I hate

Yeah!

Someone should shoot one of them in the eye with a paintball.

I think Jossy did that already?

I hate seeing someone I recognise but don't know from where.

I'll rack my brains trying to remember where I know them from and it's slightly annoying. It's worse when I end up making eye contact because I never understand if they gave me a sort of look that is expecting me to say something, or what.

This morning I was in line at the post office and the guy in front of me was very familiar - the whole time I was trying to put a name or a place to that face. "Did we go to school together maybe?", "Is he a distant cousin?", "Friend of a friend, perhaps?". Nothing. He looked back at me a couple times, I avoided locking eyes but there was a time when it was impossible. His look makes me think he knows me, and plus he dropped his mask immediately after. So I just act surprised and blurt out "Heyyyy! How's it going, man?". He smiles, "alright, alright...you?", "Yeah, fine, picking up a package ahah". And we just stand in line for another 20 minutes. Hours later I'm having lunch and it hits me: he was a cashier at the supermarket in a different city I used to live in. What are the odds, right? Anyway, I got that little moment of instant gratification for figuring out who he was, but at the same it's disappointing because I don't really know him, I just used to see him a lot...plus, kind of embarrassing to greet someone you don't know. Maybe he thought I was crazy.

A similar thing happened a couple of weeks ago when I saw the lady who works reception at the hospital having dinner at a sushi place. I'd never seen her outside of the reception desk at the hospital. Fucking weird.

kind of embarrassing to greet someone you don't know. Maybe he thought I was crazy.

it sounds like a nice thing to do

I get it a lot, I'm awful at putting names and faces together, not quite face blind but I do think I have aphantasia to some degree and until I've seen someone, or their photo a fair amount I have trouble remembering them as I can't picture their face. Generally just call everyone mate.

I had a particularly bad one last year. I ended up going to Prague twice last summer, once on tour with my band and once on holiday with my girlfriend. The first time I got to chatting to some Czech guy that came to the gig because I noticed he was reading a book I really liked. A couple of months later I was in a cafe having brunch and was absolutely convinced the same guy was sat on the table next to us so I said "oh hey, we met a couple of months ago, we talked about Bohumil Hrabal at Café Na Pul Cesty" which he strongly denied in an American accent. Pretty awkward rest of the meal.

Being a parent (sometimes).

I have been recognised and warmly greeted from behind in error a couple of times.

“At this moment in time”

Fucking footballers and pundits!

Just fucking go the whole hog with... At this present time on the timeline moment historically occasional juncture date?

What’s worse, it seems to be infectious.

Totally agree.

"Relative to" is also creeping into everyday speech.

"Are you able to provide an update on my order? We are beyond the expected 8 week delivery window for the item I purchased. Will there be more delays?"

"Relative to your order, I can tell you that there has been a delay in customs...."

Names!

I only listen to R5 and haven’t heard any footballer-to-pundit who makes me switch off in a lonnnng time (Chris Sutton’s mixup of ‘infer’ and ‘imply’ makes my gums bleed tho).

Adverts.

Fucking Google and Facebook.

It used to be 2 adverts every hour on TV. Now it's 2 adverts every 5mins on YouTube.

I one pretended to know someone, who didn't know me.

In a pub/club place, my GF pointed out someone she went to school with, so I trotted over and greeted him like an old school friend, using his name.
He looked confused so I introduced myself "It's DethBeard! we went to Billericay School together, 92-97, pretty sure we had the same maths class for like 2 years"
He then "remembered" me and we had a good old catch up.

TV shows "sponsored by Product" as you head into an advert break.
If you are sponsoring this show, then don't let them sell other tat in the middle of it.

I one pretended to know someone, who didn't know me.

why?

Yeah..

Paid for sponships as well as "ad in 5"

There are also those ads that are like 20mins long, i guess aiming at those that walk away and cant click end. Worst one i saw was 2hours. I think to myself the only one scoring here is google, or fuckbook... or who ever owns YouTube now.

Someone said get premium as did my gf... And im not sure why, but it makes me feel like they've won if i cave and get it. Plus, nothing stopping them adding ads anyway.

Dicks

Stay in the safe haven of R4.

It it’s spewed by any professional footballer that pulled a shirt on from the mid 80s.

This morning I had to visit a place that had Talk Sport on the radio. Ally McCoist was laying cable into the microphone this morning.

Christmas bants/ social experiment to see if someone would feign knowing someone, even if they didn't.

(generally being young, drunk and seemed like a good idea at the time)

The one time I went into Tiger Tiger, I asked the nearest barman for a drink, he addressed me by my full name and asked about something recent that had gone on in my life, I didn't even clock his face that time, it was when I used to take quite a lot of drugs and talk to strangers often though and he forgave me, no idea what he looks like or what his name is now though.

Yeah, those talk stations are bLeArGh and Ally McCoist definitely one of the old guard, so it’s a bleak listen.
I listen to R5; but it’s just for sport, where the mix of commentary and expert summary hits the spot.
R4 is a lottery but better now Humphrys has left Today. In general, it’s still the cause of most strained muscles here: trying to switch the set off before the R4 ‘comedy’ (Archers (angsty middle class play)) kicks in.

It used to be 2 adverts every hour on TV

As long as I can remember, commercial TV in the UK has had 3 minutes of adverts every quarter of an hour.

as someone who did go to billericay school from 92-97 you're twisting my melon.

You may know MrsDeth then, she went there back then.

As long as I can remember, commercial TV in the UK has had 3 minutes of adverts every quarter of an hour.

Whatever it was, its much worse now. Anything up to 4 ads and an invideo sponsorship in under 5mins is bleak.