What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)

[iamtootallforthis]

I tried to join a GB today. The shipping pricing was insane. I know that being out of Con-US weighs in, but it is hard to pay over $30 dollars for the shipping for some alphas that cost $20.

No closer vendor? Maybe you could pool orders with some people close by.

[jamster]

I tried to join a GB today. The shipping pricing was insane. I know that being out of Con-US weighs in, but it is hard to pay over $30 dollars for the shipping for some alphas that cost $20.

The US has massive access to a great market for practically anything, but I'd still take living somewhere relatively sane with a functioning healthcare system over cheap shopping.

[SBJ]

Stomach pains all night, got maybe 2 hours of sleep and then woke up because of it, rinse repeat until morning.
I.am.tired.

[tp4tissue]

Stomach pains all night, got maybe 2 hours of sleep and then woke up because of it, rinse repeat until morning.
I.am.tired.

If you watch the slaughter house videos, they're massively unsanitary. And if you read the message boards about freight shipping, it's full of details of food left on hot loading docks for days.

This whole process is completed by the most hidden away, most under-paid, least educated workforce. The economics ensures toxic food.

[ideus]

I tried to join a GB today. The shipping pricing was insane. I know that being out of Con-US weighs in, but it is hard to pay over $30 dollars for the shipping for some alphas that cost $20.

The US has massive access to a great market for practically anything, but I'd still take living somewhere relatively sane with a functioning healthcare system over cheap shopping.

I agree. I can live without MK´s niceties, but the overall lower cost of living out-weights it. However, vendors can do something about the shipping cost, now that some group-buys are a thousand plus orders.

[ideus]

I tried to join a GB today. The shipping pricing was insane. I know that being out of Con-US weighs in, but it is hard to pay over $30 dollars for the shipping for some alphas that cost $20.

No closer vendor? Maybe you could pool orders with some people close by.

Might try something like that; but, actually, the over-priced shipping makes me understand that I already have more sets than what I really need for my entire life.

[jamster]

I agree. I can live without MK´s niceties, but the overall lower cost of living out-weights it. However, vendors can do something about the shipping cost, now that some group-buys are a thousand plus orders.

Out here, there are companies that exist specifically to cheaply reship products from the US, EU, Australia, etc. Not sure if the same kind of concept exists to reship stuff into Europe (I can imagine that complex duties might dissuade this being set up).

[noisyturtle]

My 2nd monitor is making a very loud hissing sound and all the blacks are purple. Not sure what the problem is, but something's wrong for sure.

[tp4tissue]

My 2nd monitor is making a very loud hissing sound and all the blacks are purple. Not sure what the problem is, but something's wrong for sure.

Time to upgrad 2 TCL roku TV.

[KermittDaFrog]

I'm bothered by the fact that you need to work, for not starving 

[ideus]

My 2nd monitor is making a very loud hissing sound and all the blacks are purple. Not sure what the problem is, but something's wrong for sure.

Get a Roku, forget the PC and focus on watching everything at your favorite streaming service.

[Sintpinty]

My 2nd monitor is making a very loud hissing sound and all the blacks are purple. Not sure what the problem is, but something's wrong for sure.

Time to get a fire stick with kodi/roku

[yui]

My 2nd monitor is making a very loud hissing sound and all the blacks are purple. Not sure what the problem is, but something's wrong for sure.

hissing to me means power supply, i would not be surprised to see a bulged capacitor of broken inductor core, the 1st one is rather common in flat screen, they heat a bit too much and die, and it is a very easy repair, especially if you have a dead ATX supply on hand, as most filter caps are compatible between the two, if you are willing to dig, that could mean one less screen in the dumpster, and a bit more money in your wallet

[suicidal_orange]

Lost interest in everything and work sucks alternate weeks.  Usual solution is to sleep more but that's not working so increasingly tired and not sharp mentally.  I'm probably just ill, hopefully it's not TDD round two.

[phinix]

Lost interest in everything and work sucks alternate weeks.  Usual solution is to sleep more but that's not working so increasingly tired and not sharp mentally.  I'm probably just ill, hopefully it's not TDD round two.

What's TDD?

[Kavik]

I hate how finicky, noncommittal, and skittish potential buyers of anything online are (*cough* redditors [and eBayers]). I just want to sell some keyboard stuff and other excess stuff I have lying around without taking a huge loss. People are interested and then stop replying, want just one little part of the item, don't want part of it, or just want to give low ball offers. If it takes more than two messages to reach a deal, the person loses interest.

[tp4tissue]

I hate how finicky, noncommittal, and skittish potential buyers of anything online are (*cough* redditors [and eBayers]). I just want to sell some keyboard stuff and other excess stuff I have lying around without taking a huge loss. People are interested and then stop replying, want just one little part of the item, don't want part of it, or just want to give low ball offers. If it takes more than two messages to reach a deal, the person loses interest.

Well, sure people are fickle but it's more the case that keyboards are a very illiquid asset.

[Findecanor]

Can't log in to PayPal because my phone number is wrong (The '+' that was in front of the country code is now a single 0 apparently), and I can't change it because I would need to log in to do it: Catch 22!
They have had nobody in Sweden to staff their phones ... Once I was able to get someone to talk to... but that person was in Ireland for some reason, and did not have authority to change an account for a residence of Sweden.
It has been this way for months now. It has gone for too long: I don't even want it "fixed" any more: I want my account closed. F**k you PayPal!

[fohat.digs]

I hate how finicky, noncommittal, and skittish potential buyers of anything online are

It is so frustrating that I have nearly stopped selling, even though I have a lot of stuff (mostly not keyboards) to sell. No matter how precise the description and photos are, some people seem to assume that they are entitled to pristine and perfect items every time, even when they are obviously used. I even got "neutral" feedback on ebay because a buyer said it was "a little dirty" (it wasn't, I had washed it with soap and water) because it was black rubber I suppose.

Personally, if I see an item that would be $100 if perfect but it is damaged or incomplete and the seller describes it accurately and lists it at $40, that seems entirely reasonable to me and I would make my decision based on my expectations for repair. I have had people complain about less-than-perfect items even if their problems that were properly disclosed and described, and priced accordingly.

And it is also as if they can't distinguish between a private individual and a mega-store with a "no questions asked" full refund policy. And, last, I have had people ask to "return" an item who were obviously expecting a full refund as well as "just keep the item" because when I got it back it was already damaged or altered.


 

[Kavik]

I hate how finicky, noncommittal, and skittish potential buyers of anything online are

It is so frustrating that I have nearly stopped selling, even though I have a lot of stuff (mostly not keyboards) to sell. No matter how precise the description and photos are, some people seem to assume that they are entitled to pristine and perfect items every time, even when they are obviously used. I even got "neutral" feedback on ebay because a buyer said it was "a little dirty" (it wasn't, I had washed it with soap and water) because it was black rubber I suppose.

Personally, if I see an item that would be $100 if perfect but it is damaged or incomplete and the seller describes it accurately and lists it at $40, that seems entirely reasonable to me and I would make my decision based on my expectations for repair. I have had people complain about less-than-perfect items even if their problems that were properly disclosed and described, and priced accordingly.

And it is also as if they can't distinguish between a private individual and a mega-store with a "no questions asked" full refund policy. And, last, I have had people ask to "return" an item who were obviously expecting a full refund as well as "just keep the item" because when I got it back it was already damaged or altered.

I agree. The expectations some people have even with good faith disclosures are not always reasonable. I stopped using eBay after only a few sales because of 1) the fees 2) the amount of time it takes for the auction to take place 3) the amount of time it takes to resolve non-payment in order to relist the item. A single item can be hung up for a month, at which point, I'd rather just donate it or throw it away for the amount of time wasted. At least on Reddit, I can just sell to the first person who actually pays.

I suppose this is a consequence of our "disposable" consumerism. Nothing holds value when anyone can get anything new instantly for a cheap price. Used items are only enticing if they are so cheap they are basically free, very rare, or proximal to the buyer (i.e. buyer and seller are already face-to-face). Online marketplace fees and shipping prices combined with this makes it a losing proposition.

I hate how finicky, noncommittal, and skittish potential buyers of anything online are (*cough* redditors [and eBayers]). I just want to sell some keyboard stuff and other excess stuff I have lying around without taking a huge loss. People are interested and then stop replying, want just one little part of the item, don't want part of it, or just want to give low ball offers. If it takes more than two messages to reach a deal, the person loses interest.

Well, sure people are fickle but it's more the case that keyboards are a very illiquid asset.

I'm learning that. I thought limited group buy items would hold some value, but, apparently, if it's not the new hotness, few people care. And now if it's not hot swappable, no one wants it.

Basically, I should stop buying niche things new if I'm not absolutely sure I'll want them forever.

[jamster]

I hate how finicky, noncommittal, and skittish potential buyers of anything online are (*cough* redditors [and eBayers]). I just want to sell some keyboard stuff and other excess stuff I have lying around without taking a huge loss. People are interested and then stop replying, want just one little part of the item, don't want part of it, or just want to give low ball offers. If it takes more than two messages to reach a deal, the person loses interest.

Selling secondhand is just agonising sometimes. It seems to bring out the most unreliable piss-taking idiots possible.

I was giving away free gym weights, and some muppet wanted me to carry them to the nearest train station.

These days, if someone appears to be a time waster, I am pretty upfront about not wanting to talk to them.

[fohat.digs]

I stopped using eBay after only a few sales because of 1) the fees 2) the amount of time it takes for the auction to take place

I will dispute these criticisms. Ebay is truly the marketplace of the world, and it exposes your merchandise to the widest possible audience. I once sold a keyboard to a buyer in Tasmania, literally the farthest place on the planet from where I lived. For the fact that near-infinite exposure leads to the potential for the highest possible price to be paid, the fees paid to ebay and (and its symbiant) Paypal are high but not rapacious.

Time-wise, you can have longer or shorter auctions, with the longest ones offering the potential of the highest selling price. But personally, I almost always use "Buy-It-Now" unless I really can't figure out what the "going rate" or a reasonable price should be. There is also an "immediate payment required" setting for that.

[yui]

Used items are only enticing if they are so cheap they are basically free, very rare, or proximal to the buyer (i.e. buyer and seller are already face-to-face). Online marketplace fees and shipping prices combined with this makes it a losing proposition.

to be honest i do buy a lot of used stuff in big part because i like repairing stuff, so used has no warranty to deal with, and keeps stuff out of the landfill. but quite often more than shipping and fees items on ebay tend to be up to 3 times the price they are on our local Craigslist equivalent here, so even though shipping is often more expecive going through that than ebay, the shipping does not makes the difference.
although old network stuff is cheaper on ebay

[noisyturtle]

I hate how finicky, noncommittal, and skittish potential buyers of anything online are (*cough* redditors [and eBayers]). I just want to sell some keyboard stuff and other excess stuff I have lying around without taking a huge loss. People are interested and then stop replying, want just one little part of the item, don't want part of it, or just want to give low ball offers. If it takes more than two messages to reach a deal, the person loses interest.

Selling secondhand is just agonising sometimes. It seems to bring out the most unreliable piss-taking idiots possible.

I was giving away free gym weights, and some muppet wanted me to carry them to the nearest train station.

These days, if someone appears to be a time waster, I am pretty upfront about not wanting to talk to them.

I once tried to sell a pair of headphones. Guy told me he could only meet before work at 6:30am on a Saturday at Starbucks. I show up and the ****er starts to try and get me in on some pyramid scheme selling religious material. He never wanted the headphones at all.

[suicidal_orange]

Lost interest in everything and work sucks alternate weeks.  Usual solution is to sleep more but that's not working so increasingly tired and not sharp mentally.  I'm probably just ill, hopefully it's not TDD round two.

What's TDD?

Tired Dumbass Disease (doctors never gave a satisfactory diagnosis so I named it myself - see rants summer to Christmas 2019)  Having cycled to work without doing up my bag yesterday (again - did this last time and lost my lunch so I'm extra paranoid about it) then used wrong words confusing my colleagues and generally doing my job badly I fear it is.

[yui]

Do all HR like to make peoples suffer? ours just seems to, they withdraw as much information as possible, convocate peoples for no apparent reasons, overall not answer questions, and give differing information to peoples, ending up often in trouble... the thing is we have 5 HR peoples and all act the same way so i wonder if it is inherent to the profession or if it is just bad luck.

[foxieze]

People in my class - they're not here to learn, they're here to **** everything up and ruin everyone else's day.

[yui]

People in my class - they're not here to learn, they're here to **** everything up and ruin everyone else's day.

i knew plenty of student who were only in class because their parents wanted them to study, they did not want to be there and did not care in the slightest about anything, so if most of your class are those, then yeah i feel for you, although later down those will fail and those parents will get sick of paying the same year 3 times in a row so you will have far less uninterested students and it should get better.

[fohat.digs]

they're not here to learn, they're here to **** everything up and ruin everyone else

The Republican Party in the US has been doing this for 4 decades.

[saltimate]

that drop has exclusivity on everything(?) they sell
shipping stuff from china to usa just to ship it back
@drop **** you and your bs shipping rates to australia
rip people in eu, mt3 is a nice profile but im guessing shipping kills it even more for you. anybody pay more than 50usd? thats what they want to send it to australia...

[tp4tissue]

People in my class - they're not here to learn, they're here to **** everything up and ruin everyone else's day.

i knew plenty of student who were only in class because their parents wanted them to study, they did not want to be there and did not care in the slightest about anything, so if most of your class are those, then yeah i feel for you, although later down those will fail and those parents will get sick of paying the same year 3 times in a row so you will have far less uninterested students and it should get better.

You guys are describing the majority of humanity, it's not isolated to any class.

[iri]

those parents will get sick of paying the same year 3 times in a row

Wait, France has paid education?!

[yui]

those parents will get sick of paying the same year 3 times in a row

Wait, France has paid education?!

France have both, public and private, and it is only free until a point when you fail 3 times in a row you are out, or at least when i was at school it was like that, may have changed.

[jamster]

It's really bugging me to witness the slow uptake of Covid vaccines because of magical thinking/distrust of science/social media rumours beating any inkling of common sense.

People are moaning about wanting things to 'get back to normal' or wishing that kids could go to school full time and yet when asked if they have scheduled their vaccine shots the words that come out of their mouths are literally 'wait and see.'

I simply can't make sense of it. I can kind of rationalise it, but that still boils down to people being irrational.

[yui]

It's really bugging me to witness the slow uptake of Covid vaccines because of magical thinking/distrust of science/social media rumours beating any inkling of common sense.

People are moaning about wanting things to 'get back to normal' or wishing that kids could go to school full time and yet when asked if they have scheduled their vaccine shots the words that come out of their mouths are literally 'wait and see.'

I simply can't make sense of it. I can kind of rationalise it, but that still boils down to people being irrational.

well then you also have peoples like me who are waiting to have the right to get vaccinated... but still too young and not sick enough for that, so that kind of stupid thinking does not help with vaccinations either, so far have been waiting to get the go for about 3 months.

[jamster]

It's really bugging me to witness the slow uptake of Covid vaccines because of magical thinking/distrust of science/social media rumours beating any inkling of common sense.

People are moaning about wanting things to 'get back to normal' or wishing that kids could go to school full time and yet when asked if they have scheduled their vaccine shots the words that come out of their mouths are literally 'wait and see.'

I simply can't make sense of it. I can kind of rationalise it, but that still boils down to people being irrational.

well then you also have peoples like me who are waiting to have the right to get vaccinated... but still too young and not sick enough for that, so that kind of stupid thinking does not help with vaccinations either, so far have been waiting to get the go for about 3 months.

Yeah, that's another kettle of fish... but it looks like a lot of people in some places can, but wont :/

[fohat.digs]

magical thinking/distrust of science/social media rumours beating any inkling of common sense.

that still boils down to people being irrational.

When I was coming up, half a century ago, there was an implicit understanding that the purpose of education was to combat irrationality.

How to do this? - Teach people how to think rather than teaching them what to think.

The insidious shift in the course and focus of the educational system was diabolical and carefully concealed, and over the past 4 decades it has been spectacularly successful in the US.

Why? and how? and by whom? was this tectonic shift designed and executed? That is a long and convoluted story.

[iri]

So I got the first jab (Oxford) and my temperature now is 39.8. HR is 107 (normal is 47).

I wish I had a Biontec or a Sputnik. Same feeling of being run over by a paving machine, but higher overall efficiency.

[fohat.digs]

So I got the first jab (Oxford) and my temperature now is 39.8. HR is 107 (normal is 47).

I wish I had a Biontec or a Sputnik. Same feeling of being run over by a paving machine, but higher overall efficiency.

That is a mule kick for sure. Let's hope that you are much better in a day or 2.

I had Pfizer with almost no effect the 1st time and minimal trouble the next time - perhaps something like a mild-to-moderate hangover that lasted for about 2 days.

[tp4tissue]

So I got the first jab (Oxford) and my temperature now is 39.8. HR is 107 (normal is 47).

I wish I had a Biontec or a Sputnik. Same feeling of being run over by a paving machine, but higher overall efficiency.

That is a mule kick for sure. Let's hope that you are much better in a day or 2.

I had Pfizer with almost no effect the 1st time and minimal trouble the next time - perhaps something like a mild-to-moderate hangover that lasted for about 2 days.

/Gasp blood clot.

[jamster]

So I got the first jab (Oxford) and my temperature now is 39.8. HR is 107 (normal is 47).

Holy...

[iri]

I had Pfizer with almost no effect the 1st time and minimal trouble the next time - perhaps something like a mild-to-moderate hangover that lasted for about 2 days.

jelly

[Snowdog993]

One thing that bothers me more than anything else is when you respond on a thread, and you click on "Show new replies to your posts."
That's fine and dandy except for the threads you are no longer interested in.
Is there any possible way to "Ignore" threads that you no longer need or want to see?
Or is there something I am missing here?

[iri]

One thing that bothers me more than anything else is when you respond on a thread, and you click on "Show new replies to your posts."
That's fine and dandy except for the threads you are no longer interested in.
Is there any possible way to "Ignore" threads that you no longer need or want to see?
Or is there something I am missing here?

You'll need to use 'Watched' instead.

[noisyturtle]

5 days after getting my 2nd Pfizer shot I am feeling really tired, almost like I've taken a small amount of cold medicine all day. Spaced out, fatigued, and just not altogether mentally there. I'm tripping over words when speaking, and I feel like I'm getting stupider by the day. IDK what the hell is going on, but being nearly a week after having the symptoms surface is a bit worrying. I was totally fine the first 3 days, then I began feeling weird.

[tp4tissue]

5 days after getting my 2nd Pfizer shot I am feeling really tired, almost like I've taken a small amount of cold medicine all day. Spaced out, fatigued, and just not altogether mentally there. I'm tripping over words when speaking, and I feel like I'm getting stupider by the day. IDK what the hell is going on, but being nearly a week after having the symptoms surface is a bit worrying. I was totally fine the first 3 days, then I began feeling weird.

This dat mr. Rabbit plot.

[fohat.digs]

https://www.merlintuttle.org/2018/01/08/wildlife-wind-farms-conflicts-solutions-book-review/

[tp4tissue]

https://www.merlintuttle.org/2018/01/08/wildlife-wind-farms-conflicts-solutions-book-review/

As of yet, wind farms can't be built just anywhere because the blades are single units, and are difficult to transport.

Multi sectional blades are under active research, but this is potentially a long road.

If we don't get the climate crisis under control within 10-15 years, it enters Run-Away, and could very well kill all life on earth.   The reset cycle on that is in Geological time, 100,000s to millions.

Consider habitats when possible,  but OVERALL, these farms going up takes priority.

[Snowdog993]

https://www.merlintuttle.org/2018/01/08/wildlife-wind-farms-conflicts-solutions-book-review/

As of yet, wind farms can't be built just anywhere because the blades are single units, and are difficult to transport.

Multi sectional blades are under active research, but this is potentially a long road.

If we don't get the climate crisis under control within 10-15 years, it enters Run-Away, and could very well kill all life on earth.   The reset cycle on that is in Geological time, 100,000s to millions.

Consider habitats when possible,  but OVERALL, these farms going up takes priority.

In your opinion.

[fohat.digs]

In your opinion.

petitio principii