What really grinds your gears?

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McGoohan Jan 2020 5:10pm, 21 Jan 2020 43,002 posts	0 McGoohan True Salty Dog, plenty of people seem unable to use Google. It winds me up more though, the passive-aggressive 'hey I'm only trying to help here' suggestions of launching ones own parkrun/running club/ultra marathon.
Wednesday Mouse Jan 2020 9:47pm, 21 Jan 2020 1,178 posts	0 Wednesday Mouse The whole "if it doesn't exist, set it up yourself" advice really grates on me too. Not just with running related stuff either. It seems to be the standard response online to anyone enquiring about the possibility of an event happening - knitting meetups, book clubs, I even saw someone ask if there was a zero waste shop near town, for them to be told to set up a ZW business for themselves. Madness.
Fitz Jan 2020 11:31pm, 22 Jan 2020 2,173 posts	0 Fitz I must say I've never seen a "why not start your own" response to an "is there an x near y?" enquiry. I should stay in and read the internet more. Is there a website near here, where I can see a list of typical examples of these unhelpful responses?
McGoohan Jan 2020 6:23am, 23 Jan 2020 43,026 posts	0 McGoohan Rises to bait Why not start your own, Fitz? Or better still, set up another, rival, Internet? And a parkrun.
Diogenes Jan 2020 6:29am, 23 Jan 2020 44,483 posts	0 Diogenes I blame a Kevin Costner
Diogenes Jan 2020 6:30am, 23 Jan 2020 44,484 posts	0 Diogenes (Not just a Kevin Costner, but the Kevin Costner)
McGoohan Jan 2020 7:15am, 23 Jan 2020 43,027 posts	0 McGoohan I set up my own Kevin. It was cheap and easy to do. Why not set up a Kevin yourself?
Nicholls595 Jan 2020 8:24am, 23 Jan 2020 18,767 posts	0 Nicholls595 I set up my own Kevin. He was ok, but did hit most of my golf balls into the water.
Hills of Death (HOD) Jan 2020 9:32am, 23 Jan 2020 34,825 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) These just marketing survey calls for an address I last lived at in 2004 and 1998 !!!!. I have tried to block we will see
swittle Jan 2020 11:50am, 23 Jan 2020 60,439 posts	0 swittle I'm only making plans for...Kevin.