Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

what sorts of games are you playing?

 

In this instance, RDR2. I normally stick to very sedentary games these days, but I got the itch for this after watching some gameplay.

 

I am a triple threat at computer Solitaire.

 

I want to get that game, it looks so good. I’m a real sucker for westerns.

 

It really is the Western of all Western games. The first one is okay, but clunky. The second really got the Western feel to it. It hits you hard if you really get into its grim story line.

 

People who put tape/stickers on books to keep track of which books they've read......
i'm always the one to have to peel them off

(we have multiple copies of the same book, so putting stickers on one copy does literally nothing)

 

It’s a stunning game and very worthy of its accolades. When you’re on your horse, just lazily clopclopping along, admiring the scenery, it’s quite something. I never thought I’d ever find a game (with a first-person option) that I prefer to play in third. I think it’s because the vastness of the wilderness can be appreciated so much more in third. It’s not without its faults, though. The weapon system is very frustrating.

 

One thing that annoys me is Japanese people in Japan appears to only know one thing about England.

The first time I introduced myself as being from "igirisu", the response was "aa! fisshu ando chippsu!"

 

There's another fact about England?

 

We have a Queen.

Also, we have Queen.

 

And blood pudding. And pigs in a blanket. See, I know everything about England!

 

There's an online service where you pay them $45 every month and they send you a box with something in it (called the Box of Awesome - how cute). You don't know what's in the box until you open it. Apparently a service for those who want packages to arrive, but don't want to have to do all that boring shopping.

The company claims that the contents of each box are worth at least seventy dollars, which doesn't seem like a viable business model until you consider the fact that Uber isn't profitable yet.

 

$70 MSRP for something that never sold? It's a clever way to brand a clearance sale.

 

If it's worth $70 at retail, they're not buying it for that.

 

TV shows set in the past (I’m talking about centuries past) where the actors speak, behave and look (aside from the costumes they’re wearing) exactly like people do now.

 

Both Happy Days and M*A*S*H were set in the 50's but had (for the most part) haircuts and lingo from the 70's when they were made. Personally I always enjoyed that aspect of them (didn't realize it when I was a youngster).

 

Like I say, it’s when the show is set centuries ago. That’s when it really grates.

 

Ben Franklin to George Washington: "Yo, cool beaners Daddio!"

 

Nah, more like “Yo, George my man! Ain’t no shit goin’ down wi you around!”

 

True

 

When you go to the Prime app on Sky Q, there’s various categories, one of which is subtitled “Can it get any more nostalgic?” in which is listed a series of films and TV shows... from about 3-4 years ago. So that’s nostalgia, is it? Nostalgic for who? 12-year olds, even though nostalgia isn’t something you feel until you’re a grumpy old embittered bastard? You want to give me nostalgia then show me films and TV shows from forty years ago, not four!

 

Things that annoy me but shouldn't: sugar in cornbread, red tomatoes in green chili, olives in anything.

 

They're rebooting Suicide Squad already, so nostalgia takes hold as soon as a movie finally leaves the grimy screens of the dollar theater (pound theatre? The dollar theater costs about five bucks these days anyway).