What is something you don't realise you feel strongly about, until you see it posted here?
Posted by Scarred_fish@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 106 comments
Tea preferences popped up again this morning, and it is one of those things I never think about until I see all these people being "wrong about tea!!!" and get carried away replying.
What are your unexpected triggers?
Whulad@reddit
Brits using Americanisms like ‘Ass’ for ‘Arse’, using ‘pissed’ for angry instead of drunk, diapers is creeping in too
terryjuicelawson@reddit
Problem is a lot of people complain about Americanisms that aren't originally from there, or are perfectly understood to the point it doesn't matter. Previous generations complained about "yeah", "OK", "cool", "guys" and they sounded like insufferable old farts, so I'm keen not to fall into that trap.
BeatificBanana@reddit
Exactly - and it's not even limited to language. Every year you get brits complaining about Halloween for example, how Halloween is an American thing and it's coming over here and they don't like it, when actually Halloween started in Britain and Ireland. Even the tradition of carving jack-o-lanterns first began in Somersey (though it used to be a type of beetroot that was carved rather than a pumpkin).
macfearsum@reddit
It was guising in Scotland, and turnips (swedes) used as lanterns.
BeatificBanana@reddit
Yes it was called guising before it became known as trick or treat, but that's where it came from.
And the lanterns were mangel wurzels, not swedes, where I'm from in Somerset. But could've been swedes somewhere else!
macfearsum@reddit
Haggis, neeps and tatties. Neeps being swede, yes.
EdmundTheInsulter@reddit
It's Charlie Brown's fault.
EdmundTheInsulter@reddit
Let's not be jerks.
SilyLavage@reddit
‘Pissed’ for angry seems like a natural evolution of ‘pissed off’.
Whulad@reddit
But we already have a use for it
SilyLavage@reddit
Lots of words have multiple meanings
Whulad@reddit
But pissed didn’t, it had a specific long term meaning and it hasn’t evolved into angry that’s just been taken straight from America
EdmundTheInsulter@reddit
Correct. There should be a usage committee headed by Stephen Fry.
SilyLavage@reddit
‘Pissed off’ definitely existed before this, as did the ‘wee’ meaning.
Whulad@reddit
No problem with pissed off
EdmundTheInsulter@reddit
Yeah like when someone comes along and misuses a good word, such as nonplussed, as with the Americans who reversed its meaning thus creating a hazard in using it correctly.
Fred776@reddit
It's not an evolution in this case though. It's just adopting the American version.
The_Glitched_Punk@reddit
That's how language evolves
Fred776@reddit
Yes, but not in the sense that this person was implying. It's not a natural evolution of "pissed off" but a jump to a form that's established elsewhere. It would be different if the American version hadn't existed and we had started dropping the "off" - that would have been a natural evolution.
glorious_thorn@reddit
That is one of the many ways that language evolves naturally. Words aren't trees, there isn't a "natural" way for their usage to shift and change without human influence. Language is a tool - sometimes if the other guy over there is using a tool in a slightly different way, we want to copy him and see if it works for us. Sometimes if the other guy has a weird tool that we've never used before, we want to try it out for ourselves, and if it works for us then we'll keep using it. (Not trying to be snarky, I just love linguistics).
vishbar@reddit
Isn’t that exactly what linguistic evolution is?
PsychologicalHope764@reddit
I'm finding that gen z and younger seem to almost exclusively use 'movie' over film, and for some reason it REALLY upsets me - clearly I'm entering my old fart era... (Apartment instead of flat also seems to be increasingly common)
BeatificBanana@reddit
I don't approve of americanisms, but even I can admit that "nappies" is odd nowadays. Nappy is short for napkin, it comes from the days when parents literally put cloth napkins around their baby's bums, secured with a pin. Nowadays babies do not wear napkins anymore so I find it weird that we still call them nappies. There should be another name like... Baby pants.
feralhog3050@reddit
Shit collectors?
djashjones@reddit
It's "Super" annoying!
Whulad@reddit
I’m pissed at you now
djashjones@reddit
Wow, you started drinking early.
GrimQuim@reddit
Oh look a ladybug
ObliviousTurtle97@reddit
"Pacifiers" dude. Just say dummy 😭
Though idk I used pissed for drunk and angry but that's common in my city
Cerxa@reddit
at a slight tangent, but 'ankle breaker' seems to have crept in to football from across the pond. to me that means a bad challenge, probably a red.
P2P-BSH@reddit
People who are very performative about being British. No one really cares about whether jam goes on the cream, or how much you love Yorkshire tea and that you e broken up with your boyfriend because they like a different brand. Such bores.
sihasihasi@reddit
Oh god, yes save me from the fucking Yorkshire Tea bores.
Other-Coffee-9109@reddit
The jam/cream scone debate is so tedious. Just eat it the way you want, it's really no big deal.
DifferentWave@reddit
Help us settle a debate! Yawn
bumpyhumper@reddit
The recent gift post triggered me.
Yes, you shouldn’t ever bring up a bad gift to the gift-giver. HOWEVER, being disappointed you got crap totally unrelated to you as a person shouldn’t be framed as being needy or materialistic or anything else.
No matter the cost, gifts should be personal and show the other person cares. If they aren’t that, they failed as a gift-giver and it’s got nothing to do with you. You’re right to feel “wronged”.
Other-Coffee-9109@reddit
I usually thank people for presents even if I don't like them, then regift to someone who will like it or take it to the charity shop. But someone once bought me alcohol, knowing I hadn't drank alcohol for over 6 years. So I didn't thank them that time and they were very offended and never got me another gift, which means I don't have to get them gifts anymore, which is great.
I'm going to look for that thread now 🙂
JustPassingShhh@reddit
How well done people have their steak
Educational_Worth906@reddit
Similarly with roast beef, my other half insisted on me nearly cremating the thing, to the extent that I feel genuinely sorry for the poor cow that was sacrificed for our meal. Roast beef has been permanently off the menu for many years now.
angelic_darth@reddit
Mmm roast beef red / pink in the middle. My mam is totally old school and thinks all meat, including beef and lamb needs to be "cooked all the way through" or else we would be poisoned. Meaning of course the chewiest meat imaginable.
Other-Coffee-9109@reddit
I haven't eaten meat for a long time, but my mum is the same. There was never any hint of pink when she cooked beef for us, it was so dry and chewy that you'd have to have gravy on it.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
People can do it, but they should know they are ruining it and would be better off having something else. I think people feel precious about it as steak is seen as extra special somehow. Even though it is meat like any other cut, really.
outoftheseaa@reddit
Mate working in hospitality this resonates 😂 'no blood please' 🫠
Secret-Sky5031@reddit
to be fair, if anyone wants congratulations level, that's weird
nadiestar@reddit
I do a resident gig every two weeks at a nice hotel/bar part of the deal is we get a dinner. I used to go for the burger but I have a weird little allergy and I fear that is in the burger sauce so I’ve switched to the steak. I don’t want to take the piss so I order the rump when really I want the fillet or the sirloin. For five gigs in a row, the chef has taken it upon themselves to cook my medium steak well done and then slice it into strips! Now if you eat steak rump is one of the cheaper cuts and it benefits from being cooked at most medium. But if you overcook rump steak it just becomes a chewy mess! It’s now got to the point where I have to be one of those weird people who has to beg the chef to cook my steak correctly and not cut it into strips. We have finally got there! My opinion on this is that if you can’t cook a steak to medium which is one of the easiest things to do and you’re not a very good chef!
EmLa5@reddit
My husband has his well done and it annoys me every time
Pleasant-chamoix-653@reddit
racism against uber drivers
P2P-BSH@reddit
Is racism ok if they're not an uber driver?
Pleasant-chamoix-653@reddit
Not sure whether you're being serious...
It's often targeted at Uber drivers as an easy cop out
AnonymousTimewaster@reddit
Don't forget Deliveroo riders too
WVA1999@reddit
The endless posts about class, middle class, upper to middle class, lower class, breaking the barriers in class.
FFS
Competitive_Ad_5224@reddit
Proper boring chat man
oli_ramsay@reddit
Worst superhero ever
P2P-BSH@reddit
People who are very performative about being British. No one really cares about whether jam goes on the cream, or how much you love Yorkshire tea and that you e broken up with your boyfriend because they like a different brand. Such bores.
Norman_debris@reddit
With most replies from people trying to outdo each other in how poor they grew up. And being shocked that anyone could ever buy any sort of property.
Barry_Umenema@reddit
Aye, we were so poor we grew up in a shoe box in't middle of t'motorway
gogybo@reddit
Luxury
setokaiba22@reddit
Talking to people. It seems UK Reddit vastly has a fear of talking to people in real life.
I understand looking for some advice say on a relationship issue but a lot of the time it’s stuff (which you could argue is the same but perhaps needs a bit more tact and advice on how to say it) that can be solved with a quick call, text or conversation
“I haven’t had my P45 yet. What do I do?” “My neighbour is drilling to 12 am. What would you do” “I spent £££ on my partners birthday but they only got me a key ring..”
Scarred_fish@reddit (OP)
Yeah I find that one particularly weird. "I've sent 3 emails and still no response" etc.
Electronic communication should always be the last option.
TulipTatsyrup@reddit
Posts about queuing at the bar.
mrhippoj@reddit
Yeah this is one for me too. There's all that space for a reason. Sure, it takes a collaborative effort from both the bar staff and the people waiting for a drink to ensure the first to arrive get their drinks first and there'll be bad actors, but the alternative is much worse and anyone who expects others to treat it like a queue deserves to have people push in front of them
J8YDG9RTT8N2TG74YS7A@reddit
This is exactly why people should queue.
The only people who argue in favour of the free for all system are the ones who gladly abuse it.
TulipTatsyrup@reddit
I spent my time working behind a bar as a student on less than minimum wage pissing people like you off.
I'm still 40 years later riding that high.
ZaharaWiggum@reddit
It’s not free for all. It’s still a queuing system, but it’s along the bar.
P2P-BSH@reddit
Or we just have to mental capacity to know who is next.
TheAngryNaterpillar@reddit
Most bars I go to just have people queue horizontally along the bar now.
Cokezerowh0re@reddit
I will die on the hill that Jaffa cakes are more of a biscuit than a cake
Illustrious_Study_30@reddit
Alcohol. I mean personally I can take it or leave it. There's nothing like a pub garden in the sun. It's all good fun until it isn't. I've had several rants on here about it. I absolutely hate what it does to some people. I hate the doughy, 'I drink a lot ' face that everyone who drinks over the limit has .(Everyone!?!) I hate that it smells bad and hangovers are yuck and I don't trust people to be kind on alcohol.
Yet, day to day I don't give it a thought, and I'm going to the pub later 😂
Jlaw118@reddit
That there’s so many people who’ve never been to Dubai or the UAE but seem to lecture everybody that it’s such a horrible place where you can’t eat/buy pork products, gay people aren’t allowed, it’s illegal to hold hands in public, and human rights etc.
It isn’t anything how people on here describe and discuss it. Admittedly over the last few years it’s become massively overrun by influencers which has ruined it quite significantly, and saw somebody describe it as “if LinkedIn was a place,” which is pretty spot on.
But you can hold hands in public. I’ve seen gay men holding hands in Dubai mall numerous times in front of police and security and nobody bats an eyelid. You can buy and eat pork products. And I’ve met migrant workers over there before now, predominantly from India who have said don’t believe what the media tells you about migrant workers and they’ve had a good life out there and it’s given them more opportunities to provide for their family than back in India.
Douglesfield_@reddit
The death toll is terrible, could it be you were speaking with someone who isn't exploited?
dollimint@reddit
"Katsu curry flavour".
Except it's not. Because the Katsu is the breaded meat cutlet. It's just fucking curry flavour. Everything seems to be 'Katsu flavour' at the minute and it's just the fashionable word for 'mild curry'
Farscape_rocked@reddit
Crumpets. People doing crumpets in a toaster outrages me.
Scarred_fish@reddit (OP)
Air Fryer all the way!
It's people putting butter on them that gets me.
sir_thrillho@reddit
What? I've never put anything BUT butter on them..
Scarred_fish@reddit (OP)
I just find it runs through the holes and becomes pointless. Either jam, or cheese and chutney for me.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
That is the point, it is like a goopy butter sponge.
sir_thrillho@reddit
Ah I don't usually find that to be a problem, I think this just comes down to personal taste. Cheese sounds elite though.
MrDibbsey@reddit
Peanut butter is the way, a good dollop of crunchy is best.
WheresMyAbs98@reddit
How else would you do them?
mrhippoj@reddit
Grill, although imo there's nothing wrong with putting them in the toaster except they can get stuck
terryjuicelawson@reddit
You cook them in a frying pan so neither is right really. How people choose to reheat them doesn't matter a lot, they are substandard to start with from a packet.
ZaharaWiggum@reddit
I own one chopstick for precisely this reason.
WheresMyAbs98@reddit
Fair, I’ve never once thought about doing them any other way but in the toaster.
I’ve been eating them weekly for about 20 years.
Im off to put one in the Grill now. Will report back.
TimeNew2108@reddit
I do prefer them grilled but can't be arsed so I toast them twice
Farscape_rocked@reddit
They're claggy nonsense if done in a toaster. They're divine brilliance if done under a grill.
mrhippoj@reddit
I dunno this sounds like you're just not putting them in long enough
Farscape_rocked@reddit
Under the grill.
The heat from the elements in the toaster is too close, the outside of the crumpet toasts but the inside is left cold.
Doing them under the grill gives them a much more even toasting, and in my opinion they taste significantly better.
hideyourarms@reddit
My personal preference is to put them in the panini press with the top plate raised away from the top of the crumpet. I toast the bottom of it dry, and then top with butter and flip it over so that the top gets gently fried to form a nice and evenly browned crust. I could just do it in a frying pan, but I think the panini press warms it through better than the direct heat of a pan.
It does take a bit longer than a toaster, but I'm usually doing other breakfast things at the same time so it works out, and I think that this is the closest you can get to emulating how crumpets taste when making them from scratch.
It does sound ridiculous and obsessive now that I've written it down....
djashjones@reddit
I know someone that does cheese on toast by laying the toaster on it's side.
Sea-Environment5246@reddit
People who care too much about board game and/or D&D rules.
"You're having fun wrong" is such a daft thing to think.
J8YDG9RTT8N2TG74YS7A@reddit
There's a big difference between caring about the rules and people blatantly cheating though.
If you're idea of fun is to cheat and ruin the game for the rest of us then yeah, I'm going to complain.
Sea-Environment5246@reddit
"Caring too much" is the key point here.
DifferentWave@reddit
I couldn’t give a shit about Greggs, Yorkshire Tea, Peep Show, Ronnie Pickering, going to the Winchester until it all blows over, or “Lynn these are sex people!”
LauraHday@reddit
The endless posts about despising Americans and seeing them as essentially another species who are so far away from us culturally they’re basically aliens when most of my American friends are just, normal people
Norman_debris@reddit
Just the idea that there are literally only 2 countries in the world: UK and USA. So boring.
teacup1749@reddit
Also, yeah, they’re different but when I was an international student I found them far easier to get along with than a lot of other students from European countries. We have a lot of similar cultural ‘touchpoints’ through being anglophones.
LauraHday@reddit
100%. I knew some horrible Europeans and Aussies but all the Americans I’ve been friends with have been lovely.
mrhippoj@reddit
On-street parking entitlement
ObliviousTurtle97@reddit
My dad's Street is bad for it. They even put orange cones out to "protect their space". My dad doesn't have a car but a neighbour on the corner [he's about 4 doors down] has claimed my dad's house as "his space" so now, when my partner comes to pick me and our child up he just moves the cones.
Dude came out fuming one time and my fella just laughed at him and goes something like "if you say so big man. Didn't know you owned a public road". Literally all for a 5 min pick up, absolute joke the entitlement some people have
TulipTatsyrup@reddit
Oh my Lordy Lord, I have a neighbour who truly believes he owns the on road parking outside of his house.
He has cones.
He works as airport security and thinks his balls are massive.
I remove his cones and park outside his house when there is adequate space outside mine and laugh at my childishness
WVA1999@reddit
I've drawn a map on paint to help with my ramblings
mrhippoj@reddit
Hahaha, I feel like that alone means you don't agree with me, because in my mind it's pretty simple. Either a spot is officially reserved for you, or it's fair game for everyone. If you don't have a drive, or a reserved spot, anyone can park outside your house.
WVA1999@reddit
Aha no, I definitely agree with you!
Plumb121@reddit
Using brown sauce on bacon. The heathens.
djashjones@reddit
Lazy people not googling before posting and/or reading the rules e.g. drilling holes, late at night. (rule 4).
PKblaze@reddit
A bunch of issues that people have politically that aren't really much of a discussion point here.
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