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Things you just don't get...

Gammyeye

Saturday Night Live on American telly. Is it that I don't get it or is it really that bad?

It seems really popular but I've watched loads of clips of it and I've never once cracked a smile. I've heard this cowbell sketch was meant to be the best one, but jeez... awful rubbish.

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riclad

I like friends , it's not supposed to realistic or grim,
It's funny and witty, it has a great cast,
It's pointless to expect it be be inline with 2021 attitudes about women's rights and feminism
It's still funny
Chandler works in the tech sector maybe he was on a high
salary and could afford a large apartment
Most comedys made in the 90s are forgotten

tom1ie

Things I just don’t get...... the human race not taking climate change seriously and hence not preparing for it.

crooked cockney villain

The odd person you spot wearing a jacket during the weather we have had the last few weeks. Seriously, the thing must be absolutely destroyed with sweat, I seriously do not get it.

Wanderer78

tom1ie wrote:

Things I just donâ€™t get...... the human race not taking climate change seriously and hence not preparing for it.

.... We re not good with long term thinking and planning.....

whisky_galore

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

The odd person you spot wearing a jacket during the weather we have had the last few weeks. Seriously, the thing must be absolutely destroyed with sweat, I seriously do not get it.

Conversely, men and it's usually men, who wear shorts at the first sign of sunshine but the temperature is still bloody freezing.

Teens too "cool" to have rain gear in obviously bad weather and walk around in sopping wet hoodies.

Mister Vain

Tight jeans. Apart from looking ridiculous, they strangle your scrotum.

freshpopcorn

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

The odd person you spot wearing a jacket during the weather we have had the last few weeks. Seriously, the thing must be absolutely destroyed with sweat, I seriously do not get it.

When I’ve being looking out the window at work lots of people are wearing hackers because the weather is so unpredictable.

Capt'n Midnight

The fascination people have with The Lavender Hill Mob compared to other Ealing comedies

whisky_galore

People deciding to go to the beach on a sunny weekend and horrified when the roads and beaches themselves are jammers because other people had the same idea.

[Deleted User]

riclad wrote: »

I like friends , it's not supposed to realistic or grim,
It's funny and witty, it has a great cast,
It's pointless to expect it be be inline with 2021 attitudes about women's rights and feminism
It's still funny
Chandler works in the tech sector maybe he was on a high
salary and could afford a large apartment
Most comedys made in the 90s are forgotten

Yes, definitely don't understand the hostility towards Friends now - or the claims that it's never funny.

I also don't get the rabid hatred towards Harry and Meghan. Are people actually so full of anger about them or is it just because "saying it like it is" types tell them to be?

Mister Vain

American cars with wooden panels.

whisky_galore

Mister Vain wrote: »

American cars with wooden panels.

A hangover from "woody" wagons, never all that popular a body style in Europe apart from the Morris Minor Traveller.

silliussoddius

Not just a sex educator, but a holistic one.
https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2021/0611/1227509-holistic-sex-educator-jenny-keane-on-achieving-sexual-wellness/

Suckit

silliussoddius wrote: »

Not just a sex educator, but a holistic one.
https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2021/0611/1227509-holistic-sex-educator-jenny-keane-on-achieving-sexual-wellness/

Mightn't get the bullcrap title, but I get why they might want to sign up...

At least until they find out it's just spiritual..

RandomViewer

whisky_galore wrote: »

A hangover from "woody" wagons, never all that popular a body style in Europe apart from the Morris Minor Traveller.

There was a Mini version too

Fils

People who poo after their morning breakfast and coffee, you run the risk of stalagmiting. Take a poo first thing and whack another handy one out after breakfast.

crooked cockney villain

Despite the attempts to persuade me by pretty much anybody I know, I don't get the point in Revolout. If you owe me money give me cash, why should I get an app to make life easier for you?

riclad

There has to be an app for everything now especially anything to do with fintech,
Giving cash to someone in person is not cool , someone wearing a jacket may be going to work and finishing at 8 or 10pm when it might be slightly cold.

silliussoddius

Fils wrote: »

People who poo after their morning breakfast and coffee, you run the risk of stalagmiting. Take a poo first thing and whack another handy one out after breakfast.

Stalagmite or stalactite?

riclad

Young people still watch friends on Netflix it's still funny,
Joe handsome but stupid,
Phoebe is funny and quirky,
Chandler is sarcastic and witty
They are all skilled actors
Joey looks like an Irish da now

Potential-Monke

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

Despite the attempts to persuade me by pretty much anybody I know, I don't get the point in Revolout. If you owe me money give me cash, why should I get an app to make life easier for you?

To be honest, up until recently I would have agreed. However, post-covid I'd much prefer a bank transfer than cash handed back. But I won't demand someone get Revolut or something, a normal one will do me, I can wait.

Mister Vain

silliussoddius wrote: »

Stalagmite or stalactite?

Stalagshíte?

crooked cockney villain

Potential-Monke wrote: »

To be honest, up until recently I would have agreed. However, post-covid I'd much prefer a bank transfer than cash handed back. But I won't demand someone get Revolut or something, a normal one will do me, I can wait.

I also can't fathom people who use card instead of cash. Takes twice, thrice as long to make payment, can take days to show on your bank balance, and is a pain in the hole to get a refund for a card payment. Worst is people who insist on using them when you're out then hit you up for a lend because the pub's machine is broke, or you have to cover their taxi because the driver quite correctly refuses to have a card machine.

Frankly I actually don't respect people who no longer use cash. Tap and go is a comically bad "innovation",

Greyfox

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

I also can't fathom people who use card instead of cash. Takes twice, thrice as long to make payment

Contactless is much faster without having to carry your change. I use to prefer cash but once you get use to card its hard to go back

crooked cockney villain

Greyfox wrote: »

Contactless is much faster without having to carry your change. I use to prefer cash but once you get use to card its hard to go back

It really isn't.

Like, it really, really isn't.

Getting a few bits in Tesco I normally have the exact amount in my hand while in the queue. Gone before the receipt can be printed.

Tap and go easily takes five times longer, it's an appalling archaic system for people who have little to be getting done.

Not to mention how many retailers refuse to position the machine in a place that lets you see exactly how much you are tapping for.

Tap and go is typically 21st century- businesses convince people that something they should be doing for the customer (handling cash, selling in a bricks and mortar store instead of moving online, self service machines in McDonalds instead of till staff), they somehow convince eejits that the new way is faster, cheaper, more convenient, when in truth it is slower, more expensive, more prone to error, but is cheaper for the vendor.

I challenge anybody to name me one "innovation" big business has made in the last 20 years that has made the customer experience cheaper, faster or more streamlined.

There aren't any*. But there are dozens that have been sold as such that only make life easier for the vendor.

*: at a push, Ryanair taking travel agents out of the equation. Even at that, if it were an option I'd far rather go into a Ryanair shop in town with a few notes than do the booking myself.

Antares35

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

and is a pain in the hole to get a refund for a card payment

As in, when you just put your card in the machine and the money goes back into your account whence it came? Right pain alright

[Deleted User]

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

I
I challenge anybody to name me one "innovation" big business has made in the last 20 years that has made the customer experience cheaper, faster or more streamlined.
.

Internet banking. Particularly for making payments. No more queueing in branches and filling out forms.

Mister Vain

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

It really isn't.

Like, it really, really isn't.

Getting a few bits in Tesco I normally have the exact amount in my hand while in the queue. Gone before the receipt can be printed.

How long does it take to get the exact amount ready? That seems like more hassle TBH. I always hated carrying around change, so contactless is much more convenient. It literally takes a few seconds to tap a card. It would take longer to put the exact amount into a self service machine.

Not to mention how many retailers refuse to position the machine in a place that lets you see exactly how much you are tapping for

Not sure what you mean by this? Wouldn't you already know how much you're paying for before you tap?

whisky_galore

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Internet banking. Particularly for making payments. No more queueing in branches and filling out forms.

This is great, I dont go onto a branch much more than twice a year now and only when someone gives me one of those old timey cheques.

And card is faster, when the card machine doesnt screw up that is. Feck all that rooting for change and brown coins.

The J Stands for Jay

crooked cockney villain wrote: »

Despite the attempts to persuade me by pretty much anybody I know, I don't get the point in Revolout. If you owe me money give me cash, why should I get an app to make life easier for you?

Why should someone have to obtain cash to make life easier for you?