Minor things that bother you

[hotdogPi]

(might have been Jake Bear, it was so long ago)

His last post was in 2015. I started the compilation thread in 2016.

[vdeane]

(might have been Jake Bear, it was so long ago)

His last post was in 2015. I started the compilation thread in 2016.

In addition to his various threads breaking out his plan by state, he used to spam every other thread with his plans too.  So if someone made a thread proposing to extend I-83 to Williamsport or Rochester, Fritz would chime in with "in my plan, I-83 would go...".

[TheHighwayMan3561]

He would take a quote from another thread over to his thread if he wanted to "discuss" how he'd "improve" on their plan. He still might do that.

[Scott5114]

He would take a quote from another thread over to his thread if he wanted to "discuss" how he'd "improve" on their plan. He still might do that.

That's what he does now. Before he'd just barge into their thread and do it there.

[I-55]

Also of note is that FritzOwl has never posted outside of Fictional.

Might explain why so many of his plans are out of touch with the real world.

[mrsman]

It seems that the forum has done a very good job of keeping Fritzowl under control.  Yes his plans are crazy.  But by keeping him in his own thread, he doesn't step out.  So he can do whatever he wants in his sandbox and the rest of us can go on with life.

If you want to engage him on his plans, you're feeding the troll and you are the problem (not him).

I also have to say that he doesn't appear to get angry despite the criticism, and even if we find his stuff annoying, he is abiding by forum rules, so I guess we have to keep him.

[Roadgeekteen]

It seems that the forum has done a very good job of keeping Fritzowl under control.  Yes his plans are crazy.  But by keeping him in his own thread, he doesn't step out.  So he can do whatever he wants in his sandbox and the rest of us can go on with life.

If you want to engage him on his plans, you're feeding the troll and you are the problem (not him).

I also have to say that he doesn't appear to get angry despite the criticism, and even if we find his stuff annoying, he is abiding by forum rules, so I guess we have to keep him.

It's fun to joke around with him, it's almost like another Alanland thread. 

[jakeroot]

I also have to say that he doesn't appear to get angry despite the criticism, and even if we find his stuff annoying, he is abiding by forum rules, so I guess we have to keep him.

I haven't so much as seen him acknowledge hardly any criticism, much less become angry with anyone. In fact, I think he deserves some praise for maintaining his composure in light of everyone's disgust with his plans.

[formulanone]

I also have to say that he doesn't appear to get angry despite the criticism, and even if we find his stuff annoying, he is abiding by forum rules, so I guess we have to keep him.

I haven't so much as seen him acknowledge hardly any criticism, much less become angry with anyone. In fact, I think he deserves some praise for maintaining his composure in light of everyone's disgust with his plans.

In my plans, FritzOwl becomes highly radioactive and burns down at least one large city for one of his interstate proposal, but he gets stopped midway by The US Shield Force.

Several state highways were decommissioned in the final battle.

[SkyPesos]

I also have to say that he doesn't appear to get angry despite the criticism, and even if we find his stuff annoying, he is abiding by forum rules, so I guess we have to keep him.

I haven't so much as seen him acknowledge hardly any criticism, much less become angry with anyone. In fact, I think he deserves some praise for maintaining his composure in light of everyone's disgust with his plans.

In my plans, FritzOwl becomes highly radioactive and burns down at least one large city for one of his interstate proposal, but he gets stopped midway by The US Shield Force.

Several state highways were decommissioned in the final battle.

You forgot the "I think this is needed"  part of FritzOwl's copy paste 

[formulanone]

I also have to say that he doesn't appear to get angry despite the criticism, and even if we find his stuff annoying, he is abiding by forum rules, so I guess we have to keep him.

I haven't so much as seen him acknowledge hardly any criticism, much less become angry with anyone. In fact, I think he deserves some praise for maintaining his composure in light of everyone's disgust with his plans.

In my plans, FritzOwl becomes highly radioactive and burns down at least one large city for one of his interstate proposal, but he gets stopped midway by The US Shield Force.

Several state highways were decommissioned in the final battle.

You forgot the "I think this is needed"  part of FritzOwl's copy paste 

Those were his final words before getting hauled off to SCORNitentiary.

[Roadgeekteen]

I also have to say that he doesn't appear to get angry despite the criticism, and even if we find his stuff annoying, he is abiding by forum rules, so I guess we have to keep him.

I haven't so much as seen him acknowledge hardly any criticism, much less become angry with anyone. In fact, I think he deserves some praise for maintaining his composure in light of everyone's disgust with his plans.

In my plans, FritzOwl becomes highly radioactive and burns down at least one large city for one of his interstate proposal, but he gets stopped midway by The US Shield Force.

Several state highways were decommissioned in the final battle.

You forgot the "I think this is needed"  part of FritzOwl's copy paste 

And "I think all of US Blank should become an Interstate"

[Scott5114]

I also have to say that he doesn't appear to get angry despite the criticism, and even if we find his stuff annoying, he is abiding by forum rules, so I guess we have to keep him.

I haven't so much as seen him acknowledge hardly any criticism, much less become angry with anyone. In fact, I think he deserves some praise for maintaining his composure in light of everyone's disgust with his plans.

In my plans, FritzOwl becomes highly radioactive and burns down at least one large city for one of his interstate proposal, but he gets stopped midway by The US Shield Force.

Several state highways were decommissioned in the final battle.

You forgot the "I think this is needed"  part of FritzOwl's copy paste 

Those were his final words before getting hauled off to SCORNitentiary.

not SCOURNitentiary?

[kphoger]

It bothers me that, when I search for a musical artist on YouTube, single songs sometimes appear in the "albums" section.

[formulanone]

Those were his final words before getting hauled off to SCORNitentiary.

not SCOURNitentiary?

I was missing the U, oops.

[CoreySamson]

When the Weather Channel's website is not updated at all regarding certain weather events (especially in right-leaning states, I've noticed). For example, tonight San Antonio, Fort Worth, and Oklahoma City all had insane hailstorms, but as of this post all the Weather Channel has on the subject is a short 1-minute video explaining the basics and not highlighting the danger these storms pose that's been in the sidebar all day.

I was also a little ticked the day after Earth Day and instead of reporting on the severe weather Texas was having (or the cat 5 typhoon near the Philippines, for that matter), they still had all the clickbaity Earth Day articles about the president's actions towards climate change. Nothing against the president, but the Weather Channel needs to focus on weather if they want to be a credible news source.

If not, I suggest they change their name to the Climate Channel.

[US 89]

When the Weather Channel's website is not updated at all regarding certain weather events (especially in right-leaning states, I've noticed). For example, tonight San Antonio, Fort Worth, and Oklahoma City all had insane hailstorms, but as of this post all the Weather Channel has on the subject is a short 1-minute video explaining the basics and not highlighting the danger these storms pose that's been in the sidebar all day.

I was also a little ticked the day after Earth Day and instead of reporting on the severe weather Texas was having (or the cat 5 typhoon near the Philippines, for that matter), they still had all the clickbaity Earth Day articles about the president's actions towards climate change. Nothing against the president, but the Weather Channel needs to focus on weather if they want to be a credible news source.

If not, I suggest they change their name to the Climate Channel.

Eh, I don't think their coverage or lack thereof is necessarily about political leaning as much as it is about population. They only care about what is happening in the Northeast, California, and sometimes Atlanta since that's where they're located. New Mexico is a blue state but good luck ever hearing about their weather. It's no different than ESPN who only ever cares about the Red Sox and Yankees when they talk about baseball.

That said, the Weather Channel stopped being about weather years ago. I don't mind some coverage on climate change since that is a real weather-related issue affecting us, but these days half of their news isn't even tangentially related. Like this. I mean, whales are cool, but how is it at all related to weather or the atmosphere? Oceans do affect weather but this kind of thing is really best saved for Animal Planet or something else about more general nature.

[Scott5114]

The Weather Channel is next to useless when it comes to severe weather even when they do cover it. We were caught in Ada once when a storm strong enough to get TWC's attention rolled in, and because the hospital we were at only had cable, TWC was what they had on. It was funny hearing the Atlanta-based meteorologist failing hard at pronouncing all the Chickasaw-derived toponyms, but it was pretty hard to find out what was really going on because it was clear he was just reading off the map and had no knowledge of the area or the typical behavior of Oklahoma storms.

If there's weather going on here, it's better to punch up the website of an Oklahoma City local news station– https://www.news9.com is my go-to out of habit but https://koco.com is good too–since they normally have live feeds from their weather departments streaming online.

Also, that storm hit Norman, not Oklahoma City. Went right over my house.

[US 89]

Also, that storm hit Norman, not Oklahoma City. Went right over my house.

How many windows did you lose? Baseball size hail blowing at 60+ mph isn't exactly gentle when it lands on or blows into things.

[Scott5114]

Fortunately the west side of my house is brick and there's a fence about 5 feet from it, so as far as I know we have no damage. Of course, it's dark. We did hear one of our friends had a window break, but it was double-paned and only the outer pane broke.

[hbelkins]

As long as TWC continues to name winter storms and expect members of the general public to go along with it, they will continue to be worthless.

[Roadgeekteen]

When websites auto log you out even if you press the "remember me" button.

[SkyPesos]

When websites auto log you out even if you press the "remember me" button.

*cough* College Board's site

[Roadgeekteen]

When websites auto log you out even if you press the "remember me" button.

*cough* College Board's site

That was the one I was thinking about!

[SkyPesos]

When websites auto log you out even if you press the "remember me" button.

*cough* College Board's site

That was the one I was thinking about!

College Board is an annoyance to me for the past 3 years. Glad I'll be done with them after this year's AP exams.