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i just noticed elon musk got shittier again for no good reason
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As a lifetime chronic sales-shopper, sales at grocery stores are becoming way more predatory and difficult to take advantage of. One of the main offenders is the "you have to buy 5" of the things to get the discount. This has always existed but now it's like half of the available sales. Not super realistic for a single person household. The other one is requiring an app and "scanning" coupons to add to your card. This doesn't even work on my phone. Like my phone can scan QR codes (I've eaten at restaurants that require it) but it doesn't work for these. I asked an associate about it and they're just like "just take pictures and show the cashier and have them adjust it" and I'm like I'm not going to annoy the gently caress out of the cashier, they didn't ask for this either. So in addition to the general inflation of goods, stores are taking heavy steps to make any kind of savings a huge pain in the rear end.
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Jul 3, 2023 19:05
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thin blue whine posted:I know people were already poo poo talking smart TVs but someone got me one as a bday gift last year and I had to get rid of my 12 year old TV, and it is the worst thing that has happened to me. I want to think the person who got it for me thought they were doing something really cool for me but I keep wondering if they secretly hate me.
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Jul 3, 2023 20:09
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AARD VARKMAN posted:The paramount app is the worst app in the history of streaming apps
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Jul 3, 2023 20:15
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I wanted to watch Everything, Everywhere but saw it was a showtime thing so I went to the account page to try and update my trial and it's like "this will forfeit the trial and bill you immediately"
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Jul 3, 2023 20:36
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holefoods posted:You should get your own router and modem. I have my own and comcast is constantly trying to tell me it’s outdated and too slow so they can milk that extra money out of me on a monthly basis. the app will even issue an upgrade through the mail if you're using their modem then they send you the exact same piece-of-poo poo modem they already gave you originally
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Jul 25, 2023 01:00
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ikanreed posted:I was at a gas station that recently moved to self checkout, and you no longer scan things. You just drop it all on a table and some ai camera thing guesses the products with like 70% accuracy.
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Jul 30, 2023 03:26
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Cerekk posted:Please tell me where to find the grocery store where the cashiers aren't required to pretend they care how my day is going, so that I can shop there. some people make small talk because they're lonely, but that's different the only people who pretend to actually care or get in my business are salesmen who work at high ticket stores
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Jul 30, 2023 16:44
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post itt if you're here to complain about checkout lines or checkers greeting you
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Jul 30, 2023 16:51
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aniviron posted:I have lived in both huge cities and rural bumfuck, and will confirm that in rural stores, even huge chains like walmart, it's fairly common for the staff at checkout to make earnest smalltalk, and even recognize/remember me and ask about things that we talked about last time. Only ever had this happen in the city when I was working late and would always shop at 2am, so the overnight staff got to know who I was because I was one of like ten people they saw.
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Jul 30, 2023 21:17
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credburn posted:I like the automated phone messages that hang up on you if you hit 0
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Jul 30, 2023 21:18
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GolfHole posted:helps if you spell February correctly
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Jul 30, 2023 21:22
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Cerekk posted:59 oz half gallon, also gently caress the poor Okay, go ahead and show me all the historical examples of redefining a measurement system.
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Jul 31, 2023 18:37
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evobatman posted:I loving love QR codes at restaurants, it's one of the few good things to come out of the pandemic.
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Aug 2, 2023 18:45
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Internet Old One posted:I treat my work mbp with nothing but contempt and never have these issues. You guys have cheap dells and that’s the real issue.
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Aug 23, 2023 18:36
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DrBouvenstein posted:Get a Pixel. I mean...still no 3.5mm jack (boo hoo, it comes with a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter, stop whining) but it's pure Android, no UI skinning/un-installable vendor/3rd party apps like a Samsung or any phone from Verizon or whatever. Not saying there aren't other solutions, but it's still inconvenient.
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Sep 13, 2023 20:58
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I'm going to get one of those bluetooth cigarette lighter adapter things for my next road trip. They seem pretty handy. Anyone know if the sound quality through them is alright?
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Sep 13, 2023 22:55
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Sentient Data posted:Fm transmitters are garbo, get a bluetooth adapter that has a 3.5 output for an aux jack. If you don't have an aux jack look online to see if there's an adapter you can get that plugs into where a cd changer would go on the stock radio, and failing that use a casstte adapter if your car can take tapes or a wired fm modulator if not thanks, this makes more sense
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Sep 13, 2023 23:36
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I mostly read sci-fi and feel like there's a good amount of new decent stuff coming out still, or at least, I am far less jaded about it than movies. Partly this is because recent years have really moved toward gender equality in awards and publishing in genre fic A lot of newer fantasy is really good, too, for example the 'Broken Earth' series by N.K. Jemisin. And I'm reading this really great series that I'm sure a lot of people are familiar with called 'Red Rising' which is kind of a fantasy/sci-fi blend.
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Sep 19, 2023 17:39
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When we were kids and went to the store my sister would always get a box of the Chicken in Biscuit crackers, and I would always get a box of the Twigs. I think Twigs have been gone for like twenty years. Please bring back Twigs.
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Sep 26, 2023 18:28
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lately all my streaming apps on my TVs randomly log me out constantly and it's really starting to chap my hide
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Sep 30, 2023 16:43
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Talk about something that got shittier for no good reason! microwave burritos and frozen pizza
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Oct 3, 2023 01:26
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Wile E. Toyota posted:Needed to find the nearest gas station today so I searched "gas station" on Google maps, expecting to be able to sort by distance. That option was gone. The top result was a Sponsored™ gas station that was significantly farther away than other options. The only filter available was "open now." I could only scroll through a random assortment of gas stations in the area. I had to manually type "closest gas station" to get it sorted by distance.
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Oct 3, 2023 18:55
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StormDrain posted:Breaking the speaker did come to mind. America just broke the speaker.
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Oct 16, 2023 22:17
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I feel like one of the biggest issues with computers isn't necessarily literacy, but the type of user who has absolutely no control about clicking literally anything that even slightly catches their eye because they're completely incapable of critical thought.
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Oct 21, 2023 16:59
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Just had a flashback of switching out these big manual proprietary tapes, that kept record of all our register transactions, in the back office at the end of business day at Radio Shack back in the late 90s. They kind of looked like giant 8-track tapes, and they were beige of course.
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Oct 22, 2023 02:17
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Darth Brooks posted:Against my better judgement I picked up a meal at KFC. The honey is now a honey like substance rather than actual and plentiful honey.
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Oct 26, 2023 01:43
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is pepsi ok posted:I hate the loving Netflix button on my remote so much. Accidentally hitting that thing not only interrupts whatever you're watching but it takes 7 button presses to exit out of that goddamn app.
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Oct 26, 2023 18:00
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Beastie posted:My mom was visiting me about 7 years ago and she was like "Wow, your netflix/amazon/hulu is so fast!" and I had to show her it was my $500 Xbox One X and not my TV. I'm going to be argumentative again and state that the apps on my PS5 are utter poo poo compared to the ones on my TV. In speed, functionality, and picture quality. Except for Paramount+ because my TV wants an LG login for that one I refuse to watch it on there since the PS5 doesn't care.
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Oct 26, 2023 18:55
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I don't know if this is a new development, probably not honestly, but buying bird seed is a loving scam for novices. All I have to say is buy it conservatively until you find out what the birds in your area will eat because if you go to places like Home Depot or Lowe's like 90% of the poo poo they sell is absolutely useless bullshit garbage that no bird will glance at. It's a legitimate scam. Like for example this Hello Birds Wild Bird Blend specifically states it's feed for birds like sparrows and finches. That's a loving lie, they are not going to eat that poo poo. The bag has two types of "seed" in it, one is black sunflower seeds, which they will eat if nothing else is available. But 90%+ is just milo. You can read all about it here which will straight up tell you it's filler. Why the gently caress would I want loving filler in my bird seed? You just spent almost $20 on literal trash. Anyway, if you want a seed that sparrows and finches will go ape poo poo for, just get a straight up bag of millet
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Oct 26, 2023 22:51
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:drat, I definitely can’t say that “bird seed is a scam” was on my radar You and me both!
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Oct 26, 2023 22:56
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humpthewind posted:Holy poo poo I wondered why the little pieces of the seed I buy is all over the ground under my feeders. I'm going to stop buying the large bags I guess. I use that stuff and throw in a few extra tablespoons of the millet, and that's gold.
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Oct 28, 2023 00:49
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:McDonalds standard cheeseburgers are like the size of cookies now. McDonalds' is so far up their own rear end it blows my mind. Fast food is loving fast food. I moved from Boise to the Seattle Metro area and McDonalds was the only fast food place that I saw a price increase that was more than a few cents, and it was like 2x as much. Then they dropped all their app deals except the BOGO. And then they dropped the Filet-o-Fish from their BOGO. It's such a poo poo-tier place now, but they're still posting record profits because Americans are dumb as poo poo. This probably isn't the first time I've melted down about McDonalds on this website.
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Nov 7, 2023 19:52
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Like dude, you can get a cheeseburger from Dick's for the same price as a McDonalds cheeseburger. That is insane.
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Nov 7, 2023 19:53
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You Are A Werewolf posted:Hamburger Stand/Wienerschnitzel is cheap and their food reflects as such, but they are even better than McDonald’s at this point. You can get an entire family meal with 8 burgers and fries for the price of a combo meal at Mickey D’s, it’s insane. I think part of it is the family audience as well, which does play into recognition of course. Parents have to take their kids where they want to go. Like every Dairy Queen I've ever been to has been easy to get through and their food is mid tier, it's okay. But I lived in the suburbs of Lake Stevens for a while and around dinner every day that place would have a line 15+ cars long nearly wrapped out to the street when there was a Taco Bell, Burger King and Jack In the Box all within a few mile radius that had less than three customers. It becomes obvious who holds the power and logic doesn't play a role.
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Nov 7, 2023 20:50
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Salt Fish posted:Every ad I get is for deodorant but I don't even wear it, so I feel like internet ad targeting has completely failed. They're great at advertising poo poo to you after you already bought it.
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Dec 19, 2023 21:24
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Salt Fish posted:I was curious about this, and sure enough two by four is a name that means 1.5 x 3.5" and its because historically they could cut them 2"x4" and then when the boards dried out they would shrink down to about 1.5x3.5" and eventually it was formalized like this to make building more consistent. Amazing the dumbest thing I've seen today is in this thread and not the Trump thread
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Dec 20, 2023 19:26
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Microwave dinners were never good but I always thought they were palatable. This is no longer the case. Like they are no longer edible. I don't know if this is a new development, or if it's because I've been cooking well for a while, but I can't get like two bites into most of them anymore before tossing them out. Lean Cuisine Protein Kicks are straight-up dogfood.
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Dec 20, 2023 22:21
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mawarannahr posted:they're the official whites supremacist shoe looking forward to the day someone calls me a white supremacist for wearing jamie foys lol and lmao
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Southern Cassowary posted:why are new balances white supremacist shoes exactly Apparently one single white supremacist ever said a thing https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/new-balance-rebukes-white-supremacists-adopting-its-sneakers-hate-symbol-n684776
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