You Know What Grinds My Gears? - Things that personally piss you off

[AnOminous]

I've done that in a DSP thread or two, thinking it was an ADF thread. Both ADF and DSP are named Phil.

I've done this in both directions on an embarrassing number of occasions, but generally zapped the retarded post before it was seen. I've also done it with Jack Scalfani and Jack of the "Jacked Brunch" incel club.

I hate everything related to hand sanitizer. The constant sound of spraying, the smell, the hand rubbing, and that it's everywhere. Entered a store and got sprayed, bought nothing and went to another? Sorry, time to get sprayed AGAIN. Everyone has completely dry hands thanks to the alcohol in it, but that doesn't stop people (especially grannies) from spraying themselves MULTIPLE TIMES EVEN IF THEY DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING. It's an obsession at this point.

I'm pretty casual about it. Like if I walk into a gas station bathroom and it is dodgy as fuck, I'm definitely sanitizing. I'll also generally do it going into a store and coming out, at least for any kind of haul, if I think about it and it's readily available.

 

[Space_Dandy]

I hate when a question relating to feelings of depression are immediately, and only, answered with 'you should see a professional.'

Like, no shit you fucking smart ass. I never would have thought of that! Thank God you told me about the existence of the entire field of psychiatry.

Sometimes you just want some advice on how to de-stress in healthy ways or asking if what you are feeling is normal. Why do I have to overcome the therapist suggestion before anyone attempts to answer my question? It's not like a therapist is exactly free. It's also not like therapists have an amazing track record. Their success is highly varied and individual.

If we ran to a specialist rather with every little health question, or mental health, we'd waste a lot of time and money. Many questions can be figured out with some study and discussion. After all, experts are just people like you and I who have been exposed to the same information we can access.

I also hate when people condescend to me about psychology. Like, "Did you know that antidepressants exist!? Wow, go get some!" Gee thanks... Did you know that antidepressants can't even outperform exercise in treating depression, and in many studies can't even outperform placebos? The larger point is these antidepressants often have side-effects. One I personally am familiar with is it making you feel like a complete numb zombie. I guess I'm like Three Days Grace, in that I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all.

Btw for some context.. I have a Bachelor's degree in psychology and I went about halfway through the Master's degree in Counseling to become a licensed therapist. What I learned in that program, and from some of my friends who went further, really made me lose confidence in the field of psychology as a whole. It's wrought with subjectivity at every step, from the research, to the yearly revisions of the DSM, to the way symptoms are interpreted, to the way diagnosis are issued... it's not something I put a lot of faith in anymore.

It's up to you to decide for yourself what is best, but I don't think its unreasonable to attempt self-aid and more informal solutions before seeking professional help.

 

[Boom Boss]

I've done that in a DSP thread or two, thinking it was an ADF thread. Both ADF and DSP are named Phil.

I've done this in both directions on an embarrassing number of occasions, but generally zapped the retarded post before it was seen. I've also done it with Jack Scalfani and Jack of the "Jacked Brunch" incel club.

I've forgotten what thread I've been in a few times, and gotten Bob and Chris Chipman mixed up with Bob and Chris Chandler.

I'm glad I'm not the only person to accidentally do this.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

I'm sick and tired of how every new version of everything has to have a computer digital interface even when it is unnecessary (cars, tractors, vending machines).

 

[Boom Boss]

I'm sick and tired of how every new version of everything has to have a computer digital interface even when it is unnecessary (cars, tractors, vending machines).

The touch screens in cars and vending machines are shit quality. They hardly react when I touch them with my finger. Unacceptable when the touch screens on phones and game systems work well. The technology exists, so use it!

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

All of the boomers/gen xers/early millienals on social media that were so happy about stimulus checks and how they were going to be able to buy new TV's and PS5's and told me to shut the fuck up when I said that it was horrible and was going to fuck us all over with inflation now posting all these memes and messages about "this is the consequence for taking free money, nothing is ever free."

They all fucking deserve their misery right now.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Cashless stores. "We don't take cash, we only take card and apple pay".

 

[Shart Attack]

When the guy behind you in traffic obviously wants to go faster than you but makes no effort to pass you. You're doing 5-10MPH over the speed limit, and he's riding you so hard you can't see his headlights in your rear-view mirror. Traffic is light, he could easily pass you, but he just stays there, three feet from your bumper, forever.

Most dramatic example of this I ever had happen to me was on a highway through the middle of fuck-off nowhere New Hampshire at some unholy hour of the night. Haven't seen another car for at least half an hour when I see headlights in my rear-view mirror. They slowly get closer and closer, because the person is going faster than me. Eventually he's riding my ass with his blinding blue headlights beaming down on me. Instead of passing me on this empty highway, he just stays there glued to my ass for miles and miles. He wants to go faster than me. I know he wants to go faster than me, because he was going faster than me until he had to slow down to ride my ass. He knows he wants to go faster than me, because he's riding my ass. It's a four-lane divided highway, the left lane is open. The highway is so deserted that as far as we know, we're the only two cars left in the world. Yet there he is, glued to my ass, making no effort to pass me but apparently frustrated that I'm only going 10MPH over the speed limit on unlit roads through moose country. This went on for like 10-15 minutes until I tapped my brakes, and he graciously took the hint and passed me.

 

[DavidS877]

The touch screens in cars and vending machines are shit quality. They hardly react when I touch them with my finger. Unacceptable when the touch screens on phones and game systems work well. The technology exists, so use it!

Part of the reason for this is the technology. Phones use capacitive touch screens which sense your fingers since they(your fingers) are conductive and alter the capacitance in a circuit when close. Cars often use resistive touch screens which don't require a finger but respond to pressure so they work with gloves, pens and other non-conductive items, but you have to press harder for the 2 layers of the touch panel to get closer to each other to sense the touch. There are phone compatible gloves with conductive materials but I suspect the vending and car vendors want to work with all possible methods of touch.

Things that piss me off: Meetings that should have been an email and then you get done 10 minutes early and they say "hey, we're giving you back 10 minutes in your day"... No, you fucks already stole 50 minutes.

 

[Boom Boss]

Cashless stores. "We don't take cash, we only take card and apple pay".

Cardless pay. When I only have a debit card and credit card, but they only accept cash.

 

[Caesare]

I'm sick and tired of how every new version of everything has to have a computer digital interface even when it is unnecessary (cars, tractors, vending machines).

That’s by design and I hate it more than I can politely express with words. These faggot companies don’t want you to be able to fix anything yourself like you could since forever with just about anything.

With a digital interface, it really can’t be fixed in most cases. Once it breaks it either needs to be replaced or it has to be serviced by a repairman you’re gonna have to pay.

It really makes ya mad because you know the only thing that’s messed up is the gay digital interface. Everything else under the hood is likely fine but they got everything dependent on the dumb interface.

Almost every washer and dryer has a stupid electronic touch screen now, and they’re those lame, water saving front loaders (washing machines that is). I found a washer and dryer that’s all knobs like in the old days, and the washing machine is a top loader and I couldn’t be happier.

Best washer and dryer since the one my parents had when I was a kid.

 

[Boom Boss]

That’s by design and I hate it more than I can politely express with words. These faggot companies don’t want you to be able to fix anything yourself like you could since forever with just about anything.

With a digital interface, it really can’t be fixed in most cases. Once it breaks it either needs to be replaced or it has to be serviced by a repairman you’re gonna have to pay.

It really makes ya mad because you know the only thing that’s messed up is the gay digital interface. Everything else under the hood is likely fine but they got everything dependent on the dumb interface.

Almost every washer and dryer has a stupid electronic touch screen now, and they’re those lame, water saving front loaders (washing machines that is). I found a washer and dryer that’s all knobs like in the old days, and the washing machine is a top loader and I couldn’t be happier.

Best washer and dryer since the one my parents had when I was a kid.

They want to treat their cars like computers, so you can only buy a license and have to follow the "terms and conditions", instead of owning it and doing what you want with it, including letting anybody repair it.

 

[reinhardheydrich]

Almost every washer and dryer has a stupid electronic touch screen now, and they’re those lame, water saving front loaders (washing machines that is). I found a washer and dryer that’s all knobs like in the old days, and the washing machine is a top loader and I couldn’t be happier.

If you ever wanna replace it (and have the money to do so) speed queen still sells washers and dryers with the classic knobs. Very expensive but well worth it.

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

2020 turned many into germaphobes.

Funny thing is, all it does is tank their already decrepit immune systems.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

cars like computers

Reminds me of when I saw the interior of a Tesla. Just a steering wheel and this touchscreen tablet thing on the dashboard.

Funny thing is, all it does is tank their already decrepit immune systems.

George Carlin - Germs, Immune System - YouTube

 

[Kiwi Lime Pie]

I'm sick and tired of how every new version of everything has to have a computer digital interface even when it is unnecessary (cars, tractors, vending machines).

Funny you mention this when you did. I recently received a couple of e-mails from my health insurance company wanting me to sign up for some healthy lifestyle program where I would receive a free smart scale. Sorry, but I'm not interested in a scale that transmits the information it records to my smart phone, insurance company, or anyone else who might want that information - especially if it's done without my explicit knowledge or consent.

That’s by design and I hate it more than I can politely express with words.

Agreed, I wish I could have told the insurance company mentioned above to keep their damned scale to themselves because I neither want nor need it and I won't be persuaded otherwise.

Thread tax: The fact that Windows 10 now includes an icon/picture in the search bar for days/holidays that seem obscure or uninteresting to me while the essential code remains so full of bugs that non-stop security patches are needed to fight an uphill battle against hackers and malware.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Funny you mention this when you did. I recently received a couple of e-mails from my health insurance company wanting me to sign up for some healthy lifestyle program where I would receive a free smart scale. Sorry, but I'm not interested in a scale that transmits the information it records to my smart phone, insurance company, or anyone else who might want that information - especially if it's done without my explicit knowledge or consent.


Agreed, I wish I could have told the insurance company mentioned above to keep their damned scale to themselves because I neither want nor need it and I won't be persuaded otherwise.

Thread tax: The fact that Windows 10 now includes an icon/picture in the search bar for days/holidays that seem obscure or uninteresting to me while the essential code remains so full of bugs that non-stop security patches are needed to fight an uphill battle against hackers and malware.

I hate how invasive of all of our privacy every insurance company is. They want to know your weight, your geolocation, they want you to download spyware on your phone. They are simply evil.

 

[DavidS877]

I hate how invasive of all of our privacy every insurance company is. They want to know your weight, your geolocation, they want you to download spyware on your phone. They are simply evil.

I live in a place with stupid fucking tourists. They regularly pull their RVs out on a 55 MPH highway causing you to have to brake heavily to avoid them. My insurance company sent a device "Prove you're a good driver and we'll reduce your rates." One of the things they count against you is heavy braking... apparently I'd be a better driver if I just ran into the RVs when they pull out. I stuck the device back in the box and returned it.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

I live in a place with stupid fucking tourists. They regularly pull their RVs out on a 55 MPH highway causing you to have to brake heavily to avoid them. My insurance company sent a device "Prove you're a good driver and we'll reduce your rates." One of the things they count against you is heavy braking... apparently I'd be a better driver if I just ran into the RVs when they pull out. I stuck the device back in the box and returned it.

They had me download something similar on my phone. The problem is that the system on the app that they use to detect breaking is broken. I could do the most softest break imaginable and it will either not detect it or would be off in the other direction. That shit is just another one of those scams the insurance companies do.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Weather is starting to clear up so now all the homeless parasites are setting up camps on the stretch of road in front of my work. Throwing cigarette butts and piss bottles into our site. Harassing employees (particularly female ones) every time they enter or leave. Police have been called but we just get told since they’re on a public road and not technically trespassing there’s nothing they can do and just ignore it.

I fucking hate the homeless.