something that really grinds my gears
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The simple fact...
In Britain (no where else) it is ONLY racist if a white man does/says something to a black man.
E.g. In a group of white people, it is "racist" to say something like "what's the black guy's name again?" In a group of black people, it is perfectly acceptable to say "what's that white guy's name again."
Pathetic. People can insult my skin colour as much as they like and I still won't give a crap.
In Britain (no where else) it is ONLY racist if a white man does/says something to a black man.
E.g. In a group of white people, it is "racist" to say something like "what's the black guy's name again?" In a group of black people, it is perfectly acceptable to say "what's that white guy's name again."
Pathetic. People can insult my skin colour as much as they like and I still won't give a crap.
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People who drive at 40mph regardless of the speed limit (whether it is 30 or 60, especially past schools).
The only two road scenarios which boil my blood. I need therapy.
1) People who do 40mph in a NSL. This is OK if the NSL has plenty of overtaking zones, or straight bits where it's safe to do so, but the god damn road I drive down every day (which lasts about 10 minutes) has practically no places to do safe overtaking manoeuvres unless you have a sports car, and it is also the route of every school-run mum on the planet. I've witnessed some absolutely awesome driving from Porsche/BMW drivers on that road who really loose it with Mrs Ford KA doing 35mph.
2) Extremely narrow roads (literally room for one car) and 4X4 woman drivers. They don't pull over, or put in any effort to give you some space, they just drive straight at you like a tank. Since I scratched the side of my car trying to avoid one, I've decided to now drive dead in the middle of the road, giving them no choice but to pull over. I would only do this of course when technically it is my right of way, or I'm already on the road and they've just pulled out a junction.
1) People who do 40mph in a NSL. This is OK if the NSL has plenty of overtaking zones, or straight bits where it's safe to do so, but the god damn road I drive down every day (which lasts about 10 minutes) has practically no places to do safe overtaking manoeuvres unless you have a sports car, and it is also the route of every school-run mum on the planet. I've witnessed some absolutely awesome driving from Porsche/BMW drivers on that road who really loose it with Mrs Ford KA doing 35mph.
2) Extremely narrow roads (literally room for one car) and 4X4 woman drivers. They don't pull over, or put in any effort to give you some space, they just drive straight at you like a tank. Since I scratched the side of my car trying to avoid one, I've decided to now drive dead in the middle of the road, giving them no choice but to pull over. I would only do this of course when technically it is my right of way, or I'm already on the road and they've just pulled out a junction.
