RuMoore Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 I've had to get a bus today and there's a woman on who's watching videos and playing mobile games with full volume on. An actual regular grown up human being. I'd expect it from teenagers but is this another example of phones melting the brains of the older gen more so than the youngsters? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 The usual of walking down Union St in Aberdeen of people so engrossed in their phone you have to dodge them. This morning had variety at 07.45 as someone was walking towards me reading a book, She was young and seemed very serious and it was a large hardback book, could be a student on last minute cramming for exam, someone has found a guide to life they must finish before getting to work, but as they got closer I could make out the jacket of the book, a face with the persons name at the top. I had to dodge out the way of someone reading the Matthew Perry autobiography as if their life depended on it and they were reading life changing stuff, hope she intently walked into traffic and had her life changed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 24 minutes ago, RuMoore said: I've had to get a bus today and there's a woman on who's watching videos and playing mobile games with full volume on. An actual regular grown up human being. I'd expect it from teenagers but is this another example of phones melting the brains of the older gen more so than the youngsters? A tweet I saw once wondered how we managed to have only one generation who can use the internet properly. Sounds about right. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 28 minutes ago, RuMoore said: I've had to get a bus today and there's a woman on who's watching videos and playing mobile games with full volume on. An actual regular grown up human being. I'd expect it from teenagers but is this another example of phones melting the brains of the older gen more so than the youngsters? Yesterday, during my white knuckle ride into work as a passenger, we overtook a van. The driver was sitting with a vape in one hand, and two screens in front of him. One was a sat nav, the other was his mobile phone. He was on a Zoom call. All whilst driving at 70ish on the motorway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 39 minutes ago, MEADOWXI said: The usual of walking down Union St in Aberdeen of people so engrossed in their phone you have to dodge them. This morning had variety at 07.45 as someone was walking towards me reading a book, She was young and seemed very serious and it was a large hardback book, could be a student on last minute cramming for exam, someone has found a guide to life they must finish before getting to work, but as they got closer I could make out the jacket of the book, a face with the persons name at the top. I had to dodge out the way of someone reading the Matthew Perry autobiography as if their life depended on it and they were reading life changing stuff, hope she intently walked into traffic and had her life changed. Hilarity ensues when you bend down and pretend to tie your shoelace. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 On 26/09/2023 at 12:10, Dundee Hibernian said: I'm pretty easy going for an old person, nothing much fazes me. Nonetheless, every couple of years for the past two decades, when the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme letter reaches my house, I go into a rant. Not about the bowel cancer checks, that is a very sensible strategy, no, what gets my old goat is the language used on the literature sent. Specifically, the word 'poo' being used in documentation aimed at 50-74 year old Scottish people. There isn't a single Scottish person of that age who would use that word for a shite, and it angers me to the extent I've written emails and made phone calls to the relevant parties involved. The excuse given for using 'poo' for adult guidance is that a focus group discussed how to best get their message across, and it was widely agreed that 'poo' was the sort of term which would find acceptance. On the 'backside' (!) of the form the term 'poo' is used 5 times, as you can see. The only thing going for that document is the near perfect jobbie in the pictures, but again, that only makes me jealous, as nowadays most of mine leave a horrifying brown soup with umber splats in the pan. What happens at 75 that the government loses interest in your bumloaf? (trying to think of worse word than "poo") On 26/09/2023 at 15:16, Leith Green said: Websites where - as soon as you open it to look for some random item - a sales adviser pops up in a chat box "hi, can I help you?". No, if I was a moron looking for help I wouldnt be searching for something very specific on your site. <closes window> Aye, I am looking at you Guitar Guitar (among others)............................. Either that or you move the mouse pointer away from the page and immediately get desperate pop-ups. WAIT, DON'T LEAVE! WE'LL GIVE YOU 5% OFF IF YOU BUY SOMETHING WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES! PLEASE, I GOT FIVE KIDS TO FEED! I haven't even had the chance to see what you sell yet, FFS. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 4 hours ago, welshbairn said: Birthday caird pish.. Wait until he is older, he’s an ultra and they are doing pish. They will be quick in changing their bus route. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 hour ago, scottsdad said: Yesterday, during my white knuckle ride into work as a passenger, we overtook a van. The driver was sitting with a vape in one hand, and two screens in front of him. One was a sat nav, the other was his mobile phone. He was on a Zoom call. All whilst driving at 70ish on the motorway. should have grassed him to the rozzers. A conviction of Section 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Dangerous driving, which this certainly sounds like) carries a mandatory ban and you have to re-sit and pass the Extended Test of driving before you get back on the road. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 3 hours ago, RuMoore said: I've had to get a bus today On the bright side, the only way is up now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: A tweet I saw once wondered how we managed to have only one generation who can use the internet properly. Sounds about right. Yeah there's certainly more to it, I think I'm part of that golden generation but recently another PTTGOMN that's making me feel old is interfaces that don't say what any of the buttons are, you just have to guess which one does what. I used to get annoyed at my maw and dad asking what is the pause button when getting a new remote after me telling them a million times its a universal system so this is probably just that but for my generation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: On the bright side, the only way is up now. How do you know it was a double decker? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Clepington Road was shut just along from me last night. Forensics were combing it. Just found a video of a scrap and some ned being stabbed on Facebook. Lovely. l 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Clepington Road was shut just along from me last night. Forensics were combing it. Just found a video of a scrap and some ned being stabbed on Facebook. Lovely. l CSI Dundee 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTG_03 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 7 hours ago, MEADOWXI said: The usual of walking down Union St in Aberdeen of people so engrossed in their phone you have to dodge them. This morning had variety at 07.45 as someone was walking towards me reading a book, She was young and seemed very serious and it was a large hardback book, could be a student on last minute cramming for exam, someone has found a guide to life they must finish before getting to work, but as they got closer I could make out the jacket of the book, a face with the persons name at the top. I had to dodge out the way of someone reading the Matthew Perry autobiography as if their life depended on it and they were reading life changing stuff, hope she intently walked into traffic and had her life changed. Could they BE anymore inconsiderate? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Clepington Road was shut just along from me last night. Forensics were combing it. Just found a video of a scrap and some ned being stabbed on Facebook. Lovely. l I saw a video of police cars all over a street with the caption “Police went to the suspect’s house but he wasn’t it”. Brilliant, thanks for that amazing video. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 11 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Clepington Road was shut just along from me last night. Forensics were combing it. Just found a video of a scrap and some ned being stabbed on Facebook. Lovely. l 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 CS Eh min 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 13 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: How do you know it was a double decker? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, scottsdad said: I remember combs. Just. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 20 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: I remember combs. Just. Fight you for it. Spoiler Nah, you can have it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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