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

[Time 4 Guillotines]

I'm unironically sick of Cobes' trolls. The whole lot are a bunch of unoriginal weens who have absolutely killed the content that I enjoyed. He used to ride bike (weather permitting), he had an entire circle of weirdos, he used to touch grass and we'd see his interactions with strangers.
Now it's just Doordash deliveries, tricking him into saying meme usernames from his donos and watching alcohol+loneliness destroy his mind.
I know I'm on some white knight shit but he's the only lolcow I've met IRL and he's always had a special place in my heart.
Leave my boy alone! Please!

 

[DavidS877]

At work recently another group had a problem with some stuff that I know a bit about, so my boss volunteered me to help. I suggested some debugging and troubleshooting steps. A bit later they came back and told everyone it was fixed. They also sent along the steps they used to fix it, which was to disable all the security settings. I tried to ask if they did any verification but they ignored me. I'm hoping the security group tears them a new asshole when they attempt to put it into production.

 

[Nonconsentual Pronouns]

At work recently another group had a problem with some stuff that I know a bit about, so my boss volunteered me to help. I suggested some debugging and troubleshooting steps. A bit later they came back and told everyone it was fixed. They also sent along the steps they used to fix it, which was to disable all the security settings. I tried to ask if they did any verification but they ignored me. I'm hoping the security group tears them a new asshole when they attempt to put it into production.

They aren't the type to try to scapegoat you for what they did, are they? I do hope there is some kind of evidence to show what you told them vs what they did and your response in case they try to say that you told them to fuck shit up. I've dealt with that type and would only wish them on others who also do awful shit just like that.

 

[There Is Light At The End]

Dark souls YouTubers for umpteenth time telling lame thing about sif the wolf.

 

[Sarah Connor]

everyone has their hands tied catering to the hordes of fent zombies roaming the streets administering Narcan to these subhumans only for them to go back smoking meth/fent an hour after being revived.

Reminds me of a video I saw many moons ago, can't remember where, there's a group of 3-4 guys administering Narcan to this guy on the street and trying to resuscitate him while he's actively OD'ing, only for the guy to become semi-lucid and starting to berate the men for "ruining his high".

One thing I've noticed over the past couple of years is the idea that leftoids are doing the Right Thing™ when it comes to Harm Reduction but in reality: I believe harm reduction is one of the cruellest acts we can inflict upon people suffering from addiction. This notion that "we can't FORCE people to become sober!!1!" is actively causing harm within communities, of course an addict isn't going to seek out detox while they're actively addicted to something. As long as these people aren't getting into legitimate rehab programs that are focused on getting them off of these substances, money and resources are going to be spent on keeping them addicted, making police/ambulances too busy to deal with actual emergencies, forcing social workers to consider other career paths, etc. Harm reduction does the exact opposite of what it's trying to accomplish.

 

[ReasonablyRetarded]

The fact that it's getting harder to find funny shit on social media because it's just been overtaken by whores, genderblobs, manosphere sigma gymbro cringe, christian larper cringe, "muh hypocritical left wing compilation 63728", unfunny weeb shit, dropshipper TTS videos and twitch streamer clips cancer.

 

[DavidS877]

They aren't the type to try to scapegoat you for what they did, are they? I do hope there is some kind of evidence to show what you told them vs what they did and your response in case they try to say that you told them to fuck shit up. I've dealt with that type and would only wish them on others who also do awful shit just like that.

Nah, no risk. One of the nice things about being remote is the whole discussion is in email to like 20 people.

 

[Nonconsentual Pronouns]

Noggs who do violent and thieving shit to ruin Halloween for others, especially for little kids, need to fuck off. And it's never white adults holding out an open bag for gibbs with no costume on, it's always some fully grown nigress or 18-19 nogg dude. Shit, I don't ever see white children trick or treating without a costume.

With some overlap, I can't stand it when people have no one handing out candy at their house, yet at least one person from said household is out collecting candy. Single parent households get a pass, but there's a neighborhood of mostly families where both parents will go out trick or treating with their kid(s), and they have the nerve to complain that almost no one is home handing out candy. Well shit, Daren, I wonder why? We know it's not for safety reasons in a gated community with armed guards patrolling all over the place nonstop all night specifically for Halloween. Parasitic fucks. Some of these parents will do this shit with a baby in a stroller who can't even eat the candy, they just use the poor little squirt to get free treats while handing out none at home because apparently it takes two people to push a stroller. One to push, one to collect the freebies.

 

[Coelacanth]

I'm done with the NHS. Had some issues that required calling 111. Was routed to an out of hours clinic and stayed on hold for three hours waiting for them to call me. When they finally picked up they apologised for the delay, and told me that the reason they called was to let me know I was still in the goddamn queue. They hung up after that. I called at 2, it's almost 9PM now. Guess my medical problems aren't worth their time.

Fuck you NHS. Here's a little tune I think suits you just perfectly:

 

[Disco Inferno]

it fucking sucks that female-to-male trans people get assosciated with the male-to-female psychopaths.
All the ftm trans people I've ever met are super chill, can take a joke, rather keep a low profile, and just want to have a good time.
They are the exact opposite of the female-to-male creatures that plague the internet. Both mentally and physically.

 

[Gay Mouth]

it fucking sucks that female-to-male trans people get assosciated with the male-to-female psychopaths.

They willingly associate themselves by participating in this entirely voluntary culture. They are extreme examples of cool girls who are just one of the doods. They may not all be as perverted as a gross man wearing a skirt over his boner but they’re the other side of the coin.

 

[seri0us]

it fucking sucks that female-to-male trans people get assosciated with the male-to-female psychopaths.
All the ftm trans people I've ever met are super chill, can take a joke, rather keep a low profile, and just want to have a good time.
They are the exact opposite of the female-to-male creatures that plague the internet. Both mentally and physically.

 

[marvlouslie]

it fucking sucks that female-to-male trans people get assosciated with the male-to-female psychopaths.
All the ftm trans people I've ever met are super chill, can take a joke, rather keep a low profile, and just want to have a good time.
They are the exact opposite of the female-to-male creatures that plague the internet. Both mentally and physically.

I can't tell if you're being serious or trolling, but did you forget about Audrey Hale?

 

[The Last Stand]

This thread in question made me realize how crazy expensive everything is nowadays. I remember when a decent combo at McDonald's/BK/Wendy's would cost $5-6. Now, $5 could buy you just a BURGER. Those $5 footlong commercials are literally a thing of the past. And that was only five or so years ago.

 

[Kiwi Lime Pie]

Another election season, another wave of automated campaign messages.

I've been bombarded with texts that think I'm someone else living in a different city asking me to vote for a mayor and city council I can't even vote for. I've finally started sending shit post responses back. One promised to report that "I" moved. Oh well. I'll be glad when Election day passes for another year.

This thread in question made me realize how crazy expensive everything is nowadays. I remember when a decent combo at McDonald's/BK/Wendy's would cost $5-6. Now, $5 could buy you just a BURGER.

Tell me about it. Due to COVID, I didn't get any fast food in a while. The first time I had to do so post-covid, the price for the simplest combo meal gave me sticker shock.

 

[Womble of Wimbledon]

I call it "dead fish face".

Thread tax: people who have less than 5 items that refuse to go to self checkout. The line is already long as fuck (I just want my goddamn beer) and those decrepit monsters despite having 20 fucking minutes to get their payment method easily available, they act fucking surprised when they need to pay for their garbage. And why on Earth do stores in the current year still take God damn checks?
Also: people who pay with $100 bill for like 12 bucks of stuff. Break it at the bank you repulsive troglodyte. You actually need to go out of your way to get only $100 bills.

I went to a Vietnamese bakery recently and the fucking nerve on the woman in front of me to buy an $8 pork roll with a $100 note. The lady serving literally did a double take before getting the change. I got some satisfaction out of the fact that she had lard all over her fingers and the notes were probably slippery as fuck.

Tax: I'm TV shopping again. After extending the life of my 12 year old TV about as far as I can, the HDMI ports seem to be fucked and I am just going to bite the bullet. Problem is it is destroying my soul. Every single fucking TV review tells me virtually nothing I want to know. My main questions are around USABILITY - how shitty the in-built software is, how pathetic the remote is, if the sound is complete shit and whether I can just turn it on and watch TV like in the good old days. If I want to know what the picture looks like I'll go to the shop and have a look myself. As if your pathetic descriptions could give me an accurate impression of the TV's picture quality.

Reviewers would rather tell me about "HDR clipping" and "backlight contrast" like I give a fuck, I just want a TV that will not actively piss me off at every fucking turn and I'm starting to think that does not exist. What the fuck do these bugmen reviewers mean by performance? Does the fucking thing reliably work when I press the button?!

 

[internet friend]

Delivery drivers/riders. The kind of Indians who do uber eats and shit. Not only do they drive/ride all over the place looking at their phone and nearly wiping people out, but when they get to the store it's even worse. I've never seen even one of them talk to anyone, they just cut right in line, show their phone and expect it right away. I've even seen one try to walk behind the counter and into the kitchen because the poor understaffed teenager didn't get the delivery order fast enough.

 

[seri0us]

I'm TV shopping again. After extending the life of my 12 year old TV about as far as I can, the HDMI ports seem to be fucked and I am just going to bite the bullet.

Take it apart and solder in new ones

 

[Kiwi Lime Pie]

Tax: I'm TV shopping again. After extending the life of my 12 year old TV about as far as I can, the HDMI ports seem to be fucked and I am just going to bite the bullet. Problem is it is destroying my soul. Every single fucking TV review tells me virtually nothing I want to know. My main questions are around USABILITY - how shitty the in-built software is, how pathetic the remote is, if the sound is complete shit and whether I can just turn it on and watch TV like in the good old days.

I have an old device that I want to replace in the near future, so I was looking for/pricing replacement options. The online specs didn't make it clear whether the device can be connected via ethernet or wireless -- the one thing I want to know the most since it would be for a home office.

Reviews are the worst. Too many are too vague to be meaningful such as "Piece of junk," or "Greatest purchase I ever made!" I've learned to ignore the reviews on either extreme end of the rating system and focus on the ones in the middle as they may have slightly more credibility than the rest.

Thread tax: Rental landlords who refuse to do the most basic of property upkeep. The rental owner next to me has the lawn and yard service come out as little as possible during the year. As a result, the autumn leaves that fall from the trees do not get picked up for composting and they instead blow all over into the surrounding yards - mine included - and end up snow-covered during the winter.

 

[Nonconsentual Pronouns]

Double-dip monetization should be illegal. If I paid for something, it should be illegal to advertise to me for the product, much more through it. Except for Costco's handy booklet ad that tells members what's about to go on sale, which is easily opted out of. If the product is monetized through ads already, it's fucked up to put even more advertising in it.

• I did not buy a big, new screen just for the fucking thing to automatically connect to some unknown internet source after I got around its demands for me to connect it to my own so that it can show me ads every single fucking time I turn it on. We've gotten rid of the ad function over here, but goddamn.
• Cable TV used to exist solely for the purpose of never having to see commercials because you paid for the channels rather than them having to get paid by advertisers. Last time I watched TV years ago, I think about ten minutes out of a standard 30 minute episode airing was just commercials. The "prime" channels started this bullshit by going cable-exclusive, didn't they?
• Buying a graphics shirt with licensed art on it is one thing, but if you pay money to wear or carry something with logos clearly visible on it, you're a tool. Are you going to start paying these companies for the privilege of setting up little billboards for their products on your front lawn?
• Movie tickets are already insanely overpriced on top of their horrific concession prices, then they have the nerve to show you ads for things other than upcoming films. Modern films are already ass, and this is just another reason to only pirate them later to check them out.
• Unskippable ads on DVDs I own have gotten me to download multiple movies I already have in order to circumvent the ads. I will make an excuse to return that shit if I didn't buy it secondhand and just pirate it at home. A lot of DVDs also have little paper ads included in the case.
• Games used to come with a booklet containing instructions for controls and mechanics as well as introductions to the story and characters. Now they just have ads. I also heard about Final Fantasy 15 putting ads for cheap American instant noodles straight into the fucking game, including a quest to get them. As with films, modern games are already ass enough as they are without this shit.
• I wouldn't be able to handle continuing to use Youtube if I had to use it without browser extensions. What the fuck is wrong with people who willingly not only sit through Youtube's ads, but the sponsor and Patreon segments that are in a ton of the actual videos? I'd have stopped watching through that platform if I didn't find out about Sponsor Block.
• Some Ebay sellers have been getting paid to pack the shit you get as junk mail in with what you buy. I leave specific, honest, negative feedback when this happens, and I've yet to find out about Ebay deleting it for the seller, which is surprising. I almost wish more of them would throw fits in the feedback replies.
• We already pay taxes out the ass that should be going towards maintaining the roads, yet I can't go fucking anywhere without seeing billboards plastering my route. I wish vandals would put their apelike impulses to genuinely good use by covering that trash up or tearing it down in stead of going after just about anything else. Why the fuck aren't the supposedly anti-capitalist retards tearing down ads in stead of rioting where they destroy the lives of regular people? Obviously because they're retarded.
• I'm already paying way too much for gas, and these faggots want to make me sit through ads while I'm held captive by the process. In some areas, every gas station does this, leaving no way of refusing to give them business.

I've probably only bitched about the tip of the iceberg, but you get the idea. I think it's past time for someone with an audience to coin the term "ad pollution" or something similar, and for that term to go mainstream even for the normie cattle. Rate me optimistic, but a bit of groundwork is already being laid out by Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GARcKCaUfI