The world is cruel and ugly. There are plenty of justifiable things to be upset and distraught over. I don’t want to hear about those. I want to know what bizarre out of left field takes you have that infuriates you.
I’m still upset about Tenochtitlan falling and being buried. I’m a gringo, I shouldn’t have an opinion about Lake Texcoco being drained centuries ago.
Okay, if you’re looking for weird?
Bad perforations. Drives me insane. Any product that is perforated to tear easily, 9 times out of 10 they fucked it up and the perforations may as well not even be there or even make it worse
My vitamin packets: I try to separate one out but then accidentally tear open another vitamin behind it.
Cardboard food packaging: I start tearing a strip to open but then the strip breaks and leaves 3/4 still stuck on the packaging.
Plastic food packaging: “This bag is resealable!” Or, what they mean to say is that if you try to tear it open using the pre-cut line, you’ll tear below the resealable part.
Glass bottles/jars sealed with plastic: You’re lucky if you can even tell where they perforated it. Try ruining your nail pulling up every edge you can find until maybe it tears eventually (likely not where the actual perforation is, either). Or you can ruin a knife scratching your own tear against the metal cap instead.
Toilet paper: You’d think the sections that are already partially punctured would be the weakest point to tear most easily, but it’s actually the middle of the goddamn sheet, as we all know.
Bonus points for other packages where a top film or foil covering a container is weaker than the glue used to seal it around the edges, so you’re left with little bits of lid that can’t be removed except surgically with tweezers.
If you can’t fucking do food packaging right, save some money by not even trying and just tell me I need to use scissors or a knife, because that’s what ends up happening most of the time anyways. Fuck.
There’s a wonderful bit of fiction writing where an armourer (I think, it’s been a while) had that exact thought: paper never tears where the holes are, it only tears between the holes. Therefore, the holes must be stronger than the paper. Therefore, to strengthen a material, add (impervious) holes. Ultimately, the strongest material is all holes.
Is that how they invented chainmail?
That ring of glue and plastic and foil on top of bottle caps is so infuriating, gee thanks another wee bit of plastic that could end up in my body accidentally
Exactly what I wanted. Good job.
Glass bottles/jars sealed with plastic
Everything listed is valid but this one stands above the rest by a lot personally. Fucking hate this practice.
Omg, the resealable bags that don’t reseal INFURIATE me.
Any product that is perforated to tear easily, 9 times out of 10 they fucked it up and the perforations may as well not even be there or even make it worse
Interesting — I’ve always assumed that this was deliberate, in order to increase waste (and thereby sales). Do you really think that it’s because of something innocuous like incompetence or inattention?
Cathartic. Thank you
I feel so seen today.
Doctor Who losing Ncuti Gatwa and facing an uncertain production future.
wasnt he kinda of a weak link, i think people are also upset what they did to the previous doctor, whittaker.
IMO Ncuti did a great job with what he was given, but the writing was pretty hit and miss
true, jodie was also the same with the series, she dint like how it was going with the direciton of the show.
The foxwq client isn’t free software. It is a great injustice.
I wfh so my car is 99% of the time outside my house. It’s in the shop for a few days and no one is choosing to park in front of my house! I swear to God they must think I’m a raging hambeast or something, ready to screech out the window if someone parks there. It’s not MY spot. I don’t own it. Please park there when my car isn’t there! So annoying!
😕
Okay, you are winning the thread so far.
Yeah the concensus in my town is you own the spots directly in front of your home unless there’s a party or severe parking shortage.
Why would you park farther than you have to from your destination?
Might be different for you if you live in tight multi family homes.
Maybe there are simply enough places, and people can park in front of their own houses, so there’s no need to park in front of your house?
I’m annoyed the tomatoes went from growing good to growing Very Sad
This is on me, and it is my first time planting and I mostly went “eeehhhh I think this is good”
I did my goal, which was get from seed to red tomato.
But now there’s fungal infections, end rot, armyworm moths, splitting skin, and general sadness.
I did get enough to make salsa though.
I feel our ancestors spirits because I’m sure they felt the same way about farming.
I’m annoyed that I was born in the armpit of history. There are people alive who were alive when the Wright Brothers were. And we can see a shining future ahead of us. But we’re stuck in the middle. Too late to be excited for all the progress of the first flight, moon landing, dawn of the internet. Too early for commercial space flight, nuclear fusion, full dive VR, true AI.
We can see those things in the future. It’s being built now. But by the time it’s fully available and normalized we’ll either be dead or too old to care. If capitalism doesn’t kill us all with climate change.
So yeah. Armpit of history. Shit sucks.
Every generation could say something similar
I’m still mad at Yahoo for killing xFire with a frivolous lawsuit.
xFire was better 20 years ago than Discord is today. We had a real gem stolen from us.
You sound like me, except for me it’s Google Plus.
Who decides when a species becomes naturalized / stops being invasive? As an example, the European Starling has been living in North America since 1890 and are still considered invasive. They have natural predators. The ecosystem is adapting around them. Just let them have citizenship already!
Another thing: Taxonomy. Just all taxonomy. If a shark and a trout are both fish then we must also be fish because both of those animals are closer relatives to us than they are to each other. Obviously the way we define a fish has to change. Why has nobody done this? There are a TON of things like this in taxonomy and that all make me absurdly angry.
Well, fish doesn’t really have a scientific meaning… https://youtu.be/uhwcEvMJz1Y
That doesn’t really make it less agitating though. There is a group of birds called jays (like blue jay) and the word jay is scientifically meaningless. It is still infuriating to me that these birds aren’t even vaguely related to each other in many cases. Just name them something else. Make it make sense. Koalas are not bears; just call them koalas. Guinea pigs are not from Guinea and they aren’t pigs. Horned toads are lizards. There are many examples of this. The names of animals don’t have to describe what they are, but they should not be accepted when describing the animal as something it is not. Animals should not have names that conflict with their taxonomy.
If they weren’t known for taking a single bite out of every fruit on the tree/vine/bush and ruining entire crops/gardens they would be more welcome. * Shakes fist at starlings in the tomato garden *
Also, isn’t the taxonomy thing being addressed with clades and what not?
Yes and no. Clades still have issues with things like hag fish.
Invasive is just a slur for things people don’t like. Same thing for weed.
It’s Reese’s Pieces, not Reesee’s peesees.
You’re a fucking idiot if you say Reesee’s peesees. When have you ever used the term peesees elsewhere, you month breathing dunce?
Month breathing huh?
I done fucked up. I’m leaving it.
If you breathe the days you risk hyperventilating.
Reesee’s feces
I was perplexed when I found out this was even a debate, but then I realized one of the participants was an idiot.
I’m the opposite, I only trust you if you say reesees peesees. The other way you’re either a spy or a terminator awaiting activation.
I also don’t trust people who don’t pee in the shower, but that’s just because they’re lying.
I pee in that bad boy every time. Sometimes when it’s a real yellow one it smells like popcorn
If i drink too much i peeseas
Driving an automatic truck. My car is a manual fiat 500, and I’ve been driving it for a while now and getting used to that. Driving a Nissan titan afterwards feels A) weird, B) wrong C) it’s too big D) where’s the shifter.
I hate it, but because hubs has a truck whenever I drive not my car it’s a nightmare that requires adjustment.
My favorite ancient culture is only known by the pottery they left behind. There are so many unanswered questions!!!
Moche, Wari, etc.? I’m an Anthropology nerd, what are you digging?
Gotta be the moche sex pots, right!?
It frustrates me that there were complex societies with written records that we know nothing about. All the information we could want is right there, but we have no idea how to translate it. Always just out of reach
I feel this. In my part of the world lived a group of Pre-Columbian archaic people that anthropologists know very little about about aside their burial customs, some stone and bone tools, and the foods they likely ate.
Our prime minister couldn’t explain what prime numbers are
They should get appointed as the Composite Minister instead
In the '90s I had a phone call with the CEO of American Games and he didn’t know what a fraction was.
Bicycle drivetrains keep getting more complex and expensive. A 3x9 drivetrain is beyond adequate, bulletproof, and inexpensive. But NooOoOoOooo, it’s nearly impossible to get a quality bike with 3x9 now, without a full custom, DIY build. Everything has to be 1x11/12, which is expensive, touchy, and very particular, all while still lacking the gear range of 3x9.
It all seriously sticks in my craw.
I’m sorry, 1x11? I’ve never really shopped for a bike more expensive than like $500 and the idea of getting less gear options for more money is wild to me.
There’s surprisingly a fair bit of overlap on the gear ratios of a 2 or 3x that makes a 1x11 or 12 have a similar range of ratios. However you do have to sacrifice either a bit of top end speed or climbing ability so you see a few more 2x on road bikes. I’ve never found myself wanting more from my 1x mtb drivetrain
Wait, you said a 1x can have a similar range, and then immediately followed up with:
you do have to sacrifice either a bit of top end speed or climbing ability
It is impossible for both statements to be true at the same time.
Or some differences in gear spacing. I’m not an expert in it, but tried my best to summarize a succinctly as possible
For mountain biking at least, 1xs are superior due to the narrow-wide chainring, not to mention completely eliminating a derailer and associated controls. I don’t understand how this could possibly be more complicated or expensive than a 3x9, but I’m sure these companies have found a way.
superior due to the narrow-wide chainring
Fully agreed. Narrow-wide rings are absolutely a boon to mountain biking as are derailleur clutches. And 1x is superlative for hard trail riding on that factor alone.
A factor in the issue I take is the proprietary nature of modern bike drivetrains. With older drivetrains, we could mix and match to our hearts’ content. But now, even within a component line, e.g. Deore XT or SRAM X[n], specs such as pull rates can be different even for the same cog count. “These are the only combinations of components we think you should use, and we will do everything we can to block you from customizing.” Shimano is especially egregious about this expensive mess, and they know it, which is why they tried to un-hash things with CUES.
Pretty much everything 3x9 all works together. Road derailleur and cassette with mountain crank and bar-end shifters? Sure! Gear range for days. I sincerely believe this is to sell more bikes. Want to climb hard pack and mixed surface? You need a gravel bike! Want to get groceries? You need a commuter or loaded tourer! Want to go on a fast road ride? You need a road bike!
It used to be really easy to build up a bike that could perform most bicycle functions well. Mixed-surface, loaded, commuter/grocery-getter, randonneuring, snow, rain, club rides… one bike with maybe a wheel change*. Good luck with that now. Gravel bikes are kinda filling that niche now, but the components and frame manufacturers are again trying to fracture that even further. The gravel drivetrain won’t have the range to cover all the use cases without a cassette or crank change.
Moar rant, moar example: my partner works in an LBS. We can literally afford to buy any bicycle we could want. She wants a general-purpose gravel bike, and it’s not even a case of “just spend more money to get these additional features.” Component selection on a pre-built, geometry, wheel selection… all tightly engineered to cover as few use cases as possible. Okay, we’ll build from a naked frame. Oh, the more racy geometry frames lack braze-ons and can’t fit a 50mm tire.
*It makes complete sense to have a full-squish mountain bike for the aggressive off-road stuff, and those bikes are necessarily different. Even for that case, I can hang with the LBS trail/flow rides on my do-almost-everything bike. My current do-everything took me more than six months to source compatible parts and troubleshoot. This used to be a matter of just pulling the trigger on the parts I wanted.
Agree with the overall sentiment: the trend towards more complexity is silly, but triples are terrible.
I don’t know what this all means, but I do know my son blows through bikes like crazy. The chain always, always get fucked up and falls off. Even with a cover, even if it’s a more expensive bike, they don’t last.
I had the same bike all my childhood needing nearly no repairs, yet my kids bike is constantly broken.
The root cause of what you describe is a build or maintenance issue. Properly built, tuned, and maintained bikes don’t drop chains.
Lol The root cause is a 12 year old with ADHD.
As someone who has a 1x11, all I have to say is:
Push click, push click, push, push… push…
Invasive species.
My region is absolutely infested with Siberian Elm and Tree Of Heaven (A.K.A., the “semen tree”). You cannot cut them down, because they will resprout like a hydra from the stump. You cannot dig them out, because the smallest root left behind can and will resprout wherever it is, leading to a many-year game of whack-a-mole.
I have near-daily fantasies of going around with a powerful backpack sprayer filled with glyphosate (Round-Up) and an application wand that can extend from 1m to 10m, and hitting everything just as they’re sending nutrients to the roots for winter.
The problem is, Glyphosate is highly restricted to purchase and own in Canada unless you have both the appropriate class of Pesticide Applicator’s License (an agricultural variant, for example) as well as the venue to use it in (own or manage an orchard, for example). Thankfully my family owns an orchard, and I am starting the process for the former.
But still. It’s an absolutely bizarre thing to be obsessing over and I. Just. Cannot. Help. Myself. Every time I drive and see clumps of those disgusting trees, I start to uncontrollably strategize how I could hit them with glyphosate in late September.
I hate the spotted lanternflies! When they’re small and black and white they hop and scare me! When they’re a bit bigger and red they’re more scary! Then they get WINGS. Eurgh.
We also have the tree of life around which is what they enjoy munching on. I’d like both gone!
I found out all the ladybugs here are the invasive ones. And if I want to buy ladybugs for pest control, I can only buy the invasive ones. Annoying.
We do at least still have some native pollinators and other bugs.
also people mistaken the asian lady beetle for native ones, and those are also invasive and very noxious.
Lanternflies are so pretty! But there are so many of them again this year.
One of the hallmarks of a destabilizing and imminently pre-collapse ecosystem is when certain fast lived species like insects have sudden surges or collapses in population.
And I’m talking about short-lived species that typically have yearly cycles. Something that can respond very quickly to sudden surges or absences in food or environmental niches, but which does not normally see sudden population fluctuations in a healthy ecosystem.
insects, and plants.
blue gum here, cali doesnt want to get rid of this invasive species, because its “iconic” its a huge fire hazard, and they are designed to burn due to massive amount of oils they produce in thier native environment of australia. they also grow very fast compared to montery pine and cypress. Also thier leaves and bark drop very frequently and that is also a fire hazard because of the oils, and they have allelopathic affects near the trees.
Russian thistle. These asshole things pop up all over the yard and driveway and I go around and pull them out of the ground with welding gloves. Sometimes I get stabbed even through welding gloves. I can completely understand why someone would blast a cancer causing chemical across their whole yard. I’ve been experimenting with everything else but I’m too worried about my dog to do roundup.
We have Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) here.
Ive been battling it for years. I mentioned bittersweet in my comment down thread, but I’ve won my battle with bittersweet. I pluck it everyyear and keep it at bay. I have not won with this fast growing (so fast) shrub tree. You cut it down, it grows back triple, relentlessly. It’s everywhere. I hate it so much. If it could just chill and be a bush, it would be fine, but no, ive a 40 foot tree bush in the back that was cut to stub 5 years ago. 40 feet tall, in five years. I hate chemicals, but when I get to the day I can afford to haul away 40 ft of tree bush brush, I will definitely be spraying this shit this time around. Fuck invasives. I go down the road and the forest edges are just bittersweet and autumn olive, also called japanese silverleaf. It’s ugly.
There are so many people who are fundamentally wrong about what the Fermi paradox means, and proceed to present their shower thoughts about “what if everyone just, like, decides not to colonize the universe” as if they were profound or novel insights.
Explain then
No. I get enough of this in the subreddits and communities where it comes up naturally, I’m not going to get into a debate about it here in a thread where the subject is specifically how annoying it is to debate this stuff.
Respect
I’m not looking to debate. I just don’t know what you are talking about
Well, alright, but I’m not going to argue about any of this.
The Fermi paradox basically says “based on what we think we know about how the universe works, we should be seeing obvious signs of alien intelligence in it. But we don’t, so we’re wrong about something we think we know.” The problem is that we don’t know what we’re wrong about.
It is common in various science fiction and space related subreddits for people to confidently sweep in and declare that obviously the reason that aliens aren’t around is <insert some vague shower thought here>. As if all the thousands of researchers working on these concepts were all just a bunch of idiots who hadn’t thought of whatever they’d thought of.
A common class of these sorts of shower thoughts involve assuming that every single alien species and culture, throughout all of time and space, conform to some particular notion they have of how aliens should think. Some sort of “prime directive” or Nirvana-seeking conscious refusal to go out into the cosmos to colonize new solar systems, or conversely some kind of pessimistic self-destruction that everyone dives into without exception. I try to explain why these sorts of explanations don’t work well, I question their basis for making these assumptions, and I usually get some form of “oh, so you’re saying you know how all aliens are going to think and behave?” Shot back at me. Which, of course, is exactly the opposite of what I’m saying.
Another common theme is the “nothing will ever be possible in the future unless we’ve already done it now and have an economically practical example” approach, usually to try to argue that space travel or colonization is impossible. The other day I had someone who ultimately argued that it was impossible because steel would evaporate over time in a vacuum, so building spacecraft that lasted longer than a few centuries couldn’t be done. I pointed out the examples of billion-year-old metallic meteorites and he dismissed them because “meteors don’t need structural stability.”
I try to address these arguments rationally, with math and references to actual research, but end up butting into a position of pure faith. It’s incredibly frustrating. As befits the topic.
Thank you!
That was an absolutely fascinating rabbit whole. Thank you so much for explaining!!!
You’re welcome. I’m still dreading that someone will respond with a “but what about…” though. This is a debate that haunts me in so many other communities, I want to think I can escape it at least a little while. :)
I got so frustrated at one point that I had an AI make a song about it.
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