Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Mike_P]

My neighbour, who is not the brightest, had one which presumably had an in built battery and could not get it to stop beeping so he put it in his shed. After a couple of pretty sleepless nights I resolved the issue once I got hold of it with a hammer.

 

[figbat]

I hope it wasn’t an ionisation type with an americium source?!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

That's one that grinds my gears, especially when I hear people who should know better mis - using the word. 🤦🙄

As with so many words in our language, the meaning has shifted and taken on new usage. It’s fairly commonly used now not to mean one of a kind but to mean uncommon, or rare, and modern dictionaries reflect that.

Personally, I use unique with its original meaning and other words for things that aren’t, but there’s no stopping the shifts that occur when a language evolves over centuries.

I've just had to turn my radio off! I intended listening to various football games commentary, but after hearing 'wiv' (with) and frea'ens' (threatens) plus other lazy attempts at the King's English I just could not take it anymore!

😂

Will you stop using terms like ‘this arvo’ then? Hardly the King’s English!

 

[Mike_P]

I hope it wasn’t an ionisation type with an americium source?!

No idea but the quantum of americium in a smoke detector in any case is small and it's a problem health wise when in large quantities.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

The pitch of the low battery tone was specially chosen to make it nigh on impossible to detect the location of the noise.

Such detection is one of those tasks that remains stubbornly gendered in BZ towers.
Admittedly I have the better hearing.

 

[Accy cyclist]

As with so many words in our language, the meaning has shifted and taken on new usage. It’s fairly commonly used now not to mean one of a kind but to mean uncommon, or rare, and modern dictionaries reflect that.

Personally, I use unique with its original meaning and other words for things that aren’t, but there’s no stopping the shifts that occur when a language evolves over centuries.



😂

Will you stop using terms like ‘this arvo’ then? Hardly the King’s English!

Mmm, I don't think I've ever used such a term. 🤔

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Mmm, I don't think I've ever used such a term. 🤔

Apologies if I’ve misattributed this, I was sure I’d seen it in at least one of your posts.

Edit: I had a quick search and my memory was a bit out, the phrase was “this aft”.

 

[matticus]

As with so many words in our language, the meaning has shifted and taken on new usage. It’s fairly commonly used now not to mean one of a kind but to mean uncommon, or rare, and modern dictionaries reflect that.

Personally, I use unique with its original meaning and other words for things that aren’t, but there’s no stopping the shifts that occur when a language evolves over centuries.

I can be a bit pedantic about correct word use, but I'm ok with unique being used in at least two different ways.
It's quite common for a word to have a very specific meaning in science (and probably other academic fields), but a more flexible usage in normal english discussion.

"normal" is quite a good one of this type.
(and is relevant to the discussion of "unique" ! :P )

Then there are the contronyms like cleave - which is used to mean two opposite things!

 

[oldwheels]

Not complained about the holiday home opposite me for a bit tho' it has been occupied most of the time.
Now they have put a bottle bin out in the street blocking my car. It will not be emptied until near the end of February.
It has now moved and is blocking their back gate.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

It's not really trivial but here goes. Toilets (in museums, restaurants etc) where you have to be a contortionist to access the toilet paper. I used one today and I had to dislocated my spine to get some paper, which was ironic as it was the disabled toilet.

 

[Chris S]

I've just bought five boxes of Lidl vegan mini-pizzas because I thought they would be healthy. I've now found out that the 'cheese' is made out of coconut oil which is high in 'bad' cholesterol.

 

[Gwylan]

No idea but the quantum of americium in a smoke detector in any case is small and it's a problem health wise when in large quantities.

Sorry, quantum nor quanta are neither a measurement of weight. Even when applied to solace.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I've just bought five boxes of Lidl vegan mini-pizzas because I thought they would be healthy. I've now found out that the 'cheese' is made out of coconut oil which is high in 'bad' cholesterol.

Some varieties of coconut tree live more than a century, so it can't be all that bad.

 

[ColinJ]

I've just bought five boxes of Lidl vegan mini-pizzas because I thought they would be healthy. I've now found out that the 'cheese' is made out of coconut oil which is high in 'bad' cholesterol.

That's just marketing... You could knock back 5 kg of 'vegan sugar' but it definitely wouldn't be 'healthy'!!

Eat something like a shop pizza from time to time but accept that it is a relatively unhealthy treat.

Make the healthy meals yourself from known healthy ingredients.

 

[wafter]

That's just marketing... You could knock back 5 kg of 'vegan sugar' but it definitely wouldn't be 'healthy'!!

Eat something like a shop pizza from time to time but accept that it is a relatively unhealthy treat.

Make the healthy meals yourself from known healthy ingredients.

Aye - doubtless packed full of refined carbs and other processed muck...