The "Things that annoy me" thread

In this country you could make the joke that you gained a couple of kilos but by purchasing new batteries you lost a couple of pounds. :-|

Actually that reminds me, I love the Tools & Stuff YouTube channel and its Kiwi owner, but it irritates me the way he says Kg as "Kay-gees" instead of just kilos. It's just an objectively worse way of saying it.

93Flareside said:
See, electric cars are bad, they’re making us heavier! 😄
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Someone has probably tried to make the argument that the vibration of an IC engine does contribute to a tiny weight loss that an EV won't have.
 
German radio wouldn’t exist without Miley Cyrus or James Hype, I swear.
 
Yes it is. But it's way more tolerable than the usual stations due to the more guitars. :D
I listen to it rarely enough so the repetitiveness doesn't get on my nerves.
 
Yesterday one of my server's HDDs crapped out, today it was something else because it can't post. My guess is the PSU. And it happened in an inconvenient time, as I will need some of the files from it soon.
 
I think I haven't listened to the radio for the past 10 years or more.
 
When I pull a cart out of the nested lineup, fold back that main panel to reveal the "upper" section, and the plastic flap automatically folds flat.

So now I have to touch the part of the cart most that most likely had child pee on it (perhaps this is an irrational fear) to fold it back up, so that my smaller items don't fall out of the "leg holes" of this child seat area.

I'm annoyed that "flap falls down" is the default behavior on seemingly every cart design.

Yes, I understand that someone with one arm fully occupied with holding a child will have different priorities. But it still annoys me.
 
People who are selling something on marketplace who answer "What are you willing to pay/what is it worth to you?" when asking how much something costs. I mean FFS you are the one selling it, so I'm quite sure you know more or less what you want for it. I always feel like those people are hoping you name a price much higher than what they are looking for. When you offer less than they want they say it's too low and when you make an offer that's way top high they can simply accept it.
 
That is indeed annoying, but not as much as the people who first lowball you, then ask 400 questions about a normal item, and then vanish from existance, only to reappear 4 months later to go "is this still available"?

Marketplace is just wrong
 
I just outright refuse to use those, don't know what I'll do when I have a house and want to get rid of furniture. Probably cut it up and re-use it rather than try and deal with someone buying it or taking it away.

Anyway, GU10 light bulbs. Easy shit right? Nope. I've had them for years but somehow only discovered the various beam angles yesterday.

To cut a long story short - bought remote switch, flickery bulbs, replaced switch bought listed compatible bulbs. My previous bulbs were apparently 120 degree beam angle, the new ones (and all the others on the compatible list that I can find) are 36 degrees. It's like a fucking art gallery in here, the walls are lit beautifully but it's dark in the middle. They're Sylvania, I thought I was being smart by getting them and they feel really well made.

Nobody seems to make a clip-on 'bulb' to spread the beam and it's not something I would 3D print.
 
Matt2000 said:
I just outright refuse to use those, don't know what I'll do when I have a house and want to get rid of furniture. Probably cut it up and re-use it rather than try and deal with someone buying it or taking it away.
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For that reason pretty much all our old (but useable) stuff like furniture and clothes or toys the kids outgrew goes straight to charity or a thrift store. Selling it could probably get us a couple hundred euro every year, but it's not worth the hassle to me. Just load it in the car and drop it of, no hassle and people who need it more than we do get some new(er) stuff.
 
Friends that ask for advice, ignore it for advice from someone else that has no experience with the subject, then get mad at you for not telling them that in the first place...


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Why is it that some YouTube channels insist on having the name of the 'presenter' shown either at the start or for the entire duration of the video, when they are the only person who ever presents on the channel? Just a carry-over from TV that people think they need? :hmm:
 
"Brand building" - when I was in advertising one uncomfortable truth we had to deal with is that having the brand's logo as a "station logo" in a corner of the frame for the whole duration of an ad increases brand recognition (how many people afterwards will remember they saw an ad for said brand) massively...
 
I entered a drawing to win a guitar. Like any of these, you are automatically signed up for a company's email newsletters/promo emails.

Zager Guitars, though, signs you up for at least THREE daily emails, from three different addresses.
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It really, really ruins any sense of quality one might have otherwise had about the company and their product. It makes them sound scammy, and desperate

Like with most of these emails, if I'm able to turn down the frequency to, like, 1-2 emails a month? I'd happily stay subscribed. But with bullshit like this? The day after the winner's announced, I'm unsubscribing and blocking them. I can't imagine that turning off potential customers like this is better than infrequent, but perpetual communication...but maybe it is.

Hank's Belts was like that, too. I appreciated their over-the-top post-purchase communication about my order, the shipping, delivery, and care and maintenance emails...but then holy shit, I don't need 2 more emails and texts every day about your perpetual 20% off "ends tonight!" "deals".
 
NecroJoe said:
I entered a drawing to win a guitar. Like any of these, you are automatically signed up for a company's email newsletters/promo emails.

Zager Guitars, though, signs you up for at least THREE daily emails, from three different addresses.
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It really, really ruins any sense of quality one might have otherwise had about the company and their product. It makes them sound scammy, and desperate

Like with most of these emails, if I'm able to turn down the frequency to, like, 1-2 emails a month? I'd happily stay subscribed. But with bullshit like this? The day after the winner's announced, I'm unsubscribing and blocking them. I can't imagine that turning off potential customers like this is better than infrequent, but perpetual communication...but maybe it is.

Hank's Belts was like that, too. I appreciated their over-the-top post-purchase communication about my order, the shipping, delivery, and care and maintenance emails...but then holy shit, I don't need 2 more emails and texts every day about your perpetual 20% off "ends tonight!" "deals".
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I spoke too soon. We're up to 4 emails in one day, today, and a 4th different email address:
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