|
euphronius posted:I’m just giving up on tv There's 2 non commercially owned public broadcasters in my country and I pretty much watch what pops up on them like it's 1995. Commercial networks for live sport only. If there's nothing on I read. Content is a bit like sugar, you cut back on it and over time your palate adjusts and it kind of loses its appeal.
|
#
?
Nov 20, 2023 21:46
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 28, 2024 21:26 |
|
|
Jason's Deli no longer has unlimited salad bar. You only get one plate. So it's basically paying to make your own salad. They used COVID as an excuse but a bunch of people are just gonna load up their dirty plates instead of getting clean ones. I have no reason to ever come back.
|
|
#
?
Nov 20, 2023 21:50
|
|
|
What drives me nuts is prime using a paid service to advertise for other paid services. There should be a 'never show me things I can't watch' option (lol).
|
|
#
?
Nov 20, 2023 22:16
|
|
|
euphronius posted:I’m just giving up on tv 
|
|
#
?
Nov 20, 2023 23:07
|
|
|
800peepee51doodoo posted:Streaming has gotten so bad I've gone back to piracy as my main source of media, after years of not torrenting poo poo. These dumbdick media companies look at a golden goose and are like "hmmm but maybe we'll see an uptick in next quarter profits if we kill this thing oh woops nope". Make this poo poo work right, stop playing grabass with content availability, and gently caress straight off with these "ad-supported" tiers and I will happily pay a reasonable subscription fee. It is completely nuts - There was this time period in the 2010s where I was pirating basically nothing. The services were were good, worked and not completely fragmented. Now, it's such a loving mess that despite having substantially more disposable income, I find myself pirating A LOT more just because actually getting that media is such a disaster. The death of bandcamp isn't helping this either. euphronius posted:I’m just giving up on tv I would pay a sizable premium for a TV with a modern, good panel that had zero smart features. Your job is to consume HDMI / DP signals and flip them to a display as fast as possible and nothing else.
|
|
#
?
Nov 20, 2023 23:16
|
|
|
EoinCannon posted:There's 2 non commercially owned public broadcasters in my country and I pretty much watch what pops up on them like it's 1995. Commercial networks for live sport only. If there's nothing on I read. Content is a bit like sugar, you cut back on it and over time your palate adjusts and it kind of loses its appeal. Frankly the people who think that infinite entertainment for  a month is remotely sustainable remind me of this: The whole entertainment and tech industries are built on hyper-exploitation of artists, the Global South, and the natural world and a society that needs 8 hours of "media" per person per day to distract them from the fact nobody has a social life anymore is a garbage hellhole that cannot collapse fast enough. Woolie Wool fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Nov 20, 2023 |
|
#
?
Nov 20, 2023 23:17
|
|
|
A recent Adam savage video just mentioned that hour long episodes are edited down to 40:30 content (including title, bumpers, credits) with 19:30 of ads each hour, I had no idea the ratio had been pushed that far lol
|
|
#
?
Nov 20, 2023 23:39
|
|
|
Sentient Data posted:A recent Adam savage video just mentioned that hour long episodes are edited down to 40:30 content (including title, bumpers, credits) with 19:30 of ads each hour, I had no idea the ratio had been pushed that far lol That is just slightly more than Babylon 5, which ran almost 30 years ago.
|
|
#
?
Nov 20, 2023 23:41
|
|
|
The last hour of movies on like TNT or similar are probably 50 mins of ads
|
|
#
?
Nov 20, 2023 23:42
|
|
|
I got a free trial of apple+ 6 months ago. I can't cancel it via the website, I have to install iTunes to do it on my PC. What a trash company
|
|
#
?
Nov 20, 2023 23:44
|
|
|
Woolie Wool posted:Frankly the people who think that infinite entertainment for That's nice but artists aren't people and I will continue to consume everything.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 00:01
|
|
|
Woolie Wool posted:Frankly the people who think that infinite entertainment for I hate all of them
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 00:02
|
|
|
GolfHole posted:having an app (and subsequently a centralized database) for medical records is a stepping stone from the lovely world we live in now to a much, much, much better world where medical research is pooled, analyzed, and handled with a holistic and allied approach across all modalities. Wow, it takes effort to be this dumb and wrong
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 01:42
|
|
|
StrangersInTheNight posted:someone brought up Wish, the new Disney movie in another thread - and how it's a centennial movie, and it got me thinking how depressing it is that media properties are getting so entrenched they have giant anniversary celebrations. May the 4th be with you. Ghostbusters Day. whyyyyy. Yeah, I was just thinking about how this era is going to be remembered as a great stagnation.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 07:36
|
|
|
This mfer thinks things will get better!!! lmao
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 10:35
|
|
|
Woolie Wool posted:lol why even have one, there aren't any good TV shows or movies anymore anyway, I just enjoy old stuff now, old prog rock music, old video games, old movies that were shot on film with practical erfects. It's all easy to find as Yeah, this is the only way I watch anything anymore.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 10:38
|
|
too
|
Woolie Wool posted:Frankly the people who think that infinite entertainment for nerds are actually the bad guys
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 11:02
|
|
|
The self-service checkout area at my supermarket now has barriers that won't let you out until you scan your receipt
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 13:39
|
|
|
bitterandtwisted posted:The self-service checkout area at my supermarket now has barriers that won't let you out until you scan your receipt Lol
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 14:58
|
|
|
bitterandtwisted posted:The self-service checkout area at my supermarket now has barriers that won't let you out until you scan your receipt The one at the closest store to me has just shrunk to 6 stations and is staffed by an attendant and 3 security guards. They stop staffing the other chrckout lanes around 4pm.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 15:38
|
|
|
MrQwerty posted:The one at the closest store to me has just shrunk to 6 stations and is staffed by an attendant and 3 security guards. They stop staffing the other chrckout lanes around 4pm. I was at a home depot a bit ago that had employees checking people out through the self checkout because there were lines halfway to the back of the store. No, of course they didn't have any actual checkout lanes open because those have all been permanently removed.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 15:47
|
|
|
God bless my tiny grocery store, doesn't have the space for self checkout. And magically, the lines are well staffed and even when busy you move pretty fast. Good operation.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 15:50
|
|
|
My self-checkout has two assistants and a designated security guard and for the life of me I cannot fathom how that is cheaper or more efficient than just staffing three regular checkout registers. Especially when you factor in how much poo poo people are stealing at the self-checkout.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:04
|
|
|
last week I finished paying at the self-service and noticed I'd missed a lime at the bottom of the basket. Rather than go through the whole self-service process again for one lime I slipped it into my bag without paying. I've been in hiding ever since.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:08
|
|
|
I can’t imagine using self checkout with like > $200 of groceries
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:11
|
|
|
I keep seeing articles on my various feeds about businesses realizing self checkout is a disaster and reversing course. Hopefully they're some truth there but I imagine they'll come up with something even worse.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:31
|
|
|
Skeleton crewed self check stores are just the ali express drop shippers of the grocery world, and they should all be shuttered
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:40
|
|
|
No matter how staffed or understaffed a self checkout is I haven’t paid for a greeting card in like 8 years and I don’t plan to start
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:48
|
|
|
They are like $10 now so good
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:49
|
|
|
Yeah I looked at the price of one the other day and felt very justified
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:50
|
|
|
erosion posted:I keep seeing articles on my various feeds about businesses realizing self checkout is a disaster and reversing course. Hopefully they're some truth there but I imagine they'll come up with something even worse. Man I hope so. They phased out the "scan all your items as you shop" handheld deal real quick. I assume people just stole them all.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:52
|
|
|
erosion posted:I keep seeing articles on my various feeds about businesses realizing self checkout is a disaster and reversing course. Hopefully they're some truth there but I imagine they'll come up with something even worse. I found a grocery store that has wide aisles and staffed checkouts. It's amazing. Feels like luxury grocery shopping. It's a bit out of the way, but I go there often.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:54
|
|
|
If self checkouts had baggers I wouldn't hate them but, now that I think about it, I haven't seen a bagger outside a NYC Key Foods in years... In other news: Are all screws used in consumer electronics made of painted tissue paper suddenly? No matter how light a touch I try to use when opening something to put in new batteries the drive immediately crumbles. It's now easier to just throw out the goddamn cat toy or whatever once the batteries run our then to become infuriated wrestling with a stripped head.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 16:57
|
|
|
When my Costco put in self check-outs, it worked alright to begin with - the staffed check-outs are always jammed so it was nice if I had only a few things to purchase. But then Costco found out that people were loaning out their membership cards to other people so they could shop there, and that absolutely cannot happen, so they waste a FTE just standing there to look at your membership card and do a spot-check before letting you get in-line for the self check-out. Which, of course, jams up the line to the self check-out and extinguishes any of the value added by including them.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 17:04
|
|
|
shazbot posted:Man I hope so. They phased out the "scan all your items as you shop" handheld deal real quick. I assume people just stole them all. My regional grocery store chain just has a phone app for that, it's pretty great. Makes checkout very quick
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 17:14
|
|
|
How much do they pay or reimburse you for scanning everything
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 17:15
|
|
|
They pay you in savings!
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 17:17
|
|
|
euphronius posted:How much do they pay or reimburse you for scanning everything They pass the savings on to you! This must be why food is only twice as expensive as last year instead of three times as expensive
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 17:18
|
|
|
Like on principle I almost never bag my own groceries. Because the idea of spending 200 bucks at a place and then doing work for it seems absurd.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 17:21
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 28, 2024 21:26 |
|
|
I've noticed that Americans seem very down on the concept of self-checkouts, people mostly accept them in the UK? Personally, I can live with their quirks and annoyances, as it eliminates the much bigger annoyance of putting all your stuff down on the conveyer, then the person in front of you turns out to be a moron or troublemaker that holds the line up forever and you're trapped there now 'cos you've already put your stuff down.
|
|
#
?
Nov 21, 2023 17:24
|
|
