Mildly Infuriating

Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/44408603

What gets me is when people think it’s weird being so aggressively anti ad, anti AI, anti account for everything, anti everything’s got a fucking all these days, etc. and treat this stuff as normal or somehow sane. Sometimes it feels like I’m losing my damn mind, man!

You open a program for work… and suddenly it doesn’t work.

So you tell your supervisor.

They tell you to call the help desk.

You call the help desk… they can’t help.

They tell you to submit a ticket.

You go to submit a ticket… but first you have to create an account.

To create the account, you have to link your work ID.

To link your work ID, you need your phone for a code.

Then it makes you create a new password (not your usual one, obviously).

Then you have to verify your email.

You wait… finally get it… click the link…

…and it makes you log in again.

And grab your phone again. Another code.

Finally—you’re in.

Now you fill out the ticket, using that random username you were given on day one and told never to lose.

You submit it.

It says: “Pending supervisor approval.”

Your supervisor calls:

“Why did you submit this?”

So now you explain everything…

and walk them through it… step by step… because they don’t understand any of it.

They approve it.

You get an email:

“This will take up to 4 days.”

You need it done tomorrow.

So now you ask who to escalate to.

Your supervisor asks their boss.

Their boss asks someone else.

Eventually, a VP gets involved.

They tell you to contact a guy—Mr. Patel.

You call Mr. Patel.

He asks a million questions.

Eventually he realizes:

“This broke after a Windows update.”

So now he has to talk to his boss.

Meanwhile, your boss keeps asking:

“What’s taking so long?”

You explain… again.

You go to lunch.

Come back—Mr. Patel messaged you 5 minutes after you left:

“Call me.”

You call him. Voicemail.

He calls you back an hour later (because he was “in a meeting”).

He says:

“You need a new computer. That’ll take 5 days.”

Your boss’s boss is now on your case because only you can do this one task.

You ask if there’s another way.

“No.”

Now your supervisor tells their boss, who tells their boss…

and suddenly the VP calls you directly.

You explain everything again (for the 4th time).

He makes one phone call.

Suddenly—you have admin access.

You fix the issue in 5 minutes.

It’s now 6 PM.

You spent all day waiting, escalating, and explaining…

…and the thing you fixed?

Didn’t even matter—because the other team never showed up anyway.

It gets my goat that people think it's a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:

1. It's run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
2. It has ads right out of the box.
3. It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
4. They're a for-profit advertising company. "Privacy-centric" my elbow.

Hey! Why don't we overlap buttons on purpose! What a great idea!

And it's always the same, AI-slop looking ad. I don't even know if I have sleep apnea, I just snore really loud sometimes cuz of my sinus issues.

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This is so sad... Alexa, Play Despacito...

(soon you might need to send Google your DNA to even play despacito lol)

(If you are curious... it's literally just a gameplay video of... Resident Evil 9 Requiem... 🤦‍♂️ seriously how much of an "adult" do you need to be ffs, literally kids play horror games all the time, GTA is far more "adult" themed)

Where the fuck they found such ancient hardware in 2022??? Don't they feel shame in charging this much money for this shit?

It's not exactly a hot take on the internet that standard (SAE) is worse than metric, but working in environments where both types of hardware are being used is just the worst. Especially if something that was originally a metric piece of hardware, like a simple metal screw has been replaced by an SAE one. Sometimes at least the hole it goes into has been properly drilled and threaded, but other times (especially if the material it's going into is aluminum) some Bubba will get 'er done by simply gorilla strengthing an SAE screw into metric threading. I sometimes discover this when my proper metric wrench or Allen key doesn't quite fit correctly. I don't carry SAE tools, so I have to go find somebody with a 1/27th or 6/18th or 420/69 or whatever stupid sized tool. Because at least with metric there's no memorizing fractions for screw sizes so I can just look at a thing and think "eh looks about 6mm". And what's worse is the chances of stripping a screw go up about 100x in mixed environments because when people just mix and match, it's much more likely for somebody not to notice their tool isn't properly seating into hardware until they put their body weight into it and then it becomes my problem trying to fish out a stripped screw that requires me to remove 5000 panels to get good access to said mangled screw.

Anyway, how's everyone else doing?

I was annoyed enough to write all of this up. I used to go regularly, and the rewards program was genuinely a good deal, and made it worth going to Starbucks. Now, even if I set aside all of the horrible things they're doing, I wanted to show just what an absolute shit program this is, and why there is absolutely no use in trying to "gain starbucks status".

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I get that it says “flavored juice drink” now, but I was tired and the text is pretty small.

“Fruit snacks” are so much worse. It’s just candy, and inferior in taste and texture to anything made with actual fruit.

Thanks for nothing, Sony. (WH1000-XM5)

I know, I know, corporate media, but Peertube doesn't have the content I want

Cost? More than $3 million.

Tried to watch a movie through Amazon Prime streaming service. The audio was terrible, cutting out frequently. Annoying, but subtitles made it almost watchable.

The amazing thing, and the real reason that motivated me to post here, is that this technical glitch only affected the movie itself. For some reason, all the commercials played flawlessly and in full audio.

My brother isn't a fool, but I am curious how many children especially in the Florida area will have to grow up being taught that it's the Guld of America while their own parents think why? while most of the world and country looks at them like really?

So to not be a complete ass and prepare for the future, what do you guys think would be adviseable to both address such in person, teach your kids to address in person, and address it in a manner so a child is treating like discussionn, not a "clash" per say .

I have to acknowledge there may very well be a time when my niece/nephew were told by their teacher in school, there is no Gulf of Mexico

Not sure if I'm supposed to say something to the store, Crest or is this just how shitty toothpaste now comes?

It's YouTube music, which is showing popular "podcasts" on its explore page. Must be just because it's popular because nothing in my algo on either youtube or YouTube music would suggest this shit.