• SpinMeAround
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    Gripe of the day:

    People using their phones while driving. Especially when they have their kids in the car. Like are you kidding me?

    Positive of the day:

    Looks like it’ll be a beautiful day! Hoping to get the paddleboard out again (although my knee is still very bruised) or at the very least have a swim!

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        I do this too. If you’re walking in a crowd and not willing to look up from your phone, then I’m not going to try and avoid you.

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        Boyo was mystified by the sheer volume of people in Japan who managed to navigate streets/crowded stations while hardly looking up from their phone - but probably because that was the first time in a while he’d been in a crowded place like that! It’s wild to think about though. I feel bad playing PoGo while walking around!

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          It’s definitely a big city thing. You grow up learning to sense people around you and their trajectory without having to have eyes on them, because there’s just too many people around.

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      The next person to blow smoke in my face in a public place is gonna discover what it feels like to have said cigarette smothered out by their colon after I lodge it up their with my boot. Same goes for vapes in which case I hope it explodes up there.

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        It’s not hard to blow smoke/vape out of the side of your mouth so people don’t cop a facefull.

        Dumbasses.

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      Leaf blowers.

      Please get a big broom or rake instead.

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        I loathe them. The revving, the constant rumble, it grates on me to the point I might turn into a mindless murderer. We have a guy who uses it almost daily at work, and just lets it idle and…urgh.

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        I have a blower…it never gets used for leaves.

        Feckin’ great for clearing out the aircon filter or a PC case. Also occasionally used when His Lordship wants a quick dopamine hit clearing off the terrace. Air machine go VOOOM

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      When I used to do removals, I’d be in the truck which is pretty high up and you can see into everyone’s car.

      80% of people were looking at their phone while driving.

      It’s fucking crazy. You’re not that fucking important. Fuck those people.