Things that annoy you (22 Viewers)

[Tommo1993]

Ridiculous CCFC fan X posts.

 

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[fernandopartridge]

You Tubers.

Not ALL You Tubers.

Specifically those that:

- Speak to the camera that they are holding in one hand while constantly jabbing a finger towards the lens with the other hand.

- Set the volume levels so low that you end up turning the TV's volume up really high just to hear them, and then when the ads chime in it nearly bursts your eardrums.

- Say 'So. Yeah' every few seconds.

- Don't even bother to spell-check any of the text they display.
Watched one today where he put up a checklist of about six or eight things he needed to do to his van to fix it. I think virtually all had an error; e.g. brake calibers...
I like the guy, but ffs. He's a scouser though so I guess I should give him a pass

First world problems, I'm sure, but just plain irritating.

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[fernandopartridge]

Ridiculous CCFC fan X posts.

He must be on a Nokia 3210, oh wait

 

[Skybluekyle]

You Tubers.

Not ALL You Tubers.

Specifically those that:

- Speak to the camera that they are holding in one hand while constantly jabbing a finger towards the lens with the other hand.

- Set the volume levels so low that you end up turning the TV's volume up really high just to hear them, and then when the ads chime in it nearly bursts your eardrums.

- Say 'So. Yeah' every few seconds.

- Don't even bother to spell-check any of the text they display.
Watched one today where he put up a checklist of about six or eight things he needed to do to his van to fix it. I think virtually all had an error; e.g. brake calibers...
I like the guy, but ffs. He's a scouser though so I guess I should give him a pass

First world problems, I'm sure, but just plain irritating.

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[wingy]

Supermarkets. Twats empty shelves, make it up as you go along!

 

[Mcbean]

Supermarkets. Twats empty shelves, make it up as you go along!

Blame the government- soon there will be no fresh food from UK - bunch of twats

 

[shmmeee]

Blame the government- soon there will be no fresh food from UK - bunch of twats

What??

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

Blame the government- soon there will be no fresh food from UK - bunch of twats

It's a combination of government giving incentives to landowners (including the county councils) to sell land for house building, and supermarkets not buying the best quality local produce from UK producers. In our village in the Vale of Evesham, one grower i was speaking to on Monday says the Vale is famed for its early-season produce (e.g. beetroot in May), but the supermarkets are buying it from Spain because it is cheaper. Another has a packhouse full of kale and spring cabbage but can't sell it because the supermarkets only deal with the big suppliers.
It's a fucking scandal.

 

[fernandopartridge]

It's a combination of government giving incentives to landowners (including the county councils) to sell land for house building, and supermarkets not buying the best quality local produce from UK producers. In our village in the Vale of Evesham, one grower i was speaking to on Monday says the Vale is famed for its early-season produce (e.g. beetroot in May), but the supermarkets are buying it from Spain because it is cheaper. Another has a packhouse full of kale and spring cabbage but can't sell it because the supermarkets only deal with the big suppliers.
It's a fucking scandal.

I wonder how the UK compares with other countries in the amount of food it imports that it can produce at home?

 

[SBAndy]

It's a combination of government giving incentives to landowners (including the county councils) to sell land for house building, and supermarkets not buying the best quality local produce from UK producers. In our village in the Vale of Evesham, one grower i was speaking to on Monday says the Vale is famed for its early-season produce (e.g. beetroot in May), but the supermarkets are buying it from Spain because it is cheaper. Another has a packhouse full of kale and spring cabbage but can't sell it because the supermarkets only deal with the big suppliers.
It's a fucking scandal.

Those are the kind of situations that tariffs were actually designed for.

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

I wonder how the UK compares with other countries in the amount of food it imports that it can produce at home?

That would be a very interesting stat. I would also like to see how much we export (meat in particular) that we also import (e.g. lamb from NZ, chicken from god-knows-where, etc).
France is FAR more self-sufficient than we are (being the closest to self-sufficiency in Europe), and has the potential to be even more so. They cheat a little bit by having overseas territories which count as "home".

 

[fernandopartridge]

That would be a very interesting stat. I would also like to see how much we export (meat in particular) that we also import (e.g. lamb from NZ, chicken from god-knows-where, etc).
France is FAR more self-sufficient than we are (being the closest to self-sufficiency in Europe), and has the potential to be even more so. They cheat a little bit by having overseas territories which count as "home".

I think France and mainland Europe in general are better at eating what's in season. For whatever reason, we're not, and I don't think supermarkets help in that regard.

 

[OffenhamSkyBlue]

I think France and mainland Europe in general are better at eating what's in season. For whatever reason, we're not, and I don't think supermarkets help in that regard.

Absolutely spot-on! There is a whole "education piece" to be done with the UK population on that. But it is not helped by plant-based diets who import massive amounts of sweet potatoes, chickpeas, almonds (especially as almond milk), avo-bloody-cados, which have a devastating environmental impact far higher than a locally-sourced leg of lamb.

 

[Captain Dart]

I wonder how the UK compares with other countries in the amount of food it imports that it can produce at home?

Badly but it has been unable to supply it's own food since before the First World War. Since then the UK fishing fleet has been more or less dismantled.

 

[shmmeee]

Never understood the obsession with self sufficiency TBH. Looking at the data we do worse than very large countries like US and France and better than smaller ones like Japan, Italy, Switzerland and Korea

 

[Mcbean]

Our big issue ( not the rag ) is our costs of production in UK - higher labour costs , higher fertiliser and seed costs - higher standards of welfare etc and the biggest reason the majority of people buy on price

I get milk delivered and yes it costs more but it supports the few dairy farms left in the area ( just North of you Offenham )

I am sad for UK !