Trivial Things That Make You Surly

[skipperj 377]

Get a record player, yo.

[Prepuce of Doom 21285]

39 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

The state of digital audio.

CD-quality audio (44100HZ 16-bit 2-channels) isn't nearly enough bits for the kind of music I listen to (Metal and symphonic classical); it needs 44,100HZ and 24-bit, but nobody sells it (not unless you want to pay the Meridian Tax or worse), and people who ought to know better will waste their breath trying to convince you that 44100/16 is plenty enough, that "you can't hear the difference." And I will fucking cut the first person who links Monty @ xiph.org at me, that ignorant motherfucker has misled so many people with his dumbassery... (Repeat after me, Monty you fuck: (1) quantization noise is a function of the input signal, (2) the need for dithering is a sign that you aren't using enough fucking bits for the signal. And also (3) human hearing is designed around picking signal out from the kind of noise that is in analog recordings, but is designed to detect quantization noise.)

What made since in the fucking 1980s when a 16-bit CPU was considered super high-end, 1MB of RAM was thousands upon thousands of dollars and digital cell phones streaming GB/s over the fucking air worldwide was science fucking fiction (seriously, the 3-year-old cell phone I just ditched was more powerful than the most powerful supercomputer in the world back then) doesn't make fucking sense now, particularly since one more goddamned byte per sample per channel is more than sufficient to solve the problem permanently and forever. Terabytes are cheap now.

tl;dr: Laurel is signal, Yanny is quantization noise, and yes you can fucking hear it.

You're a bat. 

[Rimbo 27006]

13 minutes ago, skipperj said:

Get a record player, yo.

No point. Records are obsolete technology. The problem vanishes with one more byte per sample per channel. But you will see people barf out endless nonsense decrying the possibility that anyone might be able to hear a difference.

The recent "laurel/yanny" thing that popped up onto the internet has made me happy, because suddenly, everything I've been talking about has come to the forefront. That said, I have exactly 0 hope that anything will come of this.

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

10 hours ago, Atxracer said:

Probably been addressed in 21 pages.  But, my #1 pet peeve...4 lane road.  Two cars in front of me approaching a light.  They end up side by side at a light (usually one moves over so both have the #1 spot). They then both take off slowly and drive side by side from there either at or under the speed limit.  It's truly amazing how often this happens on Bee Caves and 71.  I am agitated just typing this out.  

The person in the left lane is in the wrong. 

[FriendofaFriend 93]

14 hours ago, Celery Man said:

a) obviously it varies widely depending on the types of people invited, but it's all bets off on wedding attire these days.  i don't know what the current etiquette is, but if you don't want people wearing jeans you probably need to say something

b) are you suggesting that obviously people are going to show up to a wedding in a tux, or that it's ludicrous to think that people would go to the hassle of dressing in black tie for a wedding?  actually, 3rd version is the one that makes the most sense to me - wtf do you actually want me to wear if you're describing it as black tie optional?  My entire life is black tie optional, will most people be wearing a tux?

My surleyness comes from using the phrase itself for a wedding as it says either 1) go rent a tux or 2) dress formal. Both of these seem dumb to me. First, does anyone besides Jack Donaghy actually own a tux? I would not expect anyone to show up in a tux to a wedding unless they were part of the wedding party themselves. Don't suggest to your guests to go rent a tux. Second, I thought etiquette was to dress formal (meaning at least slacks and tie) to a wedding anyway. Do people really wear jeans? Maybe I'm the dumb one thinking people actually know how to dress.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22289]

First, does anyone besides Jack Donaghy actually own a tux?

Doesn’t everyone?

[NWBuck 8629]

46 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Doesn’t everyone?

 

What are we, farmers? 

[RPM 26622]

3 hours ago, FriendofaFriend said:

First, does anyone besides Jack Donaghy actually own a tux?

I own a tux. Farmer.

Edited May 19, 2018 by RPM

[Landomatic 3813]

8 hours ago, FriendofaFriend said:

First, does anyone besides Jack Donaghy actually own a tux?

You seem poor.

[Okie State 3889]

Put me down as not owning a tux.

[SilasCoade 2622]

Put me down as fuck etiquette. Who decided the hierarchy of pants? And why did they decide jeans go at the bottom? That's some arbitrary stupid ass shit. Wear what you want. Don't show up naked or dirty and don't draw attention to yourself at someone else's wedding. That's the only shit that matters.

Edited May 19, 2018 by Llogg

[ERhine 1938]

First, does anyone besides Jack Donaghy actually own a tux?

Are you twelve years old?

[Celery Man 21094]

1 hour ago, Llogg said:

Put me down as fuck etiquette. Who decided the hierarchy of pants? And why did they decide jeans go at the bottom? That's some arbitrary stupid ass shit. Wear what you want. Don't show up naked or dirty and don't draw attention to yourself at someone else's wedding. That's the only shit that matters.

Or, when it comes to things like weddings, either dress according to how the bride apparently wants people to dress, or just send them $100 and move on with your life.

[elfenix 34747]

I don't think I've ever been to a wedding where anyone but the wedding party and a handful of older guys in tuxes they've had for 30 years were wearing one.

 

One cousin's wedding had "black tie optional" on the invite and our grandmother complained that it was at 3 in the afternoon so no one but the wedding party should be in a tux.

 

 

 

[52-80 19377]

Not trivial at all...cable companies or DVR not allowing you to fast forward a recorded program.   Fuckkkk youuuu

[HouTex 1939]

I don't think I've ever been to a wedding where anyone but the wedding party and a handful of older guys in tuxes they've had for 30 years were wearing one.
 
One cousin's wedding had "black tie optional" on the invite and our grandmother complained that it was at 3 in the afternoon so no one but the wedding party should be in a tux.
 
 
 

She is correct.

[RPM 26622]

Strictly after 5.

[FriendofaFriend 93]

What about at 5 for an outdoor wedding where temperature is 90? And, imo, a nice 3 piece suit>>>> tuxedo, therefore I do not own a tuxedo. I will be going in a grey 3 piece with a black neck tie and sweating my balls off.

I would be going in a black 3 piece but my cleaning lady washed my black one recently and ruined it.

Edited May 19, 2018 by FriendofaFriend

[GoPokes83 2248]

Eight dollar warm beer.

[elfenix 34747]

2 hours ago, HouTex said:

She is correct.

[Lone Star Horn 2071]

4 hours ago, 52-80 said:

Not trivial at all...cable companies or DVR not allowing you to fast forward a recorded program.   Fuckkkk youuuu

a show you recorded or an on-demand show? 

if you recorded, what shitty tv service are you using.

[SilasCoade 2622]

6 hours ago, Celery Man said:

Or, when it comes to things like weddings, either dress according to how the bride apparently wants people to dress, or just send them $100 and move on with your life.

People that really care about that shit don't invite me to their wedding.

[Lat22 4086]

Memorial Day sales. No better way to honor our war dead than by getting 10% off of a mattress. 

[Okie State 3889]

Memorial Day sales. No better way to honor our war dead than by getting 10% off of a mattress. 

They fought for us to have the right to get that discount...or something to that effect.

[Vic Mackey 47951]

This royal wedding bullshit. I don't give a fuck about it. Why do people obsess over that?

[Okie State 3889]

Why do people give a shit about any celebrities at all? Let me know when you find out.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2779]

When my MIL asks me to cook all the burgers well done and I make them into briquettes.
She then says thank you and how good they are.

This woman also asks for ketchup at the nicest steakhouses in Dallas.

[Okie State 3889]

Why would you not just cook hers well done?

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2779]

Because the rest of her family lies and says they want medium but what they want from past cooking is well done.

I cook mine the way I want.

[TK421 29]

Gender reveal parties.

[Vic Mackey 47951]

Gender reveal parties.

Fucking this. It's now a contest on who can do the most outlandish ways to reveal the gender.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22289]

Gender reveal parties.

What’s the point since nobody knows what gender it will end up as

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

11 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

11 hours ago, TK421 said:

Gender reveal parties.

Fucking this. It's now a contest on who can do the most outlandish ways to reveal the gender.

Gender parties.  Prom-posals.  Any of this shit.  So much self importance in 2018.

[Sandman 3431]

On 5/17/2018 at 1:00 PM, Lat22 said:

It’s 95 degrees, you’ve just teed off on #6 and the beverage cart appears on the horizon.

And it’s a dude.

Or when you step into the tee box on 17 and the beverage cart appears for the first time that day. Too fucking late, ho.

[Fudge Nuggets 19453]

6 minutes ago, Sandman said:

Or when you step into the tee box on 17 and the beverage cart appears for the first time that day. Too fucking late, ho.

A real man would get in a six pack before the round was over.

[Sandman 3431]

Women need to be taught how to take a group photo. Tallest in the back row, shortest in the front. Instead, they jump in a big scrum with taller people in the front and then they start semi-squatting like they're trying to shit while standing up. And when one person does it, they all have to follow suit. So the whole group looks like fucking morons.

[d.plainview872 175]

On 5/19/2018 at 8:34 PM, Okie State said:

Why do people give a shit about any celebrities at all? Let me know when you find out.

I know. People are in such a state of ignorance and low level intelligence. They see someone that has money and luxuries they don't have and therefore want to see what is it like to have those luxuries. Even though they have no personal attachment to said "celebrity" they are at such a low level of intelligence and want to see how people with greater status live. It's really simple.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

On 5/19/2018 at 12:40 PM, elfenix said:

I don't think I've ever been to a wedding where anyone but the wedding party and a handful of older guys in tuxes they've had for 30 years were wearing one.

 

One cousin's wedding had "black tie optional" on the invite and our grandmother complained that it was at 3 in the afternoon so no one but the wedding party should be in a tux.

 

 

 

I have been to plenty of black tie weddings.  I like owning a tux, so I do not have to mess with renting one.

[Dbeasy 15587]

The Oreo cookie now breaks when you try to scrape the icing off with your teeth. I can’t bear to live anymore.

[tx ind 7057]

Days when H-E-B is open and the tortilla machine is not working.

[Jameslaw121 4494]

Using a shower for the first time (hotel,..whatever) and having to figure out where the sweet spot with enough hot water is.....

[Gil Bang 26231]

On 5/18/2018 at 10:13 PM, FriendofaFriend said:

My surleyness comes from using the phrase itself for a wedding as it says either 1) go rent a tux or 2) dress formal. Both of these seem dumb to me. First, does anyone besides Jack Donaghy actually own a tux? I would not expect anyone to show up in a tux to a wedding unless they were part of the wedding party themselves. Don't suggest to your guests to go rent a tux. Second, I thought etiquette was to dress formal (meaning at least slacks and tie) to a wedding anyway. Do people really wear jeans? Maybe I'm the dumb one thinking people actually know how to dress.

I own a tux.

[Celery Man 21094]

People who put conference room chairs in stupid fucking positions and then leave.

[Guest]

I've thought about buying a tux- probably average renting one 1x a year. The only reason I'm glad I haven't bought is my weight/size has fluctuated in the last 5 years from guardrail to guardrail.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

55 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Seriously, how often do you use it? 

Less now than 10 years ago.  So maybe once a year.  When I was in late 20s and early 30s it was 5-6 times a year for weddings.  A lot of my friends, most fellow Texas alums, had black tie weddings.

Black tie things are not something I love.  My wedding was a lot less formal.  But the tux I bought in my late 20s has held up for 10+ years and saved me money and hassle of rentals.

[Okie State 3889]

My Aunt, who I maybe see twice a year, texting me out of the blue to let me know I must vote Republican in the primaries if I care about unborn children being murdered.

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

10 minutes ago, Okie State said:

My Aunt, who I maybe see twice a year, texting me out of the blue to let me know I must vote Republican in the primaries if I care about unborn children being murdered.

Tell her you are offended that she hates the constitution because the right to murder babies was right from Jefferson himself.

Then skip next Thanksgiving. 

[Guest Lobo]

Italians who think all Italians are from some sort of pure, untainted bloodline directly to the peak of the Roman Empire ~200AD.

"And where are the Romans now?"

"They are dust." 

[Knoxtnhorn 6303]

Coed adult bathrooms at school.  Someone keeps leaving the lid up on the tin container that hold used feminine products.  I dry heave half the time I go in there.

[deadshank 24654]

10 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Italians who think all Italians are from some sort of pure, untainted bloodline directly to the peak of the Roman Empire ~200AD.

"And where are the Romans now?"

"They are dust."