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If you could ban anything, what would you ban?

403 replies

NewWateringCan · 10/01/2022 20:52

As above.
This is one of my favourite topics of conversation. It can be anything you like, no rules, but ideally small, petty, and lighthearted. It usually is things that aren't already illegal, but it can be, as not all laws get followed. It can be anything you want!
Lighthearted, if possible!
My list includes but is not limited to,
fireworks
glitter
people spitting
children running at pigeons
balloons
daylight savings time
loud cars and motorbikes
my vacuum running out of battery
having a cold nose.
Please, tell me yours!

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LadyGAgain · 10/01/2022 23:59

@sandgrown

Gender reveal parties !
And surely they can't be called that anymore. Hideous as they are anyway!!
louderthan · 11/01/2022 00:08

Fireworks
Drivers bibbing their horns for no reason
People talking endlessly about their children/grandchildren
More than one car per household (exceptions for health issues obviously)
Excess plastic packaging
The Tory party
Going abroad more than once a year
Men going out after dark
Crushed velvet furniture
Mrs Hinch

spellingtest · 11/01/2022 00:15

Glitter - the devil's dandruff
Bad manners
Shoes that you need to break in
Body odour
Menopause

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 11/01/2022 00:16

People who don't like dogs
People who don't like cats
People who don't like tattoos (how the fuck does a tattoo on someone else bother you enough to want it banned!!)
Fireworks
Tories and anyone who votes for them or Ukip and similar
People who think Brexit was a good idea

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 11/01/2022 00:17

@AllThingsServeTheBeam

People who don't like dogs People who don't like cats People who don't like tattoos (how the fuck does a tattoo on someone else bother you enough to want it banned!!) Fireworks Tories and anyone who votes for them or Ukip and similar People who think Brexit was a good idea
I'll edit mine. I didn't mean not like dogs, cats, tattoos. I meant the people who want to ban them.
MrsHunch · 11/01/2022 00:21

Leggings,
Grey joggers,
The background noise of sports events on the radio,
Breeding animals for pets,
Bows and turbans for babies,
Adding any old shite to bolognese including but not limited to mushrooms peppers and baked beans,
Men going topless in public unless they're at a pool/beach,
School uniform,
Wearing shorts and a coat
Adults wearing pyjamas in public including on social media,
Energy drinks,
Phones in public making a noise other than ringing or a notification alert,
Wafer thin ham,
Buffets

AlternativePerspective · 11/01/2022 00:28

Fireworks
Smoking
Talking on speaker phone in a public place
Selling animals for profit
Adopting animals from abroad
Pavement parking
Any more than 1 car per household
Mobile phones for anyone under the age of 18
Ear piercing on babies
God I could be here all night.

DahliaMacNamara · 11/01/2022 00:33

@OhWhyNot

Rice pudding

Any food with gelatine in apart from Jaffa Cakes

Taking of Jaffa Cakes the new flavours Angry it just shouldn’t be allowed

Males in female only spaces

There's no gelatine in Jaffa Cakes.

Ban pointless pedantry now.

Lushers · 11/01/2022 00:43

Men in womens sports
Men in women prisons
Men in any womens single sex spaces

namechangerdanger7 · 11/01/2022 00:48

Dogs
Cancel culture
Social media Influencers

beentoldcomputersaysno · 11/01/2022 01:26

Car drivers that don't 'thank' you for letting them out
People playing music on their phones without earphones. on public transport. Ditto for people shouting in their phone on public transport.
Mayonnaise!

SkiingIsHeaven · 11/01/2022 01:49

Cats and fly tipping but mainly cats.

CheeseandWine91 · 11/01/2022 02:19

People who don’t like dogs - not to be trusted

sanityisamyth · 11/01/2022 06:29

Middle Lane drivers

SalsaLove · 11/01/2022 06:41

Slugs
Fireworks
Bullying
Men in womens spaces
Beschamel sauce
Burning rubbish in your garden

DroopyClematis · 11/01/2022 07:25

Yes to banning slugs.

Salted caramel
Those round , green, plastic hanging topiary ball things
Polystyrene ( makes me cringe so much)
'Skinny' milk.... it's SKIMMED milk , ffs!

Deathraystare · 11/01/2022 07:30

@NewWateringCan

God yes, People that spit in the street. Two men this morning at the bus stop. On a trip to China years ago, you really wouldn't have liked to have a fall (well, obvs not!) in case you fell into a pool of it. They spat everywhere and you could hear them do it in the kitchens!!

Shade17 · 11/01/2022 07:33

Socialism
Motorway speed limits
Any more than 3 driving test fails

floridana · 11/01/2022 08:20

People sticking to goes out on photos. It's just grotesque and rude.
Illegal drugs. How people can get involved with things like this is beyond me.
Holly oaks
Hunting

floridana · 11/01/2022 08:24

*tongues
Also, autocorrect

NeverDropYourMoonCup · 11/01/2022 08:28

People of any age that kick off on the bus. This morning, this means a bunch of teenagers being all the big I am with their masks under their chins and cans of Monster on the go shoving people out of the way to get onto the bus first, but could equally mean any other arsehole, too.

SpookyScarySkeletons · 11/01/2022 08:36

Blood sports
People who run cats over and don't stop
Single use plastic
Wasps

Coquohvan · 11/01/2022 08:47

Child Poverty
Child Abuse
Self ID
Nicola Sturgeon
Ian (humble crofter) Blackford

frazzledali · 11/01/2022 11:30

Fruit and chocolate combinations
Transphobia
Racism
The entire current cabinet plus Fabricant for good measure
People who decry 'wokeness' - always a red flag for a secret (or not so secret) bigot
German whist

Mumsafan · 11/01/2022 11:31

VAR