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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 2025-12-30T16:07:49+00:00

I’ll start - people who can’t wait to take the tree and decorations down on Boxing Day (or any time during the following very few days) and ‘have a really good clean’. 2nd (this’ll be popular on MN!) - people who don’t like dogs. 🐶❤️

ginasevern · 30/12/2025 18:01

Definitely with you OP on those that can't wait to rip the trimmings down and have a "jolly good clean". Also anyone who doesn't like dogs, or animals in general. Anyone who finds sit coms about married couples and their adorably cheeky little kids (who invariably live in infeasibly large middle class houses) hilarious. Ditto anyone who finds Mrs Brown's Boys hilarious. People who can't spare 5 seconds (let alone 5 hours) without checking their phones. Unless of course they happen to run a major country or are in charge of the nuclear armament.

Thepeopleversuswork · 30/12/2025 18:03

dooflepops · 30/12/2025 17:59

People who don’t know anything about the world and are happy in their own insular little life. These are the kind of people you would hate to be in your team at a pub quiz because they have no interest in anything that doesn’t affect them, or have any desire to educate themselves on anything.

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Totally agree with this. People like this are a waste of oxygen.

LlynTegid · 30/12/2025 18:04

vincettenoir · 30/12/2025 16:15

People who think “My Family” is a funny sitcom.

Nowhere near as alien as anyone who thinks Mrs Browns Boys is a comedy. Their English dictionary is not the same as mine.

SushiDisco · 30/12/2025 18:04

People with an all grey /white/beige home. Also crushed velvet.

People who don’t like tea or coffee.

People who don’t like any vegetables.

People who overshare/ air their dirty laundry on social media. oh and “check in” to hospital on Facebook.

Rosamutabilis · 30/12/2025 18:04

Thepeopleversuswork · 30/12/2025 17:53

@Rosamutabilis

People who didn’t go to university?

That’s pretty judgmental and small minded, a lot of people can’t afford it. Also needlessly self limiting. A degree doesn’t automatically render someone intelligent or interesting. Increasingly these days it’s a marker of inert privilege and lack of any clearer idea of what to do.

And I speak as someone with two degrees about to embark on a third.

The OP asked what types of people feel alien to you and that was one of my answers. I know lots of people and all my family( including my 88 year old mother), all my friends and all the people I worked with before I retired all went to university. So I have never knowingly socialised with anyone who didn't and I'm in my sixties. So it would feel very alien to me to socialise with someone who hadn't been.

HelloDandy · 30/12/2025 18:05

Pollyanna87 · 30/12/2025 17:04

People who dawdle along the pavement.

Especially when they dawdle in the middle of the path so I can't pass without walking into the road or having to wait behind them till there's room to pass.

Complaining It's "It's freezing" when it's 15 degrees during any season. Is it? Is it really? 🙄

IllAdvised · 30/12/2025 18:05

Pavementworrier · 30/12/2025 17:29

I would need to take drugs to endure the company of Flask Woman.

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My relatives once met my parents (who were on their first visit to the UK) off a flight at LHR, asked them if they’d like a cup of tea, then drove them to a petrol station on the outskirts of the airport, and unpacked folding chairs, a flask and digestives and sat down in the forecourt.

333FionaG · 30/12/2025 18:07

IllAdvised · 30/12/2025 18:05

My relatives once met my parents (who were on their first visit to the UK) off a flight at LHR, asked them if they’d like a cup of tea, then drove them to a petrol station on the outskirts of the airport, and unpacked folding chairs, a flask and digestives and sat down in the forecourt.

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I think that's quite sweet.

the80sweregreat · 30/12/2025 18:08

People who like having tattoos and men who like beards ( which is most of my own relatives! )
I am told I’m boring , but I don’t see the point of having things drawn on you and paying a fortune for the privilege. Especially if it’s a tattoo on your back , you can’t even see it that well yourself !
Baffles me.

goldhearts · 30/12/2025 18:09

Strait laced people who take life extremely seriously and do everything by the book.

ginasevern · 30/12/2025 18:10

@dooflepops "People who don’t know anything about the world and are happy in their own insular little life. These are the kind of people you would hate to be in your team at a pub quiz because they have no interest in anything that doesn’t affect them, or have any desire to educate themselves on anything."

Oh yes and this. And people who say "hark at her, she must've swallowed a dictionary" when you use an average word that happens to have three or more syllables.

Duckiewasthefirstniceguy · 30/12/2025 18:11

People who like to clean.
People who ‘don’t read’.
People who ‘didn’t fancy uni’.
People who ‘always wanted to be a mum’.
Fussy eaters.
Religious people.
Cat people.
‘Gender critical’ people.
Racists.

the80sweregreat · 30/12/2025 18:11

Most of my friends and family never went to university. Dh did his degree with work and my son went , but it’s not something I ever ask anyone really
I am from a working class background though. Sometimes the one without degrees seem to have more common sense , especially the older ones in my family! University of life, don’t knock it !

Tattiana · 30/12/2025 18:11

ginasevern · 30/12/2025 18:10

@dooflepops "People who don’t know anything about the world and are happy in their own insular little life. These are the kind of people you would hate to be in your team at a pub quiz because they have no interest in anything that doesn’t affect them, or have any desire to educate themselves on anything."

Oh yes and this. And people who say "hark at her, she must've swallowed a dictionary" when you use an average word that happens to have three or more syllables.

And yet they’re using the word hark..?

CrypticField · 30/12/2025 18:12

BillieWiper · 30/12/2025 16:15

People who actively dislike animals and would never own a pet of any kind.

People who think voting Reform will make the country vastly improved.

People who go to their local pub for years but only ever seem to give the other locals dirty looks in response to their polite smiles or greetings.

People who happily purchase and eat margarine to spread on toast. Then refer to it as 'butter'.

People who spend money on logo laden 'designer' labels that either are fake or look it because they're so gaudy and tacky.

Will you be my friend.

EchoedSilence · 30/12/2025 18:13

People who don't understand that other people do things differently to them.

K0OLA1D · 30/12/2025 18:14

Rosamutabilis · 30/12/2025 17:32

People who don't like cats.

People who buy ready made veg and accompaniments eg mashed or roast potatoes, red cabbage, chopped up Mediterranean veg, and bread/ cranberry sauce/ gravy.

People who didn't go to university.

People who have Botox and fillers.

People who don't understand disability

KimberleyClark · 30/12/2025 18:14

Rosamutabilis · 30/12/2025 18:04

The OP asked what types of people feel alien to you and that was one of my answers. I know lots of people and all my family( including my 88 year old mother), all my friends and all the people I worked with before I retired all went to university. So I have never knowingly socialised with anyone who didn't and I'm in my sixties. So it would feel very alien to me to socialise with someone who hadn't been.

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Do you ask people where they went to university as soon as you meet them?

rereturner · 30/12/2025 18:14

People who queue up at a pub/bar one behind each other like you do in a shop.

Seems like a relatively recent thing and I just don’t get it at all.

dizzydizzydizzy · 30/12/2025 18:14

Oh dear, I am alien to you OP.! I find dogs smelly. I have a hypersensitive sense of smell (due to neurodivergence). I also cringe when people refer their dogs as furbabies.

I can't understand people who don't eat proper food and never cook anything.

gudetamathelazyegg · 30/12/2025 18:14

People who choose to live where they grew up, and for bonus points round the corner from their parents. I couldn't wait to leave my small town where everyone knew me and my family. I feel under surveillance just visiting! Lots of my friends post uni did this and honestly we grew apart because our lives were so different.

People who watch 'normal telly'. I can never join in on work discussions re. traitors, strictly and stuff which can be annoying. My mum gets annoyed trying to describe an advert she's seen on telly to me. Can't imagine paying £140 for a licence myself!

People who have never finished a video game. DH works in games so it's a huge part of our lives and interests.

MadinMarch · 30/12/2025 18:14

xAwaywiththefairiesx · 30/12/2025 16:17

The tree thing. Both putting it up in November and taking it down so early. These people come across as spoilt children to me. It's silly but it makes me think of them in a certain way.

Cat people. Just cannot relate.

People who quickly queue up to get on the plane or pay for early boarding... Why??

People who enjoy cruises. I don't judge you, I just can't.

Speedy boarding is just a side perk to booking a seat with extra cabin luggage on Easy jet. I don't know whether this is the same with other airlines.
Therefore, I use the speedy booking at check in as it saves me having to stand for so long (have some health problems) but I'd never purchase it as a stand alone (excuse the pun) service.

Heyhelga · 30/12/2025 18:20

AngelinaFibres · 30/12/2025 17:24

People who can't spell queue .

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Damn I'm actually fuming with myself for dropping that one.

Iocanepowder · 30/12/2025 18:20

BillieWiper · 30/12/2025 16:15

People who actively dislike animals and would never own a pet of any kind.

People who think voting Reform will make the country vastly improved.

People who go to their local pub for years but only ever seem to give the other locals dirty looks in response to their polite smiles or greetings.

People who happily purchase and eat margarine to spread on toast. Then refer to it as 'butter'.

People who spend money on logo laden 'designer' labels that either are fake or look it because they're so gaudy and tacky.

Is it not quite obvious why many people would never choose to own a pet though? So many reasons, and completely valid ones.

I’ll go with people who enjoy being parents to babies and toddlers.

Thepeopleversuswork · 30/12/2025 18:20

Rosamutabilis · 30/12/2025 18:04

The OP asked what types of people feel alien to you and that was one of my answers. I know lots of people and all my family( including my 88 year old mother), all my friends and all the people I worked with before I retired all went to university. So I have never knowingly socialised with anyone who didn't and I'm in my sixties. So it would feel very alien to me to socialise with someone who hadn't been.

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I mean it’s entirely your right to feel that people who haven’t been to university are “alien”.

It just feels very self limiting to me. You’re cutting out of your circle so many potentially interesting people for such an arbitrary reason and narrowing your experience and perspective which is at odds with the basic premise of wanting to be educated.

But you do you.