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

[iri]

One thing I found funny when I went to Iceland, because they have such few cars, they have so few personalised plates.

You mean so many personalized plates?

[katushkin]

One thing I found funny when I went to Iceland, because they have such few cars, they have so few personalised plates.

You mean so many personalized plates?

Well I guess in proportion to the amount of cars there, they have a lot, but in the UK you wouldn't see such plates because they are already taken by people who then hide them away or something. They probably only have like, 200,000 cars in their whole country.

[iri]

Well, to be fair, they have like 300,000 people in their whole country...

[iri]

Ouch, such a long wait for vanity. I'd be 35 in 2025. 

I know, same.

My life was so great when I was 25

[romevi]

Ouch, such a long wait for vanity. I'd be 35 in 2025. 

I know, same.

My life was so great when I was 25

I was married, got my master's, and was expecting my first child. Haven't done much since.

Well, I do get to spend time with my kid.

[SpAmRaY]

Was about to walk out the door at work and the boss tells me to stick around to help make some changes to some things......was gonna take the kids trick or treating. 

[heedpantsnow]

Was about to walk out the door at work and the boss tells me to stick around to help make some changes to some things......was gonna take the kids trick or treating. 

Well I guess it's good to be needed.

[byker]

Was about to walk out the door at work and the boss tells me to stick around to help make some changes to some things......was gonna take the kids trick or treating. 

You guys trick or treat a day early?

[ghostjuggernaut]

People that cannot show up on time.  Rather, people that know they are up against a timeline, yet piddle**** around until the last possible minute, thus pushing everyone else's plans to the last minute and making them late.

Self centered pieces of **** is what they are.

[Joey Quinn]

Was about to walk out the door at work and the boss tells me to stick around to help make some changes to some things......was gonna take the kids trick or treating. 

You guys trick or treat a day early?

Towns by me usually do "sanctioned trick or treating" friday night regardless of what day halloween is.

[Joey Quinn]

Just found out that my dad's friend who I always looked up to died today.

[fanpeople]

People that cannot show up on time.  Rather, people that know they are up against a timeline, yet piddle**** around until the last possible minute, thus pushing everyone else's plans to the last minute and making them late.

Self centered pieces of **** is what they are.

This, this right here drives me up the wall also. Especially when you have seen their preparation modus operandi in action. The fact that you know they checked the time 30 minutes age and said to themselves "it is all good I still have 25 minutes until I have to leave". 25 minutes later they check the time and go "**** I forgot to shower and put clothes on".

[katushkin]

People that cannot show up on time.  Rather, people that know they are up against a timeline, yet piddle**** around until the last possible minute, thus pushing everyone else's plans to the last minute and making them late.

Self centered pieces of **** is what they are.

This, this right here drives me up the wall also. Especially when you have seen their preparation modus operandi in action. The fact that you know they checked the time 30 minutes age and said to themselves "it is all good I still have 25 minutes until I have to leave". 25 minutes later they check the time and go "**** I forgot to shower and put clothes on".

The worst people are those who you actually work around them being late. Like, you plan to meet somewhere at a time, but then you say: "There's no point getting there until an hour later because X person won't be there until later anyway."

[nubbinator]

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People that cannot show up on time.  Rather, people that know they are up against a timeline, yet piddle**** around until the last possible minute, thus pushing everyone else's plans to the last minute and making them late.

Self centered pieces of **** is what they are.

This, this right here drives me up the wall also. Especially when you have seen their preparation modus operandi in action. The fact that you know they checked the time 30 minutes age and said to themselves "it is all good I still have 25 minutes until I have to leave". 25 minutes later they check the time and go "**** I forgot to shower and put clothes on".

The worst people are those who you actually work around them being late. Like, you plan to meet somewhere at a time, but then you say: "There's no point getting there until an hour later because X person won't be there until later anyway."

Those are the people I always say to be there 30-60 minutes before they're supposed to be there.

[katushkin]

This guy who has managed to post 70 completely inane comments today alone to get his post count up to join in on a bro sale.

Every single keycaps thread from three months ago has been revived with a ****ing pointless comment.

[beehatch]

This guy who has managed to post 70 completely inane comments today alone to get his post count up to join in on a bro sale.

Every single keycaps thread from three months ago has been revived with a ****ing pointless comment.

It's killing me, he's still currently doing it.

[trizkut]

This guy who has managed to post 70 completely inane comments today alone to get his post count up to join in on a bro sale.

Every single keycaps thread from three months ago has been revived with a ****ing pointless comment.

It's killing me, he's still currently doing it.

i'm sure he's already made the **** list  )

[katushkin]

This guy who has managed to post 70 completely inane comments today alone to get his post count up to join in on a bro sale.

Every single keycaps thread from three months ago has been revived with a ****ing pointless comment.

It's killing me, he's still currently doing it.

80 posts in... an hour.

[katushkin]

Mods plz

Edit: <3

[nubbinator]

Mods plz

Maybe Bro should just congratulate them on the ban from sales.

[Fire Brand]

Mods plz

Maybe Bro should just congratulate them on the ban from sales.

+10 Glad we all know what it was for anyway

[Floody]

Had to sit through a bunch of presentations in class today while having a migraine. I don't know why I showed up.

Also my sister is making me buy her a microwave because one time I cooked something too large in it and I guess I covered some part of it resulting in it throwing sparks. That was 6 months ago and there wasn't a problem since until this morning but they are pinning it on me. Not too bothered about its as I know I'd make them pay for something that they broke.

[njbair]

Maybe this is an elaborate Halloween prank by Bro. He found a way to unleash an army of noobs upon us by requiring them to have a certain post count. It's perfect because they don't know the post count rules so not even Off Topic is safe.

[dutC4]

 

[katushkin]

who is doing this i need to check their posts )

https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=52943

This guy. Now muted.

[njbair]

But it's not just that guy. I normally have about 4 unread pages to look through. Lately I have like 8+ because of all the noob necro-spamming.

[katushkin]

But it's not just that guy. I normally have about 4 unread pages to look through. Lately I have like 8+ because of all the noob necro-spamming.

He necroed all of them.

[dutC4]

 

[njbair]

But it's not just that guy. I normally have about 4 unread pages to look through. Lately I have like 8+ because of all the noob necro-spamming.

He necroed all of them.

That's actually impressive.

[E3E]

Lol, wow. He got so close but got smacked down at 95 posts. Not that it would have mattered anyway, since I don't think Bro would have let him be eligible anyway. I have to admit, I've been guilty of spamming a little on PC forums so I could download modded bios versions and such, but the post count was much lower and I always tried to have something of substance to say, and I sure as hell didn't necro threads.

[fohat.digs]

Quantifying and qualifying credibility is pretty nebulous.

Time since registration and number of posts are both pretty arbitrary.

Even ebay is easy to game - buy a bunch of cheap trinkets from China and gain "real" credibility of dozens of positive feedback points in a matter of hours for under $100.

But what else is there? Geekhack had a feedback-type rating system before r00tw0rm, as I remember, but it never came back.

[swimmingbird]

Just before arriving into Bangkok airport this morning after 12 hours of travel, a flight attendant spills a whole cup of orange juice all over me (the pulpy variety as well). My only set of clothes during my 10 hour stopover here before my 9 hour flight to Sydney. Thanks.

[heedpantsnow]

Just before arriving into Bangkok airport this morning after 12 hours of travel, a flight attendant spills a whole cup of orange juice all over me (the pulpy variety as well). My only set of clothes during my 10 hour stopover here before my 9 hour flight to Sydney. Thanks.

I usually fly direct to Oz from Dallas, where were you coming from?

On the plus side, BKK is a super nice airport.

[swimmingbird]

Just before arriving into Bangkok airport this morning after 12 hours of travel, a flight attendant spills a whole cup of orange juice all over me (the pulpy variety as well). My only set of clothes during my 10 hour stopover here before my 9 hour flight to Sydney. Thanks.

I usually fly direct to Oz from Dallas, where were you coming from?

On the plus side, BKK is a super nice airport.

Came in from Milan via Abu Dhabi (both are about 6 hour flights)

Yeah BKK is nice - I checked myself into the airport Novotel for just the day and it's way nicer than any other Novotel i've ever stayed at

[E3E]

Quantifying and qualifying credibility is pretty nebulous.

Time since registration and number of posts are both pretty arbitrary.

Even ebay is easy to game - buy a bunch of cheap trinkets from China and gain "real" credibility of dozens of positive feedback points in a matter of hours for under $100.

But what else is there? Geekhack had a feedback-type rating system before r00tw0rm, as I remember, but it never came back.

You are very right with all of this.

As someone who only buys what they need from eBay and doesn't go crazy on things, I only have a 250~ feedback rating and my account goes back to 2002.

I've seen people that were only registered for a year, weren't sellers, and had a feedback rating in the thousands. What's worse is that many sellers leave feedback before the items are even shipped. I had to cancel some orders and had positive feedback left for me already which made me feel kind of bad, but I wasn't the one who told them to leave positive feedback.

[inanis]

I was driving my daughter home this evening and I was stopped at a corner, about to turn on to the main road. This tiny, adorable white with black and brown spotted dog ran out on to the main road. A car was coming and ran him over. He was wailing that dog "I'm hurt" cry. My daughter saw the whole thing. The poor lady that hit him couldn't have avoided it. She got out of her car horrified.

My kid was crying. I told her someone would help the dog (I don't think anyone could really help though).  I didn't know what to do, and someone else stopped to help the lady that hit the dog so I left. I didn't want to make my 4 year old see any more than necessary. But damn, it is haunting me. I feel so bad. I wish I could have beeped or yelled, or done something in time to save the dog.  I've got a soft spot and a half for animals. This is going to stick with me for a while.

[taylordcraig]

I'm at a loss....

Doritos Cheesy Gordita Crunch? Or Volcano Quesarito?? 

Why not both?

Some people have enough self-control not to eat BOTH bags of Doritos.

And some people aren't ****ing awful.

[heedpantsnow]

I was driving my daughter home this evening and I was stopped at a corner, about to turn on to the main road. This tiny, adorable white with black and brown spotted dog ran out on to the main road. A car was coming and ran him over. He was wailing that dog "I'm hurt" cry. My daughter saw the whole thing. The poor lady that hit him couldn't have avoided it. She got out of her car horrified.

My kid was crying. I told her someone would help the dog (I don't think anyone could really help though).  I didn't know what to do, and someone else stopped to help the lady that hit the dog so I left. I didn't want to make my 4 year old see any more than necessary. But damn, it is haunting me. I feel so bad. I wish I could have beeped or yelled, or done something in time to save the dog.  I've got a soft spot and a half for animals. This is going to stick with me for a while.

Oh man I hate that too.  I'm so sorry.  I love dogs so much, and it seems like they are the ones that get run over the most.  :-(  And armadillos.  At least in Florida.  Which I'm not too sad about.  Did you know they carry leprosy?

[hwood34]

I'm at a loss....

Doritos Cheesy Gordita Crunch? Or Volcano Quesarito?? 

Why not both?

Some people have enough self-control not to eat BOTH bags of Doritos.

And some people have enough sense to take a joke.

Apparently

So we've established I can neither take a joke nor do I have any self-control. Any thing else?

k

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[beehatch]

I'm at a loss....

Doritos Cheesy Gordita Crunch? Or Volcano Quesarito?? 

Why not both?

Some people have enough self-control not to eat BOTH bags of Doritos.

And some people aren't ****ing awful.

mhm

[E3E]

I get mildly annoyed because I have a **** camera and I feel like no one cares to see potatoes. It's all about that primo photography, but I don't have the budget for a nice camera when I'm spending money on keyboards, haha.

[jerue]

Everyone...no need to get all fire sauce up in here. Let's all go to taco bell and get lots o' gorditas and quesaritos 

Or...maybe lets get some Totinos?

[jd29]

jerue you're seriously pissing me off. Watch it.

[E3E]

Everyone...no need to get all fire sauce up in here. Let's all go to taco bell and get lots o' gorditas and quesaritos 

Or...maybe lets get some Totinos?

 )

Don't worry, you aren't pizza me off, jerue.

PUNK MOSH

[heedpantsnow]

I get mildly annoyed because I have a **** camera and I feel like no one cares to see potatoes. It's all about that primo photography, but I don't have the budget for a nice camera when I'm spending money on keyboards, haha.

I like potatoes. Just yesterday I had them at Five Guys!

[E3E]

I get mildly annoyed because I have a **** camera and I feel like no one cares to see potatoes. It's all about that primo photography, but I don't have the budget for a nice camera when I'm spending money on keyboards, haha.

I like potatoes. Just yesterday I had them at Five Guys!

It's official. Everything in this thread is making me hungry now.

[heedpantsnow]

I get mildly annoyed because I have a **** camera and I feel like no one cares to see potatoes. It's all about that primo photography, but I don't have the budget for a nice camera when I'm spending money on keyboards, haha.

I like potatoes. Just yesterday I had them at Five Guys!

It's official. Everything in this thread is making me hungry now.

Lol

[jerue]

Everyone...no need to get all fire sauce up in here. Let's all go to taco bell and get lots o' gorditas and quesaritos 

Or...maybe lets get some Totinos?

 )

Don't worry, you aren't pizza me off, jerue.

PUNK MOSH

[Joey Quinn]

Everyone...no need to get all fire sauce up in here. Let's all go to taco bell and get lots o' gorditas and quesaritos 

Or...maybe lets get some Totinos?

 )

Don't worry, you aren't pizza me off, jerue.

PUNK MOSH

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Feminine pizza bag!

[heedpantsnow]

I'm bothered that I have so many people I want to gift caps to and not enough caps. :-(