Shit that annoys you

[skaredshtles]

There's a town in my state with a large Asian population. Benny has referenced it a few times which has upset ML242. Anyway I was driving down the right side of the road in this town and driving towards me in the same lane was an Asian man. I debated whether to stay my course and hope he altered his, or make my move to the left lane and let him continue in his current path. It also occurred to me that if he realized his mistake at the last minute and switched lanes, while I did the same, we were bound to collide.

Stay tuned for the outcome...

And the law would consider you to be at fault. That right there is a no-win situation...

[evdog]

I almost collided with a wrong way driver in my condo complex last night. There is a loop road that is one way. Every so often an uber driver, visitor or delivery driver goes the wrong way, usually not a big deal due to speed bumps and slow speeds. I was making the turn around the first corner and all of a sudden this car appears out of no where. Turns out his headlights weren't very bright and were perfectly hidden behind the side mirror and pillar as I turned. Didn't see him til I was inches away, beside him. Fortunately I was somewhat on the right side, but its a fairly narrow road.

[old goat]

As someone who has dealt with timezone shenanigans in the IT world, may I say emphatically:

Oh you're just touchy because the sun woke you too early this morning.

[skaredshtles]

Oh you're just touchy because the sun woke you too early this morning.

'Round here it's the motherfuckin' birds.

[Ted Striker]

Same here. Birds wake up. That wakes the dogs up. They wake me up.

[Mustonen]

I have starlings nesting in the eaves above my bedroom window. Those fuckers make some weird damn noises at 6:30am, from cat meows to chipmunk chirps.....

They don’t really annoy me that much, though

[glademaster]

I have starlings nesting in the eaves above my bedroom window. Those fuckers make some weird damn noises at 6:30am, from cat meows to chipmunk chirps.....

They don’t really annoy me that much, though

They're invasive and a nuisance, get rid of them.

[skaredshtles]

I have starlings nesting in the eaves above my bedroom window. Those fuckers make some weird damn noises at 6:30am, from cat meows to chipmunk chirps.....

They don’t really annoy me that much, though

That's because it's 6:30. The fucking birds around here start that shit at 3:30am.

[TurxSki]

You can train some birds, but it's way easier to train a dog. Give it a try, why don't ya?
Your neighbors will love you.


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[plugboots]

They're invasive and a nuisance, get rid of them.

Sure. Good luck getting rid of a bird introduced in 1890 or so.

[Ted Striker]

Back when I lived in a real city, the starlings would imitate car alarms. (before car alarms started using the horns)

[KQ]

I have starlings nesting in the eaves above my bedroom window. Those fuckers make some weird damn noises at 6:30am, from cat meows to chipmunk chirps.....

They don’t really annoy me that much, though

Starlings are actually kinda cool they way they mimic.

Starling Mimicry

[Mustonen]

These ones must have done a stint on tatooine, because they make sounds that sound exactly like jawas.

Commenting on this only gets me blank looks from my girlfriend, though, and seems counterproductive to other goals.

[Danno]

So, I got an email yesterday, that looked to be from my credit union, with the subject line

confidential!!Loan Letter

In the email, which did have the proper logos and stuff, it said:

This is a secure message.
Click here by 2020-06-19 11:23 MDT to read your message.
After that, open the attachment.

Gmail tells me it is a suspicious link today. Even when I click on it, it takes me to a "registration" page for the secure email, asking for my name and creating a password. Classic phishing scam look.

I say fuck that. Log in to my bank, try to find "secure email" on it (very difficult), but when I click it won't display (may be an issue with my laptop's work firewall). So I log in to my app, but it doesn't have "secure email"?!?!? So I submit a help ticket, saying what's up, and the response I get is "yeah, that's a legit email, that's how we do it". What the everloving fuck, people? The lack of capitalization, spacing, and multiple exclamation points is how you send this shit out? Are you trying to desensitize us to phishing?

And I still can't read the damn thing.

And the only reason I vaguely assumed it was real is I am refinancing, closing tmw, and had to close my HELOC with them in order to do so.

[riser4]

Damn. That's rough.

[The AD]

I was assembling a router table and it has a lot more parts than I expected including about a dozen different sizes of fastener. I got to the step of mounting the router to the plate on the table and it says use #10-24 1/2 inch screws for my router model. I found what I thought were the correct ones so start screwing them in. I think you know where this is going: yes I used the wrong ones and couldn't get one of them back out. Tried everything else first and finally bought an extractor set, but the screw broke and I only got half of it out. Looking at the parts list now I see there are 1/2 inch screws that are #10-24 and #10-32 so I obviously picked the ones with the wrong thread pitch. If they are going to include screws that are that similar it seems like maybe they should put them in separate bags and label them. Just a thought.

[old goat]

So, I got an email yesterday, that looked to be from my credit union, with the subject line


In the email, which did have the proper logos and stuff, it said:


Gmail tells me it is a suspicious link today. Even when I click on it, it takes me to a "registration" page for the secure email, asking for my name and creating a password. Classic phishing scam look.

I say fuck that. Log in to my bank, try to find "secure email" on it (very difficult), but when I click it won't display (may be an issue with my laptop's work firewall). So I log in to my app, but it doesn't have "secure email"?!?!? So I submit a help ticket, saying what's up, and the response I get is "yeah, that's a legit email, that's how we do it". What the everloving fuck, people? The lack of capitalization, spacing, and multiple exclamation points is how you send this shit out? Are you trying to desensitize us to phishing?

And I still can't read the damn thing.

And the only reason I vaguely assumed it was real is I am refinancing, closing tmw, and had to close my HELOC with them in order to do so.

There's no way that comes from a legitimate bank. I think your whole bank is fake. Probably incorporated in Russia.

[MakersTeleMark]

Every bank e-mail correspondence I get includes a security phrase that I chose while in person at the bank.

[skaredshtles]

Goddam rabbits eating my lettuce. That shit annoys the fuck out of me.

[Elkhound Odin]

Goddam rabbits eating my lettuce. That shit annoys the fuck out of me.

Sounds like a job for Elmer Fudd.



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[BmillsSkier]

Sounds like a job for Elmer Fudd.



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Not anymore.

[old goat]

Tried to clip buoys to come concrete anchors in about 10 ft of water. 10# of pandemic "flotation" didn't make it an easier. Had to drop a couple of small concrete blocks with a line attached next to the anchors and pull myself down.

[PB]

...... 10# of pandemic "flotation" didn't make it an easier....

???????? Yer mask is a floatation device too? Winning!

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Same here. Birds wake up. That wakes the dogs up. They wake me up.

As it should be


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[old goat]

???????? Yer mask is a floatation device too? Winning!

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