Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

59 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

On that topic - drinking more to lessen a hangover - I’ve never been able to do it. Can’t bring myself to it. I just curl I a ball and try to snooze away

Red Beer is your friend.

[RPM 26167]

 

[Ray Cranham 32]

20 hours ago, ztejas said:

I don't know what the fuck has happened to Sonic but holy shit their service has gotten to the point where I almost can't even go there anymore. They are starting to rival Popeyes for absolute incompetence (which I haven't been to in forever for that reason). This is across a few locations in Austin, my last 5 experiences:

1. Pull up. Hit the button. Wait 5 minutes. Hit the button again. Keep waiting. Fuck it. Leave.

2. Go to a different Sonic (I was picking it up for someone else and this was easier than audibling). Experience here was fine - but this was batting .500 for the day.

3. Pull up. Out of ice cream (yes - at fucking Sonic). 

4. Pull up. Order. Get my drinks. One of which was an iced tea with lime and a flavor add in. It was probably the worst drink I've ever had from Sonic and I've had the exact same thing before. Like whoever made it was too high to function.

5. Pull up. Hit the button. Wait. "We'll be with you in a minute". Wait some more. Order a corn dog and iced tea with lime. Wait 20 minutes (for a fucking drink and a corn dog). Get my order - no lime in my iced tea.

I don't know if this is just in Austin or what but God it's getting irritating. I don't even get fast food that much - but sometimes I want a big drink or a milkshake or something and Sonic used to be convenient and on point with these items - no longer apparently.

Stupid Okies. Can't even manage a fast food chain properly.

Use the app.  Sonic is ready with your food when you check in.  Chick fil a and Whataburger wait until you check in to make your order.  WTF is the point of ordering ahead if I have to wait fifteen minutes after I check in at the restaurant.  Oh and the chick fil a by me has gotten very fucking slow, I'm going to start going to the other one near me.

Edited March 26, 2021 by Ray Cranham

[El Diablo 4232]

On 3/23/2021 at 4:50 PM, Onboard 2.0 said:

Keeps my nipples hard.... wait... wrong forum....

Which forum would such a topic be found in?

Asking for a friend with soft, supple nipples in need of stiffening. 

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1668]

5 hours ago, 52-80 said:

On that topic - drinking more to lessen a hangover - I’ve never been able to do it. Can’t bring myself to it. I just curl I a ball and try to snooze away

A very stiff Red Bull and vodka will get you back into game shape in a hurry. 

[Guest Lobo]

^

or put you in the hospital at my bachelor party 15 years ago this week.  

[UpperWestside 6080]

7 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

Username does not check out  

I have had to explain the username a few times. Short version is I liked hanging out over there because I used to go to the AMC by Lincoln Center and I love the Natural History Museum. I would not live over there though. I prefer an area with a vibrant culture (Puerto Ricans are pretty awesome people!) like the one in my neighborhood.

[RPM 26167]

1 hour ago, Bender Bending Rodriguez said:

A very stiff Red Bull and vodka will get you back into game shape in a hurry. 

Do not ignore the OG Bloody Mary. It's got electrolytes.

[TwiceHorn 31039]

On 3/24/2021 at 11:11 PM, Sam Lin said:

I've gone through maybe 3 micro USB cables in the same time that I've gone through 12 or so Lightning cables. I'll take micro USB any day.

Two of the three Amazon Basics micro USBs that I bought have taken a shit since 1/31.

USB-C blows the fuck out of B.

[elfenix 34161]

18 hours ago, RPM said:

Do not ignore the OG Bloody Mary. It's got electrolytes.

it's got what plants crave!

[Kyle 207]

Fatties in catalogs. I got the old lady's Victoria's Secret swimwear book. Ready to check the scenery, my eyes were accosted by page after page of fatties. I did not even know VS sold shit in size 18. Keep that shit at Lane Bryant or provide a #triggerwarning.

[elfenix 34161]

when you're typing your username (or whatever) into a website, and then the site finishes loading and clears out what you just typed

[WhatTheBuck 28696]

5 minutes ago, elfenix said:

when you're typing your username (or whatever) into a website, and then the site finishes loading and clears out what you just typed

I can think of a simple way to avoid that happening and it won’t cost you any time. 

[Brothahorn 10081]

1 hour ago, Kyle said:

Fatties in catalogs. I got the old lady's Victoria's Secret swimwear book. Ready to check the scenery, my eyes were accosted by page after page of fatties. I did not even know VS sold shit in size 18. Keep that shit at Lane Bryant or provide a #triggerwarning.

Boy, wait until you see the SI Swimsuit issue..

[Bevo&Pevo 4998]

3 hours ago, Kyle said:

Fatties in catalogs. I got the old lady's Victoria's Secret swimwear book. Ready to check the scenery, my eyes were accosted by page after page of fatties. I did not even know VS sold shit in size 18. Keep that shit at Lane Bryant or provide a #triggerwarning.

So are ya' getting a one piece or two piece for the upcoming summer?

[elfenix 34161]

10 piece bucket

[Braff Zacklin 13360]

6 hours ago, Kyle said:

Fatties in catalogs. I got the old lady's Victoria's Secret swimwear book. Ready to check the scenery, my eyes were accosted by page after page of fatties. I did not even know VS sold shit in size 18. Keep that shit at Lane Bryant or provide a #triggerwarning.

It was all downhill once Teri Garr stopped modeling her undies for the Sears Catalog ...

[Blotto 23366]

Stepped out to run an errand tonight and some f'n cocksucker had bashed in the driver side front quarter panel of my car. Probably not drivable, not gonna fuck with it. So after 10 years with  no claims on my auto policy, I filed 2 separate claims in 2 days - one for hail damage from the Thursday storm and one for hit and run. I guess that's why you have auto insurance, but I'm sure I'll see  nice bump in premiums. Fucking fuck.

[Kyle 207]

2 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

It was all downhill once Teri Garr stopped modeling her undies for the Sears Catalog ...

The Speigel catalog made my pants feel funny.

[52-80 19044]

hagglers and low-ballers on classifieds.  for gadgets and electronics like phone and camera equipment and stuff, i end up giving to friends cuz i really cant put up with certain people online.

[deadshank 24646]

About 10 miles of this chicanery.   Truckers don’t care. Nary a vehicle within half a mile in front of the trucker in the number 1 lane.  

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

That's when you call in and report a suspected drunk truck driver

[BonzoMontreaux 1033]

Rage inducing... especially when cruising at 83 mph and the asshole waits until you are less than 100 yards behind to change lanes when he is pegged at 65 and going up a hill.

[WhatTheBuck 28696]

The matches they give you at the cigar store don’t burn long enough to light a cigar with a single match. I just use a lighter. But if you’re giving out matches then give out half as many that are twice the size. 

[DougO 5238]

I hate wasting a clean utensil out of the drawer just for one quick stir of my coffee. Sometimes I'll take a spoon that was used for stirring something else and I'll flip it around and use the clean end and stir with the handle. If there's nothing available I just try to swirl the cup and then tend to get scalding hot coffee on me. I know, it's kinda weird.

Edited April 1, 2021 by DougO

[Trey3216 15321]

2 minutes ago, DougO said:

I hate wasting a clean utensil out of the drawer just for one quick stir of my coffee. Sometimes I'll take a spoon that was used for stirring something else and I'll flip it around and use the clean end and stir with the handle. If there's nothing available I just try to swirl the cup and then tend to get scalding hot coffee on me. I know, it's kinda weird.

Put whatever it is in your coffee first and then pour the coffee into the cup in a fashion that creates a whirlpool effect.  Problem solved.  No utensils  

 

 

Or drink your coffee like a damn man and don't put shit in it.  

Edited April 1, 2021 by Trey3216

[DougO 5238]

3 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Put whatever it is in your coffee first and then pour the coffee into the cup in a fashion that creates a whirlpool effect.  Problem solved.  No utensils  

I do that with the sweetener, but I don't like to do that with the milk because it makes it weird.

[DougO 5238]

It also makes me surly that I just can't get myself weened off sweetener and milk and learn to like black coffee.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

6 minutes ago, DougO said:

I hate wasting a clean utensil out of the drawer just for one quick stir of my coffee. Sometimes I'll take a spoon that was used for stirring something else and I'll flip it around and use the clean end and stir with the handle. If there's nothing available I just try to swirl the cup and then tend to get scalding hot coffee on me. I know, it's kinda weird.

Swizzlefinger is your best bet.

[Prepuce of Doom 20954]

.... 

Edited April 1, 2021 by Prepuce of Doom

[Prepuce of Doom 20954]

2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

The matches they give you at the cigar store don’t burn long enough to light a cigar with a single match. I just use a lighter. But if you’re giving out matches then give out half as many that are twice the size. 

Strike 2-3 matches at a time. 

But you'll get a more even burn by using a torch anyway. 

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

On 2/27/2021 at 9:10 PM, markstanco said:

"You know what they say about our state (insert state), wait 15 minutes and the weather will change."

Yea, Texas and California and New York and Wisconsin and Florida sometimes drop 20 degrees in 2 hours and all the sudden it snows. Or it is sunny and starts raining.

Thats called weather on the planet called earth. It has nothing to do with political boundaries. Fok those 28 iq people who think they have extreme weather in their state.

You know what they say about the weather in Seattle...If you don't like it, just wait 15 minutes. 

And then shoot yourself in the face. 

[deadshank 24646]

@immamac

I’m actually distraught and sleepless over this.  

[immamac 42372]

Fixed. 

[deadshank 24646]

1 hour ago, immamac said:

Fixed. 

It is unexpected nowadays to get such good service.  I am charmed.

 

[Braff Zacklin 13360]

2 hours ago, deadshank said:

It is unexpected nowadays to get such good service.  I am charmed.

Shank you very much?

[WhatTheBuck 28696]

Now about that chameleon...

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

11 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Strike 2-3 matches at a time. 

But you'll get a more even burn by using a torch anyway. 

Jeeez... the fucking poors, and their matches....

[Jack Straw 2953]

fuck you, manufacturers of the gigantic TP rolls that are so big that they have to be wedged into the roller space and get stuck and won’t roll, so you can only get one tiny piece off at a time. 
 

fuck you, whoever actually puts them on the roller that way, for fucks sake put it on the counter or the back of the toilet or whatever until it gets to a size smaller than a bike tire.  
 

[clapclapclap 9000]

ADD restaurants that switch to a new song halfway through every song.  

 

[clapclapclap 9000]

On 3/29/2021 at 10:47 AM, deadshank said:

About 10 miles of this chicanery.   Truckers don’t care. Nary a vehicle within half a mile in front of the trucker in the number 1 lane.  

I, uh, know someone, who sometimes will slip in front of that passing truck once he finally moves over, and then brake down to well below the speed limit.  Long enough to send a message and make sure he lost all the time he tried to save by screwing over the 2 dozen faster vehicles that piled up behind his selfish plodding turtle pass.

Edited April 2, 2021 by clapclapclap
Added benefit of penalizing the truck he was passing, who refused to briefly ease up a couple of mphs so that the other truck could get past and let the big line of cars piling up get through sooner.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

10 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

I, uh, know someone, who sometimes will slip in front of that passing truck once he finally moves over, and then brake down to well below the speed limit.  Long enough to send a message and make sure he lost all the time he tried to save by screwing over the 2 dozen faster vehicles that piled up behind his selfish plodding turtle pass.

Pure fuck around and find out, right there.

[elfenix 34161]

fuck you, manufacturers of the gigantic TP rolls that are so big that they have to be wedged into the roller space and get stuck and won’t roll, so you can only get one tiny piece off at a time. 
 
fuck you, whoever actually puts them on the roller that way, for fucks sake put it on the counter or the back of the toilet or whatever until it gets to a size smaller than a bike tire.  
 

I complained about these fucking quadruple rolls and people on here acted like I had a toilet paper holder from the 18th century

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

Semis that speed.

[mininghorn88 2250]

I go to the Canton Trade Days fairly regularly. I am very specific on what I look for (WW2 militaria) so I can cover a lot of area in a hurry because I can usually skip most booths that I can tell will not have anything by a quick glance. I try to go on a Friday when it is less crowded. However, despite my best efforts of a quick trip it is always slowed down by folks on electric scooters randomly running around and stopping in the middle of the lane to get off and, in a perfectly healthy walk, get off an go look in the booths. Many drive too fast and turn without looking. The worst are the ones that are pulling a wagon. I hate it. I understand that there are some that need them but most do not.

I have been yelled at more than once by pushing someone’s ride out of the way. I just stop and say, “well come move it then”. Usually get a perturbed look in return but I continue to push out of the way in an opposite direction.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

[Superhero 8695]

2 hours ago, clapclapclap said:

I, uh, know someone, who sometimes will slip in front of that passing truck once he finally moves over, and then brake down to well below the speed limit.  Long enough to send a message and make sure he lost all the time he tried to save by screwing over the 2 dozen faster vehicles that piled up behind his selfish plodding turtle pass.

That's a good way to get a rusted Peterbilt ramming your ass.

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21780]

I'm not familiar with the sex term "rusted Peterbilt"

[Superhero 8695]

A couple of Amazon Echo things...

Me: "Alexa, go to... "
Kids yelling over me: "Alexa tell a knock knock joke", "Alexa, how old are you?", "Alexa, drop in on mommy"
 

Me: "Alexa, play music by Steely Dan"
Kids within 5 seconds "Alexa, play Kidz Bop Kidz"
 

Like pretty much everything I own/do. As soon as I start using something, they'll run over and try to take over. FML.

[Jameslaw121 4440]

42 minutes ago, mininghorn88 said:

I go to the Canton Trade Days fairly regularly. I am very specific on what I look for (WW2 militaria) so I can cover a lot of area in a hurry because I can usually skip most booths that I can tell will not have anything by a quick glance. I try to go on a Friday when it is less crowded. However, despite my best efforts of a quick trip it is always slowed down by folks on electric scooters randomly running around and stopping in the middle of the lane to get off and, in a perfectly healthy walk, get off an go look in the booths. Many drive too fast and turn without looking. The worst are the ones that are pulling a wagon. I hate it. I understand that there are some that need them but most do not.

I have been yelled at more than once by pushing someone’s ride out of the way. I just stop and say, “well come move it then”. Usually get a perturbed look in return but I continue to push out of the way in an opposite direction.

Yesterday, and the grocery store, in one aisle I had three different women put their cart in the very center of the aisle while shopping. Three different times I had to say excuse me for them to move the damn cart.