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Irrational dislikes of people you don’t know..

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Grandma70s Sat 04-Jan-25 18:22:37

Perhaps I shouldn’t introduce this topic, as it could get nasty. I was thinking how I have irrational dislikes of people I see on television whom I don’t know at all. Helen Skelton, Sarah Moore (from Money for Nothing), Meghan used-to-be Markle, Luke Littler. I know nothing about any of these people, but I can’t stand them.

Of course the upside of this is that I have irrational likes as well.

Bodach Tue 14-Jan-25 09:55:33

I haven't ploughed through all the previous entries to see if my pet hate has already featured, but here goes anyway: Chris Packham.

Crossstitchfan Tue 14-Jan-25 13:08:17

Sorry for late reply. It’s ‘L your Weekend and is on Saturday AND Sunday! Talk about overkill!
It just gets on my nerves that he is so smug!

Crossstitchfan Tue 14-Jan-25 13:08:55

Should say LOVE your weekend. Sorry!

merlotgran Wed 15-Jan-25 18:41:24

Crossstitchfan

Sorry for late reply. It’s ‘L your Weekend and is on Saturday AND Sunday! Talk about overkill!
It just gets on my nerves that he is so smug!

I occasionally watch Love Your Weekend but I’ve never taken any notice of the introductions. I can’t say I’ve ever seen the one you describe. I’m intrigued now.

NanKate Sat 25-Jan-25 19:58:04

Alison Hammond, she seems to be everywhere.

winterwhite Sat 25-Jan-25 20:05:10

Claudia Winkelman. That fringe seems such an affectation that for me it blots out everything else.

(Sorry if mentioned before. Only just seen this thread.

Thepanaramawoman Sat 25-Jan-25 21:07:19

I know this is a bit different but to look at it from the other persons point of view, it can be really hurtful, confusing and even disturbing to find out that someone you barely know has taken a strong dislike to you for no apparent reason.

mae13 Sun 26-Jan-25 05:45:57

It may be irrational but it's just one of the many facets of Human Nature.......don't you agree OldFrills?

Nanato3 Wed 29-Jan-25 13:04:37

Sue & Noel Radford . Must be a nightmare living next door to all those kids .

Crossstitchfan Sun 31-Aug-25 12:55:22

gran5up

I don't hate but get "unsettled" by people because of their looks, mannerisms and speech
"Step back" people, they makes me recoil
David Bowie looks feral, Jack Nicholson looks not only terrifying but insane.
James Nesbit who played Pontius Pilate with his irremovable "Norn Irn" accent
Lyse Doucet who strangles every innocent vowel she encounters
Lesley Garrett who unleashes her bosom and charges up behind it and is a "singer"???
Woodentops-unmoving Suranne Jones, Christopher Eccleston
But Gordon Ramsay is amazing in his series on US restaurants and swears very little.

I had reason, thanks to my job at the time, to be alone, for about half an hour, with David Bowie on a coach in the 1980s. He was, without a doubt, one of the nicest men I have ever met. No conceit, no looking down his nose at me, just a genuine concern for how the (then being built) Channel Tunnel would affect local people in the vicinity. There was no attempt on his part to talk about him. In fact, I got the impression he was very happy to talk about normal things, and not him. I could have chatted to him for hours! A lovely man.

Flippinheck Mon 01-Sept-25 08:29:23

Naga Munchetty
Benedict Cumberbatch
David Williams
Paul Hollywood
Clare Balding