Merzbow Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Aye, and it totally minimizes the harm of actual gaslighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 16 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: One that fucks me off is how nobody lies anymore, they’re gaslighting. They are two different things! I haven't heard that being used but people obviously don't understand what Gaslighting is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted September 15, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 15, 2020 2 hours ago, deathrey said: I haven't heard that being used but people obviously don't understand what Gaslighting is.... I don't. I don't use the term as a result but if someone can explain it would be super. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Is listening to The Gaslight Anthem still ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, Tommy! said: I don't. I don't use the term as a result but if someone can explain it would be super. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting Essentially, it’s prolonged manipulation as opposed to not telling the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrK Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 1. The wife recently saw a great offer on toothpaste so bought about 12 packs. Turns out it’s bicarbonate of soda toothpaste. And it’s got a screw cap. Not only does it taste like I’m brushing my teeth with sea water twice a day, but the extra 4 seconds it takes in total to unscrew the top and then screw it back on is slowly totting up. Since the 2nd of August I’ve wasted 6 minutes of my life opening and closing toothpaste. And I’ve still another 9 packs to work my way through.  2. Took the kids for ice cream at the weekend. Due to the new one way system being implemented in town there’s much more available parking. I had a whole street to choose from when I parallel parked up. While the wife was in the shop picking up the ice cream another car came along and pulled in to park in front of me. And despite having 200yds of kerb to choose from then reversed 4 feet so we were almost bumper to bumper. It meant when the wife returned with the ice cream I then had to reverse a few feet before pulling out rather than pulling out straight away.  That last one has been boiling my piss for the past 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, MrK said: I’ve still another 9 packs to work my way through.  Reminds me of when I went to Cuba and bought back 400 what I thought was cigarettes and them turning out to be cigarillos and having to smoke every one of the fuckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 16, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2020 12 hours ago, SuperBacon said: Reminds me of when I went to Cuba and bought back 400 what I thought was cigarettes and them turning out to be cigarillos and having to smoke every one of the fuckers. Ex-cigar smoker here. Cuban cigarillos? Sounds superb. Sure, they're usually made from the cast-offs from the factory, but they're still better than most other non-Cuban cigars (except Italian cheroots). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 21 minutes ago, Carbomb said: Ex-cigar smoker here. Cuban cigarillos? Sounds superb. Sure, they're usually made from the cast-offs from the factory, but they're still better than most other non-Cuban cigars (except Italian cheroots). I'm sure they were, and I'd probably enjoy them nowadays, but they were essentially a cigar packed into a fag (they even looked like cigarettes, so not really a traditional cigarillo), and they were ridiculously strong for an 18 year old used to Marlboro Lights. Most of them went in spliffs I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 16, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2020 23 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: I'm sure they were, and I'd probably enjoy them nowadays, but they were essentially a cigar packed into a fag (they even looked like cigarettes, so not really a traditional cigarillo), and they were ridiculously strong for an 18 year old used to Marlboro Lights. Most of them went in spliffs I think. Fair dos. What was the brand? Cohiba? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Carbomb said: Fair dos. What was the brand? Cohiba? Not sure, but the actual cigars I did bring back (at the bottom of my suitcase inside my socks inside my boxers inside my shoes as I thought that the X-Ray machine would highlight them and I'd be exiled in a Havana prison forever  ) were Cohibas. Beautiful silver cylinder packaging as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 16, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: Not sure, but the actual cigars I did bring back (at the bottom of my suitcase inside my socks inside my boxers inside my shoes as I thought that the X-Ray machine would highlight them and I'd be exiled in a Havana prison forever  ) were Cohibas. Beautiful silver cylinder packaging as well. I don't think you'd be done here for bringing back Cuban cigars; we haven't an embargo like the US. There are a number of Cuban cigar humidors in London. I do love Cohibas. Not the absolute best, but nice and spicy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted September 16, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2020 People leaving messages on my work phone just saying "could you please call me back on this number", with no indication what they're asking about. My message clearly says to state what it's concerning, and if you tell me that, I have a better chance of being prepared enough to give you the right answer, or putting you in touch with the right person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 16, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2020 People coming in from the right of you at a roundabout who don't signal they're turning left into your road, thus causing you to waste your time waiting, particularly annoying if the guy right behind them is going in any other direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted September 17, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 17, 2020 17 hours ago, Carbomb said: People coming in from the right of you at a roundabout who don't signal they're turning left into your road, thus causing you to waste your time waiting, particularly annoying if the guy right behind them is going in any other direction. Where I grew up, there was often a sense of other drivers having the approach to signalling of "Ah, but sure, I always go this way". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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