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    Random stuff that people do that annoy me

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    3 hours ago, Lambchop said:

    I may have mentioned this before, but it’s an ongoing irritant; people quoting overlong posts in their entirety just to respond to one line of comment or say, I agree.

    Often it happens multiple times with the same post, where it’s obvious what is being talked about and is completely unnecessary.

    Scrolling through whole pages to find the next worthwhile comment is annoying, especially as there’s the function to quote a single word or phrase. It’s just laziness, so please stop it.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    *waits for numerous people to quote this post and just type ‘I agree’.

     

     

    17 minutes ago, Phoenix said:

    I agree.

    Me too.

    Gaming

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    32 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

    The game is still all there and working so if it's the sort of game your nipper will enjoy then go for it. You should still be able to pick up the physical models online via eBay/Amazon etc.

     

    20 minutes ago, rynny said:

    We have all 3 Disney infinity for the 360. Whilst the first 2 figures are becoming more difficult to find, 3.0 are still easy to find, and smyths do deals on them.

    Is the game any good? Or is lego dimensions better? He loves minecraft but i want something more fun to blast away at over christmas - something that i can play with him (minecraft is way too hard for me!)

    Gaming

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    3 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

    I am pretty sure Disney have abandoned the Infinity series, the games are still good but not sure how available the collectible characters you need for it will be at this point.

    That's annoying - i was getting excited about the star wars one. Do you think it's worth getting 3.0 anyway?

    Gaming

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    35 minutes ago, David said:

    Downloaded Football Manager 2018 Demo
    Uninstalled Football Manager 2018 Demo

    Zero improvements, just another annual increase in clicks to get to basic screens and change anything. No longer a game, feels more like a chore. Would love to get hold of a legit copy of the old Championship Manager's from the 90's in 4K.

    What ever happened to Chris Bart-Williams? He was the Messi of CM92.

    Gaming

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    5 minutes ago, David said:

    If it makes you feel better

    It does thanks! I was hoping that would be the answer because i know my kid will love the minecraft skin.

    I might come back for advice on big kid games soon - its been a while...

    Random stuff that cheers me up thread

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    4 minutes ago, Paul71 said:

    . I still cant believe we went to the moon and have never been back.

    I think they did go back a few times then realised it was a complete waste of time and money (and nobody cared anymore). I'd be really pissed off if they went back to the moon now without good reason.

    I'm actually not getting at @Carl Sagan at all - i agree 100% that space exploration is vital. I'm just putting forward an argument that if the money is there - why can't it wait 5 years while we deal with more pressing issues - it's what a lot of people feel when the subject is raised.

    Anyway i'm about to spend £5 on a costa and one of their bacon cobs despite knowing that that fiver would be better spent in a charity pot.

    Random stuff that cheers me up thread

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    19 hours ago, Carl Sagan said:

    After a lifetime of frustration, I do love that we seem to be living in the future (at last). I carry around instant access to the entirety of human knowledge in my pocket, cars can drive themselves, rockets can land, I hold a screen over text in another language and it automatically translates (and I could buy headphones that would automatically translate spoken language into English for me). We're seriously talking about colonies on the Moon and Mars, and we'll soon have flying cars - finally. 

    What's not to like? 

     

    1 hour ago, Carl Sagan said:

    If we don't it is inevitable we will become extinct. I think for the sake of the benefit of the future humans who could spread through the universe, there is a moral imperative to colonize other worlds. 

    We're not all living like that though are we?

    It's Children In Need week this week and we'll all be educated on the level of 'need' there is in Africa (Planet Earth). If you watch a video of a mother trying to feed her baby a teaspoon of sugared water because she's so malnourished that she can't produce breast milk - and then learn that both mother and baby died shortly after - and then realise that literally tens of thousands of babies are dying weekly because of preventable causes... 

    ...you get what Im saying, surely we have a moral imperative in the here and now too?

    Random stuff that people do that annoy me

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    Posted · Edited by Parsnip

    16 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said:

    When someone is decribing something or somebody and they nearly always end the sentence with "d'you know what I mean?". No - I'm thick as pig sh*** and haven't a clue

    I do that - all the time - always have, i hear myself say it and hate myself for it. D'ya know what i mean? I think its because i was a teenager in the 90's and we all talked like nobs.

    Random stuff that people do that annoy me

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    5 hours ago, Carl Sagan said:

    People who "reach out" to you. This idiotic expression began in America a few years ago and bizarrely has now crossed the Atlantic. If you use it, there are no words I have for you that would make it past the swear filter.

    I often 'reach out' without knowing it. Or at least I get thanked for my 'reaching out'. 

    New joke thread (trigger alert, may offend if you want it to)

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    On 22/08/2017 at 05:32, admira said:

    Let's start with the winners of best joke at this year's Edinburgh Festival. There's some crackers on here. 

    1. "I'm not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change" - Ken Cheng

    2. "Trump's nothing like Hitler. There's no way he could write a book" - Frankie Boyle

    3. "I've given up asking rhetorical questions. What's the point?" - Alexei Sayle

    4. "I'm looking for the girl next door type. I'm just gonna keep moving house till I find her" - Lew Fitz

    5. "I like to imagine the guy who invented the umbrella was going to call it the 'brella'. But he hesitated" - Andy Field

    6. "Combine Harvesters. And you'll have a really big restaurant" - Mark Simmons

    7. "I'm rubbish with names. It's not my fault, it's a condition. There's a name for it..." - Jimeoin

    8. "I have two boys, 5 and 6. We're no good at naming things in our house" - Ed Byrne

    9. "I wasn't particularly close to my dad before he died... which was lucky, because he trod on a land mine" - Olaf Falafel

    10. "Whenever someone says, 'I don't believe in coincidences.' I say, 'Oh my God, me neither!"' - Alasdair Beckett-King

    11. "A friend tricked me into going to Wimbledon by telling me it was a men's singles event" - Angela Barnes

    12. "As a vegan, I think people who sell meat are disgusting; but apparently people who sell fruit and veg are grocer" - Adele Cliff 

    13. "For me dying is a lot like going camping. I don't want to do it" - Phil Wang

    14. "I wonder how many chameleons snuck onto the Ark" - Adam Hess

    15. "I went to a Pretenders gig. It was a tribute act" - Tim Vine

    That's 15 s**** vanilla jokes. What happened to all the racism and sexism? Are we not doing that anymore?

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