Things you just don't get...

Very difficult to get a decent carvery.

The one in the Red Cow was ok - if you got in early - say around 12.15pm or so. But that was 10 years back.

badabing106

I'd love to know what the actual line Israel would have to cross, before any real repercussions would occur.. Is there anything that they could do that would face more than a strongly worded whatever from spineless nations

I don't get why strong nations don't stand up to this terrorism

Deja Boo

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Tilt sensor.

As soon as your head hits the pillow <click> <wirrrr!> and your brain goes into turbo.

lol
Was warned by a neighbour to sleep with my head facing south only, with the bed against a wall, and not near any windows. ....That would put my bed in the shower stall, with water droplets on my south facing head from the drippy faucet... Hmmm, opt for water torture or bad Feng Shui? (it's a toss up.)
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its_steve116

Why reality TV is so popular.

whisky_galore

The Friends love-in.

It was only alright when it first screened.
A set of people in mediocre jobs who somehow could afford huge NYC apartments.

Antares35

Adults wearing Harry Potter pyjamas (jammies).

RandomViewer

badabing106 wrote: »

I'd love to know what the actual line Israel would have to cross, before any real repercussions would occur.. Is there anything that they could do that would face more than a strongly worded whatever from spineless nations

I don't get why strong nations don't stand up to this terrorism

I think if they nuked Tehran it wouldn't even be the lead story on the news,

randd1

whisky_galore wrote: »

The Friends love-in.

It was only alright when it first screened.
A set of people in mediocre jobs who somehow could afford huge NYC apartments.

It's almost as if it was a TV show designed for entertainment and not a documentary on life in New York at the time.

The humanity!!

randd1

RandomViewer wrote: »

I think if they nuked Tehran it wouldn't even be the lead story on the news,

To be honest, that would probably jump to the head of the news queue, it being a somewhat 'Start of WW3' situation.

Katgurl

Selfies, particularly the very obviously filtered selfies on social media.


I know they are completely normalised now and believe me i am as vain as the next person and do like to be seen looking my best but they are beyond cringeworthy - advertise that you spend you free time photographing yourself trying various different angles / expressions, doctor the image it so you are unrecognisable then share it openly looking for compliments. Why not just tattoo 'needy' on your forehead?

I feel similarly about young women ruining their fresh faces with Botox, fillers and trout pouts. They might look nice in their Instagram pics but in the physical world they look like they belong in the circus.


I have no issue with looking your best but I often find the above nothing short of grotesque.

Hint of Sarcasm

dickdasr1234 wrote: »

Ah now, 'talentless' is going a wee bit too far.

But smug? I think so!

CaboRoig

I don't get video games. I succumbed to playing Football Manager on a PC years ago but it takes up an incredible amount of time. I can't manage the controls on Playstations at all!

RandomViewer

randd1 wrote: »

To be honest, that would probably jump to the head of the news queue, it being a somewhat 'Start of WW3' situation.

VM1 after Tiddles the cat is rescued from a cement mixer

Antares35

Katgurl wrote: »

I feel similarly about young women ruining their fresh faces with Botox, fillers and trout pouts. They might look nice in their Instagram pics but in the physical world they look like they belong in the circus.

I don't think they look nice at all. It's a bit "you've seen one, you've seen them all" these days, kind of like golden retrievers. And that stupid pout trout, the peace sign, grown women sticking out their tongues, superimposed mouse ears and whiskers etc. Faces and backsides contoured into oblivion. Usually with some kind of text about living their "best lives".

freshpopcorn

People who won’t heat their house, turn on lights and basically eat crap for most of the year so they can go on a Summer Holiday for about 5 days!

KKkitty

its_steve116 wrote: »

Why reality TV is so popular.

If producers or whatever can't do a completely unscripted reality tv show why bother. I'd rather watch 2 seasons of content that didn't need to be forced or manipulated than 10 seasons of nonsense.

Capt'n Midnight

Antares35 wrote: »

I don't think they look nice at all. It's a bit "you've seen one, you've seen them all" these days, kind of like golden retrievers. And that stupid pout trout, the peace sign, grown women sticking out their tongues, superimposed mouse ears and whiskers etc. Faces and backsides contoured into oblivion. Usually with some kind of text about living their "best lives".

If you do it right smartphone cameras can capture your fingerprints too.

Print them using a laser printer, and then use latex or wood glue to make a copy.

is_that_so

People spending money on new clothes with holes in them!

McGinniesta

Sky King wrote: »

Frank and Honest coffee.

If anyone from Frank and honest is reading this, will you please take a bit of your large marketing budget and use it to buy coffee that doesn't taste like scuttery shart.

All coffee is scuttery shart.

Get a box of teabags and sort your life out.

McGinniesta

is_that_so wrote: »

People spending money on new clothes with holes in them!

That's what they call "fashion" these days.

Suckit

McGinniesta wrote: »

That's what they call "fashion" these days.

That was 'fashion' in the 80's too.
Except they usually put the holes in themselves tbf. Wooly jumpers and jeans mainly.

I don't get why they now buy them like that.. :pac:
I think a few pop stars back in the day may have bought them pre-holed.

McGinniesta

The list is just too long.

Going to an art gallery is my idea of hell on earth.

Rugby is the most boring spectator sport ever invented. I was dragged to a Leinster game recently so instead of complaining I thought I'd give it a try. I thought I was going to have a stroke through sheer boredom and it just served to reinforce my hatred for the game.

I don't own a TV anymore. It isn't worth the expense anymore with standard of drivel that passes for entertainment these days.

The majority of band wagon jumping sports fans in Ireland annoy me greatly. The hangers on that go to world cups and european championships like to tell us how good they are as fans but won't get a bus to the Aviva. They're as bad as the fans that turn up on All Ireland final day and complain that they cant get a ticket.

RTE is a disgrace.

McGinniesta

Suckit wrote: »

That was 'fashion' in the 80's too.
Except they usually put the holes in themselves tbf. Wooly jumpers and jeans mainly.

I don't get why they now buy them like that.. :pac:
I think a few pop stars back in the day may have bought them pre-holed.

I don't get it myself.

2lazytogetup

2lazytogetup wrote: »

i didnt get winning streak at first. then realised it is a spoof and is a joke against old people and people from rural ireland. Besides from that Marty Whelan is the greatest showman on tv.

Winning streak isn’t actually a quiz. It’s an extension of the lottery.

XLR 8

XLR 8 wrote: »

Indian or Chinese I would imagine.

That fine language, Indian.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

With the news about the planned reopening of hospitality in Ireland, it won't be long until you have people queuing up for a carvery. Disgusting. Lumps of overcooked meat left under lights, soggy roast potatoes, vegetables boiled almost to a mush, and all drowning in gravy loaded with fat, sugar and salt to disguise the taste of the food it covers.

It's possible to get excellent food in some Irish pubs, so this fascination with the hellish carvery really baffles me.

The worst meal I ever had was in a carvery. However I don’t see why carvery is any worse than other prepared food if handled properly. Restaurants keep food warm all the time. Just behind the scenes.

Purple is a Fruit

Carvery is well tasty. Yum.

Feisar wrote: »

I wouldn’t have thought so, it’s full of tat and people end up buying more than they actually need.

Having said that we shop there for the toddler as he’s grown out of them before they fall apart.

Why would that make it just an illusion that Penneys is a godsend for low income households?

Deja Boo wrote: »

Why I am sleepy during the day, but wide awake at night.

And why does having a lie-in cause absolute exhaustion?

freshpopcorn

I can get my head around lots of fashion things clothes with holes in them, very tight, etc.
However this no socks thing came in a few years ago and I sort of get it now. I do think some people can't pull it off at all and it only works with some styles.
Now all these people who never wear socks seem to wear them with shorts and pull them up very high.

silliussoddius

Much of the stuff in this article, and then rte deciding to publish it.
https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fashion/2021/0525/1223816-cheugy-and-why-teens-think-your-skinny-jeans-are-embarrasing/

whisky_galore

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Winning streak isn’t actually a quiz. It’s an extension of the lottery.

It's a game an untrained chimp could play and still win money.