Am i the only person who gets pissed off with things like this?

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1. I think you’re getting annoyed at the wrong thing in this story, my friend.

2. the fucking nerve

3. It is likely due to the subconscious bias of the journalist writing it in combination with not knowing what part of Scotland John O’Groats is in.

   It’s endemic across our journalism and yes it is a mild irritant that makes me think less of journalism as a profession.

4. Nah, it annoys me too. You see it all the time on quiz shows as well. ‘Here’s Brenda from Buckinghamshire, and facing her is Andy from Scotland.’

5. Switch off your devices, go outside and find a park to relax in.

6. That’s your take from this story, really. FFS.

7. I get more annoyed seeing ‘Lionesses’ or Declan Rice plastered on bus shelters, Pringles tubes and pop up banners in my Tesco tbh

8. Because Scotland is regarded as a region on a par with Cornwall. We live in a colony run by lunatics who would rather run idiotic fascist propaganda as a story than any kind of discussion about why people are so desperate to escape their own homelands. 

9. The bit that annoys me is that something so trivial triggers idiots like you 😆

10. You must have such a sheltered and easy life if this pisses you off.

11. It’s to reinforce the perception of Scotland as a region of England. The yoons pay extra TV licence fees to fund it.

12. More annoyed with the thick racists to be honest

13. I think it’s okay for Cornwall:
    ” movements advocating for Cornwall to be regarded separately from being a county of England and either as a country of the United Kingdom or an independent country in its own right.”

14. It’s 2025. Politics are increasingly polarised, Trans people and immigrants are demonised and Reform stand a chance of being elected.

    So no, naming conventions in a BBC article don’t bother me, no.

    It’s completely irrelevant.

15. You’re right.

    I am embarrassed to say I didn’t notice it until it was pointed out.

    I think it highlights how insular thinking has become in the journalism industry.

16. If you learnt the difference between “they” and “their” you might be taken more seriously.

17. I’m going to guess it’s because the BBC is aimed at a British audience, and the majority of British people will know where Cornwall is but wont have a clue where Caithness is.

18. Do they not teach basic Geography in Englandshire anymore?

19. How’s that chip on your shoulder? Pmsl.

    Imagine being so bored that this is the kind of thing that pissed you off.

20. Yup, when Scotland is treated like a county.

21. Nah I’m with you on this one. Pure ignorance

22. If they were being consistent they should say “Land’s End, Cornwall, to John O’Groats, Caithness” or “Land’s End, England, to John O’Groats, Scotland.”

23. My petty annoyance is when people say an am time and then add “in the morning, such as “6am in the morning”.

24. Statistically 80% or so of people reading that article will be English. Maybe because Caithness doesn’t have the same familiarity as Cornwall. I mean I even thought J’OG was in Sutherland. edit- to make it more confusing Caithness and Sutherland no longer exist as modern administrative boundaries, they are all under Highland council. So again, it all backs up my point.

    If it makes you pissed off then you should reconsider your priorities in life.

25. Lowe IQ

26. My parents travelled to Newcastle from Stirling and I had to phone the hotel they were staying at and the telephonist told me they were travelling up to Newcastle, I told they were actually travelling South.

27. You’re not the only one, there are plenty of other chippy toddlers out there as well.

28. YES!

    A typical BBC show would never, ever say, “today we’re coming to you from England!”, but you hear that quite a lot when a TV crew turns up north of the border ( “today we’re in Scotland!”)

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