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Title: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: XJDenton on January 30, 2017, 11:19:45 AM
Old thread here:

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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on January 30, 2017, 12:13:17 PM
It mildly irritates me when I have a tickle in my throat and know I'm getting sick and can't do much about it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on January 30, 2017, 12:22:18 PM
Shaker bottles in the office... blend that shit at home.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MirrorMask on January 30, 2017, 12:23:38 PM
It mildly irritates me when I have a tickle in my throat and know I'm getting sick and can't do much about it.

Hear, hear. For me it start with sneezing. The nose's clogged, and whatever I do (be it stay at home or run naked through the fields) a couple of days later I start coughing.

Sometimes I feel that whenever I get the cough, I could as well just not cure myself, and the cough would still pass in the same time it passes while taking medicines.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on January 30, 2017, 12:33:33 PM
When people censor swears in text. Like, who are you trying to f*cking kid? Everyone knows what you're saying. I don't get it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 30, 2017, 01:17:05 PM
It's ALWAYS funnier when swearing is censored.

You Stupid Horse F-------- ! :angry:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 30, 2017, 01:18:03 PM
YOU KNOW WHAT GRINDS MY GEARS ?


NEW "WHAT GRINDS YOUR GEARS THREADS" !!!!!!!! :angry: :getoffmylawn:


But no - nice new thread in which to vent. Nice. I like. I like. :hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 30, 2017, 01:23:59 PM
When you're taking a peaceful shit at work and someone sits down next to you, huffing and puffing like they're about to have a stroke trying to push out their feces.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 30, 2017, 01:25:40 PM
Thats why I always drop the kids off at the pool at home before work.

When i lived in the city and I had to go whilst in town - I found a customer toilet in some big fancy department store.

They were nearly always empty so you got peace at least.

I also found one in a coffee shop which was surrounded by concrete and no gaps under the door.

So you had 100% privacy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 30, 2017, 02:48:14 PM
When people censor swears in text. Like, who are you trying to f*cking kid? Everyone knows what you're saying. I don't get it.

On that note, though, I hate this trend on reality TV where everyone swears like a truck driver.   Have some self-control.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 30, 2017, 02:51:42 PM
When people censor swears in text. Like, who are you trying to f*cking kid? Everyone knows what you're saying. I don't get it.

I do that a lot.  :D

 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 30, 2017, 02:54:30 PM
When people censor swears in text. Like, who are you trying to f*cking kid? Everyone knows what you're saying. I don't get it.

On that note, though, I hate this trend on reality TV where everyone swears like a truck driver.   Have some self-control.

Yeah people who say the F word literally. LITERALLY every other word.

I overheard a conversation once with this London Cabbie type guy who was like

" So i fackin picked up this facking guy right and fackin...I says...where you wanna fackin go mate and he fackin goes I wanna go fackin train station. So i fackin drive him to the fackin train...."

:rollin too much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 30, 2017, 03:19:54 PM
I hate the current line of Chevy commercials.

Real people. Not actors.

Bull sh#t!


Sorry Implode.  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 30, 2017, 03:29:07 PM
 :lol

I'm tired of Ford vs. Chevy.
                    Dems vs. Reps.
                    Corrs blue cans telling you it's cold enough.
                    Certain commercials that are played every break.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 30, 2017, 03:32:01 PM
Great taste......





.......less filling.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: DragonAttack on January 30, 2017, 04:02:50 PM
I hate the current line of Chevy commercials.

Real people. Not actors.

Bull sh#t!


Sorry Implode.  ;D

Mrs. Dragon, never one to curse, would fill in my line after the one 'nonactor' would comment:  'This feels like Christmas.'

'OH, F*CKING BLOW ME!!!'

(btw, now I'm going back in the bleachers at the old Tiger Stadium: ....................'tastes GREAT!)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on January 30, 2017, 04:39:08 PM
I hate the current line of Chevy commercials.

Real people. Not actors.

AUGH. THIS.

Though I do chuckle a little at the unintentional implication that actors aren't real people. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on January 30, 2017, 04:46:19 PM
Chevy commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d03svtYlFm8
Title: Re: Thing that pissed me off
Post by: Phoenix87x on January 30, 2017, 04:52:34 PM
When you start a new job and people that have been there 20 years give you shit for being too slow, even though its your first day.

And these are people that I've worked with for 4 years (in a lower position), now on the same level as them. People who I thought were friends.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: rumborak on January 30, 2017, 05:02:48 PM
When you're taking a peaceful shit at work and someone sits down next to you, huffing and puffing like they're about to have a stroke trying to push out their feces.

Dude, for real, what's up with that. I have occasionally wondered whether I should check on the well-being of said person.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 30, 2017, 05:07:00 PM
Speaking of bathrooms, we need white noise or music going on. Too many times I've stood at the urinal with someone on the toilet trying so hard (and often failing) to hold back huge farts. The dead silence just makes it so damn awkward.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 30, 2017, 05:42:48 PM
Mrs. Dragon, never one to curse, would fill in my line after the one 'nonactor' would comment:  'This feels like Christmas.'

'OH, F*CKING BLOW ME!!!'

Probably why Mr Dragon walks around the house all day going This feels like Christmas This feels like Christmas This feels like Christmas This feels like Christmas This feels like Christmas This feels like Christmas This feels like Christmas This feels like Christmas
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on January 30, 2017, 07:29:32 PM
hairy pussies
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 30, 2017, 07:43:57 PM
hairy pussies

Then cut your hair, fool. :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 30, 2017, 07:49:13 PM
He wasn't saying that in his youth.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 30, 2017, 07:50:05 PM
hairy pussies

Then cut your hair, fool. :P

 :lol

I was thinking of a reply. You nailed it!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on January 30, 2017, 07:51:03 PM
He wasn't saying that in his youth.

Ignore the children, King.  ;)   My hair is growing pretty fast again.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 30, 2017, 07:52:11 PM
Ah.......o..........k..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on January 30, 2017, 08:00:08 PM
Currently it's my co-workers just dropping shit in my mailbox to do because they are lazy
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on January 30, 2017, 08:11:00 PM
Speaking of bathrooms, we need white noise or music going on. Too many times I've stood at the urinal with someone on the toilet trying so hard (and often failing) to hold back huge farts. The dead silence just makes is so damn awkward.

We have a seriously loud fan going in our bathroom at work and its the best thing evvvvaaarrrrrr lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on January 30, 2017, 08:15:55 PM
When you're taking a peaceful shit at work and someone sits down next to you, huffing and puffing like they're about to have a stroke trying to push out their feces.

Dude, for real, what's up with that. I have occasionally wondered whether I should check on the well-being of said person.
It's always, ALWAYS just an absolute creature of a person who sits down in the neighboring stall.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 30, 2017, 08:18:10 PM
It's times like this I am thankful we have single person restrooms at work. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: PowerSlave on January 30, 2017, 08:36:27 PM
When you're taking a peaceful shit at work and someone sits down next to you, huffing and puffing like they're about to have a stroke trying to push out their feces.

Dude, for real, what's up with that. I have occasionally wondered whether I should check on the well-being of said person.
It's always, ALWAYS just an absolute creature of a person who sits down in the neighboring stall.

Beat me to it. There's certain etiquette that should always be observed in a public bathroom.

1. If there are multiple stalls, there should always be a minimum of one empty stall between shiters.
2. No conversation while on the throne.
3. Flush the damn urinal/toilet when you're finished.
4. Wash your hands afterwards. I can't stand touching the door handle to exit the restroom after I see some asshole step out of a stall and go directly to the exit. I practically have to take a ton of towels with me after I wash my hands just to touch the door handle.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 30, 2017, 08:39:04 PM
Flush the toilet before you start wiping to eliminate extra smell.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 30, 2017, 08:47:41 PM
Yeah, if you sense it's going to be an "objectionable" one, just flush every time anything comes out.  If you have to flush five times during the BM, so be it.  Not only is it courteous to anyone who might enter the men's room while you are taking care of business, but you avoid suffocating in your own fumes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on January 30, 2017, 08:53:29 PM
People at my job have a problem pissing in the urinal. Without fail, there is always a puddle of piss so I wind up using one of the stalls instead.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: PowerSlave on January 30, 2017, 09:16:58 PM
you avoid suffocating in your own fumes.

Some of the guys that I've worked with in the past actually enjoy their own fumes. Strange but true  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TheCountOfNYC on January 31, 2017, 01:47:44 AM
Sorry to interrupt the poo talk but I have an unrelated complaint. My mother has a "habit" of wearing headphones while listening to music and then singing loudly. It drives me up a fucking wall. She knows she's doing it and does it even when people are doing something that involved them paying attention like doing homework or watching tv or trying to have a phone conversation. She tends to do this thing where she pushes peoples' buttons and does her very best to be as rude and disrespectful as possible towards everyone and then god forbid they get mad and say something to her she then plays the victim card. The headphone thing is part of that and for some reason of all the things she does that fall into this behavioral pattern, this is the one that pisses me off the most.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on January 31, 2017, 04:46:47 AM
I find public toilets all round just irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 31, 2017, 04:57:50 AM
I find public toilets all round just irritating.

Yup. Just the worst. Unless they're checked and cleaned regularly. Almost nobody uses them like they would use their home toilet.

People are mostly like " Well It's not up to me to clean this place so i'll just make as much mess as I can. Fuck You "
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on January 31, 2017, 05:14:05 AM
I find public toilets all round just irritating.

Yup. Just the worst. Unless they're checked and cleaned regularly. Almost nobody uses them like they would use their home toilet.

People are mostly like " Well It's not up to me to clean this place so i'll just make as much mess as I can. Fuck You "

I always try and hold off if I can.  I'll put something out there now, I can never shit in a public toilet, I just can't do it.  I have a real problem and possible phobia with public toilets.

And yeah, how people make a mess is just disgusting.  In my work, I have to clean toilets, but I feel sorry for the bastards that clean shopping centre toilets as their job.  They must have stomachs made out of iron.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 31, 2017, 06:01:01 AM
I think people that don't utilize the courtesy flush are Neanderthals.   Animals that should be crapping in the woods. 

Metaphorically, of course.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 31, 2017, 09:24:52 AM
Reading in the UK has urinals in the street for blokes to piss in at night. There's 0% privacy. They retract into the floor in the daytime.

At night they're literally a urinal right there in the street.

I can guarantee that pissed up blokes would deliberately walk up to one of them and piss on the ground next to it.


Like those wankers who finish a can of Stelllaaaaa and just THROW it AT the ground - they don't just drop it on purpose to be a litterbug - they HURL It AT the floor and walk off.

CUNTS.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 31, 2017, 09:36:00 AM
I wish there were urinals outside here in the states. That'd be fantastic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 31, 2017, 09:50:24 AM
I wish there were urinals outside here in the states. That'd be fantastic.

They are called trees
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: mikeyd23 on January 31, 2017, 11:20:28 AM
I wish there were urinals outside here in the states. That'd be fantastic.

They are called trees

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 31, 2017, 11:29:05 AM
I hate when people piss while the seat is down and that they never flush.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: XJDenton on January 31, 2017, 11:34:28 AM
Reading in the UK has urinals in the street for blokes to piss in at night. There's 0% privacy. They retract into the floor in the daytime.

At night they're literally a urinal right there in the street.

I can guarantee that pissed up blokes would deliberately walk up to one of them and piss on the ground next to it.


Like those wankers who finish a can of Stelllaaaaa and just THROW it AT the ground - they don't just drop it on purpose to be a litterbug - they HURL It AT the floor and walk off.

CUNTS.


Ah Reading, the only place in the world I've been punched and lost a pint of blood.

Fond memories.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 31, 2017, 11:36:05 AM
Haha. Aldershot is worse. What a shit hole. It's an army town so there's fights in the street on a nightly basis.

Only reason for going there was that they had an amazing all you can eat buffet there with Indian, Italian and Chinese food.

Loved it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: XJDenton on January 31, 2017, 11:38:04 AM
Haha. Aldershot is worse. What a shit hole. It's an army town so there's fights in the street on a nightly basis.

Only reason for going there was that they had an amazing all you can eat buffet there with Indian, Italian and Chinese food.

Loved it.

I went to uni in Reading. I actually quite like the place is some respects, but theres a lot of arseholes out on a saturday night.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 31, 2017, 01:03:39 PM
I went to uni in Guildford. Much nicer place. Reading has the canal and Prospect park but not much else going for it.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 31, 2017, 05:58:56 PM
I wish there were urinals outside here in the states. That'd be fantastic.

They are called trees

:clap:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: splent on January 31, 2017, 06:52:05 PM
Things that don't make sense.

Too many to list.

Oh. And whiny 6 year old girls 😣😫😩

And 7th grade girl drama
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 01, 2017, 08:16:11 AM
One day the cafe was so busy we got in two teen girls to do the washing up.

I lost count how many times they said "like" in a sentence. 😂
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on February 05, 2017, 04:35:14 AM
Passive aggressiveness

Just tell me what the problem is. Nothing will ever get solved or addressed if I don't know that there even is a problem.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 05, 2017, 04:37:47 AM
If you don't know what you did wrong well i'm not going to tell you !!!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 05, 2017, 07:25:50 AM
When you watch a guy cover a solo on YouTube and he has that stupid looong intro with his Channel logo over some ultra generic metal...

Then it says like

" yadda yadda
solo cover
by x_2Metalz4u_x "

On the screen in white for a further 30 seconds..

Then you see him just standing there for ages until the actual solo comes in...Usually pulling faces :lol


..Hey buddy... You don't get more views depending on how long the intro is. Just cut to the chase plz. K thx bai.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: DragonAttack on February 05, 2017, 12:46:08 PM
I hate when people copy and paste posts from Word or Excel....but they do so into the wrong thread.  What a waste of people's time.

Ooooops, I just did that.  D'oh!

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on February 05, 2017, 12:52:01 PM
It mildly irritates me whenever I know we're going to be slow as hell on Superbowl day... No one in their right mind says "FOOTBALL PARTY AT THE WINE BAR!". No one.

Thank codfish there are people like me who could not possibly give any less of a shit about sports. So...I'll have like five customers today.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 05, 2017, 01:49:57 PM
FPS Video games when you die on a boss and you already used up all your ammo.

You come back to life with 0 ammo

And the boss is on 100% health again of course...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 05, 2017, 02:03:42 PM
FPS Video games when you die on a boss and you already used up all your ammo.

You come back to life with 0 ammo

And the boss is on 100% health again of course...
Or when they don't let you save at the start of the boss battle and you have to watch the 2-minute cutscene over again every time you die (or trek through 10 minutes of a level to get there again).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 05, 2017, 02:05:21 PM
All of the above.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 05, 2017, 03:51:39 PM
Or when you can't reload a gun AND do anything else.

So if you need to reload - you basically have to stand there and get riddled with bullets...

Cause if you run or shoot - then it doesn't reload.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 05, 2017, 06:34:14 PM
Reading in the UK has urinals in the street for blokes to piss in at night. There's 0% privacy. They retract into the floor in the daytime.

At night they're literally a urinal right there in the street.

We have one of them in my home town and it is opposite the taxi rank!! No joke, as everyone is queuing up waiting for a taxi they are stood facing a urinal. One time I was caught by police pissing down an alley and they cautioned me about indecent exposure. When I explained that I would be more likely to expose myself to others using the urinal, as it was opposite the taxi rank, they threatened to arrest me. I then mentioned that there had been fight kicking off at said taxi rank, round the corner, when I passed and that this was all really a waste of their time they got really shitty. I really had to bite my tongue to make sure I didn't get arrested.

To be fair I shouldn't be pissing down an alley but it was all so ridiculous!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Train of Naught on February 06, 2017, 05:08:32 AM
Here in Amsterdam (spread across the centre of the city) we have inward-spiraling walls with the bottom cut off, you're supposed to stand in the middle and take a piss, and it has a miniscule drain on the floor in an attempt to drain it away. It's the most disgusting thing ever, the streets literally get flooded with piss.

Ah I found a picture, terrific:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Krul_Public_toilet_singel_krul.JPG)

It pisses me off :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 06, 2017, 05:12:42 AM
It pisses me off :neverusethis:

:clap:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 06, 2017, 05:52:53 AM
Every morning I pull into my parking space and in rolls some guy in his modified BMW M5. I swear, the fucker redlines it just backing into a parking space. It's deafening and irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 06, 2017, 06:12:05 AM
I had an allergic reaction to Deep Heat spray - which I was using to try and alleviate some muscle sprain.

I find that mildly irritating. :hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: nobloodyname on February 07, 2017, 10:22:34 AM
I'll put something out there now, I can never shit in a public toilet, I just can't do it.

Ah, a kindred spirit. In all my 44 years on this planet, I have only once had to do the business in a public toilet, and that was at Heathrow just before boarding an 11 hour flight to Los Angeles. 10 September 2015, fact fans ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 07, 2017, 10:47:38 AM
I'll put something out there now, I can never shit in a public toilet, I just can't do it.

Ah, a kindred spirit. In all my 44 years on this planet, I have only once had to do the business in a public toilet, and that was at Heathrow just before boarding an 11 hour flight to Los Angeles. 10 September 2015, fact fans ;D

You took a shit at Heathrow Airport on my birthday.   Yay!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 07, 2017, 10:53:58 AM
I'll put something out there now, I can never shit in a public toilet, I just can't do it.

Ah, a kindred spirit. In all my 44 years on this planet, I have only once had to do the business in a public toilet, and that was at Heathrow just before boarding an 11 hour flight to Los Angeles. 10 September 2015, fact fans ;D

I can't even wrap my head around this. Not counting the office, I shit in a public toilet at least twice a month.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TheCountOfNYC on February 07, 2017, 01:07:20 PM
I'll put something out there now, I can never shit in a public toilet, I just can't do it.

Ah, a kindred spirit. In all my 44 years on this planet, I have only once had to do the business in a public toilet, and that was at Heathrow just before boarding an 11 hour flight to Los Angeles. 10 September 2015, fact fans ;D

When I was in marching band in high school I went to band camp. The toilets were so gross there that I couldn't bring myself to use them for anything but piss so I ended up not taking a dump for five days. Looking back now that was extremely dangerous and stupid but I was so grossed out that it didn't matter to me at the time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 07, 2017, 01:09:43 PM
As a kid, I would never shit in a public bathroom.  I would avoid doing that anywhere but my own home... then I went to college.  Then I had no "home" and the bathrooms were shared and probably worse than most public restrooms.  I got used to that real quick and now I go wherever I need to if I need to.  Nothing can stop my shit now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 07, 2017, 01:55:38 PM
As a kid, I would never shit in a public bathroom.  I would avoid doing that anywhere but my own home... then I went to college.  Then I had no "home" and the bathrooms were shared and probably worse than most public restrooms.  I got used to that real quick and now I go wherever I need to if I need to.  Nothing can stop my shit now.


Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 07, 2017, 02:03:05 PM
- - - - - - -

Ughhhh. When you check your bank balance before getting paid and again after you were paid and it's the same amount because lots of things went out at the same time.


Hate that shit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 08, 2017, 10:17:35 AM
Google  [   Exactly what you typed in  ]

Sorry we can't find that ! Did you mean " EXACTLY WHAT YOU TYPED IN " ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on February 08, 2017, 10:23:28 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/lrIHmpA.png)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 08, 2017, 10:26:03 AM
Your fault for using retina frying white background :hat




also inb4 blob tells me that white backgrounds are best and dark backgrounds are crap
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on February 08, 2017, 10:41:28 AM
When staring at dark background/light text for more than a few seconds, it really gets burned into my vision. So I've always used the slightly lighter themes here.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on February 08, 2017, 10:44:27 AM
When staring at dark background/light text for more than a few seconds, it really gets burned into my vision. So I've always used the slightly lighter themes here.

Ditto. Literally a minute of light text on dark background makes my eyes hurt like nothing else. I use the default SMF theme for DTF. Plain as muck and easy on the eye. Just how I like my women.
Your fault for using retina frying white background :hat

For a start, that's not even a white background. Secondly, if your white level is frying your eyes, your monitor is adjusted very incorrectly. ;) Keep it to 120cd max!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 08, 2017, 12:41:40 PM
Google  [   Exactly what you typed in  ]

Sorry we can't find that ! Did you mean " EXACTLY WHAT YOU TYPED IN " ?

When I google "exactly what you typed in", I get a bunch of entries for neat questions about texting and searches.   It's pretty informative.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 08, 2017, 02:23:30 PM
Google  [   Exactly what you typed in  ]

Sorry we can't find that ! Did you mean " EXACTLY WHAT YOU TYPED IN " ?

When I google "exactly what you typed in", I get a bunch of entries for neat questions about texting and searches.   It's pretty informative.

*clicks fingers in black and white* Say - you might be onta sumthin' kid !

*STUPIDLY LOUD SCORE*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 08, 2017, 06:07:43 PM
a. When someone texts you a question and you reply instantly with a follow up Q and never get a reply.

b. When you text a question to someone and they wait til they next see you face to face to answer it  :angry:


FFS stuff like this pisses me off. The more "CONNECTED" we are - the less we actually reply to one another.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 08, 2017, 06:37:07 PM
FFS stuff like this pisses me off. The more "CONNECTED" we are - the less we actually reply to one another.

True it seems the more we are connected by technology the less connected we are personally.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 08, 2017, 08:31:23 PM
a. When someone texts you a question and you reply instantly with a follow up Q and never get a reply.


What do you mean?
















 ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 09, 2017, 10:42:31 AM
How about when intelligent and witty comics are hilarious on chat shows or those panel games.

But in their own actual tv shows or live show they're filthy or really unfunny.

Such a waste.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on February 09, 2017, 12:02:21 PM
When I'm having a discussion with someone and it's agreeable, they say; "I know, right!" at least that's the common trend in my area. It seemed that women started it and now the dudes are saying it in the same tone,,, I know, right!?   :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 09, 2017, 12:06:09 PM
ikr
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on February 09, 2017, 12:15:48 PM
ikr
Stop it!   :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 09, 2017, 12:21:38 PM
Same
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 09, 2017, 12:31:45 PM
ikr
Stop it!   :rollin
I've actually noticed that, at least in face to face conversation, people are dropping the "I know" and just saying "Right?!!!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on February 09, 2017, 12:35:00 PM
ikr
Stop it!   :rollin
I've actually noticed that, at least in face to face conversation, people are dropping the "I know" and just saying "Right?!!!"

 It has spread like gangrene!  :omg:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 09, 2017, 01:19:18 PM
ikr
Stop it!   :rollin
I've actually noticed that, at least in face to face conversation, people are dropping the "I know" and just saying "Right?!!!"

 It has spread like gangrene!  :omg:

:omg: it's worse than gangred !!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on February 09, 2017, 01:19:46 PM
Same

literally me
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 09, 2017, 01:21:44 PM
Same

literally me
Also me
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 09, 2017, 01:25:22 PM
ikr
Stop it!   :rollin
I've actually noticed that, at least in face to face conversation, people are dropping the "I know" and just saying "Right?!!!"

The only thing worse than that is when they say something, then sort of trail off and end with "so... um, yeah."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on February 09, 2017, 01:33:57 PM
ikr
Stop it!   :rollin
I've actually noticed that, at least in face to face conversation, people are dropping the "I know" and just saying "Right?!!!"

The only thing worse than that is when they say something, then sort of trail off and end with "so... um, yeah."
That too!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 09, 2017, 01:36:53 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/vETuKnK.png)

so basically fuck everything
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 09, 2017, 01:39:36 PM
Same

literally me
Also me
me af
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 09, 2017, 01:43:11 PM
Same

literally me
Also me
me af

omGGGGGGGGGG i haTE thIS tooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 09, 2017, 02:33:37 PM
lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on February 09, 2017, 03:22:12 PM
This looks like a pet peeve thread.  Well, I'll quote George Carlin by saying, "I don't have pet peeves.  I have major psychotic fucking hatreds."   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 09, 2017, 03:23:11 PM
I hate George Carlin. :hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 09, 2017, 03:24:09 PM
I hate George Carlin. :hat


 :|
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 09, 2017, 03:34:38 PM
I know this is the correct thread to vent bile..But I won't bother.

Suffice to say. Of course people love Carlin. He's anti governemnt. Anti religion and pro drugs and smoking and drinking.

Why wouldn't people love that ? :biggrin:

See also : Bill Hicks.

End.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 09, 2017, 03:47:14 PM
I'm anti drugs, smoking and drinking. I also don't curse.

He's still my favorite comedian.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 09, 2017, 03:52:33 PM
Him and Bill Hicks are the same thing to me.

I dislike both.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: PowerSlave on February 09, 2017, 03:58:30 PM
I know this is the correct thread to vent bile..But I won't bother.

Suffice to say. Of course people love Carlin. He's anti governemnt. Anti religion and pro drugs and smoking and drinking.

Why wouldn't people love that ? :biggrin:

See also : Bill Hicks.

End.

He was not pro smoking (unless it was pot), or drinking at all. In fact, he was vehemently against alcohol abuse. I have many of his early (late 60's/early 70's) albums on my ipod, and listen to them on a somewhat regular basis. He mentions it on one of them. I'll try to track it down on a youtube clip for you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 09, 2017, 04:00:15 PM
Probably Bill Hicks then. It's basically the same act.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: PowerSlave on February 09, 2017, 04:03:24 PM
Probably Bill Hicks then. It's basically the same act.

If one is pro, and the other is against, how is it the same act? Sure, they have some things in common, but they're far from being the same act.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 09, 2017, 04:05:23 PM
Yea, George is definitely just like Bill Hicks.

In fact, I figured you'd really resonate with George's "everything sucks, everybody pisses me off" attitude.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Randaran on February 09, 2017, 04:05:29 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/vETuKnK.png)

so basically fuck everything

Aside from the wind, that looks like my preferred weather. Though it snowed today and I'm still wearing shorts, so make of that what you will.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 09, 2017, 11:23:55 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/vETuKnK.png)

so basically fuck everything

Aside from the wind, that looks like my preferred weather. Though it snowed today and I'm still wearing shorts, so make of that what you will.  :lol

{{Edit: Misread your post  :facepalm:}}
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Tomislav95 on February 10, 2017, 04:31:35 AM
Are those Celsius? Where do you live? It's -1 here :|

What mildly irritates me: when someone flakes out >:( my friend didn't really cancel at the last minute but we agreed to go to the concert together (on Sunday) almost two weeks ago and now he's not going at all. I know his reasons and those are not really good reasons not to go but whatever. I got used to go to the prog shows alone :D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 10, 2017, 04:46:20 AM
Are those Celsius? Where do you live? It's -1 here :|

Yep, I live in Australia. This is the first time I've really paid attention to weather forecasts, but apparently this is the hottest summer we've had in quite a long time.

Here's an updated pic as of 10:45PM, (the other pic was from 7:30AM)
(https://i.imgur.com/jEP8amR.png)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on February 10, 2017, 04:51:50 AM
I feel your pain! What area do you live? It was 44C here today, 45C tomorrow, luckily the day after that got downgraded to *only* 37C.
We have never had a Summer close to this brutal before.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 10, 2017, 04:53:35 AM
What's worse is that I've heard there may be a power outage for some places since everyone's has their aircon on.

Hoping for the best...  :(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on February 10, 2017, 04:59:22 AM
What's worse is that I've heard there may be a power outage for some places since everyone's has their aircon on.

Hoping for the best...  :(

Yeah I heard, but luckily nothing came of it here. Hopefully we're fine tomorrow too. We don't even have air conditioning in our house, so it double sucks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 10, 2017, 06:41:00 AM
I know this is the correct thread to vent bile..But I won't bother.

Suffice to say. Of course people love Carlin. He's anti governemnt. Anti religion and pro drugs and smoking and drinking.

Why wouldn't people love that ? :biggrin:

See also : Bill Hicks.

End.

I love Carlin, one of my favorite comedians, and I think Hicks is funny (but not the legend he has become because of the Denis Leary nonsense).   But I get this attitude.   Carlin is an iconoclast, and it's almost as if - and this is irony for you, kids - other people take a sort of self-justification from it.    Forget that he wouldn't have wanted that at all (he's said as much), it's the exact opposite of being an iconoclast (thus the irony), and a lot of it is misunderstood (ala the drinking part of it).   

I do know I saw him in Vegas once, with some people I worked with (we were lawyers for GE) and I remember about halfway through the show, leaning over to my boss and whispering, "you know he's making fun of people like us, right?   He's making of us?" and he said exactly what I was also thinking, which was "Yeah, but he's so freaking good at it that it's still funny!".   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Randaran on February 10, 2017, 09:41:00 AM
Crap, I misread that. I assumed it was Fahrenheit. My bad. Yeah, that looks awful.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 10, 2017, 09:42:30 AM
There is another side to it which is - I don't find Hicks or Carlin funny and way too preachy...

And the amount of times I just casually say I'm not a Hicks fan and someone replies

" Not my fault if you don't understand his humour "

EVERY TIME.

I understand cracker jokes - doesn't mean I think they're hysterically funny.

Also lol at you thinking you're somehow superior to me because you like Bill Hicks...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on February 10, 2017, 10:21:10 AM
Are those Celsius? Where do you live? It's -1 here :|

What mildly irritates me: when someone flakes out >:( my friend didn't really cancel at the last minute but we agreed to go to the concert together (on Sunday) almost two weeks ago and now he's not going at all. I know his reasons and those are not really good reasons not to go but whatever. I got used to go to the prog shows alone :D
I can totally relate to this!  Back in 2011 Rush was touring the second leg of the Time Machine tour.  They had a summer date at The Gorge amphitheater in Washington state, which is a beautiful venue out in the middle of nowhere overlooking the Columbia Rver. I made arrangements to go with two friends who said they were going and wanted me to ride with them and stay at the campground after the show. The day before the show, I had packed my tent and everything else excited to see Rush. The next morning, I was waiting for them to pick me up and they never showed.. I called them to see what's up and no answer. I drove to the local airport where he worked as a aircraft mechanic, and he was there in the hangar tinkering on a airplane. I asked him Wtf??  He said he and his wife decided not to go and just wanted to take it easy for the weekend..
They didn't even have the decency to tell me they weren't going and completely ruined my opportunity to see Rush. I didn't have a dependable vehicle at the time to make the 5 hour trip.. They knew how much that show meant to me and screwed me out of it,, selfish jerks!!  I would have been ok with it if they would have had enough common courtesy to give me a few days notice, I missed the concert as a result. A week before, they said it was a for sure thing! So this did not mildly irritate me, it literally pissed me off!  And yes, I did have a ticket for the show.
  A friend of mine that went said it was the best epic concert he had ever seen, and if he knew I could have rode with him. Neil Peart said on his website that it was the best show Rush has ever played to date, and it was the last show of the Time Machine tour..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 10, 2017, 01:01:53 PM
Got a raise today, which I'm grateful for, but irritated that I won't see it reflected in my checks until 4/1/17
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 10, 2017, 01:35:03 PM
Got a raise today, which I'm grateful for, but irritated that I won't see it reflected in my checks until 4/1/17

That's just annoying.  Congrats on the raise  :metal
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 10, 2017, 01:43:25 PM
Got a raise today, which I'm grateful for, but irritated that I won't see it reflected in my checks until 4/1/17

That's just annoying.  Congrats on the raise  :metal

Thanks. They must be really impressed with my web browsing abilities  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 10, 2017, 01:49:46 PM
 :metal :chino:



I had a thought today. Telling someone with depression to " just cheer up " is like telling a man with one leg to "just grow another one".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 10, 2017, 01:57:11 PM
:metal :chino:



I had a thought today. Telling someone with depression to " just cheer up " is like telling a man with one leg to "just grow another one".

True.  Although my guess is that the person saying such a thing just doesn't know something better to say and it's better to say something like that then nothing in such situations.  I say that as someone who often struggles to find words in serious and sad personal discussions.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 10, 2017, 02:09:54 PM







:emo: I accept hugs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 10, 2017, 02:44:05 PM
Got a raise today, which I'm grateful for, but irritated that I won't see it reflected in my checks until 4/1/17

That's just annoying.  Congrats on the raise  :metal

Thanks. They must be really impressed with my web browsing abilities  :lol

I'm pretty sure it was your "Jay and Silent Bob" meme.  I'm sure of it. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 10, 2017, 02:46:27 PM
I had a thought today. Telling someone with depression to " just cheer up " is like telling a man with one leg to "just grow another one".
As someone who suffers from mental illness, though relatively mild in my case, the stigma and ignorance around most mental illness does indeed piss me off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 10, 2017, 02:58:45 PM
Got a raise today, which I'm grateful for, but irritated that I won't see it reflected in my checks until 4/1/17

That's just annoying.  Congrats on the raise  :metal

Thanks. They must be really impressed with my web browsing abilities  :lol

I'm pretty sure it was your "Jay and Silent Bob" meme.  I'm sure of it.

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 10, 2017, 05:33:39 PM
:emo: I accept hugs.

:hug:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on February 10, 2017, 11:35:33 PM
(https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e316/snowdogg80/IMG_3464_zpstwz7sugz.jpg)

I'm sure it's been posted in the previous thread, but this shit. Why watch a concert through a lens and screen? Moreover, why make the person behind you watch it through your lens and screen too as you're blocking their view?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on February 11, 2017, 02:45:36 AM
Snow Dog,  best post yet in this thread!  I can't agree more..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 11, 2017, 03:13:09 AM
That doesn't usually irritate me as it doesn't spoil my enjoyment of the show. I feel sorry for them though as I don't feel they are experiencing it in the same way as most other people.

What does irritate me though is when people have their phones out in a metal pit then get all shitty if their phone gets knocked out of their hand!! I mean what do you expect?? You don't take your phone into the swimming pool then get angry that it gets wet!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 11, 2017, 03:27:47 AM
(https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e316/snowdogg80/IMG_3464_zpstwz7sugz.jpg)

I think that person uploaded their recording onto YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdNlDNgvAUI
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Tomislav95 on February 11, 2017, 03:57:50 AM
That doesn't usually irritate me as it doesn't spoil my enjoyment of the show. I feel sorry for them though as I don't feel they are experiencing it in the same way as most other people.

What does irritate me though is when people have their phones out in a metal pit then get all shitty if their phone gets knocked out of their hand!! I mean what do you expect?? You don't take your phone into the swimming pool then get angry that it gets wet!
Totally. And those videos will look as shit anyway and there's no way they'll watch it more than once.
I'm ok with taking few pictures but tbh I most often forget to even think about my smartphone while being there :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 11, 2017, 08:14:00 AM
How about disabled people that are up themselves and refuse any help and are just all around dickish?

Had one today. Wouldn't let us open the door for her. Then refused to engage in conversation with staff. Just sat there and ignored us.

Yeah have fun with that...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: twosuitsluke on February 11, 2017, 09:10:11 AM
That doesn't usually irritate me as it doesn't spoil my enjoyment of the show. I feel sorry for them though as I don't feel they are experiencing it in the same way as most other people.

What does irritate me though is when people have their phones out in a metal pit then get all shitty if their phone gets knocked out of their hand!! I mean what do you expect?? You don't take your phone into the swimming pool then get angry that it gets wet!
Totally. And those videos will look as shit anyway and there's no way they'll watch it more than once.
I'm ok with taking few pictures but tbh I most often forget to even think about my smartphone while being there :lol

If I'm honest, when I'm at a gig I'm not always even fussed about watching the band and the stage. If it's a band I don't really know I'll watch more but if it's one of my faves I just want to experience the music. Obviously music isn't a visual thing and I don't really hero worship bands so I never cared for being on the barrier staring up at the band. I prefer to be in the middle of the crowd and I'm usually head down, eyes closed at times just rocking out. I know everyone is different but that's how I find I enjoy it most. I just think it's sad if people are filming shows to put on Facebook or show their friends like 'hey, this is what I did last night, I'm so cool.'. It's a comment on our society where it seems like an experience is only deemed valid if you can share it via social media! It's pretty stupid.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 09:12:42 AM
I usually don't do more than snap a few photos if I'm at a concert. My phone isn't capable of getting decent audio anyway, so I'm not going to try to record. And while people recording can be annoying at the venue, I'd be a total hypocrite if I didn't point out that, if they do a good job, I'll probably find myself enjoying their work on Youtube.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on February 11, 2017, 02:07:59 PM
People who can't follow simple directions and/or requests.

Case in point: I went to Quiznos earlier after my workout and ordered my usual sandwich, and even though I only go there once or twice a month now (cause it is somewhat out of the way for me now), the manager still knows that I like it extra done, so he will run it through twice or slow it down (if it is slow and there is no one behind me).  Anyway, he told the guy working how I like it, and what does the guy do?  He slows it down, but then as he stands there on other side waiting for it, he peers in and then speeds up and grabs it as fast as he can, obviously so he can get it done and get back to playing on his phone. I rolled my eyes and didn't say a word.  Then, he asks if I want anything else on it, and I specifically say, "Just a little bit of lettuce," and he proceeds to grab a big enough handful that it would fill a large salad bowl.  Idiot.  :facepalm: :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 11, 2017, 02:12:43 PM
I once figured out how to get free cookies at Subway whenever I wanted...

There were several Subway in Reading so I never tried it at the same place two times in a row.

All you had to do was keep the receipt of any Subway and memorise the shop code ( usually 4 numbers )

Then go to tellsubway.co.uk and fill out their customer satisfaction survey. you could literally make up the time and date as it accepted anything.

Then they'd email you a code for a free cookie :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 02:24:09 PM
I thought you were about to say you gave them horrible reviews just to get free stuff, and I was gonna have to get all pissy with you. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 11, 2017, 02:25:33 PM
I thought you were about to say you gave them horrible reviews just to get free stuff, and I was gonna have to get all pissy with you. :lol

Haha nah I wouldn't be like that.

I had no qualms about free cookies though. They're a corporation so a few cookies here and there mean nothing to them...

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 11, 2017, 02:28:34 PM
I can't remember how long ago it was, but I used to go a Subway by where I lived to the point where the employees remembered me and eventually just started giving me like 3-4 free cookies every time I bought a sandwich.

Those were good times.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 11, 2017, 02:31:05 PM
Ah . Cookies.

Incidentally - what sandwich did you get ?

I either got Meatball Marinara on Hearty Italian or Spicy Italian BMT with southwestern sauce :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 11, 2017, 02:51:55 PM
Ah . Cookies.

Incidentally - what sandwich did you get ?

I either got Meatball Marinara on Hearty Italian or Spicy Italian BMT with southwestern sauce :)

Veggie. Being a vegetarian, it made the most sense ;).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 11, 2017, 02:56:09 PM
When people do not make an effort to park straight, between the lines.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: PowerSlave on February 11, 2017, 04:42:24 PM
Ah . Cookies.

Incidentally - what sandwich did you get ?

I either got Meatball Marinara on Hearty Italian or Spicy Italian BMT with southwestern sauce :)

Veggie. Being a vegetarian, it made the most sense ;).

Off topic question. Do you eat chicken or fish? Or is it a very strict vegetables only diet? I've heard of some folks that will do the chicken/fish thing, and some that won't.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 11, 2017, 05:00:55 PM
Are you Pescetarian or Pollotarian in other words :hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 11, 2017, 05:02:34 PM
Are you Pescetarian or Pollotarian in other words :hat

Jewish.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 11, 2017, 05:03:23 PM
Ah . Cookies.

Incidentally - what sandwich did you get ?

I either got Meatball Marinara on Hearty Italian or Spicy Italian BMT with southwestern sauce :)

Veggie. Being a vegetarian, it made the most sense ;).

Off topic question. Do you eat chicken or fish? Or is it a very strict vegetables only diet? I've heard of some folks that will do the chicken/fish thing, and some that won't.

Neither. I don't do any meat or fish but I eat mostly non veggies. Though I guess if pizza is a vegetable, I'm a fan.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 11, 2017, 05:05:06 PM
Are you Pescetarian or Pollotarian in other words :hat

Jewish.

Mazel Tov :coolio
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on February 11, 2017, 05:15:56 PM
Mildly irritating bordering on "fucking come on, dude" is people just leaving shopping carts laying in a parking spot. I don't understand how someone can just finishing unloading their bags and not drop the cart into one of the many cart corrals in the lot. It just seems like the epitome of obliviousness I see when people within the grocery store just cruise around with their cart and almost hit you as if they're the only one in the store accompanied with the blank stare if they hit you as if you just materialized in front of them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 11, 2017, 05:19:08 PM
People are generally selfish c*ts.

People who listen to loud music on their phones on the bus or park in a residential street and leave the engine running just to have a phone convo on full volume through their car speakers

then drive off afterwards.

or go to a rehearsal room - book a room - play as loud as you can - rip off all the soundproofing from the walls and leave without paying.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 11, 2017, 05:56:02 PM
Mildly irritating bordering on "fucking come on, dude" is people just leaving shopping carts laying in a parking spot. I don't understand how someone can just finishing unloading their bags and not drop the cart into one of the many cart corrals in the lot. It just seems like the epitome of obliviousness I see when people within the grocery store just cruise around with their cart and almost hit you as if they're the only one in the store accompanied with the blank stare if they hit you as if you just materialized in front of them.

I saw so many today.  That's where I was upset about people parking as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 06:09:16 PM
Sorry, I do not feel the need to escort my carriage to the nearest corral. I leave it behind my car and I make sure it does not roll.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 11, 2017, 06:12:47 PM
You son of a bitch Tim.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 06:14:45 PM
You'd think because of what I do, I'd be against it, but fuck it. I'm not going to be shamed into walking my cart across the parking lot. I'm the customer, dammit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 11, 2017, 06:18:30 PM
I see so many scratches on our cars and we all know it's either a door or a carriage.   So in conclusion,  people suck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 06:36:21 PM
This is why ALDI has the best system. Don't want to put your shopping cart back? Then you don't get your $0.25 back. I've never seen more than one shopping cart out in their lot, ever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 06:38:40 PM
ALDI is going to charge me .25 to use their cart? Fuck them! Pay a damn carriage kid.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 06:47:13 PM
Their quarter system is cheaper for everyone. Put your cart back, get your quarter back. They also won't give you bags unless you pay for them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 06:48:39 PM
Their quarter system is cheaper for everyone. Put your cart back, get your quarter back. They also won't give you bags unless you pay for them.

Again, fuck them. If I'm going to shop there, bag my stuff. Everyone else provides bags.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 11, 2017, 06:50:37 PM
Yup a double fuck you :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 06:50:59 PM
Their quarter system is cheaper for everyone. Put your cart back, get your quarter back. They also won't give you bags unless you pay for them.

Again, fuck them. If I'm going to shop there, bag my stuff. Everyone else provides bags.
And that's why other places have higher prices.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 06:53:41 PM
Not really. That's ALDI's model.


Yup a double fuck you :lol

:neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 11, 2017, 06:54:25 PM
Aldi protip: take some of the empty/near empty cardboard boxes from the shelves. They're just going throw them out anyway so they don't care, and now you've got something to transport your groceries in.

And the quarter system is fantastic. I've never seen a stray cart in an Aldi parking lot.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Scorpion on February 11, 2017, 06:56:00 PM
Wait, you guys have Aldi? Weird, for some reason I thought they only existed in Germany.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 06:56:36 PM
I've never seen a stray cart in an Aldi parking lot.

I've never seen a customer in an Aldi parking lot.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on February 11, 2017, 06:57:20 PM
Sorry, I do not feel the need to escort my carriage to the nearest corral. I leave it behind my car and I make sure it does not roll.

Instead of getting upset, I need to ask: what possesses you to do this? Why not just go put the cart away? Are you in that much of a hurry?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 11, 2017, 06:58:01 PM
My wife likes Aldi's but I've never been to one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 06:58:14 PM
Only paying about 2 people at a time and not giving away things like bags (which are actually pretty damn expensive over time) can certainly allow you to scrape by with a lower margin on your goods.

And they have plenty of customers :lol They're one of the fastest growing retailers out there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on February 11, 2017, 06:58:30 PM
Wait, you guys have Aldi? Weird, for some reason I thought they only existed in Germany.

We have one near us that opened years ago and I was going to check it out until I heard about the bag thing. No interest.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 11, 2017, 07:00:38 PM
Wait, you guys have Aldi? Weird, for some reason I thought they only existed in Germany.

Yeah, they made it over here some 5-10 years ago, I think. My grandfather (who is German) was thrilled, until he discovered that they didn't take checks (his preferred method of payment) and he never went there again.

We shop there pretty regularly, though. Prices are good, store is laid out nice and linearly, cashiers load the cart in record time without any bullshit. Good store.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 07:02:17 PM
Wait, you guys have Aldi? Weird, for some reason I thought they only existed in Germany.

We have one near us that opened years ago and I was going to check it out until I heard about the bag thing. No interest.
You're more than welcome to bring your own reusable bags, or, like Shadow Ninja said, grab some of the empty boxes/cases around the store as things sell down. I usually just throw my stuff straight in the trunk without any bags.

And yeah, it makes checkout time super quick.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 07:08:11 PM
Sorry, I do not feel the need to escort my carriage to the nearest corral. I leave it behind my car and I make sure it does not roll.

Instead of getting upset, I need to ask: what possesses you to do this? Why not just go put the cart away? Are you in that much of a hurry?

I'm being a douche in the thread tonight, but in real life, I am a very reasonable person who makes their living working as a major chain supermarket, being a Store Manager for 16 years before stepping down to a Grocery Department Manager position to accommodate a special needs child.
But those carts are there to cut down the store's liability. They tell you it helps keep prices low, but that's BS. So now we are shamed as being uncivilized if we don't walk the cart to the coral. I feel like I've spent my money at the store. If I leave the cart behind my car, not in a space, but in some kind of median, making sure it will not roll into someone else's car, then I'm good. Being in a hurry never has anything to do with it.


ALDI is an extremely low price model operator. It is what it is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 07:31:51 PM
But those carts are there to cut down the store's liability. They tell you it helps keep prices low, but that's BS.
What liability do you mean? Carts damaging cars? Or when they're out $40k because their part-time cart pusher slips on the ice, tears up his shoulder, and can't work his day job for months? Aside from a few random threats that didn't amount to anything, I never had any issue with the former, though I did experience the latter when I was a big box manager.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 07:37:45 PM
It's the first line of defense when a carriage hits a car.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on February 11, 2017, 07:39:06 PM
Sorry, I do not feel the need to escort my carriage to the nearest corral. I leave it behind my car and I make sure it does not roll.

Instead of getting upset, I need to ask: what possesses you to do this? Why not just go put the cart away? Are you in that much of a hurry?

I'm being a douche in the thread tonight, but in real life, I am a very reasonable person who makes their living working as a major chain supermarket, being a Store Manager for 16 years before stepping down to a Grocery Department Manager position to accommodate a special needs child.
But those carts are there to cut down the store's liability. They tell you it helps keep prices low, but that's BS. So now we are shamed as being uncivilized if we don't walk the cart to the coral. I feel like I've spent my money at the store. If I leave the cart behind my car, not in a space, but in some kind of median, making sure it will not roll into someone else's car, then I'm good. Being in a hurry never has anything to do with it.

Well I'd beg to differ on the laziness end of it because it takes 20 seconds to shove the cart in the corral and walk back. And just because someone makes sure the cart isn't moving when they leave it whereever doesn't mean the wind blowing it or some vehicle bumping it won't cause an issue in the near future. It's just such a common sense thing in my mind that I can't wrap my head around any of the excuses of not putting your damn cart away.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 07:42:08 PM
It's the first line of defense when a carriage hits a car.
I always found that the numerous large signs stating that the store is not responsible for damage caused by shopping carts were pretty effective.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 07:45:33 PM
  It's just such a common sense thing in my mind that I can't wrap my head around any of the excuses of not putting your damn cart away.
That's ok Orcus. It's just not MY carriage to put away. It's not MY responsibility to put it anywhere. Maybe I'm being a stubborn old fogey. Not sure how old you are, but I remember when there were no corals. They are only there for stores to cover their asses and to cut down on labor costs to have the customers, by each one bringing them to a coral, gather the carriages by themselves. As a customer, I resent that.


I always found that the numerous large signs stating that the store is not responsible for damage caused by shopping carts were pretty effective.
Another tool to intimidate customers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 07:48:05 PM
....doesn't mean the wind blowing it...

In windy conditions, I've been known to bring it to the coral.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 07:56:01 PM
By the way, I am in no way trying to be dismissive of your viewpoint, TAC. I have plenty of experience in the retail world, and I get what you're saying. I understand the more service-oriented mindset and why some prefer that.

It's probably largely because I spent years working retail, though, that my attitude (particularly with grocery shopping) is basically, "take my money and get the hell out of my way." I just don't want to be there. I go in, grab my stuff quickly, and I want to check out quickly, with minimal delays and interactions. ALDI is good for that, and I appreciate the low prices they can deliver. And in any other store, I'm a self-checkout guy, unless I have short-dated items where the price reduction needs to be hand keyed by an associate. I don't really care to have someone bag my items for me or take care of my cart, because I can do it quickly by myself.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 08:00:12 PM
By the way, I am in no way trying to be dismissive of your viewpoint, TAC. I have plenty of experience in the retail world, and I get what you're saying. I understand the more service-oriented mindset and why some prefer that.

It's probably largely because I spent years working retail, though, that my attitude (particularly with grocery shopping) is basically, "take my money and get the hell out of my way." I just don't want to be there. I go in, grab my stuff quickly, and I want to check out quickly, with minimal delays and interactions. ALDI is good for that, and I appreciate the low prices they can deliver. And in any other store, I'm a self-checkout guy, unless I have short-dated items where the price reduction needs to be hand keyed by an associate. I don't really care to have someone bag my items for me or take care of my cart, because I can do it quickly by myself.

All cool.

I'm always mindful of the customers who it is clear that shopping is the last thing they want to be doing. It's important to know when to give, and when to pull back. It's really what makes each day different and exciting.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 11, 2017, 08:00:55 PM
I think it common courtesy to put them in the coral for the reason of not having that cart hit another car.  I get what Tim as a manager of a grocery store he feels it's the store's responsibility to take care of that.


Unfortunately,  I've seen too many carts left to their own accord out there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 11, 2017, 08:05:04 PM
Yeah, we were always more mindful of collecting the carts if the winds were high when I worked big box. Sometimes you're just too late, though. Those things can really move if the wind hits them in the right direction.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2017, 08:06:09 PM
I think it common courtesy to put them in the coral for the reason of not having that cart hit another car.  I get what Tim as a manager of a grocery store he feels it's the store's responsibility to take care of that.


Unfortunately,  I've seen too many carts left to their own accord out there.

As a manager, I want them returned to the coral. As a customer, I resent the store's expectation that I do so. And I'm not saying Orcus' "common sense" reasoning is wrong. These days, it's accepted, even expected that people will and should return them. But like I said, as a customer, I resent it. Perhaps it lacks decency, but I promise, it'll be the least decent thing I do all day! :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on February 12, 2017, 07:28:22 AM
Aldi is awesome. Takes a little getting used to, but the prices are soooo much lower than anywhere else around me that I'll put up with it. They're prices generally beat the sale prices at my other local grocery stores. And their cashiers move through your stuff like lightning. Other store cashiers seems like molasses by comparison. I'm not willing to pay extra for services I'm willing to do myself, like bagging, returning carts, etc.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 12, 2017, 08:50:51 AM
I get bored of Aldi's limited range and the speed the cashiers process your stuff and then you feel like a twat trying to get it in your bag in triple time 'cause people are watching you and waiting...


But yeah - take your own bags and keep a £1 coin just for the trolleys  / cart. My grandad keeps it in the cup holder in the car. No probs.


I saw a funny thing online..." How to get around the 5p carrier bag charge.....Take your own bags!! "

:lolpalm: Which is the whole point.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on February 12, 2017, 09:16:16 AM
I think it common courtesy to put them in the coral for the reason of not having that cart hit another car.  I get what Tim as a manager of a grocery store he feels it's the store's responsibility to take care of that.


Unfortunately,  I've seen too many carts left to their own accord out there.

As a manager, I want them returned to the coral. As a customer, I resent the store's expectation that I do so. And I'm not saying Orcus' "common sense" reasoning is wrong. These days, it's accepted, even expected that people will and should return them. But like I said, as a customer, I resent it. Perhaps it lacks decency, but I promise, it'll be the least decent thing I do all day! :)

You might be the first person I've heard say that. As a customer I have never had the thought that it was up to the store to clean up after me whenever I'm done unloading my bags. I'd understand it if someone from the store was following me and immediately taking the cart away but until the cart collectors do their rounds who knows what will happen to that cart in the meantime? I've seen carts that have rolled or been left in the middle of the aisles so you'd either have to drive carefully around them or stop the car, get out, and move it out of the way.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on February 12, 2017, 09:40:54 AM
As a person who worked as a bagger/cart cowgirl during July in AZ... screw you guys for not putting the carts in the corral lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 12, 2017, 09:58:04 AM
As someone who has had their car's paint damaged because of heavy winds blowing a rogue cart into the side of my car, screw you guys for not putting your carts in the coral.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 13, 2017, 07:13:45 AM
As someone who spent significant time in college working for a grocery store and whose dad was a grocery store manager for 40 years, I find TAC's attitude against cart corrals completely mystifying and, like orcus, I can simply not wrap my head around it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 13, 2017, 07:52:52 AM
Sorry, I do not feel the need to escort my carriage to the nearest corral. I leave it behind my car and I make sure it does not roll.

Instead of getting upset, I need to ask: what possesses you to do this? Why not just go put the cart away? Are you in that much of a hurry?

I'm being a douche in the thread tonight, but in real life, I am a very reasonable person who makes their living working as a major chain supermarket, being a Store Manager for 16 years before stepping down to a Grocery Department Manager position to accommodate a special needs child.
But those carts are there to cut down the store's liability. They tell you it helps keep prices low, but that's BS. So now we are shamed as being uncivilized if we don't walk the cart to the coral. I feel like I've spent my money at the store. If I leave the cart behind my car, not in a space, but in some kind of median, making sure it will not roll into someone else's car, then I'm good. Being in a hurry never has anything to do with it.

Well I'd beg to differ on the laziness end of it because it takes 20 seconds to shove the cart in the corral and walk back. And just because someone makes sure the cart isn't moving when they leave it whereever doesn't mean the wind blowing it or some vehicle bumping it won't cause an issue in the near future. It's just such a common sense thing in my mind that I can't wrap my head around any of the excuses of not putting your damn cart away.

I don't know about "common sense" (what many people dismiss as "common sense" is mystifying to me) but I am old enough to remember that the alternative to the coral wasn't "leaving it wherever you please", it was walking it back to the store.  The carts were a convenience to the customer, and as is usual when someone let's you borrow something, you return it when you're done.   I'm not perfect in this regard, but eight and a half times out of ten, I'll bring the cart to the coral, or, if it's closer, to the store itself.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 13, 2017, 08:00:05 AM
^I just barely remember that^
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 13, 2017, 08:24:40 AM
People walking unbearably slowly side by side in a narrow corridor.


When your phone says you have full WIFI or 4G yet everything just says Loading...forever.

I can't begin to explain how frustrating that is.

Wanted to check my bank balance on my phone. Full wifi signal.

Had that spinning disc and Please Wait for way too long.

Fuck that drives me insane.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on February 13, 2017, 09:00:24 AM
TAC has to be trolling....right?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 13, 2017, 09:05:06 AM
I typically bring my car to the coral.  Very rarely do I leave it safely close to the car.  I mostly just get so annoyed when I pull into a parking spot and realize I can't park there cause someone didn't return their cart.  My friend likes to bring it back to the store, but I never do that because there usually is someone who is paid to do that and I have no interest in stealing their job.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 13, 2017, 09:13:43 AM
Return your carts/trolleys people !!!

It takes like 1 minute out of your day ::)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 13, 2017, 09:24:39 AM
I typically bring my car to the coral.  Very rarely do I leave it safely close to the car.  I mostly just get so annoyed when I pull into a parking spot and realize I can't park there cause someone didn't return their cart.  My friend likes to bring it back to the store, but I never do that because there usually is someone who is paid to do that and I have no interest in stealing their job.

Idk. I think there's a line with that. I guess technically, yes, someone is paid to do that, but there isn't a job title that is solely "coral emptier". I mean, a janitor gets paid to clean up my piss if I decide to use the wall/floor instead of the urinal. Using the the urinal rather than the wall will not result in a janitor having his/her job stolen.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 13, 2017, 09:30:25 AM
I typically bring my car to the coral.  Very rarely do I leave it safely close to the car.  I mostly just get so annoyed when I pull into a parking spot and realize I can't park there cause someone didn't return their cart.  My friend likes to bring it back to the store, but I never do that because there usually is someone who is paid to do that and I have no interest in stealing their job.

Idk. I think there's a line with that. I guess technically, yes, someone is paid to do that, but there isn't a job title that is solely "coral emptier". I mean, a janitor gets paid to clean up my piss if I decide to use the wall/floor instead of the urinal. Using the the urinal rather than the wall will not result in a janitor having his/her job stolen.

I don't know, typically the stores by me hire someone who is challenged to do this.  It's good for the community to provide these jobs.  The guy at my local supermarket is super friendly, maybe too friendly and it keeps him busy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 13, 2017, 09:53:46 AM
Totally depends on the store. Many places have someone who mostly only handles the carts, and many have people who handle the carts in addition to all of their other duties. Largely depends on volume.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 13, 2017, 10:01:11 AM
I typically bring my car to the coral.  Very rarely do I leave it safely close to the car.  I mostly just get so annoyed when I pull into a parking spot and realize I can't park there cause someone didn't return their cart.  My friend likes to bring it back to the store, but I never do that because there usually is someone who is paid to do that and I have no interest in stealing their job.

Idk. I think there's a line with that. I guess technically, yes, someone is paid to do that, but there isn't a job title that is solely "coral emptier". I mean, a janitor gets paid to clean up my piss if I decide to use the wall/floor instead of the urinal. Using the the urinal rather than the wall will not result in a janitor having his/her job stolen.

I don't know, typically the stores by me hire someone who is challenged to do this.  It's good for the community to provide these jobs.  The guy at my local supermarket is super friendly, maybe too friendly and it keeps him busy.

We had them too, but they'd bag and block as well. Some would be dishwashers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 15, 2017, 01:19:25 PM

When you go to click on a link on a web page and something suddenly loads and you click the wrong thing and get redirected.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on February 16, 2017, 08:51:26 PM
Sorry, I do not feel the need to escort my carriage to the nearest corral. I leave it behind my car and I make sure it does not roll.

Instead of getting upset, I need to ask: what possesses you to do this? Why not just go put the cart away? Are you in that much of a hurry?

I'm being a douche in the thread tonight, but in real life, I am a very reasonable person who makes their living working as a major chain supermarket, being a Store Manager for 16 years before stepping down to a Grocery Department Manager position to accommodate a special needs child.
But those carts are there to cut down the store's liability. They tell you it helps keep prices low, but that's BS. So now we are shamed as being uncivilized if we don't walk the cart to the coral. I feel like I've spent my money at the store. If I leave the cart behind my car, not in a space, but in some kind of median, making sure it will not roll into someone else's car, then I'm good. Being in a hurry never has anything to do with it.

Well I'd beg to differ on the laziness end of it because it takes 20 seconds to shove the cart in the corral and walk back. And just because someone makes sure the cart isn't moving when they leave it whereever doesn't mean the wind blowing it or some vehicle bumping it won't cause an issue in the near future. It's just such a common sense thing in my mind that I can't wrap my head around any of the excuses of not putting your damn cart away.

I don't know about "common sense" (what many people dismiss as "common sense" is mystifying to me) but I am old enough to remember that the alternative to the coral wasn't "leaving it wherever you please", it was walking it back to the store.  The carts were a convenience to the customer, and as is usual when someone let's you borrow something, you return it when you're done.   I'm not perfect in this regard, but eight and a half times out of ten, I'll bring the cart to the coral, or, if it's closer, to the store itself.

I think I used the word "sense" in place of "courtesy" but in reality I'd lend it more to sense because I expect that someone should think about more the consequences of what they're doing since it's not an act of kindness that you're returning your cart but more a thought of "hey this is a rolling metal thing that can damage vehicles". Anything more is a sign of laziness which leads to complacency which leads to obliviousness, the latter of which is what I consider one of the most frightening things in terms of how people act in public.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 18, 2017, 08:08:44 AM
People who upload a video of them playing a new game or something and they feel they have to be talking over it for every single second the video lasts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly depressing v.2
Post by: Adami on February 18, 2017, 02:46:42 PM
People who upload a video of them playing a new game or something.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 18, 2017, 03:45:17 PM
People uploading something....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 18, 2017, 03:52:49 PM
PEOPLE
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly AWESOME v.2
Post by: Adami on February 18, 2017, 03:54:00 PM
Flawless victory, gents. Cheers!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 18, 2017, 04:11:00 PM
*Clink*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 19, 2017, 08:46:47 AM
It's little silly things that annoy me more than bigger things.

Like - I dropped my phone the other day and it landed behind the radiator pipes - so I had to get it up on it's end to slide it back out - but I must have lost my grip and it fell over on it's side behind the

pipes like 5 times and I was just like :| I can grab it but I just cant lift it enough to get it out from behind these pipes without dropping it.

It's stuff that should really be simple that turns in to a chore That I find most infuriating. Like when you have full 4G or WIFI signal but nothing loads. Like. At all.

:| ?!?!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 19, 2017, 01:08:32 PM
I think I used the word "sense" in place of "courtesy" but in reality I'd lend it more to sense because I expect that someone should think about more the consequences of what they're doing since it's not an act of kindness that you're returning your cart but more a thought of "hey this is a rolling metal thing that can damage vehicles". Anything more is a sign of laziness which leads to complacency which leads to obliviousness, the latter of which is what I consider one of the most frightening things in terms of how people act in public.

Wow dude, is that a leap or what? The world is doomed because of people that don't return carriages? I was going to leave this thread alone, but to imply that I'm lazy, complacent, or oblivious is ridiculous. It's insulting, really.

I never thought that carriage return could be so controversial.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on February 19, 2017, 06:55:41 PM
My apologies for coming across a bit harsh since I definitely did morph one thing into another in terms of the cart discussion into my other gripes. I, personally, consider the cart thing as a small step for a larger issue I see but that's just part of the things that bother me personally so ultimately it's my issue. I do see a general sense of carelessness and obliviousness across all manners of social interactions from my fellow comrades but again that's just how I would categorize the big picture issues. That ranges from driving behavior to how people handle themselves walking around on the street, etc.

TAC, I'll agree to disagree on this since I'm not here to upset people. So apologies again for coming across as a d-bag.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 19, 2017, 07:36:45 PM
No worries bro. I think the biggest thing is to see that many people do things that really fly in the face of community and caring. I had said earlier in the thread that this is probably my greatest crime on humanity. :) But Sometimes I hate being told what to do, and I'm telling everyone that these corals are not up for community service.

OK, I'm cool. I'm done with that.

Personally, I hate driving and the guy in front of me throws out his cigarette. Don't you have an ash tray? What if my car bursts into flames? Since when is littering OK?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 19, 2017, 07:38:58 PM
Speaking of cigarettes, why are they not treated like trash?

A guy drinking a bottle of yoohoo that just throws the empty bottle on the ground and walks away is considered a douche bag litterer (and rightfully so), but the guy (or girl) who throws a cigarette butt on the ground and walks away....is perfectly fine.

I don't understand the different standards.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 19, 2017, 07:41:35 PM
Totally agree.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 19, 2017, 10:21:13 PM
When a band announces tour dates near where you live, but they're 18+ shows & they're being played 5 months before you turn 18.  :angry:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 19, 2017, 10:22:40 PM
When a band announces tour dates near where you live, but they're 18+ shows & they're being played 5 months before you turn 18.  :angry:

Age faster.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Randaran on February 20, 2017, 08:58:50 AM
It seems as though every time I reach a milestone age, I find that there is always some activity I would like to engage in, but am not old enough to do so. Hopefully this will end once I hit 21 next year. I don't plan to ever run for office, and so don't know of anything in which I am interested with a higher minimum age.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 20, 2017, 09:54:40 AM
It seems as though every time I reach a milestone age, I find that there is always some activity I would like to engage in, but am not old enough to do so. Hopefully this will end once I hit 21 next year. I don't plan to ever run for office, and so don't know of anything in which I am interested with a higher minimum age.

Embrace these years while you can.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 20, 2017, 09:55:50 AM
It seems as though every time I reach a milestone age, I find that there is always some activity I would like to engage in, but am not old enough to do so. Hopefully this will end once I hit 21 next year. I don't plan to ever run for office, and so don't know of anything in which I am interested with a higher minimum age.

Possibly renting a car, depending on your country. That's about it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on February 20, 2017, 11:26:19 AM
When I go to the local Safeway deli and realize after making an order, the person who is serving me is sick.  I will then tell them that I changed my mind and walk away. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 21, 2017, 10:25:56 AM
It seems as though every time I reach a milestone age, I find that there is always some activity I would like to engage in, but am not old enough to do so. Hopefully this will end once I hit 21 next year. I don't plan to ever run for office, and so don't know of anything in which I am interested with a higher minimum age.

Possibly renting a car, depending on your country. That's about it.

I believe it also depends on the state in the US.  Some will, some wont, and some will with an added fee allow you to rent a car before 25.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 21, 2017, 10:26:43 AM
I just remember not feeling like I was really alive until I could rent a car. It's pretty much the biggest milestone in life.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 21, 2017, 01:34:21 PM
I just remember not feeling like I was really alive until I could rent a car. It's pretty much the biggest milestone in life.

And just booked a rental car for next week.  A nissan versa is going to get two weeks of abuse from me.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 21, 2017, 01:56:14 PM
Getting a car license in the Uk is such a ball-ache. I always resisted and they kept adding more and more tests to it.

Family always told me that driving is so freeing.

Well in 2015 when i got my 125cc ( you only need a learners license and a basic 2 hour proficiency test ) - I discovered they were right.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on February 21, 2017, 02:08:37 PM
Blisters with new shoes mildly irritate me. They're comfy as hell but the stiff parts of the shoe are just killing me right now. It's really weird. I first put them on and it's like "Oh yeah, awesome, Doctor Scholls." Then a few hours of nothing but running and walking around the restaurant go by and it's screwed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 21, 2017, 02:15:01 PM
I once bought a new pair of trainers for my new music course and they were *slightly* too small.

They tore my heels up pretty bad. I had to wear them pretty much un-done and with like three big plasters on both my heels and walk very carefully for a few weeks.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on February 22, 2017, 10:52:02 AM
Hiccups that won't stop!  Perhaps more than mildly irritating..  :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 22, 2017, 10:56:27 AM
Hiccups that won't stop!  Perhaps more than mildly irritating..  :censored

You need to give yourself a fright. Pretend someone just crept up on you. Make yourself jump or something.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on February 25, 2017, 12:28:13 AM
When movies and TV shows use exaggerated sound effects for everything. Guns don't make all kinds of clicking, mechanical noises just because your hand touches them. Neither does a pair of glasses. Stop it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 25, 2017, 01:27:00 AM
Yeah you always hear the same sounds.

Like that Screech when a plane hits the runway..

Or when a semi drives by someone you always get that " Honk !.... Hoooooooonk ! " sound with added doppler effect.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on February 25, 2017, 07:42:01 AM
I can't stand canned laughter.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 25, 2017, 07:46:02 AM
I can't stand canned laughter.

👀 you must hate the Big Bang theory !!




No seriously you must.

It's fucking appalling.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on February 25, 2017, 07:51:34 AM
I don't really watch any sitcoms because of it... soo yeah I've never seen Big Bang.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 25, 2017, 07:52:57 AM
You're silly Kotowboy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 25, 2017, 07:53:55 AM
There is not one sitcom I watch on TV. Not one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on February 25, 2017, 07:59:37 AM
There is not one sitcom I watch on TV. Not one.

I don't either, which seems crazy considering how many I watched growing up and in my 20s (All in the Family, MASH, Three's Company, Cheers, Cosby Show, Family Ties, Night Court, Seinfeld, Friends, etc.), but drama rules the TV world now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 25, 2017, 08:00:33 AM
There's not one Drama I watch on TV. Not one.  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on February 25, 2017, 08:07:51 AM
I only pay attention to a few shows. Otherwise, I don't get involved.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: utopiarun on February 25, 2017, 09:10:28 AM
I went to the gym last night. Machine after machine being occupied by people just sitting and staring into their phones. How about you either use the equipment or get off? It's not a seat. It's not your personal equipment. Can anyone go 5 minutes without looking at their phone? I like to go from machine to machine, and get the workout done quickly because I hate being there and how many times do I have to go to desired machine only to see Joe Blow sitting there texting or on Facebook? I once saw a guy with an ipad streaming a video on one machine while he worked out on the machine next to it!

The gym rules are no cell phones on the machines but none of the gym personnel (who basically do nothing) does anything to stop it.

OK I feel better now.  :-X
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 01, 2017, 06:29:34 AM
When there's a group of women / girls in a restaurant or cafe or whatever and they all laugh hysterically at every slight thing.

Really loud and really long.

At anything remotely amusing.

:angry:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on March 01, 2017, 06:41:36 AM
The gym thing drives me nuts. I don't like the gym so when I go I work out and get the hell out. The only reason my phone is even with me is because it's what I use to listen to music.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 01, 2017, 06:48:52 AM
I went to the gym last night. Machine after machine being occupied by people just sitting and staring into their phones. How about you either use the equipment or get off? It's not a seat. It's not your personal equipment. Can anyone go 5 minutes without looking at their phone? I like to go from machine to machine, and get the workout done quickly because I hate being there and how many times do I have to go to desired machine only to see Joe Blow sitting there texting or on Facebook? I once saw a guy with an ipad streaming a video on one machine while he worked out on the machine next to it!

The gym rules are no cell phones on the machines but none of the gym personnel (who basically do nothing) does anything to stop it.

OK I feel better now.  :-X

I'd start taking pictures of everyone on the machines using their phones and start posting them to the gym's Facebook page. I'd add the caption "why I'm leaving" to each one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 01, 2017, 06:53:47 AM
I went to the gym last night. Machine after machine being occupied by people just sitting and staring into their phones. How about you either use the equipment or get off? It's not a seat. It's not your personal equipment. Can anyone go 5 minutes without looking at their phone? I like to go from machine to machine, and get the workout done quickly because I hate being there and how many times do I have to go to desired machine only to see Joe Blow sitting there texting or on Facebook? I once saw a guy with an ipad streaming a video on one machine while he worked out on the machine next to it!

The gym rules are no cell phones on the machines but none of the gym personnel (who basically do nothing) does anything to stop it.

OK I feel better now.  :-X

I'd start taking pictures of everyone on the machines using their phones and start posting them to the gym's Facebook page. I'd add the caption "why I'm leaving" to each one.
Surely that is improper using of social media to bully someone?




















































:neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Randaran on March 01, 2017, 10:58:08 PM
When there are double doors, and people use the one to their left. This is especially infuriating when I am trying to enter a building, as the door they are using tends to be the only one with a handle on my side.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 01, 2017, 11:01:19 PM
When there are double doors, and people use the one to their left. This is especially infuriating when I am trying to enter a building, as the door they are using tends to be the only one with a handle on my side.

God damn leftists.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: RoeDent on March 02, 2017, 01:56:14 AM
There isn't a music version of a thread like this, so...

Massive  :facepalm: at the incredibly common act of dismissing a band/artist because they sound similar to another band/artist. Especially if the people in question actually like the other band/artist. That should be a reason to enjoy the new one, not dismiss them! It gives you a familiar point of reference to connect with, and get into the new music.

Another one, a milder one this time. There have been more than a few prog albums in recent years where the epic is placed 2nd-to-last, followed by a comedown track to actually end the album. It's starting to become a bit cliché now. Let's go back to the time honoured way of placing the epic last.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 02, 2017, 04:48:44 AM
People - mainly who host TV Shows on YouTube shows who try to be all cool.

Like if they're talking about guitars - they're constantly like " This guitar of wood and metal magic sounds incredible for the 450 of your hard earned imperial credits. Now lets see how it sounds

with some Dis-tor-Shee-Owwwwn !!!!!! "


( Rob Chapman basically. I want to watch the videos for the gear - but I cannot bear him ).

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 03, 2017, 02:51:53 AM
Anytime you're uploading / downloading anything and the progress bar just stops at 100%....



....


Or when you mash the "back" button on a web page but all it does is refresh the page you're on.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 03, 2017, 06:01:48 AM
When there are double doors, and people use the one to their left. This is especially infuriating when I am trying to enter a building, as the door they are using tends to be the only one with a handle on my side.

I'll piggyback this. I hate when there are double doors and one of them is locked.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on March 03, 2017, 07:08:31 AM
When there are double doors, and people use the one to their left. This is especially infuriating when I am trying to enter a building, as the door they are using tends to be the only one with a handle on my side.

I'll piggyback this. I hate when there are double doors and one of them is locked.

And I'll piggyback this as well. How about when there are double doors, but people are simultaneously entering and exiting through only one of them. Because it's too much effort to, you know, open the other one too?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 03, 2017, 07:09:38 AM
Holding the door for someone who completely blanks you.


Someone holding the door for you so you have to speed up when you were deliberately hanging back.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on March 03, 2017, 07:18:15 AM
(https://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Holding+doors+another+joke+about+canadians_dc5786_5214098.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 03, 2017, 07:23:38 AM
The other day I was standing on the pavement / kerb / sidewalk...Nowhere near a pedestrian crossing - not even facing the road when I hear screeching tyres and some

guy raced past me giving me daggers and mouthing insults...

 :angry: i didn't even want to cross the road. Idiot.

My social anxiety makes me feel really awkward as it is.. making people wait for me at crossings so i can cross the road is really annoying. I'da rather wait til there are no cars coming.

Then something like that happens and i'm like :( greeeaaaat.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 03, 2017, 01:40:22 PM
With the door thing, I have learned to just take a glance out of my peripheral vision to get a sense of how far the person is behind me or in front of me and then I just adjust my walking speed a little bit so that we get there at about the same time and it is no longer awkward in any capacity.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on March 03, 2017, 02:31:23 PM
Auto-correct!  >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 03, 2017, 05:43:53 PM
Disable it
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 07, 2017, 05:30:15 AM
Nah that takes even longer. Then you have to carefully type in each word really slowly making sure each letter is correct.

...

Auto correct can be frustrating - the other day i tried to type the word 'keys' like 4 times and it kept changing it to 'let's'..

BUT it's still faster than without it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 07, 2017, 06:30:48 AM
Autocorrect is the greatest possible thing that could have ever happened to texting.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 07, 2017, 06:33:59 AM
Autocorrect is the greatest possible thing that could have ever happened to texting.

It still doesn't help me. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 07, 2017, 07:26:51 AM
People that tag a million things in their Craigslist posts. Just for shits, I was looking for commerical waffle irons (already have one but like looking) and was getting results for things like forklifts and pantry shelving.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on March 07, 2017, 08:42:06 AM
Something that really pissed me off this morning is my Office stopped working. Can't uninstall it to reinstall it without getting an error code so now I have to remove it manually. This is what I get when I pay for Office. You know what worked every time without issue? My pirated copy, shame on me for paying for it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: rumborak on March 07, 2017, 08:53:30 AM
My occasional pet peeve: you show up alone at a restaurant, and the restaurant is deserted because it's the middle of the day. However, the waiter will direct you to the shittiest table in the premise, crammed into a corner, just because it's the only single table they have.
If there's no reason to believe that there will be a flash mob showing up in the next hour, give the customer a proper table, dammit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on March 07, 2017, 02:40:27 PM
I've had that happen on a few occasions and I just asked to be seated somewhere else. It's rare but it does happen and it annoys me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 07, 2017, 02:50:08 PM
Autocorrect is the greatest possible thing that could have ever happened to texting.

It still doesn't help me. :lol

You just need to read your posts before you press Post. Or at least after you Post and click Modify. *shrug*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 07, 2017, 03:40:55 PM
I completely agree.  I have no answers why I don't.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 07, 2017, 03:42:06 PM
:getoffmylawn:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 13, 2017, 07:59:47 AM
Autocorrect is the greatest possible thing that could have ever happened to texting.

My daughter and I sat on the couch one night and texted each other back and forth; only rule was, you had to use the voice input thing, and you had to hit send as the phone auto-corrected it; you could not self-correct anything.   We laughed like idiots for an hour.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: soupytwist on March 13, 2017, 09:32:00 AM


My social anxiety makes me feel really awkward as it is.. making people wait for me at crossings so i can cross the road is really annoying. I'da rather wait til there are no cars coming.

I can totally get behind this.  I'm cool with crossings when there is a light system in place, so everyone (vehicle and pedestrian) are fully aware of the rules.   But we got one of the Zebra crossings in our village, and I hate using it - if i'm heading towards it and can hear cars coming, I'll hold back/slow down, I had and seen so much confusing on the crossing (it's on a bend) that'd I'd rather wait for a empty road before stepping out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 13, 2017, 09:51:01 AM
Autocorrect is the greatest possible thing that could have ever happened to texting.

My daughter and I sat on the couch one night and texted each other back and forth; only rule was, you had to use the voice input thing, and you had to hit send as the phone auto-corrected it; you could not self-correct anything.   We laughed like idiots for an hour.

My sister and I used to play a game when we were kids. We each had a blackboard and would sit across from each other so the other couldn't see what we were writing. We'd alternate turns writing out a word (first having to declare printing or cursive) and trying to have the other guess what we wrote just based on the sound the chalk was making. It was actually a lot more fun than it sounds.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on March 13, 2017, 12:23:01 PM
People making fun of Vegans. Sometimes, its a choice you make to better your health. My dad had got tired of insulin, since he packed the wrong vial(it was pretty much empty). Now he's strictly vegan doesn't eat anything that's greasy as it makes sugar. Since then he's been insulin free and more healthier. He's trying to help our community get off that insulin but so many people are stubborn.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 13, 2017, 12:26:08 PM
I have zero problem with anyone being vegan.

Like most people it's the ones who are self righteous about it and have to remind everyone that grind our gears.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 13, 2017, 12:28:28 PM
Yet no one talks about the self-righteous meat eaters who go around talking about how everyone should eat meat, how bacon is god's gift the palate, and how vegetarians are weak pathetic losers.

Such is life I guess.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 13, 2017, 12:36:13 PM
I don't think vegetarians are losers. 

I really don't care what people eat.  I have more important stuff to worry about than that.

I will admit that I don't really understand, at a fundamental level, veganism.  But, at the same time, it doesn't matter that I don't understand, because I also don't care, and they should do whatever they do.

Don't try to inform me, because, again, I don't care.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 13, 2017, 12:36:38 PM
Yet no one talks about the self-righteous meat eaters who go around talking about how everyone should eat meat, how bacon is god's gift the palate, and how vegetarians are weak pathetic losers.

Such is life I guess.


Bacon isn't even that great.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 13, 2017, 12:37:19 PM
I don't think vegetarians are losers. 

I really don't care what people eat.  I have more important stuff to worry about than that.

I will admit that I don't really understand, at a fundamental level, veganism.  But, at the same time, it doesn't matter that I don't understand, because I also don't care, and they should do whatever they do.

Don't try to inform me, because, again, I don't care.

I wouldn't ever call you a self-righteous meat eater.


I'd call you a righteous meat eater.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 13, 2017, 12:38:00 PM
And he *IS* himself....  :justjen
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 13, 2017, 12:38:23 PM
It's the minority that always wants to make themselves feel better because they eat meat, drive a big car, ect.....

If you are happy that's all that matters.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 13, 2017, 12:39:58 PM
I don't think vegetarians are losers. 

I really don't care what people eat.  I have more important stuff to worry about than that.

I will admit that I don't really understand, at a fundamental level, veganism.  But, at the same time, it doesn't matter that I don't understand, because I also don't care, and they should do whatever they do.

Don't try to inform me, because, again, I don't care.

I wouldn't ever call you a self-righteous meat eater.


I'd call you a righteous meat eater.
I love you so much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 13, 2017, 12:40:27 PM
(https://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Ron_dd6f18_5418894.jpg)

 :heart

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 13, 2017, 12:42:31 PM
In all fairness, I eat meat because the eating disorder/phobia I have makes a diet without meat basically impossible. If I could go vegetarian, I would. Nothing would thrill me more greatly than to be able to eat a steak grown in a lab that didn't require a cow to be hung upside down and have its throat cut.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 13, 2017, 12:43:15 PM
He's more manly than I.  I would stick to only the one steak, and save the whisky and cigar until after the meal.

Matter of fact, I would never eat ANYTHING while smoking a cigar.

But I admire him nonetheless.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on March 13, 2017, 12:59:08 PM
I enjoy eating meat and respect my folks for eating less meat. Its just ironic seeing people complain about their weight or health then you suggest why not try this it really works and I've seen it work. Yet, they shrug it off by saying "but I love my meat" or the all so favorite "your not a real native by not eating meat". Its like...umm...you do know our history and people didn't eat a lot of meat.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 13, 2017, 01:11:21 PM
You're not gansta enough.  You're not a real native unless you eat meat.  All these phrases mean diddly squat to me.  I want to be me, to hell with everyone else.  If I lose a friend because of this they were never my friend.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 13, 2017, 01:12:18 PM
It irritates me when I see selfie and everyone in the picture is looking at the screen it was being taken on and not the lense that was taking the picture.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 13, 2017, 01:14:01 PM
I had to teach my wife that and where to hold the camera for a better selfie.  I really had to. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 13, 2017, 01:33:08 PM
It irritates me when I see selfie and everyone in the picture is looking at the screen it was being taken on and not the lense that was taking the picture.

 :lol  I was really bad at this for my first many selfies.  I've gotten better.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 13, 2017, 01:48:07 PM
It irritates me when I see selfie and everyone in the picture is looking at the screen it was being taken on and not the lense that was taking the picture.

 :lol  I was really bad at this for my first many selfies.  I've gotten better.

I work with a guy who is the worst offender of this that I've ever come across. It's funny because he's rather gay and flamboyant, so most of his pictures are in very colorful environments where everyone is always smiling in access. But then there are eyes. Those stone cold, soulless, death stare eyes that appear to be looking straight into the gates of hell rather than at the thing taking the picture  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on March 13, 2017, 06:22:51 PM
The Youtube video thumbnails with people doing stupid/exaggerated faces. If I see that there's a 100% chance I'm not clicking on that video.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 13, 2017, 06:24:36 PM
The Youtube video thumbnails with people doing stupid/exaggerated faces. If I see that there's a 100% chance I'm not clicking on that video.

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fgb-BJwbvGg/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&w=196&h=110&stc=true&jpg444=true&jpgq=90&sp=68&sigh=mFUKpOVldXalqaSrgqnuXBmQmQA)


(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XzAZQ8heFp0/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&w=196&h=110&stc=true&jpg444=true&jpgq=90&sp=68&sigh=tLeoRuRdiVP8RYdWHPoJkUm-dPA)


(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AFBXZYLFLYA/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&w=196&h=110&stc=true&jpg444=true&jpgq=90&sp=68&sigh=g2oHFOch4dlri4pwGkCo2uoXsNg)




Yeah.


100% NO WAY.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 13, 2017, 06:28:07 PM
" Yeah yeah man I checked out your music on your bandcamp it's cool man "

Bandcamp views the last week : 0

:lolpalm: yeah sure you did buddy.



It used to annoy me when people were adamant they were coming to your bands' gig and they don't.

I would MUCH RATHER them just be honest and say they couldn't make it then to bullshit and not turn up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 14, 2017, 08:23:32 AM
People making fun of Vegans. Sometimes, its a choice you make to better your health. My dad had got tired of insulin, since he packed the wrong vial(it was pretty much empty). Now he's strictly vegan doesn't eat anything that's greasy as it makes sugar. Since then he's been insulin free and more healthier.

Awesome!  I love stories like that.  Excellent, and I'm very happy for him!  (This is all very sincere, since my dad - while not vegan - is very sensitive to his diet as well, for different reasons).

Quote
He's trying to help our community get off that insulin but so many people are stubborn.

Where you completely lose me.   I get it if he wants to share his experience, but that's where it has to end.  I have the right to eat meat, drink crappy soda, eat McDonald's, whatever.   I don't, mind you, but if I did, it's my CHOICE, not just "me being stubborn".   Yes, I get it, there are impacts to productivity and healthcare costs, but so be it, that's part of the price of living in a free society.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on March 14, 2017, 08:39:03 AM
Daylight savings.  I sleep better in the morning hours, so it is detrimental to my biological clock. Pointless.. :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 14, 2017, 08:43:17 AM
Daylight savings.  I sleep better in the morning hours, so it is detrimental to my biological clock. Pointless.. :censored

Data shows that there is always an uptick in the number of heart attacks reported during the weeks of daylight savings.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 14, 2017, 08:48:18 AM
I loathe daylight savings time.  I hate both time changes, spring and fall.  They both suck and mess me up for a week or two.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 14, 2017, 09:25:41 AM
Haha.

I can't imagine daylight savings affecting anyone at all unless you're the type of person that goes to bed and gets up at the exact same time every day.

Even then it's only the once.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 14, 2017, 10:52:08 AM
I loathe daylight savings time.  I hate both time changes, spring and fall.  They both suck and mess me up for a week or two.

I generally dislike it, too. However, it worked out well for me this year since it happened during my shift at work.  :yarr
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 14, 2017, 11:22:36 AM
Haha.

I can't imagine daylight savings affecting anyone at all unless you're the type of person that goes to bed and gets up at the exact same time every day.

Even then it's only the once.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-heart-daylightsaving-idUSBREA2S0D420140329
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 14, 2017, 11:37:14 AM
Just go to bed an hour earlier ::)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 14, 2017, 11:49:54 AM
It's not that easy sometimes.  You've go to bed when your tired.  I don't want to toss and turn in bed.  That's worse.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: mikeyd23 on March 14, 2017, 11:54:48 AM
Don't even get me started on having a kid and trying to deal with a time change. Throws my daughters whole schedule off  :sad:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 14, 2017, 12:08:58 PM
Just go to bed an hour earlier ::)
Thanks so much, I'll just bring you all my problems.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 14, 2017, 12:11:55 PM
Just go to bed an hour earlier ::)
Thanks so much, I'll just bring you all my problems.

#Happytohelp
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 14, 2017, 07:05:05 PM
The mental midgets who can't figure out how to use the self-checkout in stores
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 14, 2017, 07:18:16 PM
The mental midgets who can't figure out how to use the self-checkout in stores

It's not their fault. Those machines totally suck. I know!

It's the mental midgets that can't figure out the manned lanes that you have to worry about.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 14, 2017, 07:23:30 PM
Well, they're mental midgets, too.  :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 14, 2017, 08:02:51 PM
It's "mental little people". Jeeeeez

Or

Mental vertically challenged individuals.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on March 14, 2017, 08:39:07 PM
People who bring little kids to R rated movies. Seriously. WTF is wrong with you?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 14, 2017, 08:40:43 PM
People who bring little kids to R rated movies. Seriously. WTF is wrong with you?

Except Deadpool. Children need to be exposed to Deadpool as early as possible.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on March 14, 2017, 08:51:01 PM
People who bring little kids to R rated movies. Seriously. WTF is wrong with you?

People who bring kids to any movies. Movie theaters are not places for children.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 14, 2017, 08:51:56 PM
People who bring little kids to R rated movies. Seriously. WTF is wrong with you?

People who bring kids to any movies. Movie theaters are not places for children.

What? Of course they are. I mean, not babies or infants, but kids? Of course kids should go see movies.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on March 14, 2017, 09:11:44 PM
I'm not saying kids shouldn't see movies. Just in in theaters where their horrible parents can't control them and ruin the experience for others. In this day and age I mean anyone under, say, 14.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 14, 2017, 09:14:39 PM
I'm not saying kids shouldn't see movies. Just in in theaters where their horrible parents can't control them and ruin the experience for others. In this day and age I mean anyone under, say, 14.

I agree they need to be well behaved and it's on the parents for that.

I remember seeing a movie in Israel once (forgot which) and in my row was like 4-5 kids around 11 or 12 years old. They were SO god damn annoying and had no parental supervision. Everyone kept shushing them and they just laughed at them. Eventually the dude in front of them started yelling at them, kids yelled back, dude starts slapping the hell out of the kids. Kids run to get security, security talks to people, kicks out the kids.

Justice.

In America that would have been multiple lawsuits.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 15, 2017, 08:38:33 AM
I'm not saying kids shouldn't see movies. Just in in theaters where their horrible parents can't control them and ruin the experience for others. In this day and age I mean anyone under, say, 14.

I agree they need to be well behaved and it's on the parents for that.

I remember seeing a movie in Israel once (forgot which) and in my row was like 4-5 kids around 11 or 12 years old. They were SO god damn annoying and had no parental supervision. Everyone kept shushing them and they just laughed at them. Eventually the dude in front of them started yelling at them, kids yelled back, dude starts slapping the hell out of the kids. Kids run to get security, security talks to people, kicks out the kids.

Justice.

In America that would have been multiple lawsuits.

It's all the parents fault.  Seriously.    My aunt and uncle (they didn't have kids) loved to take me, my brother and my cousin out for the movies, and we LOVED it.   Herbie.   All those great 70's kids movies.    And my dad made clear - not with violence, but with clear direction - that any bad report meant a) no more movies, and b) other bad shit when we got home (no bike; no lake; no something).  And we didn't.   Boom.   Being an asshole in the theater was never an option.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 15, 2017, 01:12:14 PM
^Same here^

We didn't go very often, but when we did, we were well-behaved.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 15, 2017, 01:40:27 PM
When I was growing up, I used to love hanging at certain friends houses or have their parents take us out.  The reason being is because these friends I mention had parents who "didn't care" as my parents would say and let their kids (my friends) do what they want so therefore I could get away with doing things my parents wouldn't let me.  Such as maybe see an R rated movie.  It's just funny because as a kid, I didn't get what my parents were saying, but it makes a lot more sense as I get older.  I can remember being a dick in the theaters hanging with these friends, but being a very good kid when I was with my parents (and so were my friends). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 15, 2017, 01:44:12 PM
I've yelled at grown ups who don't know how to act in a theater. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 15, 2017, 03:54:42 PM
I've yelled at grown ups who don't know how to act in a theater.

When my kids and I saw Rogue One, right before the movie started a douchenozzle had his phone on, and it was REALLY bright in that dark theater.  One good female citizen from the back of the theater yelled "TURN OFF YOUR FUCKING PHONE!"

He did.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 15, 2017, 04:03:04 PM
All of that is why I rarely go to the theater anymore.

And this may just be me looking through rose colored nostalgia glasses, but I definitely do not remember it being this bad back in the 90's. But I could be wrong, i was young.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 16, 2017, 06:25:02 AM
I've yelled at grown ups who don't know how to act in a theater.

When my kids and I saw Rogue One, right before the movie started a douchenozzle had his phone on, and it was REALLY bright in that dark theater.  One good female citizen from the back of the theater yelled "TURN OFF YOUR FUCKING PHONE!"

He did.

Adding to this... when kids are snap chatting during the movie and use the forward screen flash feature.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 16, 2017, 06:30:25 AM
As soon as the lights go down my cell phone is turned off and in my pocket.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 16, 2017, 07:26:05 AM
The last movie I went to see in the theater was Batman V Superman and it was a really bad experience. From people yelling at the screen, to people with their infants, to the parent in the row in front of me that had a bright and loud Ipad with a children's show on it for their 4 year old.

It was a nightmare
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 16, 2017, 07:37:11 AM
If a child is too young to watch a movie, especially one not suited for them get a babysitter.  I would gladly babysit my nephew so my brother and sis in law could have a night out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 16, 2017, 09:50:15 AM
When you're driving the speed limit and some dickhead SCREAMS past you at almost 20mph over it.

Revving the engine like a wanker.

:facepalm:



It's ok though. I just remind myself I'm obeying the law and they're making up for having a tiny tiny willy

:hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on March 16, 2017, 03:37:38 PM
It's even worse when you're going 10 over the speed limit and someone does that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on March 16, 2017, 03:39:59 PM
Lately I've been mildly annoyed at people asking a crazy amount of money for their used stuff on Craigslist. I don't care if you were stupid and paid $5000 for you king bed frame, I am not going to pay $3000 for it a year later when you decided to move and can't take it with you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 16, 2017, 03:46:15 PM
What about when you BUY a guitar brand new for like £650

Then a few years later you find them brand new going for half of that so if you sell it - people are gonna wanna pay even less than half of what you originally paid.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 16, 2017, 04:04:40 PM
Seeing people wash their cars a day after a big snowstorm.   All this snow needs to melt. I just don't understand why.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 17, 2017, 06:36:17 AM
When you're driving the speed limit and some dickhead SCREAMS past you at almost 20mph over it.

Revving the engine like a wanker.

:facepalm:



It's ok though. I just remind myself I'm obeying the law and they're making up for having a tiny tiny willy

:hat
It's even worse when you're going 10 over the speed limit and someone does that.

When you're trying to get where you're going and some wanker insists on going exactly the speed limit and won't move over, change lanes, or allow you to pass safely. 

:)  :)  :)   :)  :) 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 17, 2017, 06:40:52 AM
Seeing people wash their cars a day after a big snowstorm.   All this snow needs to melt. I just don't understand why.

I always try to do that, and here's why:   cars don't rust unless there are two conditions: they are wet, and there is some salt (in the chemical sense) on the car.    That melting snow, with the sprayed up road salt/water mixture all over the car finish, is inevitably moving you ever closer to a rusted out shell of a vehicle.   It's probably minor in the grand scheme of things (like brushing your teeth more than twice a day) but every little bit helps, and that first wash, gets you a clean slate for the slush-fest that happens inevitably a week or so after a big snow storm.  I have yet to have a car with even a blotch of rust on it that wasn't there when I got the car (and I've held on to some of my cars; I had a Volvo S60 for 12 years, and a Ford Explorer for about 10.  Shouldn't surprise anyone that I lost the Ford in my divorce, and within two years it's engine seized and rot had begun to creep in around the rear tire wells. Not my problem, as they say.)   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 17, 2017, 06:49:10 AM
I get it but there is so much snow that you would have to go multiple times a week.  I just wait until the snow melts then do it.  It just tickled me that the next day after 20 inches of so so many were washing their cars when the very next day it will be right back to the condition it was.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 17, 2017, 09:24:10 AM
We get five paid holidays in the second half of the year, but only two in the first half, one of which is the first day of the year.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 17, 2017, 09:27:46 AM
Seeing people wash their cars a day after a big snowstorm.   All this snow needs to melt. I just don't understand why.

My good friend owns a car wash, he calls snow money.  He's so busy the day after a snow storm.  It's not really just the snow itself, it's actually the salt that drives people to the car wash.  He jokes a lot about getting a truck to just dump salt on the ground so people come to his wash.

We get five paid holidays in the second half of the year, but only two in the first half, one of which is the first day of the year.

So no President's Day or MLK day I guess?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 17, 2017, 09:29:54 AM
We get five paid holidays in the second half of the year, but only two in the first half, one of which is the first day of the year.

So no President's Day or MLK day I guess?

Negative... Unamerican racist fucks!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 17, 2017, 10:12:29 AM
We get five paid holidays in the second half of the year, but only two in the first half, one of which is the first day of the year.

That's weak.   I don't think I've ever worked for a company that gave less than 10 holidays.

New Year's
either President's Day or MLK
Memorial Day
Independence Day (usually two days)
Labor Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving (two days)
Christmas (usually two days)

Plus a floater or two. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 17, 2017, 10:37:48 AM
We get five paid holidays in the second half of the year, but only two in the first half, one of which is the first day of the year.

That's weak.   I don't think I've ever worked for a company that gave less than 10 holidays.

New Year's
either President's Day or MLK
Memorial Day
Independence Day (usually two days)
Labor Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving (two days)
Christmas (usually two days)

Plus a floater or two.

We get two floaters as well. Those are basically bonus vacation days. Two days for Christmas? Nice. We get two for Thanksgiving at least.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 17, 2017, 10:45:28 AM
Monday, January 02, 2017   New Year's Day
Monday, January 16, 2017   Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
Friday, April 14, 2017   Good Friday
Monday, May 29, 2017   Memorial Day
Tuesday, July 04, 2017   Independence Day
Monday, September 04, 2017   Labor Day
Thursday, November 23, 2017   Thanksgiving
Friday, November 24, 2017   Day after Thanksgiving
Monday, December 25, 2017   Christmas Day
Tuesday, December 26, 2017   Tuesday after Christmas

That's what we get.  We also get our birthday as a holiday.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 17, 2017, 11:29:04 AM
We get the entire week between Christmas and New Years so I can't complain.  Christmas Eve is typically a half day and/or work from home.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: mikeyd23 on March 17, 2017, 11:38:01 AM
Yeah I think we get 10 holidays per year as the standard.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on March 18, 2017, 06:27:39 PM
I get 23 paid vacation days, but included in those are the observed holidays (like Xmas, July 4th, etc.).  I also get 6 paid sick days.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on March 18, 2017, 07:08:55 PM
I get:

New Year's
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving and Black Friday
Christmas

Which is a big step up from when I worked retail, when all I got was Christmas Day.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on March 18, 2017, 09:08:01 PM
I get:

New Year's
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving and Black Friday
Christmas

Which is a big step up from when I worked retail, when all I got was Christmas Day.

That's what we get, except for Black Friday.  Which is fine since that day is really slow and they let us out by noon anyway (and still pay us for the whole day).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on March 19, 2017, 07:13:16 AM
I get:

New Year's
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving and Black Friday
Christmas

Which is a big step up from when I worked retail, when all I got was Christmas Day.

Same here. When I worked retail we got to choose one of the big holidays off; Thanksgiving, New Years, or Christmas and work the rest.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 19, 2017, 08:10:22 AM
- - - SHUT UP ABOUT HOLIDAYS - - -


Recently I've seen a few fairly cute girls who are going out with guys who look like cavemen and are

completely ignoring them and just sitting there glued to their phones or whatever. :(

Why do girls like such unevolved sacks of crap?

They're attractive enough they could easily find someone who appreciates them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on March 19, 2017, 08:21:33 AM
While I understand your frustration, I would caution you against judging someone's relationship based on a few minutes of seeing them out in public.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 19, 2017, 08:40:39 AM
While I understand your frustration, I would caution you against judging someone's relationship based on a few minutes of seeing them out in public.

not only out in public although that is a part of it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on March 19, 2017, 11:19:57 AM
- - - SHUT UP ABOUT HOLIDAYS - - -


Recently I've seen a few fairly cute girls who are going out with guys who look like cavemen and are

completely ignoring them and just sitting there glued to their phones or whatever. :(

Why do girls like such unevolved sacks of crap?

They're attractive enough they could easily find someone who appreciates them.

Perhaps it is a better alternative that dating someone that evaluates worth on their appearance, judges others in a few moments, and is constantly complaining about everything?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 19, 2017, 11:21:56 AM
Oh LOOK WHO IT IS ...

No surprise there....

eric87364591256208476t5340856746 has replied in the thread

OH I WONDER WHO TO ?!?!?!



And you think i'm predictable :rollin :rollin :rollin

JEEEEZE



i'm kidding. I know you fancy the fuck out of me. It's the only way to explain why you're so infatuated with me.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on March 19, 2017, 06:15:50 PM
Nah, I prefer unevolved sacks of crap that look like cavemen, but thanks.
Your constant pity party and whining would really start to wear on my nerves.

(and I did reply in the thread earlier on the same page regarding vacations :) )
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 19, 2017, 06:23:26 PM
And he's back. Still checking up on me.


Having a go at people talking about things they find mildly irritating in a thread about things they find mildly irritating.

Guilty your honour.


:hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on March 19, 2017, 06:25:26 PM
 :facepalm:

I guess I find shallow, jealous, judgemental people mildly irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 19, 2017, 06:28:17 PM
:facepalm:

I guess I find shallow, jealous, judgemental people mildly irritating.

Will you PLEASE piss off ? I don't complain about ANYBODY on this forum. The only one who REGULARLY complains about me is YOU.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on March 19, 2017, 06:33:32 PM
:facepalm:

I guess I find shallow, jealous, judgemental people mildly irritating.

Will you PLEASE piss off ? I don't complain about ANYBODY on this forum. The only one who REGULARLY complains about me is YOU.

I'm not complaining about you at all (and do not remember specifically doing so, much less regularly, as I cant even remember our last interaction).  I made a comment about your judgemental comments.  Just like pogowner did.   I found your post mildly irritating.
Perhaps you are so upset because you were made aware of your own poor behavior?  Either way, there is no reason to be so upset.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on March 19, 2017, 06:36:33 PM
I'm remembering why Kotowboy usually swept the Most Angry DTF Member award every year.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 19, 2017, 06:42:08 PM
You know what I find mildly irritating?

Small flying insects in your home. Not anything worth being too bothered by, but they're mildly irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 19, 2017, 06:44:02 PM
To add to that, May flies in N.H.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on March 19, 2017, 06:50:06 PM
I'm remembering why Kotowboy usually swept the Most Angry DTF Member award every year.

(https://memecrunch.com/meme/4LWO8/all-that-hate-s-gonna-burn-you-up-kid/image.jpg?w=400&c=1)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TempusVox on March 19, 2017, 07:23:29 PM
Eric and Kotowboy....knock it off. Now. This is your warning.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Weymolith on March 19, 2017, 07:27:18 PM
Yeast Infections.

The person that leaves half a cup of coffee in the pot.

When your balls itch in public.

Popcorn kernels stuck in your teeth.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 19, 2017, 07:29:38 PM
The person that leaves half a cup of coffee in the pot.

My kids will leave a sip of fruit punch in the container in the fridge. Can anyone fucking mix powder and water?? Or does it HAVE to be done by an adult?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 19, 2017, 07:30:32 PM
When your balls stick to the side of your leg.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 19, 2017, 07:31:02 PM
When your balls stick to the side of your leg.

Is that what you've heard?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 19, 2017, 07:36:18 PM
I thought you did since you were down there.

*Drops Mic*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on March 19, 2017, 07:39:31 PM
When your balls stick to the side of your leg.

(https://i.imgur.com/mj79tSp.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 19, 2017, 07:43:20 PM
  :lol

And with that, good night folks
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 19, 2017, 07:43:57 PM
Amen, brothers!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 19, 2017, 09:04:47 PM


The person that leaves half a cup of coffee in the pot.



Another coffee related. The person at the office who complains how the coffee is made but never once took a minute out if his day to make it himself.


That's what we get.  We also get our birthday as a holiday.

Your birthday is a holiday for me, too. I take off of work, smoke a cigar, and sit on the couch with my balls hanging out listening to metal.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 20, 2017, 07:06:54 AM
If a child is too young to watch a movie, especially one not suited for them get a babysitter.  I would gladly babysit my nephew so my brother and sis in law could have a night out.

Or, guess what, don't go.   When you're a parent, "not having a babysitter" is not an excuse.  You stay the fuck home until you FIND one.   Hopefully a cute college student just looking for a quiet place to study and make a few bucks on the side...  oops, sorry, I think I crossed threads there... but you get my point.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 20, 2017, 07:08:26 AM
Yup, I'm in agreement.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 20, 2017, 07:14:14 AM

Another coffee related. The person at the office who complains how the coffee is made but never once took a minute out if his day to make it himself.



Haha or they make themselves hot drinks all day - but as soon as you make your first one : " ::) not going to offer to make anyone elses then  ? "
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 20, 2017, 07:14:47 AM
When your balls stick to the side of your leg.

Sticky nads.  So annoying.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 20, 2017, 07:28:10 AM
Couple other things:  I kind of like the feeling - at first - when your balls stick to your leg.  It's the removal that is irritating.   

Second, despite the personal attacks toward him, Kotowboy isn't completely off base...  I went to see Guns and Roses at a club in Philly in 2012, and I was standing right at a railing about midway back; to my left was the access to the handicapped seats, and to my right were round tables in front of the bar.   Sitting at the table was this cute girl - she absolutely knew how to wear those jeans - and her "caveman".   Who LITERALLY didn't pull his face out of the phone for a minute during the entire show.    I don't know what went on before they got there, but she was CLEARLY not happy, and as the show progressed (it was a three hour plus show) she was dancing, and because of space, we came in contact, and I made little (read: NO) effort to move.  It is hard to describe now without seeming...  weird, but we spent about two hours jamming to G'n'R, and while we never said a word to each other, she basically rubbed her ass against me surreptitiously for most of that time.   "Caveman" never moved a muscle, nor, to my observations, pulled his face up from his phone.  The encore was "Madagascar", "Better", "Patience" and "Paradise City".   About midway through "Better" - exactly at two AM, I might add - he got up and started walking out.  She turned to me, didn't say a word but shrugged and followed him out.  Never saw them again.   Who knows, maybe that's their thing.   Maybe there are kids involved.   Maybe there are a thousand things that justify that.   But I can't help but wonder - in fascination, if not "irritation", or judgment - what that story was all about. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 20, 2017, 10:38:11 AM
Bless you.  :coolio
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ħ on March 20, 2017, 02:06:24 PM
ENTJs
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 20, 2017, 02:06:54 PM
Holy farts, it's Brother H!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 20, 2017, 02:08:27 PM
i. when you try to close a door behind you and you miss the handle and the door slams loudly

ii. when you try to flick a light switch off when leaving a room and you fumble it several times before having to stop, go back in - press the light switch - then leave.

:lolpalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 20, 2017, 02:15:34 PM
ii. when you try to flick a light switch off when leaving a room and you fumble it several times before having to stop, go back in - press the light switch - then leave.

:lolpalm:

When you go to flick on the light switch in a dark room with wet hands (had just washed them from the bathroom) and you don't realize there is no face plate on the light switch (since it's dark, you cannot see) and your finger touches the wires and you get electrocuted  :lol (this happened to me as a kid)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on March 20, 2017, 02:57:34 PM
Couple other things:  I kind of like the feeling - at first - when your balls stick to your leg.  It's the removal that is irritating.   

Second, despite the personal attacks toward him, Kotowboy isn't completely off base...  I went to see Guns and Roses at a club in Philly in 2012, and I was standing right at a railing about midway back; to my left was the access to the handicapped seats, and to my right were round tables in front of the bar.   Sitting at the table was this cute girl - she absolutely knew how to wear those jeans - and her "caveman".   Who LITERALLY didn't pull his face out of the phone for a minute during the entire show.    I don't know what went on before they got there, but she was CLEARLY not happy, and as the show progressed (it was a three hour plus show) she was dancing, and because of space, we came in contact, and I made little (read: NO) effort to move.  It is hard to describe now without seeming...  weird, but we spent about two hours jamming to G'n'R, and while we never said a word to each other, she basically rubbed her ass against me surreptitiously for most of that time.   "Caveman" never moved a muscle, nor, to my observations, pulled his face up from his phone.  The encore was "Madagascar", "Better", "Patience" and "Paradise City".   About midway through "Better" - exactly at two AM, I might add - he got up and started walking out.  She turned to me, didn't say a word but shrugged and followed him out.  Never saw them again.   Who knows, maybe that's their thing.   Maybe there are kids involved.   Maybe there are a thousand things that justify that.   But I can't help but wonder - in fascination, if not "irritation", or judgment - what that story was all about.

Exactly our point.  You don't know and shouldn't judge. Good for you for not doing so :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 20, 2017, 02:59:42 PM
Couple other things:  I kind of like the feeling - at first - when your balls stick to your leg.  It's the removal that is irritating.   

Second, despite the personal attacks toward him, Kotowboy isn't completely off base...  I went to see Guns and Roses at a club in Philly in 2012, and I was standing right at a railing about midway back; to my left was the access to the handicapped seats, and to my right were round tables in front of the bar.   Sitting at the table was this cute girl - she absolutely knew how to wear those jeans - and her "caveman".   Who LITERALLY didn't pull his face out of the phone for a minute during the entire show.    I don't know what went on before they got there, but she was CLEARLY not happy, and as the show progressed (it was a three hour plus show) she was dancing, and because of space, we came in contact, and I made little (read: NO) effort to move.  It is hard to describe now without seeming...  weird, but we spent about two hours jamming to G'n'R, and while we never said a word to each other, she basically rubbed her ass against me surreptitiously for most of that time.   "Caveman" never moved a muscle, nor, to my observations, pulled his face up from his phone.  The encore was "Madagascar", "Better", "Patience" and "Paradise City".   About midway through "Better" - exactly at two AM, I might add - he got up and started walking out.  She turned to me, didn't say a word but shrugged and followed him out.  Never saw them again.   Who knows, maybe that's their thing.   Maybe there are kids involved.   Maybe there are a thousand things that justify that.   But I can't help but wonder - in fascination, if not "irritation", or judgment - what that story was all about.




Trying to remove my scrote from my leg whilst riding my bike = not easy.

:lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 20, 2017, 04:09:10 PM

Another coffee related. The person at the office who complains how the coffee is made but never once took a minute out if his day to make it himself.



Haha or they make themselves hot drinks all day - but as soon as you make your first one : " ::) not going to offer to make anyone elses then  ? "

I hate office politics.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 20, 2017, 06:36:17 PM
When a 20 year old can't abide by company rules for time off and can't work a full week.  He has to be coercedto tell me the truth why he needs to have time off and has no PTO. 

It's not fair to his shift and the employees.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 20, 2017, 06:46:54 PM
Kids have no work ethic these days. It's sad really. I don't know what happened. I worked two jobs back when I was around his age, and even worked both jobs in the same day with bad sciatica problems and a 104 fever. He needs to have his ass kicked into shape.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 20, 2017, 06:55:38 PM
When you can't show up for your normal shift for more than one week and I could fire you 3 times over with our point system and other counsel you tell you exactly this and we talk about this on your review I can't help you.

I hate run-ons that's employee induced.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 20, 2017, 07:03:13 PM
Get rid of him.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 20, 2017, 07:05:43 PM
I have a forklift driver on a background check all ready.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 20, 2017, 07:17:13 PM
Nice. Run him over!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 20, 2017, 07:24:15 PM
Nope.  Safety first!  April 2nd is 547 days safe. A year and a half Osha safe. Very big accomplishment.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 20, 2017, 07:25:34 PM
Run him over...but keep it secret.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2017, 09:26:13 AM
Reddit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on March 22, 2017, 09:53:21 AM
And Facebook.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 22, 2017, 10:02:22 AM
ALL social media.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on March 22, 2017, 10:15:12 AM
Social Media is in an awful place right now because it's all controlled by people that want to sell you something. (And other reasons that I've ranted about a million times before)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 22, 2017, 11:44:26 AM
Reddit.

Not a fan at all of reddit's layout.  Everyone always tells me I'd love it over there, but I can't get over how terrible the layout is.

Social Media is in an awful place right now because it's all controlled by people that want to sell you something. (And other reasons that I've ranted about a million times before)

I am finding that instagram is becoming the best social media mostly because there's lots of humor and not as much politics.  Facebook has become a terrible place filled with politics and arguing.  I started using twitter to promote my youtube, I am kind of liking it mostly because I noticed I get likes from bands when I tweet at them which is kind of cool because it feels more personal, but I am not using twitter for anything personal.  cramx3 btw if anyone wants to follow
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on March 22, 2017, 11:51:35 AM
Instagram has definitely been on the rise. You're right; it's one of the best out there right now. However, even it has algorithm based content order instead of chronologically which annoys me to no end. Why does the site have to decide what to show me? Why can I just see all the posts of everyone I follow in the order in which they post them?

Oh also FB owns IG, so we'll see how long it lasts. :^)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 22, 2017, 01:23:49 PM
Hated when FB bought Instagram - coz before that - if you tweeted an IG link - it would give you a preview in the tweet.

NOT ANY MORE.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 22, 2017, 02:57:59 PM
Instagram has definitely been on the rise. You're right; it's one of the best out there right now. However, even it has algorithm based content order instead of chronologically which annoys me to no end. Why does the site have to decide what to show me? Why can I just see all the posts of everyone I follow in the order in which they post them?

Oh also FB owns IG, so we'll see how long it lasts. :^)

Yea, I was not a fan when they switched over to the algorithm based order.  I don't like it at all.  Also, I was mad when they took away the map with your tags.  I really enjoyed tagging pics in my travels and then seeing the map and all the spots I posted a picture from. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 22, 2017, 04:26:37 PM
People with unlimited texts / calls who *NEVER* reply to you - they wait until they next see you face to face to say " yeah I saw the text "


 >:( >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 22, 2017, 04:38:57 PM
The entire layout of reddit wants to make me stab my eyes out, but I admit the site is growing on me.

I mean, I never go anywhere other than oldpeoplefacebook and subredditsimulator, but those two alone have provided hours of entertainment for me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Train of Naught on March 22, 2017, 04:46:12 PM
I didn't realize the reddit layout was hated so much. I guess I'm so used to it that I just don't care. Dunno if anyone here ever visits I have just violated forum rule #1--please ban me, I don't, but that to me is what a horrible layout looks like.

I mean, I never go anywhere other than oldpeoplefacebook and subredditsimulator, but those two alone have provided hours of entertainment for me.
Recently, my personal favourite has become /r/niceguys, perfect balance between cringe and humor
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 22, 2017, 05:39:13 PM
I used to HATE Reddit's format when I first joined, and now I love it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 22, 2017, 08:29:05 PM
ALL social media.

Including forums.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2017, 09:49:49 PM
Reddit.
Not a fan at all of reddit's layout.  Everyone always tells me I'd love it over there, but I can't get over how terrible the layout is.
It just annoys me how it sorts information. It's essentially replaced the standard phpBB or SMF etc. internet forum, but it's such a colossal step backward as far as organising information in any meaningful way is concerned. It's essentially the Twitter of forums; tiny repetitive messages that get spammed over and over again.

I don't lurk any really big subreddits, but even the ones I do are just flooded with the same shit over and over again. Any time someone has a thought or question about something, it gets its own thread - completely unlike a real forum where we have threads to organise all the similar thoughts and information together. Then if a subreddit dares to attempt to do that and creates a megathread to try and clean the sub's pages up because hundreds of people keep posting the same bullshit things every single day, everyone complains and downvotes the hell out of it, the mods, and anyone who posts in support of the megathread, because apparently megathreads are stupid.

If it weren't so popular I would never go there, but for a lot of topics it is unfortunately one of the best sources of news and information, or even discussion....if you can be bothered to sort through all the BS for that news, that information, or to find that discussion.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on March 22, 2017, 09:53:01 PM
Not a fan of the layout at all. If threads were readable, I'd check there all the time, but it's as bad as Twitter for replies. Total mess for any kind of real discussion. It's a shame, because there's a lot of great stuff there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 22, 2017, 10:09:44 PM
You have to get away from the front page and topics with thousands of replies. The RC car, 3D printing, and hydroponic subreddits I frequent are fantastic for meaningful discussion.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on March 22, 2017, 10:12:35 PM
It's also horrible for any kind of longevity. A subreddit can be sorted either by how new things are (so on any moderately-sized subreddit, new threads get buried almost immediately) or by upvotes (which is a complete joke of a system, because people upvote the most pointless and boring of things, and real conversations get fuck all upvotes). You can't sort by which threads have had replies posted in them most recently, so after less than a day or so your thread has completely died, unless you were lucky enough to get 1000+ upvotes on it before it was buried.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on March 22, 2017, 10:19:21 PM
You have to get away from the front page and topics with thousands of replies. The RC car, 3D printing, and hydroponic subreddits I frequent are fantastic for meaningful discussion.

I'm just talking small sub-reddits I follow, where topics have maybe a few dozen replies. It's more effort than it's worth to even look at a topic more than once.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on March 23, 2017, 04:53:03 AM
The entire layout of reddit wants to make me stab my eyes out, but I admit the site is growing on me.

I mean, I never go anywhere other than oldpeoplefacebook and subredditsimulator, but those two alone have provided hours of entertainment for me.

Download the Reddit Enhancement Suite. Once you get used to the reddit layout it's not so bad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on March 23, 2017, 05:18:12 AM
I'm glad I'm not the only one that hates the look of Reddit. If you have to tell me "you'll get used to it", that's not a good thing because in the end it'll still be an eyesore that someone just learns to navigate.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 23, 2017, 11:49:30 AM


This is a movie based one...

But when someone did something stupid which could have gotten them and everyone else killed if it didn't work. Their commander is furious at them but the person just brushes it off with a

pithy comment and thats the end of that apparently.


" What the hell were you thinking ? You could have gotten everyone killed !! "

" ....Could I ? "  ( walks off )

* incident is never mentioned again *

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 23, 2017, 11:50:34 AM
In my mind, both characters in the scene you just described were played by The Rock.

It was glorious.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 23, 2017, 11:52:43 AM
Do you know what I mean though ?

Latest one I saw was Rogue One.

Jyn : You were going to kill my father !

Cassian : we've all lost something....

That's the end of that and then Jyn and Cassian are BFFs
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on March 25, 2017, 02:07:16 AM
Back to Reddit/the internet (again): Everyone using the word "super" to describe absolutely fucking everything. inb4 someone agrees by saying "yes, that's super annoying".

Also I've just about had it with "could of/should of/would of". Read what you are typing, it doesn't even make sense. :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Train of Naught on March 25, 2017, 02:39:52 AM
Also I've just about had it with "could of/should of/would of". Read what you are typing, it doesn't even make sense. :facepalm:
Looks like you would love the Reddit could-of-bot to appear more often in your life: https://www.reddit.com/user/could-of-bot/

I noticed that I never use super as an adjective in English (or in any other context for that matter), but I do in Dutch :lol so you won't have to be mildly irritated at me as long as we stick to English conversations.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 25, 2017, 02:42:01 AM
I only say something like " super amazing " as a joke anyways.

But sometimes "Pretty Good Calli Fragilisitc Expi Allidocious " isn't enough.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on March 25, 2017, 02:43:45 AM
People using uber as an adjective. That is uber annoying.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 25, 2017, 02:47:39 AM
Yes but " Hans Gr Pretty Good " doesn't sound as good.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on March 25, 2017, 03:09:46 AM
Looks like you would love the Reddit could-of-bot to appear more often in your life: https://www.reddit.com/user/could-of-bot/
Well, I kind of think bots on Reddit are a little annoying too. :lol But this is definitely one I could get behind.

I noticed that I never use super as an adjective in English (or in any other context for that matter), but I do in Dutch :lol so you won't have to be mildly irritated at me as long as we stick to English conversations.
I'm not against any use of "super" but it seems to be incredibly prolific on Reddit. "I'm super excited" "That looks super fun" "I was super worried"...I'm just seeing that particular adjective far too often for my liking. I can't skim through even a single thread without seeing multiple people saying it in their replies.

I probably should just stop browsing Reddit. :justjen
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on March 25, 2017, 03:13:55 AM
Also I've just about had it with "could of/should of/would of". Read what you are typing, it doesn't even make sense. :facepalm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hG-g6X9fqI
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 25, 2017, 03:23:59 AM
Really lazy advertising.

I.e. anything to do with cats is " Purr-fect " and anything to do with sci fi or outer space is " out of this world ".

It's like those are the ONLY taglines you are allowed to use.

And if you don't use them you get sacked ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on March 25, 2017, 03:47:28 AM
Really lazy advertising.

I.e. anything to do with cats is " Purr-fect " and anything to do with sci fi or outer space is " out of this world ".

It's like those are the ONLY taglines you are allowed to use.

And if you don't use them you get sacked ?

Speaking of this, we have a network of dental clinics called "PresiDENT". :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 25, 2017, 01:48:00 PM
Music "producers" who don't use their actual name but go by an alter ego like "Danger Mouse" " Red One " " The Matrix ".


Yeah so you can put out terrible music and still be anonymous :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 25, 2017, 07:20:09 PM
Really lazy advertising.

I.e. anything to do with cats is " Purr-fect " and anything to do with sci fi or outer space is " out of this world ".

It's like those are the ONLY taglines you are allowed to use.

And if you don't use them you get sacked ?

Dream Theater: They are Astonishing!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 27, 2017, 06:32:26 AM
I'm not against any use of "super" but it seems to be incredibly prolific on Reddit. "I'm super excited" "That looks super fun" "I was super worried"...I'm just seeing that particular adjective far too often for my liking. I can't skim through even a single thread without seeing multiple people saying it in their replies.

I probably should just stop browsing Reddit. :justjen


I mock that as often as I can, and it's not just "Reddit".    I'm not a huge "reality TV" guy (I feel it's the sign of the apocalypse), except for Food Network, and since I'm relatively immune to it I've noticed that there is a whole syntax that goes along with it that has crept into our vocabulary.  The "big reveal".   Things have to be "super-" whatever.   We're all on a "journey!"    I find all of this more than "mildly irritating", and very worthy of our scorn. 

I've actually told my daughter (albeit somewhat tongue in cheek) that "winners don't talk about their 'journey', only losers do." 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 27, 2017, 06:32:54 AM
There are students at my job who are a few years behind me. It makes me discouraged when I go out of my way to mentor them and teach them stuff and they act like they don't give a shit or act inconvenienced. And these are tips about mistakes that have gotten pharmacists fired or even sent to jail over deaths from those mistakes.

One of them is very appreciative, but the rest act so inconvenienced that I just stopped bothering. I started doing it because there was a student ahead of me that mentored me and that meant a lot and I just wanted to pass that on to the next group of students, but oh well I guess.  :sad:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 27, 2017, 06:37:03 AM

I've actually told my daughter (albeit somewhat tongue in cheek) that "winners don't talk about their 'journey', only losers do."

:tup History is written by the winners.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 02, 2017, 06:43:46 AM
Sketches on YouTube or whatever that are essentially just one joke stretched out over 5 minutes.

College Humour are the absolute worst at this. They'll have a premise like " Batman thinks people he kills are just asleep "...

Then they'll have Batman killing someone and arguing with another person that they're just asleep.

Then he'll kill someone else. Same argument... etc etc...for 5 mins or so. Yeah I got it after like 10 seconds thanks...

Even worse when they're doing the Christian Bale Batman voice as well.

It reminds me of when comedy shows on TV would do a parody of a band. They'd dress up like them and play a song vaguely like their biggest hit

and just change the words to "funny" words. But then they do an entire song. You get the joke immediately... Then you just sit there and watch for 4:30 :p
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 02, 2017, 06:50:40 AM
There was once a time when College Humor was a pretty funny website.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 02, 2017, 09:10:17 AM
People airing personal issues to start a fight on Facebook.   It's immature and irresponsible.   Meet face to face. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on April 02, 2017, 09:25:06 AM
Along the same lines the "clearly looking for attention" Facebook status that usually goes like this:

Poster: i just can't handle it anymore. so done with everything
Comment: What's wrong?
Poster: nothing. don't want to talk about it

Yeah, OK.

And I'm talking about 30 something year old men that post stuff like that, not angsty teens.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: dparrott on April 02, 2017, 09:39:04 AM
People who "back in" to a parking spot.  It may be easier to leave, but it takes twice as long to pull into it, and the whole world has to wait for your ass while you do it.  >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 02, 2017, 10:22:10 AM
Along the same lines the "clearly looking for attention" Facebook status that usually goes like this:

Poster: i just can't handle it anymore. so done with everything
Comment: What's wrong?
Poster: nothing. don't want to talk about it

Yeah, OK.

And I'm talking about 30 something year old men that post stuff like that, not angsty teens.

:lolpalm: oh dear.

hand on heart. I can honestly say i've never once - either on Facebook when I used it or Twitter - done a " I hate life Fuck everything " post.

Not once.


inb4 you do it here instead :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 02, 2017, 09:13:10 PM
Music snobs
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 03, 2017, 04:51:32 AM
What about Prog Snobs?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 03, 2017, 04:54:32 AM
And Snobs in general.

My Ex wouldn't eat a cake I got her for her birthday because it wasn't up to her standards.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 03, 2017, 05:26:15 AM
What about Prog Snobs?

Fuckers...all of them

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 03, 2017, 05:50:57 AM
And Snobs in general.

My Ex wouldn't eat a cake I got her for her birthday because it wasn't up to her standards.

Wrong amounts of sugar, sugar and more sugar ?

It all looks the same coming out babe.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 03, 2017, 07:03:17 AM
And Snobs in general.

My Ex wouldn't eat a cake I got her for her birthday because it wasn't up to her standards.

Im guessing thats why she is your ex  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 03, 2017, 07:11:42 AM
Along the same lines the "clearly looking for attention" Facebook status that usually goes like this:

Poster: i just can't handle it anymore. so done with everything
Comment: What's wrong?
Poster: nothing. don't want to talk about it

Yeah, OK.

And I'm talking about 30 something year old men that post stuff like that, not angsty teens.

I don't understand this either. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 03, 2017, 12:47:12 PM
Yeah, I can't handle it anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on April 03, 2017, 02:26:19 PM
Yeah, I can't handle it anymore.


handle what?



























that's what you wanted right?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 03, 2017, 02:30:48 PM
I don't want to talk about it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 03, 2017, 02:32:43 PM
omggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 03, 2017, 08:00:26 PM
I don't want to talk about it.

When did you have a sex change?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 03, 2017, 08:08:52 PM
Um...wut?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 03, 2017, 08:12:53 PM
(https://img.memesuper.com/857fe869b45189936c81a22ce3d7e511_my-joke-skyrocketed-over-your-joke-over-head-meme_244-244.jpeg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 03, 2017, 08:15:55 PM
Totally. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 03, 2017, 08:17:53 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 03, 2017, 08:23:43 PM
I don't want to talk about it.

When did you have a sex change?

 :lol

John, experience with that eh?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 03, 2017, 08:27:12 PM
Wouldn't YOU like to know? :zydar:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 03, 2017, 08:36:06 PM
I already do. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 03, 2017, 08:42:26 PM
Shhhhhhhh
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 04, 2017, 08:29:29 AM
A Neurologist prescribes my dad to use a C-Pap machine.   

After 7 years it fails.  Medicare says it needs notes from the doctor about it's usage with dad.

Doctor never talks to him recently about the C-Pap and medicare will not give him one until he has to see the Neurologist.

WTF Doc, this is on you.  He should have been taking notes since he prescribed it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 06, 2017, 07:11:16 AM
When some people in my project team are pieces of shit >:( I can't do my job before they do theirs and they are just keeping silent, not answering on other's messages. The worst thing is one part of it was graded as team effort and I (and some others) had to do their work because we didn't want to lose our points. Thank heavens the other part of the project is graded individually.
Actually, this is the wrong thread, I find this extremely irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 06, 2017, 07:22:57 AM
When some people in my project team are pieces of shit >:( I can't do my job before they do theirs and they are just keeping silent, not answering on other's messages. The worst thing is one part of it was graded as team effort and I (and some others) had to do their work because we didn't want to lose our points. Thank heavens the other part of the project is graded individually.
Actually, this is the wrong thread, I find this extremely irritating.

Welcome to adulthood. Just wait until you have to put up with that for life sustaining currency rather than a grade.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 06, 2017, 07:59:28 AM
When some people in my project team are pieces of shit >:( I can't do my job before they do theirs and they are just keeping silent, not answering on other's messages. The worst thing is one part of it was graded as team effort and I (and some others) had to do their work because we didn't want to lose our points. Thank heavens the other part of the project is graded individually.
Actually, this is the wrong thread, I find this extremely irritating.

Welcome to adulthood. Just wait until you have to put up with that for life sustaining currency rather than a grade.

That is some truth right there.   In real life there's no teacher to go to to complain "my team was shit; can I do extra credit to improve my grade?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Train of Naught on April 06, 2017, 08:08:03 AM
This is looking to become one of those "I bet you wouldn't last a day in my life" episodes. Time to find out if the working life or the school life is actually tougher.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 06, 2017, 08:16:22 AM
This is looking to become one of those "I bet you wouldn't last a day in my life" episodes. Time to find out if the working life or the school life is actually tougher.

TBH, school was way harder as far as workload goes. Life as a whole is more difficult now though.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 06, 2017, 08:19:57 AM
This is looking to become one of those "I bet you wouldn't last a day in my life" episodes. Time to find out if the working life or the school life is actually tougher.

TBH, school was way harder as far as workload goes. Life as a whole is more difficult now though.

School was more challenging, but work is more demanding.  For me at least.  A lot more variables and options while in school, but got to stick to schedule and be consistent for work. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 06, 2017, 08:26:41 AM
Life is so much harder as a grown up.  Responsibility as a grown up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Train of Naught on April 06, 2017, 08:34:37 AM
This is looking to become one of those "I bet you wouldn't last a day in my life" episodes. Time to find out if the working life or the school life is actually tougher.

TBH, school was way harder as far as workload goes. Life as a whole is more difficult now though.

School was more challenging, but work is more demanding.  For me at least.  A lot more variables and options while in school, but got to stick to schedule and be consistent for work.
All seems reasonable. There has never really been a part-time job I enjoyed for more than a few months (though I've stayed at some for longer) and always figured I could figure this stuff out later when I have a job in the direction of my career to boost my motivation, but I guess it's always going to be hard and demanding.

Is life in general also more rewarding to you though? It's probably incomparable but I'd like to hear your thoughts :laugh: and I'm not talking about just the full-time job, but every feature that has come into your life that wasn't there before you became an adult. (I mean, I'm an adult, but 21 and still in college so when I talk about this I mean more like 25-30+)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 06, 2017, 08:43:38 AM
Life is so much harder as a grown up. 

It really is. And nothing prepares you for it. There's no lessons in school about learning to pay bills or finding a job or any of that bullshit.

Literally as soon as you're an adult it's like - here's all the responsibility in the world - DEAL WITH IT.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 06, 2017, 08:47:17 AM
This is looking to become one of those "I bet you wouldn't last a day in my life" episodes. Time to find out if the working life or the school life is actually tougher.

TBH, school was way harder as far as workload goes. Life as a whole is more difficult now though.

School was more challenging, but work is more demanding.  For me at least.  A lot more variables and options while in school, but got to stick to schedule and be consistent for work.
All seems reasonable. There has never really been a part-time job I enjoyed for more than a few months (though I've stayed at some for longer) and always figured I could figure this stuff out later when I have a job in the direction of my career to boost my motivation, but I guess it's always going to be hard and demanding.

Is life in general also more rewarding to you though? It's probably incomparable but I'd like to hear your thoughts :laugh: and I'm not talking about just the full-time job, but every feature that has come into your life that wasn't there before you became an adult. (I mean, I'm an adult, but 21 and still in college so when I talk about this I mean more like 25-30+)

I think from my perspective, they're just different.   I have three degrees, and I never once ever worried about what that meant to anyone else.  It was all about me, and what I wanted to get out of it versus what I put into it.   I didn't -  much; I have an excellent memory, so 4/5 of any class was me going to class - but if I wanted to lay in and skip that class it was on me.

With work, if I don't deliver, I can't pay my mortgage.  My wife and kids are then on the street.  I can't pay my daughter's tuition, and she's out one of the best opportunities she'll ever have.   Etc. etc.   

And yeah, life is FAR more rewarding.  Other than the D+ I got in Dynamics because the douchebag wrote down my grades one line off from my name and didn't believe me when I showed him a stack of papers with the exact grades of the line below mine) I can't remember ONE grade I got in any class in Undergrad, in Engineering School, in Law School, or in Business School.   But I remember watching my kid at her dance recital.  I remember that time I got my award for Employee of the Year from my company.  I remember my wedding day like it was yesterday...

School is a means to the end.  Life IS that end.   I'm building a story as we speak. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 06, 2017, 08:48:37 AM
Life is so much harder as a grown up. 

It really is. And nothing prepares you for it. There's no lessons in school about learning to pay bills or finding a job or any of that bullshit.

Literally as soon as you're an adult it's like - here's all the responsibility in the world - DEAL WITH IT.

When you have a family, it's worse than that:  "here's all the responsibility in the world FOR SOMEONE ELSE - DEAL WITH IT (and if you fuck it up, you fuck up someone else's life)."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Tomislav95 on April 06, 2017, 08:50:07 AM
Oh that thing we have to do is actually pretty easy :lol I know they're probably busy with other things but I just can't understand their mindset. "Should I do this homework I need to do on my own or this one where there are people depending on my work? Oh fuck them, and I won't even tell them what's going on".
I'm not talking about how hard and demanding it is but how people have no responsibility and empathy for others. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 06, 2017, 08:51:20 AM
This is looking to become one of those "I bet you wouldn't last a day in my life" episodes. Time to find out if the working life or the school life is actually tougher.

TBH, school was way harder as far as workload goes. Life as a whole is more difficult now though.

School was more challenging, but work is more demanding.  For me at least.  A lot more variables and options while in school, but got to stick to schedule and be consistent for work.
All seems reasonable. There has never really been a part-time job I enjoyed for more than a few months (though I've stayed at some for longer) and always figured I could figure this stuff out later when I have a job in the direction of my career to boost my motivation, but I guess it's always going to be hard and demanding.

Is life in general also more rewarding to you though? It's probably incomparable but I'd like to hear your thoughts :laugh: and I'm not talking about just the full-time job, but every feature that has come into your life that wasn't there before you became an adult. (I mean, I'm an adult, but 21 and still in college so when I talk about this I mean more like 25-30+)

Yea, I'm not sure I'd say I was truly an adult until I moved out of my parents basement when I turned 25 and into an apartment with my now ex even though I had a full time job after college, I don't think you truly start to experience adult life until you are completely detached from your parents financially. 

It is definitely rewarding to do things like pay off a car loan, get a promotion or a new job, save up for a down payment on a house... all life accomplishments.  Definitely feels good to hit those spots, but at the same time, college was rewarding as well.  Getting a good grade on an exam, graduating on time, winning a drinking contest... all rewarding on some level too. 

I would say things in life tend to become more rewarding because things you accomplish in the past become less rewarding when you accomplish them again.  Such as getting a good grade on an exam.  The more you do it, the less rewarding it feels, but when those good grades lead to a good job offer.  Boom that feels great and then again down the line as you move up and get promotion, same as with those grades, it feels less rewarding in a way because you've felt that accomplishment before.  So you reach for further goals all of which feel more rewarding because they take more time and effort.

I don't particularly believe life gets more difficult, you just get more responsibilities.  You learn how to handle your older responsibilities better and you adjust to the new ones and life goes on.  However, I don't have children, I feel like that is the ultimate responsibility and probably the most rewarding as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on April 06, 2017, 08:51:46 AM
Life is so much harder as a grown up. 

It really is. And nothing prepares you for it. There's no lessons in school about learning to pay bills or finding a job or any of that bullshit.

Literally as soon as you're an adult it's like - here's all the responsibility in the world - DEAL WITH IT.

When you have a family, it's worse than that:  "here's all the responsibility in the world FOR SOMEONE ELSE - DEAL WITH IT (and if you fuck it up, you fuck up someone else's life)."
Agreed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 06, 2017, 08:53:36 AM
Yup.  I've seen families that brought up 2 children with the same values and both come out different and they questioned themselves.  Even when the kids are grown up you still worry.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Train of Naught on April 06, 2017, 09:33:51 AM
I think from my perspective, they're just different.   I have three degrees, and I never once ever worried about what that meant to anyone else.  It was all about me, and what I wanted to get out of it versus what I put into it.   I didn't -  much; I have an excellent memory, so 4/5 of any class was me going to class - but if I wanted to lay in and skip that class it was on me.

With work, if I don't deliver, I can't pay my mortgage.  My wife and kids are then on the street.  I can't pay my daughter's tuition, and she's out one of the best opportunities she'll ever have.   Etc. etc.   

And yeah, life is FAR more rewarding.  Other than the D+ I got in Dynamics because the douchebag wrote down my grades one line off from my name and didn't believe me when I showed him a stack of papers with the exact grades of the line below mine) I can't remember ONE grade I got in any class in Undergrad, in Engineering School, in Law School, or in Business School.   But I remember watching my kid at her dance recital.  I remember that time I got my award for Employee of the Year from my company.  I remember my wedding day like it was yesterday...

School is a means to the end.  Life IS that end.   I'm building a story as we speak.

Yea, I'm not sure I'd say I was truly an adult until I moved out of my parents basement when I turned 25 and into an apartment with my now ex even though I had a full time job after college, I don't think you truly start to experience adult life until you are completely detached from your parents financially. 

It is definitely rewarding to do things like pay off a car loan, get a promotion or a new job, save up for a down payment on a house... all life accomplishments.  Definitely feels good to hit those spots, but at the same time, college was rewarding as well.  Getting a good grade on an exam, graduating on time, winning a drinking contest... all rewarding on some level too. 

I would say things in life tend to become more rewarding because things you accomplish in the past become less rewarding when you accomplish them again.  Such as getting a good grade on an exam.  The more you do it, the less rewarding it feels, but when those good grades lead to a good job offer.  Boom that feels great and then again down the line as you move up and get promotion, same as with those grades, it feels less rewarding in a way because you've felt that accomplishment before.  So you reach for further goals all of which feel more rewarding because they take more time and effort.

I don't particularly believe life gets more difficult, you just get more responsibilities.  You learn how to handle your older responsibilities better and you adjust to the new ones and life goes on.  However, I don't have children, I feel like that is the ultimate responsibility and probably the most rewarding as well.

Thanks for the extensive replies :tup it's not that I was worried at all that life right now is not rewarding enough or anything, it definitely is to me, but I was just curious to hear from different perspectives.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 06, 2017, 09:58:40 AM
I'll be the negative nancy here. I feel like every time I climb a hill and hit a milestone in life, there's another hill immediately following that one, and then another, and another, and then there's getting cancer or some shit and dying. It bums me out actually. I've spent so much time and energy to become an adult to contributes to society, only to continue having to grind away until I'm too frail to do anything but wait for death.

I often question whether it was the right move or not, and the prospect of having kids is the only true motivator I have to 'better' my situation and position in life. I love having a house, don't get me wrong, but the amount of work and headaches that come with it are ridiculous some days. Part of me wishes I could just find a nice condo, a cushy $45K-50K a year job (Victoria too), and never, ever have to cut my grass, clean up leaves, gut drain pipes, clear fallen trees, clear the driveway, etc.. Sure, I could pay someone to do all those things now, but then I'm just working harder in order to afford someone to do the work I'm now working harder to avoid doing.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 06, 2017, 10:46:12 AM
Im all in favor of working harder at my job in terms of saving me from working harder at home personally.  I pay for someone to take care of my lawn.  I did it the first two years of home ownership, it also feels rewarding when you finished a good cut and the lawn looks great... but when you have to deal with broken lawn mowers, figuring out how to get the wires in the trimmer to unravel naturally, purchasing gas and mixing it with oil (especially after someone bumps your car and knocks over that gasoline you just bought causing your car to stink for a long time), and then doing the actual physical work... eh fuck it.  Not worth my time if I can afford it (my lawn is tiny, costs 100 a month to take care of by someone else). 

As for the first part of what Chino wrote, it's pretty much true.  Whenever you get over one hill, there's another bigger one on the horizon.  It never ends, that's life.  I just chose not to view life like that even if I accept that it is reality.  I'd rather see all my obstacles to get over are what leads me to happiness, such as making it to that concert I really wanted to see, or going on a vacation, or forming a lasting relationship with a female. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kaos2900 on April 06, 2017, 11:26:55 AM
Why do the batteries in smoke detectors only seem to get low enough to beep in the middle of the night?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 06, 2017, 11:31:19 AM
Why do the batteries in smoke detectors only seem to get low enough to beep in the middle of the night?

I know right? That's pretty.......................low of them.




 :coolio
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kaos2900 on April 06, 2017, 11:45:03 AM
As this happened to me at 4 this morning, I was thinking about why they can't put an indicator light on the smoke detector that turns yellow or red when the battery needs to be replaced. That way you don't have to guess which detector is beeping.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 06, 2017, 11:48:00 AM
All of my smoke detectors talk to each other. If someone burns something in the kitchen, all 9 in the house go off. It's really annoying. On the flip side, most of the detectors have a button you can press that disables that particular detector for 5 minutes. If you start burning something in the kitchen, you can push that button and clear out the smoke without having to listen to them scream away. Victoria calls it the "I'm just cooking" button.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 06, 2017, 12:03:48 PM
Why do the batteries in smoke detectors only seem to get low enough to beep in the middle of the night?

This always seems to be the case.  They never alert you during the day, alsways in the dead of night.  This happened most recently in my hotel room too last month.  4am beeping.   :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 07, 2017, 11:23:05 AM
That somebody made this website and thought "yeah, that's a good looking format"

https://cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on April 07, 2017, 11:24:28 AM
I'm sure it was a good format back when they made that site in 1996.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 07, 2017, 11:27:50 AM
I'm surprised it's not hosted on geocities.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 07, 2017, 01:48:47 PM
*cringes*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on April 08, 2017, 12:33:19 PM
I'm sure it was a good format back when they made that site in 1996.
Yeah, that pretty much used to be the standard. Looks like one of my high school web design projects, but slightly more hideous.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on April 08, 2017, 03:41:31 PM
Yeah that's actually not the worst I've seen. I mean it's bad, but there are some out there (mind you, created with a serious mindset and not purposefully to be annoying or cringe inducing) that are actually bad enough to give you a headache. The 90's were just...man, what a time to be introduced into computers and the internet. It was basically the moment that the internet was pimple faced and going through puberty. Awkward, still transitioning into its own self, finding what it likes and doesn't (ass porn wasn't NEEEEEAAARLY as prevalent, much to my chagrin), how to look and act.

*sigh* The nostalgia is strong...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 08, 2017, 08:07:42 PM
  I love having a house, don't get me wrong, but the amount of work and headaches that come with it are ridiculous some days. Part of me wishes I could just find a nice condo, a cushy $45K-50K a year job (Victoria too), and never, ever have to cut my grass, clean up leaves, gut drain pipes, clear fallen trees, clear the driveway, etc.. Sure, I could pay someone to do all those things now, but then I'm just working harder in order to afford someone to do the work I'm now working harder to avoid doing.

Life IS cutting the lawn, clearing trees, snowblowing or shoveling your driveway. These are the best things about owning a house. Any day you can wake up healthy enough to do these things is a blessing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 08, 2017, 08:28:49 PM
  I love having a house, don't get me wrong, but the amount of work and headaches that come with it are ridiculous some days. Part of me wishes I could just find a nice condo, a cushy $45K-50K a year job (Victoria too), and never, ever have to cut my grass, clean up leaves, gut drain pipes, clear fallen trees, clear the driveway, etc.. Sure, I could pay someone to do all those things now, but then I'm just working harder in order to afford someone to do the work I'm now working harder to avoid doing.

Life IS cutting the lawn, clearing trees, snowblowing or shoveling your driveway. These are the best things about owning a house. Any day you can wake up healthy enough to do these things is a blessing.

I'm a brand new house owner with a brand new house and I'm actually really enjoying the time spent outside doing the lawn and yard work. This will probably wear off over time but for the time being I don't mind.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on April 08, 2017, 08:32:58 PM
  I love having a house, don't get me wrong, but the amount of work and headaches that come with it are ridiculous some days. Part of me wishes I could just find a nice condo, a cushy $45K-50K a year job (Victoria too), and never, ever have to cut my grass, clean up leaves, gut drain pipes, clear fallen trees, clear the driveway, etc.. Sure, I could pay someone to do all those things now, but then I'm just working harder in order to afford someone to do the work I'm now working harder to avoid doing.

Life IS cutting the lawn, clearing trees, snowblowing or shoveling your driveway. These are the best things about owning a house. Any day you can wake up healthy enough to do these things is a blessing.

I'm a brand new house owner with a brand new house and I'm actually really enjoying the time spent outside doing the lawn and yard work. This will probably wear off over time but for the time being I don't mind.

I enjoy that time because I usually listen to music while doing the non loud things, I live in the desert so its hoeing weeds, instead of mowing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 08, 2017, 08:54:53 PM
Don't get me wrong, I f'n hate doing yardwork. But there's something very peaceful about cutting the lawn. Great music listening time too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on April 08, 2017, 09:53:48 PM
I'll echo the sentiment of hating yard work most of the time (unless I am just feeling horribly lazy and want to get some exercising without actually working out or exercising) but love it for music listening, having the ability to do so at all and to experience that shit called "outdoors" once in a while.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 08, 2017, 11:58:51 PM
I don't mind it. I haven't experienced it in the summer months but for now when the weather is nice I don't mind being outside.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 09, 2017, 05:26:03 AM
I'd rather be listening to all that great music while wrenching on my RC trucks in an air conditioned environment
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 10, 2017, 06:42:59 AM
I'm sure it was a good format back when they made that site in 1996.

That look was the rage back in the day, was it not?  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on April 10, 2017, 06:46:20 AM
I'm sure it was a good format back when they made that site in 1996.

That look was the rage back in the day, was it not?  :)

I'm not sure it was the rage, so much as it was the only thing people could manage with their hand coded html and dialup internet connections. :lol There are so many options freely available to create sites these days that didn't exist back then, at least for most people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 10, 2017, 06:47:48 AM
I'm sure it was a good format back when they made that site in 1996.

That look was the rage back in the day, was it not?  :)

I'm not sure it was the rage, so much as it was the only thing people could manage with their hand coded html and dialup internet connections. :lol There are so many options freely available to create sites these days that didn't exist back then, at least for most people.

For real. I built this site on Wix in about 12 minutes. Is's weird though, they haven't received a payment from me in over a year and the site is still up.

https://www.greeninglass.com/
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on April 10, 2017, 06:52:14 AM
You'd think the domain should have at least expired by now.
I mean, that site still leaves a lot to be desired, but for an oddly specific 12 minutes of work, it looks at least as good as anything from 1996.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on April 10, 2017, 06:54:25 AM
When my laptop runs out of battery with no low battery warning.

i.e. all the time
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on April 10, 2017, 06:55:44 AM
When my laptop runs out of battery with no low battery warning.

i.e. all the time

Do you not have the options turned on for that, or is your battery dying too quickly once it gets that low?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on April 10, 2017, 07:05:32 AM
When my laptop runs out of battery with no low battery warning.

i.e. all the time

Do you not have the options turned on for that, or is your battery dying too quickly once it gets that low?

I don't know where the setting for that is, so I'm not sure how it would've been switched off (or even why you'd want it to be switched off) but I wouldn't know.

I have seen the battery icon at around 6% before, where battery warnings used to be at 10% & 7%.

I've also had this computer for around 3 years, so I'd assumed it was just a system file corrupting or something. I have had to delete all my files before due to my user folder corrupting (3 days before an assignment was due btw, not fun  :yeahright), so I'd assumed it was related to something like that.

I'm using Windows 8.1 by the way, if that helps.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 10, 2017, 04:28:56 PM
When someone is having a shitty day or shitty week and they just take it out on everyone around them, and act like a total asshole. This person is trying to pick a fight, looking for any chance to blow off steam and I'm not going for it.

All I am doing is counting down the days till I can move the fuck out of here and get my own place, which is just over the horizon.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Nel on April 11, 2017, 02:40:49 PM
When I comment or like something by a friend on Facebook, and someone from my family, who doesn't know who this person is or what my relationship with them is, suddenly starts commenting on it.

My friend from college (who I haven't seen in nearly a decade at this point) was posting some funny, NSFW articles up, I added to the joke, and an older relative of mine suddenly comments on it out of nowhere. That is so god damn rude it just infuriates me. Baby boomers ruined social media.

Why can they see what I'm liking? How do I turn that off?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 11, 2017, 02:44:24 PM
That one person who - no matter how happy or excited about some guitar or bike or whatever it is you just bought - they'll always go like :

Yamaha ? Suzuki ? Gibson ? Tama ?

Absolute rubbish... *SHOULD HAVE* bought [insert brand] instead...

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 11, 2017, 02:52:03 PM
When I comment or like something by a friend on Facebook, and someone from my family, who doesn't know who this person is or what my relationship with them is, suddenly starts commenting on it.

My friend from college (who I haven't seen in nearly a decade at this point) was posting some funny, NSFW articles up, I added to the joke, and an older relative of mine suddenly comments on it out of nowhere. That is so god damn rude it just infuriates me. Baby boomers ruined social media.

Why can they see what I'm liking? How do I turn that off?

My mother is the worst at this, but slightly different.  She has been saying happy birthday to people who I know she does not know, because they are people I hardly know such as friends of friends.  I have no idea how she knows its such a person's birthday or why she feels compelled to say happy birthday to random people, but its annoying.

My mother also constantly comments and likes posts from my ex who I haven't even spoken to in 2.5 years. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 12, 2017, 12:52:14 AM
When people reply to a post with a GIF - as someone will now do - because they're so hilarious...


...mainly cause they can't think of a reply of their own.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 12, 2017, 12:53:42 AM
(https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/5b27005c-94ef-4553-8b16-573386b9a768_1.17746dce930a406f946b76c455ee2ec0.jpeg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 12, 2017, 12:58:01 AM
Haha. Ins't Jif a kitchen cleaner too ?

At least it was until they changed the name to Cif for some reason.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 12, 2017, 01:00:34 AM
That must be a British thing because I have never heard of those things.


That or I am just awful at cleaning, which is very very likely.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 12, 2017, 01:07:28 AM
(https://www.vegasnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Tom-Wilson-as-biff-tannen-back-to-the-future-ii.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on April 12, 2017, 07:27:54 AM
When people reply to a post with a GIF - as someone will now do - because they're so hilarious...


...mainly cause they can't think of a reply of their own.
That's not why people do that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 12, 2017, 07:34:12 AM
When people reply to a post with a GIF - as someone will now do - because they're so hilarious...


...mainly cause they can't think of a reply of their own.
That's not why people do that.

I love responding in Gif form.  It's funny.  I am certainly not short for words.  Misspelled or not. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 12, 2017, 07:35:53 AM
My girlfriend when she's sick.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 12, 2017, 07:52:01 AM
When I comment or like something by a friend on Facebook, and someone from my family, who doesn't know who this person is or what my relationship with them is, suddenly starts commenting on it.

My friend from college (who I haven't seen in nearly a decade at this point) was posting some funny, NSFW articles up, I added to the joke, and an older relative of mine suddenly comments on it out of nowhere. That is so god damn rude it just infuriates me. Baby boomers ruined social media.

Why can they see what I'm liking? How do I turn that off?

My mother is the worst at this, but slightly different.  She has been saying happy birthday to people who I know she does not know, because they are people I hardly know such as friends of friends.  I have no idea how she knows its such a person's birthday or why she feels compelled to say happy birthday to random people, but its annoying.

My mother also constantly comments and likes posts from my ex who I haven't even spoken to in 2.5 years.

I'm not on Facebook at all, but my daughter is, and my ex-wife (her mom) does that ALL THE TIME.   I get texts from my daughter at all hours... 'DAD!  Mom's liking my wall" or some shit (I don't know the lingo or the process) but either way, it kind of amounts to a 51 year old butting into the conversation between two 16 year olds and it's creepy and weird and embarrassing. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 12, 2017, 08:12:26 AM
There is a subreddit called r/oldpeoplefacebook that's full of gems  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 14, 2017, 04:15:31 AM
When downloads stop on 100% and then.....nothing.....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 14, 2017, 05:07:40 AM
My girlfriend when she's sick.

I'm sick and I find it more than mildly irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 14, 2017, 05:53:47 AM
My girlfriend when she's sick.

I'm sick and I find it more than mildly irritating.

Following up on this. She's been feeling like shit since last Saturday and had a fever of 102 yesterday. She finally went to the doctor and found out she has the flu. If she went to the doctor's on Monday, they could have given her meds for it. Now she's stuck waiting it out and my weekend is gone because I have to play caretaker. I may be being a little selfish here, but I can't help it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Loop on April 14, 2017, 06:56:47 AM
People who drive too slow in front of me. People who drive too fast behind me.

And the wind pisses me off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 14, 2017, 10:13:53 AM
Yeah wind is annoying on a motorbike. I'd rather drive in heavy rain. At least I can go slow. Wind just pushes you around whatever...



EDIT : Hey Reaperkk - Check out the SHINY SHINY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqJ1cHSJVNg  :coolio
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Skeever on April 14, 2017, 11:26:18 AM
That one person who - no matter how happy or excited about some guitar or bike or whatever it is you just bought - they'll always go like :

Yamaha ? Suzuki ? Gibson ? Tama ?

Absolute rubbish... *SHOULD HAVE* bought [insert brand] instead...

OMG yeah. These people are the worst. It's real, too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 14, 2017, 11:32:37 AM
" I just bought a 5 piece Tama kit :) "

" Rubbish. They stopped making that model..."

ok ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 14, 2017, 11:43:27 AM
And the wind pisses me off.

Hey, Kotow. I think we've found your soul mate.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 14, 2017, 11:45:30 AM
:getoffmylawn: BLOODY WEATHER !!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Loop on April 14, 2017, 01:30:46 PM
Yeah wind is annoying on a motorbike. I'd rather drive in heavy rain. At least I can go slow. Wind just pushes you around whatever...

Hey, Kotow. I think we've found your soul mate.

Wind is annoying dammit! Who wants a faceful of hair and grit? :getoffmylawn:

Give me pouring rain any day.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 14, 2017, 01:56:05 PM
Why are their grits floating around on the breeze?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Skeever on April 14, 2017, 02:01:42 PM
" I just bought a 5 piece Tama kit :) "

" Rubbish. They stopped making that model..."

ok ?

I know a guy who took back an American Standard telecaster he bought for himself because someone important to him ridiculed it calling it a "toy guitar".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Loop on April 14, 2017, 02:11:39 PM
Why are their grits floating around on the breeze?

It's windy where I live. Airborne food is actually a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 14, 2017, 02:13:08 PM

I know a guy who took back an American Standard telecaster he bought for himself because someone important to him ridiculed it calling it a "toy guitar".


:lolpalm: $1,100 toy...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 14, 2017, 02:27:53 PM
Why are their grits floating around on the breeze?

It's windy where I live. Airborne food is actually a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.

Don't blame it on the food. It's because of people who can't keep their mouths closed.  ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 14, 2017, 02:29:50 PM
They're still agape at those air-o-planes being able to fly thru the air !

 :omg:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on April 14, 2017, 06:52:02 PM
When you have a hangover and get a migraine. That hurt like a mofo.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 14, 2017, 07:23:42 PM
Why are their grits floating around on the breeze?

It's windy where I live. Airborne food is actually a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.

Don't blame it on the food. It's because of people who can't keep their mouths closed.  ;)

Fucking pizza attacks me every day.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 14, 2017, 10:28:31 PM
Why are their grits floating around on the breeze?

It's windy where I live. Airborne food is actually a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.

Don't blame it on the food. It's because of people who can't keep their mouths closed.  ;)

Fucking pizza attacks me every day.

(https://25.media.tumblr.com/82e8fa6d93909530f08ed9cf388a3848/tumblr_mk53ltTYqi1qfyntho1_500.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dream Team on April 15, 2017, 09:52:52 AM
When I'm in line behind someone with 1 item so I think the line will move quickly, but then these math wizards have to spend 10 minutes buying lottery tickets with their welfare money. The only thing better is being behind someone performing the trailer trash trifecta of booze, cigarettes, and lottery tickets. Or for a sports analogy, the white trash hat-trick. Never fails when I'm in a hurry.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on April 15, 2017, 10:38:38 AM
I can absolutely relate to that given that there are a lot of mouth breathing inbred hicks where I live (posing as middle-upper-class douchebags).

I'll throw in one more amazingly infuriating aspect that I myself see in conjunction with the above post: Their half-wit cracked-out demon child who has seemed to have been raised by Sloth from The Goonies.

I'll piggy back off that irritation by saying that people who think that they have some kind of duty to have kids. You don't need to have kids. Logically, ethically, morally and any other "lly" you can think of, you shouldn't fucking have kids. Because you're a moron. Also, you're ugly. So don't have kids. You stupid ugly fuck.





I'm having a good day!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on April 15, 2017, 10:41:01 AM
When I'm in line behind someone with 1 item so I think the line will move quickly, but then these math wizards have to spend 10 minutes buying lottery tickets with their welfare money. The only thing better is being behind someone performing the trailer trash trifecta of booze, cigarettes, and lottery tickets. Or for a sports analogy, the white trash hat-trick. Never fails when I'm in a hurry.

I rarely go in gas stations to buy something, but whenever I do, this happens 4 times out of 5.  Oh well, I am a patient guy, so it doesn't send me over the edge or anything, but it's pretty exasperating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 15, 2017, 08:49:39 PM
Yeah wind is annoying on a motorbike. I'd rather drive in heavy rain. At least I can go slow. Wind just pushes you around whatever...



EDIT : Hey Reaperkk - Check out the SHINY SHINY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqJ1cHSJVNg  :coolio

So clean! Keep it that way. When do the learner's tags come off?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 16, 2017, 03:46:34 AM
When I get a proper license ! So...never !!!

Doesn't bother me.

This bike is plenty fast enough to keep up with traffic and I don't have to do loads of extra tests ! :coolio


In the UK you can ride a 125 on a provisional license and a basic road test.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 16, 2017, 04:51:57 AM
- - - - - - - -

When people put " x within x !! x-ception !!!!111 "

When, in the movie Inception - it referred to implanting an idea. Not a thing within a thing.

:)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Loop on April 16, 2017, 05:29:04 AM
Off the back of the bumblebee thread...


WASPS.

They're like angry little drunk Glaswegians who are permanently spoiling for a fight.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 16, 2017, 06:49:37 PM
The band, too. Exceedingly irritating.  ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 16, 2017, 07:35:16 PM
The band, too. Exceedingly irritating.  ;)


You know nothing about love machines.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 16, 2017, 07:48:59 PM
You obviously don't know the real me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 16, 2017, 07:49:55 PM
But I F**k like a beast!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 16, 2017, 08:44:59 PM
And you smell like one, too.   :lol   :-*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Skeever on April 18, 2017, 08:26:43 AM
People who stick their front bumpers out into the road when leaving a parking lot.

People who start into their turns before you've passed them, even when traffic isn't heavy and there's no need.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 18, 2017, 08:33:15 AM
People

People

FTFM
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: rumborak on April 18, 2017, 01:06:05 PM
Today at the government office, to renew an ID that had just expired.

"I'm here to renew this ID"
"Did you bring two pieces of identification?"
"Yeah, here's my driver's license, and of course the ID to be renewed."
"Sorry, can't use the second one, it's expired."

o_O

Bureaucracy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 18, 2017, 01:47:12 PM
Today at the government office, to renew an ID that had just expired.

"I'm here to renew this ID"
"Did you bring two pieces of identification?"
"Yeah, here's my driver's license, and of course the ID to be renewed."
"Sorry, can't use the second one, it's expired."

o_O

Bureaucracy.

:lol

I'm sorry. That's just too funny.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on April 18, 2017, 01:51:13 PM
(https://s21.postimg.org/evx0nlvhz/getffff.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 20, 2017, 08:45:14 AM
When people have mobiles (cell) but leave them at home when they go out.  :angry:

What's the point?!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on April 20, 2017, 08:48:47 AM
When people have mobiles (cell) but leave them at home when they go out.  :angry:

What's the point?!

Maybe that's just what they tell you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 20, 2017, 08:50:15 AM
When people have mobiles (cell) but leave them at home when they go out.  :angry:

What's the point?!

Why should I obligated to be reachable at all times? Sometimes I like a day away from the world and those who occupy it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 20, 2017, 09:18:11 AM
People, People irritate me.  Their all around me. I see them on TV, their in front of me at the drive thru for my coffee, the neighborhood has them, I see YouTube videos of them!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on April 20, 2017, 09:19:00 AM
People, People irritate me.  Their all around me. I see them on TV, their in front of me at the drive thru for my coffee, the neighborhood has them, I see YouTube videos of them!

And they're correcting your grammar all the time!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 20, 2017, 09:20:44 AM
Those goddamn grammar police too on the internet! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on April 20, 2017, 09:23:25 AM
Sons of bitches!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on April 20, 2017, 09:23:51 AM
Also, those goddamned grammar police on the internet! :lol

FTFY
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 20, 2017, 09:25:23 AM
You're all in my headlights. :lol

Well, Time to blow off work for an oil change. Those scum bums.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on April 20, 2017, 09:37:44 AM
When after a few hours of typing my opinions at people I realise it's 1:30 AM.  :lol 'Night everyone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Skeever on April 20, 2017, 09:40:25 AM
When people have mobiles (cell) but leave them at home when they go out.  :angry:

What's the point?!

Why should I obligated to be reachable at all times? Sometimes I like a day away from the world and those who occupy it.

Agreed, so let me add "when you go out with someone and they spend the meal on their phone", if it hasn't been covered 300 times.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 20, 2017, 09:59:58 AM
Those goddamn grammar police too on the internet! :lol

Those goddamn grammar police on the internet, too!

 ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 20, 2017, 10:17:49 AM
Those goddamn grammar police too on the internet! :lol

Those goddamn grammar police on the internet, too!

 ;)

Those goddamn Yankee fans!   ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on April 20, 2017, 10:19:53 AM
I'm having strange deja vu.
Those goddamn grammar police too on the internet! :lol

Those goddamn grammar police on the internet, too!

 ;)

Also, those goddamned grammar police on the internet! :lol

FTFY
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 20, 2017, 10:20:37 AM
When people have mobiles (cell) but leave them at home when they go out.  :angry:

What's the point?!

Why should I obligated to be reachable at all times? Sometimes I like a day away from the world and those who occupy it.

My point being - why even have a mobile phone if you use it like a landline and also have a landline phone ?   Just dont own a mobile !

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 20, 2017, 10:21:55 AM
When people have mobiles (cell) but leave them at home when they go out.  :angry:

What's the point?!

Why should I obligated to be reachable at all times? Sometimes I like a day away from the world and those who occupy it.

My point being - why even have a mobile phone if you use it like a landline and also have a landline phone ?   Just dont own a mobile !

Own a land line phone?  What are we in the 90s?!   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 20, 2017, 10:27:20 AM
When people have mobiles (cell) but leave them at home when they go out.  :angry:

What's the point?!

Why should I obligated to be reachable at all times? Sometimes I like a day away from the world and those who occupy it.

My point being - why even have a mobile phone if you use it like a landline and also have a landline phone ?   Just dont own a mobile !

Because I don't have a landline.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 20, 2017, 10:27:34 AM
I'm hoping to pop veins in foreheads today.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 20, 2017, 10:28:20 AM
I'm hoping to pop veins in foreheads today.

Please don't pop any in mine.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on April 20, 2017, 10:31:46 AM
@King, I think you meant to post in the "Things that I find mildly amusing" thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 20, 2017, 11:35:33 AM
Nope, I'm having funn.

Tee Hee.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 20, 2017, 11:51:01 AM
oopsie.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 20, 2017, 11:53:44 AM
^ Oopsie I meant to post that in The Chat Thread V The Aristocrats !!! :coolio
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 20, 2017, 12:04:22 PM
That's OK Kotowboy.   

I LIKE SHOUTING! 

And stuff.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: mikeyd23 on April 21, 2017, 12:49:24 PM
DirecTV
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 24, 2017, 03:48:22 PM
I just missed my first credit card payment ever. I know it's how they make their money, but they'll send me a late notice the second I'm past due but they can't send out an email 24 hours prior reminding me to make a payment.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Implode on April 24, 2017, 04:25:02 PM
That happened to me a couple months ago, Chino. I totally feel you.

Also, at the risk of sounding like a grammar nazi, it really bothers me when people say "heighth".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 24, 2017, 04:27:53 PM
Credit card companies are not your friends.  If you treat them right, they can be a great benefit, but the moment they get neglected they fuck you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 24, 2017, 04:37:27 PM
I just missed my first credit card payment ever. I know it's how they make their money, but they'll send me a late notice the second I'm past due but they can't send out an email 24 hours prior reminding me to make a payment.

Call them and see if they can remove the late ding on your credit if possible. I did it with my Capitol One payment once and they marked it as On Time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 24, 2017, 04:50:05 PM
May flies.   F U jerks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on April 24, 2017, 05:13:33 PM
I just missed my first credit card payment ever. I know it's how they make their money, but they'll send me a late notice the second I'm past due but they can't send out an email 24 hours prior reminding me to make a payment.

Call them and see if they can remove the late ding on your credit if possible. I did it with my Capitol One payment once and they marked it as On Time.
Yeah, if it's the first time ever, there's a good chance you can get out of this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 25, 2017, 07:22:31 AM
I just missed my first credit card payment ever. I know it's how they make their money, but they'll send me a late notice the second I'm past due but they can't send out an email 24 hours prior reminding me to make a payment.

Call them and see if they can remove the late ding on your credit if possible. I did it with my Capitol One payment once and they marked it as On Time.
Yeah, if it's the first time ever, there's a good chance you can get out of this.

Wait, let's clarify here.   

If your statement came, and said "Your minimum payment of $xx.00 is due on April 20, 2017", and you paid it on April 21, then there is no reporting to the credit bureaus, and the worst they can do is charge you a late fee.  They cannot report you to the credit bureaus until you are over 30 days late.   I would pay it as soon as you can, then call them immediately, ask for a manager, and as a one-time courtesy, ask them to reverse the late charge.   If that is all that happens, they will note it in your file, but you will likely never hear about that again.   

If your statement came, and said "Your minimum payment of $xx.00 is due on March 20, 2017", and you paid it on April 21 - thus over 30 days late - then they can, and likely will, report that to the credit bureaus as being "Over 30 days late", which will drop your credit score anywhere from 10 to 40 points, until they report that you are back and current.  That will stay on your credit report for at least two years and likely seven years (though the impact reduces drastically after two years).    I would still pay the amount due, make the account current, and call them.  Speak to a manager, and let them know that you have perfect credit - he can check it if he wants - and that while you recognize it is a generous gesture, you are asking for a one-time customer courtesy that they remove that reporting from the credit bureaus.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 25, 2017, 09:51:38 AM
Thanks dudes.

I paid as soon as I got home yesterday. I was about 17 hours late on payment. I was home with the flu last week and paying that card completely skipped my mind. I'm going to try calling on my lunch break and not get hit with the late fee.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 25, 2017, 03:16:17 PM
I find the trend of calling one's significant other "partner" instead of girl/boyfriend or husband/wife to be mildly irritating. I guess I understand if you're 50 and dating it's silly to call the person your girlfriend, but still... Partner doesn't come close to doing justice to what a spouse or serious girlfriend is. A partner is the guy you own a business with or the person you're paired with in biology lab.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 25, 2017, 03:25:52 PM
Life partners? Romantic partners?

How does "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" sum it up better?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 25, 2017, 03:39:50 PM
I went through stages. Like first I called her my girlfriend, then I called her my fiance, and then in the last stage I called her my ex  :D











JK  :'(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 26, 2017, 03:29:57 AM
I just missed my first credit card payment ever. I know it's how they make their money, but they'll send me a late notice the second I'm past due but they can't send out an email 24 hours prior reminding me to make a payment.

Most places these days will have such alerts but you need to check the settings of your account on the website.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on April 26, 2017, 03:35:05 AM
I find the trend of calling one's significant other "partner" instead of girl/boyfriend or husband/wife to be mildly irritating. I guess I understand if you're 50 and dating it's silly to call the person your girlfriend, but still... Partner doesn't come close to doing justice to what a spouse or serious girlfriend is. A partner is the guy you own a business with or the person you're paired with in biology lab.

Yeah, I hate that one too. Such an ambiguous term that's too open ended. What's wrong with just telling it like it is?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 26, 2017, 06:56:02 AM
One of my oldest buddies is getting married this summer. Instead of a bachelor party, his brother decided to throw a bachelor weekend 5 hours away in the Finger Lakes. Eight people are invited including the guy getting married. The groom's brother arranged everything, and none of us were consulted about any of the plans. He just sent out an email last night with the three day itinerary. The way it's looking, he wants $300 from everyone for the house he rented. He booked a farm tour, a winery tour, and a brewery/beer garden tour which we will all have to pay him for as well. Then there's the booze that need to be bought, food for the weekend, strip club, and anything else we end up doing. I'm figuring the weekend will end up costing $450 a person minimum. I'm anticipating to spend closer to $600 because we have to pay for all the groom's stuff all weekend on top of it.

3 of the 7 people invited are pretty much broke. They are nearing 30 and still live at home taking home less than $300 a week after taxes. 1 of them (a groomsman) is backing out, and the other 2 couldn't get Friday off from work, so they're only coming up for Saturday night. Now we're running into some trouble, and truth be told, I'm kind of pissed about it. The guy who is no longer coming will not be paying for any of the stuff reserved for him, and the 2 guys coming up for one night are already talking about how they don't think it's fair for them to have to pay for two nights in the house or the activities they'll be missing on Friday night and Saturday morning.

I guess I'm irritated because this weekend is now probably going to end up costing me and one of the other guys going (one of my best friends) closer to a grand each. Because of our jobs, we tend to bail out the group whenever something like this happens. Had the groom's brother reached out to any of us prior to planning the weekend, all of this would have been made clear. But now everything is reserved or already paid for, and there is nowhere near enough money heading north to pay for it all. And to top it off, the groom is having 3 people in his wedding party either not showing at all, or only partially participating because his brother priced them out of the weekend.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on April 26, 2017, 07:24:19 AM
That sucks.

Doesn't he know anything about the people he's dealing with?  Seems like that would have been useful information.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 26, 2017, 07:27:24 AM
1 night is good enough to party and I agree what Hef said.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 26, 2017, 07:30:29 AM
That sucks.

Doesn't he know anything about the people he's dealing with?  Seems like that would have been useful information.

He knows nothing about any (most) of us. I've know the groom for 19 years now and met his brother twice. I feel bad for the groom more than I do my wallet.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on April 26, 2017, 07:34:06 AM
He didn't ask the groom about his friends?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 26, 2017, 08:39:35 AM
He didn't ask the groom about his friends?

I really have no idea. Knowing the groom and his hatred of spoilers, odds are he wanted this weekend to be as much of a surprise as possible. He likely refused to talk to his brother about the plans outside of what weekend and where. He's not selfish, but he's also not one take into account other people's situations. Case in point, a bunch of his friends work low wage retail jobs and he was fine with having a 3 day long bachelor party a few hundred miles away... 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 26, 2017, 08:56:07 AM
I find the trend of calling one's significant other "partner" instead of girl/boyfriend or husband/wife to be mildly irritating. I guess I understand if you're 50 and dating it's silly to call the person your girlfriend, but still... Partner doesn't come close to doing justice to what a spouse or serious girlfriend is. A partner is the guy you own a business with or the person you're paired with in biology lab.

Yeah, I hate that one too. Such an ambiguous term that's too open ended. What's wrong with just telling it like it is?



I know I run the risk of sounding (even more) like a grumpy old man (where's Ann Margaret and Sophia Loren when we need them!) but all these parsings of language irritate me to a degree.   I sort of get it that perhaps the literal interpretation is less inclusive than it possibly could be, but I don't at all see how it benefits anyone to put that level of baggage on something that doesn't have any more weight than what we give it.   It's come to be that for me, these alternate words have their own baggage.  There's a pretentiousness with some of them that to me is worse than the vague implications of the original term. 

And while I respect that others might disagree, can anyone HONESTLY say we're better off for the hypocrisy of wanting our cake (we're all the SAME! we're all EQUAL!) and wanting to eat it too ("Hey look at me!  I'm different!")? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 26, 2017, 09:13:36 AM
He didn't ask the groom about his friends?

I really have no idea. Knowing the groom and his hatred of spoilers, odds are he wanted this weekend to be as much of a surprise as possible. He likely refused to talk to his brother about the plans outside of what weekend and where. He's not selfish, but he's also not one take into account other people's situations. Case in point, a bunch of his friends work low wage retail jobs and he was fine with having a 3 day long bachelor party a few hundred miles away...

The brother is a dick.   Sorry, but if you commit to that kind of affair, you should assume that you foot it and anything you get is a bonus.  I've been (tangentially; I was you Chino) in that situation, and the "brother" reached out to one of the friends to give input.   He (the "brother") ended up paying more than his even split, but knew it going in, and everyone was reasonably happy.   In your case the brother at least ought to be talking to you guys about it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on April 26, 2017, 09:17:55 AM
The brother is a dick.

That. It's one thing if you all agreed to these plans in advance, and then later pulled out, but you can't just spring that shit on people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 26, 2017, 09:35:58 AM
He didn't ask the groom about his friends?

I really have no idea. Knowing the groom and his hatred of spoilers, odds are he wanted this weekend to be as much of a surprise as possible. He likely refused to talk to his brother about the plans outside of what weekend and where. He's not selfish, but he's also not one take into account other people's situations. Case in point, a bunch of his friends work low wage retail jobs and he was fine with having a 3 day long bachelor party a few hundred miles away...

The brother is a dick.   Sorry, but if you commit to that kind of affair, you should assume that you foot it and anything you get is a bonus.  I've been (tangentially; I was you Chino) in that situation, and the "brother" reached out to one of the friends to give input.   He (the "brother") ended up paying more than his even split, but knew it going in, and everyone was reasonably happy.   In your case the brother at least ought to be talking to you guys about it.

"Tangentially" ... I have to Google the definitions of so many words because of you  :lol

I'm not even pissed about the money. Well maybe a little, but it's not what I'm most pissed at. It's the fact that he didn't utter a single word to us about plans. Hell, we didn't even know where it was until last night. All we've known up until this point was that we were spending the weekend in NY somewhere. We actually still don't even know the address of the house we're staying in.

Had this brother reached out to any of us, I would have been the first to say "yeah.... half the people you're inviting can't afford that. You're going to have to realistically bring this down to about $300 per person, max, and even that would be stretching some guys' budgets.  Don't do this" . The wedding is only seven weeks away, and to expect some these guys to fund this weekend, afford the rentals for the groom's wedding party, and then bring a gift is a tall order given what they make. I feel really bad for them actually.



Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 26, 2017, 11:17:17 AM
Sometimes these wedding parties end up with people having the role of organizing when they have little skills to support that role.  My gf is currently experiencing this as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 26, 2017, 11:23:49 AM
Sometimes these wedding parties end up with people having the role of organizing when they have little skills to support that role.  My gf is currently experiencing this as well.

I don't get why everything has to be so complicated. I get that his brother wants to make a memorable weekend, but come on. Planning 3 full days of pre-paid activities hundreds of miles away seems a little excessive.  I've already told my buddies that all I want to do for my bachelor party is monster trucks and titties. And if there are no monster truck shows happening in the area at that time, I'll settle for casino and titties. Simple.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 26, 2017, 11:36:11 AM
Like my group of friends are similar to you, they didnt want to do anything extravagant.  Just get a house in the poconos and booze for the weekend.  We literally did that for 3 of my friends bachelor parties.  My one friend wanted something extravagant because his brother and cousins wanted that and they organized it.  They went to New Orleans.  None of my friends went.  I felt so bad, but I could not afford to do that 5 years ago.  Now, I probably could, but back then I didn't have the vacation time or money to travel.  His brother didn't take any of that into account and not a single one of his friends from high school went. 

For me personally, I'd totally love to get my friends to go on a Vegas trip, but the reality is, most of my friends can't do that.  I'd end up doing something more low key because at the end of the day, I want to be with my friends and I want everyone to have fun, not worry about money.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 26, 2017, 11:49:52 AM
He didn't ask the groom about his friends?

I really have no idea. Knowing the groom and his hatred of spoilers, odds are he wanted this weekend to be as much of a surprise as possible. He likely refused to talk to his brother about the plans outside of what weekend and where. He's not selfish, but he's also not one take into account other people's situations. Case in point, a bunch of his friends work low wage retail jobs and he was fine with having a 3 day long bachelor party a few hundred miles away...

The brother is a dick.   Sorry, but if you commit to that kind of affair, you should assume that you foot it and anything you get is a bonus.  I've been (tangentially; I was you Chino) in that situation, and the "brother" reached out to one of the friends to give input.   He (the "brother") ended up paying more than his even split, but knew it going in, and everyone was reasonably happy.   In your case the brother at least ought to be talking to you guys about it.

"Tangentially" ... I have to Google the definitions of so many words because of you  :lol

I'm not even pissed about the money. Well maybe a little, but it's not what I'm most pissed at. It's the fact that he didn't utter a single word to us about plans. Hell, we didn't even know where it was until last night. All we've known up until this point was that we were spending the weekend in NY somewhere. We actually still don't even know the address of the house we're staying in.

Had this brother reached out to any of us, I would have been the first to say "yeah.... half the people you're inviting can't afford that. You're going to have to realistically bring this down to about $300 per person, max, and even that would be stretching some guys' budgets.  Don't do this" . The wedding is only seven weeks away, and to expect some these guys to fund this weekend, afford the rentals for the groom's wedding party, and then bring a gift is a tall order given what they make. I feel really bad for them actually.

The only one that REALLY suffers is the groom.  "Where are my bros?"; if it's all a surprise, it is possible that he'll never get the whole story about why some of his friends aren't there. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 26, 2017, 11:58:55 AM
He didn't ask the groom about his friends?

I really have no idea. Knowing the groom and his hatred of spoilers, odds are he wanted this weekend to be as much of a surprise as possible. He likely refused to talk to his brother about the plans outside of what weekend and where. He's not selfish, but he's also not one take into account other people's situations. Case in point, a bunch of his friends work low wage retail jobs and he was fine with having a 3 day long bachelor party a few hundred miles away...

The brother is a dick.   Sorry, but if you commit to that kind of affair, you should assume that you foot it and anything you get is a bonus.  I've been (tangentially; I was you Chino) in that situation, and the "brother" reached out to one of the friends to give input.   He (the "brother") ended up paying more than his even split, but knew it going in, and everyone was reasonably happy.   In your case the brother at least ought to be talking to you guys about it.

"Tangentially" ... I have to Google the definitions of so many words because of you  :lol

I'm not even pissed about the money. Well maybe a little, but it's not what I'm most pissed at. It's the fact that he didn't utter a single word to us about plans. Hell, we didn't even know where it was until last night. All we've known up until this point was that we were spending the weekend in NY somewhere. We actually still don't even know the address of the house we're staying in.

Had this brother reached out to any of us, I would have been the first to say "yeah.... half the people you're inviting can't afford that. You're going to have to realistically bring this down to about $300 per person, max, and even that would be stretching some guys' budgets.  Don't do this" . The wedding is only seven weeks away, and to expect some these guys to fund this weekend, afford the rentals for the groom's wedding party, and then bring a gift is a tall order given what they make. I feel really bad for them actually.

The only one that REALLY suffers is the groom.  "Where are my bros?"; if it's all a surprise, it is possible that he'll never get the whole story about why some of his friends aren't there.

Ditto. I've actually been debating telling him this all morning because I'm not sure whether or not he knows.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 26, 2017, 01:15:24 PM
I was in the organizers position for my sister's bachelorette party. She actually wanted a combination of shower/bachelor/bachelorette party.

Soooo I had to buy 20 tickets to the ASU/Oregon football game which I had to pay $1700 up front. Before I purchased, I made my sister verify everyone who would attend. Multiple people didn't show or pay me back - so I think I lost out on $500 there. After the football game we went to a strip club.

I would caution that the brother isn't totally at fault here. The groom may be requesting certain aspects of the weekend.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 26, 2017, 08:42:32 PM
Flat-earthers
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on April 26, 2017, 09:33:23 PM
I was in the organizers position for my sister's bachelorette party. She actually wanted a combination of shower/bachelor/bachelorette party.

Soooo I had to buy 20 tickets to the ASU/Oregon football game which I had to pay $1700 up front. Before I purchased, I made my sister verify everyone who would attend. Multiple people didn't show or pay me back - so I think I lost out on $500 there. After the football game we went to a strip club.

I would caution that the brother isn't totally at fault here. The groom may be requesting certain aspects of the weekend.

Fuuuuuuuck that. Holy shit I'd be lopping heads off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 27, 2017, 05:57:33 AM
I was in the organizers position for my sister's bachelorette party. She actually wanted a combination of shower/bachelor/bachelorette party.

Soooo I had to buy 20 tickets to the ASU/Oregon football game which I had to pay $1700 up front. Before I purchased, I made my sister verify everyone who would attend. Multiple people didn't show or pay me back - so I think I lost out on $500 there. After the football game we went to a strip club.

I would caution that the brother isn't totally at fault here. The groom may be requesting certain aspects of the weekend.

Fuuuuuuuck that. Holy shit I'd be lopping heads off.

Yeah, I'd be fucking livid.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 27, 2017, 06:44:03 AM
That would've pissed me off to no end. My buddy did it right, he asked if we could afford to go to Vegas, myself and two other friends said yea so we went. A month later we had a second bachelors party at a bar with us and the guys who couldn't afford to go.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 27, 2017, 07:44:25 AM
Well 3 months later she had an affair and got pregnant... sooooooooo yeah I'm still a bit upset on how much money I spent on her sham of a wedding - not just the bachelorette party.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 27, 2017, 07:49:07 AM
Well 3 months later she had an affair and got pregnant... sooooooooo yeah I'm still a bit upset on how much money I spent on her sham of a wedding - not just the bachelorette party.

I feel you. The girl my buddy is marrying is a total succubus and nothing would thrill me more greatly than to object at the wedding.

 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 27, 2017, 08:35:49 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 27, 2017, 08:48:35 AM
:lol

3 days before they got engaged, he texted me asking if he could rent my attic (it's finished with a bathroom) out because he and his now fiance were likely through. Several months before that, he told me he was going to break up with her because she said he didn't fit into her 10 year plan and that he wouldn't be at the "proper financial level" that would allow her to achieve what she plans to achieve.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 27, 2017, 08:52:23 AM
Got to say, I reached a point with my friend where I told him I had to escape from my house to get away from my (at the time) fiance.  I bet he was thinking the same thing you were up until I actually ended things.  But that sounds ripe for a divorce.  This guy should not follow through with things.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on April 27, 2017, 08:53:21 AM
:lol

3 days before they got engaged, he texted me asking if he could rent my attic (it's finished with a bathroom) out because he and his now fiance were likely through. Several months before that, he told me he was going to break up with her because she said he didn't fit into her 10 year plan and that he wouldn't be at the "proper financial level" that would allow her to achieve what she plans to achieve.


Wow, that's pretty brutal.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 27, 2017, 09:43:00 AM
Well 3 months later she had an affair and got pregnant... sooooooooo yeah I'm still a bit upset on how much money I spent on her sham of a wedding - not just the bachelorette party.

Hopefully he didn't have to pay child support for the kid that was produced by the affair. I've heard horror stories like that.


3 days before they got engaged, he texted me asking if he could rent my attic (it's finished with a bathroom) out because he and his now fiance were likely through. Several months before that, he told me he was going to break up with her because she said he didn't fit into her 10 year plan and that he wouldn't be at the "proper financial level" that would allow her to achieve what she plans to achieve.

Yup, that sounds like a certified, card carrying succubus right there. If I heard that crap, I would be running in opposite direction real quick.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 27, 2017, 09:52:04 AM
:lol

3 days before they got engaged, he texted me asking if he could rent my attic (it's finished with a bathroom) out because he and his now fiance were likely through. Several months before that, he told me he was going to break up with her because she said he didn't fit into her 10 year plan and that he wouldn't be at the "proper financial level" that would allow her to achieve what she plans to achieve.

I'da told her she wasn't at the proper level to allow my penis to achieve what I want it to achieve.   

I'm kidding of course, but the "three days before" thing gets me; presumably HE asked HER, so what was he thinking???
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 27, 2017, 10:33:42 AM
:lol

3 days before they got engaged, he texted me asking if he could rent my attic (it's finished with a bathroom) out because he and his now fiance were likely through. Several months before that, he told me he was going to break up with her because she said he didn't fit into her 10 year plan and that he wouldn't be at the "proper financial level" that would allow her to achieve what she plans to achieve.

I'da told her she wasn't at the proper level to allow my penis to achieve what I want it to achieve.   

I'm kidding of course, but the "three days before" thing gets me; presumably HE asked HER, so what was he thinking???

At that point they had been dating for close to 4 years and had recently moved into an apartment. He's a very prideful guy that hasn't had the best luck with the ladies. Last thing he wanted to do was admit defeat and have to move back in with his parents. Before this girl, he had one other serious relationship, and that ended in a very ugly fashion. I think he was/is of the mindset that this was his/is last shot. I think the engagement was a last ditch effort to hold the relationship together.

BTW, you met this guy last year at the DT concert when we met up before the show.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 27, 2017, 11:59:21 AM
The Geordie lass who worked at the cafe was a total loose cannon as I may have mentioned...

Broke up with her ex and then married the first guy that showed any interest. They split up 3 months later...

She got caught drunk-driving and was banned for a year...

Few days later was caught AGAIN but this time with no licence of course...

She moved back up north to Newcastle and last I heard she was receiving care for mental health problems...

Dear me...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 27, 2017, 12:43:19 PM
Broke up with her ex and then married the first guy that showed any interest.

My ex got engaged to the first guy she dated after I broke up our engagement.  I must have dated 25 girls before I settled with my current GF in that timespan.  Maybe she found mr wonderful, but I think the odds of that are very low and more likely she went with the first guy to show interest in her after me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on April 27, 2017, 03:59:00 PM
I think that's fairly common, or at the very least not uncommon. The first girlfriend I ever had was a weird first relationship, 6 years, and when SHE broke up with ME (but not before cheating on me), she married the first dude after we broke up a mere couple months later.

Apparently they're both deep into drugs and hate each other now.

So I'm pretty happy about that.

I am an angel.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 29, 2017, 02:14:32 AM
I hate that if you have insomnia there is literally *NOTHING* you can do about it but just lie there and wait.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 29, 2017, 07:32:43 AM
I feel your pain. I don't even want to say what my average amount of nightly sleep is. Not to mention working the night shift for the last few months has been nothing but toxic for me. I am constantly seeing things.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 29, 2017, 08:03:14 AM
I struggled with night shift and sleep too. One thing I found that helped was when I got home to use a sleep eye mask and ear plugs. Black out curtains can help too, just as long as your closed eyes don't have light hitting them, since that will not allow Melatonin to be produced, which is what helps you get to sleep.

And then I will throw on some Benadryl or tablet melatonin if I need to. But I totally agree, night shift can really wreak havok on you
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 29, 2017, 11:30:25 AM
I used to use Excedrin PM to sleep. I never felt so refreshed waking up. However, it would render me useless for hours so I would either need to be sleeping or just stuck at home. I can't force myself to function on it. I've already gone off the road many times due to lack of sleep.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 29, 2017, 12:37:46 PM
Allergies.


I never had issues till this year.

This past week has been a living hell. Sinuses. Sneezing. Dry bloodshot eyes. I look like I am constantly stoned. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 29, 2017, 12:51:22 PM
Also:

The fact that the MLB At Bat app has used up 500mb of my 4gb of Data for my phone this month. I dont remember that app using so much data in the past. I haven't even used it to stream games. It's all just background data.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 29, 2017, 12:58:08 PM
Allergies.

I never had issues till this year.

This past week has been a living hell. Sinuses. Sneezing. Dry bloodshot eyes. I look like I am constantly stoned.

Are you taking anything to help? If not I would recommend some plain once a day zyrtec. Its what I take and I found it helpful
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 29, 2017, 01:06:45 PM
Also:

The fact that the MLB At Bat app has used up 500mb of my 4gb of Data for my phone this month. I dont remember that app using so much data in the past. I haven't even used it to stream games. It's all just background data.

Make sure it's not hanging up in the background and pulling data from something you clicked that constantly reloads. If you have an Android phone, just use something like CCleaner to clean up your memory.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 29, 2017, 01:13:28 PM
Allergies.

I never had issues till this year.

This past week has been a living hell. Sinuses. Sneezing. Dry bloodshot eyes. I look like I am constantly stoned.

Are you taking anything to help? If not I would recommend some plain once a day zyrtec. Its what I take and I found it helpful


I killed off our Allegra, and now I am taking a generic branded allergy med. It's not helping much at all. I snagged a Claritin D from my coworker yesterday and it worked wonders. But now I am back to the shit stuff.


Also:

The fact that the MLB At Bat app has used up 500mb of my 4gb of Data for my phone this month. I dont remember that app using so much data in the past. I haven't even used it to stream games. It's all just background data.

Make sure it's not hanging up in the background and pulling data from something you clicked that constantly reloads. If you have an Android phone, just use something like CCleaner to clean up your memory.

That's what it was doing. It was refreshing the scores on the widget every FIFTEEN seconds. I changed it to the maximum refresh rate (1min), and cleared the widget from my homescreen. If that doesn't help, I'll uninstall the app. Which is shitty seeing as T-Mobile gave everyone free subs to MLB TV Premium this year.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 29, 2017, 01:19:45 PM
You don't have to delete the app. Just make sure it's not hanging up in memory.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 29, 2017, 01:51:22 PM
So I was doing some research... and realized that I qualify for like.. T-Mobile's unlimited video streaming (confirmed via a customer service rep). The At Bat App is included.

THIS MEANS THAT I CAN STREAM GAMES FOR FREE BUT IT COSTS DATA TO JUST GET SCORE UPDATES. WTF T-MOBILE??

lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 29, 2017, 03:14:22 PM
I hate that if you have insomnia there is literally *NOTHING* you can do about it but just lie there and wait.



This is my girlfriend, she'll lay down at 12 and be up until 4.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on April 29, 2017, 04:06:38 PM
Sluggish/embedded video saturated websites in 2017. I'm talking more about the big sites that shouldn't have these problems. Weather.com is a perfect example. You try to load it an it's so bogged down with stupid videos and just crap that lags the site down. Does no one QA/QC this?

I'm aware there are better weather sites but I've seen that problem on other sites too and it just boggles my mind.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on April 29, 2017, 04:24:20 PM
Sluggish/embedded video saturated websites in 2017. I'm talking more about the big sites that shouldn't have these problems. Weather.com is a perfect example. You try to load it an it's so bogged down with stupid videos and just crap that lags the site down. Does no one QA/QC this?

I'm aware there are better weather sites but I've seen that problem on other sites too and it just boggles my mind.
It's a problem with a LOT of sites. My PC has solid hardware. Your website should not be bogging things down. Be better.

On that subject, any site with video that auto-plays needs to be eradicated. Nobody wants it. And nobody wants to watch a 40-second video of someone telling them something that they could've read in 3 seconds. Just stop.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 29, 2017, 04:42:05 PM
I also hate it when you go on a site to read something and an unrelated video just immediately starts playing and if you scroll down away from it, then it follows you down the page. come on people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 29, 2017, 06:47:16 PM
That is the quickest way for me to close my browser.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 29, 2017, 08:18:46 PM
You should use non-flash browsers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on April 29, 2017, 10:19:31 PM
On that subject, any site with video that auto-plays needs to be eradicated. Nobody wants it. And nobody wants to watch a 40-second video of someone telling them something that they could've read in 3 seconds. Just stop.

Sites with autoplay videos are literal AIDS. The first thing I do when that happens is use ad-block to kill it because fuck you website. I'm not wasting my limited internet data on a video that gives me nothing that the text immediately below tells me anyway.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 30, 2017, 01:41:58 AM
I hate that if you have insomnia there is literally *NOTHING* you can do about it but just lie there and wait.



This is my girlfriend, she'll lay down at 12 and be up until 4.

Luckily I managed to get just enough to not feel like total crap on our busiest day of the year.

We're a small cafe in a small town and we took £900 in one day.

I've been there two years and that's the most i've seen us take in one day.

But I slept better last night of course. I was bound to.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on April 30, 2017, 08:19:18 AM
I also hate it when you go on a site to read something and an unrelated video just immediately starts playing and if you scroll down away from it, then it follows you down the page. come on people.

Even worse are the YT ads that are super loud (even when you have your volume set reasonably).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 30, 2017, 09:06:25 AM
I also hate it when you go on a site to read something and an unrelated video just immediately starts playing and if you scroll down away from it, then it follows you down the page. come on people.

Even worse are the YT ads that are super loud (even when you have your volume set reasonably).

Oh yeah I fuckin hate these. Spotify is really bad for it too.


- - - - - - - - - - - -


I thought of one today at work.. When you tell customers that just came in that you close in 5 mins and they're like " oh ok we dont want much "

Then over an hour later and theyre still there sipping their coffee chatting absolute rubbish and showing 0% signs of leaving.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 30, 2017, 02:59:14 PM
people who say Ecscape instead of escape and Somethink instead of Something...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 30, 2017, 10:39:44 PM
People who say Ax instead of Ask.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 30, 2017, 10:43:14 PM
People who say Ax instead of Ask.

Exactly. I say it correctly, but people are so used to hearing/saying it wrong that they just get confused. Yea, I chop down trees with my ask, while listening to Askle Rose and then I shower and put on some ask body spray. It's fine!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 30, 2017, 10:51:11 PM
people who say Ecscape instead of escape and Somethink instead of Something...

Expresso.... ugh.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 30, 2017, 10:52:01 PM
When people say nauseous when they mean nauseated.

So pretty much everyone.


You all suck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on April 30, 2017, 11:10:50 PM
Or when people call me Prog Snob, instead of 'my lord'.

Frustratinnggggg.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 01, 2017, 02:39:22 AM
people who say Ecscape instead of escape and Somethink instead of Something...

Expresso.... ugh.

Yeah and I saw on Wiki that it's now acceptable to say Expresso. It's like - you say something wrong enough times and people start saying it like that properly.

Soon it will be acceptable to type Your to mean You Are.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on May 01, 2017, 03:08:41 AM
Soon we'll be back to cavespeak because people are too lazy to learn how to speak and write properly.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 01, 2017, 03:36:07 AM
Soon we'll be back to cavespeak because people are too lazy to learn how to speak and write properly.

dats wot i fink 2 m8 lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on May 01, 2017, 04:59:47 AM
dood wut teh fuk
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on May 01, 2017, 05:06:27 AM
people who say Ecscape instead of escape and Somethink instead of Something...

Expresso.... ugh.

Yeah and I saw on Wiki that it's now acceptable to say Expresso. It's like - you say something wrong enough times and people start saying it like that properly.

Soon it will be acceptable to type Your to mean You Are.

To be fair, isn't most of the reason why words have multiple meanings because people were used them incorrectly?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 01, 2017, 05:12:21 AM

To be fair, isn't most of the reason why words have multiple meanings because people were used them incorrectly?



Unintentional irony ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on May 01, 2017, 05:30:21 AM
Intentional belligerence
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 01, 2017, 09:46:48 AM
There's a few words I chronically mispronounce, ecscape is one of them and I don't drink espresso often enough but Im sure I would mispronounce that too since it's similar sounding ones that I struggle with. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 01, 2017, 10:47:49 AM
There's a few words I chronically mispronounce, ecscape is one of them and I don't drink espresso often enough but Im sure I would mispronounce that too since it's similar sounding ones that I struggle with.

I throw an "x" in the word escape more often than not. It's just how it comes out. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 07, 2017, 02:33:24 PM
There's a few words I chronically mispronounce, ecscape is one of them and I don't drink espresso often enough but Im sure I would mispronounce that too since it's similar sounding ones that I struggle with.

I throw an "x" in the word escape more often than not. It's just how it comes out. 


Ironically I pronounce ask with an x more than I'd like.

I was like born tongue tied... and learned to speak before I had it corrected. So I slur and mispronounce a lot of shit. I am also very self conscience of it. So I kick myself when I start speaking fast and start fucking things up.

Go ahead and ax anyone I work with. They've seen (heard?) it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 07, 2017, 07:12:45 PM
I also can't say "alpaca" properly. I have to consciously pronounce it slow or it comes out "al-pal-kuh". I have no idea where the extra L comes from.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on May 07, 2017, 08:14:05 PM
How do you say alfalfa?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 07, 2017, 11:27:31 PM
ALFLALFLALA
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on May 07, 2017, 11:38:41 PM
Speaking of mispronouncing words,  my English teacher always pronounces prelude as "prell-yood" instead of "pree-lood", it's so annoying.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on May 08, 2017, 12:09:08 AM
I thought it was pray-lood.

ALFLALFLALA

AFLAC!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 08, 2017, 02:30:28 AM
The ones I hate are

Van GO

N rowt

Noter Daym.

::)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on May 08, 2017, 02:51:02 AM
There are so many of them. People just need to say things the right way. :lol  I get it if someone has an accent or it's their second language. That's completely understandable. But I'm talking about people not being able to speak properly in their own language. I'm looking at you Americans. Oh, wait. I'm one, too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 08, 2017, 02:54:24 AM
Freedom fries.

:rollin :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on May 08, 2017, 03:14:57 AM
Ugh. How fucking ridiculous was that?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 08, 2017, 06:14:54 AM
Ugh. How fucking ridiculous was that?

Patty's Place in Thomaston CT still has a "Freedom fries sold here" hanging above their entryway.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 08, 2017, 07:19:44 AM
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/522cb5456a26183891bf542efee25eeb/tumblr_inline_o6axj5Pv9e1tnw70x_500.jpg)
(https://images.dailykos.com/images/89025/large/mission_accomplished.jpg?1402638821)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 08, 2017, 10:35:16 AM
The ones I hate are

Van GO

N rowt

Noter Daym.

::)

How is the first one supposed to be pronounced?

As for the third, in America, there is a rather famous University called "Notre Dame" and it's pronounced "Noter Daym", so there's that problem. 

As for the last, what I find irritating is when people try to put in the linguistic inflection.  It happens a lot with Spanish words; someone will be speaking in perfect diction English, and they'll throw in a Spanish word and all of a sudden it sounds like Keenan Thompson imitating David Ortiz on Saturday Night Live.   

Me? I actually mispronounce a ton of words, because I got most of my vocabulary by reading, and so I had to sort of formulate (read: GUESS) the pronunciation myself, and so I know a ton of words that I've never actually heard pronounced at all, let alone pronounced correctly.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 08, 2017, 12:49:50 PM
The ones I hate are

Van GO

N rowt

Noter Daym.

::)

How is the first one supposed to be pronounced?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwO0xvm3fw
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 08, 2017, 12:56:55 PM
The ones I hate are

Van GO

N rowt

Noter Daym.

::)

How is the first one supposed to be pronounced?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwO0xvm3fw

All I heard was "Vincent Van" and a cough.  :) ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on May 08, 2017, 06:30:54 PM
As for the third, in America, there is a rather famous University called "Notre Dame" and it's pronounced "Noter Daym", so there's that problem. 
The problem is, America bastardised the pronunciation of it. It is a french phrase that is pronounced "Not-Ra Dahm" which the college was named after, but at some point America as a whole started to mispronounce it because of the way it's spelled. So much so that by now I'm sure even the faculty probably call it "Noter Daym" and not just the ignorant college girl-watching public.

But I do understand that if anyone over there started calling it "NotRa Dahm" no one would understand what they were talking about, and it would never really become widespread, so it's far too late to correct it now. Might as well just roll with it. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 08, 2017, 07:00:10 PM
As for the third, in America, there is a rather famous University called "Notre Dame" and it's pronounced "Noter Daym", so there's that problem. 
The problem is, America bastardised the pronunciation of it. It is a french phrase that is pronounced "Not-Ra Dahm" which the college was named after, but at some point America as a whole started to mispronounce it because of the way it's spelled. So much so that by now I'm sure even the faculty probably call it "Noter Daym" and not just the ignorant college girl-watching public.

But I do understand that if anyone over there started calling it "NotRa Dahm" no one would understand what they were talking about, and it would never really become widespread, so it's far too late to correct it now. Might as well just roll with it. :lol


We call it Notra Dame.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: PB1 on May 09, 2017, 08:26:50 AM
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/522cb5456a26183891bf542efee25eeb/tumblr_inline_o6axj5Pv9e1tnw70x_500.jpg)
(https://images.dailykos.com/images/89025/large/mission_accomplished.jpg?1402638821)

Lol!! Classic George bush. Man that guy, hard to believe he was president lmao.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 09, 2017, 08:49:32 AM
Being stuck behind someone doing TWENTY FIVE MPH in a 60 mph zone.

And it's a small country road with no way of overtaking.

I was coasting with the clutch in and I was keeping up with them...

FFS.

There's obeying the speed limit and there's being an annoying dawdler.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 09, 2017, 02:59:35 PM
This has happened a couple times now. In Blue ray and video game cases, the center piece that holds the disc is not very strong and sometimes when something is being shipped, the disc becomes dislodged, rattles around and by the time it gets to me its now scratched up and won't play correctly or not at all. Most of the time, the sellers are willing to refund it, but this drives me so crazy

Like for example, a package came the other day. It was brand new, still in the shrink wrap, but I could hear it rattling in there before I even opened it and when I did, this is what I saw. and its scratched and the system 50/50 will recognize the disc. Just really annoying


(https://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x459/phoenix87x/Screen%20Shot%202017-05-08%20at%208.39.52%20PM_zps7uwgogsp.png)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on May 09, 2017, 05:52:49 PM
Yup. It's been a problem as long as discs have been around (I've had plenty of terrible jewel cases that, even when they weren't broken, couldn't hold onto a CD), and it still hasn't been totally remedied with Blu-rays, even though it's even more important to keep them scratch-free.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 09, 2017, 08:56:23 PM
6 hours before you get up for work but the 5 days off messes with your sleeping patterns and your not tired.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on May 09, 2017, 10:27:17 PM
Yup. It's been a problem as long as discs have been around (I've had plenty of terrible jewel cases that, even when they weren't broken, couldn't hold onto a CD), and it still hasn't been totally remedied with Blu-rays, even though it's even more important to keep them scratch-free.

You'd think they'd have figured out how to hold a disc securely by now.
I've rarely if ever had this issue for single disc cases such as games, but on DVD boxsets with 4-6 discs inside, I see this often, because they've got thinner plastic and more banging around in there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 10, 2017, 07:15:52 AM
All the legacy guys at my company that insist on using a single 17" monitor to work on. Just spent 30 minutes in a director's office and watched him bounce back and forth about 200 times between spreadsheets/reports looking for inconsistencies. I have twin 24" monitors and feel like that isn't enough visual real estate. I don't know how they do it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hefdaddy42 on May 10, 2017, 07:41:40 AM
All the legacy guys at my company that insist on using a single 17" monitor to work on. Just spent 30 minutes in a director's office and watched him bounce back and forth about 200 times between spreadsheets/reports looking for inconsistencies. I have twin 24" monitors and feel like that isn't enough visual real estate. I don't know how they do it.
At my current job, I use 3 monitors (a double monitor display plus the laptop screen).  I would freak out a little if I had to go down to only 2, and 1 would be almost unthinkable.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 10, 2017, 08:04:58 AM
I'm a big fan of the multiple monitor setup.   

Either of you (or do you know anyone here) that is above average on a Mac?  I have a question on burning CDs that the "experts" at the Apple Support forum aren't capable of answering. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 10, 2017, 08:16:18 AM
I'm a big fan of the multiple monitor setup.   

Either of you (or do you know anyone here) that is above average on a Mac?  I have a question on burning CDs that the "experts" at the Apple Support forum aren't capable of answering.

My Mac experience died along with my second generation iPad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on May 10, 2017, 08:30:37 AM
I roll with two work monitors and my testing is done on my laptop, I could use another monitor :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 10, 2017, 08:40:41 AM
I have a work provided mac book (but I am not expert, so not sure I can help with cd burning on it since mine doesn't even have a cd drive but my guess is that the best way to do it is via itunes) but work also provides mne with a beautiful 28 inch monitor that I keep thinking about taking home since my work typically I can get by with just my laptop screen and hardly use this big beautiful monitor.  At home I have 24in and 22in monitors which I mostly use for gaming on one screen and something else on the other (maybe gaming related, maybe a video, maybe my recording software).  I love the dual monitor set up, but my brother got a single 32in 4k monitor and I am thinking I want that in the near future (and try to fit one of my other monitors on my desk).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 11, 2017, 05:02:01 PM
We started using double monitors at work last year and I cannot imagine going back to just one now. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 11, 2017, 07:51:57 PM
These type of commercials.  Everything about it business using this as a way to profit sickens me.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Ap1V/know-hpv-hpv-vaccination
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 11, 2017, 07:58:37 PM
Wait, there's a vaccine for HPV? I honestly had no clue.

Do they expect people actually knew this? And have known for quite some time?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 11, 2017, 08:03:12 PM
The scare tactic is what upsets me.  The other part is the cost for these commercials impact how much it cost for drugs. 

How did I survive the years without these commercials?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on May 11, 2017, 09:08:16 PM
Wait, there's a vaccine for HPV? I honestly had no clue.

Do they expect people actually knew this? And have known for quite some time?

Pretty sure it's been available for about 15 years - but I think they prefer to give it to preteens... maybe?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 12, 2017, 03:34:00 AM
HPV can be pretty nasty, and its super prevalent. But I agree about the marketing.

I was going to get the vaccine myself, but I am past 26. So its no dice.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on May 12, 2017, 09:42:48 PM
Wait, there's a vaccine for HPV? I honestly had no clue.

Do they expect people actually knew this? And have known for quite some time?

Pretty sure it's been available for about 15 years - but I think they prefer to give it to preteens... maybe?
It's definitely been available for some time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 13, 2017, 04:57:05 AM
It's how they portrayed if you don't take the vaccine that was upsetting.  Let's scare parents into taking it.  I'm for all vaccines but that's just downright dirty.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Zantera on May 13, 2017, 12:54:55 PM
Roulette threads escalating into this really drawn out thing with first impressions, second impressions, hangman games and guessing who sent what and when. Like jesus, what's wrong with just a straight up roulette?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 15, 2017, 06:08:21 AM
Having an alarm set for 5:30, but waking up at 5:05 to drop a duece.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 15, 2017, 06:17:04 AM
Having an alarm set for 5:30, but waking up at 5:05 to drop a duece.

That sucks. This happens to me often, but its having to get up to piss. Its the 6 am piss alarm clock  :P  never fails
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 15, 2017, 08:17:18 AM
Roulette threads escalating into this really drawn out thing with first impressions, second impressions, hangman games and guessing who sent what and when. Like jesus, what's wrong with just a straight up roulette?

I also don't really care for how roulettes seem to turn into a dictatorship.  If I send in something like Stairway to Heaven (i.e., something that everyone and his brother has heard) that ought to be on me for being a douche, and I should be scored accordingly.  I have more trouble figuring out what songs are eligible than anything else.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on May 15, 2017, 10:03:23 AM
The point of a roulette is to listen to new music. Letting people send things you've already heard seems counterintuitive.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 15, 2017, 01:26:10 PM
When you like something and there's that one person who has to remind you how much they hated it every single f---ing time it's mentioned.

Yes. I know. You told me. Every time. I get it. Shut Up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 15, 2017, 01:42:10 PM
When you like something and there's that one person who has to remind you how much they hated it every single f---ing time it's mentioned.

Yes. I know. You told me. Every time. I get it. Shut Up.

Hmmmmmm.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 15, 2017, 01:43:24 PM
Insinuating I do that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 20, 2017, 03:09:50 PM
Un-skippable trailers commercials and PSAs on DVDs / Blu Rays


I paid for this now just give me the film. Dont tell me Piracy is a Crime WHEN I BOUGHT THE F---ING THING.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on May 20, 2017, 11:21:54 PM
^
A-fucking-MEN.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on May 20, 2017, 11:35:37 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/zGF4Htt.png)

rip
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on May 21, 2017, 01:18:47 AM
 :'(

You savage being. You thought "If I just put rip, he'll fix it...but if I SCREENCAP IT...there's no going back", didn't you!?

I concur with such vile tactics.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 21, 2017, 02:38:12 AM
I'm lost ???
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 22, 2017, 04:30:05 AM
When you sleep on you neck wrong somehow and you wake up and its super stiff and achy and you can barely move it  :-[
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on May 22, 2017, 05:01:05 AM
I hate that, you try and turn your head and it just sends shooting paint down your neck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 22, 2017, 05:08:30 AM
Is it gloss or matt paint ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: RoeDent on May 22, 2017, 08:33:04 AM
On that subject, any site with video that auto-plays needs to be eradicated. Nobody wants it. And nobody wants to watch a 40-second video of someone telling them something that they could've read in 3 seconds. Just stop.

I don't care that this was posted weeks ago. This this this this this!!! *bangs fist on table so hard it breaks*

The only websites where autoplaying is logical are websites where the main purpose is watching videos, like YouTube etc. Other websites should just stop it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 22, 2017, 10:44:22 AM
I'm going to get a cultural here, and maybe wrongfully so, but this irritates me.

There is a woman I work with regularly who lives in the US but is from India. She is not in my department but we have a lot of crossover work between teams. I can never understand her. When we're in a conference room on a call, she'll say something on the phone and I have to press mute so my man Vikram can translate her shit English into semi-understandable English. When we're in the same room, it's just awkward. I hate having to ask her to repeat a million times.  I just spent the morning in a training class and this woman was in there as well. When the class started, we all had to do an around the room and tell some info about ourselves. This woman's turn comes up and she says she's been living in the United States for 16 years now. 16 years and I still can't understand her. Maybe I'm underestimating the difficulty of learning a new language, but I'd hope that after 16 years of being immersed in the culture, the locals would at least be able to understand to a decent degree what I was trying to say.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 22, 2017, 11:13:44 AM
I run across the same thing with my French colleagues (I work for a French company).  Smart, valuable input, but I can't understand a word of it. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 22, 2017, 11:16:18 AM
I run across the same thing with my French colleagues (I work for a French company).  Smart, valuable input, but I can't understand a word of it.

No wonder you have such awful opinions, the French are rubbing off on you!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 22, 2017, 11:27:00 AM
I run across the same thing with my French colleagues (I work for a French company).  Smart, valuable input, but I can't understand a word of it.

No wonder you have such awful opinions, the French are rubbing off on you!

I wish.  I can't understand a word of it, but it's a special brightening to the day to talk to a "Laureen" or "Angelique" from France in that accent.   

(Though I realize that's not what you mean...)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 22, 2017, 11:35:40 AM
Well, I'll give the French their women, for sure.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on May 22, 2017, 12:58:04 PM
Some people acclimate just enough to get by but surround themselves with others similar to them so they never fully integrate into the new culture.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 23, 2017, 01:51:57 PM
I wish this was an Onion article.

https://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/u-michigan-students-are-deeply-troubled-by-wood-paneling-in-a-building-because-its-masculine-and-marginalizing/
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 23, 2017, 01:53:55 PM
It actually is true.

I don't believe it's not a joke :P

People will get offended at anything these days. Literally anything.

- - - - - - - - - -

Cyclists in the middle of the road doing 10 mph when there's a huge tailback of cars.

Their attitude is " well i'm a road user too - i'm part of traffic - i've every right to be on the road. "

PULL OVER. Even tractor drivers pull over for traffic when there's a layby.

it's called courtesy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 23, 2017, 01:55:36 PM
It actually is true.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 24, 2017, 05:00:59 AM
When the hospital and your insurance code your visit incorrectly and the insurance sends you a check and even though you call the hospital to tell them they messed up the send your bill to a collection agency.

Not even a second bill sent.  WTF. This is one of so many things that is wrong with health care in America.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on May 24, 2017, 05:04:41 AM
I'm going to get a cultural here, and maybe wrongfully so, but this irritates me.

There is a woman I work with regularly who lives in the US but is from India. She is not in my department but we have a lot of crossover work between teams. I can never understand her. When we're in a conference room on a call, she'll say something on the phone and I have to press mute so my man Vikram can translate her shit English into semi-understandable English. When we're in the same room, it's just awkward. I hate having to ask her to repeat a million times.  I just spent the morning in a training class and this woman was in there as well. When the class started, we all had to do an around the room and tell some info about ourselves. This woman's turn comes up and she says she's been living in the United States for 16 years now. 16 years and I still can't understand her. Maybe I'm underestimating the difficulty of learning a new language, but I'd hope that after 16 years of being immersed in the culture, the locals would at least be able to understand to a decent degree what I was trying to say.

I can completely relate. We have a woman who is in charge of the development team that I work closely with. She is absolutely brilliant but I can not understand her at all. The way she structures her sentences really throws me off so I have to really focus on what she is saying.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 24, 2017, 05:54:00 AM
I might have had already said this one, but my thing of the day I find irritating is this:

People who answer a phone at a place of business without identifying the name of the company and their name.  If you answer the phone at a business, you should answer saying the company name and your name.  It is rude otherwise. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on May 24, 2017, 05:57:15 AM
John's Pool Room. We rack 'em, you crack 'em. John speaking.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 24, 2017, 06:21:33 AM
I might have had already said this one, but my thing of the day I find irritating is this:

People who answer a phone at a place of business without identifying the name of the company and their name.  If you answer the phone at a business, you should answer saying the company name and your name.  It is rude otherwise.

:( *dials 911*

 :azn: Hi !

:( Errr..Police ?

:azn: You betcha !
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on May 24, 2017, 07:41:01 AM
I might have had already said this one, but my thing of the day I find irritating is this:

People who answer a phone at a place of business without identifying the name of the company and their name.  If you answer the phone at a business, you should answer saying the company name and your name.  It is rude otherwise.

Are you calling a main office or a direct line? I won't announce my company's name if you have called my desk phone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: rumborak on May 24, 2017, 09:08:18 AM
The US has odd answering habits anyway. Sometimes you get "Yello?", sometimes "Who is this?". Sometimes nothing at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 24, 2017, 09:32:02 AM
I just don't answer the phone

I really do everything I can to avoid phone conversations, I see them as a waste of time now unless its something urgent (and my phone calls almost never are).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on May 24, 2017, 10:33:59 AM
I might have had already said this one, but my thing of the day I find irritating is this:

People who answer a phone at a place of business without identifying the name of the company and their name.  If you answer the phone at a business, you should answer saying the company name and your name.  It is rude otherwise.

Are you calling a main office or a direct line? I won't announce my company's name if you have called my desk phone.

Yep, this. Most of the calls to my desk phone come from people from the same company I work for. It would be stupid for me to add "Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant" each time. I usually just state my name and department I work for. If the phone call comes before 8 AM, I usually just go "yes?" because why the hell you're calling me before the beginning of the official working day anyway.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 24, 2017, 03:23:05 PM
That's the one thing I love about my job. No outside calls, just people that are in the building. Its very nice.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 24, 2017, 03:24:37 PM
That's the one thing I love about my job. No outside calls, just people that are in the building. Its very nice.

Same here but no internal calls either.  Just text chat and video conferencing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 24, 2017, 06:33:34 PM
I might have had already said this one, but my thing of the day I find irritating is this:

People who answer a phone at a place of business without identifying the name of the company and their name.  If you answer the phone at a business, you should answer saying the company name and your name.  It is rude otherwise.

Are you calling a main office or a direct line? I won't announce my company's name if you have called my desk phone.

Unless it is someone internal at my office, I answer my line the exact same way every time: "Thank you for calling ****, this is Kevin, how may I help you?"  Admittedly I make more calls than I receive (I probably make 20-30 a day and answer maybe a handful), but I think it is still professional to answer the phone by giving your name as well as the name of your company.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 24, 2017, 07:48:42 PM
Unless it is someone internal at my office, I answer my line the exact same way every time: "Thank you for calling ****, this is Kevin, how may I help you?"

Exactly perfect. Same here.

I hate automated answering (dis)services. So aggravating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 25, 2017, 06:19:47 AM
Queuing with 1 item at the checkout and the person in front is just dithering about umming and errring.

For AGES.

Then when they finally actually pay - they'll STILL hang around the checkout like "um but what if .. or...

...can I just...?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 25, 2017, 06:45:31 AM
I might have had already said this one, but my thing of the day I find irritating is this:

People who answer a phone at a place of business without identifying the name of the company and their name.  If you answer the phone at a business, you should answer saying the company name and your name.  It is rude otherwise.

Are you calling a main office or a direct line? I won't announce my company's name if you have called my desk phone.

Unless it is someone internal at my office, I answer my line the exact same way every time: "Thank you for calling ****, this is Kevin, how may I help you?"  Admittedly I make more calls than I receive (I probably make 20-30 a day and answer maybe a handful), but I think it is still professional to answer the phone by giving your name as well as the name of your company.

This is me too; it was drummed into me as a kid around the house that you answer the phone politely, and that lesson still lingers today.   You answer the phone, and you're representing yourself and your employer.  The LEAST I do is answer "Hello, Stadler".  Without the "Stadler", of course, and with my real first and last name.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 27, 2017, 10:02:28 AM
re: phone

When I was working for the county, I would answer incoming calls with just a generic "County of Ventura, This is Jeremy speaking. How can I assist you today?" Now if it was another worker calling from within the system (gotta love Caller ID.. plus even if they weren't in the caller ID, the entire county basically had whole list of phone #s that they owned, so I could tell just at a glance whether it was internal or not) I'd just answer with "This is Jeremy... "


Now back at my Security job, we are supposed to answer the phone with "Seabridge Security, this is (insert name) speaking, How can I help you today?"

And we have employees who just answer with "Hello?" or even "Yea?"

Pisses me the hell off. I have gotten on more than one ass regarding that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 27, 2017, 10:54:40 AM
Had one of those " sorry we're closing in 5 minutes "

" oh we wont be long " customers in today. Closed at 4. they were still fucking chatting and drinking their one coffee an hour later.

Fuck's sake. They even looked annoyed when I took away their empty cups like  :yeahright

Oh sorry i'm inconveniencing you. I was supposed to be home an hour ago...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on May 27, 2017, 10:59:38 AM
Should've made them help you close up. We need more accountability as a society and making up for being a dick customer should be a start.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 27, 2017, 03:23:57 PM
All my life I thought the ice cream truck was my friend, but now as an adult, I know that it comes from a pavlovian nightmare world
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 31, 2017, 03:23:18 PM
When you eat or drink something that's far too hot by accident and you immediately forget how to spit .
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 31, 2017, 03:34:16 PM
A girl told me that once.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 31, 2017, 03:38:19 PM
You should go to the ER if you have boiling hot semen...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 31, 2017, 03:46:31 PM
I was hot.


*past tense* :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 31, 2017, 06:48:50 PM
 :lol

Prehistoric tense!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 31, 2017, 06:56:00 PM
Yup. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 01, 2017, 10:52:58 AM
4:15 pm

text received " Are you at work ? "

instantly reply " No, why ? "

It's now nearly 6pm and no reply yet.

FUCK I hate when people do this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 03, 2017, 12:40:17 PM
I hate it when someone shows up to pick up a neighbor for whatever and rather than text or call the neighbor that they just got there and are waiting, they just lay on the god damn car horn, multiple times until the neighbor comes out. And its even better when they do this shit at like 6:30am in the morning when my ass is trying to sleep.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 03, 2017, 01:19:40 PM
Yea in this day and age that's a bit ridiculous.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 03, 2017, 01:33:44 PM
Plus it's illegal.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 03, 2017, 02:38:01 PM
I just hate people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 03, 2017, 03:22:36 PM
I just hate people.

We're the worst. :getoffmylawn:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on June 05, 2017, 05:35:10 AM
I just hate people.

We're the worst. :getoffmylawn:

Overly happy people irritate me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 05, 2017, 05:43:42 AM
I think people that are never in a bad mood or unhappy are probably a bit thick.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on June 05, 2017, 05:45:16 AM
Thick-headed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 05, 2017, 06:07:31 AM
I think people that are never in a bad mood or unhappy are probably a bit thick.

Shut up.



Oh wait you're right.  Morning.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on June 05, 2017, 06:22:52 AM
I think people that are never in a bad mood or unhappy are probably a bit thick.


What about people who are never in a good mood?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 05, 2017, 06:24:01 AM
I think people that are never in a bad mood or unhappy are probably a bit thick.


What about people who are never in a good mood?

Statistically geniuses.

What about those people who do nothing all day but sit inside and have a go at people with depression on the internet ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on June 05, 2017, 06:27:50 AM
I think people that are never in a bad mood or unhappy are probably a bit thick.


What about people who are never in a good mood?

Statistically geniuses.


lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on June 05, 2017, 06:30:26 AM
I think people that are never in a bad mood or unhappy are probably a bit thick.


What about people who are never in a good mood?

Statistically geniuses.

What about those people who do nothing all day but sit inside and have a go at people with depression on the internet ?

Secretly Justin Bieber fans.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 05, 2017, 06:36:19 AM
Nailed it.

:hifive:

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on June 05, 2017, 06:38:54 AM
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/30eb6ae0c01e309b3bd943e30cbcd483/tumblr_oluc8h1Ihs1vle6tmo1_500.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 05, 2017, 06:52:06 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/548wB.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on June 05, 2017, 06:55:42 AM
 :lol

(https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/484029/82343770.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on June 06, 2017, 05:20:26 AM
People who bump into you on the street because they are either too busy looking elsewhere, too busy playing with their phones, or don't think they need to watch out for others. When someone bumps into me I feel like punching their head until it explodes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on June 06, 2017, 06:07:05 AM
People who bump into you on the street because they are either too busy looking elsewhere, too busy playing with their phones, or don't think they need to watch out for others. When someone bumps into me I feel like punching their head until it explodes.

Please make sure someone records this...on their phone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 06, 2017, 04:14:26 PM
The worst thing is - when someone walking and texting bumps into you - they look up like they just woke up and have no idea what just happened.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 06, 2017, 04:58:38 PM
Or they give you a dirty look.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on June 07, 2017, 05:43:25 AM
And NYC was bad enough beforehand with people just walking wherever they wanted. Having their cellphones out constantly has magnified the chances of this happening.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 07, 2017, 05:59:15 AM
When your fave artist or band tweets " big announcement after the weekend ! "

There's probably promotional and hype reasons but then you have to wait those 3 days.

I'd rather they said " big announcement today ! " on the Monday.

But then " big announcement " usually means tour dates - which aren't really news.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 07, 2017, 08:56:57 AM
My uncle is up staying with us along with his girlfriend and her 5 kids (age 5 to 13)

This girlfriend is the same age as me (30). She has 5, I have 0 and Lets just say, I am very happy that I do not have 5 kids. I wouldn't mind having one or two at the most, but 5 is utter insanity.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 08, 2017, 05:31:56 AM
I'd rather have 5 cats.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on June 08, 2017, 05:45:09 AM
Five is a lot of kids. Some people have the mindset for it though. I was once in charge of knowing the whereabouts of seventeen kids at Great Adventure once. I didn't lose any of them!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 08, 2017, 06:00:01 AM
My grandmother was the youngest of 13 with no twins in the mix. I can't even wrap my head around that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 08, 2017, 06:00:40 AM
Having that many kids would be my personal hell.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on June 08, 2017, 06:08:29 AM
Most of the past generations in my family had ridiculous amounts of kids. My grandfather was one of nine. My great-grandfather was one of eleven. When I asked my grandfather why this was so, he said they didn't have a lot to do to keep them busy back then... My grandfather was the quiet type but I think it was because he was too busy living in his dirty mind. His advice to me after my girlfriend and I broke up (this was years ago) was, "Love 'em and leave 'em."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 10, 2017, 10:21:01 AM
So I stopped in at a Circle K (Gas Station mini mart for those who don't know) this morning on my way to work. I was like 2 minutes away from work, and had 8 minutes until I had to be there.. I ran in to grab a soda and 2 "breakfast" hot dogs.  It's got one of those set ups where you have the grill thingy and then the buns in a drawer directly underneath.

So I get my first hot dog in the bun, and set it on the ledge in front of the drawer. I start to unwrap my second bun, and this dude walks up, opens the drawer my hot dog was sitting in front of and knocked it on the ground. "Dude, really?" I said in my head as I picked up my now soiled hot dog and threw it away. I go to grab the tongs to grab another hot dog, and the dude snatches the tongs out from under my hand. Like I was 2 inches from it. THEN THE GUY STANDS THERE AND STARTS MESSING WITH SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS ON THE GRILL WHILE JABBERING IN SPANISH ANOTHER DUDE WHO WAS IN THE NEXT AISLE OVER.

Finally, he finishes and gets the fuck out of my way. Sweet. Finally. I grab some mustard and go to step in line. As I am walking up to the line, THE SAME MOTHER FUCKER RUSHES AHEAD AND JUMPS IN LINE IN FRONT OF ME. And then he proceeded to BUY FUCKING LOTTO TICKETS, spending like so much excess time picking out his scratchers. I Finally got to pay for my shit and got to work like 5 minutes late.

If it wasn't for the fact that I was/am running on very little sleep, I would have pulled the guy aside and told him to go fuck himself.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 10, 2017, 11:37:34 AM
Yeah, that hot dog drama is bullshit. You are a more patient guy than me, lol.



Getting back to the kids thing for a second. These 5 kids are pretty well behaved and respectful surprisingly, but I am learning a valuable lesson about my capabilities and limitations. I literally just do not have the energy to provide that amount of parenting.

I think with one, I could dedicate the time and energy needed to parent and raise the child. Anything beyond that, I just don't know. Honestly, at the rate I am going, I may never have children, but who knows.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on June 23, 2017, 04:26:40 AM
When teachers mark brutally without explaining why. It'll be like:
Feedback: Essay was very detailed & very relevant to the question. Points needed a little more substance.
Mark: 38%

 :yeahright
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 23, 2017, 07:21:26 PM
SIM cards in phones.

My phone (Galaxy S4) Finally took a shit. It doesn't read the SIM anymore. No worries.. we have a couple spare phones that are compatible with our network that I can use for a few months till I can buy a new phone.

Oh... shit. They take NANO SIM cards. My SIM is a MICRO.

Now I have to go to T-Mobile and buy a new SIM Card. $30.

And then I have to get my Girlfriend's Dad to actually have them swap my service to the new SIM, as he is the only person authorized on the account to do so.

You'd think this would be easier...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 23, 2017, 07:28:51 PM
Trim that bitch down yourself Jay

 https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://img.gadgethacks.com/img/04/21/63532043064963/0/convert-micro-sim-card-fit-nano-slot-your-htc-one-m8.w1456.jpg&imgrefurl=https://htc-one.gadgethacks.com/how-to/convert-micro-sim-card-fit-nano-slot-your-htc-one-m8-0154010/&h=898&w=1456&tbnid=ARn1ynCuKDStSM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=260&usg=__esiiy1lToObIBPFj6g1wNaEzxj4=&vet=10ahUKEwidpNWTqtXUAhUKOSYKHfAjAbYQ9QEILDAA..i&docid=jAkgTpJ07InTuM&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidpNWTqtXUAhUKOSYKHfAjAbYQ9QEILDAA
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 23, 2017, 07:30:24 PM
 :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 25, 2017, 11:01:49 AM
Trim that bitch down yourself Jay

 https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://img.gadgethacks.com/img/04/21/63532043064963/0/convert-micro-sim-card-fit-nano-slot-your-htc-one-m8.w1456.jpg&imgrefurl=https://htc-one.gadgethacks.com/how-to/convert-micro-sim-card-fit-nano-slot-your-htc-one-m8-0154010/&h=898&w=1456&tbnid=ARn1ynCuKDStSM:&tbnh=160&tbnw=260&usg=__esiiy1lToObIBPFj6g1wNaEzxj4=&vet=10ahUKEwidpNWTqtXUAhUKOSYKHfAjAbYQ9QEILDAA..i&docid=jAkgTpJ07InTuM&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidpNWTqtXUAhUKOSYKHfAjAbYQ9QEILDAA

Tried it. Didn't work. Now I just have a fucked up SIM card :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on June 25, 2017, 11:05:32 AM
THANKS OBAMA REAPERKK
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 25, 2017, 06:16:56 PM
I'm sorry Jay, I haven't had an issue doing it in the past, sometimes I got a bit to liberal with the cutting so it wouldn't stay in the tray well but it would still work.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 26, 2017, 12:18:05 AM
It's all good. I have shakey hands... Haha.

I'm just going to go without phone service for a few days.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 27, 2017, 07:30:52 PM
There's a new species of tick out that makes you allergic to meat. WTF

https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2017/06/a-tick-bite-that-results-in-a-meat-allergy-cases-creep-up-in-us/

To hell with ticks, those blood sucking bastards  :tdwn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on June 27, 2017, 07:43:58 PM
VEGETARIAN TICKS! YES!

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on June 28, 2017, 01:50:12 AM
It's like a vegetarians's wet dream. In fact, it's probably biological warfare courtesy of Big Vege.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 28, 2017, 08:17:06 AM
Yea I saw that about the ticks.  Apparantly near me, the Northeast of the US, the ticks are really bad this year and have some nasty diseases with them.  As someone who's been bitten by many ticks in his life, I am not at all happy with these new variations of them.  My tick removal from last summer: https://youtu.be/CSHSKLtKJqU?t=39s (https://youtu.be/CSHSKLtKJqU?t=39s)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on June 30, 2017, 06:36:22 AM
When you're going through the morning routine of hygiene that includes trimming your facial hair and you jack it up out of nowhere which forces you to shave completely.

I haven't had a bare skinned face since last October.....until this morning.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 30, 2017, 06:52:56 AM
When you're going through the morning routine of hygiene that includes trimming your facial hair and you jack it up out of nowhere which forces you to shave completely.

I haven't had a bare skinned face since last October.....until this morning.

I haven't done that in a long, long time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on June 30, 2017, 07:09:15 AM
When you're going through the morning routine of hygiene that includes trimming your facial hair and you jack it up out of nowhere which forces you to shave completely.

I haven't had a bare skinned face since last October.....until this morning.

I haven't done that in a long, long time.

I made the mistake of going from beard to goatee.....keeping the goatee nice and trimmed requires way more effort and concentration than I was used to. Had a small slip up and took a nice chunk out of the thing...it was un-fixable. Oh well....I'll let the skin 'breathe' a bit  ha ha ha
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 30, 2017, 07:13:18 AM
I never had issues with the goatee, mine was the thin lined beard.  I always screwed that up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Progmetty on July 03, 2017, 10:48:20 PM
It's mildly irritating that I can't find that "things that piss me off" thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on July 04, 2017, 01:42:14 AM
It got locked due to large size, didn't it?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on July 04, 2017, 07:50:49 AM
When you're going through the morning routine of hygiene that includes trimming your facial hair and you jack it up out of nowhere which forces you to shave completely.

I haven't had a bare skinned face since last October.....until this morning.

Haha, I have done that...many times.

However, even though I grow facial hair quickly and easily, and look better with it, that feel of a freshly shaven face is pretty awesome.  :coolio
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 04, 2017, 09:02:03 AM
That's what caused me to ax my goatee last year.

Took a little too much off one side. Tried to even it out. Oh... gotta trim the other side again.

FUCK IT

*babyface*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 04, 2017, 12:15:57 PM
The only time I shaved my goatee was when the girl I was dating at the time claimed that it was like kissing a brillo pad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: DougMasters on July 04, 2017, 01:44:13 PM
The only time I shaved my goatee was when the girl I was dating at the time claimed that it was like kissing a brillo pad.
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thats how you know she aint the girl for you.

girl dont like the gotee? dumped
didint like ghostbusters? dumped
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on July 05, 2017, 05:17:01 AM
When you're going through the morning routine of hygiene that includes trimming your facial hair and you jack it up out of nowhere which forces you to shave completely.

I haven't had a bare skinned face since last October.....until this morning.

I haven't done that in a long, long time.

It has been a few years for me. I won't even get into the hair on my ass...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 05, 2017, 07:47:51 AM
People that misuse the word "myself" thinking it makes them sound smarter.   It does not.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 05, 2017, 07:55:08 AM
People that misuse the word "myself" thinking it makes them sound smarter.   It does not.

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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: AngelBack on July 05, 2017, 08:16:01 AM
Tuesday/Wed/Thur holidays, make them all either Monday or Friday. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 05, 2017, 09:52:25 AM
Tuesday/Wed/Thur holidays, make them all either Monday or Friday.

So much this. Next year, July 4th is on a Wednesday. I'd rather just get July 2nd paid off instead. If people want to use PTO to get a longer vacation, they are going to regardless.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 05, 2017, 10:20:24 AM
Tuesday/Wed/Thur holidays, make them all either Monday or Friday.

So much this. Next year, July 4th is on a Wednesday. I'd rather just get July 2nd paid off instead. If people want to use PTO to get a longer vacation, they are going to regardless.

Yea true, I'm all for observing holidays on Mondays. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on July 05, 2017, 05:32:51 PM
People that misuse the word "myself" thinking it makes them sound smarter.   It does not.
Oh god, that drives me nuts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on July 05, 2017, 05:34:11 PM
People that misuse the word "myself" thinking it makes them sound smarter.   It does not.

I am totally sincere when I ask this, but....how?

Maybe I'm just an idiot, but I can't imagine how someone would misuse the word myself, especially the point of it becoming a thing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 05, 2017, 05:39:04 PM
A guy hits my parked car, has no insurance and no i have to play a deductible.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 05, 2017, 06:00:35 PM
People that misuse the word "myself" thinking it makes them sound smarter.   It does not.

A guy hits my parked car, has no insurance and no i have to play a deductible.


Myself, I would not know how to play a deductible.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 05, 2017, 06:04:18 PM
Why is that Tim?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 05, 2017, 07:23:51 PM
Why is that Tim?

 :lol

What?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 06, 2017, 04:08:02 AM
 :lol ;D

I know Tim, I know,  Pay. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 06, 2017, 07:51:13 AM
People that misuse the word "myself" thinking it makes them sound smarter.   It does not.

I am totally sincere when I ask this, but....how?

Maybe I'm just an idiot, but I can't imagine how someone would misuse the word myself, especially the point of it becoming a thing.

"My wife and myself went to dinner last night to celebrate our anniversary."

"My teammates and myself were excited to play this football game."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on July 06, 2017, 09:02:34 AM
Eesh. I can see that being annoying. Luckily I haven't run into it much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 06, 2017, 10:11:19 AM
I dont think I've experienced that either, but could see how it would start to annoy me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on July 06, 2017, 11:24:23 AM
I dont think I've experienced that either, but could see how it would start to annoy myself.

Fixed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 06, 2017, 11:25:13 AM
and now I'm annoyed

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 06, 2017, 02:38:28 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on July 06, 2017, 04:12:16 PM
What I find mildly irritating is that I can't think of anything mildly irritating to post except for the fact that I can't think of anything mildly irritating to post...ummm....yeah....it's a paradox.  The space/time continuum is in jeopardy.   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on July 06, 2017, 06:38:13 PM
Eesh. I can see that being annoying. Luckily I haven't run into it much.
I'm surprised. I've heard that sort of thing a LOT over the years. In every day conversation, as well as when people are making an effort to sound more formal or educated (little do they know).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 07, 2017, 06:54:50 AM
Literally ANY interview with a college athalete has an example of that.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on July 07, 2017, 11:58:58 AM
Literally ANY interview with a college athalete has an example of that.

That might be it. I have no interest in sports, so myself is never exposed to that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 07, 2017, 12:27:30 PM
People who are too wrapped up in their world to give  a shit about what's going on around them.

I am back to working Friday Mornings. I haven't worked a weekday morning in over a year here. Had a car roll up to my window. I said "Good morning! Where are you heading?"

And she just said "Ok thanks!" and pulled through the gate (which was open for a whole other reason).

Really?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on July 07, 2017, 12:44:12 PM
I could give her the benefit of the doubt and assume she didn't hear you properly, and just guessed at what you said.

But I'm not one to give people the benefit of the doubt. Bitch.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 07, 2017, 12:56:15 PM
I would have shot out her tires. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 07, 2017, 01:06:19 PM
People who are too wrapped up in their world to give  a shit about what's going on around them.

I am back to working Friday Mornings. I haven't worked a weekday morning in over a year here. Had a car roll up to my window. I said "Good morning! Where are you heading?"

And she just said "Ok thanks!" and pulled through the gate (which was open for a whole other reason).

Really?

She might have just been in a fog. I went to Subway today for lunch and the girl said "Hi, welcome to subway, what can I get for you". I replied with "I'm good thanks, you?".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 07, 2017, 01:14:22 PM
People who are too wrapped up in their world to give  a shit about what's going on around them.

I am back to working Friday Mornings. I haven't worked a weekday morning in over a year here. Had a car roll up to my window. I said "Good morning! Where are you heading?"

And she just said "Ok thanks!" and pulled through the gate (which was open for a whole other reason).

Really?

She might have just been in a fog. I went to Subway today for lunch and the girl said "Hi, welcome to subway, what can I get for you". I replied with "I'm good thanks, you?".

 :lol I've done similar as well. 

When I get dropped off at an airport and the person who drops me off (usually an uber driver) says "have a good flight!" and I respond "you too" as if they said have a good day.  I do this so often that I usually just start laughing once I shut the door at how pre-programmed my mind is to respond to similar situations.

Or when I worked at Boston Market in the evenings but then had a day shift and still told customers to "have a good night!" at 12pm.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 08, 2017, 08:58:17 AM
No. What it is is the fact that a lot of the people who come through my gate are housekeepers/gardeners who don't speak much English. Just happened again (with a different woman).

*Woman rolls up to the window and just stares blankly into it until I pop my head over*

Me: "Good morning! Where are you going?"

Woman: *waves* "Thank you" *pulls up to gate*

Fucking really? :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 08, 2017, 09:45:45 AM
I find it mildly irritating when I have "All the single ladys" stuck in my head...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: AngelBack on July 10, 2017, 08:31:35 AM
Nucular

Supposably

I could care less
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 10, 2017, 10:29:17 AM
I say that last one ALL THE TIME.   I also say "I need that like I need a third asshole" and "when the foot is on the other shoe" (I stole that last one from Ian Gillan), though, so it's all meant to be funny. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 10, 2017, 12:08:13 PM
Cant's stand when people say, "Six of one, half dozen of another." What?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on July 10, 2017, 03:17:24 PM
Cant's stand when people say, "Six of one, half dozen of another." What?

Yeah, I know.  Kinda like, "It's neither here nor there."  Oh yeah?  So, where is it?   :lol


People who are too wrapped up in their world to give  a shit about what's going on around them.
 

I find this sort of thing way too frequent and much more than just mildly irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 10, 2017, 03:34:10 PM
Cant's stand when people say, "Six of one, half dozen of another." What?

In 1945.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on July 10, 2017, 07:56:35 PM
Cant's stand when people say, "Six of one, half dozen of another." What?
I don't know, that one's actually a pretty legitimate saying.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 11, 2017, 06:11:54 AM
Cant's stand when people say, "Six of one, half dozen of another." What?

It's just saying that there is more than one way to say something, in this case, both of those are equal to 6.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 11, 2017, 07:47:32 AM
Dare I say, "to-may-to, to-mah-to"? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 11, 2017, 08:50:44 AM
I know what the saying means, I just hate when people use it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on July 11, 2017, 01:55:30 PM
Cant's stand when people say, "Six of one, half dozen of another." What?

It's just saying that there is more than one way to say something, in this case, both of those are equal to 6.

It makes more sense to me than "same difference" or "a horse apiece," both of which try to get the same point across.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 11, 2017, 02:06:02 PM
Cant's stand when people say, "Six of one, half dozen of another." What?

It's just saying that there is more than one way to say something, in this case, both of those are equal to 6.

It makes more sense to me than "same difference" or "a horse apiece," both of which try to get the same point across.

I say "same difference" now and then, but I never heard that horse one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 11, 2017, 02:20:57 PM
I've never heard a horse apiece either.

I've used same difference as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on July 11, 2017, 02:32:47 PM
I hadn't heard it either until my wife used it a couple years ago. I had to do a double take and I must have had that "What?!" look on my face when I did. Apparently it's a Wisconsin thing.

I also use "same difference" as it's what my parents used, especially my mom, but I was just meaning that it still makes slightly less sense to me than the "six" phrase when I think about it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 11, 2017, 05:54:31 PM
A 20 year old douchebag refusing to work in another section because, "It's not his job."

I'm trying not to cut him since I can't get trailer moves in the door and this 20 old fucknut thinks it's a punishment.   Tomorrow,  I will punish him.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 11, 2017, 06:53:35 PM
A 20 year old douchebag ........ 20 old fucknut 

Same difference.

Six of one half dozen of another.


Oh wait.....a horse apiece! :metal

 ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 11, 2017, 07:41:59 PM
Then on a half hour lunch he takes 45 minutes. Sending him home. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on July 11, 2017, 08:55:23 PM
A 20 year old douchebag refusing to work in another section because, "It's not his job."

I'm trying not to cut him since I can't get trailer moves in the door and this 20 old fucknut thinks it's a punishment.   Tomorrow,  I will punish him.

I haaaaaaate "It's not my job".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 11, 2017, 09:00:39 PM
Fuck that shit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on July 11, 2017, 09:55:33 PM
A 20 year old douchebag refusing to work in another section because, "It's not his job."

I'm trying not to cut him since I can't get trailer moves in the door and this 20 old fucknut thinks it's a punishment.   Tomorrow,  I will punish him.

I haaaaaaate "It's not my job".
Your job is whatever your supervisor tells you to do. At least that's how I always approached it (obviously there are limits/exceptions, especially when it comes to things like safety/legality).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 11, 2017, 10:27:18 PM
I had a guy who pulled that shit a bit ago. We have a main account here with several small "offshoot" accounts that are all connected to the main account. (Security company). One day a few weeks ago, we had some shit going on, and the guy working the offshoot account was someone who's judgement I trusted immensely compared to one of the guys working the main account. I asked him to swap and work the main account (same hours.. same place essentially, just patrolling the community instead of a construction site within the community). He flat our refused.

"I shouldn't have to be moved because you don't think one of your employees is a strong worker. He should be punished for being a shit employee, not me."

Dude. Really? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on July 12, 2017, 05:14:02 AM
  Tomorrow,  I will punish him.

Oooh, me next. Me next!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 12, 2017, 07:31:11 AM
More like today I am firing him.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 12, 2017, 07:38:56 AM
I am firmly in the Pogo camp on this one.   I have yet to have a job that matches the job description anyway, so who's to say "what's my job"?   Plus, for about the last five years or so, I've made it a point to tell every one of my bosses:  "When you get something you don't know what to do with, I want to be the first guy you think of.  When you get something you don't know how it's going to get done, I want that project."   I've been lucky; I've delivered on most (if not all) of those things I've been given, and now, I can guarantee you there are no threads on any board I can think of where someone is saying "Stadler, more like today I am firing him."   

Job security, mofos.   Make yourself as close to indispensable as you can (there are no absolutes). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 12, 2017, 09:51:48 AM
It's also talked about working in different cells. Employees are aware this will happen.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 12, 2017, 09:59:50 AM
Well there is some office politics involved with doing other responsibilites as well.  I've seen this enough in my time working at banks.  Do not step on someone elses toes even if you are trying to do extra work.  People don't like that and I understand why.  I typically don't take on responsibilities outside my role unless they are responsibilities no one is taking on and therefore not stepping on others toes (or "taking their job").
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 12, 2017, 10:10:40 AM
My boss decides whether or not I'm employed. I do as he says/asks  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 12, 2017, 12:58:03 PM
I used to tell people that as long as you are on the clock, and unless I am asking you to put yourself in personal danger, you are to comply with any reasonable request.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 12, 2017, 01:20:22 PM
I used to tell people that as long as you are on the clock, and unless I am asking you to put yourself in personal danger, you are to comply with any reasonable request.

And we had that conversation with all shifts.

BTW, I told him he was suspended pending....... you know what that means.  He crys out when I tell him, "Dude, I've got bills to pay!"

Well you should have thought of that with the 15 counselings over 1 year and 4 months you worked here.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 12, 2017, 02:42:03 PM
Wow, that would piss me off.  It's the attitude that it's never your own fault.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 12, 2017, 05:24:54 PM
You get home from a 10 hour day and your power goes out.



Dammit!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 13, 2017, 07:00:36 AM
Wow, that would piss me off.  It's the attitude that it's never your own fault.

Or that your job/work is an entitlement. 

We seem to have forgotten that when an employer pays you, they are a customer buying a service.  Whatever happened to "the customer is always right"? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 13, 2017, 07:29:43 AM
Wow, that would piss me off.  It's the attitude that it's never your own fault.

Or that your job/work is an entitlement. 

We seem to have forgotten that when an employer pays you, they are a customer buying a service.  Whatever happened to "the customer is always right"?

And that's what I'm doing.  Servicing my customer Wal Mart.  The kid had issues.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on July 14, 2017, 05:22:19 AM
Something I found irritating yesterday.

I go to walmart to get my tires put on. I just needed my rear tires but on, they are size 245, my front tires are 225. I had my spare on in the right rear tire, the spare is also 225 because if you needed to put it in front it'll fit unlike the 245, which would rub. My original rear is in my trunk.

I explain this to the walmart techs and then I go to get dinner in the same plaza, I told them to call me with any questions. I come back and hour later and the front of my car is jacked up, I go outside. The three guys look like they are trying to solve a calc equation, they see me and explain to me that I have two different tire sizes on my car. I said I know, I explained to them what was going on and also repeated that the door jamb shows all the tire sizes you can have on the vehicle and where they can go.

I waited another hour, supervising their work.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 14, 2017, 06:36:58 AM
I hate that kind of stuff; they're supposed to know more than me about that kind of thing, and yet...

I can also imagine those guys later on... "So some dipshit comes in with two different size tires.  Fuckin' moron!"   No, chap, not hardly.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 14, 2017, 07:03:44 AM
I went to Costco yesterday to get two new rears put on as well. They told me it'd take 45 minutes. I show up an hour and a half later and my car is still on the lift with no one around it. All the techs are standing off in a corner watching some video on a phone and talking about some upcoming fight. I was livid.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 14, 2017, 09:52:04 AM
Had 4 people call out of work last night. There are 4 shifts. One of them, our night lead, decided to take 2 days off to go camping. Another guy was sick. With what? Don't know. Didn't talk to him. Another called and told me she was really sick, but came in to work half a shift to help out. Last person tried to call out because his leg hurt.

Really people? I literally no voice. I spent an hour making phone calls last night and still came in today. I'd have every right to call in sick (which I've only done 2x this year... both times I could barely get out of bed).

I had a talk with my night lead and basically told him this shit needs to stop. Yes he kinda found someone to work in his place (on overtime), it sets a shit example. Our head supervisor does this shit, but I am going to start writing people up who do it, and will put my supervisor on check with HIS boss, because this is just bullshit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 14, 2017, 01:09:19 PM
Jay, it's what I deal with all the time.  People are not responsible . 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 14, 2017, 01:23:13 PM
Like I get being sick. I gotta give the girl who still came in while sick kudos. But these other people? Come on! If we weren't always short staffed, I'd be pushing to get rid of a lot of these people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 14, 2017, 01:26:59 PM
I am so short staffed but i just fired a guy because of, well, everything.  A poison to the group.  That's why you are better off counseling them.  Send a message for the others who are good workers and show up.  It's not fair to them that they get away because the company is short staffed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 14, 2017, 01:31:23 PM
My problem is it's hard for employees to take it seriously when the lead is doing it was well as our head supervisor. Out of the 4 "supervisors" (Post Supervisor, Assistant Post Sup - me, 2 leads), the only people who are here on time and what not are myself and a lead. They set a horrid example.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 14, 2017, 02:18:41 PM
He should be written up.  Then the next time he pulls that, suspend him.  His boss needs to take care of that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 14, 2017, 02:36:23 PM
Next time I have a convo with the owner of the company, I will bring it up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 16, 2017, 05:50:48 PM
My uncle and I were chatting today, and I don't know how it came up but for the first time ever in my life I learned from my uncle that my grandfather tried to push my mother into aborting me back in the day.

Me and my grandfather have always been cool, so it came as quite the surprise.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 16, 2017, 06:22:23 PM
Try not to take that personally.  I know it hurts but I bet at the time,  your mom wasn't in a strong place for a child. 

WHY THE HE'LL WOULD TOUR UNCLE TELL YOU THAT?!

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 16, 2017, 06:24:30 PM
Try not to take that personally.   

Definitely.

WHY THE HE'LL HELL WOULD TOUR UNCLE TELL YOU THAT?!

No kidding!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on July 16, 2017, 06:33:09 PM
I agree with those guys in that I would not hold that against your grandfather at all.

On the flip side, your uncle sounds like a real piece of work.  What was the point in telling you that?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 16, 2017, 08:00:45 PM
It was a very deep conversation since I was basically asking about my father and why he abandoned me. My uncle was 17 when I was born so he was there to witness my mom dating my dad. And he's always been honest with me and I knew that he would give me the truth of what happened. 

My mom always told me that my dad was a piece of shit and he just left before I was born. I had heard a little bit of this from my grandmother, but it was confirmed today by my uncle that my father tried to marry my mom, tried to create a family but was told to fuck off by my mom since he didn't make enough money to satisfy her and his job as a truck driver also did not have enough status to satisfy her. After months of trying to see me, he eventually just gave up. My grandmother did tell me this 10 years ago and at age 20 I did track my dad down so I could meet him, since I was now under the impression that it wasn't all his fault and that one and only day I spent with my father was the worst day of my life, and I will leave it at that.

My mother was 20 when she had me and she is a selfish, bi-polar, narcissistic, schizophrenic, pathological liar with a victim complex who acts like a spoiled 50 year old teenager. I haven't said a word to her since I was 18, but anyway my grandfather was a drunk, degenerate gambler who used to beat the shit out of my grandmother to the point where she tried to kill herself multiple times and I found out today actual spent time in a psychiatric hospital stemming from a nervous breakdown due to the abuse. Now, I saw my my grandparents have some nasty fights, but I never once saw things on the level of before I was born, but I believe my grandmother and uncle regarding what went down. My grandfather by the point of my birth was not drinking anymore and was pretty much not coming home anymore anyway. But after today, I know that the lead up to my birth, my grandfather was lobbying for the abortion, but my grandmother was able to convince him otherwise and pretty much saved my life.

Cut to present day and basically why this all came up is that my grandmother is dying in my living room on hospice which is why my uncle is up and staying with us and we just had a long conversation about the past and he just gave me full disclosure, which I ultimately appreciate, despite it being some heavy duty shit.

So yeah...

 TL:DR   This aint no fairy tale world
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 16, 2017, 08:11:36 PM
WOW!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on July 16, 2017, 08:47:59 PM
Wow Phoenix, I don't think I could put together words appropriate enough for that post, that is some pretty heavy stuff.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 17, 2017, 05:23:13 AM
Its been a tough road, but I am happy to say that I have been able to put that past life behind me and look toward a brighter future. A much more peaceful and happy future.

I love my career as a pharmacist, working in a hospital helping sick people get back on their feet. I love spending time with my friends, and I love finally being able to live my own life.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 17, 2017, 07:19:22 AM
The irony of that post being in the "mildly irritating" thread is priceless. 

It's fascinating to me how families hide their secrets.   I have a... I guess it's a cousin? - that was executed back in the '20's.  The family story was always how "he was railroaded" and was an "innocent bystander" (involved in the underlying crime - basically "the driver" - but was not part of the murder) and when I dug into it further, it turned out not to be the case.  There are also a ton of stories that come out periodically about alcohol in the other branch of the family tree.     

We bundle up our newborns like they're pieces of China packed for a transcontinental relocation, but when you think about all that many of us endured (or our parents endured) it's amazing we're even here. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 01, 2017, 08:23:55 AM
I've been using about 10GB a month on my data plan between Spotify, Pandora, and podcasts at work. I bought an FM radio for work to try and cut back. The thing worked great at my house, but in my building the only station I seem to get is Country 92.5.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on August 01, 2017, 05:38:43 PM
I've been using about 10GB a month on my data plan between Spotify, Pandora, and podcasts at work. I bought an FM radio for work to try and cut back. The thing worked great at my house, but in my building the only station I seem to get is Country 92.5.

:lol


I had the bright idea when I first started working where I am at to bring in a radio. I figured it would help keep me awake during the grave shifts I was working.

The only thing that came in was a contemporary Christian station.

FML
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 01, 2017, 06:02:41 PM
That's why I love my I-pod.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: rumborak on August 08, 2017, 09:25:32 PM
Here's a thing that annoyed me today, and has in the past: I hate it when books are written or movies made about people who made scientific discoveries, and after you finish the book/movie you are none the wiser why this person is famous, but you now all know about the alcoholic uncle or best childhood friend of said person.
I had bought a biography of Claude Shannon, somewhat in a rush admittedly, and just found out that it virtually contains nothing about the development of his theory at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 08, 2017, 10:36:49 PM
Well that's just not the juicy drama needed to sell  :)

That's why I love my I-pod.

Yea, or phone.  I just upgraded my microSD card from 64GB to 128GB (well the 64G card failed) which is used to store music.  So now I really can store so much different music that putting my phone on random is almost like listening to the radio. Lots of music comes on that I didn't even know/remember I had.  I've been listening to the misfits a lot today, for whatever reason the shuffle has picked lots of misfits songs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 15, 2017, 11:19:53 AM
The amount of red tape required just to set up a table at a farmers' market.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on August 15, 2017, 12:57:57 PM
The fact that the red tape industry has a monopoly on farmers' markets. They've ran their blue and green tape competitors out of business.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on August 15, 2017, 01:02:59 PM
When people capitalize all the letters of a group or TV show or something because the official logo has all caps. That's stylization, you don't write it like that in regular text because it looks fucking weird.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on August 15, 2017, 09:43:38 PM
That reminds me of when someone makes a post to Facebook/whatever And They Capitalise Every Single Word Of Their Message.

Why? Can they not figure out which words need to be capitalised, and think they will fool everyone into thinking they aren't that stupid by just capitalising everything? :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Logain Ablar on August 16, 2017, 05:18:41 AM
Apostrophe's on plural word's, especially on sign's and advertisement's.

Actually, this is more than just mildly irritating to me..   :angry:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 16, 2017, 06:23:10 AM
That reminds me of when someone makes a post to Facebook/whatever And They Capitalise Every Single Word Of Their Message.

Why? Can they not figure out which words need to be capitalised, and think they will fool everyone into thinking they aren't that stupid by just capitalising everything? :facepalm:

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE THAT POST CONTENT OR RESPONSES TO THINGS IN THIS KIND OF FASHION. IT ISN'T ANNOYING OR ANYTHING!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 23, 2017, 08:32:36 AM
When Mitch McConnell says "Pockistan" and other politicians say "Tollybon".    Is this like when Bush (purposefully, and as a dis) called the leader of Iraq "Sa-dam"?  Or is it accents? 

I've lived 49 years thinking it was "Pack-istan" and "Tal-iban". 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 23, 2017, 08:36:41 AM
When Mitch McConnell says "Pockistan" and other politicians say "Tollybon".    Is this like when Bush (purposefully, and as a dis) called the leader of Iraq "Sa-dam"?  Or is it accents? 

I've lived 49 years thinking it was "Pack-istan" and "Tal-iban".

I pronounce "nuclear" exactly the same way Bush Jr. did. My family tears into me every time I do.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on August 23, 2017, 08:39:26 AM
When Mitch McConnell says "Pockistan" and other politicians say "Tollybon".    Is this like when Bush (purposefully, and as a dis) called the leader of Iraq "Sa-dam"?  Or is it accents? 

I've lived 49 years thinking it was "Pack-istan" and "Tal-iban".

I pronounce "nuclear" exactly the same way Bush Jr. did. My family tears into me every time I do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoASZyihalc
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 23, 2017, 11:08:18 AM
When Mitch McConnell says "Pockistan" and other politicians say "Tollybon".    Is this like when Bush (purposefully, and as a dis) called the leader of Iraq "Sa-dam"?  Or is it accents? 

I've lived 49 years thinking it was "Pack-istan" and "Tal-iban".

Americans pronounce most of those words in incorrectly. So the ways that upset you are correct here. I also get mildly annoyed when I hear people mispronunce Iraq or Iran. Or even Muslim or Islam.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 23, 2017, 12:03:09 PM
When Mitch McConnell says "Pockistan" and other politicians say "Tollybon".    Is this like when Bush (purposefully, and as a dis) called the leader of Iraq "Sa-dam"?  Or is it accents? 

I've lived 49 years thinking it was "Pack-istan" and "Tal-iban".

Americans pronounce most of those words in incorrectly. So the ways that upset you are correct here. I also get mildly annoyed when I hear people mispronunce Iraq or Iran. Or even Muslim or Islam.

I'm not sure I'm fully in agreement with that; there are translations and spellings that are adopted; I find it hard to believe that I have gone through 11 years of post-high school education, including an MBA in International Business, and haven't heard "Pockistan" until Mitch McConnell started saying it...

But, assuming you're right, I'll amend my irritation:   I hate it when someone is speaking, and is clear in their diction and accent, then for one word or one phrase, lapses into some other accent.  You see this on TV with Latino/Latina actresses:  <Perfect WASP accent> I decided to make dinner and was in luck, as I had all the ingredients to make a perfect <Insert Antonio Banderas accent> poy-o ee carnay (with rolled 'r') asada!"    Or, <insert perfect Alabama/Kentucky accent> We need to have the Senate in line, and we need to get <Insert perfect middle Eastern accent> Pockistan <Back to Alatucky accent> step up and help us in this effort."   

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 23, 2017, 12:18:53 PM
Sure, I can see that.

I'm not an expert on Pakistan. But I know how Iran, Iraq, Muslim and Islam are properly pronounced and rarely do I meet Americans who pronounce any of those words correctly. I don't care if they have an MBA, or a JD, or an MD, or a PhD in whatever. If they're pronouncing it incorrectly, those education degrees don't justify it.

How do I know how to pronounce those words? I read them in Arabic. I listen to Arabs say them. It's not difficult.


However, to your overall point, I get the annoyance in changing your accent for a word and then switching back. I don't think it's always a matter of an accent though.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 23, 2017, 12:32:06 PM
Sure, I can see that.

I'm not an expert on Pakistan. But I know how Iran, Iraq, Muslim and Islam are properly pronounced and rarely do I meet Americans who pronounce any of those words correctly. I don't care if they have an MBA, or a JD, or an MD, or a PhD in whatever. If they're pronouncing it incorrectly, those education degrees don't justify it.

How do I know how to pronounce those words? I read them in Arabic. I listen to Arabs say them. It's not difficult.

So how do you pronounce the last name of the famous painter that starry nights and mutilated his own left ear? 

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 23, 2017, 12:34:18 PM
Sure, I can see that.

I'm not an expert on Pakistan. But I know how Iran, Iraq, Muslim and Islam are properly pronounced and rarely do I meet Americans who pronounce any of those words correctly. I don't care if they have an MBA, or a JD, or an MD, or a PhD in whatever. If they're pronouncing it incorrectly, those education degrees don't justify it.

How do I know how to pronounce those words? I read them in Arabic. I listen to Arabs say them. It's not difficult.

So how do you pronounce the last name of the famous painter that starry nights and mutilated his own left ear?

Haha, I almost mentioned him! Yes. I know how to properly pronounce Van Gogh, but I generally pronounce the way most popular in America or else people are likely to slap me for being a pretentious twat.

It's a grey area, I tell you!

Edit: I also pronounce Sauna the correct way, even if it pisses off Americans  :-*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 23, 2017, 12:52:06 PM
Sure, I can see that.

I'm not an expert on Pakistan. But I know how Iran, Iraq, Muslim and Islam are properly pronounced and rarely do I meet Americans who pronounce any of those words correctly. I don't care if they have an MBA, or a JD, or an MD, or a PhD in whatever. If they're pronouncing it incorrectly, those education degrees don't justify it.

How do I know how to pronounce those words? I read them in Arabic. I listen to Arabs say them. It's not difficult.

So how do you pronounce the last name of the famous painter that starry nights and mutilated his own left ear?

Haha, I almost mentioned him! Yes. I know how to properly pronounce Van Gogh, but I generally pronounce the way most popular in America or else people are likely to slap me for being a pretentious twat.

It's a grey area, I tell you!

Edit: I also pronounce Sauna the correct way, even if it pisses off Americans  :-*

Or they'll chuckle; isn't the true pronunciation very like "fun cock"?  I say "van go" usually, but in company (someone who knows art, or chicks I'm trying to impress) I will say "van GOCK".  I'm sticking with "saw-na", though, not "sow-na".  :)

And what say you about "forte"?  The new-fangled "for-tay" or the classic (and correct) "fort"?  "Err"?  The colloquial "air" or the more correct "er"? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on August 23, 2017, 09:01:48 PM
Sure, I can see that.

I'm not an expert on Pakistan. But I know how Iran, Iraq, Muslim and Islam are properly pronounced and rarely do I meet Americans who pronounce any of those words correctly. I don't care if they have an MBA, or a JD, or an MD, or a PhD in whatever. If they're pronouncing it incorrectly, those education degrees don't justify it.

How do I know how to pronounce those words? I read them in Arabic. I listen to Arabs say them. It's not difficult.

So how do you pronounce the last name of the famous painter that starry nights and mutilated his own left ear?

Haha, I almost mentioned him! Yes. I know how to properly pronounce Van Gogh, but I generally pronounce the way most popular in America or else people are likely to slap me for being a pretentious twat.

It's a grey area, I tell you!

Edit: I also pronounce Sauna the correct way, even if it pisses off Americans  :-*

Or they'll chuckle; isn't the true pronunciation very like "fun cock"?  I say "van go" usually, but in company (someone who knows art, or chicks I'm trying to impress) I will say "van GOCK".  I'm sticking with "saw-na", though, not "sow-na".  :)

And what say you about "forte"?  The new-fangled "for-tay" or the classic (and correct) "fort"?  "Err"?  The colloquial "air" or the more correct "er"?

My English teacher says "van cough". It's pretty funny
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 23, 2017, 09:08:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwO0xvm3fw

Just to lay that one to rest.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 24, 2017, 06:14:37 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwO0xvm3fw

Just to lay that one to rest.

Sounds like "fun COCK" with a throatful of phlegm.    Awesome.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 01, 2017, 06:17:22 AM
My girlfriend's sister wears a bricked Apple watch everywhere she goes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Logain Ablar on September 01, 2017, 07:08:42 AM
My girlfriend's sister wears a bricked Apple watch everywhere she goes.

Why? For fashion reasons?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 01, 2017, 07:13:07 AM
My girlfriend's sister wears a bricked Apple watch everywhere she goes.

Why? For fashion reasons?

I can't think of any other reason. I guess it's more important for people to know you own Apple products over having a functioning time piece on your wrist.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pogoowner on September 01, 2017, 07:31:15 AM
Well, watches in general are about 95% for fashion purposes regardless, unless you're trekking around in the middle of nowhere.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 01, 2017, 08:15:36 AM
Well, watches in general are about 95% for fashion purposes regardless, unless you're trekking around in the middle of nowhere.

Yeah, but at least it still has a function. You can make the same argument about cars. It'd be akin to buying a Mercedes SLS with no engine, seats, transmission, or gas tank and just parking it in your driveway for the neighbors to see.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 01, 2017, 08:18:15 AM
That seems odd, but pogoowner has a good point.  Watches in general are for fashion these days.  No one needs a watch to tell time anymore.  My friends talk about their expensive watches a lot.  I'm not a fashion person so I'm not dropping thousands on a watch, but it's purely a fashion/wealth statement.  Im guessing the same would apply for the apple watch that doesn't work.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 01, 2017, 08:31:51 AM
Idk. I wear a regular watch and use it all the time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 01, 2017, 08:38:27 AM
but do you need it?  Since most people don't need watches anymore due to having our phones attached to our hips, I feel watches in general have become mostly a fashion thing, not many people are buying them to tell time.  Not that no one would, but like you said, you have a normal watch.  Would you spend 10k on a watch just to tell time?

The apple watch offers some other tools besides telling time, but having an apple product for some people is about fashion.  My friend made an adjustment on his iphone so the apple logo lights up, its a fashion thing for him.  Hes also one with multiple 10k watches. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 01, 2017, 08:50:00 AM
but do you need it?  Since most people don't need watches anymore due to having our phones attached to our hips, I feel watches in general have become mostly a fashion thing, not many people are buying them to tell time.  Not that no one would, but like you said, you have a normal watch.  Would you spend 10k on a watch just to tell time?

The apple watch offers some other tools besides telling time, but having an apple product for some people is about fashion.  My friend made an adjustment on his iphone so the apple logo lights up, its a fashion thing for him.  Hes also one with multiple 10k watches.

I'd spend $10K on a watch if I hit that powerball last week. I find them fascinating and awesome pieces of machinery. I have a cool collection of skeleton watches, so I get what you're saying about the fashion thing. The one I have on my wrist now was $275 and I've had it  9 years now. I'm willing to bet this watch that the current gen Apple watch won't be supported 9 years from now and will be completely useless. I actually don't have the ability to always use my cellphone to tell time. In meeting I can't pull it out. When I'm sealing driveways (work I've been doing on weekends), I don't even have it on me. When I go camping or boating, the phone is in dry storage.

"The apple watch offers some other tools besides telling time" ... True, but like I said. Hers is bricked. It offers no value of any kind other than telling others she has one. I suppose if she was stranded on an island, she could use the reflective glass to maybe signal to a plane that she's stranded, but that's about it.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Logain Ablar on September 01, 2017, 08:58:05 AM
Since most people don't need watches anymore due to having our phones attached to our hips, I feel watches in general have become mostly a fashion thing, not many people are buying them to tell time.

I didn't wear a watch for about 2 years, and just used my phone to check the time. I can't honestly tell you why I started wearing one again. We were on holiday in the US and got one for like $30 from the Fossil outlet. I've ended up wearing that one ever since. I suppose it looks ok and does a job, but I'm not really bothered by the fashion aspect.

I don't think I could ever justify spending 10k on a watch.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 01, 2017, 10:38:49 AM
I love the IDEA of watches and, like Chino, think they are (or can be) awesome, almost art.   My dad has a collection, including some pretty cool pocket watches.

Having said that, I haven't worn a watch regularly for DECADES.  I usually forget to put them on after a few days, and if I do remember, I ultimately end up destroying them and it makes me sad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 02, 2017, 01:45:55 AM
I suppose it's also just a habit for some people (like me). I'm not doing it for fashion purposes, it's just I'm used to have something heavy on my wrist and I check time on them constantly. On rare occasions I forget to put them on, I stupidly glance at my wrist like thirty times a day. I never use the phone to check the time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 02, 2017, 06:15:45 AM
I suppose it's also just a habit for some people (like me). I'm not doing it for fashion purposes, it's just I'm used to have something heavy on my wrist and I check time on them constantly. On rare occasions I forget to put them on, I stupidly glance at my wrist like thirty times a day. I never use the phone to check the time.

That's a good point. I don't usually realize how often I use my watches until I forget to put one on before leaving the house.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on September 02, 2017, 06:46:17 AM
I wear a run of the mill $20 dollar watch, but only to work since my job revolves around date and time of med administration, so its super useful. And since other people have gotten in trouble for constantly being on their phones, I find it easier/safer just to be able to look at my wrist rather than taking out my phone constantly.

 But I don't wear it for fashion outside of work.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on September 02, 2017, 06:50:00 AM
I wear a run of the $20mill dollar watch,

Change the position of one word & the entire meaning changes  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on December 01, 2017, 04:41:48 AM
Having a cold, which led to having trouble sleeping the previous night which leads to being tired all day at work  :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on December 03, 2017, 07:43:08 AM
Having a cold, which led to having trouble sleeping the previous night which leads to being tired all day at work  :P

That was me most of this past week (although it was a sinus infection, not a cold). :censored :censored :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on December 03, 2017, 06:58:48 PM
Having a cold, which led to having trouble sleeping the previous night which leads to being tired all day at work  :P

That was me most of this past week (although it was a sinus infection, not a cold). :censored :censored :censored

I'm starting to get the feeling like I'm getting a sinus infection. Headache and really tired all of a sudden.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MetalJunkie on December 03, 2017, 10:50:58 PM
That seems odd, but pogoowner has a good point.  Watches in general are for fashion these days.  No one needs a watch to tell time anymore.  My friends talk about their expensive watches a lot.  I'm not a fashion person so I'm not dropping thousands on a watch, but it's purely a fashion/wealth statement.  Im guessing the same would apply for the apple watch that doesn't work.
I have a Samsung smart watch that's incredibly handy. I discreetly check texts and notifications, I use the stopwatch a LOT (checking my Rubiks solve time), and other various applications from time to time. When I initially bought it, I was worried the novelty would wear off after two weeks. I was pleasantly surprised to find it that I use it regularly without forcing myself to.

Even for checking time, it's so much easier to raise my wrist than to dig in my pocket. Especially if I'm sitting.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on December 09, 2017, 01:44:38 PM
So this morning I go in to work. As I am making my way to the department I stopped by the little coffee shop in the building, and got a coffee for $1.29.

I get to the department and a co-worker starts nagging me and giving me crap because I went the to the coffee shop in the building and paid $1.29 and did not go to Wawa (a popular east coast convenience store) which is 5 minutes out of my way driving in, so I could have gotten a cup of coffee for 99 cents. 

I told the co-worker I just wanted to get to work and not have to make a separate stop. And that I manage my finances in a manner that 0.29 cents will not not break me.  But they just kept on going. I just ended up saying they were right and went on with my life.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on December 09, 2017, 02:07:40 PM
That is annoying. Your post reminded me of my boss, there are many new places to eat opening around us. If we discover a new place that has good food it's automatically crap because he didn't discover it first.

He is the type of dude who has a guy for everything you may ever need in life, and his guy is the best.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 09, 2017, 02:14:38 PM
5 minutes away from work is more than 29 cents in gas.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on December 09, 2017, 03:53:01 PM
5 minutes away from work is more than 29 cents in gas.

That is a concept lost on most people.

7-8 years ago, I had a few co-workers who were baffled as to why I would pay $40 a month for my gym membership.  I left another gym where it was $25 a month.

This was back when I worked out 4-5 times a week, without fail.

The $40 gym was literally next door to me.  The $25 gym was 10 minutes away.

The extra $15 I spent in the gym membership, I more than saved in gas at the time, plus on those days where I didn't feel like going, but knew I needed to, it was a lot easier to just go next door and bust out a quick one, instead of taking the time to the 20-minute round trip transit and make myself work out.

The concept was lost on my co-workers.  :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on December 10, 2017, 07:34:09 AM
^^^^ There was a girl I went to grad school with that absolutely could not understand opportunity cost. Also I may or may not have been engaged to this person.

But anyway, she would spend hours upon hours, days upon days studying for every single exam, regardless of the difficulty. And me on the other hand would go all out for the challenging exams and then would ramp down my effort for the easier exams. That way I could actually rest my body and mind throughout the semester, making pharmacy school not that bad. She on the other hand was wound so tight and fatigued so bad, she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown quite often. And she also was neglecting her 3 young kids while chasing perfection which I wasn't so happy about.

But regardless of all that relentless effort, she was always ended up with like a 90 and I would walk away with an 83 or something. Now keep in mind, we are in grad school. That's it, you graduate and you go to work. A so-so GPA like mine got the same exact degree as her slightly better GPA. I knew that I just needed to pass and I would win the war. But at the end of the day, she probably took years off her life with all the stress and worry, constantly running at redline to get those few extra points.

Sorry, this got longer than I expected,

TL:DR  Understanding opportunity costs makes a world of difference 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 10, 2017, 11:40:05 AM
(Post about someone spending too much time doing something)


Which ends with..

Sorry, this got longer than I expected, 

 ;D

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 11, 2017, 07:33:56 AM
I've been hearing a lot of ads on the radio lately for pawn shops encouraging people to trade in the jewelry and tools they're currently not wearing and using in order to have extra money for loved ones' Christmas presents.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 11, 2017, 08:03:28 AM
First off, Wawa rules.  Second, don't even get me started about opportunity costs; I got into a fight once with a roommate who drove easily 15 miles out of his way to avoid a $1.00 toll.    My best friend also used to fight with his roommate about the phone bill in that way.  Pete would take an hour to sort out every call, every charge, and over the course of the year it maybe made a $25 difference.

Irritating:  well, I drove from CT to Atlantic City (and back) this weekend, so I'm sure you can imagine what my complaint is (hint:  we've had about four threads on this in the past year, and it does NOT rhyme with "urge").    Move, the fuck, OVER, for god's sake. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 11, 2017, 10:05:35 AM
Welcome to NJ and all the terrible clue less drivers, although I find a lot of them tend to have NY plates. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on December 24, 2017, 11:46:56 PM
(deleting this because I was way too harsh to someone in my post. The only reason I posted it was to let out (admittedly overreacted) anger, so now there's no need for this post to exist  :-\)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 08, 2018, 07:10:46 AM
Job descriptions... Most are nothing by fluff in an attempt to sound professional. Just a bunch a jargon.

Position: Director

The [Removed] group is responsible for partnering with executive leadership to develop, prioritize, and execute initiatives that enhances top line growth and improves business efficiencies. The team executes the initiatives by partnering with the key stakeholders across Business Units and Functions, and by utilizing business evaluation frameworks, operational excellence methodologies, financial assessments, execution models, and customer & agent experience. The team acts as change agents and transformation leaders who execute and deliver the committed corporate goals and results.

The above description doesn't describe the job at all. That could apply to any director position on the planet. Loosely translated, it says "work with coworkers and others to increase revenue for the business". That's it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on January 14, 2018, 06:45:25 PM
70's interior design aesthetic. It is just not for me
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 15, 2018, 09:19:57 AM
What's your favorite polls
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 15, 2018, 08:16:04 PM
What's your favorite polls

 :corn :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on January 15, 2018, 08:18:02 PM
Polls?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on January 15, 2018, 09:00:39 PM
...



I don't get it  :\
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 15, 2018, 10:28:14 PM
People who put all their designations, associations and such in their signature files. I just got an email from a realtor (name redacted) Bxxxxx Rxxxxx, CRS, GIPS, GRI, ABR, CDPE. All that crap is totally unnecessary. For instance: The Accredited Buyer's Representative (ABR®) designation is designed for real estate buyer agents who focus on working directly with buyer-clients at every stage of the home-buying process." Isn't that your goddamn job? Why would I work with an agent who only worked with me through part of the process?

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 16, 2018, 08:04:46 AM
or Esquire
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 16, 2018, 08:43:05 AM
or Esquire

The worse is "JD".   "JD" is the degree from law school, "Esquire" means you passed the bar exam somewhere.  So if you put "Cram Spectacular, JD", you're basically telling the world that you couldn't pass the bar exam. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 16, 2018, 08:50:23 AM
My understanding is Esquire means nothing, you don't need any accreditation for it although typically used by lawyers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 16, 2018, 08:54:09 AM
My understanding is Esquire means nothing, you don't need any accreditation for it although typically used by lawyers.

In Great Britain, you are correct.  It's not a formal designation, like "POTUS", but in the States, it denotes "lawyer" and technically to be a "lawyer" you have to have passed the bar. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Train of Naught on January 16, 2018, 09:11:48 AM
What's your favorite polls
Amen. It's getting really obnoxious
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Elite on January 16, 2018, 09:32:30 AM
What's your favorite polls
Amen. It's getting really obnoxious
Plus 1 for me. Come on man.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 16, 2018, 11:39:50 AM
My understanding is Esquire means nothing, you don't need any accreditation for it although typically used by lawyers.

In Great Britain, you are correct.  It's not a formal designation, like "POTUS", but in the States, it denotes "lawyer" and technically to be a "lawyer" you have to have passed the bar.

Well, yeah.  It's not formal which is why it's an irritating title IMO.  Anyone could use the title even if most people only use it as a lawyer since there's no legal recognition.  I just think the idea is dumb to use a somewhat meaningless title.  I'm sure there's more history surrounded to how it came to it's current use in the US (I read some of it's wikipedia page) I think it would make more sense to have some officially recognized title for lawyers, if one were to use a title at all. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 16, 2018, 05:25:23 PM
What's your favorite polls
Amen. It's getting really obnoxious
Plus 1 for me. Come on man.

I don't see anyone else regularly starting threads to try and generate discussion in General Music, which is the point of those threads.  The actual polls are a means to an end, the end being to chat about music.  Forgive me for trying to generate discussion about music on a music discussion forum.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 16, 2018, 05:35:32 PM
It’s the shear quantity of them Kev. You had 15 on page one of the GMD board at one point.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 16, 2018, 05:40:09 PM
Well, I think what happened there is a few posters who hadn't been on in a while posted in them all in the same day, thereby bumping like 10-15 threads like that on to page 1 at once basically.  I usually do one a day, which I don't think is that much, and they have been fairly popular.  I always say, if ideas for threads do not generate interest, I bail on them and go back to the drawing board, Wile E. Coyote-style. :lol :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 16, 2018, 05:50:41 PM
What's your favorite polls
Amen. It's getting really obnoxious
Plus 1 for me. Come on man.

I don't see anyone else regularly starting threads to try and generate discussion in General Music, which is the point of those threads.  The actual polls are a means to an end, the end being to chat about music.  Forgive me for trying to generate discussion about music on a music discussion forum.

I forgive you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on January 16, 2018, 06:08:04 PM
"What's your favorite" polls
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 16, 2018, 08:15:36 PM
What's your favorite polls
Amen. It's getting really obnoxious
Plus 1 for me. Come on man.

I don't see anyone else regularly starting threads to try and generate discussion in General Music, which is the point of those threads.  The actual polls are a means to an end, the end being to chat about music.  Forgive me for trying to generate discussion about music on a music discussion forum.

I forgive you.

(https://gifshd.com/r/96e6295.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on January 17, 2018, 07:00:01 AM
Those last couple sips of your coffee that are now luke warm/cold and have some grounds in them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 17, 2018, 07:49:30 AM
When the songs I would have chosen are not listed in "what's your favorite" polls   :biggrin: :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 17, 2018, 08:10:48 AM
What's your favorite polls
Amen. It's getting really obnoxious
Plus 1 for me. Come on man.

I don't see anyone else regularly starting threads to try and generate discussion in General Music, which is the point of those threads.  The actual polls are a means to an end, the end being to chat about music.  Forgive me for trying to generate discussion about music on a music discussion forum.

Count me in as one that likes the polls.   It's at heart a music site.  I like music.   I like talking to my friends about music.  I'm not one that tries to "sell" my music to others, but it's interesting to hear what others think about songs I absolutely LOVE (or HATE).  If one doesn't like the thread/topic/idea, there are other threads to click on.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on January 17, 2018, 12:12:51 PM
"Working hard?"

When said by someone who assumes that I am not doing anything.


Mofo, I have barely had a chance to even think for the last 3 hours. Yes, I am outside leaning against the hood of my car because the cleaning crew are here and I HAD to leave the office for a few. I am still answering emails from my phone from one person I answer to whilst talking on the phone with some else who has shit they are asking of me.

Fuck off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: a51502112 on January 17, 2018, 01:18:31 PM
"Working hard?"

When said by someone who assumes that I am not doing anything.


Mofo, I have barely had a chance to even think for the last 3 hours. Yes, I am outside leaning against the hood of my car because the cleaning crew are here and I HAD to leave the office for a few. I am still answering emails from my phone from one person I answer to whilst talking on the phone with some else who has shit they are asking of me.

Fuck off.

Arrggghhh!! Yes. Also dislike the,  "cushy job" comments.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 17, 2018, 01:47:44 PM
I am constantly called a slacker by people who are much bigger slackers than me at work.  It is kind of frustrating.  Because I work mostly alone and remotely, the assumption is that I'm not working, but the reality is far different.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 17, 2018, 06:36:04 PM

Count me in as one that likes the polls.   It's at heart a music site.  I like music.   I like talking to my friends about music.  I'm not one that tries to "sell" my music to others, but it's interesting to hear what others think about songs I absolutely LOVE (or HATE).  If one doesn't like the thread/topic/idea, there are other threads to click on.   

Exactly. There are many threads in General Music that I have no interest in, so I bypass them and move on to ones that might interest me. I get jingle's point about the other day when a bunch were bumped at once and they were all at the top, but by and large, it has not been like that.  Maybe I will get more clever with the thread titles. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on January 17, 2018, 07:32:11 PM
Since we're in the mildly irritating thread and already talking about the polls: There are multiple subforums designated for different types of discussions or threads, and a long, ongoing series of polls like this obviously belongs in the "Polls and Survivors" subforum. It kinda bugs me that they are being posted in and being allowed to push down and drown out actual discussions taking place in General Music (let's face it, the majority of the "discussion" in those favourite threads is just people telling everyone what they voted for, hardly stimulating conversation).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 17, 2018, 07:44:34 PM
Since we're in the mildly irritating thread and already talking about the polls: There are multiple subforums designated for different types of discussions or threads, and a long, ongoing series of polls like this obviously belongs in the "Polls and Survivors" subforum. It kinda bugs me that they are being posted in and being allowed to push down and drown out actual discussions taking place in General Music (let's face it, the majority of the "discussion" in those favourite threads is just people telling everyone what they voted for, hardly stimulating conversation).

bosk1 has already made it clear that those kinds of threads (the way I do them) are fine in General Music.  Besides, if they weren't, I would do them at all, since the polls subforum doesn't get nearly as much traffic. I am not sure what is so hard about skipping over threads you aren't interested in. ???

Oh, and to be on topic, things I find mildly irritating: people trying to police the forum.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on January 17, 2018, 07:56:36 PM
At risk of being told off by bosk...him giving you an exception to that doesn't change the fact that the entire point of the Polls/Survivors forum is for poll series to be posted there. That's why Polls/Survivors exists, to have a place for all of that stuff to go so that it doesn't spam up General Music. Otherwise, that subforum would have no reason to exist. You might get even more traffic posting in General Discussion but you aren't posting them there, are you?

And at risk of being told off by bosk again (or more?), I think the only reason you're being allowed to do that is because you are Kev. I am positive that if I had made over a dozen polls in General Music in such a short time, they'd have been moved and I'd have been told not to post them there anymore.

Also I'm not trying to "police" anything, this thread is a place for people to voice what irritates them, and I am doing just that. Policing would be if I had replied to any of your favourite threads and told you not to post them in General Music. I did not do that, and I'm not telling you where to post or not to post even now; merely stating that where you currently are posting them irritates me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 17, 2018, 08:13:46 PM
But Bolsters, they are not polls in the traditional sense. They are basically icebreakers to spur discussion. I don't have any issue with them (I mean, except for the Beatles ones :D). There's been some pretty good back and forth, especially in the Duran Duran one, of all places.
Perhaps the OP could be more defined instead of simply picking "The top ...". Leave it more open ended maybe.

Either that or Bosk could simply open up a Kevshmev sub-forum.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 17, 2018, 08:20:17 PM
Funny, I was just thinking that about the Duran Duran thread; I was pleasantly surprised at what a good discussion came about in that thread. 

Note that most of these polls are not about artists discussed a ton already in General Music.  It is basically an excuse to talk about some of these artists a little more.  Like I have said before, if people didn't participate in them, I would stop doing them, but it seems like a lot of people enjoy them, thus I keep doing them. You can't please everyone, clearly.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 17, 2018, 08:21:03 PM
The only gripe I have with the favorites polls is that almost none of them apply to me.


CATER MORE TO MY TASTES KEV!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 17, 2018, 08:21:49 PM
The only gripe I have with the favorites polls is that almost none of them apply to me.


CATER MORE TO MY TASTES KEV!

You sick bastard! No one goes there! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 17, 2018, 08:26:45 PM
At risk of being told off by bosk...him giving you an exception to that doesn't change the fact that the entire point of the Polls/Survivors forum is for poll series to be posted there. That's why Polls/Survivors exists, to have a place for all of that stuff to go so that it doesn't spam up General Music. Otherwise, that subforum would have no reason to exist. You might get even more traffic posting in General Discussion but you aren't posting them there, are you?

And at risk of being told off by bosk again (or more?), I think the only reason you're being allowed to do that is because you are Kev. I am positive that if I had made over a dozen polls in General Music in such a short time, they'd have been moved and I'd have been told not to post them there anymore.

Also I'm not trying to "police" anything, this thread is a place for people to voice what irritates them, and I am doing just that. Policing would be if I had replied to any of your favourite threads and told you not to post them in General Music. I did not do that, and I'm not telling you where to post or not to post even now; merely stating that where you currently are posting them irritates me.

I'm with ya on all these points Dave.

Hey, I get trying to stimulate discussion... I did it a few years ago with my 'favorite singer' battles for different genres - which were .... wait for it .... POLLS in GMD.  But I spaced them out, when discussion died down on one or a few at a time, THEN is the time to start new ones.  It's like the discography discussion threads, or Top 50 lists, or roulettes... too much of any one thing at a time saturates the sub-forum, and drowns out other things.

And no one's trying to 'police' anything Kev... put on your big boy underoos and take the honest opinions of some of us that might seem less than glowing. ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 17, 2018, 08:34:08 PM
It's like 10 degrees here in St Louis, so my underoos are already on. :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on January 17, 2018, 08:35:26 PM
But Bolsters, they are not polls in the traditional sense. They are basically icebreakers to spur discussion.
It's a list of songs and you are asked to vote for your favourites of the song listed. If that isn't a "poll in the traditional sense" then what is? :P

Also if these were posted in Polls/Survvors instead, you could still post replies and have a discussion in the threads.

Note that most of these polls are not about artists discussed a ton already in General Music.  It is basically an excuse to talk about some of these artists a little more.  Like I have said before, if people didn't participate in them, I would stop doing them, but it seems like a lot of people enjoy them, thus I keep doing them. You can't please everyone, clearly.
I said it bugged me where you were posting them, I never said I wanted you to stop posting anything altogether or that I don't like the polls at all, I'm simply saying that it mildly irritates me that you post them where you do. I've even voted in almost all of them myself (not The Beatles ones as it happens :lol).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 17, 2018, 08:35:38 PM
Funny, I was just thinking that about the Duran Duran thread; I was pleasantly surprised at what a good discussion came about in that thread. 

I thought that discussion devolved in to "If you listened to Duran Duran in high school, you probably liked boys."  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on January 17, 2018, 08:38:36 PM
Funny, I was just thinking that about the Duran Duran thread; I was pleasantly surprised at what a good discussion came about in that thread. 

I thought that discussion devolved in to "If you listened to Duran Duran in high school, you probably liked boys."  :lol

uh oh  :\
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 17, 2018, 08:38:57 PM
I beg to differ! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 17, 2018, 08:48:00 PM
I beg to differ! :lol

Boys liked you?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on February 01, 2018, 06:01:10 PM
Went to guitar center today at like 1pm. was in the market for a new bass to replace old squier beginner bass. Found a fender prescision bass that I liked and was like "oh, well I'll come back later and trade in my beginner base then buy the new one"

Come back at like 4pm. Go to the desk with the beginner base ready to trade it in. Look for the new one and see that its missing, but hear some dude playing a bass and of course its the one I was gonna buy. and this guy was going to town, fingering the shit out of it. It was like  seeing my girlfriend who is only mildly satisfied by what I can do, just screaming and moaning with pleasure from what this dude is doing. So, cut to the cashier dude looking at the beginner base and being like, "uh my bass tech says the truss rod needs to be slightly adjusted, I can't buy it in this condition", so of course I'm like thinking "well, go get a god damn allen wrench..."

So with the combination of the two things, I just said thanks anyway and left. I ended up giving the beginner bass to a friend and I may go back and buy the defiled bass, if he didn't take her home with him. We'll see.

TLDR  Guitar center blues  :millahhhh
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 01, 2018, 07:27:42 PM
I beg to differ! :lol

Boys liked you?

Oh you don't want to hear that story.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on February 02, 2018, 06:06:19 AM
I find shopping at Walmart to be mildly irritating at the least. What a horrible store. I avoid it, but still end up there a few times a year. And I regret it every single time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on February 02, 2018, 06:14:36 AM
Fuck the DMV.

So rather than just taking the change of address form to them (with my current license to surrender and a utility bill addressed to my new address) I have to go to a notary and get the form notarized. Hello red tape  :censored   Not that is the biggest deal in the world or anything. Its just really an unnecessary extra step as far as I'm concerned.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 02, 2018, 06:34:34 AM
Fuck the DMV.

So rather than just taking the change of address form to them (with my current license to surrender and a utility bill addressed to my new address) I have to go to a notary and get the form notarized. Hello red tape  :censored   Not that is the biggest deal in the world or anything. Its just really an unnecessary extra step as far as I'm concerned.

Damn. I changed my address last year and it took all of 6 minutes at a AAA location.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 02, 2018, 06:56:11 AM
Fuck the DMV.

So rather than just taking the change of address form to them (with my current license to surrender and a utility bill addressed to my new address) I have to go to a notary and get the form notarized. Hello red tape  :censored   Not that is the biggest deal in the world or anything. Its just really an unnecessary extra step as far as I'm concerned.

Damn. I changed my address last year and it took all of 6 minutes at a AAA location.

I can do that online up here.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 02, 2018, 06:57:28 AM
My local DMV is fantastic, hardly ever a wait there (I think I am lucky in this regards, other DMVs I've gone to have been miserable).  Sure they can be a stickler for the IDs, but that's OK, I just never experienced needing a form notarized with them before which would of annoyed me as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 02, 2018, 06:59:00 AM
My local DMV is fantastic, hardly ever a wait there (I think I am lucky in this regards, other DMVs I've gone to have been miserable).  Sure they can be a stickler for the IDs, but that's OK, I just never experienced needing a form notarized with them before which would of annoyed me as well.

If a form needs to be notarized for the DMV, there should be a notary at the DMV
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 02, 2018, 07:03:45 AM
My local DMV is fantastic, hardly ever a wait there (I think I am lucky in this regards, other DMVs I've gone to have been miserable).  Sure they can be a stickler for the IDs, but that's OK, I just never experienced needing a form notarized with them before which would of annoyed me as well.

If a form needs to be notarized for the DMV, there should be a notary at the DMV

Well maybe, but I'm sure that would come with a heavier cost than just going to your bank for free.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 02, 2018, 07:13:11 AM
The CT DMV is the model for every DMV joke ever written.   I had no problems in Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC, Philadelphia, PA and Erie, PA.  Each stop had at least one address change; painless.   Funny thing, though; at three of the four I had to clear a tax lien from CT.  Never had to do that in ANY other state, ever.  Sometimes I like CT (and I keep coming back here) but sometimes it blows, and when it blows, it REALLY blows.

EDIT:   For those that have never been here, at the CT DMV - at least in Enfield, where I live - you get in line, talk to an agent, and they send to ANOTHER line, where you talk to another agent, who gives you a number and then you wait - usually from 45 minutes to as much as 3.5 hours - to talk to an agent.   Assuming your shit is in order, you're done, but they will not hesitate to say "oh, sorry, you need THIS form." 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 02, 2018, 07:16:47 AM
Mildly irritating:  the clack of a computer keyboard.  I have the news on in the background while I work, and there's a commercial that comes on for a financial planner/adviser, and the entire ad is some tool typing questions into a browser, so all you hear is this exaggerated keyboard clacking sound.   Makes my teeth rattle. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 02, 2018, 07:53:28 AM
It's a wierd sound, as in, I have no issues and sometimes even enjoy the sound when I am typing, yet hate the sound when someone else is doing so. 

It's even worse for a mechanical keyboard.  But there's a guy in the office who brought his personal mechanical keyboard in, which is significantly louder than our standard mac keyboards, and it's really caused a lot of people to hate him and when he's not there, to frantically hit his keys jokingly. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: mikeyd23 on February 02, 2018, 08:41:40 AM
Went to guitar center today at like 1pm. was in the market for a new bass to replace old squier beginner bass. Found a fender prescision bass that I liked and was like "oh, well I'll come back later and trade in my beginner base then buy the new one"

Come back at like 4pm. Go to the desk with the beginner base ready to trade it in. Look for the new one and see that its missing, but hear some dude playing a bass and of course its the one I was gonna buy. and this guy was going to town, fingering the shit out of it. It was like  seeing my girlfriend who is only mildly satisfied by what I can do, just screaming and moaning with pleasure from what this dude is doing. So, cut to the cashier dude looking at the beginner base and being like, "uh my bass tech says the truss rod needs to be slightly adjusted, I can't buy it in this condition", so of course I'm like thinking "well, go get a god damn allen wrench..."

So with the combination of the two things, I just said thanks anyway and left. I ended up giving the beginner bass to a friend and I may go back and buy the defiled bass, if he didn't take her home with him. We'll see.

TLDR  Guitar center blues  :millahhhh

Honestly, not kidding - I can't stand Guitar Center. I'll hit the store occasionally to grab last minute little things like strings or picks but I won't buy anything else from them.

Sweetwater is where it's at. The selection of brands is actually better than the Guitar Center/Musicians Friend portfolio, and their customer service is beyond excellence. If you want to try out something like a bass before you buy it, Guitar Center is great so you can sit down and try it out, but honestly I'd hang that thing back up on the wall, head home, and then order it from Sweetwater.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 02, 2018, 10:19:11 AM
Mildly irritating:  the clack of a computer keyboard.  I have the news on in the background while I work, and there's a commercial that comes on for a financial planner/adviser, and the entire ad is some tool typing questions into a browser, so all you hear is this exaggerated keyboard clacking sound.   Makes my teeth rattle.
. Pisses me off during a con call when someone has their speaker phone too close to the keyboard, and you can hear them typing an essay.  :angry:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 02, 2018, 10:31:12 AM
Mildly irritating:  the clack of a computer keyboard.  I have the news on in the background while I work, and there's a commercial that comes on for a financial planner/adviser, and the entire ad is some tool typing questions into a browser, so all you hear is this exaggerated keyboard clacking sound.   Makes my teeth rattle.
. Pisses me off during a con call when someone has their speaker phone too close to the keyboard, and you can hear them typing an essay.  :angry:

Speaking of conference calls, I've lived that GEICO commercial too many times to count. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on February 02, 2018, 11:41:37 AM
Went to guitar center today at like 1pm. was in the market for a new bass to replace old squier beginner bass. Found a fender prescision bass that I liked and was like "oh, well I'll come back later and trade in my beginner base then buy the new one"

Come back at like 4pm. Go to the desk with the beginner base ready to trade it in. Look for the new one and see that its missing, but hear some dude playing a bass and of course its the one I was gonna buy. and this guy was going to town, fingering the shit out of it. It was like  seeing my girlfriend who is only mildly satisfied by what I can do, just screaming and moaning with pleasure from what this dude is doing. So, cut to the cashier dude looking at the beginner base and being like, "uh my bass tech says the truss rod needs to be slightly adjusted, I can't buy it in this condition", so of course I'm like thinking "well, go get a god damn allen wrench..."

So with the combination of the two things, I just said thanks anyway and left. I ended up giving the beginner bass to a friend and I may go back and buy the defiled bass, if he didn't take her home with him. We'll see.

TLDR  Guitar center blues  :millahhhh

I hate that shit. Its like "why not just take the extra effort to fix it?" Lazy asses. Haha they probably don't even know how to fix it. I went to take a Bass in one time, and they said the same thing. I was like "well, just take the amount I would've gotten for it and subtract the fixing fee."

Also, when the 12-strings aren't in tune in the Acoustic room bugs me, for some reason.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on February 02, 2018, 12:31:07 PM
^^^

The dumbest part was that I came there determined to buy a $625 dollar fender precision bass. So the store lost that money and the dude lost the commission, all because the tech couldn't just be like "yeah, i can fix it. Give him like 50 bucks in credit or something" which I would have gladly taken. Hell, I would have taken $1 dollar. I just don't have space and wanted to get rid off it. It was just a squier beginner base after all.

I ended up giving it to my friend who said his nephew was interested in playing bass, so I am actually happier with that outcome.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on February 03, 2018, 08:27:02 AM
It's even worse for a mechanical keyboard.  But there's a guy in the office who brought his personal mechanical keyboard in, which is significantly louder than our standard mac keyboards, and it's really caused a lot of people to hate him and when he's not there, to frantically hit his keys jokingly. 

If anyone wants to complain about the sweet clacky sound of my mechanical keyboard, they can fight me, because I'm not giving it up for a peasant keyboard like the unwashed masses. :blob:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 03, 2018, 08:35:15 AM
It's even worse for a mechanical keyboard.  But there's a guy in the office who brought his personal mechanical keyboard in, which is significantly louder than our standard mac keyboards, and it's really caused a lot of people to hate him and when he's not there, to frantically hit his keys jokingly. 

If anyone wants to complain about the sweet clacky sound of my mechanical keyboard, they can fight me, because I'm not giving it up for a peasant keyboard like the unwashed masses. :blob:

The new old man rant. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on February 28, 2018, 11:57:47 AM
How douchey people can be to their neighbors.

Here at work, we have a resident (Who I refer to as Santa, as he looks like mother fucking Santa Clause, and brings my guys cookies every week...) whom has been in a wheel chair for years. He just had surgery on both of his knees... and is working on being able to walk again.  He's actually gotten to the point where he can walk several houses down the street. So he's been parking his car further and further away and walking to it every day.

You'd think that people would find this awesome? Right?

Nope.

I've gotten complaints from 5 different people in the last 24 hours. People demanding that we tow his vehicle, etc.

When I explain that I cannot legally do ANYTHING, as he has a Handicap Placard, I get told that it's complete bullshit and get hung up on or cussed out for "making up excuses."


Really people?

Fuck off.  Leave Santa Alone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on February 28, 2018, 01:06:51 PM
I find that people who would complain about something like that are people who would lie about something like that to get a better parking spot, so in their heads they think most other people are like that as well.  :tdwn :tdwn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dave_Manchester on February 28, 2018, 01:46:28 PM
How douchey people can be to their neighbors.

Here at work, we have a resident (Who I refer to as Santa, as he looks like mother fucking Santa Clause, and brings my guys cookies every week...) whom has been in a wheel chair for years. He just had surgery on both of his knees... and is working on being able to walk again.  He's actually gotten to the point where he can walk several houses down the street. So he's been parking his car further and further away and walking to it every day.

You'd think that people would find this awesome? Right?

Nope.

I've gotten complaints from 5 different people in the last 24 hours. People demanding that we tow his vehicle, etc.

When I explain that I cannot legally do ANYTHING, as he has a Handicap Placard, I get told that it's complete bullshit and get hung up on or cussed out for "making up excuses."


Really people?

Fuck off.  Leave Santa Alone.

Reminds me of this delightful woman...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-43104314
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 28, 2018, 02:23:18 PM
My dad, who has had a handicapped parking sticker since I was old enough to remember (probably going on 45 years now) was generally very tolerant of this stuff, but I do recall him taking a picture of a police car in the handicapped spot... and another one of the officer walking out of Pizzaland with a large pie in his hand. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 28, 2018, 09:57:18 PM
TTPMO: When your school you graduated from a year ago tries to charge you $100 for a book you already returned.  :facepalm:  :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 01, 2018, 12:34:57 PM
I really hate stink bugs. They are getting through my wall unit air conditioner.

With online instructions, I made this 2 liter trap. So far its a decent quick fix, but I will probably consult an exterminator when I have a chance

(https://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/stinkbug-trap.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on March 21, 2018, 03:37:08 PM
I thought this little gem of a story would help the participants of this thread feel a little better.   :D

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2016/10/worlds-oldest-man-says-petty-grievances-kept-going/
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on March 21, 2018, 07:07:33 PM
I thought this little gem of a story would help the participants of this thread feel a little better.   :D

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2016/10/worlds-oldest-man-says-petty-grievances-kept-going/


Quote
People don’t understand that being happy is boring. Of course you don’t want to go overboard, but just enough grievances to hate most walks of life is about all you’ll need.

 :rollin :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Neon on March 21, 2018, 08:52:12 PM
I thought this little gem of a story would help the participants of this thread feel a little better.   :D

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2016/10/worlds-oldest-man-says-petty-grievances-kept-going/


I know so many people that are going to live forever  :lol :rollin :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 21, 2018, 09:06:55 PM
Apparently El Barto is going to live forever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on March 22, 2018, 04:24:06 AM
Apparently El Barto is going to live forever.

If that is true, Kotowboy will try to take his head off with a sword.

There can be only one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 22, 2018, 07:32:39 AM
Apparently El Barto is going to live forever.

If that is true, Kotowboy will try to take his head off with a sword.

There can be only one.

Nice reference!  Gimme the prize!!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 22, 2018, 09:11:42 AM
Apparently El Barto is going to live forever.

If that is true, Kotowboy will try to take his head off with a sword.

There can be only one.

Well, he did say light petty grievances. I'm pretty sure Kotowboy surpasses that.

Either way, I look forward to the quickening.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 22, 2018, 09:33:26 AM
As am I

(https://media0.giphy.com/media/Dqg8LHVQY5jZm/200w.webp)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: RoeDent on March 28, 2018, 09:22:34 AM
People who block the aisles when talking to their friends in the supermarket. I'm not against you talking to your friends, just stand to one side while doing so so the rest of us can carry on with our lives.

People who talk loudly in libraries.

A lot of the time, frankly....People.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 28, 2018, 09:29:12 AM
People who block the aisles when talking to their friends in the supermarket. I'm not against you talking to your friends, just stand to one side while doing so so the rest of us can carry on with our lives.


This happened to me in the grocery store to me just today. Never once have I seen them pulled off to the side, its always directly in the way of everyone else.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 28, 2018, 12:30:04 PM
I can't stand that.  I also hate when someone pulls up next to another cart, looking at an item and blocking the whole isle.  Common decency is a thing of the past.  You say "excuse me" or "pardon me" and you get a dirty look.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 28, 2018, 12:36:51 PM
I can't stand that.  I also hate when someone pulls up next to another cart, looking at an item and blocking the whole isle.  Common decency is a thing of the past.  You say "excuse me" or "pardon me" and you get a dirty look.

 :lol so true, trying to politely get by someone always ends up with the person who is being rude thinking that you are the rude one by saying excuse me to get through.  What a world we live in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 28, 2018, 12:45:57 PM
We live in a world where self importance is out of control.

I once told a lady that "The world doesn't revolve around you so move your fucking cart". :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 28, 2018, 12:46:41 PM
I just "accidentally" slam my cart into theirs until they say sorry and move it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on March 28, 2018, 02:39:49 PM
Costco is the worst for this.  I just say quite loudly "someone wanna move so the rest of us can get by".  I have zero fuck's to give if I get a nasty look - I'm not there to make friends or influence people.  Get the fuck out of my way!  I'm getting my groceries and shit, and gettin the fuck out of there.  Fuck them if they're so self absorbed they have to frown at others because I call out they aren't as goddamned important as they think they are.

I could make a Gary/NHL-style rage post about this, but I'll leave it at that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 28, 2018, 02:48:45 PM
Oh, but God forbid we don't return our carts to the corral! :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 28, 2018, 02:58:39 PM
Oh, but God forbid we don't return our carts to the corral! :neverusethis:

Oh please god, lets not go down that rabbit hole again  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 28, 2018, 03:08:44 PM
I can't stand that.  I also hate when someone pulls up next to another cart, looking at an item and blocking the whole isle.  Common decency is a thing of the past.  You say "excuse me" or "pardon me" and you get a dirty look.

Yup, and I love Jingle's Costco rant.  The other one that gets me is when people walk out in front of moving cars in a parking lot and expect the cars to stop.  There's a grocery store near where I live where the sidewalk extends maybe 15 feet from the door, and then the main "road" in the shopping center is right there.  People routinely walk out of the store and start to walk across to get to their cars without even looking to see if there are cars there.  Half the time these folks have their heads buried in their phones and aren't even looking.  A woman did that the other day and stopped abruptly and gave me a dirty look when she realized I wasn't going to stop for her.  It would never occur to me to walk out into moving traffic, without a crosswalk, and just expect that everyone will magically stop FOR ME, ME, ME, ME!!!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 28, 2018, 03:22:25 PM
I was always taught to wait for the person in the car to wave you on not walk out and expect a car to stop. What's easier to stop?  A car that weighs tons more than you to stop? Again it's the my universe, me first attitude.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 28, 2018, 03:23:18 PM
Oh, but God forbid we don't return our carts to the corral! :neverusethis:

Staff that outside better m***********!! :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 28, 2018, 03:29:21 PM
I can't stand that.  I also hate when someone pulls up next to another cart, looking at an item and blocking the whole isle.  Common decency is a thing of the past.  You say "excuse me" or "pardon me" and you get a dirty look.

Yup, and I love Jingle's Costco rant.  The other one that gets me is when people walk out in front of moving cars in a parking lot and expect the cars to stop.  There's a grocery store near where I live where the sidewalk extends maybe 15 feet from the door, and then the main "road" in the shopping center is right there.  People routinely walk out of the store and start to walk across to get to their cars without even looking to see if there are cars there.  Half the time these folks have their heads buried in their phones and aren't even looking.  A woman did that the other day and stopped abruptly and gave me a dirty look when she realized I wasn't going to stop for her.  It would never occur to me to walk out into moving traffic, without a crosswalk, and just expect that everyone will magically stop FOR ME, ME, ME, ME!!!!

I agree with the premise, watch where you are going, but I think there is some leeway with the pedestrian in this scenario that they have the right of way essentially.  Cars should stop for someone crossing into the lot, especially if it's in the designated area.  I myself would never just assume that to be the case, but I also get mildly irritated when a car doesn't stop when I am clearly in the cross walk.

Costco is the worst for this.

+1000
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 28, 2018, 03:36:08 PM
I was always taught to wait for the person in the car to wave you on not walk out and expect a car to stop. What's easier to stop?  A car that weighs tons more than you to stop? Again it's the my universe, me first attitude.

This reminds me of my stepson, who will cross the street because HE has the right. If a car hits him, it's THEIR fault, and he can sue. But this is flawed to me because you can only sue them if you are actually alive.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 28, 2018, 03:43:24 PM
I can't stand that.  I also hate when someone pulls up next to another cart, looking at an item and blocking the whole isle.  Common decency is a thing of the past.  You say "excuse me" or "pardon me" and you get a dirty look.

Yup, and I love Jingle's Costco rant.  The other one that gets me is when people walk out in front of moving cars in a parking lot and expect the cars to stop.  There's a grocery store near where I live where the sidewalk extends maybe 15 feet from the door, and then the main "road" in the shopping center is right there.  People routinely walk out of the store and start to walk across to get to their cars without even looking to see if there are cars there.  Half the time these folks have their heads buried in their phones and aren't even looking.  A woman did that the other day and stopped abruptly and gave me a dirty look when she realized I wasn't going to stop for her.  It would never occur to me to walk out into moving traffic, without a crosswalk, and just expect that everyone will magically stop FOR ME, ME, ME, ME!!!!

I agree with the premise, watch where you are going, but I think there is some leeway with the pedestrian in this scenario that they have the right of way essentially.  Cars should stop for someone crossing into the lot, especially if it's in the designated area.  I myself would never just assume that to be the case, but I also get mildly irritated when a car doesn't stop when I am clearly in the cross walk.

Someone in another forum made the "right of way" point to me, but it's private property, so there's no "right of way."  I agree that, if the pedestrian is in the crosswalk, there's no question the car should stop.  However, in the case of the store I was talking about, there are crosswalks, but people can't be bothered to walk 10-15 feet out of their way to use them.


This reminds me of my stepson, who will cross the street because HE has the right. If a car hits him, it's THEIR fault, and he can sue. But this is flawed to me because you can only sue them if you are actually alive.

EXACTLY!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 28, 2018, 03:49:14 PM
If there is an accident in a parking lot, the insurance companies most certainly will look at "right of way" to determine fault if it applies.  It may have no legal bearing but it's still an important principle to follow because it will bite you in the ass if you don't follow it and cause an issue, including if you hit a person in the crosswalk.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on March 28, 2018, 03:53:26 PM
I haven't looked at this thread in months.  But a disturbance in the force told me that people were discussing shopping cart corrals, so...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 28, 2018, 03:55:39 PM
Therein lies the problem. People throw common sense out the window. I have the right to sue  because I'm legally right, not that a car can't stop as fast going 30 miles an hour compared to a person walking.

We're also talking crossing the streets not in a parking lot.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 28, 2018, 03:56:26 PM
I haven't looked at this thread in months.  But a disturbance in the force told me that people were discussing shopping cart corrals, so...

Search your feelings,  you know it to be true..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 28, 2018, 04:15:01 PM
If there's a crosswalk (I mean, one without a signal), it's the drivers' obligation to stop. I usually don't bother looking either.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 28, 2018, 04:16:58 PM
With crosswalks the driver needs to watch.  We are talking any other scenario.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 28, 2018, 04:19:21 PM
Not a caption, but J Boy...you have issues! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on March 28, 2018, 04:21:00 PM
On the topic of crossing parking lot road ways + Costco... how 'bout dem ass-hats that cross on a long diagonal, taking 50 feet of the roadway to casually cross from one side to the other.   >:(

I don't care if they're putting the cart back, CROSS... don't casually shimmy your way over!

Edit: Ninja'd by TAC.  Thanks... you have a keen perception of the blatantly obvious.   :tup Sherlock!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on March 28, 2018, 04:21:51 PM
With crosswalks the driver needs to watch.  We are talking any other scenario.

Oh yeah, in other situations the people walking across in front are definitely jackasses.

They still have the right of way technically though.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 28, 2018, 04:28:41 PM
Oh damn Chad. I've seen that all the time taking that diagonal line, it drives me insane.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 03, 2018, 11:28:23 AM
When you find an old combination lock that use could actually put to use, but forgot the combo  :'(

I've been playing with this thing for like 30 mins  :lol  Might have to just get new one
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 03, 2018, 11:39:27 AM
When you find an old combination lock that use could actually put to use, but forgot the combo  :'(

I've been playing with this thing for like 30 mins  :lol  Might have to just get new one

I have one lying around.  I'm anal retentive enough that I used a label maker to print the combination and stuck it to the lock.   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 03, 2018, 11:42:45 AM
When you find an old combination lock that use could actually put to use, but forgot the combo  :'(

I've been playing with this thing for like 30 mins  :lol  Might have to just get new one

Is it like the one below? There is a pattern to the three number combination.

Check this out: https://blog.dreamshire.com/master-lock-combination-recovery/

(https://www.andersonlock.com/filebin/images/products/full/Master1502.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 03, 2018, 12:23:49 PM
Thanks for posting that. Ironically, I do have one like the one pictured, but actually remember that one's combo.

Here's the one I am having issue with

(https://static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/4FG16_AS01?$mdmain$)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 03, 2018, 12:33:34 PM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 03, 2018, 12:36:50 PM
Thanks for posting that. Ironically, I do have one like the one pictured, but actually remember that one's combo.

Here's the one I am having issue with

(https://static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/4FG16_AS01?$mdmain$)

Oh, that's easy. There are only 999 possible combinations. Assuming 3 seconds per attempt, it'll take you less than 50 minutes to crack it. I've had to do that on a number of occasions.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 07, 2018, 07:22:57 PM
Well,

Just came in to work. 12 hour night shift. Had a delicious Buffalo chicken strip sandwhich to enjoy for dinner, and Of course I drop it right on the floor just as I take it out of the package  :yeahright

And its a hospital, so the 5 second rule doesn't apply. oh well
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 07, 2018, 07:43:49 PM
Well,

Just came in to work. 12 hour night shift. Had a delicious Buffalo chicken strip sandwhich to enjoy for dinner, and Of course I drop it right on the floor just as I take it out of the package  :yeahright

And its a hospital, so the 5 second rule doesn't apply. oh well

Wouldn't a hospital - supposedly pretty clean - give you ten or fifteen seconds?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 07, 2018, 07:45:30 PM
Well,

Just came in to work. 12 hour night shift. Had a delicious Buffalo chicken strip sandwhich to enjoy for dinner, and Of course I drop it right on the floor just as I take it out of the package  :yeahright

And its a hospital, so the 5 second rule doesn't apply. oh well

Wouldn't a hospital - supposedly pretty clean - give you ten or fifteen seconds?

I was actually thinking the same thing. Besides, wouldn't the buffalo sauce kill any germs anyway?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 07, 2018, 07:53:14 PM
pseudomonas and MRSA is rampant here. No way jose

And honestly, a hospital is one of the worst places to be if you are sick. If you are there for more than 5 days, you are likely to catch a hospital acquired disease.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 07, 2018, 08:03:54 PM
My brother's a cop, and even with all the shit flying around about cops, and racism, and school shootings and all that, the one thing he's most scared of is MRSA.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 07, 2018, 10:17:39 PM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 19, 2018, 10:44:27 AM
I just started the coffee pot without realizing the pot itself was still in the sink and then went get the mail. I now have delicious freshly brewed coffee all over the counter and floor...

silly me  :blush
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 19, 2018, 02:34:23 PM
,

Yeah, commas are so irritating! :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 19, 2018, 03:42:28 PM
I just started the coffee pot without realizing the pot itself was still in the sink and then went get the mail. I now have delicious freshly brewed coffee all over the counter and floor...

silly me  :blush

Or when you forget to empty the carafe, just put it back in the coffee maker the night before, and the wife wakes up to a pot of 1/2 fresh and 1/2 stale coffee, while the rest is all over the counter and floor...

That's a great way to start the day!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: AngelBack on April 27, 2018, 01:39:28 PM
Water chestnuts, no flavor, horrible texture, what's the point?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: AngelBack on April 27, 2018, 02:40:29 PM
And another thing.  When the drinking straw paper is too tight.  You can't deploy the tried-and-true tap the bottom of the straw on a flat service, releasing the straw from the top of the paper wrapper.  Instead you have to pinch a little of the end then roll down a bit of the paper until you can grasp the actual straw and pull. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 27, 2018, 03:19:15 PM
On the topic of straws, municipalities who ban plastic straws due to their detriment to the environment, yet see no issue with thousands upon thousands of junkies using plastic syringes to shoot up heroin.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/the-last-straw-seattle-will-say-goodbye-to-plastic-straws-utensils-with-upcoming-ban/
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 27, 2018, 03:51:35 PM
So I have MSN has my homepage on my computer.

How come EVERY FUCKING DAY there's a headline about a Kardashian??

WHO FUCKING CARES?

Seriously, who is this meant for?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 27, 2018, 04:25:00 PM
And another thing.  When the drinking straw paper is too tight.  You can't deploy the tried-and-true tap the bottom of the straw on a flat service, releasing the straw from the top of the paper wrapper.  Instead you have to pinch a little of the end then roll down a bit of the paper until you can grasp the actual straw and pull.

I hate straws.  If you use the "tap" method, half the time the straw ends up bending, which puts a small crack in the straw which results in whatever you're drinking being aerated.  The only thing that tastes better through a straw is McDonald's Coke (which for some reason tastes different than Coke from anywhere else).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 28, 2018, 06:56:54 AM
Time to change the homepage TAC.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 28, 2018, 07:31:09 AM
Time to change the homepage TAC.

That was my instant thought too.  He probably uses IE and Bing too!   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: AngelBack on April 28, 2018, 09:18:13 AM
Time to change the homepage TAC.

That was my instant thought too.  He probably uses IE and Bing too!   :lol

TAC@AOL.com,  lol (just kidding, if it weren't for my kids i would have a Jitterbug flip phone).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 28, 2018, 09:26:32 AM
TAC still has a Nokia.   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 28, 2018, 11:34:47 AM
Time to change the homepage TAC.

That was my instant thought too.  He probably uses IE and Bing too!   :lol

TAC@AOL.com,  lol (just kidding, if it weren't for my kids i would have a Jitterbug flip phone).

Actually it's CompuServe.  :lol

TAC still has a Nokia.   :lol

Can you repeat that, I'm on a call.

(https://cdn2.knowyourmobile.com/sites/knowyourmobilecom/files/styles/article_main_wide_image/public/3/11/marty_cooper.jpg?itok=J3AM3P4E)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on April 28, 2018, 04:37:54 PM
30 days ago, I received a notice from IT that one of my passwords is expiring and we will be getting a month to reset it plus an additional 15 day extension.  IT hasn't yet figured out how they will get all the users to walk the process - it is one program that is complicated and only needs password resets every 3 years, so this is the first time it is impacting a large number of employees.  We are assured instructions are coming.

2 weeks ago, a test group is picked to try the instructions for the reset.  A small number of people try it.  Instructions are missing vital parts, it goes back to the IT department for revamping.

1 week ago, finally instructions come out.  But no 15 day extension will be allowed so better do it now.

I do it immediately.

The day after I complete the process in the instructions another email comes out that is another revamp, and now it needs to be done AGAIN.  But for those of us who thought we were completed, now the new instructions cause problems and the password reset won't work.

My boss, "I warned you not to wait until the last minute."   ::)

 :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 28, 2018, 09:17:52 PM
On that note... expiring passwords.

And, when you have 27 different passwords for various programs at your office, and they all need to be reset, and all on different schedules, so it seems like every 2 weeks you are resetting a password.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 29, 2018, 06:07:25 AM
Or when the company doesn't have a truly SSO design - so you don't know which systems take which passwords!  :zeltar:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 29, 2018, 06:27:40 AM
I work for a bank and we have a department dedicated to managing passwords across systems, it's a disaster lol.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on April 29, 2018, 08:43:42 AM
I guess I am lucky in that our company's hard drive has an excel spread sheet saved with all sites we visit for anything, that we update every time we have to change a password (although a few knuckleheads always forget to do it :facepalm: :lol).

I won't say the company, but a customer we used to have was a nightmare. To log in to their site, you had to use their virtual keyboard to put in your password, and every time you had to change your password, it was like jumping through 18 hoops to do so. And you had to do it every three months.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on April 29, 2018, 09:43:05 AM
Oh man, the passwords...

For the company I work for, I am at multiple sites floating around. And every site has its own unique login and passwords   :tdwn

And for each site, I have like 5 separate things to sign in to. I literally have to carry around a book with all the info. It sucks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 08, 2018, 07:43:31 AM
The guy in the cube next to me is training for a half marathon in two weeks. He won't STFU about it. I've been keeping a tally on my desk and he brought it up in 8 different conversations yesterday with various coworkers. He can't stop talking about his diet.

The dude literally just microwaved a Tupperware container full of onions for breakfast. Literally nothing else. The guy is just sitting there eating a hot, steaming pile of white onions. The office fucking wreaks.

That is all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 08, 2018, 08:02:11 AM
The guy in the cube next to me is training for a half marathon in two weeks. He won't STFU about it. I've been keeping a tally on my desk and he brought it up in 8 different conversations yesterday with various coworkers. He can't stop talking about his diet.

The dude literally just microwaved a Tupperware container full of onions for breakfast. Literally nothing else. The guy is just sitting there eating a hot, steaming pile of white onions. The office fucking wreaks.

That is all.

That  sounds  like my ex-wife.  She ran a half-marathon a couple weeks ago, and you'd think she was flying to the moon and back on a pelican.  Like no one has ever run that far in their life. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 08, 2018, 08:32:59 AM
The guy in the cube next to me is training for a half marathon in two weeks. He won't STFU about it. I've been keeping a tally on my desk and he brought it up in 8 different conversations yesterday with various coworkers. He can't stop talking about his diet.

The dude literally just microwaved a Tupperware container full of onions for breakfast. Literally nothing else. The guy is just sitting there eating a hot, steaming pile of white onions. The office fucking wreaks.

That is all.

I don't know which part of this is more annoying
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on May 08, 2018, 08:59:04 AM
The guy in the cube next to me is training for a half marathon in two weeks. He won't STFU about it. I've been keeping a tally on my desk and he brought it up in 8 different conversations yesterday with various coworkers. He can't stop talking about his diet.

The dude literally just microwaved a Tupperware container full of onions for breakfast. Literally nothing else. The guy is just sitting there eating a hot, steaming pile of white onions. The office fucking wreaks.

That is all.

I don't know which part of this is more annoying

I'm trying to figure out the onion thing. I've been a 'runner' for ten years now and haven't heard of this straight onion meal....if it has some sort of significance.

And Brian, I'd say this dude is nervous about his half marathon if he's talking about it that much. I've trained for quite a few runs and outside of mentioning it to family and close friends after I initially sign up for one.....I try not to annoy people with making sure they know I'm running a race.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 08, 2018, 09:06:38 AM
The guy in the cube next to me is training for a half marathon in two weeks. He won't STFU about it. I've been keeping a tally on my desk and he brought it up in 8 different conversations yesterday with various coworkers. He can't stop talking about his diet.

The dude literally just microwaved a Tupperware container full of onions for breakfast. Literally nothing else. The guy is just sitting there eating a hot, steaming pile of white onions. The office fucking wreaks.

That is all.

I don't know which part of this is more annoying

I'm trying to figure out the onion thing. I've been a 'runner' for ten years now and haven't heard of this straight onion meal....if it has some sort of significance.

And Brian, I'd say this dude is nervous about his half marathon if he's talking about it that much. I've trained for quite a few runs and outside of mentioning it to family and close friends after I initially sign up for one.....I try not to annoy people with making sure they know I'm running a race.

He changes his diet every few weeks to keep his body from becoming complacent. He was on Paleo a few months ago, but I'm not sure which one this one is. I heard him talking about the healing properties of onions a few weeks ago when he started training. He was getting blisters on his feet and would sleep with onions in his socks. I'm wondering if he thinks ingesting copious amounts of onions will heal his insides or something.

I'm not sure how much of this is nervousness. He's always that guy that has to remind everyone how much of a health nut he is. It doesn't matter what he's doing. I don't remember if I was complaining about it here or another forum, but a few weeks ago we had our quarterly birthday party at work. He and another girl in the office walked from cube to cube asking if anyone wanted to split a donut into thirds with them. Is that necessary? If you each only want a third of a donut, just cut your two thirds and leave the remaining third in the box. Instead, they both go on this journey that in my mind has no purpose other than reminding everyone in the office how more conscious they are about their health than everyone else. It just kind of gets annoying. He's the kind that will go on a hike and update Instagram with a selfie every time he climbs another 500 feet.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 08, 2018, 09:26:58 AM
Reminds me a meme I saw a while back... if you're a Vegan and train Cross-fit, which do you tell people first?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 08, 2018, 09:28:30 AM
Fucking onions?? WTF?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 08, 2018, 09:32:58 AM
Fucking onions?? WTF?

I thought he was just eating them
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 08, 2018, 10:08:49 AM
You're nicer than I am.  I'd say to him, "But I only want a fifth of the donut.  if you can find someone to take the other 2/15ths of the donut, I'm your man!" 

I had an uncle - not really; he married my aunt very late in life - that they called "Sibby", which was short for "cebula" (I might have spelled that wrong), polish for "onion", because he would eat them like apples. 

You also better hope he doesn't move on to garlic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 08, 2018, 10:23:04 AM
You're nicer than I am.  I'd say to him, "But I only want a fifth of the donut.  if you can find someone to take the other 2/15ths of the donut, I'm your man!" 

I had an uncle - not really; he married my aunt very late in life - that they called "Sibby", which was short for "cebula" (I might have spelled that wrong), polish for "onion", because he would eat them like apples. 

You also better hope he doesn't move on to garlic.

Was Sibby a custodian at Watertown High by any chance?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 08, 2018, 12:55:33 PM
You're nicer than I am.  I'd say to him, "But I only want a fifth of the donut.  if you can find someone to take the other 2/15ths of the donut, I'm your man!" 

I had an uncle - not really; he married my aunt very late in life - that they called "Sibby", which was short for "cebula" (I might have spelled that wrong), polish for "onion", because he would eat them like apples. 

You also better hope he doesn't move on to garlic.

Was Sibby a custodian at Watertown High by any chance?

Hmmm, I don't know.  I know he was part of maintenance down at Sikorsky in Shelton for a long long time, so it's not out of the realm of possibility.  I'll ask my dad. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on May 09, 2018, 06:31:23 PM
He changes his diet every few weeks to keep his body from becoming complacent. He was on Paleo a few months ago, but I'm not sure which one this one is. I heard him talking about the healing properties of onions a few weeks ago when he started training. He was getting blisters on his feet and would sleep with onions in his socks. I'm wondering if he thinks ingesting copious amounts of onions will heal his insides or something.

Does he sound like this?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2BgSMjo6KE
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on May 10, 2018, 04:36:38 AM
:lol

I love AwakenWithJP. The essential oils episode is fantastic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 10, 2018, 07:33:57 AM
I like his flat Earth theory video.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 10, 2018, 02:20:20 PM
I gotta watch more of him.  I've seen 3 or 4, and they're all top notch.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 11, 2018, 05:54:59 AM
I think its hilarious when people on craiglist make ZERO effort to present what they are selling. I'm looking at vehicles that are listed at $7000 and up and they have dark, blurry pics of the vehicle just sitting in their garage, covered in dust and other clutter.

Its clear as day, that it just sat there for months, maybe even years and hasn't been taken care of, but you want almost 10 grand for it. Seriously? Is it that hard to at least take it out in the driveway, do a quick wipe down and take a clear pic of it sparkling in the sun?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 11, 2018, 06:03:00 AM
I think its hilarious when people on craiglist make ZERO effort to present what they are selling. I'm looking at vehicles that are listed at $7000 and up and they have dark, blurry pics of the vehicle just sitting in their garage, covered in dust and other clutter.

Its clear as day, that it just sat there for months, maybe even years and hasn't been taken care of, but you want almost 10 grand for it. Seriously? Is it that hard to at least take it out in the driveway, do a quick wipe down and take a clear pic of it sparkling in the sun?

SO much same.

I often buy and sell RC cars on Craigslist. It's not uncommon for someone to put $1200ish into a truck and then sell it in the $600 range. You don't know how many times someone posts listing that's like 2 sentences worth of description and no pics. Then they have the balls to end it with "$700 CASH ONLY - FIRM"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on May 11, 2018, 07:11:47 AM
and they have dark, blurry pics of the vehicle just sitting in their garage, covered in dust and other clutter.

Its clear as day

not the best choice of words  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 11, 2018, 07:29:36 AM
I know some people love craigslist, but I find the whole interface to be rather garbage and mostly spam like listings.  I feel like the examples you guys presented are essentially spam in my mind. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 11, 2018, 07:52:27 AM
Here's a perfect example...

https://hartford.craigslist.org/tag/d/hobby-grade-rc-collection-sale/6548951024.html

$300 for what? The guy has 20 trucks for sale. Is that $300 for the whole lot? Per truck? Some random number? What is it? He lists a couple brand names, but no specific models. He's got 20 trucks for sale and not a single picture?

Dumb.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 11, 2018, 08:33:16 AM
Oh man.

Not having a picture is the WORST.  Its like, why bother?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: YtseBitsySpider on May 14, 2018, 10:35:30 AM
Chino. Can I interest you in a Tamiya Monster Beetle ?
(smirk) yup it still runs and I have back parts for most of it...
I'm kidding. She aint for sale.


Things I find mildly irritating - once again - people who hit the handicap button to open doors they easily could open themselves. These doors are VERY expensive to maintain, they break A LOT. So you're a germaphobe? So you just like pressing buttons? Smarten the fuck up. Some cripple is gonna come along and hit the button and because it's busted by able bodied folks who are lazy....well you get the idea.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 14, 2018, 10:37:22 AM
Chino. Can I interest you in a Tamiya Monster Beetle ?
(smirk) yup it still runs and I have back parts for most of it...
I'm kidding. She aint for sale.

Do you really have an original?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on May 14, 2018, 11:54:27 AM
I hate it when people misspell my name when writing an email to me, when you can clearly see how to spell my name in my email address. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 14, 2018, 12:21:39 PM
I hate it when people misspell my name when writing an email to me, when you can clearly see how to spell my name in my email address.

rondrums? :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on May 14, 2018, 12:37:12 PM
I hate it when people misspell my name when writing an email to me, when you can clearly see how to spell my name in my email address.

rondrums? :lol

You're not that far off, actually.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 14, 2018, 12:55:26 PM
Well mine is no where near my forum name here. 

King F. Shmegland
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: YtseBitsySpider on May 14, 2018, 12:56:28 PM
Chino. Can I interest you in a Tamiya Monster Beetle ?
(smirk) yup it still runs and I have back parts for most of it...
I'm kidding. She aint for sale.

Do you really have an original?

Yup. It has an aftermarket motor in it with a tad more pop. I would rate it's overall condition as....fair to good. But on the fair end. It's been driven and enjoyed not babied and kept on a shelf. I've got it all painted like an Ottawa Senators Hockey jersey. It gave a gas powered one a good run for it's money in a straight line...a little tippy on the corners.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 14, 2018, 12:58:53 PM
Chino. Can I interest you in a Tamiya Monster Beetle ?
(smirk) yup it still runs and I have back parts for most of it...
I'm kidding. She aint for sale.

Do you really have an original?

Yup. It has an aftermarket motor in it with a tad more pop. I would rate it's overall condition as....fair to good. But on the fair end. It's been driven and enjoyed not babied and kept on a shelf. I've got it all painted like an Ottawa Senators Hockey jersey. It gave a gas powered one a good run for it's money in a straight line...a little tippy on the corners.

Nice. Are you active in the hobby? I didn't know there was another RCer on this board.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on May 14, 2018, 06:14:00 PM
This may have been brought up in this long thread but I've been noticing this a lot more. People who come out of a sidestreet/parking lot/etc and stick the nose of their vehicle 2-3 feet into the travel lane. I'm not talking between the white line and the other area itself but actually into the god damn travel lane. And these fuckers come up fast and then slam on the brakes "to look" but enough to cause someone like myself to swerve possibly into the lane on my left or into someone next to me. I have pretty good reflexes but damn do these people cause a ton of issues because they overjudge their stopping points so they themselves can get out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 14, 2018, 07:40:16 PM
This may have been brought up in this long thread but I've been noticing this a lot more. People who come out of a sidestreet/parking lot/etc and stick the nose of their vehicle 2-3 feet into the travel lane. I'm not talking between the white line and the other area itself but actually into the god damn travel lane. And these fuckers come up fast and then slam on the brakes "to look" but enough to cause someone like myself to swerve possibly into the lane on my left or into someone next to me. I have pretty good reflexes but damn do these people cause a ton of issues because they overjudge their stopping points so they themselves can get out.
Conversely, I hate it when you pull up in one of those situation and are forced to move a foot or two into the lane to see around parked cars or other obstructions in order to see if any cars are coming.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: YtseBitsySpider on May 16, 2018, 07:34:44 AM
Chino. Can I interest you in a Tamiya Monster Beetle ?
(smirk) yup it still runs and I have back parts for most of it...
I'm kidding. She aint for sale.

Do you really have an original?

Yup. It has an aftermarket motor in it with a tad more pop. I would rate it's overall condition as....fair to good. But on the fair end. It's been driven and enjoyed not babied and kept on a shelf. I've got it all painted like an Ottawa Senators Hockey jersey. It gave a gas powered one a good run for it's money in a straight line...a little tippy on the corners.

Nice. Are you active in the hobby? I didn't know there was another RCer on this board.

I would say "no". I can charge batteries, take it apart, put it back together and drive it. That's about as far as I go.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 29, 2018, 07:15:10 AM
When people leave a voicemail, give a return number very quickly, and then hangup without repeating it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 29, 2018, 07:17:07 AM
When people leave a voicemail, give a return number very quickly, and then hangup without repeating it.

When someone applies for a job only to not set up their voicemail on their cellphone.   Kids, SET UP YOUR DAMN VOICEMAIL!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 29, 2018, 12:22:03 PM
When people leave a voicemail, give a return number very quickly, and then hangup without repeating it.

I hate that....  Same with folks who have difficult to pronounce or spell last names.  My name falls into that category, so my usual habit is to say my name at the beginning of the message and repeat and spell it at the end.


Unrelated:  It bugs me for some reason when folks apologize for things for which they shouldn't be apologizing.  The most recent example was when I went to the restroom this morning.  The door into the men's room is the standard heavy wood door that opens inward.  I was reaching for the door handle to open it when someone inside the restroom opened the door to leave.  I stepped to the side so he could do so, and he apologized to me.  I always want to say, "sorry for what?"  This happens all the time.

Slightly more annoying:  I was at the grocery store over the weekend.  One of the things I was there to grab was a half gallon of milk.  As I was approaching the refrigerated section, an older man got there first.  No problem there, but he parked his cart so that it blocked two doors and then proceeded to stand in front of door I wanted for a good 20-30 seconds.  Get the F*** out of the way!!!  It's like the old George Carlin routine where he admonishes someone for standing in front of the refrigerator while deciding what the person wants.  Take a freaking Polaroid and come back when you've figured it out.

Bonus third item is for the idiots who park their shopping cart on one side and then stand next to the cart so the entire aisle is impassible and then act surprised and annoyed when I say, "excuse me."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 29, 2018, 12:55:18 PM
For the record, I might have been that guy coming out of the bathroom. I say "I'm sorry" all the time.  I'm sorry for this post.

I also say excuse me; what I find irritating, is when people take it offensively, as if I was Steve Fucking Martin or I was calling them out.  NO.   I was literally saying "Please excuse my role in whatever the f*** this is right now".   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on May 29, 2018, 01:03:52 PM
Things I find mildly irritating - once again - people who hit the handicap button to open doors they easily could open themselves. These doors are VERY expensive to maintain, they break A LOT. So you're a germaphobe? So you just like pressing buttons? Smarten the fuck up. Some cripple is gonna come along and hit the button and because it's busted by able bodied folks who are lazy....well you get the idea.

Is this really a problem?  I think I've seen people FAR more often than not use the button rather than manually open the door for these types of doors.  And for good reason--they are usually a lot heavier than regular doors, and the auto-open mechanism often makes them VERY hard to open manually.  I ask sincerely because I've never heard that hitting the button causes any significant wear and tear that wouldn't be caused by manually opening the door anyway, and I don't recall ever seeing one broken/out of service. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 29, 2018, 01:09:36 PM
For the record, I might have been that guy coming out of the bathroom. I say "I'm sorry" all the time.  I'm sorry for this post.

I also say excuse me; what I find irritating, is when people take it offensively, as if I was Steve Fucking Martin or I was calling them out.  NO.   I was literally saying "Please excuse my role in whatever the f*** this is right now".

I usually go with what I hope is a friendly sounding "'scuse me" (even if what I want to say is "get the fuck out of my god damn way you idiot!").

The apologizing thing is more bemusing than it is annoying.  Of course, I've only recently become ok with people saying, "I'm sorry," when someone dies.  Previously, my thinking was, "why are you apologizing?  You didn't kill Bob, did you?!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 29, 2018, 01:13:01 PM
I try and say "Excuse me Ms." or "Excuse me sir" when I need someone to get the fuck out of my path. I like to think it sounds more polite.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 29, 2018, 02:52:38 PM
Things I find mildly irritating - once again - people who hit the handicap button to open doors they easily could open themselves. These doors are VERY expensive to maintain, they break A LOT. So you're a germaphobe? So you just like pressing buttons? Smarten the fuck up. Some cripple is gonna come along and hit the button and because it's busted by able bodied folks who are lazy....well you get the idea.

Is this really a problem?  I think I've seen people FAR more often than not use the button rather than manually open the door for these types of doors.  And for good reason--they are usually a lot heavier than regular doors, and the auto-open mechanism often makes them VERY hard to open manually.  I ask sincerely because I've never heard that hitting the button causes any significant wear and tear that wouldn't be caused by manually opening the door anyway, and I don't recall ever seeing one broken/out of service.

Interesting.   My dad is handicapped (acute arthritis since about 30) and so has a handicapped sticker for his car, etc.   I know it's a pet peeve of his when cars park in the handicapped spots to "just run in for a minute".  He once took a picture of a police car parked in a handicapped spot to get a pizza once (not at all coincidentally, I got pulled over like four times in the next month).   I get it, not the same thing.   BUT, the building where my ten year old goes to see his doctor has one of those doors.  I tell him EVERY time not to hit the button because it's "not for him".   I just want him to recognize that it's there for a reason, that the handicapped symbol is there for a reason, and he should think about it before he hits the button.  Honestly, it's not hurting anyone if he does (not like taking one of a finite number of parking spots) but it's about awareness.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on May 29, 2018, 03:17:20 PM
No, I get the parking space thing.  People have no right to those unless they have a legitimate placard (but don't get me started on the fact that CA law mandates so many of those spaces that you legitimately see half a dozen or [more frequently] MORE sitting unused at even the busiest times).  But the door issue doesn't seem similar to me--especially where there is only ONE door, and it is a power door like that so the only choice is to hit the button or open it manually.  I know they aren't ALL like this, but the exit door from the secured area in my building is one of those.  And that particular door is EXTREMELY hard to open without hitting the button.  I'm not a small dude, and I have to put my weight into it to get it to move, and even then, it opens VERY slowly because of the resistance.  On the flipside, if you hit the button, it just opens right up, no problem.  So as a result, people almost always use the button.  Again, I realize that not all of them are like that.  But for whatever reason, the mechanism on this door makes it take longer and take WAY more physical exertion to open it without using the button.  And it is the ONLY exit door from the secured area.  So I've never even thought twice about using the button on that one.

That said, I do generally get the idea of "this isn't meant for you, so don't use it."  I guess I would apply that to situations where, for instance, there is more than one door, and one of them is the disabled-access power door.  Unless there is a reason to use that door in that specific situation, I wouldn't even use it and would use one of the regular doors for that same reason--that power door is meant for a specific use, which isn't mine.  But if I did need to use it, I wasn't aware that using the button was an issue, especially for doors that have issues like what I mention above.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 29, 2018, 03:41:22 PM
Things I find mildly irritating - once again - people who hit the handicap button to open doors they easily could open themselves. These doors are VERY expensive to maintain, they break A LOT. So you're a germaphobe? So you just like pressing buttons? Smarten the fuck up. Some cripple is gonna come along and hit the button and because it's busted by able bodied folks who are lazy....well you get the idea.

Is this really a problem?  I think I've seen people FAR more often than not use the button rather than manually open the door for these types of doors.  And for good reason--they are usually a lot heavier than regular doors, and the auto-open mechanism often makes them VERY hard to open manually.  I ask sincerely because I've never heard that hitting the button causes any significant wear and tear that wouldn't be caused by manually opening the door anyway, and I don't recall ever seeing one broken/out of service.

Interesting.   My dad is handicapped (acute arthritis since about 30) and so has a handicapped sticker for his car, etc.   I know it's a pet peeve of his when cars park in the handicapped spots to "just run in for a minute".  He once took a picture of a police car parked in a handicapped spot to get a pizza once (not at all coincidentally, I got pulled over like four times in the next month).   I get it, not the same thing.   BUT, the building where my ten year old goes to see his doctor has one of those doors.  I tell him EVERY time not to hit the button because it's "not for him".   I just want him to recognize that it's there for a reason, that the handicapped symbol is there for a reason, and he should think about it before he hits the button.  Honestly, it's not hurting anyone if he does (not like taking one of a finite number of parking spots) but it's about awareness.

Stadler, that's funny. I kind of feel the same way. Kind of like be respectful of the people that need to use it. Whenever I had to return a Mart Cart back into the store from the lot, I'd always walk it in, unless it was one of those that you had to sit in to operate.

The Lovely Mrs TAC works at an elderly facility, and frankly, these doors are so freaking heavy you almost have to push the button. Even when I do open the door manually, I feel like I'm about to bust the mechanism.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 30, 2018, 08:03:17 AM
High Humidity.  Its brutal today
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on May 30, 2018, 08:30:33 PM
I left Florida thinking humidity couldn't get any worse, that is until I moved to North Carolina.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 31, 2018, 10:14:03 AM
I left Florida thinking humidity couldn't get any worse, that is until I moved to North Carolina.

Well the Florida humidity was terrible and when I got back to NJ I realized NJ is just as bad  :lol  The whole east coast is terrible I guess with humidity.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 31, 2018, 10:21:22 AM
I am from the PNW and have lived here my whole life and did not travel much growing up. In August I flew to Virginia to attend college, and when I got off the plane I thought I was going to die. I had never felt humidity like that before.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on May 31, 2018, 04:04:33 PM
This might be more than mildly irritating.  Something smells in my kitchen and I can't fucking figure it out.  I'm starting to think some small animal may have died under the floor.  I'm one of those people who has a hyper sense of smell.  The rest of my family can barely smell it.  It is making me nauseated.  And crazy trying to figure out where it is coming from.  I have literally sterilized every square inch of my kitchen.   :huh:

I think we may need to sell the house. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 31, 2018, 07:53:27 PM
This might be more than mildly irritating.  Something smells in my kitchen and I can't fucking figure it out.  I'm starting to think some small animal may have died under the floor.  I'm one of those people who has a hyper sense of smell.  The rest of my family can barely smell it.  It is making me nauseated.  And crazy trying to figure out where it is coming from.  I have literally sterilized every square inch of my kitchen.   :huh:

I think we may need to sell the house.

Haha.  I don't know where you live, but where I am (the Northeast), that smell is not that uncommon.  The good thing:  it's usually a mouse or a chipmunk, and is gone in 3 to 5 weeks.  By the time you get the house listed, and on the market, it's likely going to be gone.   :).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 31, 2018, 07:54:44 PM
My entry for the day: companies whose hold music is the same 20-second clip on an endless loop. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 01, 2018, 05:48:28 AM
People in cities that ride bicycles on crowded sidewalks
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 02, 2018, 09:37:49 AM
Student loan interest is driving me mental

It seems like everytime I make a payment, when I come back to make another payment, the total amount is right back up to where it was originally. I'm still at $124,000...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 04, 2018, 06:19:10 AM
Student loan interest is driving me mental

It seems like everytime I make a payment, when I come back to make another payment, the total amount is right back up to where it was originally. I'm still at $124,000...

My girlfriend is paying upwards of $600 a month and only like $110 goes to principle.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on June 04, 2018, 06:27:25 AM
Student loan interest is driving me mental

It seems like everytime I make a payment, when I come back to make another payment, the total amount is right back up to where it was originally. I'm still at $124,000...

My girlfriend is paying upwards of $600 a month and only like $110 goes to principle.

I've seen student loan payment vouchers that list minimum payments that are interest only (my youngest son).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 04, 2018, 06:36:34 AM
Yeah, I actually sat down the other day and actually calculated how much was interest and its almost half  :omg:

So a lot of my monthly payment of $1440 is going right out the window. I'm think I'm gonna go into starving artist mode for a little while and put all my financial effort into getting these loans down, otherwise the interest will eat me alive.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on June 04, 2018, 07:05:34 AM
Gas stations that have audio and/or visual advertising at the pumps that you cannot turn off.  I was at one in Michigan that had a full a/v presentation that there was no way to mute or turn off in any way, shape or form.  I just wanted to fill up and go!  Instead, I was yelling at it "MAKE IT STOP! HOW DO YOU TURN THIS OFF?!?!?" 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 04, 2018, 07:12:55 AM
Gas stations that have audio and/or visual advertising at the pumps that you cannot turn off.  I was at one in Michigan that had a full a/v presentation that there was no way to mute or turn off in any way, shape or form.  I just wanted to fill up and go!  Instead, I was yelling at it "MAKE IT STOP! HOW DO YOU TURN THIS OFF?!?!?"

Those drive me nut. The pumps near my parents' house are terrible. You squeeze the trigger and 15-20 seconds of a commercial plays before fuel actually starts flowing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 04, 2018, 07:20:52 AM
Gas stations that have audio and/or visual advertising at the pumps that you cannot turn off.  I was at one in Michigan that had a full a/v presentation that there was no way to mute or turn off in any way, shape or form.  I just wanted to fill up and go!  Instead, I was yelling at it "MAKE IT STOP! HOW DO YOU TURN THIS OFF?!?!?"

I miss the god damn early 90's so much. It was so much more quieter back then. I too can't stand the gas station TV, advertising screens. Just leave me the hell alone for the few mins I am pumping gas.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 04, 2018, 07:27:35 AM
Gas stations that have audio and/or visual advertising at the pumps that you cannot turn off.  I was at one in Michigan that had a full a/v presentation that there was no way to mute or turn off in any way, shape or form.  I just wanted to fill up and go!  Instead, I was yelling at it "MAKE IT STOP! HOW DO YOU TURN THIS OFF?!?!?"

I miss the god damn early 90's so much. It was so much more quieter back then. I too can't stand the gas station TV, advertising screens. Just leave me the hell alone for the few mins I am pumping gas.

You and me both.   My (old; I left there because they were sheisters) dentist has TV sets screwed to the ceiling so you don't have to miss even a MINUTE of The View!   

It's amazing; I wonder if some of these kids can even manage a half and hour with their own thoughts.   I once sat in a concrete stairwell by myself for six hours (for work; I was a security guard) with nothing but my thoughts and a metal foldup chair.   I tell people that and they're like "whoa, dude, what did you DO?  Did you go crazy???" and I'm like, no, actually, it was peaceful.  It was relaxing.  I wrote two songs.  I thought through some issues I was dealing with at the time (I was in college).    Yeah, I was craving a drink for most of it (I was in college), but it wasn't like "torture" or the end of the world.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 04, 2018, 09:11:35 AM
Gas stations that have audio and/or visual advertising at the pumps that you cannot turn off.  I was at one in Michigan that had a full a/v presentation that there was no way to mute or turn off in any way, shape or form.  I just wanted to fill up and go!  Instead, I was yelling at it "MAKE IT STOP! HOW DO YOU TURN THIS OFF?!?!?"

This makes me feel happy that I don't pump my own gas (even though I probably would just rather, but I think this is the first time I've heard about a negative to doing it yourself)

Yeah, I actually sat down the other day and actually calculated how much was interest and its almost half  :omg:

So a lot of my monthly payment of $1440 is going right out the window. I'm think I'm gonna go into starving artist mode for a little while and put all my financial effort into getting these loans down, otherwise the interest will eat me alive.

Yea, knowing how much going to interest makes it a hard pill to swallow.  If you could even just save a little more to put towards the principle it will help a lot down the road.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on June 06, 2018, 07:51:47 AM
I think the gas station companies have upgraded to video without a mute option after seeing how many of the audio players had smashed mute buttons.  I wonder how that seems to be a better solution than just maybe, I don't know, removing that nonsense altogether.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 06, 2018, 11:43:43 AM
When people make polls asking what their favorite album is by X artist...

But leave the best album off of the poll.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 14, 2018, 11:14:57 AM
Yesterday was my daughter's middle school graduation ceremony (or, as they call it, "promotion").

Since I don't know why they use "promotion" instead of "graduation," I'm not sure if I find it irritating, but what I do find irritating is when 366 kids have to walk and have their names announced and the principal asks that folks hold their applause until everyone has been announced but 75% of the kids get huge whoops and shouts.  Most of the time I say "whatever," but occasionally, some group keeps it up long enough that it becomes difficult to hear the next kid's name (which I assume sucks for that next kid's family).

The other thing I found odd (but not rising to the level of irritating) is how many folks made a HUGE deal out of a middle school graduation in terms of massive bunches of balloons and flowers and money necklaces and what-not.  I was talking with one of my daughter's friend's mother, and she was saying, "I feel like the 'bad mom' for not having any flowers or anything."  I said we didn't get anything for our daughter either (and hadn't gotten anything for our son two years earlier) because it's just middle school, and 90+% of the kids will be attending the same high school next year (in the district where we live, six elementary schools feed into two middle schools, which feed into one high school).  It's nice to have a ceremony, but it really doesn't seem like that big of a deal.

In our district, the mascots for the two middle schools are Lions and Eagles, and the high school mascot is Griffins.  I don't know why, but I think that's vaguely clever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 14, 2018, 02:23:10 PM


Since I don't know why they use "promotion" instead of "graduation," I'm not sure if I find it irritating, but what I do find irritating is when 366 kids have to walk and have their names announced and the principal asks that folks hold their applause until everyone has been announced but 75% of the kids get huge whoops and shouts.  Most of the time I say "whatever," but occasionally, some group keeps it up long enough that it becomes difficult to hear the next kid's name (which I assume sucks for that next kid's family).

First, congratulations to your daughter.  In my day, last day of school, the homeroom teacher handed out certificates to that class.  The way it should be.

Second, I'M WITH YOU.  Holy cow; it's not actually mildly irritating; it drives me BATSHIT CRAZY that so many people are "fuck the rules" like that.  I think it's so disrespectful and rude.  I've actually talked to my daughter about it and told her that out of respect for HER, and so that we don't embarrass HER we're not going to do that, but to not for a second think that we don't love her and aren't proud of her accomplishments.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 14, 2018, 02:39:08 PM
The whole graduation thing is just irritating.  I didn't even want to attend my own graduation.  Sitting through all the names is just painful for everyone. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 14, 2018, 04:03:48 PM


Since I don't know why they use "promotion" instead of "graduation," I'm not sure if I find it irritating, but what I do find irritating is when 366 kids have to walk and have their names announced and the principal asks that folks hold their applause until everyone has been announced but 75% of the kids get huge whoops and shouts.  Most of the time I say "whatever," but occasionally, some group keeps it up long enough that it becomes difficult to hear the next kid's name (which I assume sucks for that next kid's family).

First, congratulations to your daughter.  In my day, last day of school, the homeroom teacher handed out certificates to that class.  The way it should be.

Second, I'M WITH YOU.  Holy cow; it's not actually mildly irritating; it drives me BATSHIT CRAZY that so many people are "fuck the rules" like that.  I think it's so disrespectful and rude.  I've actually talked to my daughter about it and told her that out of respect for HER, and so that we don't embarrass HER we're not going to do that, but to not for a second think that we don't love her and aren't proud of her accomplishments.   

Thanks!  Fortunately, my daughter uber secure in who she is so as not to worry about being part of the 25% who doesn't have someone screaming like an imbecile for her.  She's a seriously awesome person.  She also knows that mom and I follow the rules.

When I "graduated" from 8th grade (Roman Catholic school in 1981), our graduation ceremony was held in the church and was part of a mass, so there certainly was no whooping, but we did get our "diplomas" at the ceremony (I think I still have mine somewhere).  They didn't hand out the "diplomas" yesterday, and the principal made a point of saying that today was still a school day (albeit a half day) and that the kids needed to show up to receive the "diplomas."

By the way, this whole thing is the same mindset that causes Slayer fans to rip cushions off the seats and throw them around the arena and justify it by saying, "we were just having fun."


The whole graduation thing is just irritating.  I didn't even want to attend my own graduation.  Sitting through all the names is just painful for everyone. 

Ehh...I'm on the fence about it, but it'll be a bigger deal with high school graduation comes around (that'll be about 700 kids and will take place at the StubHub Center, which is where the Chargers are playing their home games while the new stadium is being built, so I'm REALLY not looking forward to that).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 15, 2018, 07:34:59 AM
The whole graduation thing is just irritating.  I didn't even want to attend my own graduation.  Sitting through all the names is just painful for everyone. 

Ehh...I'm on the fence about it, but it'll be a bigger deal with high school graduation comes around (that'll be about 700 kids and will take place at the StubHub Center, which is where the Chargers are playing their home games while the new stadium is being built, so I'm REALLY not looking forward to that).

Certainly wasn't saying not to have them at all, just personally I found them boring and a bit too much.  However, the location and speeches can be interesting.  My high school graduation was at the PNC Bank Arts Center which is a big amphitheater that I frequent for many concerts including seeing Iron Maiden and Dream Theater there so I always find that cool, although the actual graduation itself was boring.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on June 15, 2018, 08:03:16 AM
I find it annoying that schools feel the need to have graduation ceremonies for any grade other than actually graduating high school. Heck, graduating high school isn't really that big of an accomplishment much less kindergarten, 5th grade, 8th grade, etc.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 15, 2018, 08:27:00 AM
I find it annoying that schools feel the need to have graduation ceremonies for any grade other than actually graduating high school. Heck, graduating high school isn't really that big of an accomplishment much less kindergarten, 5th grade, 8th grade, etc.

I agree 100%.

High school was a joke. I slept or daydreamed through most of the classes and they handed me a piece of paper saying that I was present. High school felt more like daycare for teenagers and I couldn't wait to get free from it. Everyone was patting me on the back and all I could think about the whole time was "I didn't earn anything" and "I don't deserve this praise". Even most of college was joke.

What has happened to actual rights of passage? Working hard, overcoming adversity and earning what you have. It takes pressure to makes diamonds. I probably will never have a kid, but if I ever did, then these are the values I would instill in them. I have no desire to worship or put my child on a pedestal. I will prepare them for the harsh realities of this life and how to be an independent adult. Self esteem means nothing if there isn't anything to back it up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 15, 2018, 09:53:05 AM
I find it annoying that schools feel the need to have graduation ceremonies for any grade other than actually graduating high school. Heck, graduating high school isn't really that big of an accomplishment much less kindergarten, 5th grade, 8th grade, etc.

I agree 100%.

High school was a joke. I slept or daydreamed through most of the classes and they handed me a piece of paper saying that I was present. High school felt more like daycare for teenagers and I couldn't wait to get free from it. Everyone was patting me on the back and all I could think about the whole time was "I didn't earn anything" and "I don't deserve this praise". Even most of college was joke.

What has happened to actual rights of passage? Working hard, overcoming adversity and earning what you have. It takes pressure to makes diamonds. I probably will never have a kid, but if I ever did, then these are the values I would instill in them. I have no desire to worship or put my child on a pedestal. I will prepare them for the harsh realities of this life and how to be an independent adult. Self esteem means nothing if there isn't anything to back it up.

Not to be an ass or anything, but if you treated high school (and college) like a joke, it's not really surprising that you feel that way.  Surely you can understand that it's very different for folks who take their education seriously, can't you?

I'm not sure what you mean when you refer to "actual rites of passage" and then refer to "working hard, overcoming adversity and earning what you have."  Just because you didn't work hard or overcome adversity to get through high school or college doesn't mean others didn't do so.  And graduating high school is very much a "rite of passage."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 15, 2018, 10:19:15 AM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on June 15, 2018, 06:53:57 PM
Anyone have an employer who is pushing mindfulness and meditation to counter stress at work?  Don't get me wrong here, I think stress reduction and relaxation techniques can be very beneficial for long term health, but it is really starting to irk me that my boss/company is pushing this practice on staff.  I get that some people like it and that's fine.  But for me, it just makes me less productive and amotivated.  Like taking a nap would.

If our bosses want stress reduction and improved productivity I would think exercise would be much more effective.  But really, maybe they should just let us do our jobs and leave us the fuck alone if we are doing it well. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 15, 2018, 09:39:42 PM
But really, maybe they should just let us do our jobs and leave us the fuck alone if we are doing it well.

Big fan of that approach. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on June 16, 2018, 08:04:04 AM
I generally agree as well, although I am a big fan of naps. I only live 10-12 minutes from work and occasionally I will go home for lunch and take a 20-30 minute power nap.  I always feel more awake after that, but then again, I suffer from apnea, so any sleep is a good thing, even if it is just a quick nap.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on June 16, 2018, 08:12:56 PM
But really, maybe they should just let us do our jobs and leave us the fuck alone if we are doing it well.

Big fan of that approach.

Absolutely. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 21, 2018, 06:14:42 AM
So I just saw the commercial to Jurassic World for like the hundredth time. Every time I see it, I think this looks so fucking stupid. And the dinosaurs look so fake. I think Japan did it better with Godzilla back in the day. Why is this movie even being made? To take dumb fucking people's money, that's why.

I didn't have an issue with the plot for the original movie/book. A research island with dinosaurs on it. OK...I'd never read that, but it's not the worst idea in the world.

But why make another one? Who fucking cares? It's just rewrapped garbage. Why on earth would anyone see this? The effects? Like I said, they look fake as hell, though I don't doubt it takes an enormous amount of talent and effort to put it together, but if it looks like ass, what good is it?


I can't believe people are going to fork over hard earned cash for this.


tl:dr
I hate when people try and steal my money because they assume I'm too dumb to realize it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 21, 2018, 06:52:10 AM
They are not stealing your money if you don't go.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on June 21, 2018, 07:04:30 AM
I've always found the JP movies to be reasonably entertaining. People want popcorn flicks. They're almost always formulaic and retreads of previous movies. Most people are fine with that. If you don't like it don't go. They're not stealing my money. I'm willing to pay knowing exactly what I'm getting myself into.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 21, 2018, 07:46:41 AM
The original JP was a classic IMO.  As Hollywood does with all successful movies, they try to milk it.  I didn't hate the 2nd, but it was definitely a downward trend that continued with the third.  People loved the 4th, but I didn't care for it.  I have no interest in seeing another now.  Then again, I go to the movies maybe once a year if at all so I'm not really the target audience for movies anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 21, 2018, 08:01:07 AM
A couple people in my family are all doing backflips over Jurassic Universe or whatever the f--- it's called, and honestly I can't care less.  The first one was cool in a "wow, I've never seen THAT before!" kind of way, but the last one... pffft.  It doesn't help that I don't care about Chris Pratt or Dallas Bryce Howard or whatever her name is.   

Having said that, I took the kids to the Incredibles 2 in 3D... HOLY MACKEREL!    What a movie!  That was a quality flick on all levels.  I REALLY enjoyed that movie. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 21, 2018, 06:37:57 PM
I'm going to see JP this weekend. It's not going to cinematic masterpiece but it's something entertaining to watch while I eat popcorn, drink beers, and mentally check out for two hours.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 22, 2018, 05:44:12 AM
I'm with Reaper and Lordxizor.  Sometimes I just want an eye-candy movie.  When I go out to restaurants, sometimes it's Osso Bucco and a $50 bottle of wine, sometimes it's 5-guys and an orange crush.  Not everything needs to be a cinematic masterpiece for it to be enjoyable.  And sometimes, movies are so bad, they're good/funny.  Battleship comes to mind.  Loved that flick, knowing it was terrible.

Get off your lawn, Tim.   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 22, 2018, 06:36:11 AM
We're lucky Tim knows how to load music on an I-Pod!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 22, 2018, 08:15:46 AM
I'm with Reaper and Lordxizor.  Sometimes I just want an eye-candy movie.  When I go out to restaurants, sometimes it's Osso Bucco and a $50 bottle of wine, sometimes it's 5-guys and an orange crush.  Not everything needs to be a cinematic masterpiece for it to be enjoyable.  And sometimes, movies are so bad, they're good/funny.  Battleship comes to mind.  Loved that flick, knowing it was terrible.

Get off your lawn, Tim.   :lol

No, no, I'm cool with that; I'm a huge fan of the Fast and Furious series, and I'm a sucker for the recent spate of Dwayne Johnson schlock films but JP itself does nothing for me.  I laughed my ass off at Girls Trip, and that was as low-brow as it gets.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 22, 2018, 08:28:38 AM
Did you see Blocked?  God that was piss-my-pants funny.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 22, 2018, 09:08:05 AM
I'm with Reaper and Lordxizor.  Sometimes I just want an eye-candy movie.  When I go out to restaurants, sometimes it's Osso Bucco and a $50 bottle of wine, sometimes it's 5-guys and an orange crush.  Not everything needs to be a cinematic masterpiece for it to be enjoyable.  And sometimes, movies are so bad, they're good/funny.  Battleship comes to mind.  Loved that flick, knowing it was terrible.

Get off your lawn, Tim.   :lol

No, no, I'm cool with that; I'm a huge fan of the Fast and Furious series, and I'm a sucker for the recent spate of Dwayne Johnson schlock films but JP itself does nothing for me.  I laughed my ass off at Girls Trip, and that was as low-brow as it gets.

I'd watch it.

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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 22, 2018, 09:30:34 AM
Only if it was directed by Michael Bay.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 22, 2018, 09:41:24 AM
Not gonna lie. I'd probably go see that, lol.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 24, 2018, 12:06:25 PM
Id see that in a heartbeat.  Wouldn't even think twice (and funny enough, it's just plausible enough that I can see it happening.  For fuck's sake, Vin Diesel jumped a car from skyscraper to skyscraper!)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 30, 2018, 07:16:13 PM
Definitely find it annoying when dealership websites do not take down sold vehicles, but have them just sitting there mixed in with the available models, so you are sifting through and and get excited, but then see that its sold.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 19, 2018, 12:14:32 PM
Extremely mild Facebook irritation here, but like herpes it always comes back no matter how hard I try to avoid them. Inspirational Facebook posts. You know, the longwinded ones about (usually single, working) motherhood, with the mom breaking down crying at least once in the story, talking about how everything is so difficult but it's all worth it in the end. Or the ones that have an image that sounds like a clickbait article, like "I don't help my wife" and then it's a long sappy post about how the man just helps around the house because he's not a slob and his wife is the spit and image of perfection. I dunno, man. It's all so corny.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 19, 2018, 12:45:15 PM
Mild irritation?
- when people - usually girls, for some reason - pronounce "food" to rhyme with "feud". 
- when people add "super" to every adjective.  "I'm SUPER excited about seeing Candace Night next week."   "That's a SUPER great post, Stadler!"

Moderate, bordering on severe, irritation?
- the increasing tendency to over-hyperbolize everything.   Taylor Swift isn't just an average singer, she's the "worst singer in pop history".   Trump isn't just a polarizing President, he is "stunningly, transcendently incompetent!" 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on July 19, 2018, 12:51:19 PM

- the increasing tendency to over-hyperbolize everything.   

Irony!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 19, 2018, 12:52:20 PM

- the increasing tendency to over-hyperbolize everything.   

Irony!

It's super ironic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 19, 2018, 12:59:14 PM
You two are the worst posters in the history of forums.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 19, 2018, 01:00:49 PM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on July 19, 2018, 01:01:15 PM
You two are the worst posters in the history of forums.

I actually have a version of that tattooed on my lower back.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 19, 2018, 01:50:47 PM
You two are the worst posters in the history of forums.

I actually have a version of that tattooed on my lower back.

I know. I saw it. 

 :-*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 19, 2018, 03:02:35 PM
Mild irritation?
- when people - usually girls, for some reason - pronounce "food" to rhyme with "feud". 
- when people add "super" to every adjective.  "I'm SUPER excited about seeing Candace Night next week."   "That's a SUPER great post, Stadler!"

Moderate, bordering on severe, irritation?
- the increasing tendency to over-hyperbolize everything.   Taylor Swift isn't just an average singer, she's the "worst singer in pop history".   Trump isn't just a polarizing President, he is "stunningly, transcendently incompetent!"

This is the most super-ridiculous thing I've ever read in my entire life!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 19, 2018, 03:04:26 PM
I was reminded recently of something that isn't really a big deal anymore but used to be incredibly irritating.

Female companion:  "Oh...don't get me any fries; I'll just eat some of yours."

What I want to say:  The fuck you will!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on July 19, 2018, 03:48:09 PM
I think it was not too long ago I was mildly irritated by something, but I forgot what it was.  Oh well, I'll try to remember the next one... :justjen
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 19, 2018, 04:08:11 PM
I was reminded recently of something that isn't really a big deal anymore but used to be incredibly irritating.

Female companion:  "Oh...don't get me any fries; I'll just eat some of yours."

What I want to say:  The fuck you will!

 :lol

My wife does this all the time. We'll go through the drive through at Dunkin' and I'll ask her if she wants a coffee, and it's always, I'll have some of yours. That medium I was going to order just turned into a large.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 19, 2018, 08:13:29 PM
I was reminded recently of something that isn't really a big deal anymore but used to be incredibly irritating.

Female companion:  "Oh...don't get me any fries; I'll just eat some of yours."

What I want to say:  The fuck you will!

 :lol

My wife does this all the time. We'll go through the drive through at Dunkin' and I'll ask her if she wants a coffee, and it's always, I'll have some of yours. That medium I was going to order just turned into a large.

At least she asked before you bought.  My ex used to say "Nah, I'm good."   I'd be pulling out of the drive through and she'd be all "Hey, can I have a sip of that?"  The fuck you will!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on July 19, 2018, 11:15:23 PM
I was reminded recently of something that isn't really a big deal anymore but used to be incredibly irritating.

Female companion:  "Oh...don't get me any fries; I'll just eat some of yours."

What I want to say:  The fuck you will!


My wife does this all the time. We'll go through the drive through at Dunkin' and I'll ask her if she wants a coffee, and it's always, I'll have some of yours. That medium I was going to order just turned into a large.

At least she asked before you bought.  My ex used to say "Nah, I'm good."   I'd be pulling out of the drive through and she'd be all "Hey, can I have a sip of that?"  The fuck you will!

My wife absolutely does this. Orders salad at a restaurant and asks to pilfer “a few” fries front my burger platter. Sometimes it’s truly just a few, others it’s literally 1/3 of what’s in front of me.

Other frequent happenenings:
“Can I have a sip?” turns into 3-4 full size swallows.

“Can I have a bite of what you’re having?” Then ensues a monster chomp the size of 2-3 regular bites. And me being a picky eater, half the time I don’t like what she’s eating and won’t enjoy returning the favor.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 20, 2018, 04:10:52 AM
Speaking of wife irritations.... when the fuck did she forget how to use an ATM.  Whenever she needs money, it's straight to my wallet.  I swear to god I want to put a fucking PIN on it.  Seriously, it shouldn't annoy me (we're not the couple that has 'mine' and 'your' money... it's all 'our' money), but it annoys the hell out of me.

Same goes for gas.  First, she gets all freaky the instant the light comes on the dashboard - she won't even go a few miles.  Second, she practically insists that I take the vehicle with the lowest gas, so that I'm always the one filling it up.  I've even gone out in the evening before bed to fill it up, because she can't/won't leave a few minutes early to wherever she's going in the morning to fill it up.

/endrant
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on July 20, 2018, 05:46:13 AM
I was reminded recently of something that isn't really a big deal anymore but used to be incredibly irritating.

Female companion:  "Oh...don't get me any fries; I'll just eat some of yours."

What I want to say:  The fuck you will!

Amen. By now I'm Pavlov-programmed to order two spoons with whatever dessert I'm having.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 20, 2018, 06:42:02 AM
Speaking of wife irritations.... when the fuck did she forget how to use an ATM.  Whenever she needs money, it's straight to my wallet.  I swear to god I want to put a fucking PIN on it.  Seriously, it shouldn't annoy me (we're not the couple that has 'mine' and 'your' money... it's all 'our' money), but it annoys the hell out of me.

Same goes for gas.  First, she gets all freaky the instant the light comes on the dashboard - she won't even go a few miles.  Second, she practically insists that I take the vehicle with the lowest gas, so that I'm always the one filling it up.  I've even gone out in the evening before bed to fill it up, because she can't/won't leave a few minutes early to wherever she's going in the morning to fill it up.

/endrant

I have so much more I could add. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 20, 2018, 06:55:29 AM

I have so much more I could add. :lol

Please do. I am curious to hear your thoughts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 20, 2018, 07:51:02 AM

Same goes for gas.  First, she gets all freaky the instant the light comes on the dashboard - she won't even go a few miles.  Second, she practically insists that I take the vehicle with the lowest gas, so that I'm always the one filling it up.  I've even gone out in the evening before bed to fill it up, because she can't/won't leave a few minutes early to wherever she's going in the morning to fill it up.

Your wife isn't from Connecticut is she?   Because that's my current wife.  It doesn't help that I've run out of gas a couple times in my life, and I've told her about them, but she even gets freaky at a 1/4 a tank so it's not just about that.   I don't really mind filling the tank - at least between April and November - but still.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 20, 2018, 10:32:44 AM
Speaking of wife irritations.... when the fuck did she forget how to use an ATM.  Whenever she needs money, it's straight to my wallet.  I swear to god I want to put a fucking PIN on it.  Seriously, it shouldn't annoy me (we're not the couple that has 'mine' and 'your' money... it's all 'our' money), but it annoys the hell out of me.

My wife always has money. Always. If she sees two bucks on my bureau, she's like, "Where did you get that?" I thinking "It's TWO fucking dollars! Who cares!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 23, 2018, 11:46:22 AM
Job listings online don't post a salary range for the position.

There are two cannabis industry jobs (compliance management) in this state that I am perfectly qualified for and I am entertaining the thought of applying just for shits, but I really don't want to go through the hassle of updating my resume, creating a new cover letter, and taking time off to interview only to find out it pays $15 an hour.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 23, 2018, 11:57:29 AM
Rocks and other debris when trying to do grass work. Loads of super tiny rocks and dirt along the road and front grass at work and they usually aren't bad but today I hit a fairly large one and beaned the lower part of my shin hard enough that I'm still feeling deep pain there, and hit something that nearly took my eye out. At least I got the grass edged...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on July 23, 2018, 12:01:15 PM
Rocks and other debris when trying to do grass work. Loads of super tiny rocks and dirt along the road and front grass at work and they usually aren't bad but today I hit a fairly large one and beaned the lower part of my shin hard enough that I'm still feeling deep pain there, and hit something that nearly took my eye out. At least I got the grass edged...

I always wear safety glasses when doing string trimming or edging for that reason. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 23, 2018, 06:18:41 PM
Your wifes cell phone voicemail is not working and you're on the phone for an hour and no results yet. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 23, 2018, 06:31:03 PM
Sounds like someone is in trouble.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 23, 2018, 06:57:10 PM
1 1/2 later and it's fixed.  No answer to why it happened.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 24, 2018, 10:33:33 AM
I was reminded of this one this morning:

Sometimes, when in a public restroom or fast-food or similar restaurant, the paper towel or napkin dispenser will be stuffed so full that it is impossible to extract a towel or napkin without ripping the first several to shreds.  When this happens and the dispenser allows for it, I will usually open the dispenser up and get my towels/napkins that way.  Otherwise, I'll just dig in and pull out about 20 so that the pressure is alleviated.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 24, 2018, 10:36:52 AM
Rocks and other debris when trying to do grass work. Loads of super tiny rocks and dirt along the road and front grass at work and they usually aren't bad but today I hit a fairly large one and beaned the lower part of my shin hard enough that I'm still feeling deep pain there, and hit something that nearly took my eye out. At least I got the grass edged...

I always wear safety glasses when doing string trimming or edging for that reason.

I wasn't wearing safety glasses but I was wearing sunglasses and was amazed at how it managed to still fly past them and hit me so close to the eye. Like, of all the millions of possible trajectories it could have taken...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on July 25, 2018, 08:14:50 AM
Things that I find very irritating:

People who use staple removers to pinch and PULL a staple out, ripping the corner of a document.  If you place the prongs under the staple and just squeeze, and the staple will pop out easily.  There's no need to physically pull and rip a basic staple out. 

So many official insurance policy documents that I get from my company's receptionist or mailroom have the corners ripped apart.  It's embarrassing to send a document in that condition to a client and is completely infuriating when it's such an easy thing to remedy...but a lot of people don't understand how to actually use a staple remover without damaging paper.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 25, 2018, 08:33:52 AM
In my 29 years of existence, I don't think I've ever used a staple remover. I have had one in my desk drawer for nearly 5 years now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 25, 2018, 08:34:31 AM
Can't remember the last time I even saw a staple remover
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 25, 2018, 08:39:24 AM
In my 29 years of existence, I don't think I've ever used a staple remover. I have had on in my desk drawer for nearly 5 years now.

I use one all the time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 25, 2018, 08:44:15 AM
Looks like the one time I used a staple remover, I did it wrong  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 25, 2018, 10:27:19 AM
I never knew this was how to use a staple remover.

I just tried it... and my mind has been BLOWN.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 25, 2018, 11:46:35 AM
Things that I find very irritating:

People who use staple removers to pinch and PULL a staple out, ripping the corner of a document.  If you place the prongs under the staple and just squeeze, and the staple will pop out easily.  There's no need to physically pull and rip a basic staple out. 

So many official insurance policy documents that I get from my company's receptionist or mailroom have the corners ripped apart.  It's embarrassing to send a document in that condition to a client and is completely infuriating when it's such an easy thing to remedy...but a lot of people don't understand how to actually use a staple remover without damaging paper.

Yeah...'cause a staple remover is such a precision device that always works exactly as intended.

Unfortunately, the only staple remover I have at my desk is not the type you described, so I cannot conduct my normal rigorous scientific testing.

Notwithstanding the above, I get your point, although I usually just use my thumb nail to remove staples.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on July 25, 2018, 12:04:23 PM
I often find more success using the staple remover on the back of the staple.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 25, 2018, 01:11:18 PM
The flat style it 1 million times better than the old school claw.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on July 25, 2018, 04:03:17 PM
I was reminded recently of something that isn't really a big deal anymore but used to be incredibly irritating.

Female companion:  "Oh...don't get me any fries; I'll just eat some of yours."

What I want to say:  The fuck you will!

 :lol

My wife does this all the time. We'll go through the drive through at Dunkin' and I'll ask her if she wants a coffee, and it's always, I'll have some of yours. That medium I was going to order just turned into a large.

Tim Tim Tim...gotta take charge man!  That should translate into a small for her or none at all.  :hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 25, 2018, 04:14:45 PM
I was reminded recently of something that isn't really a big deal anymore but used to be incredibly irritating.

Female companion:  "Oh...don't get me any fries; I'll just eat some of yours."

What I want to say:  The fuck you will!

 :lol

My wife does this all the time. We'll go through the drive through at Dunkin' and I'll ask her if she wants a coffee, and it's always, I'll have some of yours. That medium I was going to order just turned into a large.

Tim Tim Tim...gotta take charge man!  That should translate into a small for her or none at all.  :hat

I've been married a long time, Steve. If I said I wanted a large, she'd go all "Do you really need a large?" on me.

But all she wants is a sip. Maybe two. So I basically get my large, and look polite doing it.   :lol :hat :hat :hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 25, 2018, 05:36:38 PM
I was reminded recently of something that isn't really a big deal anymore but used to be incredibly irritating.

Female companion:  "Oh...don't get me any fries; I'll just eat some of yours."

What I want to say:  The fuck you will!

 :lol

My wife does this all the time. We'll go through the drive through at Dunkin' and I'll ask her if she wants a coffee, and it's always, I'll have some of yours. That medium I was going to order just turned into a large.

Tim Tim Tim...gotta take charge man!  That should translate into a small for her or none at all.  :hat

I've been married a long time, Steve. If I said I wanted a large, she'd go all "Do you really need a large?" on me.

But all she wants is a sip. Maybe two. So I basically get my large, and look polite doing it.   :lol :hat :hat :hat

There's a whole 'nother language to being married, there is. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 25, 2018, 06:04:36 PM
You mean when they talk out loud hoping for a response?

"Why does these dishes pile up"? - Lisa

My responses in my head,

"You need to stay ahead of these dishes honey"!
"I do all the cooking Lisa, at least you could do the dishes"!

My real response,  "Ok honey. Be right there". Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 25, 2018, 06:12:24 PM
Hah!

I just tell her to jab me once for yes and twice for no.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on July 25, 2018, 06:15:14 PM
I was reminded of this one this morning:

Sometimes, when in a public restroom or fast-food or similar restaurant, the paper towel or napkin dispenser will be stuffed so full that it is impossible to extract a towel or napkin without ripping the first several to shreds.  When this happens and the dispenser allows for it, I will usually open the dispenser up and get my towels/napkins that way.  Otherwise, I'll just dig in and pull out about 20 so that the pressure is alleviated.

This is how all the paper towel dispensers at my job are, why stuff them so much? You're there filling them up 3-4 times a day?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 25, 2018, 06:36:01 PM
Hah!

I just tell her to jab me once for yes and twice for no.

Does this work the other way as well? Lololol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 25, 2018, 06:40:18 PM
Hah!

I just tell her to jab me once for yes and twice for no.

Does this work the other way as well? Lololol

She says those three words I love to hear...






















































Make it quick!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 25, 2018, 06:46:05 PM
 :lol

I guess.  Lol

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 25, 2018, 06:47:17 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on July 26, 2018, 10:57:17 AM
That's probably why I'm not married.  I went out to lunch with a friend of mine at work the last couple days.  Asked him if he had any lunch plans today.  He brought his lunch today and said if he goes out too much, his wife will kick his ass!  :lol

 :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 26, 2018, 11:54:41 AM
if he goes out too much, his wife will kick his ass!  :lol


I think my wife and I handle our $$$ differently than most couples. We have a joint savings account but also have our 'own' accounts. Now, we both can get in to each others accounts....but for the most part she has 'her' money and I have 'my' money. We have divided up our responsibilities as far as bills and what not and take care of them accordingly.

So I don't have to deal with 'getting in trouble' for any $$$ I spend because as long as I'm taking care of my part she could care less what I'm spending my $$ on. Now, she does rib me from time to time if it appears I'm getting a little crazy on discretionary spending and not throwing enough $$$ towards our emergency savings....but that's only if I get a bit carried away on AMAZON, which happens now and then.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 26, 2018, 12:16:02 PM
if he goes out too much, his wife will kick his ass!  :lol


I think my wife and I handle our $$$ differently than most couples. We have a joint savings account but also have our 'own' accounts. Now, we both can get in to each others accounts....but for the most part she has 'her' money and I have 'my' money. We have divided up our responsibilities as far as bills and what not and take care of them accordingly.

Maybe that's rare across your generation, but that's the standard for us millennials  :D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on July 26, 2018, 12:17:51 PM
Mr. and Mrs. Cool Chris do it that way. We both work, put a % of our individual income in to our "Joint" account, and keep the remainder in our personal accounts.

Ideally we would both handle the Joint account management but she absolved herself of any and all responsibilities for that, so it is all on my shoulders. Once a year or so she asks to see how much money we have in all our accounts (including IRAs, etc...) and that's about for her interest. That may sound great for me since I could theoretically do whatever I want with our Joint money, but the downside is that I have keep us on budget, and when I feel we are going overboard in one area, have to bring it up and be the Bad Guy Bean Counter. It's easy for her to justify spending whatever money she wants if she can avoid ever seeing our balance sheet.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 26, 2018, 12:28:58 PM
Maybe that's rare across your generation, but that's the standard for us millennials  :D

I think you're close. My wife and I are 42...and I think we're on the cusp of where maybe this approach switched over from just having (1) account to each person has their own and maybe there is a shared savings? It works great for us.


Mr. and Mrs. Cool Chris do it that way. We both work, put a % of our individual income in to our "Joint" account, and keep the remainder in our personal accounts.

Ideally we would both handle the Joint account management but she absolved herself of any and all responsibilities for that, so it is all on my shoulders. Once a year or so she asks to see how much money we have in all our accounts (including IRAs, etc...) and that's about for her interest. That may sound great for me since I could theoretically do whatever I want with our Joint money, but the downside is that I have keep us on budget, and when I feel we are going overboard in one area, have to bring it up and be the Bad Guy Bean Counter. It's easy for her to justify spending whatever money she wants if she can avoid ever seeing our balance sheet.

I'm the 'primary' financial maintainer as well. My wife was more than happy to absolve herself from having to 'worry' about taking care of all the details. And, I HAD to be in control of it after growing up in a household watching my father be clueless about how my mom was blowing all our families money on gambling. I could go on and on but bottom line is I basically put myself in charge of it all and it just so happened my wife was perfectly happy and fine with it....she, wasn't threatened or 'mad' about it at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on July 26, 2018, 12:32:54 PM
I'll be the different one here and say my wife and I have had 100% co-mingled finances from the beginning. My thinking is that our financial goals should be completed aligned with each other (and for the most part they are). What good does it do if I'm frugal and save for retirement, but she doesn't? I want to retire with my wife, not sit around while she still works. Or I want us to go on vacations together not by myself because she doesn't save for it. If one of us needs a new car (or anything else for that matter) we work together to save for it. We each get a small amount of fun money every month to spend (spent mostly beer and snacks from the convenience store by work for me) which seems to work well for us. Everyone's different I guess, but I can't imagine having no (or very little) idea what my wife was doing financially or vice versa. It is a polar opposite philosophy to what marriage is to me. Of course, I'm also a big personal finance geek and am saving for financial independence and possible early retirement, so I'm not the average American when it comes to finances.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on July 26, 2018, 12:41:10 PM
My gf and I have completely separate financies and we plan to keep it that way after we get married next year. We both make almost the same amount of money and we split alll house expenses since we both own the house. As for everything else we spend our money as see fit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 26, 2018, 12:44:44 PM
I can't imagine having no (or very little) idea what my wife was doing financially or vice versa.

In our situation it's not as if we don't "know" or discuss what we're doing with our $$. Especially when it comes to our savings and retirement accounts. If I buy a $80 golf club online I'm sure to mention it or show it to her when I get it.....as she does the same with any spending she does.

My initial reason for pointing out our 'separate' accounts was that I don't get 'yelled at' for going out to lunch in lieu of taking one....or any other financial purchase. As long as I hold up my end of the financial commitments and assignments that have been made to me for the good of our family I can do pretty much anything I want with the 'fun' money left over. Which....isn't a whole heck of a lot  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on July 26, 2018, 12:52:57 PM
I can't imagine having no (or very little) idea what my wife was doing financially or vice versa.

In our situation it's not as if we don't "know" or discuss what we're doing with our $$. Especially when it comes to our savings and retirement accounts. If I buy a $80 golf club online I'm sure to mention it or show it to her when I get it.....as she does the same with any spending she does.

My initial reason for pointing out our 'separate' accounts was that I don't get 'yelled at' for going out to lunch in lieu of taking one....or any other financial purchase. As long as I hold up my end of the financial commitments and assignments that have been made to me for the good of our family I can do pretty much anything I want with the 'fun' money left over. Which....isn't a whole heck of a lot  :lol
In reality I suppose what you're doing is not that different from us. It's just that our fun money either comes out of our joint account rather than just staying in our own accounts. I guess one of the main reasons I find joint accounts to be so weird is because we don't have a lot left over after our mutual expenses and common savings goals (which are pretty significant). In fact it's so little that it would be completely useless to have separate accounts for it. It's easier just to pull out our fun money as cash every month.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 26, 2018, 12:57:42 PM
I can't imagine having no (or very little) idea what my wife was doing financially or vice versa.

In our situation it's not as if we don't "know" or discuss what we're doing with our $$. Especially when it comes to our savings and retirement accounts. If I buy a $80 golf club online I'm sure to mention it or show it to her when I get it.....as she does the same with any spending she does.

My initial reason for pointing out our 'separate' accounts was that I don't get 'yelled at' for going out to lunch in lieu of taking one....or any other financial purchase. As long as I hold up my end of the financial commitments and assignments that have been made to me for the good of our family I can do pretty much anything I want with the 'fun' money left over. Which....isn't a whole heck of a lot  :lol
In reality I suppose what you're doing is not that different from us. It's just that our fun money either comes out of our joint account rather than just staying in our own accounts. I guess one of the main reasons I find joint accounts to be so weird is because we don't have a lot left over after our mutual expenses and common savings goals (which are pretty significant). In fact it's so little that it would be completely useless to have separate accounts for it. It's easier just to pull out our fun money as cash every month.

After we got married we both kept our accounts....which it just so happened we used the same bank......we added one another to those accounts then just started a new basic 'savings' account together. I don't know that there's a 'right' way to do it. I think it's whatever works for you and your wife/girlfriend. As long as your communicating and have a common goal..that's the key I think .
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on July 26, 2018, 01:06:16 PM
Xizor, without being nosey, do you and your spouse have similar incomes? Mrs. Cool Chris and I do not, which is one reason we went the route we did.

Won't speak for Gary but I think you are misrepresenting how we do our "Joint" account. It applies to retirement, vacations, cars, everything you mentioned, so that our financial goals are in sync. It just spares us a conversation along the lines of "Honey, can I spend $10 of this CD (me)/ these earrings (her)?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on July 26, 2018, 01:18:05 PM
Xizor, without being nosey, do you and your spouse have similar incomes? Mrs. Cool Chris and I do not, which is one reason we went the route we did.
We did when we got married. Not so much anymore since my wife only makes a little here and there and is mostly a stay at home mom. Even if we didn't in the beginning, I personally never would have considered keeping joint accounts, but to each their own.

Won't speak for Gary but I think you are misrepresenting how we do our "Joint" account.
I actual think what I'm struggling with is the concept that there's enough left over after all the joint stuff to justify keeping separate accounts. The thought of having hundreds of dollars to spend in our separate account is a foreign concept to me. We purposefully don't leave much left in the budget after all the bills and savings goals (which come out of the account up front, not from what's left over at the end of the month). Most of our personal spending comes out of our joint budget as long as it's mostly a need. My wife spends more than me, but not unreasonably so, so it's not a big deal. We're both pretty frugal, though I am more so. There's no having to ask each other about small expenses as long as its within the budget. Pure wants (lunch out, drinks, individual entertainment, that cute shirt that she wants but is by no stretch of the imagination something she needs, etc) need to come out of our fun money, which is really the only thing we refer to as "my money" or "her money". It's such a trivial amount that it would be silly to keep separate accounts for it.

Anyway... I just realized what thread this was in. We should probably stop hijacking it. :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 26, 2018, 01:23:03 PM
No,no.  It fits. I'm irritated thinking about finances. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 27, 2018, 07:36:25 AM
Anyway... I just realized what thread this was in. We should probably stop hijacking it. :)

Yeah... you never know when a mod might jump in an admonish us all for not staying on topic.  I've got some points to add, so maybe I'll just start a new thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on July 27, 2018, 04:58:06 PM
Living in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 27, 2018, 04:59:38 PM
That sounds like it'd be awesome.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on July 27, 2018, 07:59:40 PM
Looks like a quaint town, some of the snow pictures are incredible.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 28, 2018, 06:11:18 PM
How many people have to pass you on the right before you GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE PASSING LANE!?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on July 28, 2018, 06:18:02 PM
How many people have to pass you on the right before you GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE PASSING LANE!?

15.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on July 28, 2018, 06:22:09 PM
How many people have to pass you on the right before you GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE PASSING LANE!?

I wanted to post this yesterday.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 28, 2018, 06:24:14 PM
Today I was driving in the middle lane and put my directional on to get in the slow lane to take the next exit.  Some dude in a truck, tried to pass on the right. Drove up my ass in the slow lane,  road raged at me and when I ignored him he flipped out . 

It was only when I lost it did he drive away.  Hey jackass, you pass on the left fucker!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on July 28, 2018, 08:10:48 PM
wrong fucking thread lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on July 29, 2018, 06:26:00 PM
Attractive people who are well educated.

STOP IT!

Leave something for us ugly folk. You don't need to know how to read!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 30, 2018, 07:43:36 AM
Today I was driving in the middle lane and put my directional on to get in the slow lane to take the next exit.  Some dude in a truck, tried to pass on the right. Drove up my ass in the slow lane,  road raged at me and when I ignored him he flipped out . 

It was only when I lost it did he drive away.  Hey jackass, you pass on the left fucker!!

I've found myself doing this a lot, though.    The middle and left lanes are usually full, and, for the most part, the right lane is wide open.   I get it, most people think the middle lane is the traveling lane, but the idea that you NEVER have to move from your spot on the highway is ridiculous.  "Driving" is an active verb.  If you have a lane to your right that is open, you are TOO FAR OVER.  In other words if all those people in the middle lane going 55 moved over one, then the jackasses in the left lane that think they are the judge jury and executioner all in one ("You don't need to go any faster, because I SAID so!") can move over one and the people that want to pass, can.   

I find myself in the right hand lane about 75% of the time, and I'm usually at around 75 or so on the highway.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 30, 2018, 08:06:29 AM
I've found the right lane to be my home more often than not now as well.  People just don't like to drive in it for whatever reason and it's slowly been morphing into the passing lane, until you run into someone using that lane correctly. 

Essentially I find I get less annoyed if I drive in the right lane.  Less people and when I run into someone who is slower, I accept that it is me who needs to change lanes, not them, so I have no reason to be mad or agitated.  And if there's traffic, the right lane seems to go faster too for my commute.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 30, 2018, 08:52:53 AM
Today I was driving in the middle lane and put my directional on to get in the slow lane to take the next exit.  Some dude in a truck, tried to pass on the right. Drove up my ass in the slow lane,  road raged at me and when I ignored him he flipped out . 

It was only when I lost it did he drive away.  Hey jackass, you pass on the left fucker!!

I've found myself doing this a lot, though.    The middle and left lanes are usually full, and, for the most part, the right lane is wide open.   I get it, most people think the middle lane is the traveling lane, but the idea that you NEVER have to move from your spot on the highway is ridiculous.  "Driving" is an active verb.  If you have a lane to your right that is open, you are TOO FAR OVER.  In other words if all those people in the middle lane going 55 moved over one, then the jackasses in the left lane that think they are the judge jury and executioner all in one ("You don't need to go any faster, because I SAID so!") can move over one and the people that want to pass, can.   

I find myself in the right hand lane about 75% of the time, and I'm usually at around 75 or so on the highway.

Right lane is not a passing lane.  It is the slowest traveling lane and if you decide to try to pass on the right odds are that this will happen.  Move to the far left lane if you want to pass.


BTW I was going 73 MPH.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 30, 2018, 11:43:30 AM
Today I was driving in the middle lane and put my directional on to get in the slow lane to take the next exit.  Some dude in a truck, tried to pass on the right. Drove up my ass in the slow lane,  road raged at me and when I ignored him he flipped out . 

It was only when I lost it did he drive away.  Hey jackass, you pass on the left fucker!!

I've found myself doing this a lot, though.    The middle and left lanes are usually full, and, for the most part, the right lane is wide open.   I get it, most people think the middle lane is the traveling lane, but the idea that you NEVER have to move from your spot on the highway is ridiculous.  "Driving" is an active verb.  If you have a lane to your right that is open, you are TOO FAR OVER.  In other words if all those people in the middle lane going 55 moved over one, then the jackasses in the left lane that think they are the judge jury and executioner all in one ("You don't need to go any faster, because I SAID so!") can move over one and the people that want to pass, can.   

I find myself in the right hand lane about 75% of the time, and I'm usually at around 75 or so on the highway.

Right lane is not a passing lane.  It is the slowest traveling lane and if you decide to try to pass on the right odds are that this will happen.  Move to the far left lane if you want to pass.


BTW I was going 73 MPH.

You'll get no argument from me.  I'm with you 100%, at least in theory.   I live in Connecticut though, where entitlement runs deep and strong.  I can't tell you how many times I've been on 91, north of Hartford (where it's three lanes in each direction, and sometimes FOUR where the airport exit is) and some schmolean gets on and zooms IMMEDIATELY across three lanes to get in the left hand lane and parks there with a line of cars behind them, oblivious (or worse yet, yapping on their goddamn cellphone).   I'm part of the problem, I get it, but I'm not risking an aneurysm or worse sitting behind that future Darwinian casualty. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 30, 2018, 11:48:42 AM
Today I was driving in the middle lane and put my directional on to get in the slow lane to take the next exit.  Some dude in a truck, tried to pass on the right. Drove up my ass in the slow lane,  road raged at me and when I ignored him he flipped out . 

It was only when I lost it did he drive away.  Hey jackass, you pass on the left fucker!!

I've found myself doing this a lot, though.    The middle and left lanes are usually full, and, for the most part, the right lane is wide open.   I get it, most people think the middle lane is the traveling lane, but the idea that you NEVER have to move from your spot on the highway is ridiculous.  "Driving" is an active verb.  If you have a lane to your right that is open, you are TOO FAR OVER.  In other words if all those people in the middle lane going 55 moved over one, then the jackasses in the left lane that think they are the judge jury and executioner all in one ("You don't need to go any faster, because I SAID so!") can move over one and the people that want to pass, can.   

I find myself in the right hand lane about 75% of the time, and I'm usually at around 75 or so on the highway.

Right lane is not a passing lane.  It is the slowest traveling lane and if you decide to try to pass on the right odds are that this will happen.  Move to the far left lane if you want to pass.


BTW I was going 73 MPH.

You'll get no argument from me.  I'm with you 100%, at least in theory.   I live in Connecticut though, where entitlement runs deep and strong.  I can't tell you how many times I've been on 91, north of Hartford (where it's three lanes in each direction, and sometimes FOUR where the airport exit is) and some schmolean gets on and zooms IMMEDIATELY across three lanes to get in the left hand lane and parks there with a line of cars behind them, oblivious (or worse yet, yapping on their goddamn cellphone).   I'm part of the problem, I get it, but I'm not risking an aneurysm or worse sitting behind that future Darwinian casualty.

I've driven all over this country, and I think I can safely say that CT's highways are without a doubt the biggest free for alls I've been on, at least at certain times. Early in the morning or in the evenings/night, the rules seem to apply, but between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm, it's every car for itself. Pass wherever and whenever you can. Use 18 wheelers to build speed and as sun shields. Even the cops seem to be in on it. You have no idea how many times I've been cruising at 80-85 only to notice a cop behind me who doesn't give a shit. I get over and he/she passes me doing 90. I kind of like it and am completely accustomed to it. I really notice though every time I leave the state.

This does not apply to rt.2 though. I've been stopped for speeding six times in my life, and four of them were on rt.2 (out by Mohegan).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 30, 2018, 11:49:50 AM
Can't stand the people who get on the highway and immediately change lanes to the left when no one is even in the right lane, that gets multiplied when that person then causes others to hit the breaks or slow down for them because they are in no position to pass another vehicle yet.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on July 30, 2018, 12:06:03 PM
I live in Fort Wayne, IN, and I joke that the city is so conservative, you can only pass on the right.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 30, 2018, 12:43:56 PM
I live in Fort Wayne, IN, and I joke that the city is so conservative, you can only pass on the right.

I used to visit your fine city on occasion.   I worked for a company there that built motors and used to have a huge, much-photographed illuminated sign on top of one of their buildings (one of three in the company at the time I was with them). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on July 30, 2018, 01:32:11 PM
I live in Fort Wayne, IN, and I joke that the city is so conservative, you can only pass on the right.

I used to visit your fine city on occasion.   I worked for a company there that built motors and used to have a huge, much-photographed illuminated sign on top of one of their buildings (one of three in the company at the time I was with them).

They are trying to find a new use for that facility now.  There's a group of people that are pushing to make it a mixed-use space with offices, shops, condos, etc. and then there are people that don't care what happens to it because they think it doesn't effect them.  The plans they have are somewhat ambitious, especially for Fort Wayne.  I hope they pull it off.  Fort Wayne is a great location.  The company I work for brings in a lot of out-of-town talent, both to live and work, and for clinics, shows, etc and is growing at an unheard of rate, especially for our industry, and we've grown every year since I came here 8 years ago.  Fort Wayne has the potential to be the next Asheville, NC or Grand Rapids, MI.  Granted, we don't have Amway money behind the city like Grand Rapids does (every other building there is named after either the Van Andel or DeVos families), but I think Fort Wayne can become a cool, if non-typical destination.  It depends on whether or not the city's culture has room to understand things don't always have to be the way they've always been.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 09, 2018, 05:31:49 AM
Every summer the wife and me take pains to target ten vacation days inside a totally irrational tour schedule.
Every summer I manage to book the bookable and organise everything, slightly neglecting my company.
Every summer my mother-in-law suffers a mild heart attack roughly ten days before we're supposed to leave.
Every summer we are forced to delay our romantic escape to september, when I'm supposed to plan the winter season instead.

Now, I don't want to sound annoyingly egotistical and I genuinely love the hag, but I'm beginning to believe she has reached a tibetan monk-like control on her cardiac functions and manipulates them like clockwork in fear of being left alone for a couple of weeks.

/vent.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 09, 2018, 05:41:20 AM
Does Missdiscipline have a brother or sister? You just need to call her bluff once.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 09, 2018, 05:47:31 AM
Does Missdiscipline have a brother or sister? You just need to call her bluff once.

Unfortunately she doesn't.

But speaking of bluff-calling, I'm strongly tempted to hire an outrageously sexy caregiver and either the wife accepts to leave her mother with the sexy girl or I am going on vacations with said sexy girl.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 09, 2018, 08:17:14 AM
Does Missdiscipline have a brother or sister? You just need to call her bluff once.

Unfortunately she doesn't.

But speaking of bluff-calling, I'm strongly tempted to hire an outrageously sexy caregiver and either the wife accepts to leave her mother with the sexy girl or I am going on vacations with said sexy girl.

That's the plan, right there.   "Honey, SOMEONE is coming with me on the vacation I booked.  It can be you, I'd prefer it be you, but it can also be Amber/Tiffani/Britnee.   Your call."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 09, 2018, 08:23:03 AM
*lols* Col. Hannibal Smith, I'm executing it verbatim.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 09, 2018, 08:55:04 AM
*lols* Col. Hannibal Smith, I'm executing it verbatim.

You know he's divorced, right?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 09, 2018, 09:01:54 AM
*lols* Col. Hannibal Smith, I'm executing it verbatim.

You know he's divorced, right?

Ouch, and I've been as well.

Worst case scenario, I'm going on vacations with Stadler.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Elite on August 09, 2018, 09:10:23 AM
Where's (or was) the trip going to? Depending on that, I'll be your worst case scenario if needed (I'm neither sexy, nor a caregiver, nor a woman, so I can't fit the other role I'm afraid).

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On topic: there's this guy (or woman) in my street who just refuses to park his car straight into the parking spot. It's not as if he hinders people by blocking off other parking spots, but damn, it just looks completely lazy and it pisses me off because his (or her) car is not aligned with the parking spots. This is what I see when I look out of my window:

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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 09, 2018, 09:32:55 AM
Spa on the Alps. We're old, exhausted and in need of physical fine tuning.

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You must live in a very civil place, 'cause there's no way that car is still intact or feces-free where I'm from. *smile*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 09, 2018, 11:23:09 AM
*lols* Col. Hannibal Smith, I'm executing it verbatim.

You know he's divorced, right?

Ouch, and I've been as well.

Worst case scenario, I'm going on vacations with Stadler.

I'm in!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 09, 2018, 11:24:41 AM
On topic: there's this guy (or woman) in my street who just refuses to park his car straight into the parking spot. It's not as if he hinders people by blocking off other parking spots, but damn, it just looks completely lazy and it pisses me off because his (or her) car is not aligned with the parking spots. This is what I see when I look out of my window:

(https://twgbgw.db.files.1drv.com/y4mwoG95SNzBRc7aOQn2CotAC8bIlaKvCdLjuVmxQWDyzlTDxfESsvSlpDqQAUgYF75LAy32JE8MYZ_k_hWFHCq1EnwiSTLFwqKCPX5mdmXfbZmI_Fox8JhyzoOFC6JYst0h8gXVLBq05bVojDsC03PQCEfSw4Da_0mXDogo_yaQsDTwYtgJ-URVEY8tjd_poVVvtbaKaqep5-CI5usBsUntg?width=660&height=495&cropmode=none)

There used to be a website called youparklikeanasshole.com.  I think it's now moved to Facebook.  You can print out "friendly" notes to leave on the asshole's windshield pointing out exactly what is wrong with his/her parking effort.


My turn:

I'm a lawyer.  My office is located in a relatively small office building in a suburb of Los Angeles.  There are about 15 people in my office and maybe 3-4 other companies/offices on the same floor.  The restroom on our floor has 4 stalls.  As is appropriate bathroom etiquette, if none of the stalls are occupied, I will select stall #4 (looking left to right, with stall #1 being the handicapped stall).  However, at least twice a week, I will open the stall to find the toilet full of paper, with a torn ass gasket on the seat and floor and pee all over the seat.  Now...maybe the culprit has "internal plumbing" issues for which, if so, I'm sympathetic, but at least clean up after yourself a little!  If I saw this at a gas station restroom, I wouldn't be too surprised, but it's a god damned professional building!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 09, 2018, 11:27:49 AM
Stakeout required.  :corn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 09, 2018, 11:37:12 AM
 :lol it's kind of odd because I work in what I would consider a professional environment.  It's a data center with relatively few people actually working here.  A couple security guards, a few technicians, a cleaner, and a few power engineers.  Then there's the customers like myself, but I'm one of maybe 3 customers who are here often (I'm here almost every day) and most customers show up every once in awhile.

And yet, there are signs to not flush paper towels down the toilet and not to piss on the floors in the bathroom  :lol I don't understand who does this and why security has to put up signs.  I'm guessing it's the random customers who come in, but it's all adults here in a private location regardless.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 09, 2018, 11:44:43 AM
And yet, there are signs to not flush paper towels down the toilet and not to piss on the floors in the bathroom  :lol

At risk of starting up a gun control debate, what exactly are these signs supposed to accomplish?  I mean, anyone who would do that isn't going to change their behavior because of a sign, are they?  And those who would follow the types of rules that are posted on the sign don't NEED a sign to tell them that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 09, 2018, 11:52:26 AM
When I see the sign it makes me want to do it (but I hold back, I spend too much time here to piss on it), so I agree.  I think it's just out of frustration I guess?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on August 09, 2018, 03:20:08 PM
Not really irritating, but funny.

Shallow Blackout Challenge....and any other "Challenges" on YouTube. That has to be the funniest, dumbest to ever occur.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 09, 2018, 04:39:53 PM
Worst case scenario, I'm going on vacations with Stadler.

Where's (or was) the trip going to? Depending on that, I'll be your worst case scenario if needed

I'm in!

(https://i.imgur.com/bM56YhI.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 09, 2018, 08:00:26 PM
Not really irritating, but funny.

Shallow Blackout Challenge....and any other "Challenges" on YouTube. That has to be the funniest, dumbest to ever occur.

I don't know; I find those challenges to be more irritating than funny.   I just don't get it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 12, 2018, 06:24:49 AM
This might have been stated earlier in the thread but kids on flights. I’m on a flight to Chicago currently and there is a kid who is about 6-8 years old talking back to his parents and just being loud and shitty. I’m beginning to sound like an old man but if spoke back to my mom like this animal is doing she would thrown me out of the emergency exit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on August 12, 2018, 06:27:12 AM
Can't we just say kids in general are mildly irritating? ;)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 12, 2018, 06:28:11 AM
I’ll agree to that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on August 12, 2018, 06:31:13 AM
As to your point, it seems like parents nowadays are afraid to parent.  Or simply have no idea.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 12, 2018, 06:32:25 AM
Looking at this guy he seems like he has just given up on life. Like he doesn’t even hear his kid anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on August 12, 2018, 06:36:17 AM
What? :P

I think a lot of new parents are more worried about their kids liking them than parenting them.  Plus, if you've got two parents who are not on the same page, that is not good. I know a divorced couple with two kids, and the mom gives the kids whatever they want, never tells them no, etc., and the dad now has reached the point where he gives in way more than he used to, likely because he doesn't want the kids to think of him as a mean father, as opposed to their "great" mom who gives them everything.  :facepalm: :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on August 12, 2018, 06:38:06 AM
This might have been stated earlier in the thread but kids on flights. I’m on a flight to Chicago currently and there is a kid who is about 6-8 years old talking back to his parents and just being loud and shitty. I’m beginning to sound like an old man but if spoke back to my mom like this animal is doing she would thrown me out of the emergency exit.

I had a pretty short flight yesterday evening (about 2.5 hours) and there was a mom with a little kid sitting in a row in front of me, and the kid was screaming his/her lungs out for like half a flight. Even the headphones didn't help because they were right in the next row.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 12, 2018, 07:11:26 AM
This might have been stated earlier in the thread but kids on flights. I’m on a flight to Chicago currently and there is a kid who is about 6-8 years old talking back to his parents and just being loud and shitty. I’m beginning to sound like an old man but if spoke back to my mom like this animal is doing she would thrown me out of the emergency exit.

This always leaves me speechless. All my parents needed with me and my siblings - and all wifey and me need with our girl - was a quick firm glance to drive the "consider your next word carefully" message home and nip insolence in the bud.

It bugs me to no end how we need a license in order to drive a car, while we get to raise the future of the species unchecked.

I had a pretty short flight yesterday evening (about 2.5 hours) and there was a mom with a little kid sitting in a row in front of me, and the kid was screaming his/her lungs out for like half a flight. Even the headphones didn't help because they were right in the next row.

I swear, sometimes I wish I have that demon kid driving the plane rather than sitting in my section.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 12, 2018, 08:36:58 AM
Do any of you who are complaining have kids? Because its not that simple to get your kids to behave. It's a ton of hard work and even that doesn't work a lot of the time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 12, 2018, 08:49:41 AM
Do any of you who are complaining have kids? Because its not that simple to get your kids to behave. It's a ton of hard work and even that doesn't work a lot of the time.

I do, and I agree with you.

I complain when the few who have obviously given up on said hard work give parenting a bad name.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 12, 2018, 08:54:30 AM
Do any of you who are complaining have kids? Because its not that simple to get your kids to behave. It's a ton of hard work and even that doesn't work a lot of the time.

I do, and I agree with you.

I complain when the few who have obviously given up on said hard work give parenting a bad name.
That's fair. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt and almost never let kids behavior bother me. But being cooped up on a plane can be difficult.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 12, 2018, 08:57:08 AM
A child less than 3 or 4 that is screaming is not necessarily a parenting issue.  On flight 15 years ago, my son - at 3 years old - ... his eardrums wouldn't 'pop' on the descent - he ended up rupturing them and being mostly deaf for a couple of weeks.  Kinda hard to "control" the response to that kind of pain.

As for the talking back kid - yeah, that's a flaw in the parenting.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 12, 2018, 09:06:34 AM
My wife hates when I scream for half the flight..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 12, 2018, 09:07:58 AM
That's fair. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt and almost never let kids behavior bother me. But being cooped up on a plane can be difficult.

Yeah, and I've surely come off pretty judgemental, being far from the perfect parent myself.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on August 12, 2018, 09:11:13 AM
My wife hates when I scream for half the flight..

 :lol :lol

A child less than 3 or 4 that is screaming is not necessarily a parenting issue.  On flight 15 years ago, my son - at 3 years old - ... his eardrums wouldn't 'pop' on the descent - he ended up rupturing them and being mostly deaf for a couple of weeks.  Kinda hard to "control" the response to that kind of pain.

As for the talking back kid - yeah, that's a flaw in the parenting.


Correct.  Shit is gonna happen with kids that not even the best parent can control, but if you allow your child to talk back to you with no repercussions, that is a major fail at parenting.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 12, 2018, 09:39:31 AM
A child less than 3 or 4 that is screaming is not necessarily a parenting issue.  On flight 15 years ago, my son - at 3 years old - ... his eardrums wouldn't 'pop' on the descent - he ended up rupturing them and being mostly deaf for a couple of weeks.  Kinda hard to "control" the response to that kind of pain.

That's terrible and uncontrollable, and I would never complain about a situation like that.

Kids are gonna be kids. It's when parents behave like kids that I start to worry about the taxpayers and voters of tomorrow.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on August 12, 2018, 11:12:21 AM
A child less than 3 or 4 that is screaming is not necessarily a parenting issue.  On flight 15 years ago, my son - at 3 years old - ... his eardrums wouldn't 'pop' on the descent - he ended up rupturing them and being mostly deaf for a couple of weeks.  Kinda hard to "control" the response to that kind of pain.

Don't get me wrong, Chad, I'm not complaining about parenting on this one. I get it, I really do, there's pretty much nothing parents can do about it... but it's still irritating for me as a fellow passenger there (especially after getting up at fuckall a.m. in the morning and then having a flight at 10 p.m.). I mean, isn't that what this thread is about? I meant no disrespect to any parents with small kids by the way.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 12, 2018, 04:56:12 PM
A child less than 3 or 4 that is screaming is not necessarily a parenting issue.  On flight 15 years ago, my son - at 3 years old - ... his eardrums wouldn't 'pop' on the descent - he ended up rupturing them and being mostly deaf for a couple of weeks.  Kinda hard to "control" the response to that kind of pain.

That's terrible and uncontrollable, and I would never complain about a situation like that.

Kids are gonna be kids. It's when parents behave like kids that I start to worry about the taxpayers and voters of tomorrow.

Under 3 and I usually give a pass because that is a situation that can be out of their control.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 12, 2018, 11:26:25 PM
especially after getting up at fuckall a.m. in the morning

 :rollin
Yeah, pretty much the worst time to get up.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 13, 2018, 04:43:46 AM
A child less than 3 or 4 that is screaming is not necessarily a parenting issue.  On flight 15 years ago, my son - at 3 years old - ... his eardrums wouldn't 'pop' on the descent - he ended up rupturing them and being mostly deaf for a couple of weeks.  Kinda hard to "control" the response to that kind of pain.

Don't get me wrong, Chad, I'm not complaining about parenting on this one. I get it, I really do, there's pretty much nothing parents can do about it... but it's still irritating for me as a fellow passenger there (especially after getting up at fuckall a.m. in the morning and then having a flight at 10 p.m.). I mean, isn't that what this thread is about? I meant no disrespect to any parents with small kids by the way.

I hear ya.  Last trip mrs.jingle and I went on was exactly that.  Less than a 2 year old that could settle down for about an hour, and just wailed.  It's irritating for sure.  All I was trying to say is that those kinds of situations are also understandable, and I have a lot of sympathy for the parent - imagine how irritating it is to them... when the screaming kid is on their lap, and not only screaming, but flopping like a fish out of water.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on August 13, 2018, 04:55:42 AM
There was this fucking kid in the supermarket yesterday being a little cunt, yelling, screaming, crying and just being an obnoxious little fuck.  The mother was an absolute fucking bogan who didn't even try and discipline the kid.  I almost kicked the kid myself.  Kids like that deserved to be kicked.  I'm not a parent but you can tell when they are trying and fighting a losing battle, that's tough and understandable, even though a kicking could work well.  But when parents are that fucking dumb and ignorant and don't give a fuck or even bother to understand how much their kids are disrupting and pissing everyone else off, that fires me up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 13, 2018, 05:42:37 AM
Started to type something out, planned to not  bother, but managed to post anyway. Don't mind me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on August 13, 2018, 06:06:47 AM
Did the mother give in to the kid's tantrum (assuming it was a tantrum and not just an obnoxious kids)? If she didn't, she did the right thing. If she did, she was just encouraging the terrible behavior. It is incredibly difficult to break kids out of tantrums. There is no logic going on in their brains at all, it's pure emotion. Usually about all you can do is ride it out or maybe distract them someohow to snap them out of it. I read a parenting thing once that said you as a parent are not at the store to make friends. I

This kid was carrying on from the moment I went into the supermarket until the moment I left.  Would have been 15 minutes in total.  The thing that pissed me off was that she was not midly embarrassed at all.  It's like she was at home with the kids, that's what got me, the blase attitude in publc.  This kid was going to get what he wanted, he had her wrapped around his little fucking 2 year old finger.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 13, 2018, 06:25:01 AM
Did the mother give in to the kid's tantrum (assuming it was a tantrum and not just an obnoxious kids)? If she didn't, she did the right thing. If she did, she was just encouraging the terrible behavior. It is incredibly difficult to break kids out of tantrums. There is no logic going on in their brains at all, it's pure emotion. Usually about all you can do is ride it out or maybe distract them someohow to snap them out of it. I read a parenting thing once that said you as a parent are not at the store to make friends. I

This kid was carrying on from the moment I went into the supermarket until the moment I left.  Would have been 15 minutes in total.  The thing that pissed me off was that she was not midly embarrassed at all.  It's like she was at home with the kids, that's what got me, the blase attitude in publc.  This kid was going to get what he wanted, he had her wrapped around his little fucking 2 year old finger.
I had changed my mind about posting that, but apparently I accidentally did. If she was giving into his tantrums and giving him what he wanted she was in the wrong and I agree that's annoying. In that case she's only encouraging the behavior. If she didn't give in, she won the battle. Sucks those things annoy others, but reality is people need to shop and kids have tantrums. They sometimes overlap. Again, as I started to say in the post I meant to not post, it's not my job as a parent to ensure the other people around me are having a great shopping experience. It's my primary job to be a good parent. Sometimes leaving the store is not an option. Sometimes my kid is in full blown tantrum mode. I have to get my shopping done. And it is incredibly difficult to make kids stop tantruming without giving in to what they want. It's only happened once or twice to me over the years (and not for 15 minutes), but I dragged my kid around the store buying what I needed and didn't give in. Often the best thing to do for tantrums is to firmly state no and then ignore them. Again, not knowing exactly the situation you describe, I can't say whether the mom was right or wrong. But either way, yes it's irritating when you have to listen to it.

The reason I didn't mean to post my previous post that I accidentally did was to avoid further hijacking of the thread. You have every right to be irritated, which is the purpose of this thread. The judgmental tone of your post kind of irked me, but I wasn't there and it's very possible she was in the wrong.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 13, 2018, 07:06:35 AM
Handling a tantrum: Boss level (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBi9jaOFcRU)

It's worth the watch.  This vid has 20M views on FB.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on August 13, 2018, 08:06:04 AM
Handling a tantrum: Boss level (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBi9jaOFcRU)

It's worth the watch.  This vid has 20M views on FB.

Really cool. Parenting is not for cowards and is not easy. If you choose to try and cut corners and make it 'easy' on yourself.....the end result will show up in your kids behavior.

Not trying to say me and Mrs. Drake have it all figured out.....that's FAR from the truth.....but we're certainly trying our best and know what a massive responsibility it is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on August 13, 2018, 08:18:55 AM
Not trying to say me and Mrs. Drake have it all figured out.....that's FAR from the truth.....but we're certainly trying our best and know what a massive responsibility it is.

Which is why it really makes me mad when non-parents think it's ok to say "oh, that person is a shitty parent," when they have no idea what other variables have led up to the public meltdown.   I used to think that before I had kids.  Now that I do, I have so much sympathy for other parents dealing with a young child's meltdown in public. 

My daughter is 3 and started refusing naps.  So she gets tired and her energy levels ebb and flow during the day.  Catch her at the wrong time and a small thing will set her off - and sometimes you can't work a schedule around those times, or the kid will say one thing (I'm not tired/hungry) but isn't being honest and you don't know any different because they're refusing the snack that you brought with.  Maybe the parents are tired and stressed out and they've reached the "I don't give a fuck anymore" level and just need to get their shit done, regardless of the kid's mood.

So many variables to any given situation with children and it's so frustrating when someone else questions your parenting skills on a whim because they are annoyed.  Come walk a mile in my shoes buddy, with a 3-year old and a 10 month old and only getting 5 hours of sleep a night, at most, for 10 months straight, plus working 50 hours a week, managing a household, and having to be Daddy at all times, despite whatever else needs to be done.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on August 13, 2018, 08:47:54 AM
I have so much sympathy for other parents dealing with a young child's meltdown in public. 

Totally. If you pause to take a look around the immediate area when a kid is having a public meltdown.....you can easily peg who has kids and who doesn't. The people that do either seem unaffected or have that 'sympathizing' look on their face and the people that don't have some sort of look of disgust or annoyment displayed.

Sure there are just moments of kids being brats and parents just not doing their jobs......but I think the majority of them are what you described.....moments where most people don't understand the variables.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 13, 2018, 11:57:29 AM
What? :P

I think a lot of new parents are more worried about their kids liking them than parenting them.  Plus, if you've got two parents who are not on the same page, that is not good. I know a divorced couple with two kids, and the mom gives the kids whatever they want, never tells them no, etc., and the dad now has reached the point where he gives in way more than he used to, likely because he doesn't want the kids to think of him as a mean father, as opposed to their "great" mom who gives them everything.  :facepalm: :facepalm:

This.    This is my stepkids dad.  He just doesn't GAF.   He doesn't speak to two of the kids (they are 100% in the right, by the way) and now just throws stuff at his youngest.  You want McDonald's?  Let's go!   He works in IT, so the kid wants a computer?  Sure!   You want to surf the interwebs?  Right on!   (Some of the videos he's described to his mom and I are... I can't watch them myself, let alone a 10 year old).   

I'm with GMD on this; parenting isn't easy, and there are no shortcuts, pills or get out of jail free cards.   It's a 24-7, 365 job, and you're either in or you're out.   I'm at the point where if I'm in an airport, or public place like that, and I even get a hint that the parents are at least trying and giving it the effort, I will absolutely say "Hey, I've been there!" or something along those lines.  What  I don't abide by is the notion of just "ignoring" them.  You're still in a public place.   In a restaurant, every kid on the planet at one time or another has been tired, or acted up, but that's not reason to just sit there enjoying that second plate of quesadillas and pretending like it's not happening.   

Along the same lines, though, I find precocious kids very irritating.   You know who I mean - basically Macauley Culkin in Home Alone.   Or any of those kids they trot out on those Steve Harvey (who I really like, by the way) shows, where the kid is quippy and snarky and just completely out of his/her lane. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on August 13, 2018, 12:24:38 PM
Along the same lines, though, I find precocious kids very irritating.   You know who I mean - basically Macauley Culkin in Home Alone.   Or any of those kids they trot out on those Steve Harvey (who I really like, by the way) shows, where the kid is quippy and snarky and just completely out of his/her lane.

This leads me to something I find extremely irritating. This whole 'viral' video stuff of babies hysterically laughing at their parent doing something silly....or really anything 'viral' based around cute/funny etc etc things that small children do.

Because.....THATS WHAT EVERY SMALL CHILD DOES.  I detest the fact that these viral moments are passed off as some unique behavior that is just SO cute/funny etc etc when literally every one of our kids have had those EXACT same moments. Drives me friggin' insane for whatever reason
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 13, 2018, 12:46:12 PM
Along the same lines, though, I find precocious kids very irritating.   You know who I mean - basically Macauley Culkin in Home Alone.   Or any of those kids they trot out on those Steve Harvey (who I really like, by the way) shows, where the kid is quippy and snarky and just completely out of his/her lane.

This leads me to something I find extremely irritating. This whole 'viral' video stuff of babies hysterically laughing at their parent doing something silly....or really anything 'viral' based around cute/funny etc etc things that small children do.

Because.....THATS WHAT EVERY SMALL CHILD DOES.  I detest the fact that these viral moments are passed off as some unique behavior that is just SO cute/funny etc etc when literally every one of our kids have had those EXACT same moments. Drives me friggin' insane for whatever reason

On the flippity flip, as someone who doesn't have kids, I get a kick out of some of these. Watching babies react to magic tricks is hilarious. There was one I saw come through a day or two ago of a baby hearing an echo for the first time in an empty hall/stairwell. They dad would make a big "WHOOP" sound and then the kid would look totally black magic mind fucked. Then the kid started making noises and hearing her own echo and couldn't stop laughing. I thought it was cute.

Maybe it's how I fill the childless void in my heart, I don't know.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on August 13, 2018, 12:53:52 PM
Along the same lines, though, I find precocious kids very irritating.   You know who I mean - basically Macauley Culkin in Home Alone.   Or any of those kids they trot out on those Steve Harvey (who I really like, by the way) shows, where the kid is quippy and snarky and just completely out of his/her lane.

This leads me to something I find extremely irritating. This whole 'viral' video stuff of babies hysterically laughing at their parent doing something silly....or really anything 'viral' based around cute/funny etc etc things that small children do.

Because.....THATS WHAT EVERY SMALL CHILD DOES.  I detest the fact that these viral moments are passed off as some unique behavior that is just SO cute/funny etc etc when literally every one of our kids have had those EXACT same moments. Drives me friggin' insane for whatever reason

On the flippity flip, as someone who doesn't have kids, I get a kick out of some of these. Watching babies react to magic tricks is hilarious. There was one I saw come through a day or two ago of a baby hearing an echo for the first time in an empty hall/stairwell. They dad would make a big "WHOOP" sound and then the kid would look totally black magic mind fucked. Then the kid started making noises and hearing her own echo and couldn't stop laughing. I thought it was cute.

Maybe it's how I fill the childless void in my heart, I don't know.

I can see that.....in all honesty I didn't even consider the 'flippity flip' enjoyment out of it. And can relate to the 'joy' you'd get out of it because moments like those are cool to have as a parent.

And I guess that's my irritation at the kid viral deal..... could be more directed at the parents themselves for uploading/posting it becuase it comes off to me as part of this whole aura and atmosphere of 'look how special or unique' I am/my kids are.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 13, 2018, 12:58:38 PM
Along the same lines, though, I find precocious kids very irritating.   You know who I mean - basically Macauley Culkin in Home Alone.   Or any of those kids they trot out on those Steve Harvey (who I really like, by the way) shows, where the kid is quippy and snarky and just completely out of his/her lane.

This leads me to something I find extremely irritating. This whole 'viral' video stuff of babies hysterically laughing at their parent doing something silly....or really anything 'viral' based around cute/funny etc etc things that small children do.

Because.....THATS WHAT EVERY SMALL CHILD DOES.  I detest the fact that these viral moments are passed off as some unique behavior that is just SO cute/funny etc etc when literally every one of our kids have had those EXACT same moments. Drives me friggin' insane for whatever reason

On the flippity flip, as someone who doesn't have kids, I get a kick out of some of these. Watching babies react to magic tricks is hilarious. There was one I saw come through a day or two ago of a baby hearing an echo for the first time in an empty hall/stairwell. They dad would make a big "WHOOP" sound and then the kid would look totally black magic mind fucked. Then the kid started making noises and hearing her own echo and couldn't stop laughing. I thought it was cute.

Maybe it's how I fill the childless void in my heart, I don't know.

I can see that.....in all honesty I didn't even consider the 'flippity flip' enjoyment out of it. And can relate to the 'joy' you'd get out of it because moments like those are cool to have as a parent.

And I guess that's my irritation at the kid viral deal..... could be more directed at the parents themselves for uploading/posting it becuase it comes off to me as part of this whole aura and atmosphere of 'look how special or unique' I am/my kids are.

For me, I think it comes down to the parent's intention. If a mom or a dad puts a video up on their Facebook page for their friends and family to see, and then it somehow ends up on a Youtube channel or on the news (I'm shocked how often that happens), I can't blame the parents all that much. But when you have the parents that have a dedicated Instagram account for their 8 months old, or a Youtube channel dedicated to their kid, that kind of gets under my skin (Daddy o' Five). It feels more like they're exploiting them for their own gratification rather than just trying to share something spur of the moment with loved ones.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 13, 2018, 01:00:37 PM
Along the same lines, though, I find precocious kids very irritating.   You know who I mean - basically Macauley Culkin in Home Alone.   Or any of those kids they trot out on those Steve Harvey (who I really like, by the way) shows, where the kid is quippy and snarky and just completely out of his/her lane.

This leads me to something I find extremely irritating. This whole 'viral' video stuff of babies hysterically laughing at their parent doing something silly....or really anything 'viral' based around cute/funny etc etc things that small children do.

Because.....THATS WHAT EVERY SMALL CHILD DOES.  I detest the fact that these viral moments are passed off as some unique behavior that is just SO cute/funny etc etc when literally every one of our kids have had those EXACT same moments. Drives me friggin' insane for whatever reason

On the flippity flip, as someone who doesn't have kids, I get a kick out of some of these. Watching babies react to magic tricks is hilarious. There was one I saw come through a day or two ago of a baby hearing an echo for the first time in an empty hall/stairwell. They dad would make a big "WHOOP" sound and then the kid would look totally black magic mind fucked. Then the kid started making noises and hearing her own echo and couldn't stop laughing. I thought it was cute.

Maybe it's how I fill the childless void in my heart, I don't know.

I battle with both of these.  I see where both of you are coming from.   My grandson is being raised in a family that has a very significant social media presence.   ALL the kids - i.e., the parents and their sisters - have Snapgram and Instachat and Facespace and even a couple I've never heard of, and so my grandson is ALL. OVER. THE. INTERNET (obviously subject to account accesses and what not; you can't actually GOOGLE him, at least I don't think).  I don't say a word about it, I don't voice my opinion on it, because I'm not the parent, but I do feel a little uneasy when all these videos show up.   I get it, he is being raised by parents that don't have a problem with it and he'll be comfortable with it, and so likely not have a problem himself, but I wonder.   I just don't think every moment needs to be documented like that.   It puts - like I think Gary is alluding to - a false importance on things.    The boy's dad - my stepson, with whom I am very close - often asks me "when did [my daughter] walk/talk/shit solid/eat potato chips for the first time", and I'm like, I don't know.  I suppose I could look it up, but it's less about the normal life-milestones and more about the arc of her life.  I'm sure if there were significant milestones missed, it would be different, but while I understand (and appreciate) that others' might take joy in them, I worry about the over-emphasis on things that don't merit that weight.

EDIT:  I didn't see both of your subsequent replies when I posted this, so sorry for any duplication.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on August 13, 2018, 01:06:41 PM
For me, I think it comes down to the parent's intention. If a mom or a dad puts a video up on their Facebook page for their friends and family to see, and then it somehow ends up on a Youtube channel or on the news (I'm shocked how often that happens), I can't blame the parents all that much. But when you have the parents that have a dedicated Instagram account for their 8 months old, or a Youtube channel dedicated to their kid, that kind of gets under my skin (Daddy o' Five). It feels more like they're exploiting them for their own gratification rather than just trying to share something spur of the moment with loved ones.

Completely agree with this sentiment on the matter.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 13, 2018, 01:18:26 PM
Back to school pictures piss me off more than baby videos.

(https://i.redditmedia.com/fjUPp5TqNycKByTb877dnOA6yyXW7r7gxHNId4ovh5Q.jpg?w=768&s=77429b31072d85e2e643e1ce98b47873)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 13, 2018, 01:21:29 PM
Lots of good points, and they nicely tie with what was discussed earlier.

How can you realistically pull your kid out of a tantrum if she's spent her brief existence watching you continously filming/taking shots of her like a movie star and reacting to her every little common baby landmark like she's crapping Mona Lisas on command?

I raised a step-daughter, thus I probably lack that "true" visceral connection, nonetheless I feel a legit parent (and I'm felt as such - I'm the one she's always called "dad", not the natural parent) and I find overreaction as dangerous as indifference.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 13, 2018, 01:47:42 PM
I absolutely hate the trend of mom's posting memes or photos about how happy they are their kids are going back to school. I get it. Raising kids is hard. But to actively praise how awesome it is to get them out of their hair really bugs me. Why the hell did you have kids if you don't want to spend time with them?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 13, 2018, 04:36:39 PM
I'm with you on that.   

(Though it reminds me of a very funny scene in "My Name Is Earl" where Joy walks in with her bags packed and Earl says "Happy Mother's Day!".  She says "I hope so!' and turns to her kids, standing next to their dad and says "Ok, kids, remember, it's Mother's Day, so if you need anything call Darnell and don' bother me!")
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 13, 2018, 05:13:27 PM
That Staples commercial is killer as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 13, 2018, 08:11:08 PM
I absolutely hate the trend of mom's posting memes or photos about how happy they are their kids are going back to school. I get it. Raising kids is hard. But to actively praise how awesome it is to get them out of their hair really bugs me. Why the hell did you have kids if you don't want to spend time with them?

Mrs.jingle?  Is that you?  :D

She wants to cunt-punch anyone who ever expresses relief that their children are going back to school, or what not.  It's such a short time that we have them, and that our children look up to us as their everything.  jingle.kids are moving off to college at the end of this month, and I cringe at every person that tells us how awesome it's going to be having them out of the house.  It's an exciting time for sure, but it's a sad time filled with a sense of loss as well - double-duty for us with both of them leaving within 5 days of each other.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 13, 2018, 11:44:28 PM
I dunno guys, I don't get caught up in all these memes and didn't even realize this was one, but I am a father of two and I chuckled at that picture of the mom in the pool. Let's not over-analyze this too much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 14, 2018, 04:34:16 AM
I dunno guys, I don't get caught up in all these memes and didn't even realize this was one, but I am a father of two and I chuckled at that picture of the mom in the pool. Let's not over-analyze this too much.

As a one-off, sure.  But when this mom (and thousands of other parents) makes these kinds of posts/pics her lifestyle, she's exploiting her motherhood.  That I don't agree with.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 14, 2018, 05:12:07 AM
Parents of young children don't feel that way.  Parents of teens, whole other ball of wax.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 14, 2018, 06:19:45 AM
Parents of young children don't feel that way.
If you're talking about celebrating their kids going off to school, they absolutely do. Watch out on Facebook the next few weeks and you'll see tons of moms celebrating their kids going off the elementary school or even going to school for the first time.

Mrs.jingle?  Is that you?  :D
It's been me all along. I know everything you've posted about me here.  >:(
 :-*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 14, 2018, 07:36:35 AM
I absolutely hate the trend of mom's posting memes or photos about how happy they are their kids are going back to school. I get it. Raising kids is hard. But to actively praise how awesome it is to get them out of their hair really bugs me. Why the hell did you have kids if you don't want to spend time with them?

Mrs.jingle?  Is that you?  :D

She wants to cunt-punch anyone who ever expresses relief that their children are going back to school, or what not.  It's such a short time that we have them, and that our children look up to us as their everything.  jingle.kids are moving off to college at the end of this month, and I cringe at every person that tells us how awesome it's going to be having them out of the house.  It's an exciting time for sure, but it's a sad time filled with a sense of loss as well - double-duty for us with both of them leaving within 5 days of each other.

Best part of my divorce?  I had my kid two nights during the week.  She'd come home from school, do her homework on the counter while I cooked, and then we'd go in the other room and eat and talk.   

Worst part of my divorce?  My ex had my kid two night during the week.  It was hard to sit in the house by myself, cook by myself, so I'd go to the local bar and have a meal and end up drinking the rest of the night.  Not my finest hour (though it wasn't as bad as it could be.  It wasn't like I was banging strippers and stumbling home at 3 am not knowing how I got there). 

Maybe I was luckier than I thought, but I was an involved dad, and I loved my time with my kid.   Sharing music with her.  Sharing books.   Yeah, even sharing her Polly Pockets or whatever the fuck they were.   Now, she's like Jingle's kid(s), fixing to go to college and I'm like, "Hey, UConn is a good school!" (It's 20 minutes from our house).   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 14, 2018, 11:24:43 AM
Parents of young children don't feel that way.
If you're talking about celebrating their kids going off to school, they absolutely do. Watch out on Facebook the next few weeks and you'll see tons of moms celebrating their kids going off the elementary school or even going to school for the first time.

Mrs.jingle?  Is that you?  :D
It's been me all along. I know everything you've posted about me here.  >:(
 :-*


It's a natural reaction.  Kids are exhausting.  I would say most parents think they know what they are getting into but don't really know the depths of parenthood.   You're making to much about nothing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 14, 2018, 11:26:37 AM
I absolutely hate the trend of mom's posting memes or photos about how happy they are their kids are going back to school. I get it. Raising kids is hard. But to actively praise how awesome it is to get them out of their hair really bugs me. Why the hell did you have kids if you don't want to spend time with them?

Mrs.jingle?  Is that you?  :D

She wants to cunt-punch anyone who ever expresses relief that their children are going back to school, or what not.  It's such a short time that we have them, and that our children look up to us as their everything.  jingle.kids are moving off to college at the end of this month, and I cringe at every person that tells us how awesome it's going to be having them out of the house.  It's an exciting time for sure, but it's a sad time filled with a sense of loss as well - double-duty for us with both of them leaving within 5 days of each other.

You're on the other end of the spectrum.  Kids leaving the nest is a whole new adventure to you sand the Mrs.  So many dynamics now for you two to work through.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 14, 2018, 11:37:28 AM
Parents of young children don't feel that way.
If you're talking about celebrating their kids going off to school, they absolutely do. Watch out on Facebook the next few weeks and you'll see tons of moms celebrating their kids going off the elementary school or even going to school for the first time.

Mrs.jingle?  Is that you?  :D
It's been me all along. I know everything you've posted about me here.  >:(
 :-*


It's a natural reaction.  Kids are exhausting.  I would say most parents think they know what they are getting into but don't really know the depths of parenthood.   You're making to much about nothing.
I have no problem that they're a bit relieved to have a break from the kids.  I certainly appreciate a break. It's the public declaration basically stating "I'm so happy I don't have to take care of my children so I can sit around and drink wine all day" that bugs me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 14, 2018, 11:54:12 AM
You should see my Facebook posts :lol

don't let them lie to you, theydrink wine when the kids are there. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 14, 2018, 01:53:58 PM
This right here is why I don't hate all posts made that involve children doing things.

https://v.redd.it/1wwb0zdtz2g11
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 14, 2018, 09:42:44 PM
Off topic from kids for a moment...

Going to the gym straight from work, taking a treadmill run that felt like death, going home, and as soon as I pull in my driveway, remembering I left my fucking gym bag in the locker back at the gym. On the complete other end of town.

Oh, and treadmill running deserves a special mention too all of its own.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 15, 2018, 10:11:40 AM
I like running but running on a treadmill is the worst. Time moves so slowly on it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on August 15, 2018, 10:27:08 AM
I like running but running on a treadmill is the worst. Time moves so slowly on it.

Yeah.....I run quite a bit.....and the treadmill is a last resort....always. Nothing beats running outside and to take it a step further.......Trail Running is for me the most enjoyable way to run.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 15, 2018, 11:19:01 AM
I like running but running on a treadmill is the worst. Time moves so slowly on it.

Yeah.....I run quite a bit.....and the treadmill is a last resort....always. Nothing beats running outside and to take it a step further.......Trail Running is for me the most enjoyable way to run.

Treadmill is last resort for me too. Got no choice though since Southern Oregon is too smoky for any outdoor heavy exertion, plus I’m now signed up for the California International Marathon, so I have to train and get some mileage somehow...

I have mixed feelings about trail running. I like it overall, but if the trail has a lot of mud or rocks/roots/stuff for me to trip over or twist my ankle on, I don’t really enjoy it. When I’m running, I just want to go, not worry about where I should place my foot every step. I want to zone out and just get in a rhythm, get where I’m going ASAP. Trail running requires way more concentration and is much slower for me, but the views are also much better. So it’s a mixed bag for me. I prefer road running in general, but a trail run is good for mixing things up if I’m in the mood.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 15, 2018, 11:23:11 AM
The only way I was able to get myself to consistently run was buy putting a treadmill in the house. That to me is far preferable than going to a gym and much more enjoyable than running outside. I throw on a concert and it goes by in no time.

Also, this summer has been so disgustingly humid, you'll be standing in a puddle of sweat simply by standing still outside. I'll run in the AC please.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 15, 2018, 11:37:07 AM
I'm with you Chino. I can't run more than one block outside without wondering what the hell I am doing. There isn't much enjoyable about running on a treadmill for me but running outside is just a drag all the way around.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on August 15, 2018, 12:03:38 PM
I have mixed feelings about trail running. I like it overall, but if the trail has a lot of mud or rocks/roots/stuff for me to trip over or twist my ankle on, I don’t really enjoy it.

Outside of the mud.....the rock/root/ terrain challenge is why I like trail running so much. I like the 'focus' trail running takes as standard 'road' running bores me to death.

Plus, trail running is SO much more of a workout. So the 5 Mile loop I run at a local State Park is 'only' 5 Miles but it's a kick butt workout to boot....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 15, 2018, 12:07:57 PM
The only way I was able to get myself to consistently run was buy putting a treadmill in the house. That to me is far preferable than going to a gym and much more enjoyable than running outside. I throw on a concert and it goes by in no time.

Also, this summer has been so disgustingly humid, you'll be standing in a puddle of sweat simply by standing still outside. I'll run in the AC please.

Me too.  Throw on a DVD and I was off and, well, running.   :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 15, 2018, 06:58:45 PM
The only way I was able to get myself to consistently run was buy putting a treadmill in the house. That to me is far preferable than going to a gym and much more enjoyable than running outside. I throw on a concert and it goes by in no time.

Also, this summer has been so disgustingly humid, you'll be standing in a puddle of sweat simply by standing still outside. I'll run in the AC please.

Me too.  Throw on a DVD and I was off and, well, running.   :)

We better take it to the fitness thread before we're chastised for going off topic.   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 15, 2018, 07:01:04 PM
Yeah, I'm trying to relax in my recliner.   Geez! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on August 15, 2018, 08:57:37 PM
The only way I was able to get myself to consistently run was buy putting a treadmill in the house. That to me is far preferable than going to a gym and much more enjoyable than running outside. I throw on a concert and it goes by in no time.

Also, this summer has been so disgustingly humid, you'll be standing in a puddle of sweat simply by standing still outside. I'll run in the AC please.

Me too.  Throw on a DVD and I was off and, well, running.   :)

We better take it to the fitness thread before we're chastised for going off topic.   :biggrin:

... there is a fitness thread?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 15, 2018, 10:06:27 PM
Keeping with the theme of the thread, I find it more than mildly annoying when people job in the middle of the street.  GET ON THE F**KING SIDEWALK!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on August 15, 2018, 10:40:36 PM
Joggers/runners on the road are annoying... but don't get me started on bicyclists on the road....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 15, 2018, 10:46:57 PM
Agreed there as well. I will always use a sidewalk on a busy road. Running around my neighborhood is a different story since it’s a small subdivision with not much traffic, but even then I’m not dead center in the road.

As for the transition into irritations while driving, I’ve been thinking about this one since it’s happened a lot lately. I’m all for going your own speed that you’re comfortable with, and if someone wants to pass, get out of the way. What drives me bonkers is driving on two lane roads behind someone doing the speed limit or lower (I usually cruise 5-10 mph over), but once a passing lane comes up, they turn into Jeff fucking Gordon (or if they’re a woman, fucking Danica Patrick) and speed up to 20 over just to stay in front and lead the charge. Then once the lane merges, it’s back to their previous pace. Like, pick a damn speed and stick with it, would ya?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on August 15, 2018, 10:57:58 PM
I think we've had this argument here before, but I'm fine with 5-10 mph over, I'm guilty of 15 over, but when people want to go 20-25 mph over the speed limit, that get's a bit ridiculous and unsafe.

Another driving thing that annoys me. Light turns green and everyone takes their sweet time to let off the brake and get going and getting back up to speed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 15, 2018, 11:07:30 PM
I think we've had this argument here before, but I'm fine with 5-10 mph over, I'm guilty of 15 over, but when people want to go 20-25 mph over the speed limit, that get's a bit ridiculous and unsafe.

I also agree, and I almost never do that except when passing on two lane roads to get by and get the fuck back over. But if someone is coming up behind me that fast and starts riding my ass because they want to go 20-25 over, I’m moving over for them, even pulling off the side. Otherwise, I feel it creates an even more dangerous situation with someone’s impatience possibly causing them to make bad decisions and pass into oncoming traffic. Once they’re past me, we can each go our own desired speeds and he’s no longer a potential threat to my safety.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on August 16, 2018, 05:22:46 AM
I typically will do 65 in a 55 and I will do it in the slow lane so the speed demons can pass if they want. That typically works pretty well. I do hate when people tailgate me in the slow lane and refuse to pass. That drives me mental.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 16, 2018, 05:44:06 AM
CT highways are a complete free for all. Speed limits don't exist during morning and evening commutes. I'll regularly do 80 in the middle lane and get passed on both sides. I kind of like it that way.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on August 16, 2018, 06:23:11 AM
Another driving thing that annoys me. Light turns green and everyone takes their sweet time to let off the brake and get going and getting back up to speed.

I'm of the exact opposite belief - there's no need to stomp on the gas and accelerate from 0-40 in the space of 20 feet, just because people behind you expect that.  Especially when I have my kids in the car.  I'm not going to slam them back in their car seats just because some guy behind me wants to stomp on his gas pedal.  I'm all for accelerating at a regular, gradual rate until I get to the speed limit/5mph over.

If we're on driving irritations - people who stop a full car length past the white line.  We all learned to stop behind the line....now you're blocking the view of someone trying to turn right, just because you feel that the line doesn't apply to you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 16, 2018, 06:27:49 AM
It seems like in MN that the right lane is for people wanting to go the speed limit or just a few mph over. Which sucks for the left lane, because it leave 2/3 of the drivers wanting to use it with speeds varying from 5 over to 15 over. But with the right lane going clearly slower, it is a huge pain to get right and let cars pass because you have to slow down and it get's difficult to get back left. So what ends up happening is you get a lineup of cars going behind someone going 2-3 mph faster than the right lane when most people want to go 5-10 mph faster. It may take 10 minutes for an opening big enough for the front guy to get over without having to immediately slam on the brakes. Or they're just oblivious to the line behind them, or don't care.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 16, 2018, 06:45:30 AM
Joggers/runners on the road are annoying... but don't get me started on bicyclists on the road....

I hate bicyclists. I hate how they will pick and choose which road laws they follow.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 16, 2018, 08:01:06 AM
Another driving thing that annoys me. Light turns green and everyone takes their sweet time to let off the brake and get going and getting back up to speed.

I'm of the exact opposite belief - there's no need to stomp on the gas and accelerate from 0-40 in the space of 20 feet, just because people behind you expect that.  Especially when I have my kids in the car.  I'm not going to slam them back in their car seats just because some guy behind me wants to stomp on his gas pedal.  I'm all for accelerating at a regular, gradual rate until I get to the speed limit/5mph over.

If we're on driving irritations - people who stop a full car length past the white line.  We all learned to stop behind the line....now you're blocking the view of someone trying to turn right, just because you feel that the line doesn't apply to you.

No need FOR YOU.   I find no need to take off the line like I'm John  Force either, but here's the thing:  there are cars behind you.   I'm not doing it "for me", I'm doing it because someone behind me may have somewhere to go. A job interview.  Doctor's appointment.   Baby being born.    Drinks with that hot dude from work.   Sometimes the urgency of the first car is the difference between 2 or 3 cars getting through the light (and now you're adding 5 or more minutes to the ride).   Look, I get it; you want to get there earlier, leave earlier, and in a perfect world we'd all be able to do that.   But the world isn't perfect, and that's not how life works.  "Man plans, God laughs".    So I do my part to not make their life any more stressful or ridiculous than it needs to be.  I get the f*** out of the way.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 16, 2018, 08:06:38 AM
Well there is a nice middle ground of just paying attention and hitting the gas enough to get the traffic behind you moving.  I drive a Civic, it's not beating anyone off the line so you can't expect me to bust ass for no reason, but I most certainly ain't looking to waste mine or anyone elses time when the light hits green. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 16, 2018, 08:09:13 AM
Another driving thing that annoys me. Light turns green and everyone takes their sweet time to let off the brake and get going and getting back up to speed.

I'm of the exact opposite belief - there's no need to stomp on the gas and accelerate from 0-40 in the space of 20 feet, just because people behind you expect that.  Especially when I have my kids in the car.  I'm not going to slam them back in their car seats just because some guy behind me wants to stomp on his gas pedal.  I'm all for accelerating at a regular, gradual rate until I get to the speed limit/5mph over.

If we're on driving irritations - people who stop a full car length past the white line.  We all learned to stop behind the line....now you're blocking the view of someone trying to turn right, just because you feel that the line doesn't apply to you.

No need FOR YOU.   I find no need to take off the line like I'm John  Force either, but here's the thing:  there are cars behind you.   I'm not doing it "for me", I'm doing it because someone behind me may have somewhere to go. A job interview.  Doctor's appointment.   Baby being born.    Drinks with that hot dude from work.   Sometimes the urgency of the first car is the difference between 2 or 3 cars getting through the light (and now you're adding 5 or more minutes to the ride).   Look, I get it; you want to get there earlier, leave earlier, and in a perfect world we'd all be able to do that.   But the world isn't perfect, and that's not how life works.  "Man plans, God laughs".    So I do my part to not make their life any more stressful or ridiculous than it needs to be.  I get the f*** out of the way.

This. There are lights I get stuck in every afternoon that I watch change 5, 6, sometimes 7 times. Nothing is worse than seeing some asshole not paying attention and sitting at a dead stop, only allowing 3 or 4 cars through the light by the time he/she realizes what they've done. My blood boils when I see a light turn green and you see 30 foot gaps open up between the cars as they start rolling. Why can't we all just accelerate at a relatively similar speed? You don't need to let a box truck-sized opening form between you and the car in front of you. If we all worked together, a lot more of us could make it through each green.Maybe I'm just biased or sour because I spend roughly 25 full days a year sitting in traffic (typing that out just made me really, really sad), but it doesn't seem like a hard concept.

I can't remember for the life of me which state it was, but years ago when I drove down to Florida, we were somewhere that had a row of blindingly white LEDs running across the red light on the traffic light. Starting about 5 seconds before the light would change to green, that white strip in the red light would start strobing. It'd let everyone in line know it was time to get moving and the light was about to turn green. I thought it was genius. I wish every light had them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 16, 2018, 08:19:22 AM
Joggers/runners on the road are annoying... but don't get me started on bicyclists on the road....

I hate bicyclists. I hate how they will pick and choose which road laws they follow.

I'm really bipolar on this. On one hand I realise they're the weakest on the road and we should mind their safety, BUT everytime they suddenly switch into pedestrian mode and literally jump from their lane to the crossing stripes ten feet from my snout I go Falling Down.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 16, 2018, 08:36:16 AM
Well there is a nice middle ground of just paying attention and hitting the gas enough to get the traffic behind you moving.  I drive a Civic, it's not beating anyone off the line so you can't expect me to bust ass for no reason, but I most certainly ain't looking to waste mine or anyone elses time when the light hits green.

And of course there is reason involved.  I have a car that can get to it off the line (my BMW) and a car that is like a battleship (my Dodge pickup truck).   I don't think I'm saying to leave rubber and smoke at the intersection; just be aware.  What's the new buzzword?   "Be mindful".  I know that's not the exact meaning of the phrase, but it fits.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 16, 2018, 08:43:02 AM
Joggers/runners on the road are annoying... but don't get me started on bicyclists on the road....

I hate bicyclists. I hate how they will pick and choose which road laws they follow.

I'm really bipolar on this. On one hand I realise they're the weakest on the road and we should mind their safety, BUT everytime they suddenly switch into pedestrian mode and literally jump from their lane to the crossing stripes ten feet from my snout I go Falling Down.

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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on August 16, 2018, 09:23:31 AM
Another driving thing that annoys me. Light turns green and everyone takes their sweet time to let off the brake and get going and getting back up to speed.

I'm of the exact opposite belief - there's no need to stomp on the gas and accelerate from 0-40 in the space of 20 feet, just because people behind you expect that.  Especially when I have my kids in the car.  I'm not going to slam them back in their car seats just because some guy behind me wants to stomp on his gas pedal.  I'm all for accelerating at a regular, gradual rate until I get to the speed limit/5mph over.

If we're on driving irritations - people who stop a full car length past the white line.  We all learned to stop behind the line....now you're blocking the view of someone trying to turn right, just because you feel that the line doesn't apply to you.

No need FOR YOU.   I find no need to take off the line like I'm John  Force either, but here's the thing:  there are cars behind you.   I'm not doing it "for me", I'm doing it because someone behind me may have somewhere to go. A job interview.  Doctor's appointment.   Baby being born.    Drinks with that hot dude from work.   Sometimes the urgency of the first car is the difference between 2 or 3 cars getting through the light (and now you're adding 5 or more minutes to the ride).   Look, I get it; you want to get there earlier, leave earlier, and in a perfect world we'd all be able to do that.   But the world isn't perfect, and that's not how life works.  "Man plans, God laughs".    So I do my part to not make their life any more stressful or ridiculous than it needs to be.  I get the f*** out of the way.

Oh lord.  I'm not saying that I'm purposely delaying another driver.  I'm just driving appropriately for what I feel is correct, which also means that it is not my responsibility to accomodate every single car behind me if they're in a hurry.  If they want to get around me in a passing lane, so be it.  I've been in that place of racing to a hospital in with my wife in labor in the passenger seat, and while I drove as fast as I could, I never drove like I needed to run another car off the road to get where I'm going.

From my perspective, taking off at a stop light/sign like a drag racer to immediately reach the speed limit is wholly unnecessary, and I'm not going to do that with my kids or anyone else in the car, regardless of how the cars behind me think *I* should be driving. 

I used to zip around in my car until I had a very near miss - a driver in an Escalade turned left in front of me in an intersection while I was doing at least 50 in a 40 zone.  I turned to the right just enough to avoid a head-on collision at 50mph and the entire side of my car scraped across his front end.  After that scare, I became a very, very defensive driver.  So I could care less if the guy behind me feels the need to stomp on his pedal - I know what it's like to nearly be in what could have been a very serious or life-threatening accident and I have no need to put myself in that position again because someone else thinks I should drive differently.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 16, 2018, 09:43:27 AM
I can't remember for the life of me which state it was, but years ago when I drove down to Florida, we were somewhere that had a row of blindingly white LEDs running across the red light on the traffic light. Starting about 5 seconds before the light would change to green, that white strip in the red light would start strobing. It'd let everyone in line know it was time to get moving and the light was about to turn green. I thought it was genius. I wish every light had them.

I've seen this in Europe.  It's like a yellow light for green, lets you get ready to move.  Great idea IMO.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 16, 2018, 09:48:56 AM
Isn't that what the other guy's yellow means? ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 16, 2018, 11:10:46 AM
Please.  Everyone.  Don't get Stadler going (any more than he already has).  I don't think I can handle a third go-around at this.

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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on August 16, 2018, 11:46:42 AM
Please.  Everyone.  Don't get Stadler going (any more than he already has).  I don't think I can handle a third go-around at this.

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I apologize, because I think I was the catalyst for this the last time driving came up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 16, 2018, 11:57:56 AM
Please.  Everyone.  Don't get Stadler going (any more than he already has).  I don't think I can handle a third go-around at this.

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Well, I might have to.  Misunderstood again.  I pretty clearly said that no one has to take off at the line like they are John Force (he's a famous drag racer if that reference went by anyone).   I just argue with the notion that "I have no responsibility to any other driver".  I have EVERY responsibility to every other driver.   I share the road.   Therefore I share the rights to the road.   NO ONE - least of all me - says we all need to operate at top speeds at all times, or to operate unsafely.   But be aware that how YOU drive impacts other drivers.   That's all.  Pretty simple.    Sometimes I'm the fastest on the road, sometimes I'm not.   But I WILL pull over and let someone go - without a dirty look, without the finger, without a "f*** you" - if someone wants to go faster.  I don't believe I can or should - explicitly or implicitly - control other drivers to the extent I don't have to.   

It's far less about "driving fast" than it is about being aware.  I guess I just don't understand that mentality of not caring about controlling someone else.  Sometimes it's necessary and no one is arguing that; I'm talking about the times that it's not NECESSARY, but rather the easy way out.    It BLOWS MY MIND how you can drive along side someone on the highway for miles and miles and they never once ever look in the mirror, look around them or observe what other drivers are doing.    How can you possibly expect to safely operate a 4,000 lb. vehicle hurtling down a strip of concrete at 60 miles per hour if you don't know what's around you??  I say the same thing to the line of kids at the mall walking at their own pace while I'm trying to get to meet my wife at the store.  Or the moron standing at the counter at McDonald's trying to decide between the Big Mac or the Quarter Pounder, even though that choice has been available for over 50 years at this point.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 16, 2018, 12:18:19 PM
but once a passing lane comes up, they turn into Jeff fucking Gordon (or if they’re a woman, fucking Danica Patrick)

Your comma usage ruins my fantasy!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 16, 2018, 12:38:10 PM
Joggers/runners on the road are annoying... but don't get me started on bicyclists on the road....

I hate bicyclists. I hate how they will pick and choose which road laws they follow.

This...to the nth degree.  The way I drive home from work, I get off the freeway onto a street that has three lanes of traffic both ways with a 45MPH speed limit.  A few hundreds yards after I turn right onto that street, it curves about 45 degrees to the left at a "Y" intersection with another similar street.  The speed limit then drops to 40MPH.  I drive about half a mile and then make a left turn into my residential area.  A few months ago, while I was waiting at the "Y" intersection, a bicyclist turned right onto my street.  He then started to veer to the left, as if he was going to turn left at the first intersection.  My light turned green, and I proceeded in the middle of the lane.  The bicyclist then started veering to the right.  He couldn't have been going more than 15-20MPH, and I had probably accelerated to 30+MPH at that point, and I was trying to figure out what he was going to do.  I finally picked a side on which to pass him and briefly honked my horn, and this idiot reacted as though I had just killed his dog.  I'm thinking, "WTF, dude."

The other thing I see now and then is when they ride in packs and basically occupy half the road.  These are folks on high performance bikes, but they're still not doing more than 30MPH or so, and they cause traffic jams.

As for what happens at green lights, the problem is almost invariably folks using the red light as an opportunity to text or e-mail.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 16, 2018, 01:00:32 PM
But bicycles are saving the environment, you Right-Wing, Conservative-voting, toxic emission-spewing, gas-guzzling car-driving assholes.

Or so I have been informed.

But yeah, some, not all, bicyclists feel they are not only entitled to as much of the road as those evil cars, but are also not bound by the same rules of the road.
 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 16, 2018, 02:17:28 PM
but once a passing lane comes up, they turn into Jeff fucking Gordon (or if they’re a woman, fucking Danica Patrick)

Your comma usage ruins my fantasy!

Very intentionally phrased as such, but only for the part after the comma (lucky Aaron Rodgers...). No consideration was placed for any verbiage prior to that point, but there certainly should have been. My eternal apologies.  :blush

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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on August 20, 2018, 08:13:03 AM
Men (or women but it's primarily men) who when shaking your hand feel the need to try and crush every bone in your hand. Look....I'm all for a firm handshake, I was taught that. Give a firm shake/grip and look the other person in the eye when doing so.

But, I've ran into several guys who think that 'firm handshake' means give the other guy nerve damage or crush every bone in his hand. To me that's a jackass move.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 20, 2018, 09:41:55 AM
Men (or women but it's primarily men) who when shaking your hand feel the need to try and crush every bone in your hand. Look....I'm all for a firm handshake, I was taught that. Give a firm shake/grip and look the other person in the eye when doing so.

But, I've ran into several guys who think that 'firm handshake' means give the other guy nerve damage or crush every bone in his hand. To me that's a jackass move.
Agreed. It is stupid as hell, and yet a lot of people will somehow make sound like it's a good thing that guy has a strong handshake as if it's somehow a measure of his masculinity or something.

Along the same lines, my sister has a friend who love to give giant bear hugs. Not just a normal hug, but a rib crushing hug. This woman has literally broken the ribs of three people giving these hugs. What is completely bizarre to me is that she still does it! Break one person's ribs, chalk it up to a fluke maybe, but after two I think it's time to back off. By the third person, you're just being an asshole.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 20, 2018, 12:45:36 PM
Men (or women but it's primarily men) who when shaking your hand feel the need to try and crush every bone in your hand. Look....I'm all for a firm handshake, I was taught that. Give a firm shake/grip and look the other person in the eye when doing so.

But, I've ran into several guys who think that 'firm handshake' means give the other guy nerve damage or crush every bone in his hand. To me that's a jackass move.

More than that...I can't stand the people who squeeze the second that the two hands make contact, which usually results in the other person getting his/her fingertips squeezed and not being able to reciprocate.  It ends up being very awkward.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 20, 2018, 12:48:30 PM
Men (or women but it's primarily men) who when shaking your hand feel the need to try and crush every bone in your hand. Look....I'm all for a firm handshake, I was taught that. Give a firm shake/grip and look the other person in the eye when doing so.

But, I've ran into several guys who think that 'firm handshake' means give the other guy nerve damage or crush every bone in his hand. To me that's a jackass move.

But if I don't crush your hand, how else will you know how big my penis is?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 20, 2018, 12:56:12 PM
How else is a potential boss going to gauge how well I can manage spreadsheets?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 20, 2018, 12:59:53 PM
Men (or women but it's primarily men) who when shaking your hand feel the need to try and crush every bone in your hand. Look....I'm all for a firm handshake, I was taught that. Give a firm shake/grip and look the other person in the eye when doing so.

But, I've ran into several guys who think that 'firm handshake' means give the other guy nerve damage or crush every bone in his hand. To me that's a jackass move.

But if I don't crush your hand, how else will you know how big my penis is?

Give me your penis to shake. I will instantly know and you're gonna revaluate the virtues of a gentle grip.

Everybody wins.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 20, 2018, 02:03:09 PM
One of my rules of life (yes, I have a list) is "have a firm handshake, but never shake a woman's hand more firmly than she"

For those goombas that walk up with a hand is more like a 5-pack of sausages, I brace for impact, and get ready to give as strong as I'm getting.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 20, 2018, 02:03:40 PM
Men (or women but it's primarily men) who when shaking your hand feel the need to try and crush every bone in your hand. Look....I'm all for a firm handshake, I was taught that. Give a firm shake/grip and look the other person in the eye when doing so.

But, I've ran into several guys who think that 'firm handshake' means give the other guy nerve damage or crush every bone in his hand. To me that's a jackass move.

But if I don't crush your hand, how else will you know how big my penis is?

Give me your penis to shake. I will instantly know and you're gonna revaluate the virtues of a gentle grip.

Everybody wins.

I feel like this is what got Harvey Weinstein in trouble.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 20, 2018, 02:20:10 PM
*lols*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 20, 2018, 03:05:33 PM
Not unless a potted plant was involved.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on August 20, 2018, 08:56:13 PM
The handshake thing always reminds me of in King of the Hill when Hank met George Bush and shook his hand only to find it was a limp handshake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKmoze-hlXU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKmoze-hlXU)

Always awkward when the other person squeezes too soon and all they get is your fingers...very awkward and I always feel like they are judging you for it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 20, 2018, 09:09:27 PM
I think I do handshakes pretty well, but every now and then I get beat and all the guy gets is fingers. I will call for an immediate do-over.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 20, 2018, 09:15:31 PM
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That's how you do a handshake.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 20, 2018, 09:33:02 PM
So, I have a gripe. For most of out trip, we had a very nice time share, but for the last few nights we stayed at a Hampton Inn. We always stay there when we can. Good standards and a free breakfast. Anyway, we stayed last night at the one near the SF airport. Now, I know some of you travel for work, but here's my thing....
...where they serve breakfast, there is limited seating. But it usually moves along. Today, there was a guy on his computer just sitting there doing work. He was clearly doing work, because he had a spreadsheet open with paper invoices or something spread out. He wasn't even fucking eating. GTFO!! People are coming down for breakfast and have nowhere to sit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 21, 2018, 01:58:12 AM
So, I have a gripe. For most of out trip, we had a very nice time share, but for the last few nights we stayed at a Hampton Inn. We always stay there when we can. Good standards and a free breakfast. Anyway, we stayed last night at the one near the SF airport. Now, I know some of you travel for work, but here's my thing....
...where they serve breakfast, there is limited seating. But it usually moves along. Today, there was a guy on his computer just sitting there doing work. He was clearly doing work, because he had a spreadsheet open with paper invoices or something spread out. He wasn't even fucking eating. GTFO!! People are coming down for breakfast and have nowhere to sit.

True, if there's a wait and he's not eating, go do your work in the lobby or your room.   Some of those hotels with free breakfast (holiday inn express is where I stay a lot) you have these crazy rushes for breakfast near the end of serving time. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on August 21, 2018, 07:09:40 AM
Bee through the car's window and straight into the sleeve when one sting can kill you in 5 minutes.

Boy that was close.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 21, 2018, 07:36:27 AM
So, I have a gripe. For most of out trip, we had a very nice time share, but for the last few nights we stayed at a Hampton Inn. We always stay there when we can. Good standards and a free breakfast. Anyway, we stayed last night at the one near the SF airport. Now, I know some of you travel for work, but here's my thing....
...where they serve breakfast, there is limited seating. But it usually moves along. Today, there was a guy on his computer just sitting there doing work. He was clearly doing work, because he had a spreadsheet open with paper invoices or something spread out. He wasn't even fucking eating. GTFO!! People are coming down for breakfast and have nowhere to sit.

I thought you were going in a different direction:  we stayed in New York this weekend, and supposedly "11:00 pm to 7:00 am" are quiet time.   There is no bar in the hotel, and no room service.  We were on the 26th floor, where there are only about 6 or 7 rooms (it's a New York hotel).   BOTH NIGHTS, like clockwork, around 11:20, 11:30, some guy came back to (or out of, I wasn't watching that close) his room, yells over to someone else, door slams, more yelling, door slams again.    I get it, it's all of 10 minutes, and believe me, I didn't lose a minute of sleep on that (figuratively or literally) but still.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 21, 2018, 12:08:18 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/twitter-stunned-by-adam-vinatieris-huge-preseason-kick/ar-BBMca4N?ocid=ientp

Is Twitter really stunned?  Were the servers knocked off kilter for a moment?   Were they the electronic version of speechless?  Did the algorithms freeze over this?

If we put half the effort into curing cancer that we do into being hip, we'd live to 275 years old.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: mike099 on August 21, 2018, 12:51:24 PM
I have been watching the Little League World Series for 50 Years and have always been irritated that there is a US bracket and an international bracket.   If you want a fair tournament, have all teams be in a random draw.  If an American team makes the final, they earned it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 21, 2018, 02:00:33 PM
I have been watching the Little League World Series for 50 Years and have always been irritated that there is a US bracket and an international bracket.   If you want a fair tournament, have all teams be in a random draw.  If an American team makes the final, they earned it.

Don't hold your breath.

I find it amusing that Little League gets all the publicity when, in my opinion, the game played in PONY leagues is far superior in pretty much every way.  Kids who are 11-13 yo playing on 60' bases and 200' fences is ridiculous.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 21, 2018, 02:25:51 PM
Vulture salespeople. I get it’s their job and living, but sometimes it’s a bit much.

Went into Guitar Center for new strings, but where it’s been a while since I’ve actually looked and played any guitars in-store there, I figured I’d at least see what was hanging on the walls. Walked into the store, was greeted by a salesman and asked, “You have any questions?”

“Nope, just looking.”

“Okay, just ask me if you need anything.” Okay, cool, I will. At this point they’ve made their effort to help, and I’ve made my point, I’d hoped, I don’t want to be bothered further and if I want help I’ll ask for it. I browse the electrics for a couple minutes and make my way to the acoustic room to peruse and see what they have. It couldn’t have been more than five minutes after the first encounter that the same guy pokes his head in. “Hey, bro, you got any questions?”

“Nope!” At which point I grabbed my strings and left. Nothing will chase me out of a store quicker than overeager salespeople. Again, I get it, they need to make money. But in sales, I thought the number one rule was “Read your audience...”
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 21, 2018, 02:39:00 PM
Even worse are the sales people who then follow you around the store, not saying anything, but just watching you and making it uncomfortable to shop.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 21, 2018, 02:41:51 PM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 21, 2018, 02:42:50 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 21, 2018, 03:01:48 PM
Even worse are the sales people who then follow you around the store, not saying anything, but just watching you and making it uncomfortable to shop.

Yup. They’re horrible too.

See: Furniture salespeople.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 21, 2018, 03:57:59 PM
Even worse are the sales people who then follow you around the store, not saying anything, but just watching you and making it uncomfortable to shop.

Yup. They’re horrible too.

See: Furniture salespeople.

I bought a new mattress last year at Raymore and Flannigan and had a sales guy like this. Every fucking mattress we stopped and looked at the tag of, he felt the need to chime in. We'd lay down and start talking about how it felt, and we couldn't finish the sentence before the guy tried to make a sale. I wasn't in the best mood that day and said something to him like "Sir, I plan on dropping $2k in here tonight. Let us look on our own or we're leaving. Your words aren't going to convince my back how the mattress feels".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 21, 2018, 05:29:37 PM
Even worse are the sales people who then follow you around the store, not saying anything, but just watching you and making it uncomfortable to shop.

Yup. They’re horrible too.

See: Furniture salespeople.

Oh man....when my wife and I were first living together, we were looking for some piece of furniture or another at a store like Levitz (is that even still around).  We did the whole "we're just looking" thing, but the lurking sales people proved too much for us.  We ended up playing a mock game of hide and seek while laughing our asses off before eventually making our way to the store exit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 21, 2018, 05:35:30 PM
Vulture salespeople. I get it’s their job and living, but sometimes it’s a bit much.

Went into Guitar Center for new strings, but where it’s been a while since I’ve actually looked and played any guitars in-store there, I figured I’d at least see what was hanging on the walls. Walked into the store, was greeted by a salesman and asked, “You have any questions?”

“Nope, just looking.”

“Okay, just ask me if you need anything.” Okay, cool, I will. At this point they’ve made their effort to help, and I’ve made my point, I’d hoped, I don’t want to be bothered further and if I want help I’ll ask for it. I browse the electrics for a couple minutes and make my way to the acoustic room to peruse and see what they have. It couldn’t have been more than five minutes after the first encounter that the same guy pokes his head in. “Hey, bro, you got any questions?”

“Nope!” At which point I grabbed my strings and left. Nothing will chase me out of a store quicker than overeager salespeople. Again, I get it, they need to make money. But in sales, I thought the number one rule was “Read your audience...”

This is why I don't go into guitar center anymore. I used to love going in there and playing around but over time they've become too pushy.

I respect the instruments, I don't play around with anything I'm not considering buying, get out of my face.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 21, 2018, 06:47:11 PM
You guys need to up your game and ask the stupidest questions.   I seriously do that to scare them away.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 21, 2018, 07:10:03 PM
But I don't want to play a game. I want to look, exchange currency, and then leave. I prefer to spend as little time in retail establishments as possible.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 21, 2018, 07:16:39 PM
I would too but it's like messing with a sales call. I've become deft at it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 21, 2018, 07:23:31 PM
You guys need to up your game and ask the stupidest questions.   I seriously do that to scare them away.

I’ll have to try this next time. Would have come in handy today.

“Hey, bro, you got any questions?”

“Yeah, bro, where do you keep your seven-string acoustics? I don’t see any here.”
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 21, 2018, 07:26:34 PM
Snow Dog, there's nothing wrong with saying "Hey, I came in to buy some strings, but it's been a while and I want to check out the guitars. I'm cool, thank you."
That's what I would've said.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 21, 2018, 07:38:34 PM
Snow Dog, there's nothing wrong with saying "Hey, I came in to buy some strings, but it's been a while and I want to check out the guitars. I'm cool, thank you."
That's what I would've said.

And this is also true, especially the second time around. I just figured my first “Just looking,” would have been enough. It obviously wasn’t. I think the irritation came in where he literally asked me again five minutes later after I said I was good, but yes, a clearer response like this would have been better.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 21, 2018, 07:40:42 PM
I hate bothersome salespeople. Usually when they approach, I always state my intent and say that I will let them know if I have a question.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 21, 2018, 08:11:05 PM
I have been watching the Little League World Series for 50 Years and have always been irritated that there is a US bracket and an international bracket.   If you want a fair tournament, have all teams be in a random draw.  If an American team makes the final, they earned it.

Don't hold your breath.

I find it amusing that Little League gets all the publicity when, in my opinion, the game played in PONY leagues is far superior in pretty much every way.  Kids who are 11-13 yo playing on 60' bases and 200' fences is ridiculous.

Dang I thought I was the only person that felt this way! I started playing baseball when I was 5 so I recall the progression of levels. Yes, playing Little League is like being in remedial math when the other kids your age are in trigonometry.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 22, 2018, 01:59:22 PM
If find the use of the acronym STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) to be irritating. It's like a classic one of these things is not like the other. STEM makes complete sense. All of them are related. Art is hugely important, I get that. But it has nothing to do with the desire to make kids better at STEM subjects. I don't understand why someone thought it was important to throw art in with them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 22, 2018, 02:03:43 PM
If find the use of the acronym STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) to be irritating. It's like a classic one of these things is not like the other. STEM makes complete sense. All of them are related. Art is hugely important, I get that. But it has nothing to do with the desire to make kids better at STEM subjects. I don't understand why someone thought it was important to through art in with them.

Because artists look at the world in ways that many others can't, especially engineers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 22, 2018, 03:22:11 PM
I have been watching the Little League World Series for 50 Years and have always been irritated that there is a US bracket and an international bracket.   If you want a fair tournament, have all teams be in a random draw.  If an American team makes the final, they earned it.

Don't hold your breath.

I find it amusing that Little League gets all the publicity when, in my opinion, the game played in PONY leagues is far superior in pretty much every way.  Kids who are 11-13 yo playing on 60' bases and 200' fences is ridiculous.

Dang I thought I was the only person that felt this way! I started playing baseball when I was 5 so I recall the progression of levels. Yes, playing Little League is like being in remedial math when the other kids your age are in trigonometry.

When I was a kid, I played in a Little League from age 7-12.  After aging out of that league, some kids went and played "Pony-Colt" at a very nearby league, which had Pony and Colt level leagues (the "Pony" level being distinguished from the governing body, "PONY").  I don't believe the PONY league had kids playing at the younger levels because pretty much everyone in the area played at my Little League.  Anyway, I didn't realize until my own kid started playing baseball that not all "little leagues" were "Little Leagues":  that "Little League" was a governing body and that "PONY" was a different governing body (and that there's yet a third governing body:  "Cal Ripken"/"Babe Ruth").

My son played his last season of PONY ball in 2017 (he was 14 when the season started and turned 15 before it ended).  When he was 11/12, he was playing on 70' bases, and the fences were maybe 200' down the lines, but much deeper in the alleys and in centerfield.  At the 13/14 level, the bases were 80' (with some leagues having 90' bases), and the fences topped out just shy of 300'.  We were watching one of the Little League games this past weekend, and I said that I thought he and some of the kids he played with would have destroyed these Little League kids, and he just laughed.  I also may or may not have called one of the kids a "moron" for botching a rundown, which made my son laugh even more.  ;-)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 22, 2018, 03:37:32 PM
Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 22, 2018, 04:09:30 PM
Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art.

I just ran that through Google translate and put it on the Stadler to English settings, and my computer shut down.

WTf'nF did you say? :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 22, 2018, 05:28:13 PM
Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art.

I just ran that through Google translate and put it on the Stadler to English settings, and my computer shut down.

WTf'nF did you say? :lol

I was wondering the same thing.  I have a feeling it's something more specific than the folks who say "literally" when they mean the exact opposite.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 22, 2018, 06:04:55 PM
If find the use of the acronym STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) to be irritating. It's like a classic one of these things is not like the other. STEM makes complete sense. All of them are related. Art is hugely important, I get that. But it has nothing to do with the desire to make kids better at STEM subjects. I don't understand why someone thought it was important to throw art in with them.

I have (literally) never seen/heard the acronym STEAM.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 22, 2018, 07:41:18 PM
Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art.

I just ran that through Google translate and put it on the Stadler to English settings, and my computer shut down.

WTf'nF did you say? :lol

I was wondering the same thing.  I have a feeling it's something more specific than the folks who say "literally" when they mean the exact opposite.

You asked, so don't blame me, but I was referring to the mass of people screaming that "Donald Trump is now an "UNINDICTED CONSPIRATOR"".   

He is not.  That term means something, specifically, and it does not apply here.    He was specifically NOT named in the indictment of Michael Cohen, and was not at all identified as a conspirator.   If you don't know what the words mean, don't use them. 

Again, you asked. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 22, 2018, 07:44:06 PM
I agree with Stadler. I understand that some people just use some words incorrectly, and they don't know it.

As a therapist, a few that get me are anti-social, psycho and probably a few other mental health terms that people are misusing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 22, 2018, 07:44:20 PM
Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art.

I just ran that through Google translate and put it on the Stadler to English settings, and my computer shut down.

WTf'nF did you say? :lol

I was wondering the same thing.  I have a feeling it's something more specific than the folks who say "literally" when they mean the exact opposite.

You asked, so don't blame me, but I was referring to the mass of people screaming that "Donald Trump is now an "UNINDICTED CONSPIRATOR"".   


Oh...yeah, now that you say it, I can't believe I didn't get that in the first place.  :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 22, 2018, 07:46:22 PM
It's usually a pretty safe assumption that if Stads is upset, it's either 1) Something social media related, or 2) Something about people who don't like Trump.

So, really, you had a 50/50 shot at assuming it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 22, 2018, 07:52:25 PM
I agree with Stadler. I understand that some people just use some words incorrectly, and they don't know it.

As a therapist, a few that get me are anti-social, psycho and probably a few other mental health terms that people are misusing.

You must see that a lot. 

Does it bother you when people refer to others as "narcissists" and "psychopaths" and such?  I know when I was in law school and for a short time after, it was almost impossible to watch lawyer dramas on TV, since very little of it was really that accurate.   I'm over it now, and would rather watch Kelly Giddish than critique fake lawyers on screen for all of five minutes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on August 22, 2018, 07:53:13 PM
Lyme disease in general, and its rapid expansion and increased prevalence


(https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/styles/large/public/2016-07/lyme-map-download-2016.png)


As an avid hiker that lives in PA, this really sucks. I've dealt with 3 ticks in my lifetime. 2 of which I was able to notice and remove the same day and without issue and one of them left the full blown bullseye rash which I had to take antibiotics for, so yeah. Not huge into this tick related illnesses becoming more widespread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 22, 2018, 07:53:20 PM
It's usually a pretty safe assumption that if Stads is upset, it's either 1) Something social media related, or 2) Something about people who don't like Trump.

So, really, you had a 50/50 shot at assuming it.

You're 50/50 right.   ;). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 22, 2018, 07:54:18 PM
Lyme disease in general, and its rapid expansion and increased prevalence


(https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/styles/large/public/2016-07/lyme-map-download-2016.png)


As an avid hiker that lives in PA, this really sucks. I've dealt with 3 ticks in my lifetime. 2 of which I was able to notice and remove the same day and without issue and one of them left the full blown bullseye rash which I had to take antibiotics for, so yeah. Not huge into this tick related illnesses becoming more widespread.

Read "Lab 257".   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 22, 2018, 08:46:00 PM
I agree with Stadler. I understand that some people just use some words incorrectly, and they don't know it.

As a therapist, a few that get me are anti-social, psycho and probably a few other mental health terms that people are misusing.

You must see that a lot. 

Does it bother you when people refer to others as "narcissists" and "psychopaths" and such?  I know when I was in law school and for a short time after, it was almost impossible to watch lawyer dramas on TV, since very little of it was really that accurate.   I'm over it now, and would rather watch Kelly Giddish than critique fake lawyers on screen for all of five minutes.

I usually let arm-chair diagnoses by random people go, simply because if it really bothered me, I'd go completely mad 50 times a day.

And don't even get me started on psychologists in movies/tv shows. Sometimes it's good and right on, but other times I almost want to turn off what I'm watching.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 22, 2018, 09:06:26 PM
Does it bother you when people refer to others as "narcissists"

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And don't even get me started on psychologists in movies/tv shows. Sometimes it's good and right on...

What are some "good and right on" examples?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 22, 2018, 09:24:24 PM
Oh man, I'm terrible at that. Generally don't keep lists of that stuff in my head. I just remember a few times (not many) I watched something and thought....yes....that's how a therapist would do it. It's rare though.

I think one of the worst one that pops into my head was when Kumar was a therapist on How I Met Your Mother. That dude would get his license revoked....immediately.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 23, 2018, 02:35:32 AM
what about Analyze This?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on August 23, 2018, 04:10:10 AM
Lyme disease in general, and its rapid expansion and increased prevalence


(https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/styles/large/public/2016-07/lyme-map-download-2016.png)


As an avid hiker that lives in PA, this really sucks. I've dealt with 3 ticks in my lifetime. 2 of which I was able to notice and remove the same day and without issue and one of them left the full blown bullseye rash which I had to take antibiotics for, so yeah. Not huge into this tick related illnesses becoming more widespread.

Read "Lab 257".   

I've always wondered about that. I've never been one for conspiracy theories, but the plum island one seems somewhat plausible. The coverage map radiates from a point of origin that is right where plum island is. And if that is the legit source of tick born disease, then I'm super pissed. Do that type of research in the middle of the ocean or something, not right next to NY ffs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 23, 2018, 04:24:56 AM
Ugh, yea ticks are terrible.  I live in NJ which seems to be tick central from that map.  Had plenty of tick bites as a kid, but I don't play out in the woods so much as an adult so I haven't had many issues, but I did make this video for how to remove a tick (it's legit, but also kind of a joke) from the last time I found one on me and luckily it wasn't sucking on me for too long.

How to Remove A Tick cramx3 style (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSHSKLtKJqU) (it's not one of my best videos, but you can a clear idea of whats going on here  :lol)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 23, 2018, 06:31:07 AM
Oh man, I'm terrible at that. Generally don't keep lists of that stuff in my head. I just remember a few times (not many) I watched something and thought....yes....that's how a therapist would do it. It's rare though.

I think one of the worst one that pops into my head was when Kumar was a therapist on How I Met Your Mother. That dude would get his license revoked....immediately.

Bull?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 23, 2018, 06:42:55 AM
I like that show Bull but it bothers me that the man behind the show is Dr. Phil.  Analyze that. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 23, 2018, 06:46:05 AM
Lyme disease in general, and its rapid expansion and increased prevalence


(https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/styles/large/public/2016-07/lyme-map-download-2016.png)


As an avid hiker that lives in PA, this really sucks. I've dealt with 3 ticks in my lifetime. 2 of which I was able to notice and remove the same day and without issue and one of them left the full blown bullseye rash which I had to take antibiotics for, so yeah. Not huge into this tick related illnesses becoming more widespread.

Read "Lab 257".   

I've always wondered about that. I've never been one for conspiracy theories, but the plum island one seems somewhat plausible. The coverage map radiates from a point of origin that is right where plum island is. And if that is the legit source of tick born disease, then I'm super pissed. Do that type of research in the middle of the ocean or something, not right next to NY ffs.

I am literally in the blast radius.  I grew up in the New Haven, CT area, and while I'm not a huge beach guy, we went to Fairfield and up the coast (Madison, Clinton) for the beach.  I also lived on Block Island for a while, and to get there from where I was you sailed right by Plum Island (between Plum Island and Fisher Island).  I've been within a mile of that island maybe 100 times.  Obviously, no ticks in the open ocean, but still.   

There's never been any conclusive diagnosis - and the fact of the matter is, it doesn't change one thing - but my father has had severe rheumatoid arthritis since he was about 30 years old (it's rare to get it as bad as he has had it, at that young an age) and since the disease is primarily about an immune system gone awry, he was, shall we say, rather troubled by that book.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 23, 2018, 06:47:19 AM
I like that show Bull but it bothers me that the man behind the show is Dr. Phil.  Analyze that. :lol

I find Dr. Phil fascinating.   Not the same way I find Ritchie Blackmore fascinating, but nonetheless.  I tape (DVR, whatever) his show every day, not so much because I like the guy, but, well, fascinating. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 23, 2018, 07:06:24 AM
Oh man, I'm terrible at that. Generally don't keep lists of that stuff in my head. I just remember a few times (not many) I watched something and thought....yes....that's how a therapist would do it. It's rare though.

I think one of the worst one that pops into my head was when Kumar was a therapist on How I Met Your Mother. That dude would get his license revoked....immediately.

Bull?

Bull? Dunno it.

I also actively don't watch too many shows about therapists. Though, I did hear that In Treatment is pretty good. But like, I want my TV time and work time to be separate.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 23, 2018, 11:02:36 AM
Changing the subject...

When people use a term of art, or a specific term, incorrectly to make a point that is not only NOT made, but purposefully excluded from the term of art.

I just ran that through Google translate and put it on the Stadler to English settings, and my computer shut down.

WTf'nF did you say? :lol

I was wondering the same thing.  I have a feeling it's something more specific than the folks who say "literally" when they mean the exact opposite.

You asked, so don't blame me, but I was referring to the mass of people screaming that "Donald Trump is now an "UNINDICTED CONSPIRATOR"".   

He is not.  That term means something, specifically, and it does not apply here.    He was specifically NOT named in the indictment of Michael Cohen, and was not at all identified as a conspirator.   If you don't know what the words mean, don't use them. 

Again, you asked.

Ok.  I don't know anything about that particular situation, but I understand what you're talking about.

The problem (if it can be described as such) with what you're saying is that there are a lot of terms that have specific meanings in a particular field but have somewhat or very different meanings in common parlance.  The one that always bugs me is when people say they "copyrighted" or "trademarked" something.  No you didn't (at least not any time since 1978).  In a technical legal sense, "copyright" and "trademark" are not properly used as verbs.  However, in common parlance, when they are used as such, folks are typically talking about registering a copyright or trademark.

Another one is where folks refer to "cement trucks."  That's not what they are; they're concrete trucks, and concrete and cement aren't the same thing (although cement is an ingredient in concrete).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 23, 2018, 11:16:32 AM
But the two examples you gave are either shorthand, or still convey the same meaning.  My example, the real meaning is exactly the OPPOSITE of what is being implied.    The DoJ, the prosecutors, and Cohen's team (for different reasons) took great pains to NOT name Trump in that indictment and plea.   It is not a coincidence, any more than it's a coincidence that you are alive and your heart is beating.   At least with "cement truck" there is a kernel of truth, and it's a matter of semantics (though as a civil engineer, I applaud your choice of example!!)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 23, 2018, 11:24:49 AM
At least with "cement truck" there is a kernel of truth, and it's a matter of semantics (though as a civil engineer, I applaud your choice of example!!)

If you'd like, I could talk about rebar clearance and compressive strength and really get you going.   ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 23, 2018, 11:35:26 AM
:heybaby:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 23, 2018, 11:42:33 AM
Pardon me, I need a moment....    :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on August 24, 2018, 12:57:15 AM
People who capitalise Completely random And inappropriate words in Their sentences.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Elite on August 24, 2018, 01:58:53 AM
People who capitalise Completely random And inappropriate words in Their sentences.

Have you ever read anything in German?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on August 24, 2018, 03:36:36 AM
Have you ever read anything in German?
Unable to.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Elite on August 24, 2018, 04:28:45 AM
Well, in German every single Noun is capitalised, because they are considered Names, like Names of People would get a capital first Letter, so you get these Sentences with a Lot of Words capitalised.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on August 24, 2018, 04:40:42 AM
I'll keep an eye out for that (when reading english) but I've seen more than just nouns capitalised at times. In the future I will know who might simply be German and who is just an idiot. :laugh:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 24, 2018, 07:47:48 PM
If you're a defensive back in the NFL with your hair down to your ass, you should at least not suck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jasc15 on September 06, 2018, 10:57:15 AM
There are at least 2 people where I work who sit in their cars during lunch with the engine running and the AC on.  The fuel wasted while i sit idling at a red light bothers me.  I couldn't imagine doing that, especially considering the additional engine wear.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 06, 2018, 11:10:34 AM
People who capitalise Completely random And inappropriate words in Their sentences.

People who use "they" and "them" to refer to individuals of known gender.  THERE IS JUST NO FUCKING EXCUSE!!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 06, 2018, 11:10:43 AM
The fact that NFL season starts tonight, and the main topics of discussion seem to be:

* Colin Kaepernick
* La'Vean Bell
* CTE
* Kneeling during the anthem
* Which players to start on your fantasy team
* Which teams to bet on
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 06, 2018, 11:19:22 AM
The fact that NFL season starts tonight, and the main topics of discussion seem to be:

* Colin Kaepernick
* La'Vean Bell
* CTE
* Kneeling during the anthem
* Which players to start on your fantasy team
* Which teams to bet on

Well...let's see...

Kaepernick/Anthem...beyond don't care.
Bell...don't care (not my team).
CTE...don't care (they know the risks).
Fantasy...I care for the five minutes or less to figure it out.
Betting...don't care (although I did bet a lunch with a work acquaintance on the outcome of the Steelers v. Broncos game in November).

I don't really even care about the game tonight since I won't be home to watch it.  I'll start caring about the actual games on Sunday morning (at which point I'll probably whine a little about how the Rams and Chargers moving to Los Angeles is causing the networks to show games I don't care about).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on September 08, 2018, 08:36:38 AM
People who put ketchup on their breakfast sandwiches or eggs. What kind of monsters are you?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Zook on September 08, 2018, 01:53:46 PM
People who put ketchup on their breakfast sandwiches or eggs. What kind of monsters are you?

Ketchup on scrambled eggs is good.


The window fly traps I have on the garage door work great, but lately antlions have been landing on them, and that both frustrates and saddens me because I like those bugs. Fortunately no Mantids have met their doom that way, but you typically don't see them flying around too often. The weird part about the antlions is I've been here 2 years now and haven't seen a single pit. Where are they coming from?! They have to be close by.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 09, 2018, 06:28:51 AM
People who put ketchup on their breakfast sandwiches or eggs. What kind of monsters are you?

Oh dear god... I literally just had a Costco egg sammich 2 minutes ago, and for the first time in a long time, decided to put ketchup on it.  Spooky
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on September 09, 2018, 06:52:35 AM
Is "salt/pepper/ketchup" a common thing around the country or is it just New York City area centric? You get asked that after ordering any breakfast sandwich around here.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 09, 2018, 07:22:27 AM
Not on sandwiches.   I can't use salt but I do use pepper.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 10, 2018, 06:37:40 AM
Mildly irritating?  That Verizon commercial where the dude strolls up to the picnic and asks the people what kind of music they want, and of course, they're all hipsters and say cool AF things like "EDM" and "bubble trance", and the girl who's about 12 says "reggaeton", then at the end the hipster spokesperson tells her to go put on the reggaeton and says "the old stuff, not the new stuff!". 

I'm not an expert on that genre, but wasn't the "old stuff" pretty controversial due to it's lyrical content and general subject matter?  Wasn't it almost banned by the government?  The irritating part is the striving to be SO hipster cool at the expense of all else.   Just once I'd love for a commercial like this to say "so what do you listen to?" and have someone say, honestly and not at all ironically, "Aerosmith dude.  All you need to know; simple, sweet, to the point."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 10, 2018, 11:54:06 AM
The window fly traps I have on the garage door work great, but lately antlions have been landing on them, and that both frustrates and saddens me because I like those bugs. Fortunately no Mantids have met their doom that way, but you typically don't see them flying around too often. The weird part about the antlions is I've been here 2 years now and haven't seen a single pit. Where are they coming from?! They have to be close by.

WTF is an antlion?!  Sounds like some abomination from the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (and yeah, I could google it, but I don't want to).


Mildly irritating?  That Verizon commercial where the dude strolls up to the picnic and asks the people what kind of music they want, and of course, they're all hipsters and say cool AF things like "EDM" and "bubble trance", and the girl who's about 12 says "reggaeton", then at the end the hipster spokesperson tells her to go put on the reggaeton and says "the old stuff, not the new stuff!". 

I'm not an expert on that genre, but wasn't the "old stuff" pretty controversial due to it's lyrical content and general subject matter?  Wasn't it almost banned by the government?  The irritating part is the striving to be SO hipster cool at the expense of all else.   Just once I'd love for a commercial like this to say "so what do you listen to?" and have someone say, honestly and not at all ironically, "Aerosmith dude.  All you need to know; simple, sweet, to the point."

"Reggaeton" is a real thing?  I just assumed all the stuff they were saying was made up (other than hip-hop, which I only wish were made up).  Anyway...who the hell responds to a question like that by naming a genre?  If someone were to ask me that question, I'd respond with a band name or an album name.  Also, I pretty much hate every one of that series of Verizon commercials.


My entry for today is when the same 4-6 commercials get played during EVERY SINGLE commercial break.  This is particularly bad with Dodger games.  For those of you not in Southern California, there has been a long running issue as a result of the Dodger home games being broadcast on a dedicated channel that is only available through one service provider.  As a result, a huge chunk of the area can't watch Dodger games, and I assume that is causing some difficulty finding advertising for the games.  So, pretty much EVERY commercial break, we get a commercial for Tommy's (burgers), Hannah the dashboard hula girl (Honda), Carl's Jr., and some home renovation outlet (or something)...over and over and over and over....

Speaking of Carl's Jr., who is the advertising genius who decided that it would make a good commercial to have some dude mumble singing "western," "bacon," "cheese" and "burger" over and over randomly??!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on September 10, 2018, 12:19:21 PM
I was driving today. I'm in the middle lane and need to get in the left lane so i can make a turn. There was plenty of space between me and the person behind me in the lane I was getting in to, but the second that I turn my turn signal on, the guy actually speeds up to close gap. Like wtf?

Like I'm stealing his lane or invading his territory or something. I took the lane regardless 

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 11, 2018, 08:30:54 AM
When you go to Cold Stone and they make your ice cream, but then they scrape up what could easily be another 2 or 3 bites worth of ice cream left on the stone...and THROW IT AWAY.  Come on, man!  It takes precisely zero additional effort to wipe it off the scraper and into my ice cream cup instead of into the trash.  Or just pass the scraper over the counter and let me lick it!  But DON'T WASTE THE ICE CREAM!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 11, 2018, 08:35:25 AM
Wow! That is just not right.



I've never been to Cold Stone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 11, 2018, 08:35:46 AM
Why am I not surprised?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 11, 2018, 08:40:28 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 11, 2018, 08:40:40 AM
Damn man, that's cold. Stone cold.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 11, 2018, 08:46:21 AM
Puts me in a deep freeze.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 11, 2018, 08:46:49 AM
I scream whenever I hear stories like that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 11, 2018, 08:49:03 AM
I scream whenever I hear stories like that.

Don't you just want to "stun" TAC? :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 11, 2018, 02:53:56 PM
Wow! That is just not right.



I've never been to Cold Stone.

What about Marble Slab?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Zook on September 11, 2018, 05:12:58 PM
The window fly traps I have on the garage door work great, but lately antlions have been landing on them, and that both frustrates and saddens me because I like those bugs. Fortunately no Mantids have met their doom that way, but you typically don't see them flying around too often. The weird part about the antlions is I've been here 2 years now and haven't seen a single pit. Where are they coming from?! They have to be close by.

WTF is an antlion?!  Sounds like some abomination from the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (and yeah, I could google it, but I don't want to).

https://www.rootsimple.com/2014/11/behold-the-ant-lion/
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 11, 2018, 05:34:34 PM
The window fly traps I have on the garage door work great, but lately antlions have been landing on them, and that both frustrates and saddens me because I like those bugs. Fortunately no Mantids have met their doom that way, but you typically don't see them flying around too often. The weird part about the antlions is I've been here 2 years now and haven't seen a single pit. Where are they coming from?! They have to be close by.

WTF is an antlion?!  Sounds like some abomination from the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (and yeah, I could google it, but I don't want to).

https://www.rootsimple.com/2014/11/behold-the-ant-lion/

Well...I had the abomination part right.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 12, 2018, 07:23:50 AM
Puts me in a deep freeze.

 :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 12, 2018, 11:32:08 AM
How everything in ad campaigns are now "game changers".   One, I like the game, and I don't want to change it, and two, if I did, your stupid pillow, or moisturizer or whateverthefuck isn't how I'd do it. 

(It's likely Baader-Meinhof at work, but it's now a running joke between my wife and I.  "Game changer" is for me, right up there with "journey!" for annoying over-used buzzword.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 12, 2018, 03:31:57 PM
This is probably as good a place as any for this:  https://nypost.com/2018/09/07/passenger-with-phd-ripped-for-insisting-airline-call-her-doctor/

In a nutshell, a woman with a Ph.D in something (but the point is that she isn't a medical doctor) got bent because a flight attendant referred to her as "Miss" instead of "Doctor" and tweeted about it, saying that she "did not spend 8 years at university to be called Miss."  In response to the inevitable backlash she got, she tried to pretend that her tweet really "was about highlighting one of a thousand instances of sexism that women encounter every day" and speculated "that this wouldn’t have happened if I was [sic] a man."

Are you kidding me, lady?!  The only thing I'll concede is that, if the airline is going to require that you input a "title" when making a reservation, they ought to use whatever title you select (it reminds me of a comedian I once heard talking about something like this and who said something about wanting to be called "field marshal" or something like that).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 12, 2018, 04:04:15 PM
This is probably as good a place as any for this:  https://nypost.com/2018/09/07/passenger-with-phd-ripped-for-insisting-airline-call-her-doctor/

In a nutshell, a woman with a Ph.D in something (but the point is that she isn't a medical doctor) got bent because a flight attendant referred to her as "Miss" instead of "Doctor" and tweeted about it, saying that she "did not spend 8 years at university to be called Miss."  In response to the inevitable backlash she got, she tried to pretend that her tweet really "was about highlighting one of a thousand instances of sexism that women encounter every day" and speculated "that this wouldn’t have happened if I was [sic] a man."

Are you kidding me, lady?!  The only thing I'll concede is that, if the airline is going to require that you input a "title" when making a reservation, they ought to use whatever title you select (it reminds me of a comedian I once heard talking about something like this and who said something about wanting to be called "field marshal" or something like that).

How about calling her "c***"?   

(C'mon, you were all thinking it.  And no, this isn't sexism; I would be just as critical of a man doing this.  I'm not sure it's incumbent on every service person that encounters us to know our titlage and whatnot.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on September 12, 2018, 04:12:45 PM
Entitlement sucks in all forms.

A woman in my department demanded to be called doctor when talking to nurses on the phone and we all laughed at her. She graduated before PharmD even existed and deliberately went back to school to get that precious doctorate, deliberately so she could go around asking to be called doctor. I would feel super awkward asking people to call me doctor. Its just an ego trip imo.

Even the teachers at my school demanded to be called by the doctor title. All they were, were pharmacists that decided to teach, but in the bubble of the school they all went around patting each other on the back and putting themselves on pedestals.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 12, 2018, 04:12:59 PM
She took a page from Serena William's Playbook of Victimhood.

Why do we even need titlage? I call my family's doctors Dr. LastName out of respect and because I have a professional relationship with them. Not because they "did not spend 8 years at university to be called Miss."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 12, 2018, 04:13:31 PM
You beat me.  Entitlement was my word of choice.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 12, 2018, 04:55:51 PM
Yea, that's just being full of yourself too. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 12, 2018, 05:00:31 PM
It's one thing to be and act "entitled," but it was the audacity to turn this into a "sexism" thing that really took the cake for me.

Reminds me of a guy that my sister used to date.  He had a Ph.D ... in philosophy ... and actually had "Dr. [name]" printed on his personal checks.  I see this a lot with lawyers who insist on using "Esq." after their names.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 12, 2018, 05:28:33 PM
That would be like being the conductor of the policemen's benevolent association orchestra and demanding people call you "Maestro."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 12, 2018, 05:45:43 PM
I don't think putting Dr on your checks is a big deal, it's when you expect someone who doesn't know you to call you Dr that it becomes too much and agreed that then taking the sexist route to explain things only makes it worse.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 12, 2018, 05:50:07 PM
On that note, in a year or so, I will be reporting everyone who doesn't call me doctor.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on September 12, 2018, 06:15:14 PM
That would be like being the conductor of the policemen's benevolent association orchestra and demanding people call you "Maestro."

*golf clap*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 12, 2018, 08:24:36 PM
It's one thing to be and act "entitled," but it was the audacity to turn this into a "sexism" thing that really took the cake for me.

Reminds me of a guy that my sister used to date.  He had a Ph.D ... in philosophy ... and actually had "Dr. [name]" printed on his personal checks.  I see this a lot with lawyers who insist on using "Esq." after their names.


Which I have only done a total of about four times (and every one was when I was acting, as I can in my state, as an Officer of the Court (essentially serving as a Notary Public)). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 12, 2018, 08:41:33 PM
Have we moved on from the story and are saying that only MDs should be called doctor?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 12, 2018, 09:18:24 PM
Have we moved on from the story and are saying that only MDs should be called doctor?

I wouldn't say that, if I didn't know someone was an MD, it would be no different IMO.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 13, 2018, 09:26:21 AM
Have we moved on from the story and are saying that only MDs should be called doctor?

I'm certainly not saying that.  However, it was part of the story since at least one of the twitter replies to the woman's initial tweet said essentially that only medical doctors should be called "doctor."  I disagree and don't think it's particularly relevant to the story because the airline employee obviously didn't know what degree this woman had.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on September 13, 2018, 09:52:16 AM
This is probably as good a place as any for this:  https://nypost.com/2018/09/07/passenger-with-phd-ripped-for-insisting-airline-call-her-doctor/

In a nutshell, a woman with a Ph.D in something (but the point is that she isn't a medical doctor) got bent because a flight attendant referred to her as "Miss" instead of "Doctor" and tweeted about it, saying that she "did not spend 8 years at university to be called Miss."  In response to the inevitable backlash she got, she tried to pretend that her tweet really "was about highlighting one of a thousand instances of sexism that women encounter every day" and speculated "that this wouldn’t have happened if I was [sic] a man."

Are you kidding me, lady?!  The only thing I'll concede is that, if the airline is going to require that you input a "title" when making a reservation, they ought to use whatever title you select (it reminds me of a comedian I once heard talking about something like this and who said something about wanting to be called "field marshal" or something like that).

I could be probably very wrong and out of place, but I can't shake the feeling that, had that happened before the advent of Twitter - i.e. the possibility to instantly bitch and moan to the universal ear - , the lady (who needs a serious stroll through humility lane anyway) would have just frowned a bit, shrugged, and forgotten about it.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 13, 2018, 09:59:36 AM
There are idiots and elitists in every profession.  I have no problem going out of my way to use somebody's title.  If they have done whatever it takes to earn it, I feel like they deserve to have it used, and I am more than happy to pay them the respect due for that by referring to them as "doctor," "your honor," "Officer," "Colonel," "Mr. President," or whatever.  But that doesn't mean they have the right to demand it either.  Most (but not all) of the time, if someone feels the need to demand that someone refer to them by a title, they aren't personally worthy of the amount of respect they believe is due them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on September 13, 2018, 10:01:15 AM
The way Colonel is spelled vs pronounced mildly irritates me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 13, 2018, 10:06:32 AM
This is probably as good a place as any for this:  https://nypost.com/2018/09/07/passenger-with-phd-ripped-for-insisting-airline-call-her-doctor/

In a nutshell, a woman with a Ph.D in something (but the point is that she isn't a medical doctor) got bent because a flight attendant referred to her as "Miss" instead of "Doctor" and tweeted about it, saying that she "did not spend 8 years at university to be called Miss."  In response to the inevitable backlash she got, she tried to pretend that her tweet really "was about highlighting one of a thousand instances of sexism that women encounter every day" and speculated "that this wouldn’t have happened if I was [sic] a man."

Are you kidding me, lady?!  The only thing I'll concede is that, if the airline is going to require that you input a "title" when making a reservation, they ought to use whatever title you select (it reminds me of a comedian I once heard talking about something like this and who said something about wanting to be called "field marshal" or something like that).

I could be probably very wrong and out of place, but I can't shake the feeling that, had that happened before the advent of Twitter - i.e. the possibility to instantly bitch and moan to the universal ear - , the lady (who needs a serious stroll through humility lane anyway) would have just frowned a bit, shrugged, and forgotten about it.

We'll never know, but I think that's a reasonable supposition.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 13, 2018, 02:47:18 PM
The way Colonel is spelled vs pronounced mildly irritates me.

 :lol true
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 13, 2018, 03:43:28 PM
The way Colonel is spelled vs pronounced mildly irritates me.

There's a kernel of truth to that, though I thought that tough folks would get through things like that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 13, 2018, 07:30:02 PM
Jeopardy, when the contestants shorten the topic and the money.   Like, if the category was "Dream Theater Forum Studs" and they go "Dream 400".    Drives me crazy.  Mildly. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 13, 2018, 07:32:29 PM
Jeopardy, when the contestants shorten the topic and the money.   Like, if the category was "Dream Theater Forum Studs" and they go "Dream 400".    Drives me crazy.  Mildly.

Like, if the category was "Dream Theater Forum Studs".  :lol

As if..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 13, 2018, 07:48:30 PM
the category was "Dream Theater Forum Studs" and they go "Dream 400"

What is cramx3?  :metal
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on September 13, 2018, 09:09:05 PM
There are idiots and elitists in every profession.  I have no problem going out of my way to use somebody's title.  If they have done whatever it takes to earn it, I feel like they deserve to have it used, and I am more than happy to pay them the respect due for that by referring to them as "doctor," "your honor," "Officer," "Colonel," "Mr. President," or whatever.  But that doesn't mean they have the right to demand it either.  Most (but not all) of the time, if someone feels the need to demand that someone refer to them by a title, they aren't personally worthy of the amount of respect they believe is due them.

This is how I feel about this in most cases. If you want to be called something, I'm happy to agree to it, but if you demand it, I'll still do it, but I'll lose a lot of respect I had associated with you via that title.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 14, 2018, 06:12:48 AM
That would be like being the conductor of the policemen's benevolent association orchestra and demanding people call you "Maestro."

*golf clap*

(https://gifer.com/i/7vyn.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on September 14, 2018, 08:18:30 AM
The terms "content creators" and "creatives".  These are two buzzwords in my industry that need to die in a fire.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 14, 2018, 08:28:47 AM
the category was "Dream Theater Forum Studs" and they go "Dream 400"

What is cramx3?  :metal

That's a good question.  But let's keep it on topic and start a new thread for "unanswerable mysteries of the universe" if you really feel you need an answer.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 14, 2018, 10:38:41 AM
This isn't so much irritating as it is baffling to me.

(https://spthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/window-decals-for-cars-in-memory-of-beautiful-in-loving-memory-stickers-in-loving-memory-car-stickers-of-window-decals-for-cars-in-memory-of.jpg)

It just makes no sense why folks want these on their cars.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 14, 2018, 10:56:09 AM
To memorialize a loved one? Seems very self-explanatory even if you don't share their beliefs/etc.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Tomislav95 on September 14, 2018, 10:57:25 AM
On related note, people writing on deceased's social media account. Like why? A month ago my girlfriend's colleague died in car accident and we saw some posts on her Facebook profile (before it was deactivated). All of those were loving posts about her but still, why? It's not the time or place. If you're that big of a friend go to the funereal, give you condolences and comfort to the family, help them. That, to me, is really rude and stupid.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 14, 2018, 11:03:03 AM
To memorialize a loved one? Seems very self-explanatory even if you don't share their beliefs/etc.

Agreed.  I see no issue with that at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 14, 2018, 11:19:00 AM
To memorialize a loved one? Seems very self-explanatory even if you don't share their beliefs/etc.

Agreed.  I see no issue with that at all.

Everyone grieves in their own way.  I don't personally go in for that (nor the "celebratory" tattoos) but it's consoling to many.  A girl in their neighborhood died tragically in a fire, and so my stepson and stepdaughter both have tattoos in her  memory.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 14, 2018, 11:43:40 AM
To memorialize a loved one? Seems very self-explanatory even if you don't share their beliefs/etc.

Agreed.  I see no issue with that at all.

Everyone grieves in their own way.  I don't personally go in for that (nor the "celebratory" tattoos) but it's consoling to many.  A girl in their neighborhood died tragically in a fire, and so my stepson and stepdaughter both have tattoos in her  memory.

I guess.  Maybe it's just me.  I couldn't even conceive of doing this (and don't have enough window space for all of my deceased immediate family members).  I don't even visit graves.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 14, 2018, 11:54:39 AM
I rarely do so.  But a lot of my family is buried in the same cemetery as Wyatt Earp, so that's pretty cool.  :huckleberry:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 14, 2018, 11:59:15 AM
I rarely do so.  But a lot of my family is buried in the same cemetery as Wyatt Earp, so that's pretty cool.  :huckleberry:

Really? Woah. That's pretty cool.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 14, 2018, 12:12:23 PM
I have never visited a grave in my life, except for times I was with my wife and we were visiting those of her family members that I've never met.

Her aunt, who is still alive, already has her gravestone in the mother*cking ground by her husband who is actually dead and 6 feet under. :Last time I visited them we went to their gravesite. Who in the blue hell would want to see THEIR OWN GRAVESTONE in the ground?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 14, 2018, 12:22:57 PM
Eh, wouldn't really bother me one way or the other.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 14, 2018, 03:09:28 PM
On related note, people writing on deceased's social media account. Like why? A month ago my girlfriend's colleague died in car accident and we saw some posts on her Facebook profile (before it was deactivated). All of those were loving posts about her but still, why? It's not the time or place. If you're that big of a friend go to the funereal, give you condolences and comfort to the family, help them. That, to me, is really rude and stupid.

I have my login and password for DTF written down so that in case I suddenly die somehow, my best friend will be able to let you guys know that I didn't just suddenly disappear for no reason.

I think one FB post from a deceased person is fine, where his/her friend informs their followers that this person passed away. After that though, yeah, better leave that account as it was.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 14, 2018, 03:12:17 PM
I have my login and password for DTF written down so that in case I suddenly die somehow, my best friend will be able to let you guys know that I didn't just suddenly disappear for no reason.

 :lol

I've actually thought about this. I stay signed in on my computer, so hopefully my son or my wife starts a "TAC is dead" thread on my behalf. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 14, 2018, 03:14:18 PM
I have yet to experience dead people on social media, but the idea of that is really creepy.

Someone I am friends with on facebook posed the question about unfollowing someone who died on facebook because they always get the reminder of their birthday and how that person felt torn about unfollowing a friend vs. not wanting to always be reminded about her death on facebook.  I found that sad and just a weird situation.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on September 14, 2018, 04:11:44 PM
I have yet to experience dead people on social media, but the idea of that is really creepy.

Someone I am friends with on facebook posed the question about unfollowing someone who died on facebook because they always get the reminder of their birthday and how that person felt torn about unfollowing a friend vs. not wanting to always be reminded about her death on facebook.  I found that sad and just a weird situation.

That is a thing to think about now in a will. Have all your social media username and passwords, wheter you want to keep that account for memories or have someone delete them all together.

Keeping the account, it can make it harder for someone to accept the death of their friend. Especially if that person posted something every day.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on September 15, 2018, 03:51:35 AM
I have my login and password for DTF written down so that in case I suddenly die somehow, my best friend will be able to let you guys know that I didn't just suddenly disappear for no reason.

 :lol

I've actually thought about this. I stay signed in on my computer, so hopefully my son or my wife starts a "TAC is dead" thread on my behalf. :lol

DTF is my only social media, so I think I should leave password and instructions so my my wife could write something like:
"Don't worry, he's not disappeared for seven years once again. He's dead."

Of course, that means the poor woman will get to read the Scenes thread and eventually refuse to pay for my funeral.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 15, 2018, 05:33:33 AM
When you're famous like me they'll know, they'll know.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on September 15, 2018, 05:35:09 AM
I feel like at this point, every one of my posts should just contain the line "also, I'm still alive, sorry :\"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 15, 2018, 07:13:12 AM
I feel like at this point, every one of my posts should just contain the line "also, I'm still alive, sorry :\"

Easy fix... simply quote yourself for your sig.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 15, 2018, 08:56:43 AM
DTF is my only social media, so I think I should leave password and instructions so my my wife could write something like:
"Don't worry, he's not disappeared for seven years once again. He's dead."

This.

Quote
Of course, that means the poor woman will get to read the Scenes thread and eventually refuse to pay for my funeral.

And, of course, this.  :)   

Death and social media is weird though; my friend Mary died about three years ago (suddenly) and I still get LinkedIn notices from her account.   And I still get spam/virus emails from the account of my friend/bandmate - a Philly cop that took his own life about four years ago.    That second one still freaks me out when it happens.  Because you know those emails:  it's got the sender's name on it, then about 40 "To:" names, and the body is just a random sort of link.    Creepy AF, as the kids say. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on September 15, 2018, 11:59:54 AM
The DMV blows.

I sold a motorcycle and bought a new one months ago. So they send me a letter saying "WHY HAS YOUR INSURANCE BEEN CANCELED, YOU IN TROUBLE" and tell me to justify why, so I mail them a copy of the bill of sale, check the box for "vehicle has been sold" just like they asked and move on with my life.

Then today I open a letter saying since I didn't provide any proof, now I have to pay some $500 dollar fine and the bike's registration has been suspected (don't give a fuck, its been sold) and how I'm such a BAD BAD man. And they are demanding the Plate as well, which I surrendered to the Title place MONTHS ago as I always have in my state. I don't know if the letter was lost in the mail or they are just incompetent but now I have to sort this garbage out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on September 15, 2018, 01:29:51 PM
What state are you in Phoenix?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on September 15, 2018, 01:36:44 PM
PA
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 15, 2018, 06:38:34 PM
DTF is my only social media

Yup, I've always said that. DTF is my facebook.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 15, 2018, 07:02:35 PM
DTF is my only social media

Yup, I've always said that. DTF is my facebook.


You don't get out virtually do you? Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 15, 2018, 07:23:14 PM
I virtually never get out. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 15, 2018, 07:28:08 PM
 :lol

I'm here to be you Inquirer.  Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 16, 2018, 08:59:16 PM
How it seems like every single website now has a pop up on their main page that says "WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK SURVEY?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 17, 2018, 10:23:44 AM
How it seems like every single website now has a pop up on their main page that says "WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK SURVEY?"

I'm waiting for DTF to acquire one...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 17, 2018, 10:50:19 AM
Or when you're browsing on mobile, it goes "WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENABLE NOTIFICATIONS FOR THIS SITE?"

Guess what, no I fucking wouldn't.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 17, 2018, 11:36:03 AM
How it seems like every single website now has a pop up on their main page that says "WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK SURVEY?"

I'm waiting for DTF to acquire one...

Isn't that pretty much what Wild Ranger does?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 17, 2018, 03:23:27 PM
:clap:


 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 17, 2018, 04:42:14 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 19, 2018, 11:43:53 AM
"Listicles" (an article that is basically just a list -- e.g., "The 50 Best Ethiopian Ice Hockey Players of All Time") that only have one or two items on each page, which requires you to click "next" to move through the article, but because of how everything loads on the screen, if you try to click "next" too quickly, an ad appears where the "next" button is....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 19, 2018, 12:29:34 PM
Oh God I swear I've posted that very thing in this thread. If it wasn't here I've certainly ranted about them elsewhere.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 19, 2018, 12:35:36 PM
I suppose there's a pretty good chance that, by page 42, we're repeating ourselves (and I wasn't even posting at DTF when the thread started).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 19, 2018, 12:54:19 PM
Oh god I hate those.  I'll go thru a top-10 that way, but anything bigger, I instantly shut it down.  Nothing interests me that much to have to click "next page" more than 9 times.  It's such an amateur and infantile way for websites simply to increase their page hits/counts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 19, 2018, 01:34:48 PM
"Listicles" (an article that is basically just a list -- e.g., "The 50 Best Ethiopian Ice Hockey Players of All Time") that only have one or two items on each page, which requires you to click "next" to move through the article, but because of how everything loads on the screen, if you try to click "next" too quickly, an ad appears where the "next" button is....

Yeah, but even more creepy, I was going to mention that TODAY, then got sidetracked by a call for work.   Great minds.... :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 19, 2018, 01:50:21 PM
"Listicles" (an article that is basically just a list -- e.g., "The 50 Best Ethiopian Ice Hockey Players of All Time") that only have one or two items on each page, which requires you to click "next" to move through the article, but because of how everything loads on the screen, if you try to click "next" too quickly, an ad appears where the "next" button is....

Yeah, but even more creepy, I was going to mention that TODAY, then got sidetracked by a call for work.   Great minds.... :)

Virtual high five....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 19, 2018, 02:41:40 PM
Oh god I hate those.  I'll go thru a top-10 that way, but anything bigger, I instantly shut it down.  Nothing interests me that much to have to click "next page" more than 9 times.  It's such an amateur and infantile way for websites simply to increase their page hits/counts.

Well sure the page hits, but the end result of that is a money grab.  Every page that loads brings with it lots of advertisements.  So a 10 page list = 10x the ad revenue for the poor soul who clicks through it all.  Makes me appreciate the work my company does (online advertising) where they refuse to associate with websites that are considered "bad for the internet".  When I started they took on whatever business they could but realized it was bad for the business long term to be associate with such websites and did a massive sweep of killing ties with spam sites and anything that could be concluded as negative.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on September 20, 2018, 07:48:54 PM
brb changing my dtf settings

(https://i.imgur.com/8F49nSb.png)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 21, 2018, 03:14:09 PM
People who back into parking spaces.

I don't know why this bugs me, but it does.  Always seems like a lot more effort than pulling in forwards and backing out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on September 21, 2018, 03:15:44 PM
People who back into parking spaces.

I don't know why this bugs me, but it does.  Always seems like a lot more effort than pulling in forwards and backing out.

There are some parking spaces that require you to back up park.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 21, 2018, 03:25:22 PM
Depending on the lot, I back in when I can. Often it is much easier to back in to a spot than it is to back out of one, especially if it is a busy lot and you have to worry about visibility.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 21, 2018, 03:32:20 PM
Depending on the lot, I back in when I can. Often it is much easier to back in to a spot than it is to back out of one, especially if it is a busy lot and you have to worry about visibility.

Right. I almost always back in.

Sorry PG!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on September 21, 2018, 04:58:03 PM
I have no issue with backing in to a parking spot....IF you can do so with at least some proficiency.  What irritates me are the ones who insist on backing in, and it looks like it is their first time in a car!  Waiting 2 minutes while you block my way, backing in and out 4 times, seems like a frustrating eternity.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 21, 2018, 05:16:42 PM
I have no issue with backing in to a parking spot....IF you can do so with at least some proficiency.  What irritates me are the ones who insist on backing in, and it looks like it is their first time in a car!  Waiting 2 minutes while you block my way, backing in and out 4 times, seems like a frustrating eternity.

That's the real issue.  It seems like an awfully high percentage of folks who do this don't know what they're doing and need one of these:

(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--1_hj9tn4--/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,q_80,w_1200/18ixqeh61y8vnjpg.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on September 21, 2018, 05:20:12 PM
Depending on the lot, I back in when I can. Often it is much easier to back in to a spot than it is to back out of one, especially if it is a busy lot and you have to worry about visibility.

My work parking lot is very tight and if I back in it’ll make leaving work a lot easier.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 22, 2018, 10:46:50 AM
Depending on the lot, I back in when I can. Often it is much easier to back in to a spot than it is to back out of one, especially if it is a busy lot and you have to worry about visibility.

Right. I almost always back in.

Sorry PG!

As do I.  And I don't think I'm going to apologize for it, the way that some a-holes drive through parking lots.  The Wal-Mart near me is what I imagine driving through Beirut is like.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on September 23, 2018, 08:55:32 AM
I just do the pull-through instead of back in. Way faster lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on September 23, 2018, 10:57:58 AM
I'm sure this has been brought up but due to two separate incidents over the last couple of days: drivers who lack awareness of the speed limit and/or their surroundings. I'm not talking about turning on to a county road highway and not seeing a sign so you're sort of stuck making up whatever the speed limit is. I'm talking about the people who pass by multiple speed limit signs, either don't see or care about the snake of 20+ cars behind, them, and still go 15-20 mph under the speed limit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 23, 2018, 11:50:19 AM
Depending on the lot, I back in when I can. Often it is much easier to back in to a spot than it is to back out of one, especially if it is a busy lot and you have to worry about visibility.

Right. I almost always back in.

Sorry PG!

The only place I DONT back in is Costco - loading that trunk if I’d backed in would be a huge pita. Otherwise, it’s always easier to back in. Ya gotta go in reverse at some point, I’d rather do it when I don’t have to worry about pedestrians, other cars, or shopping carts. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 24, 2018, 06:02:35 PM
1.  #peoplewhoforceshitintoahashtagthatisbothunreadableandnotfunny.


2.  When I think of something for the mildly irritating thread and forget what it was before I can post it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 24, 2018, 06:04:43 PM
#peoplewhoforceshitintoahashtagthatisbothunreadableandnotfunny.

#Or
#there's
#the
#people
#who
#feel
#the
#need
#to
#hashtag
#every
#stinking
#word
#and/or
#add
#5000
#hashtags
#at
#the
#end
#of
#every
#post
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on September 25, 2018, 07:14:15 AM
Does anyone actually use hashtags to search for subjects? I believe that is the intention of them. I certainly never have, though I don't use them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 25, 2018, 07:18:27 AM
Does anyone actually use hashtags to search for subjects? I believe that is the intention of them. I certainly never have, though I don't use them.

Apparently people do.  I won't be a hashtag whore but I will hashtag a band's name or maybe #metal if I post a pic of a band on instagram.  Usually you get a few extra likes from random people who find it via the hashtag.  I think the only hashtags I have personally searched for are the ones for the naughty pictures  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 25, 2018, 07:41:40 AM
#boobies
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 25, 2018, 07:44:26 AM
#boobies

NERD!


It's actually #8008135
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 25, 2018, 07:49:32 AM
Does anyone actually use hashtags to search for subjects? I believe that is the intention of them. I certainly never have, though I don't use them.

I do on very rare occasion. Often times at weddings now, the wedding will have a designated hashtag. Something like #*LastName*GuyAndGirl2018. That's a pretty cool way to see a bunch of the photos other people took at the wedding and to see if you're in any pics you might not want to be. I'll also look up hashtags during the monster truck season. A lot of footage doesn't make it to YouTube, but there's plenty on Instagram. Looking up something like #TampaMonsterJam allows me to see all kinds of footage from a big show a few thousand miles away that I'd otherwise never be able to see.   

Other than those two scenarios though, I never utilize hashtags, and it drives me up the wall when people hashtag something for no reason at all other than to have one. Hashtagging something as #TampaMonsterJam is a very specific item, and is done so with the intention of sharing your footage with other fans who will specifically be seeking out your post. Hashtagging something like #ColoradoTripGoodByeForNineDaysCT, #IcantWaitToTryAllTheFood, or #ILoveTheTransitionFromSummerToFall is just internet whoring. Go fuck yourself.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 25, 2018, 08:05:15 AM
I'm totally with Chino on this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 25, 2018, 08:13:59 AM
I wouldn't call those examples internet whoring because those hashtags are usually meant for comedy and not for getting outside attention to your post.  However, I agree that I don't like them because I don't ever find them funny or cute, it just seems pointless.  I feel like I see girls do those types of hashtags the most and sometimes you see their girlfriend comment "love the hashtags!"  I just don't get it personally.  #dtf #forumpost
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 25, 2018, 08:17:32 AM
I wouldn't call those examples internet whoring because those hashtags are usually meant for comedy and not for getting outside attention to your post.  However, I agree that I don't like them because I don't ever find them funny or cute, it just seems pointless.  I feel like I see girls do those types of hashtags the most and sometimes you see their girlfriend comment "love the hashtags!" I just don't get it personally.  #dtf #forumpost

That's the internet whoring part that I'm talking about.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 25, 2018, 08:27:33 AM
#internetwhores
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 25, 2018, 08:31:43 AM
That's the internet whoring part that I'm talking about.

Ah, misunderstood then.  #internetwhores
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 25, 2018, 10:19:13 AM
I have no issue with backing in to a parking spot....IF you can do so with at least some proficiency.  What irritates me are the ones who insist on backing in, and it looks like it is their first time in a car!  Waiting 2 minutes while you block my way, backing in and out 4 times, seems like a frustrating eternity.

That's the real issue.  It seems like an awfully high percentage of folks who do this don't know what they're doing and need one of these:

(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--1_hj9tn4--/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,q_80,w_1200/18ixqeh61y8vnjpg.jpg)

I so want to keep a stack of those in my car.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 25, 2018, 10:33:59 AM
I wouldn't call those examples internet whoring because those hashtags are usually meant for comedy and not for getting outside attention to your post.  However, I agree that I don't like them because I don't ever find them funny or cute, it just seems pointless.  I feel like I see girls do those types of hashtags the most and sometimes you see their girlfriend comment "love the hashtags!"  I just don't get it personally.  #dtf #forumpost

#OhMyGodIHaveElbows!  #HashtagsAreStupid

I use Facebook.  I have a Twitter account but only get on it a couple times a year.  I don't have Instagram.  In the case of Twitter, I have used hashtags for things like MLB All Star Game voting, and the LA Kings once did a "hashtag battle" in a game for charity.  Beyond that....


I have no issue with backing in to a parking spot....IF you can do so with at least some proficiency.  What irritates me are the ones who insist on backing in, and it looks like it is their first time in a car!  Waiting 2 minutes while you block my way, backing in and out 4 times, seems like a frustrating eternity.

That's the real issue.  It seems like an awfully high percentage of folks who do this don't know what they're doing and need one of these:

(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--1_hj9tn4--/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,q_80,w_1200/18ixqeh61y8vnjpg.jpg)

I so want to keep a stack of those in my car.

I keep telling myself I need to do exactly that.  I printed one once and literally went months without seeing anyone worthy of getting it.  It almost seemed to work as a repellent.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 25, 2018, 10:38:54 AM
:lol  I think I could burn through half a stack any given morning in my parking garage.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 25, 2018, 11:48:40 AM
I could burn through half a stack in my own flippin' driveway.   

#ILivewiththreewomendriverstwoundertheageof20
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 25, 2018, 11:52:49 AM
My printer will be on overdrive. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 25, 2018, 12:33:43 PM
Does anyone actually use hashtags to search for subjects? I believe that is the intention of them. I certainly never have, though I don't use them.

Girlfriend works in Social Media advertising. Hashtags are a big thing. It's about getting seen. Say, post a photo on Instagram and you use the hashtag #YorkiesOfInstagram. Say someone is looking at cute dog pics. They come across a cute Yorkie puppy with that tag. They click on that tag and it now brings up a whole feed full of photos with that tag with the most popular or most recent posts. 




Or... (Shameless plug)

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn_vnn1nMnt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

#MorkiesOfInstagram is a tag that gets a lot of traffic for some reason. This photo was liked by 3k people (Yes that's me. :JayOctavarium: ) and a chunk of them were people looking for photos of Morkies on Instagram.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 25, 2018, 12:46:34 PM
Sorry, Jay, has nothing to do with you, but I find the made-up dog names - the portmanteus - to be annoying.  Labradoodle. Chiweenie.    WTF? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 25, 2018, 12:48:58 PM
HA I have a Chiweenie and refuse to say that word when people ask what kind of dog I have.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 25, 2018, 12:49:24 PM
Sorry, Jay, has nothing to do with you, but I find the made-up dog names - the portmanteus - to be annoying.  Labradoodle. Chiweenie.    WTF? 

I totally get it. But gotta go with the flow when it comes to advertising. These cute nicknames sell.


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 25, 2018, 12:52:48 PM
What else do you call those mix over dogs then?  Seems to be catchy and make sense although sure some of those names are just as goofy as the dogs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 25, 2018, 12:54:26 PM
I say he is a dachshund/chihuahua mix.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 25, 2018, 12:56:02 PM
When actually talking to someone, I call Nora a Yorkie Maltese mix. Usually people who ask me what she is have no idea what "Morkie" means.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 25, 2018, 01:03:13 PM
Sorry, Jay, has nothing to do with you, but I find the made-up dog names - the portmanteus - to be annoying.  Labradoodle. Chiweenie.    WTF? 

I totally get it. But gotta go with the flow when it comes to advertising. These cute nicknames sell.

And I understand completely.  Like I said, nothing to do with you at all.   You speak the language that will get you heard. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 25, 2018, 01:05:04 PM
Sorry, Jay, has nothing to do with you, but I find the made-up dog names - the portmanteus - to be annoying.  Labradoodle. Chiweenie.    WTF? 

I totally get it. But gotta go with the flow when it comes to advertising. These cute nicknames sell.

And I understand completely.  Like I said, nothing to do with you at all.   You speak the language that will get you heard. 

I totally read that as "get you hard" and was very very confused.

I need coffee :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 25, 2018, 01:37:11 PM
Sorry, Jay, has nothing to do with you, but I find the made-up dog names - the portmanteus - to be annoying.  Labradoodle. Chiweenie.    WTF? 

I totally get it. But gotta go with the flow when it comes to advertising. These cute nicknames sell.

And I understand completely.  Like I said, nothing to do with you at all.   You speak the language that will get you heard. 

I totally read that as "get you hard" and was very very confused.

I need coffee :lol

HAHA!   Hey, some of us speak the language that will get us hard.  To each their own!!  :) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on September 27, 2018, 02:22:02 AM
(edit: poe's law, i'm an idiot :facepalm:)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 27, 2018, 07:24:50 AM
Stadler's posts (especially in P/R) always get me hard.  :heybaby:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 27, 2018, 07:44:19 AM
Stadler's posts (especially in P/R) always get me hard.  :heybaby:

Oddly, me too.  :)  :eek
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 27, 2018, 10:55:52 AM
Things that are "artisanal."

Things that are "curated."

PRETENTIOUS NOB:  "Our selection of artisanal cheeses has been specially curated for your enjoyment."

ME:  "Go fuck yourself; I'll be over at Five Guys."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 27, 2018, 11:15:45 AM
"Artisanal" is code for "This looks way better than it tastes".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 27, 2018, 11:28:22 AM
I vaguely recall seeing something not too long ago about a DJ playing a "specially curated" mix of songs.  Seriously?!?!

Maybe when we harken back on MP and the rotating set lists, we should talk about how MP "specially curated" the set lists.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 27, 2018, 11:34:07 AM
Things that are "artisanal."

Things that are "curated."

PRETENTIOUS NOB:  "Our selection of artisanal cheeses has been specially curated for your enjoyment."

ME:  "Go fuck yourself; I'll be over at Five Guys with Stadler."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 27, 2018, 11:37:52 AM
Things that are "artisanal."

Things that are "curated."

PRETENTIOUS NOB:  "Our selection of artisanal cheeses has been specially curated for your enjoyment."

ME:  "Go fuck yourself; I'll be over at Five Guys with Stadler."

 :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 27, 2018, 11:59:20 AM
Curated doesn't bother me as much as artisanal.  But I'll still be at five guys as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 28, 2018, 10:37:35 AM
"Artisanal" is code for "This looks costs way better more than it tastes is worth".

Fix'd
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 28, 2018, 01:54:44 PM
OK, so we've put two additions on our house, and over the years have had many tradesmen work here. You know what makes me nuts..?

When someone outs a sign in my front lawn with their business on it. I f'n hate that. I always tell them to put that shit away. You want to give me money off my bill, maybe I'll consider it, but my front lawn will not be used for anyone else to pimp their business. Fuck that!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on September 30, 2018, 06:18:15 PM
The one time it was nice for us was when our entire neighborhood was hit with a hailstorn last year. Contractors were knocking on our door everyday. We put up the sign of the one we chose and they stopped knocking.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on September 30, 2018, 06:49:17 PM
The one time it was nice for us was when our entire neighborhood was hit with a hailstorn last year. Contractors were knocking on our door everyday. We put up the sign of the one we chose and they stopped knocking.
You talking about that one last June that hit in the morning? If so, our neighborhood got ravaged too. The contractor that we all went with lives on our block, so our street was littered with his company's signs. We're still getting the work done.

The only time the sign bothered me was when I had to move it to mow the lawn. I can understand the frustration though with having it in the yard, and what TAC said is a good idea, but I don't think they'd ever put signs in anybody's yard again if they were knocking money off the total. :lol Good way to make them stop doing it
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 30, 2018, 07:02:37 PM
It bugs me because if I allow it, it's as if am recommending them, like endorsing a politician. I don't care if a tradesman comes with a huge neon sign on his truck. That's his business. But once he puts a sign on my lawn, it's as if I'm vouching for him. I don't appreciate being put in that position.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 30, 2018, 07:18:56 PM
Sunday night at 9pm irritates me.   I get up every Monday at 5am for work.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on September 30, 2018, 07:25:09 PM
The one time it was nice for us was when our entire neighborhood was hit with a hailstorn last year. Contractors were knocking on our door everyday. We put up the sign of the one we chose and they stopped knocking.
You talking about that one last June that hit in the morning? If so, our neighborhood got ravaged too. The contractor that we all went with lives on our block, so our street was littered with his company's signs. We're still getting the work done.

The only time the sign bothered me was when I had to move it to mow the lawn. I can understand the frustration though with having it in the yard, and what TAC said is a good idea, but I don't think they'd ever put signs in anybody's yard again if they were knocking money off the total. :lol Good way to make them stop doing it
Yeah, that was the one. What city do you live in?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 30, 2018, 07:27:48 PM
Sunday night at 9pm irritates me.   I get up every Monday at 5am for work.

I'll be AT WORK at 5am, lazy ass.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 30, 2018, 07:28:11 PM
Sunday night at 9pm irritates me.   I get up every Monday at 5am for work.

I'll be AT WORK at 5am, lazy ass.

You think THAT'S bad....




...you'd be right. That sucks man.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 30, 2018, 07:30:09 PM
Sunday night at 9pm irritates me.   I get up every Monday at 5am for work.

I'll be AT WORK at 5am, lazy ass.

I think you k oa this as you were once a manager but I'm always contacted even durring my days off on the weekends.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 30, 2018, 07:37:26 PM
I worked 6 hours today.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 30, 2018, 07:41:19 PM
You know it and I do. It's more about your mind split into a thousand different things going into a week.  Nevermind the unknown that always happens.

Good thing is Tuesday it's a long drive for a conference.  The rental SUV is amazing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 30, 2018, 07:47:17 PM
Where do you have to do?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 30, 2018, 07:50:52 PM
Watkins Glen, NY then Friday I drive to NJ to pick up the wifey to go to the Prog festival.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on September 30, 2018, 11:48:14 PM
Yeah, that was the one. What city do you live in?
Stillwater
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on October 01, 2018, 06:03:17 AM
Yeah, that was the one. What city do you live in?
Stillwater
You got hit hard out there too huh? I'm in Brooklyn Park, here and Coon Rapids got hit really bad. Pretty much every house in my neighborhood got a new roof and siding.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 01, 2018, 06:49:13 AM
When your wife can't figure out how to forward a text or an email and is so afraid of technology she acts put off by you trying to walk her through it.  It's not that hard.  Jesus.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 01, 2018, 09:53:37 AM
I hate people who request things last minute, and are cryptic in their email on what they actually want. Had a request from our client for special coverage for something this going on this morning. The request came in end of (my) day on Friday. The email was not straight forward. I requested clarification, and then misread the clarification  (It was "no, we need someone there" and I read it as "no need for someone there". 

And now I look like and idiot for not taking care of it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 01, 2018, 12:15:04 PM
When your wife can't figure out how to forward a text or an email and is so afraid of technology she acts put off by you trying to walk her through it.  It's not that hard.  Jesus.

All while professing how smart she is and she hates it when people treat her like she knows nothing?

No?  Just mine?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 01, 2018, 12:24:40 PM
 :lol

And we take it don't we Chad. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 01, 2018, 12:39:30 PM
We take it with a smile and a "yes, dear."

Not just you, Jingle.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on October 01, 2018, 03:30:21 PM
Ooooooooh

And as a rebuttal - in diabolic irony - she replies:

"You don't understand"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on October 02, 2018, 06:05:56 AM
Really you guys? I'm glad Mrs. P isn't like that. I don't think I'd have the patience to deal with it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on October 02, 2018, 06:57:56 AM
Cars without functioning break lights. This is so common in AZ and it drives me insane!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 02, 2018, 07:47:44 AM
Really you guys? I'm glad Mrs. P isn't like that. I don't think I'd have the patience to deal with it.

My ex was and it was so frustrating. My gf now is great, we really dont have those typical couple bickering moments.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 02, 2018, 08:41:49 AM
Really you guys? I'm glad Mrs. P isn't like that. I don't think I'd have the patience to deal with it.

Consider yourself blessed.

I think marriage causes mental illness in women. #OnlySomewhatFacetious
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 02, 2018, 08:43:39 AM
Cars without functioning break lights. This is so common in AZ and it drives me insane!

Similar to this... people that don't fucking realize their light setting is no longer on "auto", and are driving around at night with no lights on beyond the base headlight running lamps.  Just like a no-seatbelt warning indicator, the software is smart enough to recognize it's dark out and the light system isn't on - SO GIVE THOSE DUMBASSES A FUCKING WARNING FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF US!!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 02, 2018, 10:11:43 AM
Really you guys? I'm glad Mrs. P isn't like that. I don't think I'd have the patience to deal with it.

My ex was and it was so frustrating. My gf now is great, we really dont have those typical couple bickering moments.

Well, the reality is - for me, anyway - that she's got just as many things to pick at me about (the latest:  it seems I have a tendency to repeat myself.  Go figure.) and in the grand scheme of things... I wouldn't trade off for the world.   Truth is, I find it more amusing more often than I find it exasperating, so I'm good.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on October 02, 2018, 12:18:14 PM
When your wife can't figure out how to forward a text or an email and is so afraid of technology she acts put off by you trying to walk her through it.  It's not that hard.  Jesus.

All while professing how smart she is and she hates it when people treat her like she knows nothing?

No?  Just mine?

My other favorite. Your partner comes to you because they have a problem with their computer and spent two hours with it trying to fix it and couldn't figure it out. And As you are actually figuring it out, they sit there the whole time and keep offering non-helpful suggestions.

I'm like "you just had two hours alone with this problem and failed, so can you please just leave me be as I fix your problem for you"

which then turns into a fight  :yeahright
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 02, 2018, 12:31:22 PM
When your wife can't figure out how to forward a text or an email and is so afraid of technology she acts put off by you trying to walk her through it.  It's not that hard.  Jesus.

All while professing how smart she is and she hates it when people treat her like she knows nothing?

No?  Just mine?

My other favorite. Your partner comes to you because they have a problem with their computer and spent two hours with it trying to fix it and couldn't figure it out. And As you are actually figuring it out, they sit there the whole time and keep offering non-helpful suggestions.

I'm like "you just had two hours alone with this problem and failed, so can you please just leave me be as I fix your problem for you"

which then turns into a fight  :yeahright

Relevant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weBbZ11d5LM
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 03, 2018, 11:22:27 AM
When home repair folks don't show up when they say they will!!

Our air conditioning went out on Sunday.  On Monday morning, the repair guy said he could be there at 9:00 on Tuesday and then almost immediately changed that to noon.  I took off early for lunch and drove home to meet him.  At 12:30, he said he was running late on his prior job.  My wife got home and I went back to work (fortunately, in the middle of the day, it's only about a 15-20 drive from home to my office).  Dude didn't show up until thee fucking o'clock (and without any updates re his status until about 2:30).  :censored :censored :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on October 03, 2018, 02:17:17 PM
You got hit hard out there too huh? I'm in Brooklyn Park, here and Coon Rapids got hit really bad. Pretty much every house in my neighborhood got a new roof and siding.
New Roof, windows replaced in the backyard, new garage door, new gutters, and deck damage, so eventually we'll get a new deck. That was quite a storm. I was working in St. Paul that morning and our store got hit pretty hard too. That was a rough morning.

Add the guys who did our gutters to the list of irritating. When we were getting our gutters replaced, they would show up at 3 in the afternoon and would work until 8 or 9. They took 4 days to do it. They showed up at 5 PM on a Saturday and worked until 10. They left all of their stuff laying out and the ladder resting against the house. We complained to the guy who contracted them, the guy who lives on our street, and he was livid. Must have been quite a fight because the gutter guys came back to our house on that Tuesday and cleaned up their stuff. We have cameras in our driveway and as he was getting into his van, he flipped off the camera. They put new guys on the job and they had to redo all of the gutters because they weren't installed properly. That was a nightmare.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 11, 2018, 09:50:04 AM
Two for today:

1.  Folks who attempt to re-write basic rules of the road on the fly.  I live in a nice residential area.  In the neighborhood, there are lot of intersections with 3- and 4-way stops.  The rule is simple:  he who gets there first goes first and, if two cars stop at the same time, the car on the right goes first.  It's about as basic as it comes.  However, I cannot tell you how many times another car has clearly gotten to the intersection first and the driver has tried to waive me through.  Of course drivers who just roll through the sign are worse, but those numbnuts who want to change one of the most fundamental rules of driving on the fly are almost as annoying.

2.  People who feel the need to jog or walk in the street.  That's what the fucking sidewalk is for!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 11, 2018, 10:25:27 AM
Cutting one off then driving like a turtle.  Slooooowww.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 11, 2018, 11:39:32 AM
You got hit hard out there too huh? I'm in Brooklyn Park, here and Coon Rapids got hit really bad. Pretty much every house in my neighborhood got a new roof and siding.
New Roof, windows replaced in the backyard, new garage door, new gutters, and deck damage, so eventually we'll get a new deck. That was quite a storm. I was working in St. Paul that morning and our store got hit pretty hard too. That was a rough morning.

Add the guys who did our gutters to the list of irritating. When we were getting our gutters replaced, they would show up at 3 in the afternoon and would work until 8 or 9. They took 4 days to do it. They showed up at 5 PM on a Saturday and worked until 10. They left all of their stuff laying out and the ladder resting against the house. We complained to the guy who contracted them, the guy who lives on our street, and he was livid. Must have been quite a fight because the gutter guys came back to our house on that Tuesday and cleaned up their stuff. We have cameras in our driveway and as he was getting into his van, he flipped off the camera. They put new guys on the job and they had to redo all of the gutters because they weren't installed properly. That was a nightmare.

Obviously, there's a lot more to your post than the specific piece I'm replying to, but it goes on my list of "irritating":  not taking responsibility.   Why flip YOU off?  YOU didn't fuck off the job?  YOU didn't leave the ladders up against the house (that's a rookie mistake right there).

I just had this conversation with my new (lying, scumbag, piece of crap) son-in-law.   ALWAYS takes the easy way out, in every facet of his life (from work, to school, to drugs, to fidelity, to whatever; you can imagine how his Army career is going), and yet it's always everyone else's fault why he's where he is, and it's everyone else's responsibility to help him.  He said something like "if you support your daughter, you'll help us", and I - being the dick I can be at times - said, okay sure, we'll help.  Here's the ground rules:  you do a, b, and c, THEN we'll help, and the help won't be money, but we'll do x, y, and z.   He has the nerve to say "Uh, that's not help."    It was actually a generous offer; though considering it was him, anything more than "go fuck yourself" is a generous offer (he slept with THREE of her friends, including her best friend, who was dating HIS best friend at the time.  His excuse?  They were at his apartment, got wasted and it "just happnened".  Easy way out.)     I digress though.   

Why flip off the camera?  Haha. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 11, 2018, 12:41:42 PM
Cutting one off then driving like a turtle.  Slooooowww.

Related:  Folks who insist on getting into the fast lane and then driving the speed limit (and, even worse, who then refuse to move over)....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 11, 2018, 12:47:25 PM
I had a guy zip out with me bearing down on him.  I had to hit my brakes.  Wait 30 more seconds.  Do the safe thing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on October 11, 2018, 12:55:13 PM
^I agree with that.  But I've also gotten to a point where I cut people more slack on that than I used to because I have found myself in situations where I have unintentionally done that very thing.  For instance, I have been focused more on the fact that my own lane is slow, and I saw what looked like a good opening, only to find that there was someone farther back in that lane (or who had similarly cut over from farther back at the same time) that is now bearing down on me.  And if I am driving the van instead of my own car, the acceleration can be a lot slower, so it looks like I am one of those guys who cuts over and then is insistent on driving slower than I should.  That isn't the case--it's just that it takes awhile to get up to speed sometimes.  So, again, while I side with you, I try not to make the knee jerk reaction because there might be other circumstances at play, such as ones I have found myself in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 11, 2018, 12:58:54 PM
How one vegan/vegetarian/picky eater can ruin a party/potluck.

My hypothetical department at work has 8 people and to reward their hard work, their manager is ordering pizza. An order of three pizzas of various varieties cut in to 8 slices each would allocate each employee 3 slices of their choosing. Except Betty can't have anything other than cheese on their pizza, so to accommodate her, the order is now 1 cheese pizza and 2 pizzas of different varieties. Assuming the other 7 don't want pizza with just cheese on it (because seriously, who the hell would?), there is now 16 slices of the pizza for the other 7 people, or 2 for 5 people and 3 for the other 2. If those 5 people want a third slice, they have to get a slice of the cheese pizza, because Betty sure didn't eat it all, even though an entire pizza had to be ordered to suit her tastes/preferences.

Off to the 'There's a special place in Hell for <X>' thread to write about Betty.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 11, 2018, 01:06:17 PM
Back on traffic.... 18-wheel truck drivers who feel the need to pass another slow moving truck while going up-fucking-hill on a 2-lane interstate.  The amount I saw this in my trip to/from NJ last weekend was maddening.  And a couple instances where - like referenced above - I was somewhat 'cutoff' for the truck to pull into the left lane and gradually pass another truck over the course of 3 or 4 miles.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on October 11, 2018, 01:24:52 PM
Back on traffic.... 18-wheel truck drivers who feel the need to pass another slow moving truck while going up-fucking-hill on a 2-lane interstate.  The amount I saw this in my trip to/from NJ last weekend was maddening.  And a couple instances where - like referenced above - I was somewhat 'cutoff' for the truck to pull into the left lane and gradually pass another truck over the course of 3 or 4 miles.

YES!   >:( :rant: :censored :lemmeseeurwarface:

:sosayweall:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 11, 2018, 01:35:19 PM
Back on traffic.... 18-wheel truck drivers who feel the need to pass another slow moving truck while going up-fucking-hill on a 2-lane interstate.  The amount I saw this in my trip to/from NJ last weekend was maddening.  And a couple instances where - like referenced above - I was somewhat 'cutoff' for the truck to pull into the left lane and gradually pass another truck over the course of 3 or 4 miles.

I'll 100% agree with this and while NJ driving is insane, I find this issue to be common everywhere in the US.  I just don't get why trucks feel the need to pass other trucks at such terrible times.  But I guess from the truck drivers perspective it's all, IDGAF about you in your car.  I can't stand driving roads with large trucks in general.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 11, 2018, 01:39:10 PM
I don't know. I think a truck's gotta do what it needs to do. He has a right to pass. What I see more are a bunch of dicks not letting him go. I think trucks get a huge lack of respect, and in my experience they are generally operating pretty safely.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 11, 2018, 01:48:32 PM
^I agree with that.  But I've also gotten to a point where I cut people more slack on that than I used to because I have found myself in situations where I have unintentionally done that very thing.  For instance, I have been focused more on the fact that my own lane is slow, and I saw what looked like a good opening, only to find that there was someone farther back in that lane (or who had similarly cut over from farther back at the same time) that is now bearing down on me.  And if I am driving the van instead of my own car, the acceleration can be a lot slower, so it looks like I am one of those guys who cuts over and then is insistent on driving slower than I should.  That isn't the case--it's just that it takes awhile to get up to speed sometimes.  So, again, while I side with you, I try not to make the knee jerk reaction because there might be other circumstances at play, such as ones I have found myself in.

This was a single lane situation  not on a highway.   I just think what's 30 seconds more in you life to be safe?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 11, 2018, 01:50:21 PM
I don't know. I think a truck's gotta do what it needs to do. He has a right to pass. What I see more are a bunch of dicks not letting him go. I think trucks get a huge lack of respect, and in my experience they are generally operating pretty safely.

Does it need to pass when there's a long line of cars already passing it?  I've had a lot of issues with unsafe trucks lately though here in NJ so my view is slightly tainted over the last couple months of almost being killed by them for their own ruthless aggression on the roads and using their large trucks like a bully.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 11, 2018, 01:55:03 PM
It's definitely frustrating sharing the road with trucks. Driving in northern New Jersey is bad enough with just cars.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 11, 2018, 02:04:14 PM
I don't know. I think a truck's gotta do what it needs to do. He has a right to pass. What I see more are a bunch of dicks not letting him go. I think trucks get a huge lack of respect, and in my experience they are generally operating pretty safely.

Safe doesn't mean that they aren't also being dicks.  Don't go all Stadler on us here now.  This isn't the "Things I find safe" thread.   :P

And, when the limit is 65, and they can't even get it up to 60 going uphill, why the fuck is it their right to pass another truck that can't get it up to 55?  One of those situations (it was in the mountains of PA), a double-trailer truck created a backlog as far back as I could see in my mirror.  Is that unsafe, no.. but it is beyond "mildly" irritating. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 11, 2018, 02:09:30 PM
I don't know. I think a truck's gotta do what it needs to do. He has a right to pass. What I see more are a bunch of dicks not letting him go. I think trucks get a huge lack of respect, and in my experience they are generally operating pretty safely.

Safe doesn't mean that they aren't also being dicks.  Don't go all Stadler on us here now.  This isn't the "Things I find safe" thread.   :P

And, when the limit is 65, and they can't even get it up to 60 going uphill, why the fuck is it their right to pass another truck that can't get it up to 55?  One of those situations (it was in the mountains of PA), a double-trailer truck created a backlog as far back as I could see in my mirror.  Is that unsafe, no.. but it is beyond "mildly" irritating.

I'd say it's not safe to cause traffic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 11, 2018, 02:39:28 PM
I don't know. I think a truck's gotta do what it needs to do. He has a right to pass. What I see more are a bunch of dicks not letting him go. I think trucks get a huge lack of respect, and in my experience they are generally operating pretty safely.

Don't go all Stadler on us here now. 

That's not fair. There's only ONE comma in my entire post.

Unlike this:

And, when the limit is 65, and they can't even get it up to 60 going uphill, why the fuck is it their right to pass another truck that can't get it up to 55?  One of those situations (it was in the mountains of PA), a double-trailer truck created a backlog as far back as I could see in my mirror.  Is that unsafe, no.. but it is beyond "mildly" irritating. 

In one less sentence than my post, you managed to have FOUR commas, one set of ()s, a set of ""s, and a ? mark.

So who's going all Stadler now? :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 11, 2018, 02:46:28 PM
But still no romanettes, and/or brackets.  Amateurs. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 11, 2018, 02:48:50 PM
But still no romanettes, and/or brackets.  Amateurs.

He has spoken.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 11, 2018, 02:49:26 PM
But still no romanettes, and/or brackets.  Amateurs. 

Training wheels, brother. Training wheels..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 11, 2018, 02:57:21 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 11, 2018, 03:07:14 PM

That's not fair. There's only ONE comma in my entire post.

ONE comma; SIX periods.  You're simply not that creative in your use of grammar. Or you can't combine multiple thoughts into a single sentence.  I could.  Also post.  That way.  If you would like.  :P

(you told me it was ok to bust your balls)


Unlike this:

And, when the limit is 65, and they can't even get it up to 60 going uphill, why the fuck is it their right to pass another truck that can't get it up to 55?  One of those situations (it was in the mountains of PA), a double-trailer truck created a backlog as far back as I could see in my mirror.  Is that unsafe, no.. but it is beyond "mildly" irritating. 

In one less sentence than my post, you managed to have FOUR commas, one set of ()s, a set of ""s, and a ? mark.

So who's going all Stadler now? :P

Not the aspect I was referring to.  Grammar-wise... yeah, I went all 'Stadler' on ya.  I was talking about defending the indefensible.   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 11, 2018, 05:53:22 PM
How one vegan/vegetarian/picky eater can ruin a party/potluck.

My hypothetical department at work has 8 people and to reward their hard work, their manager is ordering pizza. An order of three pizzas of various varieties cut in to 8 slices each would allocate each employee 3 slices of their choosing. Except Betty can't have anything other than cheese on their pizza, so to accommodate her, the order is now 1 cheese pizza and 2 pizzas of different varieties. Assuming the other 7 don't want pizza with just cheese on it (because seriously, who the hell would?), there is now 16 slices of the pizza for the other 7 people, or 2 for 5 people and 3 for the other 2. If those 5 people want a third slice, they have to get a slice of the cheese pizza, because Betty sure didn't eat it all, even though an entire pizza had to be ordered to suit her tastes/preferences.

Off to the 'There's a special place in Hell for <X>' thread to write about Betty.

I know a fuck lot of people who like cheese pizza (including 50% of the people who live in my house).

In any event, I'm a notoriously picky eater, and I have ALWAYS -- at least as an adult -- told people not to do anything special to accommodate me.  If it's a potluck, then I can bring something I like, or, if I choose not to do that and don't like anything there, then I'll go without; no big deal.  If "Betty" is insisting that her pickiness be accommodated, then she's an inconsiderate bitch.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on October 11, 2018, 06:03:02 PM
How one vegan/vegetarian/picky eater can ruin a party/potluck.

My hypothetical department at work has 8 people and to reward their hard work, their manager is ordering pizza. An order of three pizzas of various varieties cut in to 8 slices each would allocate each employee 3 slices of their choosing. Except Betty can't have anything other than cheese on their pizza, so to accommodate her, the order is now 1 cheese pizza and 2 pizzas of different varieties. Assuming the other 7 don't want pizza with just cheese on it (because seriously, who the hell would?), there is now 16 slices of the pizza for the other 7 people, or 2 for 5 people and 3 for the other 2. If those 5 people want a third slice, they have to get a slice of the cheese pizza, because Betty sure didn't eat it all, even though an entire pizza had to be ordered to suit her tastes/preferences.

Off to the 'There's a special place in Hell for <X>' thread to write about Betty.

I have no idea what happened, but this leads to a different perspective.

I am a life long vegetarian. Born one, will die one. I don't preach, I don't give anybody crap, I don't demand accommodations etc.

That said, sometimes people, when they realize I'm a vegetarian, will FORCE accommodations because they feel bad. I will have said don't worry about it, but they will insist again and again. It makes me feel insanely uncomfortable and now everyone has to deal with a salads (since people assume we only eat salad) and I just have to sit there and hate all of it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on October 11, 2018, 09:07:59 PM
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I have no idea how many times I’ve driven home from Portland, OR. Countless. But there’s a stretch between Salem and Eugene that this happens every time. Every damn time, without fail. Left lane with three times or more the vehicles in the right lane. I don’t know how many times I was passing that line by driving in the right lane after pulling back into it after passing. You know, like one is *supposed* to do?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 11, 2018, 10:51:15 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/1y5hghg.jpg)

I have no idea how many times I’ve driven home from Portland, OR. Countless. But there’s a stretch between Salem and Eugene that this happens every time. Every damn time, without fail. Left lane with three times or more the vehicles in the right lane. I don’t know how many times I was passing that line by driving in the right lane after pulling back into it after passing. You know, like one is *supposed* to do?

Welcome to my world.  That's more common than not in my experience.  I drove about 2 and a half hours (each way) to see Slash Tuesday, and the ride home was 95% in the right lane.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Train of Naught on October 12, 2018, 12:49:41 AM
How one vegan/vegetarian/picky eater can ruin a party/potluck.

My hypothetical department at work has 8 people and to reward their hard work, their manager is ordering pizza. An order of three pizzas of various varieties cut in to 8 slices each would allocate each employee 3 slices of their choosing. Except Betty can't have anything other than cheese on their pizza, so to accommodate her, the order is now 1 cheese pizza and 2 pizzas of different varieties. Assuming the other 7 don't want pizza with just cheese on it (because seriously, who the hell would?), there is now 16 slices of the pizza for the other 7 people, or 2 for 5 people and 3 for the other 2. If those 5 people want a third slice, they have to get a slice of the cheese pizza, because Betty sure didn't eat it all, even though an entire pizza had to be ordered to suit her tastes/preferences.

Off to the 'There's a special place in Hell for <X>' thread to write about Betty.

The first sentence is a bit confusing. In this particular scenario, is it a vegetarian or just a picky eater that refuses to eatiterally anything but cheese? That just seems oddly specific and something I've never heard of. Vegand don't eat animal products, so cheese would be out of the question.

And I think it's rather petty for the couple of people from the other 7 to be complaining that they 'need' to have one slice of pizza without meat to suit the needs of the vegetarian (in the case that it wasnt just a very picky eater). But again, I just cannot understand how anyone can be in a scenario where the only thing someone can have on pizza is cheese?? Are some people really that picky with their food?

But to be honest, I feel like the vegetarians shoud not expect to be accomodated to automatically in any case like pg said. 2 days ago, my friends bought some pizzas. They got one vegetarian one and simply let me have a couple more slices of that one. Everyone's super easy about it pretty much everywhere I go, maybe it depends on the area?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on October 12, 2018, 03:46:39 AM
How one vegan/vegetarian/picky eater can ruin a party/potluck.

My hypothetical department at work has 8 people and to reward their hard work, their manager is ordering pizza. An order of three pizzas of various varieties cut in to 8 slices each would allocate each employee 3 slices of their choosing. Except Betty can't have anything other than cheese on their pizza, so to accommodate her, the order is now 1 cheese pizza and 2 pizzas of different varieties. Assuming the other 7 don't want pizza with just cheese on it (because seriously, who the hell would?), there is now 16 slices of the pizza for the other 7 people, or 2 for 5 people and 3 for the other 2. If those 5 people want a third slice, they have to get a slice of the cheese pizza, because Betty sure didn't eat it all, even though an entire pizza had to be ordered to suit her tastes/preferences.

Off to the 'There's a special place in Hell for <X>' thread to write about Betty.

I'm totally getting your point of view, but I still fail to find cause for irritation in a free-pizza-at-work scenario.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 12, 2018, 11:23:37 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/1y5hghg.jpg)

I have no idea how many times I’ve driven home from Portland, OR. Countless. But there’s a stretch between Salem and Eugene that this happens every time. Every damn time, without fail. Left lane with three times or more the vehicles in the right lane. I don’t know how many times I was passing that line by driving in the right lane after pulling back into it after passing. You know, like one is *supposed* to do?

Welcome to my world.  That's more common than not in my experience.  I drove about 2 and a half hours (each way) to see Slash Tuesday, and the ride home was 95% in the right lane.

I have to say that this stuff is quite amusing to someone who's lived in Southern California his entire life.  I'm like..."your freeways have only two lanes?!"  Our version of this is when some asshat feels the need to drive the speed limit in the #1 lane.


How one vegan/vegetarian/picky eater can ruin a party/potluck.

My hypothetical department at work has 8 people and to reward their hard work, their manager is ordering pizza. An order of three pizzas of various varieties cut in to 8 slices each would allocate each employee 3 slices of their choosing. Except Betty can't have anything other than cheese on their pizza, so to accommodate her, the order is now 1 cheese pizza and 2 pizzas of different varieties. Assuming the other 7 don't want pizza with just cheese on it (because seriously, who the hell would?), there is now 16 slices of the pizza for the other 7 people, or 2 for 5 people and 3 for the other 2. If those 5 people want a third slice, they have to get a slice of the cheese pizza, because Betty sure didn't eat it all, even though an entire pizza had to be ordered to suit her tastes/preferences.

Off to the 'There's a special place in Hell for <X>' thread to write about Betty.

I'm totally getting your point of view, but I still fail to find cause for irritation in a free-pizza-at-work scenario.  :)

Exactly.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 12, 2018, 02:08:09 PM
I posted this last year in the work gripe thread.

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I'm playing the asshole card this morning.

The vegetarians in my department.

We have two vegetarians in our department of 34 people. Both are vegetarians not because of ethical animal concerns, but because of fitness goals. Once a quarter we have a quarterly birthday party and on days like today we'll set aside an hour and a half for a potluck. Every. Single. Person. that contributes to these things feels like they have to accommodate these two guys. Every item in conference room so far is vegetarian. We're having six large pizzas delivered, and THREE of them are veggie (5 if you count the two pies that are just cheese). What the fuck? I get it, there are vegetarians in the office, but do the two of them warrant HALF (5) of our greasy goodnesses to not have meat on them? Only one of the pizzas has meat and it's a pepperoni. 1 pizza with meat for a department of 34. It's a damn shame cause this place makes slamming meat based pizzas.

One guy a few cubes down was just bragging "I brought in cauliflower wings". If I didn't tell you otherwise, you'd swear they were boneless chicken wings. Go fuck yourself, Mitch. You're not fooling anyone with that shit.

/rant

I stand by what I said.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on October 12, 2018, 03:26:36 PM
Are you mad at the vegetarians? Like I said, sometimes people uncomfortably accommodate us (often not though, we're usually just ignored and can't eat anything) and we don't like it. Unless your two people were demanding accommodations, then I wouldn't be angry at them. Not that you are. I dunno.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 12, 2018, 03:30:39 PM
Odell Beckham Jr.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 12, 2018, 03:40:35 PM
I posted this last year in the work gripe thread.

Quote
I'm playing the asshole card this morning.

The vegetarians in my department.

We have two vegetarians in our department of 34 people. Both are vegetarians not because of ethical animal concerns, but because of fitness goals. Once a quarter we have a quarterly birthday party and on days like today we'll set aside an hour and a half for a potluck. Every. Single. Person. that contributes to these things feels like they have to accommodate these two guys. Every item in conference room so far is vegetarian. We're having six large pizzas delivered, and THREE of them are veggie (5 if you count the two pies that are just cheese). What the fuck? I get it, there are vegetarians in the office, but do the two of them warrant HALF (5) of our greasy goodnesses to not have meat on them? Only one of the pizzas has meat and it's a pepperoni. 1 pizza with meat for a department of 34. It's a damn shame cause this place makes slamming meat based pizzas.

One guy a few cubes down was just bragging "I brought in cauliflower wings". If I didn't tell you otherwise, you'd swear they were boneless chicken wings. Go fuck yourself, Mitch. You're not fooling anyone with that shit.

/rant

I stand by what I said.

 :rollin :rollin :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 12, 2018, 05:14:28 PM
Chino, thank you for spelling it out better than I did.

Like I said, sometimes people uncomfortably accommodate us (often not though, we're usually just ignored and can't eat anything) and we don't like it.

Interesting point. I am sure many in today's society feel the need to go out of their way to accommodate everyone. Of course I am a bit of a bastard so I cannot relate to this at all.  :yarr I agree Chino shouldn't be mad at the two guys in the office unless there is some implicit or explicit expectation all potluck items meet their requirements.

By "us" do you mean "vegetarians" as in "people who choose to limit what they eat?" If so, you are not being ignored. They are being given the opportunity to eat the same thing as everyone else. If that goes against their beliefs, dietary goals, religious convictions, that is sort of on them. My wife has a close personal friend who cannot eat gluten and many other things, and always brings her own food when we have dinners/social gatherings. She is uncomfortable asking a host, or having a host insist on preparing a meal for several people around one person. I swear I recall a very wise person once say something to the effect of "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 13, 2018, 06:56:33 AM
Are you mad at the vegetarians? Like I said, sometimes people uncomfortably accommodate us (often not though, we're usually just ignored and can't eat anything) and we don't like it. Unless your two people were demanding accommodations, then I wouldn't be angry at them. Not that you are. I dunno.

I'm not mad at them at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on October 13, 2018, 08:02:49 AM
Things that piss me off 10/13/18

When ticketmaster charges me a fee to print my tickets at home



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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on October 13, 2018, 08:04:57 AM
Are you mad at the vegetarians? Like I said, sometimes people uncomfortably accommodate us (often not though, we're usually just ignored and can't eat anything) and we don't like it. Unless your two people were demanding accommodations, then I wouldn't be angry at them. Not that you are. I dunno.

I'm not mad at them at all.

:hug:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 14, 2018, 05:01:09 PM
When guys just pull the door while you're in the stall, instead of knocking.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on October 14, 2018, 06:58:09 PM
2.  People who feel the need to jog or walk in the street.  That's what the fucking sidewalk is for!

Actually running on sidewalks can lead to injury. The concrete is much harder than rubberized asphalt and hard on the joints. Also, if the sidewalk has driveways, the constant change/unevenness can cause unnecessary stress on the body while running.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 14, 2018, 07:02:57 PM
2.  People who feel the need to jog or walk in the street.  That's what the fucking sidewalk is for!

Actually running on sidewalks can lead to injury. The concrete is much harder than rubberized asphalt and hard on the joints. Also, if the sidewalk has driveways, the constant change/unevenness can cause unnecessary stress on the body while running.

You know what else is unnecessary stress on the body? Running into a Chevy.

The road is for cars, not for someone trying to achieve their fitness goals. Go to the track at the local high school. Get out of the f'n road.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on October 14, 2018, 07:37:53 PM
2.  People who feel the need to jog or walk in the street.  That's what the fucking sidewalk is for!

Actually running on sidewalks can lead to injury. The concrete is much harder than rubberized asphalt and hard on the joints. Also, if the sidewalk has driveways, the constant change/unevenness can cause unnecessary stress on the body while running.

Oh, so that's why my feet hurt so much :|
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on October 14, 2018, 10:21:14 PM
2.  People who feel the need to jog or walk in the street.  That's what the fucking sidewalk is for!

Actually running on sidewalks can lead to injury. The concrete is much harder than rubberized asphalt and hard on the joints. Also, if the sidewalk has driveways, the constant change/unevenness can cause unnecessary stress on the body while running.

Oh, so that's why my feet hurt so much :|

The feet hurting could also be from footwear or your running stride, or something completely different musculoskeletally. But the harder surfaces can also contribute.

I’ll stick to sidewalks on busier streets if one is available, but I use both surfaces when running in my neighborhood. I will move back to the sidewalk for an oncoming car, though. The asphalt is just easier to use without having to dodge sidewalk cracks, curbs, and overhanging trees, especially near the end of a longer run of 10+ miles.

While on the subject of running, I’m mildly irritated by the fact that it seems every pair of men’s lightweight running shorts now comes with those built in underwear liners. From Nike and Under Armor to even the cheaper stuff at Walmart, it’s hard to find a pair without them. They’re quite uncomfortable for me to wear, so I just cut them out completely. If I wanted panties in my shorts, I’d raid my wife’s underwear drawer.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on October 15, 2018, 06:47:26 AM
When guys just pull the door while you're in the stall, instead of knocking.
I'd rather they pull than knock. Pulling shows them it's locked and I'm in there without me having to say anything.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 15, 2018, 10:29:32 AM
I posted this last year in the work gripe thread.

Quote
I'm playing the asshole card this morning.

The vegetarians in my department.

We have two vegetarians in our department of 34 people. Both are vegetarians not because of ethical animal concerns, but because of fitness goals. Once a quarter we have a quarterly birthday party and on days like today we'll set aside an hour and a half for a potluck. Every. Single. Person. that contributes to these things feels like they have to accommodate these two guys. Every item in conference room so far is vegetarian. We're having six large pizzas delivered, and THREE of them are veggie (5 if you count the two pies that are just cheese). What the fuck? I get it, there are vegetarians in the office, but do the two of them warrant HALF (5) of our greasy goodnesses to not have meat on them? Only one of the pizzas has meat and it's a pepperoni. 1 pizza with meat for a department of 34. It's a damn shame cause this place makes slamming meat based pizzas.

One guy a few cubes down was just bragging "I brought in cauliflower wings". If I didn't tell you otherwise, you'd swear they were boneless chicken wings. Go fuck yourself, Mitch. You're not fooling anyone with that shit.

/rant

I stand by what I said.

Hey now... buffalo cauliflower is pretty damn good.


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 15, 2018, 10:50:46 AM
When guys just pull the door while you're in the stall, instead of knocking.
I'd rather they pull than knock. Pulling shows them it's locked and I'm in there without me having to say anything.

I don't either way.   If they can't be bothered to take a short glance to see if there's feet in there, I can't waste the breath I'm holding because the guy next to me didn't courtesy flush. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 15, 2018, 10:51:09 AM
Mildly irritating:  people that don't courtesy flush.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 15, 2018, 11:04:08 AM
Being around people that are irritated and they will let you know even though you are waiting just like them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 15, 2018, 12:30:05 PM
2.  People who feel the need to jog or walk in the street.  That's what the fucking sidewalk is for!

Actually running on sidewalks can lead to injury. The concrete is much harder than rubberized asphalt and hard on the joints. Also, if the sidewalk has driveways, the constant change/unevenness can cause unnecessary stress on the body while running.

You know what else is unnecessary stress on the body? Running into a Chevy.

The road is for cars, not for someone trying to achieve their fitness goals. Go to the track at the local high school. Get out of the f'n road.

Amen!

I doubt the difference between asphalt and concrete is so significant as to make it worth the risk of getting planted face first into said asphalt.  I guess I don't mind so much if a jogger wants to run in the street and then hop onto the sidewalk when a car is coming, but some of these clowns think there's room for parked cars on each side and two cars and them....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Train of Naught on October 18, 2018, 02:39:39 AM
Having to dodge bikers when walking down the sidewalk. Where I live it seems to be commonly accepted to bike on sidewalks and the excuse I have heard the most is that they do it because the bike roads are sometimes made of cobblestone which is hard to ride a bike on. So you choose to ride a bike, but you will put others' safety at stake because you don't feel safe on your designated lane? I wouldn't even mind if they did it carefully, slowing down when nearing and/or passing by a pedestrian, but these people more often than not go full speed and don't look out for pedestrians at all. Every day when I'm walking to work I have to be on the lookout for bikes flying by to prevent getting bumped into. It's mostly how they act like they're in the right and everyone has to step aside for them even though they are on the wrong lane.. ugh

*end of rant*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on October 18, 2018, 05:10:04 AM
I got something else to add to the biker issue; in our downtown we now have these electric scooters everywhere for rent and people have no idea how to ride them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 18, 2018, 06:07:24 AM
The internal hiring process at my company.

My company has a huge page dedicated to jobs that are open and haven't been made public yet. They like to retain internal talent. There are two I would really like to apply for, but as soon as you submit an application, regardless of whether or not you're even asked to interview, your manager and your manager's manager receive a notification that you've done so. How fucking stupid is that? I feel like it discourages people from applying. I certainly don't want to. I don't want my manager thinking/knowing that I'm looking to bail. I feel like it complicates things.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on October 18, 2018, 06:30:02 AM
The internal hiring process at my company.

My company has a huge page dedicated to jobs that are open and haven't been made public yet. They like to retain internal talent. There are two I would really like to apply for, but as you as you submit an application, regardless of whether or not you're even asked to interview, your manager and your manager's manager receive a notification that you've done so. How fucking stupid is that? I feel like it discourages people from applying. I certainly don't want to. I don't want my manager thinking/knowing that I'm looking to bail. I feel like it complicates things.
My company has similar policy of notifying your current manager when you apply for an internal position. I agree it's really stupid. It gives your current boss a chance to essentially sabotage your chances right out of the gate. It make more sense to me to only notify them when you're the final candidate and they're doing their final checks on you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 18, 2018, 07:01:05 AM
The internal hiring process at my company.

My company has a huge page dedicated to jobs that are open and haven't been made public yet. They like to retain internal talent. There are two I would really like to apply for, but as you as you submit an application, regardless of whether or not you're even asked to interview, your manager and your manager's manager receive a notification that you've done so. How fucking stupid is that? I feel like it discourages people from applying. I certainly don't want to. I don't want my manager thinking/knowing that I'm looking to bail. I feel like it complicates things.
My company has similar policy of notifying your current manager when you apply for an internal position. I agree it's really stupid. It gives your current boss a chance to essentially sabotage your chances right out of the gate. It make more sense to me to only notify them when you're the final candidate and they're doing their final checks on you.

That makes the most sense.In my company, when you apply for another position, the manager actually has to write a recommendation.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 18, 2018, 07:27:23 AM
I don't disagree with the comments here, but - especially in a large organization - think about it from a managers situation, and think about how encouraging opacity in the organization can be detrimental.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on October 18, 2018, 08:51:31 AM
The internal hiring process at my company.

My company has a huge page dedicated to jobs that are open and haven't been made public yet. They like to retain internal talent. There are two I would really like to apply for, but as soon as you submit an application, regardless of whether or not you're even asked to interview, your manager and your manager's manager receive a notification that you've done so. How fucking stupid is that? I feel like it discourages people from applying. I certainly don't want to. I don't want my manager thinking/knowing that I'm looking to bail. I feel like it complicates things.

Thank god we don’t have that in our company.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on October 18, 2018, 09:27:24 AM
I don't disagree with the comments here, but - especially in a large organization - think about it from a managers situation, and think about how encouraging opacity in the organization can be detrimental.   
I get that, but if I were applying for an external position, my boss wouldn't know until I put in my resignation. Somewhere in the middle of the two extremes seems best to me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 18, 2018, 09:37:32 AM
I don't disagree with the comments here, but - especially in a large organization - think about it from a managers situation, and think about how encouraging opacity in the organization can be detrimental.   
I get that, but if I were applying for an external position, my boss wouldn't know until I put in my resignation. Somewhere in the middle of the two extremes seems best to me.

Maybe thats true.  I just think if I am the hiring manager, would I want to hire someone that's trying to secretly get away from his team within the same company?  Everyone knows if you are looking outside that you can expect your current employer doesn't know, but within the same company wouldn't your hiring manager want to know what's going on and out of respect for your current manager, if you want to transfer within the company, wouldn't it be best to not burn a bridge by keeping them in the dark? 

I don't know, I see both sides and maybe there's a better system than full blown one way or the other.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 18, 2018, 09:41:38 AM
I don't disagree with the comments here, but - especially in a large organization - think about it from a managers situation, and think about how encouraging opacity in the organization can be detrimental.   
I get that, but if I were applying for an external position, my boss wouldn't know until I put in my resignation. Somewhere in the middle of the two extremes seems best to me.

Don't disagree; maybe have notice go to the HR manager of the group and not the supervisor.   I've been lucky; I worked for a company that not only encouraged this type of movement but rewarded their managers for "growing" talent (so it was in my best interest to tell my manager). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on October 18, 2018, 09:45:21 AM
Even if the current boss wasn't notified until the very end, the advantage of a move within the company is that the current and new boss can work out a transition plan over the next several weeks instead it being a hard cut off two weeks from now. I honestly don't see what good can come out of telling your current boss right away when you apply for a different job. Though I'm not a manager so I don't see it from their perspective.

Maybe it's just me, but I am more likely to look for jobs outside of my company rather than within because of this rule.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 18, 2018, 11:25:35 AM
This kind of practice isn't uncommon.  A good manager will (should!) put your professional goals ahead of their own.  If they don't, you have a shitty manager, so who cares if they are notified?  I talked with a manager once about this kind of situation, and he was 100% behind me to go for it.  Any other reaction is an indication of someone who shouldn't be a manager of people.

If it were me, I'd talk to your manager first, and have them hear it from you directly, along with the reasons why you're looking at another position.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on October 18, 2018, 11:40:08 AM
Having to dodge bikers when walking down the sidewalk. Where I live it seems to be commonly accepted to bike on sidewalks and the excuse I have heard the most is that they do it because the bike roads are sometimes made of cobblestone which is hard to ride a bike on. So you choose to ride a bike, but you will put others' safety at stake because you don't feel safe on your designated lane? I wouldn't even mind if they did it carefully, slowing down when nearing and/or passing by a pedestrian, but these people more often than not go full speed and don't look out for pedestrians at all. Every day when I'm walking to work I have to be on the lookout for bikes flying by to prevent getting bumped into. It's mostly how they act like they're in the right and everyone has to step aside for them even though they are on the wrong lane.. ugh

*end of rant*

Wait, is it about Berlin or Netherlands? Because I've never saw anyone biking on sidewalks during my 10-days stay in Rotterdam. Everyone used the bike roads.

I frequently bike to work from April to end of October if weather is alright (did that today too), and as there are no designated bike roads (we have them in the center of our city and in the parks, and everyone ignores the latter ones), I usually use the actual road for cars. However, sometimes it's just not really safe to use the car roads - we have a speed limit of 60 kmph, except you get the ticket only if you went over 80 kmph, 60-80 is just a verbal warning and no one cares about that so effectively the speed limit is 80 kmph.

So, well, sometimes I have to use the sidewalks, but I never go faster than the pedestrians if I don't have enough room to pass. I'll get off the bike if necessary. I've never used the, uh, bicycle bell (is that how it's called?) in three years of using those rental bikes. That's just idiotic. I'm on the road for pedestrians, I'm a guest here, I have to accommodate to them, not the other way around. However, about 8 cyclists out of 10 do what you just described. So people just lump every cyclist on the sidewalk in the 'asshole' category.

Also, the 'cobblestones' excuse? Not safe? That's utter bullshit. Not comfortable, yeah, sure, but that's it. They should see the roads' condition here in Moscow.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 18, 2018, 11:51:28 AM
This kind of practice isn't uncommon.  A good manager will (should!) put your professional goals ahead of their own.  If they don't, you have a shitty manager, so who cares if they are notified?  I talked with a manager once about this kind of situation, and he was 100% behind me to go for it.  Any other reaction is an indication of someone who shouldn't be a manager of people.

If it were me, I'd talk to your manager first, and have them hear it from you directly, along with the reasons why you're looking at another position.

Exactly, never get in the way of an employee's growth.  Nurture them to better your site as well as well the company.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 18, 2018, 01:02:01 PM
bike roads.

Yes let's please add "bike roads" to the list, especially when they cost $12 million dollars per mile.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/12-million-per-mile-for-a-bike-lane-that-should-trigger-a-civic-heart-attack/

And let's go ahead and add poor planning, poor budgeting, or just plain flat out lying to your constituents.
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Bike lanes that voters were told would cost about $860,000 per mile were actually clocking in at an eye-watering $12 million per mile.

I usually use the actual road for cars. However, sometimes it's just not really safe to use the car roads...

Of course it's not. They are for cars, not bikes. Don't ride your bike on them. Bikers here will tell you that cars are the problem though, cars that are on the roads that they were designed and built for.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on October 18, 2018, 01:06:54 PM
860,000 to 12 million?

Not seeing the big deal, clearly they just rounded up a bit for the final price.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on October 18, 2018, 01:19:22 PM
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Of course it's not. They are for cars, not bikes. Don't ride your bike on them.

Yeah, sure, man. However, the traffic rules in our country are clear-cut saying that the cyclists should use the car roads as a priority because the cyclists are part of the traffic. I love that "of course" though.

I would understand that argument if I owned a bicycle, like, you know, why the fuck I bought it if I have nowhere to cycle on? However, I'm using official city rental bikes. So the city basically wants me to use it, and by the rules, I have to use the car roads.

Basically, ITT: I'm doing what I can to make life comfortable for both drivers and pedestrians and just venting about the mildly irritating state of our city and cyclist assholes, and still get called out about it. I'm just going to get the fuck out of here. Dennis, if you feel like responding to that earlier post, my PM is open.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 18, 2018, 02:53:53 PM
"Use the car roads as a priority" meaning prioritizing bikes using the roads over sidewalks, or having bikes as a priority over cars on the road?

I apologize if I sounded harsh (but this is the mildly irritating thread, aren't allowed a little leeway? :)) I appreciate your courtesy as you described, and wish other bicyclists acted similarly. I should have quoted that part and not emphasized my disdain for a mentality you are working against as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 19, 2018, 06:48:50 AM
This kind of practice isn't uncommon.  A good manager will (should!) put your professional goals ahead of their own.  If they don't, you have a shitty manager, so who cares if they are notified?  I talked with a manager once about this kind of situation, and he was 100% behind me to go for it.  Any other reaction is an indication of someone who shouldn't be a manager of people.

If it were me, I'd talk to your manager first, and have them hear it from you directly, along with the reasons why you're looking at another position.

This.   You're all on the same team, and any manager that expects you do to the same job for the same manager for the rest of your career is the one who should be looked at closer, not you.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 19, 2018, 10:30:36 AM
Here's something I find mildly irritating...when you get to the office, having eaten your breakfast at 6 a.m., and then by 9 a.m. you're so hungry, you eat your damn lunch, and now face the decision whether to be a pig around Noon and get something, or starve until dinner.  >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on October 19, 2018, 10:38:21 AM
Reading some of these posts doesn't really seem to indicate "mildly". :lol  For me, mildly irritating doesn't exist.  Something is either irritating or it's not.  No grey area there.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 19, 2018, 11:52:05 AM
Reading some of these posts doesn't really seem to indicate "mildly". :lol  For me, mildly irritating doesn't exist.  Something is either irritating or it's not.  No grey area there.

I think "mildly irritating" means something that's bothersome but about which you either can't do anything or which isn't sufficiently bothersome to warrant the effort of taking action.


My example of the day:  When I walk into a stall in the restroom where I work and the prior occupant of the stall has left half of his ass gasket on the seat.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 19, 2018, 01:21:57 PM
Reading some of these posts doesn't really seem to indicate "mildly". :lol  For me, mildly irritating doesn't exist.  Something is either irritating or it's not.  No grey area there.

I think "mildly irritating" means something that's bothersome but about which you either can't do anything or which isn't sufficiently bothersome to warrant the effort of taking action.


My example of the day:  When I walk into a stall in the restroom where I work and the prior occupant of the stall has left half of his ass gasket on the seat.

F that. That's not mildly irritating. That's enraged, find out who did it and litter his office with ass gaskets anger.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on October 19, 2018, 02:58:33 PM
The fact that I can't do anything about it and/or it's not worth the effort is what makes it even more irritating.   :justjen

It's like what George Carlin said once, "I don't have pet peeves.  I have major psychotic fucking hatreds".  :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on October 19, 2018, 03:06:22 PM
:lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on October 19, 2018, 03:31:37 PM
"Use the car roads as a priority" meaning prioritizing bikes using the roads over sidewalks, or having bikes as a priority over cars on the road?

I apologize if I sounded harsh (but this is the mildly irritating thread, aren't allowed a little leeway? :)) I appreciate your courtesy as you described, and wish other bicyclists acted similarly. I should have quoted that part and not emphasized my disdain for a mentality you are working against as well.

I too apologize for that outburst. Yesterday was, uh, difficult for me. I shouldn't have reacted that way.

I meant that as prioritizing bikes using the roads over sidewalks, yeah. It says that whenever you can use the road, you should use the road. If you can't use the road for whatever reason (if you can't legally make a turn — you can't do left turns on the bicycle if the road has more than one lane in each direction, which is completely reasonable, or if you deem it unsafe, for example), you should use the sidewalk. As most of the cyclists are somehow dickheads, here's what happens. If you use the road, some drivers would get mad at you (some would even attempt to scare you directing the car right into you then steer back into the lane - that's rare and happened only two times in three years, but that's so fucked up I feel I should mention it), if you use the sidewalk, some people on it would rage because you're not supposed to be there.

It's really a no-win situation. And I mean, it's not that bad, usually I'm able to get through it without any trouble — I'm leaving home at about 5:45 a.m. in the morning so there's almost no traffic, but sometimes on the commute back shit happens. Like maybe once a week or two.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Train of Naught on October 22, 2018, 05:44:04 AM
Having to dodge bikers when walking down the sidewalk. Where I live it seems to be commonly accepted to bike on sidewalks and the excuse I have heard the most is that they do it because the bike roads are sometimes made of cobblestone which is hard to ride a bike on. So you choose to ride a bike, but you will put others' safety at stake because you don't feel safe on your designated lane? I wouldn't even mind if they did it carefully, slowing down when nearing and/or passing by a pedestrian, but these people more often than not go full speed and don't look out for pedestrians at all. Every day when I'm walking to work I have to be on the lookout for bikes flying by to prevent getting bumped into. It's mostly how they act like they're in the right and everyone has to step aside for them even though they are on the wrong lane.. ugh

*end of rant*

Wait, is it about Berlin or Netherlands? Because I've never saw anyone biking on sidewalks during my 10-days stay in Rotterdam. Everyone used the bike roads.

I frequently bike to work from April to end of October if weather is alright (did that today too), and as there are no designated bike roads (we have them in the center of our city and in the parks, and everyone ignores the latter ones), I usually use the actual road for cars. However, sometimes it's just not really safe to use the car roads - we have a speed limit of 60 kmph, except you get the ticket only if you went over 80 kmph, 60-80 is just a verbal warning and no one cares about that so effectively the speed limit is 80 kmph.

So, well, sometimes I have to use the sidewalks, but I never go faster than the pedestrians if I don't have enough room to pass. I'll get off the bike if necessary. I've never used the, uh, bicycle bell (is that how it's called?) in three years of using those rental bikes. That's just idiotic. I'm on the road for pedestrians, I'm a guest here, I have to accommodate to them, not the other way around. However, about 8 cyclists out of 10 do what you just described. So people just lump every cyclist on the sidewalk in the 'asshole' category.

Also, the 'cobblestones' excuse? Not safe? That's utter bullshit. Not comfortable, yeah, sure, but that's it. They should see the roads' condition here in Moscow.
No no, just Berlin. Netherlands have pretty much perfect conditions for pedestrians and bikers (except for the centre of Amsterdam where tourists walk on the bike lanes all the time, but that can be excused as it's something they're maybe not used to to that extent). I have no problem with people biking on the sidewalks for a brief moment if the roads are terrible or dangerous at that moment (even though it's technically illegal), but I do have a problem with it if they put the pedestrians in danger by driving recklessly. This happens all the time in Berlin, I have only lived here and in Amsterdam so my frame of reference is quite small.

Personally, I refuse to ride a bike here because I did get a cheap one, but the tires simply gave in after only a couple days because the roads are so terrible. You could prevent it by riding on sidewalks, as plenty of people seem to do here, but I also refuse to do that. And yeah, slowing down when nearing pedestrians and stepping off the bike when necessary is all I want, no complaints from me at all for those bikers. They're just kind of hard to find here sadly :(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 22, 2018, 10:17:37 AM
Here's one -- all you bastards who drive on the freeway/highway and put your wiper washer on and spray all that shit all over my freshly waxed and detailed car. Y'all can go to hell.  :lol

p.s. I got the bastard back this morning by passing and returning the favor.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 22, 2018, 01:01:11 PM
 :lol sweet revenge
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 22, 2018, 01:48:27 PM
Here's one -- all you bastards who drive on the freeway/highway and put your wiper washer on and spray all that shit all over my freshly waxed and detailed car. Y'all can go to hell.  :lol

Sam, I read this and I have to laugh. I can totally see you going all  :censored :censored.  :lol


But WUT?? You mean I can't clean my windshield because some dude behind me might have just waxed his car?? If I actually knew some guy just waxed his car behind me, I'd be sure to give him a steady stream.  ;D

I have literally never waxed a car in my life. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 22, 2018, 01:51:09 PM
Tim likes getting other men wet (steady stream) for jollies.

Did I get that right?! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 22, 2018, 01:52:20 PM
Wax on wax off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on October 22, 2018, 01:58:12 PM
Sam, I read this and I have to laugh. I can totally see you going all  :censored :censored.  :lol

You have no idea.  :lol

If you really want to see his head explode, pretend you are a fan of Barry Bonds.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 22, 2018, 02:01:14 PM
Sam, I read this and I have to laugh. I can totally see you going all  :censored :censored.  :lol

I moonlight as a semi-professional (read - hobby I am damn good at) car detailer. Done mostly for the cars of families and friends.

Yeah, I about emptied my washer fluid on the SOB, complete with the obligatory brake check to say "you're welcome."  :lol

You have no idea.  :lol

If you really want to see his head explode, pretend you are a fan of Barry Bonds.

 :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored

That guy. And F the Red Sox too.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 22, 2018, 02:04:07 PM
Nice Sam, I didn't know you were into that.

You have no idea.  :lol

If you really want to see his head explode, pretend you are a fan of Barry Bonds.

 :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored :censored

That guy. And F the Red Sox too.

 :lol

I heard Barry was quite fond of Yankee Stadium.
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/NaughtySlightAlaskanmalamute-size_restricted.gif)

 ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 22, 2018, 02:07:29 PM
It's OK. Bonds had his moment. A shame. Dude would have been in the HOF without the roids. But he got greedy and while not caught, we all know he is as big of a cheater as they come. I hope all those cheaters like him, A-Rod, Giambi, Clemens, all of them, I hope they all never sniff the Hall. Giambi won't anyway, but still.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 22, 2018, 02:19:33 PM
Giambi wasn't a HOF player to start with.

But how do you know? I mean, of course they all did, but how would you parse out the guys that didn't?

Bagwell got in. Dude looked like a f'n balloon. Pettite, Ortiz, Ivan Rodriguez. That era was loaded with roids. You either don't let anyone in, or let them all in. Just because Bonds was a douche shouldn't mean he's not HOF worthy. Then just don't induct anyone that played from 1993-200whatever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 22, 2018, 02:27:14 PM
I don't know what the answer is, T. All I know is, that whole era had guys who looked liked balloons, and then when they stopped playing, they went back to what they were originally. I read Book of Shadows. I respect those reporters. I believe them. A-Roid got nailed on it. Ortiz was on one of those "lists," which I have no idea if it is accurate or not, but my gut tells me he juiced big time when he came over to the Red Sux. Clemens obviously was on roids.

So again, I have no answers to the issue. But I hate Bonds. Bonds, Clemens, A-Rod...all guys who were HOF worthy before they juiced. Greedy bastards.

Pettite -- I can't help but notice the dig at him. He full on admitted he tried it for a few days to help rehab an injury, felt guilty, and stopped. I believe him completely.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 22, 2018, 02:30:57 PM
I read Book of Shadows. I respect those reporters. I believe them.

Who wrote that? That sounds interesting.

Pettite -- I can't help but notice the dig at him. He full on admitted he tried it for a few days to help rehab an injury, felt guilty, and stopped. I believe him completely.

Smoke screen. He was roiding as much as anyone. Remember, Clemens was his hero.





Oh, and for the record, I think Ortiz is a douche. He was roiding right up until the end. Pretty obvious.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 22, 2018, 02:37:14 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Game-Shadows-Steroids-Scandal-Professional/dp/1592402682/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540240579&sr=8-2&keywords=Game+of+Shadows

>>>I do know Pettite idolized Clemens. But no, I don't think it was a smokescreen. Unlike CLemens, who had outward signs, and obvious roid rage, Pettite did not. I think Pettite was telling the truth.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 22, 2018, 02:40:36 PM
Pettite admitted to HGH right?  That's not the same as what Bonds did.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 22, 2018, 03:29:12 PM
Pettite admitted to HGH right?  That's not the same as what Bonds did.

Yeah, that's what I was referring to. THanks for clarifying. He used HGH for like a day or two, rehabbing from an injury, felt guilty, and stopped. Clemens has never admitted anything, but he was certainly on roids and HGH. I mean, dude doubled in size, and it wasn't just old man fat.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 22, 2018, 03:41:24 PM
I heard Pettite's wife found out he was with a hooker and he told her they just held hands.



She bought it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 22, 2018, 04:16:59 PM
Nobody took steroids once.  The public wanted an admission and that's why Pettite is not looked the same as Bonds, Clemens & Palmero.


We all knew Pettite was lying but admitting once did the trick.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 23, 2018, 08:52:05 AM
I heard Pettite's wife found out he was with a hooker and he told her they just held hands.



She bought it.

 :lol :lol :lol

Nobody took steroids once.  The public wanted an admission and that's why Pettite is not looked the same as Bonds, Clemens & Palmero.


We all knew Pettite was lying but admitting once did the trick.

Perhaps. But if you look at the guy, unlike all those other dues, Andy didn't have any outward physical growth. So while the others did, and it was obvious, I don't think Andy was lying. And it wasn't steriods. It was HGH to rehab an injury. Had he taken it longer, he would have ballooned, just as the others did. He didn't, so that's why I believe him.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 23, 2018, 12:13:54 PM
... with the obligatory brake check to say "you're welcome."  :lol

No offense, but this is on my list.  Nothing like combating passive-aggressive, dangerous driving with more passive-aggressive dangerous driving.  Just move over.   I cannot FATHOM why "just move over" is so hard to do. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 23, 2018, 01:38:42 PM
Stads,

I usually never do it. I was just so pissed off at the guy. I kinda felt bad, honestly. But after spending a few hours on my car the day before, I was pissed as all hell.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 23, 2018, 02:00:42 PM
I had a bit of road rage on my ride back from the Metallica concert in PA.  A minivan merged into my lane, very slowly, so I wasn't sure at first if they were just swerving or actually trying to get into my lane (I was in their blind spot and they didn't have thier blinker on).  So I honked, they didn't move back over and kept creeping.  I then held the horn.  Nothing, so I hit the breaks and let them in before they hit me.  My friend and I give the bird and then as we pass them a minute later, it's an indian family who waves to us with a really sorry look on their face  :lol at least I got a good laugh after my moment of rage.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 23, 2018, 02:46:07 PM
Stads,

I usually never do it. I was just so pissed off at the guy. I kinda felt bad, honestly. But after spending a few hours on my car the day before, I was pissed as all hell.

Nah, I get it.  I'm not immune to a dirty look or even a "you're number one!" when dealing with an asshole on the road.  It happens.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on October 23, 2018, 04:37:39 PM
... with the obligatory brake check to say "you're welcome."  :lol

No offense, but this is on my list.  Nothing like combating passive-aggressive, dangerous driving with more passive-aggressive dangerous driving.  Just move over.   I cannot FATHOM why "just move over" is so hard to do.

This is sort of a side tangent but I'm always of the mindset of "just let it go and be on my way" as far as defensive driving at least in terms of people coming up behind or close to me. I'll always do what I can do avoid confrontation because a) I'm in a vehicle that could kill me surrounded by other vehicles that could easily kill me as well and b) at the end of the day it's just not worth it. I don't understand the one-upsmanship that some people have when driving.

A good example is I was a passenger with a coworker in his car and not only is he one of those "always need to weave in and out of traffic" and aggressive drivers but he has a bit of a short temper when it comes to dealing with other people's driving habits, We were in a lane that was going straight and becoming a left hand lane so he was going to right when a guy came from the right hand side and there was one of those accidental "whoa, didn't see you there" moves and the other guy jerked his car to the right. My coworker took this as some sort of affront and gave the guy the finger while screaming. The other driver clearly took notice and purposely jerked his car to the right coming inches from smashing our car. OK, so the other guy pulled an asshole move and a dangerous one at that but now my coworker was seething and started to chase the guy down the street. At this point I'm yelling at him to just let it go because I have no idea what to do in this situation as a passenger. The other driver made a left and sat at the light and my worker sharply pulled next to him, stopped, got out of the car, and got in the guy's face. All the while I'm sitting there sort of panicked like "what the fuck do I do, here?"

Thankfully everything was resolved after some bickering, hand signals, and a few "yeah well FUCK YOU" and the other guy drove off but I can not for the life of me think what has to go through someone's head to whip into that machismo attitude when you're also dealing with someone else's safety. He's a good guy and all and this is in the past but part of me thinks I should've said something to my boss although I'm not really that sort of guy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 01, 2018, 12:04:49 PM
"LA".   Not the city itself; I kind of like it there (I lived there for about a year, a little less, back when I got out of college).   But the breezy way of saying "LA" - many of us even slur the letters, "ellay" - like we're too lazy and/or too good to actually spell out "Los Angeles".   What other city is so blase that they can't even say the name?  Do we go to "SF"?   How about some gumbo in "NO"?  Many New Yorkers even make sure to add the CITY to the end because, I don't know, maybe it adds some grit to the place, or alludes to the substance. 

I just listened to "That Lucky Old Sun" by Brian Wilson, and it's a love letter of sorts to the City, and it espouses a lot of what I'm talking about.   Also Concrete Blonde's "Roses Grow".  The Scorpions "Steam Rock Fever".  Each evoke "LA" in a passing way as if we're just supposed to understand and get it.   And, honestly, I guess I don't.   

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on November 01, 2018, 01:47:26 PM
That's silly.  There are a ton of cities that shorten up their names and everyone knows what they are talking about.  Chi-town.  Nola.  O-town.  If that bothers you, you need to get your Valium prescription upped.  But then again, I can say that about most things posted in this thread (or any given news feed nowadays).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 01, 2018, 01:49:13 PM
"LA".   Not the city itself; I kind of like it there (I lived there for about a year, a little less, back when I got out of college).   But the breezy way of saying "LA" - many of us even slur the letters, "ellay" - like we're too lazy and/or too good to actually spell out "Los Angeles".

When I was a young teenager and had discovered the existence of pornography, I recall seeing some sort of pictorial that referred to "El Lay."

Anyway, is this any different than referring to Images and Words as "I&W" or Piece of Mind as "PoM"?

As someone who has lived in the suburbs of LA my entire life, it happens here all the time and no one bats an eye.  The only time I find it annoying is when the fans of certain rival sports teams (typically the Giants and Sharks) can't think of anything better than to chant "beat L.A."


What other city is so blase that they can't even say the name?  Do we go to "SF"?   How about some gumbo in "NO"?  Many New Yorkers even make sure to add the CITY to the end because, I don't know, maybe it adds some grit to the place, or alludes to the substance.

I'm curious about your use of "they" in the first sentence?  Are you limiting your irritation to folk in or from LA who refer to the city/region as "LA"?  In the first part of your post, it sounded you were referring generally to anyone who uses the acronym.

And yes, I go to "SF" not infrequently.  Also to "NYC".


I just listened to "That Lucky Old Sun" by Brian Wilson, and it's a love letter of sorts to the City, and it espouses a lot of what I'm talking about.   Also Concrete Blonde's "Roses Grow".  The Scorpions "Steam Rock Fever".  Each evoke "LA" in a passing way as if we're just supposed to understand and get it.   And, honestly, I guess I don't.

I've never heard anyone else express a lack of understanding of references to "LA" in any of these songs (or any other song, including the massively irritating "I Love L.A."), although I will confess I don't understand why "Steamrock Fever" refers to "L.A.," but mid-70s Scorpions lyrics were all a bit "out there."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on November 01, 2018, 02:00:01 PM
"LA".   Not the city itself; I kind of like it there (I lived there for about a year, a little less, back when I got out of college).   But the breezy way of saying "LA" - many of us even slur the letters, "ellay" - like we're too lazy and/or too good to actually spell out "Los Angeles".   What other city is so blase that they can't even say the name?  Do we go to "SF"?   How about some gumbo in "NO"?  Many New Yorkers even make sure to add the CITY to the end because, I don't know, maybe it adds some grit to the place, or alludes to the substance. 

I just listened to "That Lucky Old Sun" by Brian Wilson, and it's a love letter of sorts to the City, and it espouses a lot of what I'm talking about.   Also Concrete Blonde's "Roses Grow".  The Scorpions "Steam Rock Fever".  Each evoke "LA" in a passing way as if we're just supposed to understand and get it.   And, honestly, I guess I don't.

I grew up in St. Louis. Generally, we just say STL.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on November 01, 2018, 02:03:56 PM
I grew up in OKC. 

Okay, I really didn't.  But I just wanted to throw that one out there. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 01, 2018, 03:12:01 PM
I grew up in OKC. 

Okay, I really didn't.  But I just wanted to throw that one out there.

"DC" is another -- probably far more common that "Washington, D.C."  I once dated someone who worked for an airline, so I got into the habit of using airport codes ("SMF" and "ABQ" come to mind).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on November 01, 2018, 03:26:47 PM
I grew up in OKC. 

Okay, I really didn't.  But I just wanted to throw that one out there.

I didn't know Ok Cupid was a place.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on November 01, 2018, 03:31:01 PM
I once dated someone who worked for an airline, so I got into the habit of using airport codes ("SMF" and "ABQ" come to mind).

Having worked in travel I can say you tend to start thinking along those lines pretty quickly and easily.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: vtgrad on November 01, 2018, 03:32:59 PM
You guys start talking about L.A and I start thinking about "California Love".  Shake, Shake it baby... shake, shake it, SHAKEITBABY.

Sorry I lost my train of thought there.

I grew up and still live in Southwest Virginia; when I was at VT, there was SWVA (pronounced swa-va) and NOVA.  We didn't really spell-out the letters but we did use the phonetics.  I can see where it might gets old, but it doesn't make me want to snap anybody's neck or anything (that's a side-bar that recent P&R frequenters will recognize).

Back on track... anger over FB posts.  My neighbor's ex-wife and daughter (again if you've been in the P&R sub, you'll know where I'm coming from) had a wonderfully lovely, full-on argument with another woman (over the phone) last night about something this person had written on FB.  The argument was complete and included a lot of "bitch please" and "you better watch your f'n mount talking about me" yada, yada, yada.  Again, glad that I have no kids... my husky hearing it and running under our deck is troublesome enough to me.  The ex- wife is in her late 40's and the daughter is in her late 20's.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on November 01, 2018, 08:28:04 PM
I grew up in OKC. 

Okay, I really didn't.  But I just wanted to throw that one out there.

"DC" is another -- probably far more common that "Washington, D.C."  I once dated someone who worked for an airline, so I got into the habit of using airport codes ("SMF" and "ABQ" come to mind).

Pretty much all our city names, us locals shorten. Albuquerque is Burque, Rio Rancho is Rio, Las Cruces is Cruces, Bernalillo is Berna. I don't really see a problem, we all know what we mean when we say it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 01, 2018, 09:56:54 PM
When I was a young teenager and had discovered the existence of pornography, I recall seeing some sort of pictorial that referred to "El Lay."

Haha.  Porn is always a step ahead.  :)

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Anyway, is this any different than referring to Images and Words as "I&W" or Piece of Mind as "PoM"?

Very different.  If I was talking to you in person, I never in a million years would say "Hey, I listened to Pee oh Em last night.  Then I popped on a little eye and double you.  Kicked ass." 

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I'm curious about your use of "they" in the first sentence?  Are you limiting your irritation to folk in or from LA who refer to the city/region as "LA"?  In the first part of your post, it sounded you were referring generally to anyone who uses the acronym.

And yes, I go to "SF" not infrequently.  Also to "NYC".

"They" = those that are referring to the City of Los Angeles as "ellay".    I was born in the NYC area, and lived most of my life here.  Never once, not ever have I heard the City referred to as "Enwhy".    I will conceded the "Ay-Tee-El", ATL, for the airport code, but thats' not the initials of the City, per se.     


I just listened to "That Lucky Old Sun" by Brian Wilson, and it's a love letter of sorts to the City, and it espouses a lot of what I'm talking about.   Also Concrete Blonde's "Roses Grow".  The Scorpions "Steam Rock Fever".  Each evoke "LA" in a passing way as if we're just supposed to understand and get it.   And, honestly, I guess I don't.

I've never heard anyone else express a lack of understanding of references to "LA" in any of these songs (or any other song, including the massively irritating "I Love L.A."), although I will confess I don't understand why "Steamrock Fever" refers to "L.A.," but mid-70s Scorpions lyrics were all a bit "out there."
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No, no, it's not a lack of understanding; I get "Roses Grow", but it, and the Scorpions song, highlight what I'm saying.   In "Roses Grow", it's about how even among the dregs of the earth, good people exist ("roses grow", up through the cracks of the broken glass) but the "LA" is almost an afterthought, like "eh, no big thing".    In the Scorpions song, it makes ZERO sense, other than "hey we need to be cool, we need to make a hip reference, and so we'll throw "LA" in there, because, well, America!"

Again, all this doesn't amount to a hill of crap (it's the "mildly irritating" thread after all), just an observation, from a relative New Yorker, no less.   I guess I don't get the dichotomy of it.  It's supposed to be all at once a part of everything and yet detached from it all, ephemeral like the wind.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on November 02, 2018, 08:38:25 AM
I once dated someone who worked for an airline, so I got into the habit of using airport codes ("SMF" and "ABQ" come to mind).

Having worked in travel I can say you tend to start thinking along those lines pretty quickly and easily.
Kind of like here on DT forums.
ACOS
TROAE
8VM
PMU
BTS
LITS
IT
UAGM
   etc etc....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 02, 2018, 09:09:33 AM
People who say they want to come in for an interview, converse with you multiple times about the job then do not show up for the interview.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on November 02, 2018, 09:46:53 AM
People who say they want to come in for an interview, converse with you multiple times about the job then do not show up for the interview.

They should at least have the decency to say they aren't coming. I just recently kind of had it out over the phone with someone wanting to interview me. A few months ago, I applied for a data analytics/audit compliance management position at a marijuana grow facility nearby. I got a call from them last week asking me to come in for an interview. My first question was whether or not it was for the position I applied for and the woman I spoke with said no. I asked what the position was and she told me it was for a grow room manager position. They liked the home lettuce farm stuff on my resume. I then followed up, straight and to the point, with something like "Can I ask what the salary range is for this position?" and she followed up with a "well, we can't discuss that at this point, that's usually determined by experience and how we think you'll fit in. We'll go over that at the conclusion of the interview".


It really pissed me off. I'd imagine for 99% of applicants, that's one of the top three criteria when debating whether or not to take the job. Just tell me now. After a bunch of polite back and forth, I got her to tell me the maximum amount they were were willing to offer for the position. It was 45% less than what I make now. I declined to come in for the interview. I'm glad I finally got it out of her because I would have been pissed if I took a vacation day, went through the hassle of interviewing, only to be told that information at the conclusion of it all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 02, 2018, 09:55:43 AM
you wouldn't believe this Brian but on my adds on the internet, (I use Indeed) it says the rate per hour and the shifts and times.  Funny though, most never read it and when they come in, they tell me they want 1st shift which was not on the job posts and don't know the rate of pay.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 02, 2018, 12:32:17 PM
I once dated someone who worked for an airline, so I got into the habit of using airport codes ("SMF" and "ABQ" come to mind).

Having worked in travel I can say you tend to start thinking along those lines pretty quickly and easily.
Kind of like here on DT forums.
ACOS
TROAE
8VM
PMU
BTS
LITS
IT
UAGM
   etc etc....

Written though; if we're having a beer, and I ask you your favorite Dream Theater song, do you say to me "Under A Glass Moon", or maybe since we're in the know, "Glass Moon", or do you say "oh, You-Ay-Gee-Em, of course."?  I don't think so.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 02, 2018, 01:02:28 PM
 :lol

Depends on how many beers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on November 02, 2018, 03:05:34 PM
I once dated someone who worked for an airline, so I got into the habit of using airport codes ("SMF" and "ABQ" come to mind).

Having worked in travel I can say you tend to start thinking along those lines pretty quickly and easily.
Kind of like here on DT forums.
ACOS
TROAE
8VM
PMU
BTS
LITS
IT
UAGM
   etc etc....

Written though; if we're having a beer, and I ask you your favorite Dream Theater song, do you say to me "Under A Glass Moon", or maybe since we're in the know, "Glass Moon", or do you say "oh, You-Ay-Gee-Em, of course."?  I don't think so.

Of course not. That would be just silly...I say it phonetically. Whagum!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on November 02, 2018, 04:07:21 PM
The mild irritation in my nuts is mildly irritating. :p
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 05, 2018, 03:18:41 PM
I'm a member of a couple of local community groups on Facebook (one is for the community where I live, and the other is a neighboring community where I grew up).  Earlier today, someone posted a photo to one of the groups, which depicts an individual standing next to an election sign, with one hand on the sign (the kind that folks put up on their lawns).  The photo is black and white, has a "1:54:41 MON" time stamp, and looks like it probably was taken by a home security camera, so it's very grainy (can't even tell if the person is a man or a woman).  The caption encourages folks to call the police because this person "was caught on film stealing election signs."  The photo doesn't depict any such thing.  It could just as easily be a person putting a sign up than a person taking one down.  Or it could just be a person touching the sign while checking his/her cell phone.  There's no indication that the person who made the post actually witnessed the person "stealing" the sign.

This stuff happens all the time.  Folks post innocuous pictures claiming that the pictures depict nefarious acts, and folks just run with it.  Even worse is when folks share this stuff without being personally acquainted with the person who made the original post.

Bugs the crap out of me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on November 06, 2018, 06:50:57 AM
The buying of tickets for anything.   

The Book of Mormon is coming to a local venue (The Palace) next April. I go online to see if the tickets are on sale yet and the first link is for www.theatrewaterbury.com. I click and start looking at the show availability. There's hardly anything available, per usual for that show, so I opt for a pair of some semi decent seats at $128 a piece.   

Now, there's absolutely no verbiage anywhere throughout the checkout process that discusses fees. I check out, and the final total comes to $348 with no breakdown of what cost what. I want to kick myself in the ass for not being more diligent in my investigating, but turns out the tickets don't even go on sale for another 10 days. So I just paid some fucking asshole $100 to buy tickets for me and then send them to me. Looking back at the website, they put the disclaimer "We are a resale marketplace, not a box office or venue. Ticket prices may exceed face value. This site is not owned by Palace Theatre Waterbury ." all the way to the right in the corner where ads typically go and my eyes have been conditioned not to look. This is why I almost never attend events anymore. I hate this shit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 06, 2018, 07:24:52 AM
You paid for someone to buy the tickets for you?  That's a thing?  I had no idea.  What if they don't get those seats?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on November 06, 2018, 07:39:40 AM
When I said "I paid a person", I meant I'm paying a company. I have no clue how it works TBH and it's all non-refundable / non-transferable. I hadn't realized that the tickets hadn't even gone on sale yet, and based on the link I clicked, I thought I was on the Palace Theater's ticket buying portal. I feel like such a shit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 06, 2018, 07:57:40 AM
That's still interesting.  I don't understand how they can pre-sell tickets. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 06, 2018, 08:38:07 AM
When I said "I paid a person", I meant I'm paying a company. I have no clue how it works TBH and it's all non-refundable / non-transferable. I hadn't realized that the tickets hadn't even gone on sale yet, and based on the link I clicked, I thought I was on the Palace Theater's ticket buying portal. I feel like such a shit.

Don't feel bad, man. These sites are disguised and can fool you easy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on November 06, 2018, 08:43:28 AM
I think it sounds kind of like these guys are basically a broker.  They get access to the tickets and will sell them to you for a hefty fee.  It is kind of like what Ticketmaster is, but just another level.  What a racket.  It's a crime what the industry has become.  Back in the day when there was no Internet, it made sense to have ticket brokers with booths at the local record store or wherever so that people from all over an area could access tickets to venues in their part of the world without having to drive all the way to a distant venue box office.  Nowadays, it's just an unnecessary layer that profits off the customers of the performer, and what Chino describes is an extreme example of that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 06, 2018, 08:46:46 AM
And I guess before you feel too bad, maybe this is the only way to get those tickets?  Or at least guarantee yourself a seat for the night vs risking it when it goes on sale to the public?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on November 06, 2018, 08:56:03 AM
And I guess before you feel too bad, maybe this is the only way to get those tickets?  Or at least guarantee yourself a seat for the night vs risking it when it goes on sale to the public?

If third party companies couldn't run algorithms to buy up every available seat in the first 30 seconds, it wouldn't be an issue.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 06, 2018, 09:06:30 AM
And I guess before you feel too bad, maybe this is the only way to get those tickets?  Or at least guarantee yourself a seat for the night vs risking it when it goes on sale to the public?

If third party companies couldn't run algorithms to buy up every available seat in the first 30 seconds, it wouldn't be an issue.

Which may be ran by the same company who sold you tickets.

My gf has been saying she wants to see Ariana Grande on her tour, tickets went on sale at 10am yesterday.  I waited in the virtual line to check out the ticket buying process for such a concert and found all the good cheap seats already on resale for a price higher than face value but lower than the next level of ticket prices.  Almost bought one because I was thinking of surprising my girlfriend but she was looking herself and said she was disgusted at how they set up the sales.  I agree, it was pretty messed up that you couldn't get a cheaper ticket because they were all bought likely by bots and then immediately set for resale.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on November 06, 2018, 09:19:36 AM
you wouldn't believe this Brian but on my adds on the internet, (I use Indeed) it says the rate per hour and the shifts and times.  Funny though, most never read it and when they come in, they tell me they want 1st shift which was not on the job posts and don't know the rate of pay.

I had someone apply via our ad... which states the shifts available (overnight) and the pay rate.

I call them to set up an interview, and they throw a fit because they want to work Mornings.


Oi.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dream Team on November 07, 2018, 02:24:12 PM
Because of a bunch of asshole potheads, I just found out my car insurance is going up 6%. Harmless my ass.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on November 07, 2018, 03:17:57 PM
Because of a bunch of asshole potheads, I just found out my car insurance is going up 6%. Harmless my ass.

Well, I guess that's what you get for having an asshole pothead insurance agent.   :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on November 13, 2018, 05:05:00 PM
Sitting down to ‘drop the kids off at the pool’ at your work restroom and the toilet seat is still body temperature warm. It’s like you’re sitting on a naked strangers lap.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on November 13, 2018, 05:25:19 PM
This may be a little off topic and I may be the weird one here but 70% of dudes who come shit in the bathroom follow this procedure:

Open the stall
Toilet paper on seat
Violet sounding assplosion
Stand up, pull TP from the roll once
Pants on and leave
Bonus points talking on the phone the whole time.

Like am I fucking up by wiping my ass more than once? No way these are all one wipers. Or is it because they are investment bankers they don't have time to thoroughly wipe your ass?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on November 13, 2018, 05:48:00 PM
I’ve never understood the taking a dump phone talker? We have a couple of those guys in my office and to me it’s just odd. I turn my ringer off and never answer or talk when doing the business. These guys carry full blown conversations on.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on November 13, 2018, 06:07:51 PM
I have seen guys come in together and take shits in adjacent stalls never breaking the convo. Must be a banker thing lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 13, 2018, 06:08:23 PM
Like am I fucking up by wiping my ass more than once? No way these are all one wipers. Or is it because they are investment bankers they don't have time to thoroughly wipe your ass?

Interesting pronoun choices....


I’ve never understood the taking a dump phone talker? We have a couple of those guys in my office and to me it’s just odd. I turn my ringer off and never answer or talk when doing the business. These guys carry full blown conversations on.

Had one of these last week.  Full blown conversation and loud as fuck.  I made sure to flush a couple extra times so whomever he was talking to knew exactly where he was.  He was also camped out in the handicapped stall (not that there's anyone on my floor who needs it, but still).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 13, 2018, 07:01:21 PM
This may be a little off topic and I may be the weird one here but 70% of dudes who come shit in the bathroom follow this procedure:

Open the stall
Toilet paper on seat
Violet sounding assplosion
Stand up, pull TP from the roll once
Pants on and leave
Bonus points talking on the phone the whole time.

Like am I fucking up by wiping my ass more than once? No way these are all one wipers. Or is it because they are investment bankers they don't have time to thoroughly wipe your ass?

True, I don't understand that. Not to say it's never happened.  I've had plenty of ghost shits in my life, but it's rare and it's much more common to at least wipe twice AND wash your hands.  When I'm home, somtimes, I don't wash my hands.  I always do that in a public or workplace bathroom.

The phone use is a different thing altogether.  It takes a certain type of person to have a conversion on the bowl not only while shitting, but while someone else is shitting next to you who can hear the whole convo.  That's just awkward and stupid.  Especially in the work place where you can't even blame it on being drunk. Someone who comes to my building (who I've heard on the phone while on the pooper) apparently has also brought his coffee there as well according to my coworker.  Now that is another level of stupid and you can't blame it on having some important job.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 13, 2018, 07:11:39 PM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 13, 2018, 07:32:52 PM
I think that's ok... at home though
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on December 03, 2018, 07:53:35 PM
Two doors down from me in the building I live in, the neighbors are blasting music. Its a 24 year old Thot and her Chad boyfriend. Its Monday night and its past 10pm, give it a rest.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 04, 2018, 07:27:18 AM
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I have had to do that before, back in the day, when deadlines were tight.   But as a general rule, there are no phones, no conversations, no interaction of any kind with me when I'm doing my bizniss.   If there are other people in there, especially at work (where there are only two stalls) I will even wait until people leave.   I HATE doing that in public and avoid it if at all possible. 

The one wipers baffle me beyond description.  I don't know how that at all leads to a positive outcome.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 04, 2018, 09:34:51 AM
Sitting down to ‘drop the kids off at the pool’ at your work restroom and the toilet seat is still body temperature warm. It’s like you’re sitting on a naked strangers lap.

This.  So.  Much.

Two doors down from me in the building I live in, the neighbors are blasting music. Its a 24 year old Thot and her Chad boyfriend. Its Monday night and its past 10pm, give it a rest.

I didn't know you saw me come out of the elevator. 
:ontome:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on December 05, 2018, 03:46:22 PM

Two doors down from me in the building I live in, the neighbors are blasting music. Its a 24 year old Thot and her Chad boyfriend. Its Monday night and its past 10pm, give it a rest.

I didn't know you saw me come out of the elevator. 
:ontome:

You can have her. She's an entitled, narcissistic, vapid creature. Cares about no one but herself and and doesn't have a clue. I knew she wouldn't be able to resist you though, you stud muffin  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on December 16, 2018, 07:08:27 AM
That people leave the TV on all the time and can't be bothered to turn it off when guests are over. Does the TV really have to be on during a Christmas party?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on December 16, 2018, 09:13:40 AM
That people leave the TV on all the time and can't be bothered to turn it off when guests are over. Does the TV really have to be on during a Christmas party?

It's a nice available outlet for introverts who need a break from socializing. During parties at our house, we usually turn it to some sporting event and turn the sound down.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on December 16, 2018, 09:16:12 AM
That people leave the TV on all the time and can't be bothered to turn it off when guests are over. Does the TV really have to be on during a Christmas party?

It's a nice available outlet for introverts who need a break from socializing. During parties at our house, we usually turn it to some sporting event and turn the sound down.

Yep, that is the way I see it.  Maybe there is a game on that I don't need to watch per se, but it's nice to check out here and there to see how it is going during moments of downtime in conversation.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 16, 2018, 01:29:02 PM
If its just a dinner party then maybe having it on is unnecessary, but agreed with others when it's more of a party.  Usually sports finds its way onto the TV and that's fine for me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on December 16, 2018, 11:00:43 PM
These ‘wrapping paper lines up perfectly’ memes and social media posts are driving me insane. Like it’s brain surgery or some sort of Impossible accomplishment to line up a patterned design. Congratulations. You can make basic measurements and cut a straight line.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MirrorMask on December 17, 2018, 04:53:58 AM
These ‘wrapping paper lines up perfectly’ memes and social media posts are driving me insane. Like it’s brain surgery or some sort of Impossible accomplishment to line up a patterned design. Congratulations. You can make basic measurements and cut a straight line.

Slightly related, aren't more annoying math games? "Multiply your age by this, add that and subtract this... is it XX? correct? AIN'T I THE MOST AMAZING MAGICIAN EVER?" .... no, you used math, you literally explained how to reach the result.  Are there still people amazed by this in 2018?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 17, 2018, 06:38:46 AM
These ‘wrapping paper lines up perfectly’ memes and social media posts are driving me insane. Like it’s brain surgery or some sort of Impossible accomplishment to line up a patterned design. Congratulations. You can make basic measurements and cut a straight line.

I actually find the whole idea of wrapping paper to be mildly infuriating. I don't want to sound like tree hugging wuss, but there are few things in life I find more wasteful than wrapping paper.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on December 17, 2018, 07:59:12 AM
These ‘wrapping paper lines up perfectly’ memes and social media posts are driving me insane. Like it’s brain surgery or some sort of Impossible accomplishment to line up a patterned design. Congratulations. You can make basic measurements and cut a straight line.

I actually find the whole idea of wrapping paper to be mildly infuriating. I don't want to sound like tree hugging wuss, but there are few things in life I find more wasteful than wrapping paper.

I think after a certain age.....or after the whole 'santa' thing is over.....wrapping paper is pointless. But, as a young kid....there's nothing better than tearing into a present in anticipation of what it is. I get it for that scenario. Not me giving my brother a gift though. Kind of silly.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on December 17, 2018, 08:01:04 AM
These ‘wrapping paper lines up perfectly’ memes and social media posts are driving me insane. Like it’s brain surgery or some sort of Impossible accomplishment to line up a patterned design. Congratulations. You can make basic measurements and cut a straight line.

Slightly related, aren't more annoying math games? "Multiply your age by this, add that and subtract this... is it XX? correct? AIN'T I THE MOST AMAZING MAGICIAN EVER?" .... no, you used math, you literally explained how to reach the result.  Are there still people amazed by this in 2018?

Slightly related, I've got a colleague who found on the internet something along the lines of "If you take your current age and add the year when you were born, the numbers would add up to 2018, the current year! It only happens once a century!" and told it first thing in the morning to everyone sitting nearby.

And this is an engineering department. Small wonder our helicopters crash.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 17, 2018, 09:08:29 AM
These ‘wrapping paper lines up perfectly’ memes and social media posts are driving me insane. Like it’s brain surgery or some sort of Impossible accomplishment to line up a patterned design. Congratulations. You can make basic measurements and cut a straight line.

I actually find the whole idea of wrapping paper to be mildly infuriating. I don't want to sound like tree hugging wuss, but there are few things in life I find more wasteful than wrapping paper.

I think after a certain age.....or after the whole 'santa' thing is over.....wrapping paper is pointless. But, as a young kid....there's nothing better than tearing into a present in anticipation of what it is. I get it for that scenario. Not me giving my brother a gift though. Kind of silly.

Oh yea ripping into the wrapping paper as a kid was so much fun!  But I absolutely hate wrapping gifts and I almost purposefully do a terrible job at it.  And yes, it is wasteful but maybe worth it to see the joy in your kids eyes.  I just don't know how my parents did it with four children wrapping all those gifts, I struggle doing one gift for 6 or so people  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 17, 2018, 12:13:48 PM
These ‘wrapping paper lines up perfectly’ memes and social media posts are driving me insane. Like it’s brain surgery or some sort of Impossible accomplishment to line up a patterned design. Congratulations. You can make basic measurements and cut a straight line.

Slightly related, aren't more annoying math games? "Multiply your age by this, add that and subtract this... is it XX? correct? AIN'T I THE MOST AMAZING MAGICIAN EVER?" .... no, you used math, you literally explained how to reach the result.  Are there still people amazed by this in 2018?

What baffles me more are the folks who haven't yet had their birthday and who are baffled that their result is off by one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 17, 2018, 11:39:19 PM
These ‘wrapping paper lines up perfectly’ memes and social media posts are driving me insane. Like it’s brain surgery or some sort of Impossible accomplishment to line up a patterned design. Congratulations. You can make basic measurements and cut a straight line.

I actually find the whole idea of wrapping paper to be mildly infuriating. I don't want to sound like tree hugging wuss, but there are few things in life I find more wasteful than wrapping paper.

I think after a certain age.....or after the whole 'santa' thing is over.....wrapping paper is pointless. But, as a young kid....there's nothing better than tearing into a present in anticipation of what it is. I get it for that scenario. Not me giving my brother a gift though. Kind of silly.

Gonna jump here and say for me... gift bags. I love wrapped presents. I love wrapping them, and I love unwrapping them. That is how a present should be given, at least for birthdays and holidays. Don't you dare give me a gift in a damn gift bag! I want to open a present, not feel like I am unloading my groceries after a trip to the store.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 18, 2018, 05:25:00 AM
I think it's charming to see how crappy I wrap presents for my wife.  She sees that I tried. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 18, 2018, 05:47:11 AM
I love wrapped presents. I love wrapping them, and I love unwrapping them. That is how a present should be given, at least for birthdays and holidays. Don't you dare give me a gift in a damn gift bag! I want to open a present, not feel like I am unloading my groceries after a trip to the store.

Damn straight, bro!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 18, 2018, 07:45:05 AM
I never knew someone who enjoyed wrapping, but that's great those people exist  :lol but I'll agree with the gift bags.  Those aren't fun, but they are re-usable.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on December 18, 2018, 08:14:50 AM
I never knew someone who enjoyed wrapping, but that's great those people exist

My brother in law and his wife are over the top with their wrapping....each gift is like a work of art. They don't get the stick on bows and stuff....it's high dollar paper....REAL crafted bows from decorative strings and all sorts of Pinterest type items. It's neat and all but seems like an extreme effort only to have it destroyed  :lol    They don't have kids and I know they like to do it so more power to them but I certainly can't/wont' take that type of time or spend that type of money to wrap gifts.

If I remember I'll take some pics this year of the gifts they've wrapped. It really is neat looking.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on December 18, 2018, 08:35:12 AM
I'm like your brother-in-law, Gary. Not only do I enjoy wrapping with good paper, nice bow and/or ribbon, it's a tradition for me that the gift tags are wood ornaments with a sleigh bell tied to them (the bells are for my cat who loves to play with them). Here's where it really gets OCD. The paper, and ribbons/bows must match the color scheme of my tree!  :biggrin:

I have about 10 different full sets of ornaments for the tree, all a different color scheme from browns and tans to purple and copper and everything in between. I have a selection of wrapping goods to match whatever scheme I choose. It's all very metrosexual and looks fantastic.

It really doesn't cost more than just using whatever cheap stuff you can find, because I buy all the stuff from craft and decorating stores in January when it's on clearance and store it in the crawl space waiting for the next year.

Us atheists take our Christmasing very serious!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 18, 2018, 08:49:27 AM
damn  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on December 18, 2018, 08:52:06 AM
I'm like your brother-in-law, Gary. Not only do I enjoy wrapping with good paper, nice bow and/or ribbon, it's a tradition for me that the gift tags are wood ornaments with a sleigh bell tied to them (the bells are for my cat who loves to play with them). Here's where it really gets OCD. The paper, and ribbons/bows must match the color scheme of my tree!  :biggrin:

I have about 10 different full sets of ornaments for the tree, all a different color scheme from browns and tans to purple and copper and everything in between. I have a selection of wrapping goods to match whatever scheme I choose. It's all very metrosexual and looks fantastic.

It really doesn't cost more than just using whatever cheap stuff you can find, because I buy all the stuff from craft and decorating stores in January when it's on clearance and store it in the crawl space waiting for the next year.

I think that's cool though....I really do. And, I can see myself really getting into it later in life. Not that I'm any busier than anyone else...I know we all have things going on....but there's just no way I could pull it off right now.

What is fun that we do for my wife's side of the family is we all draw names and do home made gifts for one another. It's pretty neat and special....and it takes time as well.


Us atheists take our Christmasing very serious!  :lol

:spitcoffee:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on December 18, 2018, 09:06:49 AM
I think that's cool though....I really do. And, I can see myself really getting into it later in life. Not that I'm any busier than anyone else...I know we all have things going on....but there's just no way I could pull it off right now.

That's kinda how it came about...with more time available after the kids grew up and moved out. I'll admit that some of my motivation comes from wowing my grandchildren. They love it and consider it part of the magic of the holiday season at Nana & Papas.


What is fun that we do for my wife's side of the family is we all draw names and do home made gifts for one another. It's pretty neat and special....and it takes time as well.

That's really cool! I'm thinking about how to make smoked meats and cheeses as gifts next year for friends and coworkers. I plan on experimenting through the year on perfecting the technique.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 18, 2018, 11:01:43 AM
So basically Gary can't wait to get old like you Gregg. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on December 18, 2018, 11:04:32 AM
So basically Gary can't wait to get old like you Gregg. :biggrin:

  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on December 18, 2018, 11:07:11 AM
So basically Gary can't wait to get old like you Gregg. :biggrin:

 :lol Apparently.

He shouldn't be in too much of a hurry though. It sucks having to do stretching exercises prior to going to the toilet just so you can wipe your asshole without pulling a rib muscle.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 18, 2018, 11:09:32 AM
So basically Gary can't wait to get old like you Gregg. :biggrin:

 :lol Apparently.

He shouldn't be in too much of a hurry though. It sucks having to do stretching exercises prior to going to the toilet just so you can wipe your asshole without pulling a rib muscle.

Well I have a pulled back muscle just from that. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 18, 2018, 11:11:34 AM

He shouldn't be in too much of a hurry though. It sucks having to do stretching exercises prior to going to the toilet just so you can wipe your asshole without pulling a rib muscle.

Hey Mr. Fancy Tools, you mean you don't have one of these??

(https://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/butt-wipe-625x352.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on December 18, 2018, 11:13:53 AM

He shouldn't be in too much of a hurry though. It sucks having to do stretching exercises prior to going to the toilet just so you can wipe your asshole without pulling a rib muscle.

Hey Mr. Fancy Tools, you mean you don't have one of these??

(https://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/butt-wipe-625x352.jpg)

Hell no!



































Black and Decker is for amateur pussies. Maktia all the way!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 18, 2018, 11:50:55 AM
That's a minor league toilet, too.  What's that, for potty training? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on December 18, 2018, 11:56:50 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 20, 2018, 02:54:53 PM
Something thats been going on and just resolved but I'm sure others have experienced this...

Friends not paying you back.

My friend owed me about $160 for the Metallica ticket for the show we went to back in September.  The event comes and he asks to pay him back next week.  Slowly he stops talking to me, but still talks to my other friends.  Essentially acts like he doesn't know me but with everyone else, all is normal.  He mentions a couple sporadic time that he hasn't forgotten to pay me back directly though, so I guess to keep me in check.  Anyway, finally just asked in our group chat if he was going to pay me back and stop ignoring me and he did immediately.  I'm glad he paid me, but geeze why do you have to hunt down your own friends?  Or why do you only listen when I publicly make it aware?  I know everyone's got their issues and money may be one of them, but just be open with me about it.  The first convo he was open saying he was struggling and just paid off his car and so and so, ever since then it's just ignore so that makes it seem like the money is more important than friendship.  I kind of don't feel the same about this guy anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 20, 2018, 03:37:35 PM
When you make a Dr. appt, and they give you the standard "Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment."

So when I get there, I will give my name and you will tell me to take a seat and the doctor will see me shortly, and I'll end up waiting for those 15 minutes.  >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 20, 2018, 03:40:06 PM
When you make a Dr. appt, and they give you the standard "Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment."

So when I get there, I will give my name and you will tell me to take a seat and the doctor will see me shortly, and I'll end up waiting for those 15 minutes.  >:(

You're lucky. I'm used to "arrive 15-30 minutes early" and then I see the doctor about an hour after my scheduled time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on December 20, 2018, 03:41:28 PM

Friends not paying you back.

My friend owed me about $160 for the Metallica ticket for the show we went to back in September.  The event comes and he asks to pay him back next week.  Slowly he stops talking to me, but still talks to my other friends.  Essentially acts like he doesn't know me but with everyone else, all is normal.  He mentions a couple sporadic time that he hasn't forgotten to pay me back directly though, so I guess to keep me in check.  Anyway, finally just asked in our group chat if he was going to pay me back and stop ignoring me and he did immediately.  I'm glad he paid me, but geeze why do you have to hunt down your own friends?  Or why do you only listen when I publicly make it aware?  I know everyone's got their issues and money may be one of them, but just be open with me about it.  The first convo he was open saying he was struggling and just paid off his car and so and so, ever since then it's just ignore so that makes it seem like the money is more important than friendship.  I kind of don't feel the same about this guy anymore.

I can sing a few bars of that tune!

A friend of nearly 30 years used to be bad about this (he would always pay, but it would take months), so I stopped asking him to go to concerts (and we don't hang out much anymore anyway).  It's like, I shouldn't have to remind you that you owe me money.  It's the principle of the matter and it does make you feel differently about someone.

I hate owing people money or people owing me money.


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 20, 2018, 05:04:14 PM
When you make a Dr. appt, and they give you the standard "Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment."

So when I get there, I will give my name and you will tell me to take a seat and the doctor will see me shortly, and I'll end up waiting for those 15 minutes.  >:(

If I were told to arrive early and then made to wait, I'd be PISSED, but the only time I've ever been told to arrive early is if I'm a new patient, and the idea of arriving early is to fill out all of the various paperwork.  I don't have any problem with that.

I do, however, have a problem with sitting around waiting and waiting and waiting.  I get that things can sometimes get out of whack, but (a) if you're running significantly behind, call and let me know; and (b) if I'm there for a scheduled appointment, I shouldn't be made to wait more than 15 minutes without some sort of explanation.  After all, if I showed up 45 minutes late, you can sure as shit bet that the doctor is going to try and bill me for making him/her wait.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 20, 2018, 05:14:47 PM
I hate owing people money or people owing me money.

Same, I really feel bad asking for money and will only do it if its kind of necessary and if its a good friend that I know won't feel awkward about throwing me a few bucks. Anyway, another friend of mine said he thinks the guy felt bad about owing money and inadvertently was just shying away.  I don't know if I believe it or not, maybe.  I won't be lending him any money or asking him to go to a concert again.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 21, 2018, 07:09:49 AM
Money; some of it is rhythm, though.  Maybe I'm lucky and I have great friends, but with one exception - and he's not a mooch, he's just fucking broke and has been for the better part of 30 years - we have come to a great sort of long-view on money.    We try our best to pay back immediately, but if it doesn't happen, we try to make sure it all evens out at the end.   When I went to Bruce a couple weeks ago, one of my friends walked up and just bought three train tickets.  Boom.  So I mentally noted that "first two rounds are on me" when we get there.   It didn't work out - i didn't do much drinking standing on the sidewalk in NYC for four and a half fucking hours, haha - but inside I was like "you guys want a drink?", and that didn't happen either - they DID drink during the four and a half fucking hours I stood on the sidewalk in NYC, haha - so finally on the way home, I flipped him $40.  If I didn't, it wouldn't have mattered one bit, but somehow somewhere it would have evened out.   That's not $160, I grant you, but I think the other guy is wrong not for not paying (though that) but moreso for being a dick about it and pretending it doesn't exist.  If you don't have the $160 beans, talk and work it out.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 21, 2018, 07:25:28 AM
Yea but that's how I am with a lot of my close friends who I trust.  This guy isn't a close friend and we don't have that type of relationship where some money can fly either direction and we both know we are good for it. 

Im going to a concert tonight with a friend, he had an extra ticket and said I can have it.  I'm going to guess he may reject me handing him 30 bucks tonight but he will gladly accept me buying him a few rounds and vice versa I've done that when bringing friends to concerts as well, just buy me a few beers (a value close but maybe slightly under the tickets) and call it even.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 24, 2018, 06:07:08 AM
When you make a Dr. appt, and they give you the standard "Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment."

So when I get there, I will give my name and you will tell me to take a seat and the doctor will see me shortly, and I'll end up waiting for those 15 minutes.  >:(

Only 15 minutes.  Usually they're late as shit, and I wait 20-30 minutes AFTER the scheduled appointment.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on December 24, 2018, 09:12:48 AM
When you make a Dr. appt, and they give you the standard "Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment."

So when I get there, I will give my name and you will tell me to take a seat and the doctor will see me shortly, and I'll end up waiting for those 15 minutes.  >:(


My Dr Office flat out tells me to just be there on the nose, and then they check me in. None of this "arrive early to check in" shit. lmao.

I still waited 35 minutes to see her.

Only 15 minutes.  Usually they're late as shit, and I wait 20-30 minutes AFTER the scheduled appointment.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on December 29, 2018, 04:36:26 PM
The use of "they" as a pronoun for a trans/non-binary/etc single person. I have no problem with a person identifying as they wish, but "they" is plural damn it. It should not be used when describing a single person.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 29, 2018, 04:43:15 PM
The use of "they" as a pronoun for a trans/non-binary/etc single person. I have no problem with a person identifying as they wish, but "they" is plural damn it. It should not be used when describing a single person.

Problem is a lack of gender neutral singular pronouns that aren't brand new. If someone identified as Ze, Sie, etc, people generally mock that.

They, them, etc. while plural, are also gender neutral.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 29, 2018, 05:03:52 PM
You know what I fucking hate? People that drive with a dog on their lap! :censored

WTF??
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on December 30, 2018, 06:57:07 AM
The use of "they" as a pronoun for a trans/non-binary/etc single person. I have no problem with a person identifying as they wish, but "they" is plural damn it. It should not be used when describing a single person.

Problem is a lack of gender neutral singular pronouns that aren't brand new. If someone identified as Ze, Sie, etc, people generally mock that.

They, them, etc. while plural, are also gender neutral.
Yeah, I get that. There's honestly no solution that isn't annoying to some degree. "They" may be the least awful solution, but it still throws me every time I hear someone referred to as they and then need to take a split second to realize they're only talking about one person. It just sounds so wrong used in that context. The nice thing about the other made-up pronouns of ze, etc is that they don't have another meaning.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: OpenYourEyes311 on December 30, 2018, 12:32:32 PM
The use of "they" as a pronoun for a trans/non-binary/etc single person. I have no problem with a person identifying as they wish, but "they" is plural damn it. It should not be used when describing a single person.

Problem is a lack of gender neutral singular pronouns that aren't brand new. If someone identified as Ze, Sie, etc, people generally mock that.

They, them, etc. while plural, are also gender neutral.
Yeah, I get that. There's honestly no solution that isn't annoying to some degree. "They" may be the least awful solution, but it still throws me every time I hear someone referred to as they and then need to take a split second to realize they're only talking about one person. It just sounds so wrong used in that context. The nice thing about the other made-up pronouns of ze, etc is that they don't have another meaning.

https://goo.gl/images/4KATA1
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 01, 2019, 05:23:26 PM
The use of "they" as a pronoun for a trans/non-binary/etc single person. I have no problem with a person identifying as they wish, but "they" is plural damn it. It should not be used when describing a single person.

Problem is a lack of gender neutral singular pronouns that aren't brand new. If someone identified as Ze, Sie, etc, people generally mock that.

They, them, etc. while plural, are also gender neutral.
Yeah, I get that. There's honestly no solution that isn't annoying to some degree. "They" may be the least awful solution, but it still throws me every time I hear someone referred to as they and then need to take a split second to realize they're only talking about one person. It just sounds so wrong used in that context. The nice thing about the other made-up pronouns of ze, etc is that they don't have another meaning.

I'm sorry if it sounds insensitive, or worse, '-phobic', but even though I largely agree with you (I have a similar, though not exactly the same, beef with using "myself"), I'm using "they" before I use any made-up, nonsense word that only serves to highlight the differences (as opposed to promoting unity).  Tolerance is a two-way street sometimes.  (Anyone tell I just woke up from a long nap?)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 01, 2019, 05:59:25 PM
The use of "they" as a pronoun for a trans/non-binary/etc single person. I have no problem with a person identifying as they wish, but "they" is plural damn it. It should not be used when describing a single person.

Didn't you just use it to describe a single person?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 01, 2019, 06:29:04 PM
The use of "they" as a pronoun for a trans/non-binary/etc single person. I have no problem with a person identifying as they wish, but "they" is plural damn it. It should not be used when describing a single person.

Didn't you just use it to describe a single person?

Wow! Mind=blown!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on January 03, 2019, 06:28:58 AM
The use of "they" as a pronoun for a trans/non-binary/etc single person. I have no problem with a person identifying as they wish, but "they" is plural damn it. It should not be used when describing a single person.

Didn't you just use it to describe a single person?
Haha... I guess I did. Thinking about it now, I do use they sometimes instead of saying "he or she" when what I'm referring to a generic person of either sex. It's more in the context of "Susie went to the store", "She went to the store", or "They went to the store". The third option is clearly talking about multiple people based on the standard usage of they, however now that usage can refer to a single person. I just find it mildly irritating is all. That being said, I would try my best to use a person's pronoun of choice if I was frequently speaking about someone who didn't identify as he or she.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 03, 2019, 10:05:51 AM
My family is friends with a family that owns one of the largest fuel distributors in this region of the US. We all went out for dinner last night and I had to listen to the owner go completely off on the idea of raising the minimum wage to $12-$15. He went on and on about how "Nobody has any idea what that kind of an increase would do to our business". The guy who said that has bought three new Lamborghinis since 2005. They're all nice and warm in one of the two three-car garages that are attached to his 5200 square foot house. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 03, 2019, 10:29:20 AM
The use of "they" as a pronoun for a trans/non-binary/etc single person. I have no problem with a person identifying as they wish, but "they" is plural damn it. It should not be used when describing a single person.

This is probably my single greatest pet peeve, but it's a grammar thing.  I don't encounter many/any people who are ambiguous about their genders or who are pretending to be the opposite gender, so that's not really an issue (although I did watch an episode of some sitcom a while back that was joking about the newly invented gender ambiguous pronouns, and I read a bit about that).  My daughter does this a lot when telling us stories:  "I was talking to my friend at lunch, and they said blah blah blah."  I pretty much always stop her at that point and say something like, "are you saying that you don't know this friend's gender"?  It happens with corporations and LLCs also:  "I bought a phone from Big Conglomerate, Inc., and their customer service is just terrible."  People seem to have some aversion to using "it" and "its," and I can't for the life of me figure out why.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 03, 2019, 10:35:35 AM
When in doubt, I would just use their proper name instead. Or preferred name for that matter.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 03, 2019, 10:37:21 AM
I don't encounter many/any people who are ambiguous about their genders or who are pretending to be the opposite gender


Excuse me?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 03, 2019, 10:50:30 AM
I don't encounter many/any people who are ambiguous about their genders or who are pretending to be the opposite gender


Excuse me?

I don't understand your question.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 03, 2019, 10:51:34 AM
Pretending to be the opposite gender?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 03, 2019, 11:03:46 AM
My family is friends with a family that owns one of the largest fuel distributors in this region of the US. We all went out for dinner last night and I had to listen to the owner go completely off on the idea of raising the minimum wage to $12-$15. He went on and on about how "Nobody has any idea what that kind of an increase would do to our business". The guy who said that has bought three new Lamborghinis since 2005. They're all nice and warm in one of the two three-car garages that are attached to his 5200 square foot house.

Look, you and I usually are at least pointing in the same direction if not in firm agreement on matters like these, but I feel obligated to point  out that knocking wages from $15 to $10 is not how he's paying for those Lambos.   Or more correctly, the relationship isn't a direct one.   First, the bump isn't just "a few dollars an hour".   It's that times 1.5, or more, as you factor in benefits, taxes, etc.   It's also across 2080 hours a year, before overtime, and again, times the number of employees.   Then you have the cost of fronting the wages on a weekly or biweekly basis, while the Accounts Receivable are still stuck somewhere between 30 and 60 days (not counting the residential cash transactions).   Then you have the factor of proactively paying these wages, while having to retroactively react to fluctuations in supply prices, which is a pass-through, but will also impact the frequency and amounts of purchases made.   

I don't say this to argue with you or to tell you you're wrong; you are certainly a smart guy and entitled to your reasoned opinion.  I'm really pushing back more on the notion that there is some moral obligation to do without as a by-product of government intervention. If that guy wanted to he could proactively trade in the Lambo for a Hyundai and pay the wages, but he's not and I don't at all think government should  be making him do that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 03, 2019, 11:16:10 AM
Pretending to be the opposite gender?

Yup.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 03, 2019, 11:23:01 AM
Pretending to be the opposite gender?

Yup.

This is text. I didn’t not hear you properly. Cause we were talking about transgender people. Not people pretending to be the opposite gender.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 03, 2019, 11:38:33 AM
My family is friends with a family that owns one of the largest fuel distributors in this region of the US. We all went out for dinner last night and I had to listen to the owner go completely off on the idea of raising the minimum wage to $12-$15. He went on and on about how "Nobody has any idea what that kind of an increase would do to our business". The guy who said that has bought three new Lamborghinis since 2005. They're all nice and warm in one of the two three-car garages that are attached to his 5200 square foot house.

Look, you and I usually are at least pointing in the same direction if not in firm agreement on matters like these, but I feel obligated to point  out that knocking wages from $15 to $10 is not how he's paying for those Lambos.   Or more correctly, the relationship isn't a direct one.   First, the bump isn't just "a few dollars an hour".   It's that times 1.5, or more, as you factor in benefits, taxes, etc.   It's also across 2080 hours a year, before overtime, and again, times the number of employees.   Then you have the cost of fronting the wages on a weekly or biweekly basis, while the Accounts Receivable are still stuck somewhere between 30 and 60 days (not counting the residential cash transactions).   Then you have the factor of proactively paying these wages, while having to retroactively react to fluctuations in supply prices, which is a pass-through, but will also impact the frequency and amounts of purchases made.   

I don't say this to argue with you or to tell you you're wrong; you are certainly a smart guy and entitled to your reasoned opinion.  I'm really pushing back more on the notion that there is some moral obligation to do without as a by-product of government intervention. If that guy wanted to he could proactively trade in the Lambo for a Hyundai and pay the wages, but he's not and I don't at all think government should  be making him do that.

With that logic, why have any minimum wage at all then then?

And my point was really more emphasizing the fact this this guy was talking as if raising the minimum wage would basically make his family homeless, when in reality, the guy might have had to settle for two lambos intstead of three, and maybe live in a measly 4600 square feet of house instead. I get the argument when it comes from people with small business that are barely scraping by, but his family made more money in the last 5 years than I am likely to see in my life time. And the guy hardly has any employees making minimum wage as it is. Most of his payroll is on the accounting, legal, and transportation end. He has no front facing retail establishment. I'm not saying right or wrong, I'm saying it's irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 03, 2019, 11:53:33 AM
Yea I can see that based on maybe how he acts when discussing such things.  Like if he is coming off super greedy then it would irritate me too.  I'm not even talking about the economics, just if your attitude is poor it's going to annoy people and if its poor about money when you are filthy rich then that really is going to bug people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 03, 2019, 12:14:59 PM
Yea I can see that based on maybe how he acts when discussing such things.  Like if he is coming off super greedy then it would irritate me too.  I'm not even talking about the economics, just if your attitude is poor it's going to annoy people and if its poor about money when you are filthy rich then that really is going to bug people.

The dude has an indoor and an outdoor pool, and I don't mean two different pools. I mean he has a room with a pool in it (usable year round), and you can swim under the wall to the pool outside. In the winter they put a 3" thick piece of bullet proof glass in the gap to divide the freezing water outside from the warm water inside.  It's crazy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on January 03, 2019, 12:19:59 PM
Oh, wow.  That's pretty cool!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 03, 2019, 12:20:41 PM
Yea I can see that based on maybe how he acts when discussing such things.  Like if he is coming off super greedy then it would irritate me too.  I'm not even talking about the economics, just if your attitude is poor it's going to annoy people and if its poor about money when you are filthy rich then that really is going to bug people.

The dude has an indoor and an outdoor pool, and I don't mean two different pools. I mean he has a room with a pool in it (usable year round), and you can swim under the wall to the pool outside. In the winter they put a 3" thick piece of bullet proof glass in the gap to divide the freezing water outside from the warm water inside.  It's crazy.

Poor guy can't afford two pools? :(



Also sounds like from Last Action Hero, the Italian mafia boss guy's pool.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 03, 2019, 12:28:33 PM
This isn't the exact room (I don't have a pic), but this is the idea. His indoor room is actually way nicer and the outdoor pool is much larger. His entire wall doesn't open up like the one in the pic below though (peasant). It's glass, but you can't turn it into a big opening. You actually have to go completely underwater to get outside. The interior pool room has a full kitchen and bar in it as well.

(https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/08/c7/ec/90/comfort-suites-mineral.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on January 03, 2019, 12:43:48 PM
And you don't think that's a pretty cool thing to have?  I don't see why it's a problem that he has that, just because you or I will likely never be able to afford something like that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 03, 2019, 12:56:49 PM
And you don't think that's a pretty cool thing to have?  I don't see why it's a problem that he has that, just because you or I will likely never be able to afford something like that.

It's fucking awesome. But don't say to people like me sentences such as "People don't understand what a minimum wage increase would do to our business" if this is the lifestyle you live. I know a business owner with a dozen or so employees that drives a 2002 Chevy Lumina because she's barely keeping her head above water. She'd have the right to say something like that, and I wouldn't be irritated. But coming out of the mouth of someone with three Lamorghinis (and several other daily drivers), what I'd consider a mansion, and an indoor/outdoor pool just gets under my skin a bit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 03, 2019, 03:50:43 PM
Pretending to be the opposite gender?

Yup.

This is text. I didn’t not hear you properly.

Ummm...


Cause we were talking about transgender people. Not people pretending to be the opposite gender.

"We"?  I was responding to "lordxizor's" comment, and I think any further comment would push this into the realm of political discussion, so I'll refrain.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 03, 2019, 06:24:23 PM
People that..........

Nevermind, scratch that.


Pachelbel’s Canon in D. UGH!

It sucks balls. Objectively.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on January 06, 2019, 12:43:01 PM
When I go to buy a $4 dollar item on ebay and they ask if I want to buy protection plan for 3 dollars...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on January 06, 2019, 12:51:07 PM
The show 'Adam Ruins Everything'    I'm all about learning that things we may have thought true or have been taught are in fact wrong or different than the 'reality' they actually bear......but that Host is extremely annoying. And, I get that's what he's "supposed" to be....but....his 'character' on that show personifies the mental vision I have of a certain sect/group of the millennial's out there who bend over backwards to blame their struggles or lack of drive and ambition on everyone and everything else except themselves....and their quickness to try and steal joy or happiness from everyone around them because they have none.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 06, 2019, 01:12:45 PM
Never heard of that show.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on January 06, 2019, 01:29:04 PM
Never heard of that show.

I envy you.  :lol     I/we havene’t watched a full episode in quite some time....I can’t recall which channel it’s on. I think it might be Tru TV.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 06, 2019, 01:31:21 PM
The show 'Adam Ruins Everything'    I'm all about learning that things we may have thought true or have been taught are in fact wrong or different than the 'reality' they actually bear......but that Host is extremely annoying. And, I get that's what he's "supposed" to be....but....his 'character' on that show personifies the mental vision I have of a certain sect/group of the millennial's out there who bend over backwards to blame their struggles or lack of drive and ambition on everyone and everything else except themselves....and their quickness to try and steal joy or happiness from everyone around them because they have none.


I lived this with our house guests who did exactly this and now I see the crazy posts on Facebook about how it's everyone else's fault.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 06, 2019, 03:10:57 PM
Never heard of that show.

I envy you.  :lol     I/we haven't watched a full episode in quite some time....I can’t recall which channel it’s on. I think it might be Tru TV.

Never heard of Tru TV either! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 06, 2019, 03:34:11 PM
Never heard of that show.

I envy you.  :lol     I/we haven't watched a full episode in quite some time....I can’t recall which channel it’s on. I think it might be Tru TV.

Never heard of Tru TV either! :lol

It's on Comcast. I never watch it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 06, 2019, 03:45:09 PM
I don't have Comcast. I have Xfinity.
































 ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 06, 2019, 04:08:37 PM
So channel 902 foooooollll?! Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 07, 2019, 08:41:52 AM
I was just telling my GF the other night that I can't stand that host and yet I don't mind watching the show though to get some history lessons in. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on January 07, 2019, 08:45:48 AM
I was just telling my GF the other night that I can't stand that host and yet I don't mind watching the show though to get some history lessons in.

that was our initial draw to the show. But that host/character he's playing is simply unbearable to me now. It's over the top annoying and renders the content useless in my eyes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 07, 2019, 08:53:36 AM
I was just telling my GF the other night that I can't stand that host and yet I don't mind watching the show though to get some history lessons in.

that was our initial draw to the show. But that host/character he's playing is simply unbearable to me now. It's over the top annoying and renders the content useless in my eyes.

Yea, I don't watch enough for him to have become unbearable, but I can see it happening if I watched it with any regularity.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 07, 2019, 10:41:55 AM
Gotta bitch about this somewhere....  It's pretty fact-specific, but maybe others can relates.

I live in an unincorporated community (i.e., not a "city"), which means there are no local ordinances.  However, there is a "community services district" that provides for trash pickup and street sweeping (and other things).  In other places I've lived, there are street signs that indicate the "no parking" days and times for street sweeping.  However, in my community, there are no such signs.  Instead, there are "banners" that get put up at the entrances to the community.  Supposedly, these banners get put up over the weekend prior to street sweeping days (which are supposedly the first and third Mondays of each month).  There is otherwise no way to know when street sweeping day is.

In 2018, I took the entire week of Thanksgiving off, and I park in the street.  Because I'm not usually home during the day on weekdays, it didn't occur to me to move my car and, sure enough, I got a ticket.  I "appealed" it (via an online submission) and, not surprisingly, the appeal was rejected.  It's "only" $45, so I'm just going to pay it and be done with it, but it pisses me off how this is set up to trap people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 14, 2019, 12:31:42 PM
Minor on the grand scale of things, but:

Finishing a statement with "who knew?"   No, don't lump the rest of the world in with your idiocy.

The trend of headlines that read "[Semi-popular celebrity] did [some vaguely mundane act] and the internet is [insert totally hyperbolic and inappropriate reaction]".  Headlines are meant to grab eyeballs, and to me that just panders to the worst side of social media, that being the insecure need to be part of the group without actually doing anything to do so (other than logging in).  I know, mean, but I can't help it.  I just see it as another blatant, and vaguely sinister, symbol of the dumbing down of our collective society. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 14, 2019, 01:53:45 PM
Minor on the grand scale of things, but:

Finishing a statement with "who knew?"   No, don't lump the rest of the world in with your idiocy.

The trend of headlines that read "[Semi-popular celebrity] did [some vaguely mundane act] and the internet is [insert totally hyperbolic and inappropriate reaction]".  Headlines are meant to grab eyeballs, and to me that just panders to the worst side of social media, that being the insecure need to be part of the group without actually doing anything to do so (other than logging in).  I know, mean, but I can't help it.  I just see it as another blatant, and vaguely sinister, symbol of the dumbing down of our collective society.

Your last comment reminded me of one:  "You MUST [read/watch] this!  IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!"  And then nothing else.  That's pretty much a guarantee that I WON'T read or watch it.  Take two sentences to tell me what it is and why it's supposedly important that I read or watch.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on January 14, 2019, 02:19:38 PM
I also like "30 things that (do something)... Number 12 will blow your mind!"

Gotta love clickbait.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on January 14, 2019, 04:42:58 PM
and "Do X with this one trick"

so annoying
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 15, 2019, 06:50:55 AM
work- people

people-work
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 15, 2019, 02:14:34 PM
Piling on the internet themed mild annoyances.... when I read how someone/something "broke the internet." On my news feed some I see gymnast did an apparently stellar routine, a ton of "big names" tweeted about it, including Jemele Hill and Jamil Smith (ahem) and this left the internet "broken."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/ucla-gymnast-katelyn-ohashi-stunned-judges-and-broke-the-internet-with-a-flawless-jackson-5-inspired-floor-routine-that-earned-a-perfect-10/ar-BBSerPC?ocid=spartanntp
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 15, 2019, 02:17:23 PM
Until one of these actually breaks the internet, I agree.  ANd I dont mean take down a website, I mean break the "internet".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 15, 2019, 02:19:46 PM
Far as I’m concerned, only one who broke the internet was Ralph.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 15, 2019, 05:43:43 PM
Piling on the internet themed mild annoyances.... when I read how someone/something "broke the internet." On my news feed some I see gymnast did an apparently stellar routine, a ton of "big names" tweeted about it, including Jemele Hill and Jamil Smith (ahem) and this left the internet "broken."

Are Jemele Hill and Jamil Smith supposed to be "big names"?  I've legitimately never heard of either of them.


Far as I’m concerned, only one who broke the internet was Ralph.

 :tup :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 15, 2019, 07:53:15 PM
Piling on the internet themed mild annoyances.... when I read how someone/something "broke the internet." On my news feed some I see gymnast did an apparently stellar routine, a ton of "big names" tweeted about it, including Jemele Hill and Jamil Smith (ahem) and this left the internet "broken."

Are Jemele Hill and Jamil Smith supposed to be "big names"?  I've legitimately never heard of either of them.


Far as I’m concerned, only one who broke the internet was Ralph.

 :tup :tup

You sound old.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 15, 2019, 07:57:54 PM
You are old.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 16, 2019, 06:57:02 AM
You are old.

I don't sound old though. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 16, 2019, 07:10:30 AM
Oh I get it. So I'm old because I don't go see movies about comic books?

There's only one Aquaman….and he wore orange! ;D

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 16, 2019, 07:20:10 AM

There's only one Aquaman….and he wore orange! ;D

Word.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 16, 2019, 07:28:28 AM
Oh I get it. So I'm old because I don't go see movies about comic books?

There's only one Aquaman….and he wore orange! ;D

you're so old you think I was talking about you. :lol

BTW, in the new movie he does wear orange.  But how would you know.  LOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 16, 2019, 07:29:16 AM

There's only one Aquaman….and he wore orange! ;D

Word.

(https://previews.123rf.com/images/ljupco/ljupco1602/ljupco160200164/52173443-two-cheerful-senior-gentlemen-high-five-each-other-and-looking-at-the-camera-isolated-on-white-backg.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 16, 2019, 08:19:25 AM
Oh I get it. So I'm old because I don't go see movies about comic books?

There's only one Aquaman….and he wore orange! ;D

you're so old you think I was talking about you. :lol

BTW, in the new movie he does wear orange.  But how would you know.  LOL

But in all these movies - I watch them at home on the couch - they fade out all the colors so they all look like they just got pulled from the Exxon Valdez cleanup. Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman... all deep muddy reds and dark, dark blues... the only one that works for is Batman.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 16, 2019, 08:23:01 AM
I can't watch any of them. They all look so fake. I'm sure the effects guys are extremely talented but sometimes the simplest effects are the best ones.

(https://fsmedia.imgix.net/31/43/b3/67/008d/4a2d/ae04/c546054ab737/the-classic-godzilla-filming-technique-was-to-use-a-full-size-man-in-suit-performer-and-miniaturiz.jpeg)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 16, 2019, 08:30:13 AM
Fun fact: The original Godzilla roar was the sound of a oil-soaked leather glove being dragged along the strings of a bass.


One of my favorite behind the scenes photos
(https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/back-to-the-future-train.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 16, 2019, 08:43:06 AM
Oh I get it. So I'm old because I don't go see movies about comic books?

There's only one Aquaman….and he wore orange! ;D

you're so old you think I was talking about you. :lol

BTW, in the new movie he does wear orange.  But how would you know.  LOL

But in all these movies - I watch them at home on the couch - they fade out all the colors so they all look like they just got pulled from the Exxon Valdez cleanup. Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman... all deep muddy reds and dark, dark blues... the only one that works for is Batman.

That movie he doesn't.  In the new movie at the end he wears the green and orange.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 16, 2019, 08:46:16 AM
Oh I get it. So I'm old because I don't go see movies about comic books?

There's only one Aquaman….and he wore orange! ;D

you're so old you think I was talking about you. :lol

BTW, in the new movie he does wear orange.  But how would you know.  LOL

But in all these movies - I watch them at home on the couch - they fade out all the colors so they all look like they just got pulled from the Exxon Valdez cleanup. Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman... all deep muddy reds and dark, dark blues... the only one that works for is Batman.

That movie he doesn't.  In the new movie at the end he wears the green and orange.

I didn't see it, so I don't know.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 16, 2019, 01:20:36 PM
Piling on the internet themed mild annoyances.... when I read how someone/something "broke the internet." On my news feed some I see gymnast did an apparently stellar routine, a ton of "big names" tweeted about it, including Jemele Hill and Jamil Smith (ahem) and this left the internet "broken."

Are Jemele Hill and Jamil Smith supposed to be "big names"?  I've legitimately never heard of either of them.


Far as I’m concerned, only one who broke the internet was Ralph.

 :tup :tup

You sound old.

My wife and kids would agree.   ;D



There's only one Aquaman….and he wore orange! ;D

Word.

Yup.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: DP_Gumby on January 16, 2019, 02:04:02 PM
One thing that I find mildy irritating is pronunciation. More specific, pronunciation of spoken words in English, but not so much written words though. Sometimes it can get so bad I die a little.
Take for example the opening ceremony of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, Norway. And the Chairman of the championship held a speech, what he said wasnt't bad actually, but rather HOW he said it.
I found it so irritatingly bad I actually felt physically ill during his speech. It is to this day the worst case of Norwegian accent layered atop English spoken words I've heard.



Oh god... I think I might be a grammar nazi, to a certain degree.  :eek  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 16, 2019, 03:33:18 PM
One thing that I find mildy irritating is pronunciation. More specific, pronunciation of spoken words in English, but not so much written words though.

Huh?  If you're pronouncing something, then it's necessarily spoken -- even if you're reading from something that's written.


Take for example the opening ceremony of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, Norway. And the Chairman of the championship held a speech, what he said wasnt't bad actually, but rather HOW he said it.
I found it so irritatingly bad I actually felt physically ill during his speech. It is to this day the worst case of Norwegian accent layered atop English spoken words I've heard.

Are you supposing that we're going to be familiar with this rather obscure event?

What exactly is the problem you have with pronunciation and, specifically, what the Norwegian dude said (or how he said it)?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 16, 2019, 08:24:55 PM
Not sure I said this yet or not in this thread, but asswipes at gas stations who buy scratch offs.

I probably step inside an actual gas station once or twice (yay for paying with a credit card at the pump!), and I swear every single time I get stuck behind some degenerate buying 18 different scratch offs. :censored >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 17, 2019, 08:00:48 AM
Not sure I said this yet or not in this thread, but asswipes at gas stations who buy scratch offs.

I probably step inside an actual gas station once or twice (yay for paying with a credit card at the pump!), and I swear every single time I get stuck behind some degenerate buying 18 different scratch offs. :censored >:(

Pointing through the plexiglass case "that one... no, that one, the one to the left" as if the difference between the games was the difference between life and death.  Of course, it's hard to select products for your customers while you're listening to your phone and texting at the same time....  <grumble, grumble>
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 17, 2019, 08:09:42 AM
One thing that I find mildy irritating is pronunciation. More specific, pronunciation of spoken words in English, but not so much written words though. Sometimes it can get so bad I die a little.
Take for example the opening ceremony of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, Norway. And the Chairman of the championship held a speech, what he said wasnt't bad actually, but rather HOW he said it.
I found it so irritatingly bad I actually felt physically ill during his speech. It is to this day the worst case of Norwegian accent layered atop English spoken words I've heard.



Oh god... I think I might be a grammar nazi, to a certain degree.  :eek  :lol

I can't really comment, since I probably have the highest "words I know" to "words I can pronounce correctly" ratio of anyone here.  My college friends and I meet every couple weeks or so and go to Capital Grill for a little guys night out.  We were sitting around the table and my friend Mike and I are the only two that really know anything about wine so we get to pick.  Everyone else but me is a brown liquor (bourbon) drinker, so when it came to me to order my meal I ordered the "NY strip au poivre with a Courvoisier sauce" and when I said "steak aw pwav with a cour-voo-say sauce" (it should have been "steak aw-pwah with a cur-vah-zee-ay sauce") two of my friends out loud said "You're a fucking idiot!".  The waitress tried her best not to laugh (not so much at me, but at the reaction I got) but I couldn't really blame her for losing it.

Most of my vocabulary is from reading, so many words I've had to muddle through; the problem with that is if I land on an incorrect pronunciation, I've compounded it by reinforcing the wrong pronunciation making it harder to get it right later.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 17, 2019, 08:17:58 AM
I have words that my brain refuses to say correctly unless I consciously focus on the annunciation of every freaking letter. For example, the word "alpaca". I can not say that word without pronouncing it "al-pal-ca". For what ever reason, my brain thinks there's an extra L in there somewhere. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 17, 2019, 09:15:06 AM
I get the same way with foreign words that Americans....all together....pronounce incorrectly. I'm sure I'm guilty of it too, but since I know how these words are pronounced, I hate hearing them from Americans. Sauna being one. It's three syllables. Not two.

But the biggest ones are Middle Eastern ones. I get that Americans can't make certain sounds, and that's fine. But everyone is pronouncing Hummus, Pita (to a lesser degree), Tehina, Netanyahu, Iraq, Iran, and more words incorrectly. Although I've heard a good amount of people get Iraq and Iran pretty close.

Oh, also it's Mah-ZAHL Tove! Not MAH-zel Tahv. (for pronunciation). Even American Jews get this one wrong way too often.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 17, 2019, 09:28:28 AM
I have no idea what the correct pronunciation of those words are, but if you are saying Americans all together pronounce them wrong, then maybe that's just the way it is? 

For example, we call Germany, Germany, but Germans call it Deutschland.  Sure different words, but they mean the same thing.  You say Tomato, I say Tomato type of thing. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on January 17, 2019, 09:46:08 AM
I dunno.  I guess as I think through it, I'm a bit of a hypocrite in how and when I get peeved about pronunciation and when I'm willing to give a pass.  But there IS somewhat of a method to the madness.  I never (or VERY rarely) get the slightest bit irritated hearing an American mispronounce a foreign word they might not have good reason to know the proper pronunciation for, or a foreigner mispronouncing an English word.  This doesn't bother me at all:
I get the same way with foreign words that Americans....all together....pronounce incorrectly.
On the other hand, Americans pronouncing English words incorrectly drives me batty, especially when done with an air of indifference.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 17, 2019, 09:46:18 AM
I have no idea what the correct pronunciation of those words are, but if you are saying Americans all together pronounce them wrong, then maybe that's just the way it is? 

For example, we call Germany, Germany, but Germans call it Deutschland.  Sure different words, but they mean the same thing.  You say Tomato, I say Tomato type of thing.

I mean Germany and Deutschland are different words even with the same meaning. It's not a matter of pronunciation. For instance, in English the city I'm from is Jerusalem. In Hebrew, it's Yerusheliam. Similar, but I don't care that Americans say Jerusalem. It's the English version. Not a matter of pronunciation.

Hummus and hummus are the same word. But Americans are pronouncing it incorrectly, whether it's the Arab or Israeli pronunciation. And I don't like the idea that just because everyone is wrong, then it's suddenly fine.

The first U in hummus is pronounced more like OO mixed with a U. It's hard to write out, but easy to actually say. Pita has a hard T in there, not a D. Iraq is not pronounced Eye-rack. Iran is not pronounced Eye-ran. No matter how many people pronounce it that way. Etc. It just bugs me. I get people don't like being told they're doing it wrong, and it's easy to keep doing things the way you know, especially if everyone else is doing it that way too, but it still bugs me cause I know it's wrong.

Like I said, there's probably a million words I'm saying incorrectly. But if someone were to correct me, I wouldn't say "meh, I'll do what I want".  Unless it's Stadler.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 17, 2019, 10:01:42 AM
Yea, different words I understand so it wasn't making my point, but tomato tomAto? they are both accepted as correct so i don't see why hummus or whatever other words also can't be considered correct pronounciatons considering we are a different location than where the word originates from (that's kind of more of the germany point).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: DP_Gumby on January 17, 2019, 11:14:54 AM
Take for example the opening ceremony of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, Norway. And the Chairman of the championship held a speech, what he said wasnt't bad actually, but rather HOW he said it.
I found it so irritatingly bad I actually felt physically ill during his speech. It is to this day the worst case of Norwegian accent layered atop English spoken words I've heard.

Are you supposing that we're going to be familiar with this rather obscure event?

What exactly is the problem you have with pronunciation and, specifically, what the Norwegian dude said (or how he said it)?
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You don't need to know about the event either. It was just the first example I could think of since the World Ski Championships (including competitions in cross country skiing) is such a big part of Norwegian culture. Think of it this way, I would guess this sporting event is as important to Norway as the finals in the Stanley Cup or Super Bowl. But you could compare my reaction to a really, really bad cringe to get a sense of what I felt at the time.

I haven't really given much thought to what my problem with pronunciations is. But so far I've only seen it as a problem isolated to Norwegians, since I surprisingly have no issues with people from other nations speaking English with an accent of their own native language on top. But this doesn't happen all the time, some times when I hear other Norwegians speak in English I don't pay attention, and therefore don't react.
The more I think about it, the stranger it gets.  :facepalm: ::)
 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 17, 2019, 02:19:55 PM
Yea, different words I understand so it wasn't making my point, but tomato tomAto? they are both accepted as correct so i don't see why hummus or whatever other words also can't be considered correct pronounciatons considering we are a different location than where the word originates from (that's kind of more of the germany point).

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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 17, 2019, 04:45:15 PM
Not sure I said this yet or not in this thread, but asswipes at gas stations who buy scratch offs.

I probably step inside an actual gas station once or twice (yay for paying with a credit card at the pump!), and I swear every single time I get stuck behind some degenerate buying 18 different scratch offs. :censored >:(

Pointing through the plexiglass case "that one... no, that one, the one to the left" as if the difference between the games was the difference between life and death.  Of course, it's hard to select products for your customers while you're listening to your phone and texting at the same time....  <grumble, grumble>

I see the lottery ticket thing more often at 7-11 or sundry shops in some office building.  In addition to what Kev mentioned, the people who really piss me off are those who feel the need to immediately scratch off their tickets and take up counter space without any concept that there are people in line behind them who want to put their crap down on the counter and check out.

Stadler's comment about the plexiglass pointing reminds me of when I worked at Baskin-Robbins 30-something years ago.  The cases had a narrow metal counter at the top that generally prevented the employees from seeing customers' hands when they would point, so we had to guess which of the four tubs someone was pointing at.  It got to the point that I would sometimes walk around to the other side of the counter to see the person was pointing at and then say, "oh, you mean mint chocolate chip," while pointing at the label.


You don't need to know about the event either. It was just the first example I could think of since the World Ski Championships (including competitions in cross country skiing) is such a big part of Norwegian culture. Think of it this way, I would guess this sporting event is as important to Norway as the finals in the Stanley Cup or Super Bowl. But you could compare my reaction to a really, really bad cringe to get a sense of what I felt at the time.

I haven't really given much thought to what my problem with pronunciations is. But so far I've only seen it as a problem isolated to Norwegians, since I surprisingly have no issues with people from other nations speaking English with an accent of their own native language on top. But this doesn't happen all the time, some times when I hear other Norwegians speak in English I don't pay attention, and therefore don't react.
The more I think about it, the stranger it gets.  :facepalm: ::)

I still have no idea what you're talking about.  You cited, as an example, an event -- which I understand to be prominent in Norway, but which is obscure most everywhere else -- but didn't tell us what happened at that event that you found irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 17, 2019, 07:39:28 PM
On the other hand, Americans pronouncing English words incorrectly drives me batty, especially when done with an air of indifference.

This, for me.  Especially when I've been corrected for pronouncing the words correctly.   "Forte" was originally pronounced "fort", and so that's what I sometimes do, and I've been corrected with the more common but less accurate "for-tay", and I usually say "ur" for "err", not the more common "air". 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: DP_Gumby on January 19, 2019, 11:00:04 AM
You don't need to know about the event either. It was just the first example I could think of since the World Ski Championships (including competitions in cross country skiing) is such a big part of Norwegian culture. Think of it this way, I would guess this sporting event is as important to Norway as the finals in the Stanley Cup or Super Bowl. But you could compare my reaction to a really, really bad cringe to get a sense of what I felt at the time.

I haven't really given much thought to what my problem with pronunciations is. But so far I've only seen it as a problem isolated to Norwegians, since I surprisingly have no issues with people from other nations speaking English with an accent of their own native language on top. But this doesn't happen all the time, some times when I hear other Norwegians speak in English I don't pay attention, and therefore don't react.
The more I think about it, the stranger it gets.  :facepalm: ::)

I still have no idea what you're talking about.  You cited, as an example, an event -- which I understand to be prominent in Norway, but which is obscure most everywhere else -- but didn't tell us what happened at that event that you found irritating.
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You know what, just scratch everything I have written about pronunciations, and I'll simplify it a bit.

One thing I find more than midly irritating is mispronunciation of English words, or having a really thick native accent when someone tries to speak English and they have no real justifiable reason to do so.

Happy now, pg1067?   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 19, 2019, 09:15:14 PM
One thing I find more than midly irritating is mispronunciation of English words, or having a really thick native accent when someone tries to speak English and they have no real justifiable reason to do so.

Happy now, pg1067?   

Not sure why my happiness is relevant.  I was just trying to understand what you were saying.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 19, 2019, 09:24:27 PM
Isn't having an accent a justifiable reason to pronounce things with an accent?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: DP_Gumby on January 20, 2019, 05:17:12 AM
Isn't having an accent a justifiable reason to pronounce things with an accent?

Well, yes and no. The accent is part of anyones identity, so I can agree with you. And just enough of your own accent is ok when speaking English as your second language. But at the same time, when that accent becomes too thick it can potentially be bad imo. Especially when a person comes from a country with historically great skills at adopting a fluent English accent (i.e. sounding exactly like a person coming from for example any place in England.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on January 25, 2019, 04:04:26 PM
On the other hand, Americans pronouncing English words incorrectly drives me batty, especially when done with an air of indifference.

This, for me.  Especially when I've been corrected for pronouncing the words correctly.   "Forte" was originally pronounced "fort", and so that's what I sometimes do, and I've been corrected with the more common but less accurate "for-tay", and I usually say "ur" for "err", not the more common "air". 

Well, but I think for most if not all of those examples, those are just different regional pronunciations, aren't they?


Going back to the general genre of Internet clickbait:  [picture of hot chick] + [clickbait headline that has nothing to do with said picture of hot chick] + [actual article probably has nothing to do with either the headline or the pic]
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 25, 2019, 07:24:09 PM
Going back to the general genre of Internet clickbait:  [picture of hot chick] + [clickbait headline that has nothing to do with said picture of hot chick] + [actual article probably has nothing to do with either the headline or the pic]

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on January 26, 2019, 09:38:58 AM
Going back to the general genre of Internet clickbait:  [picture of hot chick] + [clickbait headline that has nothing to do with said picture of hot chick] + [actual article probably has nothing to do with either the headline or the pic]
I find it doubly irritating that I almost fall for that crap every time. OOoo... a hot chick. I need to see what this is about!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 26, 2019, 03:07:11 PM
Going back to the general genre of Internet clickbait:  [picture of hot chick] + [clickbait headline that has nothing to do with said picture of hot chick] + [actual article probably has nothing to do with either the headline or the pic]
I find it doubly irritating that I almost fall for that crap every time. OOoo... a hot chick. I need to see what this is about!

Ditto. I've now realized hot chick thumbnails are only in the article/video 10% of the time. Tops.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on February 06, 2019, 03:11:26 PM
TSA

I understand you have a shitty job. I understand you deal with the public that most of the time doesn't seem to have a clue. I understand that you just went through a period where you weren't getting paid for your work.

But they need to be way more consistent with the rules and not get pissed off at people for asking questions or not knowing whether they should move or not.

I was going through the line at MSP the other day. I had a backpack with laptop and iPad in it, and obviously my shoes. I asked the agent. Do I need to put my iPad and laptop in separate bins? She rolled her eyes. "What do you think?"

I put them in separate bins and then proceeded to put my shoes in another bin and backpack in a separate bin. She comes back over and starts yelling at me for using four bins. Maybe next time she should tell me what I'm supposed to do instead of being incredibly rude.

The guy in front of me took his hat off and put it in a bin before going through the scanner. Same lady:

Hey! Hey! Hey! You need to take this with you through the scanner! What makes you think it needs to go through the conveyor belt.

My brother wore a hat and took his off and didn't get yelled at.

I was waiting to go through the scanner and all of a sudden the metal detector line opens up. I didn't want to move because I've learned if you make one wrong step, they'll be yelling at you.

So I don't move and the TSA agent goes: "C'mon what are you waiting for?" I go through the metal detector and he doesn't say anything when I go through so I stopped. I stand there and he too rolls his eyes: "Keep moving!"

________________

I've had good TSA experiences elsewhere, but I've had more bad. I understand they have a shitty job, but stop yelling at the people that ask questions and start having consistency.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 07, 2019, 07:40:39 AM
I absolutely do not hesitate to see a supervisor in that case.   I rarely, if ever, get into personal confrontations in situations like that - my immediate response is usually some self-deprecating or interpersonal bonding humor - but if it's that blatant I have no problem in talking to a supervisor.  It's none of that reality TV nonsense about "being disrespected" or anything like that (I could give a shit, frankly) but rather a practical concern.  That's a customer service job, and the smoother they are the smoother the process is.  The smoother the process is, the SAFER the process is (though let's be clear: I'm in the camp that the TSA screening process is more show than go). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 07, 2019, 07:47:56 AM
Yea, but lets be honest, what does talking to the supervisor do for the TSA besides make you wait even longer?

At the end of the day, the TSA does a pretty bad job (not just in customer service, but in actually detecting bombs and guns) and I kind of just accept it, be nice and move along.  I've seen plenty of people get mad at TSA and none of it ever goes anywhere besides the person continuing to be mad and leaving to their flight.

I did get yelled at Monday morning, they had the dogs to sniff you so when that happens you don't need to take your shoes off, well I did anyway out of habit and I got yelled at by the TSA agent "I SAID DO NOT TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF!!!" OK whatever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on February 07, 2019, 08:05:47 AM
I agree with cram, talking to a manager will most likely just hold people up.

Of course TSA is a shit show. Most tsa employees make 30-40k a year to deal with thousands of people and apply arbitrary rules to a mass of people that rarely flies.

A lot of people go full retard at airports, just look at any gate that’s boarding and notice the mass of passengers in group 8 cluster around the gate when group 1 is called.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 07, 2019, 10:01:57 AM
We could have a whole separate thread about obnoxious air traveling experiences!

My personal biggest pet peeve are the people (mostly women) who seem to think "one carry on and one personal item" means (1) a gigantic overstuffed suitcase that barely squeezes into the overhead compartment with significant force, (2) whatever bags can be attached to the aforesaid overstuffed suitcase, (3) a purse, (4) several small to mid-sized shopping bags, and (5) a jacket suitable for a polar expedition (despite the fact that the person is flying from Florida to southern California).  Inevitably, this same person is also wearing multiple sweaters and a scarf and wants to strip all of that off almost immediately after sitting down.

Pet peeve number 2 are folks with backpacks on only shoulder who don't seem to realize that wearing the back pack that way causes it to bounce off the aisle seat (which is where I almost always sit).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 07, 2019, 10:07:19 AM
We could have a whole separate thread about obnoxious air traveling experiences!

My personal biggest pet peeve are the people (mostly women) who seem to think "one carry on and one personal item" means (1) a gigantic overstuffed suitcase that barely squeezes into the overhead compartment with significant force, (2) whatever bags can be attached to the aforesaid overstuffed suitcase, (3) a purse, (4) several small to mid-sized shopping bags, and (5) a jacket suitable for a polar expedition (despite the fact that the person is flying from Florida to southern California).  Inevitably, this same person is also wearing multiple sweaters and a scarf and wants to strip all of that off almost immediately after sitting down.

Pet peeve number 2 are folks with backpacks on only shoulder who don't seem to realize that wearing the back pack that way causes it to bounce off the aisle seat (which is where I almost always sit).

Add to that the people that dress as if "airplane" means "my bedroom an hour before bedtime, or 30 minutes after I wake up" and you have the holy trifecta of air travel. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on February 07, 2019, 10:31:23 AM
I think by and large TSA agents to a reasonable job all things considered. I have flown a couple times recently with a one year old and they have all been polite and accommodating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 07, 2019, 10:42:50 AM
I dont think people flying in PJs really bothers me unless its like dirty ad you are sitting next to me. I do wonder why some females fly in short skirts. I cant imagine that being comfortable but what do I know. Temps on planes are so varied, sometimes it's so hot and sometimes so cold. I always dress very neutral, pants and tshirt with a light jacket in my backpack if needed.

What I really really really cant stand are the people who try to be the first off the plane yet they are in the back. Wait your turn.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on February 07, 2019, 12:17:49 PM
I used to think "what idiots" to the people who stand up as soon as a flight is over, then wait in the isle for 10 minutes while the plane empties.  Well I'm sure most of them are indeed idiots LOL, but the older I get, I do find I am looking forward to getting up out of that seat after 3-4 hours and stretching the legs/cracking the back.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 07, 2019, 01:33:26 PM
Nothing wrong with standing and grabbing your stuff IMO, it's the ones who push their way through the aisle.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on February 07, 2019, 05:01:37 PM
Nothing wrong with standing and grabbing your stuff IMO, it's the ones who push their way through the aisle.

Oh yeah that’s a douhebag move, assuming they don’t have some type of emergency happening like a connecting flight leaving. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on February 07, 2019, 10:53:33 PM
I would like to say that I had a very pleasant experience at the Nashville airport this morning. TSA was very nice and professional. The one thing I did notice is that they had different rules compared to Minnesota's airport. For one, shoes didn't need to be in the bin and I didn't need to take off my hoody, just had to let them run their hands through the pockets. Minnesota, you have to take it off and let it go through the scanner.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 08, 2019, 08:05:20 AM
I would like to say that I had a very pleasant experience at the Nashville airport this morning. TSA was very nice and professional. The one thing I did notice is that they had different rules compared to Minnesota's airport. For one, shoes didn't need to be in the bin and I didn't need to take off my hoody, just had to let them run their hands through the pockets. Minnesota, you have to take it off and let it go through the scanner.

Did you get sniffed by a dog or maybe get a tsa precheck upgrade?  I've never had anyone put their hands in my pocket personally.  But the shoes and leaving hoody on is normal if theres a dog there.  Otherwise, I find it odd that one airport would have different procedures than another.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on February 10, 2019, 09:07:03 PM
Sorry for the late response, cram.

No dog or TSA Precheck.
I've always had to take my shoes off and hoody off. I've only been through the line with a dog once, but at MSP they treat a hoody like a jacket so you always have to take it off. Even a fleece sweater/quarter zip they treat like a jacket. Take it off, put it in a bin and go through the line. At Nashville the other day, he said I could leave it on, but I had to run my hands through the pocket and do a shaking motion then he ran a quick hand through them. Not the pants pocket, just the hoody. I still had to take my shoes off, but they could just be on the conveyer belt, MSP I have to put them in a bin, separate from my pocket contents bin.

Maybe MSP is weird.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 11, 2019, 04:19:53 PM
I hate getting butt fucked.

Case in point:

We stayed overnight in Boston on Saturday. On top of our room cost, it cost $53 to park our van. FIFTY THREE! And of course it was valet only. WTF? The guy drives it up and fucking stands there waiting for a tip. Yeah right!

Also, check this out.
When we got to our room, there was a liter bottle of water on the desk. Now when my kids were younger, they'd have thought nothing of opening it up and take a sip. Good thing no one did!

(https://i.imgur.com/OWPSX3w.jpg?1)

$7.50?? SEVEN FUCKING FIFTY??

If I only had a clue how to, I would do everything I could to internet shame them.

Courtyard by Marriott, North Station.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 11, 2019, 04:30:07 PM
That's just standard procedure for any decent hotel in a major city.  Ubsurd parking costs and then those mini fridges, hopefully yours wasn't sensor tripped by picking that up, sometimes you can't even touch them without getting billed a ridiculous price.  I always bring my own drinks (booze or water or whatever) with me to hotels to avoid the ridiculous prices.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 12, 2019, 01:26:37 AM
I hate getting butt fucked.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MirrorMask on February 12, 2019, 02:16:31 AM
That's just standard procedure for any decent hotel in a major city. 

Not in Italy thankfully... and while the mini bar is not cheap, it's usually not a legalized theft either.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 12, 2019, 06:13:11 AM
That's just standard procedure for any decent hotel in a major city.  Ubsurd parking costs and then those mini fridges, hopefully yours wasn't sensor tripped by picking that up, sometimes you can't even touch them without getting billed a ridiculous price.  I always bring my own drinks (booze or water or whatever) with me to hotels to avoid the ridiculous prices.

I had a place in Vegas try to bill me a couple of things from the fridge because I removed them (because they stock the fridge 100%+ full) so that I could put my own bottle of water in the fridge.  I lost my shit on them, and thankfully they reversed the charge.  I also had one hotel try to charge me for a LD call on an 855 number once - they hadn't updated their phone system to recognize that 855 was a toll-free number.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 12, 2019, 10:20:55 AM
Health Insurance billing.  It's always deny first to see if we are suckers and pay for the bill.  Now I'm being told I had no Referrals for 2 doctors. Bullshit I didn't.  So now I have to go back and forth from my primary, the hospital and the doctors office.

My time is money too.  I should be billing all these assholes for my time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on February 12, 2019, 11:31:52 AM
I should be billing all these assholes for my time.
There was a situation similar to yours where I did a ton of work to sort out their error. I don't remember the details. I very seriously considered putting together an invoice and sending it to them for my time and expenses related to sorting out their problem. I've always wondered what would have happened if I did. Probably nothing. I'm sure I would have had to sue them to possibly get anything.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 12, 2019, 11:36:21 AM
You know, it's popular to point fingers at "insurance companies" as the devil, but think about it; they are the last link on the chain, so all the shit - markup, errors, bad billing - flows down hill.  I don't at all excuse them and certainly they should not be putting people like King, me or Lordxizor in the middle, but they shouldn't be the garbage can either. 

Every contract, every transaction, has waste and error and a change for mistakes; unless and until we can streamline this process, we're going to keep experiencing shit like this (and King is dead right:  time is money, and it's not like you can do this on Sunday afternoon when there is no work, the kids are outside, and yadda yadda).   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 12, 2019, 12:03:06 PM
What's troubling is the lack of communication from all sides.

The insurance says they have no referral.

The 2 doctor's offices say they don't have it and call the primary.

I call the primary and they pull up the proof that they sent both referrals.

I call the insurance and now, you've payed your out of pocket to the limit ($4,500.00) but your in service deductible is not at it's full payment.

Me, bull shit it isn't here is the amounts of both  limits paid.

It's circular reasoning to make us pay. Code it wrong, whatever they can do to stretch paying it out.



Such a troubling process that but sides of the isle needs to fix and it's still not a priority for us, the constituents.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 12, 2019, 04:32:38 PM
lol US healthcare system.  How is it that so many other developed countries in the world don't have this problem?  Not saying we're problem free up here, but payment has never been a thought or concern ever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 12, 2019, 04:39:26 PM
lol US healthcare system.  How is it that so many other developed countries in the world don't have this problem?  Not saying we're problem free up here, but payment has never been a thought or concern ever.

Why do you hate our freedom, bro?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 13, 2019, 08:32:56 AM
lol US healthcare system.  How is it that so many other developed countries in the world don't have this problem?  Not saying we're problem free up here, but payment has never been a thought or concern ever.

Part of it is inertia, and part of it is simple economics.  Regardless of what the AO-C's of the world say, it's damn hard to suck money out of a system.  The cynics say "OBSCENE PROFITS!" but the cynics are demonstrably, provably wrong (insurers do NOT have "obscene profits"; at least not the national carriers.  They are working on margins that almost every industry other than construction and consumable goods (i.e. appliances) would laugh at).     But what do you do with all those jobs that get lost when you remove all the middle-men?  Where's THAT cost in the single-payer model?   Why do people agonize about the small bsuiness record store owner when the big bad internet comes in and sells the same CD for about 60% of the cost, but we're sort of oblivious to the hundreds of thousands of people that would be displaced if we just "went Sweden".   

And there are other problems as well; I can easily be convinced that single-payer is the way to go (in my old age, I've come to sort of consider healthcare to be the same as police and fire) but do we really want our politicians - in the current environment - screaming "Fake News!" or "Spartacus!" over our healthcare? 

I think there are ways of getting to single payer, but it should be incremental.  The first step is severing the "employer/healthcare" tie.   The second is transparency, so that the actual patient sees what is being paid.   Neither of those things are subject to the (wrong) rejection on the grounds of "socialism!" nor are they evidence that we "want to see people die in the streets".   It's a start. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on February 13, 2019, 01:30:32 PM
Another thing I find mildly irritating:  The relatively recent trend for fan theories to be classified as "news" on the Internet.  Not sure whether or not this or similar trends exist outside of movies.  But, for example, when I Google "Avengers: Endgame" and click the link for only "news" links, I don't get to see results limited to only actual news, but get a few sparse news stories buried within pages of fan theories and stories about fan theories.  Newsflash!:  (haha! See what I did there?)  Fan theories are NOT "news!"  :rant:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 13, 2019, 01:52:05 PM
Agree so much.  I ignore everything in my FB / YT feeds on stuff like that Bosk.  It's all clickbait.  I don't really need to watch a 20-minute 'everything you missed in the Big Game TV spot'.  20 minutes to analyze 30 seconds?!?!?!? 

At this point, the movie is 2 1/2 months away, I'm just waiting for the movie.

I'm the same with music.  Didn't even listen to the final 2 DT singles they released.  Just get me the album.  I can wait a few weeks for the whole package.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 14, 2019, 07:35:08 AM
Not really "irritating", per se, but I'm done with samples and pre-release tracks.   I'm probably 80 or 90% in HATING the released songs/samples, but loving the album (and even the songs themselves).  Van Halen is an example; I hated - no, better word is "was disappointed in" - "Tattoo", but that was my album of the year for 2012, and at this point I kind of think Tattoo is a neat tune, in the vein of "Hot For Teacher" (and it has one of Roth's better lines - "Mouse-wife to Mom-shell in the time it took to get that new tattoo" - from an album that I think he kicks ASS on lyrically).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 14, 2019, 08:21:18 AM
I want to say the "me" generation but the truth is, it's every generation I see today.  From blocking isles in grocery stores to not holding doors open.  To walking across the street forcing cars to quickly stop to putting yourself first in all aspects of life.  This isn't an old man rant but we need a little more love for others around us and it seems to be less and less these days.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on February 14, 2019, 09:39:01 AM
I want to say the "me" generation but the truth is, it's every generation I see today.  From blocking isles in grocery stores to not holding doors open.  To walking across the street forcing cars to quickly stop to putting yourself first in all aspects of life.  This isn't an old man rant but we need a little more love for others around us and it seems to be less and less these days.

I hear that.  I have noticed that less and less people respond to the courtesy wave in traffic with one themselves.  Jerks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 14, 2019, 09:44:37 AM
I want to say the "me" generation but the truth is, it's every generation I see today.  From blocking isles in grocery stores to not holding doors open.  To walking across the street forcing cars to quickly stop to putting yourself first in all aspects of life.  This isn't an old man rant but we need a little more love for others around us and it seems to be less and less these days.

I cant stand rude people, I was walking behind a lady the other day and she didnt holld the door open for me right behind her I said thanks really loud anyway, well a not very nice thanks just so she understands why I am saying it. I've noticed this more and more, it used to be common for someone to hold a door for you, now it's becoming more rare.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 14, 2019, 10:37:34 AM
I want to say the "me" generation but the truth is, it's every generation I see today.  From blocking isles in grocery stores to not holding doors open.  To walking across the street forcing cars to quickly stop to putting yourself first in all aspects of life.  This isn't an old man rant but we need a little more love for others around us and it seems to be less and less these days.

I cant stand rude people, I was walking behind a lady the other day and she didnt holld the door open for me right behind her I said thanks really loud anyway, well a not very nice thanks just so she understands why I am saying it. I've noticed this more and more, it used to be common for someone to hold a door for you, now it's becoming more rare.

There's a fine line with door holding. I get annoyed by it sometimes. We have 6 elevators in our lobby that all return to the ground floor when not in use. If and elevator shuts as you approach it, just push the button and another elevator opens it's doors almost instantaneously. Yet, every morning without fail, someone holds the elevator door open for someone that's still 100 feet away, only to let on more people who will create even more stops on the elevator. I've purposefully gotten off an elevator on the ground floor just to catch another one (again, already waiting on the ground floor) with no bodies in it.   

Same goes for when i'm entering my building. If I'm right behind you, fine, hold the door. But if I'm a solid 30+ feet behind you, just let it close. I don't want to have to speed up my pace just so you aren't stuck there holding the door for me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 14, 2019, 10:43:39 AM
We're not talking extremes here Brian just common courtesy. 

Crossing a road with your face buried in your cell phone.  Expecting someone else to worry about your safety when you don't seem to care about it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 14, 2019, 10:44:36 AM
Oh yea, it's an interesting game when you start to analyze it, like how close is close enough to hold the door? and of course things like multiple doors, people, elevators, and whatnot all play a role in the equation.  My example was fairly simple, I'm right behind you, no one else is around.  The person wasn't on the phone or anything to not notice me or be distracted, they were just flat out rude to let a door shut in someone's face.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 14, 2019, 11:47:23 AM
King, with you 1000% percent.   Another one:  I'm almost obsessive about saying "Excuse me".  As in, literally, "excuse my presence here, I will be out of your hair in a moment."   And EASILY 75% of the time the reaction makes it clear that they think I'm confronting them, as in "hey listen, you're infringing on my space; move it."   I mean it in literally the exact opposite sense.  I'm not sure how or when "excuse me" turned into a confrontational comment. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 14, 2019, 11:52:01 AM
King, with you 1000% percent.   Another one:  I'm almost obsessive about saying "Excuse me".  As in, literally, "excuse my presence here, I will be out of your hair in a moment."   And EASILY 75% of the time the reaction makes it clear that they think I'm confronting them, as in "hey listen, you're infringing on my space; move it."   I mean it in literally the exact opposite sense.  I'm not sure how or when "excuse me" turned into a confrontational comment.

I've noticed this too and have found myself saying "pardon me" much more frequently as of late.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 14, 2019, 11:56:05 AM
King, with you 1000% percent.   Another one:  I'm almost obsessive about saying "Excuse me".  As in, literally, "excuse my presence here, I will be out of your hair in a moment."   And EASILY 75% of the time the reaction makes it clear that they think I'm confronting them, as in "hey listen, you're infringing on my space; move it."   I mean it in literally the exact opposite sense.  I'm not sure how or when "excuse me" turned into a confrontational comment.

It happens so much in a grocery store.  Even how I say it is intended not to incite yet I get the groan or the dirty looks.  Weird, selfish times for sure.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 14, 2019, 12:39:03 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/KZYERVJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 14, 2019, 12:40:27 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on February 20, 2019, 06:12:04 PM
I have been irritated lately at how freaking expensive beer has gotten since the craft beer scene has exploded over the last several years. I got into beer on larger craft Brewers like Leinenkugel's, Sam Adams or Sierra Nevada. 10 years ago they were a little more expensive than the Buds and Coors of the world, but not too bad. I could get them for $1 a bottle regularly. Now $10 or more for a 6 pack, or even a 4 pack, is the norm for most craft brews. I just can't get myself to pay that much. Even the bigger craft breweries have gone up a couple bucks in recent years.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 20, 2019, 07:19:25 PM
That's not true.  They've always been more than the old school beers. They were worth paying for them and now, the breweries are so worth the money.

You pay for what you get.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on February 20, 2019, 08:30:36 PM
That's not true.  They've always been more than the old school beers. They were worth paying for them and now, the breweries are so worth the money.

You pay for what you get.
I know they've always been a little more, but it seems to be getting out of hand recently. Maybe it's just the stores I frequent, but $10+ for a 6 pack was rare 10 years ago. Now that's normal for even the larger craft breweries.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 20, 2019, 08:41:32 PM
I always looked for the 12 pack on sale. Always the money saver.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 20, 2019, 08:49:06 PM
Craft beers are so f'n expensive. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 20, 2019, 08:50:09 PM
And so f'ing good!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 20, 2019, 08:53:14 PM
So f'n true.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on February 21, 2019, 05:31:17 AM
I always looked for the 12 pack on sale. Always the money saver.
This is what I try to do, but a lot of the time I don't want 12 of the same beer. The variety pack is always a good way to go if it's possible. One of my favorite local breweries in Minnesota is Schell's, which is a old, family owned, German style brewery. I used to be able to regularly get 12 packs of their beers for $12.99. Now, the sale price I see is regularly $14.99, which isn't terrible, but is more than the $1 per bottle I try to get. It seems like this is the case with everything. It's all $1 per 6 pack, or $2 per 12 pack more than it was just a few years ago.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 21, 2019, 06:28:30 AM
I always looked for the 12 pack on sale. Always the money saver.
This is what I try to do, but a lot of the time I don't want 12 of the same beer. The variety pack is always a good way to go if it's possible. One of my favorite local breweries in Minnesota is Schell's, which is a old, family owned, German style brewery. I used to be able to regularly get 12 packs of their beers for $12.99. Now, the sale price I see is regularly $14.99, which isn't terrible, but is more than the $1 per bottle I try to get. It seems like this is the case with everything. It's all $1 per 6 pack, or $2 per 12 pack more than it was just a few years ago.

You're getting old. :lol  I cry about all the prices.  Like when the half gallon of ice cream now is not 48 oz instead of 64 like the old days but cost 50 cents more.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on February 21, 2019, 07:22:09 AM
You're getting old. :lol  I cry about all the prices.  Like when the half gallon of ice cream now is not 48 oz instead of 64 like the old days but cost 50 cents more.
That's certainly part of it. With three kids and my wife staying home with them, there's just less disposable income than their used to be. So that $2 more is a big deal to me now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 21, 2019, 07:49:31 AM
It really is.  I remember trying to save for the house and just getting by even with the extra hours I picked up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 21, 2019, 10:04:36 AM
Is Miller High Life (the champagne of beers) considered "craft beer"?  If so, I like craft beers too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 21, 2019, 11:20:17 AM
Is Miller High Life (the champagne of beers) considered "craft beer"?  If so, I like craft beers too.

Miller Genuine Draft!!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on February 21, 2019, 02:12:13 PM
I find all this talk about crappy "craft beers" mildly irritating.

I find this majorly irritating:

http://mynorthwest.com/1282602/snohomish-city-council-passes-plastic-bag-ban/
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 21, 2019, 02:23:31 PM
I find all this talk about crappy "craft beers" mildly irritating.

I find this majorly irritating:

http://mynorthwest.com/1282602/snohomish-city-council-passes-plastic-bag-ban/

I'm slowly coming around to our new reality on this.  I'm not against the ban, the plastic is bad for the environment.  But I don't think the country has really adjusted to it yet, soon maybe.  My gf has given me cloth bags to re-use when I go grocery shopping and I've been slowly getting better at remembering to do so, but here's the thing.  Once i actually use it, I think it's a better bagging experience to bring your own.  My own re-usable bag can hold the same as four plastic bags.  I just have a hard time remember to bring it with me when I go out, I have a few and should just leave a couple in my car.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 21, 2019, 02:28:44 PM
I find this majorly irritating:

http://mynorthwest.com/1282602/snohomish-city-council-passes-plastic-bag-ban/

This just passed in the city of Boston.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on February 21, 2019, 02:30:29 PM
I find this majorly irritating:

http://mynorthwest.com/1282602/snohomish-city-council-passes-plastic-bag-ban/

This just passed in the city of Boston.

We have had this in Australia for about 6 months or more.  No more plastic bags as they are a health hazard for the environment, bring your own or stupidly enough buy a reusable plastic bag for 15 cents.  Just a money making scheme by the supermarkets.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on February 21, 2019, 02:44:20 PM
I'm not against the ban, the plastic is bad for the environment. 

So are paper bags, and reusable bags, when you factor in manufacturing and waste volume. Just more hippie virtue signaling bullcrap from our politicians who just know better than we do. Don't most people use those plastic bags for trash, thus negating their "Single Use" moniker? Are politicians going to continue to shape policy based on what they heard from some grade schooler?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/business/plastic-straws-ban-fact-check-nyt.html
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 21, 2019, 02:52:11 PM
I use the plastic bags for the trash in both bathrooms, as well as my cars and my lunch.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on February 21, 2019, 03:02:35 PM
The funny thing is, because we use to use those single use bags for trash after we get our groceries, supermarkets still sell bin bags which I now have to buy for $2 for like a roll of 50.  It hasn't cut down any risk to the environment whatsoever, just as many bags are getting tossed out and now more money is being made.  It's a joke, there is no benefit to the environment with this movement.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 21, 2019, 04:29:14 PM
This probably goes beyond the level of "mildly irritating," but....

We've had the no "single use" plastic bag thing in The People's Socialist Republic of California ("PSRB") for a year plus (and even longer in some counties).  It's annoying as fuck because we re-used those "single use" bags for a number of things.  We're now forced to buy plastic bags for those purposes, so I'm not sure the law has really accomplished anything.  Also, the "single use" plastic bags have now been replaced by thicker plastic bags that are designed to be used multiple times but I'm sure are less bad for the environment.

The PSRB -- led by former Party Chairman Jerry Moonbeam -- also recently enacted a law that prohibits fast-food restaurants from offering anything other than water or white milk as the "default" drink with kids' meals.  And today, I heard on the radio that the Politburo (i.e., the state legislature) is considering FIVE different bills that will tax soft drinks and (effectively) ban Big Gulps.

I generally love living in my home state, but this kind of crap really makes me think about relocating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on February 21, 2019, 04:49:02 PM
And today, I heard on the radio that the Politburo (i.e., the state legislature) is considering FIVE different bills that will tax soft drinks and (effectively) ban Big Gulps.

Seattle has had a soda tax for a year or two. I really hate taxes that can't decide if they exist to punish unapproved behavior or generate revenue. Cause you can't do both. It has brought in more money than they expected, so it ain't changing behaviors. Just costing lower income people more to buy a Sprite. Which you would think the "progressive" Seattle leadership would hate. But they are getting more money, so it's cool. 

I remember my last employer started offering compositable silverware instead of plastic in the cafeteria. People hated it because their spoon would melt in their hot soup.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 21, 2019, 07:29:53 PM
This probably goes beyond the level of "mildly irritating," but....

We've had the no "single use" plastic bag thing in The People's Socialist Republic of California ("PSRB") for a year plus (and even longer in some counties).  It's annoying as fuck because we re-used those "single use" bags for a number of things.  We're now forced to buy plastic bags for those purposes, so I'm not sure the law has really accomplished anything.  Also, the "single use" plastic bags have now been replaced by thicker plastic bags that are designed to be used multiple times but I'm sure are less bad for the environment.

The PSRB -- led by former Party Chairman Jerry Moonbeam -- also recently enacted a law that prohibits fast-food restaurants from offering anything other than water or white milk as the "default" drink with kids' meals.  And today, I heard on the radio that the Politburo (i.e., the state legislature) is considering FIVE different bills that will tax soft drinks and (effectively) ban Big Gulps.

I generally love living in my home state, but this kind of crap really makes me think about relocating.

And I live in one of the out-colonies of the PSRC, or "Connecticut".   Gov. Ned ("Four more years of Dan Malloy") Lamont is doing: tax on bags, tax on soft drinks, tax on nips (seriously), tax on orgasms (not seriously). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dream Team on February 23, 2019, 12:51:04 PM
So this Smollet guy seems like a low-life scumbag which I find quite irritating. Sorry, couldn’t find any other thread where this was being talked about.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 02, 2019, 01:50:34 PM
Dryer venting. I swear one of the most seemingly simple yet in reality ridiculously frustrating things I've ever done with regards to home improvement is connecting the dryer venting tubes. I can change a garbage disposal with minimal effort in 30 minutes, same with a dishwasher, a washing machine or a fridge in less than 5. But connecting the ducting to a dryer and the wall results in massive frustration every time without fail. Is it me, or is it just a flawed design we can't seem to improve upon?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on March 03, 2019, 06:54:54 AM
Oh I know what you mean. My dryer isn't very far from the vent but it took every little trick I knew and some very careful stretching to make the damn thing actually reach and connect. It took me about 20 minutes total for something that should've been a 30 second job. After I set it up it was like finally getting an old NES to work. Don't touch it, don't breath on it, don't even look at it. Just let it do its thing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 03, 2019, 07:21:10 AM
Dryer venting. I swear one of the most seemingly simple yet in reality ridiculously frustrating things I've ever done with regards to home improvement is connecting the dryer venting tubes. I can change a garbage disposal with minimal effort in 30 minutes, same with a dishwasher, a washing machine or a fridge in less than 5. But connecting the ducting to a dryer and the wall results in massive frustration every time without fail. Is it me, or is it just a flawed design we can't seem to improve upon?

BOOM!

The problem for me is, the alignment and layout when the dryer is out and I can get my fat ass behind there is not the same alignment and layout that needs to happen when the dryer is tucked nicely in the space and the sliding door can close.  I go through this dance where it falls off about halfway through putting it back and I have to do the "leaner" and try to fix it while I'm hanging upside down.  Not pretty for anyone in the room.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 03, 2019, 07:26:48 AM
Well, this IS the VENTING thread..  :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 04, 2019, 08:42:29 AM
That is kind of brilliant. 

On to the next one, though:

CHALLENGES.  Now it's the "cheese challenge", where presumably grown, presumably mature, presumably sentient adults are throwing freshly unwrapped slabs of cheese product at their babies, and recording it when it sticks to their face.

WTF?

Are we that bored?  That starved for attention?   Why not take that 32 seconds and put the fucking phone down (maybe put it somewhere you can't reach it... like your ass) and hug your kid.  Talk to your kid.  GODFORBID you read a BOOK with your kid. 

Do we not realize/remember that kids will MIMIC us?   That every action, every word, every interest is another brick in the wall that will be that kid?   Now, I get it, this is slightly hyperbolic, and 26 seconds - at least that kind of 26 seconds - is not likely to scar the kid for life, but I'm working on the assumption that this is not a one-off (because, you have to have heard about it SOMEWHERE.  I just happened to hear about it because I came in from shoveling snow and the news had ended and Wendy Williams - likely a subject of a future "Things that Stadler finds mildly irritating v.2" - was talking about it.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on March 05, 2019, 03:35:37 AM
I rarely agree with your opinions on internet culture Stadler, but I think you hit the nail right on the head with this one.

To a certain extent I can understand having fun by doing some trendy challenges, but involving (or in this case, even harming) your actual child for the sake of being trendy is just crossing the line imo.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 05, 2019, 04:01:40 AM
I did the ice bucket challenge a few years ago, it was meant for a good cause and seemed fun.  Now, I look at these challenges and just shake my head. I've never heard of the cheese challenge, honestly sounds kind of funny but also is incredibly dumb to be a trend.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on March 05, 2019, 04:06:00 AM
I just searched on YouTube for it & it seems the most popular videos related to it have more dislikes than likes.

At least some people seem to know what's up. :smiley:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on March 05, 2019, 05:16:26 AM
Most challenges that seem completely ridiculous or borderline shocking are, I'm fairly certain, just creations of Reddit and the like because people are aware that no one is going to do any research into it to find out the source. Some of them end up on the news or in articles like "look at this SHOCKING trend going around" where it's really just a small handful of people having a laugh and whoever else they got to believe the story spreading it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 05, 2019, 06:04:42 AM
I still can't believe that people were doing the Tide Pod challenge, but then again I guess I'm not that surprised  :P

The Vodka Eyeballing challenge was another brilliant one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fYse1oIWV4
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on March 05, 2019, 09:38:43 AM
The marital thread got me thinking about the biggest household divide - the one between people whose first instinct is to get up and grab something they need, and the people whose first instinct is to ask someone else to quickly get them something.

I am a person in group A who grew up with people in group B and frankly it was the most annoying thing in my childhood home. If I'm sick and good enough to stand, I'll get up and make myself a cup of tea. If someone's just a bit closer to a plate I need, and not significantly closer, I'll get up and get it myself. If I need the remote, I'll look for it myself. Normal person behavior.

My brother and sister will literally ask you to pick up things all day :yeahright They'll only drink water when someone else is going to the kitchen to pour some for themselves, they'll only drink tea when someone else is making a cup, they'll ask you to pick something up for them even if you're further away. When I'm asked to do something like that I'll automatically think "oh they must really need me to get that thing for them", get up, bring it, and then realize that's just how I think! They're just asking out of laziness and they're lucky enough to live with a sucker like me! When I asked them to explain their train of thought, it goes like this: I can't be bothered to get up. You will get up at some point. If I ask you and you say yes, then it means it doesn't bother you, so yay, we're both happy! When you say no, well, that's when I'll get up and get it myself. isn't it great how you're always conveniently getting up to get something I just remembered I really need, smooooch, love you sis!  >:(

So. Freaking. Annoying. And then it transfers outside the house as well! If I go out shopping suddenly they remember they really need something, they wanted to go out and get it, but they've been sooooo busy/sick and can I please just pick it up on the way?

Last year I literally flew to Serbia like five days before a family wedding and my sister, who had a full month to get ready and get what she needs, suddenly decided she needed to switch some part of her outfit so she needed one more piece and she was just so busy (or sick or both I can't even keep up), so I went to the mall and picked it up for her, laughing all the way. You think some things will change when you move out, and life will go on without you, but some things stay the same I guess  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 05, 2019, 09:47:40 AM
Holy crap on a popsicle stick, you are so right (and I'm A, to a fault).   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 05, 2019, 10:13:17 AM
Yea, I'm an A as well but my mom is a B and I could not stand it growing up with her asking me to do meaningless things for her that she could easily do herself.  Now I get it, my moms busy with the kids, but I'm talking things like grab the remote for example.  Well if you are watching TV and I had nothing to do with the remote missing and I'm not even in the room, why are you yelling for me to come across the house and search for you?  Now as I am older, I don't mind helping my mom with stupid things like that, but also, I dont mind calling her out for it either which got lots of laughs from my father recently when I last visited my parents in Florida. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on March 05, 2019, 04:02:03 PM
rant

I'm a bit of both, depending on circumstances.  I guess I'm more A than B.  But I won't hesitate to ask someone in my house for something if it is more convenient for them to get it/do it.  But on the flip side, when *I* am up getting something, I will frequently ask others if they want me to get some for them.  We serve each other, because I just kind of feel like that's what families do, and it shouldn't be a biggie. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on March 07, 2019, 05:17:42 AM
We serve each other, because I just kind of feel like that's what families do, and it shouldn't be a biggie.
Yeah, it's not a biggie if there's at least two people in team A  :hat

To illustrate, here's another anecdote: we were both at our desks doing some homework. Suddenly, my sister turned to me and asked, Mora, do you feel like having a cup of tea? Touched and surprised, I said yes please! And she said: Great, while you're at it can you make me a cup as well?  :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 07, 2019, 06:04:34 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on March 07, 2019, 06:32:20 AM
I'm an A with a twist.

I get my own stuff, and will fetch/help out Dr. Wife, but everyone else gets a dose of G.O.M. "What? Are your legs painted on? Get it yourself."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on March 07, 2019, 06:35:52 AM
We serve each other, because I just kind of feel like that's what families do, and it shouldn't be a biggie. 
For the most part this is how I feel. But there are times when my wife will say something like "I forgot my water downstairs, can you go get it for me?" when I'm in bed already and she's still up getting ready. Ummm....no. You can get it yourself.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 07, 2019, 06:58:19 AM
We serve each other, because I just kind of feel like that's what families do, and it shouldn't be a biggie. 
For the most part this is how I feel. But there are times when my wife will say something like "I forgot my water downstairs, can you go get it for me?" when I'm in bed already and she's still up getting ready. Ummm....no. You can get it yourself.

Yea, I think those extreme examples is what the irritating part is about.  Of course I have no issue helping a family member out with things when it makes more sense for me to do it, it's just the times where it makes more sense for the person asking to do it that I get irritated.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 07, 2019, 07:38:32 AM
I'm an A with a twist.

I get my own stuff, and will fetch/help out Dr. Wife, but everyone else gets a dose of G.O.M. "What? Are your legs painted on? Get it yourself."

Well, I'm talking about wives here (and now that they are in their 80's, my parents).    Kids?  "Dad, can you get me..."   GTFO.   It depends on the circumstances - because this is going to make me sound more of a dick than I am - even if it is a clear matter of convenience I'll make my kids get up and get what they want.  It's not about being "nice" at that point, it's teaching self-sufficience and getting them out of the habit of relying on others.   Again, you have to be there, but it's an issue with my stepson.  He'll be up in his room and yell down "Mom, can you get me some water?" and that cannot be the go-to move. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: NunoTenniscourt on March 07, 2019, 08:18:14 AM

Overweight women who constantly complain about body shaming and how men won't give them a chance, yet wouldn't dare date an overweight man. Yeah, she can have standards, but how dare anyone else.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 07, 2019, 08:26:15 AM

Overweight women who constantly complain about body shaming and how men won't give them a chance, yet wouldn't dare date an overweight man. Yeah, she can have standards, but how dare anyone else.

That was the "awesome" part of going back to the dating scene after my divorce. Some people - not all, and certainly not all who were were women - were just so oblivious and so un-self-aware.   In my case I always noticed the height thing.  "I'm tired of the players and jerks.  I just want a good man who will treat me right.   Oh, and no one under 6'0" need apply."   

:)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 07, 2019, 08:50:14 AM
 :lol yea the standards people set while dating is a good one.  There's lots of good memes I see about those on instagram.  The height thing always annoyed me too.  I guess I understand if the girl is really tall, but that wasn't always the case.  It's like so cut sometimes, "dont bother messaging me if you are under 6 foot" why do you shut the door so easily and alienate all the really good people out there, some of who might be perfect fit on so many levels, because they don't meet a height standard.  Whatever, my thought when I encountered that was "she's definitely not my type if she's setting a minimum standard"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on March 07, 2019, 09:32:17 AM

Overweight women who constantly complain about body shaming and how men won't give them a chance, yet wouldn't dare date an overweight man. Yeah, she can have standards, but how dare anyone else.

That was the "awesome" part of going back to the dating scene after my divorce. Some people - not all, and certainly not all who were were women - were just so oblivious and so un-self-aware.   In my case I always noticed the height thing.  "I'm tired of the players and jerks.  I just want a good man who will treat me right.   Oh, and no one under 6'0" need apply."   

:)

That's when I laugh and say to myself "You sure it was your exes that were the jerks?" and also laugh and say "Looks like she's not finding anyone anytime soon".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: NunoTenniscourt on March 08, 2019, 10:00:00 AM
"I'm tired of the players and jerks.  I just want a good man who will treat me right."   

Nothing makes me cackle like a crazed hyena than hearing or seeing this line. It's an admission to being attracted to "players and jerks". They're supposedly *tired* of them because that's all they've been drawn to and you can bet they still are. I am not a player per se, because there's an element of lying to being one, and I have no respect for that, but when I honestly tell women I'm not looking for a relationship, that is when they are compelled to try and convert me. (although, I do run into some who genuinely don't want a relationship, either) This is why I tell my male friends who actually are looking for a relationship to simply keep their mouths shut early on. A woman having a man "all figured out" from the very get-go isn't a good thing. I don't care what they say. Their history speaks for itself.

As for the weight/body shaming issue, the next time a woman gives you the "beautiful women come in all shapes and sizes!!!!" angry rant, pull out a picture of John Goodman and ask her how "beautiful" he is.



Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on March 08, 2019, 04:35:07 PM
May have been mentioned earlier in the thread, but people who wear sunglasses indoors without a reason (headaches/light sensitivity, blindness, etc.) Not sure why, but it just screams douche to me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ThatOneGuy2112 on March 08, 2019, 04:45:33 PM
A bit off topic, and maybe beyond the purview of the thread, but:

One of the most annoying types of videos on YouTube to me are all these psuedo-smart film analyst video essays that constantly get recommended to me for some reason. Most often with a click-baity title like "Why <insert beloved film here> Actually Sucks!".

I get that criticism is one thing, but more often than not these videos are by people who've never picked up a camera in their life and think they know better than professionals with decades of experience.

I may be speaking hypocritically on this, since I often give critiques of music on this board and have never written music myself. But these types of vids just annoy me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 08, 2019, 06:29:47 PM
May have been mentioned earlier in the thread, but people who wear sunglasses indoors without a reason (headaches/light sensitivity, blindness, etc.) Not sure why, but it just screams douche to me.

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/a3eecb74ad6e41d8df71f3d8c8ed84cd/tumblr_oyk48i377c1s0ebujo1_400.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 09, 2019, 09:02:43 AM

As for the weight/body shaming issue, the next time a woman gives you the "beautiful women come in all shapes and sizes!!!!" angry rant, pull out a picture of John Goodman and ask her how "beautiful" he is.

There's limits, of course, but weight has rarely ever been a deal-breaker issue for me (proportion, though, is).  I think Queen Latifah and Nicki Minaj are attractive women.  I find the odd shape of a Kim Kardashian to be, well, odd (though I can understand if you might say "what's the difference between Kim Kardashian and Nicki Minaj, but there is). 

As for sunglasses, sometimes I will wear them at night, but only so I can watch someone weave then breathe their story lines.  But only then. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 13, 2019, 11:11:35 AM
My car seems to lower the volume of the radio when I come to a red light, so if I am in the middle an awesome song, suddenly I can barely hear it and its super annoying . Any else ever experience this?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 13, 2019, 11:16:21 AM
Is that is a setting in your car's audio system, where it will increase the volume as you increase the speed to compensate for the louder car/ambient noise and decrease the sound when you come to a stop? If so, just turn that option off. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 13, 2019, 11:18:48 AM
My car seems to lower the volume of the radio when I come to a red light, so if I am in the middle an awesome song, suddenly I can barely hear it and its super annoying . Any else ever experience this?

That would be annoying as fuck.  There's probably some sort of "auto volume" option on your car stereo's menu.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 13, 2019, 11:22:17 AM
Well damn. I actually looked through the manual and found how to turn it off. Its apparently called the ASL feature (automatic sound leveler)

Solves that problem. The worst part about it was thinking I was going crazy when I first got the car  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on March 13, 2019, 11:35:48 AM
Well damn. I actually looked through the manual and found how to turn it off. Its apparently called the ASL feature (automatic sound leveler)

Solves that problem. The worst part about it was thinking I was going crazy when I first got the car  :lol

Its actually called the ASL (Automatic Sex-Appeal Leveler).  It levels your sex appeal to the cute girl in the convertible next to you at the red light, by lowering the volume of the progressive metal instrumental or growling vocals from your stereo.....both proven turn-off's with 99% of women.   ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 13, 2019, 11:35:48 AM
My car seems to lower the volume of the radio when I come to a red light, so if I am in the middle an awesome song, suddenly I can barely hear it and its super annoying . Any else ever experience this?

That would be annoying as fuck.  There's probably some sort of "auto volume" option on your car stereo's menu.

When I bought my car and started messing around with the controls I turned that setting on out of curiosity. I ultimately forgot it was on so apparently either the effect is negligable or my ears didn't seem to care.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on March 13, 2019, 11:49:53 AM
Well damn. I actually looked through the manual and found how to turn it off. Its apparently called the ASL feature (automatic sound leveler)

Solves that problem. The worst part about it was thinking I was going crazy when I first got the car  :lol

Its actually called the ASL (Automatic Sex-Appeal Leveler).  It levels your sex appeal to the cute girl in the convertible next to you at the red light, by lowering the volume of the progressive metal instrumental or growling vocals from your stereo.....both proven turn-off's with 99% of women.   ;)

:lol

I remember renting a car years ago that had that.  It actually worked pretty well and had, basically, the reverse of the effect Phoenix described.  I mean, yes, it did technically "lower" the volume when the car slowed or stopped.  But I had initially set the volume after putting in my music when the car was at a stop.  As I increased speed and the engine noise increased, it raised the volume by a commensurate amount so that I could still hear the music.  When I subsequently decreased speed or stopped to where the car was just idling, it decrease the volume back to where I had originally set it.  It worked nicely and I thought it was a cool feature.  I could see where it would be annoying if not calibrated properly, but that was not my experience.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on March 14, 2019, 04:08:09 AM
Ok, this is only vaguely related to the conversation from earlier, but I thought I'd share this anyway.

If you're in a car/bus/vehicle trying to listen to music but it's drowned out by the sounds of the vehicle, here's what you do:

Go to your car/phone's EQ settings & check if there's a graphic EQ. If there is, completely turn down the lowest few frequencies. Now your music isn't trying to play the frequencies drowned out by the car, so you can turn it up louder without risking hearing damage. :yarr
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 16, 2019, 12:13:09 PM
Canned food cans that do not stack on top of each other. Some cans do, so it's not like some design impossibility. How many times have you put the beans and soup cans away in the pantry, tried to stack them to save space, and have them topple over? Or is it just me?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 16, 2019, 01:33:46 PM
New neighbors currently moving in the apartment directly below me. Out the window, I can already hear them yelling and arguing at each other...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on March 16, 2019, 03:05:55 PM
In fairness, moving days are super stressful and bring out the worst in people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Anxiety35 on March 16, 2019, 04:18:46 PM
On a 2 lane or more highway, people who drive slow in the left lane and won't move over when others approach from behind who want to go faster. Drives me crazy. Move over! Left lanes are for faster traffic. Right lanes are for slower traffic. It's not hard to understand or apply.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Zook on March 17, 2019, 09:27:40 AM
Seeing Kinder Joy all over the place and not Kinder Surprise eggs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 18, 2019, 08:24:36 AM
On a 2 lane or more highway, people who drive slow in the left lane and won't move over when others approach from behind who want to go faster. Drives me crazy. Move over! Left lanes are for faster traffic. Right lanes are for slower traffic. It's not hard to understand or apply.

I feel so close to you right now. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Zook on March 18, 2019, 04:07:56 PM
Faster traffic doesn't mean 20 miles over the speed limit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 18, 2019, 04:36:24 PM
On a 2 lane or more highway, people who drive slow in the left lane and won't move over when others approach from behind who want to go faster. Drives me crazy. Move over! Left lanes are for faster traffic. Right lanes are for slower traffic. It's not hard to understand or apply.

I feel so close to you right now.

Maybe you should move over, old man.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 19, 2019, 03:50:29 AM
Faster traffic doesn't mean 20 miles over the speed limit.

Doesn't matter.    It's common courtesy.  If I get a ticket it's on me.  It's far more dangerous for you (collective) to impede traffic and force other cars around you - which is what will happen - than it is for me to drive a car that's built to go double the speed limit on roads built to accommodate double the speed limit. 

Plus, if you want to throw the "law" out there, only Alaska, Maryland, North Carolina, and Ohio allow you to drive in the left lane even if not passing.  EVERY other state requires you to move over if there are faster cars EVEN IF THOSE CARS ARE GOING ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT (the standard is "normal flow of traffic", not "legal speed limit"). 

We've had this conversation before.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 19, 2019, 06:04:32 AM
Exactly.

I mean, maybe the guy speeding is being an asshole.

Maybe he's running late to his kid's bus stop. Maybe his parent is dying and he's rushing to the hospital.

I try to operate by giving the benefit of the doubt. I move over.


...but usually, I'm the one speeding. ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on March 19, 2019, 06:14:40 AM
In general I agree about moving over. The situation I hate being stuck in is when I'm in the left lane going 10 mph faster than the right and someone wants to pass me. But in order to get over, I'll need to slow way down and get stuck behind some of the slow cars, which will then take me several minutes to get an opening big enough in the left lane to get back over. All this only so the guy who wants to go faster can move up and get stuck behind the next car 30 feet ahead of me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 19, 2019, 06:19:05 AM
I totally understand that.

Move over when it's safe to move over.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 19, 2019, 06:27:09 AM
I totally understand that.

Move over when it's safe to move over.

Yeah.  The problem with that is the asshole behind you doesn't care about your safety.  Just get the F out of his way.  Though I always get out of the way, I'm just going to do it safely.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 19, 2019, 07:07:27 AM
I totally understand that.

Move over when it's safe to move over.

Yeah.  The problem with that is the asshole behind you doesn't care about your safety.  Just get the F out of his way.  Though I always get out of the way, I'm just going to do it safely.

I know I can't speak for everyone, but I know I'm not asking anyone to die for me to go five miles more.  I'm a reasonable guy.  I'm talking about the asshole with NO ONE in the middle or right lane just parked in the left lane, zoning out (or worse, texting) and thinking he's the only one on the planet.   

Worse is the person that, when I respectfully and without malice flick my lights, takes it as a full-on "FUCK YOU" and decides he's now been disrespected and has to chest up.  I got no time for that.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 19, 2019, 07:11:46 AM
Lead, follow, or get out of the way when on the highway. It's not that hard.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 19, 2019, 07:55:51 AM
Lead, follow, or get out of the way when on the highway. It's not that hard.

It is when another person drives like he or she owns the road.  Patience is a lost art these days.

I totally understand that.

Move over when it's safe to move over.

Yeah.  The problem with that is the asshole behind you doesn't care about your safety.  Just get the F out of his way.  Though I always get out of the way, I'm just going to do it safely.

I know I can't speak for everyone, but I know I'm not asking anyone to die for me to go five miles more.  I'm a reasonable guy.  I'm talking about the asshole with NO ONE in the middle or right lane just parked in the left lane, zoning out (or worse, texting) and thinking he's the only one on the planet.   

Worse is the person that, when I respectfully and without malice flick my lights, takes it as a full-on "FUCK YOU" and decides he's now been disrespected and has to chest up.  I got no time for that.  :)

You are the minority my good friend.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 19, 2019, 10:06:05 AM
In general I agree about moving over. The situation I hate being stuck in is when I'm in the left lane going 10 mph faster than the right and someone wants to pass me. But in order to get over, I'll need to slow way down and get stuck behind some of the slow cars, which will then take me several minutes to get an opening big enough in the left lane to get back over. All this only so the guy who wants to go faster can move up and get stuck behind the next car 30 feet ahead of me.

Yup, situational awareness, as someone who wants to pass the slower person, you also need to realize they might not be able to or it doesn't make sense for them to so you need to respect that.  Once they are clear, then it's back to move over.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on March 19, 2019, 10:10:14 AM
The worst is when you are on a 2-lane highway, the car in the right lane is going 55, and you are stuck behind a truck with a full loaded trailer struggling to even go 60 because you are on a very slow incline that will last for two miles. :lol :lol :facepalm: :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on March 20, 2019, 01:07:44 AM
On a 2 lane or more highway, people who drive slow in the left lane and won't move over when others approach from behind who want to go faster. Drives me crazy. Move over! Left lanes are for faster traffic. Right lanes are for slower traffic. It's not hard to understand or apply.

ha, I get it :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 20, 2019, 11:12:40 AM
So I am at work, listening to music while I power through payroll.

Specifically listening to Home. Totally getting into it... and just as the vocals start, the phone rings. I pause the music, deal with the phone call, and then restart the song (Cuz I am anal like that).

As soon as I get to that point, the phone rings again. Again, I pause it, deal with bullshit, and then restart the song.

This has happened to me 4 times now :lol

JUST LET ME FOCUS AND FINISH THE DAMN SONG
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on March 20, 2019, 11:19:30 AM
Close your eyes and being to relax.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 20, 2019, 11:28:47 AM
I'm actually listening to the random "FM RADIO BROADCAST" thing that was being discussed on the DT side. So no "Regression". :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on March 20, 2019, 11:46:56 AM
So I am at work, listening to music while I power through payroll.

Specifically listening to Home. Totally getting into it... and just as the vocals start, the phone rings. I pause the music, deal with the phone call, and then restart the song (Cuz I am anal like that).

As soon as I get to that point, the phone rings again. Again, I pause it, deal with bullshit, and then restart the song.

This has happened to me 4 times now :lol

JUST LET ME FOCUS AND FINISH THE DAMN SONG

Man, this shit is like a magnet for attention. I would sit and work without interruptions for like an hour, then I'll decide "hey, it would be nice to listen to some music", so I plug my headphones, pick an album, start listening and you can bet in the next five minutes either the phone will ring or someone will have a question for me, or any other distracting shit will happen.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 20, 2019, 03:36:35 PM
I say it's green, and then you tell me it's red.

I respond that I'm pretty sure, but I could be wrong.  You, however, are emphatic that you are right and refuse to admit even the tiniest possibility that you're wrong.

I then find a picture that shows it is, in fact, green, and you respond with, "oh, whatever, I don't really care."  Even worse is when I start to look for the picture and you try and stop me from looking up the picture.

This drives me up a fucking wall!  Unfortunately, my wife does this all the damn time.

A variant on this is when (typically on social media) someone says something dumb, gets called on it, and then tries to backpedal by saying, "I was clearly just joking."  No you weren't!  And even if you were, it wasn't the slightest bit funny!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 20, 2019, 03:41:04 PM
I say it's green, and then you tell me it's red.

I respond that I'm pretty sure, but I could be wrong.  You, however, are emphatic that you are right and refuse to admit even the tiniest possibility that you're wrong.

I then find a picture that shows it is, in fact, green, and you respond with, "oh, whatever, I don't really care."  Even worse is when I start to look for the picture and you try and stop me from looking up the picture.

This drives me up a fucking wall!  Unfortunately, my wife does this all the damn time.

A variant on this is when (typically on social media) someone says something dumb, gets called on it, and then tries to backpedal by saying, "I was clearly just joking."  No you weren't!  And even if you were, it wasn't the slightest bit funny!

It took me a minute to realize you weren't just talking about Burning My Soul.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on March 20, 2019, 03:42:00 PM
It took me a minute to realize he wasn't talking about Stadler.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 20, 2019, 03:46:09 PM
I say it's green, and then you tell me it's red.

I respond that I'm pretty sure, but I could be wrong.  You, however, are emphatic that you are right and refuse to admit even the tiniest possibility that you're wrong.

I then find a picture that shows it is, in fact, green, and you respond with, "oh, whatever, I don't really care."  Even worse is when I start to look for the picture and you try and stop me from looking up the picture.

This drives me up a fucking wall!  Unfortunately, my wife does this all the damn time.

A variant on this is when (typically on social media) someone says something dumb, gets called on it, and then tries to backpedal by saying, "I was clearly just joking."  No you weren't!  And even if you were, it wasn't the slightest bit funny!

It took me a minute to realize you weren't just talking about Burning My Soul.

LOL....it seemed like an apt way to illustrate what I was talking about.


It took me a minute to realize he wasn't talking about Stadler.

LOL Part 2: Even More LOL Than the First One   :rollin :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 20, 2019, 05:28:22 PM
Couldn't be me. I never joke. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 20, 2019, 05:40:19 PM
Couldn't be me. I never joke.

Really? So those few times I agreed with you.......you were......serious?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 20, 2019, 06:06:58 PM
Couldn't be me. I never joke.

Challenge accepted!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Zook on March 21, 2019, 12:50:45 AM
Faster traffic doesn't mean 20 miles over the speed limit.

Doesn't matter.    It's common courtesy.  If I get a ticket it's on me.  It's far more dangerous for you (collective) to impede traffic and force other cars around you - which is what will happen - than it is for me to drive a car that's built to go double the speed limit on roads built to accommodate double the speed limit. 

Plus, if you want to throw the "law" out there, only Alaska, Maryland, North Carolina, and Ohio allow you to drive in the left lane even if not passing.  EVERY other state requires you to move over if there are faster cars EVEN IF THOSE CARS ARE GOING ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT (the standard is "normal flow of traffic", not "legal speed limit"). 

We've had this conversation before.   

Probably, and maybe I've said this already, but if I'm going 10 miles over the speed limit and you're still riding my ass, fuck you, I might just slow down. If you want to speed, drive around me. I'm already fucking speeding, asshole.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on March 21, 2019, 05:43:59 AM
Faster traffic doesn't mean 20 miles over the speed limit.

Doesn't matter.    It's common courtesy.  If I get a ticket it's on me.  It's far more dangerous for you (collective) to impede traffic and force other cars around you - which is what will happen - than it is for me to drive a car that's built to go double the speed limit on roads built to accommodate double the speed limit. 

Plus, if you want to throw the "law" out there, only Alaska, Maryland, North Carolina, and Ohio allow you to drive in the left lane even if not passing.  EVERY other state requires you to move over if there are faster cars EVEN IF THOSE CARS ARE GOING ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT (the standard is "normal flow of traffic", not "legal speed limit"). 

We've had this conversation before.   

Probably, and maybe I've said this already, but if I'm going 10 miles over the speed limit and you're still riding my ass, fuck you, I might just slow down. If you want to speed, drive around me. I'm already fucking speeding, asshole.

If you did that in my State, you'd get ticketed by a patrolman for obstructing traffic. The Highway Patrol around here takes a very dim view of drivers who deliberately impede traffic.

Here is the law. (https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title41/Chapter6A/41-6a-S704.html?v=C41-6a-S704_2015051220150512)

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2)   On a highway having more than one lane in the same direction, the operator of a vehicle traveling in the left general purpose lane:
(a)   shall, upon being overtaken by another vehicle in the same lane, yield to the overtaking vehicle by moving safely to a lane to the right; and
(b)   may not impede the movement or free flow of traffic in the left general purpose lane.
(3)   An operator of a vehicle traveling in the left general purpose lane that has a vehicle following directly behind the operator's vehicle at a distance so that less than two seconds elapse before reaching the location of the operator's vehicle when space is available for the operator to yield to the overtaking vehicle by traveling in the right-hand lane is prima facie evidence that the operator is violating Subsection (2).

So you see, by this law, the fact that another car is "riding your ass" is by default your violation for not getting out of his way regardless of speed.

Probably just another reason to not live in Utah, eh?  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 21, 2019, 05:50:32 AM
Wow! I love that law!

You can have 5 wives and ride up someone's ass? Utah rules!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 21, 2019, 06:11:56 AM
Faster traffic doesn't mean 20 miles over the speed limit.

Doesn't matter.    It's common courtesy.  If I get a ticket it's on me.  It's far more dangerous for you (collective) to impede traffic and force other cars around you - which is what will happen - than it is for me to drive a car that's built to go double the speed limit on roads built to accommodate double the speed limit. 

Plus, if you want to throw the "law" out there, only Alaska, Maryland, North Carolina, and Ohio allow you to drive in the left lane even if not passing.  EVERY other state requires you to move over if there are faster cars EVEN IF THOSE CARS ARE GOING ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT (the standard is "normal flow of traffic", not "legal speed limit"). 

We've had this conversation before.   

Probably, and maybe I've said this already, but if I'm going 10 miles over the speed limit and you're still riding my ass, fuck you, I might just slow down. If you want to speed, drive around me. I'm already fucking speeding, asshole.

I guess it all depends on what "riding my ass" means, but that kind of road rage is what gets people killed.  More and more I'm finding that "riding my ass" simply means "somewhere behind me and wanting to pass".  It's turned into a challenge and frankly, that's just the driving equivalent of being a keyboard warrior.   Why not be the bigger man and just move over?   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 21, 2019, 06:27:15 AM
Faster traffic doesn't mean 20 miles over the speed limit.

Doesn't matter.    It's common courtesy.  If I get a ticket it's on me.  It's far more dangerous for you (collective) to impede traffic and force other cars around you - which is what will happen - than it is for me to drive a car that's built to go double the speed limit on roads built to accommodate double the speed limit. 

Plus, if you want to throw the "law" out there, only Alaska, Maryland, North Carolina, and Ohio allow you to drive in the left lane even if not passing.  EVERY other state requires you to move over if there are faster cars EVEN IF THOSE CARS ARE GOING ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT (the standard is "normal flow of traffic", not "legal speed limit"). 

We've had this conversation before.   

Probably, and maybe I've said this already, but if I'm going 10 miles over the speed limit and you're still riding my ass, fuck you, I might just slow down. If you want to speed, drive around me. I'm already fucking speeding, asshole.

Nah. You're in the wrong in this case. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 21, 2019, 06:28:53 AM
People that don't swallow their gum mildly infuriates me. Just had a one-on-one with my boss' boss, and right in the middle of me talking, he turns around, grabs tissues out of his desk, puts one to his mouth, spits his gum in it, crumples it up, gets up, walks across his office to the trash, and then throws it away.   

Just swallow the fucking thing. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 21, 2019, 06:30:37 AM
Do any adults still actually swallow gum?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 21, 2019, 06:35:39 AM
Swallow gum?  Never!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 21, 2019, 06:43:37 AM
People that don't swallow their gum mildly infuriates me. Just had a one-on-one with my boss' boss, and right in the middle of me talking, he turns around, grabs tissues out of his desk, puts one to his mouth, spits his gum in it, crumples it up, gets up, walks across his office to the trash, and then throws it away.   

Just swallow the fucking thing.

It stays in your stomach for seven years. 

I know for me, I stick it under the desk. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on March 21, 2019, 06:48:19 AM
I think it's rude to turn away while you're talking, for sure.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on March 21, 2019, 06:58:17 AM
I think the appropriate thing to do would be to get rid of your gum before you're going to have a lengthy conversation with someone, especially one that was scheduled or planned ahead of time.

Expecting someone to swallow their gum is ridiculous.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 21, 2019, 09:06:52 AM
I spit, I don't swallow....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 21, 2019, 09:17:59 AM
I chew gum a lot, and I can't name a time that the gum was so offensive and/or spent that I had to spit it out AT THAT MOMENT.   I can and have just tucked it into my lower lip until I could get to a men's room or outside to spit it out.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 21, 2019, 09:53:57 AM
People that don't swallow their gum mildly infuriates me. Just had a one-on-one with my boss' boss, and right in the middle of me talking, he turns around, grabs tissues out of his desk, puts one to his mouth, spits his gum in it, crumples it up, gets up, walks across his office to the trash, and then throws it away.   

Just swallow the fucking thing.

Bleh!!

I don't chew gum too much, but I can't even conceive of swallowing it.  If I am and, for whatever reason, feel that I shouldn't look like I'm chewing it, I just tuck it under my tongue until the situation changes.  On the other hand, if YOU come into MY office, then I'll do whatever the fuck I want.


One thing I do find mildly irritating (emphasis on "mildly") is when someone brings food or coffee into my office, finishes it, and then wants to throw it in my trash.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Zook on March 21, 2019, 10:04:40 AM
What's wrong with you people? So if I'm already violating traffic laws by driving faster than the speed limit, and some asshole drives up on me so close that I can see the boogers in their nose, it's somehow still my responsibility to move out of the way instead of the, I don't know, logical thing and said speeding asshole just drive around me? I've been going as fast as 20 miles over the speed limit with an empty right lane and idiots will still ride my ass. I am in the fast lane driving fast. If you want to be reckless, you can drive around me. The lane is fucking empty.

I was on an empty 5 lane highway driving in the middle lane, and some asshole drives up on me, and starts flashing his brights. The road is still empty. So for the first time in my life I roll down the window and flip him the bird. He proceeds to pass me and sideswipe me, and hightail it. I then chased the motherfucker, scaring the shit out of my fiancee. When I finally caught up to him, he was clearly inebriated. Was I still supposed to change lanes in that case?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 21, 2019, 10:06:36 AM
I get your logic. I do. But how about this. You're driving on the right side of the street (since you're American) and some crazy person is driving toward you ALSO on the right side of the street. Do you move the hell out of the way? Or do you just keep doing what you're doing, because logically, THEY should be the one moving?

Point is, action reduces the chance of a problem, inaction increases it. It's more practical than logical in that sense.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 21, 2019, 10:08:42 AM
I think we are protecting bad behavior of drivers by allowing them to dictate the road.



Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 21, 2019, 10:14:59 AM
But the guy not moving out of the way is also dictating the road.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 21, 2019, 10:16:27 AM
What's wrong with you people? So if I'm already violating traffic laws by driving faster than the speed limit, and some asshole drives up on me so close that I can see the boogers in their nose, it's somehow still my responsibility to move out of the way instead of the, I don't know, logical thing and said speeding asshole just drive around me? I've been going as fast as 20 miles over the speed limit with an empty right lane and idiots will still ride my ass. I am in the fast lane driving fast. If you want to be reckless, you can drive around me. The lane is fucking empty.

I was on an empty 5 lane highway driving in the middle lane, and some asshole drives up on me, and starts flashing his brights. The road is still empty. So for the first time in my life I roll down the window and flip him the bird. He proceeds to pass me and sideswipe me, and hightail it. I then chased the motherfucker, scaring the shit out of my fiancee. When I finally caught up to him, he was clearly inebriated. Was I still supposed to change lanes in that case?

Yes. You wouldn't have fucked up your car in the process had you done that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 21, 2019, 10:16:42 AM
I think we are protecting bad behavior of drivers by allowing them to dictate the road.

True, but that's also not our roles. Police are there for that. We can't pull someone for speeding and punish them. We can only REALLY piss them off. Not a wise move.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 21, 2019, 10:18:19 AM
What's wrong with you people? So if I'm already violating traffic laws by driving faster than the speed limit, and some asshole drives up on me so close that I can see the boogers in their nose, it's somehow still my responsibility to move out of the way instead of the, I don't know, logical thing and said speeding asshole just drive around me? I've been going as fast as 20 miles over the speed limit with an empty right lane and idiots will still ride my ass. I am in the fast lane driving fast. If you want to be reckless, you can drive around me. The lane is fucking empty.

Yes, becauase you're in the wrong. Stop worrying about the other guy, whether they are 19 or 21 miles over the speed limit, and tend your own garden.   If you have an empty lane to your right, YOU ARE IN THE WRONG right out the gate.  You should be as far right as you can be safely and traveling at a speed YOUR comfortable with.   

Everything else that follows is not really relevant.
 
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I was on an empty 5 lane highway driving in the middle lane, and some asshole drives up on me, and starts flashing his brights. The road is still empty. So for the first time in my life I roll down the window and flip him the bird. He proceeds to pass me and sideswipe me, and hightail it. I then chased the motherfucker, scaring the shit out of my fiancee. When I finally caught up to him, he was clearly inebriated. Was I still supposed to change lanes in that case?

Not if you are in the middle lane; all that nonsense is on that other guy.  That's not the scenario you painted though.   There's a whole lot going on in this last example that doesn't have anything to do with driver lane courtesy.  That guy is a menace, and while I don't speak for anyone other than me, I'm not suggesting that we should all bow down to menaces like that. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 21, 2019, 10:24:50 AM
What's wrong with you people? So if I'm already violating traffic laws by driving faster than the speed limit, and some asshole drives up on me so close that I can see the boogers in their nose, it's somehow still my responsibility to move out of the way instead of the, I don't know, logical thing and said speeding asshole just drive around me?

I kinda feel the same way, and this way of thinking is fairly common in states like CA (me) and AZ (you).  The mindset that the left lane is some sort of sacred cow is a very east coast thing.

What drives me batty are the assholes who think it's ok to just plow on over to the left lane immediately after getting on the freeway and then driving 65 in the left lane.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 21, 2019, 10:27:23 AM
I think we are protecting bad behavior of drivers by allowing them to dictate the road.

True, but that's also not our roles. Police are there for that. We can't pull someone for speeding and punish them. We can only REALLY piss them off. Not a wise move.

And I would move aside and not try to block.  But they need to be more patient while I work my way into a lane.

Police can't be at every turn.  People need to act accordingly. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 21, 2019, 10:29:45 AM
I think we are protecting bad behavior of drivers by allowing them to dictate the road.

True, but that's also not our roles. Police are there for that. We can't pull someone for speeding and punish them. We can only REALLY piss them off. Not a wise move.

But it's not even that.   It's just courtesy and a false feeling of entitlement.   I don't come to your house and say "you know, that downloading is wrong!"  Or come to your house and check all your cable wires to make sure you have only the correct number of outlets.  I don't scan you as you get into your car to make sure you have your seatbelt on.   I don't follow you in the supermarket to make sure you don't sample a grape before you pay for them.

So why do some people, when they get behind the wheel of a 4,000 pound steel and glass machine, decide they get to now police my driving?  I'm not asking anything that I'm not willing to do myself.  If you come up behind me and want me to move over, I PROMISE you I will do that*.  If the lane choice matters SO much to me, then after the 12 seconds it takes you to go past me, I can move back to where I was. 

I have to live among 319,999,999 other people, and I can't control any of them, only me.  So rather than flex fake muscles by trying to exert my will by proxy on someone else by planting my car in the left lane and making everyone drive around me, I let you make your choices (and deal with the consequences).   I only ask that you let me do the same. 


* Unlike most people that even agree with me on the rest, I will even SPEED UP to get out of your way faster.  I also try to make sure that I know what I'm going to order from McDonald's before I get to the register, and if I don't I will make reasonable efforts to step aside. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 21, 2019, 10:31:48 AM
What's wrong with you people? So if I'm already violating traffic laws by driving faster than the speed limit, and some asshole drives up on me so close that I can see the boogers in their nose, it's somehow still my responsibility to move out of the way instead of the, I don't know, logical thing and said speeding asshole just drive around me?

I kinda feel the same way, and this way of thinking is fairly common in states like CA (me) and AZ (you).  The mindset that the left lane is some sort of sacred cow is a very east coast thing.

What drives me batty are the assholes who think it's ok to just plow on over to the left lane immediately after getting on the freeway and then driving 65 in the left lane.

What's the difference though?  Zook, in his example, even conceded that the lane to the right of him is open.  How is that different?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Zook on March 21, 2019, 10:33:40 AM
What's wrong with you people? So if I'm already violating traffic laws by driving faster than the speed limit, and some asshole drives up on me so close that I can see the boogers in their nose, it's somehow still my responsibility to move out of the way instead of the, I don't know, logical thing and said speeding asshole just drive around me? I've been going as fast as 20 miles over the speed limit with an empty right lane and idiots will still ride my ass. I am in the fast lane driving fast. If you want to be reckless, you can drive around me. The lane is fucking empty.

I was on an empty 5 lane highway driving in the middle lane, and some asshole drives up on me, and starts flashing his brights. The road is still empty. So for the first time in my life I roll down the window and flip him the bird. He proceeds to pass me and sideswipe me, and hightail it. I then chased the motherfucker, scaring the shit out of my fiancee. When I finally caught up to him, he was clearly inebriated. Was I still supposed to change lanes in that case?

Yes. You wouldn't have fucked up your car in the process had you done that.

Yes. Obviously in hindsight I would not have flipped him off. Like I was supposed to know that crazy asshole was going to sideswipe me.

I get your logic. I do. But how about this. You're driving on the right side of the street (since you're American) and some crazy person is driving toward you ALSO on the right side of the street. Do you move the hell out of the way? Or do you just keep doing what you're doing, because logically, THEY should be the one moving?

Point is, action reduces the chance of a problem, inaction increases it. It's more practical than logical in that sense.

Well, if someone was coming at me head on, yeah of course I'm going to move. Defensive driving 101. There's no reason to think the person speeding behind me is going to eventually just drive into me. That won't get them where they need to go any faster. But, if they're in such a hurry, and the next lane is empty, why are they still behind me riding my ass? ESPECIALLY IF I'M ALREADY SPEEDING! When I have an opportunity to drive around someone when I want to go faster, I do it. I don't wait for the person to move. 9 times out of 10 they don't.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 21, 2019, 11:20:01 AM
I think people are missing the point.  Most of us would pull over.  It's just the aggressiveness of the driver behind you that is upsetting.  I can't tell you the last time I saw someone doing the speed limit in the fast lane.  I just hope people wouldn't be assholes to make a point and allow the driver time to move to the next lane.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on March 21, 2019, 11:55:36 AM
What's wrong with you people? So if I'm already violating traffic laws by driving faster than the speed limit, and some asshole drives up on me so close that I can see the boogers in their nose, it's somehow still my responsibility to move out of the way instead of the, I don't know, logical thing and said speeding asshole just drive around me? I've been going as fast as 20 miles over the speed limit with an empty right lane and idiots will still ride my ass. I am in the fast lane driving fast. If you want to be reckless, you can drive around me. The lane is fucking empty.

I was on an empty 5 lane highway driving in the middle lane, and some asshole drives up on me, and starts flashing his brights. The road is still empty. So for the first time in my life I roll down the window and flip him the bird. He proceeds to pass me and sideswipe me, and hightail it. I then chased the motherfucker, scaring the shit out of my fiancee. When I finally caught up to him, he was clearly inebriated. Was I still supposed to change lanes in that case?

This sounds like classic road rage.

Obviously in hindsight I would not have flipped him off. Like I was supposed to know that crazy asshole was going to sideswipe me.

That's why it is always better to be a defensive driver; you never know what the other person might do. It is better to roll your eyes and carry on with your day as if nothing happened.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 21, 2019, 12:17:38 PM
I give people the bird all the time  :lol

Some guy cut me off in a funeral procession last week, oh boy did he get many birds. Such an unnecessary move too that not only almost caused an accident but broke right into the chain of cars following the burst  all with our flasher on. Man do I hate people sometimes and was I mad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 21, 2019, 12:20:55 PM
What's wrong with you people? So if I'm already violating traffic laws by driving faster than the speed limit, and some asshole drives up on me so close that I can see the boogers in their nose, it's somehow still my responsibility to move out of the way instead of the, I don't know, logical thing and said speeding asshole just drive around me?

I kinda feel the same way, and this way of thinking is fairly common in states like CA (me) and AZ (you).  The mindset that the left lane is some sort of sacred cow is a very east coast thing.

What drives me batty are the assholes who think it's ok to just plow on over to the left lane immediately after getting on the freeway and then driving 65 in the left lane.

What's the difference though?  Zook, in his example, even conceded that the lane to the right of him is open.  How is that different?

The difference is that someone driving 78 in the fast lane is in the appropriate lane, while someone driving 65 isn't.  Moreover, when some clown is doing 65 in the fast lane is going to cause numerous other drivers to make lane changes to pass.  That increases the risk of accidents because, chances are, the flow of traffic in the #2 lane is greater than 65.  Maybe it's just a regional thing, but the #1 lane is not a "passing lane" where I live; it's the "fast lane" (regardless of what the CVC might say).  On a normal 3-6 southern California freeway, no one doing 78 in the fast lane is going to move to the right for someone who wants to do 85.  In other areas, yeah, move over.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 21, 2019, 12:21:51 PM
On that note... Funeral processions.  And no, cram, that was not me on the road that day :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 21, 2019, 12:30:38 PM
I give people the bird all the time  :lol

Some guy cut me off in a funeral procession last week, oh boy did he get many birds. Such an unnecessary move too that not only almost caused an accident but broke right into the chain of cars following the burst  all with our flasher on. Man do I hate people sometimes and was I mad.

I ended up in a procession a while ago. I merged onto the highway (onto 84 from rt.8) and had less than a third of a mile before I had to get across three lanes and into the off-ramp. No lie, the funeral procession was longer than the distance I had between me and the exit. I felt like an asshole, but I had no choice but to cut in. I felt like an even bigger asshole when I kicked the flashers on and rolled through three red lights  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 21, 2019, 12:33:34 PM
On that note... Funeral processions.  And no, cram, that was not me on the road that day :)

Yea, while I was super annoyed, I can admit I think the whole idea is wacky.  I was talking to my siblings in my car after my bird waving about why don't we all just meet there? Like why do we do this?

But also, my procession was only 3 cars for my late grandmother.  It's not like there wasn't opportunities to get on your way around us or have to wait really, we really didn't block anything on this trip.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on March 21, 2019, 02:02:03 PM
I felt like an even bigger asshole when I kicked the flashers on and rolled through three red lights

ADAPT. OVERCOME. IMPROVISE.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 21, 2019, 02:40:59 PM
What's wrong with you people? So if I'm already violating traffic laws by driving faster than the speed limit, and some asshole drives up on me so close that I can see the boogers in their nose, it's somehow still my responsibility to move out of the way instead of the, I don't know, logical thing and said speeding asshole just drive around me?

I kinda feel the same way, and this way of thinking is fairly common in states like CA (me) and AZ (you).  The mindset that the left lane is some sort of sacred cow is a very east coast thing.

What drives me batty are the assholes who think it's ok to just plow on over to the left lane immediately after getting on the freeway and then driving 65 in the left lane.

What's the difference though?  Zook, in his example, even conceded that the lane to the right of him is open.  How is that different?

The difference is that someone driving 78 in the fast lane is in the appropriate lane, while someone driving 65 isn't.  Moreover, when some clown is doing 65 in the fast lane is going to cause numerous other drivers to make lane changes to pass.  That increases the risk of accidents because, chances are, the flow of traffic in the #2 lane is greater than 65.  Maybe it's just a regional thing, but the #1 lane is not a "passing lane" where I live; it's the "fast lane" (regardless of what the CVC might say).  On a normal 3-6 southern California freeway, no one doing 78 in the fast lane is going to move to the right for someone who wants to do 85.  In other areas, yeah, move over.

And that's the part I don't understand.   It IS the passing lane.  78 mph, 65 mph or 25 mph.   Saying it's the "fast lane" doesn't make it so.  I guess there's psychological makeup involved too; I cop (see what I did there?) to worrying about that stuff.  I don't ever want to be THAT guy in the story.   I don't want to be the maniac right up in your tailpipe, I don't want to be the guy that won't move over, I just want to be the guy that gets where he's going as fast as he reasonably can and that you don't notice one way or the other on your trip.   I get that some people WANT to be THAT guy and that's what makes the world a fun place.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 21, 2019, 02:59:10 PM
I think what he's trying to say is most drivers in the fast lane are impatient even though he is traveling over the speed limit.  It's frustrating that someone will push you to move over when you should do it safely, not rush to get to another lane to accommodate a guy bullying you in the fast lane.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Zook on March 21, 2019, 04:25:08 PM
I think what he's trying to say is most drivers in the fast lane are impatient even though he is traveling over the speed limit.  It's frustrating that someone will push you to move over when you should do it safely, not rush to get to another lane to accommodate a guy bullying you in the fast lane.

Bingo.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Herrick on March 21, 2019, 10:11:13 PM
A bit off topic, and maybe beyond the purview of the thread, but:

One of the most annoying types of videos on YouTube to me are all these psuedo-smart film analyst video essays that constantly get recommended to me for some reason. Most often with a click-baity title like "Why <insert beloved film here> Actually Sucks!".

I get that criticism is one thing, but more often than not these videos are by people who've never picked up a camera in their life and think they know better than professionals with decades of experience.

I may be speaking hypocritically on this, since I often give critiques of music on this board and have never written music myself. But these types of vids just annoy me.

I really hate this trend over the last few (5 or 6?) years when articles/video titles that start with "Why".

In general I agree about moving over. The situation I hate being stuck in is when I'm in the left lane going 10 mph faster than the right and someone wants to pass me. But in order to get over, I'll need to slow way down and get stuck behind some of the slow cars, which will then take me several minutes to get an opening big enough in the left lane to get back over. All this only so the guy who wants to go faster can move up and get stuck behind the next car 30 feet ahead of me.

Probably, and maybe I've said this already, but if I'm going 10 miles over the speed limit and you're still riding my ass, fuck you, I might just slow down. If you want to speed, drive around me. I'm already fucking speeding, asshole.

Stadler said this has been brought up before. I don't know if it was in this thread or another thread. I used to agree with Zook. I was a driver who wouldn't move over. I thought I'm going fast enough, fuck that guy behind me. After reading other responses and thinking about it, I now move over if it's safe and the middle lane or right lane isn't going super slow. If the other lanes are too slow then I'll speed up a lot for the driver behind me. AlASS Some times that isn't enough for some drivers who will cut off everyone else in the slower lanes and pass with barely any space.

Butt the 5 lane example Zook posted about is crazy. The crazy fuck behind him was definitely in the wrong...but...still...I'd get out of their way. You (we) don't know how crazy these people might be. Best to avoid them. My outlook on driving has changed significantly since I started riding a motorcycle. A car is a lot safer but at the very least it's a huge fucking inconvenience to get into a fender bender in a car. Avoid the crazies if you can.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on March 22, 2019, 01:56:25 AM
I keep having to remind myself that you guys drive on the right side of the road. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 22, 2019, 07:17:15 AM
I think what he's trying to say is most drivers in the fast lane are impatient even though he is traveling over the speed limit.  It's frustrating that someone will push you to move over when you should do it safely, not rush to get to another lane to accommodate a guy bullying you in the fast lane.

And I don't disagree with that even a little bit.  I'm right there with you, I really am.   NO CALL for tailgating or rude behavior from either car (Point of record:  gently flicking your lights is NOT RUDE BEHAVIOR).    I've since deleted it, because I couldn't find an easy way to get it from my phone to the computer I use during the day, but after we had this conversation the last time, I started to take video.  I had LITERALLY - in the Merriam Webster sense of the word, not the Kylie Jenner ironic sense - hours of video of me in the right lane, with a clear line of sight, one, maybe two cars in the middle lane moving at speed, and a LINE of cars in the left lane, all behind someone that thought they were Speed Justice Warrior and either wouldn't move or (more likely, I'll grant you) was totally oblivious to the line behind them.  It might be regional, but I have Interstate 91 a mile or so from my house and need to use it to get to work (when I'm not working out of the house), to family, and to my daughter at school.  THIS is my experience EASILY 60% of the the time. 

In my experience, Zook's scenario happens, but SIGNIFICANTLY less than the scenario I'm thinking of, where the person in the left lane is either just flat out rude, flat out oblivious, or some volatile mixture of both.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 22, 2019, 07:23:57 AM
We all just need to be the better person on the road.


Problem is there are days I want to smile and the world it right and other days I'd like to see how far my fist could go through someone's skull.  The latter is those days you just need to pull over when you can into another lane even though you are ready for a fight.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 22, 2019, 07:49:00 AM
We all just need to be the better person on the road.


Problem is there are days I want to smile and the world it right and other days I'd like to see how far my fist could go through someone's skull.  The latter is those days you just need to pull over when you can into another lane even though you are ready for a fight.

Those latter days are the days I work from home and don't even bother with interacting with anyone other than my dear wife.  :)   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on March 22, 2019, 08:00:50 AM
Meetings. Long ago I thought it'd be neat to have a job where I 'had' to attend meetings. After 6 years of having a job where I 'need' to attend meetings I've realized 95% of meetings are a waste of time. I know this isn't unique.....that this isn't a new insight but most anything that get's solved or addressed in a meeting isn't anything a phone call can't do. I get that there are times when meetings are needed....but for the most part I feel it's a great waste of time and effort.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 22, 2019, 08:53:02 AM
Meetings. Long ago I thought it'd be neat to have a job where I 'had' to attend meetings. After 6 years of having a job where I 'need' to attend meetings I've realized 95% of meetings are a waste of time. I know this isn't unique.....that this isn't a new insight but most anything that get's solved or addressed in a meeting isn't anything a phone call can't do. I get that there are times when meetings are needed....but for the most part I feel it's a great waste of time and effort.

Between Monday and Thursday this week, I spent nearly 22 hours sitting in meeting rooms. There are times when I like having meetings because they break up the day, but sometimes, man, I'd rather be face down in a toilet than in that meeting room. The worst cases are when there's awful communication and you end up having the exact same meeting basically 3 or 4 times with various people, or when leadership is so bad at composing a comprehensive email, you have to drag them into a room and get it out of them verbally through some archaic ritual.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 22, 2019, 08:55:15 AM
I pretty much don't go to any meetings anymore and it's great.  Sure sometimes they were nice to get a break from the daily grind, or needed when you needed these people all together to get something accomplished, but it's nice to not have to waste my time too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 22, 2019, 12:25:05 PM
Disregard
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 22, 2019, 12:34:08 PM
So, some celebrity(?) I've never heard of posts online some pictures of herself in a bikini, gets some flack for having some cellulite, then hits back with "I don't care what others think of my figure." Then why the hell did you put pictures of your chubby, bikini-clad butt on the internet in the first place?

So in general the "I don't care what others think, but I am going to do something to actively invite the thoughts of others" mentality.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 22, 2019, 12:56:10 PM
So, some celebrity(?) I've never heard of posts online some pictures of herself in a bikini, gets some flack for having some cellulite, then hits back with "I don't care what others think of my figure." Then why the hell did you put pictures of your chubby, bikini-clad butt on the internet in the first place?

So in general the "I don't care what others think, but I am going to do something to actively invite the thoughts of others" mentality.

Translation:  I care only about favorable opinions and choose to regard those that are unfavorable as invalid.

I agree that this is infuriating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 22, 2019, 01:58:32 PM
That isn't to grant a free pass to people who see pictures on the internet and feel compelled to post "OMG CELLULITE!"

On a related note... the massive overuse of the word "hater." Often applied in the context of my previous example.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on March 22, 2019, 04:09:31 PM
I dunno - I think someone posting in the comments of another person's picture about them having cellulite probably falls into the "hater" category.  And if the person who posted the picture was a friend of mine, I'd probably indeed tell them that they *shouldn't* care about such people's comments (easier said that done), much like I'd tell Mike Mangini not to care about some of the toll comments about him on DT's youtube or Facebook.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 22, 2019, 04:31:23 PM
...much like I'd tell Mike Mangini not to care about some of the toll comments about him on DT's youtube or Facebook.

But that's a function of Mike's business. He creates music and presents songs/videos online for people to view, hopefully to gain more fans, who will go on to buy albums and concert tickets. If people slam the music and/or performance, that's part of the business. Some gal posting a picture of herself in swimwear is doing it solely for the attention. Which is fine, but don't do it for the attention, and then say you don't care about the attention when it makes you feel bad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on March 22, 2019, 04:52:31 PM
My two cents.  We've lost a bit of tact with the advent of the internet.   We feel free to say things to people we do not know because we are not face to face with them.

The world needs a little more tact again.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 22, 2019, 04:58:03 PM
I kind of see what Chris is saying and don't disagree, but I would be more likely to call the person calling out cellulite, a hater because if you want to criticize their looks or weight, there's better ways than just being a dick about it.  And let's not forget the person making such comments is also doing so for attention.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on March 22, 2019, 05:58:49 PM
I kind of see what Chris is saying and don't disagree, but I would be more likely to call the person calling out cellulite, a hater because if you want to criticize their looks or weight, there's better ways than just being a dick about it.  And let's not forget the person making such comments is also doing so for attention.

Well said
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on March 22, 2019, 08:23:16 PM
Nice post cramx.  I agree with King as well.

I get what you're saying Chris, but just see it differently.  I don't think people posting pics of themselves should expect worship and adulation, but I have no issue with someone disregarding tactless troll comments.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 22, 2019, 08:38:22 PM
My only real beef was the "I don't care what you think when clearly I do" point I probably wasn't making well. They aren't disregarding those tactless comments, they are going out of their way to address them. Disregarding them would be... disregarding them.

I guess my issues are two-fold: 1) The point King made about how we treat each other, especially people we've never met, and 2) the Instagram LOOK AT ME "I will call out negative comments by saying they don't bother me when clearly they do" culture.

... if you want to criticize their looks or weight, there's better ways than just being a dick about it.  And let's not forget the person making such comments is also doing so for attention.
Not sure how one can criticize someone's weight or looks in a tactful, polite way. :) But I get what you are saying.

And yeah, business meetings.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on March 22, 2019, 09:18:09 PM
Disregard may have been the wrong word... maybe dismiss would have been better.  It looks like her comment was actually preemptive, and I thought it was fine.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Herrick on March 22, 2019, 10:58:16 PM
Meetings. Long ago I thought it'd be neat to have a job where I 'had' to attend meetings. After 6 years of having a job where I 'need' to attend meetings I've realized 95% of meetings are a waste of time. I know this isn't unique.....that this isn't a new insight but most anything that get's solved or addressed in a meeting isn't anything a phone call can't do. I get that there are times when meetings are needed....but for the most part I feel it's a great waste of time and effort.

I saw this at the first meeting I went to at my job 15...almost 16 years ago. I only go to meetings now because they're always on my days off and I get 4 hours of time and a half pay even though the meetings never go over an hour. I just sit there and shut up and get paid.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 23, 2019, 10:23:01 AM
My two cents.  We've lost a bit of tact with the advent of the internet.   We feel free to say things to people we do not know because we are not face to face with them.

The world needs a little more tact again.



Word. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on March 23, 2019, 10:59:06 AM
Meetings. Long ago I thought it'd be neat to have a job where I 'had' to attend meetings. After 6 years of having a job where I 'need' to attend meetings I've realized 95% of meetings are a waste of time. I know this isn't unique.....that this isn't a new insight but most anything that get's solved or addressed in a meeting isn't anything a phone call can't do. I get that there are times when meetings are needed....but for the most part I feel it's a great waste of time and effort.

I saw this at the first meeting I went to at my job 15...almost 16 years ago. I only go to meetings now because they're always on my days off and I get 4 hours of time and a half pay even though the meetings never go over an hour. I just sit there and shut up and get paid.

That would indeed make meetings more tolerable. :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 23, 2019, 11:26:20 AM
My only real beef was the "I don't care what you think when clearly I do" point I probably wasn't making well. They aren't disregarding those tactless comments, they are going out of their way to address them. Disregarding them would be... disregarding them.

I guess my issues are two-fold: 1) The point King made about how we treat each other, especially people we've never met, and 2) the Instagram LOOK AT ME "I will call out negative comments by saying they don't bother me when clearly they do" culture.

... if you want to criticize their looks or weight, there's better ways than just being a dick about it.  And let's not forget the person making such comments is also doing so for attention.
Not sure how one can criticize someone's weight or looks in a tactful, polite way. :) But I get what you are saying.

And yeah, business meetings.

I guess I would ask, "what's the point of posting those pictures to begin with"?  I don't think the answer is that different on either side;  I agree with King that we need more tact - not every opinion needs to be expressed - but I'm not sure that we need to be this committed to garnering the acceptance and approval of a pack of abject strangers.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 23, 2019, 12:57:31 PM
People can post whatever they want. People can respond with whatever they want. People can respond to those responses however they want and so on and so on and so on.

Doesn't mean any of those people aren't dicks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 23, 2019, 01:01:00 PM
People can post whatever they want. People can respond with whatever they want. People can respond to those responses however they want and so on and so on and so on.

Doesn't mean any of those people aren't dicks.

Which is not a point of view I necessarily have problems with at all.   But that's not really how society works these days.  It's like we're being bullied into being "nice". 

Which, I guess, is noble, but it sort of begs the question:  if we acknowledge the powers and failings of social media in one instance, why do we have the tendency to ignore it in others?   Meaning, if someone puts a picture of a sign that has a racist connotation - like that kid in Sarasota who sucks at humor - and we watch and applaud the public stoning that results, why do we seem surprised when it happens on a more personal level?  It's like the scorpion parable over and over.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 23, 2019, 01:04:26 PM
People can post whatever they want. People can respond with whatever they want. People can respond to those responses however they want and so on and so on and so on.

Doesn't mean any of those people aren't dicks.

Which is not a point of view I necessarily have problems with at all.   But that's not really how society works these days.  It's like we're being bullied into being "nice". 

Which, I guess, is noble, but it sort of begs the question:  if we acknowledge the powers and failings of social media in one instance, why do we have the tendency to ignore it in others?   Meaning, if someone puts a picture of a sign that has a racist connotation - like that kid in Sarasota who sucks at humor - and we watch and applaud the public stoning that results, why do we seem surprised when it happens on a more personal level?  It's like the scorpion parable over and over.

We're also "bullied" into eating healthy (at least if you live in LA, god damn) but we can just ignore it and eat a bag of skittles.

What would you tell someone who posts pictures and doesn't like the response? Either suck it up or don't post pics.

What would I tell someone who feels they are "bullied" for their opinions? Either suck it up or stop posting your opinions.

And as much as you feel we're "bullied" into being nice, my experience on Social Media is that the biggets dicks get the most reward. Nice people are largely ignored. The douche just has to be on your side. Do I see posts about sweet kind liberals doing nice things? No. I see posts praising rude abbrasive liberals "sticking it" to conservatives. Dicks get jerked off. It's just how it is. If everyone is telling you that you're a douche, and it hurts your feelings, maybe you're a douche. I dunno.  (not you specifically)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 25, 2019, 07:30:12 AM
People can post whatever they want. People can respond with whatever they want. People can respond to those responses however they want and so on and so on and so on.

Doesn't mean any of those people aren't dicks.

Which is not a point of view I necessarily have problems with at all.   But that's not really how society works these days.  It's like we're being bullied into being "nice". 

Which, I guess, is noble, but it sort of begs the question:  if we acknowledge the powers and failings of social media in one instance, why do we have the tendency to ignore it in others?   Meaning, if someone puts a picture of a sign that has a racist connotation - like that kid in Sarasota who sucks at humor - and we watch and applaud the public stoning that results, why do we seem surprised when it happens on a more personal level?  It's like the scorpion parable over and over.

We're also "bullied" into eating healthy (at least if you live in LA, god damn) but we can just ignore it and eat a bag of skittles.

What would you tell someone who posts pictures and doesn't like the response? Either suck it up or don't post pics.

What would I tell someone who feels they are "bullied" for their opinions? Either suck it up or stop posting your opinions.

And as much as you feel we're "bullied" into being nice, my experience on Social Media is that the biggets dicks get the most reward. Nice people are largely ignored. The douche just has to be on your side. Do I see posts about sweet kind liberals doing nice things? No. I see posts praising rude abbrasive liberals "sticking it" to conservatives. Dicks get jerked off. It's just how it is. If everyone is telling you that you're a douche, and it hurts your feelings, maybe you're a douche. I dunno.  (not you specifically)

I don't disagree with any of that.   But I don't see a lot of self-awareness of that.  If the "biggest dicks get jerked off" on social media, why then does it hold the fascination that it does?  There are a LOT of people that literally cannot fart without involving social media in some way.

I was with about 6 or 7 guys, all around my age (or older) at an American Legion fund raising event this weekend and when I talked about my social media footprint - zero Facebook, zero Instagram, zero Snapchat, I follow maybe 15 or 20 people on Twitter (all music or music-related) - even THEY were incredulous. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 25, 2019, 07:36:56 AM
I honestly didn't follow your question. Can you clarify what you mean?

Are you asking why, if the biggest dicks are the most jerked off, are so many people interested in Social Media? If so, those seem like unrelated questions. If not, then I don't know what you're asking.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 27, 2019, 08:12:37 AM
I honestly didn't follow your question. Can you clarify what you mean?

Are you asking why, if the biggest dicks are the most jerked off, are so many people interested in Social Media? If so, those seem like unrelated questions. If not, then I don't know what you're asking.

Basically asking why the thoughts and actions are so disconnected.   Many of us (I will proudly exclude myself from this group) bitch and moan about social media, but do so while surfing Facechat or telling their "stories" on Instabook.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 27, 2019, 08:15:25 AM
Mine for the day:   the hyperbole of the "world".

Smollett wanted cameras in the courtroom to "show the world" he was innocent.  Okay; I highly doubt the "world" would be watching this douche's case.  You hear it in sports a lot; "we shocked the world!"; oh, okay.  I'm sure the farmer in Siberia is pretty goddamn shocked that East Carolina Tech won it's local conference tournament.   Similarly, the idea of playing "on the world's biggest stage".   

It all just shows a remarkable lack of self-awareness, if you ask me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 27, 2019, 08:25:09 AM
Just wait until we become interplanetary... "What he did next shocked the inner 2/3s of the solar system!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 27, 2019, 08:26:29 AM
I honestly didn't follow your question. Can you clarify what you mean?

Are you asking why, if the biggest dicks are the most jerked off, are so many people interested in Social Media? If so, those seem like unrelated questions. If not, then I don't know what you're asking.

Basically asking why the thoughts and actions are so disconnected.   Many of us (I will proudly exclude myself from this group) bitch and moan about social media, but do so while surfing Facechat or telling their "stories" on Instabook.

I'm sure I can find a bunch of alcoholics and drug addicts that will you tell you about how horrible alcohol and drugs are for you.

There is a level of addiction here, on both a psychological and (to a lesser but no less real degree) biological level. Not NEARLY like drugs, and not well studied enough yet, but it's there.

Also people are very capable of cognitive dissonance it seems. This is just another example.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 27, 2019, 11:54:01 AM
Mine for the day:   the hyperbole of the "world".

Smollett wanted cameras in the courtroom to "show the world" he was innocent.  Okay; I highly doubt the "world" would be watching this douche's case.

It mildly irritates me that we no longer live in a world where I can read something like this and say, "Who?" without realizing that I can answer my own question with a few simple keystrokes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on March 27, 2019, 12:16:10 PM
Mine for the day:   the hyperbole of the "world".

Smollett wanted cameras in the courtroom to "show the world" he was innocent.  Okay; I highly doubt the "world" would be watching this douche's case.

It mildly irritates me that we no longer live in a world where I can read something like this and say, "Who?" without realizing that I can answer my own question with a few simple keystrokes.
:lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Herrick on March 27, 2019, 12:40:08 PM
Mine for the day:   the hyperbole of the "world".

Smollett wanted cameras in the courtroom to "show the world" he was innocent.  Okay; I highly doubt the "world" would be watching this douche's case.

It mildly irritates me that we no longer live in a world where I can read something like this and say, "Who?" without realizing that I can answer my own question with a few simple keystrokes.

Herrick likes this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 28, 2019, 12:46:29 PM
When YouTubers tell me in every single video to subscribe to their channel. Look, I love YouTube, I am on YouTube every single day, sometimes for up to an hour if not more. There are some channels I visit regularly, others sporadically, and a ton of other content from random YouTubers. I do not need an update sent to me every single time one of these channels posts a new video. If I like your channel, I will get to each and every one of your new videos, trust me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 28, 2019, 01:01:50 PM
When YouTubers tell me in every single video to subscribe to their channel. Look, I love YouTube, I am on YouTube every single day, sometimes for up to an hour if not more. There are some channels I visit regularly, others sporadically, and a ton of other content from random YouTubers. I do not need an update sent to me every single time one of these channels posts a new video. If I like your channel, I will get to each and every one of your new videos, trust me.

Yea I understand. I put it in all my videos because anything you read about how to grow your channel starts with asking people to subscribe, in every video, and it does work, but it is annoying when its in the beginning of a video, I put all my at the end, if you made it that far then you can either turn it off or maybe you'll actually subscribe since you watched the whole thing.  I also always put it in the comments with a twist on the wording, keep it fresh, but I pretty much make sure its always there because it's one way that works on growing your following.  It's also a joke with all my friends too so I kind of keep doing it

Having said all that, I pretty much agree it's annoying. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: BlobVanDam on March 29, 2019, 08:27:57 AM
You can blame Youtube's dumb algorithms for that stuff. It doesn't bother me much, because I understand it, but there's no point in telling me to do it at the start of the video before I've even seen it to judge. :P
I've never done anything like that in my videos, but my end screen just has the subscribe link, and the description will usually ask people to like etc. People seem to vote enough without me telling 'em what to do. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 30, 2019, 02:34:21 PM
So amazon is now paying random people to deliver stuff, and it sucks honestly. I had a package that amazon is claiming was "delivered to mail room" and I don't have a mail room.

I've looked all over the place and haven't found anything. And a separate gripe with this is that they are timing these people like they do at the warehouse, so there's a car at 6am outside my place that is hauling ass and then screeching to a stop and then hauling as and screeching to a stop, with a person literally running to deliver crap and all out of the breath.

If you are running like a madman to deliver stuff, then the chances of screwing up go through the roof. Makes me not want to order from amazon anymore honestly.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on March 30, 2019, 03:18:14 PM
We have that in our neighborhood as well. A lot of times they'd mark it as delivered to avoid paying a penalty to amazon. The package would show up a few days later.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 08, 2019, 08:01:01 AM
People who pronounce food "fewd". 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 08, 2019, 08:54:33 AM
People who say "heighth". It's height dammit! There's no th at the end.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 08, 2019, 09:54:01 AM
People who pronounce food "fewd".

Huh? How is fewd pronounced? Like feud? Cause I read fewd as food.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 08, 2019, 11:07:13 AM
People who pronounce food "fewd".

Huh? How is fewd pronounced? Like feud? Cause I read fewd as food.

"Few" is pronounced fyoo, so I would assume "fewd" would be pronounced fyood.  I have to say that I have never in my life heard anyone pronounce "food" like that.

The one that bugs the crap out of me is pronouncing "nuclear" noo-kyoo-lar.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 08, 2019, 11:09:53 AM
People who pronounce food "fewd".

Huh? How is fewd pronounced? Like feud? Cause I read fewd as food.

Normal people pronounce "food" as in dude.

There's a certain section of our population that put an inflection on it; it sounds more like fee-ude.  It's annoying. 

EDIT:  Reading PG's post, there's a Nutrisystem commercial that is focused on men, and there's this one guy who says "you eat the food, you lose the weight".   He says it right, but then the next guy butchers it and says "fewd" (or fyood).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 08, 2019, 11:14:12 AM
People who pronounce food "fewd".

Huh? How is fewd pronounced? Like feud? Cause I read fewd as food.

Normal people pronounce "food" as in dude.

As everyone in California knows, "dude" is pronounced d'yoooooo-ooo-ooo-D.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on April 08, 2019, 11:19:43 AM
I can verify that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 08, 2019, 11:21:34 AM
But I'm in another country.  I live in Connecticut.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 08, 2019, 11:35:33 AM
I cant recall hearing the fewd thing either, but Im sure it would annoy me if I did
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 08, 2019, 11:56:08 AM
Yea, I've never heard food pronounced that way. I think I'd be more perplexed than anything else.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 08, 2019, 12:14:45 PM
If this is true then Lex Luthor had it all right and Superman got in the way.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on April 08, 2019, 04:47:42 PM
People who pronounce food "fewd".

Huh? How is fewd pronounced? Like feud? Cause I read fewd as food.

Normal people pronounce "food" as in dude.

There's a certain section of our population that put an inflection on it; it sounds more like fee-ude.  It's annoying. 

EDIT:  Reading PG's post, there's a Nutrisystem commercial that is focused on men, and there's this one guy who says "you eat the food, you lose the weight".   He says it right, but then the next guy butchers it and says "fewd" (or fyood).

Or do you just mean like feud?  :P  I've never heard food pronounced that way, but it would annoy me too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 08, 2019, 06:27:38 PM
I hate "pellow". It's PILLow dammit lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on April 08, 2019, 09:27:25 PM
"Anticlimatic". :yeahright
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 08, 2019, 09:31:17 PM
"Guesstimate" Is it a guess, or an estimate? IT IS ONE OR THE OTHER!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 09, 2019, 06:07:32 AM
I hate "pellow". It's PILLow dammit lol
I hate that one too. I had a gf in high school who called milk "melk". Drove me nuts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 09, 2019, 06:38:19 AM
I hate "pellow". It's PILLow dammit lol
I hate that one too. I had a gf in high school who called milk "melk". Drove me nuts.

ugggghh
(https://media.giphy.com/media/B4ORVnBvJCVvq/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 09, 2019, 06:55:13 AM
On that note, it's roof...not ruff.


And don't even get me started on Hummus.  :hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 09, 2019, 06:58:46 AM
And don't even get me started on Hummus.  :hat

oh I know better not to  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MirrorMask on May 06, 2019, 01:58:53 AM
Let's make a quiz.

Leaving aside the fact that saturday I have been at a very nice fantasy festival in a wonderful location on the shores of a lake, and that it rained like the year before and the year before that.... the weather forecast for this week looks like this:

Today, Monday: sunny
Tuesday: sunny
Wednesday: rainy
Thursday: sunny
Friday: sunny

Question: given the above forecast, guess on which day I'll be seeing Metallica in an open air field   :\ :yeahright
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 06, 2019, 05:12:58 PM
This is more something that bewilders me than something that irritates me....

I was reading a collection of submissions, the subject of which was "how ___ celebrity lost me as a fan."  Almost none of the submissions were things like, "I loved Metallica until they turned into an alt-country band."  Instead, almost all of the submissions were things like, "I lost respect for [some rapper] when I found out he cheated on his wife," or "I used to like [some actor] until I learned he was a Trump supporter."  Someone even said that he was a fan of a particular actress until he/she found out that the actress fed her child like a bird (by chewing up food and "spitting" it into the child's mouth).  Because of this, the person said he/she just can't enjoy the actress's movies anymore.

It has literally never occurred to me to care about the personal lives or political opinions or whatever of the people who supply me with entertainment (much less how they feed their children).  For me, the only question is whether the entertainment product appeals to me.  Finding out that my favorite bass player likes to dress up as a baby and have his diaper changed doesn't have any impact on the music he creates.  Do folks really limit their entertainment to folks who adhere to specific ideologies, political points of view, sexual fetishes, etc.?  Or say, "I love this artist's work, but if I find out she vapes farts, then I'm gone"?  Really?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 06, 2019, 06:21:24 PM
Which bass player likes to dress up like a baby?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 06, 2019, 06:53:34 PM
This is more something that bewilders me than something that irritates me....

I was reading a collection of submissions, the subject of which was "how ___ celebrity lost me as a fan."  Almost none of the submissions were things like, "I loved Metallica until they turned into an alt-country band."  Instead, almost all of the submissions were things like, "I lost respect for [some rapper] when I found out he cheated on his wife," or "I used to like [some actor] until I learned he was a Trump supporter."  Someone even said that he was a fan of a particular actress until he/she found out that the actress fed her child like a bird (by chewing up food and "spitting" it into the child's mouth).  Because of this, the person said he/she just can't enjoy the actress's movies anymore.

It has literally never occurred to me to care about the personal lives or political opinions or whatever of the people who supply me with entertainment (much less how they feed their children).  For me, the only question is whether the entertainment product appeals to me.  Finding out that my favorite bass player likes to dress up as a baby and have his diaper changed doesn't have any impact on the music he creates.  Do folks really limit their entertainment to folks who adhere to specific ideologies, political points of view, sexual fetishes, etc.?  Or say, "I love this artist's work, but if I find out she vapes farts, then I'm gone"?  Really?

I have no desire to watch anything with Kevin Spacey in it ever again. Sue me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 06, 2019, 07:03:03 PM
Which bass player likes to dress up like a baby?


 :lol


Thoughtful post..

This is interesting, and it's something I generally consider as I get older.

It depends what I'm looking for as a fan. Do I want to be entertained? Or do I want to "follow"? By that I mean, if I am a "follower" or a real fan of a band, then I need to have some sense that there is some integrity. Take Dream theater for example. I am a huge fan of the music first and foremost, and over the course of time, I have become huge fans of the band members themselves. Frankly, if I found out JP or JR cheated on his wife while on tour, I would be extremely disappointed, and it would definitely change the equation a bit.


The whole Trump thing baffles me. Whether they support Trump or Obama, I really don't care. I just don't want to be hit over the head with it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on May 07, 2019, 06:33:53 AM

It has literally never occurred to me to care about the personal lives or political opinions or whatever of the people who supply me with entertainment (much less how they feed their children).  For me, the only question is whether the entertainment product appeals to me.  Finding out that my favorite bass player likes to dress up as a baby and have his diaper changed doesn't have any impact on the music he creates.  Do folks really limit their entertainment to folks who adhere to specific ideologies, political points of view, sexual fetishes, etc.?  Or say, "I love this artist's work, but if I find out she vapes farts, then I'm gone"?  Really?

I'm sure there are such folks. As for me, I think I'm mildly in this category myself. I used to really admire Tom Cruises work, and him as a person, until gratefully I learned more about Scientology. It doesn't keep me from watching and enjoying his new movies, but there's no way I can respect him as a person now. It has effected my overall experience. Same for John Travolta.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on May 07, 2019, 06:47:15 AM

It has literally never occurred to me to care about the personal lives or political opinions or whatever of the people who supply me with entertainment (much less how they feed their children).  For me, the only question is whether the entertainment product appeals to me.  Finding out that my favorite bass player likes to dress up as a baby and have his diaper changed doesn't have any impact on the music he creates.  Do folks really limit their entertainment to folks who adhere to specific ideologies, political points of view, sexual fetishes, etc.?  Or say, "I love this artist's work, but if I find out she vapes farts, then I'm gone"?  Really?

I'm sure there are such folks. As for me, I think I'm mildly in this category myself. I used to really admire Tom Cruises work, and him as a person, until gratefully I learned more about Scientology. It doesn't keep me from watching and enjoying his new movies, but there's no way I can respect him as a person now. It has effected my overall experience. Same for John Travolta.

There are a handful of Hollywood folk who I can’t watch anymore due to how over the top they are on their political views. Alec Baldwin is at the top of the list. Good actor but he’s hatefully insane when it comes to ridiculing anyone who isn’t a progressive liberal. Whereas, someone like Matt Damon....who is a progressive liberal does not take every chance he’s given or create those chances to tear into people who are not. In fact, that dude is busting his a$$ and putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to helping people when you really look into it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 07, 2019, 08:53:22 AM
Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump might literally be one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 07, 2019, 09:11:02 AM
I think this is more common than we're letting on.   Gabriel, Sting, REM, U2 had a mini-cottage industry back in the late 80's and early 90's as to who could be more giving, and every album had the requisite address to "send your fucking cash" (thanks Bob!).   I know several people that took great personal satisfaction in that, living vicariously through them.   

For me it doesn't matter, until it invades their art.   REM is a good band - I have all their records, and have seen them three times live - but they will always be a sort of second-tier band for me because the politics are so ingrained in their work that sometimes it's unavoidable.   (Having said that, I saw an interview with Michael Stipe and Mike Mills with Dan Rather, and it was rather illuminating and cast things in a different light).    I can't say I like anyone that's a pedophile or the like.  I'm not that sensitive to race/identity politics things, so if someone doesn't completely toe the line on that, I'm not losing any sleep.   I'm far more likely to not follow someone because they're a douche, not because they are a Republican or Democrat (or something else).   Radiohead.  Steven Wilson.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ThatOneGuy2112 on May 07, 2019, 11:15:58 AM
I can still enjoy the performances and work of an actor or actress in spite of whatever political ideology they hold or even if they're a giant douche (save for being a pedophile or something). At the end of the day, they are using their talents to pretend to be someone else, so their views and beliefs don't tend to invade and thereby identify their craft.

With music it's different. Lyricists most often inject their own philosophies and political thoughts into their work. Doing do has literally shaped and continues to shape the musical zeitgeist of every era. I think if I only listened to a handful of artists that spoonfeeds me what I already want to hear, then music would be pretty dull honestly.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: a51502112 on May 07, 2019, 11:31:47 AM
Why do people announce the birth of a child as "It's a baby boy"? It's not going to be born a teenage boy, or a grown man. Just say BOY! :angry:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 07, 2019, 11:41:29 AM

It has literally never occurred to me to care about the personal lives or political opinions or whatever of the people who supply me with entertainment (much less how they feed their children).  For me, the only question is whether the entertainment product appeals to me.  Finding out that my favorite bass player likes to dress up as a baby and have his diaper changed doesn't have any impact on the music he creates.  Do folks really limit their entertainment to folks who adhere to specific ideologies, political points of view, sexual fetishes, etc.?  Or say, "I love this artist's work, but if I find out she vapes farts, then I'm gone"?  Really?

I'm sure there are such folks. As for me, I think I'm mildly in this category myself. I used to really admire Tom Cruises work, and him as a person, until gratefully I learned more about Scientology. It doesn't keep me from watching and enjoying his new movies, but there's no way I can respect him as a person now. It has effected my overall experience. Same for John Travolta.

I could have typed this word for word - with that exact same example.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 07, 2019, 12:49:08 PM
Why do people announce the birth of a child as "It's a baby boy"? It's not going to be born a teenage boy, or a grown man. Just say BOY! :angry:

 :lol :lol :lol


On the other issue I raised, ThatOneGuy raised a good point.  If the objectionable thing works its way into the artist's work, then subject to the same judgment as any other aspect of the work.  For example, I'm not a fan of Ted Nugent's music, but even if I liked it, I might not be thrilled with going to his concerts if (as I understand he does) he preaches about politics (and, by the way, that would be the same for any artist on either side of the political spectrum).  As far as Tom Cruise or John Travolta or Kevin Spacey, I just couldn't care less.  ME:  "Is the movie good?"  YOU:
 "Yes, but the actor is a freak and/or an asshole."  ME:  "I don't care."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 07, 2019, 01:32:17 PM
Here's mine for the day.

When someone wants something ASAP, and asks for an email or phone call when it's done... but then they don't answer the phone nor respond to the email.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 07, 2019, 02:35:02 PM
Why do people announce the birth of a child as "It's a baby boy"? It's not going to be born a teenage boy, or a grown man. Just say BOY! :angry:

Maybe the parents are fans of Game of Thrones and want everyone to know that they had a baby, not a dragon.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 07, 2019, 02:47:13 PM
Here's mine for the day.

When someone wants something ASAP, and asks for an email or phone call when it's done... but then they don't answer the phone nor respond to the email.

This reminds me of when a nurse lets a vital IV infusion med run completely dry before calling for a replacement, and then freaking out on me because I'm not getting it to them immediately.

It does make me appreciate the good ones that actually give me some notice in advance so that there is no interruption in care.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 07, 2019, 04:18:47 PM
Here's mine for the day.

When someone wants something ASAP, and asks for an email or phone call when it's done... but then they don't answer the phone nor respond to the email.

I had kind of the opposite experience today.  I texted someone asking for some info, and got a response along the lines of:  "I'm busy now and will respond later."  And no, it wasn't a situation where an immediate response was needed.  Just wait until you have the info and THEN respond.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 08, 2019, 07:21:34 AM
Why do people announce the birth of a child as "It's a baby boy"? It's not going to be born a teenage boy, or a grown man. Just say BOY! :angry:

Maybe the parents are fans of Game of Thrones and want everyone to know that they had a baby, not a dragon.

Call me a curmudgeon, but I don't quite get most of the hoopla around babies.  My big peeve is the "gender reveal".  Even the name is annoying as heck.   And the only thing worse is the "gender reveal fail".  It's like a social media nightmare for me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 08, 2019, 07:26:47 AM
Why do people announce the birth of a child as "It's a baby boy"? It's not going to be born a teenage boy, or a grown man. Just say BOY! :angry:

Maybe the parents are fans of Game of Thrones and want everyone to know that they had a baby, not a dragon.

Call me a curmudgeon, but I don't quite get most of the hoopla around babies.  My big peeve is the "gender reveal".  Even the name is annoying as heck.   And the only thing worse is the "gender reveal fail".  It's like a social media nightmare for me.

Is anything on social media *NOT* a nightmare for you?   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 08, 2019, 07:58:19 AM
 :lol

I'm not a fan of the whole gender reveal thing myself.  The fails may be the only thing enjoyable from them though.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 08, 2019, 08:46:19 AM
Why do people announce the birth of a child as "It's a baby boy"? It's not going to be born a teenage boy, or a grown man. Just say BOY! :angry:

Maybe the parents are fans of Game of Thrones and want everyone to know that they had a baby, not a dragon.

Call me a curmudgeon, but I don't quite get most of the hoopla around babies.  My big peeve is the "gender reveal".  Even the name is annoying as heck.   And the only thing worse is the "gender reveal fail".  It's like a social media nightmare for me.

Is anything on social media *NOT* a nightmare for you?   :lol

Pretty much, no.

Can do without:
- gender reveals
- "challenges"
- those silly "filters"
- memes
- the idea of "influencers"
- hashtags
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 08, 2019, 08:47:39 AM
Lately, I've been grates by aggressive people.  People seem entitled these day and I'm tired of it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 08, 2019, 10:01:36 AM
Why do people announce the birth of a child as "It's a baby boy"? It's not going to be born a teenage boy, or a grown man. Just say BOY! :angry:

Maybe the parents are fans of Game of Thrones and want everyone to know that they had a baby, not a dragon.

Call me a curmudgeon, but I don't quite get most of the hoopla around babies.  My big peeve is the "gender reveal".  Even the name is annoying as heck.   And the only thing worse is the "gender reveal fail".  It's like a social media nightmare for me.

Is anything on social media *NOT* a nightmare for you?   :lol

Pretty much, no.

Can do without:
- gender reveals
- "challenges"
- those silly "filters"
- memes
- the idea of "influencers"
- hashtags

Gender reveals are the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. I absolute hate attending them. Lump birthdays for a kid under 3 into that category as well.

I can get on board with some challenges. #TrashTag is great, and the ice bucket challenge was a huge success. Eating Tide Pods was pretty retarded though.

Filters annoy me.

I love memes in the right context.

Influencers piss me off.

I find hashtags to be useful when used properly, usually in the context of a hobby. If I'm looking for new body or paint scheme ideas for a particular type of RC truck I've just purchased, I turn to Instagram and search "#Axial", "#SCX10", or "#RCscaler". It really aids in getting the creative juices flowing. When people just use them to express an extended thought like "#ILoveIceCreamInSummerInNewEngland" or "#BestestFriendsForSevenYearsTomorrow", it drives me nuts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 08, 2019, 10:04:04 AM
inspirational motherhood posts are my least favorite thing about social media after echo chambers
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 08, 2019, 10:06:03 AM
inspirational motherhood posts are my least favorite thing about social media after echo chambers

You just can't relate.  You are not a woman and you haven't birthed a kid.  I just scroll on by.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 08, 2019, 10:13:04 AM
inspirational motherhood posts are my least favorite thing about social media after echo chambers

You just can't relate.  You are not a woman and you haven't birthed a kid.  I just scroll on by.

 :lol It's just annoying that every young mother on social media thinks it's the biggest goddamn thing in the world because they broke down crying in the parking lot after their kid cried for a candy bar

I didn't want to give in. I wanted to be strong.

But I bought it, and I saw her face light up, even with those ugly tears on her cheeks.

And then I understood the sheer strength that it takes to be a mother.

shut uuup  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 08, 2019, 10:25:51 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 08, 2019, 10:33:03 AM
There is a special place in hell for the person who made gender reveal a thing.

Also, the "thanks for the invite" people are the worst.  Ya know, when someone posts a pic from something fun they did or are doing and someone dipshit posts, "thanks for the invite," which then gets the OP to scramble and give some nice reason as to why they didn't invite them, instead of saying, "I would have invited you if I wanted you there, you self-centered piece of cow anus!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 08, 2019, 10:41:02 AM
It's a boy!!

(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31179907_10155252330882414_1843863145601302528_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=8b3fac0a4a7b0aaccf6a9371d0c5d6cf&oe=5D61DDA9)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 08, 2019, 11:00:01 AM
inspirational motherhood posts are my least favorite thing about social media after echo chambers

You just can't relate.  You are not a woman and you haven't birthed a kid.  I just scroll on by.

Honestly, the inspirational stuff is annoying, but what I find to be more annoying are the insane amounts of baby pictures.  And it sucks to say this about my own nieces, but posting pictures of your babies all day everyday is just so annoying.  I'm around that age where pretty much all the people I know have kids so it's effectively all over my social media.  It doesn't bother me that people post their kids, but it's the handful of people, my sister included, who post multiple pictures every single day.

It's a boy!!

(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31179907_10155252330882414_1843863145601302528_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=8b3fac0a4a7b0aaccf6a9371d0c5d6cf&oe=5D61DDA9)

I hope there is a fail for this one  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 08, 2019, 11:03:38 AM
Ditto on the baby photos. My oldest friend had a daughter 18 months ago. His father watches her 3-4 days a week, and he posts 3-10 pictures of her every day that he has her. That 18 month old already has more pictures on Facebook than I do.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 08, 2019, 12:11:54 PM
There is a special place in hell for the person who made gender reveal a thing.

Also, the "thanks for the invite" people are the worst.  Ya know, when someone posts a pic from something fun they did or are doing and someone dipshit posts, "thanks for the invite," which then gets the OP to scramble and give some nice reason as to why they didn't invite them, instead of saying, "I would have invited you if I wanted you there, you self-centered piece of cow anus!"

Oooh, I didn't know about that.  I've never seen it (I avoid SM as much as I can with five people in my immediate family between 18 and 25) but it would definitely be on my list. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on May 08, 2019, 01:07:00 PM
There is a special place in hell for the person who made gender reveal a thing.

Yeah. Our boys have asked...."howd' you do it for us?"  We're like....ummmm...well.....we just told people. Our first son we stayed surprised.....the other two we found out and just told people
 
This 'gender reveal' party stuff is relatively new. Our youngest is 8 (9 in June) and it wasn't a thing then. It's gotten out of hand.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 08, 2019, 01:22:17 PM
There is a special place in hell for the person who made gender reveal a thing.

Also, the "thanks for the invite" people are the worst.  Ya know, when someone posts a pic from something fun they did or are doing and someone dipshit posts, "thanks for the invite," which then gets the OP to scramble and give some nice reason as to why they didn't invite them, instead of saying, "I would have invited you if I wanted you there, you self-centered piece of cow anus!"

I'd simply respond with a just-as-sarcastic, "Your welcome", then wait for their mental seizure to calm down enough for them to point out my (intentional) misuse of "your"

But you tie into another point... people who get bitchy and whiny that you don't keep in touch with them.  Well Warren, if I heard from you at all in the last 18 months, after the last 9 times we got together before that were because I called/emailed you, maybe I might think you actually give a fuck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 08, 2019, 01:26:21 PM
Chad, that happens so much with family.  it drives me nuts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 08, 2019, 02:30:14 PM
I absolute hate attending them. Lump birthdays for a kid under 3 into that category as well.

Those are actually the best kind of kid parties, if you do it right. Because it's not about the kid. They don't have friends to invite, or any expectations of what their party should be like. You invite people over because they are your friends, not because they are parents of the kids your kid is pals with, you have a BBQ and treat it like an adult gathering, where a kid is just happening to be having a birthday on the same day.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 08, 2019, 03:25:24 PM
There is a special place in hell for the person who made gender reveal a thing.

Also, the "thanks for the invite" people are the worst.  Ya know, when someone posts a pic from something fun they did or are doing and someone dipshit posts, "thanks for the invite," which then gets the OP to scramble and give some nice reason as to why they didn't invite them, instead of saying, "I would have invited you if I wanted you there, you self-centered piece of cow anus!"

I'd simply respond with a just-as-sarcastic, "Your welcome", then wait for their mental seizure to calm down enough for them to point out my (intentional) misuse of "your"

But you tie into another point... people who get bitchy and whiny that you don't keep in touch with them.  Well Warren, if I heard from you at all in the last 18 months, after the last 9 times we got together before that were because I called/emailed you, maybe I might think you actually give a fuck.

Cut Warren some slack...he was probably distracted looking for his baseball.

(https://i.imgflip.com/17n2za.jpg)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 08, 2019, 03:28:58 PM
He was masturbating!!  :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 08, 2019, 03:35:59 PM
I absolute hate attending them. Lump birthdays for a kid under 3 into that category as well.

Those are actually the best kind of kid parties, if you do it right. Because it's not about the kid. They don't have friends to invite, or any expectations of what their party should be like. You invite people over because they are your friends, not because they are parents of the kids your kid is pals with, you have a BBQ and treat it like an adult gathering, where a kid is just happening to be having a birthday on the same day.

Yea I dont know, I'm more with Chino even though what you said it true, but the party still ends up being super tame and boring.  My friend had a keg for his kid's first birthday, sounded like it would be a ton of fun... and it wasn't, at all.  I'm sure some can manage to make these fun though, I'm just yet to experience it personally.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 08, 2019, 03:37:28 PM
There is a special place in hell for the person who made gender reveal a thing.

Also, the "thanks for the invite" people are the worst.  Ya know, when someone posts a pic from something fun they did or are doing and someone dipshit posts, "thanks for the invite," which then gets the OP to scramble and give some nice reason as to why they didn't invite them, instead of saying, "I would have invited you if I wanted you there, you self-centered piece of cow anus!"

I'd simply respond with a just-as-sarcastic, "Your welcome", then wait for their mental seizure to calm down enough for them to point out my (intentional) misuse of "your"

Chad, that happens so much with family.  it drives me nuts.


Oh to be Facebook free..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 08, 2019, 03:42:05 PM
Not Facebook.   Here is an example.   My niece has a baby boy. Every year they have a birthday party we were going to Rosfest.   We asked if we could come over before or after. Never get a response so we mail out a present.

This year we did not go to Rosfest and were not invited.

Get over yourself. We reached out, you're being a Petty bitch so I just won't bother with you anymore.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on May 08, 2019, 03:59:43 PM
you're being a Petty bitch   

She's that into NASCAR?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 08, 2019, 04:07:24 PM
She hates Richard.  I'm not sure why it capitalized. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 08, 2019, 04:08:47 PM
Maybe she's a big fan of The Heartbreakers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 08, 2019, 04:28:08 PM
Never wanted to go with me when I saw him twice.  Why did I even marry her?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 08, 2019, 04:31:21 PM
Never wanted to go with me when I saw him twice.  Why did I even marry her?

You married your niece?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 08, 2019, 04:33:21 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 08, 2019, 04:33:39 PM
You perv.


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 09, 2019, 09:34:32 AM
She hates Richard.  I'm not sure why it capitalized. :biggrin:

What about Kyle Petty, Son Of Richard? 

(Anyone get that?  Chirp, chirp?)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 09, 2019, 11:33:25 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 09, 2019, 01:52:30 PM
Audiobooks that are abridged (or even better, when you don't realize they are abridged until afterward  :yeahright)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MirrorMask on May 10, 2019, 02:56:49 AM
When I read "thanks for invite", I thought it was referring to people thanking you for adding them on FB or being accepted into a group that accepts everyone who submits in the first place  :D

Kinda like those who take personally every invite at every event without realizing they're just being sent to every contact in the organizer's list.

"I'm sorry Random dude from the other side of the ocean that I added on FB because we knew each other from a forum, I can't come to your first gig with your local band, I'm in Europe and I can't take a plane in June for working reasons".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 10, 2019, 01:57:54 PM
Group pages dedicated to specific musicians on FB can fit into this topic, or should I say the moderators of them who insist that topics can only be about the band or related to the band.  Imagine coming to this forum and the mods saying, "Only topics about Dream Theater are allowed!"  That would get boring fast, as do the FB group pages, which essentially become boring praise fests while little to no actual discussion.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on May 12, 2019, 06:04:24 AM
When people in my university class casually assert that being trans in a mental disorder and that trans people just stupid for saying their gender identities are real. :yeahright

The worst part is, I can't argue with them about it because I'm still hiding the fact that I'm trans and I don't want to risk giving that away when it's clearly not safe to do so. :-\
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: a51502112 on May 13, 2019, 12:04:52 PM
Group pages dedicated to specific musicians on FB can fit into this topic, or should I say the moderators of them who insist that topics can only be about the band or related to the band.  Imagine coming to this forum and the mods saying, "Only topics about Dream Theater are allowed!"  That would get boring fast, as do the FB group pages, which essentially become boring praise fests while little to no actual discussion.

...or an artists forum that bans talk of their former band. Ahem...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 13, 2019, 12:42:30 PM
When people in my university class casually assert that being trans in a mental disorder and that trans people just stupid for saying their gender identities are real. :yeahright

The worst part is, I can't argue with them about it because I'm still hiding the fact that I'm trans and I don't want to risk giving that away when it's clearly not safe to do so. :-\

This is one of the many reasons why I hate most people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 13, 2019, 01:02:57 PM
When people in my university class casually assert that being trans in a mental disorder and that trans people just stupid for saying their gender identities are real. :yeahright

The worst part is, I can't argue with them about it because I'm still hiding the fact that I'm trans and I don't want to risk giving that away when it's clearly not safe to do so. :-\

What sucks a lot about this too, besides the personal part which I cant even imagine how difficult that is, is that in a classroom setting it's supposed to be open to discussion and learning and your experience seems to be the opposite.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 23, 2019, 11:57:29 AM
I get asked about my "availability" a lot for calls, since that's the nature of my job.   EASILY half the time, I will say "I'm wide open except between 1:00 and 2:00pm eastern."  and I will get a meeting notice for "1:00 pm eastern".    Just an hour ago, I was asked about tomorrow, and I said "I'm wide open tomorrow morning, up to noon, perhaps 1:00 pm eastern."    Just a moment ago, I got a meeting invite for 1:00 pm eastern.   

This is from a very smart, and very literate, attentive lawyer serving as my outside counsel.   I'll keep the appointment because there are others on the call, but I can still vent here.  :)

Note:  I am reluctant to start calling specific times - "I am available at 10:00 am eastern - because I am usually not the only one on the call, the organizer is usually my internal "customer", and I want to be as flexible as I can be. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on May 23, 2019, 01:33:15 PM
"I'm wide open tomorrow morning, up to noon, perhaps 1:00 pm eastern."    Just a moment ago, I got a meeting invite for 1:00 pm eastern.   

This reads to me like you are proposing 1pm eastern. You're busy until noon presumably for lunch and then propose 1pm.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 23, 2019, 01:47:53 PM
I have some testing to do for a big change we just pushed through, it's about 3 days worth of heads down testing. We needed this testing done by 5/29. Naturally, I've hardly tested anything yet and my project manager emails me this morning and says "IT changed the timeline, can you have your testing done by EOD?". I was livid.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 23, 2019, 02:40:23 PM
Chep pallet asking me to delete BOL's that I haven't assigned to trailers yet.  That means I physically can;t delete them and they have to but they keep telling me I have to.


I know their board better than they do. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 23, 2019, 02:41:59 PM
It seems like every other time I open YouTube it asks me if I want to try their Free Trial and I have to click the NO option to make it go away. You remember everything else about me, can't you remember I've said no like 206 times?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 23, 2019, 03:30:27 PM
Phone bots. The creator of this needs to die by my hands.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 23, 2019, 04:42:54 PM
Chep pallet asking me to delete BOL's that I haven't assigned to trailers yet.  That means I physically can;t delete them and they have to but they keep telling me I have to.


I know their board better than they do.

Shippers and their BOL's will be the death of me. :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 23, 2019, 04:49:35 PM
 :lol

It's infuriating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 23, 2019, 04:53:07 PM
:lol

It's infuriating.

That said, I do get a kick out of it when my customer (nicely but firmly) chastises his shipper for not following my directive, as the 3rd party, about using the BOL I freaking emailed to them with specific instructions to have the LTL driver sign and pro sticker mine so it gets routed correctly. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 24, 2019, 11:41:47 AM
I get asked about my "availability" a lot for calls, since that's the nature of my job.   EASILY half the time, I will say "I'm wide open except between 1:00 and 2:00pm eastern."  and I will get a meeting notice for "1:00 pm eastern".    Just an hour ago, I was asked about tomorrow, and I said "I'm wide open tomorrow morning, up to noon, perhaps 1:00 pm eastern."    Just a moment ago, I got a meeting invite for 1:00 pm eastern.   

This is from a very smart, and very literate, attentive lawyer serving as my outside counsel.   I'll keep the appointment because there are others on the call, but I can still vent here.  :)

Note:  I am reluctant to start calling specific times - "I am available at 10:00 am eastern - because I am usually not the only one on the call, the organizer is usually my internal "customer", and I want to be as flexible as I can be.

LOL!!  I also get the same sorts of inquiries, but I've virtually never had the results you've had.  Perhaps I should send you some names of the outside counsel we use.


Phone bots. The creator of this needs to die by my hands.

There's a Creeping Death joke to be made here, but nothing good is coming to me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 24, 2019, 12:06:20 PM
 :lol

It's been that bad lately.  I had 30 messages on my phone in 2 days plus and 2 were real people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 24, 2019, 01:30:50 PM
Someone at work has been pulling umbrellas down at the pool area at night and laying them down in a stack on the ground. Not a huge biggie but no one has been putting them back. They get wet and apparently mildewy. First thing that happened was we were blamed. I promised them that there would be now way my guys would do that.

It kept happening.

It apparently WAS my guy. Now I gotta go do a walk a shame.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on May 24, 2019, 01:38:11 PM
That sucks but it sounds like it was done in good intent.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 24, 2019, 02:03:17 PM
Someone at work has been pulling umbrellas down at the pool area at night and laying them down in a stack on the ground. Not a huge biggie but no one has been putting them back. They get wet and apparently mildewy. First thing that happened was we were blamed. I promised them that there would be now way my guys would do that.

It kept happening.

It apparently WAS my guy. Now I gotta go do a walk a shame.

Never say my guys could never do that.

Say, I will investigate this issue and resolve it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 24, 2019, 04:38:19 PM
True and it does sound like the intent was good (like why do the effort if they didn't think it was appropriate) but yea, best not to get defensive and not to accept responsibility either, what Joe says is good.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 26, 2019, 05:39:17 PM
There's apparently a wasp nest somewhere near the balcony of my place. I've taken out two of them so far and can't seem to find the nest yet. I just hope that I can actually get to it. So work in progress.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 26, 2019, 06:23:32 PM
There's apparently a wasp nest somewhere near the balcony of my place. I've taken out two of them so far and can't seem to find the nest yet. I just hope that I can actually get to it. So work in progress.

I hope for your sake you aren't that guy who ends up on YT punching himself in the head while running away from a swarm of wasps. :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on May 27, 2019, 06:08:10 AM
There's apparently a wasp nest somewhere near the balcony of my place. I've taken out two of them so far and can't seem to find the nest yet. I just hope that I can actually get to it. So work in progress.

I hope for your sake you aren't that guy who ends up on YT punching himself in the head while running away from a swarm of wasps. :P

Knowing my dumb ass, that's probably exactly how its gonna play out  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TheCountOfMinnesota on May 28, 2019, 02:42:44 PM
It seems like every other time I open YouTube it asks me if I want to try their Free Trial and I have to click the NO option to make it go away. You remember everything else about me, can't you remember I've said no like 206 times?

Yes, same here!  On a similar note, CNN.com has been asking me if I want the news summarized and sent to my email for the past 6 months or so.  It's always a flash pop-up with a huge picture of Anderson Cooper, and it's making me start to hate him.  I will break my mouse one day clicking 'no' for the 1,000th time.  Their cookie tracking makes it clear who I am and how many times I've declined.  Maybe my first mistake was reading CNN at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ruba on May 28, 2019, 02:45:37 PM
It seems like every other time I open YouTube it asks me if I want to try their Free Trial and I have to click the NO option to make it go away. You remember everything else about me, can't you remember I've said no like 206 times?

Yes, same here!  On a similar note, CNN.com has been asking me if I want the news summarized and sent to my email for the past 6 months or so.  It's always a flash pop-up with a huge picture of Anderson Cooper, and it's making me start to hate him.  I will break my mouse one day clicking 'no' for the 1,000th time.  Their cookie tracking makes it clear who I am and how many times I've declined.  Maybe my first mistake was reading CNN at all.

Do you use an adblocker? I just checked the CNN site and didn't get any popups. Though I'm not American so don't know if that makes any difference.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 29, 2019, 06:50:53 AM
It seems like every other time I open YouTube it asks me if I want to try their Free Trial and I have to click the NO option to make it go away. You remember everything else about me, can't you remember I've said no like 206 times?

I'm going to piggyback this one.. Amazon Music. I'm already paying for the premium membership of the service, but every time I open it, I have to get around a screen asking me if I want to try a free trial of the family plan version of the service. Bitch, I don't have a family. Stop reminding me!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 29, 2019, 08:12:04 AM
Mildly irritating...

Filed my tax return in mid-February through my accountant, filed electronically. I got one filing, but it was incorrect because I didn't have health insurance for half of 2018. So I got the revised one, which took out almost $800 of my meager return. In the end I should be getting $310 back from federal and $110 from state. Well I never got it, and I usually get it mid-March.

Been checking online for my refund status and it says it can't give me any info, I can't remember the exact day in February I filed but it keeps telling me it has no info on my return. So now I gotta get hold of a human at the IRS and *hopefully* get my money. I really need it. At my last job, I was getting so many hours cut that I was barely able to make rent in February and had to take out a loan to get by; well now I REALLY need that money 'cause I've had to start selling off some stuff to make the payments on time. Life is hard!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 29, 2019, 08:21:21 AM
You could cut and donate your hair to cancer patients. That should be worth a $100 writeoff at least!  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 29, 2019, 08:30:13 AM
You could cut and donate your hair to cancer patients. That should be worth a $100 writeoff at least!  ;D

But my hair is the one thing women like about me!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 29, 2019, 08:33:32 AM
Not one of your apartment posts even mentions a woman. Just a bunch of dudes.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 29, 2019, 08:37:05 AM
Hahaha I know.

 :(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 29, 2019, 08:39:31 AM
Not one of your apartment posts even mentions a woman. Just a bunch of dudes.  :lol

 :lol

also need the apartment for the girls

but damn, that sucks and wtf is your accountant doing to not be helping you if they filed it?  I don't know about your return, but I find just using turbo tax to be so much easier than dealing with an accountant.  I even had to do some foreign stock paperwork (I don't know why I bought one share and made no money when I sold it last year messing around with the Robinhood app, but learned my lesson that playing with stupid stocks for fun isn't worth the tax paperwork) but Turbotax is just that easy IMO.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 29, 2019, 08:42:23 AM
Well, I'm of the mentality that it's easier to just throw some money to the accountant and not have to worry about fudging anything up on my end because I have a deathly fear of screwing it up myself, but I've never had any issues getting my money until this year. At least next year I'll have no penalty to pay.  :biggrin: But maybe next year I'll try doing it myself.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 29, 2019, 08:44:55 AM
I wouldn't know how to file my own taxes if you put a gun to my head. I've always just given the necessary paperwork to an accountant.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 29, 2019, 09:03:14 AM
I wouldn't know how to file my own taxes if you put a gun to my head. I've always just given the necessary paperwork to an accountant.

Ditto... for 25 years, and it pays for itself.

Side note, I also don't repair my car, fill my cavities, or give myself a prostate exam.  I leave important shit to the pros.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 29, 2019, 09:03:59 AM
Turbotax for the win.  It couldn't be easier. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 29, 2019, 09:11:01 AM
Turbotax just walks you right through it, so simply.  It's worth the try and if you can't figure it out, pay the accountant instead.  It costs nothing to work on your taxes with the system, they only charge you when it's time to file (assuming you even have a complicated return, I think basic filing is free).

I wouldn't compare it to working on a car since they system drives itself there, but if you have a family and investments and a house and whatever, then yea I can see where it becomes difficult.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 29, 2019, 11:32:22 AM
Well how about that. Just got off the phone with the IRS and they never got my tax return. So much for paying for an accountant.  :facepalm: :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 29, 2019, 02:28:15 PM
So are you fucked by missing the April 15th deadline?   

You shouldn't have to pay for that if the accountant fucked up.  More clearly:  you might have to pay the IRS - they don't shive a git if it's you or the accountant that doesn't file, they just know you didn't - but you should hold the accountant responsible... unless this was an amendment, and you made it in on time (but then you'd have the return and owe the difference, so that doesn't sound right either). 

Good luck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 29, 2019, 02:31:45 PM
I don't think so. I haven't received any notice about that. According to him (I talked to him earlier) it was held up 'in processing' at the IRS for some reason, apparently that happens to a rare unlucky few, and he cleared it up and I should have the checks next week. Hooray! If I get anything I'm bringing it to his attention though 'cause I took care of everything on my end back in February. The lady on the phone at the IRS didn't mention a fine either.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 29, 2019, 02:34:53 PM
Ok, good.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 02, 2019, 05:52:17 AM
Yesterday at Jersey Mike's I'm waiting to get a sub. This woman who was ahead of me was asking her daughter who is around 5 or 6 what sub does she want; her daughter clearly doesn't know and is overwhelmed. The mom starts getting upset and starts asking her "Ok what meat do you want? Ham, chicken, salami?" The daughter responds with "I don't know, cubed meat" The argue back and forth for about 5 minutes before she realizes her daughter wants the chicken philly sub.

What really put me over the edge is the mom eventually started saying "What do you want?!?! I can't make a choice for you" WTF?!?!? she is your daughter, order the fucking sandwich and go. It took me back to my co-worker who has two kids, 4 & 1, and always complains that they only place they can go to is Olive Garden because their kids are so obnoxious. Apparently he allows the kids to just keep ordering shit off the menu, or ordering stuff that isn't even on the menu like Hot Dogs. I asked him why he does this and he says "we want our kids to have a choice in what they eat".

I guess I'm finally turning the corner and becoming an old man because my parents either never took me out or said "You can have A or B or nothing at all".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 02, 2019, 01:28:13 PM
So online, I see all these pictures of people that take their picture with their phone pointed at a mirror. WTF? Who does this? It's not like you can't see the phone. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ruba on June 02, 2019, 01:39:04 PM
So online, I see all these pictures of people that take their picture with their phone pointed at a mirror. WTF? Who does this? It's not like you can't see the phone.

Maybe that's the point, to show off your fancy iPhone/Samsung/whatever. I don't know. It looks stupid to me. Especially photos taken in bathroom.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on June 02, 2019, 02:12:10 PM
Yesterday at Jersey Mike's I'm waiting to get a sub. This woman who was ahead of me was asking her daughter who is around 5 or 6 what sub does she want; her daughter clearly doesn't know and is overwhelmed. The mom starts getting upset and starts asking her "Ok what meat do you want? Ham, chicken, salami?" The daughter responds with "I don't know, cubed meat" The argue back and forth for about 5 minutes before she realizes her daughter wants the chicken philly sub.

What really put me over the edge is the mom eventually started saying "What do you want?!?! I can't make a choice for you" WTF?!?!? she is your daughter, order the fucking sandwich and go. It took me back to my co-worker who has two kids, 4 & 1, and always complains that they only place they can go to is Olive Garden because their kids are so obnoxious. Apparently he allows the kids to just keep ordering shit off the menu, or ordering stuff that isn't even on the menu like Hot Dogs. I asked him why he does this and he says "we want our kids to have a choice in what they eat".

I guess I'm finally turning the corner and becoming an old man because my parents either never took me out or said "You can have A or B or nothing at all".

Hahaha.  I think it's fine for kids to have a choice if they know what they want and the parents are generally making sure they have a balanced diet.  But if the kid is overwhelmed by the menu... getting aggravated at them just seems stupid.  The kid's not doing anything wrong, they're just being a kid.  You know (or should know) what your kid will eat - just pick something. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 02, 2019, 02:21:37 PM
So online, I see all these pictures of people that take their picture with their phone pointed at a mirror. WTF? Who does this? It's not like you can't see the phone.


Wait. I though you weren't on social media? What sites are you going onto you old perv? Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 02, 2019, 02:23:08 PM
So online, I see all these pictures of people that take their picture with their phone pointed at a mirror. WTF? Who does this? It's not like you can't see the phone.


Wait. I though you weren't on social media? What sites are you going onto you old perv? Lol

My favorite one is @Kingshmegland :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 02, 2019, 03:18:15 PM
When you go to a BBQ place and all the side dishes are better then the meat  :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 02, 2019, 03:44:19 PM
So online, I see all these pictures of people that take their picture with their phone pointed at a mirror. WTF? Who does this? It's not like you can't see the phone.


Wait. I though you weren't on social media? What sites are you going onto you old perv? Lol

My favorite one is @Kingshmegland :lol

 :rollin

I wish! I would troll the hell out of you.  Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 02, 2019, 05:27:44 PM
When you go to a BBQ place and all the side dishes are better then the meat  :P

That's a very common theme here in NC
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 03, 2019, 07:34:35 AM
When you go to a BBQ place and all the side dishes are better then the meat  :P

I don't think I could imagine a more emasculating statement/situation.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 03, 2019, 08:52:43 AM
So online, I see all these pictures of people that take their picture with their phone pointed at a mirror. WTF? Who does this? It's not like you can't see the phone.

I'm totally with you on this one.  To me, it's a special sort of idiot that can't figure out how to take a sensible selfie, since my 11 year old can do it.

(By the way, we were watching "America's Next Top Model" - well, my wife was, and I was taking one for the team - and Tyra Banks actually did a short tutorial for the girls on how to do it right.  I taped it and made my two daughters watch it.  Haha.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 03, 2019, 09:00:12 AM
Yesterday at Jersey Mike's I'm waiting to get a sub. This woman who was ahead of me was asking her daughter who is around 5 or 6 what sub does she want; her daughter clearly doesn't know and is overwhelmed. The mom starts getting upset and starts asking her "Ok what meat do you want? Ham, chicken, salami?" The daughter responds with "I don't know, cubed meat" The argue back and forth for about 5 minutes before she realizes her daughter wants the chicken philly sub.

What really put me over the edge is the mom eventually started saying "What do you want?!?! I can't make a choice for you" WTF?!?!? she is your daughter, order the fucking sandwich and go. It took me back to my co-worker who has two kids, 4 & 1, and always complains that they only place they can go to is Olive Garden because their kids are so obnoxious. Apparently he allows the kids to just keep ordering shit off the menu, or ordering stuff that isn't even on the menu like Hot Dogs. I asked him why he does this and he says "we want our kids to have a choice in what they eat".

I guess I'm finally turning the corner and becoming an old man because my parents either never took me out or said "You can have A or B or nothing at all".

See, I think that the IDEA is sound, but the EXECUTION blows.  We have this problem with my 11 year old.  The fact is, they CAN'T have "free choice", because it would be pizza, hamburgers and ice cream all day every day if they did.  We have no problem narrowing down to a choice of one or two.

And not for nothing, but there is life- benefit to NOT having a choice.  When you get into a business meeting and there are just turkey sandwiches there, or you're traveling and all that's available at that moment is... whatever, tuna sandwiches, you have to figure out how to survive.   It's STUNNING to me how many kids have never been faced with the "problem" of eating what's in front of you, whether it's your first choice or not.    For various reasons (not all of them bad or negative) my 11 year old is like that.   He likes his tacos with meat and cheese (same with his burgers).   When I first came on the scene if a burger came with lettuce and tomato (yes, lettuce and tomato, i.e. not something that is hard to remove) it was like a catastrophe.  This weekend his tacos came with sour cream, tomatoes and lettuce.   And cutting the conversation short, in so many words, I said "look bud, this isn't about "perfect tacos" and "these tacos".  It's about "these tacos" and "NO tacos".  So is a little lettuce and a little sour cream worth NO tacos at all?" 

He ate them.  No one died, or puked, or had any other notable medical condition. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on June 03, 2019, 09:01:03 AM
When I post in the Flying Colors thread to Stadler that I'll be at the same show as him and he doesn't even reply.  :'(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 03, 2019, 09:37:50 AM
When I post in the Flying Colors thread to Stadler that I'll be at the same show as him and he doesn't even reply.  :'(

I was planning my wardrobe!  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 03, 2019, 10:19:55 AM
Kids who are goddamn particular about what they eat

God this is my daughter.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 03, 2019, 10:39:45 AM
Videos that autoplay when I go to read an article online
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on June 03, 2019, 10:55:00 AM
When I post in the Flying Colors thread to Stadler that I'll be at the same show as him and he doesn't even reply.  :'(

I was planning my wardrobe!  :)

Crossing my fingers for birthday suit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 03, 2019, 11:00:29 AM
When I post in the Flying Colors thread to Stadler that I'll be at the same show as him and he doesn't even reply.  :'(

I was planning my wardrobe!  :)

Crossing my fingers for birthday suit.

TOTALLY depends on the weather.  It is after Labor Day, after all. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 03, 2019, 11:15:46 AM
Videos that autoplay when I go to read an article online

Especially when on Mobile. It's gotten to the point where I have stopped going to certain sites due to this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on June 03, 2019, 12:57:48 PM
Kids who are goddamn particular about what they eat

God this is my daughter.

As someone who was particular about what they ate as a child, I say leave those poor children alone. :P 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 04, 2019, 11:11:56 AM
I didn't slave over a hot stove just so's you can move crap around your plate with your fork.  Now eat!




Subject change: POISON IVY.  Used to get it BAD as a kid (I've been to the emergency room for it), but haven't had it in a while. For some reason, some how, I got it on my forearms and it's annoying the crap out of me.   Grrrrr.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 04, 2019, 01:01:14 PM
I've never had poison ivy / oak, but I am allergic to Morning Glory and break out into hives when I come into contact with it. I also have had it growing in every freaking yard in every home I've lived in since I was 12.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 04, 2019, 01:22:33 PM
Poison Ivy sucks.  I only got it once when I was younger and it quickly was all over my body including places you'd really hope it didn't get to, but yea.  That sucked.  I actually took a piss off the side of a some random road near the NY/CT border a couple weeks ago and thought I might have stepped into some poison ivy so I washed my legs and arms using my water bottle when I got into my car.  Just to ease my mind a bit because if I had gotten some it would have ruined my weekend for sure.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on June 04, 2019, 01:25:44 PM
Subject change: POISON IVY.  Used to get it BAD as a kid (I've been to the emergency room for it), but haven't had it in a while. For some reason, some how, I got it on my forearms and it's annoying the crap out of me.   Grrrrr.

What the HELL are you complaining about!?!?

(https://previews.123rf.com/images/tobkatrina/tobkatrina1305/tobkatrina130500070/21351940-sexy-superhero-real-life-poison-ivy-woman.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on June 05, 2019, 10:16:59 AM
People actively discussing their children/family life (but it's usually children) at work. No, I don't want to listen to how your son got an A+ in the Math class in which he usually sucks, and no, I don't want to listen to how your daughter was sick for four days. It's not a passing sentence or two either, which I would've been fine with, they talk about it for 30+ minutes in the morning, loudly enough for anyone in the vicinity to hear.

I guess I should be thankful we can use headphones and listen to music at work, but this is still mildly irritating when you're in the middle of a call and this is your background noise.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 05, 2019, 11:14:21 AM
I don't go into the office much, but there's a guy there that is like that.    The woman next to me and I even have a code to call each other if the guy comes by becuase he will drone on and on and on about his personal life.   

Oddly? He has a degree in psychology from an Ivy League school, but is functionally oblivious (or maybe he's not!)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 05, 2019, 11:31:21 AM
Man. My last job, which I recently left, was a nightmare as far as having to listen to coworkers talk. Riding around in a van all day with various people you really don't give a s&*% about, you just want to get the work done, and you hear about their kids and wives and personal lives and oh god. One guy would just do nothing but complain about women all day, but he had 3 moms for his 4 kids and was fooling around with 2 other girls at the same time. I wanted to give myself a root canal. I like my new (old) coworkers who just say a couple things and move on with their work.

I learned a lot about the gay sex community from one of them, which was completely unsolicited. I'm not homophobic in any way but uhhh I don't even like hearing about my best friends talk about sex.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on June 05, 2019, 11:48:51 AM
I didn't slave over a hot stove just so's you can move crap around your plate with your fork.  Now eat!


I don't wanna!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 05, 2019, 11:57:59 AM
Man. My last job, which I recently left, was a nightmare as far as having to listen to coworkers talk. Riding around in a van all day with various people you really don't give a s&*% about, you just want to get the work done, and you hear about their kids and wives and personal lives and oh god.

I learned a lot about the gay sex community from one of them, which was completely unsolicited. I'm not homophobic in any way but uhhh I don't even like hearing about my best friends talk about sex.

I worked for 10 years in the office of a luxury cruise line, and let me tell you, at least in my department I was in the stark minority being a straight male. I am not particularly chatty at work (or in general) but all the women and gay men in my department were to the nth degree. Through no intention of my own I knew more about their lives than my family and closest friends.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 05, 2019, 02:02:02 PM
I guess it all depends, but I don't mind some small talk and getting to know the people you work with and spend most of your time with... but there's a line of not only too much information but also tlaking too much.  My coworker and I get along very well but there are times I'm working and he just won't shut the fuck up.  I just keep working and stop responding.  He never gets the hint but at least I get my work done and he keeps talking.

I had one job with one super talkative person who was just sooooo uninteresting too.  That made things really worse being stuck wth him for hours.  Thank God I got out of that sooner than later.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 06, 2019, 06:36:55 AM
He never gets the hint ...

And that's really the crux, isn't it?   I have a feast or famine type job, and while I'll talk to anybody, if I'm on the phone or clearly working on something, that's a different story.   (No, I don't expect anyone to read minds; the guy I mentioned, you can tell him "Big deliverable in an hour!" and he'll still launch into his dating story.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 06, 2019, 06:46:51 AM
We switched to an open office floor plan in a new building on Monday. The woman at the desk next to me is eating a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich with a knife and fork.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 06, 2019, 07:12:02 AM
I would slap those utensils out of her hand and tell her to eat it right, or don't eat it at all.

Does it smell good, though?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 06, 2019, 07:46:54 AM
We switched to an open office floor plan in a new building on Monday. The woman at the desk next to me is eating a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich with a knife and fork.

But how does she eat a Snickers?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 06, 2019, 08:05:56 AM
I would slap those utensils out of her hand and tell her to eat it right, or don't eat it at all.

Does it smell good, though?

Of course it did, though it was hard to smell over my freshly french pressed coffee.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 06, 2019, 08:12:18 AM
We switched to an open office floor plan in a new building on Monday. The woman at the desk next to me is eating a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich with a knife and fork.

But how does she eat a Snickers?

Whole
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on June 06, 2019, 08:33:44 AM
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/seinfeld/images/a/af/The_pledge_drive.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120914021419)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Hyperplex on June 06, 2019, 08:44:07 AM
Pisses me off when people actually ask me what might be bothering me, and then after I've taken the time to explain it, they criticize me for being bothered by it.

Why even ask and feign interest in the first place?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on June 06, 2019, 12:52:51 PM
When people pee on the toilet seat and don’t clean it up when they’re done.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 06, 2019, 12:54:56 PM
When people pee on the toilet seat and don’t clean it up when they’re done.

It's amazing how bad bathroom etiquette is even in the work environment
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 06, 2019, 01:09:29 PM
when you fart at work and you're not sure if it was dry.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on June 06, 2019, 02:00:18 PM
when you fart at work and you're not sure if it was dry.

Or when you fart a bad one at work when you’re alone in your small work area and someone walks in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 06, 2019, 03:53:11 PM
When people pee on the toilet seat and don’t clean it up when they’re done.

It's amazing how bad bathroom etiquette is even in the work environment

ESPECIALLY in the work environment.  I don't know if they live like that at home, or they just expect someone to clean up after them.  But it's worse.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on June 06, 2019, 04:11:53 PM
when you fart at work and you're not sure if it was dry.

Or when you fart a bad one at work when you’re alone in your small work area and someone walks in.

Gotta have steering winds at all times to disperse the green cloud.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TheCountOfMinnesota on June 06, 2019, 04:33:40 PM
When people pee on the toilet seat and don’t clean it up when they’re done.

It's amazing how bad bathroom etiquette is even in the work environment

ESPECIALLY in the work environment.  I don't know if they live like that at home, or they just expect someone to clean up after them.  But it's worse.

Very true!  The floor around the urinals at work is always either wet with piss or sticky with dried piss.  This is in a professional office, mind you, with no public access.  I have two teenage boys at home who can aim way better than my adult colleagues, apparently.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 06, 2019, 05:06:28 PM
When people pee on the toilet seat and don’t clean it up when they’re done.

It's amazing how bad bathroom etiquette is even in the work environment

ESPECIALLY in the work environment.  I don't know if they live like that at home, or they just expect someone to clean up after them.  But it's worse.

This is the crux of it. I hate knowing I work with people like this, but so many people in my office have the attitude that there are people in society that are "beneath" them. Not just in societal status, but in how they should be treated as a human being. Performing an action that, in their eyes, lets someone know their place is how they mentally get off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 06, 2019, 05:23:58 PM
When people pee on the toilet seat and don’t clean it up when they’re done.

It's amazing how bad bathroom etiquette is even in the work environment

ESPECIALLY in the work environment.  I don't know if they live like that at home, or they just expect someone to clean up after them.  But it's worse.

This is the crux of it. I hate knowing I work with people like this, but so many people in my office have the attitude that there are people in society that are "beneath" them. Not just in societal status, but in how they should be treated as a human being. Performing an action that, in their eyes, lets someone know their place is how they mentally get off.

I was wondering if that was "it" like the reason why the bathrooms at work are a disaster.  I just don't get it, but to think you are above the cleaning staff is just lame.  I mean, sure maybe you make more but that type of mentality is such a crock of shit.  I have one friend who really rubs me off that he always thinks he's above everyone.  I don't get it.  That attitude is so douche. It's impossible to have an argument about anything with him either because he's always right. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 06, 2019, 05:26:34 PM
That's why I've come to appreciate the Japanese set up, AKA hole in the ground  :lol


(http://www.essential-japan-guide.com/image-files/japanese-squat-toilet.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 06, 2019, 06:20:53 PM
I work from home. I relish the fact that I know I'm the one that does the most damage (visual, and scent-ual) to the toilet.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 06, 2019, 06:25:37 PM
When people pee on the toilet seat and don’t clean it up when they’re done.

It's amazing how bad bathroom etiquette is even in the work environment

It really is
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TheCountOfMinnesota on June 06, 2019, 06:36:07 PM
  I have one friend who really rubs me off

Wow, that’s a good friend! ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 06, 2019, 06:37:32 PM
  I have one friend who really rubs me off

Wow, that’s a good friend! ;D

 :lol

And that's mildly irritating?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 06, 2019, 08:26:10 PM
There are lubrications for that sort of thing.


We switched to an open office floor plan in a new building on Monday. 

My previous employer did that right after I left. My friends who are still there hate it. I imagine I would hate it as well. It sounds stupid and pointless, an HR/EVP-type idea on how to change things for the "better" when it doesn't affect them in any way. How do you feel about it?

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 07, 2019, 08:03:12 AM
  I have one friend who really rubs me off

Wow, that’s a good friend! ;D

 :lol

And that's mildly irritating?

 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 07, 2019, 08:50:59 AM
I haven't been in an open floor plan for decades, and I HATE it.   At least being a lawyer I can make the claim that I have sensitive materials that aren't for public consumption, but that doesn't always work.  But I hate it; I spend a lot of time on the phone, negotiating, and sometimes the negotiations are pleasant discussions and sometimes they are not.  I can't be worried about whether my voice is carrying or not when I'm trying to make a point.   Playing "bad cop" while whispering kind of doesn't work. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 07, 2019, 08:55:34 AM
I went to a guy's home recently and he reconstructed the entire home to be open floor plan. You'd walk around the outer wall of the house to reach the bedroom, and it's totally open, no doors or anything. TV mounted on the stone wall, and behind that wall is an open shower. It's the coolest thing I've ever seen.

But in the workplace? Oh hell no.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 07, 2019, 09:32:05 AM
Our office (which I don't work in) is all open floor.  No cubicles or offices anywhere.  Well, our new CEO might have an office, but the original founder and CEO did not, he worked on a bench like everyone else.  There's conference rooms and now they have like phone booths for conference calls or just your own calls for situations like Stadlers.

I don't really like it.  I find out office which is supposed to be such a cool space, there's a basketball court (well, it's like 1/3 of one) open kitchens with big store like fridges stocked that you can just grab whatever you want, baskets of snacks, you name it.  Supposed to be cool and friendly environment.

(https://www.appnexus.com/sites/default/files/styles/600w/public/2018-06/Services.jpg?itok=jowe6nvK)

I just found that image on our website for hiring so it looks all fun and all.

However, I absolutely hate going to the office.  It's so eerily quiet in reality.  Everyone is in close proximity and no one is talking.  You have to go onto our chat app to see the people sitting next to each other chatting in the app and not in person.  It's weird, now it makes sense because those chats are "public" (within confines of the company obvi) so that the people on another floor can see what's happening, but it just feels so odd to me. 

I work remotely in our data center so I have a shared office here with my coworker.  I think everyone in the office would be jealous if they saw our set up here.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 07, 2019, 09:33:48 AM
When people pee on the toilet seat and don’t clean it up when they’re done.

I'm marking my territory
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 07, 2019, 10:17:03 AM
I’d hate an open floor plan, one of the buildings in downtown has an open floor plan and I’m so happy they didn’t decide to move our team there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 08, 2019, 06:29:23 AM
When a restaurant advertises their Ribs as "Fall off the bone", but when you get it, its stiff, hard and unsatisfying.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 08, 2019, 10:09:36 AM
I don't know if it's a New England thing or not, but I know I tend to stay away from those places that advertise like that.   It always seems to whiff of desperation.   The best places are the ones that are head-down, focus on the food and let the rest take care of itself.

I know when I go to NYC, occasionally I will head down to Little Italy, and there are about 15 or so Italian places in that three block area around Mulberry Street.  Many of them have a guy out on the sidewalk holding a menu and "selling".   PASS.   I go to a place like Benito One, no consierge, just a couple staff, the owner and his - I think - son, and it's the best Italian I think I've ever had, for about $15 a plate.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 09, 2019, 08:38:29 AM
ugh yea not a fan of the salesman on the street for restaurants when you are at a touristy spot like Little Italy's main street and also like Ocean Drive in south beach Miami although those are often attractive sales ladies, but still really annoying
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 10, 2019, 10:23:20 AM
When a restaurant advertises their Ribs as "Fall off the bone", but when you get it, its stiff, hard and unsatisfying.

I think advertising that your ribs "fall off the bone" is pretty much a guarantee that they'll be crap.


My irritating item of the day:  when someone sends you an email and then immediately calls you and says, "did you see my email"?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 10, 2019, 10:32:54 AM
My irritating item of the day:  when someone sends you an email and then immediately calls you and says, "did you see my email"?

Related but in different positions: leaving somebody a voicemail and then they call back asking what you want and you ask, "Did you get my voicemail?" and they say something to the effect of no/I don't check my voicemail  >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 10, 2019, 10:44:57 AM
Related but in different positions: leaving somebody a voicemail and then they call back asking what you want and you ask, "Did you get my voicemail?" and they say something to the effect of no/I don't check my voicemail  >:(

I do that when my wife calls and leaves a VM only because I know her VMs go on way too long and I'd rather just get the condensed version straight from her.

getting back to open office plans for a sec.... one thing that bothered me about them was thinking about my last office job. In an 8 hour day I did an average of maybe 4 hours of actual work. The rest of that time was spent (mostly) here, other websites, listening to music, doing crossword puzzles, and staring off in to space. Of course I had to look as though I was busy, but as I did my job well and had the respect of my supervisors, I had some leeway. Regardless, based on the positioning of my desk and monitor, no one could see me posting here all day long, which was the way I wanted it. I don't want anyone able to see my screen at any given time throughout the day.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on June 10, 2019, 12:02:21 PM
My irritating item of the day:  when someone sends you an email and then immediately calls you and says, "did you see my email"?

Related but in different positions: leaving somebody a voicemail and then they call back asking what you want and you ask, "Did you get my voicemail?" and they say something to the effect of no/I don't check my voicemail  >:(

That's not just mildly irritating that's infuriating to me.   >:( >:( :censored :censored :censored :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 10, 2019, 12:03:05 PM
When a restaurant advertises their Ribs as "Fall off the bone", but when you get it, its stiff, hard and unsatisfying.

I think advertising that your ribs "fall off the bone" is pretty much a guarantee that they'll be crap.


My irritating item of the day:  when someone sends you an email and then immediately calls you and says, "did you see my email"?

My co worker does this, except instead of calling he walks over to my desk and asks. He also asks me if I read any emails from the night prior, no I haven’t, when I leave at five my work phone goes off unless I’m on call. If there is an emergency everyone has my personal number.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Hyperplex on June 10, 2019, 12:04:07 PM
People who insist that the only safe speed to drive in wet conditions is 5 mph.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 10, 2019, 12:15:42 PM
My irritating item of the day:  when someone sends you an email and then immediately calls you and says, "did you see my email"?

Related but in different positions: leaving somebody a voicemail and then they call back asking what you want and you ask, "Did you get my voicemail?" and they say something to the effect of no/I don't check my voicemail  >:(

I do this all of the time to my mom since she's pretty much the only person besides any business that leaves a voicemail and its always "call me" so I never listen to her voice mails, but I'll call her back and she'll ask and I'll say "no, I saw a missed call so I don't really need a voicemail to know to call abck, but did you say anything in the voicemail I should know"... "no"  and that's that  :lol  I don't think I'd call any other number back without listening to the voicemail though just because I most likely hvae no idea why someone is calling me otherwise.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 10, 2019, 01:25:27 PM
Related but in different positions: leaving somebody a voicemail and then they call back asking what you want and you ask, "Did you get my voicemail?" and they say something to the effect of no/I don't check my voicemail  >:(

I do that when my wife calls and leaves a VM only because I know her VMs go on way too long and I'd rather just get the condensed version straight from her.

This.  EXACTLY.  Outside of that context, what Kattleox described is truly obnoxious.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 11, 2019, 07:08:10 AM
When a restaurant advertises their Ribs as "Fall off the bone", but when you get it, its stiff, hard and unsatisfying.

I think advertising that your ribs "fall off the bone" is pretty much a guarantee that they'll be crap.


My irritating item of the day:  when someone sends you an email and then immediately calls you and says, "did you see my email"?

My co worker does this, except instead of calling he walks over to my desk and asks. He also asks me if I read any emails from the night prior, no I haven’t, when I leave at five my work phone goes off unless I’m on call. If there is an emergency everyone has my personal number.

There's a guy near me that does this. I don't personally work with him, but I hear him all day. Last week I heard the following over the course of 5 minutes.


Guy makes call and leaves voicemail: "Hey _______, I just sent you an email. Take a look at it when you get a chance. Thanks."

Guy makes call and leaves voicemail: "Hey _______, I just called your desk phone and you weren't there. Just thought I'd try you here. I sent you an email. Take a look at it for me. Thanks." 

Guy makes call and leaves voicemail: "Hey _______. Sorry to call you at home. I just called your work cell and you didn't answer. Just thought I'd try you here. I sent you an email. Take a look at it for me. Thanks." 

Guy makes call and leaves voicemail: "Hey *wife of person he's trying to call". Sorry to bother you. I just called ________ three times and h didn't answer. Just thought I'd try you. Can you tell him I sent him a voicemail Thanks."   
 



I know the guy he was trying to get a hold of and I asked him about it on Friday. The guy making the call was trying to add the interns that are starting in two weeks to a user group. Nothing pressing. Nothing urgent. Nothing that's going to impact the company's stock price... and he calls the dude's wife trying to reach him. I'd be livid.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 11, 2019, 10:07:59 AM
I'd be livid.

Wow...just wow.  That is beyond obnoxious.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 11, 2019, 10:09:17 AM
That's some low IQ shit
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 11, 2019, 10:16:18 AM
That's some low IQ shit

 :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 11, 2019, 10:19:40 AM
I was once cc'ed on an email to an HR Manager with the subject "ZZZ Flight request for crew member..." I replied to the sender (a friend) asking if she dozed off at the when they started that email. She said the HR Manager sorts her email by the subject column from Z-A so if you want your email to appear at the top of her list you need to start your subject line with Zs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 11, 2019, 10:47:07 AM
I was once cc'ed on an email to an HR Manager with the subject "ZZZ Flight request for crew member..." I replied to the sender (a friend) asking if she dozed off at the when they started that email. She said the HR Manager sorts her email by the subject column from Z-A so if you want your email to appear at the top of her list you need to start your subject line with Zs.

What the deuce? What's the logic behind that?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 11, 2019, 11:08:40 AM
I was once cc'ed on an email to an HR Manager with the subject "ZZZ Flight request for crew member..." I replied to the sender (a friend) asking if she dozed off at the when they started that email. She said the HR Manager sorts her email by the subject column from Z-A so if you want your email to appear at the top of her list you need to start your subject line with Zs.

What the deuce? What's the logic behind that?

Probably one of those "quippy", seemingly clever LinkedIn posts.  "This one trick that winners use!" or whatever. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 11, 2019, 11:12:18 AM
I was once cc'ed on an email to an HR Manager with the subject "ZZZ Flight request for crew member..." I replied to the sender (a friend) asking if she dozed off at the when they started that email. She said the HR Manager sorts her email by the subject column from Z-A so if you want your email to appear at the top of her list you need to start your subject line with Zs.

What the deuce? What's the logic behind that?

Probably one of those "quippy", seemingly clever LinkedIn posts.  "This one trick that winners use!" or whatever.

"17 ways to manage your Inbox so simple you'll wonder why you aren't doing them already!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 11, 2019, 11:14:38 AM
HAHAHA, Chad!  That's probably the one!  I swear that article is out there! 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 11, 2019, 11:37:53 AM
HAHAHA, Chad!  That's probably the one!  I swear that article is out there!

To that end, clickbait is mildly irritating.  It's dressing up a pig with a catching title.  We're all on to you, you dumbass blog-style marketers.  It used to be majorly annoying, but since we're on to it now, I don't get baited and am only annoyed at having to read/sift thru the headers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kaos2900 on June 11, 2019, 12:26:01 PM
So I'm walking on 1 of about 20 treadmills. There are about 17 open to the right of me before you get to the next person and this lady decides to use the one right next to me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 11, 2019, 12:27:38 PM
So I'm walking on 1 of about 20 treadmills. There are about 17 open to the right of me before you get to the next person and this lady decides to use the one right next to me.

 :lol acceptable is she is  :hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 11, 2019, 12:29:01 PM
So I'm walking on 1 of about 20 treadmills. There are about 17 open to the right of me before you get to the next person and this lady decides to use the one right next to me.

Well, look at you.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 11, 2019, 12:33:28 PM
So I'm walking on 1 of about 20 treadmills. There are about 17 open to the right of me before you get to the next person and this lady decides to use the one right next to me.

(https://img.memecdn.com/trust-me-i-am-a-vegan_fb_6041187.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 11, 2019, 12:36:13 PM
I can only kind of relate. My gym is a little private gym in a strip mall in a (usually empty) plaza. On one side of the entrance there are floor-to-ceiling glass panels letting in all the sunshine, and 4 treadmills lined up perfectly in that section. I will not get on the treadmill if there is not at least one empty treadmill between me and another person, and if there is, I'll go to the other side of the entrance - it has a solid wall in front of its arc trainers and one treadmill, but is usually emptier. And if I'm on a treadmill and someone gets on the one next to me, I get nervous and tense. I live in a small town so I'm not used to sacrificing personal space. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 11, 2019, 01:20:53 PM
I find gym etiquette to be quite odd personally.  I'm not in any shape to really talk, but I have an exercise bike and some dumbells with a bench and mat in my basement so that when I do want a work out, I don't need to be subjected to the social experiment of working out fairly publicly.  Now, for those who love working out, it makes sense, but the things my friends talk about in the gym just make me cringe sometimes.  Like people all taking pictures and the attitudes and disrespect with sharing equipment.  Probably some of it is over blown, but the gym is not my scene.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 11, 2019, 01:41:15 PM
I find gym etiquette to be quite odd personally.  I'm not in any shape to really talk, but I have an exercise bike and some dumbells with a bench and mat in my basement so that when I do want a work out, I don't need to be subjected to the social experiment of working out fairly publicly.  Now, for those who love working out, it makes sense, but the things my friends talk about in the gym just make me cringe sometimes.  Like people all taking pictures and the attitudes and disrespect with sharing equipment.  Probably some of it is over blown, but the gym is not my scene.

That stuff sucks, and I hate whenever I run into someone I know at the gym. They want to talk, they want to lift together, and I'm just like, no. I prefer to do everything solo at the gym. If I was a powerlifter lifting super heavy weights I'd need a spotter, but for everything I do I go solo. Listening to some of the gym rats in there bro it up and grunt like they're taking a pineapple up the ass is embarrassing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on June 11, 2019, 01:46:06 PM
Out of Office replies to e-mails that read something to the effect of "I'm out of the office with limited access to emails or my phone"

No....no, you don't have limited access. Maybe in some rare case if someone is backpacking in the Rockies.....but....in this day and age with smart phones, wifi etc etc....you don't have limited access.

Now, I don't have an issue with you taking a vacation day/week...whatever. Just don't lie about having limited access. My out of office reply always says the same thing  "I'm out of the office on PTO and will return on _____"    I make sure to arrange things with co-workers if I need to or have a plan in place....but I never BS and say I have limited access because it's not true. I'm reading the emails and listening to the voice mails....I'm just not responding because I'm off work folks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 11, 2019, 01:47:38 PM
Out of Office replies to e-mails that read something to the effect of "I'm out of the office with limited access to emails or my phone"

No....no, you don't have limited access. Maybe in some rare case if someone is backpacking in the Rockies.....but....in this day and age with smart phones, wifi etc etc....you don't have limited access.

Now, I don't have an issue with you taking a vacation day/week...whatever. Just don't lie about having limited access. My out of office reply always says the same thing  "I'm out of the office on PTO and will return on _____"    I make sure to arrange things with co-workers if I need to or have a plan in place....but I never BS and say I have limited access because it's not true. I'm reading the emails and listening to the voice mails....I'm just not responding because I'm off work folks.

Who knows? That S&M dungeon they're in might have wifi jammers.  You never know.  ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 11, 2019, 01:56:05 PM
I just find that as being someone who is polite and not turning away work completely.  I don't know, it doesn't bother me.  I don't even put an OOO notice on my email, I put it in our calendar and I'm not here, if you ping me or email me, I may or may not see it but I'm very unlikely to respond unless it's something I really can and need to help with.  That's just me though. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 11, 2019, 02:03:43 PM
I had that debate with my boss; he ALWAYS puts an out of office note up, and I never did.  For him, it's a remnant of being in a law firm and (later) in a corporate office, so he would do that to let those that might want to "walk in" to his office have notice.  Now we both (largely) work out of our home offices, so it's not really necessary.

I also don't carry the work phone 24-7 like I used to, though, so I will sometimes put it up in order to buy a day or so. "I'm out of the office Tuesday, June 11, returning Wednesday, June 12, and will reply to your message at that time. If you have an emergency before then, please call El Barto at 555-867-5309."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on June 11, 2019, 02:06:07 PM
I just find that as being someone who is polite and not turning away work completely.  I don't know, it doesn't bother me.  I don't even put an OOO notice on my email, I put it in our calendar and I'm not here, if you ping me or email me, I may or may not see it but I'm very unlikely to respond unless it's something I really can and need to help with.  That's just me though.

Sure, I get it. But...for me...it's almost like apologizing for taking off work. Like, creating an excuse why you won't respond right away but giving you the option to respond. IMO there's no need to explain anything other than 'hey, I'm off until ____, I'll be in tough then'.  It's the phrase 'limited access' that I think bugs me because one thing our society is...is NOT limited access. It's actually the opposite.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 11, 2019, 02:08:30 PM
Some people just treat work and view work differently than others.  I'm cool saying fuck off work, it's my day don't bother me.  Some aren't.  I have the entire month of September off because after 5 years here I've earned a 3 week sabatical as per company policy. My one friend said he wouldn't use it if he had one because it looks bad to management.  I think he's an idiot, but hey that's the way he thinks about work.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on June 11, 2019, 02:18:23 PM
Some people just treat work and view work differently than others.  I'm cool saying fuck off work, it's my day don't bother me.  Some aren't.  I have the entire month of September off because after 5 years here I've earned a 3 week sabatical as per company policy. My one friend said he wouldn't use it if he had one because it looks bad to management.  I think he's an idiot, but hey that's the way he thinks about work.

Yeah. My brother and I work for the same company, he runs the warehouse and I work in the 'corporate' office part. He NEVER takes off days because of some sense of 'duty' or that he thinks the place will crumble without him. Me, I'll use my vacation days as I see fit. I have no issues detaching from my job. I don't do it irresponsibly....I make sure when I'm taking off that measures are in place on my projects to where things are 'handled'. But, I think you have to use your time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 11, 2019, 02:21:24 PM
It's policy so I can't see being harmed negatively from taking your time off.  My team is so pinched on personal, I kind of love it when shit hits the bed on my off days and it shows how unmanned we are.  Last year I took two weeks off to go to Florida and while I was gone, they had to fly in my coworker from LA to handle all the extra work that came in while I was gone.  So ridiculous.  I am curious what happens this September.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on June 11, 2019, 02:43:25 PM
I find gym etiquette to be quite odd personally.  I'm not in any shape to really talk, but I have an exercise bike and some dumbells with a bench and mat in my basement so that when I do want a work out, I don't need to be subjected to the social experiment of working out fairly publicly.  Now, for those who love working out, it makes sense, but the things my friends talk about in the gym just make me cringe sometimes.  Like people all taking pictures and the attitudes and disrespect with sharing equipment.  Probably some of it is over blown, but the gym is not my scene.

That stuff sucks, and I hate whenever I run into someone I know at the gym. They want to talk, they want to lift together, and I'm just like, no. I prefer to do everything solo at the gym. If I was a powerlifter lifting super heavy weights I'd need a spotter, but for everything I do I go solo. Listening to some of the gym rats in there bro it up and grunt like they're taking a pineapple up the ass is embarrassing.

Let's lift together
Right now

Out of Office replies to e-mails that read something to the effect of "I'm out of the office with limited access to emails or my phone"

No....no, you don't have limited access. Maybe in some rare case if someone is backpacking in the Rockies.....but....in this day and age with smart phones, wifi etc etc....you don't have limited access.

Now, I don't have an issue with you taking a vacation day/week...whatever. Just don't lie about having limited access. My out of office reply always says the same thing  "I'm out of the office on PTO and will return on _____"    I make sure to arrange things with co-workers if I need to or have a plan in place....but I never BS and say I have limited access because it's not true. I'm reading the emails and listening to the voice mails....I'm just not responding because I'm off work folks.

Maybe it's limited access because I just may or may not give a fuck about answering that? Like I've read your e-mail, I know it's there, but I have limited access because I'm currently sitting in a bar in another country and I can't be bothered answering the whole thing? I think it doesn't have to be strictly technically limited access. Like my hand is holding a beer tankard and can't reach for the phone. I don't know.

Granted, I'm playing the devil's advocate because I just usually turn off my phone for my vacations, especially when I'm abroad. In 2017 it was hilarious, I told all my superiors I'll be available from Monday to Thursday and then I'll be boarding a plane Friday morning and don't even try to call me then, my phone will be turned off. Then I'm literally walking up the ramp to the plane and I get a call from my boss. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on June 11, 2019, 03:10:39 PM
Out of Office replies to e-mails that read something to the effect of "I'm out of the office with limited access to emails or my phone"

No....no, you don't have limited access. Maybe in some rare case if someone is backpacking in the Rockies.....but....in this day and age with smart phones, wifi etc etc....you don't have limited access.

Now, I don't have an issue with you taking a vacation day/week...whatever. Just don't lie about having limited access. My out of office reply always says the same thing  "I'm out of the office on PTO and will return on _____"    I make sure to arrange things with co-workers if I need to or have a plan in place....but I never BS and say I have limited access because it's not true. I'm reading the emails and listening to the voice mails....I'm just not responding because I'm off work folks.

I think many used the "limited access" phrase because it sounds nicer than "I am off work and ain't checking or replying to a damn thing till I am back in the office." :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on June 11, 2019, 03:16:25 PM
I don't know, I certainly experience limited access from time to time.  For example, a hotel that doesn't have wifi. Or the wifi is so bad it takes 30 minutes for my emails to even load. I remember a hotel that only had wifi in the lobby. That certainly counts as limited access - when I'm on vacation I check in when I can, but don't necessarily have access 24-7.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 11, 2019, 03:25:57 PM
Kind of like on DTF when someone says "Check your PM's", like there isn't a (1) next to My Messages.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 11, 2019, 03:55:37 PM
When a restaurant advertises their Ribs as "Fall off the bone", but when you get it, its stiff, hard and unsatisfying.

I think advertising that your ribs "fall off the bone" is pretty much a guarantee that they'll be crap.


My irritating item of the day:  when someone sends you an email and then immediately calls you and says, "did you see my email"?

My co worker does this, except instead of calling he walks over to my desk and asks. He also asks me if I read any emails from the night prior, no I haven’t, when I leave at five my work phone goes off unless I’m on call. If there is an emergency everyone has my personal number.

There's a guy near me that does this. I don't personally work with him, but I hear him all day. Last week I heard the following over the course of 5 minutes.


Guy makes call and leaves voicemail: "Hey _______, I just sent you an email. Take a look at it when you get a chance. Thanks."

Guy makes call and leaves voicemail: "Hey _______, I just called your desk phone and you weren't there. Just thought I'd try you here. I sent you an email. Take a look at it for me. Thanks." 

Guy makes call and leaves voicemail: "Hey _______. Sorry to call you at home. I just called your work cell and you didn't answer. Just thought I'd try you here. I sent you an email. Take a look at it for me. Thanks." 

Guy makes call and leaves voicemail: "Hey *wife of person he's trying to call". Sorry to bother you. I just called ________ three times and h didn't answer. Just thought I'd try you. Can you tell him I sent him a voicemail Thanks."   
 



I know the guy he was trying to get a hold of and I asked him about it on Friday. The guy making the call was trying to add the interns that are starting in two weeks to a user group. Nothing pressing. Nothing urgent. Nothing that's going to impact the company's stock price... and he calls the dude's wife trying to reach him. I'd be livid.



Lol do you work at the company I do, my coworker has been struggling with ad groups for interns for the past two weeks :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 11, 2019, 04:10:01 PM
Ok...here's a new one.

I have a friend who is an agent with one of the major national insurance companies.  I have a renter's policy through her and previously also had my family's auto policy through her, but we've been with another company for the past several years because it's several hundred dollars a year cheaper.  Every once in a while, she checks in and I tell her it's still not close.  She typically points out that they have better customer service, and I tell her that (1) I've had satisfactory/good claim experience with the current insurer, and (2) it's 98% about the premium (and the current insurer is not exactly some fly-by-night company).

All that is fine, but yesterday, she sent me a new quote through the company server (i.e., not just an email saying, "hey, we can cover you for $X per 6 months period").  I noticed it and, it not being any sort of priority for me, I figured I'd look at it over the weekend (and I doubt it will be any better).  Barely 24 hours later, I got a follow up email saying, "So...is [current company] still beating us?"  She's a friend, so the tone of the email was fine, but for fuck's sake, I'll get back to you when I get back to you.  I know your job is to sell insurance, but don't bug me!  Of course, if she starts calling or texting or contacting the wife, then I may give her a figurative slap on the wrist....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kaos2900 on June 12, 2019, 07:03:18 AM
So I'm walking on 1 of about 20 treadmills. There are about 17 open to the right of me before you get to the next person and this lady decides to use the one right next to me.

 :lol acceptable is she is  :hat

Unfortunately that was not the case. Grandma age.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on June 12, 2019, 08:15:20 AM
So I'm walking on 1 of about 20 treadmills. There are about 17 open to the right of me before you get to the next person and this lady decides to use the one right next to me.

(https://img.memecdn.com/trust-me-i-am-a-vegan_fb_6041187.jpg)

This cannot go unappreciated.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 12, 2019, 08:16:41 AM
All it needs is the final panel where Mr. Blue Shirt says, "I vape."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 12, 2019, 08:17:40 AM
All it needs is the final panel where Mr. Blue Shirt says, "I like Power Windows."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 12, 2019, 08:19:36 AM
All it needs is the final panel where Mr. Blue Shirt says, "I like Power Windows."

 :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 12, 2019, 08:19:53 AM
All it needs is the final panel where Mr. Blue Shirt says, "I like Power Windows."

All it needs is the final panel where Mr. Blue Shirt says, "I like Power Windows."

 :tup

(https://i.imgur.com/xyAzMZR.gif)(https://i.imgur.com/xyAzMZR.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on June 14, 2019, 12:35:00 AM
I’m picking up my in-laws from a small town airport, and the drop off/pick up area is four lanes across. You are only supposed to pick up, of course, from the far right lane. There’s one couple with their car parked in the lane second from the left, and they’re standing behind this car making out. What the hell?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 14, 2019, 06:35:40 AM
Dude, don't get me started; the drop-off at Bradley in Hartford is a Darwin-esque steel cage match.   Some of these people have literally no shame (I don't mean about making out, I mean about just doing what they please regardless of the signs or flow of traffic) and apparently no sense of general safety and well-being.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 14, 2019, 08:11:48 AM
Usually the cops show up quickly in EWR if that happens, and it does.  A lot of airports have waiting areas just outside the airport terminal area.  It's used for Uber to wait there to get a pick up call, but if you can find these spots, it's good for picking up your buddy who's waiting for his luggage but told you he'd be ready 15 minutes ago.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 14, 2019, 11:04:54 AM
I think it's a function of size; we have those things too - the cell phone lot, and a periodic state police sweep - but when two or more flights come in at once (and that should tell you how big Hartford is; there are probably 10's of flights coming in within 15 minutes at EWR) it turns into chaos.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 14, 2019, 01:44:44 PM
I've never had to deal with that stuff at Bradley. I've never been dropped off there. I always park in one of the those $8-$10 lots up the road and there's a shuttle waiting to pick me up before I even have a chance to get out of my car.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 14, 2019, 02:13:37 PM
Class reunions. In this day and age, if I don't have you on my Facebook, or if I've never even texted you or even spoke to you often in high school, why on Earth would I want to go waste a Saturday night hanging out with people who are essentially strangers? My old man tried to convince me with a few reasons despite him apparently being unaware I'm a total introvert: 1) you might want to see what everyone's been up to (again, Facebook! and if I don't know what you've been doing, there's been a good reason for it, I just don't care!), 2) you might meet a single female (the last place I want to hook up with someone is with my old classmates, not to mention, does he have any idea about my interests? I might as well go talk to the wall), 3) you could have a good time (I can have a good time on my own, at home!).

Yeah I'm a bit grumpy over it all but I just don't get it. Why on Earth would I want to go hang out with people I haven't cared one bit about in the last 10 years? Everyone who matters to me I've kept in contact with or hang out on my own time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 14, 2019, 02:21:22 PM
Class reunions. In this day and age, if I don't have you on my Facebook, or if I've never even texted you or even spoke to you often in high school, why on Earth would I want to go waste a Saturday night hanging out with people who are essentially strangers? My old man tried to convince me with a few reasons despite him apparently being unaware I'm a total introvert: 1) you might want to see what everyone's been up to (again, Facebook! and if I don't know what you've been doing, there's been a good reason for it, I just don't care!), 2) you might meet a single female (the last place I want to hook up with someone is with my old classmates, not to mention, does he have any idea about my interests? I might as well go talk to the wall), 3) you could have a good time (I can have a good time on my own, at home!).

Yeah I'm a bit grumpy over it all but I just don't get it. Why on Earth would I want to go hang out with people I haven't cared one bit about in the last 10 years? Everyone who matters to me I've kept in contact with or hang out on my own time.


My thoughts exactly. My 10 year is coming up very soon. The only reason I'd even think about it is if my best friend was going and wanted me to go.

He's not going. He thinks it's stupid. I already keep in touch with those whom I give a damn about on Facebook. Everyone else can piss off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 14, 2019, 02:34:31 PM
I don't find class reunions irritating as that would mean I give them enough thought for them to irritate me. I liked high school enough. Like most kids, I had my ups and downs, friends, those who didn't care for me, and those who couldn't pick me out of a lineup. My life has changed in so many ways since then. I don't have the slightest desire to "see what people are up to" or "reconnect with old friends." As Katt said, I could do that and facebook. And I am not even on facebook. That's how little interest I have in doing any of that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 14, 2019, 02:38:35 PM
The Lovely Mrs TAC detests reunions. Otherwise, I'd go. I don't have a problem with them. I don't have a facebook. There's plenty of people that I would love to see, and just say hello how you doing.

I don't need to be facebook friends with them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 14, 2019, 02:38:46 PM
The thing is most of the people (according to Facebook, which is where all the details are going down, which is to say, almost no details are going down) are the preppy popular kids from high school. I had nothing in common with them them, haven't even seen most of them since, and it's a small town so there's a very small chance any of the kids *I* talked to would even go, if they're even still around here. Reunions are lame unless you're part of that very specific clique that... already stays in contact with each other anyway.  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 14, 2019, 03:45:20 PM
Class reunions. In this day and age, if I don't have you on my Facebook, or if I've never even texted you or even spoke to you often in high school, why on Earth would I want to go waste a Saturday night hanging out with people who are essentially strangers? My old man tried to convince me with a few reasons despite him apparently being unaware I'm a total introvert: 1) you might want to see what everyone's been up to (again, Facebook! and if I don't know what you've been doing, there's been a good reason for it, I just don't care!), 2) you might meet a single female (the last place I want to hook up with someone is with my old classmates, not to mention, does he have any idea about my interests? I might as well go talk to the wall), 3) you could have a good time (I can have a good time on my own, at home!).

Yeah I'm a bit grumpy over it all but I just don't get it. Why on Earth would I want to go hang out with people I haven't cared one bit about in the last 10 years? Everyone who matters to me I've kept in contact with or hang out on my own time.

Sounds like your irritation is with your father, rather than reunions.

I went to the same Catholic elementary school from grades 1-8 and then a Catholic high school.  I'm FB friends with more than a dozen folks from elementary school but only 2 from high school (and one of the two is a woman I dated 20 years after high school without knowing we went to school together until after we started dating).  I've never been to a HS reunion and have no interest in doing so.  We've organized a couple of elementary school get togethers (not formal reunions), and those have been great.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 14, 2019, 03:47:36 PM
No, I was just refuting his points. I simply hate the idea of class reunions and keep getting invites to mine. Get off my lawn dammit.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 14, 2019, 03:55:09 PM
No, I was just refuting his points. I simply hate the idea of class reunions and keep getting invites to mine. Get off my lawn dammit.  :lol

You just reminded me of something.

A month ago or so, I got a postcard from my high school's alumni association telling me that it was EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!! that I contact them RIGHT AWAY!!! to confirm they had accurate contact information for me.  Putting aside the fact that, if they didn't have my correct address, I wouldn't have received the postcard, that approach is pretty much the best way to ensure that I DON'T respond.  Extremely important?  Bullshit.  You just want to make sure you can get to me with your fundraising requests.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 14, 2019, 04:06:38 PM
No, I was just refuting his points. I simply hate the idea of class reunions and keep getting invites to mine. Get off my lawn dammit.  :lol

At least you heard about yours. My friends and I got no word of our 10 year reunion. I was pissed when I heard it was only $10 entry with an open bar.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 14, 2019, 04:25:33 PM
I didn't attend the 10 year reunion, they had some big plans but the response was so low on facebook that they moved it to the local diner  :lol which does have a bar, but still, I think like 20 people out  of a class of ~330 showed up from what I heard.

Having said that, now that I am single and if still when the 20 year rolls up in 2023, I might go and see who else is still single  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 14, 2019, 04:30:31 PM
I didn't attend the 10 year reunion, they had some big plans but the response was so low on facebook that they moved it to the local diner  :lol which does have a bar, but still, I think like 20 people out  of a class of ~330 showed up from what I heard.

Having said that, now that I am single and if still when the 20 year rolls up in 2023, I might go and see who else is still single  :lol


10 people will show up.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 14, 2019, 04:31:53 PM
 :lol it probably wont even happen
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 14, 2019, 05:08:14 PM
I think like 20 people out  of a class of ~330 showed up from what I heard.

We had our 30 year reunion in 2015.  I think about 100-120 out of a class of 550 attended.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 14, 2019, 05:45:20 PM
My mom went to a small nursing school and they have reunions every other year. It's pretty neat as one person volunteers to "host" so they coordinate all the activities and hotels and such, as everyone is pretty scattered throughout the US. I know between 10-15 women show up regularly, but I don't know how many people were in her class. I think it was around 50, so that percentage is pretty good, considering she graduated almost 50 years ago!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 14, 2019, 06:05:48 PM
My mom went to a small nursing school and they have reunions every other year. It's pretty neat as one person volunteers to "host" so they coordinate all the activities and hotels and such, as everyone is pretty scattered throughout the US. I know between 10-15 women show up regularly, but I don't know how many people were in her class. I think it was around 50, so that percentage is pretty good, considering she graduated almost 50 years ago!

It seems to be more of a thing for that generation. My dad does that too... not quite with that regularity and formality, but reunions seem to be more for that generation. Wth the inter Webb, the people that want to keep in touch, will. So the physical requirement to "re" unite is kinda passé for gen-x and onward.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on June 14, 2019, 09:16:06 PM
No, I was just refuting his points. I simply hate the idea of class reunions and keep getting invites to mine. Get off my lawn dammit.  :lol

At least you heard about yours. My friends and I got no word of our 10 year reunion. I was pissed when I heard it was only $10 entry with an open bar.

Damn if I knew my reunion had an open bar for $10 I might have gone. That's a cheap night of drinking
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on June 15, 2019, 08:25:26 AM
I didn't go to my 10 year reunion. I heard about it and kind of wanted to go. But, i had stuff to do. Even though I'm "friends" with them on Facebook, it would've been nice to hangout with those people though.

Either way i dont really care i missed it. It was a weekend type thing and most went to the bar event mainly, haha.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on June 15, 2019, 11:23:17 AM
I'm sure it's been mentioned in this thread but I went to the bank (fully open business hours to be clear) and they have one ATM in the lobby which usually isn't a problem unless you have one of the folks I had today who spent about 10 minutes doing whatever at the machine. If you're spending more than one minute at the machine then whatever business you have needs to be taken care of by a teller. The people that do this are practically first cousins of the folks who wheel an entire shopping cart full of groceries to the self-checkout register/scanner.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 15, 2019, 12:49:54 PM
It seems recently, every time I go to a drive through ATM, it's broken and I need to go inside and then wait on a similar line for the ATM in the lobby.  Mildly irritating. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 15, 2019, 01:15:46 PM
I'm sure it's been mentioned in this thread but I went to the bank (fully open business hours to be clear) and they have one ATM in the lobby which usually isn't a problem unless you have one of the folks I had today who spent about 10 minutes doing whatever at the machine. If you're spending more than one minute at the machine then whatever business you have needs to be taken care of by a teller. The people that do this are practically first cousins of the folks who wheel an entire shopping cart full of groceries to the self-checkout register/scanner.

That's funny.

And true.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on June 17, 2019, 08:11:58 AM
Class reunions. In this day and age, if I don't have you on my Facebook, or if I've never even texted you or even spoke to you often in high school, why on Earth would I want to go waste a Saturday night hanging out with people who are essentially strangers? My old man tried to convince me with a few reasons despite him apparently being unaware I'm a total introvert: 1) you might want to see what everyone's been up to (again, Facebook! and if I don't know what you've been doing, there's been a good reason for it, I just don't care!), 2) you might meet a single female (the last place I want to hook up with someone is with my old classmates, not to mention, does he have any idea about my interests? I might as well go talk to the wall), 3) you could have a good time (I can have a good time on my own, at home!).

Yeah I'm a bit grumpy over it all but I just don't get it. Why on Earth would I want to go hang out with people I haven't cared one bit about in the last 10 years? Everyone who matters to me I've kept in contact with or hang out on my own time.

I skipped both my 10-year and 20-year reunions for the same reason.  Why should I go and spend time with people that treated me like crap in school?  You hated me then and I was never cool enough to hang out with you, yet I'm supposed to go and reminisce about "good times" just because we're all older and have kids now?   Sorry, not interested.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 17, 2019, 08:19:48 AM
(and one of the two is a woman I dated 20 years after high school without knowing we went to school together until after we started dating). 

Can I ask how that happened?   My school was 1250 people (class was 285 or so), I think, but 98% of them went to the same high school and middle school, so even if I didn't know know them, I kind of knew who they were.  Big school?  EDIT:  I just saw your other post.  I get it now, I think.   

As for me, I'm indifferent to reunions. I was lucky, in that I was a chameleon.  I hung with the cool kids (largely the athletes) because I was athletic, I knew all the smart kids because I was in the smart classes, and knew most of the burners/hoods because of my neighborhood and hockey (our hockey team started as a detention class about eight years before I got to the high school).    I went to my five year and it was ho-hum, but missed the ones in between because of where I lived (out of state).

Then about a year or so ago, my friend (who I do keep in touch with) says "hey come down; my wife and I are meeting so-and-so - and it was JUST going to be this one girl, best friend of the girl I went to the prom with".  So I went.  Turns out, my friend missed the fact that it was an impromptu reunion arranged on Facebook - I'm not on Facebook - and so there were probably 35, 40 people from my school there.   It was very fun, if only because it's been so long that I had to introduce myself to EASILY 15 people that didn't recognize me from high school, and it's fascinating to me how people view the past.  More than once I recall thinking, "huh, that's not how I remember it going down at all."   Thankfully it was mostly for the positive, but still, it's weird how memory works (or doesn't). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on June 17, 2019, 10:00:43 AM
My old Logitech G35 headset has finally died. I was looking for a wireless headset this time and settled on a Logitech G533. Bought it, brought the box home only to open it and find that the USB-receiver is missing from the box. They do not work with wired connection at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 17, 2019, 10:12:35 AM
My old Logitech G35 headset has finally died. I was looking for a wireless headset this time and settled on a Logitech G533. Bought it, brought the box home only to open it and find that the USB-receiver is missing from the box. They do not work with wired connection at all.

Sucks, I had the G35 which was great and lasted for so long with my abuse as well.  Eventually died, and I got the G935 which I hate.  There's a bug in the firmware and I can't upgrade it to fix the bugs because everytime I try to do a firmware upgrade it bricks the headsets forcing me to find a pin so I can do a factory reset.  So they work, and sound/feel is similar to the G35 but it's just a somewhat broken product.  When these die, I will be getting a different brand.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on June 17, 2019, 10:55:05 AM
People who reply to work emails in the wrong email stream.

One email stream is about A.

Then I email about something else, which we'll call B.

One person replies to the email about B asking about something particular about A.

Are you that freaking lazy or stupid that you can't find the original email stream (about A) and ask about in that one?  Nope, you'd rather cause confusion by asking about in B, which has a handful of people CC'd, who were not CC'd on A, who will now have no idea what was being asked about.

 :facepalm: :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 17, 2019, 11:58:09 AM
(and one of the two is a woman I dated 20 years after high school without knowing we went to school together until after we started dating). 

Can I ask how that happened?   My school was 1250 people (class was 285 or so), I think, but 98% of them went to the same high school and middle school, so even if I didn't know know them, I kind of knew who they were.  Big school?  EDIT:  I just saw your other post.  I get it now, I think.   

You mean how we ended up dating without knowing we had gone to high school together?  My high school had well over 2,000 students (most recent publicly-available number is about 2,150, but I think there were more when I was there) and was fed by at least a dozen Catholic elementary schools in the county (for the past several years, the school has been consistently in the top 5-10 national high school football team rankings (same with basketball), so the school now draws a lot of athletes from out of the area, but that's a different discussion).

Anyway, we didn't know each other in high school (although I knew her maiden name because it is a common German word, and I took German in high school).  By the time we went out, she was divorced and using her married name, and our first date was a blind date (can't remember if we knew last names before the first date).  It was either the second or third date that one of us asked what year the other graduated high school.  The answer was 1985, and then the next question was "what high school?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 17, 2019, 12:02:57 PM
I am mildly irritated that the below thread got locked before I got to see it!   ;D

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=53990.0
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 17, 2019, 12:07:34 PM
All I know is that I've got a lot to learn ( rascal whore ) about how to use parens.  Anyone else use Kevin Nealon's voice for all the parentheticals?  (Remember that subliminal skit on SNL?)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on June 17, 2019, 12:13:17 PM
My old Logitech G35 headset has finally died. I was looking for a wireless headset this time and settled on a Logitech G533. Bought it, brought the box home only to open it and find that the USB-receiver is missing from the box. They do not work with wired connection at all.

Sucks, I had the G35 which was great and lasted for so long with my abuse as well.  Eventually died, and I got the G935 which I hate.  There's a bug in the firmware and I can't upgrade it to fix the bugs because everytime I try to do a firmware upgrade it bricks the headsets forcing me to find a pin so I can do a factory reset.  So they work, and sound/feel is similar to the G35 but it's just a somewhat broken product.  When these die, I will be getting a different brand.

That sucks too, but I guess the silver lining is that they at least work? :biggrin: I've got a D&D session to run tomorrow and I don't have a headset. At this point I'll just have to buy a cheap one until this gets solved. Good to know about G935 though, will forward that to my friends who also use Logitech.

I've been looking into Razer and Steelseries, I wish I would've gone with one of these now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 17, 2019, 12:23:45 PM
All I know is that I've got a lot to learn ( rascal whore ) about how to use parens.  Anyone else use Kevin Nealon's voice for all the parentheticals?  (Remember that subliminal skit on SNL?)

It reminded me of David Wynn Miller's bizarre "Quantum Language."

On another subject, I saw Kevin Nealon do standup sometime around 2006-07, and he was freakin' hilarious!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on June 17, 2019, 01:40:44 PM
The answer was 1985, and then the next question was "what high school?"

St. Thomas?

Oh nevermind...you are in CA right?
Mater Dei?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 17, 2019, 01:43:56 PM
The answer was 1985, and then the next question was "what high school?"

St. Thomas?

Haken?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 17, 2019, 05:31:06 PM
The answer was 1985, and then the next question was "what high school?"

St. Thomas?

Oh nevermind...you are in CA right?
Mater Dei?

Yup.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 19, 2019, 08:37:23 PM
Holidays. Specifically, what Google considers a holiday. There is a setting where you can turn on US holidays on your calendar, which I have so I don't have to put them in. But then I see Tax Day, which is just the day taxes are due, not a holiday; Easter Monday, which I don't recall ever hearing about in Catholic school; Black Friday, which is a marketing and colloquial term;. Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, which again are neither nationally recognized holidays, or even days which many people casually recognize as a holiday. In short, I do not need or want these days highlighted on my calendar as "Holidays."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 19, 2019, 08:39:12 PM
How about Vlasto Day?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: RoeDent on June 20, 2019, 02:00:03 AM
People who are all like "People have worse problems." Yeah, they do. But it doesn't make my problems any less valid. Saying stuff like that helps no one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 20, 2019, 07:35:42 AM
You're in ICU with an antibiotic-resistant leg infection that won't stop spreading and a fever of 104.6? At least you have a hospital. There's some poor kid in Africa that would just die.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 20, 2019, 08:51:34 AM
You're in ICU with an antibiotic-resistant leg infection that won't stop spreading and a fever of 104.6? At least you have a hospital. There's some poor kid in Africa that would just die.

That just reminded me of something I've come across. And here comes some inside baseball hospital stuff.

Imagine you come into the ED with some wild MRSA infection. Ideally you want an IV antibiotic ASAP. So the doctor orders a one time dose, because they aren't sure you are gonna get admitted yet. So say for instance its ordered around 2pm. Takes 10 to 15mins to make and then gets there maybe 5 to 10 mins later after it gets made.

Now in the meantime, the doctor decided to admit you and you are now just waiting for a room (A process that could take over an hour or hours). Despite there still being a 2pm order, you are now labeled an "Admitted" patient and now ED nurses just assume stuff will get hung on the floor (when you are transferred to a room). So you have this crazy MRSA infection, and you should have gotten an IV antibiotic shortly after 2pm, but now might not get it until 3:30pm or later.

Stuff like that happens all the time.

TLDR  hospitals aren't as safe as you might think
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on June 20, 2019, 09:48:15 AM
Imagine you come into the ED with some wild MRSA infection. Ideally you want an IV antibiotic ASAP.

Actually, no.  ED isn't an infection at all.  You only need a blue pill, not an antibiotic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 20, 2019, 10:50:43 AM
Dying in the ER of a combination ED and MRSA while you slip through the administrative cracks is perhaps slightly more than "mildly irritating".

:) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 20, 2019, 10:56:02 AM
Mildly irritating:  when folks use acronyms that aren't commonly known without explaining what they stand for.  :-\
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on June 20, 2019, 12:03:50 PM
Mildly irritating:  when folks use acronyms that aren't commonly known without explaining what they stand for.  :-\

It's even worse if you're not a native speaker. I usually just skip these kind of conversations whatsoever. :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on June 20, 2019, 12:05:04 PM
Mildly irritating:  when folks use acronyms that aren't commonly known without explaining what they stand for.  :-\

Don't go to the DT side of the forum. It got to the point where I had no idea what anyone was talking about because no one can type out 2-3 word song titles anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 20, 2019, 12:18:37 PM
Mildly irritating:  when folks use acronyms that aren't commonly known without explaining what they stand for.  :-\

An older guy I work with constantly uses acronyms that probably people int he 70s didn't know.  I told him stop because I end up having to google everything he says and even then the google results don't match what he tells me.  I think this guy did/does too much drugs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on June 20, 2019, 12:22:50 PM
Conclusion: people on the DT side of the forum do too much drugs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on June 20, 2019, 12:24:42 PM
:1967:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 20, 2019, 12:25:37 PM
Conclusion: people on the DT side of the forum do too much drugs.

or are old fogeys, but we already know that is the non DT side  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 20, 2019, 01:34:02 PM
Conclusion: people on the DT side of the forum do too much drugs.

or are old fogeys, but we already know that is the non DT side  :lol

90% of DT-side is n00bs.  Eventually, everyone migrates over to GD/GMD.  At least, the cool people do.   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 20, 2019, 01:35:39 PM
Conclusion: people on the DT side of the forum do too much drugs.

or are old fogeys, but we already know that is the non DT side  :lol

90% of DT-side is n00bs.  Eventually, everyone migrates over to GD/GMD.  At least, the cool people do.   :biggrin:

Or migrated over to NJ for Progstock last year  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on June 20, 2019, 02:43:26 PM
Conclusion: people on the DT side of the forum do too much drugs.

or are old fogeys, but we already know that is the non DT side  :lol

90% of DT-side is n00bs.  Eventually, everyone migrates over to GD/GMD.  At least, the cool people do.   :biggrin:

And what if you started on the right side of things here in GD in the first place? ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 20, 2019, 03:41:29 PM
Conclusion: people on the DT side of the forum do too much drugs.

or are old fogeys, but we already know that is the non DT side  :lol

90% of DT-side is n00bs.  Eventually, everyone migrates over to GD/GMD.  At least, the cool people do.   :biggrin:

Or migrated over to NJ for Progstock last year  :biggrin:

Just for you baby.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on June 20, 2019, 06:58:47 PM
Just got a call that I missed but they left a voicemail, saying that it was my health insurance and they have some new health service promotion or some non sense. Keep in mind its like 9 oclock at night...

so either

A) its scammers (I could hear people laughing and talking in the back ground, real smooth guys)

Or

B) my health insurance thinks its ok to call me at 9pm about non important things

Either way, mildly irritating
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 20, 2019, 06:59:36 PM
Conclusion: people on the DT side of the forum do too much drugs.

or are old fogeys, but we already know that is the non DT side  :lol

90% of DT-side is n00bs.  Eventually, everyone migrates over to GD/GMD.  At least, the cool people do.   :biggrin:

And what if you started on the right side of things here in GD in the first place? ;)

That's the coolest of the cool!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 25, 2019, 12:42:49 PM
I imagine this has been discussed earlier in this thread, but I just got out of the restroom at work.  It has four stalls.  Right before I left mine, two people came in, which left 3 of the 4 stalls occupied.  As I was washing my hands, one guy started playing music on his phone (I assume it was his phone) and then started singing along with it!  I literally exclaimed, "what the fuck?!" as I walked out.  Had I still been in the stall, I might have been tempted to do some violence.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on June 25, 2019, 12:47:53 PM
Masking the sound of taking a shit because many feel uncomortable. Heck, I would thank him. Better that than hearing his bowel movement. But to each their own.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 25, 2019, 12:48:11 PM
People who No-Show for interviews.

Dude was so eager over the phone.


Well, I guess there is a reason you have no work history on your resume for the last year, besides a  very brief stint delivering food.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 25, 2019, 12:49:06 PM
People who No-Show for interviews.

Dude was so eager over the phone.


Well, I guess there is a reason you have no work history on your resume for the last year, besides a  very brief stint delivering food.

You should've told him to bring a hamburger.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 25, 2019, 12:52:31 PM
Masking the sound of taking a shit because many feel uncomortable. Heck, I would thank him. Better that than hearing his bowel movement. But to each their own.

If his singing was loud enough to cover his bowel movement sounds, that's got to be one really interesting bathroom to be in  :lol

I think it would annoy me too, I'd rather hear the shit hit the water unless this guy was an actual singer who sounded good while clearing his asshole  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 25, 2019, 12:55:41 PM
Its frustrating. We have ads up on Craigslist / zip recruiter / whatever (I don't have control over that), and they all  say resumes are required for consideration. I received 6 responses last week. 3 of them included resumes. 2 of the resumes were from people who we will not hire for reasons (one worked here 2x and ghosted us 2x, the other has set up interviews several times and not shown up). This dude was the only one who looked semi promising.

I even responded to every other email basically introducing myself and asking for a resume before we discuss setting up for an interview (which I have never done before. Usually if there is no resume, I just skip over).

I shouldn't expect much if the person is responding to the ad with "I am interested have guard card and car call me 555-5555 my name is mike"


I imagine this has been discussed earlier in this thread, but I just got out of the restroom at work.  It has four stalls.  Right before I left mine, two people came in, which left 3 of the 4 stalls occupied.  As I was washing my hands, one guy started playing music on his phone (I assume it was his phone) and then started singing along with it!  I literally exclaimed, "what the fuck?!" as I walked out.  Had I still been in the stall, I might have been tempted to do some violence.


Should have just gotten all 3 stalls to sing Bohemian Rhapsody together. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on June 25, 2019, 02:08:41 PM
Masking the sound of taking a shit because many feel uncomortable. Heck, I would thank him. Better that than hearing his bowel movement. But to each their own.

If his singing was loud enough to cover his bowel movement sounds, that's got to be one really interesting bathroom to be in  :lol

I think it would annoy me too, I'd rather hear the shit hit the water unless this guy was an actual singer who sounded good while clearing his asshole  :lol

Lol, more power to ya, I'll take the horrid singing rather than his butt metal growls
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 25, 2019, 02:10:32 PM
This is why I don't shit in public, right here. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 25, 2019, 02:11:21 PM
This is why I don't shit in public, right here.

This is why there are stalls, right there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 25, 2019, 02:22:11 PM
 :lol

I never liked shitting in public restrooms, until I went to college and it felt like I had no choice since the dorm bathrooms might as well been the public restroom at a gas station.   Got past that fear/disgust real quick.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 25, 2019, 03:07:35 PM
Sometimes, the call of nature is just too strong. I prefer my own porcelain, but sometimes there is no option.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 25, 2019, 03:29:30 PM
Relevant video. NWS. But it is hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gexjlM-jjEc

#2 in public is only for the most dire of emergencies. Hell I've held a piss so long just so I could save it for the privacy of home that I couldn't walk straight by the time I pulled up in the driveway. That's not healthy at all, but whatever, public restrooms are the worst thing ever.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dream Team on June 27, 2019, 10:59:06 AM
So some woman was just convicted of killing her baby by getting shot in the stomach - but it's ok if a doctor cuts it out instead???? WTF with this insanity
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 27, 2019, 11:09:35 AM
So some woman was just convicted of killing her baby by getting shot in the stomach - but it's ok if a doctor cuts it out instead???? WTF with this insanity

You know this is the "mildly irritating" thread, right?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on June 27, 2019, 01:02:49 PM
Mildly irritated that there isn't an OUTRAGE! thread
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 27, 2019, 01:07:46 PM
Mildly irritated that there isn't an OUTRAGE! thread

Well...there is a "pissed off" thread.  https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=53922.0
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on June 30, 2019, 06:11:58 PM
Drug commercials. They’re all the same.

*Sad, depressing music as subject victim talks to the camera*

“I was having trouble with _______, and when my doctor said I had _______, I was devastated. I felt hopeless...”

*Music becomes more uplifting*

“...But then I found out about ________.”

*Subject victim shown doing various random activities such as golfing, mowing the lawn, walking the dog, playing an instrument, gardening, playing bocce, blowing out birthday candles, etc. Voice over simultaneously going through side effects, advisories, and other things to cover their ass so they don’t get sued*

*Subject victim closes it out*

“Talk to your doctor about _______ and start living your life. Today!”

*Mention of pharma company as their logo swirls onto the screen*

*End commercial*


Nearly every time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 01, 2019, 05:21:14 AM
You forgot to mention that the effects/advisories, are usually rattled off by a professional auctioneer.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 01, 2019, 09:08:48 AM
Annnnd sometimes the quick blurb about not being able to pay for your prescriptions and their discount plan.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 01, 2019, 09:10:35 AM
You forgot to mention that the effects/advisories, are usually rattled off by a professional auctioneer.

And that every side effect actually seems worse than whatever you already have.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 01, 2019, 09:13:03 AM
You forgot to mention that the effects/advisories, are usually rattled off by a professional auctioneer.

And that every side effect actually seems worse than whatever you already have.  :lol

"Migrainitol may cause dizziness, diarrhea, growth on tongue, kidney failure, cancer, stroke, and sudden death. Ask your doctor before use."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 01, 2019, 09:36:09 AM
Drug commercials. They’re all the same.

*Sad, depressing music as subject victim talks to the camera*

“I was having trouble with _______, and when my doctor said I had _______, I was devastated. I felt hopeless...”

*Music becomes more uplifting*

“...But then I found out about ________.”

*Subject victim shown doing various random activities such as golfing, mowing the lawn, walking the dog, playing an instrument, gardening, playing bocce, blowing out birthday candles, etc. Voice over simultaneously going through side effects, advisories, and other things to cover their ass so they don’t get sued*

*Subject victim closes it out*

“Talk to your doctor about _______ and start living your life. Today!”

*Mention of pharma company as their logo swirls onto the screen*

*End commercial*


Nearly every time.

You forgot the main part!   "Moderately good song from the 70's/80's completely redone by a Manhattan Transfer cover band, and with the drug title cycled in for a main part of the lyric."        "ABC - Trefigy!" or "O- O- O- Ozempic!"

The Eloquis ones are particularly annoying.  "I accept that I can't play two hour sets anymore".... dude, you're playing in broad daylight on the back of a flatbed truck.  It's not like you were playing in the E Street Band.   

Sorry I got carried away.   I think I need Wytensin!   :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 01, 2019, 09:39:29 AM
HAHAHA. Spot on, Stadler. Still better than the "Are you gellin'?" Dr. Scholl's commercials.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 01, 2019, 10:00:10 AM
Drug commercials. They’re all the same.

I asked my cardiologist what she thinks of the prescription drug ads and whether she constantly has patients coming in and asking to be prescribed "Drug X" because they saw a commercial.  She said the biggest problem she has noticed is that some of her patients have stopped taking vitally important drugs without consulting her solely because of the list of side effects mentioned on the commercials.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 01, 2019, 10:21:13 AM
When I was getting my MBA, the Marketing professor argued that the Big Pharma advertising directly to the populace and encouraging them to "ask your doctor" may be the single greatest marketing "idea" in history.   Because it singularly put doctors in a bad spot.  They are supposedly out of the realm of commerce, "do no harm", and all that, but a huge part of that is the patient's confidence in their provider.  So if you see that commercial, and go in to the doctor, first, the worst thing possible for the doctor is that they don't know about that drug.  Second worst is that it doesn't fit in the over-all treatment plan, and so now the doctor isn't in the position of giving GOOD advice, the doctor is in the position of defending advice that on it's face looks out of date and ineffective.   Of course, Pharma wants above all to be helpful, so they countered that by sending young attractive sales people out to the doctors with free samples and literature to get them on board. ;)   

To my mind, it's one of the more detrimental and damaging innovations we've seen, and in my view has contributed to both the high cost of healthcare but also the position of power occupied by Pharma for the past couple decades. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 01, 2019, 10:46:23 AM
Drug commercials. They’re all the same.

I asked my cardiologist what she thinks of the prescription drug ads and whether she constantly has patients coming in and asking to be prescribed "Drug X" because they saw a commercial.  She said the biggest problem she has noticed is that some of her patients have stopped taking vitally important drugs without consulting her solely because of the list of side effects mentioned on the commercials.

Think about how much these commercials cost and then remember who ends up footing the bill for these drugs.  Also doctors and compensated for promoting certain drugs that cost a lot more then their generic of another drug that can do the same and cost less.  As a patient we have to speak up to find out there is alternatives.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 01, 2019, 11:18:55 AM
You forgot to mention that the effects/advisories, are usually rattled off by a professional auctioneer.

And that every side effect actually seems worse than whatever you already have.  :lol

"Migrainitol may cause dizziness, diarrhea, growth on tongue, kidney failure, cancer, stroke, and sudden death. Ask your doctor before use."

Don't forget anal leakage.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 02, 2019, 01:10:41 PM
Drug commercials. They’re all the same.

I asked my cardiologist what she thinks of the prescription drug ads and whether she constantly has patients coming in and asking to be prescribed "Drug X" because they saw a commercial.  She said the biggest problem she has noticed is that some of her patients have stopped taking vitally important drugs without consulting her solely because of the list of side effects mentioned on the commercials.

Think about how much these commercials cost and then remember who ends up footing the bill for these drugs.  Also doctors and compensated for promoting certain drugs that cost a lot more then their generic of another drug that can do the same and cost less.  As a patient we have to speak up to find out there is alternatives.

Ugh yea.  For a bit, I delivered salads and I would deliver big catering orders to hospitals for the sales ladies hosting a drug lunch to get their product in the hands of doctors.  Always beautiful women too.  And I remember a couple years ago, going to my doctor, and I needed a prescription to lower my uric acid levels to combat my gout.  I knew I needed allopurinal and she prescribed me something else.  She said it was newer and better.  Cool...... turns out it also cost a fortune even with decent insurance and then when I told her it was unaffordable she put me on the drug I expected which cost like 1 dollar and it did it's job.  I was pretty annoyed by the whole situation and felt like it was totally a sales pitch instead of just giving me the best product per dollar.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 02, 2019, 01:20:14 PM
lol US healthbusinesscare
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 02, 2019, 01:21:36 PM
lol US healthbusinesscare

No doubt.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 02, 2019, 01:53:57 PM
Drug commercials. They’re all the same.

I asked my cardiologist what she thinks of the prescription drug ads and whether she constantly has patients coming in and asking to be prescribed "Drug X" because they saw a commercial.  She said the biggest problem she has noticed is that some of her patients have stopped taking vitally important drugs without consulting her solely because of the list of side effects mentioned on the commercials.

Think about how much these commercials cost and then remember who ends up footing the bill for these drugs.  Also doctors and compensated for promoting certain drugs that cost a lot more then their generic of another drug that can do the same and cost less.  As a patient we have to speak up to find out there is alternatives.

Ugh yea.  For a bit, I delivered salads and I would deliver big catering orders to hospitals for the sales ladies hosting a drug lunch to get their product in the hands of doctors.  Always beautiful women too.  And I remember a couple years ago, going to my doctor, and I needed a prescription to lower my uric acid levels to combat my gout.  I knew I needed allopurinal and she prescribed me something else.  She said it was newer and better.  Cool...... turns out it also cost a fortune even with decent insurance and then when I told her it was unaffordable she put me on the drug I expected which cost like 1 dollar and it did it's job.  I was pretty annoyed by the whole situation and felt like it was totally a sales pitch instead of just giving me the best product per dollar.
 

I once went to my GP and had the following conversation: 

Me: I know this is probably frowned up, but my good friend has been prescribed Vyvanse. I've always had trouble reading and retaining information. My friend gave me a few days worth and I can tell that it helps a lot.
Doc: Do you know what dosage he gets?
Me: Yes. 50s.
Doc: Do you think that'd be good for you?
Me: Could I do 60s?
Doc: Sure *proceeds to fill out script*

 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 02, 2019, 02:48:09 PM
Why am I still amused at "I used to deliver salads"?    :)   I'm not making fun of it, but it just struck me as funny.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 02, 2019, 02:55:34 PM
 :lol I also worked at a pet store and washed cars at a dealership.  Had quite a few different jobs when I was younger although I'm most proud of my Boston Market days
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 02, 2019, 04:04:28 PM
:lol I also worked at a pet store and washed cars at a dealership.

When I first read this, I read it as "washed cats."   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 02, 2019, 04:05:14 PM
That would be the worst job ever. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on July 02, 2019, 09:36:27 PM
Drug commercials. They’re all the same.

I asked my cardiologist what she thinks of the prescription drug ads and whether she constantly has patients coming in and asking to be prescribed "Drug X" because they saw a commercial.  She said the biggest problem she has noticed is that some of her patients have stopped taking vitally important drugs without consulting her solely because of the list of side effects mentioned on the commercials.

Think about how much these commercials cost and then remember who ends up footing the bill for these drugs.  Also doctors and compensated for promoting certain drugs that cost a lot more then their generic of another drug that can do the same and cost less.  As a patient we have to speak up to find out there is alternatives.

Ugh yea.  For a bit, I delivered salads and I would deliver big catering orders to hospitals for the sales ladies hosting a drug lunch to get their product in the hands of doctors.  Always beautiful women too.  And I remember a couple years ago, going to my doctor, and I needed a prescription to lower my uric acid levels to combat my gout.  I knew I needed allopurinal and she prescribed me something else.  She said it was newer and better.  Cool...... turns out it also cost a fortune even with decent insurance and then when I told her it was unaffordable she put me on the drug I expected which cost like 1 dollar and it did it's job.  I was pretty annoyed by the whole situation and felt like it was totally a sales pitch instead of just giving me the best product per dollar.
 

I once went to my GP and had the following conversation: 

Me: I know this is probably frowned up, but my good friend has been prescribed Vyvanse. I've always had trouble reading and retaining information. My friend gave me a few days worth and I can tell that it helps a lot.
Doc: Do you know what dosage he gets?
Me: Yes. 50s.
Doc: Do you think that'd be good for you?
Me: Could I do 60s?
Doc: Sure *proceeds to fill out script*

 :rollin

My adderall perscription was tougher to get :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on July 09, 2019, 01:36:25 PM
With regard to movies, shows, and other entertainment in this day and age, I am becoming increasingly frustrated with the overall approach to spoilers and theories posted all over the Internet.  I guess these are sort of two separate things.  But the former really is starting to go beyond "mildly irritating" for me. 

I'm fairly loose in one sense when it comes to spoilers.  If you go to a site where you know a given topic is discussed, I feel like it's completely on you if it gets spoiled.  Even here, although I fully support not putting spoilers in thread titles and having "no spoiler" threads, I'm not about to mandate that every post with a potential spoiler get put in tiny font.  If you don't wanna know what happened in the latest Marvel movie, yeah, we'll be courteous and not allow spoilers in thread titles and will want people to be respectful and put "SPOILER" warnings on things that should have spoiler warnings.  But if you go into the Marvel thread, you should expect discussions of whatever the latest Marvel thing is, some of which may contain spoilers. 

That said, there should NOT be spoilers just randomly spread all over the frickin' place with no warning.  But if you go anywhere on the Internet these days, you are likely to run into spoilers in LOTS of places where you don't expect to find them.  And even where you see just headlines or YouTube video titles or what have you that claim to be "spoiler free," there are often hints that give away major spoilers anyway.  It just seems like if you don't see a movie or TV show in the first couple of days after its release (if that long), you are guaranteed to have it spoiled unless you can find a way to completely avoid the Internet, all social media, etc.  And that isn't realistic.  It really pisses me off.

The specifics of where this rant is coming from:  I have not yet seen Spiderman or Stranger Things 3.  (I will likely see Spiderman tonight.)  But I have seen ALL KINDS OF THINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE that have revealed actual spoilers for both, and it is not been on sites where there is open discussion.  I have avoided any direct discussion, and STILL have unintentionally run into things.  People are just so inconsiderate and in such a hurry to broadcast to the entire earth how current they are.   :censored 

I could say more, but this is already a LOT longer than I intended.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 09, 2019, 01:45:41 PM
How do you not know what's going to happen in Spiderman already?

And no I have not ever, will I ever see a Spiderman movie.

But what's going to happen is that Spidey is going to fight a bad guy. The bad guy is going to have Spidey on the ropes, and just when you thing he won't make it, he springs from the trap to defeat the bad guy.

And the movie will close with a line that will tease the next lame movie.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 09, 2019, 01:49:11 PM
How do you not know what's going to happen in Spiderman already?

And no I have not ever, will I ever see a Spiderman movie.

But what's going to happen is that Spidey is going to fight a bad guy. The bad guy is going to have Spidey on the ropes, and just when you thing he won't make it, he springs from the trap to defeat the bad guy.

And the movie will close with a line that will tease the next lame movie.

"hurrr I haven't seen any comic movies but they're lame and predictable" - That's what you sound like. There's actually a lot more that happens in the new Spidey flick that's pretty big and important for the MCU. But you wouldn't care because you haven't seen any of them yet want to call them all lame...  :tdwn

Speaking of what I find mildly irritating...  :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 09, 2019, 01:50:14 PM
What's MCU?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 09, 2019, 01:51:17 PM
Typically I agree, don't shit on something you don't know about, but my big thing as to why I don't care for the super hero movies is kind of because exactly of what TAC said... I've seen some too, but none in the last 5 or more years because the formula gets boring.  Having said that, with the unanimous praise for lots of these movies I'm sure they've moved onto better plots since I last saw one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 09, 2019, 01:52:06 PM
What's MCU?

(https://i.imgur.com/cCIxB1i.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on July 09, 2019, 01:53:03 PM
What's MCU?

Tim, you sound like Trump.  Stop hazing anything you have no background on. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 09, 2019, 01:55:00 PM
I'm being a bit facetious about my take, obviously.


But I honestly don't now what MCU is.



Typically I agree, don't shit on something you don't know about, but my big thing as to why I don't care for the super hero movies is kind of because exactly of what TAC said... I've seen some too, but none in the last 5 or more years because the formula gets boring.  Having said that, with the unanimous praise for lots of these movies I'm sure they've moved onto better plots since I last saw one.

To me, Cram, it's basically like watching the same movie over and over again. But that's me. I watch sports every night. A lot of people find that dumb. One team wins and another loses. Blah blah.


What's MCU?

Tim, you sound like Trump.  Stop hazing anything you have no background on. :lol

 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 09, 2019, 01:57:50 PM
TAC, learn to have fun and watch some Spiderman.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 09, 2019, 02:00:02 PM
Do they still sing the song at the beginning?

"Spiderman, Spiderman
Does whatever a spider can
Spins his web, any size
Catches Thieves, just like flies
Look out, here comes the Spiderman"


From total memory mofo!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 09, 2019, 02:02:36 PM
It doesn't have words but it's used in this one. Best theme song ever  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: vtgrad on July 09, 2019, 03:03:01 PM
Why am I still amused at "I used to deliver salads"?    :)   I'm not making fun of it, but it just struck me as funny.

At least he delivered them instead of tossing them... perhaps he tossed them before he delivered them.  :biggrin:  I'm actually surprised that I got to that joke first... maybe that says something about my neural pathways?

There used to be a website that allowed you to check your doc's participation in such tossing... I mean schemes... I mean things; if I'm not mistaken, pharma reps log their expenses and I remember this report being a good thing.  Seems like I got the link from Last Week Tonight.  Also, if I'm not mistaken, isn't the US one of the only countries that allows pharma to actually advertise?

What's MCU?

Tim, you sound like Trump.  Stop hazing anything you have no background on. :lol

 :rollin 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 09, 2019, 03:05:32 PM
Why am I still amused at "I used to deliver salads"?    :)   I'm not making fun of it, but it just struck me as funny.

At least he delivered them instead of tossing them... perhaps he tossed them before he delivered them.  :biggrin:  I'm actually surprised that I got to that joke first... maybe that says something about my neural pathways?

I tossed salads at Boston Market and delivered them at Salad Works  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Hyperplex on July 10, 2019, 08:27:28 AM
When CSRs send back jobs with the absolute bare minimum of any modicum of information and then end the email with "let me know if you have any questions."

All that does is express that you know you haven't provided enough information and that I will certainly be bothering you again for more info (how about a reference number, job specs, a client name, and any sort of reference to what exactly we are to be designing and producing). How about you just save us all the hassle and do the complete amount of work the first time rather than just shoving it out your outbox and brushing your hands clean.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 10, 2019, 11:27:11 AM
I'm not sure which of the following is more irritating:  (1) when approaching a 3 or 4-way stop and someone just rolls through without coming close to stopping; or (2) in the same situation, when someone clearly stops first (and therefore has the right of way) but refuses to proceed.  Both of these happen all the damn time in my neighborhood, and I pretty much want to do violence every time it does.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Hyperplex on July 10, 2019, 11:54:19 AM
when someone clearly stops first (and therefore has the right of way) but refuses to proceed.

This exact thing occurred this morning on my way to work. Not only did she arrive to the 4-way first, she was on the right, and she still wouldn't go. Ultimately, no harm done, just a little strange.

Given that just rolling through without stopping is illegal and not taking the right of way is just annoying, I'd have to do with the disliking running the stop sign more, personally.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 10, 2019, 12:04:03 PM
What's even more annoying is when you are waiting for the person to make their rightful move and don't, when you finally start to say fuck it and hit the gas, then they hit the gas so you stop and have the stare down again.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Hyperplex on July 10, 2019, 12:13:55 PM
Speaking of driving peeves, I cannot stand when someone slows down to 2mph just to perform a turn. If the turn doesn't involve threading your car through a space the width of a pubic hair, I don't understand the need to slow to snail's pace to complete it.

Also, people who swing wide to the ride out of their lane to make left turns; you aren't kissing the apex of a turn on the Nurburgring, you're turning into Rite-Aid. Act like it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on July 10, 2019, 01:46:19 PM
The driving situations as listed above make me think of the times that someone pulls out in front of you or cut you off, and then wave at you as if you voluntarily let them in and did them a favor. No, you inconsiderate fuck, I merely braked from 20 to 0 in 10 feet to avoid running my car into your shit mobile.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on July 10, 2019, 01:58:01 PM
*waves at Snow Dog
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 10, 2019, 03:14:22 PM
Also, people who swing wide to the ride out of their lane to make left turns; you aren't kissing the apex of a turn on the Nurburgring, you're turning into Rite-Aid. Act like it.

YES!  I've never understood why folks do this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on July 10, 2019, 06:33:51 PM
When it is warm out and raining. Hey weather, if you want to be warm, have the sun out and cut out the rain. If you want to rain, cool down the temperature!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on July 10, 2019, 10:20:22 PM
*waves at Snow Dog

(https://i.imgur.com/oaURezv.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on July 10, 2019, 10:36:20 PM
When your wife says out of the blue "Did you know the US soccer team makes a lot less money than the men's team?" and you have a split second to think real hard about how to respond.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on July 10, 2019, 10:53:58 PM
That should be an easy one (unless you actually didn't know) - "yeah, and it's bullshit!" :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on July 10, 2019, 11:13:10 PM
Right. My 8 year old daughter actually brought it up too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ruba on July 11, 2019, 12:01:20 AM
Well, the ladies' team are now world champions and the men didn't even qualify for the next World Cup.  :biggrin: Also, they have generated more revenue in last three years than the men's team (https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/womens-soccer-pay). I think there's a fair case to be made for hiking up the ladies' wages/bonuses.

E: The qualification for the next World Cup hasn't even begun yet. The men's team failed to qualify for 2018 Cup.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 11, 2019, 07:14:11 AM
Ugh....honestly Megan Rapinoe has sucked any and all joy or pride that could have been gleened from that world cup victory right out of the atmosphere for me. Yet another athlete abusing their position to pimp a political and social statement. There's nothing more annoying to me than that.

Maybe they have a case for the pay, but Rapinoe and her egotistical swagger is accomplishing the direct opposite effect concerning getting it addressed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Hyperplex on July 11, 2019, 08:10:51 AM
Humorless dickwads at work who can't stand when anyone else has any fun and feel the need to shit on any sort of spirited anything in the office.

Fucking Cannot Understand Normal Thinking
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 11, 2019, 08:17:30 AM
Humorless dickwads at work who can't stand when anyone else has any fun and feel the need to shit on any sort of spirited anything in the office.

Fucking Cannot Understand Normal Thinking

Related to this... when you start talking about something you're excited for and the other party in the conversation doesn't wish you a good time or anything positive, but instead craps on the experience.

Me: I'm going to Madison, WI next month.
Them: What for?
Me: Music festival, watch bands all day, play some arcade games, drink some beer.
Them: Ugh, that's such a long drive, no thanks. Why would you want to go up there? I can't STAND driving through Chicago blah blah blah etc. etc.
Me:  :yeahright :yeahright :yeahright Thanks for not understanding I like concerts and focusing on literally the most uninteresting aspect of that day's events...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 11, 2019, 09:27:58 AM
That should be an easy one (unless you actually didn't know) - "yeah, and it's bullshit!" :)

The correct answer is...yawn...soccer?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: vtgrad on July 11, 2019, 09:50:00 AM
That should be an easy one (unless you actually didn't know) - "yeah, and it's bullshit!" :)

The correct answer is...yawn...soccer?

My wife said, and I quote "If the sport was worth watching, both the men and the women would be paid more"  :lol  It's a non-starter for her.  I said "that's right... they need to grow a pair and play another sport"; I didn't realize the irony in what I'd said until later that night.

If you're winning at sport and winning at life, just keep winning!  Money is money ... "Heed my advice may you hear every word, don't sacrifice meaning for riches that burn"  or something like that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 11, 2019, 09:54:08 AM
Humorless dickwads at work who can't stand when anyone else has any fun and feel the need to shit on any sort of spirited anything in the office.

Fucking Cannot Understand Normal Thinking

Related to this... when you start talking about something you're excited for and the other party in the conversation doesn't wish you a good time or anything positive, but instead craps on the experience.

Me: I'm going to Madison, WI next month.
Them: What for?
Me: Music festival, watch bands all day, play some arcade games, drink some beer.
Them: Ugh, that's such a long drive, no thanks. Why would you want to go up there? I can't STAND driving through Chicago blah blah blah etc. etc.
Me:  :yeahright :yeahright :yeahright Thanks for not understanding I like concerts and focusing on literally the most uninteresting aspect of that day's events...

Yea, it's really annoying but my mother is a huge downer for me with this.  Obviously, I'm not asking my mom to join me, but when she asks "what's your plan today?" "oh im going to a concert in the city" "by yourself" "yes" "WHY?!?!?!" every single time... is sitting home really a better option to some people than living your life?  I guess so for some, I met a 30 year old girl at a concert the other night, kept referencing her "mommy" and said her "mommy" warned her about strangers (we were talking about uber drivers, not about me although maybe she was also referencing me).  Made me think this girl probably hasn't left home much in her 30 years.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 11, 2019, 10:23:08 AM
Humorless dickwads at work who can't stand when anyone else has any fun and feel the need to shit on any sort of spirited anything in the office.

Fucking Cannot Understand Normal Thinking

Related to this... when you start talking about something you're excited for and the other party in the conversation doesn't wish you a good time or anything positive, but instead craps on the experience.

Me: I'm going to Madison, WI next month.
Them: What for?
Me: Music festival, watch bands all day, play some arcade games, drink some beer.
Them: Ugh, that's such a long drive, no thanks. Why would you want to go up there? I can't STAND driving through Chicago blah blah blah etc. etc.
Me:  :yeahright :yeahright :yeahright Thanks for not understanding I like concerts and focusing on literally the most uninteresting aspect of that day's events...

Yea, it's really annoying but my mother is a huge downer for me with this.  Obviously, I'm not asking my mom to join me, but when she asks "what's your plan today?" "oh im going to a concert in the city" "by yourself" "yes" "WHY?!?!?!" every single time... is sitting home really a better option to some people than living your life?  I guess so for some, I met a 30 year old girl at a concert the other night, kept referencing her "mommy" and said her "mommy" warned her about strangers (we were talking about uber drivers, not about me although maybe she was also referencing me).  Made me think this girl probably hasn't left home much in her 30 years.

Man I feel this so hard. It's like we have the same mom. lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 11, 2019, 11:06:45 AM
That should be an easy one (unless you actually didn't know) - "yeah, and it's bullshit!" :)

Or... "Huh, I did know that.  And did YOU know that up until the last three years, men's merch outsold the women's, game revenue favored the men as well, the prize money for the men's WC is $400 million whereas the women's is $30 million, AND the salaries of both are governed by a collective bargaining agreement that hasn't been released to the public yet (though we do know that the men's salaries are PURELY incentive based (dependent on whether the player plays in a game, whether the team wins, and how the team does as a whole) whereas the women receive a base salary and a bonus on top based on the above factors)?"  But that's not quippy and doesn't sell papers, I guess. 

I'm with Gary on this one.  If all things are equal - and all things are rarely equal - they should be paid the same, no question, not up for debate.  But as I noted, things are rarely equal.   And I'm sort of done with Rapinoe's nonsense too.  (And before people chime in on "criticizing a woman", I don't watch the NBA at all anymore because of the exact same "show me the money" attitude and when players boycott the White House in ANY sport, I have the same criticisms.   I get the free speech argument, but that doesn't mean that I want to hear it. Not every moment in time has to serve your own personal politics.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 11, 2019, 11:18:30 AM
I didn't follow woman's soccer and still don't so I haven't been following or cared about what's going on with that (although I'm glad they won, that's awesome) but what I do find mildly irritating is the politicizing of everything.  That's not meant to be a shot at these girls, just in general although I guess it applies here someway since it seems we can't just enjoy a nice national victory as a country.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 11, 2019, 11:25:06 AM
I didn't follow woman's soccer and still don't so I haven't been following or cared about what's going on with that (although I'm glad they won, that's awesome) but what I do find mildly irritating is the politicizing of everything.  That's not meant to be a shot at these girls, just in general although I guess it applies here someway since it seems we can't just enjoy a nice national victory as a country.

This. The fact that EVERYTHING is now politicized is what’s driving me mad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 11, 2019, 11:45:35 AM
I didn't follow woman's soccer and still don't so I haven't been following or cared about what's going on with that (although I'm glad they won, that's awesome) but what I do find mildly irritating is the politicizing of everything.  That's not meant to be a shot at these girls, just in general although I guess it applies here someway since it seems we can't just enjoy a nice national victory as a country.

This. The fact that EVERYTHING is now politicized is what’s driving me mad.

I've been trying to find the tapes of Mike Eruzione and Jim Craig boycotting the White House trip and calling attention to the unfair working conditions and lack of pay for being on the Olympic Hockey Team.  I know they must be out there somewhere.... 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 11, 2019, 01:05:55 PM
I didn't follow woman's soccer and still don't so I haven't been following or cared about what's going on with that (although I'm glad they won, that's awesome)

Which is a whole other thing....I mean, there's like 3 maybe 4 women national teams that 'could' or 'should' win these tournaments each time. The USA has a strong team, Brazil, England...then there are some more cusp teams that are good not great that could win with a solid game. Even the team the USA played to win was pretty lucky to have been in the championship game.

My point is.....it's not like this was some ultimate...major....massive difficult thing to do. They were expected to win because the competition just isn't there in the womens stage yet.

Glad they won because 'yeah USA' and all....but a part of me wishes they had choked just to knock down some of those egos a bit. I get that winning that tournament is the pinnacle of their sport....but the level of competition just isn't there IMO for how overtly cocky they've been. Swagger, confidence and a touch of cockiness is fine and expected in these really good teams but there is a point where it can begin to have the opposite effect. It's reached that point in my eyes. Completely turned off by the Womens US National Soccer team at this point.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 11, 2019, 01:31:00 PM
I remember in the 90s the USWNT was pretty good, I can't remember her name, but there was a star player there too that got a lot of attention.  I don't believe they won, but I remember just being a big national story and everyone behind the team it seemed.  I don't recall, although there could have been, politicization of that team or anything, but compared to this year, it seems everyone just wants to argue instead of enjoy our national team.  Yea it sucks they aren't paid "equally" but by kicking ass and making money for sponsors hopefully they get what they are due.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 11, 2019, 01:42:24 PM
I remember in the 90s the USWNT was pretty good, I can't remember her name, but there was a star player there too that got a lot of attention.  I don't believe they won, but I remember just being a big national story and everyone behind the team it seemed.  I don't recall, although there could have been, politicization of that team or anything, but compared to this year, it seems everyone just wants to argue instead of enjoy our national team.  Yea it sucks they aren't paid "equally" but by kicking ass and making money for sponsors hopefully they get what they are due.

Mia Hamm was the big one in the 90's.

And until the sport becomes a major draw they're not going to get paid what they 'believe' they should. Their predecessors made their livings off of endorsement deals and public gigs. I'm sure ol' girl Rapinoe will have her Nike contract inked before months end.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 11, 2019, 01:43:43 PM
Yup, Mia Hamm, knew I would know it if I heard (or read) it
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 11, 2019, 01:47:21 PM
I remember in the 90s the USWNT was pretty good, I can't remember her name, but there was a star player there too that got a lot of attention.  I don't believe they won

I don't follow (or like) soccer, but even I know this.  The USWNT burst onto the scene the late 90s with Mia Hamm as the star player.  The team won the World Cup in 1999 (which was held in the U.S.), with the lasting image being Brandy Chastain pulling off her jersey and doing a knee slide with just her shorts and sports bra.  Seems that the U.S. team also won in 1991, but I don't recall anyone knowing or caring about that.

(http://bashof.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Brandi-Chastain-Soccer-BASHOF.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 11, 2019, 02:06:00 PM
This is the Uconn basketball problem.  Other than maybe Tennessee (who Geno Auriemma personally targeted as his nemesis) Uconn women's basketball went largely unchallenged for decades, and finally, in the last couple years, the sport has caught up.  And we're all better for it.   

But one of Geno's best and enduring traits was keeping his teams humble and focused, game to game.  I don't know a ton of the women that played for him, but 99% of them speak of him with what borders on reverence, and are, largely, very grounded.  He famously does not get along too well with the (old) men's coach (who elevated the men's program to national greatness) Jim Calhoun.   Calhoun was/is an EXTREMELY competitive guy and didn't like sharing the spotlight with Auriemma, but even Auriemma had to admit that Calhoun winning meant more to the school - monetarily (Auriemma would NEVER concede spiritually) - than his team winning did. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 11, 2019, 02:08:08 PM
I find it hilarious that a bunch of men are rabble rabble-ing about women asking for equal pay.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 11, 2019, 02:41:09 PM
I find it hilarious that a bunch of men are rabble rabble-ing about women asking for equal pay.  :lol

But that's the point; I don't speak for anyone else here, but I am 100%, unequivocally in support of equal pay. It shouldn't even be an issue (though I recognize that it is).   However, we may or may not be actually talking about "equal pay".  Should Mike Anthony be paid as much as Ed Van Halen?

I think when it comes to sports in particular, the distinction is important.   Odell Beckham, Jr. catches footballs, and expects to be paid, as does Antonio Brown.    The Mara family (and the Rooney family) are not paying him to "catch footballs".  They're paying him to do what it takes to a) win Championships, and b) put fannies in the seats.  To the extent that is catching footballs, so be it, we're on the right page, but if it takes NOT catching footballs for that outcome, then we have a problem. So who should be paid more; Odell Beckham, Jr., or Julian Edelman? 

I'm all for equal pay, but equal pay doesn't necessarily mean "the exact same dollars and cents, with no context".   We have to agree on what it is that you're being paid for.  Now, I don't think the women's claim is specious, at all, but it's not the egregious gender slam that Megan Rapinoe (and, to be fair, others) are making it out to be.  It's complicated, and gestures like silent national anthems and skipping White House celebrations don't do justice to that complexity.

Chris Rock said it best:  Shaq is RICH.  The man PAYING Shaq is WEALTHY. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 11, 2019, 02:43:56 PM
I find it hilarious that a bunch of men are rabble rabble-ing about women asking for equal pay.  :lol

But that's the point; I don't speak for anyone else here, but I am 100%, unequivocally in support of equal pay. It shouldn't even be an issue (though I recognize that it is).   However, we may or may not be actually talking about "equal pay".  Should Mike Anthony be paid as much as Ed Van Halen?

I think when it comes to sports in particular, the distinction is important.   Odell Beckham, Jr. catches footballs, and expects to be paid, as does Antonio Brown.    The Mara family (and the Rooney family) are not paying him to "catch footballs".  They're paying him to do what it takes to a) win Championships, and b) put fannies in the seats.  To the extent that is catching footballs, so be it, we're on the right page, but if it takes NOT catching footballs for that outcome, then we have a problem. So who should be paid more; Odell Beckham, Jr., or Julian Edelman? 

I'm all for equal pay, but equal pay doesn't necessarily mean "the exact same dollars and cents, with no context".   We have to agree on what it is that you're being paid for.  Now, I don't think the women's claim is specious, at all, but it's not the egregious gender slam that Megan Rapinoe (and, to be fair, others) are making it out to be.  It's complicated, and gestures like silent national anthems and skipping White House celebrations don't do justice to that complexity.

Chris Rock said it best:  Shaq is RICH.  The man PAYING Shaq is WEALTHY.

No, no, I get it, I'm just poking fun is all. I understand that the men's leagues make far much more money than the women's, ergo the men just... make more. Insofar as that goes, I see nothing wrong with it. I WISH I made as much money as some of those female athletes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on July 11, 2019, 05:45:07 PM
The 2015 team was far more likable, with Carli Lloyd leading the charge.  It's like some don't realize that not everyone wants to get beat over the head with political and/or societal issues when it comes to sports.  I watch sports to be entertained..and stressed out and irritable when the Blues have playoff games :lol.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on July 11, 2019, 08:12:21 PM
I may be the only one, but I say good for them, and keep fighting.  And yes, I'm aware that there are nuances to the issue - many of which are addressed in the article that Ruba linked.  But as far as I'm concerned, their victory hasn't at all been ruined by their fight for equal pay.  They're using their platform now because now is that time that they have the platform.  If they inspire young girls to be athletes - that's awesome.  If they inspire them to be political and continue the fight for equal pay, that's awesome too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 12, 2019, 06:39:03 AM
It's more than just "equal pay" though; there's a video out there of Rapinoe with champonya saying "I deserve this".   Not "we", "I", and "deserve".   That to me screams entitlement.   I get it, it's just me, but I don't believe in "deserve".  In 1980 in Lake Placid, not ONE of those guys thought they deserved anything other than a chance to play, and to a man, after one of the greatest victories in sports, one that NO ONE thought they could pull off, and that resonated across (at least) two entire nations politically, socially and culturally, there was nothing but humility and grace and thankfulness.

Maybe the one requires the other; maybe that sense of entitlement is necessary to make the political stand (or, perhaps, the political belief informs the entitlement mentality) but TO ME, it's just takes some of the champion spirit out of it.   But at the end of the day, it's her moment and she can celebrate it how she pleases.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 12, 2019, 07:30:09 AM
It's more than just "equal pay" though; there's a video out there of Rapinoe with champonya saying "I deserve this".   Not "we", "I", and "deserve".   That to me screams entitlement.   

her true colors are shining through. She's on a marketing campaign to land as big of an endorsement deal as possible. Which, when it happens....I'm curious as to if she'd split that check with all her team mates. Equal pay and all....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on July 12, 2019, 07:36:03 AM
It's more than just "equal pay" though; there's a video out there of Rapinoe with champonya saying "I deserve this".   Not "we", "I", and "deserve".   That to me screams entitlement.   

her true colors are shining through. She's on a marketing campaign to land as big of an endorsement deal as possible. Which, when it happens....I'm curious as to if she'd split that check with all her team mates. Equal pay and all....

I doubt it.

And like we discussed yesterday, if you say anything critical about someone in the LGBTQ community now, "you are anti-LGBTQ!"  Which is horse crap.  One doesn't have to fully support every single thing someone part of the movement says or does to support the cause, and it's that kind of "all or nothing" thinking that causes such bad discourse.

Rapinoe's whole look and attitude just screams, "LOOK AT ME!!!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 12, 2019, 07:46:12 AM
It's more than just "equal pay" though; there's a video out there of Rapinoe with champonya saying "I deserve this".   Not "we", "I", and "deserve".   That to me screams entitlement.   I get it, it's just me, but I don't believe in "deserve".  In 1980 in Lake Placid, not ONE of those guys thought they deserved anything other than a chance to play, and to a man, after one of the greatest victories in sports, one that NO ONE thought they could pull off, and that resonated across (at least) two entire nations politically, socially and culturally, there was nothing but humility and grace and thankfulness.

Maybe the one requires the other; maybe that sense of entitlement is necessary to make the political stand (or, perhaps, the political belief informs the entitlement mentality) but TO ME, it's just takes some of the champion spirit out of it.   But at the end of the day, it's her moment and she can celebrate it how she pleases.

But your example is using men, who aren't paid less than anyone else. Men don't have to worry about not getting paid equally because it's the standard and therefore they aren't as cognizant of the difference. If she's doing the same work as the men why not pay her the same, OR at least work something out/try to, taking into consideration the vastly different levels of income the male/female leagues make?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 12, 2019, 07:55:50 AM
It's more than just "equal pay" though; there's a video out there of Rapinoe with champonya saying "I deserve this".   Not "we", "I", and "deserve".   That to me screams entitlement.   

her true colors are shining through. She's on a marketing campaign to land as big of an endorsement deal as possible. Which, when it happens....I'm curious as to if she'd split that check with all her team mates. Equal pay and all....

I doubt it.

And like we discussed yesterday, if you say anything critical about someone in the LGBTQ community now, "you are anti-LGBTQ!"  Which is horse crap.  One doesn't have to fully support every single thing someone part of the movement says or does to support the cause, and it's that kind of "all or nothing" thinking that causes such bad discourse.

Rapinoe's whole look and attitude just screams, "LOOK AT ME!!!"

Honestly if I were LGBTQ looking for a spokesperson or a little girl looking for a role model....Rapinoe would be my last choice....precisely for what Bill pointed out about her 'me' attitude and ego that is shining through right now. Like I said, I think she's in a marketing phase right now and doing her best to stand above the crowd.

What i do know is that I've spent entirely too much time bitching about her for the past five days.....so that shows the sad state of affairs my life is at right now.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MirrorMask on July 12, 2019, 08:15:48 AM
But your example is using men, who aren't paid less than anyone else. Men don't have to worry about not getting paid equally because it's the standard and therefore they aren't as cognizant of the difference. If she's doing the same work as the men why not pay her the same, OR at least work something out/try to, taking into consideration the vastly different levels of income the male/female leagues make?

But it's not the same "work", as in a job. It's sport and there is a demand for it and people are paid accordingly to what they allow their team to earn.

Football players are not paid out of the kindess of the heart of the club owner - they're paid because it's convenient for those clubs to secure their skills in order to earn even more revenue.

Metallica is a band and a newcomer group that has just made his first album is a band too. Should they be both paid the same from the promoter of a festival? if they pay Metallica 1 million it's because that allows them to earn 1.5 millions or whatever, not because someone has decided that Metallica have the divine right to be paid more. It's a demand and offer law, simple as that.

I fully support respect and recognition for female athletes, but equal pay is something you require for actual jobs, not for something subjected to the whims of the public's attention like sports and music. The day the world collectively stops to care about football, it's the day the paycheck for football male players drastically declines.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 12, 2019, 08:20:48 AM
But it's not the same "work", as in a job. It's sport and there is a demand for it and people are paid accordingly to what they allow their team to earn.

Football players are not paid out of the kindess of the heart of the club owner - they're paid because it's convenient for those clubs to secure their skills in order to earn even more revenue.

Metallica is a band and a newcomer group that has just made his first album is a band too. Should they be both paid the same from the promoter of a festival? if they pay Metallica 1 million it's because that allows them to earn 1.5 millions or whatever, not because someone has decided that Metallica have the divine right to be paid more. It's a demand and offer law, simple as that.

I fully support respect and recognition for female athletes, but equal pay is something you require for actual jobs, not for something subjected to the whims of the public's attention like sports and music. The day the world collectively stops to care about football, it's the day the paycheck for football male players drastically declines.

Boom. Nailed it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 12, 2019, 08:40:12 AM
I was specifically responding to the point Stads made about the guys just "playing for the love of playing" and being happy to be there. The guys obviously aren't worrying about their pay because 1) they're already making bank and 2) they're already the standard, they don't have to worry about being shafted because of their sex. I already stated earlier I agree that paying them differently simply because the leagues make different amounts of money is okay IMO.

I just think it's very odd that there is THAT big a difference between the prize winnings and perhaps that gap could be lessened. It's very clearly lopsided and a massive amount of more money goes to the men than the women even if the woman is the better athlete. I mean it's cool and all that we're guys and we don't have to worry about the pay gap affecting us ourselves, but we should be a little more cognizant of this insanely large gap and maybe even try to fix that a little? The leagues might make different money, but again, what if the woman is simply the better athlete? In that case the man is directly benefiting exclusively because his sex placed him in a league that dishes out far more money. ("We won't know because they won't compete against each other" - well, make the champs go head to head, then, and we'll see.)

EDIT: Also, we already have a day where the world stops for football. It's called Super Bowl Sunday. :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on July 12, 2019, 08:52:47 AM
MirrorMask nailed it. :tup :tup


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MirrorMask on July 12, 2019, 09:06:04 AM
I just think it's very odd that there is THAT big a difference between the prize winnings and perhaps that gap could be lessened. It's very clearly lopsided and a massive amount of more money goes to the men than the women even if the woman is the better athlete. I mean it's cool and all that we're guys and we don't have to worry about the pay gap affecting us ourselves, but we should be a little more cognizant of this insanely large gap and maybe even try to fix that a little? The leagues might make different money, but again, what if the woman is simply the better athlete? In that case the man is directly benefiting exclusively because his sex placed him in a league that dishes out far more money. ("We won't know because they won't compete against each other" - well, make the champs go head to head, then, and we'll see.)

I get this, but I daresay that the most popular sport is still the better paying.

In Italy football is the second religion (probably the first actually), basket is quite good, and the other sports basically are remembered only when some gold medal is won at the Olympic games. I really don't know what the best basket player in Italy does - but I'll take a wild guess that it's significantly less than what even an average football player does. All because of that law and demand offer.

How would it go between men and women in a football team? it depends. I don't really follow women's football, but in Italy we even remembered that there is such a thing as female football because the national team reached the quarter finals at the World Cup, which is their best result in history by far. I've stumbled upon some forums and the general consensus of people following it is that a second, even third division club would trash the women's national team.

It's a cycle - a good performance brings more interest which brings more women picking up that sport which brings more expertise in the long run, and then eventually more actual skills which could be compared. As of now, at least in Italy, the technical gap between men and women IS there, and it's all in the balance of men.

But do we really need to pay men that much? probably not, but again, demand and offer. Do we really need to pay Metallica and Kiss that much? shouldn't we follow more young bands and support them to keep the genre alive? the public wants what it wants and the money follows accordingly.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 12, 2019, 09:08:56 AM
I don't think the comparison between sports and bands is a very good one, personally, but I understand what your point is. I guess I just have a larger problem with sports in general and how people get paid countless millions of dollars to play a game (and a lot of them are shitty people who get a pass just for kicking balls around), but humans value it that much I guess
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 12, 2019, 09:39:54 AM
It's more than just "equal pay" though; there's a video out there of Rapinoe with champonya saying "I deserve this".   Not "we", "I", and "deserve".   That to me screams entitlement.   I get it, it's just me, but I don't believe in "deserve".  In 1980 in Lake Placid, not ONE of those guys thought they deserved anything other than a chance to play, and to a man, after one of the greatest victories in sports, one that NO ONE thought they could pull off, and that resonated across (at least) two entire nations politically, socially and culturally, there was nothing but humility and grace and thankfulness.

Maybe the one requires the other; maybe that sense of entitlement is necessary to make the political stand (or, perhaps, the political belief informs the entitlement mentality) but TO ME, it's just takes some of the champion spirit out of it.   But at the end of the day, it's her moment and she can celebrate it how she pleases.

But your example is using men, who aren't paid less than anyone else. Men don't have to worry about not getting paid equally because it's the standard and therefore they aren't as cognizant of the difference. If she's doing the same work as the men why not pay her the same, OR at least work something out/try to, taking into consideration the vastly different levels of income the male/female leagues make?

But that's the point; I'm arguing that she's maybe NOT doing the same work as the men.  Is "the work" just "kicking a soccer ball"?   And I'm saying that we have to consider that it may not be that simple or straightforward.   I personally don't think it is, at least not completely.    But assume I'm wrong and it is that simple:  strap on a jersey and shin guards, and you're all the same.   So then what are the ramifications of that:  Every player on the team, regardless of whether you play one minute or you win Golden Boot or Golden Ball, you get the same.  Gloryhammer should be paid for strumming guitars the same amount of Taylor Swift.   Odell Beckham and Vince Papale should be paid the same amount.  I should be paid the same amount as F. Lee Bailey. 

If that's your approach, then fine, as far as it goes, but that's not how the system is currently set up, and it's not really equipped to be modified that way without some larger, more drastic changes.  We're not talking about "helping the poor" anymore, we're talking about strict wealth reallocation across the board.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on July 12, 2019, 10:24:57 AM
Surprised no one has yet said "When some asshole posts a semi-political comment in this thread that totally derails it for 2 pages."  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 12, 2019, 10:46:24 AM
Surprised no one has yet said "When some asshole posts a semi-political comment in this thread that totally derails it for 2 pages."  :biggrin:

I see what you did there.....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 12, 2019, 10:54:35 AM
It's more than just "equal pay" though; there's a video out there of Rapinoe with champonya saying "I deserve this".   Not "we", "I", and "deserve".   That to me screams entitlement.   I get it, it's just me, but I don't believe in "deserve".  In 1980 in Lake Placid, not ONE of those guys thought they deserved anything other than a chance to play, and to a man, after one of the greatest victories in sports, one that NO ONE thought they could pull off, and that resonated across (at least) two entire nations politically, socially and culturally, there was nothing but humility and grace and thankfulness.

Maybe the one requires the other; maybe that sense of entitlement is necessary to make the political stand (or, perhaps, the political belief informs the entitlement mentality) but TO ME, it's just takes some of the champion spirit out of it.   But at the end of the day, it's her moment and she can celebrate it how she pleases.

But your example is using men, who aren't paid less than anyone else. Men don't have to worry about not getting paid equally because it's the standard and therefore they aren't as cognizant of the difference. If she's doing the same work as the men why not pay her the same, OR at least work something out/try to, taking into consideration the vastly different levels of income the male/female leagues make?

But that's the point; I'm arguing that she's maybe NOT doing the same work as the men.  Is "the work" just "kicking a soccer ball"?   And I'm saying that we have to consider that it may not be that simple or straightforward.   I personally don't think it is, at least not completely.    But assume I'm wrong and it is that simple:  strap on a jersey and shin guards, and you're all the same.   So then what are the ramifications of that:  Every player on the team, regardless of whether you play one minute or you win Golden Boot or Golden Ball, you get the same.  Gloryhammer should be paid for strumming guitars the same amount of Taylor Swift.   Odell Beckham and Vince Papale should be paid the same amount.  I should be paid the same amount as F. Lee Bailey. 

If that's your approach, then fine, as far as it goes, but that's not how the system is currently set up, and it's not really equipped to be modified that way without some larger, more drastic changes.  We're not talking about "helping the poor" anymore, we're talking about strict wealth reallocation across the board.   

Okay, fair argument. Then can you explain to me why Ariana Grande got paid twice as much as Beyonce for performing at Coachella, then? Beyonce worked much harder and for longer to get to where she's at. So why is the younger person who hasn't done nearly the legwork Beyonce has getting paid more? It's something to think about.

I think it's very easy as a man to lean back and just point at the infrastructure and how much value is placed on them as an argument for why men and women in athletic careers get paid differently. Except it's been that way since the dawn of Man - men are seen as more valuable than women. That doesn't mean that's the way it should be, or that it's fair. You're just conditioned to accept it as the way it is. I think a lot of men could open their minds a bit more (this isn't directed to anyone specifically here, but in general, men are not very good at accepting that women are equal and deserve equal treatment and equal pay for equal work). Just because it's sport and the leagues make different money is not a slam-dunk argument against paying female athletes more imo. I think it's valid to an extent, just logistically speaking that's how it works, but it doesn't make it fair.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on July 12, 2019, 12:02:45 PM
Female athletes are calling attention to the bigger issue.  Equal pay for women nationally could add more than $500 billion to the U.S. economy and cut poverty in half in homes with working women.  It isn't a small thing to be asking.

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According to our research, if change continues at the same slow pace as it has done for the past fifty years, it will take 40 years—or until 2059—for women to finally reach pay parity.

For women of color, the rate of change is even slower:  Hispanic women will have to wait until 2224 and Black women will wait until 2119 for equal pay.



Source:
https://iwpr.org/issue/employment-education-economic-change/pay-equity-discrimination/
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 12, 2019, 12:16:43 PM
It's more than just "equal pay" though; there's a video out there of Rapinoe with champonya saying "I deserve this".   Not "we", "I", and "deserve".   That to me screams entitlement.   I get it, it's just me, but I don't believe in "deserve".  In 1980 in Lake Placid, not ONE of those guys thought they deserved anything other than a chance to play, and to a man, after one of the greatest victories in sports, one that NO ONE thought they could pull off, and that resonated across (at least) two entire nations politically, socially and culturally, there was nothing but humility and grace and thankfulness.

Maybe the one requires the other; maybe that sense of entitlement is necessary to make the political stand (or, perhaps, the political belief informs the entitlement mentality) but TO ME, it's just takes some of the champion spirit out of it.   But at the end of the day, it's her moment and she can celebrate it how she pleases.

But your example is using men, who aren't paid less than anyone else. Men don't have to worry about not getting paid equally because it's the standard and therefore they aren't as cognizant of the difference. If she's doing the same work as the men why not pay her the same, OR at least work something out/try to, taking into consideration the vastly different levels of income the male/female leagues make?

But that's the point; I'm arguing that she's maybe NOT doing the same work as the men.  Is "the work" just "kicking a soccer ball"?   And I'm saying that we have to consider that it may not be that simple or straightforward.   I personally don't think it is, at least not completely.    But assume I'm wrong and it is that simple:  strap on a jersey and shin guards, and you're all the same.   So then what are the ramifications of that:  Every player on the team, regardless of whether you play one minute or you win Golden Boot or Golden Ball, you get the same.  Gloryhammer should be paid for strumming guitars the same amount of Taylor Swift.   Odell Beckham and Vince Papale should be paid the same amount.  I should be paid the same amount as F. Lee Bailey. 

If that's your approach, then fine, as far as it goes, but that's not how the system is currently set up, and it's not really equipped to be modified that way without some larger, more drastic changes.  We're not talking about "helping the poor" anymore, we're talking about strict wealth reallocation across the board.   

Okay, fair argument. Then can you explain to me why Ariana Grande got paid twice as much as Beyonce for performing at Coachella, then? Beyonce worked much harder and for longer to get to where she's at. So why is the younger person who hasn't done nearly the legwork Beyonce has getting paid more? It's something to think about.

I have no idea; we'd have to ask the promoters.  But "how much harder/longer" Queen Bae worked is not part of the equation.   It's most likely "How can we get more rich celebrity assholes to play ungodly amounts of green for massages and VIP whatever -the-fuck, and post that shit on Instachat".   I'm guessing that much like Guns'n'Roses does that more effectively right this moment than Iron Maiden, so Arianna v. Bae Bae.   

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I think it's very easy as a man to lean back and just point at the infrastructure and how much value is placed on them as an argument for why men and women in athletic careers get paid differently. Except it's been that way since the dawn of Man - men are seen as more valuable than women. That doesn't mean that's the way it should be, or that it's fair. You're just conditioned to accept it as the way it is. I think a lot of men could open their minds a bit more (this isn't directed to anyone specifically here, but in general, men are not very good at accepting that women are equal and deserve equal treatment and equal pay for equal work). Just because it's sport and the leagues make different money is not a slam-dunk argument against paying female athletes more imo. I think it's valid to an extent, just logistically speaking that's how it works, but it doesn't make it fair.

Let me correct you:  NOT AT ALL saying that "men are more valuable than women".  It's not at all about gender for me.   And this isn't conditioning; none of what I'm saying is to argue that there are not cases where the women SHOULD be paid MORE than men.   I have no idea if it's accurate, but there's an argument that The Lady Gaga should have been paid more (or at least as much) as Bradley Cooper for "A Star Is Born".  Bree Larson > Ben Affleck/Henry Cavill > Gal Gadot (if you're using box office).   

These are bad examples, though, and to this extent, Harmony is right, though I think Megan is going about it the wrong way.   Megan Rapinoe is not "earning a wage" the way a janitor or an accountant is.  She's a revenue generator, an investment if you will.   So celebrities are the wrong example to use here.    No one should read ANYTHING I wrote and think anything but:  if there are two attorneys in an office, both have a book of business, and both win their cases, they should be paid the same, whether they are man or woman.  PERIOD.   What I'm saying, though, is that GENDER ALONE isn't a reason to pay ALL people the same, it's just a reason NOT to pay the SAME people the same.  Do you see the distinction?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on July 12, 2019, 12:48:12 PM
Female athletes are calling attention to the bigger issue.  Equal pay for women nationally could add more than $500 billion to the U.S. economy and cut poverty in half in homes with working women.  It isn't a small thing to be asking.

Quote
According to our research, if change continues at the same slow pace as it has done for the past fifty years, it will take 40 years—or until 2059—for women to finally reach pay parity.

For women of color, the rate of change is even slower:  Hispanic women will have to wait until 2224 and Black women will wait until 2119 for equal pay.



Source:
https://iwpr.org/issue/employment-education-economic-change/pay-equity-discrimination/

My 'issue' isn't with the argument for fair pay or the LGTBQ and 'social justice' angle that the National Team has taken. My issue is directly related to Rapinoe and her disposition. She's a self entitled, egotistical whiny brat who is doing more harm than good IMO. The angle that she's decided to play here has 'turned off' folks like myself to the sport that she desperately wants people to care about merely by the way she goes about saying and doing things.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on July 12, 2019, 12:57:10 PM
I honestly don't care if people want to shoot the messenger.  I'm more interested in the message.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on July 12, 2019, 01:08:36 PM
Except if the messenger is doing harm to the message, that's an issue.

People want to talk shit about semantics, but words and how you convey a message matters. A great deal, in fact.

I can either tell you, "Get your shit together, you lazy fuck", or I can say "I know it may be difficult, and I sympathize, but take a moment to take a look at your life and analyze what you can change in yourself to make your life better as well as yourself". Both convey relatively the same meaning, but one is aggressive and destructive, the other is calm and helpful. It's an extreme example of course, but the messenger can destroy the message if they're not careful with the social perception. You should absolutely care if people shoo the messenger if you care about the message, because killing the messenger kills the message to the vast majority. That's kind of the point of a messenger. To convey, not simply deliver.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on July 12, 2019, 01:15:37 PM
In a month, no one will be talking about Rapinoe.  The issue will still remain.  Just like it did before anyone ever heard of Rapinoe.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 12, 2019, 01:29:59 PM
I honestly don't care if people want to shoot the messenger.  I'm more interested in the message.

And I'm with you, I really am.  I have two daughters that I want to be eevrything they dream of.   But - stealing words from TioJorge - I think she's potentially doing harm to the message by over-simplifying it and obfuscating it. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 12, 2019, 01:39:52 PM
Surprised no one has yet said "When some asshole posts a semi-political comment in this thread that totally derails it for 2 pages."  :biggrin:

 :tup :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on July 12, 2019, 01:40:57 PM
In a month, no one will be talking about Rapinoe.  The issue will still remain.  Just like it did before anyone ever heard of Rapinoe.

That's a pretty steadfast statement to say about an issue that's gone on for decades and decades. A single messenger can ruin the message for another decade. I'm not saying she's that bad, but she's almost that bad. You're right in saying the issue will still remain but you kind of argued against yourself in saying it...yes, the issue will remain. It might not remain with the right messenger, that's kind of my point. The right messenger with the right words and frame of mind can set aside differences that would otherwise remain or even create even larger fissures with the wrong one. I'd argue that Rapinoe is creating boundaries, not erasing them.

I'm just throwing in my two cents and speaking more to the psychological and sociological aspect of delivering a message that backs an issue of importance. I don't have to actually know the future to say for certain there will be another Rapinoe. I was just saying that you should care about how a message is conveyed. Also if I were a betting man, I'd say the people that are against equal pay for women (of which there are many, sadly), will absolutely bring up Rapinoe to combat the very illogical reasons behind not having equal pay. There's a reason why sexism and racism still exists: because for as many outspoken goodhearted people, there are just as many ignorant people who will only come out of the woodworks when an issue is large and spoken of publicly.

Surprised no one has yet said "When some asshole posts a semi-political comment in this thread that totally derails it for 2 pages."  :biggrin:

 :tup :tup

In other news, the sky is blue.  :corn :metal That's the way the game goes!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 12, 2019, 03:34:01 PM
It's mildly irritating when you're drawing a soda from a machine and there's a glitch (for lack of a better term) in the soda water that causes the whole damn thing to foam up hard and you either have to dump it out and start over or wait forever for the foam to subside.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 14, 2019, 02:14:33 PM
When you bill a claim to your health insurance and then it says approved and my out of pocket cost is the original full cost of the bill.  :P
 So it got approved for $0.00 dollars paid by plan. Thanks for nothing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on July 14, 2019, 08:39:31 PM
Welll..... if you have a high deductible, that sucks.  But even so, maybe you can take a little comfort in knowing that if you didn't have health insurance, the "full cost" of the bill would probably have been higher?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Hyperplex on July 17, 2019, 01:04:28 PM
Client who canceled our meeting at midnight the night before got back in touch to reschedule next week. I informed her our people are available after 1pm the day she suggested. Her response:

We can do 9am??

Reading comprehension is a skill!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 17, 2019, 01:10:35 PM
Right?


I had someone call to chew me out about something (that turned out to be nothing). I then did all the researched, looked into what he said was wrong, found that he was mistaken, then sent a polite email detailing what I had found, basically he mistook one thing for another.

He sees the email, and calls me to argue about it. It was obvious that either didnt read it at all, or lacks that particular skill...

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 17, 2019, 01:35:58 PM
When you bill a claim to your health insurance and then it says approved and my out of pocket cost is the original full cost of the bill.  :P
 So it got approved for $0.00 dollars paid by plan. Thanks for nothing.

I currently have a bill with a radiology lab for $1.94 for something that my insurance didn't cover in its entirety. The only way they'll accept payment is through the mail. I have to either fill out a form with my CC info on it, which I refuse to put in the mail, or I can send a check. I don't even own a checkbook, and I'm not going to pay the $22 Webster wants for one just so I can cut a check for $1.94.   

The lab calls me about once a week. They've said if I don't pay next month, it will be going to a debt collector. I told them to go for it. The lab has wasted way more than $1.94 just paying its employees to call and tell me I have an outstanding balance. I'm sorry, but I have zero sympathy for a business like that not having a way for its customers to pay electronically. They have $1M body scanners, but I can't pay through a CC over the phone or on a secure website? Please.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 17, 2019, 01:42:54 PM
You don't have a check book?  I know I hardly ever use mine but I certainly use it enough to justify having one for situations like that, although at 2 bucks essentially, yea send the debt collector  :lol cause that's just a waste of time for all of them so have fun with it
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on July 17, 2019, 03:28:14 PM
Client who canceled our meeting at midnight the night before got back in touch to reschedule next week. I informed her our people are available after 1pm the day she suggested. Her response:

We can do 9am??

Reading comprehension is a skill!

Tell me about it.

I love getting a hold of a new shipper to pick up a pallet we are going to LTL (meaning we ship via carriers like Fedex, UPS, etc.), and when I ask what time can we pick up while also stating we need at least a 2-hour window, I often get something like, "can you pick up at 1 pm?"  What part of "we need at least a 2-hour window?" did you not understand?? :facepalm: :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 17, 2019, 05:02:29 PM
When you bill a claim to your health insurance and then it says approved and my out of pocket cost is the original full cost of the bill.  :P
 So it got approved for $0.00 dollars paid by plan. Thanks for nothing.

I currently have a bill with a radiology lab for $1.94 for something that my insurance didn't cover in its entirety. The only way they'll accept payment is through the mail. I have to either fill out a form with my CC info on it, which I refuse to put in the mail, or I can send a check. I don't even own a checkbook, and I'm not going to pay the $22 Webster wants for one just so I can cut a check for $1.94.   

The lab calls me about once a week. They've said if I don't pay next month, it will be going to a debt collector. I told them to go for it. The lab has wasted way more than $1.94 just paying its employees to call and tell me I have an outstanding balance. I'm sorry, but I have zero sympathy for a business like that not having a way for its customers to pay electronically. They have $1M body scanners, but I can't pay through a CC over the phone or on a secure website? Please.

By the same token, what kind of rinky-dink bank does not give you a batch of checks when you open the account and also doesn't have online bill pay?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on July 17, 2019, 05:28:27 PM
Yeah can't you use online bill pay with your bank? I do that as head of my HOA to get around the two signatures requirement on paper checks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 18, 2019, 06:18:21 AM
When you bill a claim to your health insurance and then it says approved and my out of pocket cost is the original full cost of the bill.  :P
 So it got approved for $0.00 dollars paid by plan. Thanks for nothing.

I currently have a bill with a radiology lab for $1.94 for something that my insurance didn't cover in its entirety. The only way they'll accept payment is through the mail. I have to either fill out a form with my CC info on it, which I refuse to put in the mail, or I can send a check. I don't even own a checkbook, and I'm not going to pay the $22 Webster wants for one just so I can cut a check for $1.94.   

The lab calls me about once a week. They've said if I don't pay next month, it will be going to a debt collector. I told them to go for it. The lab has wasted way more than $1.94 just paying its employees to call and tell me I have an outstanding balance. I'm sorry, but I have zero sympathy for a business like that not having a way for its customers to pay electronically. They have $1M body scanners, but I can't pay through a CC over the phone or on a secure website? Please.

You have two and a half options.   One is to get a money order from the post office ($1.75) and send that instead of a check.   Two, generally medical accounts don't get reported on your credit by the medical provider.  Collections companies DO report to the credit agencies, but they are obligated under law to give you notice (it depends on the state, I forget what Connecticut is, even though I live here, but it's at least 30 days; the letter will tell you).   So you can take your chances and when you get the letter from the collections company, call them and see if they will take your credit card payment over the phone and NOT report it to the credit agencies (even a close/paid collection account will hurt your score).  If they tell you they are reporting it anyway - a dick move, because they don't have to, and most don't if you pay it - then your half option is to go to the post office, and do option 1 and send it to the provider.   They might hem and haw ("we've sent it to collections!") but in my experience more often than not they'll accept the payment and notify the collections company that it's been paid.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 18, 2019, 06:21:20 AM
When you bill a claim to your health insurance and then it says approved and my out of pocket cost is the original full cost of the bill.  :P
 So it got approved for $0.00 dollars paid by plan. Thanks for nothing.

I currently have a bill with a radiology lab for $1.94 for something that my insurance didn't cover in its entirety. The only way they'll accept payment is through the mail. I have to either fill out a form with my CC info on it, which I refuse to put in the mail, or I can send a check. I don't even own a checkbook, and I'm not going to pay the $22 Webster wants for one just so I can cut a check for $1.94.   

The lab calls me about once a week. They've said if I don't pay next month, it will be going to a debt collector. I told them to go for it. The lab has wasted way more than $1.94 just paying its employees to call and tell me I have an outstanding balance. I'm sorry, but I have zero sympathy for a business like that not having a way for its customers to pay electronically. They have $1M body scanners, but I can't pay through a CC over the phone or on a secure website? Please.

By the same token, what kind of rinky-dink bank does not give you a batch of checks when you open the account and also doesn't have online bill pay?

The electronic age, man.  Banks used to give you a starter check book with like ten checks with your account on them but lines to fill in yuor name and address, numbered "100, 101...".   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 18, 2019, 10:31:03 AM

By the same token, what kind of rinky-dink bank does not give you a batch of checks when you open the account and also doesn't have online bill pay?

The electronic age, man.  Banks used to give you a starter check book with like ten checks with your account on them but lines to fill in yuor name and address, numbered "100, 101...".

I opened an account online a couple years ago (I opened it because I was thinking about switching banks and because the new bank gave me money to open the account and set up a small direct deposit).  The bank sent me checks, and I haven't used a single one.

I'm down to 5-10 checks per year on my primary account, and most of those are for expenses related to my kid's marching band.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 19, 2019, 07:19:07 AM

By the same token, what kind of rinky-dink bank does not give you a batch of checks when you open the account and also doesn't have online bill pay?

The electronic age, man.  Banks used to give you a starter check book with like ten checks with your account on them but lines to fill in yuor name and address, numbered "100, 101...".

I opened an account online a couple years ago (I opened it because I was thinking about switching banks and because the new bank gave me money to open the account and set up a small direct deposit).  The bank sent me checks, and I haven't used a single one.

I'm down to 5-10 checks per year on my primary account, and most of those are for expenses related to my kid's marching band.

That's funny, because I'm in the same boat.  I think 99.9% of the checks I write are now tied to some kid activity.  F*****g kids, man. :) :) ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on July 19, 2019, 08:08:03 AM
That accounts for most of mine as well.  That, church, and the one utility that doesn't have electronic bill pay.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 19, 2019, 08:11:36 AM
That accounts for most of mine as well.  That, church, and the one utility that doesn't have electronic bill pay.

That would be my town sewage for me, so old school.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on July 19, 2019, 08:35:48 AM
That accounts for most of mine as well.  That, church, and the one utility that doesn't have electronic bill pay.

That would be my town sewage for me, so old school.

Yeah, same.  It's ridiculous that we have so many utility/service providers for "home" stuff nowadays.  Not counting the mortgage and insurance, here's what we have every month that is basically "home"-related:
-Gas
-Electric (gas and electricity are separate companies)
-Water (yes, also separate)
-Trash/recycling
-Internet
-Cellular
-HOA

That's 7!  I remember when you just had a single gas and electric bill, phone bill, and cable (and before that, TV was free!).  Those were the days...  :getoffmylawn:  :tick:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 19, 2019, 08:39:02 AM
Swap HOA and add in TV (it's separate from my internet since I use different services) and yup, 7 bills for my house.  I keep a spreadsheet to track everything I need to pay for so I don't miss payments.  Like for some reason I haven't been billed for sewage in awhile, Im not complaining.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 19, 2019, 08:43:54 AM
I too keep a spreadsheet. On a monthly basis I track:   

- Electric
- Water
- Gas
- Internet
- Cellphone
- Car Payment
- Car Insurance
- Mortgage
- Credit Card 1
- Credit Card 2
- Credit Card 3
- Misc Bills (usually medical related) 

I have a spreadsheet going back to the month that I bought my house. I've tracked an graph everything, so it allows me to predict what months I will have more disposable income based off of trends in past years.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on July 19, 2019, 08:45:50 AM
If I added in a couple of other services, like Netflix, I'd have more too.

I keep a spreadsheet to track everything I need to pay for so I don't miss payments. 

Yeah, that's a good idea.  In addition to using a calendaring program, I keep a paper calendar as well, and I usually sit down with my new calendar at the beginning of the year and plug in all the bill due dates so I don't miss them.  I know using a paper calendar is a thing of the past for most, but it's still done among attorneys who litigate in court, just because there are so many deadlines that come and go, and having a paper calendar as redundancy is a good failsafe.  But it's funny to me how many looks I get from folks who aren't lawyers when I bust it out to write something in it.  :lol

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 19, 2019, 08:48:44 AM
Yea my spreadsheet includes all my monthly expenses, car insurance, car payment, lawn mowing and goes back for 4 years now.  It's nice (or not actually) to quickly reference how my costs go up every year.

Using google docs just makes it so easy to reference this spreadsheet anytime anywhere.  I recently created one for tracking my concerts as well since that's a fucking long list  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 19, 2019, 08:54:25 AM
I've been using Quicken for over 20 years.  Let's see all the payments I have to make monthly.

Water
Hydro (Electric)
Gas
Property Tax
Netflix
Cable/Internet/Phone
Spotify
Adobe (for jingle.son)
Car payment (14 more months to go!!)
Life Insurance
Auto/Home Insurance
Critical Illness Insurance
Family cell phone
2 x Credit Cards

I think that's it.  All electronic, or automatic Credit Card payment.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 19, 2019, 09:23:53 AM
Lucky for us, the only thing we pay for Home Related is our internet bill (which is in my friend's name... I just give him cash for it every month lol).

But before we moved, our water/trash/sewage were combined, all from the city... which you'd thing would be great but they keep increasing the water rates here (they've gone up by like 70%), and I swear the city also sneaks in a slight increase to sewage and trash every year too.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 19, 2019, 09:53:57 AM
That accounts for most of mine as well.  That, church, and the one utility that doesn't have electronic bill pay.

That would be my town sewage for me, so old school.

Yeah, same.  It's ridiculous that we have so many utility/service providers for "home" stuff nowadays.  Not counting the mortgage and insurance, here's what we have every month that is basically "home"-related:
-Gas
-Electric (gas and electricity are separate companies)
-Water (yes, also separate)
-Trash/recycling
-Internet
-Cellular
-HOA

That's 7!  I remember when you just had a single gas and electric bill, phone bill, and cable (and before that, TV was free!).  Those were the days...  :getoffmylawn:  :tick:

We have all of those except for HOA.  You couldn't pay me enough to live in an HOA.  For a while our internet and cellular were combined (Verizon), but then we switched cellular to T-Mobile and internet/cable to Charter/Spectrum (Dodgers channel!).  At our prior house, water, gas, trash and sewer were combined and billed by the city.  All of these (as well as non-home-related bills) get paid either direct online or by using the bank's bill pay service.

I use an outdated verision of MS Money and a separate spreadsheet that I created myself.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on July 19, 2019, 10:07:57 AM
You couldn't pay me enough to live in an HOA.

Yeah, I hear you.  I feel the same way.  But we really wanted to live in the town we are in, and MOST of the neighborhoods we were interested in have them, so it is almost unavoidable here.  Ours is on the less expensive side and isn't as overbearing as a lot of them can be, but it still bugs me to no end that we have to have one.  It was just one of those compromises we had to make to live where we wanted to.  :dunno:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 19, 2019, 10:08:20 AM
I don't think people realize that it wasn't even 20 years ago, and most lists were half that.   We didn't have subscriptions for everything.

When I got out of school, I had car insurance, rent, electricity, telephone.  There was no cable, I had no car payment, there were no cell phones...   and people wonder why their dollar doesn't go as far?  Ten bucks is ten bucks. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 19, 2019, 10:31:49 AM
You couldn't pay me enough to live in an HOA.

Yeah, I hear you.  I feel the same way.  But we really wanted to live in the town we are in, and MOST of the neighborhoods we were interested in have them, so it is almost unavoidable here.  Ours is on the less expensive side and isn't as overbearing as a lot of them can be, but it still bugs me to no end that we have to have one.  It was just one of those compromises we had to make to live where we wanted to.  :dunno:

My feelings are colored by my relatively brief ownership of a rental property outside of Phoenix, AZ about 15 years ago.  It was a bad situation for a lot of reasons, and the HOA was really one of the more minor reasons.  My mother-in-law owned a home in an HOA, and I remember a situation where the HOA was trying to force her to paint her garage because the CC&Rs required that it be done every X years, but she was resisting because there was absolutely no need to do so.  Like a lot of things, the good ones don't get publicized.


I don't think people realize that it wasn't even 20 years ago, and most lists were half that.   We didn't have subscriptions for everything.

When I got out of school, I had car insurance, rent, electricity, telephone.  There was no cable, I had no car payment, there were no cell phones...   and people wonder why their dollar doesn't go as far?  Ten bucks is ten bucks. 

The only thing that has changed changed for me is the addition of internet and the swapping of landline service for mobile service (we also pay a guy to mow the lawn once a week and do basic landscape maintenance).

I had two roommates in my first apartment.  I had no car payment when we moved in, but I traded my car in while living there.  I don't think I had car insurance at the start (I had been on my mother's insurance, but the insurer forced her to exclude me after I got in a couple accidents and got a bunch of tickets), but I got it when I got the new car.  The phone (landline) was in one of the roommate's names, and I don't remember who had the cable or any of the utilities or whether utilities were included with rent (cable and electric were definitely not included with the rent).  Regardless, all the same utilities were being provided and paid by someone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on July 19, 2019, 02:15:54 PM
Like most things, there are multiple sides to things.  HOA’s can have positive aspects and negative aspects.  Sometimes the very same aspect of an HOA can impact different people in very different ways.  The issues with the HOA are similar to government in general.  All an HOA is in reality is a document.  The issues arise with the people who are involved.
A simplified observation, but pretty accurate in my experience.

I am on the board of my HOA.  It can get dicey for sure.  But if the board and the PM can work in good faith with the community, with good intentions and flexibility, it can work.  Just like with residents, if they honestly try, it can work.
Also, you signed those papers when you bought the house, so you knew when you moved in those rules were in place, so patience only goes so far.

I find that an HOAs benefits usually outweigh the negatives if it is a reasonable document with reasonable residents.

Likewith pg’s painting example.  There should be an architectural committee ( we have one) that can make decisions and exceptions on a case by case basis.  Make the request, examine the property, grant the exception, problem solved.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 19, 2019, 02:37:26 PM
I work for a large HOA. There is a Master association, and 3 sub associations. There are 3 property management companies, and 4 property managers. Each association has a board of 5 people. There are also countless committees (Security, Parking, "tech", architecture, landscaping).

Some of these people pay 3 different HOA dues (Master, their respective sub association, and then dock association). It is insane. But people choose to do it.



Also, you signed those papers when you bought the house, so you knew when you moved in those rules were in place, so patience only goes so far.

I've learned that a LOT of people move in before reading the CC&Rs. I get people arguing with me all the time regarding the CC&Rs, and then admit that they never read them (where as I am able to almost quote the sections relevant to my job almost line for line).

I don't get people.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on July 19, 2019, 03:56:26 PM
President of my HOA checking in here. But It is small and all the homes are detached so we have very few issues fortunately. We also don't employ a Prop Mgr so while that means we have to manage everything ourselves it keeps our dues much lower than they would be otherwise.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 19, 2019, 07:04:48 PM
HOA's are rare up here.  Usually just in historical neighbourhoods, retirement / gated communities, or Condo/Townhouse complex's.

HOA's strike me as being part of a union (cult?) for your personal life.  No thanks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on July 19, 2019, 09:19:40 PM
Maybe in some cases, but I struggle seeing that comparison.  In its simplest and most appropriate form, it is a document/agreement and form of administration for a set of rules and standards for a community... as well as a mechanism to fund and maintain common areas/amenities.  When appropriate and done right, it is not only ok, but it is necessary and beneficial. 

But of course it can also be a fucking nightmare if done wrong.  But that can be said about anything, right?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 20, 2019, 05:50:48 PM
I just found out that Japanese square watermelons are ornamental only and not to be eaten. Kinda disappointed.


(http://drinksfeed.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/11/square-melons.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on July 20, 2019, 05:57:44 PM
Really? Like are they not edible?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 20, 2019, 06:05:48 PM
So apparently, the squarification process doesn't allow them to fully ripen, so you technically could eat the square watermelon if you wanted, but its gonna taste terrible, so its now just an ornamental novelty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JNSpMhJLvg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_watermelon
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on July 21, 2019, 12:05:26 AM
It irritates me that this guy only gets one year in jail for crashing into a guy at a red light while he was looking at his cell phone at a real estate app. He was driving a semi. You can't even recognize what kind of car the guy he hit was driving.

http://www.fox9.com/news/semi-driver-in-fatal-distracted-driving-crash-to-be-sentenced-friday (http://www.fox9.com/news/semi-driver-in-fatal-distracted-driving-crash-to-be-sentenced-friday)

https://www.twincities.com/2019/07/19/at-sentencing-apology-from-trucker-in-who-rear-ended-car-in-lake-elmo-killing-driver/ (https://www.twincities.com/2019/07/19/at-sentencing-apology-from-trucker-in-who-rear-ended-car-in-lake-elmo-killing-driver/)

I drive this highway every single day. It was awful sitting at that red light the days after that crash and seeing the skid marks, spray paint marking what happened, car debris, and the burned grass, and imprints in the snow in the median. They couldn't even get the guy out of the car on scene, it was so badly mangled. It just makes me mad that he only gets one year for his stupidity. Seems really light.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 21, 2019, 05:44:29 AM
One year for killing someone ?!?!?!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on July 21, 2019, 11:02:52 AM
That's...mind boggling. What..? Forget the injustice, you'd think they'd want to make an example out of him considering everyone and their mother drives while looking at their cell phone and most states now are cracking down on that big time if they didn't before. That's extremely odd.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on July 21, 2019, 01:09:08 PM
Exactly! And Minnesota’s new distracted driving laws go into effect in two weeks, so you’d think they’d view this as a great opportunity to make an example of him. And he had the nerve to request a week to say goodbye to his family. He’s getting off easy. Fuck that guy.

And he didn’t just kill that guy, I can’t imagine there was much of him left.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 22, 2019, 08:34:44 AM
One year for killing someone ?!?!?!


That's really the important part of this; forget about "why".    Even if he had been paying attention, there should be a level of culpability if someone directly causes that level of carnage. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on July 22, 2019, 01:44:56 PM
My mom's commute to her job is a community bus (She gets picked up at her door and dropped off along with other people she works with). One time her driver accidentally ran over a pedestrian, who died on scene.

The driver was let go because she stayed at the scene, and it was an accident after all. This guy getting a year sounds about right, given that he was distracted while driving and all, but as long as you stay in the scene and it is looked at as an accident and not intentional, the penalty is very minimal to none.

Not saying I agree with it, just stating what I think I know.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on July 22, 2019, 02:07:27 PM
I don’t know if the articles mentioned it at all, but he lied at the scene that day and said he wasn’t texting and that it was a faulty brake. It was two days later that he turned himself in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 22, 2019, 02:37:58 PM
Not watching the road for 8 seconds while rear-ending a car fully stopped at a red light is far from an "accident".  It's negligence.  One doesn't get charged with vehicular homicide for an accident.  It's one thing for the sentencing to fit the incident (a la your bus driver story).  This doesn't appear to be the case with this guy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 22, 2019, 02:46:02 PM
Not watching the road for 8 seconds while rear-ending a car fully stopped at a red light is far from an "accident".  It's negligence.  One doesn't get charged with vehicular homicide for an accident. 

Yea, I'd imagine you'd get charged with manslaughter not homocide if it were a true accident
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 22, 2019, 04:54:02 PM
Not watching the road for 8 seconds while rear-ending a car fully stopped at a red light is far from an "accident".  It's negligence.

Accidents result from negligence, and there are no accidents that do not result from negligence.  If it had been an intentional rear-ending it would have been charged differently.


Not watching the road for 8 seconds while rear-ending a car fully stopped at a red light is far from an "accident".  It's negligence.  One doesn't get charged with vehicular homicide for an accident. 

Yea, I'd imagine you'd get charged with manslaughter not homocide if it were a true accident

Homicide is a general term for the unlawful killing of a human.  It is a category of crimes.  Manslaughter is a type of homicide crime (as is murder), and manslaughter comes in two sub-types:  voluntary (intentional killing) and involuntary (unintentional killing/killing resulting from negligence).  In Minnesota, homicide crimes are broken down between murder (1st through 3rd degrees), manslaughter (1st and 2nd degrees, which is essentially voluntary and involuntary), and criminal and vehicular homicide (which is a killing resulting from operation of a motor vehicle and "gross negligence").
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 23, 2019, 12:46:10 PM
One year for killing someone ?!?!?!

Dude who killed my dad got like 2 weeks in work furlough, probation, and his license suspended for a year with modifications (Only can drive to and from work).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 23, 2019, 12:57:35 PM
Unrelated to the topic at hand, just generally sorry to hear you had to go through something like that.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 23, 2019, 01:10:27 PM
I brought it up just to show how common it is. People do stupid shit and get off with just a slap on the wrist.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 23, 2019, 03:43:29 PM
Hackers. Some doucher in Scottsdale, Arizona somehow got my debit card number and spent $211. First time in 6 or 7 years I've had someone fraudulently use my card to purchase stuff. Thankfully my bank now makes their own cards so I will have a new one as early as lunch tomorrow, but still, fuck you, Scottsdale dude! (https://i.imgur.com/xyAzMZR.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on July 23, 2019, 05:03:43 PM
Had that happen a few months ago. Funny enough when when I travel and use my chase card it'll get declined usually on the first purchase to prevent fraud but the dude who spent $30 in a Taco Bell at detroit did not set any fraud alerts off.

I have all my credit/debit cards send a text whenever a charge goes through so I'm pretty good at catching fraudulent charges.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 24, 2019, 09:26:01 AM
We use out Paypal Debit cards for a lot of our purchases. PP is great. Flat 1% cash back on anything ran as credit, but more importantly, you get an email receipt IMMEDIATELY after every purchase. Like, you can go through the McDonalds drive thru, pay with PP card at 1st window, and by the time you have your food in your hand, your phone is going off with an email alert telling you where, when, and how much was spent. We have had 1 single issue with a fraudulent charge with the card, and PP reversed it almost immediately with out much hassle.

It works for us because most of my GF's income comes through PP, as well as the income from my side gig.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 24, 2019, 11:17:02 AM
I had no idea PayPal even had cards. That's cool.

Just got my new card so all is well. Guess who gets to spend an hour this evening changing all his accounts' info (Amazon, eBay, PayPal etc.)? THIS GUY!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on July 24, 2019, 06:56:35 PM
I had no idea PayPal even had cards. That's cool.

Just got my new card so all is well. Guess who gets to spend an hour this evening changing all his accounts' info (Amazon, eBay, PayPal etc.)? THIS GUY!  :lol

I'll have to do the same. I somehow misplaced mine, and of course when I called and cancelled, it reappears. I hate when that happens.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 25, 2019, 06:23:15 AM
Hospitals can be so dangerous.

So this morning at work I am faxed down an order sheet from the OR, and I put in the orders. Turns out the OR put the wrong name on the order sheet and those orders were not meant for that patient. :facepalm:  The patient got two wrong meds before the mistake was caught. Thank god it was just Tylenol and Advil, but there were other nastier orders on that sheet, so its a damn good thing it was caught in time.

I've said to my management soooo many times, "why are we still using paper orders in 2019?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on July 25, 2019, 09:18:00 AM
Hospitals can be so dangerous.

So this morning at work I am faxed down an order sheet from the OR, and I put in the orders. Turns out the OR put the wrong name on the order sheet and those orders were not meant for that patient. :facepalm:  The patient got two wrong meds before the mistake was caught. Thank god it was just Tylenol and Advil, but there were other nastier orders on that sheet, so its a damn good thing it was caught in time.

I've said to my management soooo many times, "why are we still using paper orders in 2019?"

That has nothing to do with the paper, and more to do with the OR whom should've made sure they have everything right on the order. Even if you didn't use paper orders, they could've still typed the wrong name in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 25, 2019, 09:20:14 AM
When people take your criticism of a band or band members personally as if you insulted them. :/
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 25, 2019, 10:20:04 AM
When people take your criticism of a band or band members personally as if you insulted them. :/

Glad you feel that way.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 25, 2019, 03:43:46 PM
When people take your criticism of a band or band members personally as if you insulted them. :/

Glad you feel that way.  :biggrin:

I feel like I'm missing the joke here. I was actually referring to a power metal group I'm in on Facebook.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 25, 2019, 03:52:06 PM
When people take your criticism of a band or band members personally as if you insulted them. :/

Glad you feel that way.  :biggrin:

I feel like I'm missing the joke here. I was actually referring to a power metal group I'm in on Facebook.  :lol

Not really.  I, for one, appreciate the way you take my ribbing on your album thread in stride, which I intend completely in good nature.  I made the comment in this thread, however, because I was intending to post that Spinal Tap comment about the Rhapsody album in the other thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 25, 2019, 04:03:47 PM
When people take your criticism of a band or band members personally as if you insulted them. :/

Glad you feel that way.  :biggrin:

I feel like I'm missing the joke here. I was actually referring to a power metal group I'm in on Facebook.  :lol

Not really.  I, for one, appreciate the way you take my ribbing on your album thread in stride, which I intend completely in good nature.  I made the comment in this thread, however, because I was intending to post that Spinal Tap comment about the Rhapsody album in the other thread.

Oh! I thought that comment was hilarious because it's so true  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 28, 2019, 03:38:02 PM
When you text somebody and they completely ignore your text for hours. But then they want to text something to you, so they quickly text a half assed response to the original text before saying what they want to say.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on July 29, 2019, 06:58:27 AM
When you text somebody and they completely ignore your text for hours. But then they want to text something to you, so they quickly text a half assed response to the original text before saying what they want to say.

How do you know they ignored it?  Maybe they didn't see it right away (not everyone is glued to their phone 24/7) or were too busy to reply.

My two brothers and I have a running group text, and my younger brother is weird in that he will actually text back if he is too busy at work to tell us he doesn't have time to text, while my older brother and I both simply do not reply (if we even see it) until we have time.  And more often that not, if I am swamped at work, I am not even paying attention to my cell phone.  Anyone who knows me that if they text me, they might get a reply right away or they might not for hours, during work hours or non-work hours.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 29, 2019, 07:35:21 AM
When you text somebody and they completely ignore your text for hours. But then they want to text something to you, so they quickly text a half assed response to the original text before saying what they want to say.

How do you know they ignored it?  Maybe they didn't see it right away (not everyone is glued to their phone 24/7) or were too busy to reply.

My two brothers and I have a running group text, and my younger brother is weird in that he will actually text back if he is too busy at work to tell us he doesn't have time to text, while my older brother and I both simply do not reply (if we even see it) until we have time.  And more often that not, if I am swamped at work, I am not even paying attention to my cell phone.  Anyone who knows me that if they text me, they might get a reply right away or they might not for hours, during work hours or non-work hours.

I know because it was over 24 hours for them to respond, and its from someone that is glued to their phone.

A couple hours, sure what ever, no big deal. But if I text someone at 9am monday and then they text me back at 8pm tuesday night with some one word nothing of a response text, just so they can get on to what they want to say, then its annoying. Especially when the only reason they are even texting me back is because they want something, in this case wanting me to work for them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on July 29, 2019, 07:48:19 AM
When you text somebody and they completely ignore your text for hours. But then they want to text something to you, so they quickly text a half assed response to the original text before saying what they want to say.

How do you know they ignored it?  Maybe they didn't see it right away (not everyone is glued to their phone 24/7) or were too busy to reply.

My two brothers and I have a running group text, and my younger brother is weird in that he will actually text back if he is too busy at work to tell us he doesn't have time to text, while my older brother and I both simply do not reply (if we even see it) until we have time.  And more often that not, if I am swamped at work, I am not even paying attention to my cell phone.  Anyone who knows me that if they text me, they might get a reply right away or they might not for hours, during work hours or non-work hours.

I know because it was over 24 hours for them to respond, and its from someone that is glued to their phone.

A couple hours, sure what ever, no big deal. But if I text someone at 9am monday and then they text me back at 8pm tuesday night with some one word nothing of a response text, just so they can get on to what they want to say, then its annoying. Especially when the only reason they are even texting me back is because they want something, in this case wanting me to work for them.

Gotcha.  When you said "hours," I assumed like 2-4 hours, which is no big deal, but 24 hours is a while, yes.  And given the nature of their response, I can understand the frustration. People suck sometimes.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 29, 2019, 11:26:19 AM
If there's one thing that all of DTF agrees on, it's that people are the worst.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on July 29, 2019, 11:28:53 AM
If there's one thing that all of DTF agrees on, it's that people are the worst.

I hate people
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 30, 2019, 04:58:11 AM
If there's one thing that all of DTF agrees on, it's that people are the worst.

I hate people

Amen to that  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on August 08, 2019, 06:13:43 PM
OMFG why do people put shoes on the kitchen counter!!!!!    >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on August 08, 2019, 06:41:55 PM
You sound like Dr. P (my wife), I put my golf shoes on the dining room table and she about shit a brick!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 08, 2019, 06:58:50 PM
My sneakers on the bed comforter and the Queen goes full GNY. SRG. Hart on me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 08, 2019, 07:03:30 PM
My sneakers on the bed comforter and the Queen goes full GNY. SRG. Hart on me.

 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 08, 2019, 07:04:34 PM
GNY? SNG?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 08, 2019, 07:07:23 PM
Google is your friend Tim. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 08, 2019, 07:08:43 PM
But it might be something bad and I don't want anything bad on my google.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 08, 2019, 07:10:09 PM
Greater New York Mutual Insurance Co???

SRG Partnership Inc??

Those were literally the first search results I saw.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 08, 2019, 07:13:06 PM
But it might be something bad and I don't want anything bad on my google.

You fucking virgin.  It's a movie character.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 08, 2019, 07:51:01 PM
But it might be something bad and I don't want anything bad on my google.

You fucking virgin.  It's a movie character.

 :rollin :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 08, 2019, 07:52:47 PM
But it might be something bad and I don't want anything bad on my google.

I put something bad on your wife's Google just the other night. Hey-o!

I think I just decoded what King posted. GSgt Hartman. I feel like Oedipus solving the riddle of the sphinx.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 08, 2019, 07:53:46 PM
But it might be something bad and I don't want anything bad on my google.

I put something bad on your wife's Google just the other night. Hey-o!

 :facepalm:

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 08, 2019, 07:55:28 PM
 :lol

Chris, it's scary when she yells. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 08, 2019, 07:58:19 PM
yeah, she goes all GNY SNG.




#dididothatrite?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 08, 2019, 08:12:37 PM
Tim let me help you. Have you ever seen Full Metal Jacket?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 08, 2019, 08:16:45 PM
Yes I have. A few times. A long time ago.

Awesome movie. Stanley Kubrick.

My ex father in law was in Vietnam, and he said he literally thought he was back in Parris Island.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 08, 2019, 08:27:12 PM
Chris, it's scary when she yells. Lol

It's the jelly donuts, I get it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 08, 2019, 08:55:08 PM
I gotta tell ya, King... I was with Tim on this one.  I had no focking clue what you were talking about.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 08, 2019, 09:00:12 PM
Well shit Chad. I know you can Google.   Tim just gives us I'm old, get me the answer.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 08, 2019, 09:02:49 PM
Well shit Chad. I know you can Google.   Tim just gives us I'm old, get me the answer.

And on that front, I'm with Chris ... Greater New York, and Synthetic Natural Gas were my first hits.  Sorry man, you failed to make it explicitly about Gunnery Sargent Hartman.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 08, 2019, 09:07:35 PM
Yet you know it.  Chad of all people you should know "The Change" and men dealing with it. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 08, 2019, 09:25:40 PM
Yet you know it.  Chad of all people you should know "The Change" and men dealing with it.

Mrs.jingle has been "changing" for 19 years!  Lol

In other news, jingle.kids turn 19 on Monday.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 09, 2019, 04:57:43 AM
Time sure does fly. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 09, 2019, 06:26:51 AM
Pretty sure I wouldn’t recognize Hartman by name anyway.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 09, 2019, 07:19:13 AM
Pretty sure I wouldn’t recognize Hartman by name anyway.

He's the Gunnery that pushes Gomer Pyle over the edge.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 09, 2019, 07:21:17 AM
"Did your parents have any children that lived?!"  :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 09, 2019, 07:23:02 AM
Let's all hold Tim's hand explaining a character of a movie he has seen explaining why he resembles my wife right now. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 09, 2019, 07:47:38 AM
But it might be something bad and I don't want anything bad on my google.

This made me laugh out loud.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 09, 2019, 07:50:31 AM
"Did your parents have any children that lived?!"  :lol :lol :lol

“Bullshit. It looks to me like the best part of you ran down the crack of your mama's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress.”

I’d imagine there’s two reactions to that first half of the movie, and those would be from either the people who experienced the service, and those who haven’t. As one who’s in the latter group, I laughed my ass off at the entire first half except the bathroom scene. But if I were actually there, I’d probably be shitting myself.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on August 09, 2019, 08:29:16 AM
"How tall are you?"

"Sir, 5'9"', sir!"

"5'9", I didn't know they stacked shit that high!"

 :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 09, 2019, 08:30:58 AM
  :rollin

"Choke yourself! WITH MY HAND, GOD DAMN IT!"  :lol

Yeah, my dad and I laugh til we're crying every time we watch that section of the movie.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on August 09, 2019, 08:33:02 AM
"Private Pyle, you will stop laughing this instant, or I will gouge out your eyes and skull fuck you!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 09, 2019, 08:54:27 AM
“If God wanted you up there, he’d have miracled your ass up by now...”

“You climb obstacles like old people fuck, do you know that?!”

My two favorites. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 09, 2019, 09:14:48 AM
You guys are making Tim look bad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 09, 2019, 09:23:32 AM
R. Lee Ermey improvised most of those lines. I think he convinced them to give him the part by filming a tape where he was yelling those kinds of lines while tennis balls were thrown at him. What a badass.  :metal

"Drop your cocks and grab your socks!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 09, 2019, 09:51:40 AM
GNY? SNG?

Google is your friend Tim. 

I gotta tell ya, King... I was with Tim on this one.  I had no focking clue what you were talking about.

Me too....

Greater New York?
Go null yourself?

Satellite news gathering?
Secure network gateway?

Those were the top results I got when I googled....

I still have no idea....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 09, 2019, 10:15:41 AM
Full Metal Shmegland thread takeover.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 09, 2019, 11:25:52 AM
We can go back to quizzing you on obvious things you should know but don't, if you want!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 09, 2019, 11:43:21 AM
Full Metal Shmegland thread takeover.

 :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 09, 2019, 11:58:15 AM
Yeah, well nobody on earth abbreviates "gunnery sergeant" the way you did, so even this former US marine had no idea what you were saying. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 09, 2019, 12:01:20 PM
I just copied and pasted from the internet.  Plus, it's fun being vague with Tim. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 09, 2019, 12:04:39 PM
Plus, it's fun being vague with Tim. 

Well, yeah, I'll give you that.  And that's the whole reason I didn't go all GNY. SRG. Hart on you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 09, 2019, 12:06:42 PM
 :lol


Of course it's an exaggeration on my part as well how my wife acts when I do dumb guy stuff like my sneakers on our bed but she does lose it a bit.  I just back away slowly. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 09, 2019, 04:01:49 PM
(http://giphygifs.s3.amazonaws.com/media/4pMX5rJ4PYAEM/200.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 09, 2019, 04:08:55 PM
Yup.  Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on August 09, 2019, 05:53:00 PM
You sound like Dr. P (my wife), I put my golf shoes on the dining room table and she about shit a brick!  :lol

She's right!  Dude, that's so gross.   :facepalm:  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 09, 2019, 07:49:38 PM
You sound like Dr. P (my wife), I put my golf shoes on the dining room table and she about shit a brick!  :lol

She's right!  Dude, that's so gross.   :facepalm:  :lol

And then take into account that a good number of Salt Lake City golf courses are littered with seagull and goose shit, and it only takes it up a notch. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 09, 2019, 08:21:37 PM
In Salt Lake, if only one of your five wives is bitching, you’re still in pretty good shape.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on August 10, 2019, 09:34:41 AM
You sound like Dr. P (my wife), I put my golf shoes on the dining room table and she about shit a brick!  :lol

She's right!  Dude, that's so gross.   :facepalm:  :lol

And then take into account that a good number of Salt Lake City golf courses are littered with seagull and goose shit, and it only takes it up a notch. :lol

That's right - she is trying to save your life!!  Think about that.   :laugh:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on August 12, 2019, 06:57:51 AM
You sound like Dr. P (my wife), I put my golf shoes on the dining room table and she about shit a brick!  :lol

She's right!  Dude, that's so gross.   :facepalm:  :lol

And then take into account that a good number of Salt Lake City golf courses are littered with seagull and goose shit, and it only takes it up a notch. :lol

That's right - she is trying to save your life!!  Think about that.   :laugh:

Unlike Tim, you two have made some excellent and logical deduction, however you're both wrong. The offending golf shoes were brand new and freshly out of their box. They were resting quietly, waiting for me to grab on our way out the back slider for our tee time that morning. Goose christened shoes are stored in their own bag (as is proper) in the garage closet.

No self respecting seagull would be seen in the vicinity of a goose. So Utah golf shoes only have goose shit on them, SD.  :P

I'd also like to point out that in our home the dining table isn't really intended for eating food at (except for maybe Thanksgiving and Solstice). It's a highly polished slab of travertine on a pedestal, so it weighs as much as a pickup truck. It hasn't moved in 13 years but has never failed in taking an opportunity to be in the way. In spite of it having bruised both of my hips and nearly all my limbs over the years I am the only one who ever gives a thought to cleaning and treating the damned thing. So that's what I'm mildly irritated with, I suppose; if I'm the only one whoever cleans and polishes the dinning table I aught to be the one who gets to throw a fit when people put anything on it!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 12, 2019, 06:58:55 AM
I am the only one who ever gives a thought to cleaning and treating the damned thing. So that's what I'm mildly irritated with, I suppose; if I'm the only one whoever cleans and polishes the dinning table I aught to be the one who gets to throw a fit when people put anything on it!
TESTIFY, brutha!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 12, 2019, 07:21:16 AM
Both very good points as well, Podaar. Straight from the box is very different, and are about as clean as you can get. And if that table is hardly used other than as a storage rack, plus the added bonus of you bring the only one to take the time to periodically clean it, it’s absolutely your call.

As far as the seagull shit goes, I pretty well just meant with passing flyovers. Goose droppings are definitely more noticeable and common, though, I grant you that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 12, 2019, 07:24:09 AM
I got yelled at for clothes not getting to the hamper this weekend.  I pointed out that those were the Queens.  Got a little quiet after that. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on August 12, 2019, 08:57:44 AM
The offending golf shoes were brand new and freshly out of their box.
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Ah, well.  That would've been good info to convey at the start.  A completely different complaint then from my first "mildly" irritated observation that worn shoes should stay off the f-ing kitchen counter!

Also along those same lines - please don't use the dish sponge to wipe up something off the floor.  That's what paper towels are for.  If the people who live in my house do not cease and desist, I'm never cooking for them again.  Then they'll be sorry.   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on August 12, 2019, 09:20:44 AM
I got yelled at for clothes not getting to the hamper this weekend.  I pointed out that those were the Queens.  Got a little quiet after that. :lol

 :lol :lol

The offending golf shoes were brand new and freshly out of their box.

Ah, well.  That would've been good info to convey at the start.  A completely different complaint then from my first "mildly" irritated observation that worn shoes should stay off the f-ing kitchen counter!

Also along those same lines - please don't use the dish sponge to wipe up something off the floor.  That's what paper towels are for.  If the people who live in my house do not cease and desist, I'm never cooking for them again.  Then they'll be sorry.   :lol

I don't think I'd use the word please if this happened at my home.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 12, 2019, 09:28:18 AM
Also along those same lines - please don't use the dish sponge to wipe up something off the floor.  That's what paper towels are for.  If the people who live in my house do not cease and desist, I'm never cooking for them again.  Then they'll be sorry.   :lol

A massive pet peeve of mrs.jingle's
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on August 12, 2019, 09:54:21 AM

I don't think I'd use the word please if this happened at my home.  :lol

IIRC "please" was not a part of my actual rant.   :censored  I was trying to keep it in the "mildly" zone.   :laugh:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 12, 2019, 10:36:12 AM

Unlike Tim......you're both wrong. 



Say it again! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 12, 2019, 08:43:08 PM
Canned food manufacturers who don't make their cans stackable.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 12, 2019, 08:50:59 PM
Canned food manufacturers who don't make their cans stackable.

Totally.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on August 12, 2019, 10:05:03 PM
Agree 100%

I find it so annoying at work when I’m stocking something and the cans don’t interlock. I hate it more when the cans don’t interlock and customers dig through to the back to get what they think is better dated product and knock over all the cans in the process.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 13, 2019, 10:10:41 AM
Agree 100%

I find it so annoying at work when I’m stocking something and the cans don’t interlock. I hate it more when the cans don’t interlock and customers dig through to the back to get what they think is better dated product and knock over all the cans in the process.

It's worse with yogurts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on August 15, 2019, 04:24:57 PM
When someone at work emails me telling me to call them. What kind of sense does that make?  If you want to talk to me, then call me yourself. 

Today I got particularly irritated and waited until I knew they wouldn't be there, then left a voicemail saying that I got their email, to give me a call if they were still around, and asking them to please let me know if something was wrong with my phone when they tried to call me earlier.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 15, 2019, 05:19:21 PM
When someone at work emails me telling me to call them. What kind of sense does that make?  If you want to talk to me, then call me yourself. 

Today I got particularly irritated and waited until I knew they wouldn't be there, then left a voicemail saying that I got their email, to give me a call if they were still around, and asking them to please let me know if something was wrong with my phone when they tried to call me earlier.

Similar, there's a vendor who really only likes to communicate through the phone, which I mostly hate for the basic things I need to tell this guy.  I email him, he calls right after.  I don't answer anymore.  He's also the type of person who won't stop talking once you get him on the phone.  The one sentence email is more than enough to make the point.  Please spare me the 20 minute discussion.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on August 16, 2019, 09:53:11 AM
My boss is like that.

In an email or text: "Call Me."

I call him, and he doesn't answer, or he answers and says "Let me call you right back", and I don't hear from him for 2 hours :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on August 16, 2019, 02:41:54 PM
 :lol  I guess if it's your boss you have to call him.  But it's totally weird.  Like, if you want the person to call you but not at that time... maybe set up meeting for later?

And cram - I get that too.  There are times when it's just easier to go over stuff on a phone call, and I don't mind talking to someone at all during those times.  But let's keep the idle chitchat down to a few minutes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 16, 2019, 07:20:33 PM
When someone at work emails me telling me to call them. What kind of sense does that make?  If you want to talk to me, then call me yourself. 

Today I got particularly irritated and waited until I knew they wouldn't be there, then left a voicemail saying that I got their email, to give me a call if they were still around, and asking them to please let me know if something was wrong with my phone when they tried to call me earlier.

Similar, there's a vendor who really only likes to communicate through the phone, which I mostly hate for the basic things I need to tell this guy.  I email him, he calls right after.  I don't answer anymore.  He's also the type of person who won't stop talking once you get him on the phone.  The one sentence email is more than enough to make the point.  Please spare me the 20 minute discussion.

:lol this reminds me of this older guy at my work. He is close to retirement, works from home and is essentially an Excel god. The amount of time he save's various lines of businesses is insane.

Anyway, I've been learning from him because I feel he has a really valuable skill set that should be passed down, our 1 hours meetings are always 2+ hours, he loves to talk. I think he misses the social aspect of being at work.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 16, 2019, 08:05:31 PM
When someone at work emails me telling me to call them. What kind of sense does that make?  If you want to talk to me, then call me yourself. 

Today I got particularly irritated and waited until I knew they wouldn't be there, then left a voicemail saying that I got their email, to give me a call if they were still around, and asking them to please let me know if something was wrong with my phone when they tried to call me earlier.

Similar, there's a vendor who really only likes to communicate through the phone, which I mostly hate for the basic things I need to tell this guy.  I email him, he calls right after.  I don't answer anymore.  He's also the type of person who won't stop talking once you get him on the phone.  The one sentence email is more than enough to make the point.  Please spare me the 20 minute discussion.

:lol this reminds me of this older guy at my work. He is close to retirement, works from home and is essentially an Excel god. The amount of time he save's various lines of businesses is insane.

Anyway, I've been learning from him because I feel he has a really valuable skill set that should be passed down, our 1 hours meetings are always 2+ hours, he loves to talk. I think he misses the social aspect of being at work.

That's a bit different, an old man talking and sharing his wisdom can be very valuable even if it's at times a drag.  A rambling man from Houston who has nothing worthy of sharing with me nor is he crucial to my job in any way is a waste of time my time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on August 17, 2019, 09:30:09 AM
Do you guys have friends, co-workers, family members who are total stress cases?  I got together with a friend yesterday who is going through some family drama (this is nothing new).  The split second after we hug hello, she launches into a screed of anxiety-fueled blow-by-blows of her last 2 weeks and I sitting there trying to be supportive but her level of anxiety makes me have a mini-panic attack.  I found myself tuning her out and doing some deep breathing just to keep from running away.  I never thought about how anxiety can be contagious.  I didn't like it.   :chill
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 17, 2019, 11:25:27 AM
So basically she just emotionally vomtted all over you.  I'll bet she felt better, meanwhile you have vomit all over you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 17, 2019, 06:59:33 PM
I do, or rather did, I spent some time over the past few years culling those people out of my life. If our interactions are constantly you telling me what's wrong in your life, well I'm not interested in being a part of your life
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 18, 2019, 05:20:41 AM
I do, or rather did, I spent some time over the past few years culling those people out of my life. If our interactions are constantly you telling me what's wrong in your life, well I'm not interested in being a part of your life

Right... it's like being treated as an unpaid therapist.  I have neither the training, skills, or inclination to be that for anyone.  If I did, I'd be charging you $180/hour.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: mike099 on August 18, 2019, 05:39:14 AM
Watching the little league World Series, it irritates me that the us is guaranteed a spot in the championship game.  Have a blind draw for the matchups. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on August 18, 2019, 06:50:47 AM
Do you guys have friends, co-workers, family members who are total stress cases?  I got together with a friend yesterday who is going through some family drama (this is nothing new).  The split second after we hug hello, she launches into a screed of anxiety-fueled blow-by-blows of her last 2 weeks and I sitting there trying to be supportive but her level of anxiety makes me have a mini-panic attack.  I found myself tuning her out and doing some deep breathing just to keep from running away.  I never thought about how anxiety can be contagious.  I didn't like it.   :chill

This should calm you down, Harmony.

(https://i.imgur.com/GlxTppu.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 18, 2019, 08:17:27 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on August 18, 2019, 08:36:46 AM
So basically she just emotionally vomtted all over you.  I'll bet she felt better, meanwhile you have vomit all over you.

Yes!  LoL...I wondered what that smell was.   :laugh:

This should calm you down, Harmony.

(https://i.imgur.com/GlxTppu.jpg)



Oh yeah, I have an easy solution for anyone who does that in my house.

(https://i.imgur.com/qSyJV9L.png)

Don't think I'm kidding!   :P

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on August 19, 2019, 12:53:52 PM
'viral' videos of small children doing what EVERY small child does. Like, laughing at the same, dumb things over and over or laughing at their parent(s) doing something to them etc etc.

Listen, I'm not saying it's not cute and adorable.....BUT.....your kid is not unique in this type of thing. Literally every child does it. Filming these moments are awesome for posterity but they don't need to be plastered all over the internet in an attempt to go viral. Your little cute kid laughing at you being an idiot or whatever is not that special...




....now get off my lawn....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 19, 2019, 01:02:26 PM
That reminds me, and maybe this isn't irritating to me, but just odd.  My little nieces apparently really enjoy watching videos of kids opening gifts.  Now, these are 1/2 year old girls, but something about that they love watching and get all excited for.  But it made me think?  How did this become a thing, like who started recording videos of opening gifts and becoming viral?  My brother loves watching videos of people eating food.  How did that become a thing?  I guess its similar to people watching video games, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is an audience for pretty much anything today.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on August 19, 2019, 01:07:20 PM
That reminds me, and maybe this isn't irritating to me, but just odd.  My little nieces apparently really enjoy watching videos of kids opening gifts.  Now, these are 1/2 year old girls, but something about that they love watching and get all excited for.  But it made me think?  How did this become a thing, like who started recording videos of opening gifts and becoming viral?  My brother loves watching videos of people eating food.  How did that become a thing?  I guess its similar to people watching video games, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is an audience for pretty much anything today.

There is. Anything. My boys watch a ton of stuff that I can't understand how it's entertaining but when they earn screen time they'll use it up watching the oddest crap.  :lol   We monitor it to make sure it's age appropriate which it is but its silly stuff. A lot of watching people play video games (instead of just playing that exact game that they have??).....some user name pew de pie or something like that? I don't know....but my oldest two want to be 'youtubers' when they 'grow up' and have even made a few videos of them doing silly stuff. It's a whole different ballgame that I find hard to keep up with.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on August 19, 2019, 01:16:32 PM
I don't know....but my oldest two want to be 'youtubers' when they 'grow up' and have even made a few videos of them doing silly stuff. It's a whole different ballgame that I find hard to keep up with.

My grandson is into this as well.  ???
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on August 19, 2019, 01:22:42 PM
That reminds me, and maybe this isn't irritating to me, but just odd.  My little nieces apparently really enjoy watching videos of kids opening gifts.  Now, these are 1/2 year old girls, but something about that they love watching and get all excited for.  But it made me think?  How did this become a thing, like who started recording videos of opening gifts and becoming viral?  My brother loves watching videos of people eating food.  How did that become a thing?  I guess its similar to people watching video games, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is an audience for pretty much anything today.

I forgot the name but there are people that record themselves making noises that are supposed to be pleasing and relaxing. Stevie T did a video some time ago reviewing these types of videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KflTNQEcxlQ
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 19, 2019, 01:25:34 PM
I enjoy ASMR vids when I'm super high
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 19, 2019, 01:33:42 PM
Ugh.  You guys are describing my life.   My 11-year-old step son will move heaven and earth to get "tablet time" and it's spent basically bad quality versions of stuff that ultimately gets on America's Funniest Home Videos or Ridiculousness.   

He wants to be a "Youtuber" as well - his dream is a Mustang and when Mom said the one he wants is expensive, he said "good thing Youtubers make a ton of money" - and I asked him "what's your content going to be?" and I just got a blank look. "I don't know."   I now know how my dad felt when I was listening to Kiss and said "I wanna be a rock star!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 19, 2019, 01:40:02 PM
It's funny seeing these young kids wanting to be youtubers.  THere isn't money out there for that.  The youtube money train left 5 years ago.  It'll be interesting if you can even create any content on it in 10 years with the way they are becoming more restrictive and less lucrative.  In fact, if you were to be able to make a living doing youtube, you should be concerned already for your future money because for one, google can do what they want with their youtube platform.  Meaning you could be out of a job for no good reason.  Also, if you need to enter the real work force from being a social media star, you will be entering with no skills to be hirable at all.  In fact, I think it's a legit issue for social media influencers who are finding themselves unable to afford their lifestyle and unable to turn their life style into a real career as posing for pictures or doing video reviews doesnt really prepare you for a job in the real world.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 19, 2019, 01:48:15 PM
It's funny seeing these young kids wanting to be youtubers.  THere isn't money out there for that.  The youtube money train left 5 years ago.  It'll be interesting if you can even create any content on it in 10 years with the way they are becoming more restrictive and less lucrative.  In fact, if you were to be able to make a living doing youtube, you should be concerned already for your future money because for one, google can do what they want with their youtube platform.  Meaning you could be out of a job for no good reason.  Also, if you need to enter the real work force from being a social media star, you will be entering with no skills to be hirable at all.  In fact, I think it's a legit issue for social media influencers who are finding themselves unable to afford their lifestyle and unable to turn their life style into a real career as posing for pictures or doing video reviews doesnt really prepare you for a job in the real world.

This is why I could never be a YouTube/Twitch streamer even though I honestly would LOVE to stream games all the time when I'm off work. Yeah it's a fun ride and you have an audience and you're playing games but knowing everything could just go away at the drop of a hat is terrifying. There's a guy I watch with a surprisingly small audience yet he manages to make a living, which is cool, but... what happens when it stops? He's been doing it almost a decade now. That's a decade wide gap in actual work (I don't view YouTubing as actual 'work'; most of the 'work' he claims to do is just busywork playing pretend and making up overly complex schedules for playing games on stream).

I've thought about buying some equipment to do a YouTube channel for playing piano but earning money wouldn't be a goal, it would just be for fun.


All of that said... I am absolutely 200% super jealous of people like Ninja who have made money hand over fist from doing that. Literally living the dream, that guy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 19, 2019, 02:00:54 PM
I've said this before elsewhere but there are a couple ASMRtists I highly enjoy and listen to at night if I am having a hard time going to sleep. But I only like the soft speaking ones. The sounds, the whispering, the gibberish, the eating, all the rest I usually find atrocious.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 19, 2019, 02:05:19 PM
Ninja doesn't look healthy to me.  I don't know, on one hand, it would be awesome to be a professional gamer.  You get to play games for a living how cool is that?  Well, you have to cater to your fan base, you say one wrong thing and you can be kicked off and publicly shamed for life, you have to stream every day, so meaning essentially 40 hours of gameplay a week, you're trapped in a room all day.  That gets old real quick. 

For me, its all about enjoying it for fun.  If I ever were to make a few bucks from youtube, I'd be happy (in fact, my goal when I started my channel would be to somehow make just enough money to support going to concerts.... not working out at all so far since my I've yet to earn a penny), but I'd be very very weary of making it anything more than "just having fun".  Youtube was much different even just then, less restrictive, I could advertise my original videos and get exposure, now it's impossible almost.  I feel like if you aren't big already, you will struggle to break through unless you are creative in a way no one else is, and it takes a lot of creativity and effort to get there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on August 19, 2019, 02:06:11 PM
It's funny seeing these young kids wanting to be youtubers.  THere isn't money out there for that.  The youtube money train left 5 years ago.  It'll be interesting if you can even create any content on it in 10 years with the way they are becoming more restrictive and less lucrative.  In fact, if you were to be able to make a living doing youtube, you should be concerned already for your future money because for one, google can do what they want with their youtube platform.  Meaning you could be out of a job for no good reason.  Also, if you need to enter the real work force from being a social media star, you will be entering with no skills to be hirable at all.  In fact, I think it's a legit issue for social media influencers who are finding themselves unable to afford their lifestyle and unable to turn their life style into a real career as posing for pictures or doing video reviews doesnt really prepare you for a job in the real world.

This is why I could never be a YouTube/Twitch streamer even though I honestly would LOVE to stream games all the time when I'm off work. Yeah it's a fun ride and you have an audience and you're playing games but knowing everything could just go away at the drop of a hat is terrifying. There's a guy I watch with a surprisingly small audience yet he manages to make a living, which is cool, but... what happens when it stops? He's been doing it almost a decade now. That's a decade wide gap in actual work (I don't view YouTubing as actual 'work'; most of the 'work' he claims to do is just busywork playing pretend and making up overly complex schedules for playing games on stream).

I've thought about buying some equipment to do a YouTube channel for playing piano but earning money wouldn't be a goal, it would just be for fun.


All of that said... I am absolutely 200% super jealous of people like Ninja who have made money hand over fist from doing that. Literally living the dream, that guy.

100% agree with that. I used to have a youtube channel in 2006-07? and some of my videos had healthy view count ( I had one comparing Kirk Hammet to Petrucci). I deleted all my videos and channel later on and regretted once I saw Youtube was going to start paying content creators.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 26, 2019, 07:46:29 AM
Apartment neighbors who move their crap in at 1 AM and don't even attempt to be quiet. I have a townhome on the far end of the building so I'm only connected to one unit. Nobody's lived there for 6 months so it's been pretty darn peaceful tbh. I was almost asleep last night and then they showed back up to move their things in, apparently as loud as possible, and then I couldn't get back to sleep until almost 4 AM. Then I overslept and was almost late to work. I got no problem with people moving at night if they have to but holy heck dude at least make an attempt to not piss off both neighbors you've sandwiched yourself between. It got so bad my neighbor on the other side started chewing them out. And apparently they have a dog, which has yet to rear its drooling ugly head. Lovely.

At least it gave me a fine excuse to make bacon and eggs at 3 AM.  :facepalm: :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 26, 2019, 07:56:11 AM
Yea that sucks big time, I mean, if they have to move in at that time maybe because they just drove a far distance, so be it, but yea, be respectful as you can because these are your new neighbors you are pissing off and who wants to start off on the wrong foot like that? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 26, 2019, 07:56:25 AM
1 am?  WTF!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 26, 2019, 08:01:17 AM
My thoughts exactly. If it happens again I'm telling someone to STFU.  :lol

I was looking at a house to buy from a friend of my dad's. I even offered to clean it out and fix the roof if he would sell it to me for 40k, when he initially wanted 60k but that was ridiculous because there was soooo much cleaning and repair that had to be done. Well he didn't want to sell it to me. Turns out he just sold it to someone else... for 42k. Motherf----  :censored It was perfect for me too. Oh well. (That's one thing I love about living out here; I tell my east coast friends that I'm trying to get a house for that cheap and their jaws hit the floor because of the cost of homes over there. Whew!)

A mortgage on that place or one similar would be about half of my current rent. I cannot wait to get out of an apartment
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ich bin besser on August 26, 2019, 09:23:45 AM
https://twentytwowords.com/these-neighbors-have-mastered-the-art-of-passive-aggression/

 :hat

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 26, 2019, 09:25:24 AM
https://twentytwowords.com/these-neighbors-have-mastered-the-art-of-passive-aggression/

 :hat

HAHAHA. Lost it at the bike one. "I AM GOING TO KILL YOU."  :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 26, 2019, 09:30:21 AM
I traveled this past week, so I have a lot to offer this thread...

First, the obligatory:  If you're in the left lane and moving the speed limit, not passing anyone, or, worse yet, texting, MOVE THE FUCK OVER.  Holy moly.   (And no, I'm not talking about the fine line cases, I'm talking about the obvious, "there are ten cars behind you, and plenty of room to move over" cases.)   At one point, this car was going LESS than the speed limit, sitting in the left lane, and a car behind her decided to pass on the right.  He was in the middle lane (I was already over in the far right lane, where I usually am) and we sort of went by together, just about.    I looked over, and the girl - looked up from her texting and - with her phone in her hand - flipped off the guy passing her, as if HE is in the wrong!   

Second, how hard is it to NOT stand around and crowd the gate when boarding a plane?  If you're Group 5, and they are boarding Group 1 or 2, why do you need to stand literally in the pathway to the gate?   

Third, I watched a woman put her suitcase in the overhead, then sit right below in that row.  She let one or two people pass, then stood up and pulled her suitcase out and moved it two rows BEHIND her.  So now when we unload, she either needs to push back to get her suitcase or wait until everyone goes past and go back and get it.  If it's the latter, I could care less, that's her business, but that's not usually how it works out.

Fourth, the drive through. I'm on the Mass Pike (I live in CT but flew out of Boston), and I decide I'd like a refreshing iced tea from McDonald's on the way home.  So I pull in behind a minivan.   They are ordering and I can see the guy gesturing out of the window at the order microphone.   He finally moves up and I notice before the screen resets, that the tab is "$62.95".    I order my tea - $2.00 plus or minus - and move up to the window.  He's paying, and I see money going back and forth, and him gesturing again.   Finally he moves up to the pickup window and as I pull up to the pay window, I see the kid putting change in the drawer and shaking his head. To make conversation I say "did that guy really order $62 worth of food?" and he says "yes, and all special order stuff."  I'm like, ugh.  I pay, and pull up.  The bag comes out.  Then SIX drinks.  Then I see a box container going back into the store and more gesturing.  Another bag, and then a few seconds later, a couple more of the box containers going back into the store.  Finally the dude in the window gestures for the van to pull up to the "Special Order Waiting" window, and the fucking guy pulls up half way.  So now I have my refreshing tea, but I can't get past this asshole to get out!  Finally I blew my horn, he moved up enough I could jockey around (with the use of reverse) and in a rare display (believe it or not I'm not a road rage kind of guy, at all) I rolled my window down, and yelled "go inside next time you lazy sacks!".  If you have a big order or a special order, be courteous and go inside (there were six people in the van; even if there was a handicapped or disabled person in the van they weren't ALL, that was clear.  The driver looked like a reasonably fit man in his mid-twenties). And it's not like Mickey D's is chock full of "allergens"; if there are pickles and you don't like pickles, pull them off.   Life will go on.  This isn't a $120 steak cooked to perfection.   As I swung around to leave, I noticed that a line that used to be two cars (me and the van) now stretched back into the parking area.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 26, 2019, 09:37:31 AM
Preach on all of the above, although I don't understand, why did the lady move her suitcase further away?  I've had to put my bag further back due to space issues and I hate that because it is annoying for offloading the plane, but I don't understand purposely putting it there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 26, 2019, 09:37:55 AM
Not to step on your toes, Stads, but all that reminded me of something. Went through Dunkin Donuts yesterday. Waiting for my delicious cappuccino, and I can see large cups sticking out of the chute on the garbage can at the end of the drive. On my way out, I see the entire chute is just crammed with cups. Made me laugh. Imagine being the last couple of people going through there just trying their damnedest to cram their cups into that chute instead of just holding onto it for another can. The frustration for whoever had to empty that can... lol.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 26, 2019, 09:41:58 AM
I also worked the drive through at Boston Market and can say it is truly frustrating to have people come through that way to order insane amounts of specialty orders.  I know for us back then, every drive through transaction was timed.  It's just not fair to compare that type of order to the typical drive through order.  Not much you can do but do your job, but I told myself after that job that I wouldn't abuse drive throughs like that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 26, 2019, 09:42:37 AM
Preach on all of the above, although I don't understand, why did the lady move her suitcase further away?  I've had to put my bag further back due to space issues and I hate that because it is annoying for offloading the plane, but I don't understand purposely putting it there.

I have no idea.  None.  I was in the aisle going to my seat when I saw that, and didn't catch what happened later when we were de-planing.  Made no sense to me at all.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 26, 2019, 10:08:17 AM
First, the obligatory:  If you're in the left lane and moving the speed limit, not passing anyone, or, worse yet, texting, MOVE THE FUCK OVER.  Holy moly.   (And no, I'm not talking about the fine line cases, I'm talking about the obvious, "there are ten cars behind you, and plenty of room to move over" cases.)   At one point, this car was going LESS than the speed limit, sitting in the left lane, and a car behind her decided to pass on the right.  He was in the middle lane (I was already over in the far right lane, where I usually am) and we sort of went by together, just about.    I looked over, and the girl - looked up from her texting and - with her phone in her hand - flipped off the guy passing her, as if HE is in the wrong!   

Had a long road trip this weekend, and this came up a few times.  And I might be missing something or just not sensitive enough to how difficult it must be out there for truckers, but there seems to be a proliferation of trucks slowing traffic for extremely slow passes.  The highway in question is a LONG stretch of Interstate with only two lanes each direction.  Trucks must stay in the right lane, but are allowed to come into the fast lane for passing only.  The problem is, most trucks are going below the speed limit.  So what usually happens is, you have a LONG line of trucks going below the speed limit when one truck decides he wants to pass.  Since the passing truck takes FOREVER to accelerate, and even then, only accelerates to JUST BARELY above the speed limit, which is still WAY slower than the cars want to go, it takes several minutes for that truck to complete its pass and move back over, which then causes of huge glut of cars to pile up being, all growing very impatient.  That scenario happened over and over and over.  I don't get why a trucker needs to pass just to be able to go approximately 2 MPH faster than the trucks he is passing for, what, maybe 15 minutes until he comes to the next line of trucks going 2 MPH slower than he wants. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 26, 2019, 10:12:33 AM
You just described what I call "a chain of stupid f*cks" (long story how I came up with that name) for describing exactly what you said.  I road tripped to PA over the weekend and saw it many times.  What I never understood is why the passer doesn't just accelerate a bit more to make the pass quick before going back to their 1mph over the person they passed.  Does no one slow in the left lane ever look in their mirror to see the traffic they are creating?  It seems that way.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on August 26, 2019, 10:23:20 AM
@bosk1

My understanding is that the trucks are set to a maximum speed by company policy (insurance liability or because of fuel consumption metrics) and enforced by technology. The drivers are still expected to reach their destination at specific times plotted by logistic staff. Different freight companies have varying policies but best practices keep the road speeds similar but not exactly the same, thus you get these passing issues with big rigs. As you mentioned, it can occasionally be frustrating to us travelers but I've never known it to really have an effect on overall travel times.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 26, 2019, 10:31:32 AM
Some trucks have a computer set up that if they go over let's say 65 Mph the engine will not allow to go higher or if they do go over for a certain amount of time they are suspended by their company.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 26, 2019, 10:49:31 AM
Yeah the Big Brother tech they have on semis and even work fans for like flooring companies and HVAC companies etc. is crazy. They know where you're at, how fast you're going, even how hard you brake, and a lot of those bigger companies set caps on your speed. The HVAC company I was at - the largest one in North America, mind - capped all the vans at a hard 70, and if you weren't treating the brake gingerly, you'd almost always get docked 'safe driving points' for 'hard braking.'

So for slow trucks I kind of cut them some slack because they have a lot of that BS to put up with
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 26, 2019, 10:59:39 AM
I didn't know anything about that.  I see just as many trucks driving insanely to counter that in my mind, at least here in NJ.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 26, 2019, 11:06:33 AM
I know they're commonplace, but I don't know how common they actually are. I know just about every tow truck driver that comes through the shop, or delivery truck, complains about it at some point in the conversation though  :lol I totally believe there are drivers that don't have that stuff and just floor it, as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on August 26, 2019, 11:51:18 AM
Measures/laws (e-logs) were put in place a couple of years back to where truck drivers can only driver a certain number of hours per day/week, which should make it safer since you won't have a driver who can barely stay awake trying to make 2,000 miles in 2 days, but on the flip side, you get drivers hauling ass down the highway at 80 MPH to make as much time as they can before their allotted hours per day end (assuming their companies allow it, which many still do).

As for moving in loudly at 1 am in the morning, yowza. That's like the guy who think it's cool to cut his grass with a loud mower at 5 am.  :tdwn :tdwn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 26, 2019, 11:59:16 AM
One of my college buddies had a next door neighbor that would cut her lawn in the middle of the night. She would wear one of those lights strapped to her head while she did it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on August 26, 2019, 12:03:43 PM
One of my college buddies had a next door neighbor that would cut her lawn in the middle of the night. She would wear one of those lights strapped to her head while she did it.

Shouldn't that have made it easy for someone to bust out a BB gun and clank one off her shin? :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on August 26, 2019, 12:30:58 PM
Every time Cram mentions working at Boston Market, I crave Meatloaf. The closest Boston Market to me is now... *googles* 55 MILES AWAY! >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 26, 2019, 12:38:46 PM
Every time Cram mentions working at Boston Market, I crave Meatloaf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5hWWe-ts2s

If you meant the edible kind, I cannot recall ever in my life craving meatloaf. And I didn't know Boston Market was still around.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 26, 2019, 12:51:30 PM
I love meatloaf (and Meat Loaf, but we're talking about meatloaf). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 26, 2019, 02:13:02 PM
I'm a big fan of boston market's meatloaf.  My coworker went there for lunch today and it smelled so much better than my oatmeal and bananas.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 28, 2019, 10:27:11 AM
I was at a fast food place and went to use the restroom before leaving.  I walked to where they were located, and there were two.  One was marked as "women's," and the other was marked as "all gender restroom."

I'm honestly not sure what to make of this.  Are we just eliminating men's restrooms altogether...but keeping women's restrooms?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 28, 2019, 10:29:23 AM
We saw the same thing in La Jolla last week.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 28, 2019, 10:34:52 AM
Huh, seen plenty of gender neutral bathrooms up here in woke Seattle, but never an absence of men's rooms.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 28, 2019, 10:39:49 AM
My brother stopped by after taking his son to college and he noted the same thing at his son's college.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 28, 2019, 10:44:11 AM
Well, is an establishment only has two restrooms, and one of them has to be designated gender neutral, it's not like they are going to do a total remodel to add a third restroom.  A lot of places can't do that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 28, 2019, 10:49:26 AM
Well, is an establishment only has two restrooms, and one of them has to be designated gender neutral, it's not like they are going to do a total remodel to add a third restroom.  A lot of places can't do that.

True, but I can already see the page-long discussions over why they picked the men's restroom, the sociopolitical arguments over that and whether or not it's sexist, why the men's room and not the women's, etc. - interesting subject for sure.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 28, 2019, 10:52:01 AM
Well, is an establishment only has two restrooms, and one of them has to be designated gender neutral, it's not like they are going to do a total remodel to add a third restroom.  A lot of places can't do that.

True, but I can already see the page-long discussions over why they picked the men's restroom, the sociopolitical arguments over that and whether or not it's sexist, why the men's room and not the women's, etc. - interesting subject for sure.

Well, just like there can't be racism against whites, there can't be sexism against males.  Or so one line of argument goes (needless to say, a line of argument that I do not agree with for various reasons, none of which are, consciously, self-serving.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 28, 2019, 10:54:28 AM
Well, is an establishment only has two restrooms, and one of them has to be designated gender neutral, it's not like they are going to do a total remodel to add a third restroom.  A lot of places can't do that.

True, but I can already see the page-long discussions over why they picked the men's restroom, the sociopolitical arguments over that and whether or not it's sexist, why the men's room and not the women's, etc. - interesting subject for sure.

Well, just like there can't be racism against whites, there can't be sexism against males.  Or so one line of argument goes (needless to say, a line of argument that I do not agree with for various reasons, none of which are, consciously, self-serving.)

Oh boy have I had those discussions more than I care to admit. I'm with you, for the record...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 28, 2019, 11:47:12 AM
Without going into detail, my irritant of the day is people who cannot interact with others without drama, and try to get "the boss" to step in and smooth things over rather than handling the situation themselves.  I swear, I want to have business cards printed that just say "HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS" in large script, and hand them out in that situation.  Between my kids and some other people I deal with, I'd go through them like candy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 28, 2019, 11:52:53 AM
Bosk1 as a boss I find both sides for a high percentage are both selfish and believe they are correct.   What's missing a lot in general in all walks of live is compromise.

We need more of it in a bad way as a society.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 28, 2019, 11:55:26 AM
Yeah, it's 2 issues really.  One is failure to compromise, as you mention.  The other is an expectation that others will step in and solve your problems instead of you handling what you are perfectly capable of handling yourself.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 28, 2019, 12:01:57 PM
The other is an expectation that others will step in and solve your problems instead of you handling what you are perfectly capable of handling yourself.

I had a coworker who used to say if you ignored a problem long enough someone else would resolve it.  It's funny how true that is, but it really sucks when you are the one always doing the resolution part.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 28, 2019, 12:12:34 PM
Well, is an establishment only has two restrooms, and one of them has to be designated gender neutral, it's not like they are going to do a total remodel to add a third restroom.  A lot of places can't do that.

Is that the law out there?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 28, 2019, 12:15:37 PM
Bosk1 as a boss I find both sides for a high percentage are both selfish and believe they are correct.   What's missing a lot in general in all walks of live is compromise.

We need more of it in a bad way as a society.

WORD.  Preach, my friend. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: YtseBitsySpider on August 28, 2019, 12:45:17 PM
people who fish for you to listen to their shit while pretending to give a crap about yours....

them: "so..how's your kid doing?"....

(I begin to reply)

them: "uh huh...(nodding nodding..don't really care grunting"

them: ....then LAUNCH into and above your talk with their own facebook server staggering story of their own kids - WHICH - was what they wanted to do all along and never gave a crap about your crap...


I'm sure there's a term for this. It happens to me often. I consider myself a great listener. Nice to be listened to once in a while as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on August 28, 2019, 12:57:01 PM
Just make them both gender neutral. Now everyone can poop together.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 28, 2019, 01:10:14 PM
Just make them both gender neutral. Now everyone can poop together.

You would think, right?   Let me ask this: for all those here that have live-in spouses, partners, signifcant others, etc.:   do you have two gender-specific crappers in YOUR house?  I know I don't.   I don't like doing my business in public anyway, but the problem is a PERSON on the other side of the wall, not a specific GENDER.   

(My only problem is in treating different groups differently in terms of their ability to dictate who gets to poop next to them.)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on August 28, 2019, 01:54:39 PM
Without going into detail, my irritant of the day is people who cannot interact with others without drama, and try to get "the boss" to step in and smooth things over rather than handling the situation themselves.  I swear, I want to have business cards printed that just say "HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS" in large script, and hand them out in that situation.  Between my kids and some other people I deal with, I'd go through them like candy.

I have 2 employees, who are both decent employees, and both over twice my age, that cannot get along with each other, to the point where I had to get MY boss to step in, as they were acting like children, and apparently don't take me seriously enough to listen to me when I say "Get over it and figure out a way to work with each other"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 28, 2019, 03:40:31 PM
Well, is an establishment only has two restrooms, and one of them has to be designated gender neutral, it's not like they are going to do a total remodel to add a third restroom.  A lot of places can't do that.

Why would "one of them [have] to be designated gender neutral"?  It wouldn't surprise me for a second to learn that the People's Socialist Republic of California is now requiring "gender neutral" restrooms, but I'd have thought I'd know about it if that were the case.

Also, this just begs the question:  If there has to be a "gender neutral" restroom, then why have the other restroom to be specific to one gender to the exclusion of the other gender?


Just make them both gender neutral. Now everyone can poop together.

Exactly.  If there is a "gender neutral" restroom and another that is specific to one gender, then that's textbook discrimination against the other gender.


True, but I can already see the page-long discussions over why they picked the men's restroom, the sociopolitical arguments over that and whether or not it's sexist, why the men's room and not the women's, etc. - interesting subject for sure.

That's kinda what I'm thinking, but I'm trying not to get too terribly political.


What's missing a lot in general in all walks of live is compromise.

We need more of it in a bad way as a society.

Here, here!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 28, 2019, 04:30:55 PM
AB-1732 requires some public establishments to have them in CA.  I don't know all the rules and exceptions to rules in that regard.  But I am sure that, as in other contexts, a lot of businesses are just figuring they have to comply, even if they don't, and not wanting to have to deal with defending a lawsuit even if they don't.  So they are just trying to figure out how to cope the best they can.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 28, 2019, 06:03:17 PM
AB-1732 requires some public establishments to have them in CA.  I don't know all the rules and exceptions to rules in that regard.  But I am sure that, as in other contexts, a lot of businesses are just figuring they have to comply, even if they don't, and not wanting to have to deal with defending a lawsuit even if they don't.  So they are just trying to figure out how to cope the best they can.

I'm sure you're right, but AB 1732 applies only to "single user toilet facilities," which is defined to mean "a toilet facility with no more than one water closet and one urinal with a locking mechanism controlled by the user."

More of California's seemingly never-ending quest to enact more and dumber laws than every other state.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on August 28, 2019, 06:07:26 PM
And California has to stop doing that because Minneapolis and St Paul keep looking to them for new laws and now drive-thrus are banned in Minneapolis.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 28, 2019, 06:41:42 PM
...a lot of businesses are just figuring they have to comply, even if they don't, and not wanting to have to deal with defending a lawsuit a boycott, a smear campaign, and whatever else the "progressives" can do to destroy their business,  even if they don't. 

And California has to stop doing that because Minneapolis and St Paul keep looking to them for new laws and now drive-thrus are banned in Minneapolis.  :lol

What the hell? Just looked this up. Found this:

http://www.citypages.com/news/minneapolis-considers-a-ban-on-new-drive-thru-windows/509909191

Quote
But love them or not, there are plenty of cases against them. At their best, they mean more paved surfaces slick with polluted runoff, more curb cuts where pedestrians will have to dodge traffic, and the occasional phalanx of queuing cars blocking sidewalks.

Are they talking about Drive Thrus? That reads like something out of a teenage angst-ridden dystopian future novel.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on August 28, 2019, 08:03:37 PM
Yes, Drive Thrus as in Fast Food and Pharmacy drive thrus. And it's no longer an idea, it's the new law. Of course, it doesn't effect existing drive-thrus, but new construction will not allow for drive thrus because they don't align with the future vision of the city (homicides and random shootings have also gone up as they cut police and their budgets, but maybe that's their vision...). As they've increased minimum wage, businesses have left Minneapolis by the dozens... it's all part of their vision. They've jacked up on-street parking permits to decrease driving, and new apartment buildings are going to start having no parking lots or underground parking spots available to discourage driving.

It's no joke that one of the top reasons why they pushed for this law is because drive thrus encourage driving, which as I've said, they don't want. Handicapped people showed up to those meetings on the new law saying that banning drive thrus would hurt their quality of life because they rely on them for easy access to places they normally would have trouble getting to. The elderly showed up and said in the winter, drive thrus helped them get their medications they need and banning them would have a negative effect on them. Remember folks, we are living in a city where it got down -54 degrees Fahrenheit last winter. City Council just told them they would have to adapt, not their problem.

The most telling thing in that City Pages article (which is usually very whiny, but hey, they awarded my store Best Grocery Store in the Twin Cities a few years back so I kinda love them), is this quote from a city planner:

“I’m sure there will be pushback,” senior city planner Mei-Ling Smith says. But she’s hopeful Minneapolis will see the benefits. She’s not aware of any other city making such an ambitious move.

She's not aware of any other city making such an ambitious move. Sounds like having the ability to say "We're the first to do this!!" is part of their motivation.


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 28, 2019, 09:35:41 PM
Progressives like this want to tear down cities and build them up in their own socialist utopian vision: no cars, no successful private businesses, no private property, no freedom of movement...

Isn't that the city that banned single family housing zoning?

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/11/housing-crisis-single-family-homes-policy-227265

Yep.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 29, 2019, 07:22:07 AM
I'm all for banning drive thrus.    Less chance for some selfish douche bag to order $62.95 worth of fast food, then complain when it's not cooked perfectly to order.  Get out of your car and get your lazy ass in the store!   

:)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 29, 2019, 07:33:02 AM
I personally hate going through drive thrus. I mean, I don't fast food, but we do go to Dunkin'. I would literally rather go in even if it's just for a coffee. There is always some sort of order fuck up through the drive thru.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 29, 2019, 07:35:21 AM
The attention spans for those drive thru workers are atrocious.  I have to repeat multiple times.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on August 29, 2019, 07:40:35 AM
The attention spans for those drive thru workers are atrocious.  I have to repeat multiple times.

This is my favorite drive thru story.  I was dating my wife 15 years ago....she's working the overnight shift at a store while in college.  I go to the Steak & Shake drive through at 2 or 3am to bring her food while she's on her break.  I order two full meals, go through everything - burger, fries, drinks.  This is the response I get through the drive thru speaker:

WHUUUT?


The guy didn't take my order at all the first time and I had to run through it again a second time for him.   :lol

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 29, 2019, 07:41:18 AM
I have to repeat multiple times.

Less chance for some selfish douche bag to order $62.95 worth of fast food,

 ::)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 29, 2019, 08:10:39 AM
Grappler.  Exactly.   

Tim you ass.  One coffee.   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 29, 2019, 08:15:28 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 29, 2019, 08:19:08 AM
I love hearing all these horror stories about fast food places and I can literally count on one hand how many times I've had a wrong order in the last ten years.  :lol

My old man no longer eats fast food, but for the better part of 20 years my mom and I would make fun of him all the time because he refused to check the order before leaving the parking lot. Then he'd come home, realize the order was wrong and storm back out the door and very likely scare the living shit out of some unsuspecting teenager :lol His logic was that they should get the order right and he shouldn't have to check, but every time this happened we'd facepalm even harder because it's literally as simple as checking the bag before leaving the lot. That's it. But he'd never do it and get madder and madder. Fucking hysterical. He never did go back and claim the free buckets of KFC he got after he got the manager fired for getting all hood over a simple mistake the manager made in the first place. Amazing
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 29, 2019, 08:23:28 AM
 :lol I typically don't check and typically dont have issues other than the typical other customers being idiots.  It was maybe last year though that I told the drive through they were terrible at a Burger King.  I already don't like Burger King but was hungry and that was available while driving, so after waiting for a really long time at the screen with no one responding, I drove up to the window to see if they were even working or what ever (it was mid day, so not closing time) and two ladies opened the window and yelled at me for driving up.  I said I was asking if anyone was there and no one responded, so you suck at your job  :lol and drove off.  I couldn't believe how rude these two girls were to me for driving up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 29, 2019, 08:33:09 AM
I love hearing all these horror stories about fast food places and I can literally count on one hand how many times I've had a wrong order in the last ten years.  :lol

My old man no longer eats fast food, but for the better part of 20 years my mom and I would make fun of him all the time because he refused to check the order before leaving the parking lot. Then he'd come home, realize the order was wrong and storm back out the door and very likely scare the living shit out of some unsuspecting teenager :lol His logic was that they should get the order right and he shouldn't have to check, but every time this happened we'd facepalm even harder because it's literally as simple as checking the bag before leaving the lot. That's it. But he'd never do it and get madder and madder. Fucking hysterical. He never did go back and claim the free buckets of KFC he got after he got the manager fired for getting all hood over a simple mistake the manager made in the first place. Amazing

Are we SURE I'm not your dad?   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 29, 2019, 08:37:59 AM
I love hearing all these horror stories about fast food places and I can literally count on one hand how many times I've had a wrong order in the last ten years.  :lol

My old man no longer eats fast food, but for the better part of 20 years my mom and I would make fun of him all the time because he refused to check the order before leaving the parking lot. Then he'd come home, realize the order was wrong and storm back out the door and very likely scare the living shit out of some unsuspecting teenager :lol His logic was that they should get the order right and he shouldn't have to check, but every time this happened we'd facepalm even harder because it's literally as simple as checking the bag before leaving the lot. That's it. But he'd never do it and get madder and madder. Fucking hysterical. He never did go back and claim the free buckets of KFC he got after he got the manager fired for getting all hood over a simple mistake the manager made in the first place. Amazing

Are we SURE I'm not your dad?   

You know, it started off as a joke, but the more this question pops up, the more I need to know where and when, exactly, my mom saw Van Halen back in the day. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 29, 2019, 08:40:03 AM
:rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 29, 2019, 10:29:28 AM
And California has to stop doing that because Minneapolis and St Paul keep looking to them for new laws and now drive-thrus are banned in Minneapolis.  :lol

The "car culture" in California would never allow that to happen.  That's just some absurd shit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 29, 2019, 10:45:24 AM
That is such an annoying term, and I am not pinning on it you, since you are just quoting it. It's like people who enjoy owning a car of their choice, and enjoying the freedom of movement, the ability to take themselves and their families where they choose and when to do so are all banded together across socio-economic and racial and ethnic backgrounds and relegated to being some primitive, hateful, ignorant cult.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 29, 2019, 10:52:15 AM
That is such an annoying term, and I am not pinning on it you, since you are just quoting it. It's like people who enjoy owning a car of their choice, and enjoying the freedom of movement, the ability to take themselves and their families where they choose and when to do so are all banded together across socio-economic and racial and ethnic backgrounds and relegated to being some primitive, hateful, ignorant cult.

Have you been to LA? For one, I never thought anyone associated "car culture" with "primitive, hateful, ignorant cult."  :lol But LA has little public transportation and is the second biggest city in the US.  The car culture is just the reality and it's kind of crazy IMO how a city that size has such a "car culture"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 29, 2019, 11:47:42 AM
That is such an annoying term, and I am not pinning on it you, since you are just quoting it. It's like people who enjoy owning a car of their choice, and enjoying the freedom of movement, the ability to take themselves and their families where they choose and when to do so are all banded together across socio-economic and racial and ethnic backgrounds and relegated to being some primitive, hateful, ignorant cult.

Have you been to LA? For one, I never thought anyone associated "car culture" with "primitive, hateful, ignorant cult."  :lol But LA has little public transportation and is the second biggest city in the US.  The car culture is just the reality and it's kind of crazy IMO how a city that size has such a "car culture"

I suppose there's two meanings for "car culture."  I was using it in the sense that California -- and especially Southern California -- is so car dependent and lacking in good public transportation.  It could also be used to refer to people who are really into cars, but that wasn't what I was intending at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 29, 2019, 08:55:16 PM
So I realize that I am not hip. I get it. But I'm not dead.

MSN is my homepage, so whenever I turn on my computer MSN pops up. Um yeah..redundant.

Anyway tonight, there's a headline...

JEANNIE MAY DATING JEEZY


I'm sorry WHO??

First of all, who are these fucking people, and secondly, who fucking cares? What the fuck is a Jeezy? Is he a fucking dwarf that missed the cut? Dopey Sneezy and fucking Jeezy?

And who the fuck is Jeannie May?

Dammit!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 29, 2019, 09:12:33 PM
I so want to make fun of you but I don't know either. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 30, 2019, 04:24:21 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 30, 2019, 05:06:05 AM
I so want to make fun of you but I don't know either. :lol

+1

Although, your first indication that you're not hip is that MSN is your homepage.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 30, 2019, 05:43:27 AM
Yeah, the first thing you should do is change that. Just go to the Settings tab on whatever version of Netscape you are using. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 30, 2019, 05:49:14 AM
And take that Netscape starter disk out of your computer as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 30, 2019, 05:55:00 AM
Shit, he's probably still using floppies.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 30, 2019, 06:01:54 AM
Shit, he's probably still using floppies.

He is over 50 ....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 30, 2019, 06:30:56 AM
He's still using a rotary phone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 30, 2019, 06:55:12 AM
Shit, he's probably still using floppies.

He is over 50 ....

Goddamit, beat me to it... :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 30, 2019, 07:14:17 AM
My wife loves those "celebrity shows", and it's a running joke between us:  "Sweetie, when do the celebrities come on?"   Fuck 'em, TAC.  I'm with you, buddy.   Who ARE these people? 

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 30, 2019, 07:18:09 AM
I generally hate reality shows.  I have enough reality in my life. I watch TV to get away from reality.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 30, 2019, 08:01:19 AM
What the fuck is a Jeezy? Is he a fucking dwarf that missed the cut? Dopey Sneezy and fucking Jeezy?

The alternative-statured folk on this forum are offended.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 30, 2019, 09:39:32 AM
I hate to admit that I actually know who Jeannie Mai (not "May") is (or at least I know one thing she's done).  She's the "sideline reporter" for Holey Moley, an "extreme mini golf" show that's been running over the summer.

I'm happy to say that I too have no idea what a "Jeezy" is.  Perhaps Louise Jefferson's sister?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 30, 2019, 10:39:47 AM
I still don't know who she is (which is surprising, because I like Rob Riggle and he's the host of Holey Moley) but I googled her...saw pictures, fair enough, cute woman, according to Wikipedia a successful career, but...

She 40! 

I don't mean that in a sexist way (though she does not look within 15 years of her age), but maybe in an age-ist way.  She's not that much younger than those of us here adjusting our velcro sneakers, yelling at the kids to get off our lawn, and wondering how these people merit a news-outlet headline.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 30, 2019, 10:56:25 AM
Never seen or heard of her or any show she's been on (other than the guest spot shows like The Today Show).

Also, she won 2 NAACP Image Awards, while apparently being of Vietnamese and Chinese heritage. So are those awards casting a wide net, or am I not understand what the NAACP is?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 30, 2019, 11:26:31 AM
National Association of Asian Chinese People.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on August 30, 2019, 12:15:17 PM
I'm mildly irritated that I have no idea what is going on in this thread or who these people are.

Ok - I have a new one.  E-signing documents.  I don't like it.  I don't want to do it.  Convince me why I'm wrong.

FTR, someone close to me had their identity stolen about a decade ago.  It was horrible.  I'm always suspicious about doing commerce on-line because of it. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 30, 2019, 12:16:45 PM
Never seen or heard of her or any show she's been on (other than the guest spot shows like The Today Show).

Also, she won 2 NAACP Image Awards, while apparently being of Vietnamese and Chinese heritage. So are those awards casting a wide net, or am I not understand what the NAACP is?

Maybe she "identifies" as a "colored" person.


What the fuck is a Jeezy? Is he a fucking dwarf that missed the cut? Dopey Sneezy and fucking Jeezy?

The alternative-statured folk on this forum are offended.

I plan to "identify" as a dwarf next week.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 30, 2019, 01:02:48 PM
I hate to admit that I actually know who Jeannie Mai (not "May") is (or at least I know one thing she's done).  She's the "sideline reporter" for Holey Moley, an "extreme mini golf" show that's been running over the summer.

I'm happy to say that I too have no idea what a "Jeezy" is.  Perhaps Louise Jefferson's sister?

Damn I watch Holey Moley and I didnt recognize the name. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 30, 2019, 01:20:45 PM
I hate to admit that I actually know who Jeannie Mai (not "May") is (or at least I know one thing she's done).  She's the "sideline reporter" for Holey Moley, an "extreme mini golf" show that's been running over the summer.

I'm happy to say that I too have no idea what a "Jeezy" is.  Perhaps Louise Jefferson's sister?

Damn I watch Holey Moley and I didnt recognize the name. Lol

I didn't recognize it until I googled the name, discovered the misspelling, and saw a picture.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 30, 2019, 01:53:10 PM
Ok - I have a new one.  E-signing documents.  I don't like it.  I don't want to do it.  Convince me why I'm wrong.

FTR, someone close to me had their identity stolen about a decade ago.  It was horrible.  I'm always suspicious about doing commerce on-line because of it. 

I had to do this a few times as part of my last job. They were all related to real estate transactions. I feel like I've done it in my personal life but cannot recall when that might have happened. Regardless, is this any less safe than any of the other hundreds of transactions and communications we execute online?

On an anecdotal note (this is all info from my wife so I am getting it third-hand), there is an issue when a teacher at my wife's school. She apparently signed and/or submitted the incorrect documents and it is causing a hang-up with school starting in 5 days. Who's fault was it? Don't know. Doesn't matter. The point is she needs to sign/submit new documents, but apparently "cannot do so because she is out of town." She isn't in as remote as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti. She has internet access and would be able to e-sign whatever it is in 5 minutes and the whole issue would be resolved. My point is there is value in e-signing. 

I understand identity theft is a big problem but I don't know if e-signing represents a big enough percentage of when it happens to warrant the concern. If anyone has analyzed this I would be curious to see.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 30, 2019, 01:54:24 PM
I'm mildly irritated that I have no idea what is going on in this thread or who these people are.


Well, Kingshmegland's name is Joe, and he likes feeding his rock star friends pancakes.
pg1067 is kind of new around here, but he's seems pretty cool.
Speaking of cool, Cool Chris is out in the PNW, and I'm in the ANE.
J-Boy is a hoser.
Stadler likes parenthesis and punctuation.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 30, 2019, 01:55:56 PM
I'm mildly irritated that I have no idea what is going on in this thread or who these people are.


Well, Kingshmegland's name is Joe, and he likes feeding his rock star friends pancakes.
pg1067 is kind of new around here, but he's seems pretty cool.
Speaking of cool, Cool Chris is out in the PNW, and I'm in the ANE.
J-Boy is a hoser.
Stadler likes parenthesis and punctuation.

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 30, 2019, 02:28:41 PM
 :rollin and TAC doesnt return his shopping carts
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 30, 2019, 02:49:53 PM
:rollin and TAC doesnt return his shopping carts

Or know anything about pop culture over the last 35 years

National Association of Asian Chinese People.

Curious to know what other kind of Chinese People their are??

Ok - I have a new one.  E-signing documents.  I don't like it.  I don't want to do it.  Convince me why I'm wrong.

Because snail mail is slow and unreliable, and the internet is more ubiquitous than fax machines.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 30, 2019, 02:51:22 PM
I'm with Harmony. Esigning can go pound sand.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on August 30, 2019, 03:29:06 PM
I'm mildly irritated that I have no idea what is going on in this thread or who these people are.


Well, Kingshmegland's name is Joe, and he likes feeding his rock star friends pancakes.
pg1067 is kind of new around here, but he's seems pretty cool.
Speaking of cool, Cool Chris is out in the PNW, and I'm in the ANE.
J-Boy is a hoser.
Stadler likes parenthesis and punctuation.

LoL - thanks.  I'm barely irritated now.   :lol

Ok - I have a new one.  E-signing documents.  I don't like it.  I don't want to do it.  Convince me why I'm wrong.

FTR, someone close to me had their identity stolen about a decade ago.  It was horrible.  I'm always suspicious about doing commerce on-line because of it. 

I had to do this a few times as part of my last job. They were all related to real estate transactions. I feel like I've done it in my personal life but cannot recall when that might have happened. Regardless, is this any less safe than any of the other hundreds of transactions and communications we execute online?

On an anecdotal note (this is all info from my wife so I am getting it third-hand), there is an issue when a teacher at my wife's school. She apparently signed and/or submitted the incorrect documents and it is causing a hang-up with school starting in 5 days. Who's fault was it? Don't know. Doesn't matter. The point is she needs to sign/submit new documents, but apparently "cannot do so because she is out of town." She isn't in as remote as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti. She has internet access and would be able to e-sign whatever it is in 5 minutes and the whole issue would be resolved. My point is there is value in e-signing. 

I understand identity theft is a big problem but I don't know if e-signing represents a big enough percentage of when it happens to warrant the concern. If anyone has analyzed this I would be curious to see.

Well you make a good point about what we're already doing and of course I purchase things on-line but 99% of the time I'm using Paypal or at least a credit card that offers me some protection against ID theft.  I'm definitely not giving anyone access to my bank account via debit card or direct pay.  But I love/hate that my medical information is on-line and I'd take a bullet before I'd post my social security number on any document or form.  I'm pretty careful.  My kids laugh at me about it all the time.  And I can take it; I've seen the downside and I'm not willing to go down that path if I can do anything to stop it.

It's also a great point about convenience.  I totally get that.  But at what cost is that convenience?  It isn't worth it to me, if my information is not kept secure.  And every day just about we hear about a giant company getting their customer's info hacked into.

I also know that reducing paperwork is better for the environment.  I'm still just not completely sold.  Yet.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 30, 2019, 04:14:04 PM
pg1067 is kind of new around here, but he's seems pretty cool.

Nearly 3,000 posts over nearly 2 years and I'm still "kind of new"?   :lol

I also like pancakes, punctuation and parentheses (and e-signing).

and "pg" are my initials!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 30, 2019, 04:33:03 PM
pg1067 is kind of new around here, but he's seems pretty cool.

Nearly 3,000 posts over nearly 2 years and I'm still "kind of new"?   :lol

I also like pancakes, punctuation and parentheses (and e-signing).

and "pg" are my initials!

But you had like 50 posts in the first year and 2500 this year! ;D

I know pg are your initials. And you were born in October 1967.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 30, 2019, 04:50:21 PM
Well you make a good point about what we're already doing and of course I purchase things on-line but 99% of the time I'm using Paypal or at least a credit card that offers me some protection against ID theft.  I'm definitely not giving anyone access to my bank account via debit card or direct pay.  But I love/hate that my medical information is on-line and I'd take a bullet before I'd post my social security number on any document or form.  I'm pretty careful.  My kids laugh at me about it all the time.  And I can take it; I've seen the downside and I'm not willing to go down that path if I can do anything to stop it.

It's also a great point about convenience.  I totally get that.  But at what cost is that convenience?  It isn't worth it to me, if my information is not kept secure.  And every day just about we hear about a giant company getting their customer's info hacked into.

I also know that reducing paperwork is better for the environment.  I'm still just not completely sold.  Yet.

All solid points. I think we've just reached the point where we can't cross back over the Rubicon when it comes to online activity (banking, commerce, taxes, e-signatures, etc...)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 30, 2019, 05:02:46 PM
Paul Gilbert?  :omg:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 30, 2019, 05:03:46 PM
Only the good DTF'er get pancakes made for them when they crash in NH Tim.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 30, 2019, 05:08:28 PM
:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 30, 2019, 06:01:46 PM
Come to N.H. bosk1.  Bacon, pancakes,  eggs, hashbrowns and toast await you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 30, 2019, 06:08:55 PM
Bosk, Joe's been known to stick his finger in the batter.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 30, 2019, 06:43:27 PM
Come to N.H. bosk1.  Bacon, pancakes,  eggs, hashbrowns and toast await you.

I recall no pancakes, eggs, or hash browns.


Or toast.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 30, 2019, 07:03:09 PM
We met in Massachusetts.  You did not come to Planet Express in N.H.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 30, 2019, 07:03:57 PM
Bosk, Joe's been known to stick his finger in the batter.

You were asleep.   How would you know?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 30, 2019, 07:07:16 PM
I had the runs. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 31, 2019, 11:46:58 AM


I also like pancakes, punctuation and parentheses (and e-signing).


I'm pretty sure (at this point), I am the "Yngwie J. Malmsteen" of punctuation and parentheses; however, in my defense, I find it irritating - sometimes maddening - when people write like they speak.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 31, 2019, 12:19:14 PM


I also like pancakes, punctuation and parentheses (and e-signing).


I'm pretty sure (at this point), I am the "Yngwie J. Malmsteen" of punctuation and parentheses; however, in my defense, I find it irritating - sometimes maddening - when people write like they speak.

oh u
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 04, 2019, 03:42:26 PM
Wouldn't surprise me if I've posted about this before, but it annoys the heck out of me when paper towel and napkin holders are stuffed so full it's impossible to pull out a napkin or towel without ripping it apart.  This is especially annoying with restroom paper towels, which you're typically grabbing with wet hands that make the towel even more susceptible to tearing.  With napkin holders, I typically dig in and pull out about 25 napkins and leave those that I don't use on top.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 04, 2019, 03:45:58 PM
I hate that!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 05, 2019, 08:59:53 AM
Wouldn't surprise me if I've posted about this before, but it annoys the heck out of me when paper towel and napkin holders are stuffed so full it's impossible to pull out a napkin or towel without ripping it apart.  This is especially annoying with restroom paper towels, which you're typically grabbing with wet hands that make the towel even more susceptible to tearing.  With napkin holders, I typically dig in and pull out about 25 napkins and leave those that I don't use on top.

The dudes who clean and restock my office (Janitors... but they really suck and don't even deserve that title), tend to stuff our paper towel dispenser so full that they're almost impossible to get out. But then they will forget to restock it some weeks (they only come once a week) and we wind up going from way too full to having none until I complain.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 06, 2019, 08:48:25 AM
When you're a dummy like me and easily catch feels for someone you only see once a year. What the fuck lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 06, 2019, 09:18:51 AM
Well, Chad has been working out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 06, 2019, 10:31:10 AM
Well, Chad has been working out.

:zydarscouch:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on September 07, 2019, 10:44:40 AM
When people at wawa or (insert convenience store here) stand directly in front of the food pick spot waiting for their number to be called instead of a few feet back, thus blocking and making it hard for other people to pick up their food.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 07, 2019, 01:56:38 PM
Well, Chad has been working out.

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 08, 2019, 05:00:49 AM
My flight to Netherlands is delayed for two hours. Fuck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 08, 2019, 11:06:55 AM
My flight to Netherlands is delayed for two hours. Fuck.

Same except to go home. So frustrating when the reason is air traffic control back home being shit apparently
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 08, 2019, 01:16:55 PM
You guys are already going? My flight doesn’t leave til Thursday night.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 08, 2019, 02:43:05 PM
My flight to Netherlands is delayed for two hours. Fuck.

Same except to go home. So frustrating when the reason is air traffic control back home being shit apparently

I don't even know the reason but I got a free coffee so I'm fine I guess. :lol Pretty tired though. Settled in Amsterdam now, this AirBNB has a nice ginger cat (a bit on a chonky side) and he apparently likes me so it's alright. His name is apparently Thijs and I don't know how to pronounce that so his name is "hey buddy" now.

You guys are already going? My flight doesn’t leave til Thursday night.

I mean I have a vacation for the whole week so I decided to spend the whole week in Netherlands. Gonna raid the Concerto record store tomorrow.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 14, 2019, 06:40:53 PM
So I turn on my computer and I see a headline

Celebs React To Sam Smith's Pronoun Change
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/celebs-react-to-sam-smiths-pronoun-change/ss-AAHgs3N?li=BBnb2gh

Apparently Sam Smith came out as "non-binary".

First off..I have two questions.
1. Who the hell is Sam Smith, and
2. WTF is "non-Binary"?

Anyway, there's a slideshow that follows of so called celebs social media messages.

Who the fuck are these people??
1st slide...Demi Lovato...yes, I have heard of her.
2. Jonathan Van Ness...WHO?? Looks like Dave Grohl in drag
3. Tess Holiday...WHO?? Looks like Adele ate..Adele.
4. Ryan Tedder...I'm sorry..WHO??
5. Lauren Jauregui....WHO?? Who is this??
6. JoJo...Ok..I have heard of her, but not in like 10 years I think.
7. Katherine Langford..Never heard of her. But Damn!

THESE are celebs?  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 14, 2019, 07:22:27 PM
Your like Captain America waking up decades later. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 14, 2019, 07:25:48 PM
Your like Captain America waking up decades later. Lol

You know who these people are??


Was Captain America asleep for decades? I don't know his story.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 14, 2019, 09:32:21 PM
6. JoJo...Ok..I have heard of her, but not in like 10 years I think.

Is that the girl that makes the ridiculously huge and flashy bows? My daughter loves those!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 15, 2019, 04:44:30 AM
So I turn on my computer and I see a headline

Celebs React To Sam Smith's Pronoun Change
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/celebs-react-to-sam-smiths-pronoun-change/ss-AAHgs3N?li=BBnb2gh

Apparently Sam Smith came out as "non-binary".

First off..I have two questions.
1. Who the hell is Sam Smith, and
2. WTF is "non-Binary"?

Anyway, there's a slideshow that follows of so called celebs social media messages.

Who the fuck are these people??
1st slide...Demi Lovato...yes, I have heard of her.
2. Jonathan Van Ness...WHO?? Looks like Dave Grohl in drag
3. Tess Holiday...WHO?? Looks like Adele ate..Adele.
4. Ryan Tedder...I'm sorry..WHO??
5. Lauren Jauregui....WHO?? Who is this??
6. JoJo...Ok..I have heard of her, but not in like 10 years I think.
7. Katherine Langford..Never heard of her. But Damn!

THESE are celebs?  :lol

Other than Tess Holiday, I've never heard of any of these either, including JoJo.  I'm sure if I Googled each of them, I'd have heard of what they are famous for, but name alone ... nada.

Oh, and Tim... many thanks for the rofl description of Tess.  Loved it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on September 15, 2019, 04:57:06 AM
So I turn on my computer and I see a headline

Celebs React To Sam Smith's Pronoun Change
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/celebs-react-to-sam-smiths-pronoun-change/ss-AAHgs3N?li=BBnb2gh

Apparently Sam Smith came out as "non-binary".

First off..I have two questions.
1. Who the hell is Sam Smith, and
2. WTF is "non-Binary"?

Anyway, there's a slideshow that follows of so called celebs social media messages.

Who the fuck are these people??
1st slide...Demi Lovato...yes, I have heard of her.
2. Jonathan Van Ness...WHO?? Looks like Dave Grohl in drag
3. Tess Holiday...WHO?? Looks like Adele ate..Adele.
4. Ryan Tedder...I'm sorry..WHO??
5. Lauren Jauregui....WHO?? Who is this??
6. JoJo...Ok..I have heard of her, but not in like 10 years I think.
7. Katherine Langford..Never heard of her. But Damn!

THESE are celebs?  :lol

Never heard of any of these either Tim.  Fuck them, whoever they are.

Didn't know who the fuck Sam Smith is until I googled him.  I know this prick now, he sings wimpy ass fucking shit and sounds like a fucking little bitch.  After reading the article a little bit, fuck off mate.  Do you have a dick?  If you do, you are a guy, if you don't, then you may be female.  I guess he's confused he looks kinda male but sounds like a chick.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on September 15, 2019, 06:19:49 AM
Something I find annoying here in North Carolina. Everything if fucking closed on Sunday, care dealerships, vet offices, some restaurants, liquor stores. This was something that really jumped out at me when I first moved here, coming from Florida everything is open 7 days a week.

Also to piggy back a little off that, blue laws are insanely stupid. In the past two years they finally allowed people to drink before noon on Sunday's at restaurants, now the time is 10am but I remember when I first moved here a few restaurants I'd visit have a big countdown clock until you can order a bloody mary.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 15, 2019, 09:08:35 AM
So I turn on my computer and I see a headline

Celebs React To Sam Smith's Pronoun Change
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/celebs-react-to-sam-smiths-pronoun-change/ss-AAHgs3N?li=BBnb2gh

Apparently Sam Smith came out as "non-binary".

First off..I have two questions.
1. Who the hell is Sam Smith, and
2. WTF is "non-Binary"?

Anyway, there's a slideshow that follows of so called celebs social media messages.

Who the fuck are these people??
1st slide...Demi Lovato...yes, I have heard of her.
2. Jonathan Van Ness...WHO?? Looks like Dave Grohl in drag
3. Tess Holiday...WHO?? Looks like Adele ate..Adele.
4. Ryan Tedder...I'm sorry..WHO??
5. Lauren Jauregui....WHO?? Who is this??
6. JoJo...Ok..I have heard of her, but not in like 10 years I think.
7. Katherine Langford..Never heard of her. But Damn!

THESE are celebs?  :lol

It's funny; I'm with you on most of this (though I know who Ryan Tedder is, and you do to if I played you the right songs).  But the part that gets me most you didn't mention:   the fact that "celebrities" social media messages are now considered a meaningful part of "news".   And how the messages themselves are "selected" so as to implicitly characterize some as "valuable" and some as not.  I'm going to bet a round of beers that all seven messages were exceedingly positive and supportive in every way.  I'm pretty sure if a celebrity with good intent and in a well-meaning, caring way posted "Hey Sam; with you so much here, but given your past struggles with coming to grips with your feelings, I'm hoping that you can find some solace in therapy and reach a steady inner peace." it would be rejected as "hate" or something similar.  EDIT:  Checked the slide deck and sure enough...  EDIT2: His wikipedia page has been completely scrubbed and all references to "him" are now "they".  Makes it... different and slightly difficult to read. 

I honestly couldn't care less what Sam Smith calls himself or wants others to call him (and was I to ever meet him, I would respect his wishes as one human being to another).  But why do the OPINIONS of others qualify as news?  Are we supposed to now tailor our response to "Demi Lovato" (a self-admittedly troubled girl struggling with identity issues of her own)?  Don't we rail against this in the P/R thread? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 15, 2019, 09:20:14 AM
Never heard of any of these either Tim.  Fuck them, whoever they are.

Didn't know who the fuck Sam Smith is until I googled him.  I know this prick now, he sings wimpy ass fucking shit and sounds like a fucking little bitch.  After reading the article a little bit, fuck off mate.  Do you have a dick?  If you do, you are a guy, if you don't, then you may be female.  I guess he's confused he looks kinda male but sounds like a chick.

 :rollin

It's funny; I'm with you on most of this (though I know who Ryan Tedder is, and you do to if I played you the right songs).  But the part that gets me most you didn't mention:   the fact that "celebrities" social media messages are now considered a meaningful part of "news".   And how the messages themselves are "selected" so as to implicitly characterize some as "valuable" and some as not.  I'm going to bet a round of beers that all seven messages were exceedingly positive and supportive in every way.  I'm pretty sure if a celebrity with good intent and in a well-meaning, caring way posted "Hey Sam; with you so much here, but given your past struggles with coming to grips with your feelings, I'm hoping that you can find some solace in therapy and reach a steady inner peace." it would be rejected as "hate" or something similar.  EDIT:  Checked the slide deck and sure enough...  EDIT2: His wikipedia page has been completely scrubbed and all references to "him" are now "they".  Makes it... different and slightly difficult to read. 

I honestly couldn't care less what Sam Smith calls himself or wants others to call him (and was I to ever meet him, I would respect his wishes as one human being to another).  But why do the OPINIONS of others qualify as news?  Are we supposed to now tailor our response to "Demi Lovato" (a self-admittedly troubled girl struggling with identity issues of her own)?  Don't we rail against this in the P/R thread? 

What I like about the MSN page is that the news casts a wide net, so I'm cool with that. There's also "celebrity" and Entertainment headlines, and I really don't have an issue with that either. But who are these people?
There's a daily Kardashian/Jenner story too, and I'm thinking who actually fucking cares about these people. How are they even famous, and what do they do for anybody?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 15, 2019, 09:34:21 AM
My wife and I have a running joke; we watch shows like "America's Worst Cooks" and "Chopped" on Food Network, and shows like "Family Feud" and when they have "celebrity" editions I invariably ask "when do the celebrities come on?"  It's a low bar these days.  At least the old-school celebrities that made the game show circuit - the Brett Somers', the Charles Nelson Reilly's, the Bert Convy's - they had legitimate careers, albeit outside of television.   Now? Not so much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 15, 2019, 10:18:50 AM
3. Tess Holiday...WHO?? Looks like Adele ate..Adele.

OMG hate speech. Actually she looks like a fun house mirror reflection of Katherine Langford.

I have no idea where the line is between "Hey people are different and have different body types and sizes and that's ok," and "If you don't find every single person beautiful you can f*#@ off."

I honestly couldn't care less what Sam Smith calls himself or wants others to call him (and was I to ever meet him, I would respect his wishes as one human being to another). 

And where is the line between "treating everyone with respect" and "following a standard language and not subjugating it to every individual's feelings?"

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on September 15, 2019, 09:29:08 PM
3. Tess Holiday...WHO?? Looks like Adele ate..Adele.

OMG hate speech. Actually she looks like a fun house mirror reflection of Katherine Langford.

I have no idea where the line is between "Hey people are different and have different body types and sizes and that's ok," and "If you don't find every single person beautiful you can f*#@ off."

I honestly couldn't care less what Sam Smith calls himself or wants others to call him (and was I to ever meet him, I would respect his wishes as one human being to another). 

And where is the line between "treating everyone with respect" and "following a standard language and not subjugating it to every individual's feelings?"

Is there a line?  Are "treating everyone with respect", and "following standard language" mutually exclusive?
And lets be honest....does anyone really "follow standard language" these days?

We should treat everyone with respect, and simply address them the way they wish.  We do it all the time with names, nicknames, and titles....it isn't much different with gender pronouns.  We all don't meet SO many people with specific requests in how to refer to them gender wise that it really becomes any issue.  I just can't understand what the big deal is.  Just address them the way they request.  Simple courtesy and really no big deal.

Nothing against you personally.....just my take on it. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 15, 2019, 11:06:27 PM
And lets be honest....does anyone really "follow standard language" these days?

I try to. Words have meaning. I don't just discard language because it doesn't align with what someone wants it to mean. Conversely, I understand language evolves and is not chiseled in stone.

Just address them the way they request.  Simple courtesy and really no big deal.

Do we need to call Rachel Dolezal black because she wants us to? Do we need to call Emile Ratelband* a 49 year old, because he wants us to? Don't things like "black" and "69 years old" have objective meaning?

*https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/665592537/69-year-old-dutch-man-seeks-to-change-his-legal-age-to-49
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Tomislav95 on September 16, 2019, 02:14:32 AM
Don't get me started! I feel like an grumpy old man when even thinking about that and it irritates me more than mildly (and more than it should). Everyone these days must be super pc because most people on the internet are privileged whiny bitches. I always think if these people (Sam Smith for example, and I like some of his music and think he's great singer) had real problems they wouldn't have time to even think about being non-binary or whatever. I think that's private thing and if think you're jet aeroplane so be it. But you can't expect everyone to let you be that just because you want it. Maybe he thinks he's hated or something because some troll online offended him. And that's what trolls do to anyone who is popular.
I'm all in for free speech and USA has that covered afaik but I heard some other countries have punishment for calling someone the wrong pronoun (Canada, UK?). Like what the fuck? If someone calls you something you don't like just don't communicate with them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 16, 2019, 07:32:23 AM
But that's the thing, though.   We've blurred the difference between an "ask" and a "demand".   You can't DEMAND respect, you can only earn it or ask for it.  It does not have to be granted.

Yet, in today's society, if you don't grant it, it's damning.  So effectively, you have this put out there and it's NOT an "ask" anymore.  As soon as we get into the realm of not honoring the wishes - which happens for 100 different reasons - it's labelled "hate" and now there's a value judgment attached. Not calling Sam Smith "him" now is NOT the same thing as not calling Stefani Germanotta "Lady Gaga" or Paul Frehley "Ace".       

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 16, 2019, 09:19:50 AM
Wait....Gwen Stefani is Lady Gaga??
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 16, 2019, 09:21:39 AM
Wait....Gwen Stefani is Lady Gaga??

(https://i.imgur.com/cCIxB1i.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 16, 2019, 10:53:28 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 16, 2019, 11:00:04 AM
So I turn on my computer and I see a headline

Celebs React To Sam Smith's Pronoun Change
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/celebs-react-to-sam-smiths-pronoun-change/ss-AAHgs3N?li=BBnb2gh

Apparently Sam Smith came out as "non-binary".

First off..I have two questions.
1. Who the hell is Sam Smith, and
2. WTF is "non-Binary"?

Anyway, there's a slideshow that follows of so called celebs social media messages.

Who the fuck are these people??
1st slide...Demi Lovato...yes, I have heard of her.
2. Jonathan Van Ness...WHO?? Looks like Dave Grohl in drag
3. Tess Holiday...WHO?? Looks like Adele ate..Adele.
4. Ryan Tedder...I'm sorry..WHO??
5. Lauren Jauregui....WHO?? Who is this??
6. JoJo...Ok..I have heard of her, but not in like 10 years I think.
7. Katherine Langford..Never heard of her. But Damn!

THESE are celebs?  :lol

You and I could be the same person.  "Non-binary"?  WTF??  :lol :lol


Do you have a dick?  If you do, you are a guy, if you don't, then you may be female.  I guess he's confused he looks kinda male but sounds like a chick.

Winner!


His wikipedia page has been completely scrubbed and all references to "him" are now "they".

 :facepalm: :facepalm:


Do we need to call Rachel Dolezal black because she wants us to? Do we need to call Emile Ratelband* a 49 year old, because he wants us to? Don't things like "black" and "69 years old" have objective meaning?

Thank you!  If I can "identify" as a member of the other gender, I see no reason why I can't "identify" as someone of a different "race" or "age" or whatever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 16, 2019, 11:01:32 AM
If anyone has questions about non binary and wants to do more than mock it, feel free to message me. I did do a doctoral dissertation on it. Be happy to help.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 16, 2019, 11:19:32 AM
Can't - won't - speak for anyone else, but I think there's a matter of degrees here and there's a matter of levels.   If someone well and truly has psychological issues to address involving their gender identification, then so be it, and that ought not be mocked.  While I'm not a doctor, I stayed in Holiday Inn Express last night, and I know that when I - or people close to me - have gone to licensed therapists to deal with serious psychological issues I can't recall even one time where that professional said "above all, make sure you go on social media and announce this to the entire world.  It will be healing."

I don't think I'm worlds off here in terms of relevance, but for various reasons I watched an episode (well, two, because it was continued) of The Doctors that focused on Aaron Carter.   And while I trust Travis Stork (and Judy Ho, a doctor in clinical psychology) to be professional and not do anything to harm their "patient", it was clear that the incessant need of Carter to have everything broadcast on TV and social media was a severe detriment to solving his issues of addiction and sexual identity (Carter appears to be struggling with his sexuality).   Finally, Ho offered to treat him for free but to do so off-camera and off-line.   

I think for me, there is the general identity politics issue, but also the personal one.  I think there's a point where dealing with the world's issues has to take a backseat to dealing with one's personal issues.  As they say, "put on your own life mask before offering to help your fellow passengers". 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ruba on September 16, 2019, 12:14:58 PM
I agree with Eric. I don't know many trans/non-binary people personally, but I have no issue with calling people with pronouns/names they want to be addressed with. I mean, I'm a straight male so I don't know what it's like to feel that you're born to a wrong gender but at the same time, I don't want to be demeaning anyone's personal experiences just because I can't fully understand what's going on with their lives.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 16, 2019, 12:16:26 PM
There's a hilarious bit in Dave Chappelle's new special about what if he was born black but inside felt Chinese
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 16, 2019, 12:24:23 PM
I agree with Eric. I don't know many trans/non-binary people personally, but I have no issue with calling people with pronouns/names they want to be addressed with. I mean, I'm a straight male so I don't know what it's like to feel that you're born to a wrong gender but at the same time, I don't want to be demeaning anyone's personal experiences just because I can't fully understand what's going on with their lives.

But as some have written, that's great as far as it goes.  I was pretty clear that I would without question refer to a person as they wish to be referred.   I happen to know two transgender people personally and couldn't fathom doing anything differently. But I think there's at least one, maybe two, additional dimensions to this topic, and so there's a LOT more going on than that.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 16, 2019, 01:01:40 PM
If anyone has questions about non binary and wants to do more than mock it, feel free to message me. I did do a doctoral dissertation on it. Be happy to help.

The point of my post wasn't to mock "Non Binary". It was to question what constitute celebrity these days, more of a grumpy old man post.

However, I have literally never heard of the term "non binary" until I read that article. Feel free to explain it, although I simply could google it..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 16, 2019, 01:29:52 PM
That and the 5000 other things you're oblivious to.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 16, 2019, 01:32:01 PM
Wow!  If he's down to only 5,000, he has been one busy dude!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 16, 2019, 01:39:36 PM
 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 16, 2019, 01:48:36 PM
That's right. I even discovered a big celebrity yesterday and I PM'd Kingshmegland. He hadn't heard of him either. I felt so alive!!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ruba on September 16, 2019, 01:55:04 PM
Well yeah, Demi Lovato and JoJo (if she was a teenage pop star 15 years ago) were the only ones from that list I had ever heard about. And I doubt I have missed anything of importance by not knowing the rest.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 16, 2019, 02:24:19 PM
That's right. I even discovered a big celebrity yesterday and I PM'd Kingshmegland. He hadn't heard of him either. I felt so alive!!!

True story.

I went to his link and realized I saw him on Jerry Seinfeld's Netflix show this season. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 16, 2019, 04:25:39 PM
That's right. I even discovered a big celebrity yesterday and I PM'd Kingshmegland. He hadn't heard of him either. I felt so alive!!!

My wife and I have a thing:  an sports star isn't truly "famous" unless she's heard of him (or her).  For entertainment "celebrities," the reverse is true.  My guess is that most of these "celebrities" chime in about stuff like this in the hope of generating some publicity by riding the coattails of this "issue du jour" and the fact that the umpteen bazillion "media" outlets out there need to create artificial news to generate traffic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on September 17, 2019, 09:33:52 AM
I virtually guarantee you guys that if you typed "Sam Smith" into youtube, you'd recognize at least one of the songs. Maybe you thought they were sung by Adele, because Sam's voice is a dead ringer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXrkJB4eX2s) to hers  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 17, 2019, 09:35:44 AM
Well, I know for me, I doubt I've ever heard a single song from Adele, so even if his voice is a complete dead ringer, I'm not sure that helps.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 17, 2019, 09:40:33 AM
Well, I know for me, I doubt I've ever heard a single song from Adele, so even if his voice is a complete dead ringer, I'm not sure that helps.

Rolling in the Deep? Someone Like You? Set Fire To The Rain? Skyfall? For reference:

Rolling In The Deep
- YouTube, 1.5 billion views
- Spotify, 573 million plays

Someone Like You
- YouTube, 1.3 billion views
- Spotify, 659 million plays

Set Fire To The Rain
- YouTube, 532 million views
- Spotify, 358 million plays

Skyfall (James Bond theme)
- YouTube, 367 million views
- Spotify, 109 million plays
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on September 17, 2019, 09:49:26 AM
If you have been in the same room with a radio in the past 10 years, you've definitely heard Adele.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on September 17, 2019, 09:53:15 AM
Well, I know for me, I doubt I've ever heard a single song from Adele, so even if his voice is a complete dead ringer, I'm not sure that helps.

Rolling in the Deep? Someone Like You? Set Fire To The Rain? Skyfall? For reference:

I know (and liked) Skyfall because of 007. However, any other song I heard from her has been whiny and annoying. I honestly don't think she's as great of a singer as others think.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 17, 2019, 09:53:46 AM
Set Fire To The Rain is an incredible vocal performance, in my opinion.  (Rumor Has It is another favorite of mine).   

To me, Sam Smith's voice is way more reedy and thin than Adele's; I'm not the hugest fan of either, but I have a couple Adele songs on my iPod.   I would rather listen to a lawnmower hit an old sneaker than listen to Sam Smith.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 17, 2019, 10:09:33 AM
Well, I know for me, I doubt I've ever heard a single song from Adele, so even if his voice is a complete dead ringer, I'm not sure that helps.

Rolling in the Deep? Someone Like You? Set Fire To The Rain? Skyfall? For reference:

Rolling In The Deep
- YouTube, 1.5 billion views
- Spotify, 573 million plays

Someone Like You
- YouTube, 1.3 billion views
- Spotify, 659 million plays

Set Fire To The Rain
- YouTube, 532 million views
- Spotify, 358 million plays

Skyfall (James Bond theme)
- YouTube, 367 million views
- Spotify, 109 million plays

What does the number of YouTube/Spotify views/plays have to do with whether a particular individual has heard a song?  I've definitely heard the Skyfall song because (I think) I saw the movie (if I didn't, my wife did, so I've probably heard it when she's watched it), but I couldn't begin to tell you what it sounds like (for the most part, I think Bond songs suck hard).  I have no idea if I've ever heard any other Adele song or Sam Smith song, but I know darn well I've never clicked on one of her or his YT videos or played one of her or his songs on Spotify.


If you have been in the same room with a radio in the past 10 years, you've definitely heard Adele.

I haven't listened to a radio broadcast, other than in a car, for at least 20 years.  In the car, I listen to sports talk radio and broadcasts of sporting events, and I don't think Adele or Sammy-boy are being played on those.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 17, 2019, 10:11:51 AM
Well, I know for me, I doubt I've ever heard a single song from Adele, so even if his voice is a complete dead ringer, I'm not sure that helps.

Rolling in the Deep? Someone Like You? Set Fire To The Rain? Skyfall? For reference:

Rolling In The Deep
- YouTube, 1.5 billion views
- Spotify, 573 million plays

Someone Like You
- YouTube, 1.3 billion views
- Spotify, 659 million plays

Set Fire To The Rain
- YouTube, 532 million views
- Spotify, 358 million plays

Skyfall (James Bond theme)
- YouTube, 367 million views
- Spotify, 109 million plays

What does the number of YouTube/Spotify views/plays have to do with whether a particular individual has heard a song?  I've definitely heard the Skyfall song because (I think) I saw the movie (if I didn't, my wife did, so I've probably heard it when she's watched it), but I couldn't begin to tell you what it sounds like (for the most part, I think Bond songs suck hard).  I have no idea if I've ever heard any other Adele song or Sam Smith song, but I know darn well I've never clicked on one of her or his YT videos or played one of her or his songs on Spotify.

chill, my man - it was just to show how popular her hits are, and that maybe he has actually heard her somewhere, in a grocery store, a commercial, wherever

imo Skyfall is one of the best Bond songs, and there's a certain dubstep remix (I can hear people groaning already, shut up) of it that is absolutely wonderful  (https://youtu.be/D0-N-pep9AI)

also inb4 TAC
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 17, 2019, 10:21:43 AM
I don't even know what "dubstep" is and I don't want to listen to it.   :biggrin:

I just looked at a list of Bond songs, and there are maybe three I could tolerate (View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only (Sheena Easton...mmmmm), and maybe one other).

And I don't think anyone was arguing that Adele isn't popular.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 17, 2019, 10:23:14 AM
I wasn't arguing that anyone was arguing that Adele isn't popular. AGAIN - I was saying he might have heard her songs somewhere.  :facepalm:  :lol

I do agree there aren't many good Bond songs honestly. But now I want to run through all of them and see how they rank. That's a good weekend activity!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 17, 2019, 10:25:48 AM
I wasn't arguing that anyone was arguing that Adele isn't popular. AGAIN - I was saying he might have heard her songs somewhere.

Then I don't really understand the point of referencing the YT/Spotify numbers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 17, 2019, 10:28:06 AM
I wasn't arguing that anyone was arguing that Adele isn't popular. AGAIN - I was saying he might have heard her songs somewhere.

Then I don't really understand the point of referencing the YT/Spotify numbers.

Popular music gets played in a lot of places. So he might have heard it somewhere. That's not me arguing whether or not Adele is popular, in fact it's an acknowledgement that she is already popular. The numbers are there to reinforce that they are indeed very popular songs and he might have heard them somewhere whether he knows it or not, partially because I am a numbers geek and partially because I thought bosk might appreciate seeing giant numbers associated with music he apparently has never heard.

Do I need to whip out charts and diagrams?  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 17, 2019, 10:54:20 AM
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) is one of my favorite songs of all time. and has legs (i.e. has a general popularity).
Live And Let Die (McCartney) has legs, even if it isn't one of my personal favorites.
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) is one of my favorites, even if it doesn't have legs.
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) is widely regarded as a classic. 


Rolling Stone is generally shit (this couldn't be less true: "If there's one dirty secret that unites all Bond themes from the Nineties, it's that the songs ache to have been performed by Björk.") but this list is helpful:  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/james-bond-movie-theme-songs-ranked-worst-to-best-154927/the-world-is-not-enough-garbage-148332/
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 17, 2019, 11:11:52 AM
Pretty sure I haven't heard those.  And, no, I haven't listened to radio in years (well, music radio, anyway).  It's a pretty outdated mode of listening to music for my tastes.  It's possible I may have heard something of hers somewhere.  But that does nothing to make her, and more on topic, Sam Smith, relevant in my world.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on September 17, 2019, 11:18:12 AM
And, no, I haven't listened to radio in years (well, music radio, anyway).  It's a pretty outdated mode of listening to music for my tastes.
Same goes for me, but the same damn radio station is playing in every grocery store, cafe and mall I walk into.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 17, 2019, 11:23:20 AM
It's possible I may have heard something of hers somewhere.

Literally all I was saying, for the record :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 17, 2019, 11:40:02 AM
:evilmonkey:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 17, 2019, 11:48:06 AM
A discussion of Bond themes might be worthyof its own thread. Either way I will chime in with my thoughts tonight.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 17, 2019, 12:27:59 PM
Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) is one of my favorite songs of all time. and has legs (i.e. has a general popularity).
Live And Let Die (McCartney) has legs, even if it isn't one of my personal favorites.
The World Is Not Enough (Garbage) is one of my favorites, even if it doesn't have legs.
Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey) is widely regarded as a classic. 


Rolling Stone is generally shit (this couldn't be less true: "If there's one dirty secret that unites all Bond themes from the Nineties, it's that the songs ache to have been performed by Björk.") but this list is helpful:  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/james-bond-movie-theme-songs-ranked-worst-to-best-154927/the-world-is-not-enough-garbage-148332/

Live and Let Die is the other one I was thinking of.  And I'll give two  :tup :tup to this:  "Rolling Stone is generally shit."


It's possible I may have heard something of hers somewhere.

Literally all I was saying, for the record :)

A point that didn't need to be made and done with citation to numbers that had no relevance to the point.   :biggrin:

Said differently: when someone write, "I doubt I've ever heard a single song from Adele," citing scads of YT view and Spotify play numbers is a complete non sequitur.

And in yet another way:

:evilmonkey:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 17, 2019, 12:40:37 PM
No, I want the last word.  :loser:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 17, 2019, 12:58:59 PM
No, I want the last word.  :loser:

Ok.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 17, 2019, 01:08:50 PM
Well, I know for me, I doubt I've ever heard a single song from Adele, so even if his voice is a complete dead ringer, I'm not sure that helps.

Rolling in the Deep? Someone Like You? Set Fire To The Rain? Skyfall? For reference:

Rolling In The Deep
- YouTube, 1.5 billion views
- Spotify, 573 million plays

Someone Like You
- YouTube, 1.3 billion views
- Spotify, 659 million plays

Set Fire To The Rain
- YouTube, 532 million views
- Spotify, 358 million plays

Skyfall (James Bond theme)
- YouTube, 367 million views
- Spotify, 109 million plays

What does the number of YouTube/Spotify views/plays have to do with whether a particular individual has heard a song?  I've definitely heard the Skyfall song because (I think) I saw the movie (if I didn't, my wife did, so I've probably heard it when she's watched it), but I couldn't begin to tell you what it sounds like (for the most part, I think Bond songs suck hard).  I have no idea if I've ever heard any other Adele song or Sam Smith song, but I know darn well I've never clicked on one of her or his YT videos or played one of her or his songs on Spotify.

chill, my man - it was just to show how popular her hits are, and that maybe he has actually heard her somewhere, in a grocery store, a commercial, wherever

imo Skyfall is one of the best Bond songs, and there's a certain dubstep remix (I can hear people groaning already, shut up) of it that is absolutely wonderful  (https://youtu.be/D0-N-pep9AI)

also inb4 TAC

WUT? You have no faith bro!

I know Adele. Rolling In The Deep and Set Fire To The Rain are GREAT songs! Someone Like You BLOWS! Someone else sings that too, right? A male voice?

I just checked and I'm not familiar with Skyfall.


A few years back, we were at another family's house for dinner, and they had a CD playing. I literally recognized like every song, but I had no idea who it was, so I asked, and it was Adele. Seems I've heard all of these songs over my work intercom for years, but never knew who it was.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 17, 2019, 01:19:31 PM
It seems you made your point three ways, using Images & Words.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on September 17, 2019, 01:31:57 PM
Hello - Metal Cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQUJMBH8uE

To some, this might be a more enjoyable than the original.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 17, 2019, 01:32:52 PM
TAC knows iCarly and Adele but nothing else from after the GHWB administration. I will never figure you out!!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 17, 2019, 01:39:40 PM
Hello - Metal Cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQUJMBH8uE

To some, this might be a more enjoyable than the original.

That's...actually pretty good.  :lol

He's got a really good cover of the Cranberries' Zombie as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 17, 2019, 09:17:05 PM
Trying to figure out what counts as a "view" on YouTube. Do you have to watch the whole thing? A specified portion of it? Does just clicking it count? Finding the answer resulted in more reading than I wanted to undertake.

I have this conversation all the time with my friend who likes modern pop music, particularly hip hop. He will say "I guarantee you have heard this song!" and then is flabbergasted when he plays something for me and I tell him I haven't. He doesn't get that the song just never would have had any chance to enter my consciousness in any way.

TAC knows iCarly and Adele but nothing else from after the GHWB administration.

What the hell is an iCarly? Is that an Apple peripheral?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on September 18, 2019, 06:13:11 AM
When you update an app or program and its now less easy to use and less functional  :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 18, 2019, 09:10:32 AM
Trying to figure out what counts as a "view" on YouTube. Do you have to watch the whole thing? A specified portion of it? Does just clicking it count? Finding the answer resulted in more reading than I wanted to undertake.

Yea, I think it's a complicated answer that youtube doesn't want to provide.  But from my understanding, once the video loads not just clicked, but once it starts playing, that counts as a view if it's under 300 views.  Once it's over that, another algorithm goes in place to determine a view.  My guess is the video, doesn't matter where in the view, needs to be viewed for a few seconds at least.  That's just my guess, but in general, anything is pretty much a view under 300 views.  They need to have some system like this in place to prevent ad fraud. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 18, 2019, 09:36:04 AM
I have a friend who's a good guy but he just can't be 'fun' about anything. Guy did a decent cover at karaoke and he's overthinking everything related to singing karaoke as if he's going in the studio to do a cover of early 90s JLB. Life has many doors! Have FUN sometimes! Not everything needs to be a big deal! </rant>
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 18, 2019, 10:08:09 AM
I've been sitting on this rant for a while now, and then I see this news article.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/proposed-bill-could-penalize-massachusetts-dog-owners-who-pretend-pets-are-service-animals/ar-AAHu21l

:clap: Massachusetts


I work in a major chain supermarket and what's with people bringing their fucking dogs shopping? Leave the fucking dog at home!
Missing a dog while you do errands does not automatically make it a comfort dog. My heart truly goes out to people who need this service, it really does, but business owners are so scared to tell someone to get rid of their dog for fear of being social media shamed for discrimination.
A service dog should have an orange vest and a fucking license plate!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 18, 2019, 10:13:11 AM
With you on that.  100%.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 18, 2019, 12:47:07 PM
Same.

I once had a client who forged documents to make her dog a service animal. Pissed me off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on September 18, 2019, 12:58:45 PM
Personally I enjoy seeing dogs.
(https://pics.me.me/me-when-i-see-any-dog-19604000.png)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on September 18, 2019, 01:06:38 PM
Full agreement here too.  Had a patient last year whose "service dog" looked full on like the "pomeranian" in The Big Lebowski.  Nothing about it was a service dog except the leash that supposedly declared it as such.  The greasy little rat did nothing but whine and pace the room as I evaluated its owner, even jumping on my pant legs several times.  I generally don't take well to small dogs anyway, but I wanted to punt the little fucker to the other end of the clinic.  It even barked at other people as the patient was standing at the counter scheduling more appointments (which she thankfully didn't attend).  Service animal, my ass...

It's too bad, too, because it's shit like what has been described above and by others which spoils things for the people who truly have hardship and need actual service animals.  It only makes it harder on them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 18, 2019, 01:52:52 PM
Full agreement here too.  Had a patient last year whose "service dog" looked full on like the "pomeranian" in The Big Lebowski.  Nothing about it was a service dog except the leash that supposedly declared it as such.  The greasy little rat did nothing but whine and pace the room as I evaluated its owner, even jumping on my pant legs several times.  I generally don't take well to small dogs anyway, but I wanted to punt the little fucker to the other end of the clinic.  It even barked at other people as the patient was standing at the counter scheduling more appointments (which she thankfully didn't attend).  Service animal, my ass...

It's too bad, too, because it's shit like what has been described above and by others which spoils things for the people who truly have hardship and need actual service animals.  It only makes it harder on them.

And not that far removed from this idea: the people that have medical cards and brag about being high as f*** all over social media.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 18, 2019, 02:06:30 PM
Personally I enjoy seeing dogs.
(https://pics.me.me/me-when-i-see-any-dog-19604000.png)

Oh me too. But you don’t fake having a service animal. That’s not cool.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 19, 2019, 06:46:55 AM
My beef for the day:  the super-annoying use of "super" as an adjective modifier.   And no, it's not my imagination (https://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/its-an-adjective-its-an-adverb-its-super/).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 19, 2019, 07:26:37 AM
My beef for the day:  the super-annoying use of "super" as an adjective modifier.   And no, it's not my imagination (https://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/its-an-adjective-its-an-adverb-its-super/).

Motion to replace all usage of 'super' with 'turbo'
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on September 19, 2019, 07:30:50 AM
My beef for the day:  the super-annoying use of "super" as an adjective modifier.   And no, it's not my imagination (https://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/its-an-adjective-its-an-adverb-its-super/).

My wife does this, and while it does grate on me, I’ve become fairly numb to it. What bugs me more, though, is when I catch myself doing it. It just sounds immature to me, I guess.

What, like, bothers me more is like when people, like, use the word “like” like a hundred times in, like, the same sentence. Like, that’s super annoying...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 19, 2019, 07:37:52 AM
It's annoying in the moment, for sure, but for me (and I don't expect others to share this) it's part of a bigger irritation:  everything is so hyperbolic these days.   If I hear someone on TV say "this changes EVERYTHING!" again I'm going to puke.   Dying changes everything.   Losing a leg in a logging accident changes everything.   Having your Bachelor candidate pick his nose on a date does not change "everything".   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on September 19, 2019, 08:04:35 AM
This reminded me of the story from last year, someone trying to take a flight with a peacock, claiming it was an emotional support animal  :lol

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/airplane-mode/emotional-support-peacock-denied-flight-united-airlines-n842971
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 19, 2019, 09:25:44 AM
everything is so hyperbolic these days.

Heh
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 19, 2019, 09:31:32 AM
everything is so hyperbolic these days.   

It’s super hyperbolic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 19, 2019, 09:34:08 AM
So yesterday evening my GF and I went to Applebees to take advantage of a burger promo.  It was about 6:00 PM. We were seated in a booth next to an Asian family (Man, wife, 2 kids ages 5-7), who also had some other dude with them.

Well, the entire meal, the kids are screaming, running around the restaurant, climbing on things (tables, the little island with the register near the bar, etc). At one point they were literally hanging upside down off of railing set up along a ramp leading down into the bar, as well as LAYING ACROSS THE STEPS that lead down into the bar area (Like 2 steps down). One of them also kept coming to our table, crawling underneath it, and a few times just smacked my girlfriend in the arm.

We asked our server if she could ask the family to please keep their kids under control. Bare minimum keep them from fucking hitting us and disturbing out meal. She said she wasn't comfortable doing so and would bring us the manager. She also asked if WE made any effort to speak with the parents, making it seem like we're just complaining to complain. I flat out told her that if I have to go over and say something, I'd probably get kicked out of the restaurant, as I was pretty irritated. She just gives me a look and walked away.

Manager comes by several minutes later. We explain what's going on (which we shouldn't have to have done...as they were still fucking running around). She refused to speak to them, basically saying "Kids will be kids", and pretty much made us look like we are just a young couple who hate kids. The only thing she did was just offer to give us a discount off our bill (basically gave us our beverages for free). She made it seem like she was afraid of repercussions if she did anything about it.

At this point, I just made a point to loudly commentate on what the kids were doing. I also said loud enough for the parents to hear that if one of the little brats came up to our table again and touched us, I would yell at the kid.  The mother kept locking eyes with me and giving me dirty looks. Lady,  IDGAF. I am trying to enjoy my now cold burger.  There was legit a point where the mother was actually sitting there FILMING THE KIDS WITH HER PHONE while they climbed on railing and was smiling and laughing.


We totally don't mind kids. I get it, going to a place like that at dinner time, there are going to be kids. There were kids all over the restaurant but NONE of them were acting like that. Why the fuck were these parents allowing this to happen? I don't get it. This is why I hate people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 19, 2019, 10:06:16 AM
^ I live in a different world.   If I ran around like that, I would have had my ass beat (perhaps figuratively, perhaps literally).  I never hit my kid, but had that been my kid, I would have told her to stay within our booth, and if she didn't reasonably honor my request (which wouldn't have been a request), kiss [TV/Polly Pockets/play-dates/all of the above] good bye for a reasonable time.   

A public restaurant is not your living room, and I don't think I'm a curmudgeon for thinking that way.  (Hell, when my wife and I take our grandson out - he's now 2 yrs. 5 mos. - we even pick up the floor around his high chair, at least the big stuff.) 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on September 19, 2019, 10:16:55 AM
There is a difference in 'kids being kids' by crying because they're hungry and the food isn't there yet.....being 'ancy' and what not sitting down at a table. But, you do things to keep them busy (coloring books/actually talk to them to distract them etc etc) until the food comes or whatever.

What you've described Jay sounds like to me a failure of parenting. Seems to me these kids probably do whatever they want with no consequence. Were my kids to have behaved like that for a few seconds they'd have been reprimanded.....if they continued after that....well, actually....they never continued after being told to stop because they've been raised with consequences.

Again, 'kids will be kids'.....to a point. What you endured wasn't kids being kids.....it was lazy parenting.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 19, 2019, 10:19:28 AM
Couldn't have said it any better than Bill or Gary.

If only there were Darwin awards for parents, these parents might have found a way to be repeat winners.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 19, 2019, 10:21:51 AM
And what made things even worse... I ordered my burger w/out pickle.

It came with pickles. I should have thrown them at the little fuckers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on September 19, 2019, 10:25:09 AM
I work in a major chain supermarket and what's with people bringing their fucking dogs shopping? Leave the fucking dog at home!

I agree that the market is no place for a dog that isn't a legit service animal.  However, dumbass people won't leave their dogs at home, they'll leave them to die in their hot cars.  I'd rather deal with dogs in the supermarket than see dogs die because their idiot owners left them in the car in the parking lot.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 19, 2019, 10:26:29 AM
OH

and speaking of dogs...

We had our dog in the booth, in her doggy purse, who didn't make a goddamn peep the entire time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on September 19, 2019, 10:26:49 AM
Manager comes by several minutes later. We explain what's going on (which we shouldn't have to have done...as they were still fucking running around). She refused to speak to them, basically saying "Kids will be kids", and pretty much made us look like we are just a young couple who hate kids. The only thing she did was just offer to give us a discount off our bill (basically gave us our beverages for free). She made it seem like she was afraid of repercussions if she did anything about it.

Managers have bosses and Applebees has policies about these things.  If you are so inclined, I'd aim a little higher up the food chain with my complaints.  Maybe some better trainings on customer service is in order.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 19, 2019, 10:28:57 AM
OH

and speaking of dogs...

We had our dog in the booth, in her doggy purse, who didn't make a goddamn peep the entire time.

Leave the dog at home dammit!

The manager at that place blows.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on September 19, 2019, 10:30:50 AM
I should have thrown them at the little fuckers.

That would get you reprimanded.....perhaps even a time out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 19, 2019, 10:33:03 AM
I should have known we were going to have a bad time when my gf ordered diet coke, and the server asked if pepsi was okay... so I asked, jokingly, for a diet RC cola and she had know idea what I was talking about.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 19, 2019, 10:34:52 AM
Kids run around like they own the place, endangering staff, patrons, and themselves, and Jay gets rung up on an assault charge.  :)   

It's a maxim in the hockey world:  the ref ALWAYS whistles the retaliation. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 19, 2019, 10:52:49 AM
My beef for the day:  the super-annoying use of "super" as an adjective modifier.   And no, it's not my imagination (https://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/its-an-adjective-its-an-adverb-its-super/).

What's even better is when "super" is used to modify "great."  "That's super great!"

That Applebee's story makes me want to kill those kids' parents.  I'd have lost my shit, so kudos to Jay for not doing so.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on September 19, 2019, 01:33:08 PM
People that press the and buttons for the elevator, and then get upset if the elevator is not going the direction they are going.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on September 19, 2019, 02:47:00 PM
OH

and speaking of dogs...

We had our dog in the booth, in her doggy purse, who didn't make a goddamn peep the entire time.

Leave the dog at home dammit!

The manager at that place blows.

Maybe ite because I dont have kids but I'd rather have the dog in the restaurant then the kids may mentioned.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 19, 2019, 04:35:25 PM
Kids or no kids, dogs don’t belong in a restaurant. Unless it’s Pet Friendly or an actual registered service animal.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 19, 2019, 05:57:24 PM
Re: The story about the kids in the restaurant: I am sure the restaurant did a quick risk assessment, evaluating who was likely to be provoked in to starting a massive online boycott campaign. Whatever they saw in you paled in comparison to the potential social media rage machine they saw in the eyes of the other parents.

If it was me, I would have wanted to say something (I know this for a fact because I am that guy who will say something) but wouldn't because it would just precipitate an argument with my wife about me "making a scene."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 19, 2019, 07:54:29 PM
I hear you.  And I wouldn't have made a scene with the family.  But I would likely have quietly told the manager that their inaction in allowing another guest to ruin the dining experience of everyone around them had lost me as a customer for life, and then I would have left, whether my order was on the table or not.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 19, 2019, 08:15:09 PM
My point was that would be an acceptable loss to them, much more palatable than a potential social media APPLEBEES HATES FAMILIES, KIDS NOT WELCOME boycott.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on September 19, 2019, 08:20:56 PM
After spending the last few days in Disney, I would love if a well established business would have the stones to have a "no kids" day every once in awhile. In the case of something like Disney at the very least a "no kids requiring strollers" policy would be good eniugh. Between them and the damn motorized scooters that absolutely nobody seems to know how to use it's a wonder more folks don't get killed in these types of places.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 19, 2019, 08:27:20 PM
I've pushed my kids around Disney too many times to say in a carriage. And I must say that with so many carriages down there filled with kids, "Carriage Rage" is a real thing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: 1upmushroom on September 19, 2019, 11:34:54 PM
Quote
Between them and the damn motorized scooters that absolutely nobody seems to know how to use it's a wonder more folks don't get killed in these types of places.

I've seen people take these urban assault vehicles on public transit escalators and attempt to steer them on / off in a patently unsafe way. I'm convinced this makes Darwin cry. (This is also one of the reasons why I take the stairs, if available).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on September 20, 2019, 06:22:48 AM
I'll be one of those people at Disney with a stroller next week! It is frustrating yes, but when going to popular family places like this, you need to go into in expecting tons of kids, large crowds in general, lots of strollers, long lines, crabby kids at nap time and late at night, etc. If these things that you knew in advance will be there still annoy you, that's on you. You knew what you were getting yourself into. That said, I wouldn't be opposed to these place having an adults only event after 8:00pm from time to time. But Disney is unlikely to do that since probably 90% of the people there have small children.

On the flip side, it's super annoying when you have a stroller, and all of the non-stroller people try to sneak around you all the time in crowds. It actually makes the traffic flow significantly slower than if you just stay behind me. Trust me, I'm going as fast as I possibly can.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 20, 2019, 07:22:15 AM
I've pushed my kids around Disney too many times to say in a carriage. And I must say that with so many carriages down there filled with kids, "Carriage Rage" is a real thing.

It absolutely is; just mingle around the plaza in the hour or so leading up to the fireworks display at the castle.  You can almost feel the rage building in the air.   The combination of kids (meaning adolescents) who just sit down in the middle of the sidewalk and the moms on a stroller death race to get to the back near "Main Street" so they can get to the parking lot the instant TinkerBell greases the wire, and it's like Noel and Liam Gallagher backstage at an awards show.  You know s*** is going to go down, you're just not sure where or exactly when.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 20, 2019, 07:33:29 AM
I'll be one of those people at Disney with a stroller next week! It is frustrating yes, but when going to popular family places like this, you need to go into in expecting tons of kids, large crowds in general, lots of strollers, long lines, crabby kids at nap time and late at night, etc. If these things that you knew in advance will be there still annoy you, that's on you. You knew what you were getting yourself into. That said, I wouldn't be opposed to these place having an adults only event after 8:00pm from time to time. But Disney is unlikely to do that since probably 90% of the people there have small children.

On the flip side, it's super annoying when you have a stroller, and all of the non-stroller people try to sneak around you all the time in crowds. It actually makes the traffic flow significantly slower than if you just stay behind me. Trust me, I'm going as fast as I possibly can.

Yeah, I hear you, and I say this respectfully, because I've been there done that, but at some point the realization has to dawn that all travelers in that line are not equal.   I know for me, I was more often than not that guy you saw sitting on the concrete bench eating a box of popcorn, rocking my kid in the stroller.  I know, I know, we all pay the admission and all that, but honestly, I took the approach that it's my stroller, it's my responsibility.   If I saw people start to scream by me, unless it was just impossible to do, I tried to get out of the flow. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on September 20, 2019, 07:55:54 AM
I'll be one of those people at Disney with a stroller next week! It is frustrating yes, but when going to popular family places like this, you need to go into in expecting tons of kids, large crowds in general, lots of strollers, long lines, crabby kids at nap time and late at night, etc. If these things that you knew in advance will be there still annoy you, that's on you. You knew what you were getting yourself into. That said, I wouldn't be opposed to these place having an adults only event after 8:00pm from time to time. But Disney is unlikely to do that since probably 90% of the people there have small children.

On the flip side, it's super annoying when you have a stroller, and all of the non-stroller people try to sneak around you all the time in crowds. It actually makes the traffic flow significantly slower than if you just stay behind me. Trust me, I'm going as fast as I possibly can.

Yeah, I hear you, and I say this respectfully, because I've been there done that, but at some point the realization has to dawn that all travelers in that line are not equal.   I know for me, I was more often than not that guy you saw sitting on the concrete bench eating a box of popcorn, rocking my kid in the stroller.  I know, I know, we all pay the admission and all that, but honestly, I took the approach that it's my stroller, it's my responsibility.   If I saw people start to scream by me, unless it was just impossible to do, I tried to get out of the flow. 
Sure, if it's obvious I'm slowing people down unnecessarily I do my best to stay off to the side.

My beef is when I'm two feet behind the person in front of me and going with the flow of traffic and people sneak around me to fill up that two foot of open space, and now I need to stop to rebuild the buffer so I don't run into people's ankles, slowing down everyone behind me just so that guy can go just as fast behind the people in front of me as he was behind me. Repeat a dozen times over the 5 minutes of being stuck in a traffic jam there's no way to get out of and it slows things down significantly. Just stay with the flow of traffic and we'll all make it through this together.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 20, 2019, 09:43:20 AM
Hit the ankles. Trip ‘em if you can.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 20, 2019, 12:17:18 PM
My point was that would be an acceptable loss to them, much more palatable than a potential social media APPLEBEES HATES FAMILIES, KIDS NOT WELCOME boycott.

Oh, I know.  I'm not saying that would change corporate's position in the slightest.  But I think there's still something to be said for that manager actually feeling the weight of having to deal with that decision in real time and knowing that it has consequences, even if the decision is out of his/her hands or even if he/she ultimately agrees with the calculus of "this is the lesser of two evils in today's world."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on September 20, 2019, 03:51:58 PM
Trying to buy clothes online (in this case armored motorcycle jeans no store has that I can try on)

Ordered size 30s and they were so tight I couldn't even get them on. Sent them back and ordered 34's. Just put them on and they are falling down  :facepalm:

So I guess I'll send them back again and try 32's lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 20, 2019, 04:32:53 PM
Trying to buy clothes online (in this case armored motorcycle jeans no store has that I can try on)

Ordered size 30s and they were so tight I couldn't even get them on. Sent them back and ordered 34's. Just put them on and they are falling down  :facepalm:

So I guess I'll send them back again and try 32's lol

You have an armored motorcycle?!  That's cool!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on September 21, 2019, 09:05:26 AM
I feel your pain on ordering clothes online. I usually buy multiple sizes and styles and send back what doesn't fit or I don't want.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on September 22, 2019, 06:39:54 AM
That's what my wife does. She travels for work M-F so she doesn't want to spend time at stores. She'll order a bunch and return what she doesn't like.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on September 22, 2019, 01:13:28 PM
That's what my wife does. She travels for work M-F so she doesn't want to spend time at stores. She'll order a bunch and return what she doesn't like.

Being "asked" to work all weekend by phone on Friday night at 8pm when I was well into a nice case of beer. Then coming home today and being so tired i read a comment like this and wonder what does M-F mean.  She travels for work Mother-Fucker so ...    oh  Monday to Friday!

Lol. I need sleep.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 22, 2019, 05:19:23 PM
Jim Nance.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on September 23, 2019, 12:13:17 PM
Jim Nance.

 :lol

So much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 23, 2019, 12:58:01 PM
 :lol

That F$%^&*^ toast card he carries with him! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on September 26, 2019, 04:02:25 PM
ESPN’s day shows asking and opining about how _____ should feel about _______.  “How should Melvin Gordon feel about his failed holdout?” Or, “How should LeBron feel about not being ranked the NBA’s #1 player any more?” I’ve got a better question: Who the hell cares? They’re grown adults. They can decide how to feel for themselves.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on September 26, 2019, 04:06:38 PM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 26, 2019, 04:27:11 PM
ESPN’s day shows asking and opining about how _____ should feel about _______.  “How should Melvin Gordon feel about his failed holdout?” Or, “How should LeBron feel about not being ranked the NBA’s #1 player any more?” I’ve got a better question: Who the hell cares? They’re grown adults. They can decide how to feel for themselves.

Sounds about right, and it's lazy.

I was talking with a guy at work the other day about this general topic.  I don't ever turn on ESPN anymore unless it's carrying a game I want to watch.  And, with the exception of Mason & Ireland (and I don't know if that's a strictly SoCal show or if it's syndicated), ESPN's radio shows generally suck (although the guy I was talking with was extolling the virtues of the mid-day guy (whose name I can't recall).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 27, 2019, 08:05:58 AM
People who talk during concerts.  Not music-appropriate "woo's!" or "Yeah, Steve!" or "Look at that ass!" (to me).   I'm talking conversations.

I went and saw Steve Hackett last night.  500 seat theater and I'm third row center.  Couldn't be better.   Except... this woman right behind me kept saying "So good!" during the songs - I don't mean once or twice at the end of each one, I mean almost like what you'd think was "Tourettes"*.  EASILY 75 times or more.  Okay, I can live with that, I guess.   But the set was an hour of a celebration for Spectral Mornings, and a hour and 15 or so of Genesis (he played the Selling England album in it's entirety, then ended with a supposed unrecorded song from Pete, Dance On A Volcano and Los Endos).   But at the break her and her friend refueled with wine and the other one basically just talked the entire second half of SEBTP.   That wonderful quiet part in Cinema Show as they build up to the Tony solo (played as a keyboard and clarinet duet; AWESOME, by the way)? "blah blah blah... So Good!... blah blah blah... So good!... "    Add to that two flash photos and drumming/tapping that was out of time to the song (Battle of Epping Forest is admittedly not the easiest song to tap along to but still).   

Didn't ruin the show or anything - it was very good, better than I hoped, not as good as it could have been - but certainly "irritating".  The guys next to me, when the show was over, turned to me and said "Wow! What'd you think?  That was SO GOOD." and sort of turned to the women, but they had already bolted while the band was on stage taking bows.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 27, 2019, 08:13:11 AM
I found some footage from this concert...


Was it the lady in the dark blue or the light blue shirt?

(https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/styles/large-620/public/Fredericksburg-Nursing-Home-Bluemont-Concert.jpg?itok=RPa9qJ1B)


Jeez Stadler.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 27, 2019, 08:24:59 AM
Dark blue, for sure. 

That photo isn't that far off, either.  This was one of the older and weirder crowds I've ever seen.  Usually the shows I go to like this - Jon Anderson, the Dregs, The Musical Box - are a mix, dudes with their kids, game wives up for a night out, etc.   This was a LOT of guys, and a lot of guys who might still live in their mom's basement.  I was easily on the low side of the age bell curve.

One dude actually had a "Foghat: Live!" t-shirt on, unironically. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 27, 2019, 10:26:31 AM
I am not a dick. That's what irritates me.

I'll explain later. I'm too pissed off at the moment.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 27, 2019, 10:44:10 AM
Does somebody need a hug?

(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/HairyEminentKilldeer-size_restricted.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 27, 2019, 10:52:46 AM
haha, no. That's not it.

I think you're either a dick or you're not. You just don't go through life half dick (Yeah, have at it Chad--a meatball there for ya! :lol)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 27, 2019, 11:04:02 AM
haha, no. That's not it.

I think you're either a dick or you're not. You just don't go through life half dick (Yeah, have at it Chad--a meatball there for ya! :lol)

Hey... you said (admitted?) it, not me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 27, 2019, 12:05:01 PM
Here's a thing that bugs me...

Email thread with myself and 5 people whom I "take orders from". 2 of the 5 tend to respond to emails earlier in the threads instead of waiting until they read the entire thread.

Because of this, I am getting the same requests from 3 different people every few emails.

People.....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 27, 2019, 03:10:46 PM
So here's what bugged me today..

I had an electrician (and his simpleton helper) here today.

A short time after they got here, the helper asked if he could use my bathroom. I hate when a tradesman asks me this, BTW, but I reluctantly said sure.

A little while later as I was sitting on my couch and as he walked by to go to the basement, the helper then asked me if he "could get a draft of water." Wait...I'm being asked to pour the guy some fucking water?? I am literally paying hundreds of dollars for today's work, and you're asking me for water??

I have bottled water stacked up on the stairway to my basement, so when he sees that he says, "maybe another one for Richie..?".

Are you fucking kidding me? I felt like telling the guy to fuck off. There's no waters in the truck?

And come to find out, the guy took a shit in my bathroom, as the seat was down and it still stunk. WTf'nF??
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on September 27, 2019, 03:24:54 PM
Reminds me of that old Cam Neely ESPN commercial.....when he was gardening and said ‘why don’t you kick my dog while your here’.

The bathroom thing.....I understand your reluctance but at the same time.....where’s he gonna go? But he could have tidied up afterwards. The water deal would have gotten on my nerves though. I know tia just water but you have to assume they had provisions in the truck?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 27, 2019, 03:38:16 PM
I'm close with my college friends to this day.  One of my friends was driving home from a work function, and drove by the house of another friend.  Friend One still had about 20 minutes to get to his house, so he stopped in, said hello, and asked to use the can.  Friend Two said sure (thinking "pee"), but Friend One laid cable instead.  That was easily ten years ago, and it pissed off Friend Two so much, it's still a topic of conversation when we all get together. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on September 27, 2019, 03:45:16 PM
I remember years ago when we were house hunting we were at a showing, checking out a house.....and, well...it hit me and I HAD to go #2. There was no staving it off. So, I found a bathroom and took care of business and as you can imagine in scenarios where it’s a must it wasn’t a run of the mill outing.  :(    I did what I could to leave no trace but deep down I know they had to have known what went on there that day.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 27, 2019, 03:48:54 PM
Many years ago, we had a tree crew at my house. One of the dudes...think Shaq, asked if he could use the bathroom. Actually it was more like.."Yo man you gotta bathroom?"

Sure...

This guy took a fucking dump that stunk up the entire fucking house. I opened every window.  It's like he shit a dead fucking weasel.

These guys were clowns though. They literally dropped a tree across two..TWO of my neighbor's cars.


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 27, 2019, 07:50:20 PM
Droppin' trees & droppin' deuces.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 27, 2019, 08:26:33 PM
I started working with a residential remodeling company a couple weeks ago. For a couple of the jobs they have a Honey Bucket set up outside for us to use, others they don't. I haven't gotten around to asking why the discrepancy. I shuffle between jobs, and am at Home Depot or on another shopping errand at some point each day - which is where I tend to my business should the need arise. I am glad I am not one of the guys who are at the same house all day long. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on September 28, 2019, 03:41:03 AM
So here's what bugged me today..

I had an electrician (and his simpleton helper) here today.

A short time after they got here, the helper asked if he could use my bathroom. I hate when a tradesman asks me this, BTW, but I reluctantly said sure.

A little while later as I was sitting on my couch and as he walked by to go to the basement, the helper then asked me if he "could get a draft of water." Wait...I'm being asked to pour the guy some fucking water?? I am literally paying hundreds of dollars for today's work, and you're asking me for water??

I have bottled water stacked up on the stairway to my basement, so when he sees that he says, "maybe another one for Richie..?".

Are you fucking kidding me? I felt like telling the guy to fuck off. There's no waters in the truck?

And come to find out, the guy took a shit in my bathroom, as the seat was down and it still stunk. WTf'nF??

If you can, fuck them off.  Seriously.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 03, 2019, 03:27:55 PM
I walked over to a Carl's Jr. for lunch today.  At this particular location, there is a row or 5 or 6 tables that have a shared, plastic bench running from the table on one end to the table at the other end.  I was sitting at the opposite corner, looking in the direction of these tables.  Two girls/women (the one whose face I could see didn't appear to be more than 20 years old) were sitting at the table on the left end, accompanied by a toddler (probably around 2 years old).  At one point, the toddler stood on the shared bench and started running back and forth from one end to the other.  As toddlers do, she was stomping on the bench, causing it to reverberate throughout the place.  The two "adults" seemed oblivious to this, with the one facing toward me going back and forth between staring at her phone and talking to the other one.  Fortunately, this stopped before I reached my boiling point.  Seriously...what the FUCK?!  Aside from annoying everyone else in the place with the banging, people will, presumably, be sitting on that shared bench.  Sigh....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 03, 2019, 04:14:52 PM
But... social media!   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 04, 2019, 12:47:45 PM
The word "hangry."

What is the point?  You're not saving letters.  It seems to be used by 40 year olds (mostly women), I guess in an effort to seem "young and hip," but it more often makes the user seem like a moron.

Why don't we do it with more words:  "I'm huppy!"  "The Dodgers are really groit!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 04, 2019, 12:56:38 PM
The word "hangry."

What is the point?  You're not saving letters.  It seems to be used by 40 year olds (mostly women), I guess in an effort to seem "young and hip," but it more often makes the user seem like a moron.

Why don't we do it with more words:  "I'm huppy!"  "The Dodgers are really groit!"

Hangry = Hungry + Angry. Usually used when you're so hungry you're getting grumpy and irritated at simple things.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 04, 2019, 01:01:42 PM
Arguing politics with lawyers
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 04, 2019, 01:47:27 PM
Arguing politics with lawyers anyone

This.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 04, 2019, 02:23:57 PM
The word "hangry."

What is the point?  You're not saving letters.  It seems to be used by 40 year olds (mostly women), I guess in an effort to seem "young and hip," but it more often makes the user seem like a moron.

Why don't we do it with more words:  "I'm huppy!"  "The Dodgers are really groit!"

I hate any of those kinds of slang words. 

I also hate when people are on my lawn. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 04, 2019, 02:25:48 PM
Arguing politics with lawyers

 ???

 >:(

 :'(

 :-*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lonestar on October 04, 2019, 02:56:26 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 04, 2019, 03:06:07 PM
Arguing politics with lawyers

 ???

 >:(

 :'(

 :-*

#StillLuvYaPal (*punches in the shoulder)

P.S.  I should've put that comment in green.  A very LIGHT green.   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 04, 2019, 07:27:40 PM
Funny, my 8 year old has started using "hangry." I think mom suggested it, as my kid was not connecting the dots between being hungry causing her to get pissy.

I started working with a residential remodeling company a couple weeks ago. For a couple of the jobs they have a Honey Bucket set up outside for us to use, others they don't. I haven't gotten around to asking why the discrepancy. I shuffle between jobs, and am at Home Depot or on another shopping errand at some point each day - which is where I tend to my business should the need arise. I am glad I am not one of the guys who are at the same house all day long. 

Well it happened today. I was at a house all day that didn't have a Honey Bucket set up, and I have to drop a deuce. Fortunately the homeowners were out (the mom had just left  not 5 minutes earlier), and it wasn't a terribly bad one on my part. I felt a little bad about it, but I think my deposit was a reasonable one, and the owners didn't come back for a few hours.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 05, 2019, 08:10:14 AM
Should we re-start the courtesy flush conversation?  :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 05, 2019, 08:47:11 AM
Oh just mildly irritiating... when all meetings for planning a project that I have to travel for has groups saying they are ready and available to support once I arrive and then are no where to be found turning the project into a major stall as I sit and wait for them across the country.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on October 05, 2019, 06:15:42 PM
Sounds similar to what my wife does, she will show up to train nurses and ends up waiting because no one shows up. In her case she just watches netflix while she waits for everyone to get their shit together.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 07, 2019, 11:32:29 AM
This is as much irritation as it is bewilderment.

My son is a high school senior.  For multiple reasons, we withdrew him from the local school, and he's finishing high school online/home schooling.  Although the local school doesn't offer driver's ed as an actual class, he is able to take both driver's ed and the behind the wheel training through his home study school.  Not only does he get school credit for this, the school actually pays for both classes (the behind the wheel training apparently costs $450!), so that's really cool.

The irritating/odd part is that he got his learner's permit a couple weeks ago and had his first behind the wheel lesson last Thursday.  He did two hours and, after the lesson, his instructor told us that he needs to do 25-30 hours with mom or me before he can schedule his next 2-hour lesson.  And then ANOTHER 25-30 hours before scheduling the third 2-hour lesson, which they do right before he takes his test to get his license.

For me, the whole point of paying for behind the wheel lessons is so I don't have to try and teach him how to drive (something at which I think I will be very bad because, for starters, I'm not a very good passenger).  I get that it's good for him to have 50-60 hours behind the wheel before he gets his license, but still....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 07, 2019, 01:14:45 PM
My entire team  (11 if you don't include me) is losing their jobs in 3 weeks. Due to no fault of their own. Well I guess all weekend residents here where we work have been harassing my guys and rubbing it in. Really? Come on people, have some fucking class.

I
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 07, 2019, 09:34:03 PM
When your seat on a plane doesnt have a working fan. Nothing like sweating for 4 hours in a confined space.  On top of that I tweeted a pic of the scum next to my seat to United, did they give us the dirtiest and worst plane today? At least it flew fine
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: NunoTenniscourt on October 08, 2019, 05:34:19 AM

For some reason, several of the male employees at the convenience stores in my area always refer to me as "boss", which I find silly.

The next time one of them hands me my receipt and says "thanks, boss!...have a great day!", I think I'm going to reply with "you're welcome, employee!...by the way, you're fired!!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on October 08, 2019, 06:48:55 AM
I work with a guy who calls me boss. I am definitely not his boss.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 08, 2019, 07:47:33 AM

For some reason, several of the male employees at the convenience stores in my area always refer to me as "boss", which I find silly.

The next time one of them hands me my receipt and says "thanks, boss!...have a great day!", I think I'm going to reply with "you're welcome, employee!...by the way, you're fired!!"

I met up with Adami and Axeman last night at Flying Colors.  When I shook hands with Adami, I'm pretty sure I said "Hey boss! Good to see you!".    I know for a fact that when I backed up into the guy behind me, because the guy in front of me was being very liberal about filming the show, I said "sorry boss!" and I said it again when I cut the line at the men's room to put in my contact lens, which I promptly dropped somewhere (I walked up to a woman outside the bathroom line and said "Do I have a contact lens stuck to my face?" while she promptly looked around for security.  I did not call her "boss". ;)).

I know I use it a lot to mean "I don't know your name", or in Adami's case, "I'm not 100% sure how to pronounce your name".  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 08, 2019, 09:46:36 AM
What I find mildly irritating: that apparently every day of the calendar is "national [blank] day" or "national [blank] awareness day." Everything just loses meaning and I stop caring after a while
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 08, 2019, 09:58:07 AM
What I find mildly irritating: that apparently every day of the calendar is "national [blank] day" or "national [blank] awareness day." Everything just loses meaning and I stop caring after a while

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.  I've been thinking about this recently.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 08, 2019, 09:58:38 AM
What I find mildly irritating: that apparently every day of the calendar is "national [blank] day" or "national [blank] awareness day." Everything just loses meaning and I stop caring after a while

Yup, I stopped caring a long time ago about whatever today is in social media.  Just stop.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 08, 2019, 01:32:28 PM
What I find mildly irritating: that apparently every day of the calendar is "national [blank] day" or "national [blank] awareness day." Everything just loses meaning and I stop caring after a while

Yup, I stopped caring a long time ago about whatever today is in social media.  Just stop.

I feel the same.   

However, apparently National Hot Dog Day was a few weeks ago, and my company had hot dogs in the cafe that would put Costco's to shame. I can rally behind National Hot Dog Day.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 08, 2019, 01:36:53 PM
Yup, I stopped caring a long time ago about whatever today is in social media.  Just stop.

but

However, apparently National Hot Dog Day was a few weeks ago, and my company had hot dogs in the cafe that would put Costco's to shame. I can rally behind National Hot Dog Day.

There are exceptions to every rule!!   :) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 08, 2019, 01:37:45 PM
well I'm on a diet so that won't make me care more about it  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 08, 2019, 02:15:35 PM
Ants.

Dealing with them at home... now been dealing with them at work. Thought I took care of them, but found a shit ton in out storage closet while cleaning it out. I'm debating on whether I should actually spray or just say 'fuck it', work around them, and leave them for the next suckers who wind up in here.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 08, 2019, 02:56:47 PM
Kars 4 Kids.

I'm sure the organization is wonderful, but whoever wrote and approved that god-forsaken jingle should be shot.

Seriously.

If I had a car to donate, I would find pretty much any other charity solely because of that stupid fucking jingle!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 08, 2019, 03:08:45 PM
Kars 4 Kids.

I'm sure the organization is wonderful, but whoever wrote and approved that god-forsaken jingle should be shot.

Seriously.

If I had a car to donate, I would find pretty much any other charity solely because of that stupid fucking jingle!


Well, Cars for Causes was just ordered to shut down... fraud. They were only donating 5% of proceeds to charities instead of 70%...

So Kars for Kids is the go to now :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 08, 2019, 03:09:14 PM
I believe Kars 4 Kids goes to some Jewish school organization.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 08, 2019, 03:11:59 PM
I believe Kars 4 Kids goes to some Jewish school organization.

I've heard that. Honestly as long as it is going to some form of good cause and not mostly in someone's pockets, I don't care :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 08, 2019, 03:29:04 PM
Kars 4 Kids.

I'm sure the organization is wonderful, but whoever wrote and approved that god-forsaken jingle should be shot.

Seriously.

If I had a car to donate, I would find pretty much any other charity solely because of that stupid fucking jingle!

Be thankful you don't have to listen to Jill Merriam commercials.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on October 08, 2019, 03:46:09 PM
I don't know about that.  But THIS is the best commercial ever:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XOWYe9TgaU
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 08, 2019, 04:26:30 PM
I don't know about that.  But THIS is the best commercial ever:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XOWYe9TgaU

Yeah, but this is the "mildly irritating" thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 08, 2019, 08:33:29 PM
Kars 4 Kids.

I'm sure the organization is wonderful, but whoever wrote and approved that god-forsaken jingle should be shot.

Seriously.

If I had a car to donate, I would find pretty much any other charity solely because of that stupid fucking jingle!

Have they changed their jingle a lot recently? I feel like it was the same for several years, and then I heard a new version, and then a short while later another new version.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 08, 2019, 09:33:23 PM
I don't know about that.  But THIS is the best commercial ever:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XOWYe9TgaU

I love that tune. I burned it to my iPod.  ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on October 09, 2019, 05:10:43 AM
Kars 4 Kids.

I'm sure the organization is wonderful, but whoever wrote and approved that god-forsaken jingle should be shot.

Seriously.

If I had a car to donate, I would find pretty much any other charity solely because of that stupid fucking jingle!

I haven't seen that ad but the "we buy any cars" ad on you tube is fucking hell.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 09, 2019, 10:06:33 AM
Kars 4 Kids.

I'm sure the organization is wonderful, but whoever wrote and approved that god-forsaken jingle should be shot.

Seriously.

If I had a car to donate, I would find pretty much any other charity solely because of that stupid fucking jingle!

Have they changed their jingle a lot recently? I feel like it was the same for several years, and then I heard a new version, and then a short while later another new version.

Sometimes it's longer; sometimes it's shorter.  I think there might be different versions with different singers, but it's been the same basic jingle as long as I can remember.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 09, 2019, 10:12:27 AM
New one for today:

My kid is a high school sophomore and a member of the marching band.  Last was a regular booster meeting, and that was followed by a presentation relating to a possible trip to Italy for the 2021 Rome New Year's Parade.  The board meeting started at 7 and finished at 7:40.  We waited until 8 to start the Italy presentation because middle school parents were invited (since their kids will be freshman when the trip happens) and were told it would start at 8.  Ok, that's fine.

The guy starts the presentation with a 4-5 minute video, which was good.  He then launched into a lecture about packing and electrical converters/adapters and passports, which probably lasted 25 minutes.  Finally, the booster president asked him to move onto stuff that actually happens on the trip.  Keep in mind that we haven't actually committed to going on this trip yet, and he's talking about stuff that doesn't need to be discussed until 2-6 months before the trip.  I was about ready to walk out.

On the positive side, if we actually do this trip, it will be absofuckinglutely awesome!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 11, 2019, 04:07:30 PM
Hope I can articulate this well:

I see many folks complain about works of fiction (mostly movies and TV) because a character who is a member of a particular profession (e.g., a lawyer) or who falls into some group (e.g., is gay) exhibits some negative quality.  The complainer says something along the lines of the following:  "Feeling really sad about how my favorite show just depicted my profession.  They should be ashamed for making a [member of said profession] into a [negative qualities] person!"

I'm thinking, "WHAT?!"  They made a particular character have a particular quality, and the complainer extrapolates this as some sort of attempt to depict all persons of that profession/group as having that particular negative quality.  I've see things like this way too often for it to be a fluke, and it just baffles me that people think this way.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 12, 2019, 03:10:33 PM
Kars 4 Kids.

I'm sure the organization is wonderful, but whoever wrote and approved that god-forsaken jingle should be shot.

Seriously.

If I had a car to donate, I would find pretty much any other charity solely because of that stupid fucking jingle!


Gotta love his lovely vibrato though.  :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 13, 2019, 04:58:18 PM
You know what I can't stand? Owners' Box shots during a football game. Seriously. Who fucking cares?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 14, 2019, 05:59:25 PM
Hope I can articulate this well:

I see many folks complain about works of fiction (mostly movies and TV) because a character who is a member of a particular profession (e.g., a lawyer) or who falls into some group (e.g., is gay) exhibits some negative quality.  The complainer says something along the lines of the following:  "Feeling really sad about how my favorite show just depicted my profession.  They should be ashamed for making a [member of said profession] into a [negative qualities] person!"

I'm thinking, "WHAT?!"  They made a particular character have a particular quality, and the complainer extrapolates this as some sort of attempt to depict all persons of that profession/group as having that particular negative quality.  I've see things like this way too often for it to be a fluke, and it just baffles me that people think this way.

Don't even get me started on this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 14, 2019, 06:10:18 PM
Typical lawyer response.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on October 14, 2019, 06:17:32 PM
Kars 4 Kids.

I'm sure the organization is wonderful, but whoever wrote and approved that god-forsaken jingle should be shot.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3lzFxD1j6Ws
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 14, 2019, 07:26:34 PM
If you're a football player and have hair hanging down to your ass, shouldn't you at least be good?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JustJen on October 14, 2019, 07:46:41 PM
Something I find mildly irritating is coming back after ten years and clicking "Show unread posts since last visit". Dang!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on October 15, 2019, 05:07:44 AM
Why hello there Jen!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JustJen on October 15, 2019, 05:14:31 AM
Why hello there Jen!


:) Hey.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 15, 2019, 06:33:04 AM
Typical lawyer response.

No, that would be "it depends."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 15, 2019, 10:08:27 AM
Kars 4 Kids.

I'm sure the organization is wonderful, but whoever wrote and approved that god-forsaken jingle should be shot.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3lzFxD1j6Ws

Nope...just can't watch that (even if the kids' commentary might be interesting).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 15, 2019, 11:58:04 AM
Typical lawyer response.

No, that would be "it depends."

That’s a typical old man response.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 15, 2019, 12:03:15 PM
Typical lawyer response.

No, that would be "it depends."

That’s a typical old man response.

Well, I'm both, so if anyone can use that, it's me!   :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 16, 2019, 07:17:40 PM
Commercials that are primarily made up of selfies and testimonial videos.   There's a new Disney commercial floating around up here that is brutal to watch for that reason. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 17, 2019, 01:42:55 PM
Commercials that are primarily made up of selfies and testimonial videos.   There's a new Disney commercial floating around up here that is brutal to watch for that reason.

I don't know that I've seen anything like that (or the particular Disney commercial referenced), but I have noticed a LOT more commercials with REALLY annoying music.  Apple/Iphone commercials seem particularly obnoxious.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 24, 2019, 06:07:17 AM
Cost and portion sizes at restaurants.   

I went out to a place last night that my family and I go to every now and then. They make really good chicken alfredo and it's my go-to every time I go. They redid their menu. It wasn't a massive overhaul, but they changed a few things around, including the prices. The dish I always get went up $4, but I got it anyway.

Turns out, one of the changes they made was the portions. The plate of pasta I got was comically large. No joke, it had to be a pound and a half of pasta at least, plus the chicken. The waitress couldn't hold it with one hand. It was the same stuff as always, but with the menu change, you now get significantly more to the tune of four more dollars. My problem here is that it's just a ridiculous amount of food. I was stuffed to capacity and it honestly looked like I hadn't even started eating yet. I had to take the rest to go. Now I have to choose to either eat chicken alfredo for the next 3 days, or throw a bunch of perfectly good food away. 

/rant.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 24, 2019, 06:32:56 AM
'Murica   :metal

:lolpalm:

No wonder 70% of the country is obese or morbidly obese.  I remember going to Disney for the first time with jingle.kids (circa 2006), and them each ordering a KIDS pizza for their dinner.  What arrived was the equivalent of what we'd call a Medium pizza up here.  There's no way *I* could have finished one order.  We quickly learned that mrs.jingle and I only needed to order 1 food item, and it would easily suffice for the two of us.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 24, 2019, 06:56:37 AM
We struggle with this a LOT.  My stepson is on the spectrum and has some anxiety and he's taken to assuaging that with food.   EVERY visit to the restaurant is always "Can I get the large? Can I get the double?"   We go to a burger place here in town and they just redid their menu; before, the standard order was a "single" and you could upgrade to a double for a small charge.  Now, they flipped it, kind of like Five Guys, where a "cheeseburger" gets you a DOUBLE, unless you specify the single.  WTF.

I don't need a restaurant to plan my meal proportions for me, but they don't have to make it harder, if you know what I mean.

I do plan sometimes to take stuff home - I work out of the house most often, so it's effective for me for lunch - but it's a nightmare with taking a family out. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 24, 2019, 08:28:16 AM
Sometimes those large portions are great if you know about it and plan to take it home.  But yea, the portion sizes in the US are ridiculous overall and definitely contributes to the obesity in this country.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 24, 2019, 09:09:40 AM
Cram, I'm sure you can relate to this with all the travel you do, but it's the WORST when you're on the road. Even if you have a refrigerator in your room, it's still relatively useless.  I was in Florida couple weeks ago, and at a good BBQ place.  I got the best plate of pulled pork nachos you could ask for, ate half of it, at best, and had nowhere to go from there.   Just wasteful.  (I will sometimes ask for "half portion" or whatever; the problem then is that it screws up the pricing, so I risk paying full price for a half-plate of food.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 24, 2019, 09:17:13 AM
Well I care a bit less on work travel as I'm not paying for the food.  It sucks to waste it at times, but it doesn't hurt so much when it doesn't come from my pockets.  I actually almost always get a large meal on my first day so I can stock my hotel fridge with some food just in case I get hungry while in the hotel and not feeling like going out. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on October 24, 2019, 09:17:29 AM
I find my long posts to be mildly irritating. My apologies to everyone who has to read them.  :lol

Happy Friday Eve!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: El Barto on October 24, 2019, 09:26:34 AM
We struggle with this a LOT.  My stepson is on the spectrum and has some anxiety and he's taken to assuaging that with food.   EVERY visit to the restaurant is always "Can I get the large? Can I get the double?"   We go to a burger place here in town and they just redid their menu; before, the standard order was a "single" and you could upgrade to a double for a small charge.  Now, they flipped it, kind of like Five Guys, where a "cheeseburger" gets you a DOUBLE, unless you specify the single.  WTF.

I don't need a restaurant to plan my meal proportions for me, but they don't have to make it harder, if you know what I mean.

I do plan sometimes to take stuff home - I work out of the house most often, so it's effective for me for lunch - but it's a nightmare with taking a family out.
I've been seeing that down here, as well. Doubles are the default. The problem is that depending on the patty size doubles can throw off the entire balance. Anything more than a half pound screws it all up.

And yeah, travel can be a bitch with that. My problem is that I usually don't get to the hotel until after dinner, and I usually eat late on the road. Plus I always take breakfast someplace nice when I'm on the road, so there's really no point when I want to eat leftovers. I generally plan to only spend about 2 waking hours at a hotel. Pizza or a cold sub is about the only thing that works.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 24, 2019, 09:29:52 AM
(I will sometimes ask for "half portion" or whatever; the problem then is that it screws up the pricing, so I risk paying full price for a half-plate of food.)

Which ends up being the case one way or the other.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: El Barto on October 24, 2019, 10:44:38 AM
It seems that Christmas season begins a week before Halloween now. Gets earlier every year. Gotta love a country where capitalism is more holy than Christ.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 24, 2019, 10:57:17 AM
That shit is a bit more than mildly irritating if you ask me. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 24, 2019, 10:59:56 AM
It seems that Christmas season begins a week before Halloween now. Gets earlier every year. Gotta love a country where capitalism is more holy than Christ.

This Wal Mart DC I work at just announced they are working Thanksgiving.  We always had it off before because they did.  Now I'm asking my employees to work half shifts so at least they can eat with their families.

Corporate greed wins again.  Families go fuck off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 24, 2019, 01:10:08 PM
Cram, I'm sure you can relate to this with all the travel you do, but it's the WORST when you're on the road. Even if you have a refrigerator in your room, it's still relatively useless.  I was in Florida couple weeks ago, and at a good BBQ place.  I got the best plate of pulled pork nachos you could ask for, ate half of it, at best, and had nowhere to go from there.   Just wasteful.  (I will sometimes ask for "half portion" or whatever; the problem then is that it screws up the pricing, so I risk paying full price for a half-plate of food.)

Haha funny, cause I have to warm my leftovers in the Lobby.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on October 24, 2019, 02:06:09 PM
Portion sizes are definitely out of control.  I think it was Rich and Charlie's I ate at years ago where I felt like I had eaten quite a bit of the pasta I had ordered, but it looked like I had barely made a dent.  :lol :lol

Dinner salads (the ones that come before a meal, not ones you order as your meal) are like that as well more often than not these days.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 24, 2019, 02:11:13 PM
My lunch was a grain bowl from a salad place in the local mall here.  Could only eat half of it.  Thing was huge, but I saved it and will probably eat it later tonight.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 28, 2019, 10:12:16 AM
It seems that Christmas season begins a week before Halloween now. Gets earlier every year. Gotta love a country where capitalism is more holy than Christ.

This Wal Mart DC I work at just announced they are working Thanksgiving.  We always had it off before because they did.  Now I'm asking my employees to work half shifts so at least they can eat with their families.

Corporate greed wins again.  Families go fuck off.


Fuck that noise.

There should be no reason for your guys to have to work on Thanksgiving.  I get that there are certain jobs where it's unavoidable (I have had 1  Christmas or Thanksgiving off in the last 7 years), but that's out of necessity, not greed.

You should just give them all the day off anyway and tell the powers you answer to that they all called out sick :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 28, 2019, 11:40:11 AM
As of today, people in my office have begun putting up Christmas decorations.   

Assholes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 28, 2019, 12:03:34 PM
As of today, people in my office have begun putting up Christmas decorations.   

Assholes.

My GF's Dad's GF already has 1 Christmas decoration on their lawn.

Along side their Halloween decorations. I think she's trolling.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 28, 2019, 06:47:10 PM
With that avatar, I'm not sure how seriously to take Chino's post.

:) 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 28, 2019, 06:47:35 PM
With that avatar, I'm not sure how seriously to take Chino's post.

:)

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 28, 2019, 07:30:18 PM
What I find mildly irritating is people who get greatly irritated by when people start putting up Christmas stuff.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on October 28, 2019, 08:38:12 PM
I know people who put up their decoration as early as September.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 29, 2019, 09:39:14 AM
Something I find more than mildly irritating but not enough to reach 'pissed off' status: organizing my digital music collection and trying to keep it in line with what's in my physical collection and on my hard drives for local storage.

Before I sold my PC, I took out my music drive for safekeeping since all my physical albums are ripped straight to that. But it was also synced with my Spotify, so months later, I'm finally going through band by band and deleting the grayed-out bands on my desktop Spotify app (all the local files that are no longer synced) and replacing them with what's on Spotify. However, then I run into the problem of certain artists not being on Spotify, or sometimes specific albums and especially my favorite demos/B-sides/bonus tracks are nowhere to be found. So now after I go through the hundreds and hundreds of artists cherry picking my favorite songs for my 'favorites' playlist (which is a massive playlist of all my favorites from any and all genres), I then have to hook my old hard drive up to my laptop and sync the remainders to that - after I go through once again to figure out what is not on Spotify.

So while I replace all the local files on my Spotify with what's on the service, I'm keeping a log of everything that's *not* available to sync later. Digital organization is such a PITA, but I can only afford to continue buying records from my most favorite artists, so I'm neck deep in the digital era of music collections and frantically searching for a way to keep my head above water. And this is especially annoying considering some artists on Spotify tend to shuffle their available catalog around for seemingly no good reason (Stratovarius for example only has certain records up there and it seems to change every few months, wtf!) :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on October 29, 2019, 09:48:41 AM
Along somewhat similar lines as Katt's post, I find it highly annoying when the music player app on my phone automatically updates.  There are several levels to that.  First off, auto updates for no good reason just annoy me anyway.  If an app works just fine, I don't need it to update and hog more memory for features I'll never use.  But the bigger annoyance is that, for some reason, whenever it updates, it resets the "sort" function and lists all the songs on an album in some random order OTHER THAN album order.  And since the user interface is something they seem to want to change with every update, it always takes me awhile to figure out how to get the songs sorted properly again.  I honestly don't even understand WHY this would possibly happen.  Why would any track order other than album order be the default sort, and why would the sorting feature seemingly be in a completely different place every time the app updates?  Makes no sense to me at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MirrorMask on October 29, 2019, 09:53:29 AM
Any multimedia device, software or program that does not have as default and main setting a "play a folder" option is the spawn of Satan and their developers are to be considered inane people who work against the common good of humankind.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 29, 2019, 09:53:49 AM
Maybe you need a new music player app?

I use the basic Play Music that comes on android phones and have never experienced that issue before.  Although I've lately had an issue where I put my mp3s onto my SD card and my phone sees them but the Play Music app does not.  I was able to fix this new issue by first importing the MP3s into windows media player on my PC or into itunes on my work laptop and then onto my phone and the app was able to recognize them.  Weird.  I had not had this issue ever before as drag and drop from my PC to my phone always seemed to just sync up with the app on its own.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 29, 2019, 10:02:00 AM
I rarely listen to music straight from my device, but when I do it's usually Google Play. And I have a lot of issues with phone music management so that's a PITA for me. Hell I still use Winamp on my computers with a custom skin from like 2002 that I refuse to get rid of. I don't like modernity!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 29, 2019, 10:03:17 AM
Along somewhat similar lines as Katt's post, I find it highly annoying when the music player app on my phone automatically updates.  There are several levels to that.  First off, auto updates for no good reason just annoy me anyway.  If an app works just fine, I don't need it to update and hog more memory for features I'll never use.  But the bigger annoyance is that, for some reason, whenever it updates, it resets the "sort" function and lists all the songs on an album in some random order OTHER THAN album order.  And since the user interface is something they seem to want to change with every update, it always takes me awhile to figure out how to get the songs sorted properly again.  I honestly don't even understand WHY this would possibly happen.  Why would any track order other than album order be the default sort, and why would the sorting feature seemingly be in a completely different place every time the app updates?  Makes no sense to me at all.

Would it be an issue with the metadata in the music files themselves? Or is it literally just organizing them in a nonsensical manner? That's such a pain in the neck either way.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on October 29, 2019, 10:08:22 AM
I dunno.  When I got my last phone, I was having major issues with the default app, so I tried a few others and stuck with the one that seemed to work best.  Now on a newer phone, I've been having issues with it whenever it updates.  It seems to do that with all my albums.  I just tried the Play Music app after reading Cram's post.  Here's what's interesting:  For The Astonishing, it lists the songs alphabetically, and I cannot find an option ANYWHERE in the app to change that.  But for all other albums, the songs are listed in the correct album order.  So that suggests that maybe there is a metadata issue with the TA songs.  But that doesn't explain:  (1) why Pi resorts to different sortings every time there is an album update, or (2) why Play Music's sort option is either hidden where I can't find it or simply doesn't exist.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 29, 2019, 10:19:55 AM
I don't know of any sort options in the app either.  Does make me thing its a meta data issue as in there maybe is no track # in the meta data for that particular album?  I just looked and mine is sorted fine.  Occasionally it mixes both discs together and I have to manually modify the meta data to seperate the discs as two albums. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 29, 2019, 10:30:04 AM
I don't know that I have the specific problems listed here, but word to your mother on the complexity of sorting/managing digital media.   

I might have more music to choose from (arguable whether that's a good thing or not) but in terms of ease and logic, I am in no way, shape or form better now than I was in 1990 with a crate of records/CDs/cassettes. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 29, 2019, 10:35:51 AM
I've spent 3 hours re-organizing my Spotify by re-adding the bands from my local drive and I'm not even done with the Es yet. Ugh.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 29, 2019, 07:38:29 PM
Any multimedia device, software or program that does not have as default and main setting a "play a folder" option is the spawn of Satan and their developers are to be considered inane people who work against the common good of humankind.

Ha! I used to have that same opinion (and feel like it's been discussed here before). I've since gotten over that as I've now digitized all my music and tagged them property - or at least to my liking.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 29, 2019, 08:02:30 PM
I've spent 3 hours re-organizing my Spotify by re-adding the bands from my local drive and I'm not even done with the Es yet. Ugh.

I can't deal with that.  When my 160gb I-Pod dies I'm fucked.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 29, 2019, 08:49:30 PM
Wait a sec... TAC noob question here.... what does Spotify have to do with music you have on your portable device?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 29, 2019, 08:59:38 PM
You can link your music to the app.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on October 29, 2019, 09:03:52 PM
I get the occasional weird looks from people when I say I never use Spotify.  And then get even weirder looks when I tell them I have 5,000 songs on my iPhone, all of which are HQ mp3's uploaded from my hard drive (almost all of which were either ripped from CD's I own or stuff I bought digitally).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 29, 2019, 09:04:06 PM
Why? I have music stored on my phone. I listen to Spotify when I want (and am able) to stream something I don't own. Why would I link them?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 29, 2019, 09:12:23 PM
You can stream your full catalog through the app.  I'm just an old bastard that doesn't want music on my cell.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 29, 2019, 09:38:49 PM
Huh, I never would have thought of that. I don't see the benefit for me, so never would have thought of that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on October 29, 2019, 09:41:51 PM
I don't see the purpose of that.  Why do I need an app to play songs from my phone when I can just play the songs directly from my phone?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 29, 2019, 09:59:56 PM
THat's what I was wondering. Especially if you have to have internet connectivity to use Spotify.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 29, 2019, 11:04:38 PM
Huh, I never would have thought of that. I don't see the benefit for me, so never would have thought of that.

The benefit for me is when Spotify doesn't have the tracks or albums or artists I'm looking for. Also, when I sync my entire local library/physical collection, I only have to worry about adding whatever I find on Spotify; even if I remove all my Spotify downloads for whatever reason, I'll still have my physical collection. But also, a lot of Spotify's tags aren't correct (for example, as I just found out, Toto is formatted as "TOTO" on every single track which is annoying), so a local collection could solve that problem.

The issue comes when I re-sync for whatever reason or have to reinstall the app and then re-sync or do what I'm doing now, which is replacing all my local files with the ones on Spotify, 'cause I'm sick of looking at a bunch of greyed out unplayable tracks :(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 30, 2019, 08:01:46 AM
I get the occasional weird looks from people when I say I never use Spotify.  And then get even weirder looks when I tell them I have 5,000 songs on my iPhone, all of which are HQ mp3's uploaded from my hard drive (almost all of which were either ripped from CD's I own or stuff I bought digitally).

The woman - she's late 30's, I'd guess - that cuts my hair gave me that "awww, you're such a cute old man!" when we were talking last appointment and I said almost exactly the same thing. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 30, 2019, 08:03:19 AM
I get the occasional weird looks from people when I say I never use Spotify.  And then get even weirder looks when I tell them I have 5,000 songs on my iPhone, all of which are HQ mp3's uploaded from my hard drive (almost all of which were either ripped from CD's I own or stuff I bought digitally).

Pretty much the same (except Android phone) and people do kind of question my music fandom when I say I don't use spotify (not totally true, I just rarely use it) but I'm like "no you don't get it, I actually have all this music"  :lol I've got nothing against streaming, I just don't like relying on data and a service to provide the music when I can just get it myself and have full control without using data. I'm likely going to get an unlimited data plan when I upgrade my phone next year so I'd imagine I'd start streaming more then.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 30, 2019, 08:25:51 AM
I barely use spotify myself. But no streaming service will beat having my FIIO, might bite the bullet and get the newer model with a SD slot that can hold up to 2TB (whenever they plan to release those), those dang 1TB cards cost about as much as the FIIO itself. I say its worth it for me, I always travel with it and dont know when I will be in the mood for that song, especially if its an OC Remix.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 30, 2019, 08:39:08 AM
You need 1TB of storage? damn, my 128GB SD card is more than enough for me.  Doesn't have my whole library but has everything I'd want to listen to and a bunch of garbage.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 30, 2019, 08:54:32 AM
You need 1TB of storage? damn, my 128GB SD card is more than enough for me.  Doesn't have my whole library but has everything I'd want to listen to and a bunch of garbage.

I dont really need that much. But both my SD cards are filling up. I like to listen to music in Lossless, so files are big. For me it's easier to rip cds and do it that way than use the phone.



Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 30, 2019, 09:01:08 AM
Even my uncle who's a diehard metal fan doesn't even buy physical media anymore, as I just recently found out. Made me feel so old school haha. I've been parting with a lot of my CDs because I've finally decided to clean up and limit my physical collection *just* to music I love. I might do the same several years from now when I need to clean house again, but it's nice to finally try to put a clean barrier between what I listen to casually and what I will plop down money for.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 30, 2019, 09:06:20 AM
You need 1TB of storage? damn, my 128GB SD card is more than enough for me.  Doesn't have my whole library but has everything I'd want to listen to and a bunch of garbage.

I dont really need that much. But both my SD cards are filling up. I like to listen to music in Lossless, so files are big. For me it's easier to rip cds and do it that way than use the phone.

ah true if you are going lossless, big files.  I'm good with my MP3s.  320kbps is good enough for my ears.

Even my uncle who's a diehard metal fan doesn't even buy physical media anymore, as I just recently found out. Made me feel so old school haha. I've been parting with a lot of my CDs because I've finally decided to clean up and limit my physical collection *just* to music I love. I might do the same several years from now when I need to clean house again, but it's nice to finally try to put a clean barrier between what I listen to casually and what I will plop down money for.

I was cleaning my basement last weekend.  I don't have the largest collection, but it defintiely takes up a lot of space and is super dusty.  I kind of like keeping it as it is on display, but I really hate adding to it at this point.  I got a free Babymetal CD and just struggled trying to find a place for it. For the last few years I just would buy CDs only if it were from my favorite band or if it was something unique (like a VUUR signed album from Anneke) but now, I just don't think I'd even buy the next DT album on CD.  Storing them is just a pain.  I rip it as soon as I open it and to storage and dust it goes. Amazon music is so damn simple and timely.  Really hard, as a consumer, to keep buying CDs. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 30, 2019, 09:28:22 AM
Gimme your collection. FEED ME.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 30, 2019, 09:45:17 AM
Gimme your collection. FEED ME.  :lol

You probably have most of it.  And it's mostly old stuff at this point.  But I have no interest in getting rid of it.  If anything I'd box it up and store it, but I have in my past, done massive reselling of my CD collection.  Once as a kid at my parents garage sale, I offloaded so much that I wish I had still today, some of which I re bought later (I'll never forgot my dad triple asking me if I was sure I wanted to sell my CDs).  And also I sold like a boxload of my old ska CDs to someone on this forum like 10 years ago as I put so much of it on ebay back awhile ago when I needed some cash.  I kind of regret doing it.  But then again, I'd have so much more dusty CDs now.  I just think at this point, if a CD is with me still, it has some meaning and I don't have any desire to get rid of it.  I just don't want to add more to it.  It's almost like my childhood in music in collection along my basement wall.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 30, 2019, 10:14:00 AM
Gimme your collection. FEED ME.  :lol

You probably have most of it.  And it's mostly old stuff at this point.  But I have no interest in getting rid of it.  If anything I'd box it up and store it, but I have in my past, done massive reselling of my CD collection.  Once as a kid at my parents garage sale, I offloaded so much that I wish I had still today, some of which I re bought later (I'll never forgot my dad triple asking me if I was sure I wanted to sell my CDs).  And also I sold like a boxload of my old ska CDs to someone on this forum like 10 years ago as I put so much of it on ebay back awhile ago when I needed some cash.  I kind of regret doing it.  But then again, I'd have so much more dusty CDs now.  I just think at this point, if a CD is with me still, it has some meaning and I don't have any desire to get rid of it.  I just don't want to add more to it.  It's almost like my childhood in music in collection along my basement wall.

As much as I'm a physical CD guy - and I am, no doubt - this aspect of it really resonates with me.  I know that feeling.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 30, 2019, 11:51:50 AM
Speaking of which... I was ripping my CDs to my network drive last night, and I noticed "huh, I don't have my copy of Vision Quest soundtrack loaded, but I already did my soundtracks."   And I made a mental note to look for it tomorrow (today).  Lo and behold, I can't find it anywhere.  This is (only) the second time this has happened (Frankie Valli's Greatest was the other one) but since I'm not really in position where people can "steal" stuff, it means I misplaced it, which is...

...mildly irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on November 03, 2019, 09:35:21 PM
The new thing this year for NFL prime time games where when the home team scores a touchdown, the stadium lights flash on and off. Not sure how it looks in person, but it’s very visually annoying when watching on TV.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on November 04, 2019, 04:23:46 AM
The Yankees do the same whenever someone hits a Home-Run and it’s just as annoying in person.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 04, 2019, 05:49:08 AM
Daylight Savings Time.  Begone with it already.  My body is still on DST, so I've been awake since 5am.  Can't get up, otherwise the dogs won't get their internal clocks adjusted.  So I just laid in bed for about an hour uselessly.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on November 04, 2019, 06:01:26 AM
Daylight Savings Time.  Begone with it already.  My body is still on DST, so I've been awake since 5am.  Can't get up, otherwise the dogs won't get their internal clocks adjusted.  So I just laid in bed for about an hour uselessly.
I personally think they should leave daylight savings time on all the time, rather than getting rid of it, but either way we'd do away with the annoying time changes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 04, 2019, 07:03:53 AM
Agreed on the light flashes.
Agreed on DST.

Mine?  The adoption of "tech" as a thing.  Every car ad touts the "tech", but doesn't say what it is, just that it's "tech".   Then another ad last night - I forget what it was, but it wasn't a car ad - also touted the "tech", and everyone was nodding their heads yes like lemmings - tech! - but for the life of me I don't know what that "tech" was, just that it was there. 

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 04, 2019, 10:05:46 AM
DLS fucked me up good yesterday, my head felt like mush when I got to LA and it felt more liek a 4 hour time travel, but that extra hour did give me just enough time to catch the sunset at Griffith Observatory.  I'm still anti-DLS but at least I managed to get some benefit from it after dealing with my head issues.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on November 04, 2019, 10:08:22 AM
Mine?  The adoption of "tech" as a thing.  Every car ad touts the "tech", but doesn't say what it is, just that it's "tech".   Then another ad last night - I forget what it was, but it wasn't a car ad - also touted the "tech", and everyone was nodding their heads yes like lemmings - tech! - but for the life of me I don't know what that "tech" was, just that it was there.

Smart homes escape me. A buddy of mine, between outlets, thermostats, a refrigerator, smart speakers, and doorbells, has at least a dozen devices in his home that track his habits. In addition, all that data is getting aggregated and sold on the behalf of our corporate overlords.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 04, 2019, 10:15:55 AM
I hate all the technology infiltrating homes so much. I love my computers and video game consoles and my phone, but like... I have a Fire Stick beyond that, and that's all I need. Smart fridges? Cameras on the doorbell? Smart thermostats (had to set these up a lot when I was working HVAC and it drove me insane trying to get multiple thermostats working with someone's wifi or phones for example). I have a friend who has a god damn pressure cooker he can control with his phone while he's on the couch. Fucking... what?! I can't even.  :lol

Cars too. I'm not an old guy, hell I'm not even 30. But the thought of owning a car with cameras, a touch screen, backup sensors etc. gives me a rash. Makes my ass itch thinking about owning a car with all that unnecessary (to me) crap in it. Gimme a bluetooth stereo for my music and I'm happy as a clam. The biggest upgrade I'm looking to make in my next car is heated seats.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 04, 2019, 10:50:18 AM
I hate all the technology infiltrating homes so much. I love my computers and video game consoles and my phone, but like... I have a Fire Stick beyond that, and that's all I need. Smart fridges? Cameras on the doorbell? Smart thermostats (had to set these up a lot when I was working HVAC and it drove me insane trying to get multiple thermostats working with someone's wifi or phones for example). I have a friend who has a god damn pressure cooker he can control with his phone while he's on the couch. Fucking... what?! I can't even.  :lol

Cars too. I'm not an old guy, hell I'm not even 30. But the thought of owning a car with cameras, a touch screen, backup sensors etc. gives me a rash. Makes my ass itch thinking about owning a car with all that unnecessary (to me) crap in it. Gimme a bluetooth stereo for my music and I'm happy as a clam. The biggest upgrade I'm looking to make in my next car is heated seats.  :lol

I'm not a fan of all that "tech" in my home either but for the car, I used to think like you until I got my car last year.  Now when I have a rental I really miss having my cameras specifically.  My civic has a right turn camera (put on your blinker and I can see my camera in my right side blind spot on my dash).  It's become such an awesome convenience to not have to turn my head while driving.  I remember when the guy was showing me this when I was looking at the car and thinking "wow what an over the top feature that I'll probably never use" and boy was I wrong.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on November 04, 2019, 10:52:59 AM
I hate all the technology infiltrating homes so much. I love my computers and video game consoles and my phone, but like... I have a Fire Stick beyond that, and that's all I need. Smart fridges? Cameras on the doorbell? Smart thermostats (had to set these up a lot when I was working HVAC and it drove me insane trying to get multiple thermostats working with someone's wifi or phones for example). I have a friend who has a god damn pressure cooker he can control with his phone while he's on the couch. Fucking... what?! I can't even.  :lol

Cars too. I'm not an old guy, hell I'm not even 30. But the thought of owning a car with cameras, a touch screen, backup sensors etc. gives me a rash. Makes my ass itch thinking about owning a car with all that unnecessary (to me) crap in it. Gimme a bluetooth stereo for my music and I'm happy as a clam. The biggest upgrade I'm looking to make in my next car is heated seats.  :lol

I agree with the smart house appliance stuff. I understand the appeal to some people since it is convenient, but it just doesn't call my attention.

Cars though, I like all those things. Whenever I rent a car, I make sure it has at least a rearview camera and Apple Carplay/Android Auto. Plug in my phone and boom, I have my music available and GPS/map, all I need when driving.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 04, 2019, 10:53:59 AM
See if you pay attention to the cameras that's awesome. You wouldn't believe how many people bring their cars in for repair because they didn't bother looking behind them... because they have come to rely on listening to the sensors instead of their eyes  :facepalm: :lol

I guess I'm in the old man mentality of 'I've made it this far without 'em' and don't need any more distractions in the car. I like my bluetooth stereo but cameras, touch screens etc. are more distracting to me than helpful :( I don't even like putting my phone up on a stand/grip to use the GPS.

Me IRL:

(https://i.imgur.com/YczSMY0.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 04, 2019, 11:28:31 AM
I'm somewhere in between.   I have a couple smart plugs ("Alexa, turn on office lamp" is a godsend when I have a handful of papers and a hot coffee as I go to my desk in the morning), and a ring doorbell (so I can see who's at the door when I'm in my basement office) but the rest... na-gana-da-it.   

Cars?  I have a 2016 Volvo which is wired like a NASA space capsule; cameras, blue tooth... I think it did a CAT scan of my prostate last time I drove it, and I know it did my wife's last mammogram.  But I'm working on a 1990 Jeep Wrangler in my garage and goddamn is it nice not to have to worry about anything except the mechanics of the combustion triangle, the physics of stop/go, and maybe some tunes to go along with it.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 04, 2019, 11:31:21 AM
I got a new car earlier this year.  I specifically wanted as little "tech" as possible.  It has a backup camera, and that's fine.  I don't use it much, but it's handy for a couple things.  I can also connect my phone, which is nice.  It's the driver assist stuff that I want none of.  I don't want my car deciding when I need to slow down or that I shouldn't be changing lanes.  The only thing it has in this regard is a button which, when I push it, will hold the brake when I'm stopped.  That comes in handy now and then.


The "smart house" thing also strikes me as bafflingly stupid.  There's a commercial running on the radio out here where some people are gathered for a surprise party.  When the person enters the room, someone says, "smart assistant turn on the lights," and it "can't connect to internet" because it's in a "dead zone."  The commercial then depicts everyone acting helpless because the lights won't turn only.  I always yell at the radio, "HOW ABOUT YOU JUST FLIP THE LIGHT SWITCH, IDIOTS?!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Nick on November 04, 2019, 11:32:53 AM
People who back into parking spaces.

I don't know why this bugs me, but it does.  Always seems like a lot more effort than pulling in forwards and backing out.

The fuck?

Backing into spaces is a lot easier (and safer, per NHTSA and others) than backing out of spaces.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 04, 2019, 11:38:05 AM
I guess I'm in the old man mentality of 'I've made it this far without 'em' and don't need any more distractions in the car.

I know the feeling and I'm often the same way, but sometimes when you finally come around to using the new tech, you realize why it's so popular.

One day, maybe I'll come around to the home tech stuff, but for now, I don't need it and I'm more concerned with the privacy than the usefulness. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 04, 2019, 11:38:20 AM
People who back into parking spaces.

I don't know why this bugs me, but it does.  Always seems like a lot more effort than pulling in forwards and backing out.

The fuck?

Backing into spaces is a lot easier (and safer, per NHTSA and others) than backing out of spaces.

Way to be timely.

"Easier" is in the eye of the beholder.  It's annoying as fuck for a number of reasons, most prominently of which is that, if I'm parked opposite someone who does it and I'm backing out, you can tell that I'm doing so because my backup lights will be on.  I have no way at all of telling that the backed-in guy opposite me is pulling out at the same time.  Also, if I'm following someone who wants to back in, he has to go past the spot and then back up, which means I also have to back up.  Not really a good idea.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 04, 2019, 11:42:01 AM
I'm not sure whats the best, but pulling in seems much easier to me, especially with having back up cameras now.  Sure having the same camera makes it easier to back in as well, but that's still a trickier task to back into a confined space vs backing out into an open road.  I'm not sure I have much of an opinion here, but I almost always end up pulling in and I hope I can just drive though if possible on exit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 04, 2019, 11:45:50 AM
At an old job I had they got pissed off if you didn't back into the parking spaces which I found both weird and hilarious. Backing in sucks but it is nice to just peel right out of the spot later :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on November 04, 2019, 11:45:55 AM
People who back into parking spaces.

I don't know why this bugs me, but it does.  Always seems like a lot more effort than pulling in forwards and backing out.

The fuck?

Backing into spaces is a lot easier (and safer, per NHTSA and others) than backing out of spaces.

Way to be timely.

"Easier" is in the eye of the beholder.  It's annoying as fuck for a number of reasons, most prominently of which is that, if I'm parked opposite someone who does it and I'm backing out, you can tell that I'm doing so because my backup lights will be on.  I have no way at all of telling that the backed-in guy opposite me is pulling out at the same time. Also, if I'm following someone who wants to back in, he has to go past the spot and then back up, which means I also have to back up.  Not really a good idea.

Or you can steal his spot like it happened to me last week  >:( :censored I do back into spots every now for no particular reason. Whether you are backing in or out they are both annoying. Best thing is when the spot in front of you is empty and you can just drive forward.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Nick on November 04, 2019, 12:00:15 PM
People who back into parking spaces.

I don't know why this bugs me, but it does.  Always seems like a lot more effort than pulling in forwards and backing out.

The fuck?

Backing into spaces is a lot easier (and safer, per NHTSA and others) than backing out of spaces.

Way to be timely.

"Easier" is in the eye of the beholder.  It's annoying as fuck for a number of reasons, most prominently of which is that, if I'm parked opposite someone who does it and I'm backing out, you can tell that I'm doing so because my backup lights will be on.  I have no way at all of telling that the backed-in guy opposite me is pulling out at the same time.  Also, if I'm following someone who wants to back in, he has to go past the spot and then back up, which means I also have to back up.  Not really a good idea.

It's the old, I haven't visited since before that post and didn't realize that was the end of page, not and of thread thing. :p

You have a pretty good way of telling that someone is pulling out from a spot, namely that their car is moving. If you're in that situation you should certainly have an awareness for that. As for having to pass a spot to back in, that's what indicators are for. I can't speak for others who back in, but if you're so close to me that in the time I swing out and throw in reverse, after approaching the spot with an indicator that you've had to put your own car in reverse you've fucked up, not me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 04, 2019, 12:19:33 PM
Not for nothing, but the house and car thing is different in another way as well.   No one dies in a house if "Alexa" can't connect to wifi and fire up your vibrator.    I had my kid learn to drive on my 2006 BMW - whose "tech" is largely under the hood and in the seats - because fuck all if I want her stranded if the camera goes out.  You have a driver's license, then you ought to be able to control a 4,000 lb (1800 kg for Chad) car with your eyes and your mirrors.  You ought to be able to parallel park, and you ought to be able to back in/out of a parking space.   

I (really) learned to drive driving dump trucks around a construction site when I was 18; I can't tell you how many times I've had people comment to me about using my mirrors and stuff. I've even had one of my daughters friends say "what is he doing?" when I was using the mirrors to parallel park. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 04, 2019, 12:33:49 PM
Yea, I agree with that too.  You shouldn't have to rely on the tech in your car to drive it safely, but also, that tech makes things safer.  It's funny how I've often done two looks to my blind spot on the right side to compensate not having my camera do it for me.  Granted, I grew up without that tech so I'm just going off of a year of being used to this new thing.  If you grew up with this tech, it would be a lot hard to drive without it.  I'm pretty sure rear view cameras are a required standard in new cars in the US.  They should make it a requirement (if it isn't already) for your drivers test to not be able to use any tech besides an auto transmission and power steering.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 04, 2019, 12:48:45 PM
I'm not sure whats the best, but pulling in seems much easier to me, especially with having back up cameras now.  Sure having the same camera makes it easier to back in as well, but that's still a trickier task to back into a confined space vs backing out into an open road.  I'm not sure I have much of an opinion here, but I almost always end up pulling in and I hope I can just drive though if possible on exit.

For me:  pulling into and out of a parking space are equally easy; backing out of most parking spaces is pretty easy, but backing into a parking space is not at all easy.


You have a pretty good way of telling that someone is pulling out from a spot, namely that their car is moving.

It's not as easy as that.  For starters, I have no way of telling if a car pulling out of a spot is about to move, whereas backup lights tell me that someone is about to start backing up.  If the car opposite me has its backup lights on before I shift into reverse, I should wait and look for movement.  If a car is pulling slowly out of a space, it's not that easy.

As far as someone backing into a space, I can't recall a single instance in which someone desiring to do that has actually signaled.  It's hard enough to get people to signal turns on the street.  And yeah, at parking lot speeds, I'm not going to be that far back.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 04, 2019, 12:54:55 PM
To go back to home tech for a moment, literally just got this message in my group chat with my friends "are the nest servers down" which it doesnt appear to be, but just the idea of questioning that.  I hate relying on other's services to be working for my product to work. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 04, 2019, 12:55:29 PM
Yea, I agree with that too.  You shouldn't have to rely on the tech in your car to drive it safely, but also, that tech makes things safer.  It's funny how I've often done two looks to my blind spot on the right side to compensate not having my camera do it for me.  Granted, I grew up without that tech so I'm just going off of a year of being used to this new thing.  If you grew up with this tech, it would be a lot hard to drive without it.  I'm pretty sure rear view cameras are a required standard in new cars in the US.  They should make it a requirement (if it isn't already) for your drivers test to not be able to use any tech besides an auto transmission and power steering.

We're not arguing.   Using a technology to be safer, knowing you'd still be a measure of safe without it, is one thing.  Completely relying on it and being lost without it is another.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 04, 2019, 01:07:44 PM
Agreed entirely.  Wasn't there talk of a Lexus model doing away with side view mirrors, and going exclusively camera?  Fuck that noise.  My last car, the backup camera would occasionally go on the fritz, so no way I would ever rely exclusively on cameras, beeps, or smart collision avoidance braking type shit.  I always check blind spots, and always have my foot on the ready with the brake. 

Scary thing is, in due time, we might as well rely on all these enhanced features, because the car itself (engine, steering, acceleration/braking) is more software than mechanics these days.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 04, 2019, 01:16:53 PM
I'm going to purchase a truck for the first time in February and I want the camera.  It's more for judging the closeness to the other parked cars.  I've never owned a truck before and since it is much longer I think it's a good tool to have just for that.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 04, 2019, 01:23:21 PM
Yea, I agree with that too.  You shouldn't have to rely on the tech in your car to drive it safely, but also, that tech makes things safer.  It's funny how I've often done two looks to my blind spot on the right side to compensate not having my camera do it for me.  Granted, I grew up without that tech so I'm just going off of a year of being used to this new thing.  If you grew up with this tech, it would be a lot hard to drive without it.  I'm pretty sure rear view cameras are a required standard in new cars in the US.  They should make it a requirement (if it isn't already) for your drivers test to not be able to use any tech besides an auto transmission and power steering.

We're not arguing.   Using a technology to be safer, knowing you'd still be a measure of safe without it, is one thing.  Completely relying on it and being lost without it is another.

Not arguing at all, total agreement, but was trying to lead to this point:

Scary thing is, in due time, we might as well rely on all these enhanced features, because the car itself (engine, steering, acceleration/braking) is more software than mechanics these days.

And the people using it will only know how to use the tech not the old school mirrors and your own damn eyes
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on November 04, 2019, 01:25:21 PM
I'm going to purchase a truck for the first time in February and I want the camera.  It's more for judging the closeness to the other parked cars.  I've never owned a truck before and since it is much longer I think it's a good tool to have just for that.

If it's a 2018+ model, it's required by law to have a backup camera.   

I never ever felt like I needed/wanted a backup camera. I can get a vehicle around just fine. However, my most recent purchase had a camera in back, and I have to say, it's made getting around my tight parking garage a million times easier.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on November 04, 2019, 01:37:33 PM
I love back up cameras. My wife's vehicle has one. Mine doesn't. It's a really nice thing to have when I drive hers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on November 04, 2019, 03:21:27 PM
You know what I like even more than the backup camera? The cross traffic detection. If I'm backing out of a space, I get a beep if someone is crossing my path from either direction. That saved me just last week from a fully grown adult bombing through the Costco parking lot riding a carriage like a scooter.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 04, 2019, 04:57:48 PM
sounds like TAC leaving them as far away as possible from the corral  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 04, 2019, 05:06:40 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 04, 2019, 05:36:02 PM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 04, 2019, 09:40:32 PM
You know what I like even more than the backup camera? The cross traffic detection. If I'm backing out of a space, I get a beep if someone is crossing my path from either direction. That saved me just last week from a fully grown adult bombing through the Costco parking lot riding a carriage like a scooter.

It'll also remind ya when you forget to pickup your cone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on November 05, 2019, 05:41:54 AM
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I know its been a while since I've seen him in person... but is that Nick?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on November 08, 2019, 12:29:52 PM
Daylight Savings Time.  Begone with it already.  My body is still on DST, so I've been awake since 5am.  Can't get up, otherwise the dogs won't get their internal clocks adjusted.  So I just laid in bed for about an hour uselessly.
I personally think they should leave daylight savings time on all the time, rather than getting rid of it, but either way we'd do away with the annoying time changes.

Yeah I know this isn't timely, but whatever.  :P  I'd be fine with lordxizor's suggestion - keep daylight savings time all year.  We have it for most of the year now - sometime in March-November, so let's just keep it all year.  If they're not going to do that however, I absolutely do not want them to get rid of DST.  It's so much nicer having the sunlight longer in the evening.  It's totally worth losing an hour in the spring, and in the fall, I'm not complaining about an extra hour of sleep.  Jingle you can just keep some headphones near your bed and listen to Voyager from 5am to 6am every year until you realize how awesome they are and are chatting with Kattelox and I about your favorite Voyager songs. :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 08, 2019, 01:41:20 PM
Yeah I know this isn't timely, but whatever.  :P  I'd be fine with lordxizor's suggestion - keep daylight savings time all year.  We have it for most of the year now - sometime in March-November, so let's just keep it all year.  If they're not going to do that however, I absolutely do not want them to get rid of DST.  It's so much nicer having the sunlight longer in the evening.  It's totally worth losing an hour in the spring, and in the fall, I'm not complaining about an extra hour of sleep.  Jingle you can just keep some headphones near your bed and listen to Voyager from 5am to 6am every year until you realize how awesome they are and are chatting with Kattelox and I about your favorite Voyager songs. :)

Don't really care whether we stay on standard time all year or DST all year, just get rid of the time change.  I remember when my son was a baby.  He was born in May and was hyper-sensitive to schedule changes.  The the clocks changed when he was 5-6 months old, it was hell on us until he adjusted.  Nowadays, I don't have any problem with the "fall back," but the "spring forward" SUCKS.  I suppose if they want to move the time for the time change to noon on a Friday, that might be ok, but screwing folks out of an hour of sleep, even on a weekend, is just silly.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on November 08, 2019, 02:11:29 PM
But it's done on a Saturday night/Sunday morning.  You don't have to lose an hour of sleep.  Just sleep an hour later the next day.  Or if you work Sundays, go to bed an hour earlier.  Or do it by the half hour.  Just because it's officially done at a certain time doesn't mean you can't work around it sooner if you need to.  People traveling between time zones that are next to each other seem to manage all the time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on November 08, 2019, 03:04:58 PM
Using a technology to be safer, knowing you'd still be a measure of safe without it, is one thing.  Completely relying on it and being lost without it is another.

Reminds me of that scene in The Mule where Clint Eastwood comes up on that car stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire, and the younger dude driving it with his family is at a complete loss because he never learned how to change a tire and there is no reception for him to be able to Google it.  :lol 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on November 08, 2019, 03:16:18 PM
Mildly irritating:  When you are just getting to know someone, and when you text them, they text back but don't address your question.  Like:
-Me:  Ur not a serial killer, right?
-Them:  lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on November 08, 2019, 04:35:17 PM
When someone whom I barely know sends me a text asking if I am serial killer.

*Nervous Chuckle*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 08, 2019, 04:57:49 PM
Mildly irritating:  When you are just getting to know someone, and when you text them, they text back but don't address your question.  Like:
-Me:  Ur not a serial killer, right?
-Them:  lol

Without knowing context, this could be a nervous laugh  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on November 13, 2019, 05:52:08 PM
Why can't they ever cut my bagel/sandwhich all the way through.  >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 13, 2019, 06:16:24 PM
After 16 years of coffee bliss Dunkin Donuts in my town has not put sugar in my coffee 3 times in the last 3 months.

I hate to sound like an old bastard but it's always the afternoon shift with the 20 somethings working.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 17, 2019, 07:55:18 PM
Why do they show the owners during an NFL game? Who fucking cares? They look like emperors sitting there.

I wonder if it's in the contract. Knowing the owners, it probably is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 18, 2019, 08:15:07 AM
Jeff Lurie always looks like he just ate a bag of crap.   

Robert Kraft always looks like he's not sure if he ordered that next Scotch or not. 

He's not the owner, but they kept showing Ryan Pace (the Bears GM) during the game last night, and he looked like he was figuring out how to tell his wife that the vaca to Universal is off this year because he's going to be job-hunting during that week. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 18, 2019, 08:55:11 AM
I don't really mind the owner shots.  They are part of the game (in the grander scale of things) and seeing them reminds you of that.  Now, I don't think they should be showing them when there's something worth showing, but there's plenty of downtime during an NFL game to show them.  Now, those certain games where they just keep going back to them, that's annoying.  We don't see to see Jerry Jones on every 3rd down.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on November 18, 2019, 02:52:38 PM
The rampant discontinuing of cosmetic products that encourages hoarding and excessive consumerism.

When it comes to makeup, I mostly have one of each item because they're purely utilitarian to me - except for lipstick. I like having a few different ones, just for variety's sake (right now I have three), and I generally won't buy one unless I've used something else up. That takes about three months of everyday use. However, within those three+ months, shit I'm eyeing often floats in and out of stores, with absolutely no warning that it's "limited edition".

I'm picky when it comes to lipsticks. There's a small range of colors I like to wear, and if every brand has, say, five different formulas of lipsticks with different properties, I might like one formula, and one color in it. Last night I was browsing to find one of the lipsticks I have on my tentative shopping list that fits both criteria, and boom, it's gone. 

Beauty industry, you will not get me. I refuse to pounce on stuff as soon as it's released because I'm afraid you'll discontinue the shiny thingy I like. I don't care if it's the color of the roses from the garden of Eden and formulated with ambrosia. Even if I didn't have the "use one up to purchase one"-rule, it takes me several months to read and compare reviews and see how the reviews "age" (say, maybe one of the reviewers noticed their lipstick changed its consistency within several months, or maybe something even better comes out, or whatever). I don't ~collect lipsticks~. I don't wanna waste money introducing consumable goods in unrecyclable plastic packaging into my makeup bag and my home unless I'm sure that's the best option out of everything on the market, and it takes time to determine that. I'll just go to the few brands who appreciate their returning customers enough to keep a reliable lineup of products for several years.

Shaking my fist really hard at Maybelline right now. "Maybe she's born with it - because that particular color's been out of production for a while" doesn't quite roll off the tongue but it's true.  :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on November 18, 2019, 04:33:12 PM
This ^ reminds of Lush with their products. You never know what products are going to be axed.

(Not that I am a fan of Lush... but my other half was once obsessed passionate about their products)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on November 18, 2019, 04:56:50 PM
When you try and DYI some stuff in your house and it all goes to shit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on November 18, 2019, 05:13:00 PM
When you try and DYI some stuff in your house and it all goes to shit.

Have you been reading my Face Book posts?  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 18, 2019, 05:21:04 PM
So...I went and grabbed a burger at Carl's Jr. for lunch today.  There were three booths along one side of the restaurant the one in the corner was occupied by a single person, the middle one was not occupied, and the third one was occupied by a single individual.  The individuals in the two occupied booths were facing in the same direction.  I sat down in the unoccupied booth and sat in the same direction, so none of us were looking at each other.  Shortly after I sat down, the guy in the third booth left and was almost immediately replaced by a new occupant, who sat facing the opposite direction, such that he and I were essentially looking at each other the whole time.

Definitely mildly annoying.  It's like when you're peeing in urinal #1 of 4 and someone walks in and stands at urinal #2 (instead of the socially appropriate #3).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 18, 2019, 05:53:28 PM
When you try and DYI some stuff in your house and it all goes to shit.

Have you been reading my Face Book posts?  :lol
it took my brother and I 3 weeks to build my portable shed for my lawnmower.  I posted it on Facebook.    :lol

It took forever!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 18, 2019, 05:56:00 PM
I built a portable shed, and a week after I finished a damn wind storm blew the fucking thing to pieces over my fence and into my neighbor's yard.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 18, 2019, 07:18:33 PM
Was is a metal frame?  I bought 4 50 pound bags of sand that is over the anchors in the ground. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 18, 2019, 08:03:58 PM
When you try and DYI some stuff in your house and it all goes to shit.

Do Youself It?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on November 18, 2019, 09:50:47 PM
When you try and DYI some stuff in your house and it all goes to shit.

Do Youself It?

Direct (Your) Input :justjen
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on November 19, 2019, 01:37:48 PM
God I hate people who power trip. I missed work on Nov 1st. Stayed home due to a fire burning and was just on the other side of the evacuation line. Wasn't going let myself wind up 2 hours away and then get told I need to evacuate my pets. My boss okay'd it.

Well I have 8 hours of sick time left... And was going to put it towards that. My boss has been dealing with family issues or something and had been MIA. I shot him a message asking if I could use my sick time for that and didn't get a response. Since payroll is being done tomorrow (and I'm not involved in it any more...), I sent a request to our account manager who handles all of that shit for the normal employees, asking for a form to fill out. I wasn't asking her permission. It needs to be approved by the owner(s) of the company.

Her response : "what do you mean use your sick time?" and gave me shit. I had to reiterate then I've been trying to get hold of the owner for a few days, but since this is not an emergency, I wanted to have the request form filled out and ready for when payroll is done. It's like bitch please, I know the drill, and I know it's a gray area on whether or not I should be allowed to use a sick time.


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on November 20, 2019, 11:02:51 AM
With the holidays coming up and patients bringing in goodies to the office, boxes of chocolates that don’t provide a damn key for what kind you’re looking at. This isn’t Forrest Gump, dammit. If I want one filled with caramel, I don’t want to have to guess if it’s got coconut or cherry instead.

Boxes of See’s candies are easily the most popular and worst offenders we get for this. By far.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 20, 2019, 11:23:10 AM
Dibs on the coconut ones... :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on November 20, 2019, 12:06:30 PM
They’re all yours, good man. All yours.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 20, 2019, 12:11:03 PM
Dibs on the coconut ones... :)

Not if I get there first!

But yeah, I agree with Snow Dog about this.  Also, fruit and chocolate don't mix.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 20, 2019, 12:13:29 PM
I like the surprise personally, I feel like it comes with the territory on these boxed chocolates.  But I get the irritating part of this when you want something specific and don't want to have to find it by taste testing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 20, 2019, 12:22:18 PM
Reality TV, and the mentality that surrounds it.

I'm watching Dancing With The Stars (blow me; it's entertaining, and I find the dancing to be impressive).  We're down to five celebrities:  James Van Der Beek (actor), Ally Brooke (from the band "Fifth Harmony"), Lauren Alaina (country singer), Kel Mitchell (actor/comedian), and Hannah Brown (from the Batchelor).

So, first off, the first four have discernable, marketable talents.  All are noted in their field.   The last?  Uh, not sure what the talent is.   Lauren Alaina broke four ribs and was in serious pain.   She's still dancing.  Didn't say a word about it (Tom Bergeron, America's Host, mentioned it).   James Van Der Beek - shockingly, and heart-breakingly - announced that two nights before that his wife had a mis-carriage and lost their child.   He's still dancing.  The entire audience - including the judges and the announcers (and me) - was crying the entire time, but he said that he talked with his wife, and part of her healing was that he finish what he started without drama, without fanfare.   

That episode was a "Judge's Choice", where one of the judges goes to each contestant and asks them to redo a previous dance.  One of the judges (Carrie Ann Inaba) went to Hannah Brown and asked her to redo a dance for reasons x, y, z.   Brown burst into tears, saying "don't touch me" when Inaba went for a hug, and saying reality TV nonsense like "I don't find my confidence with you" (what does that even mean?).   Then during the post-dance interviews she's all drama queen with "I was going through some issues and some of the things you said were triggering for me" but "it's really about the journey for me" and demanding a redo on the hug from the judge... and puked into my sneakers.

At the end of the episode, James and Ally found themselves in the bottom two, at which point the judges decide who to keep and who to eliminate.   Ally did NOT belong there; she had the highest judges scores of the night, including two perfect dances.  They rightfully kept Ally, and when the announcement was made, Ally was beside herself, crying, saying "no no, please.  Keep James" and offering to James to withdraw so he could stay (it sounds really hokie, but it was very sincere, if you saw it).   And he hugged her and said something to the effect of you earned it, you deserve it, let me go home to my wife.

And I'm just... no talking about being "triggered", no talking about the "journey"... he just manned up, did what he was supposed to do to the best of his ability, accepted his consequences and went back, head held high, to be with his family.  I've rarely been more impressed with a celeb like that, and contrast with Hannah Brown, who, boo-hoo, had her feelings hurt because the judges weren't fawning over her telling her how great she is like the vacuous douchebags on the Bachelor.   Every word out of her mouth is some shallow reality TV trope about "finding herself" and "being authentic" (the irony is deafening), and it's just... so ridiculous (or, well, mildly irritating).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 20, 2019, 12:36:24 PM
I just wasted 2 minutes of my life reading that Stads. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 20, 2019, 12:44:16 PM
Reality TV, and the mentality that surrounds it.

I'm watching Dancing With The Stars (blow me; it's entertaining, and I find the dancing to be impressive).  We're down to five celebrities:  James Van Der Beek (actor), Ally Brooke (from the band "Fifth Harmony"), Lauren Alaina (country singer), Kel Mitchell (actor/comedian), and Hannah Brown (from the Batchelor).



I thought you said there were celebrities.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 20, 2019, 12:48:20 PM
The fact dancing with the stars still calls itself that when they cant find any real celebrities to be on the show anymore is mildly irritating although Ive never watched but I can imagine that being irritating to those that do.  Anyway... sounds like Stads is just irritated at himself for liking a reality tv show.

I just waisted 2 minutes of my life reading that Stads. :lol

 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on November 20, 2019, 01:12:01 PM
Just Stad's mere mention of "The Bachelor(ette)" has me triggered to irritation.  Worst show ever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 20, 2019, 02:19:31 PM
Reality TV, and the mentality that surrounds it.

I'm watching Dancing With The Stars (blow me; it's entertaining, and I find the dancing to be impressive).  We're down to five celebrities:  James Van Der Beek (actor), Ally Brooke (from the band "Fifth Harmony"), Lauren Alaina (country singer), Kel Mitchell (actor/comedian), and Hannah Brown (from the Batchelor).



I thought you said there were celebrities.

I say that exact sentence - to the LETTER - to my wife at the start of each season.  "Celebrity" is a loose term, but at least I'll give some creedance to a person with SOME discernable talent, like a Hines Ward, or James Van Der Beek.   Hannah Brown?  Nothing but her smile (and for me, not even that).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: vtgrad on November 20, 2019, 03:22:05 PM
I just wasted 2 minutes of my life reading that Stads. :lol

 :lol 

My wife watches Making the Team (the big D cheer-leading team) and has since it's inception; she normally watches it when I'm doing something else...  however, I have watched it with her several times and I'm always baffled by the "judges", for lack of a better term, and the way that they judge the physical attributes of the potential cheerleaders.  From what I've seen, they're all talented and attractive (not unattractive  :rollin)... do the judges make something up so that a few can be cut?

My wife likes to dance so I understand why she likes to watch it, I guess I just don't get some of the criteria.  Maybe Jones is behind the scenes secretly pulling the strings based on which ones pull his strings...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on November 20, 2019, 03:23:53 PM
Reality stars who become famous simply for being famous remind me of these social media influencers, which I recently discovered is a thing.  Social media influencer??  Good grief.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 20, 2019, 03:29:26 PM
Reality stars who become famous simply for being famous remind me of these social media influencers, which I recently discovered is a thing.  Social media influencer??  Good grief.

What I find irritating is when I see a news article come up because something happened to a social media influencer.  I'm not sure how this could be news because someone with 20k followers on instagram is not a celebrity. 

Also, the family friend that married the Situation last year.  She has a huge following on instagram now.  And it went from being personal to pushing products.  It's really uninteresting and I'm worried for the people who actually follow and buy products from nobodies on instagram. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on November 20, 2019, 03:34:27 PM
Reality stars who become famous simply for being famous remind me of these social media influencers, which I recently discovered is a thing.  Social media influencer??  Good grief.

What I find irritating is when I see a news article come up because something happened to a social media influencer.  I'm not sure how this could be news because someone with 20k followers on instagram is not a celebrity. 

Also, the family friend that married the Situation last year.  She has a huge following on instagram now.  And it went from being personal to pushing products.  It's really uninteresting and I'm worried for the people who actually follow and buy products from nobodies on instagram.

There are a lot of dummies out there, so I am sure there is a lot of money to be made in being a "social media influencer," but it just seems so seamy and sordid.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 20, 2019, 04:19:17 PM
Also, the family friend that married the Situation last year.  She has a huge following on instagram now.

Ummm...what does "married the Situation" (capital "s" and "the"???) mean?


My wife used to watch Dancing with the [Alleged] Stars.  She stopped a few years ago.  I'm happy.  I only recognized one of the names that Stadler mentioned.

I don't know how many folks outside of Southern California are familiar with the Petros & Money sports talk radio show.  Petros does a segment called "The Bachelor(ette) Report," which basically just makes fun of those people.  It's typically hilarious.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 20, 2019, 04:30:08 PM
Also, the family friend that married the Situation last year.  She has a huge following on instagram now.

Ummm...what does "married the Situation" (capital "s" and "the"???) mean?

You'd have to watch reality TV to know  :rollin which is a good thing in this case, but you can google "the situation" and see who I'm talking about
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 20, 2019, 04:57:18 PM
On an unrelated subject:

I find it mildly irritating when commercials advertise that "You could save up to X%, or more!!"

So...basically...I may or may not save anything and, if I do save anything, the amount is impossible to predict.  Gotcha.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on November 20, 2019, 06:18:33 PM
On an unrelated subject:

I find it mildly irritating when commercials advertise that "You could save up to X%, or more!!"

So...basically...I may or may not save anything and, if I do save anything, the amount is impossible to predict.  Gotcha.

“Use this coupon to save up to 25%”

*uses coupon and only 5% discount.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on November 20, 2019, 06:46:53 PM
Doesn't Costco send out coupons that say how much you will save (in dollars) when buying a product at one of their warehouses, without saying what the actual price of the product is?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lethean on November 20, 2019, 11:21:00 PM
This thread makes me glad I don't watch reality tv. :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 21, 2019, 07:06:11 AM
On an unrelated subject:

I find it mildly irritating when commercials advertise that "You could save up to X%, or more!!"

So...basically...I may or may not save anything and, if I do save anything, the amount is impossible to predict.  Gotcha.

I always tell my wife: "But I can guarantee you'll save 100% by not buying the product in the first place!"   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 21, 2019, 07:13:15 AM
She must love hearing that  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 21, 2019, 08:36:57 AM
On an unrelated subject:

I find it mildly irritating when commercials advertise that "You could save up to X%, or more!!"

So...basically...I may or may not save anything and, if I do save anything, the amount is impossible to predict.  Gotcha.

I always tell my wife: "But I can guarantee you'll save 100% by not buying the product in the first place!"

God, I'd be a millionaire if I got a nickel for every time I said something like this to my wife.  LOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on November 21, 2019, 08:37:23 AM
I just wasted 2 minutes of my life reading that Stads. :lol

That literally made coffee snort out my nose which hurts like fuck!   :lol

Stadler, whatever you do, DON'T watch a horrible show called Vanderpump Rules.  One of my kids watches this and it's sort of like driving by a horrible car accident.  You don't want to watch it, but it's SO horrific that you find yourself looking over at it and then immediately wanting to puke up dinner.  It's everything you hate about DWTS but with bratty, obnoxious, narcissistic, young "adults" working at a bar/restaurant in West Hollywood.

I weep for America.   :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on November 21, 2019, 10:04:29 AM
On an unrelated subject:

I find it mildly irritating when commercials advertise that "You could save up to X%, or more!!"

So...basically...I may or may not save anything and, if I do save anything, the amount is impossible to predict.  Gotcha.

I always tell my wife: "But I can guarantee you'll save 100% by not buying the product in the first place!"   
I want to buy this short and wear it when I go shopping with my wife.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H6QB8VH
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 21, 2019, 10:11:03 AM
On an unrelated subject:

I find it mildly irritating when commercials advertise that "You could save up to X%, or more!!"

So...basically...I may or may not save anything and, if I do save anything, the amount is impossible to predict.  Gotcha.

I always tell my wife: "But I can guarantee you'll save 100% by not buying the product in the first place!"

God, I'd be a millionaire if I got a nickel for every time I said something like this to my wife.  LOL

God, I'd be a millionaire if I got a nickel for every scowl or dirty look I got every time I said something like this to my wife.  LOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on November 21, 2019, 12:10:50 PM
On an unrelated subject:

I find it mildly irritating when commercials advertise that "You could save up to X%, or more!!"

So...basically...I may or may not save anything and, if I do save anything, the amount is impossible to predict.  Gotcha.

I always tell my wife: "But I can guarantee you'll save 100% by not buying the product in the first place!"

My husband will pay anything if he is told he will save money... He just bought something extra for 6 dollars on Amazon to guarantee same day shipping which then didn't show up same day...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 22, 2019, 08:05:31 AM
Reviewers who love everything, or nearly everything. Games, books, TV, movies, music, doesn't matter. I don't trust people who just adore most everything that gets released. I like people who are a bit harder to please. I have one friend who reviews music but it's hard to take any of the reviews seriously when he loves almost every album he reviews, and part of me wonder if that's just to schmooze up to the band members he's friends with on social media. I dunno. Especially when we disagree so strongly on an album by a band we're both massive fans of, it's just weird  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on November 22, 2019, 08:15:28 AM
Speaking of reviewers, I read an article yesterday about this woman who buys products on amazon, rates the item 5-stars and then gets reimbursed by the company, but she gets to keep the product.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/her-amazon-purchases-are-real-the-reviews-are-fake

I personally don't follow high-rated reviews anymore (for music, movies or items). I usually read the low ratings to see what's not to like and if it's just people being picky.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 22, 2019, 10:43:58 AM
Yeah but you have to read the reviews.  There's nothing worse than the dumb ass that buys Deep Purple's new record then gives it one star because "there's no Ritchie Blackmore on there".   Or the jack hole that buys the product and because it doesn't do EXACTLY what he wants it to do EXACTLY the same way HE expects it to be done and blames the manufacturer for "poor product design".   

I hate reviewers almost as much as I hate kid actors.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on November 22, 2019, 04:05:24 PM
At my last annual exam in February, my MD gave me my yearly refill for Xanax via written prescription.  I get 10 pills at the lowest dose that can be prescribed.  I have travel anxiety and use them for this purpose.  I didn't fill it right away because I still had about 5 left over from 2018.  Fast forward to November, and since I'm traveling for the holidays, I decide it's time to get this filled.

Come to find out the controlled substances laws have changed now and my prescription is invalid because it is 6 months old.  I'm told in order to get it filled I need to make an appointment with the doctor who is booked up until January.   :facepalm:

After some emails back and forth, they finally agree to fill it and call it in.  And while I get that people can and do abuse Xanax, isn't it obvious from the fact that I didn't fill the script for 9 months proof enough that I'm not likely abusing this drug?

Does it really need to precipitate a doctor's visit just to get what was already given to me? 

FFS
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on November 24, 2019, 07:49:34 AM
Don't get me started on insurance companies and that kind of bull shit.  I go to a physical therapist (might not go for months, then might go 2-3 times in a month) to have him bend me into a pretzel and stretch the crap out of me for neck pain and back management, and every time I go, I have to call my regular doctor for a new script to send the PT so it will be allowed.  Fortunately, my regular MD and my PT know each, so the MD has no problem sending him a new script without me actually coming in to see him, but it's that kind of BS that makes ya really hate insurance companies.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on November 24, 2019, 10:51:26 AM
Those warning tag stickers on electrical plugs. I don't know what they are called, so these things.

(https://www.electrical-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Label2.jpg)

(https://www.electrical-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/UL-label1-002.jpg)

I get there is value to them, though I doubt anyone ever actually reads them. I just wish they were easier to take off. They are made with the stickiest adhesive in the world.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Prog Snob on November 24, 2019, 11:58:39 AM
Small talk
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on November 25, 2019, 10:01:28 AM
I find it annoying when people I work with in my building leave me a voicemail. I hate voicemails. Email me or come talk to me. Someone outside the building or a customer, I'm more understanding of leaving emails, but it bugs me when my coworkers do.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on November 26, 2019, 06:12:20 PM
My new boss is a pretty great guy but he cannot stay on topic at meetings and grossly underestimates the time he plans to use in a meeting. If he is hosting a meeting he will schedule a 30 minute meeting and take an hour. Today a one hour meeting took almost two, usually I get up and walk out but then he wants to catch up later and go over the same shit he did in the meeting.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on November 30, 2019, 01:43:51 PM
Grocery stores and other shopping outlets designating parking spaces by the entrance to electric vehicles only.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 30, 2019, 02:29:12 PM
Grocery stores and other shopping outlets designating parking spaces by the entrance to electric vehicles only.

Or shopping carts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 30, 2019, 08:06:59 PM
Grocery stores and other shopping outlets designating parking spaces by the entrance to electric vehicles only.

Or shopping carts.

Where the hell is that? Havent seen one in front ever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on November 30, 2019, 09:01:18 PM
Grocery stores and other shopping outlets designating parking spaces by the entrance to electric vehicles only.

That's ofteb because they double as charging spots and it's easier to run juice to a space right outside the building than it is to stick chargers across the parking lot somewhere.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on November 30, 2019, 09:27:18 PM
Grocery stores and other shopping outlets designating parking spaces by the entrance to electric vehicles only.

That's ofteb because they double as charging spots and it's easier to run juice to a space right outside the building than it is to stick chargers across the parking lot somewhere.

How about those people just charge up their cars at home?

Actually at my local Fred Meyer there are maybe 10-15 Tesla charging spots in the lot that are as far away from the building as possible.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 01, 2019, 06:59:28 AM
As an EV owner, it's also an incentive to draw those customers to YOUR store. I wish more places had charging stations. I do charge at home, but since I have PHEV, I only get 45km on the electric battery. Wish there were more stations to use when I'm out and about.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 01, 2019, 10:38:19 AM
The cell phone lot at the local airport has three or four spots for charging.  Pretty cool.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 01, 2019, 10:49:01 AM

How comes there's never any spots where you can pump gas?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 01, 2019, 07:11:37 PM

How comes there's never any spots where you can pump gas?

Who wants to hang out at a gas station for a couple of hours?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 01, 2019, 07:12:23 PM

How comes there's never any spots where you can pump gas?

Who wants to hang out at a gas station for a couple of hours?

Which one? I'll meet you there.  :-*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 01, 2019, 07:15:04 PM

How comes there's never any spots where you can pump gas?

Who wants to hang out at a gas station for a couple of hours?

Which one? I'll meet you there.  :-*

Reading the proper emphasis in sentences:  You suck at it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 01, 2019, 07:15:46 PM

How comes there's never any spots where you can pump gas?

Who wants to hang out at a gas station for a couple of hours?

Which one? I'll meet you there.  :-*

Reading the proper emphasis in sentences:  You suck at it.

Not the only thing I suck at.


Fiiine, I get it, you're married.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 01, 2019, 07:17:40 PM

How comes there's never any spots where you can pump gas?

Who wants to hang out at a gas station for a couple of hours?

Which one? I'll meet you there.  :-*

Reading the proper emphasis in sentences:  You suck at it.

Not the only thing I suck at.


Fiiine, I get it, you're married.

(https://media.tenor.com/images/e75b82c6e75e2f03c97d4c48c54004db/tenor.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on December 01, 2019, 10:02:52 PM

How comes there's never any spots where you can pump gas?

Who wants to hang out at a gas station for a couple of hours?

Which one? I'll meet you there.  :-*

:rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 05, 2019, 01:15:03 AM
What the hell is up with the scheduling of the traditional Christmas specials on TV? It just occurred to me today (Dec 05) to look at the schedules, and I've misses my three favorites, because they have aired already?!?!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on December 05, 2019, 06:36:11 AM
What the hell is up with the scheduling of the traditional Christmas specials on TV? It just occurred to me today (Dec 05) to look at the schedules, and I've misses my three favorites, because they have aired already?!?!
Christmas creep my good man. Everything gets earlier and earlier every year.

It annoys my wife every year that I insist on no Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving. I love Christmas, but I don't want to be sick of it before the actual day comes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 05, 2019, 07:53:02 AM
I know, I know, get off my lawn, but there was something special about the excitement building up to the Rankin-Bass specials every year (that and Peanuts were the big ones in my house).  It was an event, no DVRs, VHS, streaming, whatever the fuck, you had to get your popcorn and be ready at 8:00 or 8:30 and the world stopped for you to see A Year Without Santa Claus, or Burl Ives talk about Rudolph.  I miss that. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 05, 2019, 08:33:49 AM
Growing up once December hit, we would pull out this calendar to hang and essentially start counting down the days by putting a little toy into each pouch for each day.  It was fun as a kid and made the month and build up feel special as my siblings would argue who gets to fill it in each day and take turns.  Now it's drawn out and boring if you ask me.  I have little to no Christmas spirit anymore.  Also I think this is the first year my family has said officially... no gifts besides for my baby nieces.  No exchange at all and I actually like it.  Gift giving is weird if you ask me... as I work on my DTF secret santa  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on December 05, 2019, 08:51:06 AM
Here's a great one.

My wife's family had always used their giant family Christmas party to spoil the kids in the extended family with massive piles of presents.  Directly opposite of my family's experience (there was a random gift exchange where all individuals received one gift, and also one from my grandma).  So about 10 years ago, my wife and I get lectured by an aunt about how we're old enough to now start to contribute, as Christmas is "all about the kids."  Uh, no, sorry.  I bought cheap, $5 gifts for each kid and did that each following year.  It's not my responsibility to make sure the cousins (and their kids) in the family have giant piles of presents.  That has always been Santa's job.  It angered me so badly that I was required to spend hundreds of dollars on presents for extended family members that I see once a year, and who were so ungrateful, with zero thank yous and parents who didn't pay attention to their children's wild, gift-opening behavior.

Eventually, we got the family to move to a gift exchange (again, only for the kids) with a $50 limit (we suggested $30, but the powers that be in the family decided that was too low).  That came with a great lecture from one of her aunts about how we shouldn't have bought such an expensive car if we couldn't afford to buy her children presents...she bought a used car, why couldn't we have done that instead?   :censored

So this year, we have to buy for a senior in high school.  We asked his parents for ideas, and they suggested an $80 polaroid camera that he really wants. 

Uh, I'm sorry....it's a $50 limit.  Where do you get off telling me to spend more than that?  When we reminded them of the limit and asked for other ideas, we were told by them "well you can always go shopping on Black Friday for a deal."  NO!  You don't get to tell me that I have to buy your kid a gift that is more expensive than the limit, and I have to spend time away from my family on a holiday weekend, searching for a deal for YOUR kid. 

Radio silence for a week, since we're mad and have some thoughtful gift ideas instead that are college related for the kid.  My wife gets a text from her cousin, saying "I'm going Black Friday shopping and I'll buy the camera for you."  What the hell is that?  We told her that we already bought him gifts and left it alone.

We've talked about making this the last year we attend her family's big Christmas party for a number of reasons, this being the latest. 

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 05, 2019, 08:59:28 AM
Yup that's annoying.

It does remind me of my cousin's gift exchange we had been doing and also now are stopping.  50 dollar limit as well and for the most part, all the cousins were fine.... except one.  My one cousin and his wife are SUPER rich, both lawyers and the wife is from a crazy rich family.  But their gifts were coming in around $15 (we would google it) each year so my aunts stopped it because it wasn't right.  I do wonder what goes through their head that makes them think that's fair and OK.  Last time I got two jars of bacon jam, the jam is alright, but we googled 8 bucks each and honestly, what am I doing with so much of it?  :lol  It's a running joke in the family now so at least we all got a good laugh about it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 05, 2019, 09:12:54 AM
In unrelated news, Cram gave me an amazing jar of bacon jam last year for xmas.  It was great!

;) 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 05, 2019, 09:13:38 AM
 :lol

back to that dtf secret santa gift...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on December 05, 2019, 09:17:24 AM
That's awful and complicated for no good reason. I was raise to just accept whatever was given to me (whether I liked it or not was a different story).

Last time I got two jars of bacon jam, the jam is alright

In unrelated news, Cram gave me an amazing jar of bacon jam last year for xmas.  It was great!

;) 

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 05, 2019, 09:42:07 AM
What the hell is up with the scheduling of the traditional Christmas specials on TV? It just occurred to me today (Dec 05) to look at the schedules, and I've misses my three favorites, because they have aired already?!?!

I haven't looked at the schedule, but I think they've traditionally started airing the weekend after Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving came late this year, so....

I believe the Charlie Brown Christmas Special is on tonight.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Architeuthis on December 05, 2019, 12:36:34 PM
When driving at night and somebody is tailgaiting with high beams on with the bright white LED headlights.   Also, oncoming traffic with the bright LED's..   >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 06, 2019, 12:58:05 PM
When driving at night and somebody is tailgaiting with high beams on with the bright white LED headlights.   Also, oncoming traffic with the bright LED's..   >:(

I love getting in front of these people.

(https://www.garagechief.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/best-led-light-bar-990x430.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on December 06, 2019, 01:03:48 PM
Chino, that's your car?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 09, 2019, 08:04:07 AM
Negative. I'm saying I hate getting in front of people like that... three sets of LED bars plus day lighters. Drives me nuts. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 09, 2019, 08:21:26 AM
I've never seen a car like that, in person.

How many are there that you've encountered them enough times to annoy you?

You sure someone isn't just stalking you?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 09, 2019, 08:25:50 AM
I've never seen a car like that, in person.

How many are there that you've encountered them enough times to annoy you?

You sure someone isn't just stalking you?

I actually see them a lot (three bars is excessive, but two isn't uncommon) when visiting my parents' house. They live out in the boonies on old farmland. Guys out there have these on all their trucks. There are also a few surrounding towns (Goshen, Torrington, and Thomaston) where you'll find these on things like family sedans in addition to trucks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 09, 2019, 08:34:05 AM
I've never seen a car like that, in person.

How many are there that you've encountered them enough times to annoy you?

You sure someone isn't just stalking you?

I actually see them a lot (three bars is excessive, but two isn't uncommon) when visiting my parents' house. They live out in the boonies on old farmland. Guys out there have these on all their trucks. There are also a few surrounding towns (Goshen, Torrington, and Thomaston) where you'll find these on things like family sedans in addition to trucks.

Chino is right; that's not an uncommon sight around here (I get it a lot too, with the farm communities to either side of me:  Granby, Suffield, Somers, Stafford Springs)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 09, 2019, 11:40:06 AM
My friend has those lights on his truck, for a real need when he uses that truck to plow... but he mostly uses it to piss people off on the highway.  I'll admit to laughing my ass off at one time using it on someone who cut him off, but the reality it's just a troll tool and pretty douchey in real life to be doing that on the highway.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on December 10, 2019, 12:12:29 PM
Maybe I don't understand it but people who make a big deal about their name/nick name.

I work in operations and part my job is minor IT stuff like creating computer account and email address for new employees. One of our employees' name is Jonathan. I created his email before his start date to make sure he would be good to go on his first day of work (as I do with every new employee). He then started complaining and bitching because he prefers to go by Jay or J. (his email address was only showing the J. but his profile would show his full name) and for me to update his information, including our website and his business card which his manager asked me to order before his start date.

My thing is that if your full name bothers you so much and you prefer the abbreviated version, go and legally change your name or suck it up. No everyone can assume what your preference is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on December 10, 2019, 12:15:26 PM
Maybe I don't understand it but people who make a big deal about their name/nick name.

I work in operations and part my job is minor IT stuff like creating computer account and email address for new employees. One of our employees' name is Jonathan. I created his email before his start date to make sure he would be good to go on his first day of work (as I do with every new employee). He then started complaining and bitching because he prefers to go by Jay or J. (his email address was only showing the J. but his profile would show his full name) and for me to update his information, including our website and his business card which his manager asked me to order before his start date.

My thing is that if your full name bothers you so much and you prefer the abbreviated version, go and legally change your name or suck it up. No everyone can assume what your preference is.

I understand the guy's frustration, though. My name is Michael. The only people I don't mind calling me Michael are my parents and my bosses. Otherwise I like "Mike" or "MJ" - thankfully people often ask what I prefer to go by. I have a friend who insists on calling me Michael and I hate it. Maybe he doesn't have to legally change his name but if he's being rude he could at least be a little nicer about it :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 10, 2019, 12:47:28 PM
So, just asking, but what's the difference between "Jonathan" asking to be called "J", and a transgender person being asked to be called "him" or "them"?   

I'm asking, not judging; I know where I fall on this, I'm just curious if we're consistent.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 10, 2019, 12:54:57 PM
So, just asking, but what's the difference between "Jonathan" asking to be called "J", and a transgender person being asked to be called "him" or "them"?   

I'm asking, not judging; I know where I fall on this, I'm just curious if we're consistent.

It's different. It'd like the difference between calling a Lutheran a Christian and calling a Muslim a Christian.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 10, 2019, 01:08:53 PM
So, just asking, but what's the difference between "Jonathan" asking to be called "J", and a transgender person being asked to be called "him" or "them"?   

I'm asking, not judging; I know where I fall on this, I'm just curious if we're consistent.

It's different. It'd like the difference between calling a Lutheran a Christian and calling a Muslim a Christian.

I don't see the difference; at the end of the day, it's down to what the Lutheran or Muslim wants to be called. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 10, 2019, 01:10:15 PM
So, just asking, but what's the difference between "Jonathan" asking to be called "J", and a transgender person being asked to be called "him" or "them"?   

I'm asking, not judging; I know where I fall on this, I'm just curious if we're consistent.

It's different. It'd like the difference between calling a Lutheran a Christian and calling a Muslim a Christian.

I don't see the difference; at the end of the day, it's down to what the Lutheran or Muslim wants to be called.

Not really, it's about identity. But you might just see this differently. So it's all good. You seem like you're respectful anyway, so I'm cool with you seeing it how you do.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on December 10, 2019, 01:19:02 PM
I don't think there is a difference as it all falls under "refer to me as", and I don't have an issue if you have a preference. My issue came with the overreaction.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 10, 2019, 01:25:58 PM
I don't think there is a difference as it all falls under "refer to me as", and I don't have an issue if you have a preference. My issue came with the overreaction.

There’s a difference between refer to me as and recognize me as.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on December 10, 2019, 01:56:13 PM
This reminds of the Seinfeld episode with the maestro where Jerry jokingly insisted that Elaine call him "Jerry The Great." :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 10, 2019, 02:03:10 PM
Maybe I don't understand it but people who make a big deal about their name/nick name.

I work in operations and part my job is minor IT stuff like creating computer account and email address for new employees. One of our employees' name is Jonathan. I created his email before his start date to make sure he would be good to go on his first day of work (as I do with every new employee). He then started complaining and bitching because he prefers to go by Jay or J. (his email address was only showing the J. but his profile would show his full name) and for me to update his information, including our website and his business card which his manager asked me to order before his start date.

My thing is that if your full name bothers you so much and you prefer the abbreviated version, go and legally change your name or suck it up. No everyone can assume what your preference is.

I understand the guy's frustration, though. My name is Michael. The only people I don't mind calling me Michael are my parents and my bosses. Otherwise I like "Mike" or "MJ" - thankfully people often ask what I prefer to go by. I have a friend who insists on calling me Michael and I hate it. Maybe he doesn't have to legally change his name but if he's being rude he could at least be a little nicer about it :)

Good to know, Michael.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on December 10, 2019, 02:05:03 PM
Maybe I don't understand it but people who make a big deal about their name/nick name.

I work in operations and part my job is minor IT stuff like creating computer account and email address for new employees. One of our employees' name is Jonathan. I created his email before his start date to make sure he would be good to go on his first day of work (as I do with every new employee). He then started complaining and bitching because he prefers to go by Jay or J. (his email address was only showing the J. but his profile would show his full name) and for me to update his information, including our website and his business card which his manager asked me to order before his start date.

My thing is that if your full name bothers you so much and you prefer the abbreviated version, go and legally change your name or suck it up. No everyone can assume what your preference is.

I understand the guy's frustration, though. My name is Michael. The only people I don't mind calling me Michael are my parents and my bosses. Otherwise I like "Mike" or "MJ" - thankfully people often ask what I prefer to go by. I have a friend who insists on calling me Michael and I hate it. Maybe he doesn't have to legally change his name but if he's being rude he could at least be a little nicer about it :)

Good to know, Michael.

Bike racks at 3 tomorrow, Timothy. Bring extra lunch money.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 10, 2019, 03:18:35 PM
(https://nextshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cute-fight.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on December 10, 2019, 03:20:45 PM
I watched that cycle through about 5 times just hoping against hope that the loop would break, and one of them would roundhouse kick the other one in the head.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on December 10, 2019, 04:13:10 PM
Bike
Bichael*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 10, 2019, 04:14:40 PM
I watched that cycle through about 5 times

It's strangley addicting. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on December 12, 2019, 02:41:39 AM
So, just asking, but what's the difference between "Jonathan" asking to be called "J", and a transgender person being asked to be called "him" or "them"?   

I'm asking, not judging; I know where I fall on this, I'm just curious if we're consistent.

If I had to guess, I'd assume that "J" doesn't get crippling gender dysphoria upon being called the wrong name. :P

Though maybe they do. I guess there's no way to tell whether or not they're a closeted trans person. :justjen
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 12, 2019, 11:09:37 AM
This is going to be a weird one.... but I can't find my cutting board.   

I have a big, thick butchers block that I always keep on the top of my stove. I did a deep clean of my kitchen last week, and I can't for the life of me find the cutting board. It's not some rinky dink thing either. It's 20lb hunk of wood that requires two hands to move. It's just gone. I've torn my kitchen and adjacent rooms apart and I swear that thing is no longer in my house. I'm smoking a brisket tomorrow. What the hell am I going to slice it on?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 12, 2019, 12:58:11 PM
This is going to be a weird one.... but I can't find my cutting board.   

I have a big, thick butchers block that I always keep on the top of my stove. I did a deep clean of my kitchen last week, and I can't for the life of me find the cutting board. It's not some rinky dink thing either. It's 20 hunk of wood that requires two hands to move. It's just gone. I've torn my kitchen and adjacent rooms apart and I swear that thing is no longer in my house. I'm smoking a brisket tomorrow. What the hell am I going to slice it on?

1) Do you live with anyone?
2) Do you own a fire place?

If the answer to both of those is yes.....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 12, 2019, 09:28:00 PM
 :lol funny cause I literally just "decommed' my old wooden cutting board and put it in my pile to throw into my next fire. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 13, 2019, 07:32:51 AM
Found it.  You're welcome.

(https://i.imgur.com/pvjqVyM.jpg)

(Just bustin' balls.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on December 20, 2019, 11:54:16 AM
When you tell someone you're available for a meeting between 9-10:30 AM, so they schedule the meeting at 10:30 AM. Ummm... I said I was available until 10:30, not starting at 10:30.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 20, 2019, 01:17:32 PM
When you tell someone you're available for a meeting between 9-10:30 AM, so they schedule the meeting at 10:30 AM. Ummm... I said I was available until 10:30, not starting at 10:30.

That happens to me A LOT.   "I'm available any time except between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm".  Cue meeting invite for 1:00 pm. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on December 20, 2019, 02:31:22 PM
Long standing threads that are amusing to read are locked because one or two people couldn't stop their bickering long enough to take it to PM.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 20, 2019, 03:23:55 PM
Long standing threads that are amusing to read are locked because one or two people couldn't stop their bickering long enough to take it to PM.

Ditto.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 21, 2019, 08:59:59 AM
I had NOTHING to do with it!!!!!   :) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on December 28, 2019, 09:19:34 AM
Whenever my one friend group does a game night there always seems to be a consensus to play those lowbrow adult card games like Can of Squirms and Never Have I Ever. I can't be the only one who loathes those games because the "fun" is derived from mortally embarrassing your friends and yourself. Now I'm a fan of self deprecating humor to a point but these games can be a bit much.

Thankfully we've been moving on to much better options like Telestrations and similar.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 28, 2019, 09:25:38 AM
Like Cards Against Humanity, the game was fun the first time I played it but it gets old quickly IMO.  Luckily I haven't seen anyone pull it out for awhile and kill a party.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on December 28, 2019, 09:38:43 AM
I don't mind Cards as much although it made me realize that my sense if humor doesn't line up quite with some of my other friends. I get the flattest faces whenever I'm a judge since most of the rest of the group seems to find what I would consider the more obvious but boring pairings as the funnier ones. At the end of the day yeah it's forgettable.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 28, 2019, 06:59:06 PM
Why so fucking many Haken threads?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 28, 2019, 07:58:12 PM
Because they are great.

Though I agree a bit with you Tim. The first 2 albums by them is hit or miss with me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 28, 2019, 08:00:28 PM
I am not discussing. I am complaining. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 28, 2019, 08:09:28 PM
 :lol

Yeah, but you complain about everything 

Oy vey
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 28, 2019, 08:22:51 PM

(https://i.imgflip.com/3kojc1.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 29, 2019, 03:22:41 AM
I'm with Tim, fuck Haken.  I've tried and tried and tried, but I just don't understand the hype.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 29, 2019, 05:47:25 AM
I'm with Tim, fuck Haken.  I've tried and tried and tried, but I just don't understand the hype.

:hifive:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on December 29, 2019, 05:49:32 AM
I'm with Tim, fuck Haken.  I've tried and tried and tried, but I just don't understand the hype.

:hifive:

:hifive:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on December 29, 2019, 06:44:38 AM
I can't get into the band, so fuck them? That's a pretty strong stance on the matter tbh
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 29, 2019, 07:19:49 AM
I need a "suck it" emoji.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on December 29, 2019, 07:40:21 AM
Can't blame me.  I started one and didn't realize someone was gonna start another poll on them in the same day.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 29, 2019, 09:09:24 AM
I'm with Tim on this too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on December 29, 2019, 09:51:03 AM
This and the General Chat threads are also Haken threads now :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 29, 2019, 09:57:35 AM
Dammit Jay!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 29, 2019, 10:14:13 AM
I wanted to comment on it, but it didn't quite rise to "mildly irritating" levels for me, which basically left me the chat thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: RoeDent on December 29, 2019, 01:18:24 PM
Welcome to Dream T[haken]eater Forums!  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 29, 2019, 03:15:25 PM
I can't get into the band, so fuck them? That's a pretty strong stance on the matter tbh

Yes fuck them.  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on December 29, 2019, 03:58:39 PM
Things I find irritating:

Trumpy Bear commercials.  W in T goddamn F.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 29, 2019, 04:09:22 PM
I don't know how to describe it, but the ubiquitous "open-mouth, shocked-expression image" people use as thumbnails for their YouTube videos.

Seriously, just look at the thumbnails for these channels:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBvxD7U7GdUio_6OmaqZYlQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCttRw8vipuWy9OEXV0-KlyA/videos

I know they are all trying to convey the "we are so wild and crazy, you won't believe what we did in this video!" vibe, but I find it irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on December 29, 2019, 04:36:31 PM
It appeals to children and absolute morons because it's supposed to imply that the video is exciting. That template is designed specifically to get clicks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on December 29, 2019, 05:39:35 PM
I don't know how to describe it, but the ubiquitous "open-mouth, shocked-expression image" people use as thumbnails for their YouTube videos.

Seriously, just look at the thumbnails for these channels:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBvxD7U7GdUio_6OmaqZYlQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCttRw8vipuWy9OEXV0-KlyA/videos

I know they are all trying to convey the "we are so wild and crazy, you won't believe what we did in this video!" vibe, but I find it irritating.


But they're all cheesy and videos meant for that audience. I see that and don't even bother with it.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 29, 2019, 06:17:59 PM
My daughter watches those channels a,d since she uses my tablet, I see those all the time on my YT feed. That face just makes me wanna rage.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on December 29, 2019, 06:23:51 PM
Those thumbnails are like the WildRanger threads of YouTube, just clickbait.

I can see why they would get annoying though, some of my favorite YouTubers do it and it just makes me go "Why? You're content is great without those thumbnails"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 29, 2019, 09:45:30 PM
I don't know how to describe it, but the ubiquitous "open-mouth, shocked-expression image" people use as thumbnails for their YouTube videos.

Seriously, just look at the thumbnails for these channels:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBvxD7U7GdUio_6OmaqZYlQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCttRw8vipuWy9OEXV0-KlyA/videos

I know they are all trying to convey the "we are so wild and crazy, you won't believe what we did in this video!" vibe, but I find it irritating.

I'm not sure why, but that reminds me of a skit on SNL back in the Kevin Nealon/Dennis Miller/Phil Harmann years called "The Nude House of Wacky People."  "YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT THE BEAR!!"  https://vimeo.com/38130529
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 31, 2019, 07:00:43 PM
When people host parties/gatherings and don't have non-alcoholic beverage options for adults. This always seems to happen to me:

Host "I have wine and beer, and juice boxes for the kids."
Me "Do you have anything non-alcoholic?"
Host "Um... you can have some water?"

There is NO WAY wine is better than Pepsi!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e58SiFSxLs&feature=youtu.be&t=47
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 31, 2019, 07:03:42 PM
When people host parties/gatherings and don't have non-alcoholic beverage options for adults. This always seems to happen to me:

Host "I have wine and beer, and juice boxes for the kids."
Me "Do you have anything non-alcoholic?"
Host "Um... you can have some water?"

There is NO WAY wine is better than Pepsi!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e58SiFSxLs&feature=youtu.be&t=47

I feel you (though I'm good with water). But I have the same issue as a vegetarian.

Host: Would you like some (I dunno whatever meat stuff they have)
Me: Do you have anything vegetarian or without meat?
Host: Ummm we have some carrots I think?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 31, 2019, 08:54:10 PM
I waffle on that (mmm... waffles...) Aren't you just saying "I don't enjoy what you prepared, can I have something else?'"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 31, 2019, 08:58:41 PM
I think if you invite a friend that you know has gluten free or vegan (not sure what the word is..) issues, then you should take that in mind when you prepare the spread. But if a host doesn't know, or a random person shows up, I don't think you have to make something "just in case">
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on January 01, 2020, 06:18:05 AM
When people host parties/gatherings and don't have non-alcoholic beverage options for adults. This always seems to happen to me:

Host "I have wine and beer, and juice boxes for the kids."
Me "Do you have anything non-alcoholic?"
Host "Um... you can have some water?"

There is NO WAY wine is better than Pepsi!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e58SiFSxLs&feature=youtu.be&t=47

I feel you (though I'm good with water). But I have the same issue as a vegetarian.

Host: Would you like some (I dunno whatever meat stuff they have)
Me: Do you have anything vegetarian or without meat?
Host: Ummm we have some carrots I think?

This is why I make a point of never inviting vegetarians and sober people to parties.

Yet, if either of you found yourself at my home you would have delicious options.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 01, 2020, 09:08:07 AM
When people host parties/gatherings and don't have non-alcoholic beverage options for adults. This always seems to happen to me:

Host "I have wine and beer, and juice boxes for the kids."
Me "Do you have anything non-alcoholic?"
Host "Um... you can have some water?"

There is NO WAY wine is better than Pepsi!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e58SiFSxLs&feature=youtu.be&t=47

I knew what that link was going to be before I even clicked it. :lol

Regarding your issue, I think some have it ingrained in their heads that all adults drink booze at a party, which is unfortunate.  I went to a friend's shindig last night and I think I was the only one of the 15 people (all adults) who didn't drink booze. I am not a recovering alcoholic or anything; I just simply choose to rarely drink booze anymore (plus I eventually had a 20-minute drive home).  Fortunately, his fridge is always loaded with 7UP, so I was good.  :biggrin: :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 01, 2020, 09:31:20 AM
Just got to be mindful of who you invite. Regardless, having some soda seems a standard for a party. I mean that's a mixer for booze!  ;)

I dont think anyone in my circle of friends is a vegetarian, I'll admit, if I am hosting, I may not even think of that unless it was made known to me a vegetarian was coming.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 01, 2020, 01:52:30 PM
I think if you invite a friend that you know has gluten free or vegan (not sure what the word is..) issues, then you should take that in mind when you prepare the spread. But if a host doesn't know, or a random person shows up, I don't think you have to make something "just in case">

Agree.  I don't imagine a lot of vegantarians have a couple steaks handy "just in case."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on January 01, 2020, 02:23:06 PM
I'm surprised they didn't bring a dish of their own. You get something you know for sure you can eat and get others to enjoy something new.

I don't expect a host to prepare specifically, it's their party and you're their guest.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 01, 2020, 02:48:06 PM
I think if you invite a friend that you know has gluten free or vegan (not sure what the word is..) issues, then you should take that in mind when you prepare the spread. But if a host doesn't know, or a random person shows up, I don't think you have to make something "just in case">

Agree.  I don't imagine a lot of vegantarians have a couple steaks handy "just in case."

Well that is totally different. Vegetarians can’t eat meat. Omnivores can eat whatever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on January 01, 2020, 03:18:57 PM
I ran into that a couple of times when I was a vegetarian. Tbh the social aspect is at least half of why I switched back. Maybe your universe is full of male friends who will try the vegan cheese dip and family who will have a meat replacement for a holiday, but mine isn't and eating side dishes gets lonely after a while. This is why I always ask my friends if they've had some dietary changes since coming over for dinner last time, or I just ask them if they're up for the booze I intend to buy and what I'm making and adjust accordingly. It's easier to do that than try to remember everyone's likes and dislikes and allergies, and it's perceived as infinitely more polite than actually being an attentive friend and remembering what info they offered you about they like or dislike  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 01, 2020, 04:17:10 PM
Well that is totally different. Vegetarians can’t eat meat. Omnivores can eat whatever.

Vegetarians can eat whatever they want, they are just choosing not to eat meat. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 01, 2020, 04:18:47 PM
Well that is totally different. Vegetarians can’t eat meat. Omnivores can eat whatever.

Vegetarians can eat whatever they want, they are just choosing not to eat meat.

Lettuce think about that for a minute.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 01, 2020, 04:23:50 PM
Well that is totally different. Vegetarians can’t eat meat. Omnivores can eat whatever.

Vegetarians can eat whatever they want, they are just choosing not to eat meat.

Took the words out of my mouth.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 01, 2020, 04:38:13 PM
Ever since I hit POST I've been wanting to come back to what I said. It wasn't meant to sound as harsh as it did, and certainly not intended to be a shot at Adami.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 01, 2020, 04:49:29 PM
Ever since I hit POST I've been wanting to come back to what I said. It wasn't meant to sound as harsh as it did, and certainly not intended to be a shot at Adami.

Agree, but you were still correct.  Except for a minority, it's a choice -- just as eating meat is a choice.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 01, 2020, 05:34:08 PM
So?

Not drinking is also a choice. Why does that matter?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 01, 2020, 05:56:33 PM
This is a fascinating conversation for me, since I can easily take both sides.

If I'm hosting, I try to be a good host and have options. If I want friends that want to come back, I should have a menu that appeals to a broad audience.   If I'm a guest, I take what they serve.  If I want a special menu, I can throw the party next time.

I know one of things we're trying to teach my 12 year old - who would only eat cheeseburgers and pizza was he king of the Seven Kingdoms - that sometimes you have to eat that which isn't your first choice, and you don't always have the chance to order special off the menu.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 01, 2020, 06:11:33 PM
Indeed.

I’m not saying we should be catered to and I definitely don’t make a big deal out of any of it.

But I’ve been to parties or functions where they’ll order like 8 huge subs or 7 pizzas and ALL of them have meat. A cheese pizza isn’t a ton to ask. A veggie sandwich isn’t also a ton. I’m not saying go out of your way to feed me. If I can’t eat, I can’t eat. Such is life. But if you’re ordering 7 pizzas, they don’t all need meat.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 01, 2020, 06:12:39 PM
Indeed.

I’m not saying we should be catered to and I definitely don’t make a big deal out of any of it.

But I’ve been to parties or functions where they’ll order like 8 huge subs or 7 pizzas and ALL of them have meat. A cheese pizza isn’t a ton to ask. A veggie sandwich isn’t also a ton. I’m not saying go out of your way to feed me. If I can’t eat, I can’t eat. Such is life. But if you’re ordering 7 pizzas, they don’t all need meat.

I don't disagree with that at all. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 01, 2020, 06:15:37 PM
Well then clearly I’m completely wrong. Dammit!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 01, 2020, 06:16:13 PM
I've never heard of a pizza party that didn't have cheese pizzas.

I eat meat, but I only eat cheese pizzas. (I do like bacon pizza) (But I don't like pepperoni) Don't gum up my pizza with a bunch of shit on it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 01, 2020, 07:09:55 PM
If I were king, a pizza would only be able to qualify for that name if it had sauce, cheese, and one additional item on it. Sauce and cheese on crust shouldn't qualify as pizza.

I know one of things we're trying to teach my 12 year old...that sometimes you have to eat that which isn't your first choice, and you don't always have the chance to order special off the menu.

We are working hard on this with my 8 year old too. You need to start eating what we prepare for you, because when you go to a friend's house, and they make you dinner, you don't get to say "I don't care for that, what else can I have?"

But I’ve been to parties or functions where they’ll order like 8 huge subs or 7 pizzas and ALL of them have meat. A cheese pizza isn’t a ton to ask. A veggie sandwich isn’t also a ton. I’m not saying go out of your way to feed me. If I can’t eat, I can’t eat. Such is life. But if you’re ordering 7 pizzas, they don’t all need meat.

I jokingly complain when a group will order one whole cheese pizza for one person, but what you typed is fair and reasonable.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 01, 2020, 07:13:04 PM
If I were king, a pizza would only be able to qualify for that name if it had sauce, cheese, and one additional item on it. Sauce and cheese on crust shouldn't qualify as pizza.


WAIT A MINUTE THERE, KING!

Cheese pizza, bro. Don't be a pizza snob.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 01, 2020, 07:18:05 PM
Hey, hey hey!  What's this slanderous shit! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on January 02, 2020, 05:24:30 AM
If I were king, a pizza would only be able to qualify for that name if it had sauce, cheese, and one additional item on it. Sauce and cheese on crust shouldn't qualify as pizza.

It would seem you haven't had a good quality margherita pizza before because a good sauce, cheese, and crust should hold on their own. I'm definitely a fan of toppings but a pizza is definitely the main three ingredients.

Question: would a pizza with half cheese only and half topping be only considered half a pizza?  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 02, 2020, 07:15:55 AM
Bordering on pissed off (and a repeat compliant):  Drive-through abuse.   

Had to do a favor for my son who is in Afghanistan; he's got a couple cars that he wanted to sell before he deployed and couldn't.  So somehow, he (or his wife) got a buyer lined up.  The car had been sitting for a couple weeks (months now) and had to be possibly jumped, fueled, and tires checked.   Plus, I didn't want to bring a stranger to a single mom's house, so I agreed to prep the car, and drive it to a local gas station/Dunkin' Donuts to meet the guy.

I get up early, get dressed, but I'm stressed, because I really don't know how long this is going to take.  I have gas, I have a quick leak fix, jumper cables, title, bill of sale... and I stop for a quick coffee for the drive (it's about 20 minutes).   Two cars in the drive through: me, and the lady in front of me...     But what a lady, for fuck's sake.   Custom latte's hold the this, add the that.   Sandwich wraps, hold the this, add the that.  Wait, I meant add the THAT, hold the THIS.  Wait, on the drink, I need that half-caf chai latte with no cream to actually have cream...

GET OUT OF THE FUCKING CAR AND WALK IN FOR YOUR CATERING ORDER.   

Then, to add insult to injury, they get their two drinks and two bags of food (two people in the car) and the phone gets handed over.  Wait, have to unlock the screen, but it's passengers phone so it has to be passed. Then, due to her finely manicured nails, she drops the phone on the hand off as the guy is trying to scan it; thank god the clerk caught it.   Then - instead of the passenger doing this while the payment scheme was negotiated, THEN they have to go through the bags.    I finally pull up - this literally took almost 20 minutes, as long as my entire drive - and the kid looks at me and mouths "I'm sorry".     

As I left?  Easily 5 or more cars in the line (I couldn't count them all because they wrapped around the building).   Oh, and INB4 the "you could have gone in yourself", and that's very true, I could have.  I would have if I could have gotten out of the line once I realized I was in for a pound, not a penny, but I was locked in; curb on one side, new car behind me.  In any event, the metric at the drive through is QUICK.   There is a TIMER on those transactions.  One would think my transaction is the purpose for the drive through (at least one of them), not the custom catering order.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 02, 2020, 07:31:17 AM
I'm totally with you Bill.  If you're ordering for more than 2 people, or $20, or 3+ handoffs between window and car, it's not drive-thru eligible order.  It's like the 10 items of less cashier at the grocery store.  Have some goddamn consideration for all the people you're inconveniencing because of your laziness.  Wouldn't you just love for a cashier to say "sorry, we can't accept that order at drive-thru, get out of the car and get your lazy ass inside".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on January 02, 2020, 07:49:57 AM
Bills story is similar to one of the single largest issues that sends me into a tizzy every time......and that is people who do their banking at an ATM. If it's normal business hours and you're spending more than a minute or so at the ATM.....you need to go inside because you've now ruined the 'convenience' of the ATM for the rest of the public as you sit there for 10 minutes executing procedures that should be done inside.

Even after hours this bugs the  :censored out of me but I can understand it more. for me, ATM's are for a quick cash withdrawal.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on January 02, 2020, 08:35:56 AM
I second the ATM one. I see it all the time and my rule is "if it takes more than 30 seconds, go to a teller". I understand the convenience of using an ATM but they should really strip down the features so it's a money retrieving system only.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 02, 2020, 08:45:28 AM
I second the ATM one. I see it all the time and my rule is "if it takes more than 30 seconds, go to a teller". I understand the convenience of using an ATM but they should really strip down the features so it's a money retrieving system only.

The idea is that by having a machine that can do all that stuff, you need less people inside that require checks, healthcare, and days off. It also allows you to close the bank earlier and even for an entire day on the weekend. Also, there are a lot banks that don't have branches and will instead have one of these all-in-one ATMs in town. From a manufacturing standpoint, it's easier for the bank to just make 50,000 of the same machine, rather than 15,000 all-in-ones and 35,000 "money retrieving only" machines.

I don't like it, but I can totally understand why it's a thing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on January 02, 2020, 09:09:36 AM
I second the ATM one. I see it all the time and my rule is "if it takes more than 30 seconds, go to a teller". I understand the convenience of using an ATM but they should really strip down the features so it's a money retrieving system only.

The idea is that by having a machine that can do all that stuff, you need less people inside that require checks, healthcare, and days off. It also allows you to close the bank earlier and even for an entire day on the weekend. Also, there are a lot banks that don't have branches and will instead have one of these all-in-one ATMs in town. From a manufacturing standpoint, it's easier for the bank to just make 50,000 of the same machine, rather than 15,000 all-in-ones and 35,000 "money retrieving only" machines.

I don't like it, but I can totally understand why it's a thing.

I get that the ATM isn’t just a cash withdrawal machine. But, during business hours if you’re not competent enough to operate the machine in a timely manner or have (15) different deposits/withdrawals etc etc to execute.....go inside to take care of your business.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 02, 2020, 11:07:25 AM
Having worked a drive through before, I totally agree.  There is a timer and I'd hate when someone pulls up, didn't know what they wanted, waited for 5 minutes, and then placed a crazy order that would take 10 minutes to prepare... all while the clock kept ticking and the line got longer. 

Please go inside if you don't know what you want to take your time and look at the menu and then order your crazy meal.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on January 02, 2020, 04:20:06 PM
I'll toss another hat into the ring: people who bring their entire, full to the top shopping cart to the self checkout line.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on January 02, 2020, 04:25:14 PM
I'll toss another hat into the ring: people who bring their entire, full to the top shopping cart to the self checkout line.

What are they doing with the cart after?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 02, 2020, 05:20:33 PM
I'll toss another hat into the ring: people who bring their entire, full to the top shopping cart to the self checkout line.

What are they doing with the cart after?

 :hat

but seriously, this was an issue this holiday season at my local grocery store.  It was really busy as expected but people decided to bring their full carts to self check out where there is a clear sign of 20 items or less.  Now I don't expect the people working there to count and make sure its exactly under 20, use of judgment makes sense, but a full cart is clearly breaking the rules and the people working the self checkout area should direct those people to the cashier lines.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on January 02, 2020, 05:43:17 PM
The drive through food/ATM and self-check out irritants are all part and parcel of people who don't give a shit about anybody but themselves.  Rude, thoughtless, people are one of my hugest pet peeves.  I seriously have to talk myself out of "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" sometimes.  But my mama raised me to be considerate and deep down I know that is a plus not a minus.  But still.   >:(

So we have this neighbor that is right behind our house.  We are on an upslope of a street so when you walk out on our back deck, you can literally look into his backyard and if his curtains are open, see into his family room.  We have trees that block this nicely in the summer/fall months but after the leaves are down, it's pretty much open.

So neighbor has a dog.  Dog is probably 3 or 4 years old.  He barks a bit but it isn't anything too bad.  Except when the neighbor goes somewhere and leaves him in the back yard.  Then he barks continuously and non-stop until his owner gets home.  So New Years Eve, I notice there are 4 dogs back there.  Dude must have some friends over who brought their dogs.  No biggie.  Of course, fireworks cause dogs to bark.  But by 1 am, things have settled down and we've gone to sleep.  Around 3 am, the dogs start barking and bark nonstop for over an hour.  FFS.  The sound carries like a megaphone into my bedroom.

New Years Day is a holiday for me.  So I resolve to get a nice nap in.  Well guess what?  This guy leaves the house from 10 am to 6 pm and those damn dogs are barking the ENTIRE FUCKING TIME.  No nap for me.

I write a note - not threatening but asking him to be considerate of the neighborhood - take it over to tape to his door and show up to find several notes from other neighbors too.  Go figure.

It's been quiet as a tomb over there for about 24 hours now.   :metal

Now I love dogs.  I love animals.  But why are some of their owners so fucking dense?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 02, 2020, 05:51:04 PM
People who are oblivious to their dogs barking all day are (obvious hyperbole coming) the worst.

An apartment where I lived years ago had these damn birds that chirped every morning around 5 am, and once they woke me up, there was no going back to sleep, so I just started turning on the A/C fan at full blast every night before I went to sleep and that took care of it.  I can sleep though that kind of white noise with no problem whatsoever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 02, 2020, 06:55:31 PM
So I just read this story..

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/deer-hunter-arrested-after-familys-pet-horse-is-shot/ar-BBYyAl2?li=BBnba9I


Some guy shooting at deer hits a family's pet horse by accident. The guy is charged. The horse survives.


But here's the kicker..
The horse's family sets up a GoFundMe page for the horse's medical expenses.

Are you fucking kidding me??


Go ahead and sue the guy. But set up a GoFundMe page? How shameful. I totally get if the lady gets cancer or something, but WTF?

They've reached their goal of $1500. They got their money, so there's that. But it just doesn't sit right with me. I just think that's lame. We've gone GoFundMe crazy IMO.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 02, 2020, 08:41:42 PM
I might side with the minority on the ATM issue.

I understand the convenience of using an ATM but they should really strip down the features so it's a money retrieving system only.

Depositing a check doesn't take more than 2 minutes, assuming you have your shit together. That is going to take a hell of a lot less time than going inside to talk to a teller. If I ran a bank I would say if you are depositing less than 3 checks, you are required to use an ATM, don't tie up my staff with something you can do with a machine in less than 5 minutes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on January 03, 2020, 06:43:41 AM
Once my friend, my sister and I were sitting at the bench next to an ATM, glancing at a lady using it. Five minutes later, we glanced again, same lady. Two minutes afterwards, same story. We took a closer look at what she was doing, and saw she was trying to put a bus card in the ATM (it has a distinct color)  :lol Everyone has the right to have a brainfart in public, but that was pretty damn funny.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 03, 2020, 07:18:14 AM
So I just read this story..

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/deer-hunter-arrested-after-familys-pet-horse-is-shot/ar-BBYyAl2?li=BBnba9I


Some guy shooting at deer hits a family's pet horse by accident. The guy is charged. The horse survives.


But here's the kicker..
The horse's family sets up a GoFundMe page for the horse's medical expenses.

Are you fucking kidding me??


Go ahead and sue the guy. But set up a GoFundMe page? How shameful. I totally get if the lady gets cancer or something, but WTF?

They've reached their goal of $1500. They got their money, so there's that. But it just doesn't sit right with me. I just think that's lame. We've gone GoFundMe crazy IMO.

I see no problem with that on the surface. A few years ago I kicked 5 bucks to a family whose dog was stabbed during a home invasion. But part of me thinks that if you can afford a horse, you could afford the $1500 in medical bills.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on January 03, 2020, 07:20:15 AM
So I just read this story..

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/deer-hunter-arrested-after-familys-pet-horse-is-shot/ar-BBYyAl2?li=BBnba9I


Some guy shooting at deer hits a family's pet horse by accident. The guy is charged. The horse survives.


But here's the kicker..
The horse's family sets up a GoFundMe page for the horse's medical expenses.

Are you fucking kidding me??


Go ahead and sue the guy. But set up a GoFundMe page? How shameful. I totally get if the lady gets cancer or something, but WTF?

They've reached their goal of $1500. They got their money, so there's that. But it just doesn't sit right with me. I just think that's lame. We've gone GoFundMe crazy IMO.

I see no problem with that on the surface. A few years ago I kicked 5 bucks to a family whose dog was stabbed during a home invasion. But part of me thinks that if you can afford a horse, you could afford the $1500 in medical bills.


My brother started a 'Go Fund Me' page to try and raise $$ for his new dogs hip surgery.


I have not donated.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 03, 2020, 08:45:21 AM
I don't know; these things bring out the worst in ol' Stadler.  Part of me is:  it's a free country.  GoFundMe for whatever you want.  Cancer, horses, new sex toys to save the marriage.   It's my prerogative to donate or not, and no harm no foul.   But part of me believes this is a deeper issue, with ramifications.   What is this obsession with entitlement, that somehow 1) no harm should befall anyone, and 2) that if it does, we have an implied duty to take care of it for you?   I get all the arguments - most advanced society in the history of the planet, more resources/wealth than any society in the history of the planet, blah blah blah - but we're still human animals at the end of the day, and part of that existence is experiencing, dealing with, and processing hurt/pain/loss.   The courts are there to mete out justice when its deserved, but that's the rub: it's not always easy, cheap or free-flowing, as it should be. 

Then compare this with the other topics in this thread (and elsewhere on this board):  we've really become rather good at the grand, epic, bold gesture ("[Insert City/Person/Place] Strong!") but we've also gotten pretty progressively shitty at the little gestures, which are, in my view, the building blocks of a meaningful, coherent, strong interpersonal society.

(I'm a stats guy; I'd love to see the numbers on how many times someone has donated to a GoFundMe, or bought a "[Child's Name] Strong!" shirt, or participated in those stupid social media challenges (another post...) then within twelve hours flipped someone off on the highway, fucked someone over in the left hand lane, brought their 50 items to the self-check, deposited five third-party checks at the ATM, ordered five quarter-pounder meals (one with no onions, one with no ketchup, one with no mustard, one with no bun, and one with no burger) at the drive through....)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 03, 2020, 09:00:56 AM
I don't know; these things bring out the worst in ol' Stadler.  Part of me is:  it's a free country.  GoFundMe for whatever you want.  Cancer, horses, new sex toys to save the marriage.   It's my prerogative to donate or not, and no harm no foul.   But part of me believes this is a deeper issue, with ramifications.   What is this obsession with entitlement, that somehow 1) no harm should befall anyone, and 2) that if it does, we have an implied duty to take care of it for you?   I get all the arguments - most advanced society in the history of the planet, more resources/wealth than any society in the history of the planet, blah blah blah - but we're still human animals at the end of the day, and part of that existence is experiencing, dealing with, and processing hurt/pain/loss.   The courts are there to mete out justice when its deserved, but that's the rub: it's not always easy, cheap or free-flowing, as it should be. 

I agree with you and think pretty much in line, but I bolded what I did to try and explain where I was coming from in my dog donation. I think I've donated to 3 Go Fund Me pages.

One was for an inner city high school's robotics team in CT to get to nationals. As a former robotics member from another team in CT, it just felt right. They worked hard and earned their spot in nationals, and the only thing holding them back was that they come from a city where EBT is the primary method of buying goods. Every single one of my robotics trips was funded through donations, they were just in the form of standing outside grocery stores with cans or a fat check from the Siemon Company in Watertown. I was happy to help those kids get where they needed to go.

The second was for a Connecticut family who had their 14 year old daughter hang herself from the top bunk of her sisters' bunk beds. It was my best friend's niece and the family was too poor to afford a funeral. I gave them $25.

The third, and this where your bold bit comes in, is that I felt that even if the dog lived, the family already had to deal with a type of hurt and pain I'll hopefully never experience. The kids in that house are probably traumatized, and if keeping their dog alive could help them get through that shitty period in life, I'm happy to help. The horse being shot is an unfortunate accident, something that everyone experiences many times over in some way shape or form. But a home invasion that ended with kids seeing their dog in a pool of its own blood on the floor is a different circumstance, IMO. That's a notch above " processing hurt/pain/loss".

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on January 03, 2020, 09:12:37 AM
I have no problem with using a GoFundMe.  People have the option to give or not.  And, heck, it's a benefit to the guy who accidentally shot the horse as well, because if they recover all their losses through the GoFundMe, they have no damages to recover in a lawsuit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 03, 2020, 09:13:48 AM
Chino, I get it; you certainly don't have to defend your choices to me (or ANYONE).  If anything it sounds like you've put the thought into it and at least are looking at it from a more nuanced position.   As I said, this is not a settled issue with me, as I also agree with Bosk's post above.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 03, 2020, 12:14:50 PM
I have no problem with using a GoFundMe.  People have the option to give or not.  And, heck, it's a benefit to the guy who accidentally shot the horse as well, because if they recover all their losses through the GoFundMe, they have no damages to recover in a lawsuit.

Collateral source rule?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on January 03, 2020, 12:17:38 PM
He's not in California.  And even if he was, it has a lot of exceptions, so, to give the lawyerly answer, "it depends."  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 03, 2020, 12:26:58 PM
I don't have an issue with gofundme's on the surface.  I do think some of them make me give a second glance though.  My friends always make fun of someone we were once friends with who started a gofundme for a new guitar because his was stolen, but then after that we all saw him in Europe on vacation on the same social media that he was using to spread his gofundme.  Like it does make me think negatively when the optics are bad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 07, 2020, 06:29:41 AM
I'm getting really tired of Youtube's mid-video advertisements. It's getting ridiculous. I watched a 12 minute video yesterday and it was interrupted three times with Youtube Ads. THREE! I used to sit and watch video after video, and it's at the point now where I am finding myself rage quitting Youtube binges because I'm sick of the interruptions.   

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on January 07, 2020, 06:48:12 AM
If you watch the videos on your cellphone you only get ads at the beginning of the video (At least oh Iphone).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2020, 01:35:15 PM
So I have NO IDEA where to put this so I'll just put it here. I'm not really all that irritated, but more so WTF??

Remember these old CD boxes?

(http://www.theblackparade.net/attachments/5xoewxs-jpg.5/)

And how it was such a waste of cardboard?



Well, I just got 5 cd's delivered from Amazon today in this:

(https://i.imgur.com/RsAfQyY.jpg)

It's a 19x14x3.5 inch box!

(https://i.imgur.com/8kCVVWH.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 08, 2020, 01:36:50 PM
I shit you not, I received that same sized box only to receive a single pack of velcro that could fit in the palm of my hand. Drives me nuts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 08, 2020, 01:38:32 PM
Compare that with ordering something from China; I ordered a couple crimp-on wire connectors - two - and it came in a paper envelope that was maybe 2" square.  How that didn't get lost somewhere in transit is beyond me.   

TAC, you get anything good?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on January 08, 2020, 01:39:07 PM
As an engineer who regularly works on cost reduction projects, this drive me up the wall. I'm sure Amazon has determined that it's only worth having X number of box sizes as options and if you don't fit in one size (or if they happen to be out of a size), you go up to the next size regardless of how oversized it is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2020, 01:43:21 PM
Compare that with ordering something from China; I ordered a couple crimp-on wire connectors - two - and it came in a paper envelope that was maybe 2" square.  How that didn't get lost somewhere in transit is beyond me.   

TAC, you get anything good?

So I just went on a Motorhead kick..(see The Cool Thread!) I have most of their stuff, but nothing of the 10 album run from Bastards to The World Is Yours.

Just blew the rest of my Christmas Amazon $$ on 6 of them. The 6th is coming tomorrow.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 08, 2020, 01:45:14 PM
As an engineer who regularly works on cost reduction projects, this drive me up the wall. I'm sure Amazon has determined that it's only worth having X number of box sizes as options and if you don't fit in one size (or if they happen to be out of a size), you go up to the next size regardless of how oversized it is.

I remember reading an AMA or something on Reddit with an Amazon Employee and he said it has more to do with how the truck will be filled rather than what the product fits best in. A computer decides how to optimally load the truck and a larger box might ... Oh fuck it. I'm just going to Google it.   


Heh, found it:
https://www.simplemost.com/amazon-pack-small-items-big-boxes/
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DR9UARPX0AEbHYS?format=jpg&name=900x900)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on January 08, 2020, 01:46:33 PM
That makes a lot of sense actually. I always assumed there was a reason. Just never had the interest to Google it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on January 08, 2020, 01:47:50 PM
When I used to work in a warehouse, it would upset me whenever we had a truck delivery, receive a box slightly bigger than that one and get only a bag of guitar picks inside or 1 pack of strings  :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2020, 01:51:59 PM
As an engineer who regularly works on cost reduction projects, this drive me up the wall. I'm sure Amazon has determined that it's only worth having X number of box sizes as options and if you don't fit in one size (or if they happen to be out of a size), you go up to the next size regardless of how oversized it is.

I remember reading an AMA or something on Reddit with an Amazon Employee and he said it has more to do with how the truck will be filled rather than what the product fits best in. A computer decides how to optimally load the truck and a larger box might ... Oh fuck it. I'm just going to Google it.   


Heh, found it:
https://www.simplemost.com/amazon-pack-small-items-big-boxes/
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DR9UARPX0AEbHYS?format=jpg&name=900x900)

The guy that delivered it was driving a car smaller than a fucking Yugo. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 08, 2020, 01:53:34 PM
As an engineer who regularly works on cost reduction projects, this drive me up the wall. I'm sure Amazon has determined that it's only worth having X number of box sizes as options and if you don't fit in one size (or if they happen to be out of a size), you go up to the next size regardless of how oversized it is.

I remember reading an AMA or something on Reddit with an Amazon Employee and he said it has more to do with how the truck will be filled rather than what the product fits best in. A computer decides how to optimally load the truck and a larger box might ... Oh fuck it. I'm just going to Google it.   


Heh, found it:
https://www.simplemost.com/amazon-pack-small-items-big-boxes/
*snip*

The guy that delivered it was driving a car smaller than a fucking Yugo. :lol
 

It's about the trucks leaving the Amazon Processing Warehouses, not what they leave a USPS or UPS branch in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2020, 01:56:00 PM
Yeah, I got that. I just found the size of the actual delivery vehicle ironic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 08, 2020, 02:13:35 PM
I know someone who did or does still, work in an amazon boxing factory.  The boxers don't choose the box at all, it's provided automatically through the software as already stated. 

Also TAC, I do hope there were those cushioner things in that box  :lol  I actually don't recall noticing this issue myself but to me, that just means I'll have a bigger fire on the weekend.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2020, 02:36:55 PM
Yes it had a giant pillow pack in it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 08, 2020, 03:34:09 PM

The guy that delivered it was driving a car smaller than a fucking Yugo. :lol

Who would EVER want to fuck in a Yugo?!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 08, 2020, 03:46:28 PM

The guy that delivered it was driving a car smaller than a fucking Yugo. :lol

Who would EVER want to fuck in a Yugo?!
https://www.dreamt

Look, it was college, and I was drunk at the time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2020, 04:33:13 PM
Seems Tick isn't the only tech challenged fogey. What kind of link is that? :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 08, 2020, 07:06:32 PM
Compare that with ordering something from China; I ordered a couple crimp-on wire connectors - two - and it came in a paper envelope that was maybe 2" square.  How that didn't get lost somewhere in transit is beyond me.   

Funny, I try not to order anything from China but do on occasion (sometimes accidentally) and yes they don't waste any space with their packaging.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on January 08, 2020, 07:52:56 PM
The extreme volume difference in movie. Turn volume way up to hear the dialogue. Turn volume way back down when the sound effects or music kick in. It's super annoying when we're trying to watch movies at a fairly low volume after the kids go to bed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 08, 2020, 08:06:49 PM
The extreme volume difference in movie. Turn volume way up to hear the dialogue. Turn volume way back down when the sound effects or music kick in. It's super annoying when we're trying to watch movies at a fairly low volume after the kids go to bed.

I used to have this problem big time with certain streaming services. I adjusted the "center" setting on my surround sound, as well as changed the audio out setting on my PS4 to dynamic or something like that. Took care of it right away.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 08, 2020, 08:18:30 PM
PS4?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on January 08, 2020, 11:55:01 PM
PS4?

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on January 09, 2020, 05:41:24 AM
PS4?

 :lol

It's in every thread.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 09, 2020, 06:16:17 AM
 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 09, 2020, 06:56:39 AM
Am lost.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 09, 2020, 08:18:58 AM
Quote
Quote
Haken
It's in every thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 09, 2020, 09:37:14 AM
The extreme volume difference in movie. Turn volume way up to hear the dialogue. Turn volume way back down when the sound effects or music kick in. It's super annoying when we're trying to watch movies at a fairly low volume after the kids go to bed.

I used to have this problem big time with certain streaming services. I adjusted the "center" setting on my surround sound, as well as changed the audio out setting on my PS4 to dynamic or something like that. Took care of it right away.

The first Lord of the Rings movie came out about half way through my wife's first pregnancy.  The second came out when my son was about seven months ago, and the third came out about a month before my daughter was born.  I can remember trying to watch the second and third movies while my son was napping.  We were constantly grabbing for the remote to turn the volume up or down.  I don't remember this issue with other shows or movies, but I'm sure it happened.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on January 09, 2020, 12:12:03 PM

The guy that delivered it was driving a car smaller than a fucking Yugo. :lol

Who would EVER want to fuck in a Yugo?!
:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 09, 2020, 01:27:43 PM
Seems Tick isn't the only tech challenged fogey. What kind of link is that? :lol

I have no idea how that got there.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on January 10, 2020, 06:19:58 AM
I find it irritating that for services we pay someone for that we are asked to provide a rating for (like Uber and stuff like that) that the expectation is that satisfactory service gets a 5 star rating (assuming a scale of 1-5). To me, if the person does the bare minimum of service (for Uber this would be getting me to my destination without any drama), they should get 3 stars. 4 and 5 reserved for being for when someone goes above and beyond. But we're expected to give 5 stars all the time unless something goes wrong. How can we reward those who bust their ass to do a great job if service that is just satisfactory is given 5 stars?


This is being said by someone who has a Rover dog sitting business and is very pleased with his 4.9 star rating. So I am a giant hypocrite of course. :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 10, 2020, 06:24:15 AM
 :lol

I feel like I've given so many bad uber drivers 5 stars just out of habit.  I usually forget to rate until my next drive and then just hit 5 stars to get past the screen.  I wish I didn't have to rate.  I don't want to ruin peoples jobs.  I've given bad ratings for the truly bad experiences, but it's just annoying to not be able to opt out.  Anyway, I have a 4.86 uber rating and use it a lot.  I'm proud of that.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on January 10, 2020, 06:53:07 AM
I usually give 5 star out of habit as well. The only times I give 4 or less is for bad/unsafe driving.

I never thought of it but you are right, an average uber ride will get 5 stars but I guess that's why they have the "Compliments" which I usually do it for clean cars and if they are playing rock music  :metal
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 10, 2020, 07:48:01 AM
I think the whole star rating system is flawed AF.

I have read FAR too many reviews that read something like, "So I ordered coffee after dinner, and the coffee came in a regular cup with saucer, not a large mug like I'm used to having.  They should tell you this in advance.  I wasted my money.  Three stars!"

That second part is almost an entry of it's own: "They should tell you."   There are some people in this world that literally have to be told EVERYTHING in advance and give their blessing, otherwise the world is just not turning in the right direction for them.   Life doesn't work that way.   These people would survive all of about nine seconds in a holocaust. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 10, 2020, 10:30:04 AM
:lol

I feel like I've given so many bad uber drivers 5 stars just out of habit.  I usually forget to rate until my next drive and then just hit 5 stars to get past the screen.  I wish I didn't have to rate.  I don't want to ruin peoples jobs.  I've given bad ratings for the truly bad experiences, but it's just annoying to not be able to opt out.  Anyway, I have a 4.86 uber rating and use it a lot.  I'm proud of that.  :lol

If you give too many low ratings, doesn’t Uber stop picking you up?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 10, 2020, 01:43:44 PM
I'm not sure, but I could see that being the case. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 21, 2020, 04:22:04 PM
Two things for today, both relating to commercials I heard on sports talk radio while at lunch today:

1. The increasing proliferation of complete bullshit advertising.  There are two commercials in particular.  The first started showing up sometime in mid-spring last year.  These commercials were touting a company that did solar power conversions and essentially said, "you'd better do it because 2019 is going to be the HOTTEST YEAR EVER and your electric bills will be through the roof if you don't switch over to solar!!!"  These commercials ran until at least October and maybe into November.  All the while, southern California had one of the mildest summers in recent memory.  And not that converting to solar is a bad thing, but I'm sure that some folks fell for this "the sky is falling" nonsense.  The other commercial is all about how "blankety-blank phone company snuck a bunch of fees onto my bill!!!"  Oh...so you mean that you were charged for stuff that was clearly spelled out in your contract that you didn't bother to read?  Mind you...this isn't about consumer phone service.  Rather, the commercials I'm talking about are for BUSINESS phone service.

2. The increasing proliferation of personal injury attorney advertising.  There have been times where, in the span of a lunch hour, I hear "Sweet James," "I-Accident Lawyer," "Super Woman/Super Lawyer," "The Accident Guys," "Jacob Emrani" (apparently he couldn't think of a silly nickname for himself), and probably a couple others I can't remember.  Even worse than the "lowest common denominator" advertising (i.e., all insurance companies are 100% evil), a couple of these clowns are even starting to get live air time during the shows.  They're spending so much money on advertising that they can insist on getting time on the actual programming -- ostensibly to talk sports, but their knowledge is no better than mine.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on January 22, 2020, 03:08:50 AM
Two things for today, both relating to commercials I heard on sports talk radio while at lunch today:

1. The increasing proliferation of complete bullshit advertising.  There are two commercials in particular.  The first started showing up sometime in mid-spring last year.  These commercials were touting a company that did solar power conversions and essentially said, "you'd better do it because 2019 is going to be the HOTTEST YEAR EVER and your electric bills will be through the roof if you don't switch over to solar!!!"  These commercials ran until at least October and maybe into November.  All the while, southern California had one of the mildest summers in recent memory.  And not that converting to solar is a bad thing, but I'm sure that some folks fell for this "the sky is falling" nonsense.  The other commercial is all about how "blankety-blank phone company snuck a bunch of fees onto my bill!!!"  Oh...so you mean that you were charged for stuff that was clearly spelled out in your contract that you didn't bother to read?  Mind you...this isn't about consumer phone service.  Rather, the commercials I'm talking about are for BUSINESS phone service.

2. The increasing proliferation of personal injury attorney advertising.  There have been times where, in the span of a lunch hour, I hear "Sweet James," "I-Accident Lawyer," "Super Woman/Super Lawyer," "The Accident Guys," "Jacob Emrani" (apparently he couldn't think of a silly nickname for himself), and probably a couple others I can't remember.  Even worse than the "lowest common denominator" advertising (i.e., all insurance companies are 100% evil), a couple of these clowns are even starting to get live air time during the shows.  They're spending so much money on advertising that they can insist on getting time on the actual programming -- ostensibly to talk sports, but their knowledge is no better than mine.

"hit by an Uber or Lyft? They carry BIG INSURANCE!"

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on January 22, 2020, 07:24:20 AM
So I've been stuck working Graves at an account where we make coffee in the mornings for the residents. 6 of those big industrial dispensers, filled using one of those industrial double brewers.

Well almost every morning, it will randomly decide to overfill. It usually fills it at about 7/8ths full, but for some damn reason it just doesn't stop. So I either need to stay there and babysit it, or run the risk of a mess. Well I got busy prepping other things for the morning coffee, was away from it for 60 seconds and BLAM. Coffee everywhere. Every. Single. Day. I'm cleaning up coffee.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on January 22, 2020, 07:28:20 AM
So I've been stuck working Graves at an account where we make coffee in the mornings for the residents. 6 of those big industrial dispensers, filled using one of those industrial double brewers.

Well almost every morning, it will randomly decide to overfill. It usually fills it at about 7/8ths full, but for some damn reason it just doesn't stop. So I either need to stay there and babysit it, or run the risk of a mess. Well I got busy prepping other things for the morning coffee, was away from it for 60 seconds and BLAM. Coffee everywhere. Every. Single. Day. I'm cleaning up coffee.

Baby sit it one day and start a stop watch on your phone. Determine how long it takes to get 7/8s full, and whenever you make it, just set a timer and walk away. Come back when your alarm goes off and manually shut down the machine.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 22, 2020, 07:59:46 AM
Two things for today, both relating to commercials I heard on sports talk radio while at lunch today:

1. The increasing proliferation of complete bullshit advertising.  There are two commercials in particular.  The first started showing up sometime in mid-spring last year.  These commercials were touting a company that did solar power conversions and essentially said, "you'd better do it because 2019 is going to be the HOTTEST YEAR EVER and your electric bills will be through the roof if you don't switch over to solar!!!"  These commercials ran until at least October and maybe into November.  All the while, southern California had one of the mildest summers in recent memory.  And not that converting to solar is a bad thing, but I'm sure that some folks fell for this "the sky is falling" nonsense.  The other commercial is all about how "blankety-blank phone company snuck a bunch of fees onto my bill!!!"  Oh...so you mean that you were charged for stuff that was clearly spelled out in your contract that you didn't bother to read?  Mind you...this isn't about consumer phone service.  Rather, the commercials I'm talking about are for BUSINESS phone service.

Here on the east coast, it's a different subject, but same idea.   It drives me CRAZY when I hear that.   It gives me herpes when they predicate their entire business model on that concept of the "they're trying to SCREW YOU OVER!" mindset.  If I ever win the lottery, I'm going to take out an ad for "Personal Responsibility".

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2. The increasing proliferation of personal injury attorney advertising.  There have been times where, in the span of a lunch hour, I hear "Sweet James," "I-Accident Lawyer," "Super Woman/Super Lawyer," "The Accident Guys," "Jacob Emrani" (apparently he couldn't think of a silly nickname for himself), and probably a couple others I can't remember.  Even worse than the "lowest common denominator" advertising (i.e., all insurance companies are 100% evil), a couple of these clowns are even starting to get live air time during the shows.  They're spending so much money on advertising that they can insist on getting time on the actual programming -- ostensibly to talk sports, but their knowledge is no better than mine.

The big one here is Carter Mario, who sells the idea that he was a wrestler in college, and was therefore "born to fight".  The funny thing, there are two others - Trantolo and Trantolo, and The John Haymond Law Firm - and they actually take shots at each other about who is the legit motorcycle rider.  Seriously.    One of Carter's ads was him sitting on a motorcycle on the edge of a cliff, saying something like "if you're in a motorcycle accident, you want a guy that knows what cutting a line means, and knows the difference between a flat head and a pan head!" He later said something like "I've been in a motorcycle accident, and I know what you're going through!"  (These are not direct quotes, but rather paraphrases of dialogue intended to get the general picture out there).   It's almost comical.

The daughter of the principal at the Haymond Law Firm was a school mate of my daughter for a while, and in person he was a very nice unassuming man, but in the ads, he's portrayed as a macho MC club member. :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on January 22, 2020, 08:02:50 AM
Or I just light it on FIRE and never look back.

I'll do that next batch I make. I really think the machine isn't properly maintained (by the property staff), and they need to replace it and the dispensers (which are in bad shape as well. Obviously been dropped many times). The place charges people $4k+ /mo in rent. I think they can afford to upgrade the machine.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 22, 2020, 08:25:59 AM
This guy I grew up with and was never too close with but close enough to consider a "friend" although we haven't spoken in like 10 years now... anyway, he is a lawyer in Miami and created an instagram account for his new firm he started and then started advertising with this account.  The images and wording were ridiculous.  One was a picture of the twin towers on 9/11 and said something like "if you've been wrongly injured, call me" which my group of friends all loved laughing at.  Like how absurd? One of my friends recently saw him and brought up his advertising to which he said he hired someone to do social media marketing for the law firm and stopped once others had said something to him about it  :rollin  I have no idea if that was true, but kind of funny how it wasn't just my group of friends thinking how ridiculously over the top this lawyer's ads were.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 22, 2020, 10:06:20 AM
"hit by an Uber or Lyft? They carry BIG INSURANCE!"

I see we listen to the same stuff.  I read that in the voice from the commercial.


The big one here is Carter Mario, who sells the idea that he was a wrestler in college, and was therefore "born to fight".  The funny thing, there are two others - Trantolo and Trantolo, and The John Haymond Law Firm - and they actually take shots at each other about who is the legit motorcycle rider.  Seriously.    One of Carter's ads was him sitting on a motorcycle on the edge of a cliff, saying something like "if you're in a motorcycle accident, you want a guy that knows what cutting a line means, and knows the difference between a flat head and a pan head!" He later said something like "I've been in a motorcycle accident, and I know what you're going through!"  (These are not direct quotes, but rather paraphrases of dialogue intended to get the general picture out there).   It's almost comical.

In initially read this as John Hammond law firm, and that took my mind to a completely different place.   :lol

I think we only have one motorcycle-specific guy here (which is a little odd since CA is one of the few states that allows motorcycles to split lanes).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on January 23, 2020, 09:47:40 AM
I hate the very thin line between moving through the world quickly and efficiently in bad weather conditions and moving so quickly that I endanger myself by falling on my ass or eating pavement.

I got good shoes, most people just wear their sneakers in the winter, I have proper winter boots with great grip on ice and proper hiking shoes with great grip for rainy weather too. I'm not *too* clumsy or distracted. But it seems like I fall and injure myself once every year when ice or a lot of rain is involved. Today I scrapped my chin and I'm sporting a fat lip. I really can't be bothered to walk like a grandma three months per year, but I guess I have to do it.
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Post by: JayOctavarium on January 23, 2020, 12:11:30 PM
Milena,

Just move to Southern California and you'll never have to deal with it :lol
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Post by: Evermind on January 23, 2020, 12:21:59 PM
I hate the very thin line between moving through the world quickly and efficiently in bad weather conditions and moving so quickly that I endanger myself by falling on my ass or eating pavement.

I got good shoes, most people just wear their sneakers in the winter, I have proper winter boots with great grip on ice and proper hiking shoes with great grip for rainy weather too. I'm not *too* clumsy or distracted. But it seems like I fall and injure myself once every year when ice or a lot of rain is involved. Today I scrapped my chin and I'm sporting a fat lip. I really can't be bothered to walk like a grandma three months per year, but I guess I have to do it.

My friend and I are both fast walkers and we have a competition each winter/spring for who falls the most during the winter. Last year I won 3:1 I think, if you can call it a win. :lol We're yet to score this season as we only had a few days when the temperature stayed below 0C.

It's all fun until one of us breaks something and then it isn't.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on January 23, 2020, 01:35:46 PM
Just move to Southern California and you'll never have to deal with it :lol
Nah, living where the air hurts your face is worth it  :lol

My friend and I are both fast walkers and we have a competition each winter/spring for who falls the most during the winter. Last year I won 3:1 I think, if you can call it a win. :lol We're yet to score this season as we only had a few days when the temperature stayed below 0C.

It's all fun until one of us breaks something and then it isn't.
Put me in the running, currently 1:0:0 for me and I'll let you know if I fall again  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 23, 2020, 01:44:31 PM
Milena,

Just move to Southern California and you'll never have to deal with it :lol

Sure but you'll have a whole lot of other shit to deal with.  :biggrin:

I don't know if its global warming or not but it certainly seems my winters in NJ have been less and less harsh.  Really haven't gotten much snow at all this year to make this an issue for me anymore, but I certainly can relate from my experience in college where I walked a lot in ice and snow.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on January 25, 2020, 02:34:32 PM
Seems like it is not possible anymore to walk in or out of somewhere without someone asking you about a donation or whatever.  You get the damn "would like to round up to the nearest dollar to donate to such-and-such charity?" question at random restaurants nowadays (I donate monthly to St. Jude's, so I will never feel guilty about never doing the round-up thing), and today I was leaving the gym and there were two people with a table with something right inside the door who were impossible to avoid, and when one of them tried to stop me, I gave the quick "sorry, I am in a hurry" answer and bolted.  Can I just leave the gym all sweaty without being harassed about God-knows-what?  It is considered assault if it happens again and I drag my hand across my forehead and fling sweat at them? :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on January 25, 2020, 04:23:33 PM
I've grown confident enough to just say "no thank you" and not feel guilty about it. Part of the reasoning is that I know my 41 cents ain't going towards the charity at all, just the overhead that charity has.

I have a driving scenario that has come up twice recently and while I can definitely see the flip side of it I do find it alarming. Basically me and the car in front of me both want to make left hand turns into the same parking lot. The cars coming towards us are a bit away but not comfortably far enough so there's a bit of a window for both of us to turn in and be fine. So the car turns left into the parking lot and, for some reason, either slows way down or completely stops sort of halting my left hand turn into the oncoming traffic lane. There was no reason for them to slow way down to a crawl or stop as turning into the parking lot (which is completely clear of cars) directs you to drive straight before heading to your destination so they're sort of putting me at risk by not navigating the entrance correctly. I do understand the other side of it which is that I need to take this scenario into account if I want to be 100% comfortable turning right behind them but deep down I feel that maybe they need to have some awareness that someone else is behind them and could get creamed if they don't just drive an extra 10 feet forward.

So yeah, mildly irritating even if some fault is with me. I just want some more spacial awareness from other drivers, man.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 25, 2020, 08:15:42 PM
That actually happened to me today, in fact.  It was an on-ramp for the highway, and after the oncoming car were about 15 more cars.  Not terribly proud of this, but I actually turned too, sort of to the left of the car in front of me (because that's where the most space was) pulling along side, then when we were clear of oncoming traffic, I slowed to let them go. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 26, 2020, 05:13:32 AM
That actually happened to me today, in fact.  It was an on-ramp for the highway, and after the oncoming car were about 15 more cars.  Not terribly proud of this, but I actually turned too, sort of to the left of the car in front of me (because that's where the most space was) pulling along side, then when we were clear of oncoming traffic, I slowed to let them go.

No shame in that whatsoever.  Although, you were on the left... you should've passed him.    :P :D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 27, 2020, 07:47:44 PM
The US Holidays settings in Google calendar. I like having this as an option, and have it turned on, but I am mildly irritated by their definition of "holiday." I really only want them on my calendar only when it's a national holiday, when government offices and schools are generally closed. St Patrick's Day, Cinco de Mayo... those bug me a little as they are specific to a culture, but I get that they are ingrained in America society I'll give them a pass. But Tax Day? That's not a damn holiday, that's just the day tax returns are due. Black Friday? Christmas Eve? Since when are these "holidays?" I don't need them flagged on my calendar.

tl;dr... make it so I can have each "holiday" as optional on my calendar. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on January 28, 2020, 05:59:30 AM
The US Holidays settings in Google calendar. I like having this as an option, and have it turned on, but I am mildly irritated by their definition of "holiday." I really only want them on my calendar only when it's a national holiday, when government offices and schools are generally closed. St Patrick's Day, Cinco de Mayo... those bug me a little as they are specific to a culture, but I get that they are ingrained in America society I'll give them a pass. But Tax Day? That's not a damn holiday, that's just the day tax returns are due. Black Friday? Christmas Eve? Since when are these "holidays?" I don't need them flagged on my calendar.

tl;dr... make it so I can have each "holiday" as optional on my calendar. 
Totally Agree
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on January 28, 2020, 06:51:18 AM
Was just telling someone recently how I never celebrate St. Pattys Day or Mardi Gras.  I don't need an excuse to drink like a holiday.  In fact, I almost never drink on these days in protest of how stupid these "holidays" have become.  In college it was designated "State Pattys Day" and the bars opened at 7am for all day drinking.  I always thought that was lame and didn't participate.  I'm not even anti partying, just felt these holidays turned into drinking contests and it kind of becomes dumb IMO.  I couldn't care less about them and get em off my calendar too.
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Post by: millahh on January 28, 2020, 09:49:49 AM
Mildly irritating.... Most of the time, I'm surprisingly ok with the open office plan.  But a colleague of me seems to have difficulty controling the volume of his voice when he is annoyed...and he's being annoyed on the pone with a vendor.  So I've been chased into a huddle room to try to do my work.   >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 28, 2020, 10:10:27 AM
Was just telling someone recently how I never celebrate St. Pattys Day or Mardi Gras.  I don't need an excuse to drink like a holiday.  In fact, I almost never drink on these days in protest of how stupid these "holidays" have become.  In college it was designated "State Pattys Day" and the bars opened at 7am for all day drinking.  I always thought that was lame and didn't participate.  I'm not even anti partying, just felt these holidays turned into drinking contests and it kind of becomes dumb IMO.  I couldn't care less about them and get em off my calendar too.

I haven't gone out on a New Year's Eve in years; I call it "amateur hour".  Same with Mardi Gras; I sometimes go out on St. Patty's day, but that's more a history thing with my friends (there's a parade in Hartford we've been going to for years), not a celebration of the holiday itself. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on January 28, 2020, 10:22:02 AM
Trying to do anything on the designated holidays is always a pain in the ass. Its overly crowded and uncomfortable. If I'm going out, its not gonna be on a more chill night.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on January 31, 2020, 08:26:08 PM
We haven’t seen the sun in Minnesota in 11 days. Usually I don’t care, but it’s been cold and snowy most days, or gloomy and cloudy. Three days ago, it just hit me. I’m tired, sad, and just not excited for anything. I’m feeling lazy. I need to get some sun in my life! Apparently we’re supposed to see the sun tomorrow, so I guess I’m finally excited about something!

I’m going to New Orleans on Monday and it’s supposed to be raining the entire time there as well. I can’t catch a break
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 31, 2020, 08:27:20 PM
I am not sure going from one failure of an NFL town to another is going to boost your spirits  :biggrin:

Just be sure to get a damn fine cup of chicory coffee when you are in New Orleans, Special Agent Cooper!
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Post by: SystematicThought on January 31, 2020, 08:47:09 PM
Oh man, I forgot all about Cafe Du Monde. I love a good beignet and cup of chicory coffee. It’s a business trip so I wasn’t really thinking about that. Looking forward to it!

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 31, 2020, 09:09:53 PM
I have not traveled much, but Cafe du Monde is my #1 most overrated placed I've visited in my vacation travels. But then I don't like coffee. And the beignets were... ok, I guess? I enjoyed just about every other aspect of my visit to MSY more. 
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Post by: SystematicThought on January 31, 2020, 09:27:50 PM
Well, when I was there three years ago it was for business as well. One of our grocery distributors has their trade show there every three years—rotating between MSY, Atlanta and Nashville (so much fun, would go back again). So I’ve never gone out much. When we went there last time, right when we got there, we were told to travel in big groups and to not stray because one of the reps got mugged and beaten on his way to Bourbon Street. So, nobody was really interested in doing much. And we didn’t have much free time anyway, so Cafe Du Monde was our only “touristy” thing. I liked it, so that’s what I remember.

Any recommendations?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on January 31, 2020, 09:41:32 PM
There are tours for just about anything, and I enjoyed the couple we went on. I recall the prices were reasonable. We took one on the cemeteries and another through the French Quarter, I don't remember if there was a specific topic/theme. We also took one through the Garden District, which I didn't enjoy as much, though it was cool seeing the residential architecture. We found the buses a convenient way to get around.

Humorously, my wife was the one that really wanted to go. So we booked the trip, and then right before we left we found out she was pregnant, and eventually got the associated sickness. So she ended up not eating or drinking much at all, much to her annoyance.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 01, 2020, 04:09:12 PM
I'm in NYC on a business trip.  On Wednesday, I caught the first period of the LA Kings game on NBCSN.  It was the first event at Staples Center since Kobe Bryant died, so they did some pregame stuff.  That's fine, but was I found awfully irritating was when the play-by-play guy (don't know who it was) twice referred to Staples Center as "the house that Kobe built."  Seriously?!  I'm sure it won't happen, but I really hope the hyperbole around this tragedy stops very soon.

I'm also finding myself increasingly irritated with the term "passed."  Kobe Bryant and Neil Peart didn't "pass."  They died, and using a euphemism doesn't make it any better.  And yes, I know I'm somewhat mimicking George Carlin with this one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 02, 2020, 10:48:39 AM
You going to be in NYC still on Thursday?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: SystematicThought on February 02, 2020, 02:33:36 PM
There are tours for just about anything, and I enjoyed the couple we went on. I recall the prices were reasonable. We took one on the cemeteries and another through the French Quarter, I don't remember if there was a specific topic/theme. We also took one through the Garden District, which I didn't enjoy as much, though it was cool seeing the residential architecture. We found the buses a convenient way to get around.

Humorously, my wife was the one that really wanted to go. So we booked the trip, and then right before we left we found out she was pregnant, and eventually got the associated sickness. So she ended up not eating or drinking much at all, much to her annoyance.
We’ll have to look into some of these. If I remember, there’s a WWII museum in downtown as well. It’s a fun place to go, just gotta find the time to get out on this trip
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 02, 2020, 08:33:15 PM
You going to be in NYC still on Thursday?

Nope.  Flew home today.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 03, 2020, 07:13:38 AM
I have not traveled much, but Cafe du Monde is my #1 most overrated placed I've visited in my vacation travels. But then I don't like coffee. And the beignets were... ok, I guess? I enjoyed just about every other aspect of my visit to MSY more.

I'm a big fan of NO, go there a lot, and even got married there back in the day.  I do two things whenever I'm there, circumstances allowing:   Oysters at ACME, and a beignet.   Never gets old, to me. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 03, 2020, 07:17:58 AM
Well, when I was there three years ago it was for business as well. One of our grocery distributors has their trade show there every three years—rotating between MSY, Atlanta and Nashville (so much fun, would go back again). So I’ve never gone out much. When we went there last time, right when we got there, we were told to travel in big groups and to not stray because one of the reps got mugged and beaten on his way to Bourbon Street. So, nobody was really interested in doing much. And we didn’t have much free time anyway, so Cafe Du Monde was our only “touristy” thing. I liked it, so that’s what I remember.

Any recommendations?

I've heard stories too; my ex-wife was on a work trip there, and one of her colleagues got mugged outside of the Harrah's on Canal Street.  It's like any city; you have to be aware and take care.  I'm a friendly, "talk-to-anyone" kind of guy, but I put on a healthy dose of "skeptical" when I go and don't talk to people on the street.

If you're in the Quarter, I'm a huge fan of ACME Oyster House, I'm always partial to Emeril's NOLA restaurant, and you can't go wrong if you look up the places that get mentioned on the Food Network (especially Guy's Grocery Games and Diners, Driveins and Dives).   The Warehouse District is good for food as well.   I don't do a lot of the touristy stuff, though I do visit the antique stores on Royal when I can.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 03, 2020, 07:18:58 AM
You going to be in NYC still on Thursday?

Nope.  Flew home today.

Next time you're in NYC, reach out.  I have an office on 54th and Lex; it'll be a great excuse for me to get into the City.   
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Post by: cramx3 on February 03, 2020, 07:24:01 AM
You going to be in NYC still on Thursday?

Nope.  Flew home today.

Next time you're in NYC, reach out.  I have an office on 54th and Lex; it'll be a great excuse for me to get into the City.

So Thursday?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 03, 2020, 08:48:11 AM
You going to be in NYC still on Thursday?

Nope.  Flew home today.

Next time you're in NYC, reach out.  I have an office on 54th and Lex; it'll be a great excuse for me to get into the City.

So Thursday?

Debating it.   I hadn't really felt interested in that show, but I like the music on the new record a lot and think it might be fun to see. 
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Post by: cramx3 on February 03, 2020, 10:13:09 AM
It will be fun to see and I don't even love the music, I'm curious on the turn out for this.  Gramercy isn't a big venue, but I'm looking forward to a fun night out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 03, 2020, 10:36:52 AM
You going to be in NYC still on Thursday?

Nope.  Flew home today.

Next time you're in NYC, reach out.  I have an office on 54th and Lex; it'll be a great excuse for me to get into the City.

Will do.  My conference was right next to Grand Central Station.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: El Barto on February 06, 2020, 09:25:17 AM
Does anybody remember when "street food" meant cheap, because it was cranked out by some guy with a wagon? Same thing with food trucks. The idea was that the lower overhead meant cheaper prices. I don't know if it's happening everywhere, or if it's because Dallas is the trendiest city on Earth, but both have simply become reasons to charge a massive premium. There was a stack of menus on my desk this morning for "Vietnamese Street Food." We're talking about notoriously cheap, but tasty food. I've been eating bahn mi for ages. These fuckers want $9 for one. No self respecting Vietnamese restaurant would charge more than $4.5 for one, and the gold standard in my neck of the world was incredibly apologetic when they had to raise the price from $3.5 to $4. It's just famously cheap food. Also advertised are "Asian Tacos," whateverthefuck that's supposed to mean. $9 for two. And this is a theme everywhere. Places are popping up all over the place selling some variety of "street food." Invariably, it's underwhelming food at an exorbitant price, when proper restaurants of the same cuisine are dishing out wonderful food on the cheap. This seems to me quite backwards.

Sadly this has been a thing with "street" tacos for quite some time. If the word "Street" is included (Mexicans just call them tacos) they're simply tacos for white people that don't have crunchy shells, and they'll run $4 a pop.* That's why "Asian Tacos" are thing at $4.5. The one saving grace is that Dallas is majority Mexican, so you can still get "tacos" for a buck-twenty-five a pop (.99 on Tuesdays) and they're great. It's actually kind of an interesting divide. Nobody at my new taco joint speaks a lick of English. You'll never see a white person in there. It seems to me gringos are paying a massive premium for English speaking cashiers and ingredients that sound fancier than they actually are.

*Strangely, they're always sold by places named after some form of venereal disease. There's a Rusty Taco a block from my place, and a Fuzzy Taco on every corner now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on February 06, 2020, 09:32:20 AM
I feel the same way about farmer's markets. I thought the original concept was buying straight from a farmer so you pay a little less and the farmer makes a little more. But now prices are generally double or more what I can pay at the grocery store.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 06, 2020, 09:40:03 AM
Street food is becoming very trendy.  The one night I spent in Portland, I realized there were permanant wagon spots with lots of food options and a cool environment.  But it wasn't street food that I was familiar with, it was a modern trendy thing now.  I've started noticing more and more of these places that act like they are gourmet but it's not the cheap food I typically want from a cart.  Luckily, there's still some good street meats in NYC that are "cheap" (nothing in NYC is cheap) and what good halal food that I expect from them.

Also, EB Bahn mi is new to me and really good. I should share some pics of my recent eats in the food thread since I've been learning how to cook recently including bahn mi.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 06, 2020, 09:52:09 AM
Does anybody remember when "street food" meant cheap, because it was cranked out by some guy with a wagon? Same thing with food trucks. The idea was that the lower overhead meant cheaper prices. I don't know if it's happening everywhere, or if it's because Dallas is the trendiest city on Earth, but both have simply become reasons to charge a massive premium. There was a stack of menus on my desk this morning for "Vietnamese Street Food." We're talking about notoriously cheap, but tasty food. I've been eating bahn mi for ages. These fuckers want $9 for one. No self respecting Vietnamese restaurant would charge more than $4.5 for one, and the gold standard in my neck of the world was incredibly apologetic when they had to raise the price from $3.5 to $4. It's just famously cheap food. Also advertised are "Asian Tacos," whateverthefuck that's supposed to mean. $9 for two. And this is a theme everywhere. Places are popping up all over the place selling some variety of "street food." Invariably, it's underwhelming food at an exorbitant price, when proper restaurants of the same cuisine are dishing out wonderful food on the cheap. This seems to me quite backwards.

Sadly this has been a thing with "street" tacos for quite some time. If the word "Street" is included (Mexicans just call them tacos) they're simply tacos for white people that don't have crunchy shells, and they'll run $4 a pop.* That's why "Asian Tacos" are thing at $4.5. The one saving grace is that Dallas is majority Mexican, so you can still get "tacos" for a buck-twenty-five a pop (.99 on Tuesdays) and they're great. It's actually kind of an interesting divide. Nobody at my new taco joint speaks a lick of English. You'll never see a white person in there. It seems to me gringos are paying a massive premium for English speaking cashiers and ingredients that sound fancier than they actually are.

*Strangely, they're always sold by places named after some form of venereal disease. There's a Rusty Taco a block from my place, and a Fuzzy Taco on every corner now.

Yup. I bitch about this constantly in Hartford. First off, there are very few "food trucks" left. Most of those guys have been priced out because of the insane permit costs to sell in the city. The majority of the trucks around here already have established restaurants in the city. $5.99 for a plain hot dog, or $8.99 for a grilled cheese with bacon because it's on "artisan" bread..... drive me nuts. I hate it.

I feel the same way about farmer's markets. I thought the original concept was buying straight from a farmer so you pay a little less and the farmer makes a little more. But now prices are generally double or more what I can pay at the grocery store.

Farmers markets will deliver a far superior product than a factory farm produces though.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 06, 2020, 09:56:11 AM
I feel the same way about farmer's markets. I thought the original concept was buying straight from a farmer so you pay a little less and the farmer makes a little more. But now prices are generally double or more what I can pay at the grocery store.

Farmers markets will deliver a far superior product than a factory farm produces though.

Except when a lot of them go to the food terminal and sell the EXACT SAME FUCKING PRODUCE that the grocery stores sell.  I've even seen fuckers selling peppers with the 4-digit code/tag on them at the farmers market.  And cellophane wrapped cucumbers.  I'll pay a bit of a premium for fresh harvest, but not a large one.  And I'll never buy anything from the lazy fuckers that just get some of their inventory from the food terminal.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 06, 2020, 09:57:14 AM
Does anybody remember when "street food" meant cheap, because it was cranked out by some guy with a wagon? Same thing with food trucks. The idea was that the lower overhead meant cheaper prices.

I can't really comment on anything beyond food trucks (to me, "street food" means those amazing-smelling bacon wrapped hot dogs with onions and peppers sold out of makeship shopping cart grills that are ubiquitous outside of sporting events and concerts in DTLA), but in Los Angeles and Orange County, there are essentially two kinds of food trucks.  There's one that's basically a mobile 7-11 with a little more variety for hot food.  I don't know that I've ever patronized one (except for beverages), but they're very cheap.  The second type is the "trendy" variety.  At my office, the building management arranges for a truck to come and sit in the parking lot from around 11-2 every Thursday.  It's a different truck every week, although some trucks get in the rotation.  Every once in a while I'll get lunch there, and I have almost always regretted it because I end up paying about twice what I'd pay for equivalent food at a restaurant.  It seems that the prices are at a premium because of the convenience factor.

In other contexts, I kind of like food trucks.  For example, there is a joint forces training base near where I live.  Every year, they do a show called "Wings, Wheels and Rotors."  The local middle school jazz band plays, and they have a bunch of vendors and food trucks.  It's a little like a mini swap meet with airplanes, helicopters and other military vehicles.  They occasionally have a specialty food truck that has stuff you can't get anywhere else, and those are kind of cool.


$8.99 for a grilled cheese with bacon because it's on "artisan" bread..... drive me nuts. I hate it.

I basically refuse to consume anything that is "artisanal" or which has been "curated."  Those two terms are basically code for pretentious and overpriced (and I really cringed when DT recently put something on its website talking about how the set list was "specially curated" or something like that).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 06, 2020, 10:00:00 AM
I feel the same way about farmer's markets. I thought the original concept was buying straight from a farmer so you pay a little less and the farmer makes a little more. But now prices are generally double or more what I can pay at the grocery store.

Farmers markets will deliver a far superior product than a factory farm produces though.

Except when a lot of them go to the food terminal and sell the EXACT SAME FUCKING PRODUCE that the grocery stores sell.  I've even seen fuckers selling peppers with the 4-digit code/tag on them at the farmers market.  And cellophane wrapped cucumbers.  I'll pay a bit of a premium for fresh harvest, but not a large one.  And I'll never buy anything from the lazy fuckers that just get some of their inventory from the food terminal.

That could actually be required by law depending where you live. When I explored growing and selling microgreens, even at a farmer's market, I needed a SKU, an approved clam shell container, and certain information displayed on the packaging via a sticker.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: El Barto on February 06, 2020, 10:19:39 AM
I feel the same way about farmer's markets. I thought the original concept was buying straight from a farmer so you pay a little less and the farmer makes a little more. But now prices are generally double or more what I can pay at the grocery store.

Farmers markets will deliver a far superior product than a factory farm produces though.

Except when a lot of them go to the food terminal and sell the EXACT SAME FUCKING PRODUCE that the grocery stores sell.  I've even seen fuckers selling peppers with the 4-digit code/tag on them at the farmers market.  And cellophane wrapped cucumbers.  I'll pay a bit of a premium for fresh harvest, but not a large one.  And I'll never buy anything from the lazy fuckers that just get some of their inventory from the food terminal.
Yeah, our farmer's market is about half farmers selling very expensive produce and half Mexicans selling the same stuff I buy for cheaper at Sprouts. Ironically, it's in one of the trendy parts of town where food trucks and street food is ubiquitous. Except the street food is sold in store fronts that cost more than Jerry World to lease out.


I can't really comment on anything beyond food trucks (to me, "street food" means those amazing-smelling bacon wrapped hot dogs with onions and peppers sold out of makeship shopping cart grills that are ubiquitous outside of sporting events and concerts in DTLA), but in Los Angeles and Orange County, there are essentially two kinds of food trucks.  There's one that's basically a mobile 7-11 with a little more variety for hot food.  I don't know that I've ever patronized one (except for beverages), but they're very cheap.  The second type is the "trendy" variety.  At my office, the building management arranges for a truck to come and sit in the parking lot from around 11-2 every Thursday.  It's a different truck every week, although some trucks get in the rotation.  Every once in a while I'll get lunch there, and I have almost always regretted it because I end up paying about twice what I'd pay for equivalent food at a restaurant.  It seems that the prices are at a premium because of the convenience factor.
The only time I ever eat off of a cart is if I see a show in San Antonio, where one of those awesome bacon wrapped hotdogs will set you back $7. And Dallas has a middle tier of food truck between the two you mentioned. There are some that are mobile diners, American or Mexican, that really only cater to construction workers. I'm guessing they serve reasonable food at a reasonable price, since they're catering to blue collar folk rather than the trendy hipster fucks that equate cost with quality.


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I basically refuse to consume anything that is "artisanal" or which has been "curated."  Those two terms are basically code for pretentious and overpriced (and I really cringed when DT recently put something on its website talking about how the set list was "specially curated" or something like that).
That's a good call, as it's the exact same phenomenon. For years my gold standard for a burger was at a place over in the gay part of town. Half pound of sirloin with nice, thick cut bacon and proper cheese, cooked to order. $8.49 w/fries. They "re-tooled" as a farm-to-table restaurant and suddenly the burger is $12 with no bacon. "But it's locally baked bread and artisanal pickles!" Again, farm-to-table should supposedly cut costs, but it's merely an excuse to charge a massive premium.

I guess the point of all of this is "huzzah for capitalism! Screwing the stupid since 3000BC!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 06, 2020, 10:46:32 AM
THis is certainly a thing.  Down in New Haven, in Long Wharf, there are a line of trucks along the access road (they just did a major renovation of the highway, and purposefully paved an extra-wide shoulder for the trucks) and it used to be like El Barto said:  tacos for $1.25, good hot dogs with decent toppings for $3, $4.   Burgers with fries for $7.50.   Then you had the sort of "foodie" explosion and now almost everything is 50% higher. 

We also seem to have a fairly regular circuit of food truck events - I went to three last summer - and even a basket of loaded tots is $9.  If there's any meat, you're in the $12 - $15 range.   Fuck that.   I can sit and use real utensils for that much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on February 08, 2020, 08:42:01 AM
Does anybody remember when "street food" meant cheap, because it was cranked out by some guy with a wagon? Same thing with food trucks. The idea was that the lower overhead meant cheaper prices. I don't know if it's happening everywhere, or if it's because Dallas is the trendiest city on Earth, but both have simply become reasons to charge a massive premium. There was a stack of menus on my desk this morning for "Vietnamese Street Food." We're talking about notoriously cheap, but tasty food. I've been eating bahn mi for ages. These fuckers want $9 for one. No self respecting Vietnamese restaurant would charge more than $4.5 for one, and the gold standard in my neck of the world was incredibly apologetic when they had to raise the price from $3.5 to $4. It's just famously cheap food. Also advertised are "Asian Tacos," whateverthefuck that's supposed to mean. $9 for two. And this is a theme everywhere. Places are popping up all over the place selling some variety of "street food." Invariably, it's underwhelming food at an exorbitant price, when proper restaurants of the same cuisine are dishing out wonderful food on the cheap. This seems to me quite backwards.

Sadly this has been a thing with "street" tacos for quite some time. If the word "Street" is included (Mexicans just call them tacos) they're simply tacos for white people that don't have crunchy shells, and they'll run $4 a pop.* That's why "Asian Tacos" are thing at $4.5. The one saving grace is that Dallas is majority Mexican, so you can still get "tacos" for a buck-twenty-five a pop (.99 on Tuesdays) and they're great. It's actually kind of an interesting divide. Nobody at my new taco joint speaks a lick of English. You'll never see a white person in there. It seems to me gringos are paying a massive premium for English speaking cashiers and ingredients that sound fancier than they actually are.

*Strangely, they're always sold by places named after some form of venereal disease. There's a Rusty Taco a block from my place, and a Fuzzy Taco on every corner now.

This is how charlotte is now. Taco food trucks will typically run $10-$12 for two small tacos, pizza food trucks will sell you a cold slice for $5. I'd rather just hit up Taco Bell for cheaper, better tasting tacos.

This is off topic but Charlotte has a real problem with every new restaurant trying to be trendy. The turnover for restaurants is crazy high and every new place has a seemingly new way to put pimento cheese on a burger. It just ends up being over priced and shitty.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on February 08, 2020, 01:47:01 PM
We have a lot of boutique food trucks here (and several food truck events a month), which charge outrageous prices (most of it not worth it... But some are fantastic), but then we also have a shit ton of taco trucks around here. One on every other corner. Good, cheap, greasy, unhealthy food.  Mmmmm mmmm mmmmm
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 08, 2020, 08:24:22 PM
  Down in New Haven, in Long Wharf, there are a line of trucks along the access road

I know exactly where that is. Driven by it dozens of times. I always threaten my family with stopping there. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 09, 2020, 11:46:57 AM
  Down in New Haven, in Long Wharf, there are a line of trucks along the access road

I know exactly where that is. Driven by it dozens of times. I always threaten my family with stopping there. :lol

If you ever get around there and are hungry, you're about three miles from some awesome food.  Just not those trucks.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 11, 2020, 05:41:30 AM
Does anybody remember when "street food" meant cheap, because it was cranked out by some guy with a wagon? Same thing with food trucks. The idea was that the lower overhead meant cheaper prices. I don't know if it's happening everywhere, or if it's because Dallas is the trendiest city on Earth, but both have simply become reasons to charge a massive premium. There was a stack of menus on my desk this morning for "Vietnamese Street Food." We're talking about notoriously cheap, but tasty food. I've been eating bahn mi for ages. These fuckers want $9 for one. No self respecting Vietnamese restaurant would charge more than $4.5 for one, and the gold standard in my neck of the world was incredibly apologetic when they had to raise the price from $3.5 to $4. It's just famously cheap food. Also advertised are "Asian Tacos," whateverthefuck that's supposed to mean. $9 for two. And this is a theme everywhere. Places are popping up all over the place selling some variety of "street food." Invariably, it's underwhelming food at an exorbitant price, when proper restaurants of the same cuisine are dishing out wonderful food on the cheap. This seems to me quite backwards.

Sadly this has been a thing with "street" tacos for quite some time. If the word "Street" is included (Mexicans just call them tacos) they're simply tacos for white people that don't have crunchy shells, and they'll run $4 a pop.* That's why "Asian Tacos" are thing at $4.5. The one saving grace is that Dallas is majority Mexican, so you can still get "tacos" for a buck-twenty-five a pop (.99 on Tuesdays) and they're great. It's actually kind of an interesting divide. Nobody at my new taco joint speaks a lick of English. You'll never see a white person in there. It seems to me gringos are paying a massive premium for English speaking cashiers and ingredients that sound fancier than they actually are.

*Strangely, they're always sold by places named after some form of venereal disease. There's a Rusty Taco a block from my place, and a Fuzzy Taco on every corner now.

This is how charlotte is now. Taco food trucks will typically run $10-$12 for two small tacos, pizza food trucks will sell you a cold slice for $5. I'd rather just hit up Taco Bell for cheaper, better tasting tacos.

This is off topic but Charlotte has a real problem with every new restaurant trying to be trendy. The turnover for restaurants is crazy high and every new place has a seemingly new way to put pimento cheese on a burger. It just ends up being over priced and shitty.

You'd be surprised how many places I've been to that don't have just regular fries on the menu anymore. They have to be some sweet potato, truffle, zesty, Parmesan variant. Just give me plain fries with my plain burger. I want to eat for $10. I'm sick of it costing $45 (including tip) for two people to get basic food and a beer. 

I went to Nardelli's (sandwich place with like 12 locations) recently with my dad, and sandwiches, water, and chips was $38.

Madness.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on February 11, 2020, 05:58:08 AM
I just checked the sandwich prices since I haven't been in awhile and jesus $11 for a full Italian combo and they also charge $7.50 for a half a sandwich? I'm not familiar with portion sizes so maybe you're getting a value in that but that's easily $2-3 more than most of the places around me. I always pass the one just off 84 near Waterbury but I typically end up at the halal place next door because their shawarma is off the charts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 11, 2020, 06:17:05 AM
I just checked the sandwich prices since I haven't been in awhile and jesus $11 for a full Italian combo and they also charge $7.50 for a half a sandwich? I'm not familiar with portion sizes so maybe you're getting a value in that but that's easily $2-3 more than most of the places around me. I always pass the one just off 84 near Waterbury but I typically end up at the halal place next door because their shawarma is off the charts.

I've never been to that one. I live near the one on Watertown Ave by Big Franks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 12, 2020, 08:25:58 AM
Does anybody remember when "street food" meant cheap, because it was cranked out by some guy with a wagon? Same thing with food trucks. The idea was that the lower overhead meant cheaper prices. I don't know if it's happening everywhere, or if it's because Dallas is the trendiest city on Earth, but both have simply become reasons to charge a massive premium. There was a stack of menus on my desk this morning for "Vietnamese Street Food." We're talking about notoriously cheap, but tasty food. I've been eating bahn mi for ages. These fuckers want $9 for one. No self respecting Vietnamese restaurant would charge more than $4.5 for one, and the gold standard in my neck of the world was incredibly apologetic when they had to raise the price from $3.5 to $4. It's just famously cheap food. Also advertised are "Asian Tacos," whateverthefuck that's supposed to mean. $9 for two. And this is a theme everywhere. Places are popping up all over the place selling some variety of "street food." Invariably, it's underwhelming food at an exorbitant price, when proper restaurants of the same cuisine are dishing out wonderful food on the cheap. This seems to me quite backwards.

Sadly this has been a thing with "street" tacos for quite some time. If the word "Street" is included (Mexicans just call them tacos) they're simply tacos for white people that don't have crunchy shells, and they'll run $4 a pop.* That's why "Asian Tacos" are thing at $4.5. The one saving grace is that Dallas is majority Mexican, so you can still get "tacos" for a buck-twenty-five a pop (.99 on Tuesdays) and they're great. It's actually kind of an interesting divide. Nobody at my new taco joint speaks a lick of English. You'll never see a white person in there. It seems to me gringos are paying a massive premium for English speaking cashiers and ingredients that sound fancier than they actually are.

*Strangely, they're always sold by places named after some form of venereal disease. There's a Rusty Taco a block from my place, and a Fuzzy Taco on every corner now.

This is how charlotte is now. Taco food trucks will typically run $10-$12 for two small tacos, pizza food trucks will sell you a cold slice for $5. I'd rather just hit up Taco Bell for cheaper, better tasting tacos.

This is off topic but Charlotte has a real problem with every new restaurant trying to be trendy. The turnover for restaurants is crazy high and every new place has a seemingly new way to put pimento cheese on a burger. It just ends up being over priced and shitty.

You'd be surprised how many places I've been to that don't have just regular fries on the menu anymore. They have to be some sweet potato, truffle, zesty, Parmesan variant. Just give me plain fries with my plain burger. I want to eat for $10. I'm sick of it costing $45 (including tip) for two people to get basic food and a beer. 

I went to Nardelli's (sandwich place with like 12 locations) recently with my dad, and sandwiches, water, and chips was $38.

Madness.

Between formerly having a kid in high school in Wallingford (there's one there) and going to Ridgefield for concerts (passing the one in Waterbury) I eat at Nardelli's pretty often.  I generally stick to the sandwich; they're not cheap ($11 to $13 for the sandwich itself) but they are pretty good.

I'm with you, though; not everything has to be a winning dish on Chopped.  Especially burgers; I actually like a burger with "normal" toppings (lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mayo, salt, pepper), and maybe grilled onions.  You go to some places and it's aioli this and craft that and... we've been eating burgers like above for decades, it's fine.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 12, 2020, 09:01:33 AM
Speaking of burgers, and I know almost no one will be with me on this one, but that's okay....but I hate what veggie burgers have become.

I'm a vegetarian. That just means I don't eat meat. It doesn't mean I want a whole wheat bun with arugula, bean sprouts, vegan mayo and no cheese. It just means I want the patty to be a veggie one and not a meat one. So every time I have to order some annoying custom version, which is usually just a normal burger but veggie instead. Keep the lettuce, tomato and onion. Keep the standard bun. I don't want every aspect of the burger to be some weird LA vegetarian dream. I just don't want meat.

Also, and this is becoming a bigger deal, and mostly just for someone like me. But the god damn impossible burger.

I have never eaten meat in my life, so to ME (and me alone) meat is absolutely disgusting looking. I totally get the appeal of the impossible burger and am glad it helps former meat eaters and gives them what they want. But I just want a veggie burger. There used to be some fantastic house made veggie burgers that have all been replaced with the impossible burger. So essentially, if I don't want the impossible burger, none of which are house made, it's almost impossible to find a veggie burger.

Again, I know it's just me, but it's mildly irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 12, 2020, 09:32:18 AM
I tried the Impossible Burger; I eat meat, but am not a meat Nazi in that way.   As I was eating it, in real time and fresh/hot, it was good.  It did NOT taste like meat; so those commercials where the incredulous eaters are like "LIES!  This tastes just like a Whopper!" are staged bullshit.   

BUT... and hour or so later, i had the wierdest taste in my mouth.  Worse, I only ate half and tried a couple hours later to reheat it - something I do with burgers all the time - and it was inedible.  I took a bite and a half and tossed it, it was so gross.  I get that it's all "commonly used ingredients" in food, but that's not to say that the combination was pleasing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 12, 2020, 09:41:11 AM
I'm with you, though; not everything has to be a winning dish on Chopped.  Especially burgers; I actually like a burger with "normal" toppings (lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mayo, salt, pepper), and maybe grilled onions.  You go to some places and it's aioli this and craft that and... we've been eating burgers like above for decades, it's fine.

Speaking of burgers, and I know almost no one will be with me on this one, but that's okay....but I hate what veggie burgers have become.

I'm a vegetarian. That just means I don't eat meat. It doesn't mean I want a whole wheat bun with arugula, bean sprouts, vegan mayo and no cheese. It just means I want the patty to be a veggie one and not a meat one.

I'm anything but a vegetarian, but I'm totally with you and Stadler.  The thing about all the extra crap on foo-foo burgers is that it hides whether the burger itself is any good.  The burger itself (whether it be a meat patty or a veggy patty) should be good enough to eat by itself, without any toppings.


I tried the Impossible Burger; I eat meat, but am not a meat Nazi in that way.   As I was eating it, in real time and fresh/hot, it was good.  It did NOT taste like meat; so those commercials where the incredulous eaters are like "LIES!  This tastes just like a Whopper!" are staged bullshit.   

There's one commercial that's been running a lot where someone says, "I was surprised I like it because it was Burger King!"  Translation:  BK is usually crap, but this was good.  Hard to believe they kept that in the commercial.   :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 12, 2020, 10:04:01 AM
It definitely comes off that way (as someone who doesn't like BK at all) but I think the idea was that you can't believe it's not a real burger (not burger king as a whole).  Also I don't really follow the vegetation menu side of things, but if they are replacing veggie burgers with impossible burgers, that does kind of suck for those who really just want to veggie burger.  It's not the same other than both not being meat. 

My coworker tried the impossible burger from a red robin, said it was better than expected...but can't think of a scenario where he would choose that over a real burger.  He split it with someone else while they also enjoyed their own regular burgers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 12, 2020, 01:17:03 PM
I was just commenting to mrs.jingle the other night as we ate at Subway.  The non-meat meatball sub is higher in calories than an actual meatball sub, and 60% more expensive.  Given how PROCESSED non-meat alternatives are... where exactly is the appeal of these items?  I once had a night-class in university with a guy who worked at Schneiders in one of their processing plants and his comment "I'll NEVER eat anything "processed"" stuck with me all my life.  Where ever possible, I avoid "processed" foods.  I don't know what "processed" exactly entails, and that is a conscious decision - I don't ever want to know.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 12, 2020, 01:48:27 PM
I was just commenting to mrs.jingle the other night as we ate at Subway.  The non-meat meatball sub is higher in calories than an actual meatball sub, and 60% more expensive.  Given how PROCESSED non-meat alternatives are... where exactly is the appeal of these items?  I once had a night-class in university with a guy who worked at Schneiders in one of their processing plants and his comment "I'll NEVER eat anything "processed"" stuck with me all my life.  Where ever possible, I avoid "processed" foods.  I don't know what "processed" exactly entails, and that is a conscious decision - I don't ever want to know.  :lol

There's a non-meatball sub at Subway? Huh.

I mean, I guess it's processed in the fact that it doesn't exist in nature lol.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 13, 2020, 06:30:39 AM
So I'm actually on a work trip now, and one of the lawyers that I'm meeting with is no meat, no dairy, and, well, it just doesn't look fun to me.  She got lunch - a Mediteranean veggie pita or some shit - but it had feta cheese on it, so no go.  About eight of us went to a middle of the line seafood restaurant, and it was "so, does the guacamole have any cheese in it?"   "Are the veggie side dishes cooked in butter?"   "Is the sushi wrapped in this".  She was a sport about it, but there's no "Hey bring me whatever the chef recommends" with that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 13, 2020, 06:38:23 AM
Mild-ly irr-i-ta-ting
Med-i-ter-a-ne-an

Seriously, I'd be irritated just going to s Seafood restaurant for a work lunch. If I had a work lunch at a seafood place I have no idea what I'd get. Fish n chips? That doesn't seem like business lunch food. But I wouldn't be interested in anything else.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 13, 2020, 06:48:48 AM
Just get the most expensive thing, someone else is paying for it  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 13, 2020, 07:21:56 AM
There's just nothing else I would like though.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on February 13, 2020, 07:33:17 AM
There's just nothing else I would like though.

I’m not big on seafood so I understand! The most I would do is fried fish or fish fillet with some sort of potato.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: El Barto on February 13, 2020, 08:31:48 AM
I'm with you, though; not everything has to be a winning dish on Chopped.  Especially burgers; I actually like a burger with "normal" toppings (lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mayo, salt, pepper), and maybe grilled onions.  You go to some places and it's aioli this and craft that and... we've been eating burgers like above for decades, it's fine.
The thing is some of the fancy new burger trends are pretty good. Same with the fries. That doesn't negate the need to be able to get a simple burger and fries for a reasonable price. Thankfully there are enough old fucks like me that plenty of places continue to sling them. They're typically the places that have been around forever, though, and once the ownership dies off it's all over. The bigger problem is that trendy idiots in Uptown wouldn't be caught dead in a place that's been selling the same burger for 50 years. If it's not new and shiny they won't support it.

There was a Tex-Mex place in Oak Cliff that had been around since 1983. The family that started El Chico kept one location after selling the brand to Brinkers, or whoever the hell owns El Chico now, and re-opened as The Tejano. It kept selling great food for cheap for 30 years. The neighborhood became "gentrified" and suddenly nobody would eat there. If an enchilada plate only cost $7.5 how could it be any good? They closed for a few months, re-opened with a few new menu items and a 50% price increase and suddenly was the hottest place in town. The truth is that in Dallas all you need to do is charged too much for what you sell and people will assume it's great. So really, it's not the restaurants that are at fault here. It's a dumb society.

On a side note, the trendy Tex-Mex places that cater to dumb young people over-salt everything. Presumably to encourage more drinking, but if you don't want everything super-salty you're pretty much SOL.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on February 14, 2020, 11:05:48 PM
Canceled my Valentines day plans to go into work last minute. Kinda annoying but 2 more days and I'm done so whatever. My GF has a tradition with her dad where they go to the same Chinese restaurant every year for lunch on V Day. My plan was for us to go walk old Town (down town), grab ice cream, just spend time together. Whatever. So she gets home, brings me some food (orange chicken and pork fried rice). I eat the chicken and bring the big ass container of fried rice to eat at work. Took me almost 3 hours to get to work (fuck LA traffic on a Holiday weekend). I was late... Okay whatever. Well I brought a single soda with me. Wound up drinking it in traffic. Figured it wasn't a huge deal... There's a vending machine at the site I'm going to and I have a buck and a quarter on me that I made sure to bring just for the vending machine. (I have water and Gatorade too but I really want a soda with my dinner).

I go and heat up my rice.. And then go to the vending machine. Put my dollar and my quarter in, and pressed the button for my selecting.

... It ate my fucking money and didn't give me my soda. IT. ATE. MY. MONEY.

I'm totally over tonight now. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 16, 2020, 09:17:01 AM
I'm with you, though; not everything has to be a winning dish on Chopped.  Especially burgers; I actually like a burger with "normal" toppings (lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mayo, salt, pepper), and maybe grilled onions.  You go to some places and it's aioli this and craft that and... we've been eating burgers like above for decades, it's fine.
The thing is some of the fancy new burger trends are pretty good. Same with the fries.

What are you liking?  I'd like to try something good, but up here it seems to veer either to heavy - BBQ, fried onions, blankets of cheese - or to the fufu - guac, sprouts, melted tofu, elm twigs, and oak sticks (I'm kidding of course) - and I have little interest in that.  I'd be into a decent sauce, and some creative veggies, though.

Ever have an egg on your burger?  For someone that loves breakfast sandwiches as much as I do - ham or sausage, fried egg over medium, cheese, slice of tomato, salt and pepper on a fresh hard roll is my kinda morning - you'd think I would have, but never tried it.  Could go both ways for me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 16, 2020, 09:38:29 AM
Egg on a burger is pretty good.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 16, 2020, 05:02:09 PM
+1 for egg on a burger.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 16, 2020, 05:02:57 PM
I can't do it.

-1
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 16, 2020, 05:04:29 PM
Ordering cheese on a veggie burger already confused waiters. Adding an egg would just overwhelm them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on February 16, 2020, 08:52:18 PM
I wouldn't just order it extra, it would have to be the way it's made.  There's a burger place in Amsterdam near where I work that is geared to be more "American burgers" so they have a few varieties with different toppings.  NONE of them actually taste or feel like what you'd find in America, but their biggest burger (since I"m there for work and not paying..) has an egg on it.  It does work well when done right.  It's the only burger there I like.  I've seen it and had it in a few other specialty burger places in the US, but I don't see it normally on the menu and would never just request to add it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 17, 2020, 06:45:20 AM
A nice sunny-side egg that's closer to medium than runny is just glorious on a burger.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on February 17, 2020, 06:56:07 AM
Most dining places where I live are primarily burger places, and honestly, even though most of these joints have some fairly creative recipes, the local TGIF still gets the patty and the fries correct most of the time, and for a slightly lower price. I like guac, creative aiolis and parm-loaded fries but these folks still don't get I'm not gonna go out every night and pick my very favorite burger out of 100 different burger recipes in town, I'm just gonna keep going to the most consistent place even if the sauce comes on the side and the burger doesn't have the fanciest name or the largest variety of picked vegetables.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on February 29, 2020, 10:42:26 AM
Whenever a songs intro begins at the end of the last track, causing an odd intro of the song when imported.

I'm listening to the new The Night Flight Orchestra and the beginning of Carmencita starts before Taurus ends.

Although it does make you listen to the album in it's entirety as the tracks blend into each other.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: black_biff_stadler on February 29, 2020, 04:25:54 PM
I'm with you, though; not everything has to be a winning dish on Chopped.  Especially burgers; I actually like a burger with "normal" toppings (lettuce, tomato, ketchup, mayo, salt, pepper), and maybe grilled onions.  You go to some places and it's aioli this and craft that and... we've been eating burgers like above for decades, it's fine.
The thing is some of the fancy new burger trends are pretty good. Same with the fries.

What are you liking?  I'd like to try something good, but up here it seems to veer either to heavy - BBQ, fried onions, blankets of cheese - or to the fufu - guac, sprouts, melted tofu, elm twigs, and oak sticks (I'm kidding of course) - and I have little interest in that.  I'd be into a decent sauce, and some creative veggies, though.

Here are some suggestions for burger toppings that might work for you but, bear in mind, I love heavy-ass, bold flavors.

sautéed mushroom
grilled onion
grilled portobello
avocado (works A LOT better than guac since you're not signing up for a bunch of other flavors)
roasted red bell pepper (this is more of a home cooking option since I've never seen it available anywhere)
prosciutto (same problem as the red bell pepper)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 29, 2020, 05:11:26 PM
Whenever a songs intro begins at the end of the last track, causing an odd intro of the song when imported.

I'm listening to the new The Night Flight Orchestra and the beginning of Carmencita starts before Taurus ends.

Although it does make you listen to the album in it's entirety as the tracks blend into each other.

I hate when this happens on live albums, when a talks about the upcoming song, but in producing the album, they leave that segment on the end of the previous track.  Van Halen / Right Here, Right Now has a lot of that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 29, 2020, 05:53:49 PM
Whenever a songs intro begins at the end of the last track, causing an odd intro of the song when imported.

I'm listening to the new The Night Flight Orchestra and the beginning of Carmencita starts before Taurus ends.

Although it does make you listen to the album in it's entirety as the tracks blend into each other.

My Moving Pictures CD is the opposite of that.  Track #7 starts about 20 seconds before the end of Witch Hunt.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: black_biff_stadler on March 02, 2020, 12:42:19 AM
This reminds me of the fuckup when Opeth was recording Orchid and the end of Requiem ended up as a longer-than-intended intro for The Apostle in Triumph.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on March 02, 2020, 01:20:06 AM
This reminds me of the fuckup when Opeth was recording Orchid and the end of Requiem ended up as a longer-than-intended intro for The Apostle in Triumph.

Yeah, but to be fair, with a lot of the transitions on Orchid, it wouldn't really be clear whether or not they're part of the same song if you didn't look at the track number on your music player. :lol

Still a great album though  :metal
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: black_biff_stadler on March 02, 2020, 02:18:33 AM
Oh, I adore that album. I was just citing the similarity. And really, I'm not sure there's an Opeth record in existence that doesn't have that ambiguous mishmash of riffs thing going on. They were my favorite band for 7 years and I'm still clueless as to what riffs are from which songs sometimes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 02, 2020, 08:46:00 AM
Whenever a songs intro begins at the end of the last track, causing an odd intro of the song when imported.

I'm listening to the new The Night Flight Orchestra and the beginning of Carmencita starts before Taurus ends.

Although it does make you listen to the album in it's entirety as the tracks blend into each other.

I hate when this happens on live albums, when a talks about the upcoming song, but in producing the album, they leave that segment on the end of the previous track.  Van Halen / Right Here, Right Now has a lot of that.

Now that's interesting; I have been doing a project to rip my CDs/DVDs to a network drive, and since most of my DVDs are live, I have been going through and basically taking 90 minute videos and breaking them into individual songs.   And I have opted to keep the intros to the end of the previous song, for this reason:   If I want to hear, say, Run To The Hills, or Rock And Roll All Nite, do I want to hear two minutes of Bruce Dickinson yapping about feminine hygiene products (it's not before RTTH, but there's a bit on the Live After Death video where he mentions that) or Paul Stanley screaming at the top of his lungs "DEE-troit (because that's how it's pronounced in rock and roll) let me hear you!  We LOVE you, DEE-troit!" for a minute and a half?  Nope.   The one exception is the actual name of the song, especially if the band starts while the singer is saying the name.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 02, 2020, 08:50:03 AM
I actually like how the chit chat is at the end of the track of a live album too.  If I search for the song, I want to hear it, but when I listen to the full album, I enjoy hearing the chit chat so it makes sense to put it at the end of the track before it.  However the slight splits on CDs as Ben brought up is super weird and annoying.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on March 02, 2020, 09:49:58 AM
I actually like how the chit chat is at the end of the track of a live album too.  If I search for the song, I want to hear it, but when I listen to the full album, I enjoy hearing the chit chat so it makes sense to put it at the end of the track before it.  However the slight splits on CDs as Ben brought up is super weird and annoying.

I'm the same with the live albums. Although it is kinda annoying when they didn't split the song intro to be that songs track intro.

This reminds me of the fuckup when Opeth was recording Orchid and the end of Requiem ended up as a longer-than-intended intro for The Apostle in Triumph.

Yeah, but to be fair, with a lot of the transitions on Orchid, it wouldn't really be clear whether or not they're part of the same song if you didn't look at the track number on your music player. :lol

Still a great album though  :metal

:lol I didn't even know until I looked it up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 03, 2020, 01:34:44 PM
So in my new job I have to occasionally call dealers to get extra information to process quotes for people. These are quote request submitted by dealers..  Some have to be back within 15 minutes or an hour (or a day but those are low priority). I believe the dealers get a kick back for bringing us business.... Yet they always seem so annoyed when I call them to get more info to finish their quote. Like... The client's DOB or DL#...  And while on the phone I'll sometime ask for relevant info they may have that isn't necessary but may benefit the clients... Example does (Customer's wife,) who is also on the title on this ATV, have a Motorcycle license?

Dealer's response: "I don't see why that matters... This is a Side by Side, not an on road motorcycle...." in the most annoyed tone.

"but yes she has 5 years and has had an endorsement for as long as well"


... It was relevant. Just dropped their annual premium by $25. Asshole.

:lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 12, 2020, 09:23:57 PM
So, the company van I drive, when you take the keys out of the ignition, the radio stays on until you open the door. I always find that unsettling. When I park, I take out the keys, get whatever stuff I need (tools, notes, my lunch...), take out the keys, and inevitably think "wait... why is the radio still on? Did I leave the keys in the ignition? Are the lights still on? Did I forget to do something?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on March 13, 2020, 05:27:05 AM
So, the company van I drive, when you take the keys out of the ignition, the radio stays on until you open the door. I always find that unsettling. When I park, I take out the keys, get whatever stuff I need (tools, notes, my lunch...), take out the keys, and inevitably think "wait... why is the radio still on? Did I leave the keys in the ignition? Are the lights still on? Did I forget to do something?"
My car does that too. Took me a long time to get used to it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on March 13, 2020, 08:11:18 AM
Lots of cars do that now. My car has a push button start but with the car off the radio plays until I open the door, or if 5 minutes pass so battery doesn't die.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on March 28, 2020, 12:52:55 PM
Animated GIFs in forum signatures.

Is there a forum function to hide them from view?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on March 28, 2020, 01:30:13 PM
Yes there is. I turned off forum sigs a long time ago, too much strain on my eyes. With them off, it is so much easier to read through each post.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on March 28, 2020, 01:38:30 PM
I forget they even exist. I've had them turned off for years.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on March 28, 2020, 02:02:46 PM
Awesome, thanks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on March 28, 2020, 04:14:33 PM
This is above mildly irritating.....jut don’t know where to put it.

About (2) months ago I went to my dentist and had a filling put in. He told me that once he start working on the tooth it was per needed a root canal. He filled I and said.....get a root canal ASAP.

So I did what most people do and ignored that advice cuz my tooth felt better. Fast Forward to this past Thursday night when that tooth started aching pretty bad. Rough night of sleep as I’m sure most know what a solid tooth ache feels like. Friday, called to see if I could get in to get an emergency root canal and was told nope.....soonest would be Monday.

So...yesterday sucked......last night sucked.....today is sucking and I’m sure I won’t sleep again tonight or tomorrow night. LOTS of worse things going on right now in the world and for other people so I keep reminding myself of that....but toothaches freaking suck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on March 28, 2020, 04:38:19 PM
You're on a helluva streak ... ignore a big piece of something in the road, and wreck your car.  Ignore your Dentist, and wreck your tooth - and now weekend.  Dude!  Luv ya and all... but git ur head out ur ass!

At least you CAN get in on Monday.  I do believe dental practices here were deemed non-essential.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on March 28, 2020, 05:15:15 PM
You're on a helluva streak ... ignore a big piece of something in the road, and wreck your car.  Ignore your Dentist, and wreck your tooth - and now weekend.  Dude!  Luv ya and all... but git ur head out ur ass!

You ain’t lying. Questioning some of my decisions as of late.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 28, 2020, 07:56:57 PM
Our local Wingstop is frustrating. Food is always great, but the customer service doesn't exist. Placed order (online or phone... Happens with both) , said it will be ready by X time (30 ish min after placing the order . I show up at X time and they hadn't even started the order. Tell me it's going to be another half hour. Uhh... OK. At this point the thing to do would be apologize and maybe offer me a small drink or something. Nope. Since we're social distancing, I go sit in car, come back half hour later and it's still not ready. They blame the rush of people ordering to go orders due to the state being pretty much shut down, but it was like this before this all started.

I'd feel better if there was some form of acknowledgment that I've been waiting for an order placed an hour ago... But nope.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on March 28, 2020, 09:30:35 PM
Our local Wingstop is frustrating. Food is always great, but the customer service doesn't exist. Placed order (online or phone... Happens with both) , said it will be ready by X time (30 ish min after placing the order . I show up at X time and they hadn't even started the order. Tell me it's going to be another half hour. Uhh... OK. At this point the thing to do would be apologize and maybe offer me a small drink or something. Nope. Since we're social distancing, I go sit in car, come back half hour later and it's still not ready. They blame the rush of people ordering to go orders due to the state being pretty much shut down, but it was like this before this all started.

I'd feel better if there was some form of acknowledgment that I've been waiting for an order placed an hour ago... But nope.

Dude, you live in California. This shit is the norm there. Zappa wrote a song about California businesses in 1977 called Flakes.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 28, 2020, 10:40:11 PM
ANNNNND the food was legit cold when I got it home.

I live 2 minutes away. 5 if I hit the light red.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on March 29, 2020, 04:46:50 AM
Sounds like you need a new place to get ur wings.

Edit: fixed an autocorrect.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 29, 2020, 05:00:26 AM
Yea that's the plan.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on March 29, 2020, 12:01:59 PM
Have you considered Red Bull?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 29, 2020, 12:08:04 PM
The wingstop the opened near work is absolutley terrible with timing.  Always a long wait even when there isnt a single other customer.  I stopped going there years ago because their service is such garbage... and the wings aren't worth the price or wait.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 29, 2020, 05:37:39 PM
The wingstop by were we used to live was horrible. We tried the one here down the street from our new place, and our first experience was good. Second was meh. Third good, and then every other experience was shit.


So.. New thing irritating me. Got a fruad alert from my bank. Called the automated system, who stated there were 2 attempts in Connecticut, and one in Brooklyn on my card.  Now I'm on hold to get it straightened out. The annoying thing is... They sent me like an 8 digit code via text that I had to enter while on the line with the automated system. The code was long enough that my almost dyslexic brain (I wouldn't be surprised if I was mildly dyslexic... But that's a whole other story) couldn't process it in one go. Especially since it gives you like 8 seconds to go pull it up and enter it. Had to call back, and then entered the wrong number. Then called back again and finally got it. I swear, I'm not committing fraud, I'm just slow :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 29, 2020, 08:10:00 PM
Our local Wingstop is frustrating. Food is always great, but the customer service doesn't exist. Placed order (online or phone... Happens with both) , said it will be ready by X time (30 ish min after placing the order . I show up at X time and they hadn't even started the order. Tell me it's going to be another half hour. Uhh... OK. At this point the thing to do would be apologize and maybe offer me a small drink or something. Nope. Since we're social distancing, I go sit in car, come back half hour later and it's still not ready. They blame the rush of people ordering to go orders due to the state being pretty much shut down, but it was like this before this all started.

I'd feel better if there was some form of acknowledgment that I've been waiting for an order placed an hour ago... But nope.

I've never been to Wingstop.  Buffalo Wild Wings is pretty good, but I've never gotten takeout.

We got takeout today from Lucille's barbecue (Long Beach Town Centre location).  Ordered online to be ready at 12:30.  I got to the window around 12:25.  Got my food around 12:40-45 and was home in about 10 minutes.  Good stuff (even though they forgot the apple butter).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on March 29, 2020, 10:55:47 PM
Funny... Lucilles was on a list of places we wanted to try last time were were down in Long Beach.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 30, 2020, 06:45:33 AM
They sent me like an 8 digit code via text that I had to enter while on the line with the automated system. The code was long enough that my almost dyslexic brain (I wouldn't be surprised if I was mildly dyslexic... But that's a whole other story) couldn't process it in one go. Especially since it gives you like 8 seconds to go pull it up and enter it. Had to call back, and then entered the wrong number. Then called back again and finally got it. I swear, I'm not committing fraud, I'm just slow :lol

Fun fact!

Studies show that the human brain can store on average 7 things for quick recollection.

So if you're given an 8 digit code of 67952418, don't try and remember "6", "7", "9", "5", "2", "4", "1", "8". Instead, say it to yourself as "67", "95", "24", "18". It's easier for your brain to store 4 of something rather than 8.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 30, 2020, 09:48:42 AM
Funny... Lucilles was on a list of places we wanted to try last time were were down in Long Beach.

The barbecue is just good, not great.  They make these biscuits that are SOOO good.  They serve them with apple butter while you're waiting to order and for your meal.  If you're not careful, you'll fill up on the biscuits and not have room for the meal.  The garlic mashed potatoes are really good, and the rest of my family loves the mac and cheese.  The one thing they do that amuses me is that a full rack of ribs is $26 (made up number), but a half rack is around $23, so any time you order a half rack, the waiter will say, "are you sure you don't want a full rack for only a couple dollars more?"

Anyway, I fed the family of four for $52, and we had leftovers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 01, 2020, 10:09:00 AM
My work computer's hard drive was ready to take a dump. So... cloned the disk to a new SSD. Figures - the install is borked afterwards. Infinite boot loop on both drives. So... talked it over with the boss. It's about time he gets a new setup anyway, so we're gonna put together a slick new build for him and I'll get his current one, which beats the piss outta the PC I've been using forever.

So when I'm not out in the shop, I'm essentially twiddling my thumbs. We have plenty of work, but it's bottlenecked at the moment, and the lack of foot traffic and phone calls is making this week crawl by.

Also, my wireless earbud case somehow shit the bed and won't charge the left earbud anymore. Piece of crap earbuds, honestly. Claimed 2 hours battery life at max volume but the last few weeks I'd be lucky to get an hour at full charge. My portable pair of wired buds are starting to short, too. Bah.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on April 01, 2020, 10:14:17 AM

Also, my wireless earbud case somehow shit the bed and won't charge the left earbud anymore. Piece of crap earbuds, honestly. Claimed 2 hours battery life at max volume but the last few weeks I'd be lucky to get an hour at full charge. My portable pair of wired buds are starting to short, too. Bah.

I have earbuds by ENACFIRE and they're awesome.  They sound is killer, they block out 95% of the noise and they claim to have 8 hours battery life....I haven't tested that, but they last a long time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 01, 2020, 10:34:16 AM

Also, my wireless earbud case somehow shit the bed and won't charge the left earbud anymore. Piece of crap earbuds, honestly. Claimed 2 hours battery life at max volume but the last few weeks I'd be lucky to get an hour at full charge. My portable pair of wired buds are starting to short, too. Bah.

I have earbuds by ENACFIRE and they're awesome.  They sound is killer, they block out 95% of the noise and they claim to have 8 hours battery life....I haven't tested that, but they last a long time.

How much am I looking at spending? The pair I got was free (company gift) but I'm sure they're not high end. I really need something that will last at least 2 full hours, the battery is super important.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on April 01, 2020, 10:45:14 AM
These are the ones that I have:

https://www.amazon.com/ENACFIRE-Cancellation-Headphones-Waterproof-Bluetooth/dp/B07VBMSY9Y/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=enacfire&link_code=qs&qid=1585759204&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-3


There are some other models as well.  Most of the audiophiles stick with major brands, which pushes the pricepoint up past $100 or more.  You can find some pretty good ones for $50-$75. 

Snce they're noise cancelling, it took a little getting used to the feel and fit, as the earbud goes into your outer ear canal, but I was surprised at how much noise it blocked out.  I had some tunes going the other night on the lowest volume (I've never turned it up louder than 3 clicks, ever) and I couldn't even hear my kid crying and screaming.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 01, 2020, 10:49:07 AM
I've got two 'around the neck' knockoffs - one that is like those old LG HB models, and one that looks like the below.  They probably ran me about $20 4 years ago.  Still work great; still have hours and hours of battery time.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/UsR3TcGpReXIhbj6_4p2BKOh9k02T0V5KiuehDX7xC07YuDY76D6M_XoXciiQCMrcqN5P8eMMG6W9ewsl6Tgas_mLrwGxtjheI4H-D_NPGiJYYcF_1RxLr6dyKqSu_Ag48Ff0Ssf8hfWFuA3lNhPVIGKYXQpolpP41r4pioP28tWZ47WX-qasdFqsFGJRqzDQubWnEKu26u5LBu-6rWzuoBX5jB8Pd_TXdiZ9ZPV9pnYHH6VZ3_SLYLkMZr1obF5K84KWIICRZf5qXlgCBIpQaxAjTxhpyAHiIBbWeoSVMt3tdb9KLogw0JE4tDOm3HFsWD-pFYHB2DZ4QjSjUThPOLSjYouW-ghV32ljGX0fIkMqMMMPc_O8GjnG9yj)

I also have a pair of Bose Soundsport headphones that I got for free a few years ago, and they are absolute shyte.  Battery length is crap, and it never knows how much charge it has.  I'll charge it until it's green, then turn it on and am given the audio cue "battery power at 30%".  :lolpalm:  I fuckin hate them.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 01, 2020, 01:24:27 PM
Sorry to be a curmudgeon, but pretty done with the "60 Seconds of Solitude" (my local news, Fox61, does "61 Seconds of Solitude", because, why not?) segments.  All three local networks are doing it (about once an hour) and I just saw it on CNN, where they cut to rain falling in the rainforest for 60 seconds.  It's not serenity; I saw that, heard the rain, and panicked because my sunroof is open on my car.   Blood pressure spiked, and I banged my knee on the desk jumping up.  GTFO.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 01, 2020, 01:45:55 PM
Sorry to be a curmudgeon, but pretty done with the "60 Seconds of Solitude" (my local news, Fox61, does "61 Seconds of Solitude", because, why not?) segments.  All three local networks are doing it (about once an hour) and I just saw it on CNN, where they cut to rain falling in the rainforest for 60 seconds.  It's not serenity; I saw that, heard the rain, and panicked because my sunroof is open on my car.   Blood pressure spiked, and I banged my knee on the desk jumping up.  GTFO.

You maniac.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 01, 2020, 02:18:01 PM
 :lol

I saw one of them as well on CNN and was wondering wtf is going on, but it's better than a commercial.  However, the other noise in my house didn't make the moment of silence to really make a difference.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 01, 2020, 03:41:51 PM
Grappler, thank you!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 06, 2020, 06:29:12 AM
These are the ones that I have:

https://www.amazon.com/ENACFIRE-Cancellation-Headphones-Waterproof-Bluetooth/dp/B07VBMSY9Y/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=enacfire&link_code=qs&qid=1585759204&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-3

I just ordered these last night. Can't wait for them to arrive.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 06, 2020, 07:06:58 AM
I find it irritating when people who are geniuses in one area of expertise, weigh in on other things and the media reports on it. I'm seeing lot of reports on software pioneers, financial experts, heck, even great actors' opinions on Covid-19 being reported on as if they matter. Let's stick with the opinions of people who study epidemics for a living please.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 06, 2020, 07:25:29 AM
I find it irritating when people who are geniuses in one area of expertise, weigh in on other things and the media reports on it. I'm seeing lot of reports on software pioneers, financial experts, heck, even great actors' opinions on Covid-19 being reported on as if they matter. Let's stick with the opinions of people who study epidemics for a living please.

Bill Gates could run for any office on the planet - including Son of God, starting QB of the Patriots, and Head of the Jedi Counsel - and would win in a landslide.  You'd think he developed the polio vaccine and discovered the DNA helix instead of being a fast follower in the GUI race and an antitrust pioneer (nothing wrong with that, but spade, spade). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 06, 2020, 11:16:25 AM
Fast food restaurants that don't offer a burger without cheese as a menu item.

For example, "Quarter Pounder with Cheese" is a menu item at McDonald's, but "Quarter Pounder" is not.  Similarly, at Wendy's, other than the "Jr. Hamburger," all of the menu items have cheese (e.g., the "Dave's Double" defaults as having two patties and two slices of cheese).

Of course, I can't order a "Quarter Pounder with no cheese, but there are two problems with that.  First, the average fast food employee seems to have trouble with the concept of ANY "special" orders, but the concept of no cheese on a "Quarter Pounder with Cheese" seems to be especially problematic.

Second, if I want EXTRA cheese on my burger, Wendy's is going to charge me 50 cents per slice.  However, if I want NO cheese, Wendy's isn't charging me a dollar less (50 cents per slice that I'm not getting).  By contrast, places like Five Guys and In-n-Out price their burgers based on what you get on them and don't charge you for cheese you aren't getting.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 06, 2020, 11:24:50 AM
Bill Gates could run for any office on the planet - including Son of God, starting QB of the Patriots, and Head of the Jedi Counsel - and would win in a landslide.

I disagree. He isn't even revered here, in the region he helped establish as a global technology center. Lots of people don't like him, many are tired of him telling us how we are all going to suffer economically, as if he knows what suffering economically even means. Hell if there was a state race here (mayor, governor...) between him and Paul Allen when he was alive, Allen would crush Gates. He bought the Seahawks, ensured they'd always been in Seattle, and hired the right guys and cut the checks to bring home a Championship. He also plays guitar, and seems more like one of us, bank accounts aside.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 06, 2020, 11:58:48 AM
Bill Gates could run for any office on the planet - including Son of God, starting QB of the Patriots, and Head of the Jedi Counsel - and would win in a landslide.

I disagree. He isn't even revered here, in the region he helped establish as a global technology center. Lots of people don't like him, many are tired of him telling us how we are all going to suffer economically, as if he knows what suffering economically even means. Hell if there was a state race here (mayor, governor...) between him and Paul Allen when he was alive, Allen would crush Gates. He bought the Seahawks, ensured they'd always been in Seattle, and hired the right guys and cut the checks to bring home a Championship. He also plays guitar, and seems more like one of us, bank accounts aside.

No, I get it; I was being a little facetious. I've been seeing a lot of links and retweets of whatever his wisdom of the moment is, as if he knows something we don't.   Now, no doubt he knows PEOPLE we don't, but that's not the same thing. It's all well-thought out, and worth reading, but it's still one man's ideas, that's all.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on April 06, 2020, 12:08:07 PM
Bill Gates could run for any office on the planet - including Son of God, starting QB of the Patriots, and Head of the Jedi Counsel - and would win in a landslide.

I disagree. He isn't even revered here, in the region he helped establish as a global technology center. Lots of people don't like him, many are tired of him telling us how we are all going to suffer economically, as if he knows what suffering economically even means. Hell if there was a state race here (mayor, governor...) between him and Paul Allen when he was alive, Allen would crush Gates. He bought the Seahawks, ensured they'd always been in Seattle, and hired the right guys and cut the checks to bring home a Championship. He also plays guitar, and seems more like one of us, bank accounts aside.

reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmbwR9J6-Yw
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 06, 2020, 12:17:47 PM
"New phone can't fit the old charger... this is your hero?  This the guy?"   :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on April 06, 2020, 11:40:40 PM
Bill Gates could run for any office on the planet - including Son of God, starting QB of the Patriots, and Head of the Jedi Counsel - and would win in a landslide.

I disagree. He isn't even revered here, in the region he helped establish as a global technology center. Lots of people don't like him, many are tired of him telling us how we are all going to suffer economically, as if he knows what suffering economically even means. Hell if there was a state race here (mayor, governor...) between him and Paul Allen when he was alive, Allen would crush Gates. He bought the Seahawks, ensured they'd always been in Seattle, and hired the right guys and cut the checks to bring home a Championship. He also plays guitar, and seems more like one of us, bank accounts aside.

No, I get it; I was being a little facetious. I've been seeing a lot of links and retweets of whatever his wisdom of the moment is, as if he knows something we don't.   Now, no doubt he knows PEOPLE we don't, but that's not the same thing. It's all well-thought out, and worth reading, but it's still one man's ideas, that's all.

To be fair, Bill Gates does know a lot about viruses.  After all, he’s been dealing with them since Windows 95.   ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 07, 2020, 08:07:45 AM
 :tup :tup  Nicely done.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on April 07, 2020, 08:14:04 AM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 08, 2020, 07:57:42 AM
These are the ones that I have:

https://www.amazon.com/ENACFIRE-Cancellation-Headphones-Waterproof-Bluetooth/dp/B07VBMSY9Y/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=enacfire&link_code=qs&qid=1585759204&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-3


There are some other models as well.  Most of the audiophiles stick with major brands, which pushes the pricepoint up past $100 or more.  You can find some pretty good ones for $50-$75. 

Snce they're noise cancelling, it took a little getting used to the feel and fit, as the earbud goes into your outer ear canal, but I was surprised at how much noise it blocked out.  I had some tunes going the other night on the lowest volume (I've never turned it up louder than 3 clicks, ever) and I couldn't even hear my kid crying and screaming.

They arrived way early - last night! Took a minute to get used to how they fit but once I got it I fell in love - they are SO comfortable. And the sound is amazing. Now the real test will be the charge. The case is awesome btw, and I fully charged it and the earbuds. It says 8 hours on the box. We'll see. The goal is for me to be able to make these last the whole work day, or at least long enough to swap over to my other cheapo pair to finish the day. Fingers crossed. Thanks for showing me these.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on April 08, 2020, 08:59:25 AM
They arrived way early - last night! Took a minute to get used to how they fit but once I got it I fell in love - they are SO comfortable. And the sound is amazing. Now the real test will be the charge. The case is awesome btw, and I fully charged it and the earbuds. It says 8 hours on the box. We'll see. The goal is for me to be able to make these last the whole work day, or at least long enough to swap over to my other cheapo pair to finish the day. Fingers crossed. Thanks for showing me these.

Awesome!  I use them when I commute on the train.  90 minutes each way.  I recharge them during the day, but I've had them out on my desk and have used them at work at times and never have a problem with several hours worth of use.  I'm guessing that they'll last close to the 8 hours if used constantly for music.   

I'm glad you're happy with them.  Sometimes I have trouble getting the right one to connect, but if you put it back in the case and then pull it back out, it reconnects to the phone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 08, 2020, 10:33:58 AM
You know what I love is that they automatically power on and pair when I take them out. The other pair I had that broke, I'd have to manually power them on, and sometimes for whatever reason one of them would not sync with the other, then I'd spend several minutes horse-assing around with it until I got them to work again.

Unfortunately I literally just broke my phone so I'm screwed until I get it repaired and sent back. First time I've ever broken a phone, and it's now. My luck.  :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: But for the last few hours they've been a delight. Very loud, quality sound, and no indication that the battery was running out of juice. F yeah.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 23, 2020, 11:40:14 AM
Interviewed for a job this morning. They causally threw out "We all work 9-10 hour days." These are salary positions mind you so they're not getting paid extra for those hours. Frankly I think that should not be legal. You should get paid extra for putting in more than 40 hours a week. My opinion is that people being willing to consistently working extra hours are just letting the company get away without having to hire additional people. Sorry, I'm not taking a 10% raise to put in 25% more hours. Good luck to you finding someone who wants to work that much while you're only paying the average rate instead of significantly more. There must be people willing to do it though.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on April 23, 2020, 11:50:01 AM
Interviewed for a job this morning. They causally threw out "We all work 9-10 hour days." These are salary positions mind you so they're not getting paid extra for those hours. Frankly I think that should not be legal. You should get paid extra for putting in more than 40 hours a week. My opinion is that people being willing to consistently working extra hours are just letting the company get away without having to hire additional people. Sorry, I'm not taking a 10% raise to put in 25% more hours. Good luck to you finding someone who wants to work that much while you're only paying the average rate instead of significantly more. There must be people willing to do it though.

I generally work more than 40 hours per week on a salary.  It is what it is.  I can do the minimum and be really stressed out when I get busy and have too much work, or I can put in some extra time and stay caught up so that doesn't happen. 

To be fair and on the other side of the coin, I (and other salaried people) also get paid the same when it's slower.  I've had days where not much work came in and I was paid the same daily amount to surf the internet, or lately, play with my kids at home while keeping an eye on work. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2020, 11:52:42 AM
Interviewed for a job this morning. They causally threw out "We all work 9-10 hour days." These are salary positions mind you so they're not getting paid extra for those hours. Frankly I think that should not be legal. You should get paid extra for putting in more than 40 hours a week. My opinion is that people being willing to consistently working extra hours are just letting the company get away without having to hire additional people. Sorry, I'm not taking a 10% raise to put in 25% more hours. Good luck to you finding someone who wants to work that much while you're only paying the average rate instead of significantly more. There must be people willing to do it though.

Respectfully, and for conversational purposes only, I'd like to hear more.  I'm salary, and have been since... let's not dig too deeply, shall we, but let's say "decades".   I am not hired to give 40 hours, even if certain HR benefits are tied to that arbitrary "2080" metric. I'm hired to provide legal services and risk management consulting to my organization.  Some weeks that takes 35 hours, others that takes 55 hours.  The "55 hour weeks" outnumber the "35 hour weeks" by a wide margin, but not totally.   I need to be available when my clients need me.  If that client is here in NYC area, that's great (9 to 5, babay!).  If that client is in Missouri, well, my day is now 9 to 6.  If that client is in San Francisco, it could be 9 to 8.   My company is headquartered in France; oops, 9 isn't going to work, is it?   My day is also not crushing from start to finish (as 20749 posts will attest). 

Look, I don't want to be the guy that four other people in the organization are saying "where the hell is Stadler? What the hell are we paying him for if we can't get him when we need him?"   I can leave at any time if I don't like it. It's their company and I'm privileged to be able to receive a salary, and work out of the house, and bugger off to a dental appointment if need be.  If the trade off is I don't get to drop everything and bolt at 5, well, life is full of compromises. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 23, 2020, 11:59:06 AM
I'm right there with Bill.  I'm not paid to work a certain number of hours, I'm paid to deliver an outcome (sales results).  Sometimes that's a 4-5 hour day, or a 12 hour day.  IMO, the 40hr week is antiquated for jobs based on outcome/output.  Certain jobs do necessitate a time-value measurement, and 40 hours was deemed as the acceptable "maximum" a century ago.  Nowadays, it's antiquated - at least in my profession.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 23, 2020, 12:08:22 PM
Maybe I've just been lucky that in 7 jobs since college I've never worked anywhere that extra hours were expected daily/weekly. Only once in a while when a deadline was coming up. Maybe my expectations are off, but if I get paid $100k at a job where I work 40 hours a week, I'd expect to get paid at least $125k for the equivalent job where I was expected to put in 50 hours a week. I'm going to stand by my assertion that if everyone is willing to volunteer extra hours to their company without getting paid more, they are letting their company get away with not hiring more people. Now, I'll give this company credit that they were up front about expectations in the first interview, so that was nice of them. I'm just not wired to want to put in extra hours apart from the occasional busy week. I haven't had to so far and have no desire to at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 23, 2020, 12:09:47 PM
That is the life of a salaried employee.  I work at least 47 hours and contacted over my 2 days off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on April 23, 2020, 12:13:37 PM
I am with you guys.  I am technically 8-5 as a salaried worker, but sometimes have to deal with work in the evenings or the weekend.  It's just part of the game. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 23, 2020, 12:16:18 PM
That is the life of a salaried employee.  I work at least 47 hours and contacted over my 2 days off.
My point is that it doesn't have to be. I've been salaried for 12 years and I've never consitently put in more than 40 hours. Maybe I've just gotten lucky.

The dumb thing about this job is that he said "The production folks work hard and put in 12 hour days. So we work hard and work 9-10 hours." Yeah, but they're getting paid for all 12 hours and are only working 4 days a week!

Anyway... not the job for me. As I interview more and more, I'm feeling like maybe staying put is best for me even though I really want to leave.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2020, 12:37:10 PM
Maybe I've just been lucky that in 7 jobs since college I've never worked anywhere that extra hours were expected daily/weekly. Only once in a while when a deadline was coming up. Maybe my expectations are off, but if I get paid $100k at a job where I work 40 hours a week, I'd expect to get paid at least $125k for the equivalent job where I was expected to put in 50 hours a week. I'm going to stand by my assertion that if everyone is willing to volunteer extra hours to their company without getting paid more, they are letting their company get away with not hiring more people. Now, I'll give this company credit that they were up front about expectations in the first interview, so that was nice of them. I'm just not wired to want to put in extra hours apart from the occasional busy week. I haven't had to so far and have no desire to at all.

Again, respectfully, it's a point of view, a way of looking at things.  I do not now and haven't for 20 years thought, at 5:01 pm, that I am "volunteering extra hours".  I don't think in hours.  I have assignments.  I have to review this document. I have to settle that dispute.  Honestly, if I'm working 50 hour weeks, I'm not sure I want another person to come on for that.  Cost to the company is anywhere from 1.7 to 3.0 times salary, so it's not in my best interest to be wanting more people on, within reason. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 23, 2020, 12:45:03 PM
Maybe I've just been lucky that in 7 jobs since college I've never worked anywhere that extra hours were expected daily/weekly. Only once in a while when a deadline was coming up. Maybe my expectations are off, but if I get paid $100k at a job where I work 40 hours a week, I'd expect to get paid at least $125k for the equivalent job where I was expected to put in 50 hours a week. I'm going to stand by my assertion that if everyone is willing to volunteer extra hours to their company without getting paid more, they are letting their company get away with not hiring more people. Now, I'll give this company credit that they were up front about expectations in the first interview, so that was nice of them. I'm just not wired to want to put in extra hours apart from the occasional busy week. I haven't had to so far and have no desire to at all.

Again, respectfully, it's a point of view, a way of looking at things.  I do not now and haven't for 20 years thought, at 5:01 pm, that I am "volunteering extra hours".  I don't think in hours.  I have assignments.  I have to review this document. I have to settle that dispute.  Honestly, if I'm working 50 hour weeks, I'm not sure I want another person to come on for that.  Cost to the company is anywhere from 1.7 to 3.0 times salary, so it's not in my best interest to be wanting more people on, within reason. 
I guess the reason that I think in hours is because if I have a slow week, I am still expected to be at work for 40 hours even if I only have 30 hours of work to do. If I were truely being paid to get a project or task done rather than by the hour, I'd be able to leave when it was done regardless of the number of hours put in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 23, 2020, 12:45:44 PM
Interviewed for a job this morning. They causally threw out "We all work 9-10 hour days." These are salary positions mind you so they're not getting paid extra for those hours. Frankly I think that should not be legal. You should get paid extra for putting in more than 40 hours a week. My opinion is that people being willing to consistently working extra hours are just letting the company get away without having to hire additional people. Sorry, I'm not taking a 10% raise to put in 25% more hours. Good luck to you finding someone who wants to work that much while you're only paying the average rate instead of significantly more. There must be people willing to do it though.

Respectfully, and for conversational purposes only, I'd like to hear more.  I'm salary, and have been since... let's not dig too deeply, shall we, but let's say "decades".   I am not hired to give 40 hours, even if certain HR benefits are tied to that arbitrary "2080" metric. I'm hired to provide legal services and risk management consulting to my organization.  Some weeks that takes 35 hours, others that takes 55 hours.  The "55 hour weeks" outnumber the "35 hour weeks" by a wide margin, but not totally.   I need to be available when my clients need me.  If that client is here in NYC area, that's great (9 to 5, babay!).  If that client is in Missouri, well, my day is now 9 to 6.  If that client is in San Francisco, it could be 9 to 8.   My company is headquartered in France; oops, 9 isn't going to work, is it?   My day is also not crushing from start to finish (as 20749 posts will attest). 

Look, I don't want to be the guy that four other people in the organization are saying "where the hell is Stadler? What the hell are we paying him for if we can't get him when we need him?"   I can leave at any time if I don't like it. It's their company and I'm privileged to be able to receive a salary, and work out of the house, and bugger off to a dental appointment if need be.  If the trade off is I don't get to drop everything and bolt at 5, well, life is full of compromises.

I think your position and mine are fairly similar, but the larger point is that "salaried" often (although not always) goes along with being "exempt," and "exempt" generally encompasses "professional" jobs where (among other things) you have to accept that you'll sometimes work >8 hours a day and >40 hours a week.  On the other hand, you get a lot of perks that go the other way.  For example, when my son played youth baseball, if I didn't have something that required me to be in the office, I could leave and attend his practices, which typically started around 3:30ish.  Similarly, I can show up at 7:30 if I want or at 9:30.  I don't have someone standing over me making sure I'm at my desk for at least 8 hours.  I have a great deal of freedom that, for me, more than makes up for the fact that I'm sometimes responding to email after 10pm or on weekends or while I'm on vacation.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 23, 2020, 12:48:17 PM
You are correct that the flexibility to leave for appointments or family stuff is great in a salaried position. Not having to punch in or out on a time clock is worth something.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2020, 12:52:36 PM
That is the life of a salaried employee.  I work at least 47 hours and contacted over my 2 days off.
My point is that it doesn't have to be. I've been salaried for 12 years and I've never consitently put in more than 40 hours. Maybe I've just gotten lucky.

The dumb thing about this job is that he said "The production folks work hard and put in 12 hour days. So we work hard and work 9-10 hours." Yeah, but they're getting paid for all 12 hours and are only working 4 days a week!

Anyway... not the job for me. As I interview more and more, I'm feeling like maybe staying put is best for me even though I really want to leave.

Again respectfully (do I have to keep writing that? :)), it's apples and oranges.  The benefits between salaried and production are not likely the same.  If the production line goes down, or they only get 7, 8, or 9 hours in, do they get paid for the 12?   What about you?  Light Friday, what's your pay like?   I don't know if you're bonus eligible, but in the organizations I've been in that are, it does not apply to hourly in the same manner or to the same extent.  I don't know if it's even or not, who knows.  But I know for me, I've come to grips with the fact that I'm WAY far ahead all in, even if I am down in my basement at 8:00pm talking with California.   

It's a mindset, to be sure, but my father-in-law - 50+ years working as an electrician - feels the same way.  "Salary is for suckers" he says; well, he said, until he WAS salary and found out that it wasn't so bad.  But he still sort of has that "hourly" mindset at times and we have to remind him that the perqs that come with it make it worth while for some.   

EDIT:  Let me be clear, here, though:  nothing that I've written is to imply that you can't or shouldn't make the life-balance works for you.  If your life/mindset/whatever works on a roughly 40-hour week, then you have to make that decision, and no one can make it for you.  My lifestyle works with this, because I've been doing it so long.  All I'm doing is pointing out that it's a way of looking at things (and that the grass isn't always greener). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 23, 2020, 12:57:58 PM
Again respectfully (do I have to keep writing that? :)),
No, you don't. :)

I get it. It's a different mindset I guess. I just have the hourly mindset, mostly because that's how the companies I've worked for have treated the salary people. There is a small amount of freedom, but I've generally been expected to work the same hours and put in a minimum of 40 hours a week.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 23, 2020, 01:00:23 PM
Oh hell no. I'm salaried and I work 40. If you want me to do extra hours or off hours, then I'm leaving early on Friday.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2020, 01:04:35 PM
Maybe I've just been lucky that in 7 jobs since college I've never worked anywhere that extra hours were expected daily/weekly. Only once in a while when a deadline was coming up. Maybe my expectations are off, but if I get paid $100k at a job where I work 40 hours a week, I'd expect to get paid at least $125k for the equivalent job where I was expected to put in 50 hours a week. I'm going to stand by my assertion that if everyone is willing to volunteer extra hours to their company without getting paid more, they are letting their company get away with not hiring more people. Now, I'll give this company credit that they were up front about expectations in the first interview, so that was nice of them. I'm just not wired to want to put in extra hours apart from the occasional busy week. I haven't had to so far and have no desire to at all.

Again, respectfully, it's a point of view, a way of looking at things.  I do not now and haven't for 20 years thought, at 5:01 pm, that I am "volunteering extra hours".  I don't think in hours.  I have assignments.  I have to review this document. I have to settle that dispute.  Honestly, if I'm working 50 hour weeks, I'm not sure I want another person to come on for that.  Cost to the company is anywhere from 1.7 to 3.0 times salary, so it's not in my best interest to be wanting more people on, within reason. 
I guess the reason that I think in hours is because if I have a slow week, I am still expected to be at work for 40 hours even if I only have 30 hours of work to do. If I were truely being paid to get a project or task done rather than by the hour, I'd be able to leave when it was done regardless of the number of hours put in.

Fair enough; that happened to my wife two jobs ago.  That to me is a problem in the employers mindset, or an insecure supervisor.   If the organization is thinking in an "hourly" mindset, you kind of have to.  But - and I know I'm repeating myself now - there are other companies that look at it differently.

To pg1967, I still tell the story of when we got a shipment of parts in from... I don't know where, and the pallet was infested with bugs.  I was Environmental Health and Safety Counsel for a division of GE at the time, but I was also on vacation at Disney.  Well, they have speakers with that music EVERYWHERE, and I had to get on a call.  So I climbed into the brush behind one of the speakers to try to get some relative quiet.  I spent most of a call with a Disney employee standing there looking at me to make sure I wasn't smoking the marijuana or hopping the fence, while I mouthed "just a minute!" at him for about 20 minutes.   :) 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 23, 2020, 01:18:57 PM
Well the good thing is, you were told upfront they expect more hours and you have the option of not taking that job. 

For my job, I am hourly and it works out nice for me getting OT.  However, there is always talks about making me salary as the finance folks struggle to budget when my coworkers and I put an addition large amount of strain over our basic salaries.  It's all justified work and pay but it almost every year becomes a discussion amongst the higher ups.  They always shoot it down because they realize that we travel so much (well used to) and work so many hours that it could turn into a legal issue forcing us to work so much.  I think it goes back to the "exempt" thing.  I am non exempt.  I am always so confused about what that means.  I get the feeling it means they could work me to death  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 23, 2020, 01:26:23 PM
Well the good thing is, you were told upfront they expect more hours and you have the option of not taking that job. 
Yeah, I was going to ask, but he brought it up on his own. I told the recruiter that I was interested but was only willing to put in 8-8.5 hours a day. He said he'd mention it to them when they called him, neither of us thought they'd say "OK, that's fine" and they didn't. So that job is a no go. But that's OK.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 23, 2020, 07:32:55 PM
That is the life of a salaried employee.  I work at least 47 hours and contacted over my 2 days off.
My point is that it doesn't have to be. I've been salaried for 12 years and I've never consitently put in more than 40 hours. Maybe I've just gotten lucky.

Yeah, I don't know what you do bro, but I think you've gotten lucky.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 23, 2020, 08:10:51 PM
Very lucky. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on April 24, 2020, 05:39:46 AM
That is the life of a salaried employee.  I work at least 47 hours and contacted over my 2 days off.
My point is that it doesn't have to be. I've been salaried for 12 years and I've never consitently put in more than 40 hours. Maybe I've just gotten lucky.

Yeah, I don't know what you do bro, but I think you've gotten lucky.

He may be lucky, but his situation is the norm, not unusual.

I've been on a salary for 40 years and hardly ever have worked a complete 40 hour week. Hell these days, my work week is closer to 30 hours. Sure, I get the occasional email, or message from the service that needs to be answered on weekends, but that's about it. Very rarely have I had to put in time on weekends, but when it does occur, I'm very happy to do it. The majority of salaried people I know could tell you the same story.

It's only bad companies or abusive employers that put people on salary and then consistently demand extra work. This is why the tale of Scrooge is a cautionary tale.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 24, 2020, 07:03:50 PM
Girlfriend is a germaphobe, and has severe anxiety issues, made extremely worse with what's going on in the world. She wants us both wearing essentially house shoes while walking in the house. No Prob. I hate slippers (and we are now in a heatwave... I don't wanna wear warm fuzzy slippers when it's 95F :lol , so she decided as an early birthday gift, to order me (and her) some sandals from Crocs. Crocs get a lot of shit, but their flip flops are comfy as hell. I highly recommend.

So last night she goes to order them off the website. Gets an error notice. They authorize the charge on her card, and then cancel it a few minutes later. Tried it 2 more times, different cards, and nothing. Just an error message saying call customer service and give them this code.

So she calls. Speaks with someone, who when we tried to give her the code, said "I cant do anything with that error code so don't bother. Just try again on a different device or different browser". Totally being a bitch.

Okay, so today she tries again, on her computer. Same issue. 3 more times, different discount codes (and no codes at all... but 15-40 percent off is awesome and was worth a try.)  Still no dice. I try on my device, on a new account, on my laptop, with my card. No Dice. Called Cust Service, but they closed early apparently....


It's like... come on... We are trying to give you guys money. Which you should really appreciate, since you're giving thousands of pairs away to healthcare workers. Thought it would be nice to support a company that are doing a lot for people right now, but instead we just get shitty cust service and left in the dark.

Probably just going to order some cheapos on Amazon.


(I did tweet at them, giving the error code. Honestly if it's a situation where they are just overloaded, just say something... )
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 25, 2020, 07:27:19 AM
I am with you guys.  I am technically 8-5 as a salaried worker, but sometimes have to deal with work in the evenings or the weekend.  It's just part of the game. 

Yup same here. It ebbs and flows though, over summer I'm usually putting in more work and also doing some work on the weekends. During fall and winter I'm working more like 9-4 and taking it easy while at work.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 25, 2020, 08:30:59 AM
I find hangovers irritating. :tdwn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 25, 2020, 08:32:55 AM
I find hangovers irritating. :tdwn

I mean, the first one was pretty good for the time, but the 2nd and 3rd were definitely irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on April 25, 2020, 08:51:38 AM
I have had one (mild) hangover since the covid.  It was enough to cause the whole next day to be a running conversation in my head.

"OMG this headache could be covid."  *check temp*  "Ok, it's just a hangover."  *check temp* "But what about those body aches?  That could be covid." *check temp*  "Ok, I think it's just a hangover."

I'm avoiding hangovers now like the plague.   ;)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 25, 2020, 09:19:56 AM
I find hangovers irritating. :tdwn

I mean, the first one was pretty good for the time, but the 2nd and 3rd were definitely irritating.

You know, the first one never was that good to me. There are elements of intentional randomness that are just silly, like the piano and tiger stuff. Rabble rabble rabble... I'm going back to bed :lolpalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on April 25, 2020, 10:32:27 AM
I find hangovers irritating. :tdwn
I will find tomorrow morning very irritating as well. But I am loving right now :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 26, 2020, 04:59:15 AM
It's been years since I had a really bad hangover... I just simply can't/won't drink so much that I'm gonna be hungover.  4-5 drinks, and I'm tappin out.  Every hangover I had over the last 10 years can be summed up as follows:

(https://i.gifer.com/8JCg.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 26, 2020, 03:40:42 PM
I've got a hangover.... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5P5Tz3VH94)

It's rare that I get a bad hangover these days.  But when it happens, ugh yea I feel ya. A year or so ago we all visited my friend in Albany and got really way too drunk for a bunch of dudes in our mid 30s.  Went to a bar, I got kicked out for laying on the couch... twice.  It was just a disaster overall and the next day NONE of us could get up until 5pm.  We were supposed to all go out again that night and leave Sunday.  Instead we got dinner and all went home  :rollin definitely a moment of "we are too old for this shit"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 27, 2020, 07:52:22 AM
Fitting topic! I just came to bitch about hangovers.

I had 9 beers on Saturday night and a glass a whiskey. That's the most alcohol I've consumed in a very long time. Holy fucking hell. I STILL feel lethargic from it. I was basically incapacitated all day yesterday. Long gone are the days when I'd be up til 4 and into work at 7. I have no clue how I used to manage that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on April 27, 2020, 08:28:21 AM
It's been years since I had a really bad hangover... I just simply can't/won't drink so much that I'm gonna be hungover.  4-5 drinks, and I'm tappin out.

The bolded is me. I'm only good for 1-2 drinks these days, then it's on to water. For whatever reason, I've become a cheep date since I went on the keto diet.


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Currently, I'm mildly irritated by sprinkler irrigation. The near constant ongoing revamping of the system (due to changing/expanding garden and diminishing lawn areas) is kicking my ass. I'll probably have the front yard perfected as of this week, but next week I'll have 30 feet of trenching to do to move two Rainbirds. :getoffmylawn:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 27, 2020, 08:31:33 AM
When you can't even get 2 months without someone damaging your new truck.  Scratched the paint that buffing it out will probably not work.


I also can't believe she did not dent the body.  Of course she had no insurance info.  I got her name and Cell# and took a picture of her license plate.  At least she waited for me to get to my truck.


Why do people who can;t drive big rigs try to fit into a tight parking space?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 27, 2020, 08:32:40 AM
Man, it was worse than a hangover for me. My friend came over Friday night and I hadn't eaten much all day, yet I ended up doing 6 shots of vodka with him on an empty stomach. Couple beers before then, too. Might have hit the bong a couple two three times  :lol Woke up Saturday with an absolute burning in my stomach, worst heartburn/acid reflux I've ever had in my life. Spent all Sunday laying in bed trying not to move, threw up all day, finally feeling better this morning.

Texted my buddy; "boy, you are the god damn devil, I am never drinking again."  :lol

Joe, sorry to hear that, dude. We see that soooo often at the shop, and so many times nobody even leaves their info. At least you got hers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on April 27, 2020, 09:35:21 AM
Bummer to hear Joe   :tdwn




And the ol' "I'm never drinking again"  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 27, 2020, 10:24:51 AM
Ugh that's so frustrating Joe

As for the hangovers, I think it's also dependent on what you drink/eat.  Vodka almost never gives me a hangover for example, but whiskey most certainly will.  Same with IPAs if I have enough.  At the end of the day, the ole trick of drinking water in between drinks always works too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 27, 2020, 10:26:15 AM

I also can't believe she did not dent the body.  Of course she had no insurance info.  I got her name and Cell# and took a picture of her license plate.  At least she waited for me to get to my truck.

Your insurance company can get her info from her plate.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 27, 2020, 11:02:54 AM

I also can't believe she did not dent the body.  Of course she had no insurance info.  I got her name and Cell# and took a picture of her license plate.  At least she waited for me to get to my truck.

Your insurance company can get her info from her plate.

Yeah, that's why I took the pic.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 29, 2020, 10:52:52 AM
How do grown men not know what insurance company they have for their car insurance? Every week I talk to at least a couple men who don't know this info because their wives take care of all that. You don't even know the name?  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 29, 2020, 10:55:58 AM
That probably isn't gender-specific. I handle all the 'business'-related stuff in our marriage and my wife trusts me with everything. I am sure she knows who handles our car insurance only because she had the same company before we met. But I am sure there are other 'obvious' things she couldn't tell you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 29, 2020, 11:00:43 AM
People are oblivious to lots of things, that doesn't really surprise me for someone to not know their car insurance company off hand especially in couple scenarios, but for a single guy/gal I would find it a bit more surprising since it's not like anyone is handling your business for you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 29, 2020, 11:19:53 AM
My wife does the bills and handles the insurance.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 29, 2020, 11:20:09 AM
In my 12 years of talking to customers about their insurance, it is just very common for married guys to not know their insurance info. It baffles me why you wouldn't even know the company name even if your significant other pays the bill,  that's all
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 29, 2020, 11:21:03 AM
People are fucking stupid, man.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 29, 2020, 11:27:53 AM
My thoughts on this have changed over the years (wives/kids).  When I was 24, I'd've been like "no excuse; strap on your big boy pants and get involved".   Being married - division of labor and all that - I realize that you can't be hip deep in everything, but I still would have thought that you'd at least have thumbed through the glove box ONCE and noticed the "Nationwide" logo or the "GEICO" blue letters.  But then I had kids; my daughter is so smart, I mean merit scholarship at a decent size school/honors program in college, but I'm shocked at the things she doesn't know from a day-to-day perspective.   She can do statistical regressions and derivatives, but we had a debate the other day about whether a duck was a fish (her take) or a bird (the rest of the 7.3 billion people on the planet's take).  When my stepdaughter moved out, we had to walk her through things like the difference between registrations and insurance for cars, and her first question: "where do I get that?"

By the way, Katt, that's not a veiled dig at you for being young; it's meant literally, just about how MY thoughts have changed over the years.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 29, 2020, 11:36:46 AM
When my stepdaughter moved out, we had to walk her through things like the difference between registrations and insurance for cars, and her first question: "where do I get that?"


But honestly, I would've been just as clueless.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on April 29, 2020, 11:38:26 AM
Oh hell no. I'm salaried and I work 40. If you want me to do extra hours or off hours, then I'm leaving early on Friday.

Well, if you are exempt (and thus, paid a salary), there is no such thing as "extra" hours.  The law contemplates that you may sometimes or always work in excess of 40 hours if you are an exempt employee.  The concept of a 40 hour workweek does not apply to that class of employees.

I think it goes back to the "exempt" thing.  I am non exempt.  I am always so confused about what that means.  I get the feeling it means they could work me to death  :lol

What it means is this (puts on employment lawyer hat):  Federal and most state laws on wages provide that the "default" position is that employees are paid for all hours worked, and there are various rules in place that relate to that, such as:  employees must be paid a minimum wage, employees receive premium pay for overtime (generally, anything over 40 hours; in CA, you also get the 1.5 premium for daily work in excess of 8 hours, and a 2x premium for work in excess of 12 hours); etc.  If you fall into an exempt classification because of your job duties, the law provides that many of those rules do not apply to you, which is why your employer can pay you a salary regardless of the number of hours you work.  The rationale behind that is basically, as Stadler put it, you fall into a classification where your job is often more outcome oriented than hours oriented, and it is contemplated that your hours may fluctuate and may sometimes/always exceed 40 hours per week.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 29, 2020, 11:40:04 AM
I have a meeting on my calendar every 6 months to give my wife an update on financial stuff that she would otherwise have no clue of. If I were to get hit by a bus, I want to make sure she can cobble together all of the behind the scenes stuff for our life. Honestly, it basically boils down to me saying "see that folder of links called financial? If there's a link in there we have an account with them."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 29, 2020, 11:50:13 AM
That is a great idea Xizor. We need to do that here. Every January I show my wife our financial standing and budget for the upcoming year. If I take longer than 5 minutes her eyes start to glaze over. I also have a spreadsheet with all our website/account usernames and passwords. I don't type in the actual password. For me it's easy as I have the same password, so i just 'Usual.' It's much more complicated since she can't figure out to have the same password across the board - probably why she can't ever remember them. So I end up typing something like "The gmail password, but with a ! instead of a #.'
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 29, 2020, 12:01:04 PM
That probably isn't gender-specific. I handle all the 'business'-related stuff in our marriage and my wife trusts me with everything. I am sure she knows who handles our car insurance only because she had the same company before we met. But I am sure there are other 'obvious' things she couldn't tell you.

^This.  If the logo wasn't on her bank/credit card, mrs.jingle would have no idea where our financial affairs are at.  I've got a detailed document along with our will, so if/when I checkout before her, she won't be completely hopeless.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 29, 2020, 12:02:21 PM
How does that work if someone dies anyway? Does the surviving member get a power of attorney to be able to access accounts that they don't have the information for?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 29, 2020, 12:11:58 PM
How do grown men not know what insurance company they have for their car insurance? Every week I talk to at least a couple men who don't know this info because their wives take care of all that. You don't even know the name?  :facepalm:

I don't know what you do for a living, but I would say that, not only is it disturbing that folks don't know who their insurer is, it's even more disturbing that so many people don't understand the BASIC distinctions between the various auto coverages (liability, comprehensive, collision and UM/UIM).


How does that work if someone dies anyway? Does the surviving member get a power of attorney to be able to access accounts that they don't have the information for?

There's no such thing as a power of attorney after death, and any power of attorney terminates automatically once the principal dies.  If a married couple has a joint account at a bank and one of them dies, and the survivor has no information other than the bank where the account is held,* then the survivor should be able to gain access to the account without too much difficulty.  However, if it's an account solely in the name of the deceased spouse, then he/she will probably either have to open probate or (if applicable) follow the state small estate procedures.

* - Nowadays, the concept of an account being held at a particular branch is a bit archaic.  If you have an account at a major bank like Chase or BofA, then you probably can go to any branch.  However, if you've got accounts at a bank that doesn't have branches, then things could be very complicated.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Fiery Winds on April 29, 2020, 12:21:02 PM
I also have a spreadsheet with all our website/account usernames and passwords. I don't type in the actual password. For me it's easy as I have the same password, so i just 'Usual.' It's much more complicated since she can't figure out to have the same password across the board - probably why she can't ever remember them. So I end up typing something like "The gmail password, but with a ! instead of a #.'

I would highly recommend to everyone to use a password manager and avoid this practice of storing in plaintext or using the same password (even with minor variations).

There are apps and browser extensions that let you seamlessly access your login details across devices with a single master password. You can have a 8-24 long gibberish password generated and saved for each new login without the need to memorize anything. I use Bitwarden, but LastPass and 1Password are pretty solid too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 29, 2020, 12:28:48 PM
FYI, Chris, my wife works in probate, and PG has it exactly right, at least as far as I understand it.  We're having this type of discussion with my mother-in-law right now (we have reason to believe her husband has accounts all over). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 29, 2020, 12:38:57 PM
re: Passwords. I have thought of using a password manager, just never got around to it. And I don't save them in text format, I save them in my spreadsheet under a code.

Stadler/pg1067, thank you. We have not made wills or done any preparation for when one of us passes. We each have a joint account, for our own 'mad money.' Everything else is joint. Our bank does not have branches in the traditional sense, so I wasn't sure if when I die, she calls in and says "Hello, my husband died and kept track of all our website credentials, can you help me?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 29, 2020, 12:39:06 PM
How do grown men not know what insurance company they have for their car insurance? Every week I talk to at least a couple men who don't know this info because their wives take care of all that. You don't even know the name?  :facepalm:

I don't know what you do for a living, but I would say that, not only is it disturbing that folks don't know who their insurer is, it's even more disturbing that so many people don't understand the BASIC distinctions between the various auto coverages (liability, comprehensive, collision and UM/UIM).

Yup, you're right on there. I can't prove it with cold hard numbers but I would wager about half the time people come in with a vehicle that needs to be fixed and they need a rental car, we'll ask them what kind of coverage they have, if rental is on their policy etc. blah blah, and they'll give a blank stare and a nervous laugh or "ummmmm *shrug*". Very very common. To me it's like showing up to the doctor with no knowledge of your health insurance. I do know it's not on the forefront of everyone's minds, but if, say, you know your car needs to be fixed, and you show up wanting to get it fixed, but you don't know your insurance info, um... plan better?  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 29, 2020, 12:43:59 PM
I don't know if it is fair to expect people to know the specific details of their auto insurance at the drop of a hat. Most people will go years if not their whole lives without an auto incident, so other than paying their insurance bill they don't need to know what cover age they have, aside from deciding it is sufficient when they initially sign up.

It's a different fish with health insurance. You know you have a doctor appointment coming up, you can check your coverage when you are making your appointment. You don't leave the house every day planning on getting in a car accident.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on April 29, 2020, 12:48:14 PM
I don't know if it is fair to expect people to know the specific details of their auto insurance at the drop of a hat. Most people will go years if not their whole lives without an auto incident, so other than paying their insurance bill they don't need to know what cover age they have, aside from deciding it is sufficient when they initially sign up.

It's a different fish with health insurance. You know you have a doctor appointment coming up, you can check your coverage when you are making your appointment. You don't leave the house every day planning on getting in a car accident.

But if you get into a wreck, you know you're gonna have it looked at if it isn't obviously totaled, you know insurance could possibly be involved, you can check your coverage before the tow truck shows up or you get the shop to write an estimate on it (and that's a whole other can of worms I won't even start digging into). Kinda the same thing! :P I can think of several instances in which people have gotten into wrecks, called us up, I tell them exactly what to do depending on their insurance company (IF they know it), and they have all the time until they show up to figure out what exactly their policy is, yet when they show up they don't even know their company even though I told them to find that out on the phone. I dunno, I'm probably sounding like I'm making a bigger deal of it than it is, but I just think it's basic planning and logic personally. Dealing with it every week for 12 years just adds up. Definitely am not expecting them to know the ins and outs of their policy at the drop of a hat, they have all the time in the world before stepping into the shop to figure it out.

It's not a massive deal, just a daily annoyance of my job. A mild irritation, if you will. :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 29, 2020, 12:49:58 PM
re: Passwords. I have thought of using a password manager, just never got around to it. And I don't save them in text format, I save them in my spreadsheet under a code.

Stadler/pg1067, thank you. We have not made wills or done any preparation for when one of us passes. We each have a joint account, for our own 'mad money.' Everything else is joint. Our bank does not have branches in the traditional sense, so I wasn't sure if when I die, she calls in and says "Hello, my husband died and kept track of all our website credentials, can you help me?"

Only if she batted her eyes and got the exact right person.  :)   

Not at all telling you what to do, but for a number of years, my wife was Chief Clerk of the Probate Court, and I've probably heard 100 stories - including one of her close high school friends - who "were going to do it sometime" and didn't, and when fate stepped in there was nothing but a shit show left behind.  I'm not saying that's you, but unless you have the simplest of affairs (one wife, younger kids, not a ton of assets/liabilities or property) it's probably a good thing to make a priority. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 29, 2020, 12:53:55 PM
We have done it. It's more about protecting everything for our oldest son.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on April 29, 2020, 12:57:25 PM
re: Passwords. I have thought of using a password manager, just never got around to it. And I don't save them in text format, I save them in my spreadsheet under a code.

Stadler/pg1067, thank you. We have not made wills or done any preparation for when one of us passes. We each have a joint account, for our own 'mad money.' Everything else is joint. Our bank does not have branches in the traditional sense, so I wasn't sure if when I die, she calls in and says "Hello, my husband died and kept track of all our website credentials, can you help me?"

Only if she batted her eyes and got the exact right person.  :)   

Not at all telling you what to do, but for a number of years, my wife was Chief Clerk of the Probate Court, and I've probably heard 100 stories - including one of her close high school friends - who "were going to do it sometime" and didn't, and when fate stepped in there was nothing but a shit show left behind.  I'm not saying that's you, but unless you have the simplest of affairs (one wife, younger kids, not a ton of assets/liabilities or property) it's probably a good thing to make a priority.

If this forum had a like key, I'd be liking this post.  My parents' finances were a shit show and it took forever to get through probate and deal with basic things after they died without a will or a living trust.

We made a living trust for our kids about 5 years ago.  I feel so much better knowing that one of our final gifts to them will be having that document in their hands. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 29, 2020, 01:07:28 PM
Kattelox, that makes more sense when you spell it all out like that.

Stadler, Not sure how well batting her eyes would work on a phone call :D

And yes, it is #1 on our 'things to do as a grown up' list. We do have 1 marriage, 2 kids (ours), 1 house, no debts other than mortgage, so it should be straight-forward. She is a trustee on some tree farms that we signed a pre-nup on before we got married, but that's it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 29, 2020, 01:11:42 PM
Kattelox, that makes more sense when you spell it all out like that.

Stadler, Not sure how well batting her eyes would work on a phone call :D

And yes, it is #1 on our 'things to do as a grown up' list. We do have 1 marriage, 2 kids (ours), 1 house, no debts other than mortgage, so it should be straight-forward. She is a trustee on some tree farms that we signed a pre-nup on before we got married, but that's it.

I'm sorry, it's rude to laugh I know, but I snorted up my water when I read that.  It just was so unexpected, like a line out of a Frank Zappa song.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 29, 2020, 01:19:55 PM
I don't know if it is fair to expect people to know the specific details of their auto insurance at the drop of a hat. Most people will go years if not their whole lives without an auto incident, so other than paying their insurance bill they don't need to know what cover age they have, aside from deciding it is sufficient when they initially sign up.

Speaking only for myself, there's a big distinction between knowing the BASICS of the coverage you have and knowing the details of policy exclusions and exceptions.

For example, all but a couple states require liability coverage, and I think most folks understand that there are three aspects to that:  the amount that the policy will pay for injuries to a single person, the amount the policy will pay for all injuries occurring in a single incident, and the amount the policy will pay for property damage (e.g., $100k/$300k/$100k).  Most folks probably don't know that one of the biggest benefits of liabiltiy coverage is that it will pay for an attorney to defend you if you get sued as a result of a covered incident.  What baffles me is that a lot of folks who only have minimum liability coverage don't seem to understand that liability coverage doesn't do squat for you in terms of your own car or if someone else is at fault.

I don't think it's too much to expect folks to know whether they only have liability or whether they also have comprehensive and collision coverage.  You should also know if you have uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage.  Same with rental car coverage (something everyone should have, by the way, because it's really cheap).  On the other hand, I would never expect the average person to know the details of policy exclusions and exceptions (although you can bet that any insurance adjuster you deal with will know about them).


As far as all the probate stuff, I had my mother and two sisters die in the span of 21 months in 2007-09.  Each of them had a very different situation.  One sister had a full estate plan (trust, will, etc.).  My mother had a will only.  My other sister had no estate planning.  Each had what was needed for reasonably smooth administration based on assets and dependent status.  In other words, not everyone really needs a will, and definitely not everyone needs estate planning beyond a will.  And all the stuff about how, "IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WILL, THE STATE DECIDES WHO GETS YOUR STUFF WHEN YOU DIE!!" is nothing but panic-mongering IMO.  The best thing anyone can do is consult with a probate attorney for a review of his/her situation so as to make an informed decision.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on April 29, 2020, 01:43:36 PM

If this forum had a like key, I'd be liking this post.  My parents' finances were a shit show and it took forever to get through probate and deal with basic things after they died without a will or a living trust.

We made a living trust for our kids about 5 years ago.  I feel so much better knowing that one of our final gifts to them will be having that document in their hands.
My mom and dad are both gone but we got their assets in to a living trust many years ago. We had also sold their house and put that into the living trust so when dad died in 2018, all that was left to do is distribute 3 ways the assets of the estate. Easy, peezy

Now what irritates me is that my in-laws don't think a living trust is necessary. I can only recommend because it's not my place to push back but it still pisses me off.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 29, 2020, 01:51:23 PM
My view only, but I can't comprehend why anyone with dependants wouldn't have a will.  IMO, it's as mandatory as life insurance.  Death is guaranteed.  As a parent, I feel it's my responsibility to make life as simple as possible for my children after I pass.  In the terrible scenario that mom/dad are in a car accident, one/both killed, or in ICU... and god forbid one of the kids as well

Who makes medical decisions?  ie, Power of personal care
Who takes care of the surviving dependents?
Who controls your assets?
When kids are minors, who has guardianship?
Who becomes the beneficiary to insurance policies?

Those are just the obvious questions.  There's surely dozens of other issues that a will encompasses.

It's the best $500 investment any parent can make.

Just my $.02.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 29, 2020, 03:50:13 PM
My view only, but I can't comprehend why anyone with dependants wouldn't have a will.  IMO, it's as mandatory as life insurance.  Death is guaranteed.  As a parent, I feel it's my responsibility to make life as simple as possible for my children after I pass.  In the terrible scenario that mom/dad are in a car accident, one/both killed, or in ICU... and god forbid one of the kids as well

Who makes medical decisions?  ie, Power of personal care
Who takes care of the surviving dependents?
Who controls your assets?
When kids are minors, who has guardianship?
Who becomes the beneficiary to insurance policies?

Those are just the obvious questions.  There's surely dozens of other issues that a will encompasses.

It's the best $500 investment any parent can make.

Just my $.02.

In the U.S., most of those things are not addressed in a will (I haven't a clue about Canada).

Who makes medical decisions?  You need a power of attorney for healthcare.
Who takes care of surviving dependents/guardian for kids?  You can express a preference in a will or other document, but this is a decision that's ultimately up to the court.
Who controls assets?  That's what a will is for.
Insurance policies:  Life insurance proceeds are not part of one's probate estate.  Ideally, a life insurance policy should designate a primary beneficiary and one or more secondary beneficiaries.  In the case of a married couple, the spouse is typically (and, in a lot of states, must be under most circumstances) the primary beneficiary.  It is possible for the insurance proceeds to find their way into the probate estate, but that's usually because of a mistake (although it's sometimes intentional).

I definitely agree that the estate planning review and preparation of whatever documents are appropriate is a good investment (particularly for those with kids).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on April 29, 2020, 07:22:32 PM
My view only, but I can't comprehend why anyone with dependants wouldn't have a will.  IMO, it's as mandatory as life insurance.  Death is guaranteed.  As a parent, I feel it's my responsibility to make life as simple as possible for my children after I pass.  In the terrible scenario that mom/dad are in a car accident, one/both killed, or in ICU... and god forbid one of the kids as well

Who makes medical decisions?  ie, Power of personal care
Who takes care of the surviving dependents?
Who controls your assets?
When kids are minors, who has guardianship?
Who becomes the beneficiary to insurance policies?

Those are just the obvious questions.  There's surely dozens of other issues that a will encompasses.

It's the best $500 investment any parent can make.

Just my $.02.

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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 29, 2020, 08:30:53 PM
Wow, I’m amazed that courts decide on guardianship in the event of both parents dying. And same with insurance policies. If mrs.jingle is my beneficiary, and we’re both killed in an accident, do the proceeds of the policy not fall to the estate?  And without a will, there is no defined executor to decide how the estate is handled.

No matter the details, the likelihood of shit being a mess without a will is very high. That is if you care how your assets and liabilities are handled.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 30, 2020, 07:03:53 AM
I don't know if its different in Canada and Adam and I went to an event with The Conversation Project and found it pretty awesome. They talk about picking medical power of attorney and probably best its not your partner since they may not be in the right mind if something tragic has happened. And that a Will is not always enough to cover what you may need.
https://theconversationproject.org/
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 30, 2020, 07:17:10 AM
Wow, I’m amazed that courts decide on guardianship in the event of both parents dying. And same with insurance policies. If mrs.jingle is my beneficiary, and we’re both killed in an accident, do the proceeds of the policy not fall to the estate?  And without a will, there is no defined executor to decide how the estate is handled.

No matter the details, the likelihood of shit being a mess without a will is very high. That is if you care how your assets and liabilities are handled.

Chad, this is an important point:   insurance policies (and some investment accounts!) have BENEFICIARIES.   If you're the one that dies, you're not the beneficiary, so technically it's not your money (or your asset) to allocate via will.  Of the 100 stories I mentioned above, a good portion are wives (or husbands) or, more likely "new" girlfriend/boyfriend/partner after a divorce thinking "I get all this" but realizing that the deceased never changed the beneficiary forms on their insurance policies and it goes back to the ex-partner.  Or vice versa (but less frequently), the ex had an agreement that there would be insurance proceeds for the kids, but the deceased changed the beneficiary to be the new partner. 

That's not to say that beneficiary designations can't or don't follow the will more or less, but it's an extra step, and if people aren't completing wills (or things change) it's got to be a conscious, deliberate act to change the beneficiary forms as well.  (I have life insurance through my company and they require me to review and initial each renewal year, so that's good, but my wife has had to force the court to get her ex to periodically document the beneficiaries for the policy he's required to carry per the divorce agreement).   

Gap in my knowledge:  whether you can name the estate or a trust as beneficiary.  That I don't know (though my gut says it depends on the state). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 30, 2020, 08:03:01 AM
I get that completely Bill, but that wasn't the point of my comment. My understanding is that, in the situation that the beneficiary dies simultaneously, the proceeds do go the estate (at least, I believe that's how things work here).  It isn't a fat/happy scenario for the Insurance company ... "wahoo... no payout to make!!", or the investment assets.  But without a Will and thus executor of the estate, the challenges that surviving family members have to go thru to get access to those (and other assets) can be a shit-show.  Couple that with the surviving family members might be minors ...well, it's a shit-show that need not exist. 

Anyone with assets or liabilities and dependants should have a will.  It's just that simple - in my view.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 30, 2020, 08:16:18 AM
I get that completely Bill, but that wasn't the point of my comment. My understanding is that, in the situation that the beneficiary dies simultaneously, the proceeds do go the estate (at least, I believe that's how things work here).  It isn't a fat/happy scenario for the Insurance company ... "wahoo... no payout to make!!", or the investment assets.  But without a Will and thus executor of the estate, the challenges that surviving family members have to go thru to get access to those (and other assets) can be a shit-show.  Couple that with the surviving family members might be minors ...well, it's a shit-show that need not exist. 

Anyone with assets or liabilities and dependants should have a will.  It's just that simple - in my view.

Sorry!  I totally misunderstood, and that's on me.

Here, it's state by state. Most states have laws that govern, among other things, simultaneous death.  If there's a contingent beneficiary, it goes to them.  If not, it's commonly handled like you lay out; if it's not clear who died first, it's assumed the holder outlived the beneficiary and it goes to the primary's estate.  If there is some evidence that the beneficiary outlived the primary, it goes to the beneficary's estate. 

This is why my wife and I never drive in the same car or fly on the same plane.  (I'm kidding.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 30, 2020, 09:15:20 AM
This is why my wife and I never drive in the same car or fly on the same plane.  (I'm kidding.)
I literally know of some couples that won't fly on the same plane just in case it crashes so they both won't die. These are friends of friends, so I don't say anything. But I always want to say "So, you drove to the airport separately too, right? Because statistically you're 1000's of times more likely to die in the car than on the plane."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 30, 2020, 10:16:39 AM
Wow, I’m amazed that courts decide on guardianship in the event of both parents dying. And same with insurance policies. If mrs.jingle is my beneficiary, and we’re both killed in an accident, do the proceeds of the policy not fall to the estate?

Again, I'll start with the caveat that I don't know if or how Canada is different than the U.S., and all of my responses are based on general U.S. law (if there's variation from state to state, I'll say so).

As far as guardianship, if both parents die and both have expressed a preference for TAC to be their children's guardian, then there's almost no way that TAC won't be appointed (unless someone steps up and shows that appointing TAC wouldn't be in the kids' best interests, which is pretty rare).

As far as life insurance, if H designates W as beneficiary and both H and W are killed in the same accident, the first step will be to see if a secondary beneficiary is designated.  If a secondary beneficiary is designated, then he/she will get the money outside of probate.  Only if there is no living beneficiary (or unless the insured has designated the estate as the beneficiary) will the proceeds go to the estate and be administered according to the terms of the will or the intestate succession law.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 30, 2020, 12:14:52 PM
Wow, I’m amazed that courts decide on guardianship in the event of both parents dying. And same with insurance policies. If mrs.jingle is my beneficiary, and we’re both killed in an accident, do the proceeds of the policy not fall to the estate?

Again, I'll start with the caveat that I don't know if or how Canada is different than the U.S., and all of my responses are based on general U.S. law (if there's variation from state to state, I'll say so).

As far as guardianship, if both parents die and both have expressed a preference for TAC to be their children's guardian, then there's almost no way that TAC won't be appointed (unless someone steps up and shows that appointing TAC wouldn't be in the kids' best interests, which is pretty rare).

As far as life insurance, if H designates W as beneficiary and both H and W are killed in the same accident, the first step will be to see if a secondary beneficiary is designated.  If a secondary beneficiary is designated, then he/she will get the money outside of probate.  Only if there is no living beneficiary (or unless the insured has designated the estate as the beneficiary) will the proceeds go to the estate and be administered according to the terms of the will or the intestate succession law.

It is TAC, though.  :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 01, 2020, 03:13:29 PM
I have tried out a bunch of music players for my phone, and finally settled one I am 99% happy with. The 1%? Sometimes when an album has more than one disc, it shows the discs out of order, ('Delicate Sound of Thunder disc 2' before 'Delicate Sound of Thunder disc 1', for example). It wouldn't be a problem, except the album title gets truncated if it is too long. For example, it will show 'Delicate Sound of Th', so I can't see which disc it is. And since it isn't always the one it should be, so I have to click on it to determine which it is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Fiery Winds on May 07, 2020, 10:50:11 AM
Not having to leave for work anymore means I'm home to witness a newfound annoyance with people who snooze their alarms.  And by snooze, I don't mean "Alarm goes off, turn it off, repeat x5". Rather, both my roommates have a near identical (chirp-bell) alarm that will repeat for at least 15 minutes while...they continue to hear it too? Are unable to because it doesn't wake them up? This process can and has gone on for an hour or more in the morning, starting up again just after I thought I was free.

It doesn't help that the house was built in the late '60s and has thin walls where there is no place free from that god-awful sound unless I wear headphones, but that's after it already woke me up from down the hall.  :\
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on May 07, 2020, 11:00:38 AM
Not having to leave for work anymore means I'm home to witness a newfound annoyance with people who snooze their alarms.  And by snooze, I don't mean "Alarm goes off, turn it off, repeat x5". Rather, both my roommates have a near identical (chirp-bell) alarm that will repeat for at least 15 minutes while...they continue to hear it too? Are unable to because it doesn't wake them up? This process can and has gone on for an hour or more in the morning, starting up again just after I thought I was free.

It doesn't help that the house was built in the late '60s and has thin walls where there is no place free from that god-awful sound unless I wear headphones, but that's after it already woke me up from down the hall.  :\

Yeah....ummm....I'd have a serious conversation pretty quick with them. That's just disrespectful. If you're not gonna get up then don't set an alarm.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 07, 2020, 03:50:37 PM
Not having to leave for work anymore means I'm home to witness a newfound annoyance with people who snooze their alarms.  And by snooze, I don't mean "Alarm goes off, turn it off, repeat x5". Rather, both my roommates have a near identical (chirp-bell) alarm that will repeat for at least 15 minutes while...they continue to hear it too? Are unable to because it doesn't wake them up? This process can and has gone on for an hour or more in the morning, starting up again just after I thought I was free.

It doesn't help that the house was built in the late '60s and has thin walls where there is no place free from that god-awful sound unless I wear headphones, but that's after it already woke me up from down the hall.  :\

Yea, this is annoying and the best thing about my brother moving out last year.  I used to yell from my bed when it was bad and he'd finally get up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 07, 2020, 03:56:42 PM
I've never understood not being able to wake up in the morning. I rarely even manage to sleep until the alarm goes off and then I keep it at the lowest volume I can. I'm awake within seconds.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on May 07, 2020, 04:11:54 PM
Not having to leave for work anymore means I'm home to witness a newfound annoyance with people who snooze their alarms.  And by snooze, I don't mean "Alarm goes off, turn it off, repeat x5". Rather, both my roommates have a near identical (chirp-bell) alarm that will repeat for at least 15 minutes while...they continue to hear it too? Are unable to because it doesn't wake them up? This process can and has gone on for an hour or more in the morning, starting up again just after I thought I was free.

It doesn't help that the house was built in the late '60s and has thin walls where there is no place free from that god-awful sound unless I wear headphones, but that's after it already woke me up from down the hall.  :\

Oh man. I've usually got two alarms, the second one goes 45 minutes after the first one, and that's it. I thought that was somewhat lazy approach, then I went and stayed at my friends' apartment at another city a few years ago.

His alarm goes off, he sets it to five minutes later, rinse, repeat for an hour and a half. 90 minutes of this. Fuck me. Obviously I didn't complain as I was staying at his apartment but this is just so alien to me. I can't imagine not even bothering to turn off the alarm. Wtf.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 07, 2020, 04:52:18 PM
Why would you set an alarm 45 minutes apart?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Fiery Winds on May 07, 2020, 04:52:45 PM
Wow, glad I'm not the only one.  :lol  The worst part of it, and why I haven't made a stink about it (yet...), is that it's really not that loud of an alarm. I'd rate it as an annoying drip of water from outside your window when it's dead quiet. In fact, here's the offending ringtone. (https://www.zedge.net/ringtone/1ed26de7-e624-451a-a4a5-0d1be0a2ada9)

I only actually hear the 2 louder chirps and one bell at the end through the walls, which makes it all the more infuriating because now it doesn't flow rhythmically.  >:(

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 07, 2020, 04:58:33 PM
That would drive me insane!  I wake up before my alarm these days.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 07, 2020, 05:39:15 PM
When I was in college, I used to set an alarm for 3:00 a.m.  I'd turn it off and then go back to sleep - very contended with the knowledge that I had another four hours (or whatever) before I actually had to get up.  Every time I tell that story, I get looked at like I'm insane.  In retrospect it was weird, but I loved it at the time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 07, 2020, 09:52:09 PM
That would drive me insane!  I wake up before my alarm these days.

I usually do as well, but I still hit the snooze on my alarm a few times (which no one can hear but me). My alarm is the intro to the live version of U2's Bad. The synths are an easy way to get woken up on the rare days where I don't wake up before the alarm kicks in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on May 08, 2020, 01:41:07 AM
Why would you set an alarm 45 minutes apart?

So I would wake up and think hey, I've got 45 more minutes to sleep, fantastic. :lol

I don't know, that's just something that works for me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on May 08, 2020, 06:12:22 AM
Gotta rant and get this out somewhere. We recently decided to paint the interior of the house. It's the color that came with the house when we built it, all one shade of off white. I hate painting, I did it for years when I ran the hotel and I don't want to do it again so I hired a pro that was highly recommended by our friends. Their work looked fantastic in the few homes that they've done. The first two days they painted the ceiling and the two guest bedrooms. Looks flawless, the wife and I are super happy. Yesterday they did the master bedroom and two bathrooms except the owner of the company didn't help out. One of his crews were here. Well the fucking rooms look like blind kids went in and painted. There is paint all over the carpet, paint all over parts of the ceiling that they painted the day before, they hung everything back on the wall while the paint was wet it stuck to the wale. The moldings have chunks of wood missing. I mean it's a night and day the difference between the guest rooms and the master.

I still have the majority of the house to be done, loft, living area, dining room + kitchen, and office. I called the guy yesterday and he said he'd come and fix it. I don't see myself allowing them to finish, he'd have to clean up all the shit they did yesterday and I also don't want any of his work crews over unsupervised by him.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 08, 2020, 07:11:01 AM
That would drive me insane!  I wake up before my alarm these days.

Me too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 08, 2020, 06:51:44 PM
Gotta rant and get this out somewhere. We recently decided to paint the interior of the house. It's the color that came with the house when we built it, all one shade of off white. I hate painting, I did it for years when I ran the hotel and I don't want to do it again so I hired a pro that was highly recommended by our friends. Their work looked fantastic in the few homes that they've done. The first two days they painted the ceiling and the two guest bedrooms. Looks flawless, the wife and I are super happy. Yesterday they did the master bedroom and two bathrooms except the owner of the company didn't help out. One of his crews were here. Well the fucking rooms look like blind kids went in and painted. There is paint all over the carpet, paint all over parts of the ceiling that they painted the day before, they hung everything back on the wall while the paint was wet it stuck to the wale. The moldings have chunks of wood missing. I mean it's a night and day the difference between the guest rooms and the master.

I still have the majority of the house to be done, loft, living area, dining room + kitchen, and office. I called the guy yesterday and he said he'd come and fix it. I don't see myself allowing them to finish, he'd have to clean up all the shit they did yesterday and I also don't want any of his work crews over unsupervised by him.

Jesus, Kay.  Brutal... just brutal.  Thankfully, the painters I hired a couple of months ago did a fantastic job.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 08, 2020, 06:54:50 PM
Rub it in, man. Rub it in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 08, 2020, 06:58:49 PM
When I was in college, I used to set an alarm for 3:00 a.m.  I'd turn it off and then go back to sleep - very contended with the knowledge that I had another four hours (or whatever) before I actually had to get up.  Every time I tell that story, I get looked at like I'm insane.  In retrospect it was weird, but I loved it at the time.

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When I was younger, I'd hit snooze all the time.  When I was in university, I had a theory that if I could fall back asleep within 9 minutes, that was my body telling me I wasn't ready to get up.  I missed many a class under that premise.  One time, the alarm went off at 9am, and by 1pm, my alarm tapped out.  Must've had a 4 hour limit of hitting snooze.   :lol

Nowadays, rare is the morning when I can fall back asleep no matter when or how I wake up (which is usually when our older dog starts whining to be let out).  Hell, the other day I woke up at 3:45, and by 4:30 I said fuckit, might as well get up and start working while it's going to be quiet.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on May 08, 2020, 08:24:23 PM
When I was in college, I used to set an alarm for 3:00 a.m.  I'd turn it off and then go back to sleep - very contended with the knowledge that I had another four hours (or whatever) before I actually had to get up.  Every time I tell that story, I get looked at like I'm insane.  In retrospect it was weird, but I loved it at the time.

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When I was younger, I'd hit snooze all the time.  When I was in university, I had a theory that if I could fall back asleep within 9 minutes, that was my body telling me I wasn't ready to get up.  I missed many a class under that premise.  One time, the alarm went off at 9am, and by 1pm, my alarm tapped out.  Must've had a 4 hour limit of hitting snooze.   :lol

Nowadays, rare is the morning when I can fall back asleep no matter when or how I wake up (which is usually when our older dog starts whining to be let out).  Hell, the other day I woke up at 3:45, and by 4:30 I said fuckit, might as well get up and start working while it's going to be quiet.

I do this now but with not nearly as big of a gap. If I have to be up at 6 I'll set the alarm at 530 so I can hit that sweet sweet snooze
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 11, 2020, 07:15:24 PM
Commercials that are trying to capitalizing on the Covid-19 pandemic. I just watched a commercial for cotton that tried to imply that cotton is making things better during all this. I'm sorry, but unless you are offering a service directly related to the pandemic, please leave it out of your commercials.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on May 11, 2020, 08:58:05 PM
Yeah, I think covid saturation is starting to feed into covid fatigue which is contributing to people saying, "Eh, fuck it.  I'm going out."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 12, 2020, 07:40:38 PM
Debt collectors.


Using some of the extra money I have to try to pay off some debt. They can call me several times a day.. yet when I wanna call them I have to jump through hoops.

I just wanna give you money, damnit!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 12, 2020, 07:49:51 PM
Debt collectors.


Using some of the extra money I have to try to pay off some debt. They can call me several times a day.. yet when I wanna call them I have to jump through hoops.

I just wanna give you money, damnit!

Hmmm. Just wait til they call you?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 12, 2020, 07:55:55 PM
I'd rather call them. Less likely to be scammed :lol

I got a hold of them after going through my credit monitoring company, getting nowhere... and then doing some google searching. Paid off this debt for half. It was small, but it's a start.

Currently working on a plan to fix my credit. Right now it's complete shit due to some bad decisions and immaturity back in 2012-2014.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 12, 2020, 08:12:47 PM
My stupidity has cost me tens of thousands of dollars over the years, both in real cash and potential lost earnings. I am grateful every single day I have not had to deal with any debt, debt collectors, credit issues, or anything of the sort. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 13, 2020, 07:42:38 AM
It depends on the debt of course, and how old it is, but if possible, I pay the original debtor creditor.  As I said, sometimes it's too old and it's written off (and it's more hassle to accept the funds than it is to say no and force you to deal with the debt collector).  Also, negotiate.   This also depends, but if your credit is already in dire straits, it cuts their leverage.   Just, whatever deal you cut get it in writing. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 13, 2020, 09:37:18 AM
It depends on the debt of course, and how old it is, but if possible, I pay the original debtor creditor.  As I said, sometimes it's too old and it's written off (and it's more hassle to accept the funds than it is to say no and force you to deal with the debt collector).  Also, negotiate.   This also depends, but if your credit is already in dire straits, it cuts their leverage.   Just, whatever deal you cut get it in writing.

It's worth noting that, in a lot of cases, the original creditor no longer owns the debt.  A creditor may hire a collection agency to collect a debt on its behalf, or it may sell the debt to the collection agency.  In the former case, you can still pay the original creditor, but in the latter case, you can't (well...you CAN, but doing so won't satisfy the debt).

Also, adults (in the U.S.) should have at least a basic understanding of their rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 13, 2020, 10:25:25 AM
Thank you; I knew it looked funny, but it didn't register.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 13, 2020, 01:13:51 PM
Luckily I only have a few items of debt on my credit... 2 rather small, and one larger. I tracked down the larger and older of the small ones yesterday. Gotta figure out the other small one this week, and then start attacking the large one when I have the funds.

I also found a service that helps with your credit. It's not a magical service that waves a wand and POOF! but rather a secured loan... You pay a fee (like $35) to open it, and then make payments (starting at $25/mo) over the course of However long you want the service. They report each payment to your credit. At the end, you get a check with the amount you paid out, minus another like small fee.

3 months and no issues. I've already seen a measurable bump in my scores. I've also got a secured card coming. Slowly but surely I'm going to bump my credit score out of the "you're shit outta luck" range.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 13, 2020, 01:15:44 PM
Thank you; I knew it looked funny, but it didn't register.

 :tup  It's easy to do.


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Herrick on May 13, 2020, 07:18:31 PM
I've never understood not being able to wake up in the morning. I rarely even manage to sleep until the alarm goes off and then I keep it at the lowest volume I can. I'm awake within seconds.

I hate waking up early but when I have to, I always have two alarms set 5 minutes apart. Half the time I get up after the first alarm. I've never used Snooze.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 14, 2020, 05:42:26 AM
I've never understood not being able to wake up in the morning. I rarely even manage to sleep until the alarm goes off and then I keep it at the lowest volume I can. I'm awake within seconds.

I hate waking up early but when I have to, I always have two alarms set 5 minutes apart. Half the time I get up after the first alarm. I've never used Snooze.

For me it's 100% dependent on what my plans are for the day. If I wake up at 5am on a day I have to work, I'm miserable, and angry, and start the day in a bad mood. If I wake up at 5am on a weekend day off, I can't wait to get out of bed and start doing shit. The brain is a weird place.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 14, 2020, 06:38:53 AM
I've never understood not being able to wake up in the morning. I rarely even manage to sleep until the alarm goes off and then I keep it at the lowest volume I can. I'm awake within seconds.

I hate waking up early but when I have to, I always have two alarms set 5 minutes apart. Half the time I get up after the first alarm. I've never used Snooze.

For me it's 100% dependent on what my plans are for the day. If I wake up at 5am on a day I have to work, I'm miserable, and angry, and start the day in a bad mood. If I wake up at 5am on a weekend day off, I can't wait to get out of bed and start doing shit. The brain is a weird place.
This is true. I think one of the main reasons I've been waking up early (like 5 AM) since I've been working from home, is that it's the only time I get to be alone. It's not so bad being up before everyone else. I watch some stuff my wife wouldn't want to watch with me, clean up a little, get an early start on the work day. Not half bad really. It helps that my pregnant wife is ready for bed early every night so I just go to bed early too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 14, 2020, 08:06:26 AM
I've come to really value my weekends in that way.  I wake up early, sometimes as early as 7 am (historically, on a weekend, that's early for me) and go downstairs, make coffee.  Maybe even make some breakfast (big BIG fan of hashes).   Depending on the day and the weather, sit in the sun room with the birds and read or do puzzles (Games Magazine).  Other days I will go and get some PS3 time in, or do some of the editing on my ripping project (live albums that are full or nearly full shows I will edit the songs, or, if it's a multi-CD set, the two CDs, together; I will also break out "hidden tracks" to their own track, removing the silence).   Then, late morning or so, I start the rest of the day, going outside to work, do whatever projects I have, etc. etc.   This was before COVID, but made more important in the time of COVID. 

I find I start to get "mildly irritated" when that time is infringed upon.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 14, 2020, 08:31:42 AM
I'm definitely sleeping much more with this stay at home stuff and on my work or off days, I find I am super sluggish to get out of bed.  Just no desire to start the day it seems as each day kind of just blends in and out of each other with nothing really on the horizon to look forward too. 

I did have to be at work for 7am today so I woke up super early and was surprised it wasn't an issue, probably because getting out and going to work is a nice change of pace from the boring stay at home life. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Herrick on May 14, 2020, 10:16:46 AM
I've never understood not being able to wake up in the morning. I rarely even manage to sleep until the alarm goes off and then I keep it at the lowest volume I can. I'm awake within seconds.

I hate waking up early but when I have to, I always have two alarms set 5 minutes apart. Half the time I get up after the first alarm. I've never used Snooze.

For me it's 100% dependent on what my plans are for the day. If I wake up at 5am on a day I have to work, I'm miserable, and angry, and start the day in a bad mood. If I wake up at 5am on a weekend day off, I can't wait to get out of bed and start doing shit. The brain is a weird place.

Whether getting up early for work or getting up early for something enjoyable, I always feel like Kyle Reese landing in that alley.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 14, 2020, 12:46:04 PM
Mornings and sunny days are the bane of my existence.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 14, 2020, 01:10:10 PM
I'm with you, I hate being a night owl who has to get up at 6:00 in the morning for work.  But why sunny days?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 14, 2020, 02:22:33 PM
I'm with you, I hate being a night owl who has to get up at 6:00 in the morning for work.  But why sunny days?

I assume for the same reason he hates garlic, churches, and wooden stakes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 14, 2020, 03:30:58 PM
 :lol

The sun is too bright. I like cloudy days - plenty of sunlight, but not enough that you have to squint. The only benefit from that is that I get to wear sunglasses. A bright blue sky is soooo boring and oppressive to me; clouds are natural works of art, absolutely beautiful and make the sky so much more interesting to look at. Also if the sun is out it's likely to be really warm and I like feeling cool outside. In Illinois here if it's ever over 70 it's very likely to be humid, too, and I don't fare well in temperature over like, 70. 50-60 and rainy is my idea of a perfect, comfortable day. But above all else, I'm genuinely not happy on sunny, warm days - I am more likely to be in a foul mood on what most people would consider a 'beautiful day' but I am in a very chipper mood on those dreary ones. Always have been. SAD? I dunno. Always thought about getting one of those sunlight lamps.

The only non-obvious benefit of the sun is that I get to wear sunglasses outside because I am extremely awkward with what to do with my eyes when I pass strangers. Are they looking at me? Do I look at them? Are they thinking, "Why's this asshole looking at me?" Then I panic. Sunglasses, I can just stare straight ahead and not worry. I realize how absolutely insane this sounds. I get it.  :lol

I should just move to Seattle and/or a cabin in the woods, I know.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 14, 2020, 03:46:34 PM
I don't think that's weird, I think those are good reasons.  I think finding ways to feel good inside are very important in this day and age.  And perhaps a little harder to come by than it used to be.

I used to live in Oregon, and there was hardly ever sun.  And the summers rarely got above 80.  And there are LOTS of places to go get a cabin in the woods.  It just might be your perfect place :).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 14, 2020, 03:51:52 PM
Maybe it's time to hit the Oregon Trail :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 14, 2020, 03:57:45 PM
Black Flies.  They need to die.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on May 14, 2020, 04:07:53 PM
Black Flies.  They need to die.

You need to get yourself one of these (https://www.bugasalt.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2PP1BRCiARIsAEqv-pR76sZrvJcrxmy9NDQO5rC40ZKFWjcV2ok0PgljbFR3jorSUhjM8wwaAsUtEALw_wcB), buddy!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 14, 2020, 04:13:19 PM
Black Flies.  They need to die.

Amen
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 14, 2020, 04:22:00 PM
Black Flies.  They need to die.

Black flies matter!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 14, 2020, 04:23:22 PM
Guys, it's Flies of Color.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 14, 2020, 06:11:54 PM
Black Flies.  They need to die.

You need to get yourself one of these (https://www.bugasalt.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2PP1BRCiARIsAEqv-pR76sZrvJcrxmy9NDQO5rC40ZKFWjcV2ok0PgljbFR3jorSUhjM8wwaAsUtEALw_wcB), buddy!

Buckshot,

Black Flies.  They need to die.

Amen

🤜🤛

Black Flies.  They need to die.

Black flies matter!

The only time I'm a racist.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 14, 2020, 06:43:36 PM
What are black flies specifically?

Couple years ago I turned on my AC after a week of not being home and DOZENS of drain flies shot up out of my air vent. The ducts were so old and neglected they didn't even exist anymore so my AC was just shooting air into the crawlspace. Those disgusting flies would like... disintegrate when smushed and leave a black smudge. Ugh. Awful bugs
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 14, 2020, 06:45:19 PM
What are black flies specifically?


Flies that are black. WTF? :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 14, 2020, 06:50:35 PM
They last about a month but they swarm you like no tomorrow.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Elite on May 15, 2020, 04:21:30 AM
Often times I'm working on stuff in the evening and I suddenly get great ideas or am doing cool stuff, but then I have to go to bed because I get tired and need to get up again the next morning. This annoys me, why do I 'always' get great inspiration at stupid times?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 15, 2020, 06:04:52 AM
What are black flies specifically?


Flies that are black. WTF? :lol

No shit?! Wow! Smartass.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 15, 2020, 06:49:13 AM
What are black flies specifically?

(https://content.motosport.com/images/items/large/FYL/FYLA0UH/X001.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 15, 2020, 07:53:14 AM
Mildly irritating... when grown adults wish death upon an elected official (or anyone) and they get extremely mad at you for calling them out on such a despicable thing to say. Also walking it back with "that's just how I feel" and "I don't really mean it" simultaneously  :rollin I get people don't like politicians but DUDE...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 15, 2020, 07:59:16 AM
I find that particularly irksome, to be honest. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 15, 2020, 08:00:11 AM
I find that particularly irksome, to be honest.

Nah, I'm just a whiny bitch apparently.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 15, 2020, 08:12:33 AM
Mildly irritating... when grown adults wish death upon an elected official (or anyone) and they get extremely mad at you for calling them out on such a despicable thing to say. Also walking it back with "that's just how I feel" and "I don't really mean it" simultaneously  :rollin I get people don't like politicians but DUDE...

That is really troublesome.  I've seen it too.  I'm one of those guys who dislikes almost all politicians, but I would never wish death on any of them.  Also, it seems to be equal on both sides of the isle.  I'm sure this has existed for a long time at some level or other.  But it seems to me to be more widespread now-a-days.  A very ugly part of our modern culture.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 15, 2020, 08:22:50 AM
Mildly irritating... when grown adults wish death upon an elected official (or anyone) and they get extremely mad at you for calling them out on such a despicable thing to say. Also walking it back with "that's just how I feel" and "I don't really mean it" simultaneously  :rollin I get people don't like politicians but DUDE...

Awww, don't feel bad little buddy. I certainly wish death upon you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 15, 2020, 08:23:48 AM
Mildly irritating... when grown adults wish death upon an elected official (or anyone) and they get extremely mad at you for calling them out on such a despicable thing to say. Also walking it back with "that's just how I feel" and "I don't really mean it" simultaneously  :rollin I get people don't like politicians but DUDE...

That is really troublesome.  I've seen it too.  I'm one of those guys who dislikes almost all politicians, but I would never wish death on any of them.  Also, it seems to be equal on both sides of the isle.  I'm sure this has existed for a long time at some level or other.  But it seems to me to be more widespread now-a-days.  A very ugly part of our modern culture.

It just seems to me to be the epitome of intolerance.  "I disagree with your ideology, and so you must die!"  Sounds like a bad James Bond movie. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 15, 2020, 08:48:02 AM
[Serious] If Germans wished death upon Hitler as he was rising to power, would they have been in the wrong?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 15, 2020, 08:55:43 AM
[Serious] If Germans wished death upon Hitler as he was rising to power, would they have been in the wrong?

There is a vast difference between wishing death on someone like Hitler and wishing death on your governor because you don't like where he's from or some of his policies or how he's handling a pandemic. Governor Pritzker of Illinois didn't throw millions of people into death camps and pit the world against itself and posit a theory of a master race and racial supremacy. Come on, now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 15, 2020, 08:57:37 AM
[Serious] If Germans wished death upon Hitler as he was rising to power, would they have been in the wrong?

That's a good point, and as a hindsight is 20/20 thing, you're right.  But I think it's pretty hard to truly tell who will become a murderous tyrant and who won't until that actually happens.

Back on subject, I HATE BLACK FLIES, and would happily murder every single one of them if given the opportunity  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on May 15, 2020, 09:10:27 AM
[Serious] If Germans wished death upon Hitler as he was rising to power, would they have been in the wrong?

There is a vast difference between wishing death on someone like Hitler and wishing death on your governor because you don't like where he's from or some of his policies or how he's handling a pandemic.

True, but you said " when grown adults wish death upon an elected official (or anyone)", which is what I was responding to.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 15, 2020, 09:37:53 AM
Mildly irritating... when grown adults wish death upon an elected official (or anyone) and they get extremely mad at you for calling them out on such a despicable thing to say. Also walking it back with "that's just how I feel" and "I don't really mean it" simultaneously  :rollin I get people don't like politicians but DUDE...

And to complete the trifecta, "It was just a joke!" (which is often paired with, "gosh, lighten up and have a sense of humor").
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TheSilentHam on May 15, 2020, 10:07:06 AM
Along with "I'm just saying...."  or "No offense but.." [insert something personally offensive]
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 15, 2020, 12:59:11 PM
[Serious] If Germans wished death upon Hitler as he was rising to power, would they have been in the wrong?

Okay, Godwin.  :)

For me, and I recognize that it's just me, this fails on a pragmatic, legal, moral and philosophical basis:

- at that point he hadn't actually implemented any of his more odious ideas, and was merely a political rival;
- at that point he had not actually been charged with any crime, nor found guilty of any crime for which his death could have been justified, so this is basically implementing the death penalty with no due process;
- I'm anti-death penalty to begin with, so I don't think it's just for any human to take another's life with premediation.  Convictions are only good when they're difficult to implement, so this is one such case;
- one would have to know why one is advocating for his death, but this sort of makes my point:  if you're presumably killing him because he was wrong to commit genocide, that to me is potentially hypocritical.

Really, the only basis to justify killing him would be an alternate philosophical one; that is, regardless of the moral aspect, if you could take ONE life and in so doing save 50 to 60M*, then I guess it's math that has to be done.  I can't in good conscience apply that to a current politician here, even Trump.   The causation is not proximate enough. 

* A rough approximation of the European theater deaths - military and civilian - from WWII, a war assumed to be largely started by Hitler for purposes of this discussion.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on May 15, 2020, 02:33:00 PM
Along with "I'm just saying...."  or "No offense but.." [insert something personally offensive]

Bless your heart.  :heart
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 15, 2020, 03:52:21 PM
[Serious] If Germans wished death upon Hitler as he was rising to power, would they have been in the wrong?

Okay, Godwin.  :)

For me, and I recognize that it's just me, this fails on a pragmatic, legal, moral and philosophical basis:

- at that point he hadn't actually implemented any of his more odious ideas, and was merely a political rival;
- at that point he had not actually been charged with any crime, nor found guilty of any crime for which his death could have been justified, so this is basically implementing the death penalty with no due process;
- I'm anti-death penalty to begin with, so I don't think it's just for any human to take another's life with premediation.  Convictions are only good when they're difficult to implement, so this is one such case;
- one would have to know why one is advocating for his death, but this sort of makes my point:  if you're presumably killing him because he was wrong to commit genocide, that to me is potentially hypocritical.

Really, the only basis to justify killing him would be an alternate philosophical one; that is, regardless of the moral aspect, if you could take ONE life and in so doing save 50 to 60M*, then I guess it's math that has to be done.  I can't in good conscience apply that to a current politician here, even Trump.   The causation is not proximate enough. 

* A rough approximation of the European theater deaths - military and civilian - from WWII, a war assumed to be largely started by Hitler for purposes of this discussion.

Absolutely.  Like I said earlier, hindsight is 20/20 and it seems now that it would have been better that Hitler was never been born, or died before he got power.  But no crime, no punishment.  Pre crime/thought crime will only lead further down the road to tyranny.  Then our society will be no better than the one he made.

I still hate black flies though, and for that matter mosquitos can go to Hell too!  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on May 15, 2020, 04:51:45 PM
Well I wish death upon everyone.  Technically we all die, so I’m not really wishing anything unusual or evil.  I mean it’s actually a good thing.... just ask the Highlander..... who wants to live forever?

That’s what I would say to anyone who wished death to anyone else.  I would say, “Right?  Even the Highlander knows you shouldn’t live forever.  Thank you for being thoughtful.”

People who haven’t watched Highlander and learned the valuable truth about immortality are the REAL irritating ones.....not the ones who wish death
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on May 15, 2020, 08:07:08 PM
People who haven’t watched Highlander and learned the valuable truth about immortality are the REAL irritating ones...
Anyone who doesn't have an intrinsic need to watch a cheesy fantasy movie where a Queen song plays every five minutes is suspicious.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 15, 2020, 08:32:38 PM
I've never even heard of Highlander.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on May 15, 2020, 08:37:43 PM
"Things that I find mildly irritating":

I've never even heard of Highlander.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 15, 2020, 08:39:46 PM
I've heard of Queen.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 15, 2020, 08:45:45 PM
I am never even slightly irritated by anything TAC posts. He never fails to bring a smile to my face.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 15, 2020, 08:50:22 PM
I've never even heard of Highlander.

Think you hear at a retirement home for 800 Alex.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 15, 2020, 08:57:17 PM
Shazbut
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 15, 2020, 09:19:26 PM
Shazbut

Exactly. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 15, 2020, 09:53:27 PM
I've never even heard of Highlander.

What planet do you even come from
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on May 15, 2020, 09:56:18 PM
Shazbut

I've never even heard of Highlander.

What planet do you even come from


Ork, apparently.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 16, 2020, 05:33:34 AM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 16, 2020, 05:36:37 AM
I've never even heard of Highlander.

Can't say I'm surprised, but add this to the never-ending list where my reaction is

(http://replygif.net/i/172.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on May 16, 2020, 05:59:25 AM
I've never even heard of Highlander.

Well, there can be only one. I should have guessed it would be TAC.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Elite on May 16, 2020, 06:50:44 AM
I've heard of Queen.

:rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 16, 2020, 10:06:20 AM
I've never even heard of Highlander.

Can't say I'm surprised, but add this to the never-ending list where my reaction is

(http://replygif.net/i/172.gif)


Yeah, just having fun, but in all seriousness, there is not ONE TV show that I watch. No dramas, sitcoms, or anything else.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 16, 2020, 10:16:10 AM
You're missing out on some truly incredible storytelling and cinema dude. Some of the best fictional works in modern times are on TV. I'll even let you use my streaming accounts just to get you to watch something. Seriously.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 16, 2020, 01:55:53 PM
Yeah, just having fun, but in all seriousness, there is not ONE TV show that I watch. No dramas, sitcoms, or anything else.

You're missing out on some truly incredible storytelling and cinema dude. Some of the best fictional works in modern times are on TV. I'll even let you use my streaming accounts just to get you to watch something. Seriously.

I wish my life in my 20s, when I was single, with no kids, no roommates, and no commitments outside of work, synced up with TV as it is now with its multitude of options. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 16, 2020, 07:10:19 PM
You're missing out on some truly incredible storytelling and cinema dude. Some of the best fictional works in modern times are on TV. I'll even let you use my streaming accounts just to get you to watch something. Seriously.

When I was younger, I used to love going to the movies, and I rented a ton of films, often being quite interested in the cinematography and such. My wife and I have been together for 23 years, and she simply does not enjoy going to the movies. I always did. But whatever.
I mean the last non kid movie we saw at the movies was The Blair Witch Project. That's how long it's been since I've been to the movies.

We joined Netflix years ago (when you had to mail back DVDs) and it was nice enough. A lot of the time, I'd have to finish the movie by myself.
There is no sitcom since we've been together that we've ever watched. A guy at work was up my ass about The Big Bang Theory, and I watched it and it couldn't have sucked more.

The last drama we watched was House, but that was when we were watching American Idol. I liked the medical mystery thing, but it quickly became a fucking soap opera, and that's a turn off.

When my wife and I do watch TV together, it'll be something low impact like HGTV or Food Network. Or maybe Fox News. I watch sports, so whether it's the Bruins or Red Sox, I'll watch that. My wife loves gymnastics, so she'll watch the Olympic channel.



I totally appreciate the offer, but I have no interest (not in your offer, I mean in TV shows...). Seems every show is a cop, lawyer, or hospital show. WTF? Every plot has to do with a kidnapping (which I cannot watch), a murder (really?), or infidelity (which is the equivalent of running out of ideas).
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Post by: King Postwhore on May 16, 2020, 07:38:48 PM
Tim, do your boys like movies?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 16, 2020, 07:54:39 PM
Breaking Bad isn't about cops per se, it's about an educated man who turns to crime to pay for his ridiculous cost of cancer treatment. Game of Thrones is about political scheming and the complex nature of people, with the added bonus of titties and dragons etc. Westworld is about philosophy and examining the nature of what it means to be "real." Then you got all kinds of screwball comedies like It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia etc

But I get it, some people just aren't TV watchers. But you're reeeeally selling it short by thinking there's only cop and hospital shows out there. TV, or what we call TV, is generally better than film these days.
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Post by: Adami on May 16, 2020, 07:57:07 PM
Tim, if you’re interested I know a great show about a cop who kidnaps and murders the lawyer who was banging his wife at the hospital they worked at.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 16, 2020, 08:04:46 PM
Tim, do your boys like movies?

So my kids watch ZERO TV. As you know, my oldest is challenged, but he can tell you anything you want to know about the Back To The Future trilogy. :lol

My younger guy has been to the movies, but it's only been with friends. I don't think he's wicked into it. The only thing he has his TV on is the NBA Network.

They both have their computers and entertain themselves with that.



Breaking Bad isn't about cops per se, it's about an educated man who turns to crime to pay for his ridiculous cost of cancer treatment. Game of Thrones is about political scheming and the complex nature of people, with the added bonus of titties and dragons etc. Westworld is about philosophy and examining the nature of what it means to be "real." Then you got all kinds of screwball comedies like It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia etc

But I get it, some people just aren't TV watchers. But you're reeeeally selling it short by thinking there's only cop and hospital shows out there. TV, or what we call TV, is generally better than film these days.


I'm sure there's plenty of decent stuff out there. I'm a history buff so anything Civil War or Revolutionary War Era I would find interesting. Titties..Great! Dragons..notsomuch.

But you know, after work, and when my wife goes to work, we eat around 7:00. I mean, we interact with our kids plenty, so that really leaves me a couple of hours at night to myself. There's just never been anything enticing enough to take me away from the Bruins/Red Sox, and that is also my daily music listening time. And THAT to me is my number 1 thing.
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Post by: King Postwhore on May 16, 2020, 08:06:30 PM
That completely makes sense.


Btw, I'm still going to bag on you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 16, 2020, 08:10:35 PM
Tim, if you’re interested I know a great show about a cop who kidnaps and murders the lawyer who was banging his wife at the hospital they worked at.

Sounds awful! :lol
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Post by: TAC on May 16, 2020, 08:11:53 PM

Btw, I'm still going to bag on you.

Bag away, brother!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 16, 2020, 08:14:01 PM
Makes sense bud. My dad's kind of the same way although he makes time for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, so at least we have that in common. Totally get just not having the time or interest for other stuff in the evenings. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 16, 2020, 08:15:42 PM
It's OK TAC.  I've heard of Highlander, but I've never seen it or know anything about it.  But this thread has peaked my interest.

I don't watch much TV either, mostly, like you said, many of them seem to just turn into soap operas and I just can't stomach that kind of stuff.  I do love movies though, but because my children are young, they are mostly kid movies.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 16, 2020, 08:21:21 PM
Tim, do your boys like movies about gladiators?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 16, 2020, 08:23:19 PM
I do love movies though, but because my children are young, they are mostly kid movies.

Kid movies are the best. The Toy Story movies are great. As a family, we saw #3 together at the movies. It was great. I've never seen #4 as the kids have grown out of it. #1 was out before I met my wife. My wife had a young child so we did see #2. All great!
Also The Polar Express FTW!

I also love the Kung Fu Panda series. We've seen all of them as a family. In our house, Friday night was movie night, and we'd all pile into bed and watch a DVD. My youngest and my wife would knock out right away, so it was always me and my oldest that saw the end each week. :lol
My wife still makes homemade popcorn every Friday night for them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 16, 2020, 08:42:52 PM
The thing is, my wife likes movies, but just doesn't like going to the movies...too loud, too expensive. Plus we had kids, so no  babysitter either.

She's mentioned that she would like to reenlist with Netflix again. I suppose it's me holding out. Like I said, it's tough to come between music and the Bruins.



I think as I've gotten older, I'm not sure if my imagination has shrinked, or I'm not as open minded. I find myself far more critical to things like screenwriting.

Every Law And Order episode has that one moment where 2 or 3 of them are sitting around..
"Yeah we have nothing."
"What do we do now?"
"I don't know. Seems like a dead end."

Then the phone will miraculously ring.
"Hello. Where?. Thanks"

And then the case is solved! :lol WTF??
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 17, 2020, 04:40:32 PM
Irritating: forgetting there is a very sharp brand new knife under the water in the sink. That's a lot of blood.  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 17, 2020, 07:58:35 PM
I do love movies though, but because my children are young, they are mostly kid movies.

Kid movies are the best. The Toy Story movies are great. As a family, we saw #3 together at the movies. It was great. I've never seen #4 as the kids have grown out of it. #1 was out before I met my wife. My wife had a young child so we did see #2. All great!
Also The Polar Express FTW!

I also love the Kung Fu Panda series. We've seen all of them as a family. In our house, Friday night was movie night, and we'd all pile into bed and watch a DVD. My youngest and my wife would knock out right away, so it was always me and my oldest that saw the end each week. :lol
My wife still makes homemade popcorn every Friday night for them.

I know it's a kids movie, but you really need to see Toy Story 4.  3 was so amazing I wished and hoped they had ended the series there as I just didn't think they could possibly do that good again.  However, some how, they did it again.  Although I really hope they don't do another one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 17, 2020, 07:59:15 PM
Irritating: forgetting there is a very sharp brand new knife under the water in the sink. That's a lot of blood.  :facepalm:

That sounds horrible!  Did you get pictures?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 17, 2020, 08:04:31 PM
He went to take a picture but he had no finger to push the button.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 17, 2020, 08:20:17 PM
Irritating: forgetting there is a very sharp brand new knife under the water in the sink. That's a lot of blood.  :facepalm:

That sounds horrible!  Did you get pictures?

I was out of neosporin, go figure, so I had to drop everything and run out to the shop to find some. Didn't have my phone but holy moly I've never seen so much blood from a knife cut. Sliced my little finger something fierce; there's a big ol flap of skin that's covering the wound and I'm sure it'll take a few days just to moderately heal. The paper towels made it look like I was cleaning up scarlet paint. Ouch!!
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Post by: jingle.boy on May 18, 2020, 06:13:25 AM
Yikes!

Protip:  always wash sharp knives FIRST.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 18, 2020, 08:12:28 AM
Tim, if you’re interested I know a great show about a cop who kidnaps and murders the lawyer who was banging his wife at the hospital they worked at.

Sounds awful! :lol

I just spent an hour plus/minus trying to figure out what show that ACTUALLY was.   ;)  :)

Speaking of movies, anyone actually go to a movie theater lately (i.e. pre-COVID)?  Last three movies I went to apparently the rest of the audience couldn't see the prologue where it said "Turn off your cellphones" and "Be respectful of the people around you".  It's like these people forgot they weren't in their basements.  And for fuck's sake, these people will NEVER be allowed in my basement (unless it's a prospective Law and Order: SVU episode).   Animals.   The last film I went to - the 50 Shades movie, romantic night out with the wife - this lady sat the row behind me with a bag of popcorn that could have fed Florida having a running, OUT LOUD, conversation with the antagonist, Christian Gray.   "That's it, Christian, teach her a lesson!".  "No, Christian, don't fall for it, it's a trap."   "Don't get on the helicopter, Christian, it's not worth it!"   "That's it Christian, get out your frustrations!".  I'm not at all joking.  I shot her like four or five of my best Stadler curmudgeonly looks and nothing. THEN, the credits start, and she walks out, walking behind me, and bumps my chair passive-aggressively as if I'm the problem!   

Highlander is AWESOME. 
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Post by: Lonk on May 18, 2020, 08:21:41 AM
Last movie I saw at the theater was Spiderman - Far from home.

I do remember once someone sitting next to me took out a laptop in the middle of a movie (her screen brightness must have been at 100%) and was sending emails and chatting (with sound on). After 30 or so minutes I couldn't take it and kindly asked if she could be the laptop away, which she gave me a death look and put it away.

Since I go to the movies in the city (NYC) I usually encounter some annoying teenager with their phone out, but the Laptop was by far the most annoying.

Side story, Endgame was spoiled (a little) for me because while I was sitting waiting for the movie, there was someone in front of me watching the movie on his phone  :facepalm: and I happen to look at his phone and saw a little of the battle of NY scene.
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Post by: Stadler on May 18, 2020, 08:23:47 AM
Seriously, there should be a box at the door to the theater where you have to drop your phone in.  I know, logistics nightmare to get it back, but still.  A man can dream. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 18, 2020, 08:36:29 AM
Last movie I saw in theaters was Avengers: Endgame. Maybe I'm lucky, maybe it's the movies I pick, but I rarely have problems with people in theaters. To be fair the only movies I even bother seeing in theaters are Marvel movies nowadays, and the crowds for those are usually attentive enough, or big enough fans, to not be dicks. Can't remember the last time I heard a baby cry in a theater for example. I remember catching The Dark Knight on opening night at midnight, and you could hear a pin drop in the other corner of the room, I've never had an audience be that still and silent, let alone for 2.5 hours.

Comedies are the absolute best though. I still remember seeing Step Brothers, Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder etc. in theaters (2008 was a really great year for comedies) - the roar of the audience and your friends makes it so much better.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 19, 2020, 11:17:04 AM
So, when you buy a movie on Google Play, it is in your library forever. Hate it, don't think you'll ever watch it again, buy it by mistake, kid get in to your account and buy something? Tough shit. It's never, ever going away. It can't even be hidden.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Herrick on May 19, 2020, 11:29:55 AM
Last movie I saw at the theater was Spiderman - Far from home.

I do remember once someone sitting next to me took out a laptop in the middle of a movie (her screen brightness must have been at 100%) and was sending emails and chatting (with sound on). After 30 or so minutes I couldn't take it and kindly asked if she could be the laptop away, which she gave me a death look and put it away.

Since I go to the movies in the city (NYC) I usually encounter some annoying teenager with their phone out, but the Laptop was by far the most annoying.

Side story, Endgame was spoiled (a little) for me because while I was sitting waiting for the movie, there was someone in front of me watching the movie on his phone  :facepalm: and I happen to look at his phone and saw a little of the battle of NY scene.

Ha ha people are fucking amazing :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on May 19, 2020, 11:39:36 AM
So, when you buy a movie on Google Play, it is in your library forever. Hate it, don't think you'll ever watch it again, buy it by mistake, kid get in to your account and buy something? Tough shit. It's never, ever going away. It can't even be hidden.

You have that problem too eh?  I swear I didn’t notice it was Star Whores.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 21, 2020, 05:55:46 AM
We need a new dishwasher, so I'm trying to decide which one to get. We know the brand we want and of course they have 7 different models, each getting about $100 more expensive than the lower model. But it's nearly impossible online to determine why model 700 is $300 more than model 100. Is it higher quality materials? Visually it looks nearly identical, other than being a bit quieter, I just can;t figure it out. Is it worth spending a little more money to get a higher quality dishwasher? Normally I'd say yes, but I'm not sure if more money is really better quality or not.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on May 21, 2020, 06:30:01 AM
We need a new dishwasher, so I'm trying to decide which one to get. We know the brand we want and of course they have 7 different models, each getting about $100 more expensive than the lower model. But it's nearly impossible online to determine why model 700 is $300 more than model 100. Is it higher quality materials? Visually it looks nearly identical, other than being a bit quieter, I just can;t figure it out. Is it worth spending a little more money to get a higher quality dishwasher? Normally I'd say yes, but I'm not sure if more money is really better quality or not.

The rule of thumb that I've always lived by is to buy the best technology that I can comfortably afford. I've had a Fisher Paykel double dish drawer (https://www.fisherpaykel.com/us/dishwashing/contemporary-dishwashers/double-dishdrawer-dishwasher-dd24dax9-n-81596.html) for fifteen + years and it's been bullet proof. I can highly recommend them. It's outlasted my previous (cheap) dishwasher by a decade and is still as effective, quiet, and versatile as the day we bought it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on May 21, 2020, 06:34:27 AM
We need a new dishwasher, so I'm trying to decide which one to get. We know the brand we want and of course they have 7 different models, each getting about $100 more expensive than the lower model. But it's nearly impossible online to determine why model 700 is $300 more than model 100. Is it higher quality materials? Visually it looks nearly identical, other than being a bit quieter, I just can;t figure it out. Is it worth spending a little more money to get a higher quality dishwasher? Normally I'd say yes, but I'm not sure if more money is really better quality or not.

We paid about $600 for a Frigidaire dishwasher (on sale from $700-$800), and I don't regret it.  Our old one was pretty loud and the quieter models are so incredibly quiet.  I can't even tell this new one is running just based on the general washing sound. 

Some have different features as well, whether it's different wash cycles, indicator displays or lights, etc.  The only thing I've noticed is that the power and water efficiency on newer models might cause it to run longer (instead of a 60 minute normal cycle, it's 2 and a half hours).  Though they have a 30 minute blast cycle that skips on drying time, so dishes are clean, but still very wet when it finishes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 21, 2020, 06:34:40 AM
We need a new dishwasher, so I'm trying to decide which one to get. We know the brand we want and of course they have 7 different models, each getting about $100 more expensive than the lower model. But it's nearly impossible online to determine why model 700 is $300 more than model 100. Is it higher quality materials? Visually it looks nearly identical, other than being a bit quieter, I just can;t figure it out. Is it worth spending a little more money to get a higher quality dishwasher? Normally I'd say yes, but I'm not sure if more money is really better quality or not.

The rule of thumb that I've always lived by is to buy the best technology that I can comfortably afford. I've had a Fisher Paykel double dish drawer (https://www.fisherpaykel.com/us/dishwashing/contemporary-dishwashers/double-dishdrawer-dishwasher-dd24dax9-n-81596.html) for fifteen + years and it's been bullet proof. I can highly recommend them. It's outlasted my previous (cheap) dishwasher by a decade and is still as effective, quiet, and versatile as the day we bought it.
Yeah, we're definitely going with a better one than the one we're replacing. But my irritation comes in when it doesn't really explain very well why one model is more expensive than another. If I knew for sure that a few hundred bucks more was going to get me a higher quality dishwasher, I would spend it. But if that few hundred bucks is going to get me some features I don't need or are more likely to break, I don't want it. It's just difficult to compare.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 21, 2020, 07:13:09 AM
You might want to go outside the manufacturer to get more info.  I know with dishwashers, the tub construction matters, and that factors into the cost.  There are websites that compare features. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 21, 2020, 07:59:48 AM
I saved a lot of money on a dishwasher by doing my dishes by hand. And they get clean the first time, every time ;) :)
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Post by: jingle.boy on May 21, 2020, 08:21:46 AM
I saved a lot of money on a dishwasher by doing my dishes by hand. And they get clean the first time, every time ;) :)

Easy for the person who lives alone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 21, 2020, 08:25:48 AM
I saved a lot of money on a dishwasher by doing my dishes by hand. And they get clean the first time, every time ;) :)

Sounds like a euphemism.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 21, 2020, 08:29:46 AM
I saved a lot of money on a dishwasher by doing my dishes by hand. And they get clean the first time, every time ;) :)

Easy for the person who lives alone.

Yeah, except I grew up in a house of 6 people and still did the dishes every day. Try again, wiseass :D  :lol

I saved a lot of money on a dishwasher by doing my dishes by hand. And they get clean the first time, every time ;) :)

Sounds like a euphemism.

I'm not cleaning your dishes.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dream Team on May 21, 2020, 10:57:59 AM
As I'm watching Food Network with my wife and yet another chef comes on with absolutely ludicrous hairstyles/colors/tats/piercings; I'm thinking: You know, you're really NOT making a statement about how cool and anti-establishment and awesomely individualized you are, you are actually just following the latest trends. Nothing unique about you at all. To be clean-cut these days is the real statement.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 21, 2020, 11:44:38 AM
I find it (somewhat more than mildly) irritating when Netflix sends me email saying, "Don't Forget to Finish Watching [title of movie or show that I or one of the other 3 people in my house started watching but haven't yet finished)!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 21, 2020, 12:00:15 PM
As I'm watching Food Network with my wife and yet another chef comes on with absolutely ludicrous hairstyles/colors/tats/piercings; I'm thinking: You know, you're really NOT making a statement about how cool and anti-establishment and awesomely individualized you are, you are actually just following the latest trends. Nothing unique about you at all. To be clean-cut these days is the real statement.

100% agree.  Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see the draw for tats.  No disrespect to those who have them, I just don't see the appeal.

Beards on the other hand  :metal, and I can always shave it off if it goes way out of style.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 21, 2020, 12:15:24 PM
EDIT: NOPE! Nevermind. Everyone's allowed to have their opinions  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 21, 2020, 01:28:52 PM
It's actually not the tats that bug me - "bug" isn't the right word; I hardly notice them at this point - it's the point that Dream Team makes about the message being sent.   

I watch Food Network a LOT - Chopped, Guy's Grocery Games, Supermarket Stakeout, and World's Worst Cooks are the standouts, plus anything with Alton Brown - and it's amazing to me how much of a cliche the whole image thing has become.   I get it; because of the hours, because of the structure of the food industry it lends itself to that (it's not a 9-to-5 cubicle job) but I can't tell you how many episodes of Chopped start with a spiky, pink-haired person with an eyebrow ring and two full sleeves talking about what a "bad-ass" they are in the kitchen and end with Alex Guarnaschelli and Scott Conant sending them home in the first round for chewy pasta and a soupy risotto.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on May 21, 2020, 01:49:46 PM
Does a person's appearance need to be chosen to make a statement? Seems strange to me to assume a person didn't get tattoos and color their hair just because.... they like tattoos and colored hair.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 21, 2020, 01:54:22 PM
Yea. I know a lot of people with tattoos and weird hair and piercings and none of them are trying to make any kind of big statement. They just like it and think it suits their personality.

To them, having the tattoos or hair or piercings is no different than me having a beard or a tattoo on my lower back that says "Property of Stadler." I just like it and it suits me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 21, 2020, 01:56:36 PM
To them, having the tattoos or hair or piercings is no different than me having a beard or a tattoo on my lower back that says "Property of Stadler." I just like it and it suits me.

*quietly updates DTFMembers.txt*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 21, 2020, 03:06:28 PM

To them, having the tattoos or hair or piercings is no different than me having a beard or a tattoo on my lower back that says "Property of Stadler." I just like it and it suits me.

A Gramp Stamp!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 21, 2020, 03:36:46 PM
Does a person's appearance need to be chosen to make a statement? Seems strange to me to assume a person didn't get tattoos and color their hair just because.... they like tattoos and colored hair.

I think you see both, sometimes people do things to make statements, many times people do things because they enjoy them.  I'm not willing to say someone with a body of tats is trying to make a statement just because of the tats, but sometimes if you get to know someone, you start to realize they DO do things such as get tats to make a statement.  To each their own.

I'm not a tattoo person, and I think that sort of statement counter culture doesn't really exist in regards to tattoos anymore, but it once did. 

Also, the tear drop tattoo, if that's not about making a statement, I'm not sure what is  :lol I can't say anyone would think that looks good or is the best for their look.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 21, 2020, 04:12:07 PM
Anyone see the first episode of this season of Curb Your Enthusiasm? 

But seriously, aren't the two (a "statement" and "I like it") kind of intertwined?   Even if subconscious. (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/5095591/Having-tattoos-like-David-Beckham-is-a-sign-of-low-self-esteem.html)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 21, 2020, 04:17:18 PM
I've never seen any episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 21, 2020, 04:48:51 PM
I've never seen any episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

My wife has been known to call me "Larry" at times.  In one scene of that episode, he was walking down the street talking to his friend and they walked by a guy taking a selfie with a selfie stick.  As he walked by he just grabbed the selfie stick and broke it in two and handed it back.  My wife just looked at me with that look.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 21, 2020, 04:52:54 PM
While I don't know the show, I definitely know the look. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 21, 2020, 04:59:41 PM
Anyone see the first episode of this season of Curb Your Enthusiasm? 

But seriously, aren't the two (a "statement" and "I like it") kind of intertwined?   Even if subconscious. (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/5095591/Having-tattoos-like-David-Beckham-is-a-sign-of-low-self-esteem.html)

Only so much as any hair cut or fashion decision is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on May 21, 2020, 05:21:18 PM
Anyone see the first episode of this season of Curb Your Enthusiasm? 

But seriously, aren't the two (a "statement" and "I like it") kind of intertwined?   Even if subconscious. (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/5095591/Having-tattoos-like-David-Beckham-is-a-sign-of-low-self-esteem.html)

Maybe? But I feel like in general the statement is limited to 'I like it.' I certainly don't buy that everyone who gets a tattoo is doing it a fuck you to the man (the man who in this case is society). Although maybe there's something to it if they are? I've never seen someone getting upset about people who don't have tattoos.

And as a side note, is getting a tattoo really a sign of conformity anyway? It seems like that's really only true if you say every tattoo is equivalent to every other tattoo. Which seems silly.

But besides all that, it's just a style thing. Some people like the style. I don't see the appeal, personally, but whatever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 21, 2020, 11:57:56 PM
I think most people that have at least some self respect automatically make a statement with how they look.  I think it's just largely human nature.  We dress/groom to help ourselves feel good about ourselves and to pass on a certain persona to those we run into in the world.  And that statement changes with the types of people we purposefully interact with.  Such as a date or a job interview.  Or a family/high school reunion.

It doesn't have to be a big statement to still be a statement.  And I don't think making a statement is a bad thing.

I purposefully wear a large beard.  It makes me look very intimidating.  Which is useful when I used to walk home from work in the middle of the night in my inner city.  Because of my size and beard, knew nobody would try to mess with me, which translates to me getting home safely to my family.

Also, my beard has given me a lot of confidence in myself and GREATLY helped me move up the pecking order where I work.  So I would definitely consider it a statement.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 22, 2020, 04:52:52 AM
I just don't know why people complain about what others do with their bodies. If you're not into dyed hair or neat hairstyles or tattoos that's cool but once you start being judgmental and assuming of why that person is doing what they're doing that's just silly to me, it doesn't affect you at all, you're no better than them for choosing to not have tattoos. Big grumpy dad energy from that kind of attitude
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 22, 2020, 08:38:44 AM
No judgment at all from me; more observation than anything else.   Remember - well, you don't know this (yet) - but I'm the guy that as often as not wears a blue oxford (albeit worn and frayed) to metal concerts.  I wear it either totally unbuttoned, or just the last couple with a t-shirt underneath.  It's just comfortable, in my opinion it looks better on me than a tight t-shirt, and I don't care that I stick out like a sore thumb.  While it may only be 2 or 3%, there's a little statement there; a little "yeah, I don't wear the uniform the rest of the time, I'm not going to now; this is REALLY not the norm, at least here."   I just think it's funny - as in funny "haha" - that there's a perception that tats are counter cultural, when in certain circles it's far more the norm than, say, me.  It's a uniform like anything else that is used to establish one's place in the firmament.

(Not generally the norm, though; rough math says less than half the population has a piercing  (https://blog.bodyjewelry.com/statistics-of-body-piercings-in-the-u-s/)- including ears - and something like 25% have tattoos (https://www.statista.com/statistics/721567/number-of-tattoos-united-states/)).   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 22, 2020, 10:27:42 AM
But seriously, aren't the two (a "statement" and "I like it") kind of intertwined?

Well...if the statement is, "I got this tattoo because I thought it would be cool," then sure.  That's pretty much the only statement I made/make with my one tattoo (a bass clef on my left upper arm).  Also, the statement that I saw when I hovered over the link you posted ("having tattoos . . . is a sign of low self esteem"), as a blanket statement, is preposterous on its face.


I've never seen any episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Ditto.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 23, 2020, 03:01:37 PM
I have 2 tattoos, currently have teal hair, a beard, and at one time a single ear peircing. I used to dye my hair a lot in high school and the first couple years after high school, and just did again recently because I could (currently waiting for my place of work to call me back in to start again- as soon as they do I'm trimming my beard and my hair is going black).



At no time was any of this me saying "Fuck you" to the man.   Okay...  I bleached my hair (and shaved my goatee) back in 2011 when my ex and I broke up... And that was a fuck you to her since she was anti clean shaven and colored hair me).



Anyways my complaint of the day...

We get a lot of packages. USPS, FedEx, UPS, Prime... Usually at least one from each per day. The property we love on technically has 4 units on it. None of them are technically labeled as separate units (2 are attached to the main house, ours is attached to the garages). We have notes on all of out packages directing where to leave them (we even have a little table set up in front of our unit with a sign).

We set this up because we were losing packages left and right. They would be delivered to the wrong part of the property, or even left in crazy places (I've seen them toss packages under cars... Yea)

I just overheard our landlord telling out postal guy to just start leaving our packages out in the driveway instead of at our door and she'll "take care of them".  Then she went back into her house. So now I have to go out and hunt down our packages.  It wouldn't be a big deal... If it wasn't for the fact that we also get a lot of food delivery things like Dinnerly / Blue Apron etc... That get left out in the driveway for long periods of time.... With landlord and / or other tenants physically out there... And we discover them only afte they've been out in the sun for that period of time.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 23, 2020, 09:16:11 PM


I purposefully wear a large beard.  It makes me look very intimidating.  Which is useful when I used to walk home from work in the middle of the night in my inner city.  Because of my size and beard, knew nobody would try to mess with me, which translates to me getting home safely to my family.


This reminds me of when I used to meet my cousin downtown for Blues games when he used to get season tickets and I'd go to a handful of games a season with him.  It's not the bad part of downtown, but because we were meeting there (since we live in completely opposite directions), I'd have a few blocks to walk by myself and I would always wear my Blues hoodie and actually put the hood on when doing the fast walk, figuring anyone would be less likely to mess with me. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 25, 2020, 05:58:43 AM
I hate mowing the lawn. I swear I can see the grass growing right now. It's getting long so damn fast! I want someone to genetically engineer a grass variety that grows to the ideal length and then just stops growing. No more mowing, still have natural grass.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 25, 2020, 06:03:38 AM
I hate mowing the lawn. I swear I can see the grass growing right now. It's getting long so damn fast! I want someone to genetically engineer a grass variety that grows to the ideal length and then just stops growing. No more mowing, still have natural grass.

Word.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 25, 2020, 06:54:37 AM
Spent 2 hrs yesterday doing that - on a riding mower.  We've got over an acre of property, which is mostly a grass field.  I don't collect the clippings as I go, so there's a lot for the jingle.kids to rake up cuz it's been growing so fast.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on May 25, 2020, 07:00:07 AM
Monday is mowing day for me. Beats gathering fallen leaves when you have a lot of trees though.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on May 25, 2020, 07:07:17 AM
I should have mowed the lawn this weekend but didn't.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 25, 2020, 07:16:52 AM
Spent 2 hrs yesterday doing that - on a riding mower.  We've got over an acre of property, which is mostly a grass field.  I don't collect the clippings as I go, so there's a lot for the jingle.kids to rake up cuz it's been growing so fast.

Why would you collect the grass after you've already cut it?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 25, 2020, 07:31:31 AM
Monday is mowing day for me. Beats gathering fallen leaves when you have a lot of trees though.
I need to mow again today even though I mowed on Friday. It's raining right now though, so not likely I'll be able to. It'll be  a jungle by the time I'm able to get to it again.

On the plus side, I bought a new mower that I'm comfortable having my older boys use, so they'll be taking over at least some of the mowing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 25, 2020, 12:07:35 PM
People who attack others on their social media posts. Especially when they could have just minded their own business. I've blocked 2 people who are members of a tribute band I used to support because they'd go on political rants on crap I or friends post.

I get having your own opinion. That's your right. But it cost you a group of guys who legit used to rant and rave about how awesome they are. Who have been trying to get to a show of there's (pre COVID) that isn't 3 hours away.

I mean... I sat next to this dude (by chance) at the last DT show I went to.

Oh well.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 25, 2020, 12:36:41 PM
Spent 2 hrs yesterday doing that - on a riding mower.  We've got over an acre of property, which is mostly a grass field.  I don't collect the clippings as I go, so there's a lot for the jingle.kids to rake up cuz it's been growing so fast.

Why would you collect the grass after you've already cut it?

I won't... my kids will.

But, to answer the question, because the grass is so freaking long, it leaves huge clumps of it all over the place.  Clogs the yard, plus the dogs try and eat it which give them the shits.

#DogsStillBetterThanCats
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on May 25, 2020, 07:07:05 PM
I watch Food Network a LOT - Chopped, Guy's Grocery Games, Supermarket Stakeout, and World's Worst Cooks are the standouts, plus anything with Alton Brown - and it's amazing to me how much of a cliche the whole image thing has become.   I get it; because of the hours, because of the structure of the food industry it lends itself to that (it's not a 9-to-5 cubicle job) but I can't tell you how many episodes of Chopped start with a spiky, pink-haired person with an eyebrow ring and two full sleeves talking about what a "bad-ass" they are in the kitchen and end with Alex Guarnaschelli and Scott Conant sending them home in the first round for chewy pasta and a soupy risotto.
I'm not gonna get into the tattoo talk, just gonna say that the thing that mildly irritates me now is that I don't have Food Network anymore so I can't go on about what I saw on Chopped today. I need my fix of Alex and Scott sending people home too!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 26, 2020, 07:24:03 AM
Minor quibble, but I got mildly irritated this weekend over the repeated use of the "the ultimate sacrifice" euphemism.    Look, I think I understand the sentiment behind it (compassion), and I wouldn't say this literally anywhere else but here or to my family at the dinner table, but now, having a stepson currently serving in Afghanistan (and finding out his mission isn't EXACTLY as low-key as he told us), I had a couple moments this weekend where I felt it was taking the easy way out and actually showing a disservice to those that are doing the dirty work, doing things that need to be done. 

If they can actually die, we can at least say the word.   Acknowledge it for what it is.  Then again, it was a nice weekend and I started getting his house ready for his return (as of now he's going to self-quarantine for 14 days when he gets back in the end of the summer) and maybe I just want him to come home. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 26, 2020, 07:59:58 AM

If they can actually die, we can at least say the word.   

https://youtu.be/MCaljpu1bW4?t=138
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 26, 2020, 08:01:27 AM
Spent 2 hrs yesterday doing that - on a riding mower.  We've got over an acre of property, which is mostly a grass field.  I don't collect the clippings as I go, so there's a lot for the jingle.kids to rake up cuz it's been growing so fast.

Why would you collect the grass after you've already cut it?

I won't... my kids will.

But, to answer the question, because the grass is so freaking long, it leaves huge clumps of it all over the place.  Clogs the yard, plus the dogs try and eat it which give them the shits.

#DogsStillBetterThanCats

Maybe you should get animals that aren't so dumb they continually eat things that give them the shits. Or an animal that won't eat its own shit.  :lol

#DogsNeedSpecialEducation
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 26, 2020, 08:02:28 AM
#catsneedmichelins
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 26, 2020, 08:07:41 AM
#catsneedmichelins

I don't even understand this one  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on May 26, 2020, 09:06:21 AM
Minor quibble, but I got mildly irritated this weekend over the repeated use of the "the ultimate sacrifice" euphemism.    Look, I think I understand the sentiment behind it (compassion), and I wouldn't say this literally anywhere else but here or to my family at the dinner table, but now, having a stepson currently serving in Afghanistan (and finding out his mission isn't EXACTLY as low-key as he told us), I had a couple moments this weekend where I felt it was taking the easy way out and actually showing a disservice to those that are doing the dirty work, doing things that need to be done. 

If they can actually die, we can at least say the word.   Acknowledge it for what it is.  Then again, it was a nice weekend and I started getting his house ready for his return (as of now he's going to self-quarantine for 14 days when he gets back in the end of the summer) and maybe I just want him to come home.

I was really irritated by the fireworks throughout my neighborhood this weekend.  Yes, Memorial Day is different than it has been in years past, with most people staying close to home.  That doesn't mean that you have to blast off fireworks every night to entertain yourself.

What struck me is how blowing off fireworks is the exact opposite of how we should celebrate the day:  "Hey, let's honor dead soldiers by recreating the exact same sounds as the explosives that killed them!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on May 26, 2020, 10:28:16 AM
Minor quibble, but I got mildly irritated this weekend over the repeated use of the "the ultimate sacrifice" euphemism.   

I may be a dick for saying this.....but I'm there with this whole medical worker=hero's thing as well.

I completely understand that those workers are in harms way.....I get it. But, it's also a job that they chose to do and that they've been in harms way since the day they took it. Like everything else.....what was a nice sentiment in recognizing those workers efforts and hours they were putting in has now been beaten to death enough to where the very mention of medical worker=hero makes me roll my eyes and want to scream. It shouldn't be that way but it is......advertisers and the media have ruined it.

Now more than ever......we're all in this together.......   :puke:


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 26, 2020, 10:34:33 AM
Medical workers are heroes because without them a lot of people would die. Let's not get too cynical. Yeah not all of them are standing there with their fingers in a guy's throat as he's bleeding out, but they're heroes for helping people and being literally on the frontlines against deadly/new diseases in an area that's concentrated with sick people. That the media loves to sensationalize everything shouldn't let you lose sight of that :(

I don't think you're a dick, Gary, it's just a different perspective. Just my two cents is all.

Although, might as well throw another two cents in, "these uncertain times" annoys me. Just say it, nobody doesn't know about COVID-19 or what the pandemic is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on May 26, 2020, 10:42:23 AM
Medical workers are heroes because without them a lot of people would die. Let's not get too cynical. Yeah not all of them are standing there with their fingers in a guy's throat as he's bleeding out, but they're heroes for helping people and being literally on the frontlines against deadly/new diseases in an area that's concentrated with sick people. That the media loves to sensationalize everything shouldn't let you lose sight of that :(

I don't think you're a dick, Gary, it's just a different perspective. Just my two cents is all.

Although, might as well throw another two cents in, "these uncertain times" annoys me. Just say it, nobody doesn't know about COVID-19 or what the pandemic is.

Let me clarify more.....I completely agree with the sentiment behind medical workers being hero's. What I'm 'mildly irritated' at is the around the clock commercials, highway signs and sky lettering telling everyone they are. The media/advertisers have ruined a good thing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 26, 2020, 10:48:45 AM
Huh. I don't particularly understand why you'd let that bother you, but I get the distinction.  :metal
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 26, 2020, 10:49:58 AM
But contrast this with the other discussions about the dick weeds that are using masks for butt floss.  I've said this too many times now; we've become experts at the grand (but meaningless) gesture, and SHIT at the smaller, more crucial gestures.

Anyone here - including the medical professionals =  that wouldn't make this trade: "all the lawn signs and hearts in the window" for "everyone wearing a mask and staying 6' feet from their next closest human"? 

I get it, it's totally anecdotal and useless in terms of any analysis, but the house directly across the street:  big heart in the front window with a rainbow... and those stupid fuckerspeople spend all day Sunday in their side yard - about 25 of them - pounding beer, eating pizza and otherwise thumbing their nose at any and all seemingly not engaging in COVID-19 preventative measures.  Actually, one woman showed up with a mask, and a guy said something to her and she took it off, laughing, and that was the only mask I saw all day.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on May 26, 2020, 10:59:02 AM
Huh. I don't particularly understand why you'd let that bother you, but I get the distinction.  :metal

I don't either  :lol   I think this lock down/pandemic is getting to me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 26, 2020, 11:03:47 AM
Huh. I don't particularly understand why you'd let that bother you, but I get the distinction.  :metal

I don't either  :lol   I think this lock down/pandemic is getting to me.

I think it's getting to a lot of us, and in different ways.  I find myself being very anti-social lately and while I'm aware of it and don't like it, I'm not feeling any motivation to change.  In fact, I feel little motivation for anything.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 26, 2020, 11:29:01 AM
I'm with you Cram; I spent the entire weekend around the house - cutting the lawn, spring cleaning, throwing stuff out - and I wouldn't have traded it for any barbeque or get-together. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on May 26, 2020, 11:32:00 AM
But contrast this with the other discussions about the dick weeds that are using masks for butt floss.  I've said this too many times now; we've become experts at the grand (but meaningless) gesture, and SHIT at the smaller, more crucial gestures.

Anyone here - including the medical professionals =  that wouldn't make this trade: "all the lawn signs and hearts in the window" for "everyone wearing a mask and staying 6' feet from their next closest human"? 

I get it, it's totally anecdotal and useless in terms of any analysis, but the house directly across the street:  big heart in the front window with a rainbow... and those stupid fuckerspeople spend all day Sunday in their side yard - about 25 of them - pounding beer, eating pizza and otherwise thumbing their nose at any and all seemingly not engaging in COVID-19 preventative measures.  Actually, one woman showed up with a mask, and a guy said something to her and she took it off, laughing, and that was the only mask I saw all day.   

Add fighter jet fly-overs and you've got it 100% correct.  I'd elaborate but we'd have to take it to the pissed off thread because it is more than mildly irritating to the healthcare workers I know and love.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 26, 2020, 11:35:53 AM
I'm with you Cram; I spent the entire weekend around the house - cutting the lawn, spring cleaning, throwing stuff out - and I wouldn't have traded it for any barbeque or get-together.

Well my problem also extends to doing all that stuff.  I have plenty of things around the house I should be doing but I have no motivation, for anything really.  I pay someone to mow my lawn, but theres so muhc other yardwork I should be doing and yet I just let it all grow.  I have this audio cable across my basement floor to connect my TV output to my surround sound (so I can use my Roku on the speakers) and its been run across the floor for almost 2 months now where I can just run it properly through the ceiling... but I have no motivation.  I did finally clean my house yesterday as I was really getting fed up with the cat hair build up on the floors, but I should have done that awhile ago.  I could be doing so much more at work as well, but I feel like I'm just doing the bare minimum.  I very much feel like the stay at home stuff is affecting my mental health in terms of being productive and moving towards something.  I just feel so stagnant and uninterested in changing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 26, 2020, 11:40:41 AM
Finally, my wish for people to see the benefits of antisocial, solitary behavior is being fulfilled!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 26, 2020, 11:43:36 AM
I very much feel like the stay at home stuff is affecting my mental health in terms of being productive and moving towards something.  I just feel so stagnant and uninterested in changing.

I think we're going to see a lot of that, both at the individual and the macro level.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on May 26, 2020, 11:50:37 AM
Not to minimize any mental health issues that are obviously effecting many people but with the increase in alcohol and marijuana use, I wonder how much of the inability to feel motivated stems from that?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on May 26, 2020, 11:52:19 AM
Not to minimize any mental health issues that are obviously effecting many people but with the increase in alcohol and marijuana use, I wonder how much of the inability to feel motivated stems from that?

Based solely on my experience with clients? Very little. Almost all of my clients aren't drinking more than normal or smoking pot and they are all mostly feeling unmotivated. It's likely due (in a large part) to a lack of structure and so forth.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 26, 2020, 12:14:21 PM
Not to minimize any mental health issues that are obviously effecting many people but with the increase in alcohol and marijuana use, I wonder how much of the inability to feel motivated stems from that?

Based solely on my experience with clients? Very little. Almost all of my clients aren't drinking more than normal or smoking pot and they are all mostly feeling unmotivated. It's likely due (in a large part) to a lack of structure and so forth.

I can only speak for myself, but I feel the lack of seeing an "end" to all this being something that bothers me.  Like why should I be motivated to stay home all summer?  I dont think it helps that I work and live alone so my human interaction is very little and while I'm not a people person, I think losing the already small amount of human interaction I did have is having some effect.  The one positive thing I have going is about staying in shape and I've been pretty good there through all this, I think that exercise does help me mentally. 

I will add that I have been drinking more than usual and maybe that plays a role here (it likely does) but my marijuana consumption has been the same or maybe even less (even with WFH, I hardly find myself using during the day even though I'm home). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on May 26, 2020, 08:18:29 PM
Not sure if this belongs here or in the Coronavirus thread, but I am sick of watching shows with people on their computers talking to me. I get it. I appreciate the content, and many shows have done a great job keeping us entertained. I suppose it's necessary.

One of the sports talk shows I watch at night finally has one of the hosts IN THE STUDIO! About damned time.

I've been going to work every fucking day, and you mean to tell me that one or two hosts can't sit in a fucking studio and do a show??
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 27, 2020, 07:39:21 AM
Not sure if this belongs here or in the Coronavirus thread, but I am sick of watching shows with people on their computers talking to me. I get it. I appreciate the content, and many shows have done a great job keeping us entertained. I suppose it's necessary.

One of the sports talk shows I watch at night finally has one of the hosts IN THE STUDIO! About damned time.

I've been going to work every fucking day, and you mean to tell me that one or two hosts can't sit in a fucking studio and do a show??

Brother, I am WITH you.  It's been habit for over a decade (probably more) that I watch the nightly local news for weather (I'm a weather junkie, it seems).   I've not watched the news for weeks now.   I just can't do it.   (It was fascinating, for about two days, seeing where these people lived, though.  :)).

And to pile on, I'm sorry, I get it, we need levity, but the gags about the people that can't use Zoom have NOT aged well. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 27, 2020, 09:57:26 AM
This one is so simple and universal that I'm sure it's been mentioned previously, but here it is:

People who don't know to use fucking apostrophes!  You do not need an apostrophe for every word that ends in an "s"!!!  "I got over 1,000 follower's on Instagram!"  "Remember when your parent's used to do this?"   GAAAAAAAAHHAHHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on May 27, 2020, 09:58:50 AM
I can see why that bother's you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 27, 2020, 10:34:47 AM
We're trying to finally put together a will, which we should have done a decade ago. I got access to free software through my job, so we're just using that. It's irritating because there are so many people you have to choose for things. We know my sister would get the kids, but do we put her in charge of the money the kids inherit as well? I know people would say it should be someone different, but if I trust her with my kids, wouldn't I trust her with my money? Also choosing who would get to pull the plug if we're vegetables is difficult. So many contingencies to think about. I know we should pay a lawyer to do all of this, and hopefully we will someday, but for now I just want to get the quick and dirty version done.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on May 27, 2020, 10:52:15 AM
I just started looking in to creating our wills/estate planning.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 27, 2020, 12:45:01 PM
We're trying to finally put together a will, which we should have done a decade ago. I got access to free software through my job, so we're just using that. It's irritating because there are so many people you have to choose for things.

Well...that's kinda the whole point of estate planning.   :)


We know my sister would get the kids, but do we put her in charge of the money the kids inherit as well? I know people would say it should be someone different, but if I trust her with my kids, wouldn't I trust her with my money?

A couple things here despite my assumption that these are rhetorical questions.

First, I don't know how old your kids are, but the likelihood that both you and your wife will die before they reach 18 is pretty low, so keep in mind that you're planning for something that isn't likely ever to happen.

Second, you can nominate a guardian for your kids, but you can't truly dictate that in the same way that you can dictate what happens to your assets.  Virtually every court will give guardianship to an otherwise apparently competent adult whom both parents have designated in their wills (plural), but it's ultimately up to the court.

As far as designating the proposed guardian also to be trustee of the trust you set up to hold assets for the kids, I'm curious why you think that "people would say it should be someone different."  There's no inherent reason to designate different folks and, in fact, designating different folks significantly increases the potential expense and risk of litigation over disputes.  As you mentioned, if you trust someone to take care of your kids, why not let the same person safeguard the money.  Of course, there may be situations where the proposed guardian isn't good with money and would benefit from oversight from someone else, but that's a case by case decision.


I know we should pay a lawyer to do all of this, and hopefully we will someday, but for now I just want to get the quick and dirty version done.

Not unreasonable.  If you've got a home or other substantial assets, you'll definitely want an attorney.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 27, 2020, 12:53:49 PM
We know my sister would get the kids, but do we put her in charge of the money the kids inherit as well? I know people would say it should be someone different, but if I trust her with my kids, wouldn't I trust her with my money?

A couple things here despite my assumption that these are rhetorical questions.

First, I don't know how old your kids are, but the likelihood that both you and your wife will die before they reach 18 is pretty low, so keep in mind that you're planning for something that isn't likely ever to happen.

Second, you can nominate a guardian for your kids, but you can't truly dictate that in the same way that you can dictate what happens to your assets.  Virtually every court will give guardianship to an otherwise apparently competent adult whom both parents have designated in their wills (plural), but it's ultimately up to the court.

As far as designating the proposed guardian also to be trustee of the trust you set up to hold assets for the kids, I'm curious why you think that "people would say it should be someone different."  There's no inherent reason to designate different folks and, in fact, designating different folks significantly increases the potential expense and risk of litigation over disputes.  As you mentioned, if you trust someone to take care of your kids, why not let the same person safeguard the money.  Of course, there may be situations where the proposed guardian isn't good with money and would benefit from oversight from someone else, but that's a case by case decision.
We're the designated guardians for my sister's kids and she said their lawyer told them to have a different person in charge of the money. I don't recall off hand who it is, but it's not me. I suppose that's to prevent me from using the money selfishly while neglecting the kids. But again, I trust my sister to do the right thing with my kids and money.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 27, 2020, 01:23:53 PM
We're the designated guardians for my sister's kids and she said their lawyer told them to have a different person in charge of the money. I don't recall off hand who it is, but it's not me. I suppose that's to prevent me from using the money selfishly while neglecting the kids. But again, I trust my sister to do the right thing with my kids and money.

Interesting.  I'd be curious to know the thinking behind that recommendation.  As I mentioned, it makes sense in some cases, but to use it as the default approach strikes me as quite odd.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 27, 2020, 01:29:18 PM
We're the designated guardians for my sister's kids and she said their lawyer told them to have a different person in charge of the money. I don't recall off hand who it is, but it's not me. I suppose that's to prevent me from using the money selfishly while neglecting the kids. But again, I trust my sister to do the right thing with my kids and money.


Interesting.  I'd be curious to know the thinking behind that recommendation.  As I mentioned, it makes sense in some cases, but to use it as the default approach strikes me as quite odd.
My understanding is that it is the recommended default suggestion that a lawyer would make. I know I've heard it before. But I'm hardly an expert so I may be wrong.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on May 27, 2020, 01:41:11 PM
When I did estate planning work, I NEVER made that recommendation.  As PG pointed out, there could be good reasons in specific circumstances.  But as a rule, I wouldn't.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 27, 2020, 02:44:34 PM
I can see why that bother's you.

You little devil, you.   ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 27, 2020, 03:10:05 PM
We're the designated guardians for my sister's kids and she said their lawyer told them to have a different person in charge of the money. I don't recall off hand who it is, but it's not me. I suppose that's to prevent me from using the money selfishly while neglecting the kids. But again, I trust my sister to do the right thing with my kids and money.


Interesting.  I'd be curious to know the thinking behind that recommendation.  As I mentioned, it makes sense in some cases, but to use it as the default approach strikes me as quite odd.
My understanding is that it is the recommended default suggestion that a lawyer would make. I know I've heard it before. But I'm hardly an expert so I may be wrong.

It's possible that there's something unique about your state's laws that make this a "default" recommendation there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 27, 2020, 05:45:45 PM
Could be. It also could be that the lawyers just say that and then offer their services to manage the money, for a small fee of course
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 27, 2020, 06:14:29 PM
I'm not sure that's the plan.  T&E is not a big money-maker at the levels we're talking about.   Maybe the lawyer that's doing Jeff Bezos' will and estate planning is making some bank, but not the local person doing a will for a house (which likely transfers by deed), a car and a couple of retirement accounts (that likely have beneficiaries specified under the plan).   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 28, 2020, 08:06:08 AM
When my wife and I did our trust last year we have guardians and back up guardians for our children, and we did the same with who takes care of our money.  But we have it in our trust that our money and assets will be divided evenly between all our children, so the money aspect is pretty strait forward.  We did pick different family members for each.  It wasn't a requirement, but we did it as to not place the entire burden on one family member.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on May 28, 2020, 08:24:19 AM
We debated on back up guardians and ended up not putting any in. Hard enough to find one person that we'd trust to raise our kids similarly to how we'd want, much less two. It's so unlikely to ever happen that we decided it wasn't worth the mental effort to figure it out. I debated doing a trust versus just a will, but the software wan't super clear on the benefits in my situation. I think down the road when we have more (and more complicated) assets it may make sense. That's definitely when we'd get a lawyer involved.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 28, 2020, 10:01:29 AM
It was explained to me that a trust is more legally binding than a will and has more protection against government or private interest intrusion.  Apparently a will used to be all that was needed, but then lawyers who then got elected messed that up over time and watered it down so now a trust is now what a will used to be, kind of.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on May 28, 2020, 12:29:00 PM
It was explained to me that a trust is more legally binding than a will and has more protection against government or private interest intrusion.  Apparently a will used to be all that was needed, but then lawyers who then got elected messed that up over time and watered it down so now a trust is now what a will used to be, kind of.

I assume whomever "explained" that to you was someone who has a chip on his/her shoulder as it relates to lawyers.

A will is a document by which a person (called the testator) can dictate the disposition of his/her assets (after payment of debt) after death.  A will covers all of one's assets other than those that are:  (1) held jointly with another person with the right of survivorship; (2) held in trust; and (3) held in an account that designates a pay-on-death beneficiary.  Most married couples own their homes a joint tenants with the right of survivorship (or something else called tenants by the entirety), and most bank, investment and retirement accounts have (or are able to have) designated pay-on-death beneficiaries.

A trust is a legal mechanism whereby one person (the trustee) holds the property of someone else (the trustor or settlor) for the benefit of a benefit of someone else (the trustor could also be, and often is, also the trustee and beneficiary).  A trust can be, and often is, used for estate planning, but it can be used in many other contexts.  The primary reason why most folks create trusts is to avoid formal probate of their estates (and the potential expense that goes along with it).

It is not even remotely true that "a trust is more legally binding than a will."  As far as "protection against government or private interest intrusion," most (but not all) trusts are administered without any court involvement, but trusts often are entities subject to the same governmental regulation that individuals and business entities are subject to (e.g., trusts are subject to income tax and often at a much higher rate than most individuals).  Not really sure what "private interest intrusion" might mean.  The sentence starting with the word "Apparently" is based on a near total lack of understanding of the subject (and I assume you're just relaying what someone told you).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 28, 2020, 01:11:11 PM
Nicely done.  "What he said."   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on May 28, 2020, 05:17:27 PM
Sodium. I find sodium mildly irritating.

My old man got a dehydrator last week and made a ton of beef jerky. And it's delicious and awesome and I can't stop eating it. I initially thought my caffeine addiction was causing my hypertension/chest tightness (and it probably was), but after eating a bit too much of it over the last couple days, I had more chest tightness and spiked blood pressure today. I've been eating a lot healthier this month, but I'll be 30 next year and I guess this is another sign that I'm no longer a kid. Damn you, sodium!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on May 28, 2020, 06:29:13 PM
:getoffmylawn:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 28, 2020, 06:44:50 PM
Mildy irritating:  the "new" (it's probably years old, but new to me! Get off my lawn!) trend of adding "right now" to the end of a question/statement.  "Are you kidding me RIGHT NOW?"   "Are you serious RIGHT NOW?"   What, as opposed to 12 seconds from now?  Or tomorrow?   I get it, the implication is, "now is the wrong time" but still.  it's annoying right now.

And of course I meant, get off my lawn, right now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 28, 2020, 06:45:31 PM
Mildy irritating:  the "new" (it's probably years old, but new to me! Get off my lawn!) trend of adding "right now" to the end of a question/statement.  "Are you kidding me RIGHT NOW?"   "Are you serious RIGHT NOW?"   What, as opposed to 12 seconds from now?  Or tomorrow?   I get it, the implication is, "now is the wrong time" but still.  it's annoying right now.

And of course I meant, get off my lawn, right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMV-fenGP1g
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on May 28, 2020, 09:32:30 PM
It was explained to me that a trust is more legally binding than a will and has more protection against government or private interest intrusion.  Apparently a will used to be all that was needed, but then lawyers who then got elected messed that up over time and watered it down so now a trust is now what a will used to be, kind of.

I assume whomever "explained" that to you was someone who has a chip on his/her shoulder as it relates to lawyers.

A will is a document by which a person (called the testator) can dictate the disposition of his/her assets (after payment of debt) after death.  A will covers all of one's assets other than those that are:  (1) held jointly with another person with the right of survivorship; (2) held in trust; and (3) held in an account that designates a pay-on-death beneficiary.  Most married couples own their homes a joint tenants with the right of survivorship (or something else called tenants by the entirety), and most bank, investment and retirement accounts have (or are able to have) designated pay-on-death beneficiaries.

A trust is a legal mechanism whereby one person (the trustee) holds the property of someone else (the trustor or settlor) for the benefit of a benefit of someone else (the trustor could also be, and often is, also the trustee and beneficiary).  A trust can be, and often is, used for estate planning, but it can be used in many other contexts.  The primary reason why most folks create trusts is to avoid formal probate of their estates (and the potential expense that goes along with it).

It is not even remotely true that "a trust is more legally binding than a will."  As far as "protection against government or private interest intrusion," most (but not all) trusts are administered without any court involvement, but trusts often are entities subject to the same governmental regulation that individuals and business entities are subject to (e.g., trusts are subject to income tax and often at a much higher rate than most individuals).  Not really sure what "private interest intrusion" might mean.  The sentence starting with the word "Apparently" is based on a near total lack of understanding of the subject (and I assume you're just relaying what someone told you).

 :lol well, a lawyer explained it to me that way.  But I also may have misunderstood.  But thanks for the explanation, you certainly did much better than me  :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 01, 2020, 12:28:23 PM
Pretty sure I threw my stimulus money in the garbage last week. This whole time I've been expecting a check from the fed and have been keeping an eye out. Apparently it's not a check. It's on a prepaid debit card that looks identical to the 100 or so other cards that show up in the mail every year, trying to get me to open accounts and whatnot. To make matters worse, the company the fed chose to send these out is sending them out in completely blank/white envelopes, and thousands of people are throwing them away because they look like every other piece of junk mail in existence. My sister threw hers out too. She opened it and thought it was a scam. What the hell?

I mean, my tax returns show up in an over-sized, brightly colored envelope with the statue of liberty on it. I would have thought stimulus money would have been in something a little more identifiable. Now I get the pleasure of doing something I was hoping to never have to do.... get on hold and try to talk to someone at the IRS.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 01, 2020, 12:36:54 PM
Pretty sure I threw my stimulus money in the garbage last week. This whole time I've been expecting a check from the fed and have been keeping an eye out. Apparently it's not a check. It's on a prepaid debit card that looks identical to the 100 or so other cards that show up in the mail every year, trying to get me to open accounts and whatnot. To make matters worse, the company the fed chose to send these out is sending them out in completely blank/white envelopes, and thousands of people are throwing them away because they look like every other piece of junk mail in existence. My sister threw hers out too. She opened it and thought it was a scam. What the hell?

I mean, my tax returns show up in an over-sized, brightly colored envelope with the statue of liberty on it. I would have thought stimulus money would have been in something a little more identifiable. Now I get the pleasure of doing something I was hoping to never have to do.... get on hold and try to talk to someone at the IRS.

That's... weird. Everyone I know got the check, looks just like the tax refund check (brightly colored, statue of liberty on it). Never heard of the card.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 01, 2020, 01:01:02 PM
Pretty sure I threw my stimulus money in the garbage last week. This whole time I've been expecting a check from the fed and have been keeping an eye out. Apparently it's not a check. It's on a prepaid debit card that looks identical to the 100 or so other cards that show up in the mail every year, trying to get me to open accounts and whatnot. To make matters worse, the company the fed chose to send these out is sending them out in completely blank/white envelopes, and thousands of people are throwing them away because they look like every other piece of junk mail in existence. My sister threw hers out too. She opened it and thought it was a scam. What the hell?

I mean, my tax returns show up in an over-sized, brightly colored envelope with the statue of liberty on it. I would have thought stimulus money would have been in something a little more identifiable. Now I get the pleasure of doing something I was hoping to never have to do.... get on hold and try to talk to someone at the IRS.

That's... weird. Everyone I know got the check, looks just like the tax refund check (brightly colored, statue of liberty on it). Never heard of the card.

Yeah...I haven't heard anything about prepaid cards.  Mine got direct deposited into my bank account.

By the way, throwing away solicitations for credit cards is a great way to get one's identity stolen.  Stuff like that needs to be shredded.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 01, 2020, 01:07:49 PM
https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/irs-coronavirus-stimulus-prepaid-cards-plain-envelopes-not-junk-mail

The IRS is in the process of sending out about 4 million economic impact payments loaded onto prepaid debit cards – but Americans may not recognize the stimulus cash when they see it.

The cards will arrive in a “plain envelope” from "Money Network Cardholder Services," the IRS said.

Unsuspecting individuals could mistake the envelope for junk mail or even a credit card promotion, especially since many people are likely not aware their payment will be arriving on a prepaid card instead of in the form of a check.

People cannot choose to have their payments sent this way. These 4 million individuals, who did not have direct deposit information on file with the tax agency, were selected by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service.

The Visa name appears on the front of the card, and MetaBank – the Treasury Department’s financial agent – appears on the bank. That may further confuse individuals who do not hold an account with Visa and who are unfamiliar with MetaBank.

“If you receive a card that looks like this, please do not throw it away,” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau requested in an informational web video.

One sign you may have missed your card in the mail is if you receive a letter from the IRS, signed by President Trump, which details how much money you should have received.

These letters were expected to be sent two weeks after the economic impact payments.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 01, 2020, 05:00:02 PM
I got that letter, which referred to a payment to be made, late last week -- despite the stimulus payment having been deposited in my bank account several weeks ago.  Gotta love how the federal government works.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 01, 2020, 05:23:06 PM
I got that letter, which referred to a payment to be made, late last week -- despite the stimulus payment having been deposited in my bank account several weeks ago.  Gotta love how the federal government works.

Same. My letter was like a month late. Just got it Saturday!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 03, 2020, 06:41:25 PM
I don't understand how memes / buzzwords spread so quickly.

It's like I see a new joke literally once on twitter or something - then by the end of the next day - everyone is using it.

And they all already know what it means and the context etc.

it's like a hive mind.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on June 03, 2020, 09:25:12 PM
I don't understand how memes / buzzwords spread so quickly.

It's like I see a new joke literally once on twitter or something - then by the end of the next day - everyone is using it.

And they all already know what it means and the context etc.

it's like a hive mind.

(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/769/143/506.png)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on June 03, 2020, 09:32:19 PM
Yeah, I can confirm that the IRS is sending the stimulus payments in debit card now.  If you accidentally tossed in the garbage there is a number, or a form? on the IRS website than you can call/fill out to have the old one canceled and a new one sent back out to you.  Got to love the government :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on June 03, 2020, 09:40:48 PM
Over here (Australia), they just deposited the stimulus money directly into our bank accounts. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 03, 2020, 11:41:08 PM
Over here (Australia), they just deposited the stimulus money directly into our bank accounts. :lol


They were doing that if you received income tax returns in the last 2 years. Those who didn't had to go onto a website and input their info. My GF and I did it at the same time... Same address. Same Bank Account. They elected to mail her a check and deposit mine directly. Makes no sense. I'm not sure why they are doing the Debit Cards now. Must be for people without banks?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 04, 2020, 12:05:21 AM
So today is my birthday. This morning, no one said anything, which was fine as my wife and oldest get up first and go for a walk before I get up, then start their school work as I get my youngest going. By lunchtime no one said anything, which was a little weird, but ok. By the afternoon, I thought "ok, is there a point where I say something?" I finally said something, and they felt awful. We talked about it, everything was cool. Except my freezer. I went to grab some ice for my drink and realized everything was thawing. Noticed the fridge wasn't cooling either. It was running, the lights were on. There was some cold air blowing. But it was checking out. So we spent the last couple hours of the day moving everything into our garage freezer and all the coolers we could find. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 04, 2020, 12:50:22 AM
So today is my birthday. This morning, no one said anything, which was fine as my wife and oldest get up first and go for a walk before I get up, then start their school work as I get my youngest going. By lunchtime no one said anything, which was a little weird, but ok. By the afternoon, I thought "ok, is there a point where I say something?" I finally said something, and they felt awful. We talked about it, everything was cool. Except my freezer. I went to grab some ice for my drink and realized everything was thawing. Noticed the fridge wasn't cooling either. It was running, the lights were on. There was some cold air blowing. But it was checking out. So we spent the last couple hours of the day moving everything into our garage freezer and all the coolers we could find.

Well shit.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 04, 2020, 05:04:38 AM
So today is my birthday. This morning, no one said anything, which was fine as my wife and oldest get up first and go for a walk before I get up, then start their school work as I get my youngest going. By lunchtime no one said anything, which was a little weird, but ok. By the afternoon, I thought "ok, is there a point where I say something?" I finally said something, and they felt awful. We talked about it, everything was cool. Except my freezer. I went to grab some ice for my drink and realized everything was thawing. Noticed the fridge wasn't cooling either. It was running, the lights were on. There was some cold air blowing. But it was checking out. So we spent the last couple hours of the day moving everything into our garage freezer and all the coolers we could find.


You should've moved your family into the garage. ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on June 04, 2020, 05:12:14 AM
Happy b-day, Chris!  :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on June 04, 2020, 05:27:24 AM
Happy Birthday, Chris, and many returns.

I wish I could get my family to forget about my birthday. Lucky!  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 04, 2020, 07:12:37 AM
So today is my birthday. This morning, no one said anything, which was fine as my wife and oldest get up first and go for a walk before I get up, then start their school work as I get my youngest going. By lunchtime no one said anything, which was a little weird, but ok. By the afternoon, I thought "ok, is there a point where I say something?" I finally said something, and they felt awful. We talked about it, everything was cool. Except my freezer. I went to grab some ice for my drink and realized everything was thawing. Noticed the fridge wasn't cooling either. It was running, the lights were on. There was some cold air blowing. But it was checking out. So we spent the last couple hours of the day moving everything into our garage freezer and all the coolers we could find.

Happy fucking birthday, amirite?    :)

Seriously, though; happy birthday.  No excuses, but I know for me, it's a challenge to remember the actual days as they happen.   I was on a call this morning with my boss, and we spent a couple minutes - more than we should have - deciding that it was "Thursday".   We didn't even get to the day number.  ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 04, 2020, 07:45:49 AM
Happy late b-day, Chris!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 04, 2020, 07:59:21 AM
29 right Chris?


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 04, 2020, 08:01:24 AM
'Special' days during the pandemic are a challenge.  Our Anniversary was in April, Mother's Day, and Father's Day upcoming... all kinda weird.

None-the-less, Happy Birthday Chris.  Sorry to hear it was a lunch-bag letdown... family and freezer.  :-\
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on June 04, 2020, 09:03:05 AM
Happy birthday bud!

See? This is why DTF is better than your family.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 04, 2020, 09:46:25 AM
Happy birthday bud!

See? This is why DTF is better than your family.

Well, we forgot too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on June 04, 2020, 09:48:12 AM
Happy birthday bud!

See? This is why DTF is better than your family.

Well, we forgot too.


Shhhh!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 04, 2020, 10:25:59 AM
Thank you my friends. I am not a big birthday guy. I am in my 40s. I don't want a party, presents or cake. But not getting a "happy birthday" from the family was annoying. And I guarantee if I forgot the wife's.... well that would not have been pleasant. I also traditionally go to a Chinese buffet out of a tradition that started so long ago I don't even remember why it started, but it goes back at least 10+ years. And of course that was out this year.

Seriously, though; happy birthday.  No excuses, but I know for me, it's a challenge to remember the actual days as they happen.   I was on a call this morning with my boss, and we spent a couple minutes - more than we should have - deciding that it was "Thursday".   We didn't even get to the day number.  ;)

I would definitely see the validity to that. But my wife teaches, and runs a Zoom meeting with her class every weekday. The first thing they do... a calendar activity, basic stuff like identifying the day and date.   :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 04, 2020, 10:44:11 AM
I would definitely see the validity to that. But my wife teaches, and runs a Zoom meeting with her class every weekday. The first thing they do... a calendar activity, basic stuff like identifying the day and date.   :facepalm:

I didn't know you were married to a kindergarten teacher.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 04, 2020, 11:21:59 AM
She teaches elementary students with special needs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 04, 2020, 11:22:44 AM
Oh.  :| :(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on June 04, 2020, 03:48:41 PM
She teaches elementary students with special needs.

As does mine. Listening to some of her online classes was entertaining but I feel for her (and your wife) as most of her students are very low IQ that require a lot of hands on work.....which is just impossible with the online classes. And, it asks a lot from the parents who simply aren't qualified to 'teach' special needs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 04, 2020, 04:58:14 PM
She teaches elementary students with special needs.

As does mine. Listening to some of her online classes was entertaining but I feel for her (and your wife) as most of her students are very low IQ that require a lot of hands on work.....which is just impossible with the online classes. And, it asks a lot from the parents who simply aren't qualified to 'teach' special needs.

Huh, I did not know that. Without getting off-track, yes it has been very challenging. Parent engagement has been the biggest challenge. Some are engaged, communicating regularly; others she has heard from once since school closed in March. She sends them surveys, half of them respond. She can't help them if she doesn't know what they need, or if they are even accessing the online tools she is setting up for them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 04, 2020, 06:31:55 PM
She teaches elementary students with special needs.

As does mine. Listening to some of her online classes was entertaining but I feel for her (and your wife) as most of her students are very low IQ that require a lot of hands on work.....which is just impossible with the online classes. And, it asks a lot from the parents who simply aren't qualified to 'teach' special needs.

My son (special needs) is a senior, and frankly, the at home work has been negligible at best. I feel for teachers that were put in this position, especially for special needs classes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 04, 2020, 06:42:16 PM
At least you are an engaged parent Tim.  You care, that matters. Especially in these trying times.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 04, 2020, 07:11:31 PM
At least you are an engaged parent Tim.  You care, that matters. Especially in these trying times.

Graduation on Sunday!!

Which is something I have thought about addressing in the Pissed Off Thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 04, 2020, 07:16:57 PM
Nope. Time to rejoice even in this shitshow.   I'm so happy for you and your family.   CAKE IT UP!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 04, 2020, 07:25:25 PM
Thanks Joe, I appreciate that. I really do.

My son is no more important than anyone else's but man, he is a gift.

I was about to rage post earlier this week about the school's graduation plans, but he and my wife attended the rehearsal today, and he was so fired up.

The fact that it's so fucked up actually has him fired up about it. HE will enjoy it a lot more than a traditional ceremony. My opinion on the whole fiasco really changed today when I saw how excited he was.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 04, 2020, 07:26:57 PM
That gleam in his eyes is all a parent can ask for. Enjoy every second dad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on June 04, 2020, 07:38:51 PM
At least you are an engaged parent Tim.  You care, that matters. Especially in these trying times.

Graduation on Sunday!!

Which is something I have thought about addressing in the Pissed Off Thread.

Congrats to the TAClad!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 04, 2020, 07:40:55 PM
Thank you.

I'll post about it in a few days.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on June 04, 2020, 08:41:21 PM
Man, that's a good kid you got there TAC. :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 04, 2020, 08:42:40 PM
Thank you Lion! He really is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 04, 2020, 08:57:38 PM
At least you are an engaged parent Tim.  You care, that matters. Especially in these trying times.

My wife understands that this is affecting all families differently. But she is having a hard time with parents who are not responding to any of her emails/calls at all. Regardless of how this affecting your family, wouldn't you want to at least check in your kid's teacher once every couple weeks, especially if you child is on an IEP and thus has a more specified learning plan? She has no idea what the kid is working on, if anything. And that can present significant issues if it persists for months.

TAC, looking forward to the posts about the ceremony.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 05, 2020, 08:11:19 AM
She teaches elementary students with special needs.

As does mine. Listening to some of her online classes was entertaining but I feel for her (and your wife) as most of her students are very low IQ that require a lot of hands on work.....which is just impossible with the online classes. And, it asks a lot from the parents who simply aren't qualified to 'teach' special needs.

My son (special needs) is a senior, and frankly, the at home work has been negligible at best. I feel for teachers that were put in this position, especially for special needs classes.

We've REALLY struggled with this.  That has been BY FAR the hardest part of COVID, by a long shot.   For many with autism, structure and routine is PARAMOUNT, and even little things that you and I take for granted, like periods ending, and transitions to new classes are VERY important, and it's just so hard - no, impossible - to recreate that in a home environment when there aren't a group of people - including other students! - to reinforce that routine. 

I think that our son (my stepson), who is 12, has really suffered the most "harm" from this whole response effort.  "Harm" is not the right word, really; it's not like he's incapable, or that he won't rebound, but the chaos is just harder for him to adjust to.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 05, 2020, 08:58:33 AM
She teaches elementary students with special needs.

As does mine. Listening to some of her online classes was entertaining but I feel for her (and your wife) as most of her students are very low IQ that require a lot of hands on work.....which is just impossible with the online classes. And, it asks a lot from the parents who simply aren't qualified to 'teach' special needs.

My son (special needs) is a senior, and frankly, the at home work has been negligible at best. I feel for teachers that were put in this position, especially for special needs classes.

We've REALLY struggled with this.  That has been BY FAR the hardest part of COVID, by a long shot.   For many with autism, structure and routine is PARAMOUNT, and even little things that you and I take for granted, like periods ending, and transitions to new classes are VERY important, and it's just so hard - no, impossible - to recreate that in a home environment when there aren't a group of people - including other students! - to reinforce that routine. 

I think that our son (my stepson), who is 12, has really suffered the most "harm" from this whole response effort.  "Harm" is not the right word, really; it's not like he's incapable, or that he won't rebound, but the chaos is just harder for him to adjust to.

You ever watch this show?

https://www.netflix.com/title/80117540

It's about a kid with autism just trying to navigate life and society. It's really good.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 12, 2020, 05:20:18 PM
I find it's the little things that drive me insane. not so much the big things.

For example. Getting a puncture on my bike and not being able to ride for a week is just like " oh bummer - well it happens "...

But - the Wifi saying it's fully connected - your PC saying it's connected to the Wifi - and no webpages loading. Drives me apoplectic.

Because it's just. not. working. And there's nothing else you can do about it.  :censored

S**t like that where it's like " WHAT THE F--K ELSE DO YOU NEED ???? "

I liken it to - imagine putting ice cubes in a roaring fire - and them refusing to melt... You'd be like  ??? - What else do you need ?!?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 12, 2020, 07:59:22 PM
I'm irritated that this game in my youth was hijacked.   I'm upset that people are so dumb that I actually said 1987 when that symbol was something else.   

(https://i.postimg.cc/gJcMzMkq/Screenshot-20200612-215217-Facebook.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yJ5hnyRk)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 12, 2020, 08:14:46 PM
What is really offensive is that shirt.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 12, 2020, 08:16:45 PM
Hawaiian shirts are the bomb.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 12, 2020, 08:18:54 PM
What is really offensive is that shirt.

 :lol I say this as someone married to someone of Hawaiian heritage. Hawaiian shirts are awful. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 12, 2020, 08:20:09 PM
I suppose it'd be better than seeing him in a grass skirt.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 12, 2020, 08:20:49 PM
 :lol

I needed a chuckle. I was really upset about this. Look at the start of my mullet though. Lol

I suppose it'd be better than seeing him in a grass skirt.

Airing my naughty bits.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 12, 2020, 08:23:39 PM
So are you sticking your left middle finger through the right hand hole? I have honestly never seen that before.


Is Barbara Handler someone you actually know?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 12, 2020, 08:26:27 PM
I was giving my buddy the middle finger while getting him on the punch game.  I multi task.

And no.  I posted the mullet pic to the keyboardist from Echolyn because he posted his mullet pic.  We are close in age.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 12, 2020, 08:27:04 PM
I am not aware of the punch game.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on June 12, 2020, 08:33:07 PM
afaik, the ok-hand symbol has never been a symbol of white supremacy, so idk what this person's on about.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 12, 2020, 08:34:25 PM
I am not aware of the punch game.

I'm surprised Tim.  It could only be waite or below and if someone looked you get to punch them in the shoulder. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 12, 2020, 08:36:46 PM
I am not aware of the punch game.

I'm surprised Tim.  It could only be waite or below and if someone looked you get to punch them in the shoulder.

I have literally never heard of that. Not busting balls. Just saying it.

It's possible that Barbara Handler never heard of it either. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on June 12, 2020, 08:38:29 PM
Also yeah, idk what this is either. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 12, 2020, 08:39:26 PM
This goes to my theory that you were buried for 2 decades.  I would bet 90% asked would know that game in our age group.  And she was in our age group.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 12, 2020, 08:40:46 PM
This goes to my theory that you were buried for 2 decades.  I would bet 90% asked would know that game.

I was most certainly not buried in 1987. If you told me it was a game from 1995-2005, I'd understand.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 12, 2020, 08:42:55 PM
The 80's is when I learned the game. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 12, 2020, 08:45:35 PM
There's even a definition in Dictionary.com.  Lol

(https://i.postimg.cc/FHTR7z9t/Screenshot-20200612-224357-Chrome.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/pmnxS2hk)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 12, 2020, 09:18:21 PM
This was a well known “game” amongst males. In Canada, the rule was below the shoulder.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 12, 2020, 09:19:45 PM
Tim thinks he's the majority. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 15, 2020, 08:44:21 AM
I'm irritated that this game in my youth was hijacked.   I'm upset that people are so dumb that I actually said 1987 when that symbol was something else.   

(https://i.postimg.cc/gJcMzMkq/Screenshot-20200612-215217-Facebook.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yJ5hnyRk)

If i haven't said it before, you look like Paul Di'Anno in that picture.  The young, good Paul Di'Anno,  not the current model.

We used to play that all the time.  You make the OK sign, and if they looked, you punched.  If they stuck their finger in without looking, you got punched.  We even incorporated that into our drinking games in high school and college.  I even taught my daughter that (though now she's all woke, so.... ;) )

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 15, 2020, 08:56:30 AM
If i haven't said it before, you look like Paul Di'Anno in that picture.  The young, good Kingshmegland,  not the current model.

Dude, that's not even nice. ;D


We used to play that all the time.  You make the OK sign, and if they looked, you punched.  If they stuck their finger in without looking, you got punched. 


You too? I have never heard of that. Damn.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 15, 2020, 08:59:17 AM
Dude even I know that game, my friends and I played it all the time in high school. YOU ARE SO OLD.  :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 15, 2020, 09:18:18 AM
I'm older and I know it.

I was always told I looked like the comedian Paul Rodriguez. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 15, 2020, 10:10:28 AM
I am not aware of the punch game.

Nor I (and I'm 52).  Even after seeing the explanation.  Maybe it never caught on west of the Mississippi.


afaik, the ok-hand symbol has never been a symbol of white supremacy, so idk what this person's on about.

That too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 15, 2020, 10:13:56 AM
Just this past year it somehow it was linked to white supremacy.  It got hijacked.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 15, 2020, 10:15:18 AM
I'm older and I know it.

I was always told I looked like the comedian Paul Rodriguez. :lol

I've been told I look like Alex Rodriguez.  :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 15, 2020, 10:19:11 AM
I'm older and I know it.

I was always told I looked like the comedian Paul Rodriguez. :lol

I've been told I look like Alex Rodriguez.  :neverusethis:

I can see it.  Two perfect asses. :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 15, 2020, 10:20:23 AM
I wish! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on June 24, 2020, 10:53:41 PM
For whatever reason my phone contacts reverted back to whatever contacts I had several years ago. All the past few years of contacts I collected are just gone. Dozens of my neighbors.....other hockey coaches and parents. So weird. It’s definitely a first world problem that I can get over it’s just annoying.


Which BTW......Tim, Kev and Chad...you’ll need to text me your numbers again.  :lol  King....I got yours today with the last meme you sent me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 24, 2020, 11:05:58 PM
When my wife drives us someplace, and I am expected to be co-pilot. When she looks before changing lanes, I get an indignant "Are you going to help me or what?" You got 2 eyes, a neck, a rearview mirror, a side mirror, and a side mirror camera. How do you change lanes when you are driving by yourself?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on June 25, 2020, 07:37:52 AM
When my wife drives us someplace, and I am expected to be co-pilot. When she looks before changing lanes, I get an indignant "Are you going to help me or what?" You got 2 eyes, a neck, a rearview mirror, a side mirror, and a side mirror camera. How do you change lanes when you are driving by yourself?

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 25, 2020, 07:39:36 AM
Chris, that line, "are you going to help me?" is something I hear all the time.  LOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 25, 2020, 01:13:58 PM
When my wife drives us someplace, and I am expected to be co-pilot. When she looks before changing lanes, I get an indignant "Are you going to help me or what?" You got 2 eyes, a neck, a rearview mirror, a side mirror, and a side mirror camera. How do you change lanes when you are driving by yourself?

 :lol

 :lol thats pretty ridiculous and funny
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 25, 2020, 01:23:54 PM
Chris, that line, "are you going to help me?" is something I hear all the time.  LOL

Topped only by "why didn't you stop me?" when the lane-change happens and the inevitable horn sounds.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 25, 2020, 02:18:44 PM
Wait.  I said 2 days ago, "Leave that for me, I'll do that."

Then she does it and yells at me.

Me, "Do you ever listen to what I say?"

She giggles.  "I guess not."

LOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Indiscipline on June 25, 2020, 02:32:15 PM
When my wife drives us someplace, and I am expected to be co-pilot. When she looks before changing lanes, I get an indignant "Are you going to help me or what?" You got 2 eyes, a neck, a rearview mirror, a side mirror, and a side mirror camera. How do you change lanes when you are driving by yourself?

From my ex-wife's quote vault, while botching a lane change:

"I am a girl! How am I supposed to focus while sitting next to three mirrors?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on June 25, 2020, 02:36:54 PM
Wait.  I said 2 days ago, "Leave that for me, I'll do that."

Then she does it and yells at me.

Me, "Do you ever listen to what I say?"

She giggles.  "I guess not."

LOL

I find her (final) response refreshing.  Good on her.....and by extension you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 25, 2020, 02:45:41 PM
Hey, you both have to laugh at the stubbornness we both have.  Going on 26 years married in October and this month we've been together 29 years.  You just have to let things slide of your back to help the relationship. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on June 26, 2020, 02:09:01 PM
Things that I find mildly irritating:  After being confused for several days, discovering that TAC and Katt changed their forum names to Mr. Crabs and The Walrus.  Sheesh!  Here I am, still fairly new to the forum, and trying to get to know folks, and just as I think I'm finally making some headway... some of them change their names.  AAAAAAHHHHHH!  Is this a normal thing?  I just need to know so I can be prepared next time :)


(walks away muttering to myself, raising my hands in the air and also trying to pull the little bit of hair out that I have left)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 26, 2020, 02:12:46 PM
Things that I find mildly irritating:  After being confused for several days, discovering that TAC and Katt changed their forum names to Mr. Crabs and The Walrus.  Sheesh!  Here I am, still fairly new to the forum, and trying to get to know folks, and just as I think I'm finally making some headway... some of them change their names.  AAAAAAHHHHHH!  Is this a normal thing?  I just need to know so I can be prepared next time :)


(walks away muttering to myself, raising my hands in the air and also trying to pull the little bit of hair out that I have left)

Ditto.  It took me at least a week to figure out TAC/Crabs and even longer with Kox/Walrus.   :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 26, 2020, 02:13:57 PM
 :lol

Running joke by the mods on Katt's Roulette he's running.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on June 26, 2020, 02:50:50 PM
Well it's some comfort that I'm not the only one who got mixed up  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 26, 2020, 03:51:48 PM
Read the thread. You'll get a chuckle.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 26, 2020, 04:03:17 PM
Nothing good going on in that thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 26, 2020, 04:57:40 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on June 26, 2020, 05:46:00 PM
 :lol

Thanks, I think I'll take a gander this weekend.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 26, 2020, 06:05:54 PM
Things that I find mildly irritating:  After being confused for several days, discovering that TAC and Katt changed their forum names to Mr. Crabs and The Walrus.  Sheesh!  Here I am, still fairly new to the forum, and trying to get to know folks, and just as I think I'm finally making some headway... some of them change their names.  AAAAAAHHHHHH!  Is this a normal thing?  I just need to know so I can be prepared next time :)


(walks away muttering to myself, raising my hands in the air and also trying to pull the little bit of hair out that I have left)

 :lol :rollin :lol

No Katt, only Walrus. I AM OF THE SEA NOW
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 26, 2020, 06:44:36 PM
More like WalrusKox
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on June 26, 2020, 06:46:27 PM
Things that I find mildly irritating:  After being confused for several days, discovering that TAC and Katt changed their forum names to Mr. Crabs and The Walrus.  Sheesh!  Here I am, still fairly new to the forum, and trying to get to know folks, and just as I think I'm finally making some headway... some of them change their names.  AAAAAAHHHHHH!  Is this a normal thing?  I just need to know so I can be prepared next time :)


(walks away muttering to myself, raising my hands in the air and also trying to pull the little bit of hair out that I have left)

You're too kind to put this in the mildly irritating thread instead of the pissed off thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 26, 2020, 06:48:34 PM
.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 26, 2020, 06:53:49 PM
Brother Lion... it’s indeed just a gag at the moment.  Name changes are rarely done.  Avatar changes ... that’s what always fucks with me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on June 26, 2020, 07:52:59 PM
No gag, only walrus. I intend to keep this name.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 26, 2020, 08:23:00 PM
I don't! ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on June 26, 2020, 10:56:14 PM
Brother Lion... it’s indeed just a gag at the moment.  Name changes are rarely done.  Avatar changes ... that’s what always fucks with me.

I do think about changing my avatar, but I feel I can't unless both myself and Jon agree to it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Northern Lion on June 26, 2020, 10:58:26 PM
 :rollin

Man, you guys are hilarious!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on June 27, 2020, 05:17:41 AM
Things that I find mildly irritating:  After being confused for several days, discovering that TAC and Katt changed their forum names to Mr. Crabs and The Walrus.  Sheesh!  Here I am, still fairly new to the forum, and trying to get to know folks, and just as I think I'm finally making some headway... some of them change their names.  AAAAAAHHHHHH!  Is this a normal thing?  I just need to know so I can be prepared next time :)


(walks away muttering to myself, raising my hands in the air and also trying to pull the little bit of hair out that I have left)

You're too kind to put this in the mildly irritating thread instead of the pissed off thread.

Yeah, says the guy who kept this avatar.

Brother Lion... it’s indeed just a gag at the moment.  Name changes are rarely done.  Avatar changes ... that’s what always fucks with me.

I do think about changing my avatar, but I feel I can't unless both myself and Jon agree to it.

Nope, you officially can't do it now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on June 28, 2020, 05:41:47 PM
Brother Lion... it’s indeed just a gag at the moment.  Name changes are rarely done.  Avatar changes ... that’s what always fucks with me.


I've had avatars and sigs turned off for years :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on June 29, 2020, 03:43:10 AM
Brother Lion... it’s indeed just a gag at the moment.  Name changes are rarely done.  Avatar changes ... that’s what always fucks with me.


I've had avatars and sigs turned off for years :lol

I just realized I have the same avatar since the day I joined MP.com in 2004
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 29, 2020, 11:04:48 AM
Things that I find mildly irritating:  After being confused for several days, discovering that TAC and Katt changed their forum names to Mr. Crabs and The Walrus.  Sheesh!  Here I am, still fairly new to the forum, and trying to get to know folks, and just as I think I'm finally making some headway... some of them change their names.  AAAAAAHHHHHH!  Is this a normal thing?  I just need to know so I can be prepared next time :)


(walks away muttering to myself, raising my hands in the air and also trying to pull the little bit of hair out that I have left)

You know you've been on this forum for too long when you notice the new names but immediately can tell by the writing who they are  :lol I don't participate in the roullettes so I had no idea of this other than just noticing one day.  But TAC was easy because Mr Crabs seems very fitting.  Not sure why Kat became the Walrus, but with such contrasting musical opinions, it was easy to tell.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 29, 2020, 11:20:45 AM
Things that I find mildly irritating:  After being confused for several days, discovering that TAC and Katt changed their forum names to Mr. Crabs and The Walrus.  Sheesh!  Here I am, still fairly new to the forum, and trying to get to know folks, and just as I think I'm finally making some headway... some of them change their names.  AAAAAAHHHHHH!  Is this a normal thing?  I just need to know so I can be prepared next time :)


(walks away muttering to myself, raising my hands in the air and also trying to pull the little bit of hair out that I have left)

You know you've been on this forum for too long when you notice the new names but immediately can tell by the writing who they are  :lol I don't participate in the roullettes so I had no idea of this other than just noticing one day.  But TAC was easy because Mr Crabs seems very fitting.

:neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on June 29, 2020, 10:00:10 PM
Things that I find mildly irritating:  After being confused for several days, discovering that TAC and Katt changed their forum names to Mr. Crabs and The Walrus.  Sheesh!  Here I am, still fairly new to the forum, and trying to get to know folks, and just as I think I'm finally making some headway... some of them change their names.  AAAAAAHHHHHH!  Is this a normal thing?  I just need to know so I can be prepared next time :)


(walks away muttering to myself, raising my hands in the air and also trying to pull the little bit of hair out that I have left)

You're too kind to put this in the mildly irritating thread instead of the pissed off thread.

Yeah, says the guy who kept this avatar.

Brother Lion... it’s indeed just a gag at the moment.  Name changes are rarely done.  Avatar changes ... that’s what always fucks with me.

I do think about changing my avatar, but I feel I can't unless both myself and Jon agree to it.

Nope, you officially can't do it now.

Ok.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on July 01, 2020, 05:48:00 AM
You know you've been on this forum for too long when you notice the new names but immediately can tell by the writing who they are  :lol I don't participate in the roullettes so I had no idea of this other than just noticing one day. 
Lol, same. You also know you've been here far too much when you have an emoji made out of your avatar and name and therefore can't change either of them :mora:

(not that I want to!)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on July 12, 2020, 04:41:55 AM
Guitarist : So much as looks at a bass

All bass players in a 10 mile radius : : :rollin :lol ROLFMOA I can tell you're a guitar player LMAOROFL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on July 20, 2020, 09:02:24 AM
I've maybe posted this in here before, but people who don't have an email signature with their contact info (address, phone #, etc). It's super easy to set up and it automatically populates in your emails. I don't want to have to look back through dozens of old emails to try and find your phone number. Just freaking put it in every email.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 20, 2020, 09:13:08 AM
I've maybe posted this in here before, but people who don't have an email signature with their contact info (address, phone #, etc). It's super easy to set up and it automatically populates in your emails. I don't want to have to look back through dozens of old emails to try and find your phone number. Just freaking put it in every email.

and yet what makes me irritated is that I do have my phone number and email in my signature and when people respond to my email asking for my contact info  >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 20, 2020, 09:38:17 AM
I've maybe posted this in here before, but people who don't have an email signature with their contact info (address, phone #, etc). It's super easy to set up and it automatically populates in your emails. I don't want to have to look back through dozens of old emails to try and find your phone number. Just freaking put it in every email.

Yeah.  But I can top this.  Not only did one of my primary contacts at my customer (though, he isn't anymore, thank god) not have that, but his cell vmail box is full.  Like, he won't even let people leave him a message.  Maybe it's not as big a deal as it used to be - we can all just text each other messages now (and hell, my voice-mail's get transcribed and sent to me as a text), but man is it irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 20, 2020, 09:48:40 AM
I purposefully don't use a sig with a number because I don't trust Google when it comes to harvesting data, and I assume doing so would result in hundreds of spam centers obtaining my number.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on July 21, 2020, 07:15:41 PM
Man, when I worked in the office of a major cruise line, and they said employees had to use a standardized sig file template instead of their own, you'd think we were being asked to sign away our individually to the devil. People lost their minds. "Why can't I have my own sig file the way I want it??"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on July 22, 2020, 11:05:50 AM
Two things:

1) Two ply toilet paper where the perforations don’t match up, so it’s awkward pulling it off the roll.

And 2) forgetting to lock the door so your coworker walks in on you doing your business...  :facepalm:  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on July 22, 2020, 11:53:18 AM
 :lol just experienced the 2 ply problem this morning at work
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on July 22, 2020, 12:13:34 PM
On the topic of toilet paper: Holding in what you KNOW is going to be a gassy BM at work, when your work only has one fucking stall. So someone comes in, hearing the gurgling of Mt. Vesuvius...when you walk out, they know it was you and that walk of shame is DAMNING.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on July 22, 2020, 12:44:45 PM
Two things:

1) Two ply toilet paper where the perforations don’t match up, so it’s awkward pulling it off the roll.

And 2) forgetting to lock the door so your coworker walks in on you doing your business...  :facepalm:  :lol

For when they don't match up - take the one ply on the top around the roll. This usually helps get them back in line.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 23, 2020, 05:09:46 AM
1) Two ply toilet paper where the perforations don’t match up, so it’s awkward pulling it off the roll.

I've run into this problem a handful of times.  And the solution is ...

For when they don't match up - take the one ply on the top around the roll. This usually helps get them back in line.

(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/VillainousShyBettong-size_restricted.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 23, 2020, 06:00:55 AM
I worked in one department before, where during the training I had people say no number 2's in the department's bathroom, you have to leave the department and find another bathroom somewhere else in the hospital.

I was like "what are we on a tour bus?"  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 23, 2020, 08:39:34 AM
This is the first I'm ever hearing of two ply toilet paper difficulties.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on July 23, 2020, 08:51:12 AM
This is the first I'm ever hearing of two ply toilet paper difficulties.

You lucky, lucky man.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 23, 2020, 03:05:43 PM
This is the first I'm ever hearing of two ply toilet paper difficulties.

Cuz you've only ever used 1-ply?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on July 23, 2020, 05:12:15 PM
You....you guys don't use your hands?

I...my god...MY GOD.... :|
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on July 23, 2020, 11:17:01 PM
This is the first I'm ever hearing of two ply toilet paper difficulties.

Cuz you've only ever used 1-ply?

Maybe he's never had a square to spare.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 24, 2020, 07:58:02 AM
You....you guys don't use your hands?

I...my god...MY GOD.... :|

There's a great clip on one of the episodes of Ridiculousness, where a guy (I think he was a football player) got into an argument with the girl host about "touching poop".  She said she had never, and he basically called her a liar, saying everyone did.  No big deal.  After some explaining, it turns out his "routine" was to wad up paper, reach around, and poop onto the paper (in his hand) then drop it into the bowl.   The realization was hilarious: "You mean, you guys just let it drop right into the water??" 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 24, 2020, 03:07:44 PM
Badly synched live videos.  I don't know if something is f-ed with the disk, or what, but I was watching 24 Strings And A Drummer last night (Night Ranger, acoustic) and it's whack.  Not just "words" not matching "lips", but Kelly Keagy drums and vocals were not in synch with each other (that tells me "OVERDUB!").  If so, that is one of the most overdubbed shows I own, because it's almost CONSTANT (and I find that hard to believe, since I've seen NR three times live and they've killed it each time). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JustJen on July 24, 2020, 07:08:49 PM
When everything is "version" something.  :facepalm:  :P

(https://i.imgur.com/IeN2KnY.png)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on July 24, 2020, 08:28:45 PM
Thats a good one, that has never bothered me as much as a trend I see on reddit and a few other places where topics say "Can we talk about xyz?" I dont know why it irks me so much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TioJorge on July 24, 2020, 10:54:44 PM
JustJen v. Annoyed.

 :police:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on July 25, 2020, 05:28:36 AM
JustJen v. Annoyed.

 :police:

VFS
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on July 25, 2020, 06:18:48 AM
So baseball started last night and on the Twins Facebook post about the game it seemed like half the comments were people complaining. "I'm a veteran and I was deeply offended by players taking a knee during the national anthem. I'll never watch a Twins game ever again." Way to give up on a lifelong enjoyment of baseball just because a player has a different political view than you. "I was so disappointed to see players without masks in the dugout. They should be setting a better example..." Really? Just leave people alone and let them make their own choices. Ugh.. just enjoy baseball again and stop finding things to whine about.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 27, 2020, 07:11:01 AM
It's that whole idea that something has to be complained about.  For "reasons", I happened to see a clip on YouTube of one scene from "Two And A Half Men", where Michael Duncan Clark (as a dad of a cute teen) was at Charlie's door asking where said teen was (after going on a "date" with the kid).   Charlie offered to call the kid and when he did so, the cell phone - left on the table - started to ring.  The ring tone was "Yo bitch, I'm gonna slap you up", and it kept going while Charlie was face-to-face with 6'5" 200 and some odd pound dad.  It was actually quite funny. 

https://youtu.be/kkAXfFv7x08

The comments?  "What phone rings like that?"  "What phone rings that long?"   "What phone doesn't stop ringing once you hang up?"  Etc., etc.    If you're watching "Two And A Half Men" for strict physics accuracy, you're already behind the eight ball.  Why not just enjoy the absurdity for what it is?  We're not rewriting history here, we're not obfuscating crimes, or slandering people...   I just can't imagine living that kind of life where you can't separate even for 90 seconds to enjoy what is really about Charlie and Michael acting out an uncomfortable scene that any dad of a daughter (me!) would dread!

EDIT:  There are about six versions (at least) out there; this isn't the one I saw initially, so there aren't that many "idiot" comments on this link (though someone did call "Yo bitch, I'm gonna slap you up" racist, for some reason.   ???)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on July 27, 2020, 10:08:44 AM
It's that whole idea that something has to be complained about. . . .

Kinda like Cam Newton and his helicopter pad.

 :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on July 27, 2020, 10:22:29 AM
It's that whole idea that something has to be complained about. . . .

Kinda like Cam Newton and his helicopter pad.

 :)

Absolutely!  Hey... wait a second...

:) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on July 27, 2020, 01:12:01 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on July 27, 2020, 03:27:46 PM
The management company for my condo sent out plumbers today to replace pipes for the bathroom and have left but never turned back on the water for the bathroom, so now I am stuck without water until tomorrow.

I'm most annoyed with myself for just assuming that they would remember to turn it back on and not directly asking them to before they left  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: El Barto on July 27, 2020, 04:56:42 PM
Has anybody ever successfully opened one of these things without just cutting it (or more likely the bag) apart? The asshole that invented these stupid things might just be number one on the list of people who need to be shot in the fucking head.

(https://sc02.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1DqmUKVXXXXabXFXXq6xXFXXXX.jpg_350x350.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on July 27, 2020, 06:51:07 PM
It's that whole idea that something has to be complained about.

I bought a new snare drum and it is my first acoustic drum since i sold my kit in 2014 - so obviously I was very excited about it.

I uploaded a short clip to Instagram of me playing a few rolls on it.

Of course I get a comment telling me that everything I am doing is wrong.

 ::) I'd never ever dream of just messaging some musician online exclusively to tell them how crap they are. What the hell.

---

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAcrhWInr8P/

Check it out if you want. I'm 100% self taught by the way. I've had to teach myself everything like single. doubles. Moeller etc.  :D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on July 28, 2020, 03:52:59 PM
Do a little searching on ways to improve your marriage or spice things up a bit and, based on ads, Facebook either thinks my wife cheated on me or that we are getting divorced. 😀
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on July 29, 2020, 06:07:36 AM
It's that whole idea that something has to be complained about.

I bought a new snare drum and it is my first acoustic drum since i sold my kit in 2014 - so obviously I was very excited about it.

I uploaded a short clip to Instagram of me playing a few rolls on it.

Of course I get a comment telling me that everything I am doing is wrong.

 ::) I'd never ever dream of just messaging some musician online exclusively to tell them how crap they are. What the hell.

---

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAcrhWInr8P/

Check it out if you want. I'm 100% self taught by the way. I've had to teach myself everything like single. doubles. Moeller etc.  :D

Not for nothing, but you put all of this in your post for a reason - "#drum #drums #drummer #drumming #drummerlife #drummers #drummersofinstagram #snare #sticks #remo #tama #musician #rock #drumeo" . You wanted as many people to see this footage as possible. You openly elicited the feedback. It's the internet. I'm surprised you expected a different result.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 29, 2020, 08:55:13 AM
EDIT: Nope. Not today, Satan. No negative vibes for me today. NOPE
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on July 29, 2020, 09:19:48 AM
EDIT: Nope. Not today, Satan. No negative vibes for me today. NOPE

Smart move.  Wrong place.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on July 29, 2020, 09:22:49 AM
EDIT: Nope. Not today, Satan. No negative vibes for me today. NOPE

Smart move.  Wrong place.

Believe me, those bridges are burned regardless. Can't help some people unfortunately. Speaking of bridges, hope you're doing well, Eric. Staying cool hopefully. Not sure where you live but it's freaking hot out here today  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on July 29, 2020, 10:52:23 AM
EDIT: Nope. Not today, Satan. No negative vibes for me today. NOPE

Smart move.  Wrong place.

Believe me, those bridges are burned regardless. Can't help some people unfortunately. Speaking of bridges, hope you're doing well, Eric. Staying cool hopefully. Not sure where you live but it's freaking hot out here today  :lol

1) bridges can be rebuilt, even really badly damaged ones, I know.
2) with some of those bridges you might have to wait a while, some you have to be the first to swing the hammer.
3) bridges can get even more burned if we act inappropriately.  Don’t make things worse.
4) meh, I’m working from A/C home and have a pool.  Hot Schmot.
5) hope you are ok too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on July 29, 2020, 07:12:10 PM

Not for nothing, but you put all of this in your post for a reason - "#drum #drums #drummer #drumming #drummerlife #drummers #drummersofinstagram #snare #sticks #remo #tama #musician #rock #drumeo" . You wanted as many people to see this footage as possible. You openly elicited the feedback. It's the internet. I'm surprised you expected a different result.

I know people online are just dicks for no reason. It's the internet. They have total anonymity and safety. I just laugh at trolls and move on.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 04, 2020, 03:05:14 PM
The smell of a grown man who forgot to put on his deodorant today. Holy f^&*, that is one of the worst smells ever. Every time dude comes into the office the air is filled with the sour stench of B.O. Ewww.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 04, 2020, 03:43:59 PM
Rank onions on steroids.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 05, 2020, 09:51:20 AM

Not for nothing, but you put all of this in your post for a reason - "#drum #drums #drummer #drumming #drummerlife #drummers #drummersofinstagram #snare #sticks #remo #tama #musician #rock #drumeo" . You wanted as many people to see this footage as possible. You openly elicited the feedback. It's the internet. I'm surprised you expected a different result.

I know people online are just dicks for no reason. It's the internet. They have total anonymity and safety. I just laugh at trolls and move on.

As someone who will hashtag the shit out of my tweets to try to get views, I take the negative comments with a smile because I know I just reached someone who I otherwise wouldn't and they actually watched/looked at whatever I posted.  I personally LOVE the negative comments I get on youtube for some sick reason.  I've gotten quite a few lately  :lol it just confirms that someone actually watched the video in my mind and sparked some sort of emotion, even if negative. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 05, 2020, 03:01:05 PM

Not for nothing, but you put all of this in your post for a reason - "#drum #drums #drummer #drumming #drummerlife #drummers #drummersofinstagram #snare #sticks #remo #tama #musician #rock #drumeo" . You wanted as many people to see this footage as possible. You openly elicited the feedback. It's the internet. I'm surprised you expected a different result.

I know people online are just dicks for no reason. It's the internet. They have total anonymity and safety. I just laugh at trolls and move on.

As someone who will hashtag the shit out of my tweets to try to get views, I take the negative comments with a smile because I know I just reached someone who I otherwise wouldn't and they actually watched/looked at whatever I posted.  I personally LOVE the negative comments I get on youtube for some sick reason.  I've gotten quite a few lately  :lol it just confirms that someone actually watched the video in my mind and sparked some sort of emotion, even if negative.

Shut the fuck up, you pie-eating shart knob.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 05, 2020, 05:26:03 PM
Now that was uncalled for  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 05, 2020, 08:00:09 PM
Now that was uncalled for  :lol

Cramx3 style!!!  WHOOO!!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 05, 2020, 08:01:25 PM
Arm wrestling match.  Progstock 2021.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 06, 2020, 03:08:20 AM
Now that was uncalled for  :lol

Cramx3 style!!!  WHOOO!!!

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 06, 2020, 06:52:36 AM
(https://leelinesourcing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/%E6%9F%9C%E5%AD%90.jpg)

1) The cost of the type of thing above
2) The scarcity of the above on the used market
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 06, 2020, 07:46:53 AM
Never had problems with my ISP (4+ years at my current place) til a couple days ago when the Internet just stopped working. Modem lights up and powers on and I can connect to the network but there's just no Internet. Tried absolutely everything under the sun to get it running again; ended up swapping the modem yesterday for a new one. Called the customer support line to set it up, he can't get it online. Dafuq. Lady at the local office says they can't send someone out for a whole week, then I have to take a whole afternoon off just for that (which I really can't do). What!  :censored
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 06, 2020, 08:02:26 AM
Never had problems with my ISP (4+ years at my current place) til a couple days ago when the Internet just stopped working. Modem lights up and powers on and I can connect to the network but there's just no Internet. Tried absolutely everything under the sun to get it running again; ended up swapping the modem yesterday for a new one. Called the customer support line to set it up, he can't get it online. Dafuq. Lady at the local office says they can't send someone out for a whole week, then I have to take a whole afternoon off just for that (which I really can't do). What!  :censored

You should have called before swapping the modem.  I don't know what your set up is, but the few times my internet as gone out and a reboot of the modem didn't work, I'd call them and they were able to reset the connection remotely and it always has worked so far.  However, if your issue is worse than something like that, I can see why you'd be irritated.  Having to have a tech come out is like a waste of your day.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 06, 2020, 08:12:21 AM
Never had problems with my ISP (4+ years at my current place) til a couple days ago when the Internet just stopped working. Modem lights up and powers on and I can connect to the network but there's just no Internet. Tried absolutely everything under the sun to get it running again; ended up swapping the modem yesterday for a new one. Called the customer support line to set it up, he can't get it online. Dafuq. Lady at the local office says they can't send someone out for a whole week, then I have to take a whole afternoon off just for that (which I really can't do). What!  :censored

You should have called before swapping the modem.  I don't know what your set up is, but the few times my internet as gone out and a reboot of the modem didn't work, I'd call them and they were able to reset the connection remotely and it always has worked so far.  However, if your issue is worse than something like that, I can see why you'd be irritated.  Having to have a tech come out is like a waste of your day.

I did call before swapping. They told me to come replace the modem after they couldn't get the first one back up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 06, 2020, 08:16:43 AM
Weird, replace with what though?  Like shouldnt they supply a new one instead of asking you to find another one?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 06, 2020, 08:20:26 AM
Weird, replace with what though?  Like shouldnt they supply a new one instead of asking you to find another one?

They did supply me with a new one. That's what I meant by replace. I went to the office and got a new one. Same problem.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 06, 2020, 08:26:56 AM
Weird, replace with what though?  Like shouldnt they supply a new one instead of asking you to find another one?

They did supply me with a new one. That's what I meant by replace. I went to the office and got a new one. Same problem.

Ohhhh I totally didn't get these details before. Yeah, sucks cause now you have to deal with a tech. Hopefully they figure it out tbe first shot when they get there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 06, 2020, 08:34:45 AM
I went up to the office and they're so low on staff they only have a couple techs which means I am screwed til next Wednesday and have to use my phone as a mobile hotspot but that'll eat up my data. They better credit my account :/ a whole week before someone can even come out for something like this is pretty nuts imo

EDIT: Haha I guess it pays to know people. Got hold of the supervisor who we've done a ton of work for and he'll have someone out today  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on August 06, 2020, 09:57:15 AM
Someone nicked my scissors at work. Again. This is the second time it happened in the last 1,5 years. The ones the company gives us are shitty so I usually buy a better pair and apparently some people in the office really like them. It's not like they're expensive too, maybe $5-10 at best, so it's just enough to be mildly irritating but not enough to be really bothered by that. I walked through our room (we've got a huge room where like 60+ people sit, maybe it's more like an office space) lowkey looking at desks but didn't see them anywhere.

Bought a new pair today, can't wait to see how long they'll last this time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 06, 2020, 11:01:41 AM
Someone nicked my scissors at work. Again. This is the second time it happened in the last 1,5 years. The ones the company gives us are shitty so I usually buy a better pair and apparently some people in the office really like them. It's not like they're expensive too, maybe $5-10 at best, so it's just enough to be mildly irritating but not enough to be really bothered by that. I walked through our room (we've got a huge room where like 60+ people sit, maybe it's more like an office space) lowkey looking at desks but didn't see them anywhere.

Bought a new pair today, can't wait to see how long they'll last this time.

Time for a trail cam.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 06, 2020, 12:29:45 PM
A couple on the same general topic:

1.  People who pronounce Floor Jansen's name like the opposite of "ceiling," when it is actually pronounced similarly to the French name/word "Fleur" (both of which mean "flower").
2.  People who use the term "Floorgasm," and apparently think it is funny and/or cool and/or anything other than cringy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 06, 2020, 12:47:41 PM


1.  People who pronounce Floor Jansen's name like the opposite of "ceiling," when it is actually pronounced similarly to the French name/word "Fleur" (both of which mean "flower").


I would never know that though. I read it as Floor.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 06, 2020, 12:54:21 PM
Some might say the same about the military rank of Loo-tenent.  :biggrin:

A team-mate of mine pronounces the "a" in Bayer (aspirin) as an "i".  He's German.  There's nothing wrong with his pronunciation.  Nothing wrong with mine either.  It's local linguistics.  I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with Floor vs Fleur.  Jerry vs Yerry if coming from a norther European.

:dunno:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 06, 2020, 01:02:39 PM
Floor doesnt seem bothered by it so I dont see why I would.  I'm not even sure I've ever heard anyone call her with "proper pronunciation" actually.

Floorgasm is just a fun term unique to her, so I like it.  Is it childish? sure.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 06, 2020, 01:03:50 PM
No more cringey than Boskgasm. ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 06, 2020, 01:10:04 PM
A couple on the same general topic:

1.  People who pronounce Floor Jansen's name like the opposite of "ceiling," when it is actually pronounced similarly to the French name/word "Fleur" (both of which mean "flower").
2.  People who use the term "Floorgasm," and apparently think it is funny and/or cool and/or anything other than cringy.


Is "#2" related to "#1"?   :)   

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 06, 2020, 01:20:40 PM
Guy LaFloor
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on August 06, 2020, 02:18:13 PM
A couple on the same general topic:

1.  People who pronounce Floor Jansen's name like the opposite of "ceiling," when it is actually pronounced similarly to the French name/word "Fleur" (both of which mean "flower").
2.  People who use the term "Floorgasm," and apparently think it is funny and/or cool and/or anything other than cringy.

This nice lady told me this on my walk to eat at ProgPower, she was also attending. I pronounced it "Floor" and she corrected and said it's actually pronounced "Fleur", we had a good time getting me to get the accent down. She was actually surprised I got it pretty quick.

Now I'm mildly irritated ProgPower isn't happening this year...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 06, 2020, 02:24:02 PM
Guy LaFloor

 :lol

Theo Floory
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 06, 2020, 03:35:03 PM
So on the MSN homepage I see this headline:

Are Becca Kufrin and Garrett Yrigoyen Still Together? Signs They Split


Who the fuck are these people and why the hell would anyone care if they were together or not??
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 06, 2020, 04:09:07 PM
So on the MSN homepage I see this headline:

Are Becca Kufrin and Garrett Yrigoyen Still Together? Signs They Split


Who the fuck are these people and why the hell would anyone care if they were together or not??

Fuck if I know (and I'm not googling to find out).

Didn't Stadler post something almost identical to this (albeit probably with different people) not too long ago?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 06, 2020, 04:15:11 PM


1.  People who pronounce Floor Jansen's name like the opposite of "ceiling," when it is actually pronounced similarly to the French name/word "Fleur" (both of which mean "flower").


I would never know that though. I read it as Floor.

I've only ever seen the name Floor Jansen on these forums (and don't really know who she (?) is), but I always assumed it was "pronounce[d] . . . like the opposite of 'ceiling.'"

I would wager to say that, prior to the early 2000s, most folks pronouced the Rush drummer's last name as "pert," when the correct pronunciation is "peert," and the spelling implies a pronunciation like the fruit with a "t" at the end.  I don't think the mispronunciation bothered him any, probably because none of the mispronunciations are unreasonable based on the spelling.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 07, 2020, 06:38:44 AM
So on the MSN homepage I see this headline:

Are Becca Kufrin and Garrett Yrigoyen Still Together? Signs They Split


Who the fuck are these people and why the hell would anyone care if they were together or not??

Fuck if I know (and I'm not googling to find out).

Didn't Stadler post something almost identical to this (albeit probably with different people) not too long ago?

If I didn't, I should have, because it's irksome.  Partly because it's people I don't know, but mostly because of the sensationalism of it.  "Signs they split"; WTF. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 09, 2020, 02:13:33 PM
People who are like " We Don't Deserve Dogsssssss  :'("

When every day I have to avoid dog shit on the pavement - I have dogs out of my window barking all day at nothing. I go out for walks and random dogs just lash out at me and

their owners have to restrain them..

And on the same walk I can have 3 different cats come up to me for a cuddle.

If Dogs were silent i'd like them a fuck load more. I just can't take that noise.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 10, 2020, 08:00:53 AM
The whole concept of "deserve" is mildly irritating to me. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on August 10, 2020, 08:42:43 AM
The whole concept of "deserve" is mildly irritating to me.

In actuality, we don't even deserve to live. But yet, we are all living, even the bad ones.   :hat

People who are like " We Don't Deserve Dogsssssss  :'("

When every day I have to avoid dog shit on the pavement - I have dogs out of my window barking all day at nothing. I go out for walks and random dogs just lash out at me and

their owners have to restrain them..

And on the same walk I can have 3 different cats come up to me for a cuddle.

If Dogs were silent i'd like them a fuck load more. I just can't take that noise.

I actually feel sorry for the city dogs. Can't even roam and scourage, explore. They're just stuck in a box all day. Compared to a rural dog, who has vast land to roam and explore. Dogs are loyal, and will return home, they're protectors.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 10, 2020, 09:00:07 AM
People who are like " We Don't Deserve Dogsssssss  :'("

When every day I have to avoid dog shit on the pavement - I have dogs out of my window barking all day at nothing. I go out for walks and random dogs just lash out at me and

their owners have to restrain them..

And on the same walk I can have 3 different cats come up to me for a cuddle.

If Dogs were silent i'd like them a fuck load more. I just can't take that noise.

I actually feel sorry for the city dogs. Can't even roam and scourage, explore. They're just stuck in a box all day. Compared to a rural dog, who has vast land to roam and explore. Dogs are loyal, and will return home, they're protectors.
I grew up in the suburbs and my wife grew up in the country. I never had a dog, but many of my friends did. Most had them for more than a decade and had maybe one or two dogs throughout their childhood. My wife was recently listing off all of the dogs she grew up with. There are more than 10. "That one ran away and we never saw him/her again" occurred several times. Multiple were run over by cars and killed. One was suspected of being shot by neighbors for going on their property. Sure, they had free reign to run around and explore, but they had a much shorter life expectancy and often died of traumatic things. So I'm not convinced that country dogs are better off than city dogs. Though I agree that people who need to keep their dogs shut in crates most of the day probably shouldn't have a dog.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 10, 2020, 11:06:40 AM
People who are like " We Don't Deserve Dogsssssss  :'("

When every day I have to avoid dog shit on the pavement - I have dogs out of my window barking all day at nothing. I go out for walks and random dogs just lash out at me and

their owners have to restrain them..

And on the same walk I can have 3 different cats come up to me for a cuddle.

If Dogs were silent i'd like them a fuck load more. I just can't take that noise.

I actually feel sorry for the city dogs. Can't even roam and scourage, explore. They're just stuck in a box all day. Compared to a rural dog, who has vast land to roam and explore. Dogs are loyal, and will return home, they're protectors.
I grew up in the suburbs and my wife grew up in the country. I never had a dog, but many of my friends did. Most had them for more than a decade and had maybe one or two dogs throughout their childhood. My wife was recently listing off all of the dogs she grew up with. There are more than 10. "That one ran away and we never saw him/her again" occurred several times. Multiple were run over by cars and killed. One was suspected of being shot by neighbors for going on their property. Sure, they had free reign to run around and explore, but they had a much shorter life expectancy and often died of traumatic things. So I'm not convinced that country dogs are better off than city dogs. Though I agree that people who need to keep their dogs shut in crates most of the day probably shouldn't have a dog.

I bet my dog is just as happy having to do 6 miles a day on a leash as a country dog that has to defend livestock against coyotes and mountain lions is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 10, 2020, 01:03:56 PM
My dogs growing up would never be left to roam around outside.  We'd let them out to piss/shit, but I would not be comfortable letting my pet loose like that, even a cat.  It greatly decreases their lifespan and who knows what parasites they would bring inside.  I think many cats/dogs are perfectly fine with a life confined indoors.  Not all breeds though, but many of the popular ones you see as house pets.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 10, 2020, 01:04:55 PM
More than mildly irritating: how I can wear a deodorant for years with no problem, but how it will cause an extremely painful rash the next day if I go out and do an hour of cardio with it. WTF.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 10, 2020, 01:06:19 PM
Guess it’s time to stop doing the cardio.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 10, 2020, 01:06:44 PM
Guess it’s time to stop doing the cardio.  :lol

 :rollin That's one way to look at it!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 10, 2020, 01:18:08 PM
More than mildly irritating: how I can wear a deodorant for years with no problem, but how it will cause an extremely painful rash the next day if I go out and do an hour of cardio with it. WTF.

Ironic timing.  I usually use Old Spice, but found a stick of Dove in the cupboard and used it a few times last week.  Bad - BAD - rash.  Like a sunburn.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 10, 2020, 01:22:16 PM
More than mildly irritating: how I can wear a deodorant for years with no problem, but how it will cause an extremely painful rash the next day if I go out and do an hour of cardio with it. WTF.

Ironic timing.  I usually use Old Spice, but found a stick of Dove in the cupboard and used it a few times last week.  Bad - BAD - rash.  Like a sunburn.

Yeah, exactly like that. It sucks. I tend to use Old Spice as well. I've got several sticks laying around (I always have a backup on hand, and then sometimes I buy extra because I'm dumb and forget what I already have at home), and I tossed one of them in the garbage last night after it caused that for the second time this summer. It was the blue clear stick kind, I forget what scent exactly, but holy shit, right at the top of my armpit at the crease where it meets my pec, ouch. This finally converted me to the church of Gold Bond. So sick of the deodorant rash  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 10, 2020, 01:36:24 PM
Speaking of deodorant...

A couple months back, my daughter and I went to Target over the weekend to get some stuff that got left off the grocery list and ostensibly couldn't wait until the next shopping trip (which my wife does during the week).  My daughter grabbed a stick of "Native" deodorant, which was priced at like $12 for a 2.65 ounce stick, and I said, "ummm...no."  By comparison, I use Right Guard Sport, which is about $6 for three 3-ounce "sticks."  When we got home, I mentioned to my wife that daughter wanted to buy deodorant that was $12 per *#@! stick.  Her response was that that's what she and the daughter use, and "I'm not going to have my baby getting breast cancer."

I kinda said "WTF?!" but I know better to engage in that sort of discussion.  But seriously...WTF?!  From a quick Google search I did, even the American Cancer Society agrees that there is no scientific link between the Aluminum compound in most deodorants and breast cancer.  I find it "mildly annoying" that my wife is willing to spend so much money on a mundane product for no apparent good reason.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 10, 2020, 01:59:02 PM
More than mildly irritating: how I can wear a deodorant for years with no problem, but how it will cause an extremely painful rash the next day if I go out and do an hour of cardio with it. WTF.

Ironic timing.  I usually use Old Spice, but found a stick of Dove in the cupboard and used it a few times last week.  Bad - BAD - rash.  Like a sunburn.

Is it just deodorant or is it also an antiperspirant. I found that antiperspirant deodorant will give me rashes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 10, 2020, 02:03:04 PM
Speaking of deodorant...

A couple months back, my daughter and I went to Target over the weekend to get some stuff that got left off the grocery list and ostensibly couldn't wait until the next shopping trip (which my wife does during the week).  My daughter grabbed a stick of "Native" deodorant, which was priced at like $12 for a 2.65 ounce stick, and I said, "ummm...no."  By comparison, I use Right Guard Sport, which is about $6 for three 3-ounce "sticks."  When we got home, I mentioned to my wife that daughter wanted to buy deodorant that was $12 per *#@! stick.  Her response was that that's what she and the daughter use, and "I'm not going to have my baby getting breast cancer."

I kinda said "WTF?!" but I know better to engage in that sort of discussion.  But seriously...WTF?!  From a quick Google search I did, even the American Cancer Society agrees that there is no scientific link between the Aluminum compound in most deodorants and breast cancer.  I find it "mildly annoying" that my wife is willing to spend so much money on a mundane product for no apparent good reason.

Is your wife's name Karen by any chance?   :lol :lol

@ Reaper... you're spot on.  The Old Spice (also clear/blue) is just deodorant; the Dove shit is the white/chalky crap, and is "anti-perspirant".  I find I'm ok with it if I use it right after a shower, but putting it on dry is what (I believe) causes it to rash me up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 10, 2020, 02:19:13 PM
Speaking of deodorant...

A couple months back, my daughter and I went to Target over the weekend to get some stuff that got left off the grocery list and ostensibly couldn't wait until the next shopping trip (which my wife does during the week).  My daughter grabbed a stick of "Native" deodorant, which was priced at like $12 for a 2.65 ounce stick, and I said, "ummm...no."  By comparison, I use Right Guard Sport, which is about $6 for three 3-ounce "sticks."  When we got home, I mentioned to my wife that daughter wanted to buy deodorant that was $12 per *#@! stick.  Her response was that that's what she and the daughter use, and "I'm not going to have my baby getting breast cancer."

I kinda said "WTF?!" but I know better to engage in that sort of discussion.  But seriously...WTF?!  From a quick Google search I did, even the American Cancer Society agrees that there is no scientific link between the Aluminum compound in most deodorants and breast cancer.  I find it "mildly annoying" that my wife is willing to spend so much money on a mundane product for no apparent good reason.

Is your wife's name Karen by any chance?   :lol :lol

@ Reaper... you're spot on.  The Old Spice (also clear/blue) is just deodorant; the Dove shit is the white/chalky crap, and is "anti-perspirant".  I find I'm ok with it if I use it right after a shower, but putting it on dry is what (I believe) causes it to rash me up.

That's really funny, because for me, it's the clear/blue that caused me the horrible rash, and the white/chalky crap has never ever given me problems!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 10, 2020, 04:56:23 PM

I actually feel sorry for the city dogs. Can't even roam and scourage, explore. They're just stuck in a box all day. Compared to a rural dog, who has vast land to roam and explore. Dogs are loyal, and will return home, they're protectors.

They think they are but in reality they go fucking mental at anyone who happens to walk past their house for a good 10 minutes.

But if a burglar actually got into the house - they would 100% shit themselves and hide.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 10, 2020, 04:59:06 PM
More than mildly irritating: how I can wear a deodorant for years with no problem, but how it will cause an extremely painful rash the next day if I go out and do an hour of cardio with it. WTF.

I never use anti-perspirant or deoderant. I have a good wash in the shower and put on fresh clothes and drink plenty of liquids if it's hot.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 10, 2020, 05:07:38 PM
More than mildly irritating: how I can wear a deodorant for years with no problem, but how it will cause an extremely painful rash the next day if I go out and do an hour of cardio with it. WTF.

I never use anti-perspirant or deoderant. I have a good wash in the shower and put on fresh clothes and drink plenty of liquids if it's hot.
How the hell do you manage that? I stink even with antiperspirant/deodorant half the time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 10, 2020, 05:26:16 PM
I guess I don't smell that bad ? If it's really hot or i'm at work in the kitchen I am constantly drinking water.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 10, 2020, 05:46:47 PM
If I am just at home all day sometimes I can get by without antiperspirant, assuming temps are not very high.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 10, 2020, 06:33:02 PM
I guess I don't smell that bad ? If it's really hot or i'm at work in the kitchen I am constantly drinking water.

We had a guy in our shop all last week who didn't wear deodorant and every time he came into the office the air was instantly filled with the most disgusting sour stench. Please, wear deodorant. PLEASE. Trust me, you go noseblind to yourself, but smell your pits. Doesn't matter how good you wash... you're giving off scent.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 10, 2020, 06:38:42 PM
I would go insane with my armpit so sticky.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 11, 2020, 05:58:41 AM
I guess I don't smell that bad ? If it's really hot or i'm at work in the kitchen I am constantly drinking water.

We had a guy in our shop all last week who didn't wear deodorant and every time he came into the office the air was instantly filled with the most disgusting sour stench. Please, wear deodorant. PLEASE. Trust me, you go noseblind to yourself, but smell your pits. Doesn't matter how good you wash... you're giving off scent.

While I agree for the most part, I do think that everyone is unique, and some people are most likely less disposed to have (bad) BO - just as others are inclined to have really bad BO
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 07:14:53 AM
I guess I don't smell that bad ? If it's really hot or i'm at work in the kitchen I am constantly drinking water.

We had a guy in our shop all last week who didn't wear deodorant and every time he came into the office the air was instantly filled with the most disgusting sour stench. Please, wear deodorant. PLEASE. Trust me, you go noseblind to yourself, but smell your pits. Doesn't matter how good you wash... you're giving off scent.

While I agree for the most part, I do think that everyone is unique, and some people are most likely less disposed to have (bad) BO - just as others are inclined to have really bad BO

Oh I agree but I think people who don't smell without deodorant are a very small % of the population. Speed Stick, bro. It ain't expensive
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on August 11, 2020, 07:26:21 AM
I worked with a guy who I'm pretty sure just doused himself in Axe body spray instead of showering.

Doesn't really add to the discussion here, I was just having some Vietnam-style flashbacks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 11, 2020, 07:29:18 AM
I worked with a guy who I'm pretty sure just doused himself in Axe body spray instead of showering.

Doesn't really add to the discussion here, I was just having some Vietnam-style flashbacks.

I love the small of napalm in the morning.   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 11, 2020, 08:02:25 AM
I worked with a guy who I'm pretty sure just doused himself in Axe body spray instead of showering.

Doesn't really add to the discussion here, I was just having some Vietnam-style flashbacks.

There was a guy who I roomed wtih one summer at like a camp for a few weeks and he essentially didn't do laundry and would just spray his clothes with some like deodorant thing similar to axe.  It was disgusting. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 08:03:02 AM
We dudes are just gross sometimes  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 11, 2020, 08:23:31 AM
Actually, that's worse.  Sometimes the "BO" and the scent don't mix.  I used to work with a woman that would come in with a ton of perfume, and the initial smell wasn't bad, but as the day went on, just her normal body chemistry didn't "sit" with the perfume well.  She didn't have "BO" in the sense of smelling like sweat or armpit, but the perfume didn't gel with her and by the end of the day it was just... off (and off-putting).   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on August 11, 2020, 08:30:59 AM
The worse smell is when you combine BO and a cigarette smoker AND you need to get on an elevator with them.  :tdwn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 08:44:31 AM
I would at least prefer having a little bit of fresh deodorant in there with the sour smell of vinegar and funk. Smells like someone's making German potato salad
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 11, 2020, 10:12:48 AM
On an unrelated note, I've decided I don't like German potato salad anymore. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 11, 2020, 10:15:31 AM
The worst smell is when you combine perfume and a cigarette smoker AND you need to get on an elevator with them.  :tdwn

ftfy
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 11, 2020, 10:15:43 AM
I don’t like any potato salad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 11, 2020, 10:41:05 AM
I would at least prefer having a little bit of fresh deodorant in there with the sour smell of vinegar and funk. Smells like someone's making German potato salad

(https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/x300/84858997.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 10:42:17 AM
Sauerkraut is one of the most disgusting foods ever invented imo  :lol Yes, I'm putting that up there with like, fermented herring, century eggs, and stuff like that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 11, 2020, 10:44:30 AM
The worse smell is when you combine BO and a cigarette smoker AND you need to get on an elevator with them.  :tdwn

This. Smoker plus BO plus deodorant instead of washing.

Or those people you pass in the street who smell like they’ve worn the same clothes for weeks

Without any kind of a wash 🤢
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 11, 2020, 10:46:10 AM
Not always, but there are times when I just crave a good hotdog, with a fresh bun, some spicy mustard, relish, maybe a handful of diced onions and on top a blanket of sauerkraut.   MMMMMMMM. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 11, 2020, 10:48:36 AM
We dudes are just gross sometimes  :lol

I think the “worst” thing I do is wear the same underwear for a few days if they don’t smell.

When I used to work 6 days a week and didn’t have time to wash

My uniform in between - I’d get one of those big spray bottles for cleaning tables.

And fill it with soapy water. I’d spray my uniform til it was wet but not sopping.

That would do in a pinch.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 10:49:15 AM
We dudes are just gross sometimes  :lol

I think the “worst” thing I do is wear the same underwear for a few days if they don’t smell.

When I used to work 6 days a week and didn’t have time to wash

My uniform in between - I’d get one of those big spray bottles for cleaning

And fill it with soapy water. I’d spray my uniform til it was wet but not sipping.

That would do in a pinch.

Bro. And you don't wear deodorant? Omg. I hope you work out in the open air and not a closed environment  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 11, 2020, 10:51:46 AM
I’m always checking myself. 🤷‍♂️.

If I smell I’ll go to the men’s room and have a quick wash.

But I really don’t smell.

I shower every day after #2 😝 so...

Obviously i change my undies if they smell even a little. 🙈
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 11, 2020, 10:58:03 AM
So how often do you sniff your undies?

Got to say, wearing underwear for more than one day (unless you are just sitting home) seems pretty gross.  Even if it doesn't stink, just would feel dirty to me.  Jeans you can wear many times without washing, but shirts and underwear needs to be washed after a single use IMO. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 11, 2020, 11:01:23 AM
Not always, but there are times when I just crave a good hotdog, with a fresh bun, some spicy mustard, relish, maybe a handful of diced onions and on top a blanket of sauerkraut.   MMMMMMMM.

This guy gets it - but with sausage for me, and a strip of sriracha if it's not spicy sausage.  Goes down num num.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 11, 2020, 11:30:44 AM
Not always, but there are times when I just crave a good hotdog, with a fresh bun, some spicy mustard, relish, maybe a handful of diced onions and on top a blanket of sauerkraut.   MMMMMMMM.

I had a moment like this last week and decided to go support Blackies.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 11, 2020, 11:37:51 AM
Sauerkraut is one of the most disgusting foods ever invented imo  :lol Yes, I'm putting that up there with like, fermented herring, century eggs, and stuff like that.

Dafuq are century eggs?

I actually think sauerkraut smells pretty good, but I would never put it anywhere near my mouth.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 11, 2020, 11:41:58 AM
Not always, but there are times when I just crave a good hotdog, with a fresh bun, some spicy mustard, relish, maybe a handful of diced onions and on top a blanket of sauerkraut.   MMMMMMMM.

I had a moment like this last week and decided to go support Blackies.

NICE!  When I go to Ridgefield to see a show, it's always a coin flip whether I go there or Nardelli's.   Last time I was there I went with my friend Jim on the way to the show.  We had our meal, started back to the car, then turned around and went back for a second helping.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 11, 2020, 11:42:48 AM
Sauerkraut is one of the most disgusting foods ever invented imo  :lol Yes, I'm putting that up there with like, fermented herring, century eggs, and stuff like that.

Dafuq are century eggs?

I actually think sauerkraut smells pretty good, but I would never put it anywhere near my mouth.

If you're cooking sauerkraut in a pan, ad a few teaspoons of grade seed oil. It will help you scrape it out into the trash.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 11, 2020, 11:58:08 AM
I love sauerkraut, definitely the go to topping for a hot dog.  But I also eat it with kielbasa too, soo good.  I actually ate a sauerkraut salad too recently which was surprising solid but I'd never actually buy that for myself, was a bit too much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on August 11, 2020, 12:07:19 PM
I think you guys and I have very different definitions of sauerkraut because I think it's the best shit ever. Here's what I'm thinking about, obviously image from Google but close enough

(https://2d-recept.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kvashenaya-kapusta-foto-1200x900.jpg)

My family has been making these like 3 litres glass cans of it (like the one in the upper left corner of that image) for like 20 years and it's awesome.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 11, 2020, 12:10:12 PM
I mean, that's sauerkraut.  Not sure what anyone else could be talking about   :lol 

I like it with brats as well, in Germany sooo good.  Miss eating the food in Germany.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 12:17:15 PM
Cabbage actually makes me sick whenever I eat it. I'll stay far away from that devil food sauerkraut :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 11, 2020, 12:19:56 PM
I actually had a jar similar to that picture in my fridge recently and somehow when I oepned my fridge, the handle bar holing the side condiments broke off and the big jar of sauerkraut smalled on the botton of the fridge and all over the floor.  Sucked so much to hvae to clean it with broken glass, but also the smell  :lol I do love to eat it and mostly don't have an issue with the smell, but with that much concentrated, my floor stunk for a couple days until I finally did a full scrub of it.  I was also really upset at losing it all because that was a much higher quality product than the typical bag or can I would get.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on August 11, 2020, 12:32:26 PM
Yeah, you have to kinda make it properly. My mother is a beast with it, I'm not so much :lol I know a few shops and one open market where you can get a really good sauerkraut in Moscow though, however the market is definitely not open now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 11, 2020, 12:37:54 PM
Cabbage actually makes me sick whenever I eat it. I'll stay far away from that devil food sauerkraut :lol

You pussy. :lol

I'm making a low sodium Asian Sloppy Joe tonight with no bread and over rice.  I'm adding Slaw to the top of it for a crunch.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 12:39:55 PM
Cabbage actually makes me sick whenever I eat it. I'll stay far away from that devil food sauerkraut :lol

You pussy. :lol

I'm making a low sodium Asian Sloppy Joe tonight with no bread and over rice.  I'm adding Slaw to the top of it for a crunch.

 :lol Cabbage is just gross lettuce, fam!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 11, 2020, 12:40:52 PM
Cabbage actually makes me sick whenever I eat it. I'll stay far away from that devil food sauerkraut :lol

You pussy. :lol

I'm making a low sodium Asian Sloppy Joe tonight with no bread and over rice.  I'm adding Slaw to the top of it for a crunch.


Cabbage fucking sucks so it's not like I'm missing out on anything good  :lol Cabbage is just gross lettuce.

This guy knows what's up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 12:41:14 PM
Okay I edited that to be a bit more polite but I'm glad we agree  :rollin

I don't get the Paul joke tho
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 11, 2020, 12:42:39 PM
Okay I edited that to be a bit more polite but I'm glad we agree  :rollin

I don't get the Paul joke tho

Beatles.




Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 11, 2020, 12:44:31 PM
 :lol

Don't soften the blow Mike! :lol  You see Tim and I go at it. LOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 12:45:24 PM
I am very confused at this connection between cabbage and The Beatles.

Joe, I'm just waiting for you two to go at it again before I jump in.  :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on August 11, 2020, 12:49:26 PM
I am very confused at this connection between cabbage and The Beatles.

Joe, I'm just waiting for you two to go at it again before I jump in.  :lol :lol

YOU'RE THE GOD DAMN WALRUS
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 12:51:29 PM
I am very confused at this connection between cabbage and The Beatles.

Joe, I'm just waiting for you two to go at it again before I jump in.  :lol :lol

YOU'RE THE GOD DAMN WALRUS

I just double checked the lyrics to that song and there are no references to cabbage. Adami, help. Please.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 11, 2020, 12:53:40 PM
I am very confused at this connection between cabbage and The Beatles.

Joe, I'm just waiting for you two to go at it again before I jump in.  :lol :lol

YOU'RE THE GOD DAMN WALRUS

I just double checked the lyrics to that song and there are no references to cabbage. Adami, help. Please.  :lol

:youfail:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 11, 2020, 12:54:25 PM
I am very confused at this connection between cabbage and The Beatles.

Joe, I'm just waiting for you two to go at it again before I jump in.  :lol :lol

YOU'RE THE GOD DAMN WALRUS

I just double checked the lyrics to that song and there are no references to cabbage. Adami, help. Please.  :lol

:youfail:

The password is : Goo goo g'joob
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 12:56:04 PM
I'm so confused. Oh well.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 11, 2020, 01:30:38 PM
I'm so confused. Oh well.  :lol

Damn...this is TAC-level (or me-level) stuff!

The Beatles did a song called "Glass Onion," which appears on the White Album.  The song contains the following lyrics:  "I told you about the walrus and me, man.  You know that we're as close as can be, man.  Well here's another clue for you all.  The walrus was Paul."

Hence, in quoting you, someone substituted "Paul" for "The Walrus" because, "[t]he walrus was Paul."  Has nothing to do with cabbage.


Also, WTF are century eggs?!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 11, 2020, 01:33:48 PM
I'm so confused. Oh well.  :lol

Damn...this is TAC-level (or me-level) stuff!

The Beatles did a song called "Glass Onion," which appears on the White Album.  The song contains the following lyrics:  "I told you about the walrus and me, man.  You know that we're as close as can be, man.  Well here's another clue for you all.  The walrus was Paul."

Hence, in quoting you, someone substituted "Paul" for "The Walrus" because, "[t]he walrus was Paul."  Has nothing to do with cabbage.


Also, WTF are century eggs?!

I knew that, but I thought it was somehow related to cabbage, since he renamed me Paul when I was talking about cabbage. Overthinking has foiled me once again. Damn you, Adami.  :lol

Century eggs! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 11, 2020, 02:00:46 PM
Adami, it's just like working.  Breaking down those walls.  Sometimes those walls are thicker.  Right Mike? :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 11, 2020, 02:21:35 PM
Sauerkraut is one of the most disgusting foods ever invented imo  :lol Yes, I'm putting that up there with like, fermented herring, century eggs, and stuff like that.

WTF is a century egg?



Sauerkraut, cabbage, brussel sprouts...all nasty.

A hot dog has two friends...mustard and ketchup. Anything else, it becomes a sausage.



I'm making a low sodium Asian Sloppy Joe tonight with no bread and over rice.  I'm adding Slaw to the top of it for a crunch.

You're making a what??

That doesn't even make sense.





Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 11, 2020, 02:30:42 PM
A hot dog has two friends...mustard and ketchup. Anything else, it becomes a sausage.

No bun?  :biggrin: but seriously, while my go to is spicy mustard and sauerkraut, no room for relish or onions? 

Actually been eating the occasional italian hot dog lately with peppers onions and potatoes plus mustard. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 11, 2020, 02:59:51 PM
So how often do you sniff your undies?

Got to say, wearing underwear for more than one day (unless you are just sitting home) seems pretty gross.  Even if it doesn't stink, just would feel dirty to me.  Jeans you can wear many times without washing, but shirts and underwear needs to be washed after a single use IMO.

Every day to check em tbh. I live in an apartment and I have no washing machine. The Launderette is like £7 a time so I try to go infrequently and hand wash at home.

If i've worn something already and it still smells clean then one more day won't hurt. . .
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 11, 2020, 03:07:12 PM
So how often do you sniff your undies?

Got to say, wearing underwear for more than one day (unless you are just sitting home) seems pretty gross.  Even if it doesn't stink, just would feel dirty to me.  Jeans you can wear many times without washing, but shirts and underwear needs to be washed after a single use IMO.

Every day to check em tbh. I live in an apartment and I have no washing machine. The Launderette is like £7 a time so I try to go infrequently and hand wash at home.

If i've worn something already and it still smells clean then one more day won't hurt. . .

You could always use the deoderant that you apparently don't use on your skivvies.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 11, 2020, 03:08:55 PM
 :P Use deoderant on my underpants ?

I've never gone that far tbh.  :D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 11, 2020, 03:37:14 PM
A hot dog has two friends...mustard and ketchup. Anything else, it becomes a sausage.

No bun?  :biggrin: but seriously, while my go to is spicy mustard and sauerkraut, no room for relish or onions? 

Actually been eating the occasional italian hot dog lately with peppers onions and potatoes plus mustard.

The bun is the house. The friends you invite over are mustard and ketchup. :D


I don't eat onions and I don't like relish. I've been known to put dill pickles on my burger, and have even used dill relish, but never on a hot dog.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 11, 2020, 03:49:24 PM
Sauerkraut is one of the most disgusting foods ever invented imo  :lol Yes, I'm putting that up there with like, fermented herring, century eggs, and stuff like that.

WTF is a century egg?



Sauerkraut, cabbage, brussel sprouts...all nasty.

A hot dog
I'm making a low sodium Asian Sloppy Joe tonight with no bread and over rice.  I'm adding Slaw to the top of it for a crunch.

You're making a what??

That doesn't even make sense.

A sloppy joe with no bread and replace with rice.

Low sodium replacements.  We use coconut aminos instead of soy sauce. What's so hard about that?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 11, 2020, 03:54:37 PM
I've worked in a grocery store for 30 years, and if someone asked me what aisle the aminos were in, I'd have no clue! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 11, 2020, 03:56:50 PM
In the Asian section.  :facepalm: :lol

And now you learned something else on DTF.  Your Encyclopedia Tim.  Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 11, 2020, 04:08:19 PM
Century eggs! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg)

So...shit that's gone bad...intentionally.  Mmmm...yummy.  Actually, now that I see that, I think they had to eat those on The Amazing Race one season.


I love that the deodorant discussion is happening in tandem with the hot dog toppings discussion.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 11, 2020, 04:13:55 PM
I love that the deodorant discussion is happening in tandem with the hot dog toppings discussion.

Yeah, sure something to relish. :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 11, 2020, 05:00:31 PM
I love that the deodorant discussion is happening in tandem with the hot dog toppings discussion.

Yeah, sure something to relish. :neverusethis:

Yes, relish with your hot dog  :lol I think you've mentioned your dislike of onions before so I forgot that, but relish on a dog is pretty good but not my goto.  If I go to a BBQ and they don't have spicy mustard but have relish, ill go with it.  Pickles on a burger are fantastic too.  Also washing your undies and using deodorant is always a solid choice
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 11, 2020, 11:50:43 PM
The bun is the house. The friends you invite over are mustard and ketchup. :D

It is gems like this that make me keep coming back to dtf.org after all these years.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 12, 2020, 07:21:12 AM
I love that the deodorant discussion is happening in tandem with the hot dog toppings discussion.

Yeah, sure something to relish. :neverusethis:

Yes, relish with your hot dog  :lol I think you've mentioned your dislike of onions before so I forgot that, but relish on a dog is pretty good but not my goto.  If I go to a BBQ and they don't have spicy mustard but have relish, ill go with it.  Pickles on a burger are fantastic too.  Also washing your undies and using deodorant is always a solid choice

How you so deftly went from hot dog condiments to Kotow's short deodorant is Olympic level.   ;)   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 12, 2020, 08:13:08 AM
I love that the deodorant discussion is happening in tandem with the hot dog toppings discussion.

Yeah, sure something to relish. :neverusethis:

Yes, relish with your hot dog  :lol I think you've mentioned your dislike of onions before so I forgot that, but relish on a dog is pretty good but not my goto.  If I go to a BBQ and they don't have spicy mustard but have relish, ill go with it.  Pickles on a burger are fantastic too.  Also washing your undies and using deodorant is always a solid choice

How you so deftly went from hot dog condiments to Kotow's short deodorant is Olympic level.   ;)

Deftly??  I think I've got whiplash!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 12, 2020, 04:56:50 PM
Kotowboy's Hot Dog Preference !

- Sausage
- Bun
- Fried Red Onions
- Ketchup
- Mustard

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 12, 2020, 06:10:41 PM
Kotowboy's Hot Dog Preference !

- Sausage
- Bun
- Fried Red Onions
- Ketchup
- Mustard

So it's really a sausage preference, no? ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 13, 2020, 11:40:25 AM
As long as we're on the subject:

Natural casing or not?

For me it's the former, exclusively (unless I'm at a sporting event).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 13, 2020, 11:44:58 AM
I can't have hot dogs now because of the sodium but at home it was always skinless.  Though a place in the town I great up won the best hot dog in america in 1984 I think and it had a casing and was fried in oil.  It was unreal.  Lawton's in Lawrence, Mass was the place.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 13, 2020, 11:52:26 AM
Here's what gets me mildly irritated and happened this morning.  People who come to full stops at the ezpass toll booth. WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on August 13, 2020, 04:30:16 PM
Or people that in 2020 still do not have EZ Pass. I've heard the argument about being tracked as if there aren't cameras all over the place anyway.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 13, 2020, 05:36:23 PM
Talk-to-text and folks who use it without proofreading.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 13, 2020, 05:38:52 PM
Or people that in 2020 still do not have EZ Pass. I've heard the argument about being tracked as if there aren't cameras all over the place anyway.

Ez pass as in the toll payment system? I dont have it here in North carolina because they'll bill your plate. In florida I had one because it gave discounted tolls but I drove through them so infrequently that I only saved a couple of dollars a year.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 13, 2020, 05:43:57 PM
Or people that in 2020 still do not have EZ Pass. I've heard the argument about being tracked as if there aren't cameras all over the place anyway.

This doesn't bother me because those people go to their own booth and aren't slowing down traffic.  I mean, I don't get why not have it but at least it doesn't impact me.

Or people that in 2020 still do not have EZ Pass. I've heard the argument about being tracked as if there aren't cameras all over the place anyway.

Ez pass as in the toll payment system? I dont have it here in North carolina because they'll bill your plate. In florida I had one because it gave discounted tolls but I drove through them so infrequently that I only saved a couple of dollars a year.

Yea, a lot of states it's tied to your place but here in NJ and other states in the NE you use ezpass
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on August 13, 2020, 05:51:47 PM
This doesn't bother me because those people go to their own booth and aren't slowing down traffic.

I'd like to share your optimism but the EZ Pass lanes get clogged up by people who can't read/aren't paying attention all the time around me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 13, 2020, 05:55:24 PM
This doesn't bother me because those people go to their own booth and aren't slowing down traffic.

I'd like to share your optimism but the EZ Pass lanes get clogged up by people who can't read/aren't paying attention all the time around me.

Yea, it happens, but not as often as the ezpass holder who comes to a complete stop that annoys the fuck out of me
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on August 13, 2020, 07:03:00 PM
Things I find mildly irritating.... tolls in general. Thats what my taxes are for MOFO.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on August 13, 2020, 08:46:13 PM
Things I find mildly irritating.... tolls in general. Thats what my taxes are for MOFO.
No kidding. I'm very glad the upper midwest is pretty much toll free. I get that it kind of makes sense to have the people using the road pay for it, especially when it's mostly out of state people or truckers driving through, but still... What a pain in the ass.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 14, 2020, 07:37:47 AM
People who stand in shop doorways either looking out or in to the shop unaware of people behind them

trying to get by. 

Or people who march out of shops onto the pavement without checking if anyone is coming.

 :facepalm:  basically people with no awareness of anyone around them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 14, 2020, 09:49:05 AM

Or people who march out of shops onto the pavement without checking if anyone is coming.

 :facepalm:  basically people with no awareness of anyone around them.

I posted about this many pages back.  It makes me insane.  And THEY seem so shocked when I don't want to stop for THEM....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 14, 2020, 01:42:38 PM
Talk-to-text and folks who use it without proofreading.

One night, post-divorce, my daughter and I had dinner, and we spent the rest of the evening communicating ONLY through talk-to-text with no proofreading.  I don't think I've ever laughed as hard as I did that night. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 14, 2020, 01:46:55 PM
Talk-to-text and folks who use it without proofreading.

One night, post-divorce, my daughter and I had dinner, and we spent the rest of the evening communicating ONLY through talk-to-text with no proofreading.  I don't think I've ever laughed as hard as I did that night.

I am so guilty of that.  Read my post in the NHL thread.  Chad got me good.  LOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 14, 2020, 01:49:55 PM
HAHAHAHA, I just saw that.  Don't waste that shipload of years!   :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 14, 2020, 01:56:26 PM
 :lol

Yup  lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 14, 2020, 02:46:37 PM

Or people who march out of shops onto the pavement without checking if anyone is coming.

 :facepalm:  basically people with no awareness of anyone around them.

I posted about this many pages back.  It makes me insane.  And THEY seem so shocked when I don't want to stop for THEM....

It happens so frequently that it's maddening. It's exactly like pulling out of a junction into oncoming traffic without looking first.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 14, 2020, 02:50:29 PM
On the subject of people and shops...
One thing that is always hilarious and entertaining is..
Elderly people who literally can't get it in their heads that the shop is *CLOSED*.


---------------

1. They walk up to the door which has a big CLOSED sign on it and try to open it.

2. The door does not open ! What the hell ?!

3. They look through the window at the EMPTY shop with all the lights OFF.

4. They try the door again. Maybe this time it will be open!

5. Nope ! I don't understand!

6.Maybe looking through the window again will help ?

7. It didn't ! Best try that door one more time !

8. Still won't open !

9. Maybe if I stare at this CLOSED sign for 5 minutes...

10. Still not open !!

11. I've got it ! I'll look in the window again ! It's sure to work !

12. Wait a sec - did the sign say OPEN or CLOSED ?

13. It says CLOSED. I don't understand

14. Screw it - i'll come back tomorrow.

15. Look back one last time as i'm leaving just in case !

16. Leave.

 :rollin :rollin funny as fuck EVERY. TIME.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on August 15, 2020, 09:03:59 AM
There was a diner that was sold and turned into a mexican restaurant and my grandparents were fully aware that it was now mexican but for some reason went over in the morning for breakfast and were so upset that it was closed. They didn't seem to understand that that building does not serve breakfast anymore because it's a brand new business.

I'm not sure if anyone else has this experience but my local insurance agent is desperately trying to get me to buy life insurance from them. You'd think that after one or two "no thanks" and an explanation that I already have a life insurance policy that they would get the hint but at the end of every single conversation it's "we see you don't have life insurance..." and every time I have to go through the same explanations. I know it's their job but I feel like I almost have to preempt it now because they even go into it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 17, 2020, 07:12:46 AM
When you text a sibling.

And you don't get a reply for *at least* a week.

Then you literally just get a ":)" and they proceed to tell you all THEIR news and why theyre so much better than you'll ever be.

And the ":)" was just to make it seem like they're interested in your news but they're not.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 17, 2020, 10:46:17 AM
When you text a sibling.

And you don't get a reply for *at least* a week.

Then you literally just get a ":)" and they proceed to tell you all THEIR news and why theyre so much better than you'll ever be.

And the ":)" was just to make it seem like they're interested in your news but they're not.


 :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 17, 2020, 04:46:01 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 18, 2020, 02:23:25 PM
Internet was out all August basically. Had it fixed a couple Fridays ago; a couple days later it went out again. WTF. Had a tech come out today and fix it again. Turns out right after I got it fixed, it looks as if one of the guys cutting the grass around these apartments straight up destroyed my line. Not like I expected one, but I would've appreciated a note or something on the door, jackass! Pay attention next time  :censored Man...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 18, 2020, 02:57:24 PM
Internet was out all August basically. Had it fixed a couple Fridays ago; a couple days later it went out again. WTF. Had a tech come out today and fix it again. Turns out right after I got it fixed, it looks as if one of the guys cutting the grass around these apartments straight up destroyed my line. Not like I expected one, but I would've appreciated a note or something on the door, jackass! Pay attention next time  :censored Man...

This happens at work sometimes.  We rely on essentially really long cables that stretch from between our datacenters, to put it simply, and every once in awhile one of these links go down and eventually we find out someone cut a wire while doing roadwork or something somewhere.  But what's even more interesting is that the underwater intercontinental cables that connect say Europe to North America, sometimes those get cut too and it's usually because of some marine life takes a bite out of them and those take months to fix sometimes.  We all got good laughs out of the daily update emails we would get from the last shark attack on our intercontinental network cables near Singapore. "Still waiting on the boat to arrive"  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 19, 2020, 07:08:49 AM
When there’s people queuing to order in a cafe or restaurant. And other people walk in and go and claim

a table first then queue up. So now the people that were there first have less choice of tables

Once they’ve got their tray of food.  :tdwn

I could do a whole thread on inconsiderate people. They’re just the worst.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 19, 2020, 08:00:30 AM
When there’s people queuing to order in a cafe or restaurant. And other people walk in and go and claim

a table first then queue up. So now the people that were there first have less choice of tables

Once they’ve got their tray of food.  :tdwn

I could do a whole thread on inconsiderate people. They’re just the worst.

I'd be right there with you on most of them.   Then there are the people that are in line, yapping away (including on a cellphone) then they get to order and it's like they're choosing the menu for their wedding.   You should have had this all figured out by the time you got there!   Hurry it up, or I'll order for you!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 19, 2020, 08:30:15 AM
When there’s people queuing to order in a cafe or restaurant. And other people walk in and go and claim

a table first then queue up. So now the people that were there first have less choice of tables

Once they’ve got their tray of food.  :tdwn

I could do a whole thread on inconsiderate people. They’re just the worst.

That is really annoying, and I agree. It's like people who don't put their shopping carts back. We should have a thread on just that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on August 19, 2020, 09:08:59 AM
The few times I was required to work the register, I was shocked at how many people had apparently failed to glance at the menu at any point before they reached the counter. And I worked at Five Guys which has pretty much the most basic menu possible.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 19, 2020, 09:17:30 AM
You should have had this all figured out by the time you got there!   Hurry it up, or I'll order for you!

I went to my local Supermarket cafe today cause M.T.W are all 50% all day everywhere. I got there and some old guy is at the checkout paying. I really needed to pee so i went to use the toilet

and after i'd finished in there I went back to the cafe and the same fuckin guy is STILL faffing about with paying. Why the fuck do old people take so fucking long to pay.

Fuck it. I got so tired of hanging around I left. It reminds me of an earlier discussion on here - is it some old people are just thick in general or do you just forget how

technology works as you get older?

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The few times I was required to work the register, I was shocked at how many people had apparently failed to glance at the menu at any point before they reached the counter. And I worked at Five Guys which has pretty much the most basic menu possible.

This is why I like being a waiter where we have table service. When they know what they want - they call you over.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 19, 2020, 09:18:53 AM
The few times I was required to work the register, I was shocked at how many people had apparently failed to glance at the menu at any point before they reached the counter. And I worked at Five Guys which has pretty much the most basic menu possible.

Yup, having worked the register at a Boston Market, this is shockingly common.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 19, 2020, 10:07:49 AM
When there’s people queuing to order in a cafe or restaurant. And other people walk in and go and claim

a table first then queue up. So now the people that were there first have less choice of tables

Once they’ve got their tray of food.  :tdwn

Assuming I'm understanding you correctly, I don't agree with this (unless there's some posted rule against it).  It just makes good sense.  When I've been in places like this with my wife and/or kids, I'll often have one or all of them get a table while I get in line to order/pick up the food.


It's like people who don't put their shopping carts back. We should have a thread on just that.

You know, it is high time we had a "true American heroes" thread.


The few times I was required to work the register, I was shocked at how many people had apparently failed to glance at the menu at any point before they reached the counter. And I worked at Five Guys which has pretty much the most basic menu possible.

It's been a long time since I worked at Del Taco, Carl's Jr. and a non-chain restaurant, but yeah.  The other one I thought was funny was when a guy walked up to my register at Carl's Jr. and ordered "a big breakfast."  I politely asked him to repeat himself, and he did, and my response was to turn and gesture at the menu board where the breakfasts were listed and say, "ok, which one?"  He finally ordered something, and I later learned that "The Big Breakfast" was something that was, at the time, on the McDonald's breakfast menu.  It was funny to me at the time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 19, 2020, 10:10:54 AM
 :lol yea, it's a bit funny when someone orders an item from the wrong restaurant.  To go back to my Boston Market days, you'd consistently get a few people asking for a bucket of fried chicken with fries.... none of which Boston Market serves, but we all know who does
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 19, 2020, 10:19:54 AM
When there’s people queuing to order in a cafe or restaurant. And other people walk in and go and claim

a table first then queue up. So now the people that were there first have less choice of tables

Once they’ve got their tray of food.  :tdwn

Assuming I'm understanding you correctly, I don't agree with this (unless there's some posted rule against it).  It just makes good sense.  When I've been in places like this with my wife and/or kids, I'll often have one or all of them get a table while I get in line to order/pick up the food.


It's like people who don't put their shopping carts back. We should have a thread on just that.

You know, it is high time we had a "true American heroes" thread.


The few times I was required to work the register, I was shocked at how many people had apparently failed to glance at the menu at any point before they reached the counter. And I worked at Five Guys which has pretty much the most basic menu possible.

It's been a long time since I worked at Del Taco, Carl's Jr. and a non-chain restaurant, but yeah.  The other one I thought was funny was when a guy walked up to my register at Carl's Jr. and ordered "a big breakfast."  I politely asked him to repeat himself, and he did, and my response was to turn and gesture at the menu board where the breakfasts were listed and say, "ok, which one?"  He finally ordered something, and I later learned that "The Big Breakfast" was something that was, at the time, on the McDonald's breakfast menu.  It was funny to me at the time.

Quoting my own post because of the page break.


:lol yea, it's a bit funny when someone orders an item from the wrong restaurant.  To go back to my Boston Market days, you'd consistently get a few people asking for a bucket of fried chicken with fries.... none of which Boston Market serves, but we all know who does

It would be great to say, "ok, I'll be right back; wait here," and then come back 5 minutes later with some KFC.

I also spent 3 years working at Baskin-Robbins in a mall, and we got some of the dumbest customers ever.  The worst were the folks who wanted to bitch at us (all college age kids who had no control over anything) about the price of a cone in comparison to what you could get at Thrifty Drug Store (somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 cents versus 25 cents for a single scoop).  Did these folks really think we were the ones setting the prices?  I legitimately got to the point where I said, "I don't make the prices.  Buy it or don't.  I don't really care."

We also got people who simply couldn't handle complex flavor names like "Jamoca" and "Jamoca Almond Fudge," which people were constantly pronouncing as "Jamaica" and "Jamaica Almond Fudge."  We also had a lot of folks who would order the basic vanilla, chocolate and strawberry in Spanish.  Vanilla and chocolate are easy enough, but I refused to indulge folks who expected me to know that "fresa" was strawberry.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 19, 2020, 12:54:39 PM
DUDE!!!!!!   My daughter worked at Chip... let's say a chain mexican restaurant.  And she's done pretty well with getting along with her boss, so she does the fill in on the line, the cashier (I guess that's a big thing) and in the dining room.   I've taken to looking forward to her coming home and we'll sit down, she'll eat her dinner (from the restaurant) and tell us stories.   

The absolutely best are those like yours, where she gets questions that she has absolutely no insight into whatsoever.   The others are when customers ask for something different, then complain.   There was a guy that came in and wanted a burrito with meat, no rice, no veggies, just all the salsas.  I mean literally, all four or five flavors, then wanted the melted queso on there too.  So she made it, and wrapped it, and because it was basically chunky liquid in a tortilla, it was hard to wrap.  So he says "that looks horrible, can you rewrap it?" and she does, but when she unwrapped it, he looked inside - with HIS ingredients - and said "wow, that looks disgusting, can you remake it?"    The manager stepped in and was diplomatic ("we can, but with the ingredients it might not look any better; would you like something different inside?") but my kid was like "bro, you're clearly a beginner at this."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 19, 2020, 01:25:30 PM
The other thing that drove me nuts at Baskin Robbins was the people who would stand in front of a cabinet and simply point at what they wanted, as though they were incapable of say the name.  The problem with that was that, because of the way the cabinets were built (with a small metal counter on top of the angled glass front and angled plastic door on the employee's side), it was nearly impossible to see where they were pointing.  You'd either have to stand on your tip-toes or bend over to look up through the glass.  It got to the point where I'd just randomly hold the scooper over one of the tubs and say, "this one?"  Even if I figured out which one they wanted, I'd sometimes intentionally point to the wrong tub just turn the annoyance around.  Once I even walked around the counter in a busy store to stand next to the person to figure out what the heck he or she wanted.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 19, 2020, 01:31:45 PM
 :lol same issue at boston market since it's got a similar set up as an ice cream store, also even with all the signs saying do not touch the glass, so many people touch it and one idiot leaned on it one day completely shattering it and ruining all the food.  People are such morons.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 19, 2020, 01:36:25 PM
Our holiday park restaurant ( pre covid at least ) has 31 tables in one zone. 20 in another zone. And 36 tables on the decking outside.

We all just love it when someone wants to order food for their large group - and we ask what table they are sat on

- and they just go " dunno - over there ".

And the restaurant is PACKED.

----

That - or they DO give a table number - but when a runner takes out the massive tray with 5 - 6 heavy plates on and goes to their table....And they've moved without saying anything so

now you have NO IDEA where they are. And you're carrying this extremely heavy tray around looking for them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 19, 2020, 01:39:37 PM
Are you supposed to know your table number?  I don't think I'd ever know what table I was at unless they were visibly numbered but even then, I wouldn't have that memorized if I left my seat.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 19, 2020, 01:55:02 PM
Yeah, you had me until that last one.  I'm DEFINITELY the guy that gets up and goes and asks the server "can I have this, please?" and points to the table.   

That's actually something that might annoy servers, but I can't help it.  I feel bad being that guy that waves at you like you're a dog.  So if I want something small - or I forgot to ask for something - I'll absolutely get up and go over and say "please don't make a special trip, but can I have some mayonnaise" or some shit.   My logical brain says "This is their job; they don't need you walking through tables interupting other servers; they aren't thinking about your table at that moment and do not know who you are..." etc. but I FEEL BAD.   :) 

But in no event do I know or even GUESS what my table number is.  Do they number in rows? Columns?  Booths first then free tables (because they can be moved or removed)?   Beyond my ken.   "I'm over there!".

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 19, 2020, 01:56:57 PM
Still at mildly irritating, but moving swiftly to "pissing me off":   not people that don't wear masks, but people that DO and don't put it over the nose.   "Medical condition", yadda yadda yadda, but it still just smacks of "I'm too lazy/important/stupid to cover my nose with this piece of cloth".   I dunno, it bugs me.  I might argue something different in P/R where it's not about me, but that's not here.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 19, 2020, 01:59:51 PM
Still at mildly irritating, but moving swiftly to "pissing me off":   not people that don't wear masks, but people that DO and don't put it over the nose.   "Medical condition", yadda yadda yadda, but it still just smacks of "I'm too lazy/important/stupid to cover my nose with this piece of cloth".   I dunno, it bugs me.  I might argue something different in P/R where it's not about me, but that's not here.

Plus, you look stupid wearing it that way. What also gets me is people around here, in the country, who wear it while walking outside. Absolutely NOBODY anywhere near them, but walking across town with a mask on in the summer heat. Why?  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 19, 2020, 03:50:28 PM
Still at mildly irritating, but moving swiftly to "pissing me off":   not people that don't wear masks, but people that DO and don't put it over the nose.   "Medical condition", yadda yadda yadda, but it still just smacks of "I'm too lazy/important/stupid to cover my nose with this piece of cloth".   I dunno, it bugs me.  I might argue something different in P/R where it's not about me, but that's not here.

Plus, you look stupid wearing it that way. What also gets me is people around here, in the country, who wear it while walking outside. Absolutely NOBODY anywhere near them, but walking across town with a mask on in the summer heat. Why?  :lol

I was in Target back in April or so -- one of the first times they required folks to wear masks, and they also lined folks up in a single line for the checkstands and had an employee telling folks which lane to go to.  That employee was wearing her mask down below her nose.  I don't have a problem wearing the damn thing, but if you're going to require it, you sure as fuck ought to teach your employees how to wear them correctly.

Beyond the folks walking outside are folks in their cars, by themselves, with the windows shut, and wearing a fucking mask.  FFS, why?!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on August 19, 2020, 03:56:08 PM
I'd assume people put on their masks before they leave home and take them off when they get back, since touching your mask a bunch in between kinda misses the point.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on August 19, 2020, 09:32:49 PM
I've done that a few times, and, depending on the situation, it is either (1) I just absent-mindedly put it on without realizing it, or (2) I had had it on awhile and kinda forgot I had it on when I got into the car.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 20, 2020, 04:07:36 AM
Absent minded for sure. I've caught myself because my mind was on a billion things.

Also, I never wear my mask in my truck but when I leave the truck, it's on.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on August 20, 2020, 06:11:58 AM
Something that has been driving me nuts since the start of working from home.

I want preface this with I know I sound like an asshole but I can't help getting irritated. Peoples little kids on the phone during meetings, it's all the fucking time some kid is screaming into the phone and it's usually the same 3-4 people at my work. The thing that really gets me is that these people are often the ones to set the meeting up and 95% of the time it could've been an email.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 20, 2020, 07:09:59 AM
^ That would drive me mad.

Very very mildly irritating: all that angsty 'life sux ur hurting me' alt rock with the gruff bro singing from the early 2000s. With some exceptions, I think this is easily the worst style of music I've ever heard, even more than country rap. Everything about it sucks. Unfortunately I gotta hear it every day at work. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 20, 2020, 07:30:07 AM
^ I sort of "collect" soundtracks, because oftentimes there's a song on there that isn't available anywhere else, and rather than pay the $40 for the deluxe version with that song as a bonus track, I can usually get a soundtrack for $1.00 or so on eBay.   Anyway, I have probably 10 or 12 for movies in the early/mid 2000's that are chock full of songs by Puddle Of Mudd, Drowning Puddle and Seether and Breather and Creeper and Chevelle and Camaro and Firebird... and I'm joking of course, but they all are so generic.   Brickwalled production, amped up singing about the end of the world, and - and I know this is just my taste - but all are eminently forgettable.   

I'm sure there is real talent in there, and I'm sure if I dug into the catalogue I'd find something interesting, but in my ripping exercise, I'm only at "Ozzy" and I have something like 1,800 CDs, so I don't need to dig more, if you know what I'm sayin'. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 20, 2020, 07:37:25 AM
^ I sort of "collect" soundtracks, because oftentimes there's a song on there that isn't available anywhere else, and rather than pay the $40 for the deluxe version with that song as a bonus track, I can usually get a soundtrack for $1.00 or so on eBay.   Anyway, I have probably 10 or 12 for movies in the early/mid 2000's that are chock full of songs by Puddle Of Mudd, Drowning Puddle and Seether and Breather and Creeper and Chevelle and Camaro and Firebird... and I'm joking of course, but they all are so generic.   Brickwalled production, amped up singing about the end of the world, and - and I know this is just my taste - but all are eminently forgettable.   

I'm sure there is real talent in there, and I'm sure if I dug into the catalogue I'd find something interesting, but in my ripping exercise, I'm only at "Ozzy" and I have something like 1,800 CDs, so I don't need to dig more, if you know what I'm sayin'.

YES. Exactly. Staind ruined music imo.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 20, 2020, 07:38:29 AM
Something that has been driving me nuts since the start of working from home.

I want preface this with I know I sound like an asshole but I can't help getting irritated. Peoples little kids on the phone during meetings, it's all the fucking time some kid is screaming into the phone and it's usually the same 3-4 people at my work. The thing that really gets me is that these people are often the ones to set the meeting up and 95% of the time it could've been an email.

Our North America Senior Vice President (he basically runs the Americas; nice guy) actually sent around an email early in this whole thing asking for patience and understanding on that point.  THAT I get; you can't always control when you get a call, and if a dog barks, it's not the end of the world.   Having said that, that's not the same thing as having your kids crawl up on your lap, or do their knew shadow puppet thingy before you get into the financials on that new bid opportunity.   I'm lucky, I have a good relationship with my co-workers, so I can and do drop in the one-liner here and again, but that said, I want to get done with work so I can go interact with my OWN kids, and my OWN wife, not be entertained by yours.

Funny story, though:  I was on a call with a company in Canada, a big company, often in the news (not in a good way) so the discussions are serious for us.   They're serious about it too (they're largely French Canadian, so not much sense of humor to start with... I kid! I kid!) and one day it's getting really intense and in the middle of the discussion, one of the lawyers on their side - who is sitting out on his porch for the video call - is talking and his wife comes up behind him, like a white-shoe waiter, with a tray with what is clearly a sandwich, bowl of chips and a beer.   I thought that was hilarious and actually was a perfect mood lifter for the call.  He's not lived it down since, but it was a funny moment. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 20, 2020, 12:54:51 PM
I have a coworker that I'm on the phone with 1-4 hours a day pending the day of the week. Since Monday, he's had a smoke alarm's low battery alert chirping in the background. Every 60 seconds... BEEP. It's driving me nuts.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on August 20, 2020, 01:11:38 PM
I have a coworker that I'm on the phone with 1-4 hours a day pending the day of the week. Since Monday, he's had a smoke alarm's low battery alert chirping in the background. Every 60 seconds... BEEP. It's driving me nuts.

Forget DTF, how does THAT person sleep at night?  No, literally, how do they?  That shit would keep me awake all night!  It's like a baby's cry to me - make it stop, and ASAP.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 20, 2020, 02:13:19 PM
I have a coworker that I'm on the phone with 1-4 hours a day pending the day of the week. Since Monday, he's had a smoke alarm's low battery alert chirping in the background. Every 60 seconds... BEEP. It's driving me nuts.

Forget DTF, how does THAT person sleep at night?  No, literally, how do they?  That shit would keep me awake all night!  It's like a baby's cry to me - make it stop, and ASAP.

 :lol nice DTF nugget.  But yea, that noise drives me up a wall.  I hear it in the background when I game with random people online sometimes, it's so infuriating. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 20, 2020, 02:27:35 PM
his wife comes up behind him, like a white-shoe waiter, with a tray with what is clearly a sandwich, bowl of chips and a beer.   I thought that was hilarious and actually was a perfect mood lifter for the call.  He's not lived it down since, but it was a funny moment.

Had the same thing happen a month or so ago.  Dude is in his office; door behind him is closed.  All's going well.  3 people from my company on the Zoom; 3-4 from his company.  It's noon-time.  Partway thru the call, door opens, and wifey brings in a tray of food and a drink like it's room service.  After she leaves, I break the tension with "how do I get service like that?".  A few chuckles on the line - but this dude doesn't even flinch.  Keeps right on going (not sure if he's just ignoring it, or not impressed with the commentary).  Anyway, 15 minutes later, she comes in with a cup of coffee.  Nobody said a thing.

Per my sig, I'd have a better shot at bringing the internet to the Amish than getting mrs.jingle to bring me lunch and my afternoon coffee.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 20, 2020, 02:29:34 PM
I have a coworker that I'm on the phone with 1-4 hours a day pending the day of the week. Since Monday, he's had a smoke alarm's low battery alert chirping in the background. Every 60 seconds... BEEP. It's driving me nuts.

Man. I hear this sound every day coming from an apartment next to mine (in another building, not connected to me) every day when I'm on my way to/from work. But there are at least 2 adults and 1 baby in that unit, and I can't reconcile why this has been beeping for 2 years now if people live in there. This mystery is probably never gonna be solved.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 20, 2020, 03:47:38 PM
I have a coworker that I'm on the phone with 1-4 hours a day pending the day of the week. Since Monday, he's had a smoke alarm's low battery alert chirping in the background. Every 60 seconds... BEEP. It's driving me nuts.

Man. I hear this sound every day coming from an apartment next to mine (in another building, not connected to me) every day when I'm on my way to/from work. But there are at least 2 adults and 1 baby in that unit, and I can't reconcile why this has been beeping for 2 years now if people live in there. This mystery is probably never gonna be solved.

(https://media2.giphy.com/media/iF6SztULP0D4P9LNUw/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 20, 2020, 05:18:14 PM
Are you supposed to know your table number?  I don't think I'd ever know what table I was at unless they were visibly numbered but even then, I wouldn't have that memorized if I left my seat.


Yes every table has a massive circle on it with the table number printed on.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on August 21, 2020, 12:21:42 AM
Things I find irritating:

Trumpy Bear commercials.  W in T goddamn F.

I didn't know such a thing existed. Until It just came up.

I couldn't help but  :rollin

I
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: mike099 on August 21, 2020, 04:59:07 AM
Boxer briefs without a fly.  See other thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 21, 2020, 07:00:32 AM
People who are way too happy and jolly first thing in the morning.

I can't even muster up the motivation to even speak until around lunch time.

But you get to work at like 0830 and theres always that one person who's like "  :lol GOOOD MORRRNIIING !!!! ITS GONNA BE A WONDERFULLL DAY !!!!! "



 :angry:


* Not people who are *happy*. Just overly jolly and bouncy and hyper first thing in the morning. It takes me up to 45 minutes just to get out of bed these days.  :sadpanda:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 21, 2020, 07:16:14 AM
People who are way too happy and jolly first thing in the morning.

I can't even muster up the motivation to even speak until around lunch time.

But you get to work at like 0830 and theres always that one person who's like "  :lol GOOOD MORRRNIIING !!!! ITS GONNA BE A WONDERFULLL DAY !!!!! "



 :angry:


* Not people who are *happy*. Just overly jolly and bouncy and hyper first thing in the morning. It takes me up to 45 minutes just to get out of bed these days.  :sadpanda:

(https://i.imgur.com/gsZQYaM.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 21, 2020, 10:17:59 AM
On the subject of queuing - if your nose isn’t touching the neck of the person in front of you - the person behind somehow assumes you’re not in the queue and tries to push in...


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 21, 2020, 11:16:15 AM
I have a coworker that I'm on the phone with 1-4 hours a day pending the day of the week. Since Monday, he's had a smoke alarm's low battery alert chirping in the background. Every 60 seconds... BEEP. It's driving me nuts.

Man. I hear this sound every day coming from an apartment next to mine (in another building, not connected to me) every day when I'm on my way to/from work. But there are at least 2 adults and 1 baby in that unit, and I can't reconcile why this has been beeping for 2 years now if people live in there. This mystery is probably never gonna be solved.

(https://media2.giphy.com/media/iF6SztULP0D4P9LNUw/giphy.gif)

Unrelated, I'm a big fan of Lisa Kudrow.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 21, 2020, 02:01:44 PM
Same.

My upstairs neighbours' beeps too. I can't hear it from inside my flat but I can from the corridor. And it's louder when her door is open.

I dunno how someone can put up with that for days let alone years.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on August 23, 2020, 07:41:35 PM
My power just went out, and it occurred to me that I never got around to buying a flashlight. :d'oh:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 24, 2020, 05:39:18 AM


Life pro tip: If you have any solar garden lights, you can bring them inside at night if you have no power.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 24, 2020, 06:21:09 AM
My power just went out, and it occurred to me that I never got around to buying a flashlight. :d'oh:

I recently stocked up on some cheap basic candles from the last power outage I had a couple weeks ago.  Figured it would be useful to put those around the house for next time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 24, 2020, 07:20:28 AM
My power just went out, and it occurred to me that I never got around to buying a flashlight. :d'oh:

I recently stocked up on some cheap basic candles from the last power outage I had a couple weeks ago.  Figured it would be useful to put those around the house for next time.

I have literally 1000 tea light candles in my living room set aside just in case the power goes out for an extended period of time. I'm going on 3 years with them, fortunately, but one of these days...!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 24, 2020, 05:18:25 PM
My power just went out, and it occurred to me that I never got around to buying a flashlight. :d'oh:

Don't you have a torch on your iPhone / Android phone ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 24, 2020, 06:17:23 PM
Candles? What century are you guys in? Or are you working on recreating the video for "Wrapped Around Your Finger"?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 24, 2020, 07:48:27 PM
Ooh that Stings.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 24, 2020, 07:52:45 PM
Candles? What century are you guys in? Or are you working on recreating the video for "Wrapped Around Your Finger"?

Hot damn are you old.  Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on August 24, 2020, 07:54:59 PM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on August 24, 2020, 07:57:17 PM
Your meme answers that question.    :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 25, 2020, 06:52:16 AM
Girl toddlers who do that high pitched shriek when they don't get their way which sounds *exactly* like someone blowing a whistle right next to your ear drum.


FUCK OFF.


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Second - people who chuckle or laugh out loud *literally* every time they speak. Even if they're stating a fact.


For example - I know a guy who does this at my old job - one day in winter he came into work and went

" Man it's cold - I had to put the heating on today  :lol :lol "

And you're like  :angry: WHY IS THAT FUNNY ?

That's not even a joke. That's a statement.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 25, 2020, 08:05:53 AM
Candles? What century are you guys in? Or are you working on recreating the video for "Wrapped Around Your Finger"?

A candle provides light without power.  I'm not sure what is so old school about using one when there is no power?  Of course I have a flash light and a phone that has a flash light, but those will all die if I use them throughout a night without power and I'd like to reserve my phone battery the most, although I could charge that in my car, but still. 

Regardless, I like candles anyway and usually have one lit in my office even with power.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 25, 2020, 11:15:44 AM
I love candles; there's something romantic about them.  I don't mean that in the sex sense, but in the sense of Galileo and Michelangelo and Beethoven... etc. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on August 25, 2020, 11:27:15 AM
Candles are super easy to make. I usually make a few dozen every fall as I only like to burn them in the winter months.

Something like this is a great place to start. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CR4O3UO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Also, I've made candles out of rendered fat from cooking meat. I know it probably sounds gross, but it burns very cleanly with no smell, and if you add a dash of food coloring, it looks just like a regular wax candle.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 25, 2020, 12:31:30 PM
I really dislike the word "hack" to mean trick. You're not hacking anything  ;D ;D

It's like " OMG SANDWICH HACK ! PUT CHEESE IN WITH THE HAM !! "

Wow you're a real hacker.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 25, 2020, 12:41:43 PM
^^^ I'm with you.  "Life hack!"     Bitch, unless you can get me into the Victoria Secret dressing room unannounced and invisible, this ain't a hack. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 25, 2020, 12:59:58 PM
Yea, that's along the lines of "what happens next will SHOCK YOU!" It's just trying to make it seems more important or interesting than it really is.  I wish George Carlin were still alive to totally rip apart the language we use today.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 25, 2020, 01:14:34 PM
LIFE HACK ! Wash your clothes the night before work so theyll be as fresh & comfortable as possible !!!

It's not a hack its ADVICE  :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 25, 2020, 02:23:29 PM
Yea, that's along the lines of "what happens next will SHOCK YOU!" It's just trying to make it seems more important or interesting than it really is.  I wish George Carlin were still alive to totally rip apart the language we use today.

I think some of this stuff has been posted once or twice over the course of this thread's existence, but the other one like this that bugs me is, "You must watch this video!  It will change your life!"  That's a guaranteed "skip" and might get you unfriended.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on August 25, 2020, 04:12:02 PM
Yea, that's along the lines of "what happens next will SHOCK YOU!" It's just trying to make it seems more important or interesting than it really is.  I wish George Carlin were still alive to totally rip apart the language we use today.

I think some of this stuff has been posted once or twice over the course of this thread's existence, but the other one like this that bugs me is, "You must watch this video!  It will change your life!"  That's a guaranteed "skip" and might get you unfriended.

You won't BELIEVE what this star looks like NOW! (over a picture that is more often than not, Danika McKeller, who looks exactly like she did on Wonder Years except not 12.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on August 25, 2020, 05:37:45 PM
Dunkin's app ordering system / our local Dunkin.

We usually order on occasion, more often during their Happy Hour promos or their "Free donut with a drink / vice versa" things. Then when I have a free drink reward on my account, I get something bigger and fancier than their normal ice lattes  /  ice coffees.


So today while Jenna was out, she said she's going to go by DD since we both have free drink rewards. Sweet. So I put in my fancy ass order. Pumpkin Spice off of their "specialty lattes",  as big as I can get it. With Whipped Cream and their fancy topping shit.

She picks it up.. and no fancy ass whipped cream or anything (which is normal at this location. You almost have to hold a gun to their heads to get whipped cream you ordered), but its also... Decaf?

I looked at my receipt on the app. It says Regular where it would say Decaf if I ordered Decaf). The sticker on the cup says Decaf. What the hell?  The only time you'd ever see me ordering decaf for myself is if it were late in the evening and I had to get up early the next day.


It wouldn't be an issue if this hadn't happened like every other time I order.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 25, 2020, 05:48:34 PM
Dunkin's app ordering system / our local Dunkin.

I've found app ordering to be very hit or miss.  For some, it's great (and one place in particular seems to hire only people who have a difficult time understanding my very complex taco and burrito orders, so using the app makes things much better).  For other places, you might as well just walk in and say, "give me something completely random and charge me more than it should cost."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on August 25, 2020, 05:53:15 PM
Also mildly irritating (very mildly):  accidentally clicking in the soccer thread because someone called it the "football" thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on August 26, 2020, 02:30:46 AM

You won't BELIEVE what this star looks like NOW! (over a picture that is more often than not, Danika McKeller, who looks exactly like she did on Wonder Years except not 12.)

Or " JIM CARREY IS RUINED ON DRUGS !! " and it's a badly photoshopped picture.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on August 26, 2020, 02:29:54 PM
Follow-up on the Dunkin thing...

Jenna went by there today and spoke with someone (I would have but I wouldn't have been nice). They replaced the drink (apparently they ran out of whipped cream yesterday? Not a big deal but.. uhh... Tell us when we pick up the order), and she had no explanation on the decaf thing, so she put an extra shot of espresso in the replacement.


Now for today's rant.

We live in a very tiny 400sq ft studio. We had 2 TV's. A 50 inch LG in the "living area", and a cheap little off brand above the foot of our bed for watching TV in bed.  We decided to pick up a second small TV for the living area, so I could play my games while she played hers, or put shows / baseball / news on one while something else on the other.  Right after we ordered it (24" LG smart TV), I won a 500 dollars gift card from a giveaway on Twitter for Amazon. (Ironic). Wound up ordering the tv a second time and returning it in place of the first one to get the refund on her credit card. Anyways... The new TV is great (minus the fact that it's an LG just like our Main tv, and they sit next to each other.... Poor thought on my part. Stupid remotes....), But the audio is horrid. Especially when we have fans / AC running. It just doesn't get very loud. So we decided to order a tiny soundbar to hook up to it to give it some more oomph. My original plan was just plug in one of my little speakers, (which I learned later wouldn't have worked) but she wanted a more permanent solution.  Anyways...she orders a soundbar who's inputs include RCA, Bluetooth, and Optical. The RCA comes with an adapter for 3.5mm out. Doesn't come with an optical cable. I figured... Between all that, it'll be enough, right?

Welp... I came to find out the ONLY audio output is Optical. No 3.5mm. no RCA. No Bluetooth (which I already knew). How does a name brand TV in 2020 not have multiple audio outs?  In my defense, I thought I saw an RCA out when I hooked the TV up initially... But that was an input.

Oof. And of course she's annoyed because she was just at Best Buy picking up the soundbar and we could have ordered an optical cable with it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 26, 2020, 02:44:25 PM
That's crazy, Jay. My LG from 2011 has an optical output and the soundbar I got in 2014 exclusively uses optical so I never had a problem with that. Very strange to have that hassle in 2020.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on August 26, 2020, 02:52:03 PM
I think a big part of it, is that it's a lower-end LG. 24-inch, 720P. I figured it would at least have the 3.5 mm Jack on it though.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 26, 2020, 02:55:53 PM
I think a big part of it, is that it's a lower-end LG. 24-inch, 720P. I figured it would at least have the 3.5 mm Jack on it though.

That may be why it doesn't actually.  More interfaces means more money.  They probably just went with what is today's standard, which IMO is actually a good thing for you, although maybe annoying ATM since you can't use it just yet.  You'll get better audio using the optical cable.  Those cables are cheap too. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on August 26, 2020, 03:03:38 PM
Yeah I noticed you didn't say how much the TV cost, but when you said 24", now I'm looking back thinking... makes sense  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on August 26, 2020, 04:45:29 PM
$150.

I still think the 3.5mm jack would be the basic output they'd include, not Optical :lol

But I guess if you can't get one on your phone, you shouldn't expect to get one on your TV anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on August 26, 2020, 05:14:03 PM
Yea, that's along the lines of "what happens next will SHOCK YOU!" It's just trying to make it seems more important or interesting than it really is.  I wish George Carlin were still alive to totally rip apart the language we use today.

I think some of this stuff has been posted once or twice over the course of this thread's existence, but the other one like this that bugs me is, "You must watch this video!  It will change your life!"  That's a guaranteed "skip" and might get you unfriended.

You won't BELIEVE what this star looks like NOW! (over a picture that is more often than not, Danika McKeller, who looks exactly like she did on Wonder Years except not 12.)

These are killing me! I normally gloss over them but one I have seen a few times lately that sticks in my mind is "This picture of Caitlin Jenner confirms the rumors are TRUE!" and I don't even have the slightest idea what that rumor might be. Outside of these clickbait links, I haven't heard a word about Caitlin Jenner in years.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Grappler on August 31, 2020, 06:55:04 AM
Cranky neighbors

My neighbor to the north has a short backyard that backs up against my side yard.  A few years ago, I was cutting a short section of grass in that side yard (literally 3 passes with the mower that equals less than 30 seconds).  They were out on their deck eating lunch and the 30 year old son marched over and reprimanded me for cutting my own grass during the middle of the day while they were trying to enjoy a family lunch.  It came out of nowhere and I had no response to the kid because I wasn't expecting it all, just saying that I'd be done quickly.  I've never had an experience like that, where a neighbor reprimands me for doing yardwork in my own yard during the middle of the day.

They have a bunch of brush and trees that line the property line, against my side yard/driveway.  They NEVER do anything to clean it up or keep it trimmed.  So for the past few years, I'll trim up my side, but I get tired of disposing of the brush, so I will sometimes leave it on the ground or shove it back underneath, since it's a mess anyways.  The 60-something year old mom reprimanded me a few months ago for doing that, which is fair.  She threatened to send video of me doing it to the police, which is laughable and didn't scare me.  I know that what I'd done isn't neighborly, but they've never been good neighbors at all and have never talked to us or attempted to be friendly. 
 
Since that small scolding, I've been cutting a length of grass on their side yard, that runs along the street and sidewalk, since their landscapers never cut it and the homeowners certainly never get behind the business end of a lawnmower.  I figured that helps make up for me making them mad and I know that she's seen me do it.  Yesterday, we had all of the windows open and the smell of smoke started flowing into the house.  Later in the day, I see that they're out burning brush with leaves (against the village code).  So pretended to take a picture of her from my driveway, hidden mostly by brush, and I hear her shout "quit being an asshole!"   :lol   I guess it's ok for her to take video of me doing something she feels is wrong, but I can't have proof of her openly breaking the village code?  It's so weird that she watches me so closely and any activity by my family along the property line drives her crazy.  Not one thank you for doing something nice.  Hell, I shovel and snowblow a long length of sidewalk along that side of their house every single time it snows because it's a bus-stop for school kids.  She's never acknowledged it or thanked me for doing it.  She actually told me to stop doing it because she thinks the village maintains that side of her house. 

I'm not bothered by her not liking me, but having a neighbor that is such a crab is incredibly annoying.  I have to go back to just ignoring her again.  I've given them so much leniency when it comes to noise from their landscapers at 7pm (my kid's bedtime) or from their kid's small parties that go on into the later hours, but she will take any opportunity she can to complain to me about anything she dislikes about me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on August 31, 2020, 08:53:02 AM
Crabby neighbours are awful.  We actually had mean vindictive ones about 20 years ago.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dream Team on August 31, 2020, 05:19:21 PM
I own a cleaning business and make good money at it, so I can’t put this in the “pissed off” thread. But owning a cleaning business definitely reveals that the average person is an unmitigated asshole. Don’t wipe their feet, don’t have bathroom skills mastered, leave coffee stains on carpets everywhere. I mean these asswipes haven’t mastered DRINKING FROM A CUP, something 2-yr-olds can do.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on August 31, 2020, 06:26:27 PM
 :lol considering I somehow soaked the ceiling of my kitchen with beer, I can see how all this happens and isn't just "I'm extremely disgusting"

And when I opened my fridge a can of beer fell out and somehow got a tiny puncture which led it to short a very tight stream of beer out of it.  I immediately put it into the sink before realizing it was spraying but the damage was done, it shot all over the ceiling (and my eye).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on August 31, 2020, 10:08:18 PM
Surgery

I've had it now twice in my life and truly never want to do it again.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 01, 2020, 01:48:49 AM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 01, 2020, 01:51:06 AM
I own a cleaning business and make good money at it, so I can’t put this in the “pissed off” thread. But owning a cleaning business definitely reveals that the average person is an unmitigated asshole. Don’t wipe their feet, don’t have bathroom skills mastered, leave coffee stains on carpets everywhere. I mean these asswipes haven’t mastered DRINKING FROM A CUP, something 2-yr-olds can do.

People are c---ts. When I go into the toilets at work - which is a family holiday park and see rubbish all over the floor - RIGHT NEXT TO A BIN - you know they're just pricks who are doing it

on purpose. Probably thinking 'well they're paid to clean so why TF should I do their job for them?'

Same people who you hear do a #2 - then leave without washing their hands. Disgraceful anyway - But even more so in this current climate.


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Crabby neighbours are awful.  We actually had mean vindictive ones about 20 years ago.

I have one who bitches at me if my motorbike isn't parked outside my own house at a perfect right angle to the pavement. He's all  :angry: how can I park when you're parked like that ?!

..Even though he was PARKED at the TIME. I just walked off and ignored him.

i park elsewhere now because I know how to be the bigger man.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 01, 2020, 05:38:45 AM
I own a cleaning business and make good money at it, so I can’t put this in the “pissed off” thread. But owning a cleaning business definitely reveals that the average person is an unmitigated asshole. Don’t wipe their feet, don’t have bathroom skills mastered, leave coffee stains on carpets everywhere. I mean these asswipes haven’t mastered DRINKING FROM A CUP, something 2-yr-olds can do.

I mean shit happens, dude. That's why you have a cleaning business. Sometimes I spill shit. My carpet has gotten dirty in the 4 years I've been living here. My bathroom becomes a mess til I clean it...

This is like me calling everybody who brings their car in to our body shop an asshole because they damaged it even though that's what our business is for. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 01, 2020, 07:12:51 AM
And that's how your business thrives. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 01, 2020, 11:11:39 AM
I own a cleaning business and make good money at it, so I can’t put this in the “pissed off” thread. But owning a cleaning business definitely reveals that the average person is an unmitigated asshole. Don’t wipe their feet, don’t have bathroom skills mastered, leave coffee stains on carpets everywhere. I mean these asswipes haven’t mastered DRINKING FROM A CUP, something 2-yr-olds can do.

I go both ways on this.   I'm a cluttered, but neat person.  Meaning, there's shit everywhere, but it's my shit, not dirt, grime or dust.   So I clean; but we have a fairly active house, with four kids in various stages of "in and out" (one, my step son, still lives here full time).  My step son is on the spectrum, so there are moments where he just doesn't have the patience or attention span for the task at hand, and we've limited eating outside of the kitchen for the most part, but that's not to say that things don't happen.   Even with the older kids, I can't tell you how many times the girls have come in with shopping bags and that Fribble from Friendly's doesn't get the attention it deserves.   Me, I tend to work outside a fair amount - cars, yard - and so there are times when I come in and it's only after a few steps that realize that maybe I didn't wipe my feet as capably as I could have. 

And don't get me started on coffee; I work out of my basement - have since 2015 - and I get my coffee from the kitchen and the chances of me getting out of the kitchen, down the hallway, down the stairs, into my office and to my desk with not a drop of coffee being shed is akin to Kevin Moore playing keyboards on the next Dream Theater album.   

BUT... having said all that, when those things happen, we try to take care of them promptly, not leave them for the cleaning service.  (By the way, do you come to Connecticut?)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 01, 2020, 11:25:47 AM
   
BUT... having said all that, when those things happen, we try to take care of them promptly, not leave them for the cleaning service.

Then why have a cleaning service?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 01, 2020, 11:37:16 AM
   
BUT... having said all that, when those things happen, we try to take care of them promptly, not leave them for the cleaning service.

Then why have a cleaning service?

Maintenance; dusting, vacuuming, etc.   I don't expect the cleaning person to clean my piss when I'm laughing while peeing and it happens to get on the seat.  Plus, I'm not going to leave it there for the week until the cleaners come (and risk my wife or two daughters sitting in it while they pee). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 01, 2020, 11:41:45 AM
   
BUT... having said all that, when those things happen, we try to take care of them promptly, not leave them for the cleaning service.

Then why have a cleaning service?

Maintenance; dusting, vacuuming, etc.   I don't expect the cleaning person to clean my piss when I'm laughing while peeing and it happens to get on the seat.  Plus, I'm not going to leave it there for the week until the cleaners come (and risk my wife or two daughters sitting in it while they pee).

Lies!


You don’t laugh.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: mike099 on September 01, 2020, 12:22:16 PM
Cashiers that give you the ‘Deer in the headlight look’ when you give 1.01 for a .56 purchase.  Sad they cannot figure the math. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 01, 2020, 12:24:40 PM
   
BUT... having said all that, when those things happen, we try to take care of them promptly, not leave them for the cleaning service.

Then why have a cleaning service?

I don't expect the cleaning person to clean my piss when I'm laughing while peeing and it happens to get on the seat.  Plus, I'm not going to leave it there for the week until the cleaners come (and risk my wife or two daughters sitting in it while they pee).

#oddlyspecific  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 01, 2020, 12:27:41 PM
   
BUT... having said all that, when those things happen, we try to take care of them promptly, not leave them for the cleaning service.

Then why have a cleaning service?

Maintenance; dusting, vacuuming, etc.   I don't expect the cleaning person to clean my piss when I'm laughing while peeing and it happens to get on the seat.  Plus, I'm not going to leave it there for the week until the cleaners come (and risk my wife or two daughters sitting in it while they pee). 

Just busting your balls a bit. I always chuckle when I see families spend a lot of time preparing for the cleaners when they could just be spending that time cleaning themselves.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 01, 2020, 12:51:26 PM
Cashiers that give you the ‘Deer in the headlight look’ when you give 1.01 for a .56 purchase.  Sad they cannot figure the math.

When I was on the cashier side of things, I used to ask if someone had, e.g., a dime and two pennies because what they had bought was $X.62, and the dime and two pennies would allow me to give them two quarters in change instead of a quarter, a dime and three pennies.  Some folks would look at me like I was trying to swindle them.


On another note, I'm a "member" of a "remember the good old days" group on Facebook, and folks are constantly posting stuff along the lines of the following:  "let's confuse the crap out of the kids by writing only in cursive."  Inevitably, that generates comments about analog clocks and cassette tapes, etc.  "Ask a kid to make change" also inevitably comes up.  What I find annoying is that some folks can't seem to feel nostalgic about the past without concurrently denigrating the youth of today.

Also, folks who think cursive should still be a regular subject in school are mildly irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 01, 2020, 12:58:01 PM
Also, folks who think cursive should still be a regular subject in school are mildly irritating.

How else are you going to learn how to sign your name...? Yeah you can 'sign' something by just making a scribble like you're doing it for UPS, but ... am I missing something? ??? LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 01, 2020, 01:43:45 PM
Also, folks who think cursive should still be a regular subject in school are mildly irritating.

How else are you going to learn how to sign your name...? Yeah you can 'sign' something by just making a scribble like you're doing it for UPS, but ... am I missing something? ??? LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

I haven't used cursive to sign my name in probably 30-plus years.  For a while, my school teachers required that use cursive to take notes and turn things in.  As soon as that requirement was lifted, I stopped using cursive.  That said, my kids (18 and 16) learned cursive.  I haven't paid much attention to their signatures (even though I literally saw my daughter's signature on something last night), but I don't think either one of them has a strict cursive signature.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 01, 2020, 01:57:04 PM
Also, folks who think cursive should still be a regular subject in school are mildly irritating.

How else are you going to learn how to sign your name...? Yeah you can 'sign' something by just making a scribble like you're doing it for UPS, but ... am I missing something? ??? LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

I think cursive is a huge waste of time to learn, I wouldn't be the slightest bit upset if people just wrote their names in "not cursive" (what is that type of font called?  :lol)  Other than signing my name, I can't think of anytime I've used cursive and actually would totally struggle writing out Rizzuto in cursive since I totally forget many of the not often used letters.  Now a days there's a lot of digital signing so it's not as common as it used to be to even hand sign something, although it is definitely still common enough that it's not like its disappearing anytime soon.

(https://external-preview.redd.it/VyJ_e95-qoJCpBqd--MFNwhcxD_FVB58PnIijl7ej1c.png?auto=webp&s=f42841a7a4ab619f0e71491b6c64210808b087d0)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 01, 2020, 02:01:26 PM
I use cursive every opportunity I get. No lie.

I like to live dangerously.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 01, 2020, 02:01:49 PM
Well, what gets me is that cursive is better than print in every way except legibility if you're a sloppy writer. But it's faster, more efficient, and unlike printing, gives you a unique, distinctly 'you' form of identification. I can't imagine not being able to sign my own name in cursive. I know we use cards these days and lots of digital signing but it just seems like a fundamental thing we take for granted to the point of not even teaching it to our kids anymore. How many generations of humans grew up unable to read or write, and how many people fought for the right to learn how to do those things... and now we view it as a needless and pointless thing. I find that fascinating. Not judging at all, just honestly fascinated by it.

This post brought to you by The Spirit of Stadler, apparently.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 01, 2020, 02:09:44 PM
I use cursive both in Russian and English. Non-cursive English writing looks like something you would learn in the 3rd grade and then never move on from that. It's just so simplistic I guess. I probably say this because we learned standard print writing exactly in the 3rd grade though. :lol

Cursive is, in my opinion, as a non-native person to English language, is much more aesthetically pleasing to the eye unless whoever's using it seriously sucks at it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on September 01, 2020, 02:11:46 PM
Cursive is faster than printing, sure, but typing is faster than either. I don't think there's a need to write quickly by hand anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 01, 2020, 02:14:00 PM
I think some of my opinion stems from absolutely hating handwriting anything  :lol my handwriting is so poor and I became such a fan of taking notes on a laptop when that became a thing when I was in college.  Never looking back to physical notepads and hand writing everything.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 01, 2020, 02:14:36 PM
Cursive is faster than printing, sure, but typing is faster than either. I don't think there's a need to write quickly by hand anymore.

I wish I lived long enough to have this framed in my house for when our planet is struck by a gamma ray burst and nobody's printers operate and we can't even write our names anymore.

This is actually a great idea for a milquetoast dystopian novel. Thanks Shadow!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on September 01, 2020, 02:17:07 PM
We nearly got hit with a coronal mass ejection in 2012 I think. Astronomers monitor that though, I assume we'd just power everything down once we saw it coming.

I only took handwritten notes in my math oriented classes, but you can't write mathematical stuff in cursive anyway. I don't think, at least.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 01, 2020, 02:17:36 PM
For me, printing is actually a chore. I went to a catholic school growing up, and we learned cursive in second grade. It was required that we write in it through 8th grade, and not doing so would be an immediate failure on whatever the assignment was. Cursive is what my brain knows best.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 01, 2020, 02:26:31 PM
I don't recall being forced to write cursive other than the year we had to learn it (3rd grade maybe?) and for specific English class papers afterwards.  I think if maybe I were forced to do it more, I'd be more used to it and enjoy it more.  My handwriting was better with cursive due to the quick and swifter hand movements but I still hated it just as I hate all hand writing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: emtee on September 01, 2020, 02:41:25 PM
Facebook has become a microcosm of America. Two tribes spewing talking points...their versions of reality. It used to be a decent tool to keep in touch with distant family and friends. I'm going to hang on a little longer because I still get some occasional joy when I see a picture from an old friend, or hear of someone passing. Not sure how long though. The constant political posts are driving me slowly away.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dream Team on September 01, 2020, 02:53:12 PM
I own a cleaning business and make good money at it, so I can’t put this in the “pissed off” thread. But owning a cleaning business definitely reveals that the average person is an unmitigated asshole. Don’t wipe their feet, don’t have bathroom skills mastered, leave coffee stains on carpets everywhere. I mean these asswipes haven’t mastered DRINKING FROM A CUP, something 2-yr-olds can do.


BUT... having said all that, when those things happen, we try to take care of them promptly, not leave them for the cleaning service.  (By the way, do you come to Connecticut?)

Sorry, no. And we only do commercial, not residential. But the rest of your response is probably typical of most houses, I was referring to offices and their customers.  ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 01, 2020, 03:50:52 PM
Facebook

It's been nearly 10 years since I deleted my account and I think so little about it I forget it exists  :P

Then one of the 20 somethings at work will mention it and i'm like Oh Yeah facebook ... Wow people still use that ?


It's gonna go the way of MySpace i think. Something else will come along.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 01, 2020, 03:51:01 PM
Well, what gets me is that cursive is better than print in every way except legibility if you're a sloppy writer. But it's faster, more efficient, and unlike printing, gives you a unique, distinctly 'you' form of identification. I can't imagine not being able to sign my own name in cursive. I know we use cards these days and lots of digital signing but it just seems like a fundamental thing we take for granted to the point of not even teaching it to our kids anymore. How many generations of humans grew up unable to read or write, and how many people fought for the right to learn how to do those things... and now we view it as a needless and pointless thing. I find that fascinating. Not judging at all, just honestly fascinated by it.

This post brought to you by The Spirit of Stadler, apparently.

 :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 01, 2020, 04:27:41 PM
Facebook has become a microcosm of America. Two tribes spewing talking points...their versions of reality. It used to be a decent tool to keep in touch with distant family and friends. I'm going to hang on a little longer because I still get some occasional joy when I see a picture from an old friend, or hear of someone passing. Not sure how long though. The constant political posts are driving me slowly away.

It's all social media,  just not one.

Here's the thing.  Why can't people scroll on by? It's one owns fault getting sucked in. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: emtee on September 01, 2020, 04:30:49 PM
It's just that I read posts from friends and family that make me cringe. I do scroll by and never comment, but I think to myself..."I guess I didn't know this person as well as I thought."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 01, 2020, 04:39:36 PM
Well, what gets me is that cursive is better than print in every way except legibility if you're a sloppy writer. But it's faster, more efficient, and unlike printing, gives you a unique, distinctly 'you' form of identification. I can't imagine not being able to sign my own name in cursive. I know we use cards these days and lots of digital signing but it just seems like a fundamental thing we take for granted to the point of not even teaching it to our kids anymore. How many generations of humans grew up unable to read or write, and how many people fought for the right to learn how to do those things... and now we view it as a needless and pointless thing. I find that fascinating. Not judging at all, just honestly fascinated by it.

This post brought to you by The Spirit of Stadler, apparently.

 :tup

 :lol

I don't know. I don't see any parenthesis in that post. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 01, 2020, 04:58:20 PM
I use cursive every opportunity I get. No lie.

I like to live dangerously.

Nothing wrong with that.  Usually, when folks go wiggins on the demise of cursive, I ask if kids also ought to be taught calligraphy and hieroglyphics.


Well, what gets me is that cursive is better than print in every way except legibility if you're a sloppy writer. But it's faster, more efficient, and unlike printing, gives you a unique, distinctly 'you' form of identification. I can't imagine not being able to sign my own name in cursive. I know we use cards these days and lots of digital signing but it just seems like a fundamental thing we take for granted to the point of not even teaching it to our kids anymore. How many generations of humans grew up unable to read or write, and how many people fought for the right to learn how to do those things... and now we view it as a needless and pointless thing. I find that fascinating. Not judging at all, just honestly fascinated by it.

Hold on there.  Thinking cursive -- one of many FORMS of writing -- is pointless as a school subject is a far cry from "view[ing] [writing] as a needless and pointless thing."  I write things almost every day, and I can assure you that my manner of writing is far faster and more efficient than if I tried using cursive (although I'm sure that, if I had continued using cursive for the past 30 years, I'd be faster at it).  Cursive is only "faster [and] more efficient" if you practice it regularly, and the manner of writing that others use can be equally as fast/efficient, so I don't get that statement at all.  Other than speed, what is the objective standard by which cursive is "better than print in every way"?

Now THAT is a Stadleresque question!


Cursive is faster than printing, sure, but typing is faster than either. I don't think there's a need to write quickly by hand anymore.

This absolutism is no more valid than what Walrus wrote.  I'm sure there are some people for whom typing > cursive > non-cursive writing, but for others (like me), it's non-cursive writing > typing > cursive.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 01, 2020, 05:51:31 PM
Cursive is inherently faster because you hardly lift the pen from the page relative to print. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 02, 2020, 06:59:51 AM
I was thinking about this in the shower, and there is ONE advantage to writing as opposed to typing:  not everything need be the fastest possible.   If you're like me - that believes we've evolved technologically faster than all components of our brain can keep up - I think there's some inherent benefit to slowing things down.   There's also the fluidity of being able to "improvise"; I got my MBA about the time that laptops became prevalent at work, so most of my notes were on a screen; I look back at them now and they are woeful when compared to my law school or college notes, simply because it was a hassle to 'format' equations and non sequitors.   

My kids are a great contrast here:  my daughter - in college - opted for the iPad with the pen function, for that very reason.  She can write in her math equations and formulae and whatnot and not have to worry about "symbol this" and "wingding that".   My stepson - admittedly on the spectrum - is on a screen all the time.  He can't type in the traditional sense, but he's evolved a way to get into the computer what he needs.  But he's 12 now and his writing - cursive and non-cursive - is almost illegible.  It DOES hurt him.  He can't fill out forms.   He can't jot notes.   He can't fill out bank slips.   We're working on it, but it's one of a mountain of things we have to accomplish with him and it's... well, we're running out of time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 02, 2020, 11:03:13 AM
Cursive is inherently faster because you hardly lift the pen from the page relative to print.

Well...I suppose if you're 6 years old and are writing block letters and lift up the pen(cil) after every letter to inspect what you've done, then yes.  But otherwise, no, because (1) most of the lifting of pen(cil) from paper occurs between words, which happens with cursive as well, (2) you seem to be assuming that all non-cursive writing involves not connecting letters, and (3) it's not like I'm lifting the pen(cil) off the page by six inches.  It only comes off the page by a millimeter or two.  Maybe if you're handwriting a 10-page letter, you might save a minute or two with cursive versus non-cursive, but who does that anymore?  Most of my writing consists of notes that I leave for family members or notes that I take at work while I'm on the phone or in a meeting, and the work notes are almost always solely for my benefit (or I type them into electronic files since we're "paperless").
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 02, 2020, 11:24:32 AM
There's a whole lot of assuming going on there. But, cursive is literally faster than print via rhythmic motion and fluid connectivity.

I'm not saying one way is objectively better but I find it confusing that this is up for debate. If you aren't good at cursive then yes it's probably cumbersome but unless you're really ornate or bad at cursive I don't get how print is faster.

FWIW, I use a combination of both print and cursive. I don't think I've ever written a cursive capital Q outside of the classroom in which I learned it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 02, 2020, 11:25:52 AM
Maybe if you're handwriting a 10-page letter, you might save a minute or two with cursive versus non-cursive, but who does that anymore?

Uh... Here are (admittedly, in cyrillic cursive) my D&D notes. :lol

(https://s8.hostingkartinok.com/uploads/images/2020/09/1f22355c8bd6fd02392aaaffda30cd52.jpg)

(https://s8.hostingkartinok.com/uploads/images/2020/09/c012564714eb43e7b401c715182184a4.jpg)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 02, 2020, 11:35:07 AM
Back to the actual thread purpose: got a cappuchino in a small coffee shop I frequent. Apparently they had a sweet milk instead of the usual one or perhaps the new barista just added sugar without asking me. I didn't really mind it at first but it was sweet as hell, and at the same time it was so not what I was expecting I ended up being more and more irritated as I drank it.

It's probably on me as well as on her, gotta specify I don't want any sugar next time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 02, 2020, 11:39:15 AM
The milk could have been going rancid. I've had that happen a number of times when making it at home.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 02, 2020, 11:44:37 AM
The milk could have been going rancid. I've had that happen a number of times when making it at home.

Oh. Will I get the shits tomorrow if that was the case? :lol Because it totally sounds like I will.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 02, 2020, 11:52:23 AM
Maybe if you're handwriting a 10-page letter, you might save a minute or two with cursive versus non-cursive, but who does that anymore?

Uh... Here are (admittedly, in cyrillic cursive) my D&D notes. :lol

(https://s8.hostingkartinok.com/uploads/images/2020/09/1f22355c8bd6fd02392aaaffda30cd52.jpg)

(https://s8.hostingkartinok.com/uploads/images/2020/09/c012564714eb43e7b401c715182184a4.jpg)

Dude, I love your writing.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: New World Rushman on September 02, 2020, 12:27:03 PM
Back to the cursive thing for a minute; I never use it. I write in print with all caps. If a word needs to be capitalized (proper noun, etc.) I just make the first capital letter taller.

I never had neat handwriting as a kid, my cursive looked sloppy, shaky, and crooked, I never had good grades in penmanship (do they even grade for penmanship anymore?). Even now, my signature looks more like an EKG printout than actual letters.

From the bottom-left example below, that is almost exactly how I sign my first name, with the first vertical being the "R", the second is the "b", and the third the "t" in Robert, with some unrecognizable scribble in between.

(https://i.etsystatic.com/6865686/r/il/7ed665/549244385/il_794xN.549244385_fzop.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 02, 2020, 01:02:01 PM
Back to the cursive thing for a minute; I never use it. I write in print with all caps. If a word needs to be capitalized (proper noun, etc.) I just make the first capital letter taller.

I never had neat handwriting as a kid, my cursive looked sloppy, shaky, and crooked, I never had good grades in penmanship (do they even grade for penmanship anymore?). Even now, my signature looks more like an EKG printout than actual letters.

From the bottom-left example below, that is almost exactly how I sign my first name, with the first vertical being the "R", the second is the "b", and the third the "t" in Robert, with some unrecognizable scribble in between.

(https://i.etsystatic.com/6865686/r/il/7ed665/549244385/il_794xN.549244385_fzop.jpg)

It's funny, because the bottom left could actually be "New World Man".  :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 02, 2020, 01:07:14 PM
There's a whole lot of assuming going on there. But, cursive is literally faster than print via rhythmic motion and fluid connectivity.

I'm not saying one way is objectively better but I find it confusing that this is up for debate. If you aren't good at cursive then yes it's probably cumbersome but unless you're really ornate or bad at cursive I don't get how print is faster.

You keep saying this like it's an established, objective fact, but it simply isn't (WildRanger?).  And yeah, after 30+ years of not using it, I'd probably be really bad and ultra-slow if I tried using cursive.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 02, 2020, 01:30:09 PM
There's a whole lot of assuming going on there. But, cursive is literally faster than print via rhythmic motion and fluid connectivity.

I'm not saying one way is objectively better but I find it confusing that this is up for debate. If you aren't good at cursive then yes it's probably cumbersome but unless you're really ornate or bad at cursive I don't get how print is faster.

You keep saying this like it's an established, objective fact, but it simply isn't (WildRanger?).  And yeah, after 30+ years of not using it, I'd probably be really bad and ultra-slow if I tried using cursive.

:lol I mean, the difference is almost inconsequential. But I just sat here for five minutes writing random words in cursive and in print and the fluidity with which I can write in cursive proves (from my experience throughout life) that joining the letters in (mostly) one fluid motion is, surprisingly, faster than lifting the utensil for each motion.

It's really not a big deal but I do firmly believe cursive is faster so nana nana boo boo  :loser: :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 02, 2020, 01:32:19 PM
Some have seen my cursive writing here and they've tried to stab their eyes with a fork.  My penmanship is that bad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 02, 2020, 01:34:15 PM
When you are looking for a street sign, and end up passing it because it was obscured by trees/branches. I know it would take the city paying 16 union landscapers a full 8 hour day to come out and trim a branch, but damn, those signs are only valuable if they are visible.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 02, 2020, 03:11:42 PM
When you are looking for a street sign, and end up passing it because it was obscured by trees/branches. I know it would take the city paying 16 union landscapers a full 8 hour day to come out and trim a branch, but damn, those signs are only valuable if they are visible.

I can't stand that.  The residential streets where I live and nearby often have the sign on only one of the four corners, and it always seems to be the last one you check AND obscured by some sort of foliage or shrubbery.


:lol I mean, the difference is almost inconsequential. But I just sat here for five minutes writing random words in cursive and in print and the fluidity with which I can write in cursive proves (from my experience throughout life) that joining the letters in (mostly) one fluid motion is, surprisingly, faster than lifting the utensil for each motion.

It's really not a big deal but I do firmly believe cursive is faster so nana nana boo boo  :loser: :lol

I don't doubt that your cursive is faster than your non-cursive, but I can assure you it's the other way around for me.  If I ever have the pleasure to meet you, come with a page of printed text, and we'll match your cursive against my non-cursive for a beverage of the winner's choosing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 02, 2020, 03:20:09 PM
:lol I mean, the difference is almost inconsequential. But I just sat here for five minutes writing random words in cursive and in print and the fluidity with which I can write in cursive proves (from my experience throughout life) that joining the letters in (mostly) one fluid motion is, surprisingly, faster than lifting the utensil for each motion.

It's really not a big deal but I do firmly believe cursive is faster so nana nana boo boo  :loser: :lol

I don't doubt that your cursive is faster than your non-cursive, but I can assure you it's the other way around for me.  If I ever have the pleasure to meet you, come with a page of printed text, and we'll match your cursive against my non-cursive for a beverage of the winner's choosing.

(https://media2.giphy.com/media/YMRRholwSVKknsh6pJ/giphy.gif)

WE GOT OURSELVES A DTF WRITE OFF!!  :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 02, 2020, 03:57:10 PM
:lol I mean, the difference is almost inconsequential. But I just sat here for five minutes writing random words in cursive and in print and the fluidity with which I can write in cursive proves (from my experience throughout life) that joining the letters in (mostly) one fluid motion is, surprisingly, faster than lifting the utensil for each motion.

It's really not a big deal but I do firmly believe cursive is faster so nana nana boo boo  :loser: :lol

I don't doubt that your cursive is faster than your non-cursive, but I can assure you it's the other way around for me.  If I ever have the pleasure to meet you, come with a page of printed text, and we'll match your cursive against my non-cursive for a beverage of the winner's choosing.

Now that sounds like fun. Game on. Fountain pens at dawn, mofo!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 02, 2020, 04:25:03 PM
As they say, the penis mightier.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 02, 2020, 04:27:58 PM
As they say, the penis mightier.

In Houston they say that?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 02, 2020, 04:30:44 PM
As they say, the penis mightier.

In Houston they say that?

I believe Gandolf said it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 02, 2020, 04:36:58 PM
Who's Gandolph?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 02, 2020, 04:42:34 PM
Gandalf*

Nerd.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 02, 2020, 04:44:35 PM
Gandalph is a nerd?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 02, 2020, 05:03:08 PM
Willie Randolph played second base for the Yankees.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 02, 2020, 05:09:04 PM
Rudolph led Santa's sleigh.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 02, 2020, 05:27:07 PM
I hear TAC's posts as an old man in a weary voice.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 02, 2020, 05:58:38 PM
I read the last several posts like Statler and Waldorf but Stadler's post is like Will Ferrell's Harry Caray.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 02, 2020, 06:10:19 PM
I hear TAC's posts as an old man in a weary voice.

I'm busted.

(https://st2.depositphotos.com/4307987/6430/v/600/depositphotos_64309313-stock-video-old-man-with-computer.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 03, 2020, 07:35:38 AM
I read the last several posts like Statler and Waldorf but Stadler's post is like Will Ferrell's Harry Caray.

That's actually where my screen name came from; I spelled it wrong and picked the tall thin one (as opposed to the shorter, more robust one that more resembles me) but that's it in a nutshell. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 03, 2020, 07:39:01 AM
I read the last several posts like Statler and Waldorf but Stadler's post is like Will Ferrell's Harry Caray.

That's actually where my screen name came from; I spelled it wrong and picked the tall thin one (as opposed to the shorter, more robust one that more resembles me) but that's it in a nutshell.

But Stadler is spelled nothing like Harry Caray.

(I'm kidding, I'm picking up what you're laying down. :) )
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on September 03, 2020, 07:40:55 AM
I read the last several posts like Statler and Waldorf but Stadler's post is like Will Ferrell's Harry Caray.

That's actually where my screen name came from; I spelled it wrong and picked the tall thin one (as opposed to the shorter, more robust one that more resembles me) but that's it in a nutshell.

That explains so much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 03, 2020, 07:41:13 AM
Will Ferrell's Harry Caray is my all time favorite bit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on September 03, 2020, 08:25:02 AM
I read the last several posts like Statler and Waldorf but Stadler's post is like Will Ferrell's Harry Caray.

That's actually where my screen name came from; I spelled it wrong and picked the tall thin one (as opposed to the shorter, more robust one that more resembles me) but that's it in a nutshell.

Now, that's all I'm gonna imagine when I see your posts in the  political thread.  :lol

Peacock feathered Pens for the Write Off?...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 03, 2020, 09:41:52 AM
:lol I mean, the difference is almost inconsequential. But I just sat here for five minutes writing random words in cursive and in print and the fluidity with which I can write in cursive proves (from my experience throughout life) that joining the letters in (mostly) one fluid motion is, surprisingly, faster than lifting the utensil for each motion.

It's really not a big deal but I do firmly believe cursive is faster so nana nana boo boo  :loser: :lol

I don't doubt that your cursive is faster than your non-cursive, but I can assure you it's the other way around for me.  If I ever have the pleasure to meet you, come with a page of printed text, and we'll match your cursive against my non-cursive for a beverage of the winner's choosing.

Now that sounds like fun. Game on. Fountain pens at dawn, mofo!  :lol

Can we agree that duels are dumb and immature?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 03, 2020, 10:04:27 AM
Willie Randolph played second base for the Yankees.

I hear TAC's posts as an old man in a weary voice.

".........Rosebud!........"

Willie Randolph Hearst
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 03, 2020, 10:06:25 AM
The milk could have been going rancid. I've had that happen a number of times when making it at home.

Oh. Will I get the shits tomorrow if that was the case? :lol Because it totally sounds like I will.

She could’ve wrote the instructions down in cursive.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 03, 2020, 10:36:36 AM
:lol I mean, the difference is almost inconsequential. But I just sat here for five minutes writing random words in cursive and in print and the fluidity with which I can write in cursive proves (from my experience throughout life) that joining the letters in (mostly) one fluid motion is, surprisingly, faster than lifting the utensil for each motion.

It's really not a big deal but I do firmly believe cursive is faster so nana nana boo boo  :loser: :lol

I don't doubt that your cursive is faster than your non-cursive, but I can assure you it's the other way around for me.  If I ever have the pleasure to meet you, come with a page of printed text, and we'll match your cursive against my non-cursive for a beverage of the winner's choosing.

Now that sounds like fun. Game on. Fountain pens at dawn, mofo!  :lol

Can we agree that duels are dumb and immature?

I was just making fun...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 03, 2020, 10:55:02 AM
:lol I mean, the difference is almost inconsequential. But I just sat here for five minutes writing random words in cursive and in print and the fluidity with which I can write in cursive proves (from my experience throughout life) that joining the letters in (mostly) one fluid motion is, surprisingly, faster than lifting the utensil for each motion.

It's really not a big deal but I do firmly believe cursive is faster so nana nana boo boo  :loser: :lol

I don't doubt that your cursive is faster than your non-cursive, but I can assure you it's the other way around for me.  If I ever have the pleasure to meet you, come with a page of printed text, and we'll match your cursive against my non-cursive for a beverage of the winner's choosing.

Now that sounds like fun. Game on. Fountain pens at dawn, mofo!  :lol

Can we agree that duels are dumb and immature?

I was just making fun...

So was I.  :biggrin:  It's a song lyric:

Quote
BURR:
Can we agree that duels are dumb and immature?

HAMILTON:
Sure
But your man has to answer for his words, Burr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf_26odWbVE
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: faizoff on September 03, 2020, 10:56:16 AM
Damn it bosk, I was just about to reply with the following line.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 03, 2020, 11:08:02 AM
:tup

It's impossible to avoid those songs around my house.  My kids are constantly dropping the lyrics in response to...pretty much anything you say to them.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 03, 2020, 11:08:17 AM
The milk could have been going rancid. I've had that happen a number of times when making it at home.

Oh. Will I get the shits tomorrow if that was the case? :lol Because it totally sounds like I will.

She could’ve wrote the instructions down in cursive.

:lol

I didn't get the shits today so I guess she just added sugar for some reason.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 03, 2020, 11:11:16 AM
Katt, can I be your second?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: faizoff on September 03, 2020, 11:28:41 AM
:tup

It's impossible to avoid those songs around my house.  My kids are constantly dropping the lyrics in response to...pretty much anything you say to them.  :lol

My 5 year old is like that. Anytime there is a countdown, she'll do it the Ten Duel Commandments way. She's got a good portion of the songs down as well.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 03, 2020, 11:52:48 AM
Katt, can I be your second?

I got dibs on Stadler.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 03, 2020, 11:54:40 AM
Katt, can I be your second?

Why, me oh my, I'm simply flattered.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 03, 2020, 11:59:49 AM
I don't know if this is going to make complete sense, but here goes.

Coming out of my neighborhood to get on the freeway in the morning, I turn right off of a street I'll call Pine onto another street I'll call Main Street.  Pine has three lanes that turn onto Main.  The #1 lane (leftmost lane) turns left to go north on main, while the #2 and #3 lanes turn right to go south toward the freeway.  When you turn right, you hit a left turn onto another street (I'll call it Oak) in less than a quarter mile, and then the northbound freeway offramp is almost immediately after that on the left, and the southbound onramp is another few hundred yards (also on the left).  Main street has three lanes in each direction.

The thing that irritates me is that folks are constantly turning right off of Pine onto Main Street from the #3 lane and then trying immediately to move to the left in order to turn left onto Oak or get on the freeway.  The seem to get upset when folks like me turn right from the #2 lane (i.e., the correct fucking lane!) and are, hence, in their way as they try to cut to the left on Main Street.  These folks can go FOAD!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 03, 2020, 12:03:37 PM
Now we just need a doctor...  :justjen
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 03, 2020, 12:30:14 PM
Well, now this thread has gone and got me watching Hamilton while I'm working today.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 03, 2020, 12:37:42 PM
Well, now this thread has gone and got me watching Hamilton while I'm working today.  :)


Way to go Hamilton.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 03, 2020, 12:58:57 PM
The songs Chad sent me in my last roulette were well made and all but the pronounced theatrics and enunciation with rapping is unbearably corny to me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 03, 2020, 01:04:46 PM
I hear you.  I heard a couple of songs before I saw it, and thought, "Yeah, ok.  Not bad, but nothing special, and nothing I would gravitate toward."  And first time I started watching it, it wasn't until pretty deep into Act 1 that I started to change my mind.  I think you have to see them performed, and see the entire story in context for them to really hit you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 03, 2020, 01:07:15 PM
Well, now this thread has gone and got me watching Hamilton while I'm working today.  :)

(https://i.imgflip.com/1rptwv.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 03, 2020, 01:09:09 PM
I hear you.  I heard a couple of songs before I saw it, and thought, "Yeah, ok.  Not bad, but nothing special, and nothing I would gravitate toward."  And first time I started watching it, it wasn't until pretty deep into Act 1 that I started to change my mind.  I think you have to see them performed, and see the entire story in context for them to really hit you.

I saw it (without ever having heard any of the songs) and thought it was just fine and couldn't understand what all the fuss was about.  Discussed in more detail here:  https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=45011.0
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: faizoff on September 03, 2020, 01:11:00 PM
I hear you.  I heard a couple of songs before I saw it, and thought, "Yeah, ok.  Not bad, but nothing special, and nothing I would gravitate toward."  And first time I started watching it, it wasn't until pretty deep into Act 1 that I started to change my mind.  I think you have to see them performed, and see the entire story in context for them to really hit you.

Yeah I think that is the key, I watched the touring show before even hearing a single note of the songs. The soundtrack is one of my all time favorites, but I don't think it would've been if I heard it before watching the show.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on September 03, 2020, 01:16:19 PM
I find Hamilton mildly annoying because now everyone knows my fun fact about the duel between Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 03, 2020, 01:17:00 PM
I hear you.  I heard a couple of songs before I saw it, and thought, "Yeah, ok.  Not bad, but nothing special, and nothing I would gravitate toward."  And first time I started watching it, it wasn't until pretty deep into Act 1 that I started to change my mind.  I think you have to see them performed, and see the entire story in context for them to really hit you.

I think you're exactly right.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 03, 2020, 01:20:27 PM
As far as musicals go, The Book of Mormon > Hamilton
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: faizoff on September 03, 2020, 01:22:12 PM
I find Hamilton mildly annoying because now everyone knows my fun fact about the duel between Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

Haha cool fact I learned back on Drunk history when they had just started back in 2007 or 2008? I even went to the birth place in the island of Nevis. Plus I saw his grave in NYC back in 2011 I think it was, way before the show and oddly knew much about Hamilton more than any of my peers.

When I first heard about the show, I was like oh I already know how this ends.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 03, 2020, 02:51:33 PM
If Hamilton did anything, it was reinforce to me how out of touch I am with the zeitgeist.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 03, 2020, 03:14:11 PM
I find Hamilton mildly annoying because now everyone knows my fun fact about the duel between Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

You mean that the duel happened?  Didn't most folks (educated in the U.S.) learn that in elementary school?


As far as musicals go, The Book of Mormon > Hamilton

I've never seen BoM, but for me:  Les Miserables >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wicked >> Phantom of the Opera >> Be More Chill >> Hamilton >> Dear Evan Hansen.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 03, 2020, 03:46:20 PM
Never saw Wicked, but I wanted to.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 03, 2020, 03:48:03 PM
Never saw Wicked, but I wanted to.

I saw it live in Chicago I think in 2008 and it was really good. Definitely the best musical I've seen live in person. Defying Gravity was hype.

The Les Mis film from some years ago with Anne Hathaway is amazing imo. Actually just watched that over the weekend - still holds up. Always wanted to read the book but it's a proper tome.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 03, 2020, 04:39:14 PM
I saw the second run after the original run in NY in Boston I think in 96.  It was an amazing show.  My wife was in heaven.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 03, 2020, 05:41:14 PM
When you see threads ( anywhere ) asking things like

" What's the worst album / movie of all time ? "

And you already know - it won't be all people nominating an album or film they genuinely think is the worst one ever made -

- but instead it's " Name a successful film / album people love which you're gonna trash for no reason other than it's popular "
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 03, 2020, 09:37:31 PM
Katt, can I be your second?

He will never be satisfied.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 04, 2020, 05:46:38 AM

" What's the worst movie of all time ? "


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 04, 2020, 05:48:06 AM
Not whilst The Room or Mask 2 or Ryan's Babe exist.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 04, 2020, 07:26:31 AM
Not whilst The Room or Mask 2 or Ryan's Babe exist.

I only know of this thanks to RedLetterMedia and it's hilariously bad.

The worst movie I have ever seen, and possibly ever made, worse than Trolls 2 or Manos: The Hands of Fate, is Heartbeeps. Or maybe Howard the Duck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 04, 2020, 07:29:21 AM

" What's the worst movie of all time ? "


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Actually, TCCoBB is the second worst. Weekend At Bernie's 2 is easily the worst.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 04, 2020, 07:47:19 AM
Never saw Wicked, but I wanted to.

I saw it live in Chicago I think in 2008 and it was really good. Definitely the best musical I've seen live in person. Defying Gravity was hype.

The Les Mis film from some years ago with Anne Hathaway is amazing imo. Actually just watched that over the weekend - still holds up. Always wanted to read the book but it's a proper tome.

I loved that Les Mis film.   At the beginning, with Russell Crowe badly singing "I am 9-2-5-6-2-5-6-4-2-3-1-56-7-7-3-w-d-40!" I feared the worst, but by the end I was captivated.   Still prefer musicals in the theater though.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 04, 2020, 10:02:57 AM
Never saw Wicked, but I wanted to.

I saw it live in Chicago I think in 2008 and it was really good. Definitely the best musical I've seen live in person. Defying Gravity was hype.

The Les Mis film from some years ago with Anne Hathaway is amazing imo. Actually just watched that over the weekend - still holds up. Always wanted to read the book but it's a proper tome.

I was surprised that I liked Wicked as much as I did.

Regarding reading Les Mis:  The reason I first saw Les Mis is because of my sister.  She had previously seen the show and probably had read the book more than once.  She told me that, having read the book, she was very skeptical about a Broadway show, but she said the show is faithful to the book.  HOWEVER, she said there is a very long (i.e., a couple hundred pages) middle section about the Napoleonic wars that has almost nothing to do with the main plot.  When I expressed some interest in reading the book (which I never did), she recommended finding an abridged version.



" What's the worst movie of all time ? "


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Actually, TCCoBB is the second worst. Weekend At Bernie's 2 is easily the worst.

I've never seen either of those movies, but the worst movie of all time is a 1991 Sylvester Stallone movie (also starring Marisa Tomei and Tim Curry) called Oscar.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jammindude on September 04, 2020, 10:19:26 AM
 I don’t know man. My wife and I’ve also been watching MST3K lately, and I would nominate any one of the three Coleman Francis films as being the worst movies of all time. That guys filmmaking makes Ed Wood look like an Oscar nominee.

 But if we’re talking about worst movies of all time that we’re actually made as A-list movies, my nomination would be for eyes wide shut. That movie just actively pissed me off.  It seemed like nothing happened at all for the first 2/3 of the movie, then you suddenly started developing a plot that was actually mildly interesting, and then the movie just ends without any resolution whatsoever. Horrible flick.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on September 05, 2020, 07:35:34 AM
I don’t know man. My wife and I’ve also been watching MST3K lately, and I would nominate any one of the three Coleman Francis films as being the worst movies of all time. That guys filmmaking makes Ed Wood look like an Oscar nominee.

 But if we’re talking about worst movies of all time that we’re actually made as A-list movies, my nomination would be for eyes wide shut. That movie just actively pissed me off.  It seemed like nothing happened at all for the first 2/3 of the movie, then you suddenly started developing a plot that was actually mildly interesting, and then the movie just ends without any resolution whatsoever. Horrible flick.

Doesn't help Stanley Kubrick died while making the film. I'm sure it had a lot more that got cut or changed entirely.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 06, 2020, 03:17:08 PM
Dudebros at work who think everyone is super mega impressed with their stories of how "wasted" they were at the weekend.

Or Dudebros who - any story they are telling ends with how wasted they were.

That or Dudebros telling everyone at work who they "nailed" at the weekend etc etc.

Why The Ever Loving Fuck Do I Give A Shit ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 06, 2020, 03:19:23 PM
Dudebros at work who think everyone is super mega impressed with their stories of how "wasted" they were at the weekend.

Or Dudebros who - any story they are telling ends with how wasted they were.

That or Dudebros telling everyone at work who they "nailed" at the weekend etc etc.

Why The Ever Loving Fuck Do I Give A Shit ?

You're not a Dudebro thats why.  But yea, no one cares how drunk you got, those stories got old before the end of high school.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 07, 2020, 09:39:02 PM
When my wife drives us someplace, and I am expected to be co-pilot. When she looks before changing lanes, I get an indignant "Are you going to help me or what?" You got 2 eyes, a neck, a rearview mirror, a side mirror, and a side mirror camera. How do you change lanes when you are driving by yourself?

I had a double-dose of co-piloting failure today.

She was driving and we came to a fork in the road with a HUGE SIGN clearly illustrating where each path will lead. She panicked when she saw it, called out "WHICH WAY DO I GO?!" and when I told her the right one, I mentioned that I thought she would have saw the HUGE SIGN. She said she was focusing on the road and the other cars, and that I would have seen it sooner than her anyway.

Later, when she came to a turn she missed because neither of us saw it soon enough (we were taking a route we have never taken before - because she missed the off-ramp, one that also had a HUGE SIGN), I got chastised for not letting her about the turn know sooner. "You used to live around here," she declares. So now I am also expected to know every single street, turn, stoplight, yield sign, and every other road feature in any town I have ever lived in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 08, 2020, 07:36:56 AM
It's always your fault, Chris.  I thought you were married long enough to have had that sink in by now?  :) :) :)

Okay, mine for the day:  the local school system.   I'm a pragmatist; the hybrid system is what it is, and it's not going to be perfect, we know that.  BUT... I've been a project manager enough in my career to know that something WILL go wrong, but you CAN plan and account for those things you DO control.    If weather comes, or the internet is out, so be it; can't plan for that.  But it's inexcusable to not have the right tools on the job or the right personnel.  So... they give us a school-issued iPad for use.  They give it on FRIDAY before the holiday weekend, with school starting Tuesday.   That leaves all of about three hours (during normal business hours) for tech help, out of the roughly 84 hours we have to get this going.   To her credit, my wife spent time on Saturday getting it set up (you had to register the iPad, sign in to the school, Apple AND Microsoft, then get the apps and programs downloaded).  She's not an Apple girl, and I was off getting so fucking wasted and banging waitresses this Saturday (Kotowboy, that's for you!) so it didn't happen until Monday that I could do it.  I reset that friggin' iPad three times, and actually gave up on the fourth, until I had a bright idea while in the shower (some of the apps required the iPad to be plugged in to download and install!).   

The documentation from the school was average at best.  There was one video that walked through the process, but both the text and the video had material differences in the loadout (perhaps differences between schools?) that I'm lucky I had some intuitive idea on or I'd be sunk.  I'm sensitive to fam and all that, but you think for the two days of the weekend they could have had a professional on-call to help?  Give them a week off in exchange (it's not like this was a standard Labor Day to begin with).  My kid is on the spectrum, so it's the little things; Second Period Science didn't load onto the schedule and he was freaking out ("They're going to mark me as absent!").  I don't know; I don't demand perfection on any level, but I don't think it's unreasonable to anticipate that at least SOME of the 5500 projected students would have some trouble getting connected and feeling a part of the group this first day of school.

(And not for nothing, if you go on the E------ Public School website, this is the opening header:  "Enfield Public Schools is dedicated to our students. We are heartbroken over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless other Black lives unjustifiably lost. We understand that many of our students, especially our Black students, are justifiably hurt, confused, scared, and angered about these deaths and the subsequent protests that continue throughout the country. While we cannot meet in school right now, we emphasize that Enfield Public Schools stands with all our students, and we will provide you with opportunities for discussion and counseling."     

And almost halfway down the page:   "We are aware of the login issues with many of our new users and are working feverishly to resolve. Please be patient and try to enjoy your last weekend of the summer. You may want to attempt logins late Saturday or Sunday. We will resume responding to emails on Tuesday.  In the meantime you can go to office.com and login with your student's credentials and download all of the Office products free of charge to install on your home computer.")   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 08, 2020, 07:40:39 AM
^^ You edited out the school name the first time but not the second :)

That sounds nightmarish, Stads. What a clusterf@&$.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 08, 2020, 07:48:52 AM
HAHA.  So much for discretion!    :)

I went up about half an hour ago, and my kid is beside himself with anxiety.  He's tough anyway when there's not order or predictability, but it's bad today.  My wife and I are going to trade shifts sitting with him through the day. 

I get it's hard for everyone, but it shouldn't be like THIS.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on September 08, 2020, 07:52:36 AM
I've been saying too. How can the schools not have trained the teachers either. My nieces Teachers, have told my mom that it may take a while because they're figuring out stuff too.

It's like, Why would you just throw this onto everyone expecting them to know everything about using Live Video, especially the older teachers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 11, 2020, 01:51:56 PM
Dating. Ugh... Just the thought of it makes me exhausted. Gonna try to summarize as part of the venting process and not to get too wordy but it'll probably be long anyway. Feel free to not pay attention to this.

Rural town of 13k people, nothing really going on here, the kind of place where people get married and have kids right after high school (or during...). College... some people go to the nearby university, some go to community college (like me), some people just don't go at all and most of them live just fine. It's a whole other world from city life or even suburbs. But I spent my 20s single, right after my 21st birthday. Had some flings, occasionally attracted to people, but nothing that ever hit me like my last serious relationship. Feels like "been there, done that" as far as loving someone, so on one hand I'd love to share time and experiences and personal thoughts/discussions with someone... on the other, I feel like what's the point. I'll be 30 in January. Around here, that's like signing off on your 'forever alone' card.

So I had some conversations with some of my best female friends and we came to the conclusion that I should try online dating just to see who's out there. But there's a whole mess of problems there, one of which is that I need some photos of myself but I just don't think I take good photos. I've had ladies compliment my appearance, my guy friends bust my balls over my beard and hair and general "metalhead look", and my poor self image (super self conscious about every part of my body), it's a disaster right from the start because I can't find or take any photos where I think, damn, I look at least okay. Always finding something about myself to hate. It doesn't help that I feel and look horribly uncomfortable in stuff like dress shirts and button downs and stylish clothing, with my metalhead look (which I LIKE, I LOVE my beard and my hair, and other people seem to, as well).

And on top of all that, my hobbies are all solitary. I grew up learning to entertain myself, spending summer vacations alone, even when my siblings were around 'cause they'd be playing with their friends. So now I'm going to be 30 soon and I just don't know how to interact with women without becoming someone that I'm not. Hell I can't be around my best friends for more than a couple of hours without needing to go home to recharge my batteries, so to speak.

I don't want to be lonely, but I want someone who understands introversion and the strong need - not want - to have a lot of alone time. And I feel like not many of those people are in the dating realm, because they feel just like I do.

Just had to get that off my chest. I don't mind being single forever... I have a piano, I have my means of entertaining myself and staying intellectually stimulated... but it sucks thinking there's something wrong with you while almost literally everybody else you've grown up with has found someone to be with, even in this small town we've never left. I'm not even picky about women... it just feels like I'm an outcast. Sometimes I think, jeeze, why can't I just like cars and football and Bud Light like every other guy around here... why do I have to like prog and power metal, nerdy shit like Lord of the Rings, be a pianist, be a guy who isn't exactly a 'tool guy'... y'know?

Wow if anybody read that I'm sorry but at least it feels better screaming into the void. At least I haven't resorted to doing cocaine with shady women every week like some friends of mine. :lol

BTW if anyone's curious, this is me (https://i.imgur.com/xxz3g0Q.jpg), second from the left, with the blue shoes. Hanging with the guys from Labyrinth at ProgPower in 2018.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 11, 2020, 02:50:54 PM
I think the looks are all in your head, if youve got some lady friends, I'd say listen to them about what pictures are good to use.  I don't see anything wrong with that Labrynth pic for example, it's you in your natural habitat of the metal community and you look fine.  If someone isn't into the hair, so be it, they aren't for you then.

I should say there is almost definitely someone out there that meets what you are looking for, but you'll never find that person if you don't try.  And if you are worried about not knowing what you are doing or how to date, that takes practice, something you won't figure out until you start doing it. 

Feels like a lonely hearts post, and I feel I may be contributing to that thread soon enough.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 11, 2020, 02:52:55 PM
Ah poo I forgot all about that thread. Sorry folks.  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on September 11, 2020, 02:53:16 PM
Walrus - look at the bright side - At least you don't have teeth like that of your Sig Pic. Now THAT would be a real problem.  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on September 11, 2020, 03:40:06 PM
Hope this helps coming from another dude, but you're a damn good looking dude man. I battled with self image issues most my life too. But objectively here man, you good looking dude. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 11, 2020, 03:45:33 PM
I agree with everything Cram said.  (and the metalhead look, complete with beard, is rad--and more importantly, it's you)  Honestly, while I have always felt that "online dating" is a bit weird, it is probably the perfect way of finding someone that fits your personality.  As you put it, you NEED someone who understands and is respectful of introversion.  And there just aren't as many that do as those that don't, so the tricky thing is how to find them.  From everything I have heard about online dating, that probably gives you your best shot at finding a match in that department.

I will also point out that I have a friend I used to work with (who, coincidentally, looks a lot like you and is a metalhead), who is in a great married relationship, but with the roles reversed.  He is pretty extroverted, and his wife is a complete introvert, to the point where she can handle company or crowds in only limited doses and then HAS TO get away and be alone to recharge.  But he completely gets that and knows what she needs.  And because of that, it works, and seems very fulfilling for the two of them.  From her end, my understanding is that she gets to fulfill her need to be alone, but also her need to not be lonely.  A lot of people don't get that those are BOTH legitimate needs that are not necessarily at odds with one another.

Anyhow, I feel like I'm rambling and not really saying anything, but hopefully that was helpful.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 11, 2020, 03:52:19 PM
Walrus - look at the bright side - At least you don't have teeth like that of your Sig Pic. Now THAT would be a real problem.  ;D

 :lol !!

Thanks folks... I appreciate the encouragement. At least I'm off work now so I can ruminate on this over the weekend, figure out where to go from here. Hanging out with said girlfriends tomorrow, so, should be fun as long as they don't try to braid my hair again. Bosk, you're absolutely right, it's how to find them that's crazy hard. And especially in the Dark Age of COVID, I guess online dating is the best.

I guess there's a site called Bumble where the women have to make the first move. Man, that is perfect. Might try that.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 11, 2020, 04:42:23 PM
Walrus...I feel where you're coming from.  I always hated dating.  Or, I should say that I hated that initial approach.  I had a near-paralyzing fear of rejection, so I almost never made the first move.  I remember once making eyes at a girl in a club, and she was reciprocating in a way that would have said to anyone, "come talk to me; I'm interested."  It took a huge amount of persuading by my friend to get me to go talk to her, and she later mentioned she thought it was weird that it took me so long.

Anyway...27 years ago, I met my now wife online.  At one point, we were separated and I met two other semi-serious girlfriends online.  If I had to do it over again, I would probably never do it any other way.  Hope that helps some.

P.S.  Your picture reminds me of James Lomenzo, formerly of White Lion and Megadeth (whom I only know because he was on season 21 of The Amazing Race).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on September 11, 2020, 07:11:46 PM
27 years ago there were dating sites online? In 1993?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 11, 2020, 07:25:49 PM
He didn’t say “dating sites”. Online was certainly a thing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 11, 2020, 07:44:59 PM
Not sure if it's irritating, but I'm going to put it here...

I just saw a commercial for the Avengers movie, Age Of Ultron. I'm not against superhero movies. It doesn't necessarily interest me, but I certainly don't have an issue with them. Except for this...

The special effects in this ad were so cringeworthingly bad. I mean, I'm sure who ever is responsible is very talented, and I'm sure it's expensive. But if it looks fake as hell, what's the use? It's like they don't even try and hide how fake it looks. I'm sorry, but I just can't attach myself to a story with that type of imagery,

Last year, I sat diagonally behind some guy on a plane that was watching one of these types of movies. It had a large purple guy. The scenes were so bad.  I think I've ranted about this before but give me this anyday...These guys knew special effects..

(https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/idW1uy_jfnxHvJ1DkgNLniwDuzM=/0x0:3000x2000/1200x800/filters:focal(1260x760:1740x1240)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63927150/helpinggodzilla.0.1535739481.0.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 11, 2020, 08:34:50 PM
Tim, your eyes are broken. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 12, 2020, 05:22:31 AM
*Old man rant on technology*

(http://replygif.net/i/776.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 12, 2020, 06:45:38 AM
When people tell me to try going on a date...  :lol

1. Have you seen my painfully average face ? Have you heard my unbelievably dull voice ?

2. I'm 42 soon and I promise you - nobody has ever shown any interest in me. I promise. That scene in films where your eyes meet across a shop and they smile ? Yup. That sh*t has not happened

once in my entire life.

3. I have ZERO self worth - so even if someone did show any interest in me - i'd automatically assume they were joking or doing it as a dare. . .

3a. That, or i'd be like " Really ?! ME?! You do realise that other people exist yeah ? You don't have to settle for THIS...


Plus going out on an actual date would be PAINFULLY embarrassing for me.

So yeah. I've been single for 42 years now. I'm used to it  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 12, 2020, 08:38:50 AM
All of that is in your head
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on September 12, 2020, 09:52:46 AM
All of that is in your head

Iisten to this man.


I agree with what Cram said in his post. Especially listening to your lady friends about your pictures. The key to dating sites is to put as much info of yourself in as little as possible, your picture with Labyrinth would be a good one. It shows your interest in live music, shows your Style and amazing hair and smile.

Unlike me, who doesn't like taking pictures all that much.
Walrus - look at the bright side - At least you don't have teeth like that of your Sig Pic. Now THAT would be a real problem.  ;D

 :lol !!

Thanks folks... I appreciate the encouragement. At least I'm off work now so I can ruminate on this over the weekend, figure out where to go from here. Hanging out with said girlfriends tomorrow, so, should be fun as long as they don't try to braid my hair again. Bosk, you're absolutely right, it's how to find them that's crazy hard. And especially in the Dark Age of COVID, I guess online dating is the best.

I guess there's a site called Bumble where the women have to make the first move. Man, that is perfect. Might try that.  :lol

Dude, that's why women love men with long hair. It's actually quite a turn on for some.

And finding them is the hard part. But it's funny in a way, because you're basically selling yourself. Just be like a bird and fluff those feathers and show off that pretty hair as if you are in an Herbal Essence commercial. Women would love that for sure... :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on September 12, 2020, 01:07:01 PM
Walrus - look at the bright side - At least you don't have teeth like that of your Sig Pic. Now THAT would be a real problem.  ;D

 :lol !!

Thanks folks... I appreciate the encouragement. At least I'm off work now so I can ruminate on this over the weekend, figure out where to go from here. Hanging out with said girlfriends tomorrow, so, should be fun as long as they don't try to braid my hair again. Bosk, you're absolutely right, it's how to find them that's crazy hard. And especially in the Dark Age of COVID, I guess online dating is the best.

I guess there's a site called Bumble where the women have to make the first move. Man, that is perfect. Might try that.  :lol

Fo real true story - My best friend growing up in high school was quite the ladies man. Good looking, smart and adventurous but he never really chased women as he had his preferences when dating. Now his brother? He was NOT a looker. He was tall, lanky and cross-eyed but he got the hottest women! No joke. We asked him what his secret was and he just said he played the odds and that most men didn't ask hot women out because they were afraid to. He even married a socialite in Dallas, my third cousin.
If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't hesitate to tell a girl what I really feel. I mean, I wouldn't be creepy like "grab'em by the pussy like donald trump creepy" but I think in this day and age women would appreciate the honesty. They're looking for the same thing that we are.....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on September 12, 2020, 02:01:59 PM
He didn’t say “dating sites”. Online was certainly a thing.

Damn, we didn't have internet until another couple years
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 12, 2020, 03:59:06 PM
All of that is in your head

It's not. People don't like me.

And nobody would miss me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Elite on September 12, 2020, 04:08:17 PM
All of that is in your head

It's not. People don't like me.

And nobody would miss me.

This is a dangerous mindset. It's probably also completely unnecessary.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 12, 2020, 04:23:42 PM
*shrug*

I guarantee if I jumped in front of a train tomorrow - more people would be relieved than sad.


:dunno:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 12, 2020, 05:00:56 PM
This is a dangerous mindset. It's probably also completely unnecessary.

yup, and completely wrong. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on September 13, 2020, 07:42:10 AM
I'll tell you what's  irritating.....We bought a 65 inch Samsung flat screen about 5 years ago. This year, it started getting white circles on the screen and another one showed up this week making 4 in total and it's only gonna get worse. In researching the problem, there is no real fix and it costs between 300.00 and 600.00 to fix but there's no guarantee it's going to stay working. For that kind of money I can buy a brand new 65 inch and just consider it disposable after 5 years. I paid 1400.00 for this piece of crap but I expected to get more than 5 years of life out of it.  >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on September 13, 2020, 07:52:41 AM
BTW if anyone's curious, this is me (https://i.imgur.com/xxz3g0Q.jpg), second from the left, with the blue shoes. Hanging with the guys from Labyrinth at ProgPower in 2018.

 :heart

Your look reminds me so much of my youngest son! He's not in as good of physical condition as you, though. I'm probably a bit biased, but you are a handsome devil and should strut with pride.

There is definitely someone out there for you (see also Bosk's post). I know from our personal communications that you have a lot to offer a relationship. You're an awesome personality! Maybe steer clear of discussions and photos of RDR2, though
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 13, 2020, 08:59:01 AM
I'll tell you what's  irritating.....We bought a 65 inch Samsung flat screen about 5 years ago. This year, it started getting white circles on the screen and another one showed up this week making 4 in total and it's only gonna get worse. In researching the problem, there is no real fix and it costs between 300.00 and 600.00 to fix but there's no guarantee it's going to stay working. For that kind of money I can buy a brand new 65 inch and just consider it disposable after 5 years. I paid 1400.00 for this piece of crap but I expected to get more than 5 years of life out of it.  >:(

That's technology these days.  Any major purchase... doesn't last like they used to, and it's more cost effective to buy new than it is to fix.

Planned obsolescence is definitely a thing in manufacturing and design
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on September 13, 2020, 10:36:38 AM
Planned obsolescence is definitely part of it, but I think the bigger thing is that they're paying someone $2 an hour in China to assemble it and you pay someone $100 to walk in your door and $75 an hour plus marked up parts to fix it in America. The repair people just can't compete with buying a new one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on September 13, 2020, 07:15:12 PM
Went out on the lake today with a buddy of mine and I got sunburnt, not terrible but having spent almost 30 years in Florida you think I would've known better.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 14, 2020, 02:27:27 AM
I don't believe the iPhone planned obsolescence thing.

I had the same iPhone 5S for like 4 years. Then I sold it to a friend who had it for a further 2 years.

It didn't magically stop working or slow down ridiculous amounts etc.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 14, 2020, 07:26:18 AM
*shrug*

I guarantee if I jumped in front of a train tomorrow - more people would be relieved than sad.


:dunno:

Not buying it.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 14, 2020, 07:32:48 AM
Well at least I know I don't have the worst self-esteem on the board by a long shot.

You're selling yourself so short it's not even funny, bro.
Although I can't help but wonder: maybe the not wearing deodorant thing plays a factor here.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 14, 2020, 08:50:52 AM
I can count my true IRL friends by the fingers on my one hand (4 people), but anytime I have any kind of the "no one will miss me" thoughts I imagine how much heartbroken I'll be if any of them dies on me. I imagine they would feel the same, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Not to mention my parents, too.

Well at least I know I don't have the worst self-esteem on the board by a long shot.


Yeah, no shit. :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 14, 2020, 10:44:53 AM
27 years ago there were dating sites online? In 1993?

He didn’t say “dating sites”. Online was certainly a thing.

Jingle has it right.  It was something called The Sierra Network ("TSN").  The guitar player in my band had bought a computer and had discovered TSN.  It was something you dialed into via modem.  You could go into several different sub-sites, one of which was a D&D style role-playing game called Shadow of Yserbius, and this is was led me to get a computer of my own in June or July 1993 (a 486sx with a 256MB hard drive!).  There were also sub-sites where you could play Red Baron or board games, and one room was just a chat room.  You'd make crude avatars and include 2-3 bits of information about yourself.  That's where I met my wife.  We started by trading email and them moved up to phone calls and, after a few months, an in-person meeting.

By the way, this is also how I ended up getting a cassette of DT's 3/4/1993 show at the Limelight (which I subsequently bought on CD from the YJ Records store) and how I ended up going to the 1993 Foundations Forum and meeting MP and Marlene.


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 14, 2020, 10:54:39 AM
Damn that is some serious old school online dating

I remember having AOL 95 and chatting up with girls, even met one at a concert one time (this was closer to 2000 though when I was a teen) but that's nothing to actually meeting and marrying someone from meeting online in 93.  Kind of amazing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 14, 2020, 11:19:27 AM
Damn that is some serious old school online dating

I remember having AOL 95 and chatting up with girls, even met one at a concert one time (this was closer to 2000 though when I was a teen) but that's nothing to actually meeting and marrying someone from meeting online in 93.  Kind of amazing.

The funny thing is that there was another girl (who was local) that I met (via *Prodigy) at about the same time I met my wife (who lived on the other side of the country).  The local girl and I went out once, and I really liked her, and I think she liked me.  The problem was that she was super busy because she was working on her music Ph.D.  I hadn't heard from her for a couple months, and then she called to invite me to something.  When she called, I was literally in bed with my now-wife!  We were not "occupied" at the time of the call, so I did answer the phone.  It's one of the bigger "what if" moments of my life.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 14, 2020, 11:48:04 AM
The only thing that would make that story better is if you actually DID meet her in the Shadow of Yserbius sub-site.  :) :)

"Dad, for f---- sake, why did you name me 'Yserbius'?"

"well, son..."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 14, 2020, 11:51:11 AM
The only thing that would make that story better is if you actually DID meet her in the Shadow of Yserbius sub-site.  :) :)

"Dad, for f---- sake, why did you name me 'Yserbius'?"

"well, son..."

 :lol :lol :lol

Now that you say that, I'm trying to remember if we ever considered "Sierra" for our daughter's name.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on September 14, 2020, 11:51:33 AM
 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 15, 2020, 05:11:31 AM

Although I can't help but wonder: maybe the not wearing deodorant thing plays a factor here.

 ;D I shower and wear clean clothes every day and drink litres of water. i also have another wash when i get to work and If I need to throughout my shift.

 :chill :heart :coolio
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 15, 2020, 12:17:47 PM
Mildly irritating: feeling left behind at your job. C'est la vie.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 15, 2020, 12:38:32 PM
"Vintage" items on the Facebook marketplace. The word vintage is usually synonymous with something of high quality from the past, now it's code for "this old piece of shit I'm hoping to over charge you for".

I see this in pretty much every hobby I participate in. Old stuff, mostly garbage, being labelled with a "vintage" tag in the title with a ridiculous cost associated with it. This is a big problem with the RC car resale market right now. The thing is, a lot of platforms, mechanically, are very much the same as they were a decade ago. There are vehicles from 2004 that are still being made today, just with modern and more powerful electronics. So often I'll see used vehicles for sale, and the seller is trying to sell them with NiCAD or NiMH batteries, ancient controllers that require you to manually swap out chips to change frequencies, motors that haven't spun in a decade, and chargers that take 5 hours to charge a pack, assuming they don't burn your house down in the process. The vehicles are actually less desirable with these systems in them because literally no one wants them anymore. There's no "cool" aspect to using a 20 year old battery like there is an old engine. It's just an under-powered, dangerous, buzz kill. I'll pay more for a model in rolling chassis form with no electronics because that's less work for me in the long run. So many people say "yeah, but it comes with the batteries and a controller" and don't seem to understand how outdated and unusable the old equipment is. Modern ESCs can't even run off the old battery packs. It'd be like someone trying to sell you a 15 year old cellphone with a charger that doesn't connect to modern towers, but asking $175 for it because it's "vintage".

Not really sure where I'm going with that, but it's been pissing me off lately.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 15, 2020, 12:56:47 PM
"Vintage" items on the Facebook marketplace. The word vintage is usually synonymous with something of high quality from the past, now it's code for "this old piece of shit I'm hoping to over charge you for".

I looked up "vintage" on dictionary.com, and all definitions had to do with wine and wine-making grapes, which I found rather odd.  I then went to merriam-webster.com, which had non-wine-related definitions.  The only definition that had any element of quality were two entries for "vintage" as an adjective:  "of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality" and "of the best and most characteristic."  The latter definition is referring to usage like, "that solo is VINTAGE Petrucci!"  Every other definition indicated that "vintage" simply refers to age or source era.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 15, 2020, 05:20:29 PM
I remember my Dad once remarking that "Value" used to mean getting more for your money.

Nowadays - "Value" just means cheap and nasty.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on September 15, 2020, 05:44:22 PM
Nah, cheap and nasty has been around since at least 1989.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PupCVHZeBU
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 15, 2020, 06:27:17 PM
My God I forgot that song.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 15, 2020, 06:35:05 PM
This was the first song I thought of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVa9x4O8jlg
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 15, 2020, 06:36:11 PM
Nah, cheap and nasty has been around since at least 1989.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PupCVHZeBU

 :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 17, 2020, 09:37:09 PM
I know it's the oldest cliche ever but sports fans who say "we" when referring to teams. Motherfucker you sat on the couch and work a desk job. That's like me seeing Metallica and saying bro we killed that shit we ROCKED!! No you didn't! Stop!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 17, 2020, 09:41:31 PM
I know it's the oldest cliche ever but sports fans who say "we" when referring to teams. Motherfucker you sat on the couch and work a desk job. That's like me seeing Metallica and saying bro we killed that shit we ROCKED!! No you didn't! Stop!  :lol

It doesn't irritate me but it would never occur to me to congratulate someone when the team they root for wins a championship. "Hey Bob, congrats on the Yankees winning the series!" "Gee, thanks Tom!" Bob had nothing to do with that championship. There was no achievement on his part.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 17, 2020, 10:03:11 PM
Exactly!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 18, 2020, 04:29:09 AM
I know it's the oldest cliche ever but sports fans who say "we" when referring to teams. Motherfucker you sat on the couch and work a desk job. That's like me seeing Metallica and saying bro we killed that shit we ROCKED!! No you didn't! Stop!  :lol

I went to see Metallica !

How was it ?

Great ! WE played Battery !!!

Did you ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 18, 2020, 05:58:57 AM
I know this has been debated to death but...

" You've got another THING coming... "

When the full phrase is " Well, if THAT'S what you think - then you've got ANOTHER think coming..." ***

To me - it would be the same as saying

" Well, if that's what you think - then THING again.. "



------

Disclaimer - yes this phrase is also grammatically poor but it IS the phrase.


------


Secondly - probably just me - but ( and it is just them ) when Americans put the word "out" after everything. Especially when it's extraneous

such as " When I was a baby I was adopted out ". It just makes me cringe for some reason.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 18, 2020, 07:12:26 AM
Exactly!  :lol

Take back that Facebook post then.  That's not my graph! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 18, 2020, 07:21:04 AM
Exactly!  :lol

Take back that Facebook post then.  That's not my graph! :lol

Never.  I relish every chance to make fun of sports fans.  :lol Also wtf, that graph is about music, not sports  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 18, 2020, 08:28:41 AM
I know this has been debated to death but...

" You've got another THING coming... "

When the full phrase is " Well, if THAT'S what you think - then you've got ANOTHER think coming..." ***

To me - it would be the same as saying

" Well, if that's what you think - then THING again.. "



------

Disclaimer - yes this phrase is also grammatically poor but it IS the phrase.


------


Secondly - probably just me - but ( and it is just them ) when Americans put the word "out" after everything. Especially when it's extraneous

such as " When I was a baby I was adopted out ". It just makes me cringe for some reason.

It's all Rob Halford's fault.  There are a couple like that here.   "For all intensive purposes".   "Waiting on" (unless you are, in fact, a waiter).   "Plead the fifth" (it's technically "take the fifth"). 

But seriously, do NOT get me started on American idioms.   I physically cringe when people add "super" to things.  I'm SUPER excited for that concert.  I was SUPER surprised over the baby reveal.   I was SUPER angry that my pizza was cold.   I think the idea is to express energy and enthusiasm, but to me it just expresses "douche".   

I'm also completely done with the discussion of "journey".   You'll notice (and I've said this to my kids, albeit half-jokingly) that it's only the losers and runners up that talk of the "journey".    Shaddap.   You'd trade the journey in a New York minute for the grand prize, and you know it. 

It's a known fact (it's not but go with me here) that 98% of Americans do not know how to use the word "myself".  You would never say "Bob and myself are going to dinner".  It's hard to explain without getting all grammatical, but "myself" is only to be used when you are BOTH the object and the subject of the sentence.  "I gave MYSELF a hickey."   "Mary" did not and cannot give "myself a hickey." 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on September 18, 2020, 09:28:44 AM
Secondly - probably just me - but ( and it is just them ) when Americans put the word "out" after everything. Especially when it's extraneous

such as " When I was a baby I was adopted out ". It just makes me cringe for some reason.

How about when people refer to "everything" or "everyone" when they really mean only an incredibly small fraction of everything or everyone?  Or when folks generalize about a massively diverse nationality (one that can't even agree how to refer to carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages)?

And I have quite literally never heard anyone refer to him/herself or another as having been "adopted out."


"Plead the fifth" (it's technically "take the fifth"). 

Ummm...if you want to be hyper-technical, it's "invoke the Fifth" (capital "F"), and I'm not sure "take" is any better of a substitute for "invoke" than "plead."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 18, 2020, 09:39:39 AM
Exactly!  :lol

Take back that Facebook post then.  That's not my graph! :lol

Never.  I relish every chance to make fun of sports fans.  :lol Also wtf, that graph is about music, not sports  :lol

But it's not really my graph.  I can't claim to be part of it like saying I'm part of a sports team.  LOLOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on September 18, 2020, 08:00:09 PM
But seriously, do NOT get me started on American idioms.   I physically cringe when people add "super" to things.  I'm SUPER excited for that concert.  I was SUPER surprised over the baby reveal.   I was SUPER angry that my pizza was cold.   I think the idea is to express energy and enthusiasm, but to me it just expresses "douche".
This one has been a growing pet peeve of mine for a couple of years now, it's pretty much impossible to go more than five minutes on the internet without running into this word multiple times. Some are so enthusiastic to use it they even go so far as to force the word into grammatically dubious contexts; the other day I saw a post on Reddit where someone expressing their opinion said that they "super thought" something, and only a few days before that someone was "super on the fence" regarding an issue. What? :mehlin

I'm not sure it's an exclusively American thing though, if that makes you feel any better.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 18, 2020, 08:02:50 PM
  "For all intensive purposes".   

I thought it was "intents and purposes".


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 19, 2020, 12:36:00 AM
It is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 19, 2020, 04:46:38 AM
  "For all intensive purposes".   

I thought it was "intents and purposes".

That's a mute point.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on September 19, 2020, 04:47:47 AM
  "For all intensive purposes".   

I thought it was "intents and purposes".

That's a mute point.

I could care less.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 19, 2020, 05:04:31 AM
I should of known you'd say that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on September 19, 2020, 07:18:15 AM
C’mon guys, don’t loose focus on the discussion at hand. Ur driving me super crazy here.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Elite on September 19, 2020, 07:58:00 AM
Combo-braker:

Youtube asking me to log in everytime I want to load a video nowadays. What's up with that? Mildly irritating at least.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 19, 2020, 04:20:25 PM
I should of known you'd say that.

This discussion is a damn squid.


I Could Care Less is definitely an annoying one as you're saying you literally do care.

If you COULD care less - your level of care is anywhere from 1% - 100%.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 19, 2020, 04:26:01 PM
Youtube asking me to log in everytime I want to load a video nowadays. What's up with that? Mildly irritating at least.

You mean you don't want to try YouTube Premium for 1 MONTH FREE?!?!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 19, 2020, 04:40:16 PM
Another one is when people can't use apostrophes...

or they think that any word that end's in S - need's an apostrophe.

 :angry: :angry:

Like a sign at the beach on a bucket of fishing nets that says " NET'S ".

or CD's. Although that is slightly acceptable since the apostrophe means letters are missing. But it's an abbreviation not a contraction.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 21, 2020, 06:20:32 AM
The latter half of that last page just made me go upstairs and pour a drink.  And it's 8:20 AM on a Monday.   :) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on September 21, 2020, 06:23:59 AM
 :lol :lol :lol


  "For all intensive purposes".   

I thought it was "intents and purposes".

That's a mute point.

(https://i.redd.it/fsd0639rc2b41.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on September 21, 2020, 02:48:39 PM
I was thinking about that episode when debating whether to say "mute point", or "moo point".   :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 21, 2020, 02:49:27 PM
Those old friends episodes werent recorded in Doubly  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 24, 2020, 07:20:44 AM
I've written this before:

Me:  "I'm available any time EXCEPT between 1:00 pm eastern and 2:00 pm eastern."

Meeting invite:  "1:00 pm Eastern"

Reading comprehension, folks.  Though, if you read some of what I wrote in the P/R section over the last 24 hours, it seems to be a systemic problem. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on September 24, 2020, 10:50:17 AM
I've written this before:

Me:  "I'm available any time EXCEPT between 1:00 pm eastern and 2:00 pm eastern."

Meeting invite:  "1:00 pm Eastern"

Reading comprehension, folks.  Though, if you read some of what I wrote in the P/R section over the last 24 hours, it seems to be a systemic problem.

I told this story before, but I took a vacation to Germany/Netherlands in 2017. My plane was scheduled on Friday, but my vacation started on Monday as I wanted to get some affairs in order before leaving. I explicitly told my boss and everyone who I worked with that I'll be on call for four days, from Monday to Thursday, in case there are problems they can't solve without me. Come Friday, I won't be taking any calls as I won't be in the country for the next two weeks.

There were no calls from Monday to Thursday; and then midday on Friday there's a call from my boss as I'm boarding the plane. I didn't even bother taking it, turned the flight mode on and that was it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on September 26, 2020, 09:28:18 PM
When the family is together, and you are all lined up to take a picture of the kids, and grandma or some other damn person gets behind you off at an angle and distracts the kids so they all look at them and away from you when you take their picture.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 27, 2020, 03:41:34 AM
I always found group photos excruciating. It was so hard growing up with the kind of parents who didn't think mental illness was a thing. I wasn't painfully shy or had terrible social anxiety

To them - I was just a moody kid who never wanted to do anything - and that literally any illness can be solved with an early night and a decent kip.

Also they would always go " don't just tell me what I want to hear so i'll go away " - when you actually had to LIE - because the truth was not what they were hoping for.

I clearly remember literally just finishing something - getting asked " Did you do that thing ? " and having to say 'no' - because they didn't believe me - thus having to do it twice.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on September 27, 2020, 01:20:06 PM
Small gripe... But the after affects of alcohol on me these days . I don't drink much (not counting the half a beer my GF and I split a few times a week... She orders a bunch of crap on Tavour... But she doesn't really drink alcohol... And I'm not a beer guy... Go figure..)

Sometimes I can have a drink or two, while hydrating (like last night), and wake up feeling like crap... And other times I've gotten completely sloshed and woken up perfectly fine. There's no rhyme or reason :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on September 27, 2020, 01:50:39 PM
Amateur.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on September 27, 2020, 05:38:13 PM
When a thread has been dormant for ages - and you make a post.

Then someone replies - but it's not a reply to your post and then everyone else replies to their post instead.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 27, 2020, 06:08:07 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 28, 2020, 02:07:10 PM
Not being able to pick up on signals (this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKT4f_u7sNQ) is usually me in these situations) - or, at the same time, reading too much into them.

Girl I grew up with through the school system, Facebook friends, but literally never talked to, at least as far as I can remember. Noticed recently she's liked a few random things of mine on social media, most curiously about a prog metal album (and literally only prog metal friends like those things I share). Is that a signal? What is that? It's been nagging me all weekend. But I mentioned it to a female friend and how I thought she was cute, and so go figure, she blabs to said girl and now knows I think she's cute. Hoo boy  :lol

That's what I find mildly irritating. Who makes the first move? I'm not even looking to get with anyone, but it would be cool to make a nice new friend I could talk to, at least.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 28, 2020, 02:27:51 PM
I'd pass her a note in gym class, myself. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 28, 2020, 02:30:37 PM
 :lol I swear that's what it feels like. It's weird literally knowing about someone you've grown up with your whole life, but have not gotten to know except through the grapevine and other cliques of friends and that schoolyard mingling/social media stuff. I don't know if that's just a small town thing or not. And it's even weirder having them on your social media throughout all your 20s on top of that. Does she have the same view of me as I was in high school, kind of like how I have to fight my prejudice based on who she was and hung around in high school? Obviously 12 years being an adult makes someone a whole new person, and yet, human nature...

Obviously this can all be resolved by reaching out and being like "Hey, want to join me on a walk around the park?" or something basic like that idk, but I am clearly choosing to remain in hesitation  :lol This ain't quite Lonely Hearts level yet.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on September 28, 2020, 03:02:07 PM
Not being able to pick up on signals (this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKT4f_u7sNQ) is usually me in these situations) - or, at the same time, reading too much into them.

Girl I grew up with through the school system, Facebook friends, but literally never talked to, at least as far as I can remember. Noticed recently she's liked a few random things of mine on social media, most curiously about a prog metal album (and literally only prog metal friends like those things I share). Is that a signal? What is that? It's been nagging me all weekend. But I mentioned it to a female friend and how I thought she was cute, and so go figure, she blabs to said girl and now knows I think she's cute. Hoo boy  :lol

That's what I find mildly irritating. Who makes the first move? I'm not even looking to get with anyone, but it would be cool to make a nice new friend I could talk to, at least.  :)


(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b5/bf/b6/b5bfb66eb944d16cfd4f2d5c6fe72690.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on September 28, 2020, 07:19:48 PM
:lol I swear that's what it feels like. It's weird literally knowing about someone you've grown up with your whole life, but have not gotten to know except through the grapevine and other cliques of friends and that schoolyard mingling/social media stuff. I don't know if that's just a small town thing or not. And it's even weirder having them on your social media throughout all your 20s on top of that. Does she have the same view of me as I was in high school, kind of like how I have to fight my prejudice based on who she was and hung around in high school? Obviously 12 years being an adult makes someone a whole new person, and yet, human nature...

Obviously this can all be resolved by reaching out and being like "Hey, want to join me on a walk around the park?" or something basic like that idk, but I am clearly choosing to remain in hesitation  :lol This ain't quite Lonely Hearts level yet.

I was kidding with you, of course, but if it was me, and you get another one like the "like" for the prog album, just respond "hey, you like that?  What about the album before/after that one?" or "hey, you like that?  Too bad with COVID, they were coming around this summer, it would have been a great show.  Do you like going to concerts?"   I would wait until something that is a little unique (stay away from generic like "I know, Friday, amirite!?" or "hey, you like puppies, too?") but just reach out.   Can't hurt.  And you never know.  When I was divorced, I went to a mini-reunion, after having not gone to any reunion since my fifth - and found out the girl whose locker was next to mine had a crush on me all through school and I was too stupid/scared/clueless to have picked up on it. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on September 30, 2020, 07:23:50 AM
:lol I swear that's what it feels like. It's weird literally knowing about someone you've grown up with your whole life, but have not gotten to know except through the grapevine and other cliques of friends and that schoolyard mingling/social media stuff. I don't know if that's just a small town thing or not. And it's even weirder having them on your social media throughout all your 20s on top of that. Does she have the same view of me as I was in high school, kind of like how I have to fight my prejudice based on who she was and hung around in high school? Obviously 12 years being an adult makes someone a whole new person, and yet, human nature...

Obviously this can all be resolved by reaching out and being like "Hey, want to join me on a walk around the park?" or something basic like that idk, but I am clearly choosing to remain in hesitation  :lol This ain't quite Lonely Hearts level yet.

I was kidding with you, of course, but if it was me, and you get another one like the "like" for the prog album, just respond "hey, you like that?  What about the album before/after that one?" or "hey, you like that?  Too bad with COVID, they were coming around this summer, it would have been a great show.  Do you like going to concerts?"   I would wait until something that is a little unique (stay away from generic like "I know, Friday, amirite!?" or "hey, you like puppies, too?") but just reach out.   Can't hurt.  And you never know.  When I was divorced, I went to a mini-reunion, after having not gone to any reunion since my fifth - and found out the girl whose locker was next to mine had a crush on me all through school and I was too stupid/scared/clueless to have picked up on it.

Yeah, you're right. It's a lifelong self image problem with myself (victim of perpetual bullying and ass kickings throughout elementary/middle school, and kind of an outcast in high school, which has had a lifelong impact on how I view myself and my value/worth compared to others), and I should just learn to take a page from my best buds' books and just reach out and try to be friendly. I just have that nagging thought they'd be like, "Oh fuck, not this guy" hahaha
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on October 03, 2020, 07:13:15 AM
Daylight Savings Time goes into effect here tonight. ::)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 03, 2020, 07:19:20 AM
Daylight Savings Time goes into effect here tonight. ::)

We got 4 more weeks here in North America
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on October 03, 2020, 07:20:37 AM
I feel like I'm the minority that enjoy daylight savings, I love the night time
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on October 03, 2020, 08:07:43 AM
Daylight Savings Time goes into effect here tonight. ::)

We got 4 more weeks here in North America

Speak for yourself sir!  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 03, 2020, 01:30:18 PM
Daylight Savings Time goes into effect here tonight. ::)

We got 4 more weeks here in North America

Speak for yourself sir!  :biggrin:

I remember asking an old boss of mine what AZ didn’t participate in DST (it always sucked when our head office was 3 hours apart from us for 5 months out of the year), and his response was “who the hell wants another hour of daylight in the desert!!!”
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 03, 2020, 05:57:44 PM
When we are going somewhere and my wife asks me if I got everything. Then after I say I do, proceeds to ask me if I got each individual thing that would fall under the heading of "everything" one at a time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 03, 2020, 07:38:46 PM
Daylight Savings Time goes into effect here tonight. ::)

We got 4 more weeks here in North America

Normally, I love the "fall back," and the "spring forward" sucks.  However, when my son was born (in May), "fall back" played havoc with the sleep schedule we were trying to establish for him.  The whole daylight savings thing is stupid and needs to be abolished.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 04, 2020, 04:47:43 AM
Daylight Savings Time goes into effect here tonight. ::)

We got 4 more weeks here in North America

Normally, I love the "fall back," and the "spring forward" sucks.  However, when my son was born (in May), "fall back" played havoc with the sleep schedule we were trying to establish for him.  The whole daylight savings thing is stupid and needs to be abolished.

Indeed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 04, 2020, 05:46:36 AM
When I was younger, fall back was amazing. an extra hour of sleep.  Now it doesn't matter. Damn old age.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 04, 2020, 05:58:47 AM
I don't understand why people think DST is stupid
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on October 04, 2020, 06:37:55 AM
I don't understand why people think DST is stupid
I'm a longtime suffer of insomnia so for me it's essentially a bi-annual upset to my already problematic sleep schedule. That's my primary issue with it, but I also don't see what the benefit of it is supposed to be, either, so I consider it pointless regardless.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 04, 2020, 09:17:48 AM
I don't understand why people think DST is stupid

Because it throws people off and it leads to poor sleep and car accidents. It doesn't seem to serve the purpose it used to anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on October 04, 2020, 10:10:28 AM
When your Boss's secretary gets to make administrative and managerial decisions for the department because he's involved in an affair with her and he won't allow any criticism of her  :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 04, 2020, 11:26:40 AM
I don't understand why people think DST is stupid

1. It serves no useful purpose.
2. It screws up my internal clock (and I have to adjust the couple of actual clocks in my house that don't automatically update).
3. The "spring forward" causes a spike in car accidents.
4. There is a causal link to an increase in heart attacks.
5. About 50 other reasons.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 04, 2020, 11:48:04 AM
I am finding that having this discussion twice a year has gotten mildly irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 04, 2020, 01:27:07 PM
I don't understand why people think DST is stupid

Because it throws people off and it leads to poor sleep and car accidents. It doesn't seem to serve the purpose it used to anymore.

 ??? I really don't get this. Daylight increases and decreases by hours throughout the year. People don't sleep the exact same amount of hours each and every night.

If the clocks go back and now it's a bit lighter at your usual bed time - go to bed an hour later...

It literally only affects you the one time.

Say you get up at 6am every day. Now you're getting up at "5". Whoop de do... Go to bed an hour earlier. Then carry on as normal...


----

To me it's the same Fuzzy Logic as when my grandad writes down his mileage each and every time he fills up his car to see if his car is getting less economical.

This comes with a wealth of problems. Chiefly - you have ZERO baseline.

You never top up the exact same amount of fuel every time as prices fluctuate and so will your total fuel volume by the penny.

Your car will never weigh the same twice. You carry different objects / passengers / you never make the exact same trips etc  etc etc...

i've just never understood it.

" Oh since my last refuel i've done 3 miles less - my car must be getting less economical "

OR youve driven a bit faster - youve carried more weight - you've made longer trips etc etc etc...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 04, 2020, 01:34:40 PM
Nature is saying "Daylight Savings Time?!...WTF is Daylight Savings Time?"

Blame the inventor of keeping time on a clock, instead of using the cycle of the sun.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 04, 2020, 01:37:00 PM
Nature is saying "Daylight Savings Time?!...WTF is Daylight Savings Time?"

Blame the inventor of keeping time on a clock, instead of using the cycle of the sun.

Quite.

And if you go to bed at the same time every night and it's too light cause of DST - why weren't you complaining about it being too light 3 months ago when it WAS this light WITHOUT DST ?

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on October 04, 2020, 02:33:39 PM
Nature is saying "Daylight Savings Time?!...WTF is Daylight Savings Time?"

Blame the inventor of keeping time on a clock, instead of using the cycle of the sun.

Quite.

And if you go to bed at the same time every night and it's too light cause of DST - why weren't you complaining about it being too light 3 months ago when it WAS this light WITHOUT DST ?

.
Honestly i dont understand how an hour this way or that messes so many people up. I have never felt any different and i come from a family of chronic insomniacs. Saying all that, I do think dts is useless and we should get rid of it
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 05, 2020, 05:29:03 AM
I don't have a beef with DST itself, just the nature of changing twice a year.  Let's pick one, and just leave it at that.  I don't mind the sun setting at 9pm or so at the height of summer, but it does kinda bother me that it's pitch black when I wakeup in September and October.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/sleep-daylight-saving-time-end/2020/08/28/213d3a0c-e8b8-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 05, 2020, 08:28:28 AM
I don't have a beef with DST itself, just the nature of changing twice a year.  Let's pick one, and just leave it at that.  I don't mind the sun setting at 9pm or so at the height of summer, but it does kinda bother me that it's pitch black when I wakeup in September and October.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/sleep-daylight-saving-time-end/2020/08/28/213d3a0c-e8b8-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html

The funny thing about Daylight Savings Time. It's a concept created by humans, not Nature. There is no such thing as DST in Nature.

So, it's humans creating an unnecessary idea due to them inventing the idea of keeping time on a clock, and getting themselves frustrated.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 05, 2020, 08:31:23 AM
Nature is saying "Daylight Savings Time?!...WTF is Daylight Savings Time?"

Blame the inventor of keeping time on a clock, instead of using the cycle of the sun.

Quite.

And if you go to bed at the same time every night and it's too light cause of DST - why weren't you complaining about it being too light 3 months ago when it WAS this light WITHOUT DST ?

.
Honestly i dont understand how an hour this way or that messes so many people up. I have never felt any different and i come from a family of chronic insomniacs. Saying all that, I do think dts is useless and we should get rid of it

I personally feel a bit groggy the next morning as you adjust, but it's not personally a big deal, but the data has shown it IS an issue for a lot of people.  Not everyone's internal clock runs the same. And from Chad's article he linked:

Quote
“There’s been accumulating evidence over the last several years indicating that daylight saving time in general, but even more importantly, the switches between daylight saving time and standard time, are deleterious to health in various realms: cardiovascular health, motor vehicle accidents and crashes, psychological health,” said M. Adeel Rishi, vice chair of the AASM’s public safety committee. Rishi added that the AASM’s position is consistent with the views of other major sleep organizations.

So it's not really about just me or you, but the science has shown it has a negative effect for many. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 05, 2020, 09:03:32 AM
Nature is saying "Daylight Savings Time?!...WTF is Daylight Savings Time?"

Blame the inventor of keeping time on a clock, instead of using the cycle of the sun.

Quite.

And if you go to bed at the same time every night and it's too light cause of DST - why weren't you complaining about it being too light 3 months ago when it WAS this light WITHOUT DST ?

.
Honestly i dont understand how an hour this way or that messes so many people up. I have never felt any different and i come from a family of chronic insomniacs. Saying all that, I do think dts is useless and we should get rid of it

I personally feel a bit groggy the next morning as you adjust, but it's not personally a big deal, but the data has shown it IS an issue for a lot of people.  Not everyone's internal clock runs the same. And from Chad's article he linked:

Quote
“There’s been accumulating evidence over the last several years indicating that daylight saving time in general, but even more importantly, the switches between daylight saving time and standard time, are deleterious to health in various realms: cardiovascular health, motor vehicle accidents and crashes, psychological health,” said M. Adeel Rishi, vice chair of the AASM’s public safety committee. Rishi added that the AASM’s position is consistent with the views of other major sleep organizations.

So it's not really about just me or you, but the science has shown it has a negative effect for many.

And the solution is as simple as Kowtow said...Just go to sleep an hour earlier. Your body won't know the difference as you already prepared for the hour loss.

But then the spring back time, isn't as bad because you gain an hour and tend to be early, causing not as much stress.

But it's all individual related and those things are all caused and created by the self. So it's an issue that can only be helped by the self.

And why I find it funny, and just in my mind am  :facepalm: about the unnecessary stresses Daylight Savings Time has caused in the present time.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 05, 2020, 09:08:00 AM
Not everyone can just fall asleep an hour earlier, as I said, it's not really a personal issue for me.  I feel a bit groggy but am fine, but there's a portion of the population that struggles with it much more than you or I do as people have very different sleep schedules/bodies/circadian rythms...

But can someone list some positives of DST?  Like sure, maybe it doesn't bother you much or at all, but what's a reason to actually keep it?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 05, 2020, 09:19:13 AM
Not everyone can just fall asleep an hour earlier, as I said, it's not really a personal issue for me.  I feel a bit groggy but am fine, but there's a portion of the population that struggles with it much more than you or I do as people have very different sleep schedules/bodies/circadian rythms...

But can someone list some positives of DST?  Like sure, maybe it doesn't bother you much or at all, but what's a reason to actually keep it?

There's not. It's a creation thought to help farmers. But in reality and Nature, it's a deceptive concept. Their is no such thing as time, in nature, things take as much time as they need. No hurry, or rush to do things.

We Natives should be getting up with the sun as we pray to it every morning. We never had a sense of time, like a clock. We used the sun as a time keeper. And we never had a problem with farming...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on October 05, 2020, 09:21:45 AM
Not everyone can just fall asleep an hour earlier, as I said, it's not really a personal issue for me.  I feel a bit groggy but am fine, but there's a portion of the population that struggles with it much more than you or I do as people have very different sleep schedules/bodies/circadian rythms...

But can someone list some positives of DST?  Like sure, maybe it doesn't bother you much or at all, but what's a reason to actually keep it?

I'd like to know this too. I seem to remember that there was a costs savings for doing DST but I don't know for sure.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 05, 2020, 09:32:02 AM
Ok so i've been asking Dad for this Cymbal Set all year for my electric kit. ( Zildjian L80 20% volume Cymbals ) .

He's been like " yep yep "

Now my bike needs a new engine so I've got to get that for my birthday instead of the thing I actually want  :(

Because that's life.  Forever buying the things you need and never the things you actually want.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 05, 2020, 09:33:40 AM
Ok so i've been asking Dad for this Cymbal Set all year for my electric kit. ( Zildjian L80 20% volume Cymbals ) .

He's been like " yep yep "

Now my bike needs a new engine so I've got to get that for my birthday instead of the thing I actually want  :(

Because that's life.  Forever buying the things you need and never the things you actually want.

Do you really need the bike?... :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 05, 2020, 09:35:00 AM
For work I do.

It's a 32 km drive each way.

There is a bus but it doesn't run all day every day.

I've been thinking of getting a job closer to home - but there really isn't much on offer.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 05, 2020, 11:00:12 AM
I don't understand why people think DST is stupid

Because it throws people off and it leads to poor sleep and car accidents. It doesn't seem to serve the purpose it used to anymore.

 ??? I really don't get this. Daylight increases and decreases by hours throughout the year. People don't sleep the exact same amount of hours each and every night.

If the clocks go back and now it's a bit lighter at your usual bed time - go to bed an hour later...

It literally only affects you the one time.

Say you get up at 6am every day. Now you're getting up at "5". Whoop de do... Go to bed an hour earlier. Then carry on as normal...

That's only sensible if you are free to live your life without regard to the clock, which most people aren't.  I have to be at work 8am regardless of what the sun is doing, which means I need to get up around 6:30.  Your "reasoning" also fails to take account that events are scheduled by the clock, not by the location of the sun in the sky.

But the bigger issue is why fuck with the clocks in the first place?  If I recall correctly, the supposed reason for DST is to benefit farmers, which is now some minuscule percentage of the population, so the reason for having DST in the first place is no longer valid, so why continue with it?


I don't have a beef with DST itself, just the nature of changing twice a year.  Let's pick one, and just leave it at that.

Exactly.  I don't care if it's daylight time or standard time the whole year, but the biannual fucking with the clocks is annoying.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on October 05, 2020, 11:57:28 AM
A former patient of mine suggested splitting the difference between the two and adjust the time only 30 minutes, then just leaving it there permanently. A good compromise if the rest of the world is on board, and one I’m in favor of.

Do other countries use DST? Or just some in North America and Europe?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 05, 2020, 12:22:35 PM
I have to ask, though:   what happens when there's a family emergency, or a family event (a wedding, for one), or a vacation with a long travel time and sleep gets thrown off for a day or two.  What happens then?   

I'm not looking to be a jerk, here, just to understand.  Because maybe it's my life, but "DST" is a logistics issue for me - switching clocks - and not really much more.   I guess it's just my world, because my bedtime can vary from 10:00 pm to 2:00 am depending on my day (previous), my day (tomorrow), what I ate, what's bothering me, what's doing with my kids, what's doing with my family...  so for me, "DST" doesn't really move the needle.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on October 05, 2020, 12:23:12 PM
We (Russia) did use DST but it was cancelled somewhere around 2011-2012 I think.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 05, 2020, 12:51:27 PM
Do other countries use DST? Or just some in North America and Europe?

Overwhelmingly North America and Europe.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/DST_in_the_world_%28Detailed_and_labeled%29.png


I have to ask, though:   what happens when there's a family emergency, or a family event (a wedding, for one), or a vacation with a long travel time and sleep gets thrown off for a day or two.  What happens then?   

To whom are you addressing this question, and what does it mean?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 05, 2020, 01:29:53 PM
Do other countries use DST? Or just some in North America and Europe?

Overwhelmingly North America and Europe.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/DST_in_the_world_%28Detailed_and_labeled%29.png


I have to ask, though:   what happens when there's a family emergency, or a family event (a wedding, for one), or a vacation with a long travel time and sleep gets thrown off for a day or two.  What happens then?   

To whom are you addressing this question, and what does it mean?

It's an open question to the group, and it means, what happens when life throws off your schedule by an hour or so?   I'm really trying to understand how DST impacts people.   There's no judgment here, just understanding.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 05, 2020, 01:37:12 PM
Do other countries use DST? Or just some in North America and Europe?

Overwhelmingly North America and Europe.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/DST_in_the_world_%28Detailed_and_labeled%29.png


I have to ask, though:   what happens when there's a family emergency, or a family event (a wedding, for one), or a vacation with a long travel time and sleep gets thrown off for a day or two.  What happens then?   

To whom are you addressing this question, and what does it mean?

It's an open question to the group, and it means, what happens when life throws off your schedule by an hour or so?   I'm really trying to understand how DST impacts people.   There's no judgment here, just understanding.

You adjust and life goes on, the same with DST.  The difference, is one (DST) impacts everyone at the same time for no real reason.  Shit that happens in your personal life is usually for a reason and usually only impacts yourself and maybe those close to you.  And if you are still trying to understand, read the article Chad posted which I quoted earlier about how there is an impact.

I've said before, it's not a big impact on me personally, especially as someone who used to travel through time zones consistently, one hour lost/gained doesn't rock my boat too much, but why do we force everyone to make such an adjustment even if it's fairly minimal overall? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 05, 2020, 01:53:58 PM
I don't doubt there is impact (though, it's interesting that the article notes the bad things in March - 6% increase in traffic accidents and 18% increase in medical mishaps - but doesn't say if there's a corresponding decrease in November!); I just am not sure that stopping DST is the only way of fixing it.   

Believe me, I'm all in on anything that addresses the psychological well-being of our country (I happen to be of the opinion that our LACK Of psychological well-being, generally, is a root cause of a LOT of issues).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on October 05, 2020, 01:54:54 PM
Yes - you will adjust over time but DST to me is similar jet lag where depending how much he difference in time, you quite literally time travel. When I would travel for work, it was easier traveling from Central to Eastern time Zone but when I traveled to California - whoa Nelly was that hard too get adjusted!

I wonder if eliminating DST would effect our calendar at all?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 05, 2020, 02:02:26 PM
Side bar:  I love the phrase "Whoa, Nelly" and I still use it fairly often.   Funny story, though: when I was still an engineer working construction, my office hired a receptionist named "Nelly" and she was gorgeous.  One of my colleagues thought it was hilarious to say "Whoa Nelly!" as a way of hitting on her (this was way before #MeToo) and it took on kind of a new meaning...   :) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: emtee on October 05, 2020, 02:10:24 PM
When you get up at 3:30 am to go to work- - which is brutal enough - - dialing the clock back one hour is impactful. DST needs to end. Pick one and stick with it. Farmers have tractors with lights.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on October 05, 2020, 02:13:38 PM
We (Russia) did use DST but it was cancelled somewhere around 2011-2012 I think.

Curious to know what effects it had on the calendar (if any) or anything else.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 05, 2020, 02:40:21 PM
You adjust and life goes on, the same with DST.  The difference, is one (DST) impacts everyone at the same time for no real reason.  Shit that happens in your personal life is usually for a reason and usually only impacts yourself and maybe those close to you.  And if you are still trying to understand, read the article Chad posted which I quoted earlier about how there is an impact.

Exactly.  Go back to when I first responded to Walrus's incredulity about why folks think DST is dumb.  My #1 reason is that it serves no useful purpose, so there is no good that justifies the negative effects on folks.


Side bar:  I love the phrase "Whoa, Nelly" and I still use it fairly often.   Funny story, though: when I was still an engineer working construction, my office hired a receptionist named "Nelly" and she was gorgeous.  One of my colleagues thought it was hilarious to say "Whoa Nelly!" as a way of hitting on her (this was way before #MeToo) and it took on kind of a new meaning...   :) :) :)

I can't hear or see the term "Whoa, Nelly" without hearing it in Keith Jackson's voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkUucjaNg_M


Farmers have tractors with lights.

AND...actual farmers get up with the sun anyway.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 05, 2020, 04:40:42 PM
I have to ask, though:   what happens when there's a family emergency, or a family event (a wedding, for one), or a vacation with a long travel time and sleep gets thrown off for a day or two.  What happens then?   


Now that is even more interesting. You end up either Losing Sun or Gaining Sun, and that would affect your body. The sun gives off certain energies to us while our side of the Earth is facing it. You would be getting either less sun energy or more sun energy than usual in your home environment.  I think that's why we get Jet Lag.

Now I wonder about the Eskimo living in the arctic. How their bodies have adapted to their Sun cycle, as it is different from ours.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 05, 2020, 05:01:39 PM
You adjust and life goes on, the same with DST.  The difference, is one (DST) impacts everyone at the same time for no real reason.  Shit that happens in your personal life is usually for a reason and usually only impacts yourself and maybe those close to you.  And if you are still trying to understand, read the article Chad posted which I quoted earlier about how there is an impact.

Exactly.  Go back to when I first responded to Walrus's incredulity about why folks think DST is dumb.  My #1 reason is that it serves no useful purpose, so there is no good that justifies the negative effects on folks.



Farmers have tractors with lights.

AND...actual farmers get up with the sun anyway.

 :lol :lol

That is all I am saying, and giving reasons why DST only exists is because of the concept of using time. The world is so adamant on being on time, what time it is, and determined a set "24-hour" cycle of a day to be used by all. It was never used by all, only those who created that concept. Many places didn't have that concept of time and used an entirely different one based on the cycles of the sun, the moon, and the stars. It could also explain why there is a feeling of Long Days and Short Days. Your mind forgets about the concept of time when you're having fun, or enjoying the moment, and it causes time to pass faster. Also, when you are not having fun and not enjoying the moment, you focus on the concept of time and in turn, it slows it down.

DST is something we don't need at all, anyways. It's now proven to be more detrimental to us than it needs to be, so we should just stop relying on it altogether, and forget it ever existed.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 05, 2020, 05:31:16 PM
Side bar:  I love the phrase "Whoa, Nelly" and I still use it fairly often.   Funny story, though: when I was still an engineer working construction, my office hired a receptionist named "Nelly" and she was gorgeous.  One of my colleagues thought it was hilarious to say "Whoa Nelly!" as a way of hitting on her (this was way before #MeToo) and it took on kind of a new meaning...   :) :) :)

I can't hear or see the term "Whoa, Nelly" without hearing it in Keith Jackson's voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkUucjaNg_M

That's where I got it from.  Saturday afternoons as a kid!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 05, 2020, 06:11:40 PM
Side bar:  I love the phrase "Whoa, Nelly" and I still use it fairly often.   Funny story, though: when I was still an engineer working construction, my office hired a receptionist named "Nelly" and she was gorgeous.  One of my colleagues thought it was hilarious to say "Whoa Nelly!" as a way of hitting on her (this was way before #MeToo) and it took on kind of a new meaning...   :) :) :)

I can't hear or see the term "Whoa, Nelly" without hearing it in Keith Jackson's voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkUucjaNg_M

That's where I got it from.  Saturday afternoons as a kid!

He also did national baseball broadcasts in the 70s (and maybe into the 80s) and was GREAT at it and was the original Monday Night Football play-by-play guy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 06, 2020, 05:28:34 AM
As for the origins of DST ... https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/history.html

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Daylight Saving Time (DST) is used to save energy and make better use of daylight. It was first used in 1908 in Thunder Bay, Canada.

However, the idea did not catch on globally until Germany introduced DST in 1916. Clocks in the German Empire, and its ally Austria, were turned ahead by one hour on April 30, 1916—2 years into World War I. The rationale was to minimize the use of artificial lighting to save fuel for the war effort.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on October 06, 2020, 05:36:54 AM
When your Boss's secretary gets to make administrative and managerial decisions for the department because he's involved in an affair with her and he won't allow any criticism of her  :P

Sounds like a spicy situation. There is something similar unraveling at my work, thankfully I'm not a part of that team anymore. How big is the company you work for?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on October 06, 2020, 10:36:40 AM
We (Russia) did use DST but it was cancelled somewhere around 2011-2012 I think.

Curious to know what effects it had on the calendar (if any) or anything else.

I'm not sure if it had any global effect overall yet, definitely no changes in the calendar so far.

It was a bit sketchy with the DST because some phones would have naturally adjusted their time and for some you had to change it manually so we had a lot of "late to school/work for an hour" or "arrived an hour earlier" situations.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on October 06, 2020, 11:11:31 AM
Buying used cars. It's so hard to compare one to another when mileage and features vary so much. I'm not on a strict budget, so I find myself asking if it's worth paying $5k more for a two year newer vehicle with 30k less miles and a couple other nice to have features. It's so hard to know what's worth the extra money.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Phoenix87x on October 06, 2020, 11:27:18 AM
My ENT doctor’s office didn’t bother putting in any precertification paperwork in for the nasal surgery i had a few weeks ago and now a bill for $4600 showed up at my house  >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 06, 2020, 12:52:21 PM
Re: DST

It's annoying, but my only real issue is keeping up with my cousin in AZ. Half the year we are on the same time, the other half not.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 06, 2020, 02:00:32 PM
Re: DST

It's annoying, but my only real issue is keeping up with my cousin in AZ. Half the year we are on the same time, the other half not.

Yup.  I once had a case with a client in Arizona that lasted a couple years.  Every time the time changed for us, it became a pain in the ass to figure out when to schedule conference calls (although only a one hour time difference wasn't that big of a deal).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 06, 2020, 02:05:18 PM
My Grandad suggested there be a global "Internet" time. Then whatever timezone you are in - you could meet up at 17:30 Internet time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on October 06, 2020, 02:12:46 PM
Let's make it Pacific Standard Time. So I don't have to think about it too much.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 06, 2020, 02:21:04 PM
My Grandad suggested there be a global "Internet" time. Then whatever timezone you are in - you could meet up at 17:30 Internet time.

Well, there is such a thing called Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) so that is kind of what you are talking about, I think.  Since my job operates in multiple time zones, we use UTC when scheduling anything to keep it less confusing.  I just googled UTC too out of curiosity and it does not use DST either.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 06, 2020, 03:48:45 PM
Let's make it Pacific Standard Time. So I don't have to think about it too much.

Pacific Time Standardised Daylight

or

PTSD

Then when people are late you can yell YOU WERENT THERE MAN !
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 06, 2020, 03:51:14 PM
Quote
Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2

Complete non sequiter - but when anyone refers to someone they regard as legendary as a " GOAT " - it makes you sound like a fucking simpleton moron

and actually devalues the high regard in which you hold them.

Shit like " Oh man i cant believe David Bowie just died "

" Yeah man he was THE GOAT "

" You what ? "

" He was THE GOAT "

" Are....are you trying to be funny cause you sound like a 10 year old "

" Dawg it stands for Greatest Of All Time "

" Then fucking say that then and stop trying to sound trendy "
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on October 06, 2020, 04:04:30 PM
Re: DST

It's annoying, but my only real issue is keeping up with my cousin in AZ. Half the year we are on the same time, the other half not.

Australia is really bad with this. We go from 3 different timezones without DST to 5 with it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 06, 2020, 04:22:27 PM
when anyone refers to someone they regard as legendary as a " GOAT " - it makes you sound like a fucking simpleton moron

You just throw out insults without thinking, don'tcha?  GOAT is a common and well-accepted acronym.  If you do a bit of research you'll find that its usage probably dates back to the 1992 incorporation of G.O.A.T., Inc., a corporation that was set up to exploit intellectual properties associated with Muhammad Ali, who was fond of referring to himself as "greatest of all time."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 06, 2020, 04:36:59 PM
I think the term GOAT is just getting too ubiquitous.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 06, 2020, 04:37:34 PM
Quote
Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2

Complete non sequiter - but when anyone refers to someone they regard as legendary as a " GOAT " - it makes you sound like a fucking simpleton moron

and actually devalues the high regard in which you hold them.

Shit like " Oh man i cant believe David Bowie just died "

" Yeah man he was THE GOAT "

" You what ? "

" He was THE GOAT "

" Are....are you trying to be funny cause you sound like a 10 year old "

" Dawg it stands for Greatest Of All Time "

" Then fucking say that then and stop trying to sound trendy "

K Boy....you might need to chill.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 06, 2020, 05:50:49 PM
Yeah, I don't mind it's use, generally, but stick to someone that might legit actually BE the "G.O.A.T.".   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on October 06, 2020, 05:56:04 PM
Yeah, I don't mind it's use, generally, but stick to someone that might legit actually BE the "G.O.A.T.".


Totes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 06, 2020, 06:47:04 PM
Yeah, I don't mind it's use, generally, but stick to someone that might legit actually BE the "G.O.A.T.".


Totes.

I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'M NOT!

McGoats!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 06, 2020, 06:52:31 PM
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 07, 2020, 04:20:26 AM
It's blates annoying tho...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on October 07, 2020, 06:00:08 AM
Buying used cars. It's so hard to compare one to another when mileage and features vary so much. I'm not on a strict budget, so I find myself asking if it's worth paying $5k more for a two year newer vehicle with 30k less miles and a couple other nice to have features. It's so hard to know what's worth the extra money.

It's tough. I've been looking at some used cars myself and it can be a crap shoot. Maintenance records > low miles IMO, a well maintained car is better than a low mileage car. If you find a car that has crazy low miles that can be just as bad with dried out seals, gaskets, etc.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 07, 2020, 06:18:01 AM
Buying used cars. It's so hard to compare one to another when mileage and features vary so much. I'm not on a strict budget, so I find myself asking if it's worth paying $5k more for a two year newer vehicle with 30k less miles and a couple other nice to have features. It's so hard to know what's worth the extra money.

It's tough. I've been looking at some used cars myself and it can be a crap shoot. Maintenance records > low miles IMO, a well maintained car is better than a low mileage car. If you find a car that has crazy low miles that can be just as bad with dried out seals, gaskets, etc.

I'll add general car history to that. I'd take a car that did 10 years in Florida over an identical make and mileage that did 6 years in CT.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on October 07, 2020, 07:18:12 AM
Great point Chino!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 07, 2020, 08:02:09 AM
Buying used cars. It's so hard to compare one to another when mileage and features vary so much. I'm not on a strict budget, so I find myself asking if it's worth paying $5k more for a two year newer vehicle with 30k less miles and a couple other nice to have features. It's so hard to know what's worth the extra money.

It's tough. I've been looking at some used cars myself and it can be a crap shoot. Maintenance records > low miles IMO, a well maintained car is better than a low mileage car. If you find a car that has crazy low miles that can be just as bad with dried out seals, gaskets, etc.

I'll add general car history to that. I'd take a car that did 10 years in Florida over an identical make and mileage that did 6 years in CT.

Why?  Aren't all like Florida drivers really bad?  :lol I think I get your point though, CT has terrible roads since I just drove across it via 84 last week. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 07, 2020, 08:06:30 AM
Buying used cars. It's so hard to compare one to another when mileage and features vary so much. I'm not on a strict budget, so I find myself asking if it's worth paying $5k more for a two year newer vehicle with 30k less miles and a couple other nice to have features. It's so hard to know what's worth the extra money.

It's tough. I've been looking at some used cars myself and it can be a crap shoot. Maintenance records > low miles IMO, a well maintained car is better than a low mileage car. If you find a car that has crazy low miles that can be just as bad with dried out seals, gaskets, etc.

I'll add general car history to that. I'd take a car that did 10 years in Florida over an identical make and mileage that did 6 years in CT.

Why?  Aren't all like Florida drivers really bad?  :lol I think I get your point though, CT has terrible roads since I just drove across it via 84 last week.

The salt.   Your car corrodes when there's salt and water on it.   Granted, you have that in parts of Florida with the ocean spray, but you also have a fair amount of rain to compensate.    Having your car coated in that white "cake" all winter long is doing your undercarriage no favors. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 07, 2020, 09:19:16 AM
Yeah, I don't mind it's use, generally, but stick to someone that might legit actually BE the "G.O.A.T.".


Totes.

I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'M NOT!

McGoats!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUMg8r6ShQ
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on October 07, 2020, 10:08:27 AM
Buying used cars. It's so hard to compare one to another when mileage and features vary so much. I'm not on a strict budget, so I find myself asking if it's worth paying $5k more for a two year newer vehicle with 30k less miles and a couple other nice to have features. It's so hard to know what's worth the extra money.

It's tough. I've been looking at some used cars myself and it can be a crap shoot. Maintenance records > low miles IMO, a well maintained car is better than a low mileage car. If you find a car that has crazy low miles that can be just as bad with dried out seals, gaskets, etc.
I ended up buying a used car yesterday. I went with the more expensive one which had 30k+ fewer miles. I figure in the end that I'll get about 4 more years out of it having the lower miles, so I'm basically paying a little more now to extend out my next vehicle purchase. Plus I really liked the vehicle. Fancier than I probably need, but it'll be nice to have a vehicle that isn't the base model.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 07, 2020, 10:18:07 AM
Take care of it.   That oil change every 4,000, 4,500 miles is the best money you'll ever spend.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 07, 2020, 10:47:41 AM
Buying used cars. It's so hard to compare one to another when mileage and features vary so much. I'm not on a strict budget, so I find myself asking if it's worth paying $5k more for a two year newer vehicle with 30k less miles and a couple other nice to have features. It's so hard to know what's worth the extra money.

It's tough. I've been looking at some used cars myself and it can be a crap shoot. Maintenance records > low miles IMO, a well maintained car is better than a low mileage car. If you find a car that has crazy low miles that can be just as bad with dried out seals, gaskets, etc.

I'll add general car history to that. I'd take a car that did 10 years in Florida over an identical make and mileage that did 6 years in CT.

Why?  Aren't all like Florida drivers really bad?  :lol I think I get your point though, CT has terrible roads since I just drove across it via 84 last week.

The salt.   Your car corrodes when there's salt and water on it.   Granted, you have that in parts of Florida with the ocean spray, but you also have a fair amount of rain to compensate.    Having your car coated in that white "cake" all winter long is doing your undercarriage no favors.

The salt is the big one. The colder temperatures is another. Hitting a pothole when it's 90F is going to rattle your car a lot differently than hitting that same one when it's single digits outside. Stuff gets brittle when it's really cold, lubricating fluids and oils get thick, and electronics aren't too fond of it either. Also, the topography makes a difference. My car climbs more mountains in a day than someone's car in certain parts of Florida does over the course of its lifetime. With that could come inconsistent air/fuel ratios, and excess strain on the transmission and engine. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 07, 2020, 11:39:50 AM
Yea, I was thinking the mountain driving plays a role too, but didnt think about the salt which makes sense. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 07, 2020, 12:09:42 PM
When people at work constantly make fun of your "toy" motorbike which has done 60,000km in 3 and a half years - every time you replace something from wear and tear.

- New Chain ? Lol toy bike

- New tyre ? Lol toy bike

Ok I get it.

In three and a half years - and 60,000 KM ( 36,000 M ) i've had literally TWO major engine problems. :dunno:

Plus my 125cc is economical as hell. Can go the speed limit. Doesn't hold anyone up, can keep up with traffic and parts are dirt cheap. So.... :dunno:

:)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: faizoff on October 07, 2020, 12:19:37 PM
I work in IT, it's amazing to me people in this day and age still have no clue or etiquette regarding sending emails to 1000s of addresses in internal communication. I mean Outlook now has a feature that will warn you that you're sending this email to 50 people or over.

That then eventually follows up with the "Please take me off this chain" replies that follow. It's just mind boggling and more than mildly irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 07, 2020, 12:27:02 PM
I work in IT, it's amazing to me people in this day and age still have no clue or etiquette regarding sending emails to 1000s of addresses in internal communication. I mean Outlook now has a feature that will warn you that you're sending this email to 50 people or over.

That then eventually follows up with the "Please take me off this chain" replies that follow. It's just mind boggling and more than mildly irritating.

Those are the best.   You'd think if the volume of recipients was a problem for YOU, you'd be diligent enough to limit the reply to the original sender. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 07, 2020, 12:33:20 PM
I work in IT, it's amazing to me people in this day and age still have no clue or etiquette regarding sending emails to 1000s of addresses in internal communication. I mean Outlook now has a feature that will warn you that you're sending this email to 50 people or over.

That then eventually follows up with the "Please take me off this chain" replies that follow. It's just mind boggling and more than mildly irritating.

Yea, these are astounding in many ways, also coming from an IT company which makes it even worse.  However, it kind of just makes me laugh and gives me a name to the people who aren't the brightest in the company  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 07, 2020, 12:36:24 PM
I work in IT, it's amazing to me people in this day and age still have no clue or etiquette regarding sending emails to 1000s of addresses in internal communication. I mean Outlook now has a feature that will warn you that you're sending this email to 50 people or over.

That then eventually follows up with the "Please take me off this chain" replies that follow. It's just mind boggling and more than mildly irritating.

Yea, these are astounding in many ways, also coming from an IT company which makes it even worse.  However, it kind of just makes me laugh and gives me a name to the people who aren't the brightest in the company  :lol

When I worked at Voya, we had a guy somehow reply-all to an email from the CEO when he was trying to email his daughter. It was baaaad. He was trying to send her an email, chewing her out with a bulleted list of how she was a disappointment, calling her ungrateful and saying something like "you can start by giving back the Florida Georgia Line tickets your mother and I got you". I don't know how you can possibly make such an error, but I felt kind of bad for the dude. Talk about embarrassing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 07, 2020, 12:42:00 PM
In three and a half years - and 60,000 KM ( 36,000 M ) i've had literally TWO major engine problems.

Two major engine problems over less than four years seems like an awful lot.  My last car, which I replaced in May 2019, had about 225,000 miles (362,318 km) over 13 years and never had a single engine problem.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on October 07, 2020, 12:43:50 PM
In three and a half years - and 60,000 KM ( 36,000 M ) i've had literally TWO major engine problems.

Two major engine problems over less than four years seems like an awful lot.  My last car, which I replaced in May 2019, had about 225,000 miles (362,318 km) over 13 years and never had a single engine problem.

The only problems I've had with my used car over the last 5 years has been battery dying and an AC thing. And I've driven it across the country.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 07, 2020, 12:44:42 PM
I work in IT, it's amazing to me people in this day and age still have no clue or etiquette regarding sending emails to 1000s of addresses in internal communication. I mean Outlook now has a feature that will warn you that you're sending this email to 50 people or over.

That then eventually follows up with the "Please take me off this chain" replies that follow. It's just mind boggling and more than mildly irritating.

Yea, these are astounding in many ways, also coming from an IT company which makes it even worse.  However, it kind of just makes me laugh and gives me a name to the people who aren't the brightest in the company  :lol

When I worked at Voya, we had a guy somehow reply-all to an email from the CEO when he was trying to email his daughter. It was baaaad. He was trying to send her an email, chewing her out with a bulleted list of how she was a disappointment, calling her ungrateful and saying something like "you can start by giving back the Florida Georgia Line tickets your mother and I got you". I don't know how you can possibly make such an error, but I felt kind of bad for the dude. Talk about embarrassing.

 :rollin wow, what an epic fail.  At least he didn't talk shit about the company.  I accidently sent my boss a text that was meant for some girl I was chatting with some years ago.  I felt like a total moron becuase the text was even work related, but it wasn't so bad as I only mentioned how I overslept and missed a call from my boss, which I had already admitted to him earlier as to why I missed his call so he was just a bit confused and then followed up iwth "at least you weren't bitching about me" I felt like such an idiot.

In three and a half years - and 60,000 KM ( 36,000 M ) i've had literally TWO major engine problems.

Two major engine problems over less than four years seems like an awful lot.  My last car, which I replaced in May 2019, had about 225,000 miles (362,318 km) over 13 years and never had a single engine problem.

I know nothing of bikes, so I can't say if that's a lot or little of problems but for a car, I would say that's terrible for that mileage.  But I won't fault or make fun of someone who chooses the economical and more environmentally friendly vehicle and deals with the issues over just wasting money and polluting the earth because you can.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 07, 2020, 12:57:38 PM
Take care of it.   That oil change every 4,000, 4,500 miles is the best money you'll ever spend.

... or so Quaker State would like you to believe.

Oil changes that frequently are a product of the oil companies and quick-service auto shops like Jiffy Lube.

https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/tips-advice/stop-changing-your-oil.html (published in 2013!!!)

Quote
The majority of automakers today call for oil changes at either 7,500 or 10,000 miles, and the interval can go as high as 15,000 miles in some cars. Yet this wasteful cycle continues largely because the automotive service industry, while fully aware of the technological advances, continues to preach the 3,000-mile gospel as a way to keep the service bays busy. As a result, even the most cautious owners are dumping their engine oil twice as often as their service manuals recommend.

After interviews with oil experts, mechanics and automakers, one thing is clear: The 3,000-mile oil change is a myth that should be laid to rest. Failing to heed the service interval in your owner's manual wastes oil and money, while compounding the environmental impact of illicit waste-oil dumping.

...

One GM car Edmunds drove went 13,000 miles before the monitoring system indicated the need for an oil change. We sent a sample of that oil to a lab for analysis. The results showed that the oil could have safely delivered at least another 2,000 miles of service.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 07, 2020, 01:07:07 PM
Yea, I just let my car tell me when to get the oil changed which is closer to 10k miles.  I stopped following what Jiffy Lube told me many years ago.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 07, 2020, 01:13:06 PM
But I did ride well over 55,000 KM in that time. And the engine may not have been getting enough oil.

Also to be fair - we don't know what the current problem is. The previous one did involve taking the whole engine apart

but it was simply a bearing casing which had cracked - spilling bearings into the engine.

The rest of the engine was still pristine so not that big of a deal - just time and work.


---------

EDIT : Finally I should probably point out that I bought the bike outright. Brand Spankin' New for £1,500.

And I reckon it's doing great for that price.

It only costs £15 to fill the tank to the brim and I get 250 miles out of that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on October 07, 2020, 01:19:52 PM
I work in IT, it's amazing to me people in this day and age still have no clue or etiquette regarding sending emails to 1000s of addresses in internal communication. I mean Outlook now has a feature that will warn you that you're sending this email to 50 people or over.

That then eventually follows up with the "Please take me off this chain" replies that follow. It's just mind boggling and more than mildly irritating.

Yea, these are astounding in many ways, also coming from an IT company which makes it even worse.  However, it kind of just makes me laugh and gives me a name to the people who aren't the brightest in the company  :lol


I got one for ya - years ago a Help Desk guy called and said so and so got an email about a potential virus and to forward this email to everyone in the global address list. At the time, there were about 10K contacts and mailboxes so I asked if she actually sent it and he said 'yes but don't worry, I had her recall the message' What!!!!  :omg:
For those of you who don't know sending a recall notice sends a recall email to every recipient you sent the email to. This was around 2001 and we had old servers, old hardware and slow network lines. To top things off, this was at 4:00pm on a Friday!! I just told the guy that we're going to have to wait it out so it will probably clear up some time Saturday.

I hung up the phone, grabbed my backpack and promptly left the office and started the weekend. I wasn't going to stick around fielding phone calls or them sayin we need to call Microsoft when I knew we just needed to let it go. This was an early version of Exchange that did not yet address error code "ID-10T"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 07, 2020, 01:24:10 PM
Well, I'm old school.   The two newer cars are both 10k, my older X3 is... I think it's 7,500.    I usually follow that for both of those; my '99 Dodge pickup burns oil, so I change it more frequently even than that.  I do my own changes (except on the Volvo) so it's not that big a deal.

I think the underlying point, though, is it DOES need to be done.  And if I have a choice of pushing it 3,000 PAST where it does damage, and doing it 3,000 miles BEFORE it does damage, for $29.99 and a piece of paper towel (to check it yourself after someone services  it, which you should ALWAYS do), I'm going to spend the $29.99. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: emtee on October 07, 2020, 02:27:08 PM
The trend to make packaging smaller to avoid price increases. Especially cereal.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 07, 2020, 02:27:51 PM
Fair point, Bill.  Better safe than sorry.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 08, 2020, 07:09:39 AM
This could go in the funny file, too, but I'll put it here since I was... well, irritated, but I was on a two-day, group Zoom mediation the last two days.  From about 11:00 eastern to about 9:30 at night, I had a Zoom window open, and a side-bar Teams window.   It was delicate, because there were about 40 people on the Zoom, so we had to make sure that microphones were muted, and what not, and we had to be conscious of echoes and things like that.

So Day Two, and I notice one of the junior guys on my team - junior in terms of hierarchy; he's a 50 year old man who should otherwise know better - is logged on twice.   He's got his computer and his phone tied into both.  Now, that means that one of the entries is taxing bandwidth, and is subject to cutting in and out.  He says it's "so he can get up and walk around" (even though he has headphones for the computer).   Every time the guy talked, for the first hour or so, it sounds like Lou Gehrig's retirement speech (I...I...I...I...consider myself...self...self...self...the luckiest man...man...man...man... on the face of the earth...earth...earth...earth.)    So he finally gets it resolved, and we pause the Zoom and go back to our side-bar, with our Senior Executives, our outside counsel and our outside consultants, and we hear this sound like a waterfall.

Guy's taking a piss.  On mic.   I don't know why I care, since he doesn't report to me, but I was mortified.  One of the execs heard it, and made a comment about it for the rest of the day.  It was funny to me, but it's not funny for him, I can tell you that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 08, 2020, 07:12:47 AM
The trend to make packaging smaller to avoid price increases. Especially cereal.

It's nutrition, too.  My 12 year old got some unpleasant news with his last blood work (he's 12, but he's 5'11" and 235 pounds, almost none of it muscle) and so we've been teaching him how to look at labels and make good decisions (long story short: Dad feeds him four days a week, and easily 2 of the four every week is fast food of some kind.  Dad and stepmom are not slim, either.)

So I've noticed that the nutrition info is the same "Still only 100 calories!", but the sizes are much smaller.  They're not making them any healthier.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 08, 2020, 07:23:56 AM
This could go in the irritating file, too, since I was... well, irritated, but I was on a two-day, group Zoom mediation the last two days.  From about 11:00 eastern to about 9:30 at night, I had a Zoom window open, and a side-bar Teams window.   It was delicate, because there were about 40 people on the Zoom, so we had to make sure that microphones were muted, and what not, and we had to be conscious of echoes and things like that.

So Day Two, and I notice one of the junior guys on my team - junior in terms of hierarchy; he's a 50 year old man who should otherwise know better - is logged on twice.   He's got his computer and his phone tied into both.  Now, that means that one of the entries is taxing bandwidth, and is subject to cutting in and out.  He says it's "so he can get up and walk around" (even though he has headphones for the computer).   Every time the guy talked, for the first hour or so, it sounds like Lou Gehrig's retirement speech (I...I...I...I...consider myself...self...self...self...the luckiest man...man...man...man... on the face of the earth...earth...earth...earth.)    So he finally gets it resolved, and we pause the Zoom and go back to our side-bar, with our Senior Executives, our outside counsel and our outside consultants, and we hear this sound like a waterfall.

Guy's taking a piss.  On mic.   I don't know why I care, since he doesn't report to me, but I was mortified.  One of the execs heard it, and made a comment about it for the rest of the day.  It was funny to me, but it's not funny for him, I can tell you that.

"Piss boy!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 08, 2020, 08:03:41 AM
This could go in the funny file, too, but I'll put it here since I was... well, irritated, but I was on a two-day, group Zoom mediation the last two days.  From about 11:00 eastern to about 9:30 at night, I had a Zoom window open, and a side-bar Teams window.   It was delicate, because there were about 40 people on the Zoom, so we had to make sure that microphones were muted, and what not, and we had to be conscious of echoes and things like that.

So Day Two, and I notice one of the junior guys on my team - junior in terms of hierarchy; he's a 50 year old man who should otherwise know better - is logged on twice.   He's got his computer and his phone tied into both.  Now, that means that one of the entries is taxing bandwidth, and is subject to cutting in and out.  He says it's "so he can get up and walk around" (even though he has headphones for the computer).   Every time the guy talked, for the first hour or so, it sounds like Lou Gehrig's retirement speech (I...I...I...I...consider myself...self...self...self...the luckiest man...man...man...man... on the face of the earth...earth...earth...earth.)    So he finally gets it resolved, and we pause the Zoom and go back to our side-bar, with our Senior Executives, our outside counsel and our outside consultants, and we hear this sound like a waterfall.

Guy's taking a piss.  On mic.   I don't know why I care, since he doesn't report to me, but I was mortified.  One of the execs heard it, and made a comment about it for the rest of the day.  It was funny to me, but it's not funny for him, I can tell you that.

Yea, this is hilarious to the people who are witness and dont really care and terrible for the person peeing and management that he reports to  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 08, 2020, 10:03:18 AM
This could go in the funny file, too, but I'll put it here since I was... well, irritated, but I was on a two-day, group Zoom mediation the last two days.  From about 11:00 eastern to about 9:30. . . .

Out of curiosity, was this because folks on the west coast were involved?

I feel fortunate that I've only had to deal with one Zoom mediation (and even with that one, I said I wasn't logging on until and unless I was actually needed).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on October 08, 2020, 10:42:13 AM
Buying used cars. It's so hard to compare one to another when mileage and features vary so much. I'm not on a strict budget, so I find myself asking if it's worth paying $5k more for a two year newer vehicle with 30k less miles and a couple other nice to have features. It's so hard to know what's worth the extra money.

It's tough. I've been looking at some used cars myself and it can be a crap shoot. Maintenance records > low miles IMO, a well maintained car is better than a low mileage car. If you find a car that has crazy low miles that can be just as bad with dried out seals, gaskets, etc.

I'll add general car history to that. I'd take a car that did 10 years in Florida over an identical make and mileage that did 6 years in CT.

Why?  Aren't all like Florida drivers really bad?  :lol I think I get your point though, CT has terrible roads since I just drove across it via 84 last week.

The salt.   Your car corrodes when there's salt and water on it.   Granted, you have that in parts of Florida with the ocean spray, but you also have a fair amount of rain to compensate.    Having your car coated in that white "cake" all winter long is doing your undercarriage no favors.

The salt is the big one. The colder temperatures is another. Hitting a pothole when it's 90F is going to rattle your car a lot differently than hitting that same one when it's single digits outside. Stuff gets brittle when it's really cold, lubricating fluids and oils get thick, and electronics aren't too fond of it either. Also, the topography makes a difference. My car climbs more mountains in a day than someone's car in certain parts of Florida does over the course of its lifetime. With that could come inconsistent air/fuel ratios, and excess strain on the transmission and engine. 

Speaking of pot holes I drove through Philly for the first time and holy hell those roads are bad.

As far as the salt is concerned I spent most of my life on the east coast of florida within a 5 minute walking distance of the beach and neither of the 3 cars I've owned there had any issues with rust or salt in general. The only times we'd get salt caked on was when hurricane's would cruise through but it was quickly accompanied by rain.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Dublagent66 on October 08, 2020, 10:44:21 AM
In the year 2020, how does the term "mildly irritating" even come close?   ???
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 08, 2020, 11:42:27 AM
This could go in the funny file, too, but I'll put it here since I was... well, irritated, but I was on a two-day, group Zoom mediation the last two days.  From about 11:00 eastern to about 9:30. . . .

Out of curiosity, was this because folks on the west coast were involved?

I feel fortunate that I've only had to deal with one Zoom mediation (and even with that one, I said I wasn't logging on until and unless I was actually needed).

The start time was because of the west coast; the mediator is in Napa Valley.   But the end times were actually not bad given it was a mediation; I've been at some that went to 11:00 or 12:00 at night.  For me, I was geared and prepared to go at least to midnight.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 08, 2020, 12:10:55 PM
This could go in the funny file, too, but I'll put it here since I was... well, irritated, but I was on a two-day, group Zoom mediation the last two days.  From about 11:00 eastern to about 9:30. . . .

Out of curiosity, was this because folks on the west coast were involved?

I feel fortunate that I've only had to deal with one Zoom mediation (and even with that one, I said I wasn't logging on until and unless I was actually needed).

The start time was because of the west coast; the mediator is in Napa Valley.   But the end times were actually not bad given it was a mediation; I've been at some that went to 11:00 or 12:00 at night.  For me, I was geared and prepared to go at least to midnight.

More power to you...I refuse to go anywhere near that late.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 08, 2020, 12:44:40 PM
This could go in the funny file, too, but I'll put it here since I was... well, irritated, but I was on a two-day, group Zoom mediation the last two days.  From about 11:00 eastern to about 9:30. . . .

Out of curiosity, was this because folks on the west coast were involved?

I feel fortunate that I've only had to deal with one Zoom mediation (and even with that one, I said I wasn't logging on until and unless I was actually needed).

The start time was because of the west coast; the mediator is in Napa Valley.   But the end times were actually not bad given it was a mediation; I've been at some that went to 11:00 or 12:00 at night.  For me, I was geared and prepared to go at least to midnight.

More power to you...I refuse to go anywhere near that late.

Believe me, not my choice; I was the tail of the dog on that one!   :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 08, 2020, 02:27:41 PM
Hey Stadler, you’ve mentioned GE. Did you go through Ed Foreman’s Happy Camp?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 08, 2020, 02:36:46 PM
Hey Stadler, you’ve mentioned GE. Did you go through Ed Foreman’s Happy Camp?

Haha, no.   Stuff like it, though.  Sessions up at Crotonville, in New York.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 09, 2020, 09:36:46 AM
When people bitch and moan about not being able to watch an entire season of a show and have to wait a whole week for another episode. Man. There's an endless ocean of content out there and you complain 'cause you're all about instant gratification. I for one like waiting a week and spending that week thinking about the episode I just watched and theorizing what's going to happen next and spending time dwelling on the plot and characters. You binge watch a whole season in a day or two and it's so much harder to concentrate on moments from episode 2 because you're on episode 8 that same evening. Grinds my gears
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 09, 2020, 10:03:11 AM
When people bitch and moan about not being able to watch an entire season of a show and have to wait a whole week for another episode. Man. There's an endless ocean of content out there and you complain 'cause you're all about instant gratification. I for one like waiting a week and spending that week thinking about the episode I just watched and theorizing what's going to happen next and spending time dwelling on the plot and characters. You binge watch a whole season in a day or two and it's so much harder to concentrate on moments from episode 2 because you're on episode 8 that same evening. Grinds my gears

Yea, I guess I could understand more for the kids these days growing up with the instant gratification of binge watching TV shows, but personally, I have no issue waiting a week for the same reasons. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 09, 2020, 10:21:31 AM
Try growing up before streaming came along.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 09, 2020, 10:23:26 AM
Try growing up before streaming came along.

How young do you think I am? I did. For 25 years. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 09, 2020, 10:26:09 AM
 :lol

But lets be honest.  You were young for most of it.  You weren't engrained to sit down at this exact time, with the family to watch one episode.  It's funny how spoiled we are these days.  Everything at the tips of our fingers in seconds.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 09, 2020, 10:30:49 AM
:lol

But lets be honest.  You were young for most of it.  You weren't engrained to sit down at this exact time, with the family to watch one episode.  It's funny how spoiled we are these days.  Everything at the tips of our fingers in seconds.

Eh, my family's never been the kind to do group activities together let alone watch a show, but I was definitely engrained to sit down at a specific time on a specific day to watch new episodes for sure. I remember a few times missing new episodes for one reason or another and having no idea when I'd see them again, unless they'd play it a half hour before the next week's episode. We are way too spoiled today; the Internet has only made it worse.

My childhood was mostly VHS tapes. I was watching Mrs. Doubtfire when I was 4.  :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 09, 2020, 10:31:58 AM
People still watch TV shows?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 09, 2020, 10:32:22 AM
People still watch TV shows?

Are you serious
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 09, 2020, 10:32:38 AM
People still watch TV shows?

Yes Archie Bunker, we still do.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on October 09, 2020, 10:33:59 AM
Speaking of DST - here is an interesting article:

https://www.almanac.com/content/stopping-daylight-saving-time
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 09, 2020, 10:35:04 AM
Speaking of DST - here is an interesting article:

https://www.almanac.com/content/stopping-daylight-saving-time

I'm sorry but this cracked me up. 9 posts about TV and then 'speaking of DST'  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 09, 2020, 11:28:37 AM
:lol

But lets be honest.  You were young for most of it.  You weren't engrained to sit down at this exact time, with the family to watch one episode.  It's funny how spoiled we are these days.  Everything at the tips of our fingers in seconds.

I still remember watching the final episode of Fresh Prince of BelAir with my family.  I know I'm not as old as you, but I still remember my childhood of being engrained with watching TV shows at certain times, and you better not miss it because there was no DVR or ondemand.  You'd have to catch the re-air, which required finding the right time to sit in front of the TV still.  You'd have to look at the TV Guide magazine to figure this stuff out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 09, 2020, 11:35:01 AM
I remember being in the 11-12 year old range and looking through TV guides (booklet that came in the mail every week) to find out what TV-MA shows were playing on HBO and when. I used to have to plan and coordinate just for the chance to maybe see a pair of tits  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 09, 2020, 11:39:01 AM
:lol

But lets be honest.  You were young for most of it.  You weren't engrained to sit down at this exact time, with the family to watch one episode.  It's funny how spoiled we are these days.  Everything at the tips of our fingers in seconds.

I still remember watching the final episode of Fresh Prince of BelAir with my family.  I know I'm not as old as you, but I still remember my childhood of being engrained with watching TV shows at certain times, and you better not miss it because there was no DVR or ondemand.  You'd have to catch the re-air, which required finding the right time to sit in front of the TV still.  You'd have to look at the TV Guide magazine to figure this stuff out.

True but as a kid you would watch by your dad's needs mostly.  Today, When you pick, you have cart blanch every night.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 09, 2020, 12:06:23 PM
My childhood was mostly VHS tapes. I was watching Mrs. Doubtfire when I was 4.  :lol :lol

I watched the premiere of Mork & Mindy a month before my 11th birthday and, at the time, didn't know what a VHS tape was!

Now get off my lawn, you whippersnapper!

Speaking of Mrs. Doubtfire, this is awesome:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ckv_Dz-Sio


But lets be honest.  You were young for most of it.  You weren't engrained to sit down at this exact time, with the family to watch one episode.

I can still remember...you got M*A*S*H on Monday, Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley on Tuesday, CHiPs, Love Boat and Fantasy Island on Saturday.  Don't remember the rest of the week, but I'd page through the TV Guide to figure out what I was doing every night.  Miss an episode and you have to wait weeks for reruns.  Miss the rerun and you were fucked.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 09, 2020, 12:14:31 PM
Mash was my dad's show.  I remember watching the final episode with him.  I think it was 1983.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 09, 2020, 12:19:34 PM
I remember loving TGIF on Nickelodeon as a kid
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 09, 2020, 12:23:10 PM
:lol

But lets be honest.  You were young for most of it.  You weren't engrained to sit down at this exact time, with the family to watch one episode.  It's funny how spoiled we are these days.  Everything at the tips of our fingers in seconds.

And if you missed it, YOU MISSED IT.  No reruns until summer, no on demand, no Youtube... 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on October 09, 2020, 12:26:45 PM
Come on guys!

dst

DST

DST!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on October 09, 2020, 12:27:12 PM
(https://i.redd.it/qky7twsyt4241.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 09, 2020, 12:28:00 PM
:lol

But lets be honest.  You were young for most of it.  You weren't engrained to sit down at this exact time, with the family to watch one episode.  It's funny how spoiled we are these days.  Everything at the tips of our fingers in seconds.

And if you missed it, YOU MISSED IT.  No reruns until summer, no on demand, no Youtube...

I can sort of relate to that actually. When I was growing up there was this block of animation on Cartoon Network called Toonami, and at that time, for years it ran from 3-6 PM central time. Some of the shows they played ran very long arcs, like Dragon Ball Z, and even though they'd play an episode a day, if you missed it, you'd have to wait sometimes months to see that episode again (because once they reached the end of the dubbed episodes that were available, they would recycle the schedule and start the entire show from the beginning - meaning you'd be waiting something like 200+ days to see the episode again in DBZ's case). And that's not factoring in potential delays getting the new stuff dubbed for America. That sucked... but when the newly dubbed episodes arrived, holy f, it was an event every day for me and the boys for like 2 months straight. So they wouldn't just play random episodes, they would follow the show's episodes chronologically, to keep the story consistent.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 09, 2020, 12:32:23 PM
When people bitch and moan about not being able to watch an entire season of a show and have to wait a whole week for another episode. Man. There's an endless ocean of content out there and you complain 'cause you're all about instant gratification. I for one like waiting a week and spending that week thinking about the episode I just watched and theorizing what's going to happen next and spending time dwelling on the plot and characters. You binge watch a whole season in a day or two and it's so much harder to concentrate on moments from episode 2 because you're on episode 8 that same evening. Grinds my gears


I'm actually GLAD that Star Trek Discovery and Picard were weekly. If All 13 episodes were available at once - i'd watch all 13 in one day then have to wait an entire year or more for new episodes.

This way - one episode a week - when the series is over - you're actually three months closer to a new series.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on October 09, 2020, 12:34:09 PM
 :angry: :angry: :angry:

YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS ?


When I shift without using the clutch.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 09, 2020, 12:36:26 PM
:lol

But lets be honest.  You were young for most of it.  You weren't engrained to sit down at this exact time, with the family to watch one episode.  It's funny how spoiled we are these days.  Everything at the tips of our fingers in seconds.

I still remember watching the final episode of Fresh Prince of BelAir with my family.  I know I'm not as old as you, but I still remember my childhood of being engrained with watching TV shows at certain times, and you better not miss it because there was no DVR or ondemand.  You'd have to catch the re-air, which required finding the right time to sit in front of the TV still.  You'd have to look at the TV Guide magazine to figure this stuff out.

True but as a kid you would watch by your dad's needs mostly.  Today, When you pick, you have cart blanch every night.

Right, because the idea of having a TV in every room was flat abSURD.   One TV in the main room. MAYBE a second one in the basement or my parents bed room.   13 channels, but not really; 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13 at my house, and 2 were repeats (2 and 3 were CBS, 7 and 8 were ABC.  NBC was 4, but the local affiliate was on 30, which we didn't get very well.   5, 9 and 11 were local NY stations (I forget what 5 was but Wonderama was on it, 9 was WOR and had the Mets, and 11 was WPIX and had the Yankees).  Channel 13 was PBS out of NJ, and had Sesame Street and Electric Company.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on October 09, 2020, 12:41:04 PM
I can sort of relate to that actually. When I was growing up there was this block of animation on Cartoon Network called Toonami, and at that time, for years it ran from 3-6 PM central time. Some of the shows they played ran very long arcs, like Dragon Ball Z, and even though they'd play an episode a day, if you missed it, you'd have to wait sometimes months to see that episode again (because once they reached the end of the dubbed episodes that were available, they would recycle the schedule and start the entire show from the beginning - meaning you'd be waiting something like 200+ days to see the episode again in DBZ's case). And that's not factoring in potential delays getting the new stuff dubbed for America. That sucked... but when the newly dubbed episodes arrived, holy f, it was an event every day for me and the boys for like 2 months straight. So they wouldn't just play random episodes, they would follow the show's episodes chronologically, to keep the story consistent.

I remember when I was 9 or 10, I was waiting for a DBZ episode to start and 10 minutes before starting there was a blackout on my town. I called my grandma who was a 30 minute walk away from me, and she had electricity!. I ran to her house just to make sure I wouldn't miss the episode and I made it 1 minute before it started :coolio  :hat
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jammindude on October 09, 2020, 12:45:16 PM
You guys had it nice. Up here in the Northwest, we had 4(ABC), 5(NBC), 7(CBS), 9(PBS) and then 11 and 13 were local stations. I think there was also a UHF station, but I rarely watched it.

I do remember the elaborate tin foil decorations needed to try and enhance the signal on my rabbit ear antenna when I wanted to watch 13 (which was out of Tacoma instead of Seattle)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 09, 2020, 12:51:30 PM
:lol

But lets be honest.  You were young for most of it.  You weren't engrained to sit down at this exact time, with the family to watch one episode.  It's funny how spoiled we are these days.  Everything at the tips of our fingers in seconds.

And if you missed it, YOU MISSED IT.  No reruns until summer, no on demand, no Youtube...

I can sort of relate to that actually. When I was growing up there was this block of animation on Cartoon Network called Toonami, and at that time, for years it ran from 3-6 PM central time. Some of the shows they played ran very long arcs, like Dragon Ball Z, and even though they'd play an episode a day, if you missed it, you'd have to wait sometimes months to see that episode again (because once they reached the end of the dubbed episodes that were available, they would recycle the schedule and start the entire show from the beginning - meaning you'd be waiting something like 200+ days to see the episode again in DBZ's case). And that's not factoring in potential delays getting the new stuff dubbed for America. That sucked... but when the newly dubbed episodes arrived, holy f, it was an event every day for me and the boys for like 2 months straight. So they wouldn't just play random episodes, they would follow the show's episodes chronologically, to keep the story consistent.

That's another pet peeve:  I watch King Of Queens* at night; it's an hour block of two back-to-back episodes.  There are seasonal arcs to the show, but the block doesn't follow that.  So for example, the 11:00 o'clock ep is a part one of two, but the 11:30 show isn't part two, it's another episode from another season.  Part two doesn't come until 11:00 the next night.  Minor point (first world problems) I know, but it does disrupt the flow. 

* Almost every episode has at least one scene where either my wife or I look at the other and say "wow, that's us/you." 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 09, 2020, 12:53:52 PM
I WAS MY DAD'S REMOTE CONTROLER BEFORE I THERE WAS REMOTE CONTROLERS!

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 09, 2020, 01:04:10 PM
Right, because the idea of having a TV in every room was flat abSURD.   One TV in the main room. MAYBE a second one in the basement or my parents bed room.   13 channels, but not really; 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13 at my house, and 2 were repeats (2 and 3 were CBS, 7 and 8 were ABC.  NBC was 4, but the local affiliate was on 30, which we didn't get very well.   5, 9 and 11 were local NY stations (I forget what 5 was but Wonderama was on it, 9 was WOR and had the Mets, and 11 was WPIX and had the Yankees).  Channel 13 was PBS out of NJ, and had Sesame Street and Electric Company.

We had the three networks:  CBS was 2, NBC was 4, and ABC was 7.  3, 8, 10 and 12 were just static.  5 (KMPC and then KTLA), 9 (KHJ), 11 (KTTV) and 13 (KCOP) were local, unaffiliated stations.  And then you had UHF channels:  52 and 58, I think.  I got a small, black & white TV in my room sometime after I turned 10 or so (but I'd still watch all the first-run stuff on the "big" TV with my mom).  You'd turn the mail dial to "U" and then dial in the specific UHF station on a secondary dial.  I remember Angels games being on 5, and the Dodgers were on 11.  Occasionally, I'd catch a Kings or Lakers game on 9.  The UHF stations had reruns of stuff like McHale's Navy and F-Troop and old cartoons after school.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on October 09, 2020, 01:09:30 PM
I WAS MY DAD'S REMOTE CONTROLER BEFORE I THERE WAS REMOTE CONTROLERS!

You wanna talk about it?

Take a seat....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 09, 2020, 01:12:29 PM
I WAS MY DAD'S REMOTE CONTROLER BEFORE I THERE WAS REMOTE CONTROLERS!

You wanna talk about it?

Take a seat....

He boast about it to this day.  LOL

One thanksgiving, 10 years ago I went down to my old bedroom in the cellar.  I heard him yell to me.  I ran upstairs and when I got their he says, "Can you change the station Joe?"

He lets out a huge laugh.  Son of a bitch! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 09, 2020, 01:54:14 PM
I WAS MY DAD'S REMOTE CONTROLER BEFORE I THERE WAS REMOTE CONTROLERS!

You wanna talk about it?

Take a seat....

He boast about it to this day.  LOL

One thanksgiving, 10 years ago I went down to my old bedroom in the cellar.  I heard him yell to me.  I ran upstairs and when I got their he says, "Can you change the station Joe?"

He lets out a huge laugh.  Son of a bitch! :lol

HAHAHAHAHA.   I think that's why we have kids; for moments like that.    I'll bet he was waiting for opportunity to arise for weeks or months!     :) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 09, 2020, 02:02:27 PM
He still chuckles when I tell that story.  LOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 09, 2020, 02:50:54 PM
I remember one time when I was a little kid my dad made me take out the trash, and he would heckle me from the kitchen window. I remember one day he got me with a really, REALLY heavy bag of trash and he was making me laugh so hard I couldn't carry it. I think it was when he called me Santa Claus that made me give up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 09, 2020, 06:18:43 PM
You guys had it nice. Up here in the Northwest, we had 4(ABC), 5(NBC), 7(CBS), 9(PBS) and then 11 and 13 were local stations.

Ah, memories!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 12, 2020, 07:26:07 PM
Mildly irritating:  commercials that have the "click clack" of a keyboard, or a mouse clicking.  GTFO.  I spent money on a mouse so I didn't have to listen to that stupid click. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 13, 2020, 06:58:01 AM
:lol

But lets be honest.  You were young for most of it.  You weren't engrained to sit down at this exact time, with the family to watch one episode.  It's funny how spoiled we are these days.  Everything at the tips of our fingers in seconds.

And if you missed it, YOU MISSED IT.  No reruns until summer, no on demand, no Youtube... 

This.  Also, cliffhangers.  It's bad enough waiting week-to-week (and few shows were so serialized as they are now), try waiting 4 months with a massive cliffhanger!  Also, no pausing TV.  If you had to take a piss, or do something (get snacks), it had to be done in the commercial break.  Commonly heard phrase in those days "Hurry, commercial break is over"... followed by frantic footfalls throughout the house as someone came sprinting back to the TV room.

Back on the topic of the dude taking a squirt not-on-mute.   :facepalm:  On the rare occasion that I can't break away from a call, but my teeth are floating ... I triple/quadruple check to ensure I'm on mute.  That's just brutal of the guy - and an quite likely an embarrassment that won't pass anytime soon.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 14, 2020, 10:00:48 AM
I know it makes me a curmudgeon, but kind of tired of the "2020 sucks" and "2020 can fuck right off" line of reasoning.   I guess it's a defense mechanism, but it doesn't make any sense to me.  Our circumstance is what it is, and we deal or we don't.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on October 14, 2020, 10:04:11 AM
I know it makes me a curmudgeon, but kind of tired of the "2020 sucks" and "2020 can fuck right off" line of reasoning.   I guess it's a defense mechanism, but it doesn't make any sense to me.  Our circumstance is what it is, and we deal or we don't.

Let me add to the "tired of" list:

In these unprecedented times
In these uncertain times

So tired of those phrases...... :tdwn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on October 14, 2020, 10:10:49 AM
I know it makes me a curmudgeon, but kind of tired of the "2020 sucks" and "2020 can fuck right off" line of reasoning.   I guess it's a defense mechanism, but it doesn't make any sense to me.  Our circumstance is what it is, and we deal or we don't.

Let me add to the "tired of" list:

In these unprecedented times
In these uncertain times

So tired of those phrases...... :tdwn

Why?

I mean, if you want to get super specific and semantic about it, these aren't unprecedent in the long run of history. But for every person alive today outside of some select few? These are unprecedented times.

And of course they're uncertain times.

Where is the empathy? or is this just code for "people should shut the hell up and never complain about things"?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on October 14, 2020, 10:17:54 AM
None of this stuff bothers me, this is the life we've been given and if we can joke about "fu 2020" then I think we are for the better, personally.  Some of those phrases do get annoying but that's just because of the repetition of hearing them so often, not because of the actual meaning behind them.  Kind of like anything else, you hear it enough you'll get sick of it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 14, 2020, 10:26:48 AM
My only quibble with those phrases is that they're overused crutches that a lot of folks seem to think they need to throw into what they say/post for no useful reason -- as though "more so now than ever" is going to go over folks' heads.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on October 14, 2020, 10:28:08 AM
I know it makes me a curmudgeon, but kind of tired of the "2020 sucks" and "2020 can fuck right off" line of reasoning.   I guess it's a defense mechanism, but it doesn't make any sense to me.  Our circumstance is what it is, and we deal or we don't.

I find that more funny than irritating. It's as if it'll all go away when the clock strikes 12 on 1/1/21.

I can see how it's irritating though, when people use it as an excuse for things going bad.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: bosk1 on October 14, 2020, 10:49:40 AM
Where is the empathy? or is this just code for "people should shut the hell up and never complain about things"?

I can't speak for the two posters you quoted, but it is entirely possible to have empathy and want people to shut up and quit complaining.  Empathy does not necessarily preclude a desire to not enable negativity.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on October 14, 2020, 10:52:23 AM
I know it makes me a curmudgeon, but kind of tired of the "2020 sucks" and "2020 can fuck right off" line of reasoning.   I guess it's a defense mechanism, but it doesn't make any sense to me.  Our circumstance is what it is, and we deal or we don't.

Let me add to the "tired of" list:

In these unprecedented times
In these uncertain times

So tired of those phrases...... :tdwn

Why?

I mean, if you want to get super specific and semantic about it, these aren't unprecedent in the long run of history. But for every person alive today outside of some select few? These are unprecedented times.

And of course they're uncertain times.

Where is the empathy? or is this just code for "people should shut the hell up and never complain about things"?

No that's not it at all. Those phrases are so overused. I stream a radio station when I work and every other commercial seems to use these phrases and have been since March. But, wow, did you super-duper analyze my post.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on October 14, 2020, 10:57:02 AM
I didn’t analyze anything. I was honestly asking. The answer you gave was no. So it’s cool.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 14, 2020, 11:22:01 AM
Where is the empathy? or is this just code for "people should shut the hell up and never complain about things"?

I can't speak for the two posters you quoted, but it is entirely possible to have empathy and want people to shut up and quit complaining.  Empathy does not necessarily preclude a desire to not enable negativity.

That's where I was parked.   It's not about "empathy"; it's about this twitter way of dealing with things that seems so pervasive in our society. It's like we're increasingly incapable of dealing with the reality that's in front of us, and that's scary to me.    Death has been with us for a while now (what, at least a coupled decades, right?) so I'm more speaking to what seems to me an escapist way - figuratively or literally - of distancing from that. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on October 14, 2020, 11:36:41 AM
I have compassion and empathy - for those who deserve it. But if you told me that you have the Covids and you think you got it at a party you were at and didn't wear a mask and did not socially distance, I would do a Dave Chappelle on yo ass and walk away.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on October 14, 2020, 11:58:55 AM
I know it makes me a curmudgeon, but kind of tired of the "2020 sucks" and "2020 can fuck right off" line of reasoning.   I guess it's a defense mechanism, but it doesn't make any sense to me.  Our circumstance is what it is, and we deal or we don't.

Well, I wouldn't say if this year should fuck off or not, but it definitely sucks as pretty much everything I planned for this year got postponed to the next year or I guess even 2022. :) It's such a stark contrast for me too, as 2019 was probably the best year of my life so far.

I deal with it, I do, but it still sucks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 14, 2020, 06:51:18 PM
I know it makes me a curmudgeon, but kind of tired of the "2020 sucks" and "2020 can fuck right off" line of reasoning.   I guess it's a defense mechanism, but it doesn't make any sense to me.  Our circumstance is what it is, and we deal or we don't.

I think it's just a small talk way of coping.

That reminds me..when I was a store manager and I would greet the associates, I let everyone know straight off that when I ask them how's it going, there are two answers that were unacceptable:
1. Peachy, or ducky
2. Same old same old, or same shit different day
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 14, 2020, 06:56:29 PM
Shit Stads. Don't follow me on Facebook.   I posts funny shit about that subject all the time.  Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 14, 2020, 06:59:18 PM
Don't follow me on Facebook. 


No problem! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on October 14, 2020, 07:00:20 PM
You wouldn't know how to sign up you old fuck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on October 14, 2020, 08:18:44 PM
Don't follow me on Facebook. 
No problem! :lol

 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 15, 2020, 07:18:10 AM
Shit Stads. Don't follow me on Facebook.   I posts funny shit about that subject all the time.  Lol

Haha, nah, I'm just being crochety. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on October 21, 2020, 08:26:07 AM
I was on vacation all last week and I still didn't motivate myself to sort out my 4500+ song 'favorites' playlist on Spotify into more neatly organized mini-playlists. 2 weeks ago it was, "I'll have all the time in the world to finally do this!" And Monday came and I thought, "I'm not spending all day doing this!" Damn myself  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 21, 2020, 09:21:21 AM
Probably more than mildly irritating...

Fucking political ads that are clearly premised on the notion that the viewer is an absolute moron.  Most specifically, ads for ballot initiatives that say little more than, "Don't be fooled by the SPECIAL INTERESTS behind Proposition 947!"  As opposed to the "special interests" that are opposing Prop 947?  What exactly are "special interests"?  Are there "less-than-special interests"?  Even worse is the fact that these ads wouldn't exist if they didn't work to some extent.

DOUG:  "Why aren't you voting for Prop 947, Bob?"
BOB:  "I saw this ad that said voting for 947 will ensure that babies start being born with octopus tentacles, and I sure as heck don't want that!"
DOUG:  "Umm...did you actually read the proposition?  Or the legislative summary?"
DOB:  "I don't have time for that!"

Election day can't come soon enough....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 21, 2020, 09:37:32 AM
Probably more than mildly irritating...

Fucking political ads that are clearly premised on the notion that the viewer is an absolute moron.  Most specifically, ads for ballot initiatives that say little more than, "Don't be fooled by the SPECIAL INTERESTS behind Proposition 947!"  As opposed to the "special interests" that are opposing Prop 947?  What exactly are "special interests"?  Are there "less-than-special interests"?  Even worse is the fact that these ads wouldn't exist if they didn't work to some extent.

DOUG:  "Why aren't you voting for Prop 947, Bob?"
BOB:  "I saw this ad that said voting for 947 will ensure that babies start being born with octopus tentacles, and I sure as heck don't want that!"
DOUG:  "Umm...did you actually read the proposition?  Or the legislative summary?"
DOB:  "I don't have time for that!"

Election day can't come soon enough....

(https://d2l4kn3pfhqw69.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/comic-bob-and-doug-1024x683.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on October 21, 2020, 10:15:17 AM
 :lol

Perfect!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 21, 2020, 10:17:25 AM

Election day can't come soon enough....

Word.

(Though, fair is fair; several of the Biden ads are world class.  No fear-mongering, just a plain-faced statement by someone you wouldn't expect to be making same.  Now, that's not to say that someone can't say they aren't therefore in their own way misleading, but still.  Not the typical ad with the picture of the opposing candidate looking like they're squeezing out a crap and doing something illegal all at the same time.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on October 21, 2020, 10:18:40 AM
:lol

Perfect!

I would have gone with this myself:  https://youtu.be/NpYEJx7PkWE
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 21, 2020, 10:40:38 AM
(Though, fair is fair; several of the Biden ads are world class.  No fear-mongering, just a plain-faced statement by someone you wouldn't expect to be making same.  Now, that's not to say that someone can't say they aren't therefore in their own way misleading, but still.  Not the typical ad with the picture of the opposing candidate looking like they're squeezing out a crap and doing something illegal all at the same time.)

I don't have any problem with candidate ads that say, "I'm great and here's why."  I can't stomach the ads that say, "Navin Johnson is terrible!  He didn't vote to provide funding for poor black children," when, in fact, the reason he didn't vote for that funding is because the bill in question also provided for the harvesting of those children's kidneys.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 21, 2020, 12:33:33 PM
I got an email from someone asking if I'm available at "3pm CST today."  Of course, we're still in DST, so...I really want to respond and then, when he hasn't called me at noon PDT, ask what's going on.  But I'll be nice....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on October 21, 2020, 01:10:31 PM
I got an email from someone asking if I'm available at "3pm CST today."  Of course, we're still in DST, so...I really want to respond and then, when he hasn't called me at noon PDT, ask what's going on.  But I'll be nice....

OMG... same here.  Someone sent me a note recently to meet at sometime EST, but I let it slide ... especially since I was pretty sloppy about that for a long time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on October 21, 2020, 02:56:37 PM
I got an email from someone asking if I'm available at "3pm CST today."  Of course, we're still in DST, so...I really want to respond and then, when he hasn't called me at noon PDT, ask what's going on.  But I'll be nice....

OMG... same here.  Someone sent me a note recently to meet at sometime EST, but I let it slide ... especially since I was pretty sloppy about that for a long time.

If it had been someone I knew better, I'd have given him crap about it.  Oh well....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 08, 2020, 11:07:56 AM
Person : *dies*

Someone online : :"OMG FUCK OFF 2020!!!!"



Yeah it's almost as if people are supposed to live forever...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on November 08, 2020, 01:53:55 PM
Person : *dies*

Someone online : :"OMG FUCK OFF 2020!!!!"



Yeah it's almost as if people are supposed to live forever...

 :tup :tup :tup

Pretty soon, we're gonna get one a day...

" It used to be that every group in New New York wanted their own parade. Why, when I was a boy, we had a parade every day. Those were dark times."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 08, 2020, 02:03:08 PM
It's Alex Trebek's day today.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Hyperplex on November 09, 2020, 10:15:59 AM
Person : *dies*

Someone online : :"OMG FUCK OFF 2020!!!!"



Yeah it's almost as if people are supposed to live forever...

Yeah, that...

I am so tired of the conception that the year has something to do with natural (or unnatural) occurrences, as if death and tragedy are novel occurrences that pick and choose when to concentrate themselves. This seemingly ubiquitous belief that our position in space and time is somehow making things worse bothers me, too. It's as if people believe the tick over to a new year actually changes the way the universe works.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 09, 2020, 10:17:23 AM
Y'all are entirely missing the point of why people say that

It's not blaming the year for anybody's death so much as it is expressing how much the current year sucks and they want it to end and move on to what is hopefully going to be a better year next year without maybe losing as many beloved celebrities. Literally nobody thinks the year caused the death or is responsible for it
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 09, 2020, 10:34:47 AM
I get that; but to me it sounds sort of... escapist.   Like "flipping the calendar" is going to make things magically better.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 09, 2020, 10:36:57 AM
Well, it might, in a very small personal way, to an individual. No different from when the clock hits midnight on January 1st and everyone celebrates as if literally anything has changed but the date. Today, class, we're going to learn about the word 'rhetoric' :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 09, 2020, 04:06:41 PM
2021 has already gotten off to a more promising start...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on November 10, 2020, 10:51:43 AM
Y'all are entirely missing the point of why people say that

It's not blaming the year for anybody's death so much as it is expressing how much the current year sucks and they want it to end and move on to what is hopefully going to be a better year next year without maybe losing as many beloved celebrities. Literally nobody thinks the year caused the death or is responsible for it

 :\

I'm doing that because, our beloved celebrities we know of who may die is gradually increasing. As we are hitting the era of when TV/Media Celebrity began to hits its uprising.

But yeah, the main point is giving themselves hope of a better new cycle, as that is what a year represents and cultures have different yearly cycles. It's the season of change ( :biggrin:)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 10, 2020, 11:19:40 AM
Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 10, 2020, 11:58:39 AM
Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!


That reminds me of when you see commercials on TV - and literally anything cat related is " Purrrr-fect ! "

Or anything to do with outer space is " Out of This World ! "

And there are people who get PAID to come up with these slogans.

Honestly think i've seen each example used for over 1,000 different products.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on November 10, 2020, 12:01:44 PM
Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!

Pssshh. Suit yourself. My year has been boring as shit and I don't follow sports. I'm looking forward to the new season of Battlebots, premiering December 3 on Discovery Channel (8pm-10pm EST), more than anything else in life right now. I NEED it. I need some kind of return to the way things were in the before times.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 10, 2020, 12:08:39 PM
Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!

Pssshh. Suit yourself. My year has been boring as shit and I don't follow sports. I'm looking forward to the new season of Battlebots, premiering December 3 on Discovery Channel (8pm-10pm EST), more than anything else in life right now. I NEED it. I need some kind of return to the way things were in the before times.

No, I hear you, I do.  It's more the idea that I'm being told what I need.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 10, 2020, 12:10:53 PM
I've never used "essential" oils. Should I be dead ?

I've never seen Citizen Kane - which is a MUST see film - are the Police after me ?

The last time I watched a "must see" film it was " Y Tu Mama Tambien " and it was a sack of shit.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on November 10, 2020, 01:02:45 PM
I've never used "essential" oils. Should I be dead ?

I've never seen Citizen Kane - which is a MUST see film - are the Police after me ?

The last time I watched a "must see" film it was " Y Tu Mama Tambien " and it was a sack of shit.

This makes absolutely no sense.  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 10, 2020, 01:30:48 PM
Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!

Pssshh. Suit yourself. My year has been boring as shit and I don't follow sports. I'm looking forward to the new season of Battlebots, premiering December 3 on Discovery Channel (8pm-10pm EST), more than anything else in life right now. I NEED it. I need some kind of return to the way things were in the before times.

No, I hear you, I do.  It's more the idea that I'm being told what I need.

But you said that you're being told that it's the "episode WE need."  You're not being told that it's the "episode YOU need."  You're just not part of "we."


I've never used "essential" oils. Should I be dead ?

Ummm...perhaps it will come as a surprise to you, but many words in the English language have more than one meaning.  The word "essential," for example, has many more meanings than "necessary to the maintenance of life."  It could mean "necessary to" any number of things other than the maintenance of life -- e.g., Moving Pictures is essential to a true understanding of Rush as a musical act.  But even that's not it.  The #1 definition of "essential," according to Merriam-Webster, is "of, relating to, or constituting essence: inherent."  An essential oil is an oil that contains the essence of something -- e.g., lemon, spearmint, lavender, etc. -- and the word "essence" has nothing at all to do with being necessary to anything.


I've never seen Citizen Kane - which is a MUST see film - are the Police after me ?

So...in your prior example, you decided that "essential" means "necessary to the maintenance of life," but in this example, "must see" (which is essentially a synonym for that definition of "essential") means only that you "must see" it or face criminal liability (or, since you capitalized "Police," maybe you're concerned that Gordon, Andy and Stewart will try to chase you down)?  Huh?  Do you have no concept at all of figurative speech?  "Must see" in the context of a movie means a movie that must be seen to have a full understanding of a genre or a base of knowledge of classic movies.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on November 10, 2020, 08:25:07 PM
Or anything to do with outer space is " Out of This World ! "

I don't think it is common any more, but I remember a time when anything new seemed to be touted as having "space-age technology."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 10, 2020, 08:26:36 PM
Or anything to do with outer space is " Out of This World ! "

I don't think it is common any more, but I remember a time when anything new seemed to be touted as having "space-age technology."

Wow, that's far out!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 11, 2020, 03:24:05 AM
wow a lot of people on this forum can't see an obvious joke
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 11, 2020, 07:21:08 AM
Wal Mart.  They take doors away from us, they mandate that we can't get forces to their supervisors.  They cry for us to unload their trailers so they can use them to ship to their stores and now they ask for a gameplan to empty all the pallet they loaded into JBHT trailers.


I will ask,

1.  Will you give us more doors
2.  Will you give us an assigned driver so we can hit higher goals
3.  If so i will staff accordingly.


I know their answer will be no to all. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 11, 2020, 07:23:30 AM
wow a lot of people on this forum can't see an obvious joke

To be fair I can't ever tell if you're joking or being dead serious with this face typing:

(https://media.wired.com/photos/5cdefb92b86e041493d389df/1:1/w_988,h_988,c_limit/Culture-Grumpy-Cat-487386121.jpg)

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Hyperplex on November 11, 2020, 07:33:24 AM
Being spoken to like I don't actually have 16 years of experience in my career, but am in fact only a seven-year-old in disguise. Certain members of my team are so pedantic and condescending (to everyone, really) that the slightest comment, remark, question, or casual conversation turns into some sort of lecture on a topic of which said person is obviously an expert. It's actually a trend that is noticed by no less than half the team. Intervention might be around the corner.

She is the embodiment of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 11, 2020, 09:34:53 AM
wow a lot of people on this forum can't see an obvious joke

To be fair I can't ever tell if you're joking or being dead serious
 :lol


I'm usually being heavily sarcastic but what the hey.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 11, 2020, 10:18:56 AM
Irritating:

"this changes everything".   Really? <David Lee Roth voice> "I don't feel tardy!"
"the [insert something completely banal and useless] that we need!"   New network TV shows are starting up, and if I hear that in an ad one more time, I'm going to scream.   "The episode we need!".  No, I need a vacation, a stiff vodka, and a back rub, not your dumb show!

Pssshh. Suit yourself. My year has been boring as shit and I don't follow sports. I'm looking forward to the new season of Battlebots, premiering December 3 on Discovery Channel (8pm-10pm EST), more than anything else in life right now. I NEED it. I need some kind of return to the way things were in the before times.

No, I hear you, I do.  It's more the idea that I'm being told what I need.

But you said that you're being told that it's the "episode WE need."  You're not being told that it's the "episode YOU need."  You're just not part of "we."


Now I feel marginalized.   ;) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Hyperplex on November 11, 2020, 12:33:51 PM
Self-esteem attacks.

When you do something minuscule but still "incorrect" and instead of being rational and just shrugging it off, learning from it if necessary, and moving on, you tumble down a complete abyss of self-doubt and self-criticism.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on November 11, 2020, 12:43:28 PM
Self-esteem attacks.

When you do something minuscule but still "incorrect" and instead of being rational and just shrugging it off, learning from it if necessary, and moving on, you tumble down a complete abyss of self-doubt and self-criticism.
Yep. I do that a lot too. I've gotten better with some concentrated effort this year, but it's still a struggle.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 11, 2020, 02:51:23 PM
I really hate when you have some great news - so you text everyone you know and tweet about it - and LITERALLY get ZERO responses.

 :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 11, 2020, 05:01:51 PM
I really hate when you have some great news - so you text everyone you know and tweet about it - and LITERALLY get ZERO responses.

 :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda:

Hey, I responded about your drums! :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 12, 2020, 02:12:41 AM
Hehe I meant IRL  :laugh:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on November 13, 2020, 09:25:28 AM
I get irritated when people call me "brother."  There are three people that are allowed to call me "brother": my brother, my sister, and Hulk Hogan.  That's it.  No one else!

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 13, 2020, 09:51:59 AM
I get irritated when people call me "brother."  There are three people that are allowed to call me "brother": my brother, my sister, and Hulk Hogan.  That's it.  No one else!

I hear you, bro.


:)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 13, 2020, 09:56:45 AM
There was one time me and my best friend were out at a bar with a group of other people, and after we got a little silly with a few drinks, we sat there laughing our balls off for like 20 minutes going, "Whatchu gonna do brother, when [insert really stupid reference/pun/joke here]" like Hulk.

I like calling my closer friends 'brother' sometime.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 13, 2020, 10:16:28 AM
There was one time me and my best friend were out at a bar with a group of other people, and after we got a little silly with a few drinks, we sat there laughing our balls off for like 20 minutes going, "Whatchu gonna do brother, when [insert really stupid reference/pun/joke here]" like Hulk.

I like calling my closer friends 'brother' sometime.

I feel so square, so... "white", when I say that though.  Do you say "BrothER" and pronounce it clean, or do you slur the end to "brutha"...  I inevitably try to go somewhere in the middle, and end up sounding like I swallowed my vodka down the wrong pipe.   "Captain" and "my friend" are so much easier and less open to ridicule.  :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 13, 2020, 10:17:53 AM
There was one time me and my best friend were out at a bar with a group of other people, and after we got a little silly with a few drinks, we sat there laughing our balls off for like 20 minutes going, "Whatchu gonna do brother, when [insert really stupid reference/pun/joke here]" like Hulk.

I like calling my closer friends 'brother' sometime.

I feel so square, so... "white", when I say that though.  Do you say "BrothER" and pronounce it clean, or do you slur the end to "brutha"...  I inevitably try to go somewhere in the middle, and end up sounding like I swallowed my vodka down the wrong pipe.   "Captain" and "my friend" are so much easier and less open to ridicule.  :) :)

You gotta accept your whiteness first, brother. :)

I usually just say 'bro' but tend to say 'brother' in text.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on November 13, 2020, 11:25:26 AM
I get irritated when people call me "brother."  There are three people that are allowed to call me "brother": my brother, my sister, and Hulk Hogan.  That's it.  No one else!

I hear you, bro.


:)

Thanks, chief.   ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 13, 2020, 11:28:06 AM
I'm not your chief buddy!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on November 13, 2020, 11:29:12 AM
I'm not your chief buddy!

I'm not your buddy, pal!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 13, 2020, 12:19:27 PM
He's not your pal, guy!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on November 13, 2020, 12:24:12 PM
me: I'm gonna be in two roulettes. that's a big time commitment. I will have to log in every day, maybe twice!
me: *proceeds to waste an hour per day on DTF*
roulette runners: *tumbleweed*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 13, 2020, 12:26:15 PM
me: I'm gonna be in two roulettes. that's a big time commitment. I will have to log in every day, maybe twice!
me: *proceeds to waste an hour per day on DTF*
roulette runners: *tumbleweed*

I took pride in that my roulettes were pretty speedy, to the point of kicking one person out because I got tired of waiting  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 13, 2020, 12:26:51 PM
Only problem was your scoring. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 13, 2020, 12:29:44 PM
Only problem was your scoring. :biggrin:

Me: specifically, strongly, pleadingly asks for participants to avoid rock.
You: sends rock all but one round.
Me: still scored you higher than I should have  :lol

Not MY problem!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 13, 2020, 12:33:42 PM
me: I'm gonna be in two roulettes. that's a big time commitment. I will have to log in every day, maybe twice!
me: *proceeds to waste an hour per day on DTF*
roulette runners: *tumbleweed*


Haha!   But look at who you're hanging with! That's not an hour wasted, that's an hour well spent!  Where else can you get witty reparte like this!   :) 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 13, 2020, 12:34:43 PM
Only problem was your scoring. :biggrin:

Me: specifically, strongly, pleadingly asks for participants to avoid rock.
You: sends rock all but one round.
Me: still scored you higher than I should have  :lol

Not MY problem!  :lol

Come on. I'm not Tim.  They were not Rock. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 13, 2020, 12:38:57 PM
Only problem was your scoring. :biggrin:

Me: specifically, strongly, pleadingly asks for participants to avoid rock.
You: sends rock all but one round.
Me: still scored you higher than I should have  :lol

Not MY problem!  :lol

Come on. I'm not Tim.  They were not Rock. :lol

They were new wave but they were 100% full on rock, brother. At least Tim sends metal!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 13, 2020, 12:53:22 PM
 :lol

That Sarah Mclachlan.  Such a rocker.
Joe Jackson.  Rocks out! :lol
The Feeling, says it all.  LOL
Mr. Mister rock? :lol

Sorry I didn't send 8 bit videogame music. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 13, 2020, 01:02:41 PM
:lol

That Sarah Mclachlan.  Such a rocker.
Joe Jackson.  Rocks out! :lol
The Feeling, says it all.  LOL
Mr. Mister rock? :lol

Sorry I didn't send 8 bit videogame music. :lol

You act as if those are the only two types of music out there!!  :lol :lol Okay so not everything, but Joe Jackson? ABSOLUTELY rock. So is The Feeling. And Mr. Mister was pretty rockin'.  :biggrin:

Just bustin yer balls, bud. Although next time I will be mean. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!  :hug:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 13, 2020, 01:08:58 PM
 :lol

You know I'm busting your balls.



And will continue you as long as Tim is not around.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 13, 2020, 01:30:06 PM
me: I'm gonna be in two roulettes. that's a big time commitment. I will have to log in every day, maybe twice!
me: *proceeds to waste an hour per day on DTF*
roulette runners: *tumbleweed*

Right??

:crypt:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 13, 2020, 01:39:36 PM
I really hate when you have some great news - so you text everyone you know and tweet about it - and LITERALLY get ZERO responses.

 :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda:

That's people for you mate.  Fucking forget about them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 13, 2020, 01:43:23 PM
Not really annoying per se...

But it's kind of amusing when you say you're not a fan of a band/film/song that someone else is

and they insult you PERSONALLY.

It's like - chill out dude - you didn't make it. . .
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 13, 2020, 02:05:34 PM
Rant time....

This should probably go in the pissed off thread, but this one is at the top.

You know what annoys me?  People's lack of perspective and sense of entitlement.  The human race is getting more selfish, arrogant and far less grateful.

We run swimming lessons and we have a pretty big, well branded program that's cheaper than most around with better and more flexible conditions.  That's run in an indoor heated pool, but we also have a leisure pool and 50m pool outside.  We have the perk that kids after their lesson can go and have a swim for free outside.  Any parent or sibling that wants to swim though, pays entry and also coming on a non lesson day is entry for everyone.  The centre is so big that people go from inside, downstairs and use the pool and it's hard to police. As it's getting warmer, people don't give a fuck, they will bring one child in for lessons but the other that doesn't swim will still use the pool.  Parents will jump in and swim too without paying while their kid is there.  Yesterday my receptionist asked one notorious family for taking the piss if any of the kids not in lessons were swimming.  The answer was no.  I go down and find her putting 3 kids in the pool.

It's at a point where we almost give up.  We pull people up and tell them and they always respond with 'we pay this amount for lessons, we should be able to use the pools also!' Well, no motherfucker, you pay for LESSONS to teach your kids how to swim so when they come down we're not watching their asses so closely because your too fucking stupid to make sure they don't die while your head is buried in social fucking media on your phone!  You are paying for the service to teach your children and I pay the teachers, that doesn't entitle you to have free reign of the joint and get everything else for nothing.

Anyway, I'm not trying to make more money out of these people, I work for a government sector so the money isn't going in my pocket, but fuck peoples attitude and ability to be completely dishonest is fucking terrible.  Coronavirus has done nothing over here to change peoples perspective.  We got out of it lightly and it's given no one perspective on life at all.

I was in the city last weekend and there was this homeless guy outside the cd store.  His face was the face of defeat.  He didn't look all that troubled from drugs alcohol etc.  I'm sure he was, but he genuinely looked like a guy that has had a bad run and it's all gone wrong for him.  His face almost haunts me.  I went in and as I was browsing I told myself I was going to give him $20 on the way out.  This 40 something year old guy sitting on the street with his hat out defeated and battling begging for money while people walk past like he's not even there and then on the other side I'm dealing with asshole, lying people that think they can take, use and abuse whatever they want because they feel they are entitled.  What the fuck is wrong with us?!  Unfortunately, the homeless guy had moved on when I came out of the store.  I looked around but he had moved on.  I wish he waited a little longer.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 13, 2020, 03:15:45 PM
Rant time....


I was in the city last weekend and there was this homeless guy outside the cd store.  His face was the face of defeat.  He didn't look all that troubled from drugs alcohol etc.  I'm sure he was, but he genuinely looked like a guy that has had a bad run and it's all gone wrong for him.  His face almost haunts me.  I went in and as I was browsing I told myself I was going to give him $20 on the way out.  This 40 something year old guy sitting on the street with his hat out defeated and battling begging for money while people walk past like he's not even there and then on the other side I'm dealing with asshole, lying people that think they can take, use and abuse whatever they want because they feel they are entitled.  What the fuck is wrong with us?!  Unfortunately, the homeless guy had moved on when I came out of the store.  I looked around but he had moved on.  I wish he waited a little longer.

Amazing, really.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 13, 2020, 03:44:29 PM
Rant time....


I was in the city last weekend and there was this homeless guy outside the cd store.  His face was the face of defeat.  He didn't look all that troubled from drugs alcohol etc.  I'm sure he was, but he genuinely looked like a guy that has had a bad run and it's all gone wrong for him.  His face almost haunts me.  I went in and as I was browsing I told myself I was going to give him $20 on the way out.  This 40 something year old guy sitting on the street with his hat out defeated and battling begging for money while people walk past like he's not even there and then on the other side I'm dealing with asshole, lying people that think they can take, use and abuse whatever they want because they feel they are entitled.  What the fuck is wrong with us?!  Unfortunately, the homeless guy had moved on when I came out of the store.  I looked around but he had moved on.  I wish he waited a little longer.

Amazing, really.

That was my main point of the rant.  Just seeing the two ends of the spectrum really shook me truthfully.  I've dealt with a lot and seen it all, but I don't know, maybe cause I'm getting older this affected me more. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 13, 2020, 04:59:00 PM
Honestly sounds like the US, both in terms of assholes abusing businesses but also a defeated homeless person on the streets.  I've never been to the land down under, but I always kind of expect other countries to not be so shitty like the US can be.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 13, 2020, 05:03:28 PM
Honestly sounds like the US, both in terms of assholes abusing businesses but also a defeated homeless person on the streets.  I've never been to the land down under, but I always kind of expect other countries to not be so shitty like the US can be.

Oh yeah, I know this is the world we live in everywhere, this spectrum is worldwide.  And it's not anywhere near as bad as the US, I think.  Homeless is nothing like it is the US I would imagine.  I guess I don't get out much anymore but it's prevalent and it's happening more and more.  More and more struggling and homeless, and more and more being greedy, selfish and less gracious.  The rich get rich and the poorer gets poorer I guess is the adequate saying. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 13, 2020, 05:12:50 PM
Honestly sounds like the US, both in terms of assholes abusing businesses but also a defeated homeless person on the streets.  I've never been to the land down under, but I always kind of expect other countries to not be so shitty like the US can be.

Oh yeah, I know this is the world we live in everywhere, this spectrum is worldwide.  And it's not anywhere near as bad as the US, I think.  Homeless is nothing like it is the US I would imagine.  I guess I don't get out much anymore but it's prevalent and it's happening more and more.  More and more struggling and homeless, and more and more being greedy, selfish and less gracious.  The rich get rich and the poorer gets poorer I guess is the adequate saying.

I'm with you 1000% on the people looking for a free lunch and an angle.  I'm a little less moved by the homeless having lived in the city (Philly) for five years. It's not insensitivity, it's just seeing behind the curtain a couple too many times to be absolute.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 13, 2020, 05:19:46 PM
Honestly sounds like the US, both in terms of assholes abusing businesses but also a defeated homeless person on the streets.  I've never been to the land down under, but I always kind of expect other countries to not be so shitty like the US can be.

Oh yeah, I know this is the world we live in everywhere, this spectrum is worldwide.  And it's not anywhere near as bad as the US, I think.  Homeless is nothing like it is the US I would imagine.  I guess I don't get out much anymore but it's prevalent and it's happening more and more.  More and more struggling and homeless, and more and more being greedy, selfish and less gracious.  The rich get rich and the poorer gets poorer I guess is the adequate saying.


I'm with you 1000% on the people looking for a free lunch and an angle.  I'm a little less moved by the homeless having lived in the city (Philly) for five years. It's not insensitivity, it's just seeing behind the curtain a couple too many times to be absolute.

I haven't seen that many homeless in my life and normally when I do, I use to not have any care, thinking they have done it to themselves with drugs, alcohol, gambling etc.  I've seen a lot down in Sydney but you could tell substance abuse plays a big part.  This guy though didn't look that way.  I could be totally wrong but looked as I said it was simply hard times as opposed to abuse but saying that, here in Australia you have to be pretty fucked up to not be able to have some sort of shelter so there's probably more behind it that I'm not seeing.  Still something about him made me have a lot of empathy.  People walking past homeless I don't judge at all, every man for themselves really, I'm a massive advocate for that, unfortunately.  But I would have happily given him $20 just because.

The bolded part though just shits me to tears.  It gets worse, people simply want everything for nothing.  It's disgraceful.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Bolsters on November 13, 2020, 06:39:09 PM
When left-clicking a link on a web page opens the link in a new tab. If I wanted to open the link in a new tab, then I would have middle-clicked. When I left click, it means I want it to open in the current tab. >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 14, 2020, 01:00:38 AM
When left-clicking a link on a web page opens the link in a new tab. If I wanted to open the link in a new tab, then I would have middle-clicked. When I left click, it means I want it to open in the current tab. >:(

When the back button just refreshes the page you're on.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 15, 2020, 10:12:01 AM
heating up food in the microwave for longer than I thought I did, and burning the fuck out of my mouth.    :censored (whoops, too late to censor myself).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on November 15, 2020, 03:00:22 PM
heating up food in the microwave for longer than I thought I did, and burning the fuck out of my mouth.    :censored (whoops, too late to censor myself).

To go along with that, microwaves that heat food unevenly, so that your first bite is the perfect temperature, and then the next either burns the fuck out of your mouth as you say, or it’s so cold it could freeze a mole off.

Everything about today’s grocery shopping trip. It’s while my son is napping, during which I was planning to also rest. It’s Sunday afternoon, so it’s a damn zoo inside, and I don’t have the patience today to wait for inconsiderate people to lolligag through the aisles. I forgot to bring our reusable bags for the 1000th time (Oregon stores by law no longer provide bags unless they’re paper, and they’re a 5¢ tax per bag, which I refuse to cave in to). And it’s friggin’ pouring outside, and since I haven’t bagged my goods, it’ll take 3x as long to bring them in the house all the while I’m getting soaked.

Okay, done bitching now.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 15, 2020, 05:23:17 PM
It is possibly more than mildly irritating when someone at the grocery store parks his/her cart to look at something - taking up half of the
 walking space - and then takes up the other half of the walking space by standing there - completely oblivious to folks walking down the aisle.  Is there an epidemic of folks who lack peripheral vision?  Am I the only one who, when pushing a cart in the store, makes sure that I never take up all the walking space (or, if I have to for some reason, pay careful attention to others walking down the aisle?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 15, 2020, 05:48:44 PM
heating up food in the microwave for longer than I thought I did, and burning the fuck out of my mouth.    :censored (whoops, too late to censor myself).

What's worse; that or 'waving it for longer and digging in.... and it's cold in the center.   :tdwn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 15, 2020, 05:49:17 PM
It is possibly more than mildly irritating when someone at the grocery store parks his/her cart to look at something - taking up half of the
 walking space - and then takes up the other half of the walking space by standing there - completely oblivious to folks walking down the aisle.  Is there an epidemic of folks who lack peripheral vision?  Am I the only one who, when pushing a cart in the store, makes sure that I never take up all the walking space (or, if I have to for some reason, pay careful attention to others walking down the aisle?

I'm with you; to me that's just being considerate.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 15, 2020, 05:54:04 PM
It is possibly more than mildly irritating when someone at the grocery store parks his/her cart to look at something - taking up half of the
 walking space - and then takes up the other half of the walking space by standing there - completely oblivious to folks walking down the aisle.  Is there an epidemic of folks who lack peripheral vision?  Am I the only one who, when pushing a cart in the store, makes sure that I never take up all the walking space (or, if I have to for some reason, pay careful attention to others walking down the aisle?

I'm with you; to me that's just being considerate.

Don't even get me started. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 15, 2020, 07:56:36 PM
I'm staying out of this one.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 15, 2020, 08:04:18 PM
I was SO courteous moving my cart out of someone's way today, in fact, that I took out an entire shelf of gummy bears  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 15, 2020, 08:12:33 PM
I was SO courteous moving my cart out of someone's way today, in fact, that I took out an entire shelf of gummy bears  :lol

Let me guess, they just happened to land in your cart? :lol
So courteous.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 16, 2020, 05:37:33 AM
Since I decided to start eating properly a few years ago - I got rid of my microwave. I literally don't need it for anything.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 16, 2020, 05:57:52 AM
Do teens online have a hive mind or something ?


I swear I keep seeing some random phrase on twitter or something like once - and then the next day everyone is saying it

like they all instantly know what it means.  :huh:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 16, 2020, 07:06:58 AM
Do teens online have a hive mind or something ?


I swear I keep seeing some random phrase on twitter or something like once - and then the next day everyone is saying it

like they all instantly know what it means.  :huh:

That's what we call slang, brudda!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 16, 2020, 07:10:24 AM
Yeah but If one day on twitter I said " I am so boondocked today ! "

Tomorrow everyone would be saying it and everyone would already know what it means etc.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 16, 2020, 08:24:17 AM
Do teens online have a hive mind or something ?


I swear I keep seeing some random phrase on twitter or something like once - and then the next day everyone is saying it

like they all instantly know what it means.  :huh:

It's not just kids; words have a way of propagating; it's documented.    I've been saying it for a while in the P/R thread (though it frequently gets dismissed).   Following Trump's inauguration, "terrified" started making the rounds.    Now it's "unhinged".   You start to see it in clickbait headlines; that's kind of the bellweather that it's reached critical mass and has propagated. 

It's a way of connection, of establishing like minds.   Very powerful.  When people are generally so boondocked in their life, it's a shorthand for finding solidarity.



(I did that just for you!)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 16, 2020, 08:30:39 AM
SO ENERGY POWAH  :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 16, 2020, 10:05:46 AM
I was SO courteous moving my cart out of someone's way today, in fact, that I took out an entire shelf of gummy bears  :lol

Let me guess, they just happened to land in your cart? :lol
So courteous.

 :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 16, 2020, 10:07:26 AM
I was SO courteous moving my cart out of someone's way today, in fact, that I took out an entire shelf of gummy bears  :lol

Let me guess, they just happened to land in your cart? :lol
So courteous.

 :lol :lol :lol

It took me a while to understand what joke TAC was making, because I ran into the shelf and they went all over the ground, not into my cart, and I don't like gummy bears in the slightest  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 16, 2020, 10:14:17 AM
I was SO courteous moving my cart out of someone's way today, in fact, that I took out an entire shelf of gummy bears  :lol

Let me guess, they just happened to land in your cart? :lol
So courteous.

 :lol :lol :lol

It took me a while to understand what joke TAC was making, because I ran into the shelf and they went all over the ground, not into my cart, and I don't like gummy bears in the slightest  :lol

I generally don't either, but every now and then, if there's nothing else available, I'll mow through an entire colony of bears.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 16, 2020, 10:45:02 AM
I was SO courteous moving my cart out of someone's way today, in fact, that I took out an entire shelf of gummy bears  :lol

Let me guess, they just happened to land in your cart? :lol
So courteous.

 :lol :lol :lol

It took me a while to understand what joke TAC was making, because I ran into the shelf and they went all over the ground, not into my cart, and I don't like gummy bears in the slightest  :lol

I generally don't either, but every now and then, if there's nothing else available, I'll mow through an entire colony of bears.

I'm calling PETA and the local wildlife agency.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 16, 2020, 10:46:50 AM
 :lol if you ever go to a boutique candy shop that has their own gummy bears, you might change your mind about liking them. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 16, 2020, 11:24:10 AM
:lol if you ever go to a boutique candy shop that has their own gummy bears, you might change your mind about liking them.

For me, it's the texture.  The flavor is fine.



I'm calling PETA and the local wildlife agency.  :lol

SHHHHH!!!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 16, 2020, 11:35:39 AM
I'm trying to think of a non-chocolate candy that I really, really like and coming up dry.  MAYBE liquorice. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 16, 2020, 11:37:36 AM
Add me to the list of hating gummy bears.  Texture and sweetness.  I'm not a rainbow flavor guy.  Give me chocolate/peanut butter.  That goes with drinks too.  That's why I never liked Mountain Dew ect, compared to Coke and rootbeer.  As Pepsi to my no list.  Too Sweet.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 16, 2020, 12:02:13 PM
Add me to the list of hating gummy bears.  Text and sweetness.  I'm not a rainbow flavor guy.  Give me chocolate/peanut butter.  That goes with drinks too.  That's why I never liked Mountain Dew ect, compared to Coke and rootbeer.  As Pepsi to my no list.  Too Sweet.

Just the SMELL of some of the shit my kids drink is enough to make me gag.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 16, 2020, 12:13:20 PM
:lol if you ever go to a boutique candy shop that has their own gummy bears, you might change your mind about liking them.

Take it to The Weed Thread. ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 16, 2020, 12:28:27 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 16, 2020, 12:47:02 PM
I'm trying to think of a non-chocolate candy that I really, really like and coming up dry.  MAYBE liquorice.

Jolly Ranchers, most flavors of Mentos, Hot Tamales, Starburst, Skittles....  I used to hate all things "liquorice" (or, as we say here in the States, licorice  :)), but I will eat the licorice jelly beans now and then.


Add me to the list of hating gummy bears.  Texture and sweetness.  I'm not a rainbow flavor guy.  Give me chocolate/peanut butter.  That goes with drinks too.  That's why I never liked Mountain Dew ect, compared to Coke and rootbeer.  As Pepsi to my no list.  Too Sweet.

Half Pepsi and half Mountain Dew is killer (gotta be Pepsi; Coke doesn't work)!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 16, 2020, 12:52:08 PM
I'm trying to think of a non-chocolate candy that I really, really like and coming up dry.  MAYBE liquorice.

Haribo. <3
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 16, 2020, 01:06:25 PM
I'm trying to think of a non-chocolate candy that I really, really like and coming up dry.  MAYBE liquorice.

Jolly Ranchers, most flavors of Mentos, Hot Tamales, Starburst, Skittles....  I used to hate all things "liquorice" (or, as we say here in the States, licorice  :)), but I will eat the licorice jelly beans now and then.


Add me to the list of hating gummy bears.  Texture and sweetness.  I'm not a rainbow flavor guy.  Give me chocolate/peanut butter.  That goes with drinks too.  That's why I never liked Mountain Dew ect, compared to Coke and rootbeer.  As Pepsi to my no list.  Too Sweet.

Half Pepsi and half Mountain Dew is killer (gotta be Pepsi; Coke doesn't work)!

Just too sweet for my tastes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 16, 2020, 01:16:42 PM
Gummy bears just f'ing suck. One of the worst candies/snacks ever made. Starburst jelly beans. Now that's legal crack right there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on November 16, 2020, 01:24:12 PM
Never liked Gummy Bears....Gummy Worms on the other hand, and Gummy Sharks...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 16, 2020, 04:47:40 PM
I'm trying to think of a non-chocolate candy that I really, really like and coming up dry.  MAYBE liquorice.

Nibs. Are Werthers are a candy?  Oh and of course, these.

(https://www.candywarehouse.com/item-images/130156-01_kraft-caramel-squares-candy-11-ounce-bag.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 16, 2020, 06:24:11 PM
^ I have a bowl full of those on the living room table. Mmm...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 17, 2020, 06:41:25 AM
I'm trying to think of a non-chocolate candy that I really, really like and coming up dry.  MAYBE liquorice.

Nibs. Are Werthers are a candy?  Oh and of course, these.

(https://www.candywarehouse.com/item-images/130156-01_kraft-caramel-squares-candy-11-ounce-bag.jpg)

Are those the things with the vanilla nugget in the center?   I like those. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 17, 2020, 07:27:24 AM
I ended up buying some of John Petrucci's beard products. Bought the balm and oil, don't need the mustache wax because I keep it trimmed above the lip. Seriously, fuck mustaches. Such a pain. Anyway, $50 for two products with shipping annoyed me. But I hope they're good.  :corn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 17, 2020, 08:03:19 AM
It's mildly irritating that I can't grow a beard or mustache, but not even that I can't grow them, but it's fucking annoying that I get little stubble so I have to still shave.  Like how about just no hair grows on my face or all hair?  Why do I have to be stuck with stubble
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 17, 2020, 08:08:53 AM
I ended up buying some of John Petrucci's beard products. Bought the balm and oil, don't need the mustache wax because I keep it trimmed above the lip. Seriously, fuck mustaches. Such a pain. Anyway, $50 for two products with shipping annoyed me. But I hope they're good.  :corn

I spend $25 for Honest Amish beard oil and Wax.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on November 17, 2020, 08:10:13 AM
I ended up buying some of John Petrucci's beard products. Bought the balm and oil, don't need the mustache wax because I keep it trimmed above the lip. Seriously, fuck mustaches. Such a pain. Anyway, $50 for two products with shipping annoyed me. But I hope they're good.  :corn

I found it mildly irritating that the CD copy of Terminal Velocity's liner notes is basically a flyer for his beard products.  Like, I didn't hear any notes of sage in any of his guitar playing.  ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 17, 2020, 08:16:55 AM
It's mildly irritating that I can't grow a beard or mustache, but not even that I can't grow them, but it's fucking annoying that I get little stubble so I have to still shave.  Like how about just no hair grows on my face or all hair?  Why do I have to be stuck with stubble

I'm kind of in the same boat.  I look hot AF after three days of growth, kind of like a Polish Sean Connery, if I say so myself, but after that, I just look like I'm coming off a good week long bender.   My beard just looks like shit after about five days, so then I have to shave, but then it's a chore and I end up with an irritated face.  I tried using an electric razor to keep it at "three days" but that was far too much effort, so... clean-shaven it is. 

I don't know how the kids/celebrities do it, keeping that "casual-but-not-at-all-casual" couple days growth. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on November 17, 2020, 02:30:06 PM
It's mildly irritating that I can't grow a beard or mustache, but not even that I can't grow them, but it's fucking annoying that I get little stubble so I have to still shave.  Like how about just no hair grows on my face or all hair?  Why do I have to be stuck with stubble

I'm kind of in the same boat.  I look hot AF after three days of growth, kind of like a Polish Sean Connery, if I say so myself, but after that, I just look like I'm coming off a good week long bender.   My beard just looks like shit after about five days, so then I have to shave, but then it's a chore and I end up with an irritated face.  I tried using an electric razor to keep it at "three days" but that was far too much effort, so... clean-shaven it is. 

I don't know how the kids/celebrities do it, keeping that "casual-but-not-at-all-casual" couple days growth.

Just like with the Home Improvement maxim, "the right tool for the right job", I think your problem might be the wrong trimmer/clipper.
I buzzcut my own hair, and through expert advice and trial/error, I have the right tools.  It is a separate tool for different jobs....like the 3 day facial hair growth trim.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 17, 2020, 02:38:25 PM
I feel bad for guys who can't grow a beard. Mine isn't the best, god I have beard envy of some people I know really bad, but I like how mine has come along considering I've never shaved it off and I've been learning as I go the whole time. Got it looking better than ever right now. I'm glad to have a job where I can do whatever I want.

The only bad part is the mustache. Fuck that. Even with wax, I hate having a big bushy mustache. The amount of times I would accidentally bite off a hair, or get it caught in food, or otherwise rip it off somehow, it's so annoying. So I keep it trimmed above the lip.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 18, 2020, 06:27:50 AM
It's mildly irritating that I can't grow a beard or mustache, but not even that I can't grow them, but it's fucking annoying that I get little stubble so I have to still shave.  Like how about just no hair grows on my face or all hair?  Why do I have to be stuck with stubble

I'm kind of in the same boat.  I look hot AF after three days of growth, kind of like a Polish Sean Connery, if I say so myself, but after that, I just look like I'm coming off a good week long bender.   My beard just looks like shit after about five days, so then I have to shave, but then it's a chore and I end up with an irritated face.  I tried using an electric razor to keep it at "three days" but that was far too much effort, so... clean-shaven it is. 

I don't know how the kids/celebrities do it, keeping that "casual-but-not-at-all-casual" couple days growth.

Just like with the Home Improvement maxim, "the right tool for the right job", I think your problem might be the wrong trimmer/clipper.
I buzzcut my own hair, and through expert advice and trial/error, I have the right tools.  It is a separate tool for different jobs....like the 3 day facial hair growth trim.

I suspect you're right.   I approached it like a 12-year-old boy; I tried once, it didn't work, then gave up!   :)   

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on November 18, 2020, 09:38:01 AM
It's mildly irritating that I can't grow a beard or mustache, but not even that I can't grow them, but it's fucking annoying that I get little stubble so I have to still shave.  Like how about just no hair grows on my face or all hair?  Why do I have to be stuck with stubble

That's pretty much us Native men. We even have memes about it.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on November 18, 2020, 09:55:03 AM
Milk Lindt Chocolate Balls > Everything else

Kit Kat, Reeses Fast Breaks, Pretzel M&Ms, and Pay Days get an honorable mention. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 18, 2020, 10:06:45 AM
Milk Lindt Chocolate Balls > Everything else

Kit Kat, Reeses Fast Breaks, Pretzel M&Ms, and Pay Days get an honorable mention.

Good call!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 18, 2020, 12:22:28 PM
Milk Lindt Chocolate Balls > Everything else

Kit Kat, Reeses Fast Breaks, Pretzel M&Ms, and Pay Days get an honorable mention.

Good call!

Yes their milk chocolate is excellent, but I actually prefer the dark balls.*







*Served up on a silver platter. OK, go easy on me, boys!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 18, 2020, 12:49:14 PM
Milk Lindt Chocolate Balls > Everything else

Kit Kat, Reeses Fast Breaks, Pretzel M&Ms, and Pay Days get an honorable mention.

Good call!

Yes their milk chocolate is excellent, but I actually prefer the dark balls.*


*Served up on a silver platter. OK, go easy on me, boys!

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/23/1a/5d/231a5d0181296bc3c4b2cbd5d82507b1.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Samsara on November 19, 2020, 07:43:50 AM
I grew a beard over the last couple of months. I like it. I had a full goatee for like 10 years, but it was always a pain in the ass shaving and not screwing up things. I find shaving my neck and the upper part of the beard to shape it to be MUCH easier. But I also keep it fairly short too. No huge mammoth thing like Petrucci. Just a neat full beard trimmed down on a 3 mm setting on the clipper. It's gray as hell on the sides now, but that's what happens in your 40s.

Cram, don't be so pissed about facial hair. It sucked when I was younger. I had to start shaving hardcore at 11. I'm one of those hairy Italians who if clean shaven, would have to shave twice a day. It sucks. LOL.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 19, 2020, 08:29:00 AM
Cram, don't be so pissed about facial hair. It sucked when I was younger. I had to start shaving hardcore at 11. I'm one of those hairy Italians who if clean shaven, would have to shave twice a day. It sucks. LOL.

I'm not pissed that I can't grow a beard, just that I grow stubble really so I still need to take care of it, but get no benefit of being able to do something with it. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on November 19, 2020, 10:00:54 AM
Cram,

In a couple of decades it will start growing out of your ears and nostrils like rye grass in a cow pasture. If you don't keep it trimmed, it makes your eyes water when you comb your mustache.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 19, 2020, 10:02:33 AM
Cram,

In a couple of decades it will start growing out of your ears and nostrils like rye grass in a cow pasture. If you don't keep it trimmed, it makes your eyes water when you comb your mustache.

And you'll have a woman point out those hairs in your ears and nostrils.   Oh and if you are like me, my mad scientist eyebrows.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on November 19, 2020, 10:05:52 AM
Cram,

In a couple of decades it will start growing out of your ears and nostrils like rye grass in a cow pasture. If you don't keep it trimmed, it makes your eyes water when you comb your mustache.

And you'll have a woman point out those hairs in your ears and nostrils.   Oh and if you are like me, my mad scientist eyebrows.

Oh, yes...how could I forget about the spider legs hanging over the brim of my glasses.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 19, 2020, 10:08:37 AM
I spend more time on my eyebrows than I do the rest of the hair on my head. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 19, 2020, 10:22:06 AM
I've taken my reading glasses off and pulled out my eyebrows  lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on November 19, 2020, 10:23:22 AM
 :lol

This could be reposted in the fogey thread.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 19, 2020, 10:24:40 AM
I yelped like a little girl.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 19, 2020, 06:36:06 PM
Cram,

In a couple of decades it will start growing out of your ears and nostrils like rye grass in a cow pasture. If you don't keep it trimmed, it makes your eyes water when you comb your mustache.

And you'll have a woman point out those hairs in your ears and nostrils.   Oh and if you are like me, my mad scientist eyebrows.

Oh, yes...how could I forget about the spider legs hanging over the brim of my glasses.

How are there certain hairs that get so much longer than all the others hey?  Like WTF?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 19, 2020, 06:45:58 PM
Milk Lindt Chocolate Balls > Everything else

Kit Kat, Reeses Fast Breaks, Pretzel M&Ms, and Pay Days get an honorable mention.

Cross thread confusion!

Cram,

In a couple of decades it will start growing out of your ears and nostrils like rye grass in a cow pasture. If you don't keep it trimmed, it makes your eyes water when you comb your mustache.

And you'll have a woman point out those hairs in your ears and nostrils.   Oh and if you are like me, my mad scientist eyebrows.

Oh, yes...how could I forget about the spider legs hanging over the brim of my glasses.

How are there certain hairs that get so much longer than all the others hey?  Like WTF?

Rite!?!!?  I got hair coming out of all the places I don't, and none of the places I do!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 20, 2020, 07:42:20 AM
Cram,

In a couple of decades it will start growing out of your ears and nostrils like rye grass in a cow pasture. If you don't keep it trimmed, it makes your eyes water when you comb your mustache.

And you'll have a woman point out those hairs in your ears and nostrils.   Oh and if you are like me, my mad scientist eyebrows.

Oh, yes...how could I forget about the spider legs hanging over the brim of my glasses.

How are there certain hairs that get so much longer than all the others hey?  Like WTF?

And seemingly overnight.  It takes me about 4 years to grow a semblance of a beard, but I'll wake up and find a half an inch hair coming out of my forehead that wasn't there the day before.   :) 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 20, 2020, 07:57:29 AM
What creeps me out more is that every once in a while I will wake up and find a completely white hair somewhere, usually in my beard. Just one single Casper white hair. You'd think I'd have noticed it the day before, but no, I swear it appears overnight. I don't understand.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on November 20, 2020, 10:02:33 AM
I have that issue with wiry hairs in my ears these days. They seemingly sprout overnight. The odd things about getting older...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 20, 2020, 10:26:51 AM
What irritates me is the public. All I'll say. Some days I swear to god it just goes like this:

(https://media.tenor.com/images/ff5b1b4c7e6f03ed9a9f560254270fae/tenor.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 20, 2020, 11:42:45 AM
Remember the guy that peed on the Zoom call and forgot to mute?

Well, we are on a follow-up session with outside personnel (with whom we're in a dispute, so security is an issues), and we have a concurrent internal Teams session.  SAME GUY, is on both with two devices.  He keeps forgetting to mute them, or unmutes one (say, Teams) when he means to unmute the other.  THEN, there's banging in the background like someone's constructing a skyscraper.  Finally, my boss - who is HIS boss' boss - said "Dude (except he used his real name), one device and leave it on mute.  PLEASE."   

We joined the organization around the same time (him from outside, me an internal transfer) and he's a friend.  But I've moved up a couple spots and he's stayed in the same job; he's asked me what he can do, and I've told him honestly but compassionately that while doing your day job is necessary (he does do good work), you have to also instill confidence in your bosses, and you have to... not make them look good, per se, but make them feel like you're necessary to THEIR success as well as yours.  Pissing on an open Zoom line and not managing BASIC video conference call security measures doesn't do those things. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 22, 2020, 09:46:09 AM
Oh man, I can't wait for chapter 3 of the Saga of Opisseus.  :lol

What irritates me is the start of GnR's UYI2 DVD basically being 20 minutes of solos.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 22, 2020, 04:23:50 PM
This doesn't really belong in this thread, but there isn't a "things that I find mildly amusing" thread.

I was watching TV yesterday, and a commercial came on for Panera.  I don't remember the whole commercial, but there was a line where the narrator said, "when Chef Whatshisname makes a pizza, he uses clean ingredients!"

I had to back it up to make sure I heard correctly.  Are they really saying it as a point of pride that they wash/clean their ingredients??  Isn't that a rather low bar for a restaurant?   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 22, 2020, 04:28:43 PM
It's hilarious that companies have to say this in these covid times because if they don't they think we won't go. 

Domino's has the touchless pizza.  How did the pizza get made? :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 22, 2020, 04:31:07 PM
It's hilarious that companies have to say this in these covid times because if they don't they think we won't go. 

Domino's has the touchless pizza.  How did the pizza get made? :lol

True, but after it's made, it goes into an oven at reallyalotof degrees for several minutes.  No one touches it after it comes out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 22, 2020, 04:47:36 PM
Oh I know but it is funny to see all these companies make commercials afraid of losing business.  It's a first to see so many do this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 22, 2020, 06:42:18 PM
This doesn't really belong in this thread, but there isn't a "things that I find mildly amusing" thread.

I was watching TV yesterday, and a commercial came on for Panera.  I don't remember the whole commercial, but there was a line where the narrator said, "when Chef Whatshisname makes a pizza, he uses clean ingredients!"

I had to back it up to make sure I heard correctly.  Are they really saying it as a point of pride that they wash/clean their ingredients??  Isn't that a rather low bar for a restaurant?   :lol

(Sorry to blow your amusement, but "clean ingredients" has nothing to do with COVID or sanitation (http://blog.ift.org/what-is-clean-label).  It's a health/nutrition thing.  No preservatives, not a lot/no additives... the idea is 'ingredients you'd use if you were cooking fresh at home'.)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 22, 2020, 07:21:24 PM
This doesn't really belong in this thread, but there isn't a "things that I find mildly amusing" thread.

I was watching TV yesterday, and a commercial came on for Panera.  I don't remember the whole commercial, but there was a line where the narrator said, "when Chef Whatshisname makes a pizza, he uses clean ingredients!"

I had to back it up to make sure I heard correctly.  Are they really saying it as a point of pride that they wash/clean their ingredients??  Isn't that a rather low bar for a restaurant?   :lol

(Sorry to blow your amusement, but "clean ingredients" has nothing to do with COVID or sanitation (http://blog.ift.org/what-is-clean-label).  It's a health/nutrition thing.  No preservatives, not a lot/no additives... the idea is 'ingredients you'd use if you were cooking fresh at home'.)

Stadler, pointing out the unfunny.. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 23, 2020, 06:32:55 AM
This doesn't really belong in this thread, but there isn't a "things that I find mildly amusing" thread.

I was watching TV yesterday, and a commercial came on for Panera.  I don't remember the whole commercial, but there was a line where the narrator said, "when Chef Whatshisname makes a pizza, he uses clean ingredients!"

I had to back it up to make sure I heard correctly.  Are they really saying it as a point of pride that they wash/clean their ingredients??  Isn't that a rather low bar for a restaurant?   :lol

(Sorry to blow your amusement, but "clean ingredients" has nothing to do with COVID or sanitation (http://blog.ift.org/what-is-clean-label).  It's a health/nutrition thing.  No preservatives, not a lot/no additives... the idea is 'ingredients you'd use if you were cooking fresh at home'.)

Stadler, pointing out the unfunny.. :lol

Since 2017!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 23, 2020, 12:09:27 PM
This doesn't really belong in this thread, but there isn't a "things that I find mildly amusing" thread.

I was watching TV yesterday, and a commercial came on for Panera.  I don't remember the whole commercial, but there was a line where the narrator said, "when Chef Whatshisname makes a pizza, he uses clean ingredients!"

I had to back it up to make sure I heard correctly.  Are they really saying it as a point of pride that they wash/clean their ingredients??  Isn't that a rather low bar for a restaurant?   :lol

(Sorry to blow your amusement, but "clean ingredients" has nothing to do with COVID or sanitation (http://blog.ift.org/what-is-clean-label).  It's a health/nutrition thing.  No preservatives, not a lot/no additives... the idea is 'ingredients you'd use if you were cooking fresh at home'.)

(https://media3.giphy.com/media/c12vYfKIs2WRi/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 23, 2020, 12:16:12 PM
Mildly irritating: I am at the point where I have too many things to charge. On almost any given day I am recharging something: one of two battery packs, my phone, my Switch and PS4 and Xbox controllers, my Bluetooth speaker, my Bluetooth shower speaker... I've almost thought about buying a power strip dedicated solely to charging these things. Might as well just do it
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 23, 2020, 01:22:18 PM
Mildly irritating: I am at the point where I have too many things to charge. On almost any given day I am recharging something: one of two battery packs, my phone, my Switch and PS4 and Xbox controllers, my Bluetooth speaker, my Bluetooth shower speaker... I've almost thought about buying a power strip dedicated solely to charging these things. Might as well just do it

My bluetooth shower speaker will last me a month... easy.  Then again, I don't have quite the mane (top or front) to take care of.  I can be in/out of a shower in less than one song (unless I'm shaving my dome).  And it doesn't need to be a song by Transatlantic ... I'm talking an AC/DC or Van Halen song.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 23, 2020, 02:24:22 PM
Mildly irritating: I am at the point where I have too many things to charge. On almost any given day I am recharging something: one of two battery packs, my phone, my Switch and PS4 and Xbox controllers, my Bluetooth speaker, my Bluetooth shower speaker... I've almost thought about buying a power strip dedicated solely to charging these things. Might as well just do it

My bluetooth shower speaker will last me a month... easy.  Then again, I don't have quite the mane (top or front) to take care of.  I can be in/out of a shower in less than one song (unless I'm shaving my dome).  And it doesn't need to be a song by Transatlantic ... I'm talking an AC/DC or Van Halen song.

You have music in the shower? WTF?!  Seriously?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 23, 2020, 02:26:52 PM
Mildly irritating: I am at the point where I have too many things to charge. On almost any given day I am recharging something: one of two battery packs, my phone, my Switch and PS4 and Xbox controllers, my Bluetooth speaker, my Bluetooth shower speaker... I've almost thought about buying a power strip dedicated solely to charging these things. Might as well just do it

My bluetooth shower speaker will last me a month... easy.  Then again, I don't have quite the mane (top or front) to take care of.  I can be in/out of a shower in less than one song (unless I'm shaving my dome).  And it doesn't need to be a song by Transatlantic ... I'm talking an AC/DC or Van Halen song.

You have music in the shower? WTF?!  Seriously?

Dude fuck yeah. What's better than music in the shower? I guess shower beer after work, with music in the shower. Or sex in the shower, with music. Okay, I guess a couple things are better.

@Chad: yeah, I mean, I only have to charge mine once every couple months. But it always seems to be right at the time EVERYTHING else needs charging too, so I just line all my shit up on a counter and spend a day charging  :lol I tend to take 10-20 minute showers though, cause of hair and an obsession with products
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 23, 2020, 03:04:36 PM
Mildly irritating: I am at the point where I have too many things to charge. On almost any given day I am recharging something: one of two battery packs, my phone, my Switch and PS4 and Xbox controllers, my Bluetooth speaker, my Bluetooth shower speaker... I've almost thought about buying a power strip dedicated solely to charging these things. Might as well just do it

My bluetooth shower speaker will last me a month... easy.  Then again, I don't have quite the mane (top or front) to take care of.  I can be in/out of a shower in less than one song (unless I'm shaving my dome).  And it doesn't need to be a song by Transatlantic ... I'm talking an AC/DC or Van Halen song.

You have music in the shower? WTF?!  Seriously?

This is baffling to me.  You might as well wrote "You breath air every day?  WTF?".   I have a Bose speaker and I bluetooth my phone and rock out.  Last night I took a shower after dinner and enjoyed the dulcet tones of Mr. James LaBrie on "Stargazer" and a fantastic Queen medley.   :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 23, 2020, 03:10:06 PM
Mildly irritating: I am at the point where I have too many things to charge. On almost any given day I am recharging something: one of two battery packs, my phone, my Switch and PS4 and Xbox controllers, my Bluetooth speaker, my Bluetooth shower speaker... I've almost thought about buying a power strip dedicated solely to charging these things. Might as well just do it

My bluetooth shower speaker will last me a month... easy.  Then again, I don't have quite the mane (top or front) to take care of.  I can be in/out of a shower in less than one song (unless I'm shaving my dome).  And it doesn't need to be a song by Transatlantic ... I'm talking an AC/DC or Van Halen song.

You have music in the shower? WTF?!  Seriously?

This is baffling to me.  You might as well wrote "You breath air every day?  WTF?".   I have a Bose speaker and I bluetooth my phone and rock out.  Last night I took a shower after dinner and enjoyed the dulcet tones of Mr. James LaBrie on "Stargazer" and a fantastic Queen medley.   :)

My mind is literally spinning like a top right now!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 23, 2020, 04:03:19 PM
Stads had a nice chianti and then rubbed one out. F# always does it for him.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 23, 2020, 05:10:49 PM
Mildly irritating: I am at the point where I have too many things to charge. On almost any given day I am recharging something: one of two battery packs, my phone, my Switch and PS4 and Xbox controllers, my Bluetooth speaker, my Bluetooth shower speaker... I've almost thought about buying a power strip dedicated solely to charging these things. Might as well just do it

My bluetooth shower speaker will last me a month... easy.  Then again, I don't have quite the mane (top or front) to take care of.  I can be in/out of a shower in less than one song (unless I'm shaving my dome).  And it doesn't need to be a song by Transatlantic ... I'm talking an AC/DC or Van Halen song.

You have music in the shower? WTF?!  Seriously?

I mean, the incessant drone of water dripping on tiles is great and all, but ...

(http://replygif.net/i/441.gif)

Music is as necessary as soap in the showering process.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 24, 2020, 12:29:10 AM
I woke up in the bizarro world, surely.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 24, 2020, 05:25:35 AM
I woke up in the bizarro world, surely.

Why wouldn't you listen to music in the shower?  Serious question.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 24, 2020, 07:09:21 AM
Stads had a nice chianti and then rubbed one out. F# always does it for him.

Well, that too.  I'm a man with needs.     
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 24, 2020, 07:22:33 AM
Stads had a nice chianti and then rubbed one out. F# always does it for him.

Well, that too.  I'm a man with needs.   

Preaching to the choir.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 24, 2020, 07:57:18 AM
Stads had a nice chianti and then rubbed one out. F# always does it for him.

Well, that too.  I'm a man with needs.   

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 24, 2020, 09:26:49 AM
Pedestrians that walk at their own pace, ON AN ANGLE.   I was at Home Depot, and made the mistake of letting a couple cross in front of me.  They walked TWO parking lanes over, on an angle, in front of me (instead of cross at the perpendicular, then moving to their car.)  I was blaring Ayreon, so I was fine in terms of my side, but it just struck me as incredibly self-indulgent.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on November 24, 2020, 09:40:00 AM
Pedestrians that walk at their own pace, ON AN ANGLE.   I was at Home Depot, and made the mistake of letting a couple cross in front of me.  They walked TWO parking lanes over, on an angle, in front of me (instead of cross at the perpendicular, then moving to their car.   I was blaring Ayreon, so I was fine in terms of my side, but it just struck me as incredibly self-indulgent.

I HATE that!

I'm on PTO this week, so I took my son to the DMV.  I was starting up from the curb and had to make a 3-point turn (I started facing west and needed to go east).  As I started the turn, I noticed a jogger in the street heading west.  As I was finishing the turn, I had to turn fairly sharply because there was a truck parked in the street on the side where this guy was jogging.  There was probably about a foot of space between the truck and my car and this idiot jogger, instead of getting on the sidewalk, squeezes into the space.  I fucking HATE these assholes who think the street is made for them to jog and expect cars to move out of their way.  I get that they think jogging on asphalt is better than jogging on concrete, but fuck these people.  They're right up there with the ass clowns who think they're professional cyclists and act like they own the street.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 24, 2020, 09:45:10 AM
Pedestrians that walk at their own pace, ON AN ANGLE.   I was at Home Depot, and made the mistake of letting a couple cross in front of me.  They walked TWO parking lanes over, on an angle, in front of me (instead of cross at the perpendicular, then moving to their car.   


I almost posted the exact same issue the other day. Cross the damn street.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on November 24, 2020, 09:55:46 AM
Also, people who are walking right in the middle of the narrow road so you can't pass them on any side without asking them to let you pass or without basically brushing their side. If the road is not that narrow, there will be three people walking side by side so you still can't pass them. They would also be walking as slow as possible apparently.

I know, I prefer to walk fast and some people prefer to walk at a slower pace, but show some awareness and don't block the whole damn road maybe.

Also, people who get as close as possible to you in line at the grocery stores (or generally wherever). It was irritating back before covid, it's doubly irritating now. There are lines drawn on the floor for you, just look at them and stay back.

Also, people who see the gap between me and the next person in line in front of me and decide that somehow they can slip in there and then act offended when I call them out on it.

Man I did not have a good day. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 24, 2020, 10:04:54 AM
What boils my skin is pedestrians who walk right out in the street or into the parking lot without looking first.  I was taught to wait for the driver to wave you on.  Today most just walk out, and a high percentage of them don't even look at the car or truck that has to stop for them.  It's reckless. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on November 24, 2020, 10:14:13 AM
What boils my skin is pedestrians who walk right out in the street or into the parking lot without looking first.  I was taught to wait for the driver to wave you on.  Today most just walk out, and a high percentage of them don't even look at the car or truck that has to stop for them.  It's reckless.

I'd say it definitely boils down to a cultural thing. Now, I agree with you, because I was taught to look left and right and be sure there are no cars or that the cars are slowing down before I start walking. Even if it's one-way traffic, I still look at both sides of the road before I start walking. You never cross a street (even at a crosswalk) before you make sure it's safe.

Now when I was in Europe (specifically Germany/Netherlands), every single driver slowed down for me to pass. I stopped for them to give me any sign they'll let me pass before them and I felt I was just slowing down everyone. It was expected that if there's a crosswalk and there's a pedestrian in the vicinity of it, the drivers have to slow and let them pass.

When I was in Egypt, the only safe way to cross the road was underground. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 24, 2020, 10:15:56 AM
Pedestrians that walk at their own pace, ON AN ANGLE.   I was at Home Depot, and made the mistake of letting a couple cross in front of me.  They walked TWO parking lanes over, on an angle, in front of me (instead of cross at the perpendicular, then moving to their car.)  I was blaring Ayreon, so I was fine in terms of my side, but it just struck me as incredibly self-indulgent.

The people crossing, or you listening to Ayreon?   :biggrin:

To up the irritant level on this topic, howsabout the fuckers that do this and don't even shoulder check to see if there's a car coming up behind them?  (edit: Ninja'd by King)

Also, people who get as close as possible to you in line at the grocery stores (or generally whereever). It was irritating back before covid, it's doubly irritating now. There are lines drawn on the floor for you, just look at them and stay back.

Mother of god!  mrs.jingle and I were walking into a Costco last week, and they stopped us to wait for a bit cuz it was getting too crowded.  These two older (70ish) ladies practically bounced into mrs.jingle - while fumbling for their masks to put them on.  I glared at them and said "six feet back,eh?"... to which her response was "but I'm wearing a mask".  Took all I had not to cunt-punch her.  I responded "it's still 6 feet apart - a mask isn't a suit of armor!".  Then her companion said "I'm with her".... "Well you can stand 6 feet back too then!".

It would probably be easier just to put this in my signature.

I hate people.  I really do.

Quoted this because it needs to be repeated, over and over again.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 24, 2020, 10:18:22 AM
I never think of that.  So true. 


I get harassed in a funny way on Facebook when I rant about going through a Dunkin Donuts drive through and when they hand me my coffee I say, "Thank you" and they say "No problem."

I rant that it's wrong to say that.  I know they don't mean ill will at all but what they are saying by using that phrase is they were not put out helping you.  That starts a HUUUUUUGGGEE conversation every time.  LOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 24, 2020, 10:19:57 AM
I never think of that.  So true. 


I get harassed in a funny way on Facebook when I rant about going through a Dunkin Donuts drive through and when they hand me my coffee I say, "Thank you" and they say "No problem."

I rant that it's wrong to say that.  I know they don't mean ill will at all but what they are saying by using that phrase is they were not put out helping you.  That starts a HUUUUUUGGGEE conversation every time.  LOL

Maybe you should just start saying "I hope this wasn't a problem for you".   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 24, 2020, 10:24:05 AM
Pedestrians that walk at their own pace, ON AN ANGLE.   I was at Home Depot, and made the mistake of letting a couple cross in front of me.  They walked TWO parking lanes over, on an angle, in front of me (instead of cross at the perpendicular, then moving to their car.)  I was blaring Ayreon, so I was fine in terms of my side, but it just struck me as incredibly self-indulgent.

The people crossing, or you listening to Ayreon?   :biggrin:

The crossing!  I referenced this in the Ayreon thread.   I said (to you): "Thank you, later."   Back in July, you told me to get "Into The Electric Castle", and I did, except it was coming from Germany.  I JUST received it this week and I've been listening to it almost exclusively.   (Tim's going to be mad, since I'm falling behind in the UFO thread!)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 24, 2020, 10:24:25 AM
Pedestrians that walk at their own pace, ON AN ANGLE.   I was at Home Depot, and made the mistake of letting a couple cross in front of me.  They walked TWO parking lanes over, on an angle, in front of me (instead of cross at the perpendicular, then moving to their car.   


I almost posted the exact same issue the other day. Cross the damn street.

That's what you get for not putting the damn carts back, you filthy animal.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 24, 2020, 10:34:51 AM
I never think of that.  So true. 


I get harassed in a funny way on Facebook when I rant about going through a Dunkin Donuts drive through and when they hand me my coffee I say, "Thank you" and they say "No problem."

I rant that it's wrong to say that.  I know they don't mean ill will at all but what they are saying by using that phrase is they were not put out helping you.  That starts a HUUUUUUGGGEE conversation every time.  LOL

Maybe you should just start saying "I hope this wasn't a problem for you".   :lol

 :lol

I know they mean well but boy it sounds so weird to hear. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 24, 2020, 10:47:00 AM
Pedestrians that walk at their own pace, ON AN ANGLE.   I was at Home Depot, and made the mistake of letting a couple cross in front of me.  They walked TWO parking lanes over, on an angle, in front of me (instead of cross at the perpendicular, then moving to their car.)  I was blaring Ayreon, so I was fine in terms of my side, but it just struck me as incredibly self-indulgent.

The people crossing, or you listening to Ayreon?   :biggrin:

The crossing!  I referenced this in the Ayreon thread.   I said (to you): "Thank you, later."   Back in July, you told me to get "Into The Electric Castle", and I did, except it was coming from Germany.  I JUST received it this week and I've been listening to it almost exclusively.   (Tim's going to be mad, since I'm falling behind in the UFO thread!)

Is it "don't get a joke day" or something??   :-*
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on November 24, 2020, 01:11:31 PM
I never think of that.  So true. 


I get harassed in a funny way on Facebook when I rant about going through a Dunkin Donuts drive through and when they hand me my coffee I say, "Thank you" and they say "No problem."

I rant that it's wrong to say that.  I know they don't mean ill will at all but what they are saying by using that phrase is they were not put out helping you.  That starts a HUUUUUUGGGEE conversation every time.  LOL
About a year ago, I realized that "no problem" is not the correct thing to say there, so I made a conscious effort to switch to "You're welcome" instead. But yeah, pretty much everyone says "no problem" these days. It doesn't really bother me, but I wanted to be more polite.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 24, 2020, 01:17:51 PM
Pedestrians that walk at their own pace, ON AN ANGLE.   I was at Home Depot, and made the mistake of letting a couple cross in front of me.  They walked TWO parking lanes over, on an angle, in front of me (instead of cross at the perpendicular, then moving to their car.)  I was blaring Ayreon, so I was fine in terms of my side, but it just struck me as incredibly self-indulgent.

The people crossing, or you listening to Ayreon?   :biggrin:

The crossing!  I referenced this in the Ayreon thread.   I said (to you): "Thank you, later."   Back in July, you told me to get "Into The Electric Castle", and I did, except it was coming from Germany.  I JUST received it this week and I've been listening to it almost exclusively.   (Tim's going to be mad, since I'm falling behind in the UFO thread!)

Is it "don't get a joke day" or something??   :-*

HAHA, no, I was just excited to talk about Into The Electric Castle.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 24, 2020, 07:30:29 PM
I woke up in the bizarro world, surely.

Why wouldn't you listen to music in the shower?  Serious question.

Because it takes like, 5 minutes to shower.

Why would you listen to music in the shower? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 24, 2020, 08:04:47 PM
I never think of that.  So true. 


I get harassed in a funny way on Facebook when I rant about going through a Dunkin Donuts drive through and when they hand me my coffee I say, "Thank you" and they say "No problem."

I rant that it's wrong to say that.  I know they don't mean ill will at all but what they are saying by using that phrase is they were not put out helping you.  That starts a HUUUUUUGGGEE conversation every time.  LOL

Maybe you should just start saying "I hope this wasn't a problem for you".   :lol

 :lol

I know they mean well but boy it sounds so weird to hear.


Years ago when I was new in my job, one of my district supervisors asked me to do something. I casually answered, "No problem", and he replied, "I didn't think it would be". WTF? I've never forgotten that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 24, 2020, 08:09:01 PM
HAHA, no, I was just excited to talk about Into The Electric Castle.

As you should be!

I woke up in the bizarro world, surely.

Why wouldn't you listen to music in the shower?  Serious question.

Because it takes like, 5 minutes to shower.

Why would you listen to music in the shower? 

Cuz I listen to music anytime I can.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 24, 2020, 08:22:42 PM
This is interesting. When I was younger I might've thought about listening to music in the shower. But now, honestly, I don't have the time to set it up, nor do I really care. I take a Covid shower as soon as I get home from work everyday. I'm more apt to shower with a Moosehead than I am with music.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 24, 2020, 08:25:14 PM
I woke up in the bizarro world, surely.

Why wouldn't you listen to music in the shower?  Serious question.

Because it takes like, 5 minutes to shower.

Why would you listen to music in the shower?

Other than my morning showers before going to work that are quick, I usually blast music when I shower.  Takes no time to set up for me since I can just blast my computer speakers through my small house but I don't bother turning the PC on when I just get up and go to work.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 24, 2020, 08:26:18 PM
HAHA, no, I was just excited to talk about Into The Electric Castle.

As you should be!

I woke up in the bizarro world, surely.

Why wouldn't you listen to music in the shower?  Serious question.

Because it takes like, 5 minutes to shower.

Why would you listen to music in the shower? 

Cuz I listen to music anytime I can.

But that's the thing.  You can't go 10 minutes without listening to music?  Each to their own but I just think it's unneccesary but that's just me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 24, 2020, 08:30:41 PM
I hope you guys are at least listening to female singers while you are naked and cleaning your balls.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 24, 2020, 08:33:46 PM
Music > Silence.  I've got about a 30 second wait for the hot water to flow.  I turn my bluetooth speaker on, and put my phone on the shelf before the hot water is even flowing.  There's no inconvenience, so I don't see the hassle

(https://www.bassheadspeakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/VicTsing-SoundHot-C6-Bluetooth-Shower-Speakers.jpg)

I hope you guys are at least listening to female singers while you are naked and cleaning your balls.

That's when a 5 minute shower turns into an 8 minute shower.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on November 24, 2020, 08:34:13 PM
I hope you guys are at least listening to female singers while you are naked and cleaning your balls.

sig'd ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 24, 2020, 08:37:37 PM
I gotta make some toast, but I can't decide WTF to listen to. ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 24, 2020, 08:39:20 PM
I played music while cooking tonight, not sure what the issue is. If I can play music while doing things at home, I certainly will.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 24, 2020, 08:44:43 PM
So on my days off, I'll put some music on in the kitchen while I do my "chores", emptying and refilling the dishwasher, making lunch/dinner, etc.

I've also been know to have music playing from my bedroom and I'll shower/shave with the door open.


But I don't think I've brought music into the bathroom specifically just to shower to since I was a teenager. I really want to get in and out as quick as possible. Taking a bath, sure music is great, but who fucking takes a bath?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 24, 2020, 08:49:02 PM
So on my days off, I'll put some music on in the kitchen while I do my "chores", emptying and refilling the dishwasher, making lunch/dinner, etc.

I've also been know to have music playing from my bedroom and I'll shower/shave with the door open.


But I don't think I've brought music into the bathroom specifically just to shower to since I was a teenager. I really want to get in and out as quick as possible. Taking a bath, sure music is great, but who fucking takes a bath?

I enjoy baths... but usually bring my laptop and watch something.  I don't bring music into the bathroom, but my speakers are loud enough from the other room.  It's easier without a family to just blast music in my house. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 24, 2020, 08:51:15 PM
Married with children = zero baths. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on November 24, 2020, 09:48:18 PM
Married with children = zero baths. :lol

Lying in a pool of you’re own filth = zero desire for a bath.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on November 24, 2020, 09:50:51 PM
Being an adult male = zero baths  :D

I play music around the house while doing many things. It has never occurred to me to do so while showering.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 24, 2020, 10:05:06 PM
Music > Silence.  I've got about a 30 second wait for the hot water to flow.  I turn my bluetooth speaker on, and put my phone on the shelf before the hot water is even flowing.  There's no inconvenience, so I don't see the hassle

(https://www.bassheadspeakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/VicTsing-SoundHot-C6-Bluetooth-Shower-Speakers.jpg)

I hope you guys are at least listening to female singers while you are naked and cleaning your balls.

That's when a 5 minute shower turns into an 8 minute shower.

I actually take cold showers most the year so it's no use to me but as I said, to each their own, just can't get my head around it personally.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 24, 2020, 10:06:44 PM
So on my days off, I'll put some music on in the kitchen while I do my "chores", emptying and refilling the dishwasher, making lunch/dinner, etc.

I've also been know to have music playing from my bedroom and I'll shower/shave with the door open.


But I don't think I've brought music into the bathroom specifically just to shower to since I was a teenager. I really want to get in and out as quick as possible. Taking a bath, sure music is great, but who fucking takes a bath?

Pretty much all of this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 24, 2020, 10:23:24 PM
(https://media1.giphy.com/media/2aHukV5lbkTWCGlBUc/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 25, 2020, 03:07:05 AM

I'm not a fan of T - shirts with jokes on - but the ones where it's like 5 lines and every line is a different font....  :tdwn

You can't read them when someone is wearing one plus - I don't know the point in "funny" t shirts.

Cause once you've read the joke that's it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 25, 2020, 04:39:24 AM
I have quite a bit of those tees and they get a lot of chuckles. Most will ask to read the tee of if I'm at a party it's a great conversation startef.

Now with covid they are useless.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 25, 2020, 05:36:24 AM

I'm not a fan of T - shirts with jokes on - but the ones where it's like 5 lines and every line is a different font....  :tdwn

You can't read them when someone is wearing one plus - I don't know the point in "funny" t shirts.

Cause once you've read the joke that's it.


Lol wut?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on November 25, 2020, 06:10:02 AM
I recently donated a few different charities and within days got letters in the mail with info and requests for donations. Dudes... I just donated. Don't waste $1 of my gift to you sending me mail asking for more money. I got three different letters on the same day from one of them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 25, 2020, 09:58:06 AM
Taking a bath, sure music is great, but who fucking takes a bath?

I take baths all the time. I shit you not. More often than not when I come home for my lunch hour, I hop in the bath. Put a podcast or something on YouTube on. Sometimes I set my laptop in there somewhere and watch a movie if I feel like being super lazy. Living by myself has its benefits. Enjoying the zen of a bath is one of them.

But always, ALWAYS music in the shower. Waterproof shower speaker + phone on a shelf = no hassle and more fun. There's literally no downside.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 10:35:54 AM
A bath on your lunch hour?? WUT?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 25, 2020, 10:37:41 AM
Taking a bath, sure music is great, but who fucking takes a bath?

I take baths all the time. I shit you not. More often than not when I come home for my lunch hour, I hop in the bath. Put a podcast or something on YouTube on. Sometimes I set my laptop in there somewhere and watch a movie if I feel like being super lazy. Living by myself has its benefits. Enjoying the zen of a bath is one of them.

But always, ALWAYS music in the shower. Waterproof shower speaker + phone on a shelf = no hassle and more fun. There's literally no downside.

The ole fogeys cant comprehend the life style of a 30 year old live alone dude.  :lol +1 on taking baths and enjoying some medium during it. 

I just took a shower actually and listened to half of the newest Alestorm album, had me singing FANNYBAWS! in the shower  :lol SO much for fun than the sound of the shower
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 25, 2020, 10:39:33 AM
A bath on your lunch hour?? WUT?

Dude, see cram's post. He gets it. WTF is wrong with a bath? I'll straight up take bubble baths too. All up in here challenging fogey's stale ideas of masculinity. COMFORT is masculine, brah! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 10:40:49 AM
I have zero issues with taking a bath. But on a lunch hour?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on November 25, 2020, 10:41:18 AM
I don't listen to music while showering but I do sing. I actually should get a speaker and listen to music in the shower, my showers are usually in 20-30 minutes range because I just love standing under running hot water. Good idea you guys.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on November 25, 2020, 10:42:23 AM
I have zero issues with taking a bath. But on a lunch hour?

It takes me a 2 minute drive to get to and from work back home, and I work a job where I can get pretty filthy some days, so if I get soaked and dirty enough in the morning, absolutely I'll take a bath or shower on my lunch hour. Fuck yeah dude. Nothing like refreshing yourself for the second half of the day.

In fact just because of this thread in about 20 minutes I'm gonna take a nice bubble bath for 40 minutes  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 10:43:43 AM
Nothing like refreshing yourself for the second half of the day.

Surely that’s some kind of code? ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 10:44:30 AM
Well my lunch break is over. Gee this was fun! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 25, 2020, 10:46:57 AM
I have zero issues with taking a bath. But on a lunch hour?

It's not really possible for me, but if I could, maybe I would?  I mean, even on my work from home days I don't really have the time to break away that long for a bath.  I don't actually take lunch breaks anymore either so there's that. I just eat something small I bring in at my desk or I make a smoothie when I wfh.

I don't listen to music while showering but I do sing. I actually should get a speaker and listen to music in the shower, my showers are usually in 20-30 minutes range because I just love standing under running hot water. Good idea you guys.

I hardly take long showers anymore just because I'd rather use the time somewhere else, but when I was younger I would love chilling in the shower for long periods.  It's very comforting, and I use to bring in music back then as well.  I had a little CD player in my bathroom growing up.   My ex even bought me a shower speaker, but it was pretty crappy.  That was before blutooth was a popular so something like Jingle shared actually would be pretty solid.  However, I just blast my house speakers.  No one is bothered when you live alone.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on November 25, 2020, 10:50:56 AM
I don't listen to music while showering but I do sing. I actually should get a speaker and listen to music in the shower, my showers are usually in 20-30 minutes range because I just love standing under running hot water. Good idea you guys.

I hardly take long showers anymore just because I'd rather use the time somewhere else, but when I was younger I would love chilling in the shower for long periods.  It's very comforting, and I use to bring in music back then as well.  I had a little CD player in my bathroom growing up.   My ex even bought me a shower speaker, but it was pretty crappy.  That was before blutooth was a popular so something like Jingle shared actually would be pretty solid.  However, I just blast my house speakers.  No one is bothered when you live alone.

I wouldn't say it's a waste of time though, I usually spend the time to plan for the next few days, and as I said in some other thread, plan for my D&D campaign (this is big, I spend like 10 minutes each time rehearsing NPC voices too :lol ), decide what has to be done at work tomorrow, that kind of thing. Definitely helps me cool off after a working day.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 25, 2020, 10:52:14 AM
I don't listen to music while showering but I do sing. I actually should get a speaker and listen to music in the shower, my showers are usually in 20-30 minutes range because I just love standing under running hot water. Good idea you guys.

I hardly take long showers anymore just because I'd rather use the time somewhere else, but when I was younger I would love chilling in the shower for long periods.  It's very comforting, and I use to bring in music back then as well.  I had a little CD player in my bathroom growing up.   My ex even bought me a shower speaker, but it was pretty crappy.  That was before blutooth was a popular so something like Jingle shared actually would be pretty solid.  However, I just blast my house speakers.  No one is bothered when you live alone.

I wouldn't say it's a waste of time though, I usually spend the time to plan for the next few days, and as I said in some other thread, plan for my D&D campaign (this is big, I spend like 10 minutes each time rehearsing NPC voices too :lol ), decide what has to be done at work tomorrow, that kind of thing. Definitely helps me cool off after a working day.

Well for you, for me, other than maybe doing some inner thoughts and observations, eventually I feel like the time is better used somewhere else.  To each their own, if I had voice lines to practice, the shower seems like a good time to do it
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on November 25, 2020, 11:04:33 AM
I mean I can't practice voices on a train, that'll look very silly :lol

No, I get it, and often when I'm in a hurry it's a 5-10 minutes shower, but when I've got time and when I'm especially tired, I'll do a long one and feel way better after that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 25, 2020, 11:42:33 AM
So back to the irritating things... amazon has lost my order apparently.  Should have been here last Sunday, kept getting a delayed email and that it was coming the next day until now it says the package has been lost.  Go to customer support and they said their internal systems are down so they can't help me and to come back later  :facepalm:  My friend had the exact same issue today, I wonder if our amazon truck got into an accident or something  :lol he also got told to come back later
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on November 25, 2020, 04:19:17 PM
I know Joe among others can get on board with me on this one...

Holidays suck for those of us in transportation and the freight business.  Freaking holidays throw everything off schedule and cause much chaos and havoc.  Bring on the 2nd week of January, please.  :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 25, 2020, 04:43:50 PM
Oh hell yeah. Now let me add more salt to the wound.  This Wal Mart DC is working tomorrow because they are so far behind while the stores are closed.

Guess who has to work tomorrow?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on November 25, 2020, 05:30:42 PM
A bath on your lunch hour?? WUT?

Dude, see cram's post. He gets it. WTF is wrong with a bath? I'll straight up take bubble baths too. All up in here challenging fogey's stale ideas of masculinity. COMFORT is masculine, brah! :lol

I'm a big fan of baths at the end of the day. Now that its cold ill open the bathroom windows and let the bathroom get cold and draw a hot bath.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 25, 2020, 05:38:42 PM
Tim, it seems again you are the uncool one not knowing baths are still in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on November 25, 2020, 05:40:21 PM
Oh hell yeah. Now let me add more salt to the wound.  This Wal Mart DC is working tomorrow because they are so far behind while the stores are closed.

Guess who has to work tomorrow?

Damn, that sucks a high hard one.  :( :(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 05:55:12 PM
Tim, it seems again you are the uncool one not knowing baths are still in.

 :lol


It's funny because a lot of the time, I'll come home sore from work, and my wife will be like "you should take a bath".

And I'm like, "A bath??"


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 25, 2020, 05:58:35 PM
Tim, it seems again you are the uncool one not knowing baths are still in.

 :lol


It's funny because a lot of the time, I'll come home sore from work, and my wife will be like "you should take a bath".

And I'm like, "A bath??"

Listen to your wife... and dtf, bring some music as well  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on November 25, 2020, 05:59:06 PM


It's funny because a lot of the time, I'll come home sore from work, and my wife will be like "you should take a bath".

And I'm like, "A bath??"

Maybe that's her nice way of telling you that your odor is foul. :P :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 06:13:54 PM
Listen to your wife... and dtf, bring some music as well  :biggrin:


Words to live by, brother! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 06:14:52 PM


It's funny because a lot of the time, I'll come home sore from work, and my wife will be like "you should take a bath".

And I'm like, "A bath??"

Maybe that's her nice way of telling you that your odor is foul. :P :P

I smell just fine thankyouverymuch. But I do come home sore as hell.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 25, 2020, 07:15:11 PM
I can't even mock you Tim. I'm sore every day. I can't wait to kick off the shoes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 07:23:30 PM
I can't even mock you Tim. I'm sore every day. I can't wait to kick off the shoes.

I actually shower when I get home from work EVERY day, but that's due to Covid and where I work.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 25, 2020, 07:31:40 PM
I'm seeing the same people for the most part at the DC. You have customers that are different daily. That's understood. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on November 25, 2020, 07:34:26 PM
I was sent home yesterday (along with a co-worker) since both us felt under the weather, and they were being safe.  Had to get the covid test again and am working at home again until I get the next negative result. Ugh.  Working at home is mostly fine, but along the lines of things that are irritating, until our server gets an upgrade early in 2021, I cannot search in Outlook when at home, which is a bitch when dealing with tons of PO orders and whatnot.  I keep my folders in an orderly fashion, so I know where to find stuff, but having to dig and find it rather than searching for the PO number and it coming up in two seconds like at the office is a real pain in the ass.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 07:45:35 PM
I'm seeing the same people for the most part at the DC. You have customers that are different daily. That's understood.

I must say, it has been fucked up working knee deep in the public this year.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 25, 2020, 08:07:11 PM
I think I was like 8 years old when I took my last bath.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 08:10:03 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on November 25, 2020, 08:20:54 PM
I'm seeing the same people for the most part at the DC. You have customers that are different daily. That's understood.

I must say, it has been fucked up working knee deep in the public this year.

It was bad enough over here where things were mild, let alone over your way.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 25, 2020, 08:26:06 PM
I was sent home yesterday (along with a co-worker) since both us felt under the weather, and they were being safe.  Had to get the covid test again and am working at home again until I get the next negative result. Ugh.  Working at home is mostly fine, but along the lines of things that are irritating, until our server gets an upgrade early in 2021, I cannot search in Outlook when at home, which is a bitch when dealing with tons of PO orders and whatnot.  I keep my folders in an orderly fashion, so I know where to find stuff, but having to dig and find it rather than searching for the PO number and it coming up in two seconds like at the office is a real pain in the ass.

I've had 2 employees out for 14 days that turned up negative so far. Scary times.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on November 25, 2020, 08:32:30 PM
I was sent home yesterday (along with a co-worker) since both us felt under the weather, and they were being safe.  Had to get the covid test again and am working at home again until I get the next negative result. Ugh.  Working at home is mostly fine, but along the lines of things that are irritating, until our server gets an upgrade early in 2021, I cannot search in Outlook when at home, which is a bitch when dealing with tons of PO orders and whatnot.  I keep my folders in an orderly fashion, so I know where to find stuff, but having to dig and find it rather than searching for the PO number and it coming up in two seconds like at the office is a real pain in the ass.

I've had 2 employees out for 14 days that turned up negative so far. Scary times.
They were out for 14 days and negative?

Honestly, I don't find it all that scary. But as usual, that's a Me problem, I'm sure.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on November 25, 2020, 08:41:15 PM
Scary for them waiting for the test. Our company rule is near someone or symptoms,  out 14 days.

Waiting for the results wore on them. Especially the 1st one. He was early when it broke and the results took forever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on November 26, 2020, 08:25:42 AM
Scary for them waiting for the test. Our company rule is near someone or symptoms,  out 14 days.

Waiting for the results wore on them. Especially the 1st one. He was early when it broke and the results took forever.

I don't understand this rule, it's similar for schools in NJ.  If you have symptoms its 14 days, even if the test is negative.  But I get the quarantine until you get the results part, but if you test negative and symptoms are going away, shouldn't you return?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: XJDenton on November 26, 2020, 08:32:50 AM
1.False negatives are a thing.
2. If you are symptomatic, you should be home regardless of the disease.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on November 26, 2020, 08:57:42 AM
Scary for them waiting for the test. Our company rule is near someone or symptoms,  out 14 days.

Waiting for the results wore on them. Especially the 1st one. He was early when it broke and the results took forever.

This is what our state is doing regarding businesses with cases.

Quote
"The state this week launched a new option for businesses in an attempt to avoid mandatory shutdowns when COVID-19 cases among workers reach certain levels. The business would be allowed to stay open if owners sign an agreement that calls for regular testing among employees and help with state contact tracing efforts.

The health department on Wednesday confirmed that Albertsons grocery stores are participating at all 34 locations in the state. Company officials said the agreement allows them to welcome back customers and workers to the stores that had been closed just in time for Thanksgiving."

https://www.kunm.org/post/thurs-gov-says-thanksgiving-plans-arent-worth-risk-food-banks-get-funding-boost-more?fbclid=IwAR3EJmxF_ebjFizQmZ4euYcViK_wwGQ_iu0eNsc6kxgekvJtJadvn6B-edQ
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on November 26, 2020, 08:59:45 AM
Scary for them waiting for the test. Our company rule is near someone or symptoms,  out 14 days.

Waiting for the results wore on them. Especially the 1st one. He was early when it broke and the results took forever.

I don't understand this rule, it's similar for schools in NJ.  If you have symptoms its 14 days, even if the test is negative.  But I get the quarantine until you get the results part, but if you test negative and symptoms are going away, shouldn't you return?

The reason for the 14 days is due to the incubation period of the virus. I agree about if it's negative, it's negative, and you should be able to go out of that quarantine.

But, then the CDC wants to shorten the quarantine length, so I guess the incubation period is lower now?


Edit: Found an article, just for you.... :biggrin:

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The CDC hasn’t issued any new guidelines yet, but it could shorten this period to somewhere between seven and 10 days (officials haven’t settled on a specific number of days) and recommend a negative test before people exit their quarantine, Dr. Henry Walke, the CDC’s incident manager for Covid-19 response, told the Journal.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/11/24/cdc-could-start-recommending-a-shorter-covid-quarantine-heres-why/?sh=52586c735d31
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on November 26, 2020, 11:04:17 AM
For some reason Russian officials really love fences. They put them everywhere, our cities are full of fences, our parks have fences along their perimeters and there are more fences to be found inside, it's just metal fences everywhere. I'm kinda used to it, having grown up here, but it's still mildly irritating sometimes.

Today, during a run, I saw a bloody epitome of Russia fence-wise. I don't think you can top that.

(https://i.imgur.com/Wfa0Lj1.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ErHaO on November 26, 2020, 11:16:44 AM
Scary for them waiting for the test. Our company rule is near someone or symptoms,  out 14 days.

Waiting for the results wore on them. Especially the 1st one. He was early when it broke and the results took forever.

I don't understand this rule, it's similar for schools in NJ.  If you have symptoms its 14 days, even if the test is negative.  But I get the quarantine until you get the results part, but if you test negative and symptoms are going away, shouldn't you return?

The reason for the 14 days is due to the incubation period of the virus. I agree about if it's negative, it's negative, and you should be able to go out of that quarantine.

But, then the CDC wants to shorten the quarantine length, so I guess the incubation period is lower now?


Edit: Found an article, just for you.... :biggrin:

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The CDC hasn’t issued any new guidelines yet, but it could shorten this period to somewhere between seven and 10 days (officials haven’t settled on a specific number of days) and recommend a negative test before people exit their quarantine, Dr. Henry Walke, the CDC’s incident manager for Covid-19 response, told the Journal.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2020/11/24/cdc-could-start-recommending-a-shorter-covid-quarantine-heres-why/?sh=52586c735d31

We shortened from 14 to 10 a couple of months back, because statistically the onset of disease occuring during the last 4 days is incredibly low and offcourse 14 days is very demanding. Soon we will shorten to 5 days, if a test is negative. Test capacity is finally at the point that will be possible (up until now, testing was only possible in case of symptoms). The only isntance where quarantaine will hold regardless of tests results is if there is a positive person in the house.

In my field there is a danger that materials are running out long term due to covid testing (I use similar resources and we perform pcr tests). So the increase of capacity is not simple. The US is in a better position because you have manufactures that provide these materials. We couldn't order certain things from the US anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: mike099 on November 26, 2020, 12:03:33 PM
For some reason Russian officials really love fences. They put them everywhere, our cities are full of fences, our parks have fences along their perimeters and there are more fences to be found inside, it's just metal fences everywhere. I'm kinda used to it, having grown up here, but it's still mildly irritating sometimes.

Today, during a run, I saw a bloody epitome of Russia fence-wise. I don't think you can top that.

(https://i.imgur.com/Wfa0Lj1.jpg)

Beautiful picture except for the fence/barricade.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: orcus116 on November 26, 2020, 12:56:51 PM
Scary for them waiting for the test. Our company rule is near someone or symptoms,  out 14 days.

Waiting for the results wore on them. Especially the 1st one. He was early when it broke and the results took forever.

I don't understand this rule, it's similar for schools in NJ.  If you have symptoms its 14 days, even if the test is negative.  But I get the quarantine until you get the results part, but if you test negative and symptoms are going away, shouldn't you return?

I've heard the argument "well you could have a false negative" to which the obvious thought is "what the hell is the point of taking a test, then?", especially when someone is trying to do the right thing and no matter what you treat them as a worst case scenario.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 27, 2020, 03:16:06 AM
So #DiaperDon is trending on twitter about Don t'Rump

and some people are getting *offended* because some people have no choice but to need diapers/nappies.

It's like JFC . In 5 years nobody will be allowed to make a joke about anything as it will anger SOMEBODY.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on November 27, 2020, 08:53:25 AM
So #DiaperDon is trending on twitter about Don t'Rump

and some people are getting *offended* because some people have no choice but to need diapers/nappies.

It's like JFC . In 5 years nobody will be allowed to make a joke about anything as it will anger SOMEBODY.

Why are they calling him Diaper Don?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on November 27, 2020, 08:59:02 AM
Probably because of yesterday's rant behind his tiny desk.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Enz_9RPUYAEh5yW?format=jpg&name=small)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on November 27, 2020, 09:20:09 AM
Oh...His Kindergarten desk.  Compared to Bidens much bigger desk.  :rollin

You mean it's come down to making fun of the obviously planned small desk. Now that is funny.  :lol

But "Diaper Don" just sounds stupid.  :loser:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on November 27, 2020, 12:10:34 PM
So #DiaperDon is trending on twitter about Don t'Rump

and some people are getting *offended* because some people have no choice but to need diapers/nappies.

It's like JFC . In 5 years nobody will be allowed to make a joke about anything as it will anger SOMEBODY.

5 years?   We're already there, for real.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on November 27, 2020, 02:37:17 PM
I got " blah blah blah some people have to wear adult diapers and you should think about them blah blah blah "

I tried explaining that i'm not ableist in the slightest but Trump deserves it yadda yadda

But they werent having it.

I often find that when people get 'triggered' - it's usually on behalf of other people.

They like to Virtue Signal as the expression goes.

To point out something bad someone else has said to make themselves look good in the process. That's it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: The Walrus on December 04, 2020, 07:55:34 AM
I hate waking up with a kink in my neck. Must've slept real funny this time; the pain's deep in my neck down to my left shoulder blade. Gonna be one of those days. At least it's Friday.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 04, 2020, 09:41:25 AM
I hate waking up with a kink in my neck. Must've slept real funny this time; the pain's deep in my neck down to my left shoulder blade. Gonna be one of those days. At least it's Friday.

Hate that!

(https://www.live4ever.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ray-davies-1-300x300.jpg)


My mild irritant of the morning is when folks say, "I'm so proud of [person's name]," where the person is someone that the speaker doesn't know and has no connection to.  In this particular case, it was a couple comments on a Facebook post about the most recently eliminated team on the current season of The Amazing Race.  "I'm so proud of you guys!  You ran a great race...." (as though the team would actually read these comments).  I don't know why this bugs me, but it does.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 06, 2020, 07:06:33 AM
Power has been down since 11pm last night. I didn't sleep at all without my c pap machine. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on December 06, 2020, 07:16:42 AM
That sucks King. Did you have a storm roll through? I'm in Florida but my wife told me there was a hell storm that came through Charlotte.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 06, 2020, 07:35:11 AM

My mild irritant of the morning is when folks say, "I'm so proud of [person's name]," where the person is someone that the speaker doesn't know and has no connection to.  In this particular case, it was a couple comments on a Facebook post about the most recently eliminated team on the current season of The Amazing Race.  "I'm so proud of you guys!  You ran a great race...." (as though the team would actually read these comments).  I don't know why this bugs me, but it does.


What about when people say things like " I miss Cliff Burton " - and they were born long after 1986.

It would be like me saying " Man I miss Julius Caesar "
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 06, 2020, 07:41:28 AM
Power has been down since 11pm last night.


That blows. Plus it's cold as hell.

That was a nasty fucking storm. We were lucky here..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Zook on December 06, 2020, 07:56:59 AM
I fart all the time, but now that I need to, I can't. TMI?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 06, 2020, 08:18:30 AM
That sucks King. Did you have a storm roll through? I'm in Florida but my wife told me there was a hell storm that came through Charlotte.

Got 8 inches of wet snow.  Plus my generator died.

Let me add my wife's car battery died too.  What a fucking day so far.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 06, 2020, 08:29:40 AM
FUCK!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 06, 2020, 08:43:43 AM
That sucks King. Did you have a storm roll through? I'm in Florida but my wife told me there was a hell storm that came through Charlotte.

Got 8 inches of wet snow.  Plus my generator died.

Let me add my wife's car battery died too.  What a fucking day so far.

Dead Sea, or just a flesh wound?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 06, 2020, 08:54:44 AM
Going to jump it but it is the original battery. 7 years old. Time to replace it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on December 06, 2020, 11:38:29 AM
Damn, that sucks to hear, Joe.  :( :(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 06, 2020, 03:00:45 PM
Power came back on at 2:25pm.  Snow blowed. Got a new battery for Lisa's car. I am going to sleep like a baby tonight.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 06, 2020, 03:03:08 PM
Power came back on at 2:25pm.  Snow blowed. Got a new battery for Lisa's car. I am going to sleep like a baby tonight.

That's good. At least you can enjoy your evening.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 06, 2020, 03:35:47 PM
Happy for you, Joe (now, not that the bad things happened); my father-in-law is about half an hour east of me, and got over 6 inches and lost power most of the night.  I got maybe an inch, if that, and not a flicker.  It was a weird storm like that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 06, 2020, 03:53:29 PM
We didn't flicker either, and we've lost power with much less wind and rain.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 06, 2020, 04:23:31 PM
Power came back on at 2:25pm.  Snow blowed. Got a new battery for Lisa's car. I am going to sleep like a baby tonight.

That's good. At least you can enjoy your evening.

And then I have a call out tonight. Hgh.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 06, 2020, 04:38:44 PM
So many undisciplined penalties by the Chargers.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 06, 2020, 05:48:04 PM

My mild irritant of the morning is when folks say, "I'm so proud of [person's name]," where the person is someone that the speaker doesn't know and has no connection to.  In this particular case, it was a couple comments on a Facebook post about the most recently eliminated team on the current season of The Amazing Race.  "I'm so proud of you guys!  You ran a great race...." (as though the team would actually read these comments).  I don't know why this bugs me, but it does.


What about when people say things like " I miss Cliff Burton " - and they were born long after 1986.

It would be like me saying " Man I miss Julius Caesar "

I don't believe I've ever heard Person A, who was born after Person B died, say, "I miss Person B," but yeah, that would be dumb.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 07, 2020, 02:44:48 AM
I've seen " I miss [dead musician] " from people who weren't even alive when they died.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 07, 2020, 03:54:19 PM
When some stubborn old bastard asks me to contact someone on Facebook to tell the other DTF'er his mailbox is full in DTF.

Any guesses? :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 07, 2020, 03:55:43 PM
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/3o7aCUQfzhWgYvrHnG/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 07, 2020, 03:57:25 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 07, 2020, 04:04:33 PM
 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 07, 2020, 04:08:19 PM
When some stubborn old bastard asks me to contact someone on Facebook to tell the other DTF'er his mailbox is full in DTF.

Any guesses? :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Stop being friends with Stadler on FB! Make him earn that!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 07, 2020, 04:13:58 PM
I'm actually friends with him on Twitter.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 07, 2020, 04:19:35 PM
I'm actually friends with him on Twitter.  :lol

I actually got a comment from the stads on twitter, was a bit shocked  :lol I know he's not a FB guy, and I'm not much of one either although I have an account.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 07, 2020, 04:20:12 PM
I was shocked too. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: MoraWintersoul on December 07, 2020, 04:38:28 PM
Lol and I was thinking Stads has a secret profile and doesn't let us milennial commies into his realm :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 07, 2020, 04:41:57 PM
Lol and I was thinking Stads has a secret profile and doesn't let us milennial commies into his realm :lol

 :lol you're not far off.

My friend also has a secret twitter and refuses to follow me but will just use it to comment on political stuff anonymously.  I'm sure there's A LOT of people like this.  Personally, one of the reasons I like twitter is because I'm more anonymous although I do that to share daily call of duty videos without having to hear from friends and family how annoying it is :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 07, 2020, 04:48:45 PM
This is how I get a hold of Stadler.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/52/be/d5/52bed523cd23122b3df198664b16f08e.jpg)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 07, 2020, 04:57:13 PM
Lol and I was thinking Stads has a secret profile and doesn't let us milennial commies into his realm :lol

He gas no picture of him on it. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 07, 2020, 05:51:41 PM
For the record my PMs are not full.  For once. 

:)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 07, 2020, 06:07:28 PM
For the record my PMs are not full.  For once. 

:)

Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 07, 2020, 09:08:13 PM
When some stubborn old bastard asks me to contact someone on Facebook to tell the other DTF'er his mailbox is full in DTF.

Any guesses? :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Stop being friends with Stadler on FB! Make him earn that!

He doesn't check FB.  I can attest to this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 08, 2020, 04:24:30 AM
David Caruso on CSI: Miami.  Why am I watching this?  What has my life become?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 08, 2020, 07:03:00 AM
When some stubborn old bastard asks me to contact someone on Facebook to tell the other DTF'er his mailbox is full in DTF.

Any guesses? :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Stop being friends with Stadler on FB! Make him earn that!

He doesn't check FB.  I can attest to this.

I feel like FB is the snake in the garden, holding an apple, and I am Eve.   I sometimes feel it's a deep dark hole that I'm best not dipping into.  DTF is my Facebook.  ;)   I'd be surprised if I have more than 25 posts total on Twitter; almost all are congratulatory to someone (the reply Marc mentioned was about PIZZA, and I'm pretty sure I told Gene Simmons I loved him at some point) though every once in a blue moon I'll drop a truth bomb that readers of P/R will recognize immediately. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 08, 2020, 07:11:04 AM
My car is able to heat my seats and steering wheel, close its side mirrors, automatically open and close its trunk lid, show me a backup view when in reverse, deploy 8 airbags faster than I can blink, access satellites for radio, and allow me to control my phone with my voice.... yet, if I accidentally leave a dome light on overnight, my battery dies and I'm stuck with my thumb up my ass. How have automakers not figured this one out yet?
 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 08, 2020, 07:12:47 AM
My car is able to heat my seats and steering wheel, close its side mirrors, automatically open and close its trunk lid, show me a backup view when in reverse, deploy 8 airbags faster than I can blink, access satellites for radio, and allow me to control my phone with my voice.... yet, if I accidentally leave a dome light on overnight, my battery dies and I'm stuck with my thumb up my ass. How have automakers not figured this one out yet?

Truth. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 08, 2020, 07:47:00 AM
My car is able to heat my seats and steering wheel, close its side mirrors, automatically open and close its trunk lid, show me a backup view when in reverse, deploy 8 airbags faster than I can blink, access satellites for radio, and allow me to control my phone with my voice.... yet, if I accidentally leave a dome light on overnight, my battery dies and I'm stuck with my thumb up my ass. How have automakers not figured this one out yet?

Truth.


Those lights should not be wired to an on/off switch like a living room light, but rather to a button like the ones that turns on my heated seats and resets every time the car is turned off. If the dome light is on when I turn the car off, just shut the thing off after 15 minutes if there's no one in the car (which it knows in order to determine what airbags to deploy).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 08, 2020, 08:11:14 AM
 :lol that is pretty ridiculous when you think about it
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 08, 2020, 08:35:50 AM
You know what else I'm stunned that auto manufacturers haven't figured out ... the "auto" setting on full headlights and HUD lighting.  Far too often I see vehicles with only the daytime running light system (ie, low level headlights only) in the pitch black of evening/night (ie, no rear lights).  Why is there nothing to alert the driver that the full lighting system isn't on when it's pitch black?  Like... the HUD lighting system should not be on unless the full exterior lighting is on.

Where's Captain Obvious on the engineering teams of these companies.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 08, 2020, 08:43:13 AM
You know what else I'm stunned that auto manufacturers haven't figured out ... the "auto" setting on full headlights and HUD lighting.  Far too often I see vehicles with only the daytime running light system (ie, low level headlights only) in the pitch black of evening/night (ie, no rear lights).  Why is there nothing to alert the driver that the full lighting system isn't on when it's pitch black? Like... the HUD lighting system should not be on unless the full exterior lighting is on.

Where's Captain Obvious on the engineering teams of these companies.

It's probably part of their upsell. Automatic headlights on my Mini were part of an $800 bundle that also included automatic wipers and auto-dimming rearview mirror. Though, I'd argue with all the regulations around car and driver safety, I wouldn't mind seeing headlights that come on in the dark as being mandatory. The technology is there and it's super cheap compared to what it was 15 years ago. It should be a safety standard alongside seatbelts and airbags. I can't tell you how many times I've been on some back farm road and have had a ghost car appear out of nowhere.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 08, 2020, 09:07:28 AM
You know what else I'm stunned that auto manufacturers haven't figured out ... the "auto" setting on full headlights and HUD lighting.  Far too often I see vehicles with only the daytime running light system (ie, low level headlights only) in the pitch black of evening/night (ie, no rear lights).  Why is there nothing to alert the driver that the full lighting system isn't on when it's pitch black? Like... the HUD lighting system should not be on unless the full exterior lighting is on.

Where's Captain Obvious on the engineering teams of these companies.

It's probably part of their upsell. Automatic headlights on my Mini were part of an $800 bundle that also included automatic wipers and auto-dimming rearview mirror. Though, I'd argue with all the regulations around car and driver safety, I wouldn't mind seeing headlights that come on in the dark as being mandatory. The technology is there and it's super cheap compared to what it was 15 years ago. It should be a safety standard alongside seatbelts and airbags. I can't tell you how many times I've been on some back farm road and have had a ghost car appear out of nowhere.

I can't help but feel there's a hell of a story in there somewhere.   :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on December 08, 2020, 10:42:24 AM
You know what else I'm stunned that auto manufacturers haven't figured out ... the "auto" setting on full headlights and HUD lighting.  Far too often I see vehicles with only the daytime running light system (ie, low level headlights only) in the pitch black of evening/night (ie, no rear lights).  Why is there nothing to alert the driver that the full lighting system isn't on when it's pitch black? Like... the HUD lighting system should not be on unless the full exterior lighting is on.

Where's Captain Obvious on the engineering teams of these companies.

It's probably part of their upsell. Automatic headlights on my Mini were part of an $800 bundle that also included automatic wipers and auto-dimming rearview mirror. Though, I'd argue with all the regulations around car and driver safety, I wouldn't mind seeing headlights that come on in the dark as being mandatory. The technology is there and it's super cheap compared to what it was 15 years ago. It should be a safety standard alongside seatbelts and airbags. I can't tell you how many times I've been on some back farm road and have had a ghost car appear out of nowhere.

"It's a Ghost Car!" (https://youtu.be/i4w4cdxSLB4)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 17, 2020, 04:33:28 PM
Spinning off from a couple posts in the "made you happy" thread:

I can't be the only one in this position.

Probably 75-80% of the stuff in our garage is my wife's.  Our kids are almost 17 and 18 and we sure as shit ain't having more.  We have 3-4 rather large bins of baby clothes/shoes/stuffed animals.  These things haven't seen the light of day in over a decade.  I keep prompting my wife to get rid of at least some of this stuff.  ME: "What are you ever going to do with it?"  HER: "Look at it."  ME: "That's what photos are for, and we have tons of photos of the kids in most of the clothes."  HER: "Well...what about your one bin of old newspapers and Sports Illustrateds?"  ME: "ONE bin."

She also has a bunch of bins of bulletin board material from when she was a teacher.  She spent a ton of money on it, but she pretty clearly isn't going to teach again.  So...let's get rid of it!  NO!

Oh well....  Venting over.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 17, 2020, 05:19:36 PM
I'm in the same boat as you pg.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 17, 2020, 05:33:40 PM
We don't have any of that shit, but have at least 30 bins of toys... for the time if/when we ever become grandparents.  Plus, some of the toys might become "classics".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 17, 2020, 06:16:38 PM
We don't have any of that shit, but have at least 30 bins of toys... for the time if/when we ever become grandparents.  Plus, some of the toys might become "classics".

As someone who has carried a couple bins of toys for "the grandkids" and/or "because they'll be classics" across, let me count 'em, five states. let me know how that goes for you.  :)

My ex and I were like John Myung and Dee Snider.  She threw EVERYTHING away, and I kept stuff.  I've pruned stuff over the years, but I still have a fair amount of stuff in my basement, in bins or on shelves.  My wife doesn't have a bunch of stuff, but she loves clutter and loves to be around stuff.   I can't even get to her desk chair; it's like the cockpit of the SR-71.  It's like a lesson in fung shoe or whatever it is in my house.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 17, 2020, 06:20:11 PM
We don't have any of that shit, but have at least 30 bins of toys... for the time if/when we ever become grandparents.  Plus, some of the toys might become "classics".

As someone who has carried a couple bins of toys for "the grandkids" and/or "because they'll be classics" across, let me count 'em, five states. let me know how that goes for you.  :)

My ex and I were like John Myung and Dee Snider.  She threw EVERYTHING away, and I kept stuff.  I've pruned stuff over the years, but I still have a fair amount of stuff in my basement, in bins or on shelves.  My wife doesn't have a bunch of stuff, but she loves clutter and loves to be around stuff.   I can't even get to her desk chair; it's like the cockpit of the SR-71.  It's like a lesson in fung shoe or whatever it is in my house.

I have no doubt how it's going to go.  But (for now), we have the space to store the stuff, and it's what mrs.jingle wants.  So, unless I want an argument and silent treatment, it's Lazy River time ... just go with the flow.  I've got enough to worry about when that flow is "Aunt Flo"  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 17, 2020, 06:21:00 PM
Commercials.   Yet another in the "I'm going to surprise my spouse/partner with a car!"    Guy and girl - both INSANELY hot - are walking in the snow and he says "I got you something" and does a whistle.  This cute puppy comes running through the snow and jumps in her arms.  She's happy as a clam, and says "I got something for YOU!" and does a whistle.  This GMC one-ton pickup comes bounding over the snow (who's driving it?) and slides to a stop in front of him.  The commercial fades with him literally hugging the hood of the truck.   

It's GMC, because they have another where the insanely hot wife gets "his and hers" Apple-type watches, one red and one black, and the insanely hot husband says "I got something for YOU!" and they go out and there's two full size GMC pickups in the driveway, one red and one black.  Of course, SHE takes the black one ("that was mine!" he says feebly) and they live happy ever after. 

Ridiculous.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 17, 2020, 06:21:44 PM
We don't have any of that shit, but have at least 30 bins of toys... for the time if/when we ever become grandparents.  Plus, some of the toys might become "classics".

As someone who has carried a couple bins of toys for "the grandkids" and/or "because they'll be classics" across, let me count 'em, five states. let me know how that goes for you.  :)

My ex and I were like John Myung and Dee Snider.  She threw EVERYTHING away, and I kept stuff.  I've pruned stuff over the years, but I still have a fair amount of stuff in my basement, in bins or on shelves.  My wife doesn't have a bunch of stuff, but she loves clutter and loves to be around stuff.   I can't even get to her desk chair; it's like the cockpit of the SR-71.  It's like a lesson in fung shoe or whatever it is in my house.

I have no doubt how it's going to go.  But (for now), we have the space to store the stuff, and it's what mrs.jingle wants.  So, unless I want an argument and silent treatment, it's Lazy River time ... just go with the flow.  I've got enough to worry about when that flow is "Aunt Flo"  :lol

No, I hear you; been there, done that. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 17, 2020, 06:24:52 PM
Commercials.   Yet another in the "I'm going to surprise my spouse/partner with a car!"    Guy and girl - both INSANELY hot - are walking in the snow and he says "I got you something" and does a whistle.  This cute puppy comes running through the snow and jumps in her arms.  She's happy as a clam, and says "I got something for YOU!" and does a whistle.  This GMC one-ton pickup comes bounding over the snow (who's driving it?) and slides to a stop in front of him.  The commercial fades with him literally hugging the hood of the truck.   

I've seen that commercial and I'm always wondering what the guy is thinking, who the fuck is driving the truck and how does my girl know him?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 17, 2020, 06:27:46 PM
On this issue of hording, everytime I go to throw something away, my wife goes..."We should donate that."


WTF? I'm going to donate it to the dump!


We literally have old window shades (nice ones), but we're not using them. I was going to take them to the dump, and she's like, Let's donate that to Habitat To Humanity. OK, No fucking way!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on December 17, 2020, 06:43:10 PM
Commercials.   Yet another in the "I'm going to surprise my spouse/partner with a car!"    Guy and girl - both INSANELY hot - are walking in the snow and he says "I got you something" and does a whistle.  This cute puppy comes running through the snow and jumps in her arms.  She's happy as a clam, and says "I got something for YOU!" and does a whistle.  This GMC one-ton pickup comes bounding over the snow (who's driving it?) and slides to a stop in front of him.  The commercial fades with him literally hugging the hood of the truck.   

It's GMC, because they have another where the insanely hot wife gets "his and hers" Apple-type watches, one red and one black, and the insanely hot husband says "I got something for YOU!" and they go out and there's two full size GMC pickups in the driveway, one red and one black.  Of course, SHE takes the black one ("that was mine!" he says feebly) and they live happy ever after. 

Ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcEylCwkSxE
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 17, 2020, 07:00:18 PM
Commercials.   Yet another in the "I'm going to surprise my spouse/partner with a car!"    Guy and girl - both INSANELY hot - are walking in the snow and he says "I got you something" and does a whistle.  This cute puppy comes running through the snow and jumps in her arms.  She's happy as a clam, and says "I got something for YOU!" and does a whistle.  This GMC one-ton pickup comes bounding over the snow (who's driving it?) and slides to a stop in front of him.  The commercial fades with him literally hugging the hood of the truck.   

I've seen that commercial and I'm always wondering what the guy is thinking, who the fuck is driving the truck and how does my girl know him?

HAHA!  I swear, I wrote "and is she banging him?" after "who's driving it" but figured it was crass.  But I'm right with you!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 17, 2020, 07:08:36 PM
I've literally seen both of those commercials in the last 15 minutes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 17, 2020, 07:25:53 PM
On this issue of hording, everytime I go to throw something away, my wife goes..."We should donate that."

I get this all the time. She is loathe to throw anything away. I ask her about how we should go about that, and she says she is to busy "to handle it now," "now" basically being "the school year" (she is a teacher) so this crap has to sit around till July.

As we are getting rid of our baby/infant/toddler stuff, I started posting on Offer Up, but was getting so little response it just wasn't worth it. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 17, 2020, 09:00:25 PM
On this issue of hording, everytime I go to throw something away, my wife goes..."We should donate that."


WTF? I'm going to donate it to the dump!


We literally have old window shades (nice ones), but we're not using them. I was going to take them to the dump, and she's like, Let's donate that to Habitat To Humanity. OK, No fucking way!

Must be a chick thing .... Mrs.jingle is the same.

I’ve taken stuff to Goodwill that they’ve said “pass” on. You know it’s crap when even they don’t think (or know) they can’t give it away.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 17, 2020, 09:06:40 PM
This hurts to the core on so many levels. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on December 18, 2020, 06:03:57 AM
The stupid tiktok dance videos. I don't have tiktok, because I'm not 15, but they're infiltrating my instagram. So fucking obnoxious. Terrible dancing set to terrible songs for the most part. Can't wait for that trend to die.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on December 18, 2020, 06:05:44 AM
Spinning off from a couple posts in the "made you happy" thread:

I can't be the only one in this position.

Probably 75-80% of the stuff in our garage is my wife's.  Our kids are almost 17 and 18 and we sure as shit ain't having more.  We have 3-4 rather large bins of baby clothes/shoes/stuffed animals.  These things haven't seen the light of day in over a decade.  I keep prompting my wife to get rid of at least some of this stuff.  ME: "What are you ever going to do with it?"  HER: "Look at it."  ME: "That's what photos are for, and we have tons of photos of the kids in most of the clothes."  HER: "Well...what about your one bin of old newspapers and Sports Illustrateds?"  ME: "ONE bin."

She also has a bunch of bins of bulletin board material from when she was a teacher.  She spent a ton of money on it, but she pretty clearly isn't going to teach again.  So...let's get rid of it!  NO!

Oh well....  Venting over.

It took my wife all of 2 days to fill the garage up with shit when we got our first house. We got into an argument where more-or-less told her I bought a house with a garage to keep my car in there and to make peace with it, I also pointed out that aside from Christmas decorations anything that goes into the garage never comes back out. 4 years later after having her car constantly in the driveway and getting into when it's cold/hot she finally realized the error of her ways and cleaned out her half of the garage to keep her car in there.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 18, 2020, 06:20:42 AM
The stupid tiktok dance videos. I don't have tiktok, because I'm not 15, but they're infiltrating my instagram. So fucking obnoxious. Terrible dancing set to terrible songs for the most part. Can't wait for that trend to die.

This is my gripe across all of social media. I hate Twitter. I hate everything about it. I think it's a terrible platform. I like Instagram for the most part because it's typically just photos and videos. People don't really express their thoughts as much on that platform (at least those that I follow). Yet, it's slowly turning into a Twitter 2.0. I follow people that just upload screenshots of their Tweets to Instagram. Drives me nuts. If I wanted to see what was on your Twitter feed, I'd follow your Twitter feed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 18, 2020, 08:33:23 AM
The stupid tiktok dance videos. I don't have tiktok, because I'm not 15, but they're infiltrating my instagram. So fucking obnoxious. Terrible dancing set to terrible songs for the most part. Can't wait for that trend to die.

This is my gripe across all of social media. I hate Twitter. I hate everything about it. I think it's a terrible platform. I like Instagram for the most part because it's typically just photos and videos. People don't really express their thoughts as much on that platform (at least those that I follow). Yet, it's slowly turning into a Twitter 2.0. I follow people that just upload screenshots of their Tweets to Instagram. Drives me nuts. If I wanted to see what was on your Twitter feed, I'd follow your Twitter feed.

Add in that twitter now has "fleets" which is the same thing as Instagram/Facebook stories/Snapchat and all the social medias are slowly turning into the same app.  Personally, I like twitter the most because it's less personal to me.  Facebook is way too personal and I hardly use it anymore.  IG is solid, but I also just hardly use it.  Twitter however I am very active on and love how occasionally I'll even interact directly with musicians I like on there, never get that interaction on other social media.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 18, 2020, 09:34:54 AM
My ex and I were like John Myung and Dee Snider.  She threw EVERYTHING away, and I kept stuff.  I've pruned stuff over the years, but I still have a fair amount of stuff in my basement, in bins or on shelves.  My wife doesn't have a bunch of stuff, but she loves clutter and loves to be around stuff.   I can't even get to her desk chair; it's like the cockpit of the SR-71.  It's like a lesson in fung shoe or whatever it is in my house.

I swear I don't understand like half of this very short post.   :lol

You're not related to Dennis Miller, are you?


On this issue of hording, everytime I go to throw something away, my wife goes..."We should donate that."


WTF? I'm going to donate it to the dump!


We literally have old window shades (nice ones), but we're not using them. I was going to take them to the dump, and she's like, Let's donate that to Habitat To Humanity. OK, No fucking way!

Fortunately, when my wife finally decides to part with something, it's "get it into the trash and get it out of here!"


Commercials.   Yet another in the "I'm going to surprise my spouse/partner with a car!"    Guy and girl - both INSANELY hot - are walking in the snow and he says "I got you something" and does a whistle.  This cute puppy comes running through the snow and jumps in her arms.  She's happy as a clam, and says "I got something for YOU!" and does a whistle.  This GMC one-ton pickup comes bounding over the snow (who's driving it?) and slides to a stop in front of him.  The commercial fades with him literally hugging the hood of the truck.   

It's GMC, because they have another where the insanely hot wife gets "his and hers" Apple-type watches, one red and one black, and the insanely hot husband says "I got something for YOU!" and they go out and there's two full size GMC pickups in the driveway, one red and one black.  Of course, SHE takes the black one ("that was mine!" he says feebly) and they live happy ever after. 

Ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcEylCwkSxE

LOVE it!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 18, 2020, 10:16:45 AM
My ex and I were like John Myung and Dee Snider.  She threw EVERYTHING away, and I kept stuff.  I've pruned stuff over the years, but I still have a fair amount of stuff in my basement, in bins or on shelves.  My wife doesn't have a bunch of stuff, but she loves clutter and loves to be around stuff.   I can't even get to her desk chair; it's like the cockpit of the SR-71.  It's like a lesson in fung shoe or whatever it is in my house.

I swear I don't understand like half of this very short post.   :lol

You're not related to Dennis Miller, are you?

This is why I write novels!  To be understood!   (Though I'd take the comparison to Dennis Miller any day of the week; I love the hidden references). 

Short version:  I tend to hoard, but keep stuff in boxes in the basement.  I have a hard time parting with things.  She doesn't hoard, but likes things very cluttered. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 18, 2020, 02:56:56 PM
The stupid tiktok dance videos. I don't have tiktok, because I'm not 15, but they're infiltrating my instagram. So fucking obnoxious. Terrible dancing set to terrible songs for the most part. Can't wait for that trend to die.

I scroll Instagram when i'm chilling in bed at night and it seems every single video. bar none. Has to have a song on it for some reason.

Also the absolute Vanity level on that app is beyond. To me - the worst human traits are vanity and arrogance. I think the more someone is clearly in love with themselves

- ironically the less attractive they are.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 18, 2020, 03:10:54 PM
The stupid tiktok dance videos. I don't have tiktok, because I'm not 15, but they're infiltrating my instagram. So fucking obnoxious. Terrible dancing set to terrible songs for the most part. Can't wait for that trend to die.

I don't have this problem on my Instagram. Because I don't have Instagram. ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 18, 2020, 03:30:13 PM
The stupid tiktok dance videos. I don't have tiktok, because I'm not 15, but they're infiltrating my instagram. So fucking obnoxious. Terrible dancing set to terrible songs for the most part. Can't wait for that trend to die.

I don't have this problem on my Instagram. Because I don't have Instagram. ;D

Amen.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 18, 2020, 04:19:47 PM
The stupid tiktok dance videos. I don't have tiktok, because I'm not 15, but they're infiltrating my instagram. So fucking obnoxious. Terrible dancing set to terrible songs for the most part. Can't wait for that trend to die.

I don't have this problem on my Instagram. Because I don't have Instagram. ;D

Yeah but lordxizor doesn't have issues like rabbit ears and getting 12 stations on tv.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 18, 2020, 04:37:46 PM
The stupid tiktok dance videos. I don't have tiktok, because I'm not 15, but they're infiltrating my instagram. So fucking obnoxious. Terrible dancing set to terrible songs for the most part. Can't wait for that trend to die.

I don't have this problem on my Instagram. Because I don't have Instagram. ;D

Yeah but lordxizor doesn't have issues like rabbit ears and getting 12 stations on tv.

This is true. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on December 18, 2020, 07:20:38 PM
I honestly couldn't care less about some kids doing stupid dances. Yeah it's cringe-worthy (sometimes in a funny way, & sometimes not), but I don't think it really matters in the bigger picture.

What I do have an issue with, however, is the invasive data collection (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/06/tiktok-may-be-data-collection-service-disguised-as-social-media-liberal-senator-says) that the app has on its users, the algorithm blatantly discriminating against disabled & LGBT uploaders (https://slate.com/technology/2019/12/tiktok-disabled-users-videos-suppressed.html), the downright insensitive (https://www.teenvogue.com/story/holocaust-tiktok-challenge-backlash) "challenges" (https://www.distractify.com/p/coronavirus-challenge-on-tiktok) that trend on the platform (graphic warning for those two links), & of course, the app's connection with the Chinese Communist Party  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz4aGPN9hTg)(which makes it about as trustworthy as you would expect).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on December 18, 2020, 08:18:30 PM
The stupid tiktok dance videos. I don't have tiktok, because I'm not 15, but they're infiltrating my instagram. So fucking obnoxious. Terrible dancing set to terrible songs for the most part. Can't wait for that trend to die.

I don't have this problem on my Instagram. Because I don't have Instagram. ;D

Yeah but lordxizor doesn't have issues like rabbit ears and getting 12 stations on tv.

This is true. :lol
I actually do use rabbit ears (or the modern equivalent of it) to get my tv. I had issues getting NBC to come in tonight. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 18, 2020, 08:20:09 PM
GET

THE

FUCK

OUTA HERE!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 18, 2020, 08:24:57 PM
And you thought I was the only one!

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 18, 2020, 08:30:53 PM
This is the most WTF moment ever!!


I was the rabbit ears controller.

BACK IN THE 70'S!!!

You 2 must be the co founders of the "Cheap Bastards Club. "
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 18, 2020, 08:33:31 PM
I didn't think TV's were still made with those sorts of antennas!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 18, 2020, 08:35:04 PM
Tim still wears Toughskins I bet.

Only an old bastard like him will remember this. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 18, 2020, 08:38:39 PM
I bet yours were..

























...HUSKY! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 18, 2020, 08:45:45 PM
Mom bought mine. How was I supposed to know. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 18, 2020, 08:47:58 PM
Capped off with a pair of tyroleans!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 18, 2020, 08:48:50 PM
Here I am on the left at 13.  You now can eat it sucka. 

(https://i.postimg.cc/NFjhV039/FB-IMG-1485629864152.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 18, 2020, 08:54:03 PM
Is that your brother?

Just last weekend, we were in a store and I saw a sweater-vest on the rack and I aid to me wife..My mother used to make us wear these all the time..

I'll have to find an old shot.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 18, 2020, 08:54:40 PM
Tim still wears Toughskins I bet.

Only an old bastard like him will remember this. Lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNoCJ2fKkw
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 18, 2020, 09:00:18 PM
That's my cousin at a family gathering for Christmas Eve.   This is the first year the Callahan family will not get together for Christmas Eve since I was born

Fuck covid.

Tom that commercial is bringing back memories.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 18, 2020, 11:55:21 PM
Tom that commercial is bringing back memories.

All this fogey talk bringing on early Alzheimer's mate?  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on December 19, 2020, 05:52:43 AM
This is the most WTF moment ever!!


I was the rabbit ears controller.

BACK IN THE 70'S!!!

You 2 must be the co founders of the "Cheap Bastards Club. "
Why would I pay for something I can get for free? A lot of cord cutters use rabbit ears these days to get their local channels. I rarely watch live TV, basically only for football on Sunday. I just happened to flip it on last night because I had 10 minutes to kill before bed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 19, 2020, 06:05:05 AM
Not for me I guess. I need more.

Still, you just linked yourself with Tim.  How many side with him? :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 19, 2020, 07:17:19 AM
I honestly couldn't care less about some kids doing stupid dances. Yeah it's cringe-worthy (sometimes in a funny way, & sometimes not), but I don't think it really matters in the bigger picture.

What I do have an issue with, however, is the invasive data collection (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/06/tiktok-may-be-data-collection-service-disguised-as-social-media-liberal-senator-says) that the app has on its users, the algorithm blatantly discriminating against disabled & LGBT uploaders (https://slate.com/technology/2019/12/tiktok-disabled-users-videos-suppressed.html), the downright insensitive (https://www.teenvogue.com/story/holocaust-tiktok-challenge-backlash) "challenges" (https://www.distractify.com/p/coronavirus-challenge-on-tiktok) that trend on the platform (graphic warning for those two links), & of course, the app's connection with the Chinese Communist Party  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz4aGPN9hTg)(which makes it about as trustworthy as you would expect).

It's for another thread (there is one over in P/R, in case anyone is interested) but while your second paragraph concerns are important, I think the dances aren't benign; they have created the culture that leads to the issues of concern.  We've become so free with our information, and so convinced that people want to see our dances (and "Like!" them) that it feeds the bleed, so to speak.   It makes it possible for those latter things to happen.  IMO, only, but I don't see a lot of difference between the two in terms of motivation and opportunity.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 19, 2020, 07:18:41 AM
Tim still wears Toughskins I bet.

Only an old bastard like him will remember this. Lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNoCJ2fKkw

Plaid Toughskins.  I miss the 70's. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 19, 2020, 01:53:15 PM
Toughskins.

With patches on the knees!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 19, 2020, 02:13:10 PM
Tom that commercial is bringing back memories.

All this fogey talk bringing on early Alzheimer's mate?  ;D

 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 19, 2020, 02:42:33 PM
Don't tell my wife.  She thinks my memory's going.  Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 19, 2020, 02:50:29 PM
Don't tell my wife.  She thinks my memory's going.  Lol


I think it's just a rule that all wives are required to say that at least once a month.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 19, 2020, 08:29:36 PM
I get accused of some sort of dementia - Alzheimer's or otherwise - about every 20 days by either my daughter or my wife. 

They don't realize it's now a sort of Get Out Of Jail Free card.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 19, 2020, 08:35:18 PM

They don't realize it's now a sort of Get Out Of Jail Free card.  :)

So true!

Jeff Oldsworthy.."YOU KNOW YOU"RE A FOGEY WHEN...your wife no longer chalks up your forgetfulness to you being an asshole, and instead chalks it up to you being old."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 20, 2020, 04:01:41 AM
They don't realize it's now a sort of Get Out Of Jail Free card.  :)

That's brilliant!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 20, 2020, 04:31:46 AM
My Grandad is 93 and does not have a hint of senility. My Dad is 70 and still has a full head of hair.

Hopefully I get the best of both !  ;D

Grandad went completely bald very young but i'm 42 and am not even going grey or receding yet so i dodged that bullet.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 20, 2020, 05:50:33 AM
My Grandad is 93 and does not have a hint of senility. My Dad is 70 and still has a full head of hair.

Hopefully I get the best of both !  ;D

Grandad went completely bald very young but i'm 42 and am not even going grey or receding yet so i dodged that bullet.

You came in here to bring up the subject of balding randomly and to gloat about still having hair? Jeez, thanks for that. :lol

Also, I never would have picked you being 42.  From some of your posts I thought you were in your early twenties.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 20, 2020, 10:01:39 AM
I may as well be  ;D

Being a lifelong straight-edger helps too.  :xbones

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on December 21, 2020, 10:09:23 PM
I just heard this song and I thought is come post in this thread.

There are very few songs I hate. There is stuff I'm not into and don't listen but Paul McCartney Wonderful Christmastime is so grating and irritating. I don't know why but that song just makes my blood boil. I realize how crazy that sounds but I just can't help it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 21, 2020, 11:24:49 PM
I thought most people felt the same way about that song.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 22, 2020, 02:29:07 AM
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I thought most people felt the same way about that song.


I really don't like hearing the same 5 songs in every single shop you go into for an entire month.

Imagine if you had to hear the same five songs about it being your birthday every day for an entire month and all day on your birthday every year.  :sadpanda:

I really think it's time they retired all Christmas songs recorded before 2000. Mariah Carey and Noddy Holder have enough fuckin money now.

Noddy Holder reportedly gets £500,000 every single year from that one song. He doesn't need any more.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 22, 2020, 06:58:13 AM
I just heard this song and I thought is come post in this thread.

There are very few songs I hate. There is stuff I'm not into and don't listen but Paul McCartney Wonderful Christmastime is so grating and irritating. I don't know why but that song just makes my blood boil. I realize how crazy that sounds but I just can't help it.

I'm a McCartney fanboy (I went through a boot of Let It Be and snipped out all the song snippets to put on my iPod; I did the same for his live releases in Moscow and NYC to get the full concert with between song banter) and yet I hate that song too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 22, 2020, 07:01:07 AM
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I thought most people felt the same way about that song.


I really don't like hearing the same 5 songs in every single shop you go into for an entire month.

Imagine if you had to hear the same five songs about it being your birthday every day for an entire month and all day on your birthday every year.  :sadpanda:

I really think it's time they retired all Christmas songs recorded before 2000. Mariah Carey and Noddy Holder have enough fuckin money now.

Noddy Holder reportedly gets £500,000 every single year from that one song. He doesn't need any more.

Since it's relevant to the thread title, I find this irritating.  I hate that idea that someone thinks they can tell someone else, whom they've never met, never spoken to, and know next to nothing about, what they "need", and what they've had "enough of". 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 22, 2020, 07:04:19 AM
Being exhausted all the time.  I wake up and I'm still gassed. The stress from work is real.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 22, 2020, 07:08:39 AM
Being exhausted all the time.  I wake up and I'm still gassed. The stress from work is real.

Will you at least get a break come the new year?   

What's stressful for me is dealing with the COVID in the house.  It's HARD to get a 12-year-old to consistently hold to protocols.   He was exposed to his grandmother and now we know he was exposed to his step mom, so we're expecting his dad to be positive at some point too.   We're trying but it's literally being aware 24-7, and you know how 12-year-old boys are about "focus" and "discipline". 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 22, 2020, 07:18:48 AM
No.  The Distribution Center is so far behind it's put us behind.  As an example we have a threshold.  The combination of pallet trailers to sort through and box trailers to sort though.  The threshold is 40 trailers.  Right now we are combined at 199.  5 times over the threshold.  the yard is so much over capacity that most of the trailers are buried behind 6 plus trailers.  It's n0t a good time here right now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 22, 2020, 07:39:07 AM
Goddamn.  Be safe, man. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 22, 2020, 08:13:04 AM
I'm the manager.  It's more of the stress of the counts and what to do to get them down.  Add Wal Mart so out of control it affects our business.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 22, 2020, 09:03:30 AM
Being exhausted all the time.  I wake up and I'm still gassed. The stress from work is real.

I'm always tired at the moment. Winter just makes me super depressed. Sometimes I don't sleep great and if i wake up two hours before my alarm - I just get up instead of lying awake.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 22, 2020, 09:12:32 AM
Being exhausted all the time.  I wake up and I'm still gassed. The stress from work is real.

I'm always tired at the moment. Winter just makes me super depressed. Sometimes I don't sleep great and if i wake up two hours before my alarm - I just get up instead of lying awake.

Add the Covid as well.  I just found out my brother's lab partner has Covid. My brother is getting tested today.  That puts Christmas get together in jeopardy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 22, 2020, 09:15:55 AM
 :'( :'( :'(  All the best King. xx

I am going to Dads for Christmas Day. I live on my own and there's 5 of them - and they never leave the house if they don't have to. Plus the kids have been off school for around two weeks

and have stayed at home the whole time ( they live on a farm in the countryside ) - so we should all be ok for the 25th. :)

I wear a face covering if i'm not indoors at all times. It has the added benefit of keeping my face warm too... I've actually gotten used to how it feels on me

and sometimes even forget it's there. :dunno: It doesn't bother me in the least. F those people who don't wear one out of pride and endanger everyone around them.

We're gonna have my Grandad there too and he lives alone and never goes out also.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 22, 2020, 10:24:45 AM
Being exhausted all the time.  I wake up and I'm still gassed. The stress from work is real.

I'm always tired at the moment. Winter just makes me super depressed. Sometimes I don't sleep great and if i wake up two hours before my alarm - I just get up instead of lying awake.

Add the Covid as well.  I just found out my brother's lab partner has Covid. My brother is getting tested today.  That puts Christmas get together in jeopardy.

We're in that "testing limbo" too; the problem is, TECHNICALLY, even a negative after, say, four or five days from exposure, they're saying you're not out of the woods.  It can incubate anywhere in the 2 to 14 day range; so a negative test after 5 days is really only for contact tracing, not overall "out of the woods".   My stepson was exposed as recently as Friday or Saturday, and we have two negative tests so far (Sunday and today) but that's not really the final word, it seems.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ProfessorPeart on December 23, 2020, 12:39:51 PM
Probably more than mildly, but nothing I ordered for Christmas is going to get here before Christmas. A few things were ordered last month and shipped shortly after. One set of items were handed off the to USPS by UPS on the 13th for delivery on the 17th. USPS says they are still waiting on it. Still says expected delivery is the 17th. For 10 days now that package has been about 40 miles away.

Another item is lost, as far as I can tell. Took 4 days to get from Minnesota to Iowa. Sat for 3 days in Iowa. That was supposed to be delivered days ago. USPS can't even tell me where it is or when it is getting here. They gave up on a delivery date guess. Another package has been sitting in New York since the 18th with no sign of movement.

Merry Christmas, one and all!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on December 23, 2020, 01:45:20 PM
Probably more than mildly, but nothing I ordered for Christmas is going to get here before Christmas. A few things were ordered last month and shipped shortly after. One set of items were handed off the to USPS by UPS on the 13th for delivery on the 17th. USPS says they are still waiting on it. Still says expected delivery is the 17th. For 10 days now that package has been about 40 miles away.

Another item is lost, as far as I can tell. Took 4 days to get from Minnesota to Iowa. Sat for 3 days in Iowa. That was supposed to be delivered days ago. USPS can't even tell me where it is or when it is getting here. They gave up on a delivery date guess. Another package has been sitting in New York since the 18th with no sign of movement.

Merry Christmas, one and all!

The situation with the USPS right now is terrible.  I've seen pictures of our local facilities and it's just boxes everywhere.  Between coronavirus wreaking havoc with their staffing, the sheer volume of packages being shipped right now, and the "changes" implemented this summer, they're just screwed. Fed Ex and UPS are barely holding it together right now as well, though they are doing better than the USPS. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on December 23, 2020, 05:28:23 PM
I had my first of 3 dental surgeries 12 days ago and these sutures that are supposed to dissolved haven't yet. They have become loose and now I anytime I chew and bite on one it I feel it tugging on my gums. Quite unsettling, I think I may try cutting them out myself.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 24, 2020, 07:52:01 AM
Probably more than mildly, but nothing I ordered for Christmas is going to get here before Christmas. A few things were ordered last month and shipped shortly after. One set of items were handed off the to USPS by UPS on the 13th for delivery on the 17th. USPS says they are still waiting on it. Still says expected delivery is the 17th. For 10 days now that package has been about 40 miles away.

Another item is lost, as far as I can tell. Took 4 days to get from Minnesota to Iowa. Sat for 3 days in Iowa. That was supposed to be delivered days ago. USPS can't even tell me where it is or when it is getting here. They gave up on a delivery date guess. Another package has been sitting in New York since the 18th with no sign of movement.

Merry Christmas, one and all!

As of 10:00 am eastern today (Christmas Eve), I've received exactly half the things I ordered, and with one exception they were all ordered at least two weeks ago (a couple more than that).   Bummer, but at least I'm not the only one in that boat, and it's not a "my dog ate my homework" kind of excuse.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on December 24, 2020, 09:16:44 AM
We ordered everything plenty in advance and have gotten everything but one thing. It was in the same order as a bunch of other stuff that arrived a week or more ago. I fully suspect that as of right now, the USPS has no idea where it is. I wouldn't be surprised if it never shows up.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 24, 2020, 09:36:29 AM
USPS can suck a bag of monkey dicks.  Something I dropped off with Canada Post as "Expedited USA" shipping on December 7th is still showing no updates since arriving at JFK on December 11th.   >:(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on December 24, 2020, 09:41:19 AM
Yea it seems that USPS really shit the bed this year. There are a few things I'm waiting for close to a month now.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: hunnus2000 on December 24, 2020, 10:41:05 AM
The USPS caused me to go all digital payments for my bills because I mailed one bill  back in September and it was late causing me to get a late fee. I mailed it in plenty of time.

My ire is not against the USPS in its entirety but rather the postmaster general who in an election year was trying to "streamline" processes - yeah, right.  :yeahright

I just hope that with the new administration that he's NOT asked for his resignation, he's flat out fired.  :tdwn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 26, 2020, 11:13:45 AM
 :tdwn :tdwn



---------------

Have you ever wanted to do something really nice for a friend just to be nice - and they've refused to let you do it - and they think they're being kind by refusing your gift / gesture ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on December 26, 2020, 12:33:00 PM
More than midly irrating.


Background: I live in a detached studio (well it's attached to a detached garage) on my best friend's mother's property. There are 2 other units attached to the main house (in which my best friend and his wife , and his sister in law and her husband live in).

The property is next door to my best friend's father's property. They used to own both properties but when they divorced, his mom got this property in the divorce. Our unit is at the front of the property. There's about 6ft of space between our studio and the short chain link fence seperating the property.  There's a large wooden fence that was built along the entire rest of the property line that ends right where out windows begin. So I can sit here and see everything going on in their large driveway next door. And.... They can see everything going on in our studio if we have our windows open.  And... My friends brother, who lives there, who's a fucking asshole (and has been the entire 15 years I've known them), spends a lot of time having parties and shit and hanging out right outside our window. Drinking and smoking pot and what not. I don't mind the pot, except for the fact that it's constantly wofting into our studio.

Anyways.... They've decided to rebuild one of their several motorcycle trailers they have. All weekend last weekend, periodically during the week, and now starting at 9am today... Cutting of wood. Grinding of metal. Welding. All about 6 ft from our window.  Like.... Day 1 when they started grinding, I had to scramble to get the cat out of our open window and shut the blinds because of the welding. It lit up our entire studio. We live on a hill, and their property is higher than ours. Basically if you are on their property and get on your knees, you're eye level with someone standing in our studio...

I mentioned my friends brother being an asshole. He really is. I've dealt with him for half my life. I know talking to him isn't going to do shit. Ironically there's supposed to be a wooden fence seperating us, but the fence was never completed and we've been asking for it to be done for over a year (there's literally a pile of wood for the fence just sitting outside our window.)

This... Is why I hate people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 26, 2020, 12:44:32 PM
Aside from the neighbors being assholes in general, I don't know if working on your property at reasonable hours is asshole-ish behavior if it is within reasonable hours.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 26, 2020, 05:37:44 PM
So wait..laptops do NOT come with disc drives anymore??
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on December 26, 2020, 05:58:56 PM
Some do, many don't.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 26, 2020, 06:05:39 PM
Santa brought me a new laptop because mine died a month or so ago. Santa also got me the Distant Memories Blu Ray.

After my son set up my new laptop I figured I'd slip in Distant Memories.


There's no fucking place to put it! :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 26, 2020, 06:05:54 PM
So wait..laptops do NOT come with disc drives anymore??

My PC tower didn't even come with a disc drive.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on December 26, 2020, 06:10:41 PM
Santa brought me a new laptop because mine died a month or so ago. Santa also got me the Distant Memories Blu Ray.

After my son set up my new laptop I figured I'd slip in Distant Memories.


There's no fucking place to put it! :lol

Good Luck finding a Blu-ray player that will play Blu-rays. Well, mine does, but It won't play Redemptions new Blu-Ray Alive In Color.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on December 26, 2020, 07:01:05 PM
So wait..laptops do NOT come with disc drives anymore??

My PC tower didn't even come with a disc drive.

I used to carry over my disc drive from build to build when I finally realized I don't use it anymore. I don't think I've needed one since the xp days.

I remember getting Fear Innoculum on cd and I was like wait, where the hell do I play this? :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on December 26, 2020, 07:08:19 PM
OMG I finally figured out how to play Alive In Color now...My god that was frustrating like shit....and to that I say.

Fuck you Microsoft, for making me have to look up how to play Blu-Rays.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 26, 2020, 07:11:51 PM
Amazon has a $69 Blu Ray external drive but it has shit reviews. The nest one up is $89. I just don' t feel like shelling that much out right now.


I'm kind of aggravated. I guess I'm fucking stupid too. I never thought to say "Gee make sure there's a disc drive in it."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on December 26, 2020, 08:01:17 PM
Amazon has a $69 Blu Ray external drive but it has shit reviews. The nest one up is $89. I just don' t feel like shelling that much out right now.


I'm kind of aggravated. I guess I'm fucking stupid too. I never thought to say "Gee make sure there's a disc drive in it."

I have a Pioneer as that is the only one I could find that opens from the top. and not a disc tray.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 26, 2020, 08:02:15 PM
What's the difference? Does it matter?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 27, 2020, 05:34:50 AM
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on December 27, 2020, 05:45:35 AM
Tim,

Bestbuy has an LG external Blu Ray player on sale for twenty-five bucks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 27, 2020, 07:42:00 AM
Tim,

Bestbuy has an LG external Blu Ray player on sale for twenty-five bucks.

Ooh. I’m going to look at that. Thank you.


Checked it out. It didn't say Blu Ray. The cheapest Blu Ray I saw was $80.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 27, 2020, 02:55:12 PM
Santa brought me a new laptop because mine died a month or so ago. Santa also got me the Distant Memories Blu Ray.

After my son set up my new laptop I figured I'd slip in Distant Memories.


There's no fucking place to put it! :lol

Fuck.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 27, 2020, 02:56:55 PM
So wait..laptops do NOT come with disc drives anymore??

My PC tower didn't even come with a disc drive.

Fucking hell, what's the world coming to!

I made sure my new cheap ass tower has one, but jeez it's flimsy as all shit.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on December 27, 2020, 03:00:46 PM
So wait..laptops do NOT come with disc drives anymore??

My PC tower didn't even come with a disc drive.

Fucking hell, what's the world coming to!

I made sure my new cheap ass tower has one, but jeez it's flimsy as all shit.

I've had my tower for 18 months now and have never needed it. I don't think I've purchased a disc of any kind in 5+ years.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 27, 2020, 03:11:32 PM
So wait..laptops do NOT come with disc drives anymore??

My PC tower didn't even come with a disc drive.

Fucking hell, what's the world coming to!

I made sure my new cheap ass tower has one, but jeez it's flimsy as all shit.

I've had my tower for 18 months now and have never needed it. I don't think I've purchased a disc of any kind in 5+ years.

I guess I was looking to rip a lot of my cd's to the PC so would have been buggered if it didn't have one.  I can see why though for programs, games etc. discs simply aren't used anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 27, 2020, 04:19:15 PM
I got a new Tower and purchased a disk drive.  Still one foot in the past and the present.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 27, 2020, 04:42:02 PM
One of my all time favorite memes. I can totally relate. :lol


(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/26/21/c6/2621c6a5c082e4a66c2b6f5728bf0f3b.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Herrick on December 27, 2020, 08:40:16 PM
I got a new Tower and purchased a disk drive.  Still one foot in the past and the present.

I stuck my old drive in my new build in January but haven't used it at all. But one never knows! I do want to start burning CDs again.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 27, 2020, 08:44:39 PM
I've got a decent external DVD USB drive that I can hookup anywhere if I need to rip anything.  Since I still have a PS3, PS4, and an actual BluRay player, I'm good for those on my TVs.  I've got a 5 year old MacBook that still has an internal CD/DVD slot, so there's that too.

Next laptop surely won't have a DVD slot.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 27, 2020, 08:52:02 PM
I have a DVD USB drive...2 of them actually that we got for the kids when we drove to Disney.


But it doesn't play Blu Rays..
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 27, 2020, 09:23:55 PM
I have a DVD USB drive...2 of them actually that we got for the kids when we drove to Disney.


But it doesn't play Blu Rays..

You're right.  DVD =/= BluRay
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on December 27, 2020, 09:47:36 PM
What's the difference? Does it matter?

It didn't, but since my older one broke, and then I bought a newer one and then that Disk Tray ended up breaking to where it would push on the cd causing it to make a weird noise when I ripped, I looked at the cd and it was pretty scratched. It sounded awful I just pushed the eject button right away (It was Stratovarius Infinity, and it only damaged the song Infinity  :sadpanda: ).

So, I looked around and found my Pioneer BDR-XD05S (https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Computer/Computer+Drives/BDR-XD05S)

I also did not see this when I bought the thing...

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Blu-ray playback requires additional software (not included).  Of course other Mac software that supports optical drives can access the BDR-XD05S also.

...But it still played most of the Blu-Rays I own. I needed to get one as IQ's Scrape Across The Sky will not work on my Blu-Ray player for my TV.


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 28, 2020, 02:25:01 AM
I've got a decent external DVD USB drive that I can hookup anywhere if I need to rip anything.  Since I still have a PS3, PS4, and an actual BluRay player, I'm good for those on my TVs.  I've got a 5 year old MacBook that still has an internal CD/DVD slot, so there's that too.

Next laptop surely won't have a DVD slot.

DVD USB?  The fuck is that?

I have a DVD USB drive...2 of them actually that we got for the kids when we drove to Disney.


But it doesn't play Blu Rays..

Oh shit, even Tim knows what that is and even has two.  I'm as good as fucked!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on December 28, 2020, 05:23:45 AM
Tim,

Bestbuy has an LG external Blu Ray player on sale for twenty-five bucks.

Ooh. I’m going to look at that. Thank you.


Checked it out. It didn't say Blu Ray. The cheapest Blu Ray I saw was $80.

Oops, sorry. I didn't read carefully enough. You know, you should probably bite the bullet and purchase one soon. They may not be available pretty soon.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 28, 2020, 09:05:13 AM
I don't think I'm going to get much support here on this, but the whole "2020 sucks", as if "2020" was this guy at the local bar that always took your stool, or hit on your girlfriend, or tore skid marks in your front lawn.   Whatever's bad in your life isn't ending on January 1, and likewise, whatever is good isn't going to magically accelerate.   

Maybe one answer is to pull ourselves away from the screens - the TVs, the phones, the tablets - and enjoy the people that are right in front of us. The ones that love us, the ones that care for us, and the ones that want to be happy too.

I'm biased, but I had a glorious four days since Christmas Eve.  My stepdaughter came up (drove) from NC and spent a couple days, my daughter is home from school, and even though I have COVID swirling around me like a raging sea (mother-in-law and step-father-in-law both have it, my stepsons dad's wife, sister-in-law and his mom all have it) and yet... other than football, the weather, and one local news story*, I spent no time in front of a screen.   I feel as... good as I've felt in probably six months.   

This is harsh, but I'm sorry to say, I think we, as a society, have gone soft.

* Crazy shit:  a local attorney drove to see his wife, who was cat-sitting her mom's cat, walked in, shot her while she was sleeping, climbed into the bed, and shot himself.   I didn't know him personally, but I/we have ties to both him and his wife and to say it's "out of the blue" is an understatement.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 28, 2020, 09:10:06 AM
Maybe one answer is to pull ourselves away from the screens - the TVs, the phones, the tablets - and enjoy the people that are right in front of us. The ones that love us, the ones that care for us, and the ones that want to be happy too.

What if the only way to see those people is via a screen?  I got back from seeing my family in Florida (my sister for the first time all year, my parents only for the second time this year) and can say that I pretty much agree with what you are saying.  That face to face interaction really makes an important difference in how you view life, literally and figuratively.  But now I'm home and back to being alone.  So it's pretty hard to throw away the screens without anyone in front of you.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on December 28, 2020, 09:24:13 AM
I don't think I'm going to get much support here on this, but the whole "2020 sucks", as if "2020" was this guy at the local bar that always took your stool, or hit on your girlfriend, or tore skid marks in your front lawn.   Whatever's bad in your life isn't ending on January 1, and likewise, whatever is good isn't going to magically accelerate.   

Maybe one answer is to pull ourselves away from the screens - the TVs, the phones, the tablets - and enjoy the people that are right in front of us. The ones that love us, the ones that care for us, and the ones that want to be happy too.

I'm biased, but I had a glorious four days since Christmas Eve.  My stepdaughter came up (drove) from NC and spent a couple days, my daughter is home from school, and even though I have COVID swirling around me like a raging sea (mother-in-law and step-father-in-law both have it, my stepsons dad's wife, sister-in-law and his mom all have it) and yet... other than football, the weather, and one local news story*, I spent no time in front of a screen.   I feel as... good as I've felt in probably six months.   

This is harsh, but I'm sorry to say, I think we, as a society, have gone soft.

* Crazy shit:  a local attorney drove to see his wife, who was cat-sitting her mom's cat, walked in, shot her while she was sleeping, climbed into the bed, and shot himself.   I didn't know him personally, but I/we have ties to both him and his wife and to say it's "out of the blue" is an understatement.   

Ask them...How was last year? and the year before that? How come every year it's always "Yay new start" and then at the end it's "I'm tired of this year, please let it end, and bring on the new year"?

And Yes...Media is bad for you. The benefits of not watching it are immense. I do not watch TV much at all, or the mainstream channels. But, I do watch Youtube, and I find it more better, as I now have control of what I watch, when I want to watch it and where. I can choose to believe it or choose to dismiss it as false/bullshit. But, it lets me choose things I want to see, and there are myriads of things available at the click of a button. If you know how to use the search and dig, you can find some fascinating, interesting, things. Let me tell you, I'd rather watch Cramx than watch SNL.

I also do agree with you about screen time. They have been telling us this. It's why people see it as a hypnotizing device. Because people imitate what they see.

Maybe one answer is to pull ourselves away from the screens - the TVs, the phones, the tablets - and enjoy the people that are right in front of us. The ones that love us, the ones that care for us, and the ones that want to be happy too.

What if the only way to see those people is via a screen?  I got back from seeing my family in Florida (my sister for the first time all year, my parents only for the second time this year) and can say that I pretty much agree with what you are saying.  That face to face interaction really makes an important difference in how you view life, literally and figuratively.  But now I'm home and back to being alone.  So it's pretty hard to throw away the screens without anyone in front of you.

Yes it does make a vast difference. That's physical connection, and we need that because it is one of the Five Senses called "Touch/Feel". We need this physical feeling, connection, with another human. We need that physical touch. We crave it. We go into a depression, if we don't have that.

And I will tell you...A Lot of those elderly people would rather have that right now, then die of loneliness.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 28, 2020, 09:43:49 AM
Maybe one answer is to pull ourselves away from the screens - the TVs, the phones, the tablets - and enjoy the people that are right in front of us. The ones that love us, the ones that care for us, and the ones that want to be happy too.

What if the only way to see those people is via a screen?  I got back from seeing my family in Florida (my sister for the first time all year, my parents only for the second time this year) and can say that I pretty much agree with what you are saying.  That face to face interaction really makes an important difference in how you view life, literally and figuratively.  But now I'm home and back to being alone.  So it's pretty hard to throw away the screens without anyone in front of you.

No, you're right; I thought about this as I was typing.   I lied, to an extent; I had a couple very good text chats this weekend with people I haven't seen in a couple months.  And even before COVID, my therapy is through Apple Facetime (she's in California).   I guess I don't think of that as "screens", but more like phone calls.  I'm talking more about the sort of numbing and filtering that goes on when you (not you, I mean "people") are living an entire life through screens.  Not connecting with others, but funneling ALL (or even most) of their experience.   I know you well enough - I think - to know that you aren't afraid to experience things; go on dates, go to concerts.   I get the sense you are using the technology to enhance what you have, to make do while things aren't perfect; I'm talking more about how for so many the technology isn't ENHANCING what we have, it IS what we have.  I don't want to hang him out to dry, but someone in my family spent almost 10 hours on a screen on Christmas day.  At one point he opened a can of cashews that was the size of a tennis ball can, and at the WHOLE tub.  He's not someone I have any authority over, so I was sort of helpless, but it was sad to watch that level of "obliviousness".  His entire experience was that screen.  Every conversation of his starts with some form of "I saw this video...".   Or we'll talk about something and he'll get something wrong and his response is "but I saw that in a video...".    He's a kid, but I know adults that do this too.  Everything is filtered through what they hear on social media, and what they get from a screen.  "So and so told me...".  "I saw it on Facebook...".   

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on December 28, 2020, 11:27:37 AM
Maybe one answer is to pull ourselves away from the screens - the TVs, the phones, the tablets - and enjoy the people that are right in front of us. The ones that love us, the ones that care for us, and the ones that want to be happy too.

What if the only way to see those people is via a screen?  I got back from seeing my family in Florida (my sister for the first time all year, my parents only for the second time this year) and can say that I pretty much agree with what you are saying.  That face to face interaction really makes an important difference in how you view life, literally and figuratively.  But now I'm home and back to being alone.  So it's pretty hard to throw away the screens without anyone in front of you.

No, you're right; I thought about this as I was typing.   I lied, to an extent; I had a couple very good text chats this weekend with people I haven't seen in a couple months.  And even before COVID, my therapy is through Apple Facetime (she's in California).   I guess I don't think of that as "screens", but more like phone calls.  I'm talking more about the sort of numbing and filtering that goes on when you (not you, I mean "people") are living an entire life through screens.  Not connecting with others, but funneling ALL (or even most) of their experience.   I know you well enough - I think - to know that you aren't afraid to experience things; go on dates, go to concerts.   I get the sense you are using the technology to enhance what you have, to make do while things aren't perfect; I'm talking more about how for so many the technology isn't ENHANCING what we have, it IS what we have.  I don't want to hang him out to dry, but someone in my family spent almost 10 hours on a screen on Christmas day.  At one point he opened a can of cashews that was the size of a tennis ball can, and at the WHOLE tub.  He's not someone I have any authority over, so I was sort of helpless, but it was sad to watch that level of "obliviousness".  His entire experience was that screen.  Every conversation of his starts with some form of "I saw this video...".   Or we'll talk about something and he'll get something wrong and his response is "but I saw that in a video...".    He's a kid, but I know adults that do this too.  Everything is filtered through what they hear on social media, and what they get from a screen.  "So and so told me...".  "I saw it on Facebook...".   

I find it fascinating how your (The white culture, I don't know how best to describe it, in general) familial structures are. For us, if they're family, the children answer to/respect anyone who is an elder, or older, doesn't matter whether that be auntie, uncle, grandma, grandpa, or way older adult cousin. So, it's odd hearing you say "Have any authority over, so I was sort of helpless". If that happened here, that child would have gotten that thing taken away from him by either Auntie, Uncle, and especially Grandma.

Also to this response of "I saw this video...", it's not much different than saying "I read this book...". It's still information, just an evolved way of getting that information. The internet has made this information available to everyone. Everyone in the world has access to knowledge they would have had to travel across the world for. For those that really are invested and interested in learning more, they would go travel to that place to experience it first hand. While those not as invested will still have some knowledge of it, but not a full understanding and grasp of that knowledge because some knowledge has to be felt, not shown. And some people are not privy to some knowledge, as they don't belong to that culture. But, that doesn't mean other cultures don't share the same knowledge, it's just done in a different way, but it's all the same thing.

It's just now, how much are you willing to dig and mine for this information.

Also, we need to learn when too much is too much. And separate ourselves from the "screens" and reconnect with the world outside. And I need to learn that, because I am on here far too much than I should be. But this place is a wonderful community, and it's manifested itself from a simple band forums to an entire online forums community, who just happen to be Dream Theater fans.



Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on December 28, 2020, 12:21:30 PM
My 2 and 3 year old nieces both got tablets made for kids for Christmas. It's basically loaded with some games and kids version of youtube.  It was amazing how quickly these super young children would go down the youtube rabbit hole (children's version of course) where they just keep clicking through and watching the video and the suggested ones. 

I know you well enough - I think - to know that you aren't afraid to experience things; go on dates, go to concerts.   I get the sense you are using the technology to enhance what you have, to make do while things aren't perfect; I'm talking more about how for so many the technology isn't ENHANCING what we have, it IS what we have.

I think this is because I grew up in a time before the internet and adjusted to it as I grew up.  I wasn't tied to these devices (although I very much do feel like I'm addicted to my phone) the way people growing up with them are. 

Let me tell you, I'd rather watch Cramx than watch SNL.

 :heart  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on December 28, 2020, 03:24:21 PM
My USPS carrier is probably the most unprofessional carrier I've ever encountered. Dude is sloppy as fuck, likes to either smash packages way too large for our mailbox into our box, or throws things in a pile in the middle of a walkway on the property (which is really strange since there is a nice higher up out of the way surface- a 3 ft retaining wall right next to where he likes to throw things, that's perfect for packages.... lets ignore the table by the door to our unit that has a sign asking for packages to be left on it). Dude also doesn't wear a mask. I don't want to hear the politics about freedom or whatever. It's their policy to wear a mask. There's also a Countywide and Statewide mask mandate. You're coming up on to people's property. Wear a damn mask. I don't even care if you have it on your ear and pop it on when you get out of your truck.

Anyways...

Girlfriend ordered a Ceramic Christmas Cactus online like a month ago. It's super late. Looked like it was coming today. I was standing at my window watching the rain on the street (first rain since like April). I see truck pull up and homie get out. He rummages around the back of the truck and pulls out what I assumed was the package we were waiting for.  He runs up the driveway. I assumed he was going to toss somewhere, like he always does (even during rain). Then I hear the sound of him scanning the packages, a knock on the door, and  "Hello?!" Maskless dude at my door. I start walking over the door. Takes me about 20 seconds. I was going to crack the door and just ask him to leave it on our table by the door that's literally there for deliveries. I crack the door and he's not there. I walk back to my window and he's running back up to his truck. Gets in with our package, and drives away.

Now we need to see if it will be redelivered, or if we'll have to go into the post office to pick it up. Or it will just cease to exist... as we've had half a dozen packages get marked as delivered but never show up.


Earlier this month, Homie was on vacation and we had someone else filling in, and it was magical. Dude wore a mask. Was friendly, well kept, and delivered our mail and packages logically, even if they didn't understand the unit numbering system on the property.

It's such a stark contrast to the mail carrier we had before we moved here. She was fantastic. Went out of her way to be helpful. And in return we always tipped her or gave her gifts for Christmas / her birthday (I think we found out her birthday because it was near one of our family members and it came up in a conversation).

Pretty sure this guy is just close to retiring and just doesn't give a shit. My dad worked for the USPS, Not as a carrier or clerk, but I remember stories of carries especially just not giving a shit in the last few years before retirement, because it was very hard for them to actually get disciplined for anything.


Anyhow, I was originally going to complain about my local Starbucks being out of all forms of fake milk besides Coconut milk :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on December 28, 2020, 04:33:02 PM
That just sounds like a people problem. And you're expectations of a postal service worker always being nice and courteous. And sounds like reality hit you pretty good there, by throwing you a person whom just doesn't give a shitz
even while working. There's plenty of those people, and you, unfortunately, got the lucky one.

Sucks when that happens. We have one of those postal workers too...But I don't have problem with them while others do.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 28, 2020, 06:51:52 PM
Maybe one answer is to pull ourselves away from the screens - the TVs, the phones, the tablets - and enjoy the people that are right in front of us. The ones that love us, the ones that care for us, and the ones that want to be happy too.

What if the only way to see those people is via a screen?  I got back from seeing my family in Florida (my sister for the first time all year, my parents only for the second time this year) and can say that I pretty much agree with what you are saying.  That face to face interaction really makes an important difference in how you view life, literally and figuratively.  But now I'm home and back to being alone.  So it's pretty hard to throw away the screens without anyone in front of you.

No, you're right; I thought about this as I was typing.   I lied, to an extent; I had a couple very good text chats this weekend with people I haven't seen in a couple months.  And even before COVID, my therapy is through Apple Facetime (she's in California).   I guess I don't think of that as "screens", but more like phone calls.  I'm talking more about the sort of numbing and filtering that goes on when you (not you, I mean "people") are living an entire life through screens.  Not connecting with others, but funneling ALL (or even most) of their experience.   I know you well enough - I think - to know that you aren't afraid to experience things; go on dates, go to concerts.   I get the sense you are using the technology to enhance what you have, to make do while things aren't perfect; I'm talking more about how for so many the technology isn't ENHANCING what we have, it IS what we have.  I don't want to hang him out to dry, but someone in my family spent almost 10 hours on a screen on Christmas day.  At one point he opened a can of cashews that was the size of a tennis ball can, and at the WHOLE tub.  He's not someone I have any authority over, so I was sort of helpless, but it was sad to watch that level of "obliviousness".  His entire experience was that screen.  Every conversation of his starts with some form of "I saw this video...".   Or we'll talk about something and he'll get something wrong and his response is "but I saw that in a video...".    He's a kid, but I know adults that do this too.  Everything is filtered through what they hear on social media, and what they get from a screen.  "So and so told me...".  "I saw it on Facebook...".   

I find it fascinating how your (The white culture, I don't know how best to describe it, in general) familial structures are. For us, if they're family, the children answer to/respect anyone who is an elder, or older, doesn't matter whether that be auntie, uncle, grandma, grandpa, or way older adult cousin. So, it's odd hearing you say "Have any authority over, so I was sort of helpless". If that happened here, that child would have gotten that thing taken away from him by either Auntie, Uncle, and especially Grandma.

It's not "white culture" (I know what you mean, I think).  I have Eastern European roots - what is now Slovakia and Poland - and I grew up like you describe.  For me, it was more respect (I guess?) for the family.  I live differently; if that was my kid I would EXPECT that an adult would provide guidance; at least on basic issues of right and wrong.

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Also to this response of "I saw this video...", it's not much different than saying "I read this book...". It's still information, just an evolved way of getting that information. The internet has made this information available to everyone. Everyone in the world has access to knowledge they would have had to travel across the world for. For those that really are invested and interested in learning more, they would go travel to that place to experience it first hand. While those not as invested will still have some knowledge of it, but not a full understanding and grasp of that knowledge because some knowledge has to be felt, not shown. And some people are not privy to some knowledge, as they don't belong to that culture. But, that doesn't mean other cultures don't share the same knowledge, it's just done in a different way, but it's all the same thing.

Yeah, I disagree with that.  It's not the same as a book; at least not the majority of them.  I have this same beef with journalism (but that's for a different thread).  The very nature of the internet is that there are no controls, no hurdles, no BURDENS.  There used to be checks and balances for getting things published; now any Yahoo (pun intended) with a GoPro or a cellphone can post videos of anything they want. 

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It's just now, how much are you willing to dig and mine for this information.

Also, we need to learn when too much is too much. And separate ourselves from the "screens" and reconnect with the world outside. And I need to learn that, because I am on here far too much than I should be. But this place is a wonderful community, and it's manifested itself from a simple band forums to an entire online forums community, who just happen to be Dream Theater fans.

I don't consider the forum here to be the same thing; this is a means to an end.   If I wasn't writing here, I would be talking to several of the people here anyway. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 30, 2020, 08:51:35 PM
Saw this headine on MSN.com

.."tayshia-adams-and-zac-clark-already-have-so-many-cute-moments-together"


Who the fuck are Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark? And who the hell cares?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 30, 2020, 08:57:32 PM
Saw this headine on MSN.com

.."tayshia-adams-and-zac-clark-already-have-so-many-cute-moments-together"


Who the fuck are Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark? And who the hell cares?

The bigger question is who the fuck gets their news from msn.com!?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on December 30, 2020, 08:58:37 PM
The same people who still use hotmail as their main email account. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 30, 2020, 09:00:26 PM
It's my homepage. What's wrong with that? I actually like it.
It gives me headlines and stuff, but I totally don't get the pop culture references.



Do you have a set homepage when you turn on your computer?



The same people who still use hotmail as their main email account. :lol



Yo, let's take that offline. Send me a note at TAC@hotmail.com.



Wait wut?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 30, 2020, 09:01:48 PM
The same people who still use hotmail as their main email account. :lol

And Microsoft Clippy?

(https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/2fa/b6d/93cc4b84ab3e4b3387cd6656a01ab015bc-26-clippy.2x.h357.w536.jpg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 30, 2020, 09:02:42 PM
I don't even know what a microsoft clippy is. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 30, 2020, 09:03:22 PM
Do you have a set homepage when you turn on your computer?

DTF.

(http://replygif.net/i/164.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on December 30, 2020, 09:03:59 PM
Dang, I forgot about that thing. :lol

I just bought a PC again after 9 years of having an iMac and didn't even think about annoying things like that not being around anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 30, 2020, 09:04:59 PM
Google is my homepage.

I don't mind MSN either.  It's a simple layout.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 30, 2020, 09:06:21 PM
I don't even know what a microsoft clippy is. :lol

An annoying piece of shit that's simply in the way thinking it can help you yet it knows nothing and can never answer the question you have.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 30, 2020, 09:07:29 PM
Do you have a set homepage when you turn on your computer?

DTF.

(http://replygif.net/i/164.gif)

Yeah, so there's that..




Google is my homepage.

I don't mind MSN either.  It's a simple layout.

I like it. It gives me the headlines and news. It doesn't feel biased in its layout. There's sports and entertainment, even local headlines.

But I totally  :facepalm: when they talk about people like they're major stars and I've never heard of them.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 30, 2020, 09:42:54 PM
dtf.org is my home page.

Also, I have ranted on being in the car with my wife driving. I have told her from now on I will not be giving directions, she must use Google Maps on her phone. So today we were going somewhere (it was dark and very rainy, so I granted her a little leeway), and the app says "Turn right to enter Highway 525..." and she drives past the on ramp as she points and says (to me, because, presumably, the app doesn't respond to queries) "Was that where I was supposed to turn? Why didn't you say anything?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 31, 2020, 03:26:23 AM
Not irritating but I do find it amusing when you say you're not a fan of a band that someone likes and they insult *YOU* back.

It's like wtf :lolpalm: you're not in the band chill out.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on December 31, 2020, 07:16:20 AM
dtf.org is my home page.

Also, I have ranted on being in the car with my wife driving. I have told her from now on I will not be giving directions, she must use Google Maps on her phone. So today we were going somewhere (it was dark and very rainy, so I granted her a little leeway), and the app says "Turn right to enter Highway 525..." and she drives past the on ramp as she points and says (to me, because, presumably, the app doesn't respond to queries) "Was that where I was supposed to turn? Why didn't you say anything?"

What is irritating. I personally can't stand being in the car with my wife, she is the worst backset driver I have ever met. It got so bad at one point that I refused to take any trips with her unless she got it under control.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 31, 2020, 10:24:05 AM
Do you have a set homepage when you turn on your computer?

DTF.

(http://replygif.net/i/164.gif)

Yeah, so there's that..




Google is my homepage.

I don't mind MSN either.  It's a simple layout.

I like it. It gives me the headlines and news. It doesn't feel biased in its layout. There's sports and entertainment, even local headlines.

But I totally  :facepalm: when they talk about people like they're major stars and I've never heard of them.
Well, TAC, I'm with you.  And I'd extend it slightly farther:  what passes for "stars" these days is awful slim.   For me, a star is someone you've heard of even if you're not into them.   I don't have to like Robert DeNiro to know who he is; that's a star.  Rock Hudson; never saw one of his movies, but I know who he is. STAR.  Even when I GOOGLE them I'm not sure who "Tayshia Adams" and "Zac Clark"are; NOT STARS.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 31, 2020, 01:06:31 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on December 31, 2020, 01:10:56 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on December 31, 2020, 02:53:24 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

Ok, Tim.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 31, 2020, 03:17:43 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

Ok, Tim.

 :lol

Quite frankly the name sounds made up! *said in Kramer's voice.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on December 31, 2020, 03:47:24 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

He was on the Flintstones. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 31, 2020, 05:50:09 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on December 31, 2020, 06:02:48 PM
I always thought that was a bit silly in The Flintstones etc when EVERYTHING was named after a rock or stone or a pebble etc.

Like cartoons about dogs where the house is dog shaped the car is dog shaped they work in a dog shaped building etc.

And in Star Trek when the alien of the week - their race is the same name as their planet.

It would be like all humans being from a planet called Human. Not even American English Italian Spanish etc... Just Human. So there's only one race of Klingons on the entirety

of Qonos ?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 31, 2020, 06:39:21 PM
I always thought that was a bit silly in The Flintstones etc when EVERYTHING was named after a rock or stone or a pebble etc.

Like cartoons about dogs where the house is dog shaped the car is dog shaped they work in a dog shaped building etc.

And in Star Trek when the alien of the week - their race is the same name as their planet.

It would be like all humans being from a planet called Human. Not even American English Italian Spanish etc... Just Human. So there's only one race of Klingons on the entirety

of Qonos ?

Dude, and I thought I was a grumpy prick!  :lol

What is this dog shaped cartoon you speak of too?  It sounds intriguing.  Might give me something to watch today.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on December 31, 2020, 07:20:09 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

How about Errol Flynn?


Well, TAC, I'm with you.  And I'd extend it slightly farther:  what passes for "stars" these days is awful slim.   For me, a star is someone you've heard of even if you're not into them.   I don't have to like Robert DeNiro to know who he is; that's a star.  Rock Hudson; never saw one of his movies, but I know who he is. STAR.  Even when I GOOGLE them I'm not sure who "Tayshia Adams" and "Zac Clark"are; NOT STARS.   

Well...I googled, so I now know who Tayshia and Zac are, but I couldn't give a rip.

My wife and I have an agreement.  A sports star is not "famous" unless she's heard of him/her, and actors/actresses are not famous unless I've heard of them.


And in Star Trek when the alien of the week - their race is the same name as their planet.

It would be like all humans being from a planet called Human.

Or...you know...the inhabitants of Earth being called earthlings.  How crazy is that!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 31, 2020, 09:14:32 PM
Flynn......hmmm, know the name....... old actor, maybe Aussie I think.

Rocko Huddo must be an old cat also.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on December 31, 2020, 09:16:42 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

Ok, Tim.

 :lol

Quite frankly the name sounds made up! *said in Kramer's voice.


It's as if Hollywood borrowed the Frontiers Records name generator movie star edition.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on December 31, 2020, 09:20:40 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

Ok, Tim.

 :lol

Quite frankly the name sounds made up! *said in Kramer's voice.


It's as if Hollywood borrowed the Frontiers Records name generator movie star edition.

 :rollin  That's actually fucking brilliant!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on December 31, 2020, 10:48:06 PM
I wholeheartedly agree with Stadler, but I think it worth noting there have been, and always will be, people who are famous simply for being famous.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: DragonAttack on December 31, 2020, 11:36:58 PM
Quite irritating.....idiots that do fireworks at ANY time, much less off and on until 1AM on their drunken stupor holiday nights.

1150pm to 1210Am.... I hate it, but I get it.  Earplugs and a fan and noise machine will do the trick.  But there comes a point....and sure is stressful to older people, dogs....oh, and veterans.  And to hell to anyone who has to get up at 4 or 5am to get ready for work.

phuckwadds
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 01, 2021, 02:59:51 AM
This morning it was comical. I was watching TNG on Netflix and when the clock turned 00:00 to Jan 1 - I heard exactly ONE firework and one " Waaaayyyyy "..  :rollin.

Then silence again. It couldn't have been more like a comedy sketch.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 01, 2021, 04:44:03 AM

Dude, and I thought I was a grumpy prick!  :lol

What is this dog shaped cartoon you speak of too?  It sounds intriguing.  Might give me something to watch today.


All of my post was tongue in cheek. Just little things I find amusing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 01, 2021, 06:50:19 AM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

Ok, Tim.

 :lol

Quite frankly the name sounds made up! *said in Kramer's voice.

At first I thought you were referring to "Tim".   :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 01, 2021, 07:09:09 AM
For now on instead of "OK Boomer" it's "OK Tim." :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on January 01, 2021, 09:16:37 AM
Quite irritating.....idiots that do fireworks at ANY time, much less off and on until 1AM on their drunken stupor holiday nights.

1150pm to 1210Am.... I hate it, but I get it.  Earplugs and a fan and noise machine will do the trick.  But there comes a point....and sure is stressful to older people, dogs....oh, and veterans.  And to hell to anyone who has to get up at 4 or 5am to get ready for work.

phuckwadds

There have been fireworks going off nightly since before Xmas in my neighborhood, sometimes past 1AM. People just don't give a shit how their actions affect other living beings.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 04, 2021, 03:18:18 AM
Person : *dies*

People online : " The current date is responsible ! "
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 04, 2021, 07:03:47 AM
I'm with you on that.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on January 04, 2021, 08:39:47 AM
Me too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on January 04, 2021, 10:56:43 AM
When I saw on Twitter that Alexi Laiho from Bodom had died - I was waiting for someone in the replies to say "2020!!!!!!!!!!!"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on January 04, 2021, 10:58:58 AM
When you run out of Toner at work but you know it's in the yard.  Wal Mart is so far behind that it's in a trailer outside in the yard and now I have to run to Staples.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 04, 2021, 11:51:01 AM
As good a place as any:   

https://youtu.be/qmb5ENInqVk

Two tips:
- DO watch for the TON of easter eggs (WTF, Kepler, Taylor Swift, phone in the movie theater...)
- DO NOT under ANY circumstances, read the comments.  You WILL damage your computer/screen

(And the follow-up: https://youtu.be/OTmozhwk9rw)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on January 04, 2021, 02:42:24 PM
As good a place as any:   

https://youtu.be/qmb5ENInqVk

Two tips:
- DO watch for the TON of easter eggs (WTF, Kepler, Taylor Swift, phone in the movie theater...)
- DO NOT under ANY circumstances, read the comments.  You WILL damage your computer/screen

(And the follow-up: https://youtu.be/OTmozhwk9rw)

Who/what is Kepler?  And I assume the Taylor Swift reference was the song in the background?

Also, I hadn't seen the first one before, but I did see the follow up.  I wonder if that's the actual mask that Tim Curry wore in Legend or just a really good recreation.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 05, 2021, 07:01:02 AM
- Taylor Swift is the song itself.
- Kepler is a reference to late in the first commercial there is a "#Kepler1649c" graffiti, referencing what scientists believe now is the planet discovered to date that is most like Earth in terms of composition and potential for (Earth-like) life.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kirksnosehair on January 05, 2021, 02:21:44 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

Ok, Tim.

 :lol

Quite frankly the name sounds made up! *said in Kramer's voice.


"Rock Hudson" was Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.'s stage name. 


He was a MAJOR heartthrob in his day.  It didn't come out until he was dead and buried that he was gay and had to hide his sexuality for most of his life  :(
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on January 05, 2021, 02:25:36 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

Ok, Tim.

 :lol

Quite frankly the name sounds made up! *said in Kramer's voice.


"Rock Hudson" was Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.'s stage name. 


He was a MAJOR heartthrob in his day.  It didn't come out until he was dead and buried that he was gay and had to hide his sexuality for most of his life  :(

I think most would not have been surprised with his stage name.

I'm as straight as a flagpole but it's encouraging with how far we've come with the sexuality being public type of thing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kirksnosehair on January 05, 2021, 02:27:21 PM
On the topic of things that I find mildly irritating:


"Covidiots"


These are the people who enter the gym wearing a face mask then promptly and permanently position it below their chin for the rest of their time in the gym, while simultaneously and with no regard for the safety of others, violating your personal space and breathing all over you without a mask while you're trying to do your workout in peace and away from other people.  It's almost as if they're purposely trying to get a rise out of people. 


I call them "Covidiots" and I'm constantly having to ask them to respect my personal space.  Some of them look at me like I just said, "hey, let me see your penis"  :justjen 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kirksnosehair on January 05, 2021, 02:31:16 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

Ok, Tim.

 :lol

Quite frankly the name sounds made up! *said in Kramer's voice.


"Rock Hudson" was Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.'s stage name. 


He was a MAJOR heartthrob in his day.  It didn't come out until he was dead and buried that he was gay and had to hide his sexuality for most of his life  :(

I think most would not have been surprised with his stage name.

I'm as straight as a flagpole but it's encouraging with how far we've come with the sexuality being public type of thing.


Same and I agree wholeheartedly.  Holding someone's sexual preference against them as some kind of fault is like telling someone they're an asshole because they've got brown hair.  It's nonsensical and kind of ignorant.  It is pretty amazing how relatively quickly things have change though, especially in the last decade or so.  I mean, we're about to have a member of the president's cabinet be the first openly gay cabinet member in history.  We've come a long way, but we still have more work to do.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on January 05, 2021, 02:32:04 PM
Wait, so the mask is basically around their neck the whole time they are there? WTF?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on January 05, 2021, 02:32:38 PM
He was a MAJOR heartthrob in his day.  It didn't come out until he was dead and buried that he was gay and had to hide his sexuality for most of his life  :(



I call them "Covidiots" and I'm constantly having to ask them to respect my personal space.  Some of them look at me like I just said, "hey, let me see your penis"  :justjen 






Gee, sort of makes you wonder what you actually said... :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kirksnosehair on January 05, 2021, 02:39:21 PM
He was a MAJOR heartthrob in his day.  It didn't come out until he was dead and buried that he was gay and had to hide his sexuality for most of his life  :(



I call them "Covidiots" and I'm constantly having to ask them to respect my personal space.  Some of them look at me like I just said, "hey, let me see your penis"  :justjen 






Gee, sort of makes you wonder what you actually said... :lol


Usually I'm very polite about it, the first couple of times, after that...I'm a little less tactful.  I'm a 56 year old dude, I ain't looking to get in any fistfights with people younger than my kids, but I ain't gonna be a fucking doormat either.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 05, 2021, 03:43:19 PM
Thank the maker that I have a home gym that suits all of my needs.  Plus, everything is closed around here anyway.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on January 05, 2021, 05:51:09 PM
I haven't a clue who Rock Hudson is.  :lol

Ok, Tim.

 :lol

Quite frankly the name sounds made up! *said in Kramer's voice.


"Rock Hudson" was Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.'s stage name. 


He was a MAJOR heartthrob in his day.  It didn't come out until he was dead and buried that he was gay and had to hide his sexuality for most of his life  :(

I think most would not have been surprised with his stage name.

I'm as straight as a flagpole but it's encouraging with how far we've come with the sexuality being public type of thing.


Same and I agree wholeheartedly.  Holding someone's sexual preference against them as some kind of fault is like telling someone they're an asshole because they've got brown hair.  It's nonsensical and kind of ignorant.  It is pretty amazing how relatively quickly things have change though, especially in the last decade or so.  I mean, we're about to have a member of the president's cabinet be the first openly gay cabinet member in history.  We've come a long way, but we still have more work to do.

It's interesting to note as well, that the people whom mainly still have a lot of those racial and prejudicial tendencies, are dying out. That's the generational shift change, and this generational shift that is happening is a big one in the aspect of Human compassion, by being less racial and prejudiced towards our fellow man. And also, a bit more open minded and accepting. I find that quite interesting in itself.

Yes we do still have a lot of work to do, as that dying generation really screwed up a lot of things, that we now have to basically clean up. And the mess reminds me of Mario Sunshine.

I feel, we need to come to an agreement on the priority of what needs to be fixed. It's just that, everyone has their own priorities of what they want fixed. And that itself is irritating when the ones in charge can't agree to disagree, come to a consensus, or why not just let everyone have 1 thing that is a guaranteed fix, instead of bickering and not even getting anything done.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on January 08, 2021, 02:16:21 PM
On the topic of things that I find mildly irritating:


"Covidiots"


These are the people who enter the gym wearing a face mask then promptly and permanently position it below their chin for the rest of their time in the gym, while simultaneously and with no regard for the safety of others, violating your personal space and breathing all over you without a mask while you're trying to do your workout in peace and away from other people.  It's almost as if they're purposely trying to get a rise out of people. 


The "Overhang"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kirksnosehair on January 08, 2021, 02:18:52 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on January 08, 2021, 02:30:46 PM
I don't understand why wearing a mask and staying the fuck away from people is such a hard concept. My other half and I take it VERY seriously. I understand not everyone does. But at the very least, wear a damn mask and wear it properly. If you don't want to... stay out of the public.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on January 08, 2021, 05:19:22 PM
I don't understand why wearing a mask and staying the fuck away from people is such a hard concept. My other half and I take it VERY seriously. I understand not everyone does. But at the very least, wear a damn mask and wear it properly. If you don't want to... stay out of the public.

Yeah, it's not a hard concept...On paper. But put it into effect in reality, and boom, it's lost on people. A reason could be that there is just too many variables in the human, that such a concept is impossible to realize for everybody to follow. That's just ignoring the human psychology, and expecting that all people are the same and will follow this with ease, as if it's second nature.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 09, 2021, 11:18:22 AM
I don't understand why wearing a mask and staying the fuck away from people is such a hard concept. My other half and I take it VERY seriously. I understand not everyone does. But at the very least, wear a damn mask and wear it properly. If you don't want to... stay out of the public.

Why is it so hard to eat healthy?
Why is it so hard not to be a dick on social media? 
Why is it so hard to see one's cock in their pants?   
Why is it so hard to treat others with kindness? 
Why is it so hard not to fight over land?   
Why is it so hard not to throw your trash on the ground willy nilly? 
Why is it so hard to park your car in between the lines at the super market?   
Why is it so hard not to put your cart back when you're done?   
Why is it so hard to clear your trash when you're eating in at your local fast food place? 

I could do this all day long, bro.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 09, 2021, 12:29:36 PM
Why is it hard to get out of the left lane if you’re not passing anyone?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on January 09, 2021, 12:40:40 PM
Why is it hard to get out of the left lane if you’re not passing anyone?

Will you marry me?   :) :)  :heart
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on January 09, 2021, 02:40:53 PM
Why is it hard to get out of the left lane if you’re not passing anyone?

Will you marry me?   :) :)  :heart

You already own a piece of my soul!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 08, 2021, 07:58:40 PM
I hate when I click on a website and a video starts playing.

I'm usually listening to music while perusing the internet and if I want to read something, fine, but then a video will start out of nowhere and mix with my music...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on February 08, 2021, 11:10:10 PM
I hate when I click on a website and a video starts playing.

I'm usually listening to music while perusing the internet and if I want to read something, fine, but then a video will start out of nowhere and mix with my music...

Or I'm at work and secretly browsing shit when I'm not supposed to and this happens.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on February 08, 2021, 11:13:54 PM
And when those videos are in teeny tiny windows and it is impossible to either close them or mute them.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on February 08, 2021, 11:19:27 PM
And when those videos are in teeny tiny windows and it is impossible to either close them or mute them.

Yeah, you can't fucking find the x to close it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: XJDenton on February 09, 2021, 04:22:39 AM
Why is it hard to get out of the left lane if you’re not passing anyone?

The left lane is where you should be.

Oh right, Yanks.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 09, 2021, 06:53:36 AM
Why is it hard to get out of the left lane if you’re not passing anyone?

The left lane is where you should be.

Oh right, Yanks.

And Canucks!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 09, 2021, 08:32:08 AM
I hate when I click on a website and a video starts playing.

I'm usually listening to music while perusing the internet and if I want to read something, fine, but then a video will start out of nowhere and mix with my music...

Or I'm at work and secretly browsing shit when I'm not supposed to and this happens.

BOOM!   Welcome to my world.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 09, 2021, 10:07:24 AM
Why is it hard to get out of the left lane if you’re not passing anyone?

The left lane is where you should be.

Oh right, Yanks.

And Canucks!

And pretty much 90% of the world.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 09, 2021, 11:24:36 AM
Why is it hard to get out of the left lane if you’re not passing anyone?

The left lane is where you should be.

Oh right, Yanks.

And Canucks!

And pretty much 90% of the world.

Well, not really.  No one knows what side they drive on in India.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 09, 2021, 11:26:28 AM
The other day I couldnt find my keys - but I was INSIDE so they had to be around somewhere.  ;D

I put my keys in the exact same place every time I come home so if theyre not there then I have NO IDEA where to start looking.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on February 09, 2021, 12:00:17 PM
Well, not really.  No one knows what side they drive on in India.

I feel like some countries live by the whoever-has-the-bigger-vehicle-wins mentality.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 09, 2021, 12:13:44 PM
I spent about two weeks in Turkey once, half in Istanbul and half about four hours east, in a town called Eregli.   I can't tell you how many times I saw these little cars - think a Datsun B210 or something similar - come screaming to a stop facing each other, or in the middle of an intersection when one or both didn't stop at the light, and the drivers would get out, scream at  each other for a couple minutes, get back in and drive away in different directions.   It EASILY happened about five or six times in both places (though more often in Istanbul because of the volume).   It seemed like chaos, but with an intrinsic order to it.  Not one accident, and not one actual fight.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 09, 2021, 12:16:53 PM
Traffic in India.   

(https://media1.giphy.com/media/ImxXWVDp8sfBe/giphy.gif) 

No thanks  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 09, 2021, 12:43:22 PM
That looks like ants on a cake.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 09, 2021, 12:54:28 PM
That looks like ants on a cake.

 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on February 09, 2021, 12:54:32 PM
Just found out I have to get braces, at this point I'm not even sure if I'm irritated or just laughing at all the dental stuff I've had to deal with.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 09, 2021, 02:57:25 PM
Traffic in India.   

(https://media1.giphy.com/media/ImxXWVDp8sfBe/giphy.gif) 

No thanks  :lol

You see shit like that all the time on The Amazing Race.  It's just insane.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on February 09, 2021, 07:41:47 PM
Traffic in India.   

(https://media1.giphy.com/media/ImxXWVDp8sfBe/giphy.gif) 

No thanks  :lol

Imagine doing a driving test in this lol.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on February 09, 2021, 09:34:18 PM
Traffic in India.   

(https://media1.giphy.com/media/ImxXWVDp8sfBe/giphy.gif) 

No thanks  :lol

I was in Egypt in 2016 I think and it was the same shit, only with cars. :lol As our tour guide said, "there are no traffic lights on the roads, and even if there are, they don't work, and even if they do work, everyone ignores them".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on February 09, 2021, 09:47:02 PM
"What side of the road do you drive on?"
"Yes"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 10, 2021, 06:44:17 AM
" Ok driving test over. And only 3 minors "

" Does that mean I passed ? "

" Yes, most people kill way more! "
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 14, 2021, 05:21:12 PM
I don't know that this actually rises to the level of "irritating," but the concept of "unboxing videos" might be the dumbest thing ever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 14, 2021, 05:28:22 PM
I don't know that this actually rises to the level of "irritating," but the concept of "unboxing videos" might be the dumbest thing ever.

I don't mind them so much if its like unpacking a brand new guitar. As we all know that feeling of getting the package in the post and bringing it indoors and the anticipation and excitement.

I started drumming again a year ago and ive ordered many parcels and delivery day never gets old ;D

However - i've recently started playing The Legend Of Zelda : Twilight Princess *** again after many years so i've had to look up walkthroughs on YouTube.

I cannot BEAR the walkthroughs where they show you how to get past a certain puzzle - yet they insist on narrating every possible second.

I watched one today to try to solve a puzzle and not only was he telling you everything that was happening on screen - as if you couldnt see yourself

But was also READING OUT every single dialogue box. I CAN READ THANK YOU SHUT THE F*** UP...

I see some Game Walkthrough videos have " NO COMMENTARY! " on them. Because other people know it's beyond annoying.

:)









*** yeah yeah one two princes kneel before you. Thats what i said now.  ::)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 15, 2021, 08:26:03 AM
I don't know that this actually rises to the level of "irritating," but the concept of "unboxing videos" might be the dumbest thing ever.

I'm irritated with the degree to which it seems everything is now a performance.   What's the harm - that's sarcasm - with opening that new item yourself and savoring that moment?   It's your joy, maximize it.

I was watching the Rush documentary this morning and as much as it was fun to watch the dinner sequence, I couldn't help but be reminded that there were cameras there.  I love Rush, I love the guys, I value their ethos, but I can't help but think that's NOT what it's like when there are no cameras around.  I don't care how much integrity you have, it's like the "watched pot"; it can't help but have SOME impact.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on February 15, 2021, 11:21:30 AM
Always had a problem with my right ear. Not exactly the ear, it's the whole, um, ear system? Basically the chronic otitis of the right ear for the rest of my life. Like I can't expose my right ear to cold or get water into it. The doctors said I'll just have to go with it, there's nothing to be done.

So we had a few weeks of -20°C before and another week of that now, and despite being very careful (wearing headphones with a hat) my right ear is acting up. I can't chew without a mild/moderate painful sensation and really I hate when this happens.

And the closest doctor appointment available is next week. I'll manage as usual, but man, this is irritating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 15, 2021, 11:26:00 AM
I don't know that this actually rises to the level of "irritating," but the concept of "unboxing videos" might be the dumbest thing ever.

I don't mind them so much if its like unpacking a brand new guitar. As we all know that feeling of getting the package in the post and bringing it indoors and the anticipation and excitement.

Sure, but I don't give a rip about some rando doing it and think there's some amount of unjustified arrogance to think that others will care about you doing it.  Moreover, if it's something I might want to buy, seeing someone else opening the package will diminish things when I do it.

Obviously, I don't have to watch, but I still think it's dumb.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on February 15, 2021, 11:29:55 AM
I enjoy watching people open RC cars/trucks for the first time. I'm not going to purchase 99% of the models that get released, so it's not like anything is getting spoiled for me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on February 15, 2021, 02:36:39 PM
Sure, but I don't give a rip about some rando doing it and think there's some amount of unjustified arrogance to think that others will care about you doing it.

Isn't that, like, the sole purpose of social media?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 15, 2021, 03:55:59 PM
Sure, but I don't give a rip about some rando doing it and think there's some amount of unjustified arrogance to think that others will care about you doing it.

Isn't that, like, the sole purpose of social media?

Indeed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 18, 2021, 04:44:30 PM
Dialogs that follow the following form:

PERSON A:  [states subjective opinion]
PERSON B:  [states contrary opinion and cites objective facts]
PERSON A:  [doubles down on original subjective opinion but without any facts]
PERSON B:  You're allowed to have whatever opinion you like, but the facts don't really support it.
PERSON A:  But it's my opinion and it's my RIGHT to express my opinion!!!

Well...no shit!  I just don't understand why folks seem to take it as a personal offense when their opinions are challenged.  I know...this horse has long since left the stable (especially on the internet), but I will never not find it frustrating.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on February 19, 2021, 05:02:36 AM
Dialogs that follow the following form:

PERSON A:  [states subjective opinion]
PERSON B:  [states contrary opinion and cites objective facts]
PERSON A:  [doubles down on original subjective opinion but without any facts]
PERSON B:  You're allowed to have whatever opinion you like, but the facts don't really support it.
PERSON A:  But it's my opinion and it's my RIGHT to express my opinion!!!

Well...no shit!  I just don't understand why folks seem to take it as a personal offense when their opinions are challenged.  I know...this horse has long since left the stable (especially on the internet), but I will never not find it frustrating.

Sounds like you were listening in on virtually every argument between me and mrs.jingle - or maybe just last night's. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 19, 2021, 07:27:29 AM
Dialogs that follow the following form:

PERSON A:  [states subjective opinion]
PERSON B:  [states contrary opinion and cites objective facts]
PERSON A:  [doubles down on original subjective opinion but without any facts]
PERSON B:  You're allowed to have whatever opinion you like, but the facts don't really support it.
PERSON A:  But it's my opinion and it's my RIGHT to express my opinion!!!

Well...no shit!  I just don't understand why folks seem to take it as a personal offense when their opinions are challenged.  I know...this horse has long since left the stable (especially on the internet), but I will never not find it frustrating.

I was watching Married At First Sight the other night (don't laugh at me; it's a fascinating show) and two of the guys got into what was almost a fistfight.  And the one guy kept saying "You disrespected me! You disrespected me!" and it took a minute, but I realized that to him, "not honoring my opinion and sharing it as your own" was "disrespecting him".   The kid is young, 26, I think, so he'll someday learn his opinions don't mean shit, but it's scary that people will literally FIGHT to justify their opinions rather than face that they might not be accurate, or at the very least, universal.

You find it frustrating, but as I see it more and more on the internet and television, I'm growing more and more contempt for those people that form an opinion - often based on emotion, not fact - and wield it like "truth".   (This is also why I have a hard time with the phrase "MY truth"; it's too often a disguise for that opinion). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 19, 2021, 07:29:45 AM
I just don't understand why folks seem to take it as a personal offense when their opinions are challenged.  I know...this horse has long since left the stable (especially on the internet), but I will never not find it frustrating.

It's worse when you mention you're not a fan of a band - and the other person insults YOU personally. Or they insult YOU because they don't like one of your fave bands...

 :yeahright :yeahright
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on February 19, 2021, 08:28:52 AM
Dialogs that follow the following form:

PERSON A:  [states subjective opinion]
PERSON B:  [states contrary opinion and cites objective facts]
PERSON A:  [doubles down on original subjective opinion but without any facts]
PERSON B:  You're allowed to have whatever opinion you like, but the facts don't really support it.
PERSON A:  But it's my opinion and it's my RIGHT to express my opinion!!!

Well...no shit!  I just don't understand why folks seem to take it as a personal offense when their opinions are challenged.  I know...this horse has long since left the stable (especially on the internet), but I will never not find it frustrating.

I was watching Married At First Sight the other night (don't laugh at me; it's a fascinating show) and two of the guys got into what was almost a fistfight.  And the one guy kept saying "You disrespected me! You disrespected me!" and it took a minute, but I realized that to him, "not honoring my opinion and sharing it as your own" was "disrespecting him".   The kid is young, 26, I think, so he'll someday learn his opinions don't mean shit, but it's scary that people will literally FIGHT to justify their opinions rather than face that they might not be accurate, or at the very least, universal.

You find it frustrating, but as I see it more and more on the internet and television, I'm growing more and more contempt for those people that form an opinion - often based on emotion, not fact - and wield it like "truth".   (This is also why I have a hard time with the phrase "MY truth"; it's too often a disguise for that opinion).

Reminds me of this...
https://youtu.be/g2wpk8lPUQQ
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on February 19, 2021, 08:32:57 AM
I just don't understand why folks seem to take it as a personal offense when their opinions are challenged.  I know...this horse has long since left the stable (especially on the internet), but I will never not find it frustrating.

It's worse when you mention you're not a fan of a band - and the other person insults YOU personally. Or they insult YOU because they don't like one of your fave bands...

 :yeahright :yeahright

People just take everything to heart now. It's like any little things offends them. That bird shit on me, I hate the bird. That Rain drop splashed on my nice suit, I hate you rain. That person looked at me funny, I hate him now (That person actually has a lazy eye).

It's like people don't like being challenged. Once challenged, they become extremely defensive. And if anything starts challenging them more harder, they shun it until it goes away.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 19, 2021, 10:14:17 AM
Also when people say there is such thing as a WRONG taste in music and poke fun at you.

That s**t winds me up no end... Like there are bands you're "not allowed" to like.

It's just music. It's air moving. it's frequencies vibrating etc. Listen to whatever the hell you want.


Like "  ;D oh you like U2 ? oh bad luck - I think less of you now "

cool. I'm an adult.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on February 19, 2021, 11:43:21 AM
Also when people say there is such thing as a WRONG taste in music and poke fun at you.

That s**t winds me up no end... Like there are bands you're "not allowed" to like.

It's just music. It's air moving. it's frequencies vibrating etc. Listen to whatever the hell you want.


Like "  ;D oh you like U2 ? oh bad luck - I think less of you now "

cool. I'm an adult.

That actually makes me chuckle because it reminds me of when I was in high school and my friends and I were exploring what we did and didn't like in music.  We would say dumb stuff like, "If you like [name of some non-metal band], then you're not a true metaller!!!!"  I'm fairly sure that, at some point the following happened:

ME:  (thinking to myself after seeing some non-metal video on MTV)  "Hey...that's kind of a cool song.  Oh, wait, it's [e.g., Duran Duran].  They're not metal; I can't like that.  They suck!!!"

 :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on February 19, 2021, 12:16:09 PM
Also when people say there is such thing as a WRONG taste in music and poke fun at you.

That s**t winds me up no end... Like there are bands you're "not allowed" to like.

It's just music. It's air moving. it's frequencies vibrating etc. Listen to whatever the hell you want.


Like "  ;D oh you like U2 ? oh bad luck - I think less of you now "

cool. I'm an adult.

Except the Dave Matthews Band Doesn't Rock.  (https://youtu.be/iR2GpGtyqDg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 19, 2021, 12:36:37 PM
Also when people say there is such thing as a WRONG taste in music and poke fun at you.

That s**t winds me up no end... Like there are bands you're "not allowed" to like.

It's just music. It's air moving. it's frequencies vibrating etc. Listen to whatever the hell you want.


Like "  ;D oh you like U2 ? oh bad luck - I think less of you now "

cool. I'm an adult.

That actually makes me chuckle because it reminds me of when I was in high school and my friends and I were exploring what we did and didn't like in music.  We would say dumb stuff like, "If you like [name of some non-metal band], then you're not a true metaller!!!!"  I'm fairly sure that, at some point the following happened:

ME:  (thinking to myself after seeing some non-metal video on MTV)  "Hey...that's kind of a cool song.  Oh, wait, it's [e.g., Duran Duran].  They're not metal; I can't like that.  They suck!!!"

 :lol :lol

Yeah you see some comments sometimes like

" I f-ing hate Metallica - but the new song is really cool. Reload is still shit though "

Like they cannot compliment a band without an insult too or to let everyone know they still think they suck or that they still hate the popular band.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on February 25, 2021, 12:55:33 PM
The royal "we."  Like when a waiter walks up to your table and says, "and how are we today?"  No, no.  You are not instantly part of this group.  You are apart from the group.  Do not insinuate yourself into the group.  Also, I find it irritating when people call me "brother." No.  There are three people in this world that are allowed to call me brother.  My brother, my sister, and Hulk Hogan.  That's it!! 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on February 25, 2021, 01:45:46 PM
The royal "we."  Like when a waiter walks up to your table and says, "and how are we today?"  No, no.  You are not instantly part of this group.  You are apart from the group.  Do not insinuate yourself into the group.  Also, I find it irritating when people call me "brother." No.  There are three people in this world that are allowed to call me brother.  My brother, my sister, and Hulk Hogan.  That's it!!

<Stadler, thinking back to whether I ever called you "brother"....> 

 :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on February 25, 2021, 03:09:20 PM
The royal "we."  Like when a waiter walks up to your table and says, "and how are we today?"  No, no.  You are not instantly part of this group.  You are apart from the group.  Do not insinuate yourself into the group.  Also, I find it irritating when people call me "brother." No.  There are three people in this world that are allowed to call me brother.  My brother, my sister, and Hulk Hogan.  That's it!!

<Stadler, thinking back to whether I ever called you "brother"....> 

 :) :) :) :)

Haha!  We are all good, brother.  :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 25, 2021, 03:54:29 PM
Drummers on Instagram who are more concerned with stick flips and playing as fast/hard as they possibly can - and not - playing tastefully for the song.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on February 25, 2021, 03:56:44 PM
Drummers on Instagram who are more concerned with stick flips and playing as fast/hard as they possibly can - and not - playing tastefully for the song.

It’s Instagram. That’s the perfect place for the flashy stuff. No one goes to Instagram for tasteful content.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 25, 2021, 03:58:56 PM
Yeah its like those YouTube vids of people smashing up expensive cars - because they know the views will pay for it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on February 25, 2021, 04:18:21 PM
The royal "we."  Like when a waiter walks up to your table and says, "and how are we today?"  No, no.  You are not instantly part of this group.  You are apart from the group.  Do not insinuate yourself into the group.  Also, I find it irritating when people call me "brother." No.  There are three people in this world that are allowed to call me brother.  My brother, my sister, and Hulk Hogan.  That's it!!

Lighten up, Brother Francis. :P :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on February 25, 2021, 04:34:50 PM
Hey Guys  :D

I got a phishing scam email pretending to be DPD.
The email address was

sandraathome@hotmail.co.uk

so don't spam it with junk whatever you do.  ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 25, 2021, 07:58:19 PM
Also, I find it irritating when people call me "brother." No.  There are three people in this world that are allowed to call me brother.  My brother, my sister, and Hulk Hogan.  That's it!! 

The company I work for, especially back in the day before multiple takeovers, had a culture where everyone called each other brother. I thought it was cool.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 25, 2021, 08:09:48 PM
When someone calls me brotha I feel like I'm listening to Hulk Hogan. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 25, 2021, 08:12:22 PM
When someone calls me brotha I feel like I'm listening to Hulk Hogan.

I would've never made that connection. Hulk had just started when I grew up stopped watching wrestling.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on February 25, 2021, 08:53:08 PM
Jesus H. He said that in the 80's Tim. The 80's were good to you I'd guess. Lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on February 25, 2021, 08:57:37 PM
Jesus H. He said that in the 80's Tim. The 80's were good to you I'd guess. Lol

Yes the 80's were outstanding!

And technically 1981 was apparently still part of the 80's. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 31, 2021, 09:53:16 AM
This might be more than "mildly irritating," but here goes...

A couple Christmases ago, I needed to find some replacement bulbs for the strands of lights that we hang around the roof of our house.  I found these ( https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N8092Z9/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=A1C1WJW919EU3R&psc=1 ) and put them in my cart.  When I tried to check out, I got a message -- without explanation -- that they could not be shipped to me.  I didn't give it much thought and figured it might be a glitch and tried again later.  Eventually, I learned that the overlords who run the Peoples' Socialist Republic of California won't allow incandescent bulbs to be shipped into the state.

Ok...

So...last week, I was looking for a new shower head.  I was going to go with something like this ( https://smile.amazon.com/Showerhead-Adjustable-Extension-Stainless-Pressure/dp/B07CVS2CWQ/ref=sr_1_16?dchild=1&keywords=shower+head&qid=1617205715&sr=8-16 ) but this time, this message appeared on the right side of the screen:  "This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location.  Please choose a different delivery location."  Ok...WTF?  Turns out the PSRC won't allow anything with a flow rate in excess of 1.8 gallons per minute.

 >:( :censored >:( :censored >:( :censored >:( :censored

I'm assuming this is just a California thing, or do any of the rest of you live in places where the legislatures have nothing better to do than enact inane regulations like this?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on March 31, 2021, 10:11:11 AM
This might be more than "mildly irritating," but here goes...

A couple Christmases ago, I needed to find some replacement bulbs for the strands of lights that we hang around the roof of our house.  I found these ( https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N8092Z9/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=A1C1WJW919EU3R&psc=1 ) and put them in my cart.  When I tried to check out, I got a message -- without explanation -- that they could not be shipped to me.  I didn't give it much thought and figured it might be a glitch and tried again later.  Eventually, I learned that the overlords who run the Peoples' Socialist Republic of California won't allow incandescent bulbs to be shipped into the state.

Ok...

So...last week, I was looking for a new shower head.  I was going to go with something like this ( https://smile.amazon.com/Showerhead-Adjustable-Extension-Stainless-Pressure/dp/B07CVS2CWQ/ref=sr_1_16?dchild=1&keywords=shower+head&qid=1617205715&sr=8-16 ) but this time, this message appeared on the right side of the screen:  "This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location.  Please choose a different delivery location."  Ok...WTF?  Turns out the PSRC won't allow anything with a flow rate in excess of 1.8 gallons per minute.

 >:( :censored >:( :censored >:( :censored >:( :censored

I'm assuming this is just a California thing, or do any of the rest of you live in places where the legislatures have nothing better to do than enact inane regulations like this?

Nope, it's you!   :)   My state is bad, but not THAT bad.

Seriously, though, it's almost expected at this point that the automobile manuals I need have to have a separate section to cover California emissions standards.   I have no problem in transmittal of information; inform us about those things that we might do to make the world a better place, but this notion that they can actually prevent you from making your own reasonable choices is crazy to me.  The costs they are pushing out to the rest of the nation and the world in no doubt offset any of the benefits they are trying to achieve.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 31, 2021, 10:15:35 AM
This might be more than "mildly irritating," but here goes...

A couple Christmases ago, I needed to find some replacement bulbs for the strands of lights that we hang around the roof of our house.  I found these ( https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N8092Z9/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=A1C1WJW919EU3R&psc=1 ) and put them in my cart.  When I tried to check out, I got a message -- without explanation -- that they could not be shipped to me.  I didn't give it much thought and figured it might be a glitch and tried again later.  Eventually, I learned that the overlords who run the Peoples' Socialist Republic of California won't allow incandescent bulbs to be shipped into the state.

Ok...

So...last week, I was looking for a new shower head.  I was going to go with something like this ( https://smile.amazon.com/Showerhead-Adjustable-Extension-Stainless-Pressure/dp/B07CVS2CWQ/ref=sr_1_16?dchild=1&keywords=shower+head&qid=1617205715&sr=8-16 ) but this time, this message appeared on the right side of the screen:  "This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location.  Please choose a different delivery location."  Ok...WTF?  Turns out the PSRC won't allow anything with a flow rate in excess of 1.8 gallons per minute.

 >:( :censored >:( :censored >:( :censored >:( :censored

I'm assuming this is just a California thing, or do any of the rest of you live in places where the legislatures have nothing better to do than enact inane regulations like this?

Nope, it's you!   :)   My state is bad, but not THAT bad.

Seriously, though, it's almost expected at this point that the automobile manuals I need have to have a separate section to cover California emissions standards.   I have no problem in transmittal of information; inform us about those things that we might do to make the world a better place, but this notion that they can actually prevent you from making your own reasonable choices is crazy to me.  The costs they are pushing out to the rest of the nation and the world in no doubt offset any of the benefits they are trying to achieve.

It's funny...the statement on the shower head almost invited me to have it shipped to a relative in another state who could then ship it to me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on March 31, 2021, 10:31:54 AM
This might be more than "mildly irritating," but here goes...

A couple Christmases ago, I needed to find some replacement bulbs for the strands of lights that we hang around the roof of our house.  I found these ( https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N8092Z9/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=A1C1WJW919EU3R&psc=1 ) and put them in my cart.  When I tried to check out, I got a message -- without explanation -- that they could not be shipped to me.  I didn't give it much thought and figured it might be a glitch and tried again later.  Eventually, I learned that the overlords who run the Peoples' Socialist Republic of California won't allow incandescent bulbs to be shipped into the state.

Ok...

So...last week, I was looking for a new shower head.  I was going to go with something like this ( https://smile.amazon.com/Showerhead-Adjustable-Extension-Stainless-Pressure/dp/B07CVS2CWQ/ref=sr_1_16?dchild=1&keywords=shower+head&qid=1617205715&sr=8-16 ) but this time, this message appeared on the right side of the screen:  "This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location.  Please choose a different delivery location."  Ok...WTF?  Turns out the PSRC won't allow anything with a flow rate in excess of 1.8 gallons per minute.

 >:( :censored >:( :censored >:( :censored >:( :censored

I'm assuming this is just a California thing, or do any of the rest of you live in places where the legislatures have nothing better to do than enact inane regulations like this?

Nope, it's you!   :)   My state is bad, but not THAT bad.

Seriously, though, it's almost expected at this point that the automobile manuals I need have to have a separate section to cover California emissions standards.   I have no problem in transmittal of information; inform us about those things that we might do to make the world a better place, but this notion that they can actually prevent you from making your own reasonable choices is crazy to me.  The costs they are pushing out to the rest of the nation and the world in no doubt offset any of the benefits they are trying to achieve.

Right?  I am doing some home renovations, and I can’t even get lead paint and some asbestos insulation.  Why can’t I make my own reasonable choices?

But seriously, they are products that the State believes show negative impact on the environment, and restrict their sale.  Agree or disagree with that.....it is an individual’s prerogative for sure, but I think this is correctly  a “mildly irritating” issue, and not anything more.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on March 31, 2021, 11:47:12 AM
Right?  I am doing some home renovations, and I can’t even get lead paint and some asbestos insulation.  Why can’t I make my own reasonable choices?

But seriously, they are products that the State believes show negative impact on the environment, and restrict their sale.  Agree or disagree with that.....it is an individual’s prerogative for sure, but I think this is correctly  a “mildly irritating” issue, and not anything more.

"Reasonable" being the key word, and there's a rather obvious difference between products that cause physical harm to humans and a shower head's flow rate (and yes, I know you're being facetious).  What's the rationale behind 1.8 gallons per minute?  1.5 gallons per minute would save even more water?  How about 1.2?

Not to get too far into the political, and I don't know when these regulations were enacted, but it's another example of Newsom and his cronies deciding they should make everyone's daily decisions -- rather than governing at the will of the people -- and the apparent mindset of the California Legislature that the state with the most laws on the books wins some sort of prize.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on March 31, 2021, 11:54:18 AM
Well if it makes any difference, here's a how to video my friend made while installing a shower head and removing the flow restrictor for my shower, I was the camera man for this while he did the work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7eCFSyE844 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7eCFSyE844) Honestly, the water pressure is amazing after removing that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on March 31, 2021, 12:04:14 PM
Well if it makes any difference, here's a how to video my friend made while installing a shower head and removing the flow restrictor for my shower, I was the camera man for this while he did the work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7eCFSyE844 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7eCFSyE844) Honestly, the water pressure is amazing after removing that.

You know why I love videos like the one above? They get right to the task. No bullshitting for four minutes first about Patreon, thumbs up, or smashing that like button.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on March 31, 2021, 12:22:56 PM
Well if it makes any difference, here's a how to video my friend made while installing a shower head and removing the flow restrictor for my shower, I was the camera man for this while he did the work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7eCFSyE844 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7eCFSyE844) Honestly, the water pressure is amazing after removing that.

You know why I love videos like the one above? They get right to the task. No bullshitting for four minutes first about Patreon, thumbs up, or smashing that like button.

I hate those videos. Or the ones that draaaaaag it out for over ten minutes so they get more ad revenue.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on March 31, 2021, 03:20:30 PM
I think I have mentioned this one before, but:

People who are too stupid to use the "reply to all" button when emailing.

Hey, dumbass, when you replied to just me and then I my next reply back CC'd back in everyone you had not CC'd on the first reply to me, there is a reason why I did that. And then you get pissy because you didn't get a reply right away on your next reply that you sent to just me when I was at lunch, when, had you replied to all, one of my two co-workers, who were part of the CC'd team, would have replied right away (and I am not glued to my emails on my phone during my entire lunch hour like some are, although I do check it when I can so I can forward anything pressing that needs immediate attention).  Freaking shippers... :facepalm: :facepalm: :lol :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 01, 2021, 06:44:46 AM
I think I have mentioned this one before, but:

People who are too stupid to use the "reply to all" button when emailing.

Hey, dumbass, when you replied to just me and then I my next reply back CC'd back in everyone you had not CC'd on the first reply to me, there is a reason why I did that. And then you get pissy because you didn't get a reply right away on your next reply that you sent to just me when I was at lunch, when, had you replied to all, one of my two co-workers, who were part of the CC'd team, would have replied right away (and I am not glued to my emails on my phone during my entire lunch hour like some are, although I do check it when I can so I can forward anything pressing that needs immediate attention).  Freaking shippers... :facepalm: :facepalm: :lol :lol

I also want to add the opposite of this. When the company sends an email to everyone, there is no need to reply all. An announcement of some good news does not mean I have to get 20 Good Job team! and Way to Go!. Stop spamming me!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 01, 2021, 06:48:07 AM
I think I have mentioned this one before, but:

People who are too stupid to use the "reply to all" button when emailing.

Hey, dumbass, when you replied to just me and then I my next reply back CC'd back in everyone you had not CC'd on the first reply to me, there is a reason why I did that. And then you get pissy because you didn't get a reply right away on your next reply that you sent to just me when I was at lunch, when, had you replied to all, one of my two co-workers, who were part of the CC'd team, would have replied right away (and I am not glued to my emails on my phone during my entire lunch hour like some are, although I do check it when I can so I can forward anything pressing that needs immediate attention).  Freaking shippers... :facepalm: :facepalm: :lol :lol

I also want to add the opposite of this. When the company sends an email to everyone, there is no need to reply all. An announcement of some good news does not mean I have to get 20 Good Job team! and Way to Go!. Stop spamming me!

Word.  This happens in my company a lot.   I get one email from a senior person in France, then I get 25 "Awesome!"'s, and at least one "This isn't for me; please take my name off the distribution", then ten more "Please don't reply all"'s...   Maniacs. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 01, 2021, 06:50:19 AM
Agreed.

I played on my church softball team and was on the group texts. So the guy in charge would text out.."the game is still on tonight", which is of course followed by a half hour of "Yay"'s and "I'll be there"'s, not to mention all of the inside joking that I don't even understand.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 01, 2021, 06:50:45 AM
I think I have mentioned this one before, but:

People who are too stupid to use the "reply to all" button when emailing.

Hey, dumbass, when you replied to just me and then I my next reply back CC'd back in everyone you had not CC'd on the first reply to me, there is a reason why I did that. And then you get pissy because you didn't get a reply right away on your next reply that you sent to just me when I was at lunch, when, had you replied to all, one of my two co-workers, who were part of the CC'd team, would have replied right away (and I am not glued to my emails on my phone during my entire lunch hour like some are, although I do check it when I can so I can forward anything pressing that needs immediate attention).  Freaking shippers... :facepalm: :facepalm: :lol :lol

I also want to add the opposite of this. When the company sends an email to everyone, there is no need to reply all. An announcement of some good news does not mean I have to get 20 Good Job team! and Way to Go!. Stop spamming me!

Word.  This happens in my company a lot.   I get one email from a senior person in France, then I get 25 "Awesome!"'s, and at least one "This isn't for me; please take my name off the distribution", then ten more "Please don't reply all"'s...   Maniacs.

omg the reply all to stop the reply all drives me up the wall
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 01, 2021, 07:56:53 AM
It's so funny how people are completely oblivious to the reply all thing.  This isn't a new feature, I don't think anyone can use that excuse of not knowing these days, but here we are...
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: faizoff on April 01, 2021, 08:10:55 AM
I ranted about the reply all a few pages back. After several of these popping up every week, the company finally installed some group policies where a few large DLs get BCC'd and also restricted who can reply all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: romdrums on April 01, 2021, 08:12:17 AM
My Dad had the gift of misusing the reply all feature to the point that, in my family, we called it the "Reply Paul."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 01, 2021, 08:20:12 AM
My Dad had the gift of misusing the reply all feature to the point that, in my family, we called it the "Reply Paul."

HAHAHA, that's funny!   :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 01, 2021, 09:29:56 AM
Some form of the "reply to all" diatribe comes up every five pages or so in this thread.  A similar issue exists with Microsoft Teams.  Every time we have a company-wide Teams "meeting," I get a bunch of random posts in the thread for a good 5-10 minutes after the "meeting" has ended.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on April 01, 2021, 03:53:13 PM
I think I have mentioned this one before, but:

People who are too stupid to use the "reply to all" button when emailing.

Hey, dumbass, when you replied to just me and then I my next reply back CC'd back in everyone you had not CC'd on the first reply to me, there is a reason why I did that. And then you get pissy because you didn't get a reply right away on your next reply that you sent to just me when I was at lunch, when, had you replied to all, one of my two co-workers, who were part of the CC'd team, would have replied right away (and I am not glued to my emails on my phone during my entire lunch hour like some are, although I do check it when I can so I can forward anything pressing that needs immediate attention).  Freaking shippers... :facepalm: :facepalm: :lol :lol

I also want to add the opposite of this. When the company sends an email to everyone, there is no need to reply all. An announcement of some good news does not mean I have to get 20 Good Job team! and Way to Go!. Stop spamming me!

Oh, I agree.

Of all of the account managers where I work, I am in the minority of those who will remove everyone who doesn't need to be on the emails from the replies.  For example, a customer might email the entire company and some account managers will carry on a 2-hour back and forth email chain with both sides constantly replying to all, and it's like, "I already get 398 emails a day, I do not need 33 more than have nothing to do with me!"  I always reply to our whole company (while taking the customer out of that email) and say I will reply to it, and then reply to just the customer and CC in the few from my company who need to be in the loop. Not sure why that is so difficult for others to do.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on April 01, 2021, 04:26:41 PM
I think I have mentioned this one before, but:

People who are too stupid to use the "reply to all" button when emailing.

Hey, dumbass, when you replied to just me and then I my next reply back CC'd back in everyone you had not CC'd on the first reply to me, there is a reason why I did that. And then you get pissy because you didn't get a reply right away on your next reply that you sent to just me when I was at lunch, when, had you replied to all, one of my two co-workers, who were part of the CC'd team, would have replied right away (and I am not glued to my emails on my phone during my entire lunch hour like some are, although I do check it when I can so I can forward anything pressing that needs immediate attention).  Freaking shippers... :facepalm: :facepalm: :lol :lol

I also want to add the opposite of this. When the company sends an email to everyone, there is no need to reply all. An announcement of some good news does not mean I have to get 20 Good Job team! and Way to Go!. Stop spamming me!

This 100%.  People trying to bignote themselves by replying to everyone.  Happens at my work when the 5/10/15/20 years of service emails come to everyone.  You always get their colleagues saying 'well done and 'you're the best.'  I don't even know the person, they are in a different department, don't bloody reply to me, just send it to them ffs.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 02, 2021, 07:49:18 PM
So, I've been working outside all day and I'm tired and cranky, so... PETTY, IRRELEVANT RANT COMING UP:

The way people talk.  It's almost like the art of conversation is lost.   I was watching a tape of the morning news and they had a local chef showing how she makes her signature dish (a lobster in a cream sauce).   First off, everything was "super"...  the lobster was "super fresh", the cream made it "super creamy", the spinach she added was "super healthy" (in a butter sherry cream sauce; m'kay on the healthy).   Then she kept saying "and you're going to want to..." before adding each ingredient. "You're going to want to add some sherry and burn off the alcohol... you're going to want to add the butter later so it doesn't burn...."

Am I?  Am I GOING to want to?  Or do I want to NOW?  Or maybe, maybe I just ADD the ingredient instead of worrying about my future emotional wants and needs?   :) :) 

I've also noted that people are now switching pronouns more often.  They will start talking in the first person, then they switch to the second person.   "I found a flaming bag of dog poo on my front porch this morning... you feel angry, you feel hurt, you feel disrespected."  Do I?   I don't think I do.   I think I'd think it was funny for about nine seconds, then after I cleaned it up I would check my Ring doorbell to see whose front stoop is getting a return package.   My therapist says this is either a way to distance from the emotion, or a way to assume connection to others with the emotion.  A sort of emotional insecurity. 

END RANT.

I know there are more important things; I just am sitting here watching Neil Peart destroy De Slagwerker, I'm on my second vodka, and I thought, "better this than get bummed about serious things."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 02, 2021, 09:15:43 PM
I've also noted that people are now switching pronouns more often.  They will start talking in the first person, then they switch to the second person.   "I found a flaming bag of dog poo on my front porch this morning... you feel angry, you feel hurt, you feel disrespected."

I have never noticed this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on April 03, 2021, 02:07:25 AM
I've also noted that people are now switching pronouns more often.  They will start talking in the first person, then they switch to the second person.   "I found a flaming bag of dog poo on my front porch this morning... you feel angry, you feel hurt, you feel disrespected."

I have never noticed this.

Yeah, I don't think I've ever come across that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 03, 2021, 03:31:36 AM
I hate Jeremy Clarkson but he said the same thing once

I can't remember the exact wording - but he was on a plane or something - and the Steward said something like

" I'm gonna have to need to ask you to put your seatbelt on " or something really mealy mouthed like that.


Whilst i'm watching Netflix or Prime Vid or something - I usually just scroll thru Instagram and the amount of posts I see with a spelling mistake is easily 95%.

It's like nobody looks at the their phone whilst typing - and then don't check before they press send.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 03, 2021, 05:34:21 AM


Whilst i'm watching Netflix or Prime Vid or something - I usually just scroll thru Instagram and the amount of posts I see with a spelling mistake is easily 95%.

It's like nobody looks at the their phone whilst typing - and then don't check before they press send.

Like that? People fuck up sometimes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on April 03, 2021, 06:13:09 AM
I'm a staunch grammar nazi when I'm typing in Russian but I've sent some hilarious shit due to autocorrect quite a couple of times.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 03, 2021, 06:18:22 AM


I know there are more important things; I just am sitting here watching Neil Peart destroy De Slagwerker, I'm on my second vodka, and I thought, "better this than get bummed about serious things."

I love Neil Peart. You love how he composes a solo. ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 03, 2021, 03:46:00 PM


I know there are more important things; I just am sitting here watching Neil Peart destroy De Slagwerker, I'm on my second vodka, and I thought, "better this than get bummed about serious things."

I love Neil Peart. You love how he composes a solo. ;D

That COULD be my favorite drum solo of all time.   Blows me away that latter day Rush shows had THREE drum solos, and I loved all of them; 98% of bands have ONE drum solo and I'm heading for the beer cart.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 03, 2021, 04:17:34 PM
As bad as not putting a cart back in the corral.
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Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 03, 2021, 04:46:47 PM
The guy probably pokes the thigh.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 03, 2021, 04:51:16 PM
I let him know he was an ass
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 04, 2021, 07:56:42 AM
Taxes. My wife and I changed our filing status to married because well, we are married. Doing out taxes yesterday and we owe almost 11k. Upon doing some research it appears that the married status is if one spouse is working and one isn't, since we both work we now owe. I thought there was a tax benefit to being married, well there isn't. We had to change our filing status to "Married with single deduction"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on April 06, 2021, 01:50:08 AM
Tactical.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 06, 2021, 07:55:00 AM
Taxes. My wife and I changed our filing status to married because well, we are married. Doing out taxes yesterday and we owe almost 11k. Upon doing some research it appears that the married status is if one spouse is working and one isn't, since we both work we now owe. I thought there was a tax benefit to being married, well there isn't. We had to change our filing status to "Married with single deduction"

I'm not a tax guy, I don't play one on TV, and I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night, but... that doesn't sound right to me.  You might want to double check that.

Almost always, Married Filing Jointly is the better option; the only times where Married Filing Separately works is if one spouse has a significant number of specific deductions, like medical expenses, or, potentially, if your income is VERY high.   The married BONUS is less if you both make a decent AND similar amount, but it still should be a net plus.   Generally speaking, there are more credits available to MFJ than not.  (You should also file MFS if your spouse is a scumbag and you don't trust her numbers on the return.  Kidding, for you, but not in general.)

Again, I'm not giving you tax advice, I'm not saying you did anything wrong, and I'm not saying I'm 100% right.  I'm just sharing an observation, in the hopes maybe with further pencil sharpening you can beat down that 11k check.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 06, 2021, 09:33:36 AM
We did end up meeting with a pro yesterday and sadly it's right, we were able to nail it down to $9600 in the end. Basically what happened is that her job simply didn't withhold enough from her paycheck throughout the year when she switched to married status, same story for me but not as bad. Their recommendation was simply change it to married filing single to get more withheld. We both make about the same amount of money and we have pretty decent salaries.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 06, 2021, 09:51:45 AM
We did end up meeting with a pro yesterday and sadly it's right, we were able to nail it down to $9600 in the end. Basically what happened is that her job simply didn't withhold enough from her paycheck throughout the year when she switched to married status, same story for me but not as bad. Their recommendation was simply change it to married filing single to get more withheld. We both make about the same amount of money and we have pretty decent salaries.

Ah, okay, I'm glad you have it figured out (though I would add that "what you withhold" and "what you file as" are related but not the same thing). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 06, 2021, 09:57:16 AM
My wife and I had something like that happen when we got married (although not on that scale).  It's pretty common not to get the withholdings right when both spouses are working.  "Married and 2" for both is typically not the way to go.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 07, 2021, 03:46:57 PM
Calling unemployment office to check on my extension. It's already a mess and takes hours of calling to get through. Got through to someone who had to transfer me to someone higher. Woman answers and literally shames me for being unemployed, calls me lazy, and basically tells me to stop mooching off the government.

Bitch you don't know my life. Turns out she wasn't a higher up.

But seriously... To shame someone for calling unemployment and accuse then of shit... When honestly that person's job isn't even to determine eligibility... That's fucking crazy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 08, 2021, 09:07:28 AM
WTF!  She should lose her job.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on April 08, 2021, 09:31:04 AM
Now that's someone you should shame on Social Media and get cancel cultured.    :biggrin:

I do hope you complained about her. Because that's not her job to scold people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on April 08, 2021, 10:59:36 AM
Now that's someone you should shame on Social Media and get cancel cultured.    :biggrin:

I do hope you complained about her. Because that's not her job to scold people.

Right. Also I'm not sure of the laws in California but those calls might be recorded which you could get through the freedom of information act.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 08, 2021, 12:10:40 PM
Now that's someone you should shame on Social Media and get cancel cultured.    :biggrin:

I do hope you complained about her. Because that's not her job to scold people.

Let's not compound one wrong with another.   File a formal complaint against the employee with the department/department supervisor.   This isn't an issue for social media and the bullies that reside therein.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 08, 2021, 01:17:16 PM
I wound up talking to someone an hour later who was able to help me and fix my issues within literally minutes. Not just fixed but released funds I was waiting for, and pushed my extension up so it was approved TODAY.  I told her about the previous chick and was going to ask her how to file a complaint, but she was so awesome and down to earth that I actually forgot. It's amazing how different people are in the same customer service job.


The problem with the CA Unemployment Dept right now is their lack of training. When Covid hit, they wound up mass hiring people who could only answer basic questions and put you on a list to get a call from someone who knows what they're doing. At some point they transitioned those people, who never got fully trained, into the main phone line... So you have a 50/50 chance, when you actually get through, to speak with someone who knows anything. Then you have to convince them to transfer you up to the next level. It's a shit show.

Now for today's complaint.

Dick cops.


Girlfriend just got another cell phone ticket. The last one was bullshit but understandable but this one was completely uncalled for.

Basically while driving, her phone fell from the center console and landed down by her pedals. She used her left hand to pull it up my the charger, so it doesn't get stuck behind her pedals... And a cop pulled her over. Literally told her "yes I know you weren't using your phone. But you'll need to explain it to the judge"

She just now, an hour later, saw the same cop writing a ticket at the same spot. Seems like he's being a dick to be a dick.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on April 08, 2021, 02:39:05 PM
Now that's someone you should shame on Social Media and get cancel cultured.    :biggrin:

I do hope you complained about her. Because that's not her job to scold people.

Let's not compound one wrong with another.   File a formal complaint against the employee with the department/department supervisor.   This isn't an issue for social media and the bullies that reside therein.

That was the joke. Hence the   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on April 08, 2021, 02:42:53 PM
I wound up talking to someone an hour later who was able to help me and fix my issues within literally minutes. Not just fixed but released funds I was waiting for, and pushed my extension up so it was approved TODAY.  I told her about the previous chick and was going to ask her how to file a complaint, but she was so awesome and down to earth that I actually forgot. It's amazing how different people are in the same customer service job.


The problem with the CA Unemployment Dept right now is their lack of training. When Covid hit, they wound up mass hiring people who could only answer basic questions and put you on a list to get a call from someone who knows what they're doing. At some point they transitioned those people, who never got fully trained, into the main phone line... So you have a 50/50 chance, when you actually get through, to speak with someone who knows anything. Then you have to convince them to transfer you up to the next level. It's a shit show.

Now for today's complaint.

Dick cops.


Girlfriend just got another cell phone ticket. The last one was bullshit but understandable but this one was completely uncalled for.

Basically while driving, her phone fell from the center console and landed down by her pedals. She used her left hand to pull it up my the charger, so it doesn't get stuck behind her pedals... And a cop pulled her over. Literally told her "yes I know you weren't using your phone. But you'll need to explain it to the judge"

She just now, an hour later, saw the same cop writing a ticket at the same spot. Seems like he's being a dick to be a dick.

Yup. And they use the law against you by saying "Tell it to the judge"...yet, will that dick cop even show up to court. Or would the judge just throw it away....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 08, 2021, 09:20:37 PM
Jay, what was the citation for? Using her phone? How did she end up getting pulled over in the first place?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 09, 2021, 05:09:32 AM
If the law in CA is anything like it is up here, just touching your device can land you a ticket.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on April 09, 2021, 05:58:36 AM
If the law in CA is anything like it is up here, just touching your device can land you a ticket.

Pretty sure it's exactly the same here too.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 09, 2021, 07:22:58 AM
If the law in CA is anything like it is up here, just touching your device can land you a ticket.

Pretty sure it's exactly the same here too.

Same here.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 09, 2021, 07:43:22 AM
The phone laws are pretty strict and also a mandatory court appearance here in NJ, however, according to my cop friend, he's very anti giving phone tickets because of how tough the laws are.  Having said that, there's always that one guy on the force who's a total stickler to the rules and likes to use that power.  It's unfortunate you ran into such a cop, but sadly, that's life.  I'm not even sure you can explain it to a judge.  Hopefully the cop just doesn't show up but if he's the stickler type, I expect he will.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on April 09, 2021, 08:40:11 AM
The phone laws are pretty strict and also a mandatory court appearance here in NJ, however, according to my cop friend, he's very anti giving phone tickets because of how tough the laws are.  Having said that, there's always that one guy on the force who's a total stickler to the rules and likes to use that power.  It's unfortunate you ran into such a cop, but sadly, that's life.  I'm not even sure you can explain it to a judge.  Hopefully the cop just doesn't show up but if he's the stickler type, I expect he will.

The funny thing is. That happened to me with my DWI case. The cop that pulled me over and did the police report never showed up. The officer who didn't, but was there, did show up, but they couldn't do anything because he didn't file a police report himself.

So they dismissed and off my merry way I went. Which then shows me how easily people can get away with things because cops do not show up. And hopefully, not because their are a lack of officers to meet the lawbreaking demand, or were needed elsewhere or caught in a situation. Life happens. And I am sure, cops do not want to be in that courtroom either.

It also, shows, money talks and by this I mean...Having money for a good lawyer is the money talking.


But, yeah. Our phone laws here are there, but not really enforced. Which isn't the problem much at all here. So, it's probably why it's not enforced as much, if at all...


And Jay....what your girlfriend is supposed to do is pull over and park. It's stupid, but the reason for it is being a driving hazard trying to pick stuff up, your eyes are not focused on the road. Also, was she weaving while doing it? Or did the cop just pass by and happen to see her with a phone in hand?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 09, 2021, 09:10:47 AM
If the law in CA is anything like it is up here, just touching your device can land you a ticket.

Cal. Vehicle Code section 23123(a):  "A person shall not drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving."

Cal. Vehicle Code section 23123.5(a):  "A person shall not drive a motor vehicle while holding and operating a handheld wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device unless the wireless telephone or electronic wireless communications device is specifically designed and configured to allow voice-operated and hands-free operation, and it is used in that manner while driving."

In both cases, the emphasis is mine.

Jay, which section was she cited for?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 09, 2021, 03:22:51 PM
So many responses :JayOctavarium:

From what I understand, it fell while she was stopping at a light, she fished it out, and had it in her hand, facing away from her, screen off, when the light turned green, so she held on to it to keep it from falling again until she could get to a point where she could stash it somewhere safe. The officer was at the intersection (and was still sitting there writing tickets several hours later from what she saw later).

I haven't seen the specific vehicle code she was cited for.


She got a ticket a few months ago for something similar. Pulled up to a red light, picked her phone up, glanced down at it to make sure it was charging, and set it down on the passenger seat (because it was rattling around in the cup holder before) and a cop sitting next to her at the light wrote her a ticket.

Dude also made fun of her for wearing a mask and refused to put one on himself.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 09, 2021, 04:52:01 PM
So many responses :JayOctavarium:

From what I understand, it fell while she was stopping at a light, she fished it out, and had it in her hand, facing away from her, screen off, when the light turned green, so she held on to it to keep it from falling again until she could get to a point where she could stash it somewhere safe. The officer was at the intersection (and was still sitting there writing tickets several hours later from what she saw later).

I haven't seen the specific vehicle code she was cited for.


She got a ticket a few months ago for something similar. Pulled up to a red light, picked her phone up, glanced down at it to make sure it was charging, and set it down on the passenger seat (because it was rattling around in the cup holder before) and a cop sitting next to her at the light wrote her a ticket.

Dude also made fun of her for wearing a mask and refused to put one on himself.

This all seems like a ripe example of the letter of the law missing the spirit of the law.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 11, 2021, 05:43:59 PM
Another tax-related entry:

I finished my returns today and efiled them.  Within an hour, I got an email that the IRS has rejected my return.  Why did this happen?

Turns out my almost 19yo son filed a tax return (unnecessarily since he earned less than $800 in 2020) and clicked "no" to the question about whether someone else can claim you as a dependent.  As a result of this, he received $50 from the State of California and is scheduled to receive $1,800 from the feds (not quite sure why - some sort of credit).

So now, he has to file an amended return and pay back the $1,800 + $50.  Hopefully this will then allow me to file electronically (otherwise, I'll have to submit paper returns for the first time in a LONG time).  Fortunately, the feds extended the filing deadline to mid-May.

We're having a good chuckle about this, but it's definitely mildly annoying.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 12, 2021, 12:59:36 PM
Honestly this is a good example of why public schools should really teach a class on the basics of income taxes. I didn't know shit until I was 22 and fucked up my withholdings from my first full time job. I was talking to an 18 yr old semi recently who literally had no idea how any of it works. It's mind blowing, but I guess it's also tied into companies lobbying to keep things complicated to keep people coming to them and paying them to do it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kirksnosehair on April 12, 2021, 01:24:49 PM
So many responses :JayOctavarium:

From what I understand, it fell while she was stopping at a light, she fished it out, and had it in her hand, facing away from her, screen off, when the light turned green, so she held on to it to keep it from falling again until she could get to a point where she could stash it somewhere safe. The officer was at the intersection (and was still sitting there writing tickets several hours later from what she saw later).

I haven't seen the specific vehicle code she was cited for.


She got a ticket a few months ago for something similar. Pulled up to a red light, picked her phone up, glanced down at it to make sure it was charging, and set it down on the passenger seat (because it was rattling around in the cup holder before) and a cop sitting next to her at the light wrote her a ticket.

Dude also made fun of her for wearing a mask and refused to put one on himself.


Yeah, that would have earned him a formal complaint from me and he has to give you his name and badge number on the citation so you know exactly who you're complaining about and at which precinct to lodge the complaint.  This is the exact reason I have a 360 degree dash cam.  If/when I get pulled over you better smile for the fucking camera, because you will be recorded in 1080p hi definition with dolby sound so sensitive I can hear an ant fart on the road underneath the car. 

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 12, 2021, 01:28:40 PM
Honestly this is a good example of why public schools should really teach a class on the basics of income taxes. I didn't know shit until I was 22 and fucked up my withholdings from my first full time job. I was talking to an 18 yr old semi recently who literally had no idea how any of it works. It's mind blowing, but I guess it's also tied into companies lobbying to keep things complicated to keep people coming to them and paying them to do it.

He hasn't admitted it, but what I think happened is that a friend of his (whose employment situation I don't know) filed and got the $1,800 (which I've since figured out has something to do with the stimulus payments), so my son decided, "hey, why not?"  He actually told me when he did it, and I asked him about the the "can someone else claim you" question, and he told me that he thought he answered in the affirmative.  Obviously, when my return got rejected, I knew he had not.  He already received the $50 from the state and, according to the IRS website, he's going to receive the $1,800 later this week.  Once that happens, he'll amend and pay the money back, and that will allow me to file as usual.

His economics class as a senior in high school had a lot of personal finance components, but I don't think this is the sort of thing that could have been helped by any class.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 12, 2021, 01:30:49 PM
I always thought it'd be advantageous to combine algebra with a "finances of life" course. Both overlap constantly, and it'd be a really tangible way to associate the math lessons with real world applications.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 12, 2021, 01:42:51 PM
So many responses :JayOctavarium:

From what I understand, it fell while she was stopping at a light, she fished it out, and had it in her hand, facing away from her, screen off, when the light turned green, so she held on to it to keep it from falling again until she could get to a point where she could stash it somewhere safe. The officer was at the intersection (and was still sitting there writing tickets several hours later from what she saw later).

I haven't seen the specific vehicle code she was cited for.


She got a ticket a few months ago for something similar. Pulled up to a red light, picked her phone up, glanced down at it to make sure it was charging, and set it down on the passenger seat (because it was rattling around in the cup holder before) and a cop sitting next to her at the light wrote her a ticket.

Dude also made fun of her for wearing a mask and refused to put one on himself.


Yeah, that would have earned him a formal complaint from me and he has to give you his name and badge number on the citation so you know exactly who you're complaining about and at which precinct to lodge the complaint.  This is the exact reason I have a 360 degree dash cam.  If/when I get pulled over you better smile for the fucking camera, because you will be recorded in 1080p hi definition with dolby sound so sensitive I can hear an ant fart on the road underneath the car. 



I pushed and pushed for her to do so. I have a friend who works for the sheriff's dept, and this friend's stepmother (whom I've met dozens of times) actually works for that office (city's Police services are contracted to the sheriff's dept)... And they both agreed and even send me a link to the complaint form, but my gf was legitimately afraid of retaliation... And didn't even take it to the judge to fight it due to that fear and Covid fears.


This new ticket will be brought before a judge though. Depending on the judge, it may get thrown out completely. Especially since none of the info on the ticket is legible and it still hasn't shown up in the court's online system... We think there's something fishy about it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 12, 2021, 01:56:59 PM
I always thought it'd be advantageous to combine algebra with a "finances of life" course. Both overlap constantly, and it'd be a really tangible way to associate the math lessons with real world applications.

Since I have a recently-graduated kid and one who'll be starting her senior year in the fall, I've had this discussion a lot lately.  California requires two years of math to graduate, and I think it's a good idea for kids to take math through geometry.  The problem is that a large majority of kids follow the University of California/California State University admission standards when selecting their classes.  Those standards require three years of math and "strongly recommend" four years.  In my opinion, basic algebra and geometry are things that everyone uses in adult life (even without knowing it).  However any math beyond that is unnecessary unless you're a math/science/engineering major.  My daughter is really smart but not mathematically inclined.  Nevertheless, she did well enough in 8th grade algebra to take geometry as a freshman and algebra 2 as a sophomore.  More than enough math for her, but she signed up for "advanced math/trig" this year.  It was the only class in which she struggled, so she dropped it at the end of the first semester.  I find it annoying that the UC/CSU standards cause so many kids who won't sniff a STEM career to take advanced math classes in which many of them struggle.  My kids' school does offer a one semester personal finance class, but I'd be down for making that part of the math curriculum so everyone gets to take it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 12, 2021, 02:12:02 PM
I always thought it'd be advantageous to combine algebra with a "finances of life" course. Both overlap constantly, and it'd be a really tangible way to associate the math lessons with real world applications.

Since I have a recently-graduated kid and one who'll be starting her senior year in the fall, I've had this discussion a lot lately.  California requires two years of math to graduate, and I think it's a good idea for kids to take math through geometry.  The problem is that a large majority of kids follow the University of California/California State University admission standards when selecting their classes.  Those standards require three years of math and "strongly recommend" four years.  In my opinion, basic algebra and geometry are things that everyone uses in adult life (even without knowing it).  However any math beyond that is unnecessary unless you're a math/science/engineering major.  My daughter is really smart but not mathematically inclined.  Nevertheless, she did well enough in 8th grade algebra to take geometry as a freshman and algebra 2 as a sophomore.  More than enough math for her, but she signed up for "advanced math/trig" this year.  It was the only class in which she struggled, so she dropped it at the end of the first semester.  I find it annoying that the UC/CSU standards cause so many kids who won't sniff a STEM career to take advanced math classes in which many of them struggle.  My kids' school does offer a one semester personal finance class, but I'd be down for making that part of the math curriculum so everyone gets to take it.

While I do kind of thing some knowledge of calculus can be used in real life (also without realizing it) I do pretty much agree and maybe a "real life math - taxes, accounting, etc" seems like a good idea and if it's focused on the math of it enough, should count as a math class.  Also, other options like statistics and logic should count and may be more useful for the average adult.  But then again, I'm sure school budget and many other factors get in the way of offering so many courses.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 15, 2021, 08:26:20 AM
Honestly, it's probably helpful enough just to RELATE calculus and algebra to real life.   I can't tell you how many times I've been figuring things - the ballisters on my deck; hanging pictures (and getting the spaces between to be the same); putting down flooring in the bedroom... hell, even helping my kid build Legos - and algebra comes in and they don't even realize it. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on April 15, 2021, 09:36:42 AM
Honestly, it's probably helpful enough just to RELATE calculus and algebra to real life.   I can't tell you how many times I've been figuring things - the ballisters on my deck; hanging pictures (and getting the spaces between to be the same); putting down flooring in the bedroom... hell, even helping my kid build Legos - and algebra comes in and they don't even realize it.

A lot of those real life situations were taught too...They were called the critical thinking or problem solving questions on the math textbook.

But, the teachers wouldn't usually do those problems, they'd leave those for the advanced math students. Which I was in.

I honestly think Physics is more important than math. Because Physics is Physical Reality and helps me a lot with determining distance, speed, and energy, I always use it when driving.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 15, 2021, 09:44:31 AM
Honestly, it's probably helpful enough just to RELATE calculus and algebra to real life.   I can't tell you how many times I've been figuring things - the ballisters on my deck; hanging pictures (and getting the spaces between to be the same); putting down flooring in the bedroom... hell, even helping my kid build Legos - and algebra comes in and they don't even realize it.

A lot of those real life situations were taught too...They were called the critical thinking or problem solving questions on the math textbook.

But, the teachers wouldn't usually do those problems, they'd leave those for the advanced math students. Which I was in.

I honestly think Physics is more important than math. Because Physics is Physical Reality and helps me a lot with determining distance, speed, and energy, I always use it when driving.

I've never taken physics, or anything even remotely related to it. In 17 years of driving, I've had one accident which consisted of a truck's brakes failing and me getting rear ended while sitting stopped at the end of a highway off-ramp. You can be a great driver without being taught physics.

On the flippity flip, I have about 12+ bills due every month and a life full of financial unknowns, and the country as a whole has $1.7T in student loan debt. I don't think kids not being taught physics is the problem. You cannot survive in the adult world if you can't grasp math and basic algebra.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on April 15, 2021, 09:48:54 AM
Honestly, it's probably helpful enough just to RELATE calculus and algebra to real life.   I can't tell you how many times I've been figuring things - the ballisters on my deck; hanging pictures (and getting the spaces between to be the same); putting down flooring in the bedroom... hell, even helping my kid build Legos - and algebra comes in and they don't even realize it.

A lot of those real life situations were taught too...They were called the critical thinking or problem solving questions on the math textbook.

But, the teachers wouldn't usually do those problems, they'd leave those for the advanced math students. Which I was in.

I honestly think Physics is more important than math. Because Physics is Physical Reality and helps me a lot with determining distance, speed, and energy, I always use it when driving.

I've never taken physics, or anything even remotely related to it. In 17 years of driving, I've had one accident which consisted of a truck's brakes failing and me getting rear ended while sitting stopped at the end of a highway off-ramp. You can be a great driver without being taught physics.

On the flippity flip, I have about 12+ bills due every month and a life full of financial unknowns, and the country as a whole has $1.7T in student loan debt. I don't think kids not being taught physics is the problem.

It does help with not just driving. But everything in life, you can determine things based off an observation.

I'm not saying you'll be the best driver ever because you know physics. I am saying it helps.

And some people do not get the idea of ..You go fast, turn to sharp and the car does a nice gymnastics tumble. It's fascinating seeing how cars end up in accidents due to physics.

Tow Truck people have to use it to help vehicles in difficult situations like if a vehicle was hanging on a ledge.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 15, 2021, 09:52:32 AM
That tow truck drive is not doing physics. He might be applying principles of physics based off experience (like me using a shovel in the garden), but I'd bet my left nut and my house that he's not doing physics. He's a tow truck driver. He needs to know math. "Does this vehicle exceed the weight my winch is rated for and will I clear overpasses once the vehicle is on the bed?". That's what that guy needs to know.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 15, 2021, 09:56:12 AM
You cannot survive in the adult world if you can't grasp math and basic algebra.

And you cannot understand physics without math.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 15, 2021, 10:01:55 AM
I honestly think Physics is more important than math. Because Physics is Physical Reality and helps me a lot with determining distance, speed, and energy, I always use it when driving.

Well...in a sense, physics is applied math, so I don't think you can separate the two.

What I don't understand is why, of the three primary sciences taught in high school, the most commonly taken class is biology, while physics is the least common.  Physics was my favorite class in high school (which, of course, had a lot to do with the teacher).  I took chemistry as a junior and physics as a senior and never took biology.  I almost skated through nearly 12 years of undergrad classes without taking a biology class, but I did take a marine biology class (which included a lab component that I really enjoyed -- primarily because it mostly involved going to the beach and other wetland areas).  I don't get why biology is treated almost as if it is a required class.  Physics certainly has more practical application.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 15, 2021, 10:59:22 AM
I honestly think Physics is more important than math. Because Physics is Physical Reality and helps me a lot with determining distance, speed, and energy, I always use it when driving.

Well...in a sense, physics is applied math, so I don't think you can separate the two.

What I don't understand is why, of the three primary sciences taught in high school, the most commonly taken class is biology, while physics is the least common.  Physics was my favorite class in high school (which, of course, had a lot to do with the teacher).  I took chemistry as a junior and physics as a senior and never took biology.  I almost skated through nearly 12 years of undergrad classes without taking a biology class, but I did take a marine biology class (which included a lab component that I really enjoyed -- primarily because it mostly involved going to the beach and other wetland areas).  I don't get why biology is treated almost as if it is a required class.  Physics certainly has more practical application.

I think because Physics is more difficult, people will choose the path of least resistance.  Not that biology isn't tough or can't be tough, but physics is a lot of math and a lot of people from what I remember in high school, would choose to avoid that if possible.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 15, 2021, 12:43:52 PM
I honestly think Physics is more important than math. Because Physics is Physical Reality and helps me a lot with determining distance, speed, and energy, I always use it when driving.

Well...in a sense, physics is applied math, so I don't think you can separate the two.

What I don't understand is why, of the three primary sciences taught in high school, the most commonly taken class is biology, while physics is the least common.  Physics was my favorite class in high school (which, of course, had a lot to do with the teacher).  I took chemistry as a junior and physics as a senior and never took biology.  I almost skated through nearly 12 years of undergrad classes without taking a biology class, but I did take a marine biology class (which included a lab component that I really enjoyed -- primarily because it mostly involved going to the beach and other wetland areas).  I don't get why biology is treated almost as if it is a required class.  Physics certainly has more practical application.

I think because Physics is more difficult, people will choose the path of least resistance.  Not that biology isn't tough or can't be tough, but physics is a lot of math and a lot of people from what I remember in high school, would choose to avoid that if possible.

That explains it from the student perspective (and I agree) but not the school perspective.  My kids (first year in college and HS junior) attend(ed) a school where biology isn't required but it treated as if it is (in ways that aren't worth explaining).  Maybe it's just that school....
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 16, 2021, 10:01:42 AM
It’s SNOWING today! WTF?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 20, 2021, 10:49:09 PM
So

We booked 3 cabins at Getaway House (company that does mini cabin rentals at locations just outside of big cities around the US) for next week for my birthday, for myself and a few friends.

Booked a month ago.

Received an email today saying that we won't be allowed to use the fire pits due to a state wide No Burn Order. Strange... This order is news to me. I do some research, check the state website, check the site for the Nat'l Forest the place is on, and even called the Fire Dept who's jurisdiction it resides in. Nothing. All the fire dept said is they suggest I get a campfire permit from the state (which I did).

My girlfriend then sent Getaway House an email, asking what was going on.

It comes out. There isn't a ban. They just don't have a permit to allow fires. They are a private business, and haven't had a permit from the county since Sept of last year.

So... Instead of mentioning it when booking (mind you my girlfriend had many email conversations with them before booking, since we were booking 3 cabins), they wait until a week before the booking to tell us, and with a lie at that.

The issue isn't the fact that we can't have fires. Living in California, I totally understand, and I've been watching weather patterns and what not in anticipation of this trip. It's the fact that they flat out lied about it. The woman who responded to the email assured us that "we will still enjoy our trip" and recommended we bring a propane stove.

Wouldn't be an issue... If it wasn't literally a week before the booking. Their original costumer service gesture as an apology was the refund us $50. That's... Nothing compared to what the booking costs plus the prep we've put into it (wood and fire related things being some of the prep). After raising a little more hell, someone higher up got involved and actually gave us 5 nights worth of credit for future stays (essentially a credit covering what we booked originally). That's awesome, but now we are all scrambling to find solutions. There's 5 of us. It's cold. We don't all fit in one cabin to hang out (the whole point of us going is to spend time together after a year apart).

Is it that hard for a company to be direct about shit? How many people have they lied to about there being a burn ban, instead of just fessing up about not having the permits?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 21, 2021, 04:52:09 AM
That fucking blows man.  Seems pretty shifty of them - as though they intentionally didn't disclose it, cuz they knew you'd like not book with them.  Why don't they have a permit?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 21, 2021, 06:59:45 AM
Why don't they have a permit?

It costs money most likely.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 21, 2021, 09:47:26 AM
Why don't they have a permit?

It costs money most likely.

And liability/insurance concerns.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on April 21, 2021, 01:14:04 PM
I'm sure the permit has something to do with changes made by the county and / or are connected to the hugely devastating fire season California had last year. Which honestly I TOTALLY understand.

But it should have been disclosed at booking. Not a month later in the form of a lie.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 22, 2021, 04:10:44 AM
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Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2



Dogs.

But mainly how much people just worship dogs like they're literally angels who are sent from god to save humanity and would jump on a grenade for their master...

When you boil it right down - most people say "oh they're loyal" and that's it. Whilst cats aren't always loyal - they're just better in every other possible way.

I love animals and don't mind cuddling dogs when i'm out and about and it's a friendly one - but if Dogs just did not bark - i'd like them so much more.

It drives me mad. There is no need for that noise at all. I think dogs are the worst pets. Just for how needy and noisy they are vs how much you get back from them

( which is not much ).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 22, 2021, 06:02:24 AM
I think dogs are the worst pets. Just for how needy and noisy they are vs how much you get back from them

( which is not much ).

I'm beginning to wonder if you're a dog?   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on April 22, 2021, 07:56:32 AM
How dare you !!



My spirit animal is a sloth.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 22, 2021, 07:57:42 AM
Somehow I caught a cold. Not Covid. Don't other diseases know they need to take a break during a pandemic?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 22, 2021, 09:54:45 AM
I grew up a cat person - we got my cat when I was 1 and a half, and moved into the house I grew up in, and she had to be put to sleep while I was off at college - but in later years I became a dog person.  I now have three dogs.   I'm sorry, I get the laconic nature of cats, and I can do without the sort of manic spasms of (especially a young) dog, but in my older age, the difference to me is looking deeply in the eyes of my pet and either seeing "I'm going claw your spleen out while you're sleeping and eat it for breakfast" (a cat), or "RUB MY BELLY! RUB MY BELLY! I have to pee.  RUB MY BELLY!" (a dog).  I much prefer the latter.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 22, 2021, 10:11:06 AM
When you boil it right down - most people say "oh they're loyal" and that's it. Whilst cats aren't always loyal - they're just better in every other possible way.

YMMV.

Cats shed and pee all over the place, don't shit in their boxes, and are often moody.  My dog doesn't do any of that (although she occasionally pees a little if she's excited and needs to go outside).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 22, 2021, 12:08:50 PM
Cats are fucking evil.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 22, 2021, 12:12:53 PM
Cats are fucking evil.

And completely fucking ambivalent about it.

All dogs have ADHD (in a good way), and absolutely unconditional love.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 22, 2021, 12:21:00 PM
When you boil it right down - most people say "oh they're loyal" and that's it. Whilst cats aren't always loyal - they're just better in every other possible way.

YMMV.

Cats shed and pee all over the place, don't shit in their boxes, and are often moody.  My dog doesn't do any of that (although she occasionally pees a little if she's excited and needs to go outside).
If you have a cat that is peeing all over the place there is either a medical problem or a lazy owner that doesn't clean the box enough (or have enough boxes). My cats do not pee all over the place or shit outside of their boxes.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 22, 2021, 12:27:01 PM
In the 7 years I've had my cat, he's never once pissed or shit outside of the single litter box he has in the basement.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 22, 2021, 01:00:10 PM
Ya'll are lucky then.  We had one cat that was just like that.  The other cat (stray that jingle.daughter and mrs.jingle took pity on) has been wildly inconsistent.  It's not a health issue - we've spent thousands diagnosing that and it's not a lack of boxes (we had four going at one point when we had 2 cats).  It's behaviour - and once they find a spot they mark and get used to, it's virtually impossible to get them un-used to it.  We've been able to find a resolution by using dog training pads, calming plug-ins (which are not cheap) throughout the house, and putting her food source in the areas she used to pee in, but there's still the odd time she goes somewhere on the floor.

Three dogs, never once peed in the house (after they were trained), and only a couple of accidents (when sick, or coming off of anaesthesia)

I get it ... people are usually either dog or cat people.  I've got no beef for anyone who is the latter. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 22, 2021, 01:11:37 PM
I grew up a dog person, still love them, but am also now a cat person and have 1 cat.  Just easier as a single working dude to have a cat over a dog as a pet.  But I got to say, I never really have the feeling my cat wants me dead.  He's super affectionate with me, maybe more so than a dog it's just shown differently.  It's more of a respect than an unconditional love.  I'd totally get a dog again though, I do kind of miss that charm of one. 

Historically for me, a dog is much harder to potty train than a cat and much more inconsistent.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on April 22, 2021, 01:29:11 PM
Cat people who think dogs are loyal and stupid, and dog people who think cats are evil and ambivalent about it. Tim gets a pass because I know his judgement is shit, he thinks it's alright not to return a cart to the corral.

Just mildly irritating though, otherwise I love you all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 22, 2021, 01:35:43 PM
I've got one of each, and they're both chill AF. The cat can sometimes be a dick and try to get some of the dog's food, and he hates when I interrupt his morning porch time to take a photo like the one above, but he's cool otherwise. I never even considered having a cat until this one ended up with me, but I'm sold now. They're good buds.

.(https://i.imgur.com/nW0Tp88.jpeg)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Evermind on April 22, 2021, 01:39:32 PM
Well this cat does look slightly evil and ambivalent about it :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on April 22, 2021, 02:35:18 PM
Well this cat does look slightly evil and ambivalent about it :lol

(https://i.gifer.com/LMDY.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Podaar on April 22, 2021, 02:46:53 PM
When we went to the County Animal Control to pick out a kitten 21 years ago (that's when we got my sainted Margret-Elizabeth who's been dead these past 2 years) I was agonizing over picking one--she was to be my birthday present...my prrreciousss. I spotted a tiny snow-shoe, seal point Siamese frolicking clumsily about her cage while her brother was using the litter box. As soon as he was finished and hopped out of the box, she jumped in and buried his shit! I looked at the attendant and said, "I want that one."  :lol

Nineteen years together and she didn't once pee outside her box...well, I guess that's not accurate. There was the one time she peed on the dog's bed, but that was justified--he had it coming.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 22, 2021, 03:21:58 PM
I've got one of each, and they're both chill AF. The cat can sometimes be a dick and try to get some of the dog's food, and he hates when I interrupt his morning porch time to take a photo like the one above, but he's cool otherwise. I never even considered having a cat until this one ended up with me, but I'm sold now. They're good buds.

.(https://i.imgur.com/nW0Tp88.jpeg)

See that photo is everything I was writing about; that cat is thinking "I can lacerate a kidney four different ways."   That dog is thinking "My balls.  Wait, food, yeah.  Food.  No, wait, my balls."
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on April 22, 2021, 03:51:06 PM
I've got one of each, and they're both chill AF. The cat can sometimes be a dick and try to get some of the dog's food, and he hates when I interrupt his morning porch time to take a photo like the one above, but he's cool otherwise. I never even considered having a cat until this one ended up with me, but I'm sold now. They're good buds.

.(https://i.imgur.com/nW0Tp88.jpeg)

See that photo is everything I was writing about; that cat is thinking "I can lacerate a kidney four different ways."   That dog is thinking "My balls.  Wait, food, yeah.  Food.  No, wait, my balls."

And I've thought "I could pit maneuver you so bad right now" on 84 about a billion times  :lol I like to think of that look as his way of flipping me the bird.

Norman has no balls  :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on April 22, 2021, 07:56:20 PM
As an antisocial millennial who likes having her personal space respected, yeah I prefer cats. :-\
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2021, 06:41:18 AM
So... change of pace here...

Grammar, more specifically the lack of articles and plurals.    I went to high school and I played hockey while there.   When we were juniors, we looked forward to going to THE prom.   My high school sucked at hockey, but as we got to senior year, the reality of making the state tournament was actually a reality and in my senior year, we DID make THE states.

Now, kids apparently go to prom, as if it's a verb and it is an action in itself.   My stepson's wife's mom runs a cheerleading "school" (in quotes because it's... I don't know what it is, but it's like those dumb shows, for real) and they go to nationals, again, like "national" means some action.   

It gets worse; since I've known her (no, actually, since she was 18 or so, but I mean, I've been experiencing it for eight years or so now) my wife has suffered from migraines, where she gets skull-shattering headaches, some so bad the only answer is a dark room and a soft bed because any movement is torturous.   There's a rash of new prescriptions out now for treating migraine headaches - pro tip:  none work all that well, at least on my wife - and so a rash of new advertisements about them. One we see frequently is one of the Kardashian mannekins talking about "migraine" and how this fantastic new compound will relieve your symptoms of "migraine" and make you want to, I don't know, super model or something.   I'm not sure, she's upstairs right now, but I'm almost positive that hearing Karen Kardashian talk about "migraine" to refer to THE migraine HEADACHES ("the migraines") that she's suffered with for 11 years (my wife was, is and always will be 29 in my heart!) actually GIVES her A migraine headache! 

Are we so lazy and/or insecure that we have to boost the importance of things and move SO fact that we now skip articles and reducing them to the singular?  I think we are!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 23, 2021, 06:48:47 AM
So... change of pace here...

Grammar, more specifically the lack of articles and plurals.    I went to high school and I played hockey while there.   When we were juniors, we looked forward to going to THE prom.   My high school sucked at hockey, but as we got to senior year, the reality of making the state tournament was actually a reality and in my senior year, we DID make THE states.

Now, kids apparently go to prom, as if it's a verb and it is an action in itself.   My stepson's wife's mom runs a cheerleading "school" (in quotes because it's... I don't know what it is, but it's like those dumb shows, for real) and they go to nationals, again, like "national" means some action.   

It gets worse; since I've known her (no, actually, since she was 18 or so, but I mean, I've been experiencing it for eight years or so now) my wife has suffered from migraines, where she gets skull-shattering headaches, some so bad the only answer is a dark room and a soft bed because any movement is torturous.   There's a rash of new prescriptions out now for treating migraine headaches - pro tip:  none work all that well, at least on my wife - and so a rash of new advertisements about them. One we see frequently is one of the Kardashian mannekins talking about "migraine" and how this fantastic new compound will relieve your symptoms of "migraine" and make you want to, I don't know, super model or something.   I'm not sure, she's upstairs right now, but I'm almost positive that hearing Karen Kardashian talk about "migraine" to refer to THE migraine HEADACHES ("the migraines") that she's suffered with for 11 years (my wife was, is and always will be 29 in my heart!) actually GIVES her A migraine headache! 

Are we so lazy and/or insecure that we have to boost the importance of things and move SO fact that we now skip articles and reducing them to the singular?  I think we are!

So funny about the use of "the". Us over on the west coast get made fun of for the exact opposite when it comes to interstates and freeways. We say take THE 101 to THE 60 then get on THE 17. But over on the east coast its take 101 to 60 to 17. How does that work? lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2021, 06:55:14 AM
So... change of pace here...

Grammar, more specifically the lack of articles and plurals.    I went to high school and I played hockey while there.   When we were juniors, we looked forward to going to THE prom.   My high school sucked at hockey, but as we got to senior year, the reality of making the state tournament was actually a reality and in my senior year, we DID make THE states.

Now, kids apparently go to prom, as if it's a verb and it is an action in itself.   My stepson's wife's mom runs a cheerleading "school" (in quotes because it's... I don't know what it is, but it's like those dumb shows, for real) and they go to nationals, again, like "national" means some action.   

It gets worse; since I've known her (no, actually, since she was 18 or so, but I mean, I've been experiencing it for eight years or so now) my wife has suffered from migraines, where she gets skull-shattering headaches, some so bad the only answer is a dark room and a soft bed because any movement is torturous.   There's a rash of new prescriptions out now for treating migraine headaches - pro tip:  none work all that well, at least on my wife - and so a rash of new advertisements about them. One we see frequently is one of the Kardashian mannekins talking about "migraine" and how this fantastic new compound will relieve your symptoms of "migraine" and make you want to, I don't know, super model or something.   I'm not sure, she's upstairs right now, but I'm almost positive that hearing Karen Kardashian talk about "migraine" to refer to THE migraine HEADACHES ("the migraines") that she's suffered with for 11 years (my wife was, is and always will be 29 in my heart!) actually GIVES her A migraine headache! 

Are we so lazy and/or insecure that we have to boost the importance of things and move SO fact that we now skip articles and reducing them to the singular?  I think we are!

So funny about the use of "the". Us over on the west coast get made fun of for the exact opposite when it comes to interstates and freeways. We say take THE 101 to THE 60 then get on THE 17. But over on the east coast its take 101 to 60 to 17. How does that work? lol

I never noticed that, but it's spot on true!   I would NEVER think to say "I'm taking THE 95 to NYC".   HAHAHA.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 23, 2021, 07:06:07 AM
 :lol

I still remember being in L.A. in the early 90's with my friend who moved out there and on a Tuesday night at 10:30pm there was a 6 lane traffic jam on the highway.  I looked at my friend and said, "How do you live here?"

It was insane how much traffic was there on a weekday night.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 23, 2021, 08:01:37 AM
LA traffic is beyond mildly irritating
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 23, 2021, 08:38:22 AM
So... change of pace here...

Grammar, more specifically the lack of articles and plurals.    I went to high school and I played hockey while there.   When we were juniors, we looked forward to going to THE prom.   My high school sucked at hockey, but as we got to senior year, the reality of making the state tournament was actually a reality and in my senior year, we DID make THE states.

Now, kids apparently go to prom, as if it's a verb and it is an action in itself.   My stepson's wife's mom runs a cheerleading "school" (in quotes because it's... I don't know what it is, but it's like those dumb shows, for real) and they go to nationals, again, like "national" means some action.   

It gets worse; since I've known her (no, actually, since she was 18 or so, but I mean, I've been experiencing it for eight years or so now) my wife has suffered from migraines, where she gets skull-shattering headaches, some so bad the only answer is a dark room and a soft bed because any movement is torturous.   There's a rash of new prescriptions out now for treating migraine headaches - pro tip:  none work all that well, at least on my wife - and so a rash of new advertisements about them. One we see frequently is one of the Kardashian mannekins talking about "migraine" and how this fantastic new compound will relieve your symptoms of "migraine" and make you want to, I don't know, super model or something.   I'm not sure, she's upstairs right now, but I'm almost positive that hearing Karen Kardashian talk about "migraine" to refer to THE migraine HEADACHES ("the migraines") that she's suffered with for 11 years (my wife was, is and always will be 29 in my heart!) actually GIVES her A migraine headache! 

Are we so lazy and/or insecure that we have to boost the importance of things and move SO fact that we now skip articles and reducing them to the singular?  I think we are!

Oh boy..Stadler, you like to type out words, don't you. :lol


My son has his prom next week, and around here the prom is still THE prom. I've never heard it used singularly as in we're going to prom.

As far as "States" or "Nationals", aren't these really just..slang is too strong, but these words over time seem to have replaced "the state tournament" or "the national competition.

I order a "Coke", I do not order a "Coca-Cola". It's not lazy, it's just the evolution of language I guess.
It might even come out as "I'll have Coke".

I also like to listen to Maiden.

How about the reverse when Scorpions are referred to as THE Scorpions?



I suppose we could work in a few more "hithertos" and "henceforths". Maybe a "doth" here and there.  ;D
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2021, 08:47:42 AM
Har har.   But I think you're slightly misunderstanding; if it was just slang, I wouldn't have written what I did (and yes, I was enjoying a coffee, putting off starting my work day and decided to write! It's relaxing, and enjoyable to me!).   I don't know how to put it into words, but the pharmaceutical commercial wasn't about "slang".  I don't know what it is, but I find it mildly irritating in the moment, in large part because I don't understand it.  I do think, though, that in some contexts it isn't "lazy" but it is sort of self-affirming.  You probably don't watch them, but there are shows out there that depict "stage moms" that take this shit dead seriously, and it's not slang to them, it's life.  Again, it's hard to describe because it's a vibe, a feeling, but it's almost sort of an inside "lingo" in order to elevate the seriousness of what they're talking about.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 23, 2021, 09:01:52 AM
Well, I was more busting than misunderstanding...though I was working pretty hard to understand.


My wife used to watch Dance Moms. There was another show too that had a black dance instructor. My wife happens to like to watch dance routines, but those shows are pure shit. I'll walk in, and she'll have Dance Moms on, and I'll be like WTF are you watching this for?


Are we so lazy and/or insecure that we have to boost the importance of things and move SO fact that we now skip articles and reducing them to the singular?  I think we are!

I don't think it has anything to do with laziness or insecurities. I just think language, like everything else, morphs a bit over time. Besides, isn't "migraine headache" redundant? Isn't having a "migraine" explanation enough?




Again, it's hard to describe because it's a vibe, a feeling, but it's almost sort of an inside "lingo" in order to elevate the seriousness of what they're talking about.   

But referring to the National competition as "Nationals", well, that does indeed elevate the seriousness of what they're talking about. It's really its own entity.

This isn't really a new phenomenon. My wife did gymnastics in high school and went to "States" (her words). And she graduated in...well..before you! I think those are terms inherent in those fields.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2021, 09:11:39 AM

Are we so lazy and/or insecure that we have to boost the importance of things and move SO fact that we now skip articles and reducing them to the singular?  I think we are!

I don't think it has anything to do with laziness or insecurities. I just think language, like everything else, morphs a bit over time. Besides, isn't "migraine headache" redundant? Doesn't having a "migraine" explanation enough?

Well, yes, but even you said A migraine.  Keep your eye out for the commercial; she says it more than once:  "I suffer from migraine."   As if it's in and of itself a thing. Like syphillis.   

And again, I'm not losing sleep over it, but as someone who writes every day, and in my career sometimes will fret over one word, it's something that strikes me, and I don't understand it.  If you haven't picked up on it before, I don't like when I don't understand something.  :) :) :)

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Again, it's hard to describe because it's a vibe, a feeling, but it's almost sort of an inside "lingo" in order to elevate the seriousness of what they're talking about.   

But referring to the National competition as "Nationals", well, that does indeed elevate the seriousness of what they're talking about. It's really its own entity.

This isn't really a new phenomenon. My wife did gymnastics in high school and went to "States" (her words). And she graduated in...well..before you! I think those are terms inherent in those fields.

Ask her!  Why did she say that instead of THE States?   Does Brady play in the Super Bowl, or play in Super Bowl? 

(I'm kidding; she'll think I'm insane and we'll never be able to meet for that beer and UFO listening party.  "Tim, you're not hanging with that internet wierdo!")
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 23, 2021, 09:18:56 AM
Hah! If you had made it to Mohegan Sun last year you'd have met her, and heard UFO!! :)


I just think "States" and "Nationals" are...industry terms.


If you get a chance, maybe that commercial is on youtube and I can watch it to see what the deal is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on April 23, 2021, 09:27:29 AM

It gets worse; since I've known her (no, actually, since she was 18 or so, but I mean, I've been experiencing it for eight years or so now) my wife has suffered from migraines, where she gets skull-shattering headaches, some so bad the only answer is a dark room and a soft bed because any movement is torturous.   There's a rash of new prescriptions out now for treating migraine headaches - pro tip:  none work all that well, at least on my wife - and so a rash of new advertisements about them. One we see frequently is one of the Kardashian mannekins talking about "migraine" and how this fantastic new compound will relieve your symptoms of "migraine" and make you want to, I don't know, super model or something.   I'm not sure, she's upstairs right now, but I'm almost positive that hearing Karen Kardashian talk about "migraine" to refer to THE migraine HEADACHES ("the migraines") that she's suffered with for 11 years (my wife was, is and always will be 29 in my heart!) actually GIVES her A migraine headache! 

I get migraines (rarely thank god) and my understanding is that for some people it is a literal diagnostic syndrome.  So having a migraine means A headache.  Getting repeated migraines can be part of a syndrome collectively referred to as "migraine".  Does that make sense?  Just like people will say, "I have irritable bowel" which is a syndrome but not a singular episode.  So technically, I think the term is being used correctly in that annoying commercial.  And yes, I hate that one too but for different reasons.   :smiley:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on April 23, 2021, 09:49:39 AM
Along the grammar lines, over the 13 years I’ve lived in Oregon, in asking what one does for a living, a truck driver, without fail, says he/she “drives truck.” Not “drives a truck,” or “I’m in trucking.” It’s always “I drive truck.” I’d never encountered that phrase in the nearly 30 years I lived in Utah. And I thought it might be a regional thing here, but my wife who grew up in Wisconsin has said that same phrase as well. It perplexes me why they don’t include the “a” in there, but oh well. Whatever.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 23, 2021, 09:55:38 AM
So... change of pace here...

Grammar, more specifically the lack of articles and plurals.    I went to high school and I played hockey while there.   When we were juniors, we looked forward to going to THE prom.   My high school sucked at hockey, but as we got to senior year, the reality of making the state tournament was actually a reality and in my senior year, we DID make THE states.

Now, kids apparently go to prom, as if it's a verb and it is an action in itself.   My stepson's wife's mom runs a cheerleading "school" (in quotes because it's... I don't know what it is, but it's like those dumb shows, for real) and they go to nationals, again, like "national" means some action.   

It gets worse; since I've known her (no, actually, since she was 18 or so, but I mean, I've been experiencing it for eight years or so now) my wife has suffered from migraines, where she gets skull-shattering headaches, some so bad the only answer is a dark room and a soft bed because any movement is torturous.   There's a rash of new prescriptions out now for treating migraine headaches - pro tip:  none work all that well, at least on my wife - and so a rash of new advertisements about them. One we see frequently is one of the Kardashian mannekins talking about "migraine" and how this fantastic new compound will relieve your symptoms of "migraine" and make you want to, I don't know, super model or something.   I'm not sure, she's upstairs right now, but I'm almost positive that hearing Karen Kardashian talk about "migraine" to refer to THE migraine HEADACHES ("the migraines") that she's suffered with for 11 years (my wife was, is and always will be 29 in my heart!) actually GIVES her A migraine headache! 

Are we so lazy and/or insecure that we have to boost the importance of things and move SO fact that we now skip articles and reducing them to the singular?  I think we are!

So funny about the use of "the". Us over on the west coast get made fun of for the exact opposite when it comes to interstates and freeways. We say take THE 101 to THE 60 then get on THE 17. But over on the east coast its take 101 to 60 to 17. How does that work? lol

Wait...what?  The 17 is up near Santa Cruz.  You can't get there from the 60!   Oh...wait....


But yeah...When I first went back east to visit my then-girlfriend/now-wife's family, it was one of the first things I noticed.  I'd repeat back directions with "the" added before freeway (errr....highway) names, and I'd get the weirdest looks.


This isn't really a new phenomenon. My wife did gymnastics in high school and went to "States" (her words). And she graduated in...well..before you! I think those are terms inherent in those fields.

Yeah...this sort of stuff has been around forever.  My kid's marching band went to "Championships" at the end of her first two years, and it would have sounded awkward to say, "we're going to THE Championships."


Ask her!  Why did she say that instead of THE States?   Does Brady play in the Super Bowl, or play in Super Bowl?

I'm not sure I could explain WHY it matters, but the obvious distinction is that "States" is plural, while "Super Bowl" is singular.  One says, "I got A migraine" but, when referring to the plural, one says, "I get migraines" (no article).

By the way, do you say, "I'm going to Wal-Mart" or "I'm going to the Wal-Mart"?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 23, 2021, 10:08:38 AM
Do we say DTF or the DTF?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 23, 2021, 10:27:48 AM
Do we say DTF or the DTF?

There is a comedian, Tom Papa that adds the "The" in front of everything.  It's hilarious. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 23, 2021, 10:37:59 AM
The lol.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2021, 10:40:37 AM
Along the grammar lines, over the 13 years I’ve lived in Oregon, in asking what one does for a living, a truck driver, without fail, says he/she “drives truck.” Not “drives a truck,” or “I’m in trucking.” It’s always “I drive truck.” I’d never encountered that phrase in the nearly 30 years I lived in Utah. And I thought it might be a regional thing here, but my wife who grew up in Wisconsin has said that same phrase as well. It perplexes me why they don’t include the “a” in there, but oh well. Whatever.

YES!  That's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2021, 10:48:34 AM
Ask her!  Why did she say that instead of THE States?   Does Brady play in the Super Bowl, or play in Super Bowl?

I'm not sure I could explain WHY it matters, but the obvious distinction is that "States" is plural, while "Super Bowl" is singular.  One says, "I got A migraine" but, when referring to the plural, one says, "I get migraines" (no article).

By the way, do you say, "I'm going to Wal-Mart" or "I'm going to the Wal-Mart"?

Respectfully, I don't think it's as simple as singular/plural.   I think Harmony is closest with respect to "migraine", but with the States thing... we don't say "going to NCAA's" when talking about your local college basketball team making the tournament, it's "THE NCAA's".  And same for "playoffs".  Did the Pats make THE playoffs, or just make playoffs? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2021, 10:49:55 AM
Do we say DTF or the DTF?

There is a comedian, Tom Papa that adds the "The" in front of everything.  It's hilarious.

He's hilarious.  I will sometimes do that as a joke, particularly with Lady Gaga; it was a running joke in Philly that we'd call her THE Lady Gaga.  I think I annoyed Bosk one time by repeated referring to Mother Love Bone as "THE Mother Love Bone" (since it's a lyric in one of the songs). 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 23, 2021, 12:36:39 PM
Ask her!  Why did she say that instead of THE States?   Does Brady play in the Super Bowl, or play in Super Bowl?

I'm not sure I could explain WHY it matters, but the obvious distinction is that "States" is plural, while "Super Bowl" is singular.  One says, "I got A migraine" but, when referring to the plural, one says, "I get migraines" (no article).

By the way, do you say, "I'm going to Wal-Mart" or "I'm going to the Wal-Mart"?

Respectfully, I don't think it's as simple as singular/plural.   I think Harmony is closest with respect to "migraine", but with the States thing... we don't say "going to NCAA's" when talking about your local college basketball team making the tournament, it's "THE NCAA's".  And same for "playoffs".  Did the Pats make THE playoffs, or just make playoffs?

You didn't answer my question about (the) Wal-Mart.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2021, 12:56:55 PM
Ask her!  Why did she say that instead of THE States?   Does Brady play in the Super Bowl, or play in Super Bowl?

I'm not sure I could explain WHY it matters, but the obvious distinction is that "States" is plural, while "Super Bowl" is singular.  One says, "I got A migraine" but, when referring to the plural, one says, "I get migraines" (no article).

By the way, do you say, "I'm going to Wal-Mart" or "I'm going to the Wal-Mart"?

Respectfully, I don't think it's as simple as singular/plural.   I think Harmony is closest with respect to "migraine", but with the States thing... we don't say "going to NCAA's" when talking about your local college basketball team making the tournament, it's "THE NCAA's".  And same for "playoffs".  Did the Pats make THE playoffs, or just make playoffs?

You didn't answer my question about (the) Wal-Mart.
Oh, yeah:  Honestly?  Both.   I've said both.  When referring to the store generally, "Wal-mart".  As in "don't worry, when we get to your dad's we can get beach balls at Wal-mart".    When referring to the one over on Rte. 5 near me, "the Wal-mart".   As in "goddamn it, I have to run to the Wal-mart to get underwear.  There's a hole in my one good pair."  I will say that it's not 50-50; more often than not it's "Wal-mart". 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on April 23, 2021, 01:22:06 PM
Ask her!  Why did she say that instead of THE States?   Does Brady play in the Super Bowl, or play in Super Bowl?

I'm not sure I could explain WHY it matters, but the obvious distinction is that "States" is plural, while "Super Bowl" is singular.  One says, "I got A migraine" but, when referring to the plural, one says, "I get migraines" (no article).

By the way, do you say, "I'm going to Wal-Mart" or "I'm going to the Wal-Mart"?

Respectfully, I don't think it's as simple as singular/plural.   I think Harmony is closest with respect to "migraine", but with the States thing... we don't say "going to NCAA's" when talking about your local college basketball team making the tournament, it's "THE NCAA's".  And same for "playoffs".  Did the Pats make THE playoffs, or just make playoffs?

You didn't answer my question about (the) Wal-Mart.
Oh, yeah:  Honestly?  Both.   I've said both.  When referring to the store generally, "Wal-mart".  As in "don't worry, when we get to your dad's we can get beach balls at Wal-mart".    When referring to the one over on Rte. 5 near me, "the Wal-mart".   As in "goddamn it, I have to run to the Wal-mart to get underwear.  There's a hole in my one good pair."  I will say that it's not 50-50; more often than not it's "Wal-mart".

I've never heard anyone -- outside of someone poking fun at southerners -- say, "I'm going to the Wal-Mart."  Nor have I ever put or heard someone else put "the" before Target.  I wouldn't say, "I'm going to the Target," but I would say, "I'm going to the Target on Katella."

The more examples we look at, the more I become convinced this is just one of those linguistic quirks that makes English such a special language.   :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 23, 2021, 01:33:42 PM
I would never in a million years say "I'm going to the Target".   There's no real rhyme or reason.  As kids we would go to Woolworth's and I would never EVER say going "to the Woolworth's", nor would my grandmother.  But she would absolutely say "going to the A&P" and so would I.  It makes no sense, but it was what it was.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 23, 2021, 01:38:09 PM
Do we say DTF or the DTF?

I thought you were dying. Are you typing this from afterlife or THE afterlife?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kirksnosehair on April 23, 2021, 01:40:33 PM
I'm sure I've put "the" in from of Walmart but only under the specific condition of making a distinction between the Walmart in Brockton and the Walmart in Rehoboth.   Same for the Target in Mansfield or the Target in Stoughton.   Otherwise I don't say "I'm going to the Walmart"


This discussion reminds me of this interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RiHHs1HYzE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RiHHs1HYzE)


 :rollin
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 23, 2021, 01:51:29 PM
I'm sure I've put "the" in from of Walmart but only under the specific condition of making a distinction between the Walmart in Brockton and the Walmart in Rehoboth.   Same for the Target in Mansfield or the Target in Stoughton.   Otherwise I don't say "I'm going to the Walmart"


Hey I know all those places! And I agree. "The" is usually used before the store name to define which town we're going to.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on April 23, 2021, 05:25:47 PM
But over on the east coast its take 101 to 60 to 17

This just sounds like a vague maths problem. :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 24, 2021, 07:51:24 AM
But over on the east coast its take 101 to 60 to 17

This just sounds like a vague maths problem. :lol
YEEEESSSSSSS lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 26, 2021, 06:51:20 AM
"Hospital" is another one, and that seems to be a regional thing; the British are prone to say "I was in hospital".   "Stadler was in hospital".   I would never think of saying anything other than "Stadler was in the hospital."    "Stadler, do you need to go to the hospital?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on April 26, 2021, 06:58:49 AM
"Hospital" is another one, and that seems to be a regional thing; the British are prone to say "I was in hospital".   "Stadler was in hospital".   I would never think of saying anything other than "Stadler was in the hospital."    "Stadler, do you need to go to the hospital?"

What are your thoughts on math vs maths?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 26, 2021, 07:06:08 AM
"Hospital" is another one, and that seems to be a regional thing; the British are prone to say "I was in hospital".   "Stadler was in hospital".   I would never think of saying anything other than "Stadler was in the hospital."    "Stadler, do you need to go to the hospital?"

What are your thoughts on math vs maths?

"Math" is the word I would use when speaking to my boss, a job interviewer, or my step son.   "Maths" is what I would use if I was trying to impress a woman in a bar with my slick, quirky sense of humor.   
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on April 26, 2021, 04:05:44 PM
"Hospital" is another one, and that seems to be a regional thing; the British are prone to say "I was in hospital".   "Stadler was in hospital".   I would never think of saying anything other than "Stadler was in the hospital."    "Stadler, do you need to go to the hospital?"

What are your thoughts on math vs maths?

"Math" is the word I would use when speaking to my boss, a job interviewer, or my step son.   "Maths" is what I would use if I was trying to impress a woman in a bar with my slick, quirky sense of humor.

Maths is a weird one, but understandable since it’s short for mathematics. I’d never use the word “maths” but I get it, at least.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on April 26, 2021, 08:10:33 PM
"Hospital" is another one, and that seems to be a regional thing; the British are prone to say "I was in hospital".   "Stadler was in hospital".   I would never think of saying anything other than "Stadler was in the hospital."    "Stadler, do you need to go to the hospital?"

What are your thoughts on math vs maths?

"Math" is the word I would use when speaking to my boss, a job interviewer, or my step son.   "Maths" is what I would use if I was trying to impress a woman in a bar with my slick, quirky sense of humor.

I think I'm the opposite. I generally say "maths" (because I live in a country where that's the norm) but sometimes I'll say "math" in a joking context because it just sounds funnier to me.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on April 28, 2021, 08:07:34 AM
When technology designed to make working together easier becomes more difficult. At work we used to have all of our files on the network, so people could go in, open a spreadsheet, add their things, save and close. Now some forms are on the network. Others are available in Teams. Others are on sharepoint sites. I swear there are others too. It's so annoying not to know where to look for stuff anymore.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on April 28, 2021, 08:21:09 AM
When technology designed to make working together easier becomes more difficult. At work we used to have all of our files on the network, so people could go in, open a spreadsheet, add their things, save and close. Now some forms are on the network. Others are available in Teams. Others are on sharepoint sites. I swear there are others too. It's so annoying not to know where to look for stuff anymore.

True, too many systems gets confusing on where to find things.  Just recently in our work chat, they had to clarify the email that was sent out for Teams and Skype being decommissioned had nothing to do with us, as only a subset of the company uses those apps for chat, we use Slack and that's not changing, in 2021.  It's like wait, why are so different groups in the same company using different services for the same primary purpose (work chat).  Why do we make things more complicated than they need to be?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 28, 2021, 03:33:37 PM
So we were in Boston this morning for my wife's eye doctor appointment. We had talked about going to Faneuil Hall to buy my son a birthday present (he loves anything Boston). So we drive from Mass Eye And Ear over to Government Center to try and find a place to park. Now my wife refuses to park in a parking garage and pay those rates. She's like, lets just look for a spot. I fucking drive around for 20 minutes. I could've picked up a tourist and charged them for a tour of downtown Boston. Of course we drive by (maybe) 8 parking garage entrances in the process. And then after 20 minutes of so, I get the "Your driving is giving me a headache" comment. :facepalm: :lol

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 28, 2021, 03:45:46 PM
The life of a married man.  I feel your pain. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on April 28, 2021, 04:24:29 PM
So we were in Boston this morning for my wife's eye doctor appointment. We had talked about going to Faneuil Hall to buy my son a birthday present (he loves anything Boston). So we drive from Mass Eye And Ear over to Government Center to try and find a place to park. Now my wife refuses to park in a parking garage and pay those rates. She's like, lets just look for a spot. I fucking drive around for 20 minutes. I could've picked up a tourist and charged them for a tour of downtown Boston. Of course we drive by (maybe) 8 parking garage entrances in the process. And then after 20 minutes of so, I get the "Your driving is giving me a headache" comment. :facepalm: :lol

Trying to save you money.  Sounds like a good woman to me.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: chknptpie on April 28, 2021, 07:28:24 PM
Id rather pay $40 for an uber or a garage than drive around looking for a parking spot
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on April 28, 2021, 08:18:30 PM
There is a razor thin line with me when comes to deciding between paying an exorbitant parking garage charge and driving around forever looking for a free parking spot.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 28, 2021, 08:19:11 PM
It would've been $20-$25.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on April 29, 2021, 07:17:20 AM
The life of a married man.  I feel your pain.

Yup.  Been there (in fact, just two weeks ago in Florida).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 29, 2021, 07:41:02 AM
The life of a married man.  I feel your pain.

Yup.  Been there (in fact, just two weeks ago in Florida).

My wife is going through "The Change" So she said something to me in poor taste and right away she apologized.  I let her know my meter was at high and it needed to stop right away.  It took a lot not to lose it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on April 29, 2021, 08:54:14 AM
The life of a married man.  I feel your pain.

Yup.  Been there (in fact, just two weeks ago in Florida).

My wife is going through "The Change" So she said something to me in poor taste and right away she apologized.  I let her know my meter was at high and it needed to stop right away.  It took a lot not to lose it.

So she thinks Power Windows blows too?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on April 29, 2021, 09:00:25 AM
 :lol

Actually, she loves it.  Though Tim she is more of a metalhead.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 14, 2021, 07:43:48 AM
My iMac has been in the repair shop since I last posted ! Hopefully all fixed now. The screen kept turning itself off and PRAM reset wouldn't sort it out.

Apparently they needed to "reflow" the graphics card and I needed a new screen.

For any PC fanatics - It's a 10 year old imac and this is literally my first issue with it :tup


Oh yeah and I still hate dogs barking ;D I had a lot of doggy cuddles this week - and that's fine. I just wish they didn't bark.

And contrary to popular belief - all the Chihuahuas i've ever met have been really quiet and friendly. Not like their rep at all.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on May 26, 2021, 07:30:43 PM
People who do not use their turn signals.

Hit a 4-way stop earlier with me and the car directly across from me on the other side of the road the only two in sight. He got to the stop sign a good second or two before I got to mine, but no blinker, so we both went about the same time, and of course he suddenly throws his blinker on to turn left and throws him arms up like, "I had the right of way, why did you go?" Uh, because your blinker wasn't on and I didn't know you were turning, asshat. :lol  Fortunately, I am not prone to road rage or reacting to silliness like that in public, so I gave a quick two-handed shrug like, "didn't know you were wanting to turn," and kept going. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 27, 2021, 05:15:25 PM
Thats super annoying, they just changed the intersection near my house to now be a 4 way stop, instead of 2 way, and the confusion of people is beyond ridiculous for such a simple concept.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on May 27, 2021, 06:19:24 PM
Thats super annoying, they just changed the intersection near my house to now be a 4 way stop, instead of 2 way, and the confusion of people is beyond ridiculous for such a simple concept.

It reminds me of an ant that gets it's path disrupted.

The person's usual routine is disrupted, and if they don't know how to quickly adapt, they'll get confused. The adaptation of an ant is to find a way around that disruption and back onto the path.

A person should be able to quickly adapt and understand.

It's the routine of a person that is changes. And I'd they don't like to deal with change, or can't handle change, then they'll have a harder time adapting. I have no idea how or why people just suddenly become dumbfounded when change to their routine suddenly occurs.

If you read the signs on the roads, you would know what is coming up ahead. If you know the rules of driving and what to do in these situations, you can adapt. But, not many people know these rules, and what to do when in these situations that you run into while driving on the road.

Driving Education needs to make a come back in Schools, because over here, people just dont know how to handle situations or why you can't just suddenly stop and make a U-turn in the middle of the street...

Or why you need to use your blinker. I sometimes wish I had a bumper car so when someone doesn't use it and decided to suddenly turn, I could hit them and say, "I didn't know you where turning, I didn't see no blinker."

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 27, 2021, 06:34:04 PM
Thats super annoying, they just changed the intersection near my house to now be a 4 way stop, instead of 2 way, and the confusion of people is beyond ridiculous for such a simple concept.

It reminds me of an ant that gets it's path disrupted.

The person's usual routine is disrupted, and if they don't know how to quickly adapt, they'll get confused. The adaptation of an ant is to find a way around that disruption and back onto the path.

A person should be able to quickly adapt and understand.

It's the routine of a person that is changes. And I'd they don't like to deal with change, or can't handle change, then they'll have a harder time adapting. I have no idea how or why people just suddenly become dumbfounded when change to their routine suddenly occurs.

If you read the signs on the roads, you would know what is coming up ahead. If you know the rules of driving and what to do in these situations, you can adapt. But, not many people know these rules, and what to do when in these situations that you run into while driving on the road.

Driving Education needs to make a come back in Schools, because over here, people just dont know how to handle situations or why you can't just suddenly stop and make a U-turn in the middle of the street...

Or why you need to use your blinker. I sometimes wish I had a bumper car so when someone doesn't use it and decided to suddenly turn, I could hit them and say, "I didn't know you where turning, I didn't see no blinker."

There were signs up for about a month saying the intersection was turning to a 4 way stop soon, but I think generally, 4 way stops confuse a lot of people for some reason.  Like they were never taught "right of way"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on May 28, 2021, 05:32:57 AM
Along the grammar lines, over the 13 years I’ve lived in Oregon, in asking what one does for a living, a truck driver, without fail, says he/she “drives truck.” Not “drives a truck,” or “I’m in trucking.” It’s always “I drive truck.” I’d never encountered that phrase in the nearly 30 years I lived in Utah. And I thought it might be a regional thing here, but my wife who grew up in Wisconsin has said that same phrase as well. It perplexes me why they don’t include the “a” in there, but oh well. Whatever.

YES!  That's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.

Another thing I see a lot is - apart from the wrong Your & You're, They're Their and There, using apostrophes wrong etc etc ( putting an apostrophe at the end of literally any word that ends in an s )

is not using one at all - for example - " He was playing xbox in my brother bedroom "  :| wait your bedroom IS your brother ?!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on May 28, 2021, 06:33:47 AM
Thats super annoying, they just changed the intersection near my house to now be a 4 way stop, instead of 2 way, and the confusion of people is beyond ridiculous for such a simple concept.

It reminds me of an ant that gets it's path disrupted.

The person's usual routine is disrupted, and if they don't know how to quickly adapt, they'll get confused. The adaptation of an ant is to find a way around that disruption and back onto the path.

A person should be able to quickly adapt and understand.

It's the routine of a person that is changes. And I'd they don't like to deal with change, or can't handle change, then they'll have a harder time adapting. I have no idea how or why people just suddenly become dumbfounded when change to their routine suddenly occurs.

If you read the signs on the roads, you would know what is coming up ahead. If you know the rules of driving and what to do in these situations, you can adapt. But, not many people know these rules, and what to do when in these situations that you run into while driving on the road.

Driving Education needs to make a come back in Schools, because over here, people just dont know how to handle situations or why you can't just suddenly stop and make a U-turn in the middle of the street...

Or why you need to use your blinker. I sometimes wish I had a bumper car so when someone doesn't use it and decided to suddenly turn, I could hit them and say, "I didn't know you where turning, I didn't see no blinker."

There were signs up for about a month saying the intersection was turning to a 4 way stop soon, but I think generally, 4 way stops confuse a lot of people for some reason.  Like they were never taught "right of way"

I have one right around the corner from me, and about every third time going through, SOMEONE is driving through with their "WTF!" arms in the air.  Haha.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on May 28, 2021, 07:35:02 AM
Thats super annoying, they just changed the intersection near my house to now be a 4 way stop, instead of 2 way, and the confusion of people is beyond ridiculous for such a simple concept.

It reminds me of an ant that gets it's path disrupted.

The person's usual routine is disrupted, and if they don't know how to quickly adapt, they'll get confused. The adaptation of an ant is to find a way around that disruption and back onto the path.

A person should be able to quickly adapt and understand.

It's the routine of a person that is changes. And I'd they don't like to deal with change, or can't handle change, then they'll have a harder time adapting. I have no idea how or why people just suddenly become dumbfounded when change to their routine suddenly occurs.

If you read the signs on the roads, you would know what is coming up ahead. If you know the rules of driving and what to do in these situations, you can adapt. But, not many people know these rules, and what to do when in these situations that you run into while driving on the road.

Driving Education needs to make a come back in Schools, because over here, people just dont know how to handle situations or why you can't just suddenly stop and make a U-turn in the middle of the street...

Or why you need to use your blinker. I sometimes wish I had a bumper car so when someone doesn't use it and decided to suddenly turn, I could hit them and say, "I didn't know you where turning, I didn't see no blinker."

There were signs up for about a month saying the intersection was turning to a 4 way stop soon, but I think generally, 4 way stops confuse a lot of people for some reason.  Like they were never taught "right of way"

I have one right around the corner from me, and about every third time going through, SOMEONE is driving through with their "WTF!" arms in the air.  Haha.

This of course gets exponentially worse with more lanes facing a particular direction. There have been times when an intersection’s lights were out and suddenly I felt like I was driving in India.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on May 28, 2021, 08:37:20 AM
Thats super annoying, they just changed the intersection near my house to now be a 4 way stop, instead of 2 way, and the confusion of people is beyond ridiculous for such a simple concept.

It reminds me of an ant that gets it's path disrupted.

The person's usual routine is disrupted, and if they don't know how to quickly adapt, they'll get confused. The adaptation of an ant is to find a way around that disruption and back onto the path.

A person should be able to quickly adapt and understand.

It's the routine of a person that is changes. And I'd they don't like to deal with change, or can't handle change, then they'll have a harder time adapting. I have no idea how or why people just suddenly become dumbfounded when change to their routine suddenly occurs.

If you read the signs on the roads, you would know what is coming up ahead. If you know the rules of driving and what to do in these situations, you can adapt. But, not many people know these rules, and what to do when in these situations that you run into while driving on the road.

Driving Education needs to make a come back in Schools, because over here, people just dont know how to handle situations or why you can't just suddenly stop and make a U-turn in the middle of the street...

Or why you need to use your blinker. I sometimes wish I had a bumper car so when someone doesn't use it and decided to suddenly turn, I could hit them and say, "I didn't know you where turning, I didn't see no blinker."

There were signs up for about a month saying the intersection was turning to a 4 way stop soon, but I think generally, 4 way stops confuse a lot of people for some reason.  Like they were never taught "right of way"

Or being over-considerate and letting you go, when "right of way" says it's not your turn. I've seen this happen before, and me being me, I went while they were still going "after you" "no, you go" and waved and laughed.

4-way stops confuse people because you have to communicate without words to the other driver your intentions. You have to look them in the eye, so you can connect and understand through the eyes.

But if you understand "right of way" and it's in the driving test, you shouldn't have a problem understanding when to go, and won't even have to look at someone to know when to go.

People having high anxiety now doesn't help at all either.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Lonk on May 28, 2021, 08:47:36 AM
Thats super annoying, they just changed the intersection near my house to now be a 4 way stop, instead of 2 way, and the confusion of people is beyond ridiculous for such a simple concept.

Few years ago, I lived on a short one way street in upper Manhattan, less than 1/4 mile in total. For some reason the city decided to change the direction from one way going SE, to NW. The confusion that followed for a few weeks was scary but funny at the same time.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: ReaperKK on May 29, 2021, 08:39:35 AM
Car insurance rates. For no reason at all my car insurance rate went up 40% so I have to start the whole process of finding new car insurance. Annoying that every 2 years I essentially have to jump through hoops to get lower rates.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on May 29, 2021, 04:51:51 PM
Thats super annoying, they just changed the intersection near my house to now be a 4 way stop, instead of 2 way, and the confusion of people is beyond ridiculous for such a simple concept.

Few years ago, I lived on a short one way street in upper Manhattan, less than 1/4 mile in total. For some reason the city decided to change the direction from one way going SE, to NW. The confusion that followed for a few weeks was scary but funny at the same time.

Yeah, I could see how that would be a problem for a little bit, also that's quite an odd change.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Herrick on May 30, 2021, 08:43:45 PM
Thats super annoying, they just changed the intersection near my house to now be a 4 way stop, instead of 2 way, and the confusion of people is beyond ridiculous for such a simple concept.

It reminds me of an ant that gets it's path disrupted.

The person's usual routine is disrupted, and if they don't know how to quickly adapt, they'll get confused. The adaptation of an ant is to find a way around that disruption and back onto the path.

A person should be able to quickly adapt and understand.

It's the routine of a person that is changes. And I'd they don't like to deal with change, or can't handle change, then they'll have a harder time adapting. I have no idea how or why people just suddenly become dumbfounded when change to their routine suddenly occurs.

If you read the signs on the roads, you would know what is coming up ahead. If you know the rules of driving and what to do in these situations, you can adapt. But, not many people know these rules, and what to do when in these situations that you run into while driving on the road.

Driving Education needs to make a come back in Schools, because over here, people just dont know how to handle situations or why you can't just suddenly stop and make a U-turn in the middle of the street...

Or why you need to use your blinker. I sometimes wish I had a bumper car so when someone doesn't use it and decided to suddenly turn, I could hit them and say, "I didn't know you where turning, I didn't see no blinker."

There were signs up for about a month saying the intersection was turning to a 4 way stop soon, but I think generally, 4 way stops confuse a lot of people for some reason.  Like they were never taught "right of way"

Or being over-considerate and letting you go, when "right of way" says it's not your turn. I've seen this happen before, and me being me, I went while they were still going "after you" "no, you go" and waved and laughed.

4-way stops confuse people because you have to communicate without words to the other driver your intentions. You have to look them in the eye, so you can connect and understand through the eyes.

But if you understand "right of way" and it's in the driving test, you shouldn't have a problem understanding when to go, and won't even have to look at someone to know when to go.

People having high anxiety now doesn't help at all either.

What fucks it up the most from what I've seen, is people stopping way over the line (or not making a full stop at all) or stopping way before the line.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: JayOctavarium on May 31, 2021, 11:07:21 AM
Here's a minor thing. I'm thinking about how many missed opportunities I've had to meet Talk Wilkenfeld. I have such a big thing for her (both musically, and an all around huge crush on her).

A good friend of mine and now former coworker met her while working security at the Santa Barbara Bowl ( I had an invite to work that night but it interfered with my main job and couldn't do it 
)duringg a Who concert where Tal was opening, and a couple other friends met her at NAMM I think twice, on years that I didn't go. I also have had several concert opportunities that I missed.


One day, Tal... One day I'll get a chance to meet you but I'll be so awkward that I freeze up or seem like I'm just fucking crazy :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on June 01, 2021, 06:45:59 PM
Along the grammar lines, over the 13 years I’ve lived in Oregon, in asking what one does for a living, a truck driver, without fail, says he/she “drives truck.” Not “drives a truck,” or “I’m in trucking.” It’s always “I drive truck.” I’d never encountered that phrase in the nearly 30 years I lived in Utah. And I thought it might be a regional thing here, but my wife who grew up in Wisconsin has said that same phrase as well. It perplexes me why they don’t include the “a” in there, but oh well. Whatever.

YES!  That's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.

Another thing I see a lot is - apart from the wrong Your & You're, They're Their and There, using apostrophes wrong etc etc ( putting an apostrophe at the end of literally any word that ends in an s )

is not using one at all - for example - " He was playing xbox in my brother bedroom "  :| wait your bedroom IS your brother ?!

....another irritating thing is how some people don’t understand what the word “literally” means.  ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Herrick on June 01, 2021, 07:49:15 PM

....another irritating thing is how some people don’t understand what the word “literally” means.  ;)

That and when they say "to be honest" and give the most benign uncontroversial opinion. Often they use a combo: "To be honest, The Godfather is literally a great movie". Wow thanks for your honesty. It must've taken a lot of courage to give a favorable opinion on what is widely considered to be one of the best films ever made  :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Snow Dog on June 01, 2021, 08:19:23 PM
People who say, “I don’t want to tell you your business,” and then proceed to do exactly that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 02, 2021, 04:13:51 AM
People who say, “I don’t want to tell you your business,” and then proceed to do exactly that.

Or, "no offense but <then proceed to say something offensive>".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 02, 2021, 07:12:40 AM
I spent a good portion of the Memorial Day weekend burning off shows from my DVR.  For better or worse, that meant a lot of 20/20 or Dateline episodes, which means they were mostly crime stories.   Scott Peterson was one, the Heather Elvis killing another.

It was fascinating to me - and mildly irritating - how often people switched perspectives while talking: "I walked in the room. I saw her in bed with the mailman.  When you see that, you lose control and you just want to lash out. You want to hurt and you want to punish."

Well, no, that was your specific reaction.  Don't change the discussion to "you", implying that anyone would think that if they found themselves in that position.  I imagine the people don't even realize they are making that shift, but it's still, to me, a sign of insecurity and a gesture to try to justify their otherwise unjustifiable actions.  I'm sure some of it is the frequency illusion, but once you notice it, you can't help but see it everywhere.  (See what I did there? :) :))
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 02, 2021, 09:51:28 AM
Along the grammar lines, over the 13 years I’ve lived in Oregon, in asking what one does for a living, a truck driver, without fail, says he/she “drives truck.” Not “drives a truck,” or “I’m in trucking.” It’s always “I drive truck.” I’d never encountered that phrase in the nearly 30 years I lived in Utah. And I thought it might be a regional thing here, but my wife who grew up in Wisconsin has said that same phrase as well. It perplexes me why they don’t include the “a” in there, but oh well. Whatever.

YES!  That's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.

Another thing I see a lot is - apart from the wrong Your & You're, They're Their and There, using apostrophes wrong etc etc ( putting an apostrophe at the end of literally any word that ends in an s )

is not using one at all - for example - " He was playing xbox in my brother bedroom "  :| wait your bedroom IS your brother ?!

....another irritating thing is how some people don’t understand what the word “literally” means.  ;)

Except that, in the example given, the use of "literally" is apt.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: eric42434224 on June 02, 2021, 10:31:53 PM
Along the grammar lines, over the 13 years I’ve lived in Oregon, in asking what one does for a living, a truck driver, without fail, says he/she “drives truck.” Not “drives a truck,” or “I’m in trucking.” It’s always “I drive truck.” I’d never encountered that phrase in the nearly 30 years I lived in Utah. And I thought it might be a regional thing here, but my wife who grew up in Wisconsin has said that same phrase as well. It perplexes me why they don’t include the “a” in there, but oh well. Whatever.

YES!  That's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.

Another thing I see a lot is - apart from the wrong Your & You're, They're Their and There, using apostrophes wrong etc etc ( putting an apostrophe at the end of literally any word that ends in an s )

is not using one at all - for example - " He was playing xbox in my brother bedroom "  :| wait your bedroom IS your brother ?!

....another irritating thing is how some people don’t understand what the word “literally” means.  ;)

Except that, in the example given, the use of "literally" is apt.

Is it really?  Using an apostrophe after every word ending in s?   Literally every word?  Really?

"That girl Alanis from Paris is as hot as fuck" is a sentence that these people would write like "That girl Alanis' from Paris' is' as' hot as' fuck"?

No, he is' literally using the word literally wrong.  Unless' I am unaware of what the real definition is'.   ;)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Herrick on June 03, 2021, 12:00:17 AM
Along the grammar lines, over the 13 years I’ve lived in Oregon, in asking what one does for a living, a truck driver, without fail, says he/she “drives truck.” Not “drives a truck,” or “I’m in trucking.” It’s always “I drive truck.” I’d never encountered that phrase in the nearly 30 years I lived in Utah. And I thought it might be a regional thing here, but my wife who grew up in Wisconsin has said that same phrase as well. It perplexes me why they don’t include the “a” in there, but oh well. Whatever.

YES!  That's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.

Another thing I see a lot is - apart from the wrong Your & You're, They're Their and There, using apostrophes wrong etc etc ( putting an apostrophe at the end of literally any word that ends in an s )

is not using one at all - for example - " He was playing xbox in my brother bedroom "  :| wait your bedroom IS your brother ?!

....another irritating thing is how some people don’t understand what the word “literally” means.  ;)

Except that, in the example given, the use of "literally" is apt.

Is it really?  Using an apostrophe after every word ending in s?   Literally every word?  Really?

"That girl Alanis from Paris is as hot as fuck" is a sentence that these people would write like "That girl Alanis' from Paris' is' as' hot as' fuck"?

No, he is' literally using the word literally wrong.  Unless' I am unaware of what the real definition is'.   ;)

To be honest, I've literally never seen anyone put an apostrophe after ever word that ends in an "s".
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 03, 2021, 12:57:03 PM
Along the grammar lines, over the 13 years I’ve lived in Oregon, in asking what one does for a living, a truck driver, without fail, says he/she “drives truck.” Not “drives a truck,” or “I’m in trucking.” It’s always “I drive truck.” I’d never encountered that phrase in the nearly 30 years I lived in Utah. And I thought it might be a regional thing here, but my wife who grew up in Wisconsin has said that same phrase as well. It perplexes me why they don’t include the “a” in there, but oh well. Whatever.

YES!  That's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.

Another thing I see a lot is - apart from the wrong Your & You're, They're Their and There, using apostrophes wrong etc etc ( putting an apostrophe at the end of literally any word that ends in an s )

is not using one at all - for example - " He was playing xbox in my brother bedroom "  :| wait your bedroom IS your brother ?!

....another irritating thing is how some people don’t understand what the word “literally” means.  ;)

Except that, in the example given, the use of "literally" is apt.

Is it really?  Using an apostrophe after every word ending in s?   Literally every word?  Really?

Certainly not everyone, but for some people on social media?  Yes, literally.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 07, 2021, 11:22:53 AM
So, I'm ripping all my CDs (and DVDs) to a local hard drive.   I'm at "U" now, and I was going through U2 last night.  I came to the three singles I have for The Joshua Tree.   Now, I KNOW I have "With Or Without You", "I Still Haven't Found..." and "Where The Streets..." because they have unreleased songs as the B-Sides, and I've long had an expanded TJT on my iPod.  But when I went to rip them, "WIWY" was nowhere to be found.  Not in the pile I brought upstairs, or in the rack of CDs have yet to burn.  Now, I'm not at a real loss, since I have the b-sides from the Deluxe Edition of the album, but still, it's mildly irritating that I lost a CD like that.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 07, 2021, 02:05:49 PM
So, I'm ripping all my CDs (and DVDs) to a local hard drive.   I'm at "U" now, and I was going through U2 last night.  I came to the three singles I have for The Joshua Tree.   Now, I KNOW I have "With Or Without You", "I Still Haven't Found..." and "Where The Streets..." because they have unreleased songs as the B-Sides, and I've long had an expanded TJT on my iPod.  But when I went to rip them, "WIWY" was nowhere to be found.  Not in the pile I brought upstairs, or in the rack of CDs have yet to burn.  Now, I'm not at a real loss, since I have the b-sides from the Deluxe Edition of the album, but still, it's mildly irritating that I lost a CD like that.

I was wondering if you came across the single yet or if...










...you still haven't found what you're looking for.





I am so sorry. That was awful.









Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: kirksnosehair on June 07, 2021, 02:21:16 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 07, 2021, 02:35:53 PM
Wow. Shameless.   


:) :) :)

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 07, 2021, 04:02:11 PM
I was wondering if you came across the single yet or if...



...you still haven't found what you're looking for.



I am so sorry. That was awful.

I'm jealous I didn't think of this!

(https://media.tenor.com/images/039b76f457e474fccd92a26f5562393d/tenor.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 08, 2021, 04:12:00 AM
People who say, “I don’t want to tell you your business,” and then proceed to do exactly that.



I'm not racist BUT
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 08, 2021, 04:20:08 AM
Classic one - but when a website wants a ludicrously specific password for a website. One that you will never ever remember - and also - you can't have any of the passwords

for that site you've used previously. So every time your password expires - you have to spend 20 minutes thinking of a new one which fits the criteria.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 12, 2021, 03:34:18 PM
When ppl say they're jamming a song - what they really mean is they're listening to it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on June 13, 2021, 08:54:51 AM
When ppl say they're jamming a song - what they really mean is they're listening to it.

This song is my jam... :metal
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: lordxizor on June 16, 2021, 08:40:15 AM
When you ask a question on Facebook and someone likes your post. What the hell does liking my question mean? Do you agree with wanting to know the answer to my question? Did you just blindly like the post without reading it?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 16, 2021, 08:41:59 AM
 :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 16, 2021, 09:29:15 AM
Adding "right now" to the end of something, for reasons I cannot fathom.

"Are you kidding me right now?"   No, I'm kidding you tomorrow afternoon. Stay tuned.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on June 16, 2021, 09:38:17 AM
When you ask a question on Facebook and someone likes your post. What the hell does liking my question mean? Do you agree with wanting to know the answer to my question? Did you just blindly like the post without reading it?

I suspect some do it so they get notifications.  Like, maybe they do not want to answer, but they are interested in what others will say, so by hitting 'like,' they will then get notifications for all replies. That is my guess.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 16, 2021, 09:59:13 AM
Adding "right now" to the end of something, for reasons I cannot fathom.

"Are you kidding me right now?"   No, I'm kidding you tomorrow afternoon. Stay tuned.

I seriously laughed out loud!  I'm gonna giggle about this all day now.   :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 16, 2021, 10:03:12 AM
When you ask a question on Facebook and someone likes your post. What the hell does liking my question mean? Do you agree with wanting to know the answer to my question? Did you just blindly like the post without reading it?

I suspect some do it so they get notifications.  Like, maybe they do not want to answer, but they are interested in what others will say, so by hitting 'like,' they will then get notifications for all replies. That is my guess.

I dont believe you get notifications on things you like, only if you comment.  But my guess is because they support the question and want to know the answer as well.  Liking it gives the post more exposure.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 16, 2021, 10:48:58 AM
When you ask a question on Facebook and someone likes your post. What the hell does liking my question mean? Do you agree with wanting to know the answer to my question? Did you just blindly like the post without reading it?

I suspect some do it so they get notifications.  Like, maybe they do not want to answer, but they are interested in what others will say, so by hitting 'like,' they will then get notifications for all replies. That is my guess.

I dont believe you get notifications on things you like, only if you comment.  But my guess is because they support the question and want to know the answer as well.  Liking it gives the post more exposure.

This is the answer right here, in the hobby realm of Facebook at least.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on June 16, 2021, 11:43:31 AM
Adding "right now" to the end of something, for reasons I cannot fathom.

"Are you kidding me right now?"   No, I'm kidding you tomorrow afternoon. Stay tuned.

I would respond with that, because it's witty, and a great response for that question.

But I would also respond with this great allusion...

"Oh! You mean right now, right now. I can't do it right now, right now. when? shit, probably later...later, later. But not, right now, right now." (https://youtu.be/oauRt_SB8M8)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on June 16, 2021, 03:41:41 PM
When you ask a question on Facebook and someone likes your post. What the hell does liking my question mean? Do you agree with wanting to know the answer to my question? Did you just blindly like the post without reading it?

I suspect some do it so they get notifications.  Like, maybe they do not want to answer, but they are interested in what others will say, so by hitting 'like,' they will then get notifications for all replies. That is my guess.

I dont believe you get notifications on things you like, only if you comment.  But my guess is because they support the question and want to know the answer as well.  Liking it gives the post more exposure.

This is the answer right here, in the hobby realm of Facebook at least.

Well then, I guess my guess was wrong. :facepalm: :rollin

I mostly avoid FB now like it's a house party playing Kiss music, so that's my excuse. :P
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 16, 2021, 04:16:55 PM
I hate when people rip on KISS.







Love you Kev!  :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 17, 2021, 07:23:41 AM
Yeah, me too!  :) :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 17, 2021, 07:31:16 AM
 :corn
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 17, 2021, 08:43:12 AM
I mostly avoid FB now like it's a house party playing Kiss music, so that's my excuse. :P

I mostly avoid FB now too.  I will scroll through occassionaly, but posting/commenting/liking things is basically non existent anymore.  I've very much fallen out of love with Facebook. 

However, I have started to really like tiktok.  It's a bit different, but I am very much entertained by scrolling through my "for you" feed and it doesn't have that "personal" feel like facebook has. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on June 17, 2021, 08:52:26 AM
I mostly avoid FB now like it's a house party playing Kiss music, so that's my excuse. :P

I mostly avoid FB now too.  I will scroll through occassionaly, but posting/commenting/liking things is basically non existent anymore.  I've very much fallen out of love with Facebook. 

However, I have started to really like tiktok.  It's a bit different, but I am very much entertained by scrolling through my "for you" feed and it doesn't have that "personal" feel like facebook has.

There's great Meme groups and that's what Facebook has evolved into. People joining meme groups and posting and sharing memes. Some hilarious ones at that and some funny feuds happening there. Basically Facebook is now an entertainment site. 😂😂😂
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: gmillerdrake on June 17, 2021, 10:10:51 AM
I mostly avoid FB now like it's a house party playing Kiss music, so that's my excuse. :P

I mostly avoid FB now too.  I will scroll through occassionaly, but posting/commenting/liking things is basically non existent anymore.  I've very much fallen out of love with Facebook. 

However, I have started to really like tiktok.  It's a bit different, but I am very much entertained by scrolling through my "for you" feed and it doesn't have that "personal" feel like facebook has.

I went over 7 years without FB......went as far as deleting my old account totally. Then recently, I created a new account because I am organizing a fundraiser for a buddy of mine who out of nowhere found out he had lymphoma cancer and had a surgery. I was just going to run the page and then after the event log back out....which I still may do. BUT...I wasn't going to go the whole route of friending people and what not.

Well that fell through. After about a week I started getting some friend requests and I requested.....next thing you know I'm back in.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 17, 2021, 11:04:51 AM
I mostly avoid FB now like it's a house party playing Kiss music, so that's my excuse. :P

I mostly avoid FB now too.  I will scroll through occassionaly, but posting/commenting/liking things is basically non existent anymore.  I've very much fallen out of love with Facebook. 

However, I have started to really like tiktok.  It's a bit different, but I am very much entertained by scrolling through my "for you" feed and it doesn't have that "personal" feel like facebook has.

I went over 7 years without FB......went as far as deleting my old account totally. Then recently, I created a new account because I am organizing a fundraiser for a buddy of mine who out of nowhere found out he had lymphoma cancer and had a surgery. I was just going to run the page and then after the event log back out....which I still may do. BUT...I wasn't going to go the whole route of friending people and what not.

Well that fell through. After about a week I started getting some friend requests and I requested.....next thing you know I'm back in.

(https://media2.giphy.com/media/B3nATT4FPkb3G/200.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 17, 2021, 11:15:44 AM
I just copied that gif to post here and you beat me to it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 17, 2021, 11:34:27 AM
(https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/George-Costanza-Winking.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 17, 2021, 12:06:36 PM
(https://i.gifer.com/gWb.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 17, 2021, 01:34:48 PM
$10 says you can't name those two characters without Googling it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 17, 2021, 01:38:05 PM
$10 says you can't name those two characters without Googling it.

I should drop the Kramer slapping money on the table gif.  LOL
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 17, 2021, 01:46:32 PM
Is it wrong I could identify the scenes that those two gifs are from?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 17, 2021, 07:07:16 PM
$10 says you can't name those two characters without Googling it.

Hmm..is that $10 Canadian?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 17, 2021, 07:27:16 PM
$10 says you can't name those two characters without Googling it.

Hmm..is that $10 Canadian?

Either way, it's enough for a chocolate bobka.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 17, 2021, 07:28:03 PM
What is bobka??
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on June 17, 2021, 07:42:14 PM
A dessert that also works if you get it with cinnamon.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 17, 2021, 07:55:37 PM
I have only heard of a chocolate babka in that Seinfeld episode. I have never heard it in any other context. I had always assumed it was an East Coast thing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on June 17, 2021, 08:04:12 PM
Just steer clear of the black and white cookie.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 17, 2021, 08:36:57 PM
What about a marble rye*? From Schnitzer's, of course.


*Something else I have never heard mentioned in any other context.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 17, 2021, 08:40:22 PM
Also Elaine has the power to dry out musicians mouths.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 18, 2021, 07:33:00 AM
What is bobka??

It's babka, and I'd be surprised if you haven't had it in some form or another.   Monkey bread isn't that far removed from babka, at least in theory (the dough is slightly different, though).
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on June 18, 2021, 08:27:54 AM
What is bobka??

It's babka, and I'd be surprised if you haven't had it in some form or another.   Monkey bread isn't that far removed from babka, at least in theory (the dough is slightly different, though).

It is.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 18, 2021, 09:06:58 AM
What is bobka??

Exxx-actly!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 21, 2021, 02:29:13 AM
Back on Topic...


When your manager acts like you are literally wasting their money if you dare to stand still for a minute just to catch your breath or something. I fucking hate it.

I was in a job once where my manager literally without irony asked me "Why are you standing still?" as if my motion produces wages by some sort of kinetic energy ?!

I work in hospitality and we're not allowed to be seen to be standing around. Which I don't understand. There is always something to do, yes. But

if there's nothing immediately pressing to attend to - I guarantee the customers / diners don't give two shits if the staff are just standing around chatting.

if anything it looks like the team are all getting along / probably work hard and need a breather for a moment.

---

My job is the food runner so i have to carry a 4 ft wide tray full of plates for up to 7 hours every day. But if there is no food to run - and you get yourself a glass of water and lean on the

counter in the kitchen out of sight - someone will come along and be like " could you find something to do "

Um i've been doing something for that last 7 hours thanks. Mind if I have a rest for a minute ?

...And whilst we're on the subject - me working myself extra harder doesn't mean I get paid any more so jog on :tup
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 21, 2021, 06:51:33 AM
Back on Topic...


When your manager acts like you are literally wasting their money if you dare to stand still for a minute just to catch your breath or something. I fucking hate it.

I was in a job once where my manager literally without irony asked me "Why are you standing still?" as if my motion produces wages by some sort of kinetic energy ?!

I work in hospitality and we're not allowed to be seen to be standing around. Which I don't understand. There is always something to do, yes. But

if there's nothing immediately pressing to attend to - I guarantee the customers / diners don't give two shits if the staff are just standing around chatting.

if anything it looks like the team are all getting along / probably work hard and need a breather for a moment.

---

My job is the food runner so i have to carry a 4 ft wide tray full of plates for up to 7 hours every day. But if there is no food to run - and you get yourself a glass of water and lean on the

counter in the kitchen out of sight - someone will come along and be like " could you find something to do "

Um i've been doing something for that last 7 hours thanks. Mind if I have a rest for a minute ?

...And whilst we're on the subject - me working myself extra harder doesn't mean I get paid any more so jog on :tup

I know, I know, it's the bitch thread, but this complaint is mildly irritating to me, so here goes:

You KIND of had me up until here.  No, you're right, you're not making more, but big picture that's not the objective.  The entire operation isn't there for you to make more money.    From the perspective of the people talking to you, you're there to further whatever objective they have.   I don't know what business you're in, but I grew up in the construction industry, and at a time where margins were razor thin.   Me working harder wasn't a way for me to be paid more, it was a way for the leadership to get some air, get done faster, or to beat other obstacles like weather, zoning and subcontractors.   You do you, you have to make your own decisions, but unless you're honest with yourself and understand that that is comparing apples and oranges you're going to be disappointed.   

You said "food" so I imagine it's some sort of restaurant/service operation.  I've got no experience there, but I can easily see reasons where your break is of no concern to them.  Whether it's taking advantage of a slow time before the expected rush, whether it's to maximize your output to reduce later overtime, or whatever, or, unfortunately for you, whether there's no real reason at all, it's THEIR operation, not yours.

Not to be a smartass, but when my daughter got her first job - as a hairdresser - she was all "they want me in 15 minutes before the shift starts, but where's my f-ing money?!?"  and ""jeez, I was just five minutes late, WTF is the big deal?"   And we walked through how her boss - the owner - made money, and at first it made no impact.  But she got a new job and I don't know if it's older/wiser or something else, but she started coming in a little earlier, and making sure she was visible in the salon before her shift started, and it didn't take long before she started getting better assignments, started getting the better assistant help, and started to get the better customers and, go figure, two things happened: she started making better money, and when the inevitable COVID layoffs happened, she was kept on. 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 21, 2021, 07:20:54 AM
How my in-laws have conversations.

They don't get to the point.

They talk in circles without getting to a resolution.

It's like a long run on.

They have a slow process when they talk.

You better not interject during their time talking, they get pissed.

In the end I lose interest and just nod my head because I've checked out.

Even my wife can't take it anymore.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 21, 2021, 07:33:32 AM
I don't know if it's the same thing or not, and I wouldn't say it's annoying, but my father-in-law - who I love, by the way - has this habit of trailing off sentences.  He'll start with words then just sort of trail off into noises and head nods.  I'm not always the best with hearing to begin with, so it makes conversations sometimes hard.  :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 21, 2021, 07:43:08 AM
My father in law sounds like Archie Bunker.  My wife laughs her ass off when I pretend I'm him.  I'll mimic him talking about how to marinade chicken.  Ten minutes later, I still haven't explained and we both die laughing.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 21, 2021, 03:45:23 PM
I don't know if it's the same thing or not, and I wouldn't say it's annoying, but my father-in-law - who I love, by the way - has this habit of trailing off sentences.  He'll start with words then just sort of trail off into noises and head nods.  I'm not always the best with hearing to begin with, so it makes conversations sometimes hard.  :)

People that are telling you an anecdote but they fixate on the small details. Like

" I saw John the other day you'll never guess what he said.. It was a Tuesday... At noon. No it was 1 ... was it 1 ? or 12:30 ? No It must have been noon as i'd just watched the news before I left the house. Oh wait it was Wednesday as I... "

WHAT DID JOHN SAY
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on June 21, 2021, 04:59:40 PM
Maybe we need an AITA? thread.

Long story short - a good friend is having a birthday party this weekend at his house.  But it's going to be hotter than hades and they don't have AC so I offered to host the party (12 ppl) at our fully AC'd house and they said that would be great.  So far so good, right?

One couple is traveling from about 5 hours away to attend.  During the pandemic they - along with about a million other people - got a puppy...an adorable puppy who is now about 9 months old.  Now I like dogs and I like puppies but we have 3 cats who beg to differ.  So I offered to host the party without thinking about this puppy situation and now that I'm saying, "Hey, I don't think it would be a good fit to have your puppy in our house can we come up with some alternative to where the puppy might be." the woman is saying they aren't going to come after all.

AITA?

It will be too hot to leave Fido outside and plus, he barks.  Normally this is not a big deal but that means they can't leave him alone in the hotel room.  And the other thing is that about a year ago, I had to contact our local animal control because our neighbors dogs were left outside to bark for HOURS and HOURS and they wouldn't do anything about it until they received an official letter that if they didn't deal with the barking they could be fined $500 per every 5 minutes of barking.  (It worked!) So of course, having a barking dog in our shady backyard would be very hypocritical of us.

I feel terrible that this is the deal breaker for them to come but at the same time this doesn't feel like my problem to have to manage.

Here I thought I was doing a good deed and now it feels like I'm the host sucking all the fun out of the party.   :yeahright
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: El Barto on June 21, 2021, 05:07:58 PM
Never in my life have I been invited to a party and thought to myself "I'm sure my dog/cat/fish will have a great time!" On a couple of occasions I have thought to myself "wow, what kind of asshole has to take his dog to somebody else's party?"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 21, 2021, 05:27:09 PM
Is your friend whose birthday it is cool with this?

Hey, fuck 'em. Leave the fucking dog at home. It's not like it's a damn kid.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on June 21, 2021, 05:46:46 PM
Maybe we need an AITA? thread.

Long story short - a good friend is having a birthday party this weekend at his house.  But it's going to be hotter than hades and they don't have AC so I offered to host the party (12 ppl) at our fully AC'd house and they said that would be great.  So far so good, right?

One couple is traveling from about 5 hours away to attend.  During the pandemic they - along with about a million other people - got a puppy...an adorable puppy who is now about 9 months old.  Now I like dogs and I like puppies but we have 3 cats who beg to differ.  So I offered to host the party without thinking about this puppy situation and now that I'm saying, "Hey, I don't think it would be a good fit to have your puppy in our house can we come up with some alternative to where the puppy might be." the woman is saying they aren't going to come after all.

AITA?

It will be too hot to leave Fido outside and plus, he barks.  Normally this is not a big deal but that means they can't leave him alone in the hotel room.  And the other thing is that about a year ago, I had to contact our local animal control because our neighbors dogs were left outside to bark for HOURS and HOURS and they wouldn't do anything about it until they received an official letter that if they didn't deal with the barking they could be fined $500 per every 5 minutes of barking.  (It worked!) So of course, having a barking dog in our shady backyard would be very hypocritical of us.

I feel terrible that this is the deal breaker for them to come but at the same time this doesn't feel like my problem to have to manage.

Here I thought I was doing a good deed and now it feels like I'm the host sucking all the fun out of the party.   :yeahright

So many variables with that situation.

1. The pet is likely why as well, he wanted to have the party at his place. But also, I would like to know if HE even knew they were gonna bring a pet?

2. It's not your fault. How were you to know they were gonna bring a pet?

3. It's their pet. Their responsibility in owning a pet is to find accommodations for the pet. That responsibility should not lay onto you. And if they can't find any, tough luck for them.

4. That's just the consequences you have because you demanded something be done. And now set the precedent for the neighborhood, where now you are in a situation where a dog barking for long would not be an issue. So, that's on you.


If you really wanted to, why not just find an accommodation for your cats? Like leave them in a room. It's compromising to have them there with their dogs, rather than them not coming at all.



Also...what does AITA mean?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 21, 2021, 05:49:49 PM
Everybody pitch in to buy an AC for the birthday. Give the present early and have everyone at their house.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on June 21, 2021, 05:51:08 PM
Everybody pitch in to buy an AC for the birthday. Give the present early and have everyone at their house.

Now that's friendship....  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: King Postwhore on June 21, 2021, 05:53:26 PM
Plus everyone feels good to help, everyone enjoys each other and all are happy.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 21, 2021, 05:58:51 PM
Never in my life have I been invited to a party and thought to myself "I'm sure my dog/cat/fish will have a great time!" On a couple of occasions I have thought to myself "wow, what kind of asshole has to take his dog to somebody else's party?"

Ditto that.

My wife volunteered to puppysit for friends of hers this past weekend (after my daughter and I got back from a week in Alaska).  It went about as well as it could have, but it was still a four month old puppy (large breed, so it's somewhere in the 40-50# range, which is about the size of our own dog).  All I can say is that I'm damn glad her friends came back early, so the dog went home yesterday instead of today.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 21, 2021, 06:07:22 PM
Also...what does AITA mean?

Am I the asshole?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on June 21, 2021, 06:13:19 PM
So many variables with that situation.

1. The pet is likely why as well, he wanted to have the party at his place. But also, I would like to know if HE even knew they were gonna bring a pet?

2. It's not your fault. How were you to know they were gonna bring a pet?

3. It's their pet. Their responsibility in owning a pet is to find accommodations for the pet. That responsibility should not lay onto you. And if they can't find any, tough luck for them.

4. That's just the consequences you have because you demanded something be done. And now set the precedent for the neighborhood, where now you are in a situation where a dog barking for long would not be an issue. So, that's on you.


If you really wanted to, why not just find an accommodation for your cats? Like leave them in a room. It's compromising to have them there with their dogs, rather than them not coming at all.



Also...what does AITA mean?

1.  The birthday couple were aware of the dog issue but they hadn't really gotten that far in figuring out a solution yet.  Everyone in this group are animal lovers and 3 of the couples got dogs during the pandemic.  The birthday couple have 2 cats.  Their house is unique in that the basement area can be completely closed off and it would not impact the party area.

2.  I knew they had gotten the puppy and that they were going to be traveling 5 hours, rent a hotel room, and stay overnight.  If I had really stopped and thought, I would've realized it was going to become an issue.  I think they have a hard time being away from the puppy for any length of time and when they do leave it, they leave it at one of those doggie daycare places where he gets a lot of attention and exercise.

3.  You are correct

4.  Correct again

2 of the cats don't get along with the 3rd.  We even have 2 separate electric litter boxes that are a PITA to move.  So to put them in their own room would be 2 rooms and moving 2 liter boxes.  We could probably do this but the other thing is that we just spent a ton of money remodeling much of our home and I really don't want a puppy chewing on my new furniture and scratching up my new hardwood floors.  So there are other things at play in my head too, not just the cats.  I really just wanted us to all get together and have some post-Covid fun without a lot of stress and worry.  Having a puppy in my house would definitely not be a stress free evening for me.  But it feels like it's going to go that way.

AITA = "Am I the Asshole?"


Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on June 21, 2021, 10:52:02 PM
Honestly...No, you are not the asshole.

It's just a circumstance you all chose yourself.

Your friend could very well have told you "No. We're gonna have it here."

He took your generous offer. I myself, wouldn't consider you an asshole if we all knew about the dogs.

It's just one of those human faults of not realizing what we agreed to, only until we have sat down and started to consider all the little details involved.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: wolfking on June 21, 2021, 11:33:28 PM
Hey Harmony, fuck them. 

The people who's party it is agreed to take up your offer so why is this other couples dog your responsibility all of a sudden?  What were they going to do with the dog if it was at the original location?  So they get shitty and throw a tantrum that they won't come at all now?  Fine, piss off then.  You don't want a dog barking the whole time and shifting everywhere anyway.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: jingle.boy on June 22, 2021, 05:23:04 AM
I don't think it's your problem to solve. It's the birthday-friend's issue to resolve.  They are still the "host" of the *PARTY*, you're simply providing a new/different venue.  And these are the rules of the venue.  What if it was non-COVID, and the party had 100 people and was being hosted at a rented out restaurant / hall or something.  What if this puppy-owning couple were going to a wedding.  I can KINDA understand their point, but unless the birthday friend friend explicitly told them it was ok to bring the puppy, they're completely off-sides here.  Still, not your problem to solve - it's on the birthday boy/girl.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 22, 2021, 07:18:11 AM
Never in my life have I been invited to a party and thought to myself "I'm sure my dog/cat/fish will have a great time!" On a couple of occasions I have thought to myself "wow, what kind of asshole has to take his dog to somebody else's party?"

I'm with you; I have three dogs and it's actually a topic of conversation with my wife; if we can't account for our dogs OURSELVES - meaning, leave them home, get someone to watch them, whatever - then we don't go. And there are a number of things we DON'T go to because of the dogs.   They are OUR dogs, and OUR burdens, no one else's.    Except in the most egregious circumstances, I would never ever in a million years call someone who is hosting a party and make MY dog the issue.

Not an asshole.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Adami on June 22, 2021, 07:24:18 AM
It's also possible no one is the a-hole in that story. Maybe, for whatever reason, they can't leave the dog at home for that long alone and just chose to stay home with it in this case. It might just be fine.



Wait, is this in LA? Cause if so, then they're just annoying LA people.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on June 22, 2021, 08:46:29 AM
It's also possible no one is the a-hole in that story. Maybe, for whatever reason, they can't leave the dog at home for that long alone and just chose to stay home with it in this case. It might just be fine.

So it seems that this is pretty much it.  What I'm hearing now is that even when at home after 3 hours at doggie daycare Fido is super stressed out.  It's some sort of herding breed which tend to be more high strung and need lots of attention.   There really isn't going to be any workable solution and the woman in this couple is going to stay home while her husband travels up for the party.

FTR, I love these guys and they are also my friends.  I really wanted to see them because since they've moved so far away, we haven't been as close and I miss them.  I really had hoped we could work it out, but she is making the choice to stay back and as long as nobody's feelings are hurt, then this seems to be the best solution for everyone.

This may not pertain to anything but this couple is childless by choice and while they've had cats over the years, this is their first dog and I'm wondering if the separation anxiety is more on my friend's heart than it truly is a puppy issue.  But I don't know much about dogs so maybe this is just a phase of it and as my friend said in her last email, it will get easier as he gets older.

But damn, I'm never had so much stress over doing a good deed.  I guess the road to hell truly is paved with good intentions.   :lol
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on June 22, 2021, 08:59:02 AM
It's also possible no one is the a-hole in that story. Maybe, for whatever reason, they can't leave the dog at home for that long alone and just chose to stay home with it in this case. It might just be fine.

So it seems that this is pretty much it.  What I'm hearing now is that even when at home after 3 hours at doggie daycare Fido is super stressed out.  It's some sort of herding breed which tend to be more high strung and need lots of attention.   There really isn't going to be any workable solution and the woman in this couple is going to stay home while her husband travels up for the party.

FTR, I love these guys and they are also my friends.  I really wanted to see them because since they've moved so far away, we haven't been as close and I miss them.  I really had hoped we could work it out, but she is making the choice to stay back and as long as nobody's feelings are hurt, then this seems to be the best solution for everyone.

This may not pertain to anything but this couple is childless by choice and while they've had cats over the years, this is their first dog and I'm wondering if the separation anxiety is more on my friend's heart than it truly is a puppy issue.  But I don't know much about dogs so maybe this is just a phase of it and as my friend said in her last email, it will get easier as he gets older.

But damn, I'm never had so much stress over doing a good deed.  I guess the road to hell truly is paved with good intentions.   :lol

I don't understand why you would get stressed over someone else's feelings.

Wouldn't this be a good example of being over-considerate and worrying about things out of your control and causing unnecessary stress?

It's like a clash of your feelings versus theirs. Your stressing because they're not coming now because you won't let them have their dog at your home. They should understand why because it's your house and they chose to have a dog. You started to place worry and feel sorry for them, when they in fact, compromised and made a solution for the situation. Who knows if it caused them stress, but that's their situation to worry about and not a situation you should stress yourself over.

And now you're wondering if your friend has seperation anxiety because she chose to stay with a dog because they chose to not have a child? Why are you labelling and putting a condition to someone without even asking how they feel about it. That's judgement of ones feelings and situations.

I don't know. It just seems like your putting unnecessary stress on yourself, by overthinking how you think your friends feel, and worrying about their feelings to the point where you even consider yourself an asshole.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Harmony on June 22, 2021, 09:12:54 AM
And now you're wondering if your friend has seperation anxiety because she chose to stay with a dog because they chose to not have a child? Why are you labelling and putting a condition to someone without even asking how they feel about it. That's judgement of ones feelings and situations.

I don't know. It just seems like your putting unnecessary stress on yourself, by overthinking how you think your friends feel, and worrying about their feelings to the point where you even consider yourself an asshole.

How do you know if I've asked her about her feelings or not?

And yeah, we've been friends for 30 years, so I guess I do care about their feelings.  Weird, I guess.   ???
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on June 22, 2021, 09:21:25 AM
And now you're wondering if your friend has seperation anxiety because she chose to stay with a dog because they chose to not have a child? Why are you labelling and putting a condition to someone without even asking how they feel about it. That's judgement of ones feelings and situations.

I don't know. It just seems like your putting unnecessary stress on yourself, by overthinking how you think your friends feel, and worrying about their feelings to the point where you even consider yourself an asshole.

How do you know if I've asked her about her feelings or not?

And yeah, we've been friends for 30 years, so I guess I do care about their feelings.  Weird, I guess.   ???

I do not. But did you ask?

But also, it is causing you stress to the point of you feeling bad about it.

But that's life, as well. We are not all perfect. And your situation is just that, human foibles.

No need to over analyze the situation to the point where you put yourself down and consider yourself an asshole.

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Chino on June 24, 2021, 12:28:09 PM
Packages that require signatures and how there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. I just had a $69 vacuum sealer not get delivered because I was in a meeting and couldn't get to the door to sign for it. I don't get it. How do they determine what needs a signature and what doesn't? I've had Playstations, Bose equipment, and $500 remote controls just dropped on my doorstep without so much as a knock, yet a $69 kitchen appliance needs a signature? What gives? 
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 24, 2021, 12:38:52 PM
The Amazon return policy is equally as incomprehensible.   

I ordered a used Ace Frehley CD that was the wrong release, and I did a return, and they told me "keep it", even though they refunded my money.   The seller, a private seller, contacted me and said he was out the money AND the CD.  I actually sent it back to him (yes, I know I may have been scammed, but I can sleep at night.  It's happened on two other occasions for me (both auto parts).  TWICE there have been stories on the local news where multiple packages were delivered, and Amazon said "keep them" while refunding the money.

Then, my daughter ordered a hat and it came in the wrong color; she was traveling, and didn't know if the new one would come in time, and I said "don't sweat it; the odds are you won't have to return the old one, just wear that one for the time being".   Sure as shit is green, they wanted her to drop it off at a local Amazon return center. Go figure.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 24, 2021, 12:56:52 PM
Packages that require signatures and how there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. I just had a $69 vacuum sealer not get delivered because I was in a meeting and couldn't get to the door to sign for it. I don't get it. How do they determine what needs a signature and what doesn't? I've had Playstations, Bose equipment, and $500 remote controls just dropped on my doorstep without so much as a knock, yet a $69 kitchen appliance needs a signature? What gives?

A few months ago when my GPU fried, I bought two on amazon both similar products at similar prices.  Both said they required signature but one of them was dropped off while I wasn't home, the other I had to pick up at a UPS store because I wasn't home.  I was very confused by this.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 24, 2021, 03:02:28 PM
I'm not sure this is even mildly irritating, but there really isn't a better place for it.

I was reading a social media post about a very mundane topic, and someone referred to her older brother who "passed" before she was born.

I don't get why people insist on "passed away" or "passed," and it always comes across to me as pandering or something like that.  If I've "passed," it means I've succeeded on a test or in a class.  If I'm dead, then I've DIED, not "passed."

Is this just a me thing?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 24, 2021, 03:05:52 PM
I'm not sure this is even mildly irritating, but there really isn't a better place for it.

I was reading a social media post about a very mundane topic, and someone referred to her older brother who "passed" before she was born.

I don't get why people insist on "passed away" or "passed," and it always comes across to me as pandering or something like that.  If I've "passed," it means I've succeeded on a test or in a class.  If I'm dead, then I've DIED, not "passed."

Is this just a me thing?

NO, I'm with you.   I cringe during the Memorial Day and Veterans Day holidays when they break out the "ultimate sacrifice" euphemism, usually delivered with that solemn voice that broadcasters use.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 24, 2021, 03:14:02 PM
I'm not sure this is even mildly irritating, but there really isn't a better place for it.

I was reading a social media post about a very mundane topic, and someone referred to her older brother who "passed" before she was born.

I don't get why people insist on "passed away" or "passed," and it always comes across to me as pandering or something like that.  If I've "passed," it means I've succeeded on a test or in a class.  If I'm dead, then I've DIED, not "passed."

Is this just a me thing?

I wouldn't say it really bothers me at all, but I totally get what you are saying.  It reminds me of George Carlin talking about language and how we change words to make them sound better emotionally. example: shell shock -> PTSD
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 24, 2021, 03:20:41 PM
I "passed" the cart corral with my carriage. I went right "past" it.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 24, 2021, 03:29:43 PM
It reminds me of George Carlin talking about language and how we change words to make them sound better emotionally. example: shell shock -> PTSD

When this first came to mind, that Carlin routine was the first thing I thought about.  I believe the theme was "soft language."  It's like pretending something didn't happen.



I "passed" the cart corral with my carriage. I went right "past" it.

(https://media2.giphy.com/media/ZdUnQS4AXEl1AERdil/200.gif)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Stadler on June 24, 2021, 03:33:00 PM
Without objectifying her, I do not find Lisa Kudrow irritating.   :) :)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: pg1067 on June 24, 2021, 03:38:55 PM
Without objectifying her, I do not find Lisa Kudrow irritating.   :) :)

(https://i.redd.it/xh61xfzkkcn21.png)
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: KevShmev on June 24, 2021, 03:55:34 PM
Packages that require signatures and how there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. I just had a $69 vacuum sealer not get delivered because I was in a meeting and couldn't get to the door to sign for it. I don't get it. How do they determine what needs a signature and what doesn't? I've had Playstations, Bose equipment, and $500 remote controls just dropped on my doorstep without so much as a knock, yet a $69 kitchen appliance needs a signature? What gives?

That is usually in the fine print of whatever carrier is used to ship it.  Many times, you have to authorize "can deliver without a signature" ahead of time rather than just assuming they will do it, for liability purposes, as you (the general "you, not you personally) could say you never received it even though you really did.  As someone who manages accounts for customers who move freight all over the place, trust me, getting signed POD's and having any possible issues notated (damage, anything missing, etc.) is crucial on the off chance you ever have to file a claim.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: cramx3 on June 24, 2021, 07:56:55 PM
It reminds me of George Carlin talking about language and how we change words to make them sound better emotionally. example: shell shock -> PTSD

When this first came to mind, that Carlin routine was the first thing I thought about.  I believe the theme was "soft language."  It's like pretending something didn't happen.

Yes! I was at work and couldn't look up the skit name so I summed it up, but now I'm watching "soft language"  :rollin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25I2fzFGoY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25I2fzFGoY)

"The pain is completely buried under jargon"
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: TAC on June 24, 2021, 08:09:57 PM
"I won't have to die, I'll pass away"

pg67 is on board with this!!
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Cool Chris on June 25, 2021, 11:12:43 PM
So I've noticed on my YouTube app after the first couple videos on the landing page there is this new thing called ShortsBeta that seems to predominantly feature women in tight clothes doing stupid, pointless stuff. Now, I am all for women in tight clothes, but can we just keep this crap on TikTok where it belongs?
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 26, 2021, 05:16:37 AM
I wanna go back to when the last 10 seconds of every single YouTube video didn't have massive squares over it to link you to other videos to watch.

They should be on a seperate screen AT THE END like they used to be. Now they're seemingly mandatory and even cover up important info in the video. . .

Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Kotowboy on June 26, 2021, 05:28:43 AM
ALSO :

" A Video You really wanna watch "

" PREMIERES in 5 days ! "

 :angry: :angry: :angry: Fine tell me THEN.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Spiritus on June 26, 2021, 09:45:46 AM
I wanna go back to when the last 10 seconds of every single YouTube video didn't have massive squares over it to link you to other videos to watch.

They should be on a seperate screen AT THE END like they used to be. Now they're seemingly mandatory and even cover up important info in the video. . .

That is more than irritating to me. What a fucking stupid idea and I can't believe not enough people complained yet to have this shit removed.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: Ben_Jamin on June 26, 2021, 01:57:08 PM
I wanna go back to when the last 10 seconds of every single YouTube video didn't have massive squares over it to link you to other videos to watch.

They should be on a seperate screen AT THE END like they used to be. Now they're seemingly mandatory and even cover up important info in the video. . .

That is more than irritating to me. What a fucking stupid idea and I can't believe not enough people complained yet to have this shit removed.

Not many people actually care about it.

What's worse is putting ads in the middle of a sentence, or the middle of a song. Let the ads be at the beginning or the end, not in the middle of an epic song where it kills the mood.
Title: Re: Things that I find mildly irritating v.2
Post by: XJDenton on June 26, 2021, 02:14:54 PM
Starting a new thread, because this one is getting huge.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=56599