You know what really grinds my gears?

[Caulfield]

US gets a lot of good ideas for tv from UK. Sanford and Son originated from UK. We should really return the favor and let them remake Seinfeld. I'd buy that for a dollar

[Detroit Red]

Quote: Originally Posted by Caulfield

US gets a lot of good ideas for tv from UK. Sanford and Son originated from UK. We should really return the favor and let them remake Seinfeld. I'd buy that for a dollar

The British have produced 6 or 7 of the best comedies of all time but they would botch a Seinfeld remake so hard, that’s untouchable. They should stick to doing what they do best which is original content despite the fact they haven’t produced anything great in about a decade.

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by NDAlum

Talking about scams...had to speak with an 87 year old man who was scammed out of $70k Broke my heart

Quote: Originally Posted by Caulfield

There's a special place in hell for people like that

Sad part, it happens too often and doesn't seem to be addressed in the way it should. They acknowledge on news that these people exist and there's way to report them, but doesn't seem to be effective at all.

These people calling with those threats of arresting someone or worse, pretending to be a certain organization. Sure, many people know how to handle that, but when it comes to older people, they're just left too be easily targeted.

That's why regular sales people like from a phone company or clothes donation are fine with their calls, but anything bad that happens to these types of people, they deserve it. There's a difference between doing your job and just being a horrible person.

[dubcity]

Older people are probably the only ones responding to those emails saying that their account is going to be shut down if they don't respond with their "information." Even I do a double take on those ones sometimes. And they are always the ones who fall for those "Facebook is gonna start charging you to use the service" memes.

[ggsimmonds]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubcity

Older people are probably the only ones responding to those emails saying that their account is going to be shut down if they don't respond with their "information." Even I do a double take on those ones sometimes. And they are always the ones who fall for those "Facebook is gonna start charging you to use the service" memes.

Sadly no, I've got people my age (33) and younger who consistently fall for every FB hoax.

Never underestimate the ignorance of humans.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubcity

Older people are probably the only ones responding to those emails saying that their account is going to be shut down if they don't respond with their "information." Even I do a double take on those ones sometimes. And they are always the ones who fall for those "Facebook is gonna start charging you to use the service" memes.

Fortunately, lots of people that age are totally technologically illiterate and don't use email. The problem would be much worse if every old fogie were online.

[Jr.]

Quote: Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear

Never really warmed up to the UK version of The Office. Steve Carrell >>> Ricky Gervais for me.

I tried to watch it but I couldn't understand most of what the characters were saying. The accents were thick and they spoke too fast.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jr.

I tried to watch it but I couldn't understand most of what the characters were saying. The accents were thick and they spoke too fast.

Yea, I'm with you. I gave it a fair shot (much longer than I wanted to) but couldn't get into it at all.