Things I don't understand about modern life

[niadainud]

1. What "speaking to" means. I know it is a stage in the dating process, but have no idea as to its specific implications.

2. The point of "link in bio" - why can't you just put the bloody link where I can see it without having to hunt for it?

3. Gender-woo nonsense. When will the madness end?

4. Why it seems to be socially acceptable to use your phone to play videos or make calls without headphones, especially on on the bus. STFU!

5. Talking of buses, why they can so rarely take you from point A to point B without terminating prematurely, stopping to "regulate the service" or stopping to change driver. I'm sure it never used to be this bad.

Agree with this

If I've had a shit day, I want a cuddle from DH

Is my child not allowed to want some comfort if they've had a rubbish day or are feeling pooey.

I will do whatever my child needs from me and you can go and judge something more worthy 😂

"I wear black on the outside,
because black is how I feel on the inside"
Thinking that the affectation of being unhappy makes oneself more interesting/profound has been a thing for ages. (I was that Goth). The modern twist is having a "mental illness".

Re buses, I am assuming you are in London?

Control regulates when buses terminate, there are targets they have to hit on service frequency and time keeping.

Or drivers at the max of their hours, you can only drive for 5 1/2 hours before a mandatory break.

Changing drivers mid route is due to remote clock ons, company policy to cut costs.

Collaborations are now Someone X someone else instead of with, and or featuring. What does it mean???

Re. terminating buses - but what's the point of the bus meeting a target while the passengers stand at the side of the road not getting any closer to their destination?

This is definitely a relatively new phenomenon.

I was making a comment on a previous poster’s response

Why, given we live in a digital age, do solicitors fuck around with house and land sales so a simple sale for which paperwork should take an afternoon takes six months?

I'd really like to know that 😡. Radio 4 had a program and said average conveyancing time for a house sale took 4-6 weeks 25 years ago. Today it takes 4-6 months.

The Hack thing gets me. Whenever I've seen any they're not even tips they're just the way I've always done whatever it is.
Maybe I'm a hack genius,

I picked up my child any time he wanted it until he was physically too big.

I miss it and I only wish I'd done it more. Crikey they're small for such a short time, tough love can come once they start shaving.

Nom nom is the worst, my friend uses it all the time

”I’m going for a smokey eye”

”I’m pairing these pieces”

😆

It's the targets TFL set for the bus companies, this article explains it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/travel/london-bus-driver-routes-stop-26501729.amp

Doesn't seem the best idea to me.

@OriginalUsername2 or are you “teaming” a top with a trouser perhaps?

Why do drivers suddenly stop on a busy main road to let drivers out from a side road. It’s a main road for a reason … you have priority and should follow it .. mindless stopping just backs up traffic needlessly.

Maybe they're South African? They do that all the time over there. Or they did, anyway.

And following on from that, why does the last car in a queue of slow moving traffic let you out or across in front of them when they could just carry on and you'd just come out after them literally a second or two later. It's as if they want some kind of muttley medal for doing a good turn (even though completely pointless!).

In olden times. FML

Sorry this made me laugh out loud (I think because I wasn’t expecting to stumble across a casual c bomb 😂) and I will now assume I am part of the problem. 🙈

I always assumed it meant ‘loves’ I have no idea why. Years ago Mac did a Barbie x Mac and I always called it Barbie loves Mac. I’m not sure if I made it up in hindsight. It just looks like it says that in my mind 😊♥️

I wonder sometimes if everyone who Does it enjoys making reels on Instagram or tiktok.

I also don't understand some news articles on BBC News, they just don't seem that newsworthy.

I'm also a bit disappointed in the quality of mainstream TV. Also prevailing slavishness to beauty standards.

Why has ‘ly’ been dropped from loads of adverbs? It sounds so ugly to say ‘you did amazing’ compared to ‘you did amazingly’. Incredible/incredibly etc

This. And phones, ...so expensive compared to early incarnations.

Why is everything also tied into contracts . Broadband, phones, dentists, contact lenses, supermarket deliveries etc etc. I miss the days of just dipping in and out.

Also before, you could get a range of things. Every town had a rough pub, a boring pub, niche drinking place , a wine bar and somewhere you could take someone for a special meal. Now it's either Spoons (burger and fries) or gastro pub (boar burger and triple cooked chips). It's all aimed at everyone, separated by price.

I don't think because a parent sometimes carries their kid to or from school that necessarily means they never walk.

I think I didnt phrase that well.
I meant that if a child finds that comforting when they start school I don't see it as a big issue. I saw a mum I know occasionally carry her child back after school. However other times he scoots all the way. Of course if someone's child never has the opportunity to walk that would be concerning.

Wait.. picking up a child!
According to some here you're probably your child's servant by now. Maybe as a teenager they have a chariot.