Things that have bothered you for a long time.

[Lavender Rose]

I hope you are polite to them.

I am the epitome of politeness. I just get annoyed that people seem to think we are lying for the fun of it

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I am the epitome of politeness. I just get annoyed that people seem to think we are lying for the fun of it

Some signs get left in place long after their usefulness. So you can add the implication that you are all bone idle to that first irritation.

 

[Lozz360]

Leisure Centre Idiots: Why do people STILL ASK if something is cancelled, even if there are signs?!

You could forgive them if the “something” is English-as-a-second-language lesson!

 

[classic33]

You could forgive them if the “something” is English-as-a-second-language lesson!

Odd course for a leisure centre though.

 

[jefmcg]

Leisure Centre Idiots: Why do people STILL ASK if something is cancelled, even if there are signs?!

If I had gone into a fitness centre with the specific intention of attending a class, I would definitely double check at the counter that my journey had been wasted.

 

[Lavender Rose]

You could forgive them if the “something” is English-as-a-second-language lesson!

Nope.....

 

[ADarkDraconis]

Why does the music industry have to recycle genre names so much? R&B used to mean Rhythm and Blues, now it means some other type of music I never listen to. Country music is now bland American pop, while old style country music like Tammy Wynette and Emmy Lou Harris used to sing is now rebranded Americana. Garage music used to mean a style of amateurish American rock music. Even New Wave music has been changed retrospectively. I was pretty certain New Wave music was like Blondie and all the other types of music brought in by punk in the late 70s, but which weren't punk. Now youngsters seem to think it includes all those synth keyboard bands from the 80s such as Depeche Mode and Yazoo.

I am greatly disheartned whenever I listen to the 'oldies' station on the radio now. It used to play Motown and Doo-wop and beach music and burgeoning Rock N Roll, 50s and 60s were the main eras although they did introduce a '70s at 7' hour. Now the likes of Billy Idol and Pat Benatar are regulars and I do not think that 80s retro is the same as 'oldies' as a genre of music just because it is a couple of decades old. I also totally agree with the R&B and country, today's music is disheartening while trying to be squeezed into genres that don't fit them at all.

 

[Chris S]

The tilde ~ on a keyboard: what's it used for, and wouldn't a degree symbol
° have been a lot more useful?

It's used in Linux to denote the home folder.

 

[luckyfox]

When the cat thinks EVERYTHING is her bed.
No d*ckhead, that’s freshly ironed bedding.
That’s an empty shopping bag.
3 cat baskets, not one used...

 

[jefmcg]

When the cat thinks EVERYTHING is her bed.

FTFY.

Also

View: https://youtu.be/BfFi4wba30g

 

[Yellow Fang]

It's used in Linux to denote the home folder.

Good point, so it is. Wouldn't the degree symbol have done just as well?

 

[Chris S]

Good point, so it is. Wouldn't the degree symbol have done just as well?

The degree symbol didn't exist. The tilde was already there as it's used as an inversion operator in the C programming language (in which UNIX is written) and several others.

 

[Illaveago]

If they were to discover another singularity, would it become a popularity ?

 

[Chris S]

Linux is a derivative of UNIX. Anyway, if you get rid of the tilde symbol its going to cause problems for users of UNIX and its derivatives as well as people who program in various languages.

 

[NorthernDave]

This has bothered me for a while....

This is the van that delivers my dogs food:

While this is the van that delivers my food...

Hmmmmm...........