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by Pedz » Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:28 am

I like many a podcast. Some are genuinely strawberry floating hilarious, while some are entertaining with funny bits and info giving like some games podcasts and Hardcore History is just, well, should king for how detailed it is on things and how the guy weaves a narrative. It's great. Genuinely captivating.

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by Tafdolphin » Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:48 am

Moggy wrote:
Ironhide wrote:
Chocolate-Milk wrote:
Dowbocop wrote:People who mumble on podcasts. I've just started listening to Everything's Coming Up Simpsons, and the two women who host it are really easy to hear, with fairly generic American nerdy podcast grrl voices. The guest on the episode I'm currently on, however, (J Elvis Weinstein if anyone's interested) sounds like the guy with the walrus tache from Mythbusters whispering through a piece of loft insulation. It's so infuriating when you have to rewind a podcast every time someone speaks!

This sort of thing really bugs me. I keep hearing adverts for a podcast called Dr. Gameshow, and the bloke on the promo has without a doubt the worst-suited voice for an audio medium that I've ever heard. It's so flat and monotonous and nasally, it's like if Ray Romano just gave up on life. I'm not sure I could bear to listen to a full episode.


I don't think I could bear to listen to any podcast.


Listen to Hardcore History and then realise how ridiculous that statement was.


I swear I've learned more about science, politics, social studies and strawberry float, the world in the last 5 years from podcasts than any other source.

What a bizarre thing to deny yourself.

On that very same subject I've used Pocketcasts for years now as it was commonly regarded as the best Android app for listening to 'casts. I downloaded its big update today and, lads, they've strawberry floated it.

Gone is the dual display for each cast, handily separating your 'unlistened to' and 'listened to' lists. Now if I want to listen to a long cast from the start I have to scroll through X00 episodes. EDIT: Just realised you can sort from 'Oldest to Newest' but the current series I'm listening to is at the midpoint of a cast with close to 400 eps so I'm still getting a lot of thumbwork in.

Gone is the one-click download icon, replaced by a greyed out tick mark that... does nothing when clicked? Ok.

Gone is the option to *delete* episodes. Instead they are *archived*. I had to go to the product website to figure out what this means (I still don't know, but it's apparently another way for them to say delete?)

There's a 'bio' page now, like it's a social strawberry floating network. strawberry float off.

The design in general is smaller, more cramped and less clear.

Updates for the sake of updates strawberry floating kill me.

Suggestions for new Android podcast app anyone?

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. 0 - annoy harder
by Dowbocop » Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:11 am

Tafdolphin wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Ironhide wrote:
Chocolate-Milk wrote:
Dowbocop wrote:People who mumble on podcasts. I've just started listening to Everything's Coming Up Simpsons, and the two women who host it are really easy to hear, with fairly generic American nerdy podcast grrl voices. The guest on the episode I'm currently on, however, (J Elvis Weinstein if anyone's interested) sounds like the guy with the walrus tache from Mythbusters whispering through a piece of loft insulation. It's so infuriating when you have to rewind a podcast every time someone speaks!

This sort of thing really bugs me. I keep hearing adverts for a podcast called Dr. Gameshow, and the bloke on the promo has without a doubt the worst-suited voice for an audio medium that I've ever heard. It's so flat and monotonous and nasally, it's like if Ray Romano just gave up on life. I'm not sure I could bear to listen to a full episode.


I don't think I could bear to listen to any podcast.


Listen to Hardcore History and then realise how ridiculous that statement was.


I swear I've learned more about science, politics, social studies and strawberry float, the world in the last 5 years from podcasts than any other source.

What a bizarre thing to deny yourself.

On that very same subject I've used Pocketcasts for years now as it was commonly regarded as the best Android app for listening to 'casts. I downloaded its big update today and, lads, they've strawberry floated it.

Gone is the dual display for each cast, handily separating your 'unlistened to' and 'listened to' lists. Now if I want to listen to a long cast from the start I have to scroll through X00 episodes. EDIT: Just realised you can sort from 'Oldest to Newest' but the current series I'm listening to is at the midpoint of a cast with close to 400 eps so I'm still getting a lot of thumbwork in.

Gone is the one-click download icon, replaced by a greyed out tick mark that... does nothing when clicked? Ok.

Gone is the option to *delete* episodes. Instead they are *archived*. I had to go to the product website to figure out what this means (I still don't know, but it's apparently another way for them to say delete?)

There's a 'bio' page now, like it's a social strawberry floating network. strawberry float off.

The design in general is smaller, more cramped and less clear.

Updates for the sake of updates strawberry floating kill me.

Suggestions for new Android podcast app anyone?

Podcast Addict works okay for me.

Ironhide - I don't know what sort of stuff you're into outside games so I'm not going to suggest any podcasts, but just try a couple!

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Jenuall » Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:16 am

I always heard good things about Pocketcasts and had always intended to check that out so it's a shame to hear they've strawberry floated it up.

I've been using the Google Podcasts app for a while now, it does the job but is still a bit confusing - I'm still not sure if it has actually downloaded episodes or not!

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Moggy » Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:18 am

I use Overcast (iOS), it does the job.

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Preezy » Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:31 am

I use Google Podcasts (Android), it does the job.

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by OrangeRKN » Mon Mar 11, 2019 10:38 am

That they are called podcasts is the most annoying think about podcasts. It's like if every TV series on a streaming service was called a "Netflix stream".

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Albert » Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:55 pm

Handkerchiefs

I mean really

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by Preezy » Mon Mar 11, 2019 1:01 pm

Albear wrote:Handkerchiefs

I mean really

Woah woah pump the brakes, hotshot.

I always have a hankie in my back pocket, especially if I'm out with my kids (aka the Snot Goblins). Never know when you might need to wipe a nose!

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Albert » Mon Mar 11, 2019 1:03 pm

Would a tissue not suffice?

The idea of having to wash one makes me baulk :dread:

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Sandy » Mon Mar 11, 2019 1:09 pm

Using tissues for just one child accounts for 8 football pitches worth of deforestation every month.

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by Pedz » Mon Mar 11, 2019 1:22 pm

Beyondpod is what I use. It's ok.

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Rax » Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:05 pm

Pedz wrote:Beyondpod is what I use. It's ok.

Is it better for the environment than tissues? How many noses you find you can wipe with it?

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by Pedz » Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:26 pm

I was really bloody confused then :lol:

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Sandy » Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:30 pm

I had to do an internet search of Beyondpod, expecting to see some kind of soft bio sensitive posh hankerchief and then realised I must have not read something earlier in the thread.

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Victor Mildew » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:15 am

> Ad, can you do this bit of work for me, it's desperately urgent!
> I drop everything to do it
> Person doesn't say thank you or even acknowledge I've done the work.

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Errkal » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:24 am

Ad7 wrote:> Ad, can you do this bit of work for me, it's desperately urgent!
> I drop everything to do it
> Person doesn't say thank you or even acknowledge I've done the work.


We used to have this issue at work, we now have a thank you board what you can put a post it up to thank someone who did something useful. It works well.

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Victor Mildew » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:38 am

We have something similar that is electronic, it's rarely used.

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Preezy » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:24 am

Ad7 wrote:> Ad, can you do this bit of work for me, it's desperately urgent!
> I drop everything to do it
> Person doesn't say thank you or even acknowledge I've done the work.

So next time that same person asks, just say no.

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PostRe: Things that annoy yo 5. O - annoy harder
by Drumstick » Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:46 am

That Pocketcasts update is brutal. The last version was practically perfect as well, wish I'd never updated.

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