What things do you see and think are just pretentious?

[SneakyGremlins]

For me it's cafés with "no WiFi here, talk to each other!" signs.

A) I'll probably go elsewhere thanks

B) My best friend likes to sit on his phone anyway because they don't realise mobile data exists.

I just find it so wanky - if I'm going out to spend money on a drink and several pieces of cake then I'm going out to relax. If I want to be on my phone then I will be.

Log burners? How else to get warm when we've knocked out most of our interior walls and maximised our extensions?

Radiators? Underfloor? Hot air systems?

I'm talking about modern houses, not cottages from long ago.

They just look weird in recently constructed houses with modern styling/look and CH throughout, then there's this olde worlde countryside fire plonked in the lounge.

They just seem like the bifold door fad of today. waits for someone to angrily reply they have both

Log burners are a bloody environmental menace. Acceptable if you are rural and in a snowdrift and your gas has been cut off. Stupid and selfish for everyone else with access to mains.

Damn! Forgot to mention the bifold doors.

Is it pretentious to know the meaning of pretentious?

Chihuahuas in clothes
And French bulldogs
And Pugs

Hipster coffee making.

LOL todays Couple Come Dine With Me

We’ve just watched that. The one in Wolves? That blonde couple were hilariously terrible.

Shockers weren't they? How classy are you feeling tonight? Have you made your own pastry for dinner?

So, imagine off road hill climb, but mostly rock, with huge meandering deep gulley all the way down ...oh and after rain last night has sliding mud...was driving down this today, part way down (barely 100 yds), meet 4x4 coming up, so I then start reversing up! I reach the top again, takes a while, and lower my window to ask if further traffic coming. Driver at no point even acknowledges that ive just reversed back up thishill, let alone thank me. Then proceeds to quiz me about my abilities to make it down the hill, totally arrogant attitude and looks at my vehicle, says have you done it before etc all smug in their car. I so should have said that actually I have the higher spec and model of their vehicle!

I didn't, but I so wanted to say well if your car made it, mine will!

Also porscheer neighbour tells me they have to sell their Porscheer [due to their house/drive parking issues] did they have to name their car? Pretentious much? Would you say, I had to sell my Ford? No, you just wouldn't, or, I had to sell my Mercedes, Vauxhall. That's pretentious though right? I'd say 'car'. Wouldn't you?

We have a cafe here that on the surface is very hipster but it's actually lovely, very good value for money and has WiFi. The kids love going there for bagels and babycino.

^ Babycino

I remember the baycinos and always thought it really sweet as the DC could feel all grown up having pretend grown up drinks!

Talking to a colleague last week who told me they no longer shop in Tesco and the like but go into our local market town and use local shops (think artisan bread and locally sourced meat) then a few days later I bumped into them in Tesco with a trolley piled high with food.

We live in a modern (1970s) house with a log burner. Because we wanted one.

What does that mean Disgrace? - apart from loving a log burner? Although there's talk of fuels being banished as part of stoppinthe world over-heating

Oh, that was in answer to Archery Annie. I can't see them being banned because woodburning is carbon-neutral. If you let wood rot though, it emits methane which is much worse.

Deconstructed fucking apple crumble...just serve it altogether with the bloody custard!!

@theharlotletter (excellent username) I can think of several families too, but one cousin in particular is a really pretentious dick. She wants to be a yummy mummy that everyone envies but in reality she's an over grown brat, raising another generation of brats.

@ pisspawpatrol I don't care how many new pairs of Adidas trainers you can buy your children, if you haven't taught them simple good manners then you have failed as a parent.

Tiny portions of food on massive plates in restaurants. Especially when the rest of the plate is decorated with sauce. But my pet hate is people who post pictures of their tiny food on big plates on social media. I bet they order pizza after going home from the restaurant.

I can't see them being banned because woodburning is carbon-neutral. If you let wood rot though, it emits methane which is much worse.

Eh, think how long it takes a tree to grow. Then think how long it takes a log to burn. Then think how long it takes a log to rot.

My bil

Sharing my table with other diners
I so very much hate this. A trendy Chinese place is in the nearest town, I love the food. It's proper to die for good. But.
You sit at benches, with anyone. So unless I take 15 or so other people to share the bench with, I get to eat next to a stranger. Last time I went they did takeaway but that's no good if it's raining cos nowhere nearby to sit.

Pan fried, or was it on a volcanic stone still hot from the last volcanic eruption?

Gated communities. So you made an exclusive society (via house prices) then fenced it all around so you could cordon yourselves off from eh society.