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A hill you are prepared to die on

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xxxx01 · 13/10/2026 14:13

What is your hill you are prepared to die on.

Mine is the moon landing was fake.
Botox makes you look older.
Sex is overrated.
Some art work is not art its crap.

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AstonCanKissMyArse · 13/10/2026 18:45

FlimFlamFlomFlipFlapFlop · 13/10/2026 18:29

I'm allowed my opinion.

True, but it doesn't appear to be based on any kind of logic.

You do realise though that there are lots of pensioners right?

While your local garden centre may be packed, many many more are skint at home?

Just sounds like envious bitching about the people who have already done their bit for society. Let them eat cake, ffs.

Echobelly · 13/10/2026 18:45

RanyaJerodung · 13/10/2026 17:23

Your last point? I know plenty of Jewish people who do. However, it's not right to hold them collectively responsible. I'm not held responsible for the land of my origin.

As I said, I am Jewish. Of course we are not accountable for Israel's actions but I feel we're not actually helping protect Jewish people and a Jewish state if we don't criticise it but many people, and I can understand the urge, think the best approach must be to defend it come what may.

tartyflette · 13/10/2026 18:46

AstonCanKissMyArse · 13/10/2026 18:42

But.... what were you expecting, out of interest?

They're cliffs.

They're white.

Does what it says on the tin!

But what about the bluebirds?
Severe disappointment on that front, what with ‘bluebirds’ not being a native British species.

Therescathairinmybath · 13/10/2026 18:46

Gloriia · 13/10/2026 18:25

Totally agree. Salt & vinegar in green is so very wrong and yes why does shampoo and conditioner come in identical bottles?

I'd go a step further re sprouts and banish Christmas dinner completely who really wants all that crap. Give me a sarnie and crisps anyday.

Christmas dinner is so overhyped isn’t it? One of my DC is vegetarian and I’m much happier eating a nice veggie dish than such a heavy meal that most people expect. Mince pies are horrible - bah humbug! 😊

endofthecorridoor · 13/10/2026 18:47

MyFavouriteGame · 13/10/2026 14:59

This is mild, but anyone that doesn’t unrack their weights at the gym is a twat.

Salt and vinegar crisps are definitely the best, I agree!

Oh I like this one. And also people who don’t put them back in weight order ! There should be penalties. Also agree on the crisps particularly on sandwiches

drspouse · 13/10/2026 18:48

godmum56 · 13/10/2026 18:18

there have been idiots and keyboard warriors since bulletin boards and green screens, the difference was it was all dial up and massively expensive which muzzled them a bit.

As a student we once got a green pen letter from a neighbour about government spies or electricity pylons or similar. That's what they did before the internet.

FlimFlamFlomFlipFlapFlop · 13/10/2026 18:49

AstonCanKissMyArse · 13/10/2026 18:45

True, but it doesn't appear to be based on any kind of logic.

You do realise though that there are lots of pensioners right?

While your local garden centre may be packed, many many more are skint at home?

Just sounds like envious bitching about the people who have already done their bit for society. Let them eat cake, ffs.

If you are trying to say there are no vindictive judgemental pensioners out there you are very much mistaken and having been unfairly on the receiving end of it I have an informed opinion and am dying on that hill. I'm sick of the coffee and netflix comments and they can piss off with it!

Gloriia · 13/10/2026 18:50

Therescathairinmybath · 13/10/2026 18:46

Christmas dinner is so overhyped isn’t it? One of my DC is vegetarian and I’m much happier eating a nice veggie dish than such a heavy meal that most people expect. Mince pies are horrible - bah humbug! 😊

Ugh it is too much the whole day revolves round roasties, carrots, stuffing and mash.

We need to change the tradition to save our sanity.

AstonCanKissMyArse · 13/10/2026 18:52

FlimFlamFlomFlipFlapFlop · 13/10/2026 18:49

If you are trying to say there are no vindictive judgemental pensioners out there you are very much mistaken and having been unfairly on the receiving end of it I have an informed opinion and am dying on that hill. I'm sick of the coffee and netflix comments and they can piss off with it!

Im sorry some pensioners have been mean to you.

That does not mean that fuel poverty among pensioners is not a thing.

Gloriia · 13/10/2026 18:52

FlimFlamFlomFlipFlapFlop · 13/10/2026 18:49

If you are trying to say there are no vindictive judgemental pensioners out there you are very much mistaken and having been unfairly on the receiving end of it I have an informed opinion and am dying on that hill. I'm sick of the coffee and netflix comments and they can piss off with it!

There are vindictive judgemental people of all ages.

I bet pensioners have paid more in tax than the current working generation ever will.

DistantEarlyWarning · 13/10/2026 18:53

Antivaxxers are a danger to public heath.

Women and girls are female. People with penises are not female. Nevertheless, people can wear what the hell they like and use whatever name pleases them.

Abortion is healthcare and the opinion of men on the subject is irrelevant.

Homeopathy is junk science.

Correlation is not causation.

Pineapple on pizza is an abomination.

fando · 13/10/2026 18:54

Just sounds like envious bitching about the people who have already done their bit for society. Let them eat cake, ffs

😂😂😂

Plenty of pensioners have done nothing for society, fecklessness isn’t age restricted!

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · 13/10/2026 18:54

If your kid repeatedly hits mine and the school won’t do anything about it my children will hit yours back - SEN or not. They’re never going to get told off by me for that because sometimes it’s all that works.

fando · 13/10/2026 18:55

Gloriia · 13/10/2026 18:52

There are vindictive judgemental people of all ages.

I bet pensioners have paid more in tax than the current working generation ever will.

Current pensioners have taken more than they paid in, it’s just demographics

Scorchio84 · 13/10/2026 18:55

drspouse · 13/10/2026 18:48

As a student we once got a green pen letter from a neighbour about government spies or electricity pylons or similar. That's what they did before the internet.

Jaysus hardcore.. it might have been one of your housemates though? I'd have thought letters from neighbours of a student house would be noise related 😂

SerafinasGoose · 13/10/2026 18:56

ExtraHotDoubleShot · 13/10/2026 14:43

Are you me?!

Evidently not.

Greenandyellowday · 13/10/2026 18:56

NetballHoop · 13/10/2026 14:53

  1. The death penalty is never right. People will say that I'd change my mind if someone killed one of my children. Yes, I probably would which is why the decision is made by government, not by individuals.

  2. People who believe the moon landings were faked are so misguided that I wouldn't trust their opinion on anything else.

  3. Salt & Vinegar is the best crips flavour.

Yes to all of these! 👏

HappyImarriedaDarren · 13/10/2026 18:56

You ought to pass a test before you conceive a child. Or to take it further, men should be sterilised at birth and reversed when they’re deemed to be decent fathers.

The magnitude of poor parenting, misattribution of SEN, lack of respect for teachers and others and tolerance of terrible behaviour is unsustainable. We are breeding a generation of ‘non-copers’ who will bleed the country dry.

Yo808 · 13/10/2026 19:00

HappyImarriedaDarren · 13/10/2026 18:56

You ought to pass a test before you conceive a child. Or to take it further, men should be sterilised at birth and reversed when they’re deemed to be decent fathers.

The magnitude of poor parenting, misattribution of SEN, lack of respect for teachers and others and tolerance of terrible behaviour is unsustainable. We are breeding a generation of ‘non-copers’ who will bleed the country dry.

Do women get the same treatment ? I assume not ?

Silverbirchleaf · 13/10/2026 19:01

It’s ‘macaroni cheese’ not ‘mac and cheese’!

Boreded · 13/10/2026 19:01

TeeBee · 13/10/2026 15:13

We could be friends 😂

Need a third. I have a list ready, we can swap

FlimFlamFlomFlipFlapFlop · 13/10/2026 19:02

AstonCanKissMyArse · 13/10/2026 18:52

Im sorry some pensioners have been mean to you.

That does not mean that fuel poverty among pensioners is not a thing.

I've been asked what hill I would die on and one of mine is that I am sick of Pensioners and the coffee and netflix comments. I'm sorry if anyone finds that ageist but I'm very sick of it, it's a personal thing. I am allowed this opinion. I'm sick of previous generations who had opportunities that this generation don't have a hope in hell of getting sneering at us saying we simply don't work hard enough and want it all handed to us on plate and don't prioritise. People who got handed council houses to them on a plate and bought that house on the cheap without saving a penny for a deposit and would never have been able to do that today. Me and my children are fucking homeless and get these comments regularly thrown at us so don't tell me there is no logic behind my opinion and that I have no right to be utterly sick and tired of it. That is the basis of my opinion, from personal attacks at my absolute lowest ebb. I don't care if it's ageist or spiteful.

Boreded · 13/10/2026 19:02

Silverbirchleaf · 13/10/2026 19:01

It’s ‘macaroni cheese’ not ‘mac and cheese’!

And it is from whatever you call it

DetectiveDouche · 13/10/2026 19:02
  • Dogs should be allowed everywhere because they're lovely
  • Andy Burnham may not be a completely shit Prime Minister (although time will tell)
• Genuine proven asylum cases should be allowed in. But not on illegal boats. That's madness on all levels
AstonCanKissMyArse · 13/10/2026 19:02

fando · 13/10/2026 18:54

Just sounds like envious bitching about the people who have already done their bit for society. Let them eat cake, ffs

😂😂😂

Plenty of pensioners have done nothing for society, fecklessness isn’t age restricted!

The ones who can afford to go out for lunch probably have!

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