What Really Grinds Your Gears

[ExplosionMare 18,062]

Forced inclusion in media. By that I mean, using minorities or other groups that need more representation as a selling point rather than the desire to actually be inclusive.

[Sparklefan1234 169,891]

How quickly notifications get lost on forums. 

[Evil Pink One 13,506]

grinding gears grinds my gears.

[JMTV99 1,352]

2 hours ago, ExplosionMare said:

Forced inclusion in media. By that I mean, using minorities or other groups that need more representation as a selling point rather than the desire to actually be inclusive.

Oh yeah, I don't like that either. It just an excuse to score brownie points and/or pat themselves on the back of how 'progressive' they are rather than treating it like a normal thing. Especially when you are taking pre-existing characters (rather than making new characters) and turning into something that they're not just to appease a certain group, who had no knowledge of the source material, and yet they are aliening the hardcore fan who do love the characters for who they are.

[Flying Pencil 3,024]

People cracking jokes at the wrong time. Such as when I’m trying to study or take a test

[TBD 17,254]

When some people can't take a hint that I'm annoyed with them and they'd still continue to be annoying. 

[Fluttershutter 2,424]

On 2021-10-17 at 9:23 AM, ExplosionMare said:

Forced inclusion in media. By that I mean, using minorities or other groups that need more representation as a selling point rather than the desire to actually be inclusive.

Totally. It's a marketing strategy that's easier than writing something good. Female heroes have been the new revolutionary thing in movies for the last fifty years now.

[Fluttershutter 2,424]

You know what really grinds my gears? 

Those stupid little papers in hershery kisses!  What the hell is the point of those things??? Just more crap you have to take off and throw away. Half the time it doesn't all come off and I end up just eating a part of it.

[Fluttershutter 2,424]

Things that grind my gears, grocery store edition:

Greeters - Why do I have to have somebody jumping out at me just because I walk through a door??? Leave me alone!

Hours - Everything closes too early these days. And don't give me the catch-all excuse "covid". It's a virus. It can't tell time.

Vegetables - Why do they always take out or cut open those cardboard trays??? When you want to buy a bunch of cans it's much easier to just put them in there.

Bags - I always bring my own bags but they always want to triple bag everything and separate it into twenty different bags. And when you say to just put it in one bag they say "Are you sure?" Oh no, I wasn't sure! Now that you said that I changed me mind!! That's why I prefer the self checkouts.

[Fluttershutter 2,424]

You know what really grinds my gears? "Evil" animals. In lots of fantasy stories, especially old ones, some types of animals are evil and helping the bad guys. And they're always my favorite animals!!!

Wolves

Rats

Crows

Bats

Snakes

All cute and awesome and perfectly chaotic neutral. 

[baba_booey 4,302]

People who stand in the middle of a store aisle and talk for half an hour about random stuff. Like, was this conversation really so important that you have to block my way instead of talking literally anywhere else?

[Steve Piranha 29,419]

On 2022-03-12 at 10:27 AM, Fluttershutter said:

You know what really grinds my gears? "Evil" animals. In lots of fantasy stories, especially old ones, some types of animals are evil and helping the bad guys. And they're always my favorite animals!!!

Wolves

Rats

Crows

Bats

Snakes

All cute and awesome and perfectly chaotic neutral. 

Don’t forget spiders, scorpions, and sharks 

 

[Fluttershutter 2,424]

You know what really grinds my gears? When you order something and you get updates like this:

Quote

 

Monday, January 23

2:31 PM

Package left the carrier facility.

 

2:13 PM

Package arrived at a carrier facility.

 

2:11 PM

Package arrived at a carrier facility.

 

 

Carrier picked up the package.

WHAT freaking carrier facility???

Alaska? China? One town over? They're just too lazy to list the location! What's the point of giving you updates if it doesn't even tell you where the thing is???

[TBD 17,254]

The part when I’m taking a smoke break from work and some other workers come over to do the same, except always tried to strike a conversation with me. Look, do you see what I’m holding here? It means I don’t want to be bother. It’s a smoke break not a counseling session bud.

[Silverspark184 1,354]

Well not that it grind my gear but there is one thing that does bothers me is this is due to my special needs I had to have some parent or guardian to look out for me so I left my mom and stayed with an uncle cause my mom was not acting right this happened in my 20s  and the first time I left my mom I was kind of terrified not sure what to expect I mean I was with my mom all my life until we were homeless 3rd time around I and things weren't  always alright and my little brother went to talk with my uncle and soon later my aunt came around after I got my own place and she moved to another building across the railroad tracks I didn't  mind visiting though walking back and forth kind of made things hard on me and my legs other then that this really bother me when both my aunt and uncle treat me like a little kid when I am an adult that shouldn't  have to be grounded for the things I do and telling what I can't  and can watch saying I shouldn't  watch mlp cause it's for little kids they don't  understand that these ponies were there for other reasons not just because it's for little kids not just mlp but also Bluey paw patrol any thing like that saying I shouldn't watch they don't have my brain they don't see what I see it's not the cartoons fault that I don't  pay attention  and there are somethings I can do for myself I just don't  like being rushed and I don't  like people yelling  at me for not doing things right I never told my family about this because I have trouble speaking and it's hard to find my words and I use role play to help me get out of my shell a bit and I thank @Princess Silky  for bringing me to this wonderful place so maybe I could bring some of that courage out into the real world hopefully I will introduce the forums to my little pony fans near me and send  them here when I find some friends that rping like I do  maybe one day I will have a watching buddy  so yeah 

[Fluttershutter 2,424]

I haven't talked about anything that grinds my gears lately! What's wrong with me??? 

 

Anyway, you know what really grinds my gears? 9/10!

I'm sure you're aware of the scam every gas stations is pulling where the price of gas ends in 9/10 cents. 

For anybody who can't do math that means if the price is $3.49 9/10 you're paying $3.50 per gallon. If you buy EXACTLY 10 gallons you get a penny off and the price is $34.99. Every gallon over that you're again paying $3.50 per gallon!

So I'm bitching about nine cents? Yes! Because it's a freaking scam!!!!! 

[Jesse Terrence 2,968]

35 minutes ago, Fluttershutter said:

I haven't talked about anything that grinds my gears lately! What's wrong with me??? 

 

Anyway, you know what really grinds my gears? 9/10!

I'm sure you're aware of the scam every gas stations is pulling where the price of gas ends in 9/10 cents. 

For anybody who can't do math that means if the price is $3.49 9/10 you're paying $3.50 per gallon. If you buy EXACTLY 10 gallons you get a penny off and the price is $34.99. Every gallon over that you're again paying $3.50 per gallon!

So I'm bitching about nine cents? Yes! Because it's a freaking scam!!!!! 

I don't get the logic on that.

Like... the actual price would be 3.499? And they just round it up even when they should floor it to scam people?

Edited July 12, 2023 by Jesse Terrence
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[Fluttershutter 2,424]

1 hour ago, Jesse Terrence said:

I don't get the logic on that.

Like... the actual price would be 3.499? And they just round it up even when they should floor it to scam people?

Yep, they're just pretending tenths of a cent exist and rounding up.

[Jesse Terrence 2,968]

No wonder that pisses you off

[Ice Princess Silky <3 13,585]

@Jesse Terrence you know what does  You deliberately did it.

[Pentium100 2,122]

What grinds my gears:

• Web sites (other than banks and other sites where security is really important) that log me out because of inactivity and the inactivity time is quite short (minutes to hours). It seems that I keep logging back in all the time.
• Steam dropping Windows 7 support. This means that I will not be able to play the games that I bought on the computer that I played them on before (without dual booting another OS or something). Unless I crack the game I bought. Yeah. My opinion about Steam went down quite a bit because of this.
• Music releases recorded so loud that the signal goes into clipping. WHY?
• Copy protection that makes a legally bought game run worse than a cracked one. You know, it used to be that the decision to buy vs pirate was this - buying meant spending money, but you get a game that runs without any fuss, no risk of getting malware. Pirating meant not paying money, but possibly having to look for a working crack, risking getting malware. But now a legit game can have malware, run worse than the pirated one and costs money. Yeah... Considering the point about Steam - I am not going to have problem playing all my pirated games on Windows 7 in 2024...
• Apps. I hate both of the popular phone operating systems and, as such, use an older phone. I really hate it when a restaurant or a shop wants me to use an app. WHY? What's the point of it?
• Internet of Things. There are quite a few devices that can be remotely controlled over the network. Awesome, does it have a web UI? No. OK, a CLI over telnet or SSH? No. OK, maybe SNMP then? No. Well, I guess I need to use some kind of proprietary program from the manufacturer, right? Not exactly. 
  See, the device cannot be directly controlled over the network. It has to connect to "the cloud" (manufacturers server) first, then I have to create an account on that server and only then I can control the device, in the best case, by logging into the server from a browser and at worst using an app (see point above). The manufacturer could shut the server down at any time and I would be left without the ability to control my device. WHY? Just give me web UI, telnet, SSH or SNMP so I can locally control it without the data going home->some foreign country->home. If the device needs a server, OK, I can run it myself, like I do with Ubiquiti UniFi - that company has it right (at least for now). 
• Ads. Oh, I hate ads so much. Thankfully, adblock exists for the web and a VCR exists for TV. For some reason I do not annoyed as much with commercials on the radio, maybe because I mostly listen to radio as background.
• Companies that use Facebook as their main website. Really now? You know FB really does not like it when someone does not have an account but is trying to open the "site"? So why do it like that?

[Fluttershutter 2,424]

4 minutes ago, Pentium100 said:

What grinds my gears:

• Web sites (other than banks and other sites where security is really important) that log me out because of inactivity and the inactivity time is quite short (minutes to hours). It seems that I keep logging back in all the time.
• Steam dropping Windows 7 support. This means that I will not be able to play the games that I bought on the computer that I played them on before (without dual booting another OS or something). Unless I crack the game I bought. Yeah. My opinion about Steam went down quite a bit because of this.
• Music releases recorded so loud that the signal goes into clipping. WHY?
• Copy protection that makes a legally bought game run worse than a cracked one. You know, it used to be that the decision to buy vs pirate was this - buying meant spending money, but you get a game that runs without any fuss, no risk of getting malware. Pirating meant not paying money, but possibly having to look for a working crack, risking getting malware. But now a legit game can have malware, run worse than the pirated one and costs money. Yeah... Considering the point about Steam - I am not going to have problem playing all my pirated games on Windows 7 in 2024...
• Apps. I hate both of the popular phone operating systems and, as such, use an older phone. I really hate it when a restaurant or a shop wants me to use an app. WHY? What's the point of it?
• Internet of Things. There are quite a few devices that can be remotely controlled over the network. Awesome, does it have a web UI? No. OK, a CLI over telnet or SSH? No. OK, maybe SNMP then? No. Well, I guess I need to use some kind of proprietary program from the manufacturer, right? Not exactly. 
  See, the device cannot be directly controlled over the network. It has to connect to "the cloud" (manufacturers server) first, then I have to create an account on that server and only then I can control the device, in the best case, by logging into the server from a browser and at worst using an app (see point above). The manufacturer could shut the server down at any time and I would be left without the ability to control my device. WHY? Just give me web UI, telnet, SSH or SNMP so I can locally control it without the data going home->some foreign country->home. If the device needs a server, OK, I can run it myself, like I do with Ubiquiti UniFi - that company has it right (at least for now). 
• Ads. Oh, I hate ads so much. Thankfully, adblock exists for the web and a VCR exists for TV. For some reason I do not annoyed as much with commercials on the radio, maybe because I mostly listen to radio as background.
• Companies that use Facebook as their main website. Really now? You know FB really does not like it when someone does not have an account but is trying to open the "site"? So why do it like that?

This is the problems with the internet these days:

 

[Pentium100 2,122]

1 hour ago, Fluttershutter said:

This is the problems with the internet these days:

Cool video. What he is saying makes sense, though at least I don;t really care about tiktok or twitter, since I can just ignore both of them. 

[Evil Pink One 13,506]

What grinds your gears? No! I grind your gears! Muhahahahaha!

[Tao 7,597]

Given I work in retail: 
-Screaming children and the parents DOING nothing about it and letting them scream.
-Explaining the same thing over and over to a person and them still not getting it.
-Rude ppl interactions when your helping other ppl and getting mad when you tell them to wait in a nice way
-PPL leaving their pets in hot cars with the window bearly down while they shop in AC for hours
-Coworkers just leaving and leaving you alone to deal with over like 5-10 ppl alone in dept.
-Coworkers on their cell phones and ignoring the customers and you when both need help
-Tiktok