Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[PvilleStang 2,911]

49 minutes ago, Native Horn said:

Translation?

Always crack a second window if you roll one down.  Or roll up all windows and engage window locks before releasing the barking tree frog on the family.

[52-80 19,162]

52 minutes ago, Native Horn said:

Translation?

Something about negative pressure deltas and laminar airflow and coriolis effect and reynolds numbers 

[InkaUtexas 25,952]

8 hours ago, Superhero said:

It's 3:50AM, and I am writing / re-writing part of a proposal that I was assigned 14 hours ago. I told the marketing manager I'd get it done by midnight, but here I still am. The person who originally wrote it did a decent job, but language was too "flowery" for a construction proposal, and he missed some sections due to inexperience.

The fucked up part is I found out I'm part of the interview team when on Wednesday 5-6PM, I received 5 meeting invites, one of which is a 6 hour interview prep on Sunday. In LA.

Of course I can't say no, since they listed me as the cost lead without telling me... I'll be a fucking zombie, but just needed to vent because this is bullshit.

 

Oh, and one of my project leads is out sick, so I ran a few meetings in his absence. Working on 3 projects concurrently (for probably the nth time) sucks.

My favorite is getting a call from the New Zealand office at the close of their day. So that means tomorrow. "Hey, we have a project due in (insert African Country) that is due at this time. Mind giving it a read over?"

Well no one told me about said project and read it to find out some dickhead SME wrote their thoughts on paper, no checking the documents, and it is all fucked up. Great, I get to go to work at 11PM and crash until the morning to get in this damn thing.

Or when pricing team forgets little things, like work hours on rotation.

Fun times..... Some days I wish I was a florist.

 

[nnm 36,418]

18 hours ago, 52-80 said:

Something about negative pressure deltas and laminar airflow and coriolis effect and reynolds numbers 

I understand there are words in that sentence. 

[Brisketexan 105,154]

Sat down at my desk and got a call at straight up 8:00 on the dot. What in the actual fuck, people??? I need to ease into this bullshit.

Many days, my phone starts ringing, call after call, before 8:00. As in, I’m not even at the office yet, and my phone is already blowing up. I’m on with one call, trying to get out the door, and two more are coming in. WTF? Again, let me get fucking started before you inundate me with “Brisket, this happened, what should we do?”

[gofuckyourself 8,328]

Flies on our back porch that have shit all over it. Before this house, I didn't even consider that flies shit nor noticed it since it's typically one fly, one speck and then they're gone.

Well, put a few dozen of them together day after day and they shit, folks. They shit a lot. They're like a daily gathering of old men chatting at the country store, if those old men were pantsless and dropping daily deuces all over the porch.

I'd like to thank the cows in the pasture behind us for ensuring our windows, window sills, patio furniture and doorknobs are caked in fly excrement.

Does bug a salt make a nuclear equivalent device?

[SHOOTER12 8,810]

On 4/5/2024 at 5:54 AM, Superhero said:

It's 3:50AM, and I am writing / re-writing part of a proposal that I was assigned 14 hours ago. I told the marketing manager I'd get it done by midnight, but here I still am. The person who originally wrote it did a decent job, but language was too "flowery" for a construction proposal, and he missed some sections due to inexperience.

The fucked up part is I found out I'm part of the interview team when on Wednesday 5-6PM, I received 5 meeting invites, one of which is a 6 hour interview prep on Sunday. In LA.

Of course I can't say no, since they listed me as the cost lead without telling me... I'll be a fucking zombie, but just needed to vent because this is bullshit.

 

Oh, and one of my project leads is out sick, so I ran a few meetings in his absence. Working on 3 projects concurrently (for probably the nth time) sucks.

Well hell Hero, you got any friends in Methlahoma that could help you out?

[ScottS 1,065]

Went with a frozen pizza for dinner.  Pulled it out of the oven and cut it into 8 pieces.  Turns out the amount of Cholula left in the bottle was only enough for 7 slices.  Managed to push through the pain and consume the last piece.

[52-80 19,162]

People are so goddamn disgusting. Walking my dog around a gas station and restaurant, where lidded trash containers are plentiful. 
 

and around the bushes there are endless cups and cans and tissues and even a goddamn filled diaper.
 

Straight to jail for these people. Right away. 

[Okie State 3,821]

On the early calls topic, my office phone is forwarded to my cell phone for when I work remotely. I don't get a lot of calls so usually not a problem. Occasionally one particular person calls me at 6:30 AM. It's never urgent and I never answer. I'm always up around 5:30 AM so it's not waking me up, but why would anyone ever call anybody at that hour unless it was a medical emergency?

[WhatTheBuck 28,786]

12 hours ago, ScottS said:

Went with a frozen pizza for dinner.  Pulled it out of the oven and cut it into 8 pieces.  Turns out the amount of Cholula left in the bottle was only enough for 7 slices.  Managed to push through the pain and consume the last piece.

Get some crushed dried peppers to put on your pizza. 

[SHOOTER12 8,810]

44 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Get some crushed dried peppers to put on your pizza. 

This^^^I've gotten to where I can't eat ANY pizza without crushed red pepper. 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

Wife’s Volvo has midget cupholders, convenient for people who keep their drinks in thimbles.

[Underdog 28,707]

7 hours ago, 52-80 said:

People are so goddamn disgusting. Walking my dog around a gas station and restaurant, where lidded trash containers are plentiful. 
 

and around the bushes there are endless cups and cans and tissues and even a goddamn filled diaper.
 

Straight to jail for these people. Right away. 

Have posted a few times that litterbugs should be fair game to be shot. 

[YGIFS 19,450]

Well, they're on the metric system.  Sweden, Jerry.  Sweden..............

[52-80 19,162]

48 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

Wife’s Volvo has midget cupholders, convenient for people who keep their drinks in thimbles.

Saw this funny badge on a volvo this weekend

 

also a cherry red fiat 500 with a novelty license plate “TOMATO”.  contemplated slowing down to take a photo

[52-80 19,162]

1 of 1000 small reasons why Windows sucks

This is a lockscreen. With MacOS, if you put your finger on the fingerprint reader, it logs into the laptop. With Windows, if you put your finger on the fingerprint reader…absolutely nothing happens . 

You have to hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to get into log on mode. And THEN itll listen to the fingerprint reader. Why the extra step? Isnt it obvious if the reader is triggered, what user wants to do?

[PvilleStang 2,911]

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-can-i-turn-off-ctrl-alt-delete-login-in/796078f7-8125-4cce-b0b2-499d8f7048e1

 

Disable the CTRL-ALT-DEL requirement...  Unless it's enterprise controlled, then good luck!

[Sam Lin 3,559]

The ctrl alt delete keystroke is there to prevent someone making an app to capture your login that mimics the actual login screen. From a basically security standpoint it should not be disabled.

[52-80 19,162]

1 hour ago, PvilleStang said:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-can-i-turn-off-ctrl-alt-delete-login-in/796078f7-8125-4cce-b0b2-499d8f7048e1

 

Disable the CTRL-ALT-DEL requirement...  Unless it's enterprise controlled, then good luck!

Gotdang work computer !

[Superhero 8,830]

A day late... but was the eclipse the only news story yesterday? I was listening to NPR during my commute to LA, and they mentioned it at least 10+ times in the span of 45 minutes. F'n annoying.

[Superhero 8,830]

I dropped my Apple pencil and broke the plastic tip. I replaced the tip, just the tip, but the damn thing isn't working. It looks like else broke and now it's not working.

I can ask the company for another one, but since I was the one broke it, I don't mind using a faux gen 2 Apple pencil. Any recommendations?

[nnm 36,418]

3 hours ago, Superhero said:

A day late... but was the eclipse the only news story yesterday? I was listening to NPR during my commute to LA, and they mentioned it at least 10+ times in the span of 45 minutes. F'n annoying.

Sounds like someone didn’t see totality. 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

the worst part about your wife getting you an espresso maker is having to jerk off the steaming wand every use.

[nnm 36,418]

2 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

the worst part about your wife getting you an espresso maker is having to jerk off the steaming wand every use.

I wouldn’t say that’s the worst thing. Just regular marital relations. 

[deadshank 24,653]

Sidewalk on west side of street.  I walk dog on east side of street with traffic.  I wear earbuds.  I no care.  

[Al_4_ISU 12,464]

1 minute ago, deadshank said:

Sidewalk on west side of street.  I walk dog on east side of street with traffic.  I wear earbuds.  I no care.  

I always go into traffic while on foot.  Never understood people who don't.

It's a little bit like how I shake my head when I see people cycling the hilly, narrow country roads in my area.  I'm an AVID cyclist, but we have tons of paved trails, and the risk of getting hit on these roads is so high due to their construction and the local geography that I just can't relate to people who eschew the safety of the trail just to mix up the scenery a little bit.

Edited April 10 by Al_4_ISU

[DigglerontheHoof 21,202]

Just now, deadshank said:

Sidewalk on west side of street.  I walk dog on east side of street with traffic.  I wear earbuds.  I no care.  

And if you are going to walk in the street, you walk against the oncoming traffic.  Moron squared. 

[ztejas 43,466]

9 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I always go into traffic while on foot.  Never understood people who don't.

Sometimes the with-traffic side is more walkable and I'll walk on that side. Definitely makes me more nervous though.

[conVINCEd 21,469]

Saw a woman walking down the middle lane of a road with a 40 mph speed limit a few weeks ago.  Saw sirens in the rearview mirror so I’m guessing it was handled pretty quickly.  Coit in between Arapaho and Campbell for the Dallasites.

[mycox 582]

NFL mock drafts

On 4/8/2024 at 11:13 AM, Sam Lin said:

The ctrl alt delete keystroke is there to prevent someone making an app to capture your login that mimics the actual login screen. From a basically security standpoint it should not be disabled.

ctrl-alt-del is obsolete these days. You can just hit the space bar and it's just a secure. Even more secure these days with Windows Hello

Edited April 11 by mycox

[mycox 582]

NFL mock drafts

[Tylerocks 2,553]

People that seemingly don't know how middle turn lanes work.

Living in Montrose and having to navigate Westheimer and W. Alabama frequently I see it EVERY day.

Thank god they changed the contra-flow lanes on Alabama...Jesus that was a cluster for some folks to grasp

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

22 hours ago, mycox said:

NFL mock drafts

ctrl-alt-del is obsolete these days. You can just hit the space bar and it's just a secure. Even more secure these days with Windows Hello

 

22 hours ago, mycox said:

NFL mock drafts

How do you feel about nfl mock drafts?

[YGIFS 19,450]

1 hour ago, Tylerocks said:

People that seemingly don't know how middle turn lanes work.

Living in Montrose and having to navigate Westheimer and W. Alabama frequently I see it EVERY day.

Thank god they changed the contra-flow lanes on Alabama...Jesus that was a cluster for some folks to grasp

Completely anecdotal, but in the last week---TWICE---saw vehicles on Bee Caves Road just cruising down the turn lane for miles.  Not like what we're all guilty of when we skip on turn and then cruise up a bit to hit the next turn, but like just treating it like it was a third lane built out just for them to go multiple miles at 45mph.  

6 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

 

How do you feel about nfl mock drafts?

About how I feel about fantasy football drafts.  If it brings you great joy to be a fake administrator, have at it.  But requiring other guys to spend hours or days away from their families in addition to hundreds or even thousands of dollars, never mind the time spent throughout the season.  Just get a regular mid-life crisis hobby like cocaine or cars.  

[CatManDo 205]

Posters (mostly 40+ y.o. women) on Facebook who start their post with "Hey peeps..." or "Yo peeps...".  Just stop it already, using that terminology does not make you hip or cool.

[tbone_ 14,128]

using that terminology does not make you hip or cool.

Neither does reading Facebook posts of 40+ yo women. Or really Facebook posts from anyone.

[gofuckyourself 8,328]

This is Costanza-esque "we're living in a society here people" but when in backed up traffic I get annoyed by the drivers that drive on the shoulder over the solid white line, for like 1/2 a mile, to get to an upcoming side street.

Also irked because I actually got pulled over, with thankfully only a warning, for barely crossing over a solid white to go around a car sticking out when it tried to merge in.

The cop informed me it's illegal to which I wanted to reply "Glad you pulled over the 1 guy out of 10,000 that do this on a daily basis. Congrats. The city will sleep soundly tonight."

But I wisely kept my mouth shut.

[CatManDo 205]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

 

Neither does reading Facebook posts of 40+ yo women. Or really Facebook posts from anyone.

 

Haha…being nearly 65, I gave up on trying to be hip and cool a long time ago…

[Dnaguy 12,000]

3 hours ago, tbone_ said:

 

Neither does reading Facebook posts of 40+ yo women. Or really Facebook posts from anyone.

 

A dog’s gotta eat…..

[ztejas 43,466]

9 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

People that seemingly don't know how middle turn lanes work.

Living in Montrose and having to navigate Westheimer and W. Alabama frequently I see it EVERY day.

Thank god they changed the contra-flow lanes on Alabama...Jesus that was a cluster for some folks to grasp

You mean I'm not supposed to turn into the turn lane then merge into traffic going 50 mph?

[MissingInAction 25,104]

Jfc, if your BMI is over 50 please don't wear black yoga pants. You look like a 300 pound sausage over cooked in a microwave.

[PvilleStang 2,911]

On 4/13/2024 at 5:06 PM, MissingInAction said:

Jfc, if your BMI is over 50 please don't wear black yoga pants. You look like a 300 pound sausage over cooked in a microwave.

They make mumus for a reason...

[BonzoMontreaux 1,040]

Yoga pants are privilege not a right.

[Texas007 195]

On 4/12/2024 at 4:07 PM, gofuckyourself said:

This is Costanza-esque "we're living in a society here people" but when in backed up traffic I get annoyed by the drivers that drive on the shoulder over the solid white line, for like 1/2 a mile, to get to an upcoming side street.

Also irked because I actually got pulled over, with thankfully only a warning, for barely crossing over a solid white to go around a car sticking out when it tried to merge in.

The cop informed me it's illegal to which I wanted to reply "Glad you pulled over the 1 guy out of 10,000 that do this on a daily basis. Congrats. The city will sleep soundly tonight."

But I wisely kept my mouth shut.

Should have informed the cop he was wrong and instructed them to learn the transportation code: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm

 

It is not illegal to cross a single solid white line or to pass on the shoulder (for given circumstances),

[gofuckyourself 8,328]

46 minutes ago, Texas007 said:

Should have informed the cop he was wrong and instructed them to learn the transportation code: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm

 

It is not illegal to cross a single solid white line or to pass on the shoulder (for given circumstances),

That's excellent. Thanks.

I've screenshot it and will definitely use it as needed to reduce future surliness.

[BearMace 2,206]

Left turn signals that go to red between protected and unprotected phases. You miss the protected turn by a second and you have to stop for no reason at all to immediately turn when it goes to flashing yellow a second later. So dumb.

[deadshank 24,653]

Awful sounding and affected New York accents.  
 

Examples, you ask?  Why, of course, young man; to wit:

No, no he dih-int. 
 

She woo-int ever do that. 
 

Sorry.  Picking nits after watching documentary on solving NYC murders.  Cringey accents.   Mostly women doing it. N 

 

[nnm 36,418]

16 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Awful sounding and affected New York accents.  
 

Examples, you ask?  Why, of course, young man; to wit:

No, no he dih-int. 
 

She woo-int ever do that. 
 

Sorry.  Picking nits after watching documentary on solving NYC murders.  Cringey accents.   Mostly women doing it. N 

 

Midwestern nasal accent might be worse. 

[YGIFS 19,450]

Here in Texas, the only midwest accents you really hear are Chicagoans and the occasional Michigander.  But as Al_4_ISU can tell you, there just as many nuances to "Midwest Accents" as there are Texas Accents, probably more.  The Northwoods (mainly Nordic and German) that you hear in Minnesota, Wisconsin (everywhere outside Milwaukee/Madison), and most of Michigan.  It's kinda of annoying, but not abrasive (basically sounds like 'Letterkenny').  Ohio and Indiana sound like exactly what you think of when a Midwest Accent gets Alabama pregnant.  Illinois, just because of Chicago can be tough to pinpoint if you haven't spent much time there because of all the outside influences and ethnicities.  Iowa is probably the most "neutral" midwest accent.  Not pleasing, not grating.  

The straight line from Philly through Jersey to Delaware.  That fucking accent makes my fucking teeth itch.  Just because you speak like that doesn't necessarily mandate you also have the grammar and vocabulary of a 3rd grader.