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People feeding or trying to "rescue" stray cats. They're a loving plague. There's a billion of them and they should be killed, not encouraged.
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MisterBibs posted:Podcasts who do commentaries for whatever subject they are covering. I guess similar but slightly off, but reaction videos to things are my current go to comfort videos like if i'm home from work or eating or something and some of these dudes/girls have no sense of timing and literally talk through important parts of things. I'm not watching or listening to hear you babble about something else, watch the drat video/etc and respond at the appropriate time. You're either doing this poo poo to get famous or get money don't be lazy on film son
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Oct 2, 2017 06:50
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Tiggum posted:People feeding or trying to "rescue" stray cats. They're a loving plague. There's a billion of them and they should be killed, not encouraged. I'm not a cat person but killing the strays doesn't entirely solve the problem. The real solution is make pet spaying/neutering mandatory outside of tightly regulated breeders.
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Oct 2, 2017 12:05
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There's a woman in our neighborhood who feeds cats and has outdoor shelters for strays. She gets them treatment and neuters them though. It's nice not having cats trying to run into our basement when we open the door on a snowy cold day, because they're sleeping in a cozy box down the street instead.
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Oct 2, 2017 13:53
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There's a house across the street from me that's empty, but every day an old woman drives up and fills up a large food and water dish that's out on its porch for all the neighborhood cats. As a result I've got like a dozen feral cats in my yard at any given time. I'm not a fan.
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Oct 2, 2017 16:44
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Falsely accused of shoplifting at Walgreen's :/ I was looking at a few different cosmetics, trying to choose one, and put a couple of things back. I was walking over to my boyfriend across the store when an employee came up to me and asked if I was going to pay. I started saying I don't know, I was going to ask my boyfriend if I could use some of his cash for the eye-shadow I was holding, and she said she meant the stuff in my bag. I told her I didn't take anything, showed her my pockets, gave her my bag to look through and everything. I told her I put two other things back because I only wanted to buy one thing tonight but she was like yeah, sure, get out now and don't come back. She said they saw me on the camera. I don't know what they saw but I sure didn't take anything. It was so embarrassing  I don't know if there's any point in calling and talking to the manager in the morning, she was just trying to do her job and wouldn't have approached me like that if she wasn't convinced she saw me stealing. I guess I should have gotten a basket instead of holding small items in my hand, but drat.
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Oct 3, 2017 01:42
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timefly posted:Falsely accused of shoplifting at Walgreen's :/ I was looking at a few different cosmetics, trying to choose one, and put a couple of things back. I was walking over to my boyfriend across the store when an employee came up to me and asked if I was going to pay. I started saying I don't know, I was going to ask my boyfriend if I could use some of his cash for the eye-shadow I was holding, and she said she meant the stuff in my bag. I told her I didn't take anything, showed her my pockets, gave her my bag to look through and everything. I told her I put two other things back because I only wanted to buy one thing tonight but she was like yeah, sure, get out now and don't come back. She said they saw me on the camera. I don't know what they saw but I sure didn't take anything. It was so embarrassing I would call and complain. I worked in retail for a fairly long amount of time and the difference in reaction between a shoplifter and a non-shoplifter is extremely noticeable. If she didn't recognize it a few seconds in she isn't only doing her job wrong she's doing it aggressively wrong. Especially is she looked through your bags and stuff
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Oct 3, 2017 01:48
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Aesop Poprock posted:I would call and complain. I worked in retail for a fairly long amount of time and the difference in reaction between a shoplifter and a non-shoplifter is extremely noticeable. If she didn't recognize it a few seconds in she isn't only doing her job wrong she's doing it aggressively wrong. Especially is she looked through your bags and stuff She didn't look that thoroughly, I guess she decided if there was anything in there I wouldn't have handed it to her. She just seemed super convinced by whatever it was she thought she saw on camera.
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Oct 3, 2017 01:56
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People who pull into an intersection, don't have enough space, and dangle half (or more) of their car's rear end into said intersection. Weren't they taught that you should hold back if there's not a your-car shaped void available? (I also hate when I wind up being that guy, from time to time, but I make sure not to most of the time.)
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timefly posted:Falsely accused of shoplifting at Walgreen's :/ I was looking at a few different cosmetics, trying to choose one, and put a couple of things back. I was walking over to my boyfriend across the store when an employee came up to me and asked if I was going to pay. I started saying I don't know, I was going to ask my boyfriend if I could use some of his cash for the eye-shadow I was holding, and she said she meant the stuff in my bag. I told her I didn't take anything, showed her my pockets, gave her my bag to look through and everything. I told her I put two other things back because I only wanted to buy one thing tonight but she was like yeah, sure, get out now and don't come back. She said they saw me on the camera. I don't know what they saw but I sure didn't take anything. It was so embarrassing lmao you were still in the store, too, not even trying to leave. that sucks i'm sorry e: PEEVE: WHAT THE gently caress IS THIS AVATAR snoo has a new favorite as of 02:21 on Oct 3, 2017 |
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Oct 3, 2017 02:19
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timefly posted:She didn't look that thoroughly, I guess she decided if there was anything in there I wouldn't have handed it to her. She just seemed super convinced by whatever it was she thought she saw on camera. Doesn't matter. Bitch shouldn't be looking through your things end of story even if you offered. Loss at a retail place is not your business to actually confront people about. It's infuriating for floor workers as a principal but if anyone steals from your box store or whatever you let security cameras handle it. You never, ever directly confront a person. You follow them, make your presence known, ask if you can help them etc. you never confront. Call the store manager
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Oct 3, 2017 02:49
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The Snoo posted:lmao you were still in the store, too, not even trying to leave. that sucks i'm sorry Lmfao what did you do to get that
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Oct 3, 2017 02:54
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Aesop Poprock posted:Lmfao what did you do to get that i'm assuming it was someone in the trump thread but idk, it's really unsettling and i don't have $5 to fix it. i was fine being blank
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Oct 3, 2017 03:12
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The Snoo posted:i'm assuming it was someone in the trump thread but idk, it's really unsettling and i don't have $5 to fix it. i was fine being blank you're a routinely very good poster so i fixed it for you
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Closed-Down Pizza Parlor posted:you're a routinely very good poster so i fixed it for you   thank you so much!!!!
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Oct 3, 2017 03:51
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Aesop Poprock posted:Doesn't matter. Bitch shouldn't be looking through your things end of story even if you offered. Loss at a retail place is not your business to actually confront people about. It's infuriating for floor workers as a principal but if anyone steals from your box store or whatever you let security cameras handle it. You never, ever directly confront a person. You follow them, make your presence known, ask if you can help them etc. you never confront. Call the store manager I'll call then. I wasn't sure it would do any good but I've never worked in that type of retail so for all I knew the manager would just tell her good job for confronting me if she suspected something. I was holding 3 things and put 2 back, but I'm super curious as to what exactly they thought they saw me do.
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Oct 3, 2017 03:58
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Try not to look like such a thief
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Oct 3, 2017 05:28
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oldpainless posted:Try not to look like such a thief Haha, I've always looked and sounded super innocent and nonthreatening Aesop Poprock posted:I would call and complain. I worked in retail for a fairly long amount of time and the difference in reaction between a shoplifter and a non-shoplifter is extremely noticeable. If she didn't recognize it a few seconds in she isn't only doing her job wrong she's doing it aggressively wrong. Especially is she looked through your bags and stuff Actually would you mind elaborating a bit on the difference in reactions? I'm always anxious about making myself look guilty in situations like this. One time I was in the ER waiting to see the doctor, and went to get a cup of water from a pitcher on one of those rolling table/cabinet things. I got really dizzy and kind of squatted for a second so I wouldn't fall and the nurse saw me and accused me of rummaging through the bottom drawer  In trying to convince her I was innocent, I think I might have laid it on a little thick and just made myself look even more guilty.I'm sure they get drug addicts who do that kind of thing all the time but really? I'm not dumb enough to think the fun drugs are in an unlocked drawer in the hallway.
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Oct 3, 2017 07:22
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Otherwise able-bodied people who use the power door opener. Bonus points if they are actually in a huge hurry and awkwardly squeeze themselves through the gap as the door slowly opens. e: Double bonus if they force the door open, expending much more effort than it would have taken to just open the drat door normally. Whiz Palace has a new favorite as of 14:20 on Oct 3, 2017 |
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Oct 3, 2017 14:05
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timefly posted:Haha, I've always looked and sounded super innocent and nonthreatening lol ok if even nurses are accusing you of stealing you might just give off some sort of weird vibe. Were you cursed by a gypsy?
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Whiz Palace posted:Otherwise able-bodied people who use the power door opener. Able-bodied power door opener here. I do it often as it's a double door situation and the switch opens both doors. Plus I work at a very busy place and don't want to touch a door handle hundreds of people have touched with their bare hands. I'm not a germ-phobe, but gently caress getting the latest illness running around because you touch the same door that some sick person did earlier. And for the record, I tend to hip check the switch to not touch it with my hands either. E: preemptive edit. Yes I could just wash my hands after every instance of touching a doorknob, but that can get annoying and then you are faced with the bathroom door to deal with. (Yes I fully realize how much of germ-phobe this all makes me sound... ugh)
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Oct 3, 2017 14:26
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Also the motors and poo poo usually make it so it requires immense force to open the door manually.
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So your uses are valid, but my peeve stands. There's always one switch per door, not one for both. They use their (empty) hands to press the switches. The doors open with a normal level of resistance unless you engage the motor.
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Oct 3, 2017 15:18
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Maybe they enjoy the tiny thrill of living in the future where there are robots that open doors for you
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starkebn posted:Maybe they enjoy the tiny thrill of living in the future where there are robots that open doors for you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7HmltUWXgs
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Oct 3, 2017 19:04
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I would also accept HGTTG references
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timefly posted:Falsely accused of shoplifting at Walgreen's :/ Yyyeah, as someone who worked retail for WAY too long, that's not at all what the employee is supposed to do even if she truly believed you were stealing. In every job I've had, they tell us that we're not supposed to confront/accuse anyone, especially if they haven't left the store with the item. Even if you had put something in your bag, a bizarrely large number of people do that while walking around the store then take it out and pay for it. You should leave an angry Yelp review at the very least. There's one Walgreens near me that I stopped going to because they always thought I was shoplifting for no reason. But all they would do was repeatedly ask me if I needed help, try (and fail) to be subtle about following me around, and post one employee blocking the door until after I'd gone through checkout. gently caress that poo poo. I assume they were just bored because it seemed like I was always the only customer with maybe 5+ employees standing around, but I'm not gonna go somewhere that makes me feel unwelcome and uncomfortable every time.
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Nettles Coterie posted:There's one Walgreens near me that I stopped going to because they always thought I was shoplifting for no reason. Racial profiling? Tattoos? That sucks whatever the reason.
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Oct 4, 2017 06:54
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MisterBibs posted:People who pull into an intersection, don't have enough space, and dangle half (or more) of their car's rear end into said intersection. Weren't they taught that you should hold back if there's not a your-car shaped void available? I can't count the number of times I've flipped off assholes blaring their horn at me because I didn't enter the obviously-about-to-be-blocked intersection. I'm certain that one day it's going to get me beaten to death in the street by some fuckwad driving a BMW. (I've also been the moron with my rear end blocking the pedestrian crosswalk too many times, I'm sorry)
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Aesop Poprock posted:lol ok if even nurses are accusing you of stealing you might just give off some sort of weird vibe. Were you cursed by a gypsy? Nah, these are pretty much the only times something like this has happened. Idk
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Oct 4, 2017 07:37
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It has come up before, but I really hate youtube's recommendation system. Just because I watch a few videos of a specific genre/about a specific game doesn't mean that's all I want to watch from now on. I mean, yes, still recommend me new judge judy episodes or something but don't make every single suggestion judge judy related. There should be a limit on the number of closely-related recommendations it can put on the page, with an option to search for more if you want to.
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Oct 4, 2017 13:29
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I just wish youtube was a little more discerning. Yes, Boss Keys and Chip and Ironicus both comfortably fall under "gaming", and yes, so do WhatCulture lists and Pewdiepie, but I feel there's a difference in quality that I'd like addressed. On the other hand after training it on obscure music for a while I now get super good recommendations all the time so I dunno.
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Oct 4, 2017 21:27
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Sometimes I watch videogame videos on youtube and sometimes I listen to music so now if I just let it autoplay for long enough it inevitably goes to some 24 hour extended music from a videogame. Who the hell actually likes those things...
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Oct 4, 2017 21:45
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I just can't get into videogame music by itself, especially if it's for a game that either I play or have watched someone else play for a long time. Like yeah, that's a great song, and I've heard it hundreds of times looping repeatedly (or just recurring), for an hour or more every weekend during a period of two months last year. I don't need to hear it anymore in any other context. The only exception to this that I can think of is Splatoon, and even then most of the songs are designed on a loop with no real ending-- so the only way they get put on Youtube is (a) "FOUR HOURS OF THE BEST SONG EVER" or (b) fading out awkwardly at the 2:30 minute mark. Neither of which is more enjoyable than just listening to the song while I play Splatoon.
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Oct 4, 2017 23:01
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Just who are these fuckwads who post 30+ minute long version of every song and tune on youtube? Do they not know of the loop-video option exists?
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It's me, I'm the guy who owns a few video game OSTs and listens to them in the car. In my defense though crypt of the necrodancer has a fukkin great soundtrack.
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Oct 4, 2017 23:39
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Oneiros posted:I can't count the number of times I've flipped off assholes blaring their horn at me because I didn't enter the obviously-about-to-be-blocked intersection. I'm certain that one day it's going to get me beaten to death in the street by some fuckwad driving a BMW. There's a double-lane road near my house that crosses railroad tracks. Active ones; I've seen trains running through there, although they slow down during high-traffic times. People get so confused when I stop at the white line in front of the gates to make sure the tracks are clear. SO many people just sit there on the tracks, assuming they're inactive, I guess? Then the person beside me will see me stop at the line, hit the brakes, back up, and sit there with me. No one has ever given me a hard time about it, but the people in front of me sitting on the tracks are oblivious. I cringe every time I see an oncoming train. They're rare, and they're going slow enough they'd be able to stop if they had to, but you never know. Another traffic-related peeve is people giving up their entitled right-of-way. You don't have a stop sign and I do, go through the drat intersection! I can't move until you do! I'm turning left and you are going straight through the green light, go ahead and go! This isn't a stop sign; I'm waiting for you to clear the intersection so I can go through it. You're trying to be nice, but you're just loving poo poo up and it's taking more time to do anything, while frustrating everyone around you. Just take the right of way, it's yours!
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Maggie Fletcher posted:Another traffic-related peeve is people giving up their entitled right-of-way. You don't have a stop sign and I do, go through the drat intersection! I can't move until you do! I'm turning left and you are going straight through the green light, go ahead and go! This isn't a stop sign; I'm waiting for you to clear the intersection so I can go through it. You're trying to be nice, but you're just loving poo poo up and it's taking more time to do anything, while frustrating everyone around you. Just take the right of way, it's yours! This but on a bike. I'm part of traffic whether I like it or not, please don't wait on my slow rear end to turn left before you go straight. It will only frustrate us both.
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My Lovely Horse posted:I just wish youtube was a little more discerning. Yes, Boss Keys and Chip and Ironicus both comfortably fall under "gaming", and yes, so do WhatCulture lists and Pewdiepie, but I feel there's a difference in quality that I'd like addressed. This is my experience too. Youtube is awful at recommending me game things and awesome at recommending me electronic music things.
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Kinda personal and E/Nish, but it's incredibly frustrating when you have the desire to create something (in my case, a short story whose topic has been floating around in my head for a few days), but realizing you're not a very good writer and you don't really have much more than the nugget of an idea in the first place. Like, the details aren't really important, it's just annoying that this is my writer's checklist: [X] Idea [ ] Way To Make The Hinted-At Reveal Subtle Enough That Folks Don't Immediately Pick Up In, Like, The First Goddamned Paragraph [ ] Resolution Beyond Said Reveal 
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