The Cringe/Hate Thread

[canta_brian]

After 12 years, I have a few gripes about Turkey to get off my chest:

1 Replying in Tarzan English when I am speaking perfectly good Turkish to them
2 Pushing in at the grocer because they think a Yabanci (foreigner) will take all day due to language obstacles
3 Waiters swiping my food and drink away before I am finished with it
4 Not stopping at pedestrian crossings. I realise this applies to the entire Mediterranean region, but in Turkey they actually speed up!
5 Taxi drivers blasting their horns every time they see a Yabanci (like all we do is ride taxis everywhere)
6 Totally unnecessary noise - ie blasting horns (in lieu of indicators, for example), shouting into mobile phones (esp. in cafes and restaurants) and announcing the Call to Prayer over loud-speakers at defeaning volume (esp. the dawn edition)
7 Ferocious political speeches, as if roaring like a WWF wrestler on anabolic steroids somehow makes you a trustworthy legislator
8 Constant use of the terms 'terrorists' and 'Martyrs' in TV news bulletins
9 The assumption a Yabanci knows nothing about Turkey and therefore holds no right to an opinion (like Turks don't have opinions on the West...)
10 The assumption Turkish historical figures are household names all over the world and - more than anyone else, apparently - determined the course of history

Emoticons.

[rowan]

After 12 years, I have a few gripes about Turkey to get off my chest:

1 Replying in Tarzan English when I am speaking perfectly good Turkish to them
2 Pushing in at the grocer because they think a Yabanci (foreigner) will take all day due to language obstacles
3 Waiters swiping my food and drink away before I am finished with it
4 Not stopping at pedestrian crossings. I realise this applies to the entire Mediterranean region, but in Turkey they actually speed up!
5 Taxi drivers blasting their horns every time they see a Yabanci (like all we do is ride taxis everywhere)
6 Totally unnecessary noise - ie blasting horns (in lieu of indicators, for example), shouting into mobile phones (esp. in cafes and restaurants) and announcing the Call to Prayer over loud-speakers at defeaning volume (esp. the dawn edition)
7 Ferocious political speeches, as if roaring like a WWF wrestler on anabolic steroids somehow makes you a trustworthy legislator
8 Constant use of the terms 'terrorists' and 'Martyrs' in TV news bulletins
9 The assumption a Yabanci knows nothing about Turkey and therefore holds no right to an opinion (like Turks don't have opinions on the West...)
10 The assumption Turkish historical figures are household names all over the world and - more than anyone else, apparently - determined the course of history

Emoticons.

People who whinge about the use of emoticons on forums where emoticons have been provided for use

[OptimisticJock]

People who whinge about people whinging on a thread for whinging.

[Mikey Brown]

People who whinge about people whinging on a thread for whinging.

I was actually just going to say I'm not really satisfied with the quality of the complaints. They're all a bit reasonable and everyday. I want the weird irrational stuff, or just the cringey stuff.

Then I'll complain about that.

[belgarion]

Hate that at work when a female colleague gets pregnant we have to put into
a collection when they go on maternity leave yet when a male colleagues other half
gets pergnant we don't have a collection when the bloke goes on paternity leave.
I do put in to the collections on the proviso that if the female comes back to work
I get my money back. Strangley I don't get asked to donate a lot

[Mikey Brown]

Hate that at work when a female colleague gets pregnant we have to put into
a collection when they go on maternity leave yet when a male colleagues other half
gets pergnant we don't have a collection when the bloke goes on paternity leave.
I do put in to the collections on the proviso that if the female comes back to work
I get my money back. Strangley I don't get asked to donate a lot

[Buggaluggs]

Bob Evans irritates me. With his fucking sausages.

[Mikey Brown]

Also, anybody over the age of 14 who says 'awesome'.

[Mikey Brown]

Or 'epic', for that matter.

[Discreet Hooker]

You can put ' man ' into that little group . Innit ?

[belgarion]

Adults who read 'teen fiction' ie Harry Potter et al & wax lyrical about it.
It's a KIDS book for crying out loud, anybody over the age of 14 shouldn't read it let
alone admit it

[AL.]

Waking up after a serious session the night before, cringing but you don't remember why.......

Then you go in the pub later the next day and the landlord/lady starts with "oh, here he is, how are you feeling?"

[Len]

I say awesome and epic all the time. Soz brah (does that annoy you?)

People who say 'literally' all the time for everything.

The word Brexit fucks me off too. Its not clever. You old cunt. Die quietly.

[belgarion]

I say awesome and epic all the time. Soz brah (does that annoy you?)

People who say 'literally' all the time for everything.

The word Brexit fucks me off too. Its not clever. You old cunt. Die quietly.

Which is wrong anyway as it's not Britain that's leaving the EU it's the UK. it should be Ukexit

[Mikey Brown]

I say awesome and epic all the time. Soz brah (does that annoy you?)

People who say 'literally' all the time for everything.

The word Brexit fucks me off too. Its not clever. You old cunt. Die quietly.

Which is wrong anyway as it's not Britain that's leaving the EU it's the UK. it should be Ukexit

Aye. It's just as shit as putting 'gate' on the end of any remotely controversial event.

Len, I totally believe you. I can absolutely see you being the kind of person that says those words.

[Donny osmond]

As the winter weather finally draws in, I can tell you what makes me cringe is people not taking safety seriously when they're climbing. Mountains aren't funny. They are hill areas.

[Mellsblue]

Launchberry.

[Donny osmond]

[rowan]

Old men in speedoes. Most ghastly sight known to human eyes.

Cellulite bodies in bikinis. 2nd most ghastly sight known to human eyes.

Dogs with docked tails. Dude, there was a reason for that tail! 3rd most ghastly sight known to human eyes.

[Which Tyler]

Dogs with docked tails. Dude, there was a reason for that tail! 3rd most ghastly sight known to human eyes.

Whilst I kinda agree - there can be good medical reasons to dock a tail.
There can be noexcuse for this sort of behaviour though:

[morepork]

Pretentious fucking hipster scum

[canta_brian]

When you go to watch an awesome looking rugby highlights package on the you tube only to find that the poster thinks I want my all blacks to have a miley cyrus backing track (or whatever other shit the poster thinks passes for music in this day and age).

[Galfon]

Wetherspoon's double-doors opened and/or closed out of sequence so they're not flush.

'Expresso.'

Nightmare scenario - anyone exhibiting both the above behaviours..

[Mikey Brown]

That Benny Hill music.

It just isn't funny.

[Mellsblue]

That Benny Hill music.

It just isn't funny.

You are welcome.