I hate

Winning a pub quiz and then being accused of cheating.

noticed this on a drive last weekend. my theory is they're trying to normalise prefixing things with "OK" so that people feel more comfortable using their virtual assistant. because talking to your phone by saying "ok google" makes me want to cringe so much I feel like I might invert.

Switch to Apple, Watch os5 removes the need to say hey siri before asking your personal wiretap to turn off the kitchen light.

i believe the prefix was meant to be a privacy feature as it meant the phone only had to be able to parse those specific words before activating the speech analysis on what was said after, so the fact it's following every word you say is probably much worse privacy wise.

personally i'd rather just continue to use my hands to operate the phone and keep all that shit switched off.

juniper berries or peppercorns or anything like that in gin & tonics

I thought it was a heads up.

As in "OK, pay attention to what I'm about to say..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenever

I was assuming he meant putting actual berries in rather than the flavour of them. I just see it as a bit unnecessary and wanky, I mean you wouldn't stick a slice of potato in a vodka and tonic.

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I mean the actual physical berries being put into the g&t, turning it into some sort of liquid obstacle course for your mouth.

edit: thank you middleofnowhere

punditry

it is but moreso to prevent the need to record/transmit the audio unless you were talking to the device supposedly for privacy.

so originally it was triggered by a button press, then they added ok google/hey siri to activate the device listening hands free, now it seems removing hey siri they just listen to everything you say 24/7.

going the wrong way privacy wise.

I’d leave out the tonic as well. Unnecessary.

Love Island

I'd probably love to watch Hate Island

We're all basically living on it now.

I'd have to go on Tug Island given my batting average of late...

Tube / train buskers.

Sometimes I think if you started an “I barely tolerate” thread it would be one of the shortest on here.

"wanking for coins"

#blessed

So much pain...

yes that'd be a fair appraisal.

"Would you not buy a bike from Halfords?" my dad yesterday.

People that have doused themselves in aftershave/perfume to the extent that if you walk downwind of them it's like you just sprayed yourself too, so strong is the smell.

It's nice people scrub up, but yuck. (Smell also the perfume department in any shop with 100s of clashing and competing perfumes)

Axe body spray optional ;)

Golf fans who dress in case they’re invited on to have a go. Grown men.

I quite like watching the game (I stopped playing very quickly because it’s too hard) but each time I’ve been it’s wall to wall bellends.