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theironjef posted:People saying "Good, now Comic Con can be about comics!" I was involved in organising a smallish comic-con for a while and every year I pushed for more comics, particularly indie stuff. Most of the committee were fans or creators but the money was in film and TV memorabilia/guests and cosplay (which is fine, just not my forte). We weren't even profit driven, we were fans who wanted to create a con that we would attend and any meagre profit went into the following year, but we needed to at least break-even. We started having to be incredibly selective with booth space because one years we had multiple comic and toy shops just unloading pallets of Funkos. We quit when a larger events company started their own queue-a-thon in the area with wrestling guests and genre actors. I don't think they had a single comics creative as a guest. Queuing for a photo or autograph isn't really a big motivator for me - I won't say no if the opportunity comes up, but these collector events just give me the parasocial and consumerist ick. Basically, comic-cons don't really exist anymore. That said, I am attending Thought Bubble this year which is exactly what I want from a con (panels and a focus on more minority creators), so I hope that continues. Since this is a complaining safe-space, the loving incuriosity of nerds kills me. I was in a comic creation group locally for a while and none of them read actual books. Garbage space-cowboy anime in, garbage space-cowboy anime out.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:yet more complaining: seriously gently caress those people. employers absolutely can and will drive you into the ground otherwise (and still can sometimes, but at least you're in a better position with one!!). I remember when I got hired at my current job and all of us except for one person were in the same union and she was all "unions never did anything for me" and when we got to the benefits part her healthcare cost was massively lower than ours for the same plans. even her increased dues that were like $50 still made it significantly cheaper. like ok lady, unions never did anything for you  ALSO here you don't even have to pay dues to get the union to represent you (you can't vote on anything though)
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I thought I'd cut my whole sandwich but a tiny bit of salami skin still held on and yanked the whole fuckin thing apart when I grabbed a slice. Dumb poo poo to happen. Sandwich is tasty af tho
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A peeve I've run into a lot lately & probably has been mentioned...but when an online streaming service like Prime or Hulu says they have certain content, only to redirect you to a completely different service for said content. Case in point, I was trying to find a relatively new documentary online & Google immediately shows that it's available on HBO Max, Prime & Hulu. I figured sweet, I got Prime so I'll log in & check it out! NOPE. Prime just has a button to start a 7 day trial with HBO Max to see the doc. It's not actually on Prime after all, it's a literal bait & switch to try to get you signed up for another bullshit service. No wonder so many people stream poo poo illegally instead of dealing with that, I can't honestly blame them.
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When I call up my ISP with a problem that could not possibly be with my computers or routers because it happened to every device simultaneously and without any settings being changed, but they make me run tests on three different devices and reboot everything (even though obviously that was the first thing I tried) and reset my router to default settings so I have to go and set it back up again afterwards before finally admitting that yes, there is an issue on their end and they'll look into it. I realise that some people will call up with problems that they have created themselves or without first attempting to turn everything off and on again, but did we really need to run the speed test on a wired connection and on both the 5GHz and the 2.4GHz wifi connections just to establish that yes, my upload speed is drastically lower than it should be?
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BOOTY-ADE posted:A peeve I've run into a lot lately & probably has been mentioned...but when an online streaming service like Prime or Hulu says they have certain content, only to redirect you to a completely different service for said content. Case in point, I was trying to find a relatively new documentary online & Google immediately shows that it's available on HBO Max, Prime & Hulu. I figured sweet, I got Prime so I'll log in & check it out! This is how I ended up paying for multiple versions of HBO by accident like a fuckin 
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Aug 2, 2023 13:28
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Tiggum posted:When I call up my ISP with a problem that could not possibly be with my computers or routers because it happened to every device simultaneously and without any settings being changed, but they make me run tests on three different devices and reboot everything (even though obviously that was the first thing I tried) and reset my router to default settings so I have to go and set it back up again afterwards before finally admitting that yes, there is an issue on their end and they'll look into it. I got a perfect 100/10 speed after I had ordered 500/50. I had to call in five times before I got someone who understood that they had the wrong product on my connection. Every time I had to restart everything and run speed tests with my PC wired directly to the cable modem. The first four just ran technical checks on my line, which of course came out perfect and they closed the case. One of them said that since I had 5 devices, each of them would get 100 mbit each. I had to request the recording of that one, but my ISP doesn't record calls. I almost cried when I got the last guy and he actually understood what the problem was.
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Aug 2, 2023 16:12
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people who confuse "its" with "it's." adults who chew with their mouth open when people use "crescendo" when they mean "climax."
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SonOfGhostDad posted:people who confuse "its" with "it's." Its infuriating!
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SonOfGhostDad posted:people who confuse "its" with "it's." Yore two tents.
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i hate it. i'll add to that the general misuses of apostrophes. this might be the result of phone posting. almost everything i type on my phone adds an apostrophe to just about every word that ends in an s.
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Tiggum posted:When I call up my ISP with a problem that could not possibly be with my computers or routers because it happened to every device simultaneously and without any settings being changed, but they make me run tests on three different devices and reboot everything (even though obviously that was the first thing I tried) and reset my router to default settings so I have to go and set it back up again afterwards before finally admitting that yes, there is an issue on their end and they'll look into it. I used to do phone tech support. Look, you can scream until your blue in the face you unplugged and plugged everything back in, but 80% of our calls were solved because despite people going “oh yeah, I totally did that.” They did not, in fact, do that. So yeah, you’re forced to do stupid steps because the majority of the population ruined it for you because they would rather lie and say they did things just so they wouldn’t have to bend over for a minute. It sucked rear end and I’d never do any type of phone support again.
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SonOfGhostDad posted:i hate it. i'll add to that the general misuses of apostrophes. this might be the result of phone posting. almost everything i type on my phone adds an apostrophe to just about every word that ends in an s. Thats how it work's, isnt it? Its plural's!
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i just turned autocorrect off completely and either manually put in apostrophes or use the autosuggest to fill it in.
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The Black Stones posted:I used to do phone tech support. I think some places probably require the customer service reps suggest all that too, otherwise they get in trouble. I don't hold it against them, it's not like either of us want to be on that call 
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Aug 2, 2023 19:35
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Something that helps with Its is a realisation that someone else had that made it make more sense. It's not possessive in the way people think. It's not like "That person's", because it's not a noun, it's a PRONOUN. It's the same as his and hers. Its.
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Aug 2, 2023 20:52
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The Black Stones posted:I used to do phone tech support. Bonus if they reset something completely unrelated to the issue. "I unplugged & reconnected my microwave but wifi still doesn't work!!!"
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Aug 2, 2023 21:15
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Language is fluid and apostrophes can mean plural
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Just apostrophe' alone?
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No you have to use at least two
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BOOTY-ADE posted:Bonus if they reset something completely unrelated to the issue. "I unplugged & reconnected my microwave but wifi still doesn't work!!!" "My two desktops, laptop, phone and TV all lost internet simultaneously, but sure, I'll try rebooting 'the computer' and see if that helps." Also, it's weird that at my ISP they always ask how many devices are usually connected to the internet and then seem really surprised when I say "I don't know, probably at least dozen?" Everything connects to the internet now. Do you want me to count up all the computers, TVs, phones, tablets, game consoles, etc. in the house?
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Aug 3, 2023 06:44
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Can't browse walmart.com anymore without being asked to sign in. Insanity
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I don't really think that Barbie v Oppenheimer (aka Barbenheimer) is that funny or interesting. Amazing: two movies with different themes released at the same time!  Guess I just don't get why this is a thing.
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Aug 3, 2023 08:59
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I would like two tickets to each of these popular movies.
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PancakeTransmission posted:I don't really think that Barbie v Oppenheimer (aka Barbenheimer) is that funny or interesting. Amazing: two movies with different themes released at the same time! Because it owns
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It would be nice if people could go 'oh hey the way I do X is really noisy and very different from others, maybe I should change it?'. The honors today goes to the new fresh-faced student hire who apparently never figured out how to drink coffee. Step 1: Start sucking loudly Step 2: Slowly bring cup up to lips Step 3: Slurp like a goddamn motherfucker Step 4: Exhale all exhausted like, as if you'd run a marathon Step 5: Repeat I really have no idea why all the new people hired into the team have the most obnoxious and loud tics at the office.
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PancakeTransmission posted:I don't really think that Barbie v Oppenheimer (aka Barbenheimer) is that funny or interesting. Amazing: two movies with different themes released at the same time! People are starved for big movies that aren’t cape poo poo and they’re from directors with popular and critical acclaim so one could appear cultured by seeing both. It got really annoying because all memes get really annoying. The funny thing is that WB almost certainly planned the Barbie release date to spite Nolan and now it’s probably the main reason that a 3 hour historical biopic is a massive hit.
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Super cheap intentionally low-effort ads annoy me. If you're going to advertise to me, I demand the ad be presented with something that cost more than whatever you paid Some Guy With a Phone to talk to himself. I think they're supposed to look like, I don't know, Your Buddy sending you a video about how he can't believe how comfortable this mattress is, but come on. Come on.
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SubNat posted:It would be nice if people could go 'oh hey the way I do X is really noisy and very different from others, maybe I should change it?'.  When I was a kid, my cousin would purposely do poo poo to irritate me, and one of those things would be an exaggerated '*gulp* AHHHHH!" after every sip of a drink. We came to blows over that. gently caress noisy drinking (and eating) forever.
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I like people who somehow turn the humble chip into a cacophony; turning it sideways and biting down with their mouth open as a perfect resonance chamber
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Sound of a beverage being poured is for some reason extremely annoying to me, especially in advertising.
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At my job, people are really particular about what method of communication they prefer, be it email or Teams chat. This is fine, whatever. I'll use either, but if somebody tells me they prefer one over the other, I can accomodate. I tend to default to email, especially if I've never communicated with that person before. What bugs me is when I do that and it happens to be somebody who vastly prefers a Teams message. So I'll ask them something, and they won't respond to the email, and then two weeks later I'll get a Teams message saying like "lol sry message me on Team if you need me!" And it's like motherfucker we've never spoken before. I don't know what your preferences are! At least respond to the email and tell me to send you a Teams message. I will do that! But responding to your email is a pretty basic function of the job. What I I was a client or something! 
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HOLY gently caress posted:I think some places probably require the customer service reps suggest all that too, otherwise they get in trouble. I don't hold it against them, it's not like either of us want to be on that call Oh 100% If I got a call that was monitored and my supervisor didn’t hear me walk through unplugging and plugging back in I was dinged because that’a step #1. The best was when the ISP I worked for had some kind of centre go down and ALL their customers lost service. I took over 100 calls that day just picking up the phone going “it’s down! Yes I know it’s down! I don’t know when it will be back up!” The absolute best was people arguing for credits on their bill during that time. Dude it’s been 5 hours. Leave me alone.
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Silver Falcon posted:At my job, people are really particular about what method of communication they prefer, be it email or Teams chat. This is fine, whatever. I'll use either, but if somebody tells me they prefer one over the other, I can accomodate. Oh my god I have coworkers who Will Not manage their inbox so they've just abandoned it and do everything through slack and assume all of us are the same way and so try rerouting everything to slack including automated poo poo that does not at all make sense for slacks format. Managing your inbox has been a basic job skill since at least the 90s! Why haven't you been fired yet!
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Tiggum posted:When I call up my ISP with a problem that could not possibly be with my computers or routers because it happened to every device simultaneously and without any settings being changed, but they make me run tests on three different devices and reboot everything (even though obviously that was the first thing I tried) and reset my router to default settings so I have to go and set it back up again afterwards before finally admitting that yes, there is an issue on their end and they'll look into it. This reminds me of working tech support for Comcast. It was my second job ever and had better benefits and pay than any job till my current one. Problem: having to do this bullshit. You’re always recorded, and judged, based on following the script and upselling. So we’d be forced to walk people like Tiggum through bullshit even though we knew they hated us for it and it was pointless. It was not going to fix the problem and both parties knew. And then on the other end, you get widow 82-year-old confused that her stories are out and she can’t call her grandkids. And you have to walk her through a power cycle. It is physically impossible for this poor person to shove aside her giant 1954 desk, crawl in, unscrew a coax cable, etc But you have to tell her to do it. And if she requests a tech, it’s a charge, with an even bigger charge if it was something that « could have been done* » without a Comcast tech. And if you try to be a human being and don’t upsell or follow the script or if you try to waive the bullshit fees or anything nice in your power management comes down on you, hope you didn’t want decent shifts or value your vacation cuz it’s discipline time gently caress ISPs especially Comcast *couldn’t have by this customer E: spent my last day waiving every charge from every call I got and then cashed out all my vacation before quitting, which felt like a real badass labour hero move at 19 Edgar Allen Ho has a new favorite as of 22:27 on Aug 3, 2023 |
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The Black Stones posted:The absolute best was people arguing for credits on their bill during that time. Dude it’s been 5 hours. Leave me alone. My biggest pet peeve when I was a tech there and it'd been less than a day. I wanted to throw them some quarters and say "put it towards your bill dumbass".
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I majored in Comp Sci at a state university (a good school but nowhere near 'elite'). One of the most important things that college taught me was humility: how much I didn't know about computer science or programming. My pet peeve is Silicon Valley and the dickheads who reside there. I don't know what it is about tech but I can't stand people who think they're god because they know a little Java code. gently caress you and your condescending smug attitude.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:I majored in Comp Sci at a state university (a good school but nowhere near 'elite'). One of the most important things that college taught me was humility: how much I didn't know about computer science or programming. STEMlords are garbage to a man and the bay area sucks poo poo mostly because of them
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Bay Area and the Salt Lake Valley win in North America for natural beauty and “would be perfect if literally anyone else ruled there”
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