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A hill you will die on.

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GreenEyesIsBack · 19/02/2026 15:04

Mine is amongst others that carbonara should only ever be made with long pasta, none of your penne, or fusili nonsense.

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HangingOver · 19/02/2026 16:44

I've been dying on this one a lot recently....

But people who invariably bring up the safety of women and girls when they're talking about why they like Reform UK...

Yes alright there are cultures where some men treat and view women differently to us BUT if you aren't donating to women's refuges, if you're not listening to what the women in your life are saying with both ears, if you're not willing to look at the stepdads/uncles etc of girls and instead of saying "surely not" saying "what if", if you're not challenging the disgusting things men say to eachother when no one can hear them FUCK OFF OFF OFF with your keeping women safe bullshit because it's not about women.

AgnesMcDoo · 19/02/2026 16:45

Oh dear I think I disagree with nearly everything on this thread. 🤣

Seymour5 · 19/02/2026 16:45

Pollyanna87 · 19/02/2026 16:24

Cake and biscuits go with tea, and coffee goes with pastries and donuts. ‘Coffee and cake’ is an abomination.

Oops, I like coffee and a buttered scone. Sugar in the latte. And pineapple on pizza, and chicken korma. And really well done steak.

I’ll go with the misuse of fewer/less and floor/ground.

murasaki · 19/02/2026 16:45

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · 19/02/2026 16:43

I’m never ever paying cinema prices for popcorn and snacks. I cannot bring myself to do it. Now I can afford it, but my inner poor person won’t let me tap my card. Also sneaking in snacks is half the fun even though they don’t really seem to care about you brining your own food in these days.

Whereas I'd say if you can't last for a 2 hour film without shoving crunchy and/or smelly food into your face, stay at home and rent it on Netflix or amazon.

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 16:45

People who think it's ok to take photos/videos with drugged big cats/ elephants abroad should have their passports taken away.

DeftBrickWriter · 19/02/2026 16:45

Sourdough bread is vastly overrated

CloudPop · 19/02/2026 16:47

hairyunicorn · 19/02/2026 15:19

Truffle is disgusting 😩

I agree ! I hate it

dailyconniptions · 19/02/2026 16:47

Apostrophe placement is important. Spelling is important. Grammar is important. Especially when you're (NOT YOUR) writing for thousands and thousands of people to read.

MTOandMe · 19/02/2026 16:47

Since it’s light-hearted I’ll leave my real ones to the side.

Tasting Menus, even the expensive Michelin ones, are shite and I’ve never had one that has left me satisfied!

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · 19/02/2026 16:47

Slightyamusedandsilly · 19/02/2026 16:37

Next to love, education is the most important element of a child's life. Parents that don't actively support their children in their education are negligent.

Totally agree, but I have a vested interest as a private tutor. My mum always drilled into us “education is your ticket out of poverty” and to give her credit none of us are in poverty anymore.

amoosebouche · 19/02/2026 16:47

@GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf hard agree for massive impersonal corporation cinemas. But I do always support my local independent as I want it to stay (and the prices are far more reasonable!)

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 16:48

Team-building outings and forced "time" with coworkers should be outlawed. And CEOs who push the "we are a family" should be demoted... It is a workplace. Go away with that stupid sh-t.

LetMeGoogleThat · 19/02/2026 16:48

Cheese should never have fruit in it! Served with it, that's fine.

ChamonixMountainBum · 19/02/2026 16:48

Missohnoyoubetterdont · 19/02/2026 16:38

And severe penalties for those with the scrunchy bit round the bum-hole. Fucking awful.

Loads of those down my gym. Not sure why you would want to wear skin coloured spray on thin lycra leggings which literally show off yoir vacuum sealed vulva and a scrunchy bum hole design that could stand in as a stunt double for the Sarlac pit from Return of the Jedi.

MabelAnderson · 19/02/2026 16:48

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 19/02/2026 15:31

The only thing that should be coffee flavoured is coffee. It is a drink flavour. I will accept you adding milk and/or sugar, even having it cold, but not putting it in chocolate, or cake or sweets.

(this is even more my view when you realise coffee chocolate was invented in order to undermine the Japanese love of tea. Apparently coffee flavoured chocolate was launched after poor coffee sales in Japan so children were used to the coffee flavour and would be more likely to try the coffee drink. )

Woah now, coffee and walnut cake is delightful.

murasaki · 19/02/2026 16:48

That there's only one facial cosmetic surgeon (and maybe their apprentice) in the whole of the UK. It's the only possible explanation for all those women looking exactly the same.

fucketyfucketyfuckerty · 19/02/2026 16:49

Toilet roll should have the fresh sheets faced pulling down not up.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 19/02/2026 16:49

1000StrawberryLollies · 19/02/2026 16:29

Neither really. An Italian 'a' is pretty much mid-way between an English flat 'a' and an 'ah'. I would say the long a is no more wrong than the short one.

It's like the "a" sound in "hat."

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 16:49

dailyconniptions · 19/02/2026 16:47

Apostrophe placement is important. Spelling is important. Grammar is important. Especially when you're (NOT YOUR) writing for thousands and thousands of people to read.

Ah, when someone uses "Your" vs "You're" incorrectly just makes me want to slam my head on the keyboard. Especially when we are talking about "serious" or "official" people in a work or professional capacity.

Blondiney · 19/02/2026 16:49

All the trendy renegades wearing their socks pulled up over their leggings look ridiculous. Every single one of them.

Hesma · 19/02/2026 16:50

The following are grim and should be banished from the planet:

coffee
olives
coriander 🧼
celery
bread sauce
parmesan

Greendiamondbee · 19/02/2026 16:50

Parents marrying other people does not automatically result in a step parent.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 19/02/2026 16:51

A box of Kraft Cheesy Pasta serves one person. Not three.

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 16:51

It is completely moronic to be out and about wearing socks and slippers... And I don't even care about anyone's style but that just screams "dumb" to me.

Catwalking · 19/02/2026 16:51

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 15:11

Also that sliders and socks look good on precisely no-one. Oh and crocs are fucking horrible too

crocs ok to wear for hanging washing out ?

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