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I’m in a mood. What should be banned (lighthearted)

531 replies

Merryoldgoat · 10/01/2025 19:05

Fucking door knocking charity callers. Why is it allowed? It’s intrusive and I bloody hate it.

Pink deodorant - always cloying and horribly floral.

Having to refill rinse aid

I think the menopause is hitting hard today.

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BlackChunkyBoots · 14/01/2025 22:02

The District line, especially between Turnham Green & Richmond.
Fare evaders. Fucking walk!
Mushrooms
Lime bikes
The cost of renting in London
My estate agent "touching base" (crrinngge)
How much olive oil costs

HaddyAbrams · 14/01/2025 22:05

Reddit style posts on MN

"DP (47,M) and I (43,F)

And AITA. It's MN. We have AIBU here.

Sacredhandbag · 14/01/2025 22:07

Youngheartsalittletogetherness · 14/01/2025 21:55

We have two of those in our block of flats,the smell hits you like a punch in the face when opening the communal front door.🤮

It really does. I can't even describe it. I know people can't smell their own but I just can't understand how noone could smell that.

RealHousewivesOfTaunton · 14/01/2025 22:16

Any Galaxy truffle which is not the original Galaxy truffle that came in the original boxes of Celebrations. DH came home with hazelnut monstrosities the other night. NO!

northernballer · 14/01/2025 22:28

Stoptober, Veganuary, Movember, any bastardisation of calendar months basically.

Also the Authenticator app.

Sacredhandbag · 14/01/2025 22:33

Banks that want me to go through 50 million ways of verifying myself before they let me access or do anything with my own money. They want my password, my passcode, my memorable word, my blood type, the 5th and 9th characters of my cat's mother's maiden name, my immortal soul and my date of birth before I can even click on "approve this transaction"

Fuck off. I just want to order this take away.

denhaag · 14/01/2025 23:04

Sacredhandbag · 14/01/2025 22:33

Banks that want me to go through 50 million ways of verifying myself before they let me access or do anything with my own money. They want my password, my passcode, my memorable word, my blood type, the 5th and 9th characters of my cat's mother's maiden name, my immortal soul and my date of birth before I can even click on "approve this transaction"

Fuck off. I just want to order this take away.

I'll add doing anything with NS&I!
I just wanted to buy some sodding Premium Bonds.
I'd better bloody win after the 4000 attempts I made!

Joolsin · 14/01/2025 23:25

Any TV programme with "Celebs", grifting their way from show to show. I'm sick of the same boring faces. Any time a show with normal people on becomes popular (e.g. Bake Off, The Chase, etc., etc.) the next thing they have to do a Celeb version. I don't want to see those desperate fuckers shilling their way around the circuit, trying to remain relevant and visible, whilst displaying no obvious talent.

Youngheartsalittletogetherness · 14/01/2025 23:54

Joe Swash... what is the point of him
As above he pops up bloody every where on anything with a pre cursor celeb programme.🤯

Sacredhandbag · 15/01/2025 00:05

Any "celeb" with the job title "personality". It's just code for "famous for being vaugely famous".

See also: "Socialite*. IE: "famous for being rich, having rich parents or shagging rich people".

Merryoldgoat · 15/01/2025 00:43

Youngheartsalittletogetherness · 14/01/2025 23:54

Joe Swash... what is the point of him
As above he pops up bloody every where on anything with a pre cursor celeb programme.🤯

I really have to agree with this.

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ItsProperlyColdOut · 15/01/2025 00:48

Problems, and the problems with problems.

Need more radiators and warm places to sit.

Need fewer problems.

JMSA · 15/01/2025 01:41

northernballer · 14/01/2025 22:28

Stoptober, Veganuary, Movember, any bastardisation of calendar months basically.

Also the Authenticator app.

What IS the point of that app?
It never works for me.

denhaag · 15/01/2025 03:14

@JMSA we use the app for 2FA for work logins - never had a problem.

JustMovingUncomfortablySlow · 15/01/2025 03:32

Fellow Uni students who are "in charge" of our shared PowerPoint for the group presentation and who don't send it to us to submit until 7 FUCKING MINUTES before the submission cut off - and who then say "ooops I sent you the wrong one" seconds after you submit.

I think we should be allowed to whistle blow and they should fail the module. Not really, that's just how I felt in the moment.

I was RAGING (Menopause rage at that). Last year of Uni, last ever group presentation. Thank Fuck for that.

Youhaveyourhandsfull · 15/01/2025 04:38

The phrase 'fun fact' which is always followed by something entirely unremarkable or widely known, as opposed to some unique insight or observation.

Botanikal · 15/01/2025 04:43

The expression ‘mutton dressed as lamb’.

ZekeZeke · 15/01/2025 06:09

HRT patches!
Stupid yokes that leave a sticky residue on your arse and are fiddlesome to put on and always out of stock.

Sacredhandbag · 15/01/2025 13:52

People that stop on crossings.

I know it's already banned before someone pipes up but I'm putting it here anyway because it's so bloody annoying

People do it all the time when stopped in traffic, they sit there gormlessly on the bloody crossing. It's pissing down with rain, it's rush hour, and I just want to cross the damn road to get my child into school and some knobhead is sat there on the crossing. It absolutely can be helped. You would fail your driving test for doing it and you should get a driving ban if you do it more than once. Fuck ooofff. One day I will walk across their bonnets. Kids scooter and all.

TigerRag · 15/01/2025 13:58

When you're in an empty place like a cinema and someone has booked a seat right next to you should not be allowed

JohnSt1 · 15/01/2025 14:02

Newusernameforthiss · 10/01/2025 19:13

Oh that's a great one. Instant ick.

I'm an ick-giver!😁I have an aversion to butter. It makes my skin crawl.

Tarkan · 15/01/2025 14:17

People sharing their bugs with me when I'm already having to deal with multiple doctor and hospital appointments for non-infectious health issues. It's hard to phone and make new hospital appointments when your throat is so sore you can't talk.

ToffeePennie · 15/01/2025 14:23

Oooh! Can we add “Attendance Awards” at schools please!
And I’d very much like to add any drive through where they have “run out” of something. (Looking at you Starbucks with your “no more caramel” at 11am on a Tuesday!)

TwigletsAndRadishes · 15/01/2025 14:29

orangesandlemonssaythebellsofstclements · 14/01/2025 21:17

People's general behaviour in supermarkets - the usual suspects. Conversation havers, leaving trolleys sideways across aisles while getting something off shelves, standing in front of me to look at something on a shelf that I am also standing there looking at etc etc.
I'd say there should be rules to keep these knobheads in check like, IDK, arrows on the floor or something but we all know that that doesn't work.

Other than that:
Outdoor cats
MLMs
Bottled water
Vapes
People that are unable to speak at an acceptable volume
January
February
People that say "eggy bread"
All of the endless varieties of dating show where everyone is wearing a bikini and on some sort of island
Self diagnosis (fight me)
GP receptionists
Being forced to download an app just to complete a simple mundane task
Ridiculous rules on what your own password needs to contain
Looking at your phone while walking along the street.
Swearing in the school playground
Parking on, or partially on, pavements
Bins being collected during rush hour
Chinese lanterns
Balloon releases
Unsolicited phonecalls
Child Beauty Pageants
Christmas in November
Flights doubling in price when you go back to them after 5 minutes
Not being allowed to "skip ad" on YouTube
Standing to close to people in queues
Not letting people leave a lift, train or bus before barging in
Andrew Tate
Lame excuses for not paying. It's 2025. Everyone knows you can do a bank transfer while you take a shit. Pay or just be honest about why you haven't.
McDonalds
Massive deposits just to buy a house
Gambling advertisements - come on, they banned cigarettes adverts, get started on gambling next
Adverts that say things like "dermatologists hate her!"
Microbeads
disposable nappies
calling cushions pillows
Pugs
Fat, cuddly unicorns that sort of sit up in a babyish way.
Slow internet
Drizzle
Mrs Hinch
Bringing kids to events clearly aimed at adults
British kids using American words for things
Corporate greed
Sex under 18
Paying taxes under 18/ not giving the vote to 16 year olds - pick one.

That's all I can think of except the really obvious stuff like sexism, racism, puppy farms etc. I may return.

That's an impressive list.

How many under 18's pay tax in reality though? Barely any, I bet. I am absolutely and wholeheartedly and vehemently opposed to 16 year olds getting the vote, but yes I agree that they should not have to pay tax either. Even if barely any of them do.

decemberdawn · 15/01/2025 16:46

Crossing the road between my car and the car in front while I'm waiting in traffic.

Shops that ask you for your email instead of just printing a receipt.

Skibidi toilet and all the incessantly annoying jargon it has spawned.