Minor things that bother you

[CoreySamson]

The phrase "totally destroyed."

It's either destroyed or it's damaged. "Totally destroyed" is redundant.

Suppose you had a factory that had four buildings. And suppose one of them were to be leveled by an EF-5 tornado, while the other three buildings only sustained minor damage. You could then say the plant was "partially destroyed". Saying the plant was "totally destroyed" would mean that all four buildings were destroyed.

I have a beef about the term "totally destroyed" in relating to tornadoes. I'm seeing it used way too often by first responders and tornado victims to describe their homes and towns after relatively weak tornadoes or even just straight-line winds blow through. Like yeah sure, your garage door is dented in, half your shingles were blown off, and the tree in the front yard fell over, but is that "totally destroyed"? Your house is still mostly intact. It's just damaged. I was watching a stream from Ryan Hall just a couple days ago and the reports they were getting in from Minnesota seemed to suggest EF-4 or higher level damage based on wording, when it turned out that the tornadoes that spawned those reports were only EF-1s.

Save the term for when things are actually completely destroyed, like the Moore 1999 F5.

[dlsterner]

Eating chips with dip and having the chip break in half as you're dipping the chip. This is especially annoying at parties when there's enough for everyone to share, meaning that you now have a bowl of dip with leftover pieces of chip in it and you can't take it out because of germs.

I guess you can always get another chip to send on a "rescue mission" to try to retrieve the broken piece of the first chip.  Of course, the second chip always breaks as well, and you're worse off than before.

[Scott5114]

The phrase "totally destroyed."

It's either destroyed or it's damaged. "Totally destroyed" is redundant.

Suppose you had a factory that had four buildings. And suppose one of them were to be leveled by an EF-5 tornado, while the other three buildings only sustained minor damage. You could then say the plant was "partially destroyed". Saying the plant was "totally destroyed" would mean that all four buildings were destroyed.

I have a beef about the term "totally destroyed" in relating to tornadoes. I'm seeing it used way too often by first responders and tornado victims to describe their homes and towns after relatively weak tornadoes or even just straight-line winds blow through. Like yeah sure, your garage door is dented in, half your shingles were blown off, and the tree in the front yard fell over, but is that "totally destroyed"? Your house is still mostly intact. It's just damaged. I was watching a stream from Ryan Hall just a couple days ago and the reports they were getting in from Minnesota seemed to suggest EF-4 or higher level damage based on wording, when it turned out that the tornadoes that spawned those reports were only EF-1s.

Save the term for when things are actually completely destroyed, like the Moore 1999 F5.

Yeah, if your roof is still there, it's not "totally destroyed".

[kphoger]

Eating chips with dip and having the chip break in half as you're dipping the chip. This is especially annoying at parties when there's enough for everyone to share, meaning that you now have a bowl of dip with leftover pieces of chip in it and you can't take it out because of germs.

There are people who complain if you just pick the chip out of the dip?  Don't associate with that type of person.  They don't make for very fun parties.

[Max Rockatansky]

Eating chips with dip and having the chip break in half as you're dipping the chip. This is especially annoying at parties when there's enough for everyone to share, meaning that you now have a bowl of dip with leftover pieces of chip in it and you can't take it out because of germs.

There are people who complain if you just pick the chip out of the dip?  Don't associate with that type of person.  They don't make for very fun parties.

It was probably this guy:

[jeffandnicole]

Eating chips with dip and having the chip break in half as you're dipping the chip. This is especially annoying at parties when there's enough for everyone to share, meaning that you now have a bowl of dip with leftover pieces of chip in it and you can't take it out because of germs.

There are people who complain if you just pick the chip out of the dip?  Don't associate with that type of person.  They don't make for very fun parties.

Guess they ain't taking a swig from the bottle and passing it on either.

[CtrlAltDel]

Eating chips with dip and having the chip break in half as you're dipping the chip. This is especially annoying at parties when there's enough for everyone to share, meaning that you now have a bowl of dip with leftover pieces of chip in it and you can't take it out because of germs.

There are people who complain if you just pick the chip out of the dip?  Don't associate with that type of person.  They don't make for very fun parties.

Like just dig in with your fingers? Yeah, don't do that. Get a spoon.

[kphoger]

Wow, you guys apparently don't hang out with the same sort of people that I do.

[CtrlAltDel]

Wow, you guys apparently don't hang out with the same sort of people that I do.

It's probably for the best. 

[kphoger]

Wow, you guys apparently don't hang out with the same sort of people that I do.

It's probably for the best.  [cut]

I agree.  I don't need that kind of negativity in my life.  [paste]

[zachary_amaryllis]

Eating chips with dip and having the chip break in half as you're dipping the chip. This is especially annoying at parties when there's enough for everyone to share, meaning that you now have a bowl of dip with leftover pieces of chip in it and you can't take it out because of germs.

There are people who complain if you just pick the chip out of the dip?  Don't associate with that type of person.  They don't make for very fun parties.

Guess they ain't taking a swig from the bottle and passing it on either.

to say nothing of passing the joint/bong/etc

[1995hoo]

Wow, you guys apparently don't hang out with the same sort of people that I do.

It's probably for the best.  [cut]

I agree.  I don't need that kind of negativity in my life.  [paste]

Doctor: "I believe your problem is that your outlook is too negative. You should try to avoid negative words like 'can't' or 'not.' Do you think you can do that?"

Patient: "I can't see why not."

[LilianaUwU]

Watchlist bots in Twitch chats annoy me. Their only purpose is to clog up the viewers list so they can farm follows. They don't even add to the viewer count, and a higher viewer count is something I need if I want to be affiliate someday.

[kphoger]

When I need to scan something to print onto a blank portion of another document–except I don't know one or both of the following:  (1) the correct alignment or orientation I should use when putting it on the glass, (2) the correct orientation for putting the document into the feeder.

So I might end up with something like this:

a.  The new item over-prints what's already on the document, rather than printing in the blank portion.

b.  The new item manages to end up in the blank portion, but it's sideways or upside-down.

c.  The new item ends up on the back of the sheet, rather than the front.

[J N Winkler]

When I need to scan something to print onto a blank portion of another document–except I don't know one or both of the following:  (1) the correct alignment or orientation I should use when putting it on the glass, (2) the correct orientation for putting the document into the feeder.

So I might end up with something like this:

a.  The new item over-prints what's already on the document, rather than printing in the blank portion.

b.  The new item manages to end up in the blank portion, but it's sideways or upside-down.

c.  The new item ends up on the back of the sheet, rather than the front.

Is it an option to access the form as a PDF and paste the scanned material into it?

A related annoyance is a demand for wet signatures on forms that are distributed in PDF.  This typically entails downloading the form, filling it out, printing it, signing it in ink, and mailing it.  In the past I've had to deal with this as part of the process of obtaining and maintaining access to an online resource, and feel fortunate that the provider now accepts digital signatures in lieu of ink, meaning I can simply sign the required forms digitally in Foxit Reader and email them, thus sidestepping postal delays.

[kphoger]

A related annoyance is a demand for wet signatures on forms that are distributed in PDF.  This typically entails downloading the form, filling it out, printing it, signing it in ink, and mailing it.

My co-worker deals with this one all the time.

[abefroman329]

People who call me and don't leave a voicemail.  If I have a missed call from you, and I don't know who you are, then I'm not calling you back.

[CtrlAltDel]

When I need to scan something to print onto a blank portion of another document–except I don't know one or both of the following:  (1) the correct alignment or orientation I should use when putting it on the glass, (2) the correct orientation for putting the document into the feeder.

So I might end up with something like this:

a.  The new item over-prints what's already on the document, rather than printing in the blank portion.

b.  The new item manages to end up in the blank portion, but it's sideways or upside-down.

c.  The new item ends up on the back of the sheet, rather than the front.

Is it an option to access the form as a PDF and paste the scanned material into it?

A related annoyance is a demand for wet signatures on forms that are distributed in PDF.  This typically entails downloading the form, filling it out, printing it, signing it in ink, and mailing it.  In the past I've had to deal with this as part of the process of obtaining and maintaining access to an online resource, and feel fortunate that the provider now accepts digital signatures in lieu of ink, meaning I can simply sign the required forms digitally in Foxit Reader and email them, thus sidestepping postal delays.

I have an image of my signature that I can just copy and paste into PDFs, which I then email back to whoever. No one has ever questioned me on it, but that could just be apathy on their part.

[kphoger]

People who call me and don't leave a voicemail.  If I have a missed call from you, and I don't know who you are, then I'm not calling you back.

If it's not important that you call me back, then I generally don't bother leaving a message.  Not every missed call justifies expecting a call-back.

[Big John]

People who call me and don't leave a voicemail.  If I have a missed call from you, and I don't know who you are, then I'm not calling you back.

In most cases it is a telemarketer/robocall.

[kphoger]

Actually, that's why I always answer the phone.  If it's a number I don't recognize, then I just say 'llo and then go silent.  I hate it when I receive a new voicemail, and it ends up just being the last 60% of a scam recording.

[J N Winkler]

I have an image of my signature that I can just copy and paste into PDFs, which I then email back to whoever. No one has ever questioned me on it, but that could just be apathy on their part.

I have the same thing and it is usually accepted, but I've dealt with several organizations that do want wet signatures.

[kphoger]

Microsoft Excel's default column width is the ridiculously not-round value of 8.43.  How has this been allowed to continue?

[Scott5114]

Microsoft Excel's default column width is the ridiculously not-round value of 8.43.  How has this been allowed to continue?

8.43 what?

LibreOffice defaults to 0.89" (with inches specified as the unit), which is similarly a not-round number. But it does at least correlate to 64 points, which is a power of two, so at least there's some squint-and-tilt-your-head logic to it.

[formulanone]

Microsoft Excel's default column width is the ridiculously not-round value of 8.43.  How has this been allowed to continue?

It's measured in pixels of eight, which means it was probably devised by some pirate.

I think one of the first things I do is make columns in round numbers. Like 10.00 or 25.00 and size all the heights up to something like 20.00 because it looks nicer.