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The Wednesday Whinge - 2nd August 2023 (media.tenor.com)

submitted 1 year ago by tkc@feddit.uk to c/britishproblems@feddit.uk

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Welcome to the Wednesday Whinge. A chance for us all get anything off our chest, no matter how small.

It’s cathartic!

What’s had you boiling over this week?

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[–] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People talking on their phones like they're eating a pie, and then trying to slide the contents into their ear, I guess? The analogy broke down, but you get what I'm talking about!

I blame The Apprentice for making the young'uns think that it's the correct way to use a phone, but at least in the show they were doing it intentionally so that everyone could hear the call. Or perhaps they just think it's the cool way to use a phone?

Showing my age but it reminds me of the "side talking" meme from the Nokia N-Gage. It was stupid then and it's even more stupid now.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hahaha, I was wondering where that came from! Nobody else seemed to notice or mention it, whereas I tend to burst out laughing when I see it.

What's actually the point in doing it? I have noticed it's mostly iPhones - do they have particularly bad or really breakable small speakers, and you have to put it on speakerphone or something?

[–] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

My theory is that the people doing it are young enough to have never used a landline phone, so they were never "normalised" on how to hold one. Then they saw people on The Apprentice and similar shows holding it like a pie (because the call was on speaker for the rest of the group to hear), and assumed that's the correct way to do it.

Presumably either nobody's ever corrected them, or they consider the actual right way to be old fashioned/uncool, or they simply feel weird not doing it like that now that it's ingrained.

Whatever the reason, it winds me up a treat and I wish that I could tell them how stupid they look!

[–] mackwinston@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Related, is people holding handheld radios (walkie talkies) sideways, popularised by 'cool guys on tv doing it'.

It's actaully very bad to do this - transmissions on handhelds are supposed to be vertically polarised (base station antennas are always vertical) and holding the radio sideways will transmit a horizontally polarized signal. This actually really matters - it can reduce by as much as 30dB the received signal strength at the other end (and -30dB is 1/1000th)

[–] RoryButlerMusic@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The weather isn't very Augusty! I'm full of cold too, so it just feels like we've hit autumn early.

[–] tkc@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's getting to me. I bought myself some nice clothes for summer as I'm feeling more confident these days and I've had zero opportunities to try them out.

I just want a couple of sunny Sunday BBQs.

[–] RoryButlerMusic@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I feel that! We're away next week in Blackpool and if the sun isn't out it'll be a dire one!

[–] tkc@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was my birthday this week. Not only was the weather shit on the day for the first time I can remember, but I also got food poisoning from celebrating my partners birthday, and had to do all of the driving.

Good otherwise, just not the simple, relaxing time I'd hoped for.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Happy birthday, sorry it was a bit shit (possibly in more ways than one).

[–] tkc@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Cheers!

[–] Baggers@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The weather throughout July has been godawful and August seems no better. I keep telling myself it's better than being slow cooked on the continent but still, let me see the sun!

[–] tkc@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Just because someone else has got it worse, doesn't mean we can't complain haha.

I'm wondering we'll even get a summer at this point. Feels like we skipped to Autumn.