Pet Hates

[Zeock]

The presence of LLMs on sites where they have no purpose.
There is no need for Spotify to have LLMs as it already creates mixes based on your taste and there are a multitude of human-made playlists for all major genres.

 

[DiogoJ42]

The presence of LLMs on sites where they have no purpose.
There is no need for Spotify to have LLMs as it already creates mixes based on your taste and there are a multitude of human-made playlists for all major genres.

I think you've missed the point. AI LLMs aren't there to "help", they are there to harvest. From you.

 

[Slugjc]

I like creating my own playlists on Spotify. Modern day version of the cassette. I also, merge my favourite artist tracks together. Spotify for the car, CD and LP for house.

The one thing I hate, is that button that lets it add it's own songs in, when you think you have just hit shuffle. Nope magic shuffle. "We thought you like this." At no point do I want Ed Sheeran blasting out of my car, I've no issue with Ed. I'm sure he's a nice lad, good with kids helps little old ladies to cross the road, but I don't want to listen to him.

And DJ X. "He's some things that you had on repeat recently, it's Space." The voice is too cool. It's got to much of a American DJ vibe. Telling me indie British bands are my current "vibe" just doesn't fit. And again, because I listen to the beastie boys, does not mean I want to listen.............to Ed Sheeran.

 

[BarryZola]

People coughing a lot in public (please stay at home in your attempts not to die if you're that ill). People wearing shorts all year round (post-persons exempt). People regularly making weird clearing their throat noises like "hrgghhhh hrrrmmmm" in public. Generally, just stay at home if you're making annoying noises or potentially spreading disease.

 

[rob666]

Chemists yesterday...all fine, then.
Large uncouth youth comes in with prescription, coughs all over the counter and stock.
Chemists assistant..."Will you cover your mouth please when you cough"...
Me... get up from waiting chair, reopen the front door wide, prop it open, and scowl at the germ ridden idiot while he coughs over the shelves, again.
Me..."Will you cover your mouth, where are your manners, we do not want your germs".
So he gives us both dirty looks, then steps outside, to cough over the poor people walking past instead.
Shame you can't get a prescription for a functioning brain.

Just yesterday Mr Zola.

 

[DiogoJ42]

I have come to the conclusion that every human on the planet younger than 40 needs to be culled.

On an unrelated note, I'm getting real fed up of people who know that I loath AI slop, have nothing to do with social media, don't use a smart phone, and value my digital privacy.... sending me "joke" AI images including my face and name, and thinking I would find that funny.

 

[rob666]

It is called winding up the oldies.
Get used to it.
Or hit 'em with your zimmer.

 

[The_bup]

I have come to the conclusion that every human on the planet younger than 40 needs to be culled.

 

[Slugjc]

I do not think I culling is in order HOWEVER, tests should be done on subjects at random, if they fail the test......then we can discuss a way out if society.

Questions such as.

You see an item of clothing made by Stone island . Do you A, laugh at the item and move on. B, Purchase the item.

If the answer is B. A simple stoning.

 

[DiogoJ42]

At work this afternoon, we started talking about pies. Naturally, this made me crave pie. Mentioned this to m'lady, and we agreed the only logical choice was a pub dinner (our local does a very nice steak pie with mash, veg, and gravy).
We weren't sure if it would be heaving, what with being Valentine's on a Saturday, but it wasn't too busy.
...
The noise level, on the other hand, was insane.
Directly above us was a speaker belting out music at a much higher level than usual.
On the far side of the pub, a rowdy birthday party.
From somewhere behind me, a TV belting the FA Cup at deafening volumes (great, not like I haven't spent the last two days working on that).
But worst of all, the place was absolutely filled with 5-10 year olds running amok. Any empty patch of floor was filled either with abandoned toy cars, or piles of wrestling children. Ear-piercing squeals and screams were constant. One of those little dog-leavings actually pulled out the chair next to me and tried to climb on to our table. Not a parent to be seen.

We did not hang around after eating.

Children should be frelling well banned from pubs. Especially if they have deemed it the kind of Saturday night that requires bouncers on the door.

 

[rob666]

Children should be banned.
Or at least kept out of sight until adults.
Only kidding.
Probably.

Recurring pet hate...
Capital letters and decent punctuation.
How I miss them.
Really helps to understand others opinions.
Without the cryptic crossword efforts.

 

[Slugjc]

We sensibly in this country have Laws stating we can't drink and drive. I think a new one should be introduced of being drunk in Charge of children.

The pubs near me, especially in the summer, full of drunken (insert inappropriate word here) that just let their snotty attention seeking (insert inappropriate word here) on the loose.

New law. If you have a child with in a pub, no alcohol can be served to either parent.

 

[GooseOnTheLoose]

We sensibly in this country have Laws stating we can't drink and drive. I think a new one should be introduced of being drunk in Charge of children.

The pubs near me, especially in the summer, full of drunken (insert inappropriate word here) that just let their snotty attention seeking (insert inappropriate word here) on the loose.

New law. If you have a child with in a pub, no alcohol can be served to either parent.

It's already an offence to be drunk while in charge of a child under seven years old in any public place, including licensed premises, carrying penalties of a fine or up to one month in prison, under the Licensing Act 1902.

The Licensing Act 2003 mandates the protection of children from harm, allowing for the removal of, or restrictions on, children in pubs. Under Section 141 of the same act, it's is also an offence to sell, or attempt to sell, alcohol to a person who is drunk.

We have the laws. We have the tools. As a society, however, we don't tolerate or use them.

The practical reality is that for a hospitality worker on minimum wage, the incentive to actually enforce these statutes is virtually non-existent when weighed against the inevitable friction it creates. We’ve fostered a culture of customer is always right entitlement in the leisure trade which makes a simple request for basic parental responsibility feel like a declaration of war, usually resulting in a volley of abuse or a vindictive one star review.

For the landlord, it’s a matter of keeping the lights on. When you're operating on thin margins, if those rowdy tables are racking up a significant bill on premium lager and food, the commercial imperative to keep the till ringing far outweighs the appetite to play moral arbiter. Until the risk of a Licensing Board (under the control of cash strapped local authorities) intervention carries more weight than the loss of a Saturday afternoon’s revenue, the status quo remains.

 

[BSwiss]

Children eating £2.10 bags of Pipers and drinking £3.20 Fruit Shoots are keeping your favourite pubs open.

 

[Slugjc]

Yes they are, nothing wrong with them doing that outside, let's say in a car. Like the good old days.

 

[DiogoJ42]

Kids never used to be allowed in pubs.
Back in my day, my [female DNA provider] would regularly leave me sat on the street outside a pub, with a single bag of prawn cocktail crisps and a small bottle of warm fermented OJ, sometimes for many hours. Any attempt to enter the building to find her was met with angry shouting from the scary man behind the bar. He didn't care that I was a child left abandoned, all he cared about was not letting a child inside his pub.

And I'd still call that messed up situation the lesser evil.

 

[The_bup]

And I'd still call that messed up situation the lesser evil.

I’m not exactly an ideal ethical figure, but I do think letting your spawn in a public house is a fair bit more moral than leaving them on the side of a road; no less with only a single packet of prawn flavoured processed potatoes for them to derive sustenance from.

Not to mediate, but call it a gut feeling.