual health issues.
She's in the crap financially as she didn't set any of her earnings aside to pay her tax and other charges. Her husband doesn't earn a lot and they risk losing their house.
Despite all this she's still constantly advertising to hook new people into the set up.
What price can you really put on the social media dopamine hits though?
On the subject of "hustles" , is the "change your lifestyle with Forex trading" type pyramid schemes a thing in Scotland?
I went down the rabbit hole on Facebook and someone my parents know in Spain (an "expat" who has had about 20 different odd jobs there..) is constantly posting about "life changing" gains and "five figure" days with a "members only strategy".
I know that you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover but his "Forex brotherhood" all appear to be the type I wouldn't trust to get the messages in never mind turning in 10k a day with Forex.
People who know nothing about a subject and when being told about it go "mm-hmm", "of course" and "yeah" rather than listen and learn.
TV chefs when cooking. "Put in the oven at 170 for 30 mins. 20 if a fan oven". Some of the population still use gas, so giving us the gas equivalent would be useful. "Or Gas mark 7 etc etc".It really gets on my nerves.
I laughed at this post. I sort of used to be that woman about 20 years ago. I can't remember the name of the company, they were massive and sold CD's. You subscribed and they sent you so many per month. The downside was, they just kept coming and if you didn't return them by a set time you had to pay (I think that's how it worked, it's hard to remember what the appeal to it was now). There was always refer a friend offers, so I actively used to go round the office/family recruiting new members to supplement my own CD collection free of charge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
I met a bloke I worked with who I hooked in about 5 years later and he swore he thought his credit rating had been trashed due to not returning or paying for what he described as a mountain of CD's he didn't even want. I thought I was being an entrepreneur, don't think he viewed it that way, we had a laugh about it so all was good. :greengrin
It's election time so the 'take a pen so they can't rub out the pencil' brigade are out in force again. Attention seeking pish.
Ironically taking your own pen or pencil is being encouraged this year but not for the reasons the conspiracy theorists put forward.
Glasgow have purchased 250,000 pencils for one use only at Polling stations. Other LA's may have done the same, I heard the Glasgow story on the News.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
TV series being called “seasons”.
Britannia?Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
Yes, thank you, it was annoying me I couldn't remember the name. I'm still wracking my mind what the appeal was, I'm thinking it was some free CD's with my first order although can't be certain.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
Ahh I vaguely remember that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
Sure you got 3 for the price of 1 or something first time around and they would then send you their top choice or two every month...which you then had to send back if you didn’t want it or they would charge you.
Like you it’s all lost in the mists of time but sure I got roped into that at one point!
That's what roped me in, I never really got involved in trying to get others along for the ride though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
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Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
I signed up for it when I bought my first cd player (1990 I think?) It was a cheap way to actually have something to play on it.
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Originally Posted by Santa Cruz
It so not so much her peddling her wares that annoys me, it's her doing it on company time while shes got a shedload of actual work to get through!
On a side not SC, that sound like an absolute con :greengrin
I remember somehow ending up with a Mike & The Mechanics CD...Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
I never liked that one, because it wrote Thistle out of existence. But that's just me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfiembra
Nobody's Perfect (1988) 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Yeah in hindsight it certainly was. I eventually ended up flogging my substantial collection to Music Magpie. Bizarrely, I was getting offered 80p or thereabouts for Prince, Oasis, George Michael etc CD's and a whopping £6 for The Nolan's Greatest Hits! Cue the slagging off re: my eclectic music collection. Also had Mike and the Mechanics :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
I remember the Britannia music catalogues.
I suppose it was just an analogue version of something like Audible.
I've still got most of the LPs purchased in the 70s & 80s via Brittania. The one I gave away was the one I was sure I was going to like. Rainbow Rising. Couldn't bear it, still can't and no idea why. Was right up my street.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
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Dealing with mobile phone contracts. Been on Vodafone for a while, and seen a stonking deal on an iPhone 12 Pro, also through Vodafone but through a third party. Directly through them it was £15 a month more for a standard iPhone 12 with half of the storage space.
"That's a great price, who is it with?"
"Yourselves, through *third party name* (forget what one it was)"
"Oh, that's only available through them. We can do you the standard iPhone 12 for (what was still more per month than the 12 Pro)"
"In that case I'll cancel my contract".
"You won't be able to use your PAC code with this as it's also Vodafone"
"Perfect, I've found a similar deal with another network, I'll leave Vodafone altogether".
They then tried to win me back round by telling me how much it would cost to end the agreement, but it ended up with a £4 rebate to myself :greengrin
Quite amazing that what could be an easy upgrade (which I'd be willing to pay an extra couple of quid for to save the hassle of switching) ended up in driving me away from Vodafone completely.
Vodafone are an absolute pain in the arse if you're a loyal customer. I persevered for years (with four contracts) because I always got a good deal eventually. Given up now and moved to O2 through mobile phones direct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Sounds like you got it sorted but the PAC thing is easy to overcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Take out the new contract with the same provider.
Order a PAYG sim from Giffgaff or whoever and port your number to that.
Once done get a new PAC from Giffgaff and port back to the original provider.
It’s ridiculous you have to do that but on the flip side it’s dead easy and can be done in a couple of days or so.
TBF if it's going to be used against me I'd much rather just move provider.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
They also offered a years free Spotify Premium or Amazon Prime; for both of them it would still be cheaper to take the new deal and just pay for either of those services.
Not a pet peeve as such but seeing as we're on the subject of moaning about companies and sales strategies...
McQueens Dairies. Their rep came to the door during lockdown which was enough to get my back up to start with. Wanted me to sign up to deliveries of milk to my door, but I wasn't interested. He continued with what I'd described as the "hard sell" approach including offering a free trial. I told him I wasn't interested, at which point he tried to give me a leaflet which I explained I didn't want, particularly due to Covid concerns, to which he said "it's only a leaflet".
Fast forward three months and another rep comes to the door - he spoke to my wife so not sure if it was the same guy. She was busy dealing with our 11 month old so didn't want to talk. He deployed the same hard sell and offered the free trial, which she accepted in order to get rid of him.
The service was fine but was less convenient for us than buying from the local shop and cost more. When the company called after the first delivery, they advised they were calling to take our bank details. When my wife said we didn't want to go ahead, they said they'd phone again after the next delivery.
When they phoned again, they again asked for our bank details. My wife said we didn't want to go ahead, which led to more hard sell which didn't work this time. They then advised they'd need our card details for payment for the milk we'd received so far. My wife advised them the rep said it was a free trial, to which they said they don't offer free trials!
I phoned to complain and, after a long delay, finally got through to someone who again started the hard sell. They made various claims about the benefits of their service and I asked for more information on certain points. They had absolutely nothing to offer to back up their claims.
Having looked into reviews of the company, quite a few folk have been stung by the "free" trial offer.
That’s a shocker. We used them last year as well and although convenient it was very expensive so we cancelled. Of course when we cancelled we were offered a loyalty rate (which was still more expensive than Tesco) which annoyed me - why not offer your best price all the time instead of when I’m going to leave.Quote:
Originally Posted by Future17
I refer you to the Christian Doidge thread on the main board right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenNWhiteArmy
Had similar issues with 02. Wanted to stay with them but negotiate a data only deal. They kept insisting there was no negotiation. Switch to Giff Gaff which runs on O2 infrastructure and immediately had a better contract for half the cash. They then doubled the data about a month later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Its probably not the PAC code. The phone will be locked to the Vodafone network but they have to send you the unlock code if you move. My issue was Carphone warehouse sold me it so O2 never owned the phone. The switch sim however worked and then it was easy to retain my number.
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Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
Tapitino!
The ridiculous pomp around the Queens speech to Parliament today.
The Crown driven there in a Daimler, a big stick, knocking on the door, yada yada yada
Going to the dentist :ill:
Listening to LBC, they have 2 adverts for new podcasts - one is hosted by Ruth Davidson and the other advert features Priti Patel - hearing these voices without warning and totally unsolicited is probably worse than a pet peeve tbh.
The woman that follows up the station jingle on Radio X (and presumably other Global radio stations) with “from Global”. Totally irrational but her voice makes me want to smash up the radio.
A year or so ago they had a trailer for the Nick Ferrari show (which is bad enough) but the advert had someone calling in who obviously worked in a school and was explaining that the climate emergency on the go has led to some of her pupils expressing that they don't want to have a child in the future. Nick Ferrari's response was along the lines of "Well I hope you've taught them what a folly that is" and that was it, end of jingle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
What business is it of that utter buffoon as to whether others want to raise a child or not?
Putting the contents of a baguette on carefully so it doesn't spill out, closing it then when noticing that you've done it upside down, stressing over whether to dismantle it and do it again properly, eat it with the base on top or just eat it as it is and hope it tastes the same.
I literally didn’t understand any of that. Time for the old folks home I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by O'Rourke3
I’m liking this one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
I just turn it over and munch on.
But the real question is does the order of layers make the snack taste different or not.
So once turning it over your cheese, cucumber, lettuce and Mayo sandwich is now (from the ‘base’) layered as Mayo, lettuce, cucumber and cheese....
Well I just ate it with the chicken on top and the lettuce, and coleslaw on the bottom...forgot all about it after the first bite!Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
When making burgers at home, I always put lettuce on the bun first to stop any fat/grease making the bread soggy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Just on this, for anyone in a similar situation on o2, they are one of the few (maybe only) networks where you don’t need to do the PAYG sim trick if you want to stay but take out contract with a third party provider. You can just phone them up and they will do the switch to your new SIM for you. I’ve done this the last twice when I’ve been due an upgrade.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
Folk on the main board that don't understand the transfer rules.
"Can Scotty Allan play on Saturday?"
Beat me to it [emoji1787]Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
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I'm learning to be chilled and understanding of all people. So when I see people taking the piss out of those who maybe dont understand things as well as they do I no longer wade in like a raging bull. Not sure if its a personal "peeve" that I don't take them to task, or "a little thing that gives me pleasure"
The overused line of "Totally different players" when someone doesn't want to commit or admit that one player is better than the other. Coronation St and the Sopranos are totally different TV shows, but I know which is f****ng better.
"I'm glad you're not picking the team" - as if there is a live danger that someone from hibs.net might randomly be installed to select the team for the match taking place in 3 days' time.
Toast the bun lightly, then you can add sauce/mayo etc as well as lettuce without getting it soggy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peevemor
Or air fry it!Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
Don’t know like, my achievements on Football Manager really are impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
Can I add 'I'll stick to trusting the manager thank you very much' to the list.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
People who don't know what a millenial is. It seems to have become a generic term thrown about as an insult by people who hate anyone younger than them.
The first millenial grandparents now exist. We really aren't that young anymore.
It's always been a peeve of mine that older generations look down upon the younger ones. Most of the things in this world that hold us back are circumstances and beliefs we have been forced to inherit from previous generations. As parents we need to prepare our kids for the environment that they will have to live in, not the one we were born into.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Folk that put in a meeting request with a Teams meeting link in it, then don’t use the link themselves. There’s a new guy at work who does this, I click the link and wait in the meeting room only for him to call me separately via a direct Teams call.
On the same theme, the Teams TV ad… I’m on Teams most of the day, I’d rather not hear the dreaded Teams alert noise whilst I’m watching TV, thank you very much.
Hibs fans and their unreasonable sense of entitlement regards the cup final ticket allocation.
I'd quote the whole thread. Theres a pervading sense of anger before any facts are known. Then a pile on. There's a number of false equivalences, then a pile on There's assumptions and misinformation, then a pile on. Explanations given then ignored and.... another pile on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
Unworkable suggestions given the time frame.
It's a cracking end of season anger fest which is like a match day thread but so much worse.
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Do we get away with it if we also never use the term?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I didn't really become aware of all these generational names until there was too many of them to want to understand...
I'd want to say someone born just after the millennium but presumably they're not the grandparents you speak of...
What chance do they have when the experts can't even agree?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Its not a term I used but heard of quite a bit. I'd always presumed it was people born around the millennium so late teens,/early twenties. A woman on dragons den called herself a millennial and I realised I was wrong. Apparently it's people who became adults around the millennium so late 30s now.Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
It's generally accepted as people born between 1980 and 1994, though some stretch it to 1996. Those born late 90s through early 2010s are Gen Z and those from about 2012 onwards are Gen Alpha.Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
Is it not easier to refer to people by the decade they were born in?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Possibly. I think the terms are used to describe generations with defining characteristics and shared societal and economic experiences though. That doesn't really work if you break everything into 10 year blocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killiehibbie
I don't really care. My gripe is more with people who use a term as an insult that they don't understand themselves.
I read someone the other day mouthing off about millenials being spoilt brats because they had been brought up with iPhones since the day they were born. That's just blatant nonsense spouted by someone who either doesn't know what a millenial is or doesn't know when the 1st iPhone was released.
I wonder how many would like to be known as naughties :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Killiehibbie
The over use of referring to people as Boomers or Karen's. I don't know what a boomer is, but accept I'm a bit of a Karen, cos my daughter tells me regularly when I complain about being charged twice for an order etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
When did this nonsense start and who was the twat who started it? Its all crept up on me. Shoot me if I ever use these terms. Spoke to my son who's in his thirties and he's never used these terms either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I don't think it is something that people use in everyday conversation. Millenial and boomer are the 2 that are probably used the most often, generally both as insults.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
These kinds of terms have been around for years though. I can remember reading about the lost generation, silent generation, generation x etc at least 20 years ago. In Eastern Europe those brought up immediately after the fall of the Soviet Union were termed the independence generation, there were Husaks Children in the former Czechoslovakia, the post 80s in China, the Columbuses in Poland and so on.
I reckon I first heard about the baby boomers when the companies started to realise that their was a huge pension deficit, probably late 80's. Always thought Generation X were ok but not my favourite band.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
Yep it’s only something I’ve ever had to be involved with at work (baby boomers, millennials, generation X) and don’t think I’ve ever seen any of the terms used outside the workplace, apart from on quiz shows/possibly the news. It’s alarming if the sort of people that don’t understand their insults have now started with this...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I had to look it up. If I go with this thread then 1980 makes me a millennial. Not something I'd have called myself. Other sources make me generation X - the 'latchkey" generation - which seems more like me. Others again say that 1980 is on the cusp of both so technically I'm a Xennial....Quote:
Originally Posted by Bangkok Hibby
It is nonsense.
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I'd take that a bit further and say that a pet peeve of mine is the labelling of groups of people, and then using that label to describe them as if they were a group with almost identical views, circumstances, morals, etc.
These labels are, as you say, then used as a means to dismiss people's viewpoints or to attack them based on people's own prejudices.
Oh I agree. I think that was actually my initial peeve this morning albeit framed differently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Now I've somehow become the defender of the label. I think these things probably have a place in sociological circles and the like but stuff like 'OK boomer' and the aforementioned claptrap about millenials is just tedious.
Even better!Quote:
Originally Posted by Peevemor
Those white rimmed shoes that are everywhere.
Football pundits wearing them with jeans is fair enough. Brendan Rodgers wearing them at the FA Cup Final is a fail by any sartorial standards.
I haven't seen those.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Jack Ross is borrowing them for next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
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OK, got you.
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Apparently it’s now a thing that brunch is served all day in bars and restaurants.
I went out for a pint and a scran this afternoon, looked at the menu before going and was looking forward to it. Got there at about 2pm to be told only the brunch menu was available. Lots of stuff I didn’t like as well as french toast, croissants, pancakes or a fry up.
Ended up getting a fry up which was really nice but that’s no the point. My wife tells me that’s just what the modern bars are doing now and is apparently trendy to do go out for brunch in the middle of the afternoon?
****ing stupid in my opinion. Should be a breakfast menu before 12, main menu after 12.
Went out for my first meal since Christmas Eve today to the Brig in Tranent.Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Table for three at 1pm, all day breakfast available if you wanted it but more importantly for us a cracking menu. Three course meal each with soft drinks £70, it was braw.
Can't be bothered with all this new fancy stuff, I like the traditional menu.
Nothing wrong with a pub having a fry on it's Sunday lunchtime menu. I used to love rolling out my scratcher late on a Sunday morning in time to go and meet up with pals for brunch and a pint (or a bloody Mary then a pint). Those were the days!Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Definitely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peevemor
It was all breakfast stuff they had though and it was the middle of the afternoon!
I was fancying a burger or something.