A new pet hate....
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I’m sure I recall that the op is 70-odd?
Could be an age thing.
Could be an age thing.
This gets me as well, Rainforest drives me mad.
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I'm not entirely sure that I understand the issue.
Could be that I didn't read the OP properly.
Could be that I didn't read the OP properly.
The clarification of the this issue is dependent on external factors, Such things as Sun spots, The position of Mars at the time of writing, my thirst levels all could have an effect of me producing a suitable explanation of such things or i could just say **** it.
(going with the latter)
(going with the latter)
Ah you see, nobody has lived after a cold tea for me to brand it a pet hate so it's all cool.
Years ago I saw a thing years pre internet about bad newspaper reporting and the likes of the News of the World would say things like "a man was stopped with a bag of white powder which could be cocaine". It could also be talcum powder or sugar but the damage is done, even if a few days later it is discovered it wasnt cocaine, it has already registered in the readers minds that he was caught with cocaine.
Could this be a similar thing to what the OP refers to?
Could this be a similar thing to what the OP refers to?
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It could well be.
Anyway, my pet hate is people who leave their engines running. Nothing makes me want to batter someone with a spiked club more than some prat who pulls up next to you and leaves his engine running with his windows open. I find that asking them to turn their car off is either met with instant aggression or a look which makes me wonder how they haven’t driven over themselves with their own car.
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Wait, what?
Waiting for my wife today, sat in the car in her car park, guy pulls up next to me and parks, engine running. Windows open, so not doing it for AC or heater purposes, just too thick to understand that there are other people around him, that he's wasting money and causing unnecessary noise pollution and CO2 emissions.
The rest of the post was me stereotyping these people as either aggressive or stupid, although these tend to go hand in hand.
The worst is tour coaches. Running a 10l straight 6 diesel engine to keep is one person warm is just stupid.
Adding "could" to a science article is actually great news. So much science is proved incorrect later down the line as our knowledge about the subject expands that the current theory no longer applies.
I think the first paragraph should start as "as far as we are aware" or "current evidence suggests".
I may have missed the point here.....
Stop it. You don't have a wife!
Too many people don't seem to understand that how you word things will affect how people will perceive it and often, intentionally or not, pass their opinion off as fact. There are three on this very forum who instantly spring mind, I'll let imaginations run on their identities but I can't see many people being surprised if I name them.
Once you learn who they are and file their posts under "drivel" it goes a long way to sorting the wheat from the chaff.
You can be my wife if you want
No no, you have it wrong. Its when they put it as a statement but add a question mark as of that makes it all ok. Clear click bait.
"The ultimate cure for cancer?"
"Most cars driverless by 2024?"
They don't even make sense but people read it and click on it expecting to see what they are stating. Its so frustrating and placed like you tube should ban it.