Seemingly trivial things that elicit an emotional response of some kind

[Ian H]

I know all of this, from the in depth and fascinating segment on R4 this morning. The song was haunting and beautiful.

I bet they didn't feature Merv or his machine.

 

[Pross]

You know it's a slow news day when Today on R4 dedicates 10 minutes to eel news, eel culture (culinary) and an eel song.

Boredom.

Farage obviously hasn't said anything for them to report on ad nauseam.

 

[briantrumpet]

You know it's a slow news day when Today on R4 dedicates 10 minutes to eel news, eel culture (culinary) and an eel song.

Boredom.

"Eel meat again, don't know where, don't know when..."?

 

[Ian H]

"Eel meat again, don't know where, don't know when..."?

 

[First Aspect]

"Eel meat again, don't know where, don't know when..."?

If I like this post, it will only encourage you.

 

[Ian H]

The 15th master of the Urasenke tea ceremony died on August 14th, aged 102

https://www.economist.com/obituary/2025/08/28/sen-genshitsu-spread-peace-through-sipping

 

[PurplePenguin]

Apps that add no value. For example, you're in a random Swedish town and need a bus. It requires an app. You book a train ticket with Great Western. Another app. You go to the cricket at Lords. The Lords app. You watch an ICC match at Lords. The ICC app.

 

[First Aspect]

Couldn't agree more. It would be much better to have a single app that could load up information from any website. You could call it something exciting like "Explorer" or "Safari".

 

[briantrumpet]

Couldn't agree more. It would be much better to have a single app that could load up information from any website. You could call it something exciting like "Explorer" or "Safari".

Indeed so. Some apps are awesome, but the ones you have to check whether you're on the app or the webpage are just silly.

 

[First Aspect]

Option 1. Download app.
Option 2. Continue on browser.

Why isn't option 2 considered implied by the fact you were using the browser before the popup got in the way.

 

[PurplePenguin]

I was hoping to go back to the halcyon days when they could just email me a ticket.

 

[briantrumpet]

I was hoping to go back to the halcyon days when they could just email me a ticket.

At the time I did moan about Easyjet removing boarding passes from their own app, making them only available as printable pdf's, or via Google Wallet. "Grrr!" said I. But actually I changed my mind fairly quickly, as use GW quite a bit, as it's designed to do specific jobs and does them quite well.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Apps that add no value. For example, you're in a random Swedish town and need a bus. It requires an app. You book a train ticket with Great Western. Another app. You go to the cricket at Lords. The Lords app. You watch an ICC match at Lords. The ICC app.

Isn’t life a bitch!

 

[First Aspect]

I was hoping to go back to the halcyon days when they could just email me a ticket.

Oh, you poor soul. Modern life must be very confusing.

 

[briantrumpet]

Classical singers thinking they can sing jazz standards. Beurk 🤢

(For context, Barbara Hendricks applying her operatic vibrato to Gershwin.)