Random Irritations

Some random irritations I've noticed recently (mostly here on the internet but also in general conversation).

The saying 'going forward', as in, 'This is our plan, going forward'. It's cropping up everywhere, and is very much in as 'business speak'. Going forward, I hope this starts going backward. 

Apparently, some of the most irritating things on Facebook are based on people's photo sharing habits. Instagram photos are the biggest gripe; possibly we have had more than enough lomo styled photos lately. 

Baby photos rank highly as well. Not quite so sure about this one, as baby photos aren't particularly offensive. For me, there are far worse things to see on my newsfeed.

'Posed' photos are next. Mostly, we do pose for a photo - but this relates to such obviously posed photos, usually taken in front of the bathroom mirror or 'ladies room' out and about, and usually involve the taker staring at their phone rather than the mirror or whatever. The 'duckface' pose is a classic example here.

Holiday photos. Again, not too bad, as long as they're interesting and show where the person is. A half human/half lobster on a sunbed in Benidorm is not quite so.

Food photos. 32% of Facebook pet photo hates are pictures of a plate of food according to  the poll. Absolutely, some of the meals that I've seen posted have looked absolutely gross. Even if I see a favourite of mine, it never looks so nice when it's someone elses. How long before we see videoclips of same people actually eating their food? Can't wait for that!

One of my personal hates is 'vaguebooking'. Let me demonstrate with these examples of status updates.

'Sometimes I wonder why I bother'

'Some people need to get a life'

'Yeah, karma.'

Get to the point. Don't beat about the bush, say what you're thinking. Don't think our curiosity is all that piqued, because it isn't. If everyone ignored vague status updates, the world would be a better place.

Away from Facebook now, although there are PLENTY more irritations I could add, and on to these hugely irritating things:

Captchas. Prove you are indeed human by trying to type in sometimes completely unreadable words. Does upper and lowercase apply? What is an xerrestt anyway? In fact what are any of these?

Whilst I can appreciate the usage of a captcha, the practice of them is sometimes infuriating and over the top, especially if your eyes aren't the best.

One last irritation. Completely unimaginative stock photos. They're everywhere, even if you don't notice them at first.

Have a good weekend!