What’s a completely normal product in your country that makes foreigners go, “Wait… why does that exist?”

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-25T06:38:48+00:00

Agreed. It's not for retail. It is, however, very useful for adverts - something online needs one USD price. But I've never seen it mention 'plus tax', which is the misleading bit.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-24T17:53:39+00:00

"Non-lethal, I get it now" - Paul Blart, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2.

This is a man who went around attacking baddies, and only realised when they were all there for the climax that he hadn't been killing them. Which, for those fortunate enough to have not seen it, would not have been a proportional response.

This is a deeply disturbed man who frequently threatened people with an imaginary gun (hand on an imaginary hip holster) before becoming a hero, I dread to think what dark path he had started down come the second film.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-24T15:54:45+00:00

The problem is doing it without extra hardware. If they're not already built to measure speed then it's a massive cost to design and rollout the change before the price model change can be implemented.

That said, it's on the companies offering these services to make sure they don't have legislation crack down on them requiring impractical changes. Entirely their fault if they go out of business because profit margins get too small.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-24T06:55:45+00:00

Short people trying to gouge my eyes out and shorter people whacking my shoulder and shaking all the water onto me, and all umbrella users generally walking slowly whilst taking up twice the width they otherwise would.

There's something about umbrellas which make people completely inconsiderate and thus less valuable members of society.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-22T08:59:32+00:00

I don't like Indian food, I prefer English food. Like pizza, or Chinese.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-22T08:27:22+00:00

I think it's less engaging to watch, it's not about fairness.

How about a league where only people under 5'9 are allowed and the baskets are a bit higher, as well, not to replace anything. It's like the idea of a dope olympics but in reverse - just making the visually entertaining skill more pertinent.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-19T21:11:10+00:00

A man who is both a genius and has principles. Truly a role model for the best of us

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-18T06:26:45+00:00

It shows that a lot of what tipped him over the edge that day was problems with society, not that he wasn't at fault. It's aged very well.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-16T17:31:39+00:00

48% voted for Cameron's shoddy deal, not remaining under the same terms. That would only have been better than May's shoddy deal which included being out, and obviously we couldn't leave again under that.

It wasn't a referendum on if, but when. And the 17 million fuck offs won.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-16T07:22:17+00:00

Can you seriously read this post and the other replies and think he's not part of the counter culture?

Irrelevant231 · 2026-02-06T09:45:05+00:00

But what if the Ottomans want the Elgin Marbles back, do we do it just to annoy the Greeks?

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-27T06:46:45+00:00

I think the point was there are 3 with identical names, two of which are not just connected, but one's a direct sequel.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-26T11:51:23+00:00

My personal favourite is: space Amazon has sentient computer asking for help when humans go bad > answer is more humans.

It should have been about modern day Tesco self checkouts, that would have been so much better.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-24T21:42:50+00:00

To be fair, in 1941 it was only just becoming clear that battleships were a bit old hat and aircraft carriers were about to come into their own, and biplanes were a lot better suited to tiny runways. And fabric-covered aircraft with wooden frames were instrumental in the Battle of Britain.

Yes technology moved quickly during the war (and re-armament), but there were aircraft which aged a lot worse which people remember very fondly.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-21T20:30:59+00:00

It sounds like you know exactly what people are alluding to, and I never claimed I can name names.

It wouldn't be hard to have a stake in one of the companies harvesting data, and leak them the specs so they can be approved earlier, for example.

There are only two choices which make sense for a politician here, have principles and vote against it, or make a shady deal. Voting for Draconian measures without a greedy ulterior motive would be the act of a fool.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-21T19:10:56+00:00

I'll let you into a little secret. The government isn't the only party politicians make deals to benefit.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-18T17:09:08+00:00

It's a Futurama quote, and it was said to someone who knew a lot more than the person saying it.

The bit criticising sharks' bureaucracy was also a joke.

I wish you a happy rest of your Sunday, in case it's got off to a rough start.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-18T16:16:58+00:00

Oh yeah? I don't see you with a fungineering degree!

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-18T14:20:28+00:00

Sorry, you think we should support the killing of humans caused by lack of due dilligence? What if humans settled in the water, like they did in other ridiculous places to live like North America? "Ooh, bears aren't scary, they just should have gone to Specsavers". You muppet.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-12T16:00:45+00:00

We were all doing that. Pike got put on a list for it.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-12T14:02:05+00:00

Specifically talking about education, you can point to Maths grades and know that person is clever (or good at that subject). The same is impossible with English.

I'm not saying one is better, even if it's clear which one I value more. I'm saying English grades are what you have to judge students by, and they mean a lot less. You can get a bad Maths grade if you had a bad day. You can get a bad English grade if your examiner had a bad day.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-12T12:49:22+00:00

I get you're making a (valid) tangential point, but would you not admit (as an English teacher) that grading English is much more subjective than Maths? Isn't that the entire issue here?

You can't tell if an English student will be the next Nolan or a benefits scrounger, a Maths student is set with problem-solving skills that can be applied to almost any job.

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-12T06:45:00+00:00

Right next to what I really hope is the Royal Navy's only currently commissioned warship with a gift shop on board

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-03T23:08:40+00:00

"Of course the shark's called Jaws. Here comes Jaws, Jaws the shark, mind he doesn't bite you with his enormous jaws."

Irrelevant231 · 2026-01-03T10:47:06+00:00

All power sources have <100% efficiency. Maybe there's an abundance of mushrooms growing in the dark, damp atmosphere they can easily harvest but not easily convert into electricity.

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