Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post Reply
User avatar
Bammer
mXn
Posts: 22777
Joined: Thu January 24, 2013 4:32 am
Location: Surrounded by Wokes. Please send help.

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by Bammer »

washing machine wrote:My c-store has self checkout kiosks and cashier service.

There's only one line, and people in line disproportionately favor the cashier service. I end up waiting to use the self-checkout because it feels rude to bypass people to get to it when I don't know which check out they're going to choose.

When there's only one person in front of me, I'll ask if they're in line for the kiosk, but when there's like five people in line, I'm not going to ask everyone.
This c-store setup was not thought out well.
Last edited by Bammer on Fri February 13, 2026 5:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
(she/him/theirs)
User avatar
Bammer
mXn
Posts: 22777
Joined: Thu January 24, 2013 4:32 am
Location: Surrounded by Wokes. Please send help.

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by Bammer »

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Self wrote: the amount of people who are cluelessly in the way is absurd. maybe that's where my hatred lies. that and people who drive 5 miles an hour under the speed limit. or just other people on the roads all together
Oh, I completely agree with this. But this stems from people's lack of courtesy and them being oblivious to their surroundings, not being on the right or left side of the aisle.
I love when you’re walking behind someone and they just dead stop without considering someone is there. Happens in the airport all the time.
Stop walking around behind my kids, you perv.
(she/him/theirs)
User avatar
Bammer
mXn
Posts: 22777
Joined: Thu January 24, 2013 4:32 am
Location: Surrounded by Wokes. Please send help.

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by Bammer »

I am completely over the word “harm”
(she/him/theirs)
User avatar
B
Troglodyte
Posts: 24953
Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm
Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/rectormsw.bsky.social
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by B »

Whenever a streaming service doesn't have the trailer for a movie or show, I want to burn the world down.
Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
User avatar
Ello Sailor
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 17234
Joined: Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by Ello Sailor »

B wrote:Whenever a streaming service doesn't have the trailer for a movie or show, I want to burn the world down.
I always sit there with the IMDb app open on my phone like a goober. It's annoying af.
LoathedVermin72 wrote:soulseek 4 lyfe
User avatar
spike
The Master
Posts: 35444
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 4:18 am

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by spike »

Ello Sailor wrote:
B wrote:Whenever a streaming service doesn't have the trailer for a movie or show, I want to burn the world down.
I always sit there with the IMDb app open on my phone like a goober. It's annoying af.
Multiple screens… sounds like a battlestation, mister.
User avatar
B
Troglodyte
Posts: 24953
Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm
Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/rectormsw.bsky.social
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by B »

That might make me less furious, but it's always when my wife and I or the whole family are trying to find something.

"Hey everyone, get up from your comfy spots on the couch and gather 'round my tiny screen to see the trailer and decide if this movie is the one we've been looking for!"

Fuck that! Why does Netflix want me to leave their platform and open YouTube so I can decide if I want to go back to Netflix and watch their movie?
Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
User avatar
wease
Major Dude
Posts: 40170
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm
Location: Where everybody knows your name

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by wease »

Isn’t that a setting on Netflix? I get mad when I linger too long on the description and the trailer starts playing.
Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing!
- C. Montgomery Burns
User avatar
B
Troglodyte
Posts: 24953
Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm
Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/rectormsw.bsky.social
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by B »

wease wrote:Isn’t that a setting on Netflix? I get mad when I linger too long on the description and the trailer starts playing.
Sometimes the autoplay is the trailer. Sometimes it's the actual show.

Sometimes there are trailers and sometimes there are not.
Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
User avatar
wease
Major Dude
Posts: 40170
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm
Location: Where everybody knows your name

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by wease »

B wrote:
wease wrote:Isn’t that a setting on Netflix? I get mad when I linger too long on the description and the trailer starts playing.
Sometimes the autoplay is the trailer. Sometimes it's the actual show.

Sometimes there are trailers and sometimes there are not.
Ah
Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing!
- C. Montgomery Burns
User avatar
B
Troglodyte
Posts: 24953
Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm
Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/rectormsw.bsky.social
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by B »

Algorithms could be so good, but they're such garbage.

Facebook and Instagram know where I live and where I'm traveling (I assume). Why do they show me restaurants and breweries in cities that are hundreds of miles away from where I live or where I've recently been spending my money?

I don't give a fuck if a cool brewery opened in Utah. I'm not there. I've never been there. I have no outstanding plans to be there.
Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
User avatar
LoathedVermin72
The Master
Posts: 33834
Joined: Sun May 25, 2014 9:32 pm

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by LoathedVermin72 »

Advertising has ruined algorithms and search engines at this point. It’s all pay-for-placement which it makes near-impossible to find relevant places anymore. I went literally years without knowing there was a great kabob spot like five minutes away from me because they never show up on searches. Infuriating. I hate the word “enshitification” but yeah
doug rr
The Master
Posts: 27318
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:45 pm
Location: I'm now Canadian..go broncos

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by doug rr »

when a family member dies and everyone has flowers delivered to your house...thanks but they'll be compost tomorrow
User avatar
wease
Major Dude
Posts: 40170
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm
Location: Where everybody knows your name

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by wease »

B wrote:Algorithms could be so good, but they're such garbage.

Facebook and Instagram know where I live and where I'm traveling (I assume). Why do they show me restaurants and breweries in cities that are hundreds of miles away from where I live or where I've recently been spending my money?

I don't give a fuck if a cool brewery opened in Utah. I'm not there. I've never been there. I have no outstanding plans to be there.
Wait. You’re not Mormon?
Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing!
- C. Montgomery Burns
User avatar
B
Troglodyte
Posts: 24953
Joined: Wed December 19, 2012 9:53 pm
Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/rectormsw.bsky.social
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by B »

Indiana Mormon.
Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
User avatar
washing machine
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 15666
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm
Location: Space City

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by washing machine »

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Advertising has ruined algorithms and search engines at this point. It’s all pay-for-placement which it makes near-impossible to find relevant places anymore. I went literally years without knowing there was a great kabob spot like five minutes away from me because they never show up on searches. Infuriating. I hate the word “enshitification” but yeah
I don't get it. How did you not find this kabob place years ago just exploring around?
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
User avatar
LoathedVermin72
The Master
Posts: 33834
Joined: Sun May 25, 2014 9:32 pm

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by LoathedVermin72 »

washing machine wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Advertising has ruined algorithms and search engines at this point. It’s all pay-for-placement which it makes near-impossible to find relevant places anymore. I went literally years without knowing there was a great kabob spot like five minutes away from me because they never show up on searches. Infuriating. I hate the word “enshitification” but yeah
I don't get it. How did you not find this kabob place years ago just exploring around?
It was on the other side of an intersection where there is basically nothing but homes. Had never had the need to go over there.

By “exploring around,” do you mean just like aimlessly driving? Because that is not something I do.
User avatar
BurtReynolds
An enigma of a man shaped hole in the wall between reality and the soul of the devil.
Posts: 45825
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:13 pm
Location: 6000 feet beyond man and time.

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by BurtReynolds »

Funny thing about these supposedly dangerous algorithms is that I'll often buy something on Amazon, then I'll get ads for a week for the thing I just bought. How stupid is that?
RM's resident disinformation expert.
User avatar
washing machine
10Club Complaint Department
Posts: 15666
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm
Location: Space City

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by washing machine »

LoathedVermin72 wrote:By “exploring around,” do you mean just like aimlessly driving?
Yeah, that's pretty much the gist of it.

Or even better, taking a roundabout way to a destination to unlock more of the map in your head.
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
User avatar
spike
The Master
Posts: 35444
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 4:18 am

Re: Things you have an irrational hatred of

Post by spike »

Reid be side questin’
Post Reply