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Everyday things that would have seemed really weird back in the day

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  • Takeovers
  • How much has changed really?  

    Your dad in the 90s:



    You, now:


    Speak for yourself mate...  :D
  • Onlyfans. Being an "influencer" for a living

    Actually those things still seem ridiculous to me
    Influencer, another word for long-term unemployable!
  • Prefacing the names of London mainline train stations with the word London
  • Monetising being thick on TV.  
    Depends how far back you go. Remember the Victorian freak show?
  • IdleHans said:
    Paying three and a half quid for a coffee
    Saw a five quid one the other day 
  • Television presenters and announcers that can't talk properly 
  • Spending your day on the computer arguing with people you’ve never met 
    Spending your day on the computer refereeing arguments between people you've never met.
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  • edited June 2023
    IdleHans said:
    Paying three and a half quid for a coffee
    Saw a five quid one the other day 
    £6.00 at Brands Hatch on Saturday, the food kiosk wasn't busy.

    Looked at a baseball cap in case the sun came out, a mere £48.00. I tied a knotted hankie instead. Classy!
  • edited June 2023
    The raising of television presenters/actors to the status of “super stars”, whose merest utterings instantly make the headlines to titillate the masses!

    This post could equally appear under “General things that annoy you”!
  • A move towards treating women with respect and as absolute equals.
  • Prefacing the names of London mainline train stations with the word London
    London London Bridge will never work.
    Elizabeth Line line
  • Prefacing the names of London mainline train stations with the word London
    Prefacing the names of airports that aren't even in London with London. 
  • Cheese & Onion flavour crisps that have blue packets rather than green. Totally weird.
  • cafcfan said:
    Cheese & Onion flavour crisps that have blue packets rather than green. Totally weird.
    Positively evil in my opinion.
  • cafcfan said:
    Cheese & Onion flavour crisps that have blue packets rather than green. Totally weird.
    Agreed.  Also the lack of beef and mustard flavour these days is disturbing.
  • cafcfan said:
    Cheese & Onion flavour crisps that have blue packets rather than green. Totally weird.
    Very regional. If you are from the midlands, it makes absolute sense....
  • The trans debate
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  • Back in the day passwords were things said in war and adventure films nowhere else commonly, See also ‘synchronise your watches men’.
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