-Small non-flying bugs/spiders/insects. Sleeping in a lower level/basement will cure your fear of these type of critters (I still can't stand flies though!)
-Bloody noses. I used to get them quite a bit when I was younger, so I'm fairly adept at managing them and stopping them quickly.
Noises when sleeping. I don't mind construction, etc.
The smell of skunk.
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2021, 04:45:49 PM
The smell of skunk.
Skunk's don't bother me either as long as I don't start smelling like one.
Quote from: webny99 on June 09, 2021, 04:42:34 PM
(I still can't stand flies though!)
You'd love the 17-year cicadas currently taking over the Mid-Atlantic, then! :-D :-D
(They're especially bad right where I live/work - I can hear them outside my window as I type this, and my car windshield is quickly getting filled with cicada splatterings...)
Probably a feeling shared by many members of this forum, long travel times. Not like, taking forever and sitting in traffic getting from point A to point B in a city if I have something to do but like, a destination a decent distance away.
Crappy headphones/speakers.
Numbers that aren't multiples of 5 on microwave timers, prices, etc. Sometimes I set timers to something like 3:49 just to bug people. I also bite into candy bars sideways out of spite.
If somebody makes a minor mistake around me when I'm driving I don't go nuts over it or honk my horn (unless I'm in actual danger of being hit/somebody making me hit them). I prefer to shrug it off. We're human.
Quote from: index on June 09, 2021, 05:07:56 PM
Numbers that aren't multiples of 5 on microwave timers, prices, etc. Sometimes I set timers to something like 3:49 just to bug people. I also bite into candy bars sideways out of spite.
Don't most prices end with .99?
Quote from: Big John on June 09, 2021, 05:11:41 PM
Quote from: index on June 09, 2021, 05:07:56 PM
Numbers that aren't multiples of 5 on microwave timers, prices, etc. Sometimes I set timers to something like 3:49 just to bug people. I also bite into candy bars sideways out of spite.
Don't most prices end with .99?
Well yes but, from what I've seen, people usually obsess over when numbers are multiples of 5. 3.95 instead of 3.99. 3:00 instead of 3:01.
Quote from: index on June 09, 2021, 05:07:56 PM
Numbers that aren't multiples of 5 on microwave timers, prices, etc. Sometimes I set timers to something like 3:49 just to bug people.
Back when I was a cashier at the casino, we would periodically batch the slot tickets we got from customers: taking 30-50 of them or so, noting their total, and adding them up on the adding machine to see if the total matched (if they didn't, you had a ticket that you had paid but not scanned, meaning your paperwork would be wrong). Think of it as periodically resetting a trip odometer.
Anyway, I would just wait until I went over 30 and then I'd batch at the next convenient point. You can't control how many tickets someone has, sometimes they cash just one, sometimes they cash five or six at once. Some cashiers hated non-round numbers and if, say, they had 29 tickets and someone gave them 2, they'd wait to batch at 40 instead of batching at 31. I didn't care and would just batch once I went over 30 because if the batches got too big it took forever to add them up on the adding machine.
This really bothered one woman I worked with, who would always react with revulsion whenever she noticed it happening. Of course, just to spite her, I would make sure to always batch at 32 and point out I was doing so, proclaiming it to be a round number because it is a power of two (meaning it is, in fact, a round number in binary). She hated that explanation. One time I missed batching at 32 because someone brought me multiple tickets. She was gleeful. "Ha! What are you gonna do now? You'll just have to batch at 40!"
Nope, I batched at 64.
Powers of 2, I like it
Minor shakes and jolts while riding a train or bus. I can usually sleep through those with my headphones on.
Blue eyes.
Quote from: webny99 on June 09, 2021, 04:42:34 PM
-Bloody noses. I used to get them quite a bit when I was younger, so I'm fairly adept at managing them and stopping them quickly.
I get these about once a year if it's really dry outside or if I get a direct hit on the nose. Usually this happened during rough and tumble play, so I just got used to it about 3 times a year. The worst was after getting hit with a racketball (hey, it was 1985) that I'd returned which immediately rebounded directly at my face; but after that, I never really freaked out when they happened. It's been less common as the years go by. So blood hasn't really bothered me much, and I'm pretty good at knowing when a nosebleed is about to happen before it looks bad. Unlike the father in Firestarter, I can't summon up much in the way of magical powers with nosebleeds, but it's gotten me out of work/chores for about 10-20 minutes.
Quote from: SSOWorld on June 09, 2021, 09:32:19 PM
Powers of 2, I like it
Same with multiples of 3 or 7 for me.
- Traffic noise
- Out-of-tune musical instruments
- Large, numerous, and tall business signs and billboards
- Ketchup
- Clearview
Roundabouts
Quote from: stridentweasel on June 10, 2021, 07:08:32 AM
I know Highway Gothic is more popular and preferred over Clearview here, but people actually get bothered seeing a Clearview road sign?
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 10, 2021, 09:08:42 AM
I know Highway Gothic is more popular and preferred over Clearview here, but people actually get bothered seeing a Clearview road sign?
Judging from the amount of hate it gets, I'd imagine so.
***
Here's another one that doesn't bother me at all:
Barking dogs
What bothers me is how other people react to them. Why make such a big f***ing deal over it? They're dogs; that's what they do. If they're doing it in a movie theater or in a classroom where I'm trying to listen to something, then, yeah, I'd have a problem. But basically, it's just background noise on the same level as other people talking.
Route numbers that are out of the "grid".
Control cities where the interstate in question doesn't technically reach that location :popcorn:
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 10, 2021, 09:08:42 AM
Quote from: stridentweasel on June 10, 2021, 07:08:32 AM
I know Highway Gothic is more popular and preferred over Clearview here, but people actually get bothered seeing a Clearview road sign?
Only in especially hideous instances. (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2175655,-80.1651513,3a,51y,183.02h,91.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saI0VR4ZH7xG3wmFfUIlfIw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en)
Quote from: jmacswimmer on June 10, 2021, 09:31:01 AM
Control cities where the interstate in question doesn't technically reach that location :popcorn:
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 10, 2021, 09:08:42 AM
Quote from: stridentweasel on June 10, 2021, 07:08:32 AM
I know Highway Gothic is more popular and preferred over Clearview here, but people actually get bothered seeing a Clearview road sign?
Only in especially hideous instances. (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2175655,-80.1651513,3a,51y,183.02h,91.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saI0VR4ZH7xG3wmFfUIlfIw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en)
But the same error gets made in Highway Gothic
very frequently, so I have a hard time associating it with Clearview. https://goo.gl/maps/4rqGJjWeKP5Wd8pn6
Breezewood 😁
Quote from: index on June 09, 2021, 05:07:56 PM
Numbers that aren't multiples of 5 on microwave timers ... Sometimes I set timers to something like 3:49 ...
Here are my top choices for how to set the microwave:
1. Shortcuts. On both my home and work microwave, just pressing "1" or "2" immediately starts it for one or two minutes. While it's going, pressing "Start" adds 30 seconds. This is how I heat a mug of water for tea (2 minutes for black tea, 1½ for green).
2. Double digits. If I want to heat something for slightly longer than 1½ minutes, for example, I usually go with 99 seconds. If I want a half-minute, then I go with 33 seconds. A quick blitz in the microwave is 11 seconds.
3. Buttons that are close together. So, if 22 isn't long enough but 33 isn't short enough, I might do 29 seconds because the "9" is close to "Start". Or I might do 25 seconds because the "5" is directly below the "2".
Quote from: roadman65 on June 10, 2021, 09:37:55 AM
Breezewood 😁
In my opinion the lack of a PA Turnpike/I-95 interchange was much, much worse than Breezwood.
Quote from: stridentweasel on June 10, 2021, 07:08:32 AM
Out-of-tune musical instruments
You, sir, need to be a middle school band teacher.
Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: stridentweasel on June 10, 2021, 07:08:32 AM
Out-of-tune musical instruments
You, sir, need to be a middle school band teacher.
I was in my high school orchestra for the first 3 years of high school, everyone sucked. There were two orchestras, a chamber one (which was better) and a normal one. In the normal one, nobody cared about their instrument and we sounded like shit.
Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: stridentweasel on June 10, 2021, 07:08:32 AM
Out-of-tune musical instruments
You, sir, need to be a middle school band teacher.
Get into microtonal music (Mercury Tree, King Gizzard, etc.) and it'll change your point of view. "Mary had a Little Lamb in 31edo, that's so avant garde"
Quote from: kurumi on June 10, 2021, 12:18:43 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: stridentweasel on June 10, 2021, 07:08:32 AM
Out-of-tune musical instruments
You, sir, need to be a middle school band teacher.
Get into microtonal music (Mercury Tree, King Gizzard, etc.) and it'll change your point of view. "Mary had a Little Lamb in 31edo, that's so avant garde"
Non-Western microtonal music = I'm totally down with that
Western music in non-12-TET = usually bad, unless the sound is distorted enough to mask the actual pitch
Quote from: stridentweasel on June 10, 2021, 09:33:24 AM
Quote from: jmacswimmer on June 10, 2021, 09:31:01 AM
Control cities where the interstate in question doesn't technically reach that location :popcorn:
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 10, 2021, 09:08:42 AM
Quote from: stridentweasel on June 10, 2021, 07:08:32 AM
I know Highway Gothic is more popular and preferred over Clearview here, but people actually get bothered seeing a Clearview road sign?
Only in especially hideous instances. (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2175655,-80.1651513,3a,51y,183.02h,91.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saI0VR4ZH7xG3wmFfUIlfIw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en)
But the same error gets made in Highway Gothic very frequently, so I have a hard time associating it with Clearview. https://goo.gl/maps/4rqGJjWeKP5Wd8pn6
Yeah. Unfortunately KCK seems to have adopted the 3/4 error as standard practice now that mixed-case signage is mandatory. It's a massive let-down, considering that their all-caps style was one of my favorite blade sign designs of all time.
J.N. Winkler and I submitted comments speaking out about the 3/4 error for the MUTCD 11e, so hopefully FHWA will clarify that portion of the manual.
km-posts that aren't exactly 1000 meters apart. In fact I enjoy measuring them again and again.
- These shields (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4192756,-91.1205688,3a,75y,138.95h,94.31t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sf0Yb5cz7VkSBuiF9CZlkAw!2e0!5s20180801T000000!7i13312!8i6656) that everyone here seems to hate.
- When other drivers do stupid things. I tend to just laugh it off.
- Left exits.
The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
Quote from: andrepoiy on June 11, 2021, 06:07:49 PM
The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
It's the little brother mentality. Also one of our leaders that shall not be named didn't help either...
Quote from: andrepoiy on June 11, 2021, 06:07:49 PM
The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
Part of that may be because Canada
is measurably better than the US in a number of ways... The US isn't the worst place in the world, by far. But where the will exists, it's not very hard to improve on our system, either, and Canada has done so in a fair number of areas.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 11, 2021, 07:09:35 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on June 11, 2021, 06:07:49 PM
The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
Part of that may be because Canada is measurably better than the US in a number of ways... The US isn't the worst place in the world, by far. But where the will exists, it's not very hard to improve on our system, either, and Canada has done so in a fair number of areas.
The sad reality is the reason we don't have things like the metric system is Americans are too lazy to learn something new. Lots of other things to like about Canada too.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 11, 2021, 07:09:35 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on June 11, 2021, 06:07:49 PM
The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
Part of that may be because Canada is measurably better than the US in a number of ways... The US isn't the worst place in the world, by far. But where the will exists, it's not very hard to improve on our system, either, and Canada has done so in a fair number of areas.
However, the moral superiority they display in some decidedly less rosy metrics that they like to think they are better than us on but are firmly equal with us on (racism, indigenous relations) has come to grate on me. You're just as horrible at those things as we are. Shut up.
Quote from: texaskdog on June 11, 2021, 07:16:43 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 11, 2021, 07:09:35 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on June 11, 2021, 06:07:49 PM
The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
Part of that may be because Canada is measurably better than the US in a number of ways... The US isn't the worst place in the world, by far. But where the will exists, it's not very hard to improve on our system, either, and Canada has done so in a fair number of areas.
The sad reality is the reason we don't have things like the metric system is Americans are too lazy to learn something new. Lots of other things to like about Canada too.
The metric system is whatever. Canada does very well on various quality-of-life issues due to simply prioritizing other things as a country than the US does. But, as TheHighwayMan394 notes, that isn't true for
all things.
It's simple: Canada does some things better than the US and the US does other things better than Canada.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 11, 2021, 07:17:50 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 11, 2021, 07:09:35 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on June 11, 2021, 06:07:49 PM
The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
Part of that may be because Canada is measurably better than the US in a number of ways... The US isn't the worst place in the world, by far. But where the will exists, it's not very hard to improve on our system, either, and Canada has done so in a fair number of areas.
However, the moral superiority they display in some decidedly less rosy metrics that they like to think they are better than us on but are firmly equal with us on (racism, indigenous relations) has come to grate on me. You're just as horrible at those things as we are. Shut up.
I completely agree with you.
Also, racism in both the USA and Canada is loads better than in many other countries.
Here's another minor thing that doesn't bother me: Pepsi instead of Coke, or Mr Pibb instead of Dr Pepper, or anything like that. Seriously, if those differences are something you can't tolerate, than you're just a soda pop snob.
Quote from: kphoger on June 11, 2021, 08:12:47 PM
Also, racism in both the USA and Canada is loads better than in many other countries.
Here's another minor thing that doesn't bother me: Pepsi instead of Coke, or Mr Pibb instead of Dr Pepper, or anything like that. Seriously, if those differences are something you can't tolerate, than you're just a soda pop snob.
Guilty. Though beer all tastes about the same to me. Do hundreds of beers really taste all that different?
Quote from: kphoger on June 11, 2021, 08:12:47 PM
Here's another minor thing that doesn't bother me: Pepsi instead of Coke, or Mr Pibb instead of Dr Pepper, or anything like that. Seriously, if those differences are something you can't tolerate, than you're just a soda pop snob.
waits for SP Cook to arrive to remind us of his declaration of Pepsi as mankind's worst ever invention
Quote from: kphoger on June 11, 2021, 08:12:47 PM
Here's another minor thing that doesn't bother me: Pepsi instead of Coke, or Mr Pibb instead of Dr Pepper, or anything like that. Seriously, if those differences are something you can't tolerate, than you're just a soda pop snob.
Pibb and Dr Pepper are close enough to me that I don't notice a difference (I do notice a difference between Mountain Dew and Mello Yello but don't care), but Coke and Pepsi are different enough that I don't really care for Pepsi. If Pepsi is offered, I just go with Mountain Dew instead.
Quote from: texaskdog on June 11, 2021, 07:16:43 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 11, 2021, 07:09:35 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on June 11, 2021, 06:07:49 PM
The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
Part of that may be because Canada is measurably better than the US in a number of ways... The US isn't the worst place in the world, by far. But where the will exists, it's not very hard to improve on our system, either, and Canada has done so in a fair number of areas.
The sad reality is the reason we don't have things like the metric system is Americans are too lazy to learn something new. Lots of other things to like about Canada too.
The use of Dollar coins and two dollar bills.
Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:27:35 AM
The use of Dollar coins and two dollar bills.
Canada no longer uses $2 bills – they use $2 coins now. Their lowest bill in current use is $5.
Yup, but we don't use either.
Also I like Canada that they have more than two parties unlike our country. Having more choices to represent all parts of the spectrum unlike us who have only two which makes those in the middle in an awkward position.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 11, 2021, 09:04:34 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 11, 2021, 08:12:47 PM
Here's another minor thing that doesn't bother me: Pepsi instead of Coke, or Mr Pibb instead of Dr Pepper, or anything like that. Seriously, if those differences are something you can't tolerate, than you're just a soda pop snob.
waits for SP Cook to arrive to remind us of his declaration of Pepsi as mankind's worst ever invention
If only we had a similarly-titled thread for that...
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 11, 2021, 07:17:50 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 11, 2021, 07:09:35 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on June 11, 2021, 06:07:49 PM
The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
Part of that may be because Canada is measurably better than the US in a number of ways... The US isn't the worst place in the world, by far. But where the will exists, it's not very hard to improve on our system, either, and Canada has done so in a fair number of areas.
However, the moral superiority they display in some decidedly less rosy metrics that they like to think they are better than us on but are firmly equal with us on (racism, indigenous relations) has come to grate on me. You're just as horrible at those things as we are. Shut up.
While I haven't been able to visit Canada for work for almost 24 months, usually they're more curious than "bashing" of US culture.
The only ignorance I encounter is that they think a human will automatically die inside a US emergency room if they forgot their wallet.
Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:41:19 AM
Yup, but we don't use either.
Also I like Canada that they have more than two parties unlike our country. Having more choices to represent all parts of the spectrum unlike us who have only two which makes those in the middle in an awkward position.
Most everyone agrees that more parties would be good.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 12, 2021, 03:03:16 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:41:19 AM
Yup, but we don’t use either.
Also I like Canada that they have more than two parties unlike our country. Having more choices to represent all parts of the spectrum unlike us who have only two which makes those in the middle in an awkward position.
Most everyone agrees that more parties would be good.
That's why the two parties work hard against any third party candidate.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 11, 2021, 07:25:19 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on June 11, 2021, 07:16:43 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 11, 2021, 07:09:35 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on June 11, 2021, 06:07:49 PM
The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
Part of that may be because Canada is measurably better than the US in a number of ways... The US isn't the worst place in the world, by far. But where the will exists, it's not very hard to improve on our system, either, and Canada has done so in a fair number of areas.
The sad reality is the reason we don't have things like the metric system is Americans are too lazy to learn something new. Lots of other things to like about Canada too.
The metric system is whatever. Canada does very well on various quality-of-life issues due to simply prioritizing other things as a country than the US does. But, as TheHighwayMan394 notes, that isn't true for all things.
They are pretty smug about some things like military when they are basically protected by us.
Quote from: texaskdog on June 12, 2021, 03:04:54 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 12, 2021, 03:03:16 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:41:19 AM
Yup, but we don’t use either.
Also I like Canada that they have more than two parties unlike our country. Having more choices to represent all parts of the spectrum unlike us who have only two which makes those in the middle in an awkward position.
Most everyone agrees that more parties would be good.
That's why the two parties work hard against any third party candidate.
The two parties barely have to do diddly; first-past-the-post voting ensures that there will always be only two viable parties.
Suppose you have an election with a Green, a Democrat, and a Republican. The Green and Democrat candidates are both left of center and the Republican is right of center. Let's say the electorate is 60% left-wing and 40% right-wing, and there is nothing special about any of the candidates, like unique experience, difference in name recognition, or scandal, that would tempt them to cross party lines. The left of center voters will be split between the Green and the Democrat, so the final vote could be something like 40% R, 35% D, and 25% G. The Republican wins even though 60% of the voters didn't want them.
Thus, politicians that actually want to get elected have an incentive to eschew minor parties and sign on to one of the major parties to prevent the other side from dividing and conquering. The result is that you have one amorphous blob of left-wing ideas called the Democrats (which include liberal, neo-liberal, progressive, green, and socialist ideas) and one amorphous blob of right-wing ideas called the Republicans (which include conservative, neo-conservative, libertarian, and fascist ideas). Works great for the parties and the politicians, but it means that while voters can pick from left or right, their say is kind of limited in what
kind of left or right they get. I might want to put progressive Democrats in power, but doing so means that I am also required to also put more centrist corporate Democrats in power, which I might be unhappy about, but choosing to abstain from voting or voting for a third party means that I am actually more likely to put a Republican in power, which would be even further from my desired policy than the part of my party I don't like.
One way of mitigating this that is starting to gain traction in some states is the concept of ranked choice voting. In ranked choice voting, instead of marking one candidate with a vote, you go down the list and number them, starting with 1 for your favorite candidate, then 2 for your next-favorite, and so on down the line. If no candidate has a majority, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated, and all of their voters are instead moved to their next-most-favorite option. This process repeats until someone has a majority. So in the case of the 40% R, 35% D, and 25% G election, the G candidate would be eliminated first. If all of those voters marked the Democrat as their second choice, the Democrat would win with 60% of the vote. The result accurately reflects that more voters were against the Republican than for them.
Another benefit of ranked-choice voting is that candidates elected in such a way tend to be more open to compromise, since they may well need second- and third-choice votes to be re-elected. Even if you aren't a voter's favorite candidate, you may be able to become their second choice by compromising with someone that shares their views.
Ranked choice voting does not eliminate two-party domination. (https://rangevoting.org/TarrIrv.html)
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 12, 2021, 04:06:10 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on June 12, 2021, 03:04:54 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 12, 2021, 03:03:16 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:41:19 AM
Yup, but we don't use either.
Also I like Canada that they have more than two parties unlike our country. Having more choices to represent all parts of the spectrum unlike us who have only two which makes those in the middle in an awkward position.
Most everyone agrees that more parties would be good.
That's why the two parties work hard against any third party candidate.
The two parties barely have to do diddly; first-past-the-post voting ensures that there will always be only two viable parties.
Suppose you have an election with a Green, a Democrat, and a Republican. The Green and Democrat candidates are both left of center and the Republican is right of center. Let's say the electorate is 60% left-wing and 40% right-wing, and there is nothing special about any of the candidates, like unique experience, difference in name recognition, or scandal, that would tempt them to cross party lines. The left of center voters will be split between the Green and the Democrat, so the final vote could be something like 40% R, 35% D, and 25% G. The Republican wins even though 60% of the voters didn't want them.
Thus, politicians that actually want to get elected have an incentive to eschew minor parties and sign on to one of the major parties to prevent the other side from dividing and conquering. The result is that you have one amorphous blob of left-wing ideas called the Democrats (which include liberal, neo-liberal, progressive, green, and socialist ideas) and one amorphous blob of right-wing ideas called the Republicans (which include conservative, neo-conservative, libertarian, and fascist ideas). Works great for the parties and the politicians, but it means that while voters can pick from left or right, their say is kind of limited in what kind of left or right they get. I might want to put progressive Democrats in power, but doing so means that I am also required to also put more centrist corporate Democrats in power, which I might be unhappy about, but choosing to abstain from voting or voting for a third party means that I am actually more likely to put a Republican in power, which would be even further from my desired policy than the part of my party I don't like.
One way of mitigating this that is starting to gain traction in some states is the concept of ranked choice voting. In ranked choice voting, instead of marking one candidate with a vote, you go down the list and number them, starting with 1 for your favorite candidate, then 2 for your next-favorite, and so on down the line. If no candidate has a majority, the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated, and all of their voters are instead moved to their next-most-favorite option. This process repeats until someone has a majority. So in the case of the 40% R, 35% D, and 25% G election, the G candidate would be eliminated first. If all of those voters marked the Democrat as their second choice, the Democrat would win with 60% of the vote. The result accurately reflects that more voters were against the Republican than for them.
Another benefit of ranked-choice voting is that candidates elected in such a way tend to be more open to compromise, since they may well need second- and third-choice votes to be re-elected. Even if you aren't a voter's favorite candidate, you may be able to become their second choice by compromising with someone that shares their views.
Rank choice has been put in place in several US states and I am a big fan of it. Unfortunately Massachusetts voted it down.
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Yup, but we don't use either.
Also I like Canada that they have more than two parties unlike our country. Having more choices to represent all parts of the spectrum unlike us who have only two which makes those in the middle in an awkward position.
The thing is, the left's vote in Canada is split amongst the Liberals and the NDP. When the right had two parties back in the early 2000s due to a schism (Canadian Alliance/Reform Party and Progressive Conservatives), they never won anything, so they merged back again. However, the left hasn't merged, but the Liberal Party is dominant, and therefore it's still a de facto two-party system. (The NDP has never formed government at the federal level, and was only the Official Opposition I believe once).
One example of vote splitting at the provincial level was recently, the Alberta Election of 2015.
The two right-wing parties (Wildrose, and Progressive Conservatives) split the vote, and so the Alberta NDP was able to form government, marking the first government in 44 years that wasn't Progressive Conservative (and the 4th change in government in the whole province's history). The Wildrose and PCs then merged to form the United Conservative Party, which won the next election in 2019 and is currently in power.
Mind the politics everyone!
Quote from: SSOWorld on June 12, 2021, 08:59:29 PM
Mind the politics everyone!
Should we stop the politics or just keep it civil?
Roundabouts (single lane), the driver ahead of me choosing not to make a right on red, diet soda instead of the original or vice versa, pod coffee/Keurig instead of drip coffee, the food at a restaurant taking longer than usual as long as the restaurant is busy, and people being stupidly drunk in public (I think it's actually kinda funny to walk by them and see their reaction when they don't get any attention or eye contact from you).
People not signalling lane changes. Turning is one thing, but I don't mind slalom driving moving straight-on. Plus using your blinkers gives your moves away to the enemy 😂
Virginia's radar detector ban.
Quote from: Takumi on June 13, 2021, 02:21:40 PM
Virginia's radar detector ban.
How many people actually use a radar detector where it's legal?
Speed limits.
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Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 13, 2021, 03:24:01 PM
Speed limits.
Do you follow them?
depends on if there's a pace car on the road or a pit road enforcer on the median.
I got a middle finger pointed at yesterday on I-75 in KY, because apparently 80 mph in the left lane to pass a semi is too slow (speed limit is 70 for reference).
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The use of Dollar coins and two dollar bills.
Canada no longer uses $2 bills – they use $2 coins now. Their lowest bill in current use is $5.
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Yup, but we don't use either.
Speak for yourself. I use dollar coins and two-dollar bills.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 12, 2021, 04:06:10 PM
The two parties ... [politics]
It wouldn't be as terrible of a problem if both major parties were toward the center. Instead, as it is, a conservative voter who might be swayed to vote Democrat has to stomach a bunch of too-far-left positions–or a liberal voter who might be swayed to vote Republican has to stomach a bunch of too-far-right positions.
Here's something that doesn't bother me: little acts of preferential treatment to police officers and military personnel.
For example, on my honeymoon, my wife and I were in a car rental office in BucerÃas, Nayarit. While we were doing business, a police officer came in to rent a car for a visiting official, and the clerk told my wife and me to hold on a few minutes while he took care of the officer first.
Even though I'm kind of
meh about police, and even though I don't put soldiers on a golden pedestal the way some others seem to, I still think it's perfectly fine to give them some preferential treatment now and then.
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Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:27:35 AM
The use of Dollar coins and two dollar bills.
Canada no longer uses $2 bills — they use $2 coins now. Their lowest bill in current use is $5.
Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:41:19 AM
Yup, but we don’t use either.
Speak for yourself. I use dollar coins and two-dollar bills.
Yup but the average American prefers paper and if they obtain one they will spend it just to get rid of it. Many Americans find no use for coins either of other common denomination as well. Being most things cost over a dollar, coins seem outdated to some. Then with plastic, which the world governments want us to use by 2030, is another reason to hate coins and an irritation to many as well.
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Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:27:35 AM
The use of Dollar coins and two dollar bills.
Canada no longer uses $2 bills – they use $2 coins now. Their lowest bill in current use is $5.
Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:41:19 AM
Yup, but we don't use either.
Speak for yourself. I use dollar coins and two-dollar bills.
Yup but the average American prefers paper and if they obtain one they will spend it just to get rid of it. Many Americans find no use for coins either of other common denomination as well. Being most things cost over a dollar, coins seem outdated to some. Then with plastic, which the world governments want us to use by 2030, is another reason to make coins and irritation to many as well.
Only applies to dollar coins. Does not apply to $2 bills.
When I accompany my wife to vendor events (she has a direct-sales business), customers light up when their change includes a dollar coin or two-dollar bill. I've never had anyone express frustration or dismay..
And a third angle: those of us that don't use cash in any capacity. All of my coins and cash either sit unused or go to my bank. I keep some cash for the two or three places where it might come in handy (tips, generally) but I never pay with cash, ever.
Quote from: jakeroot on June 15, 2021, 12:29:29 PM
And a third angle: those of us that don't use cash in any capacity. All of my coins and cash either sit unused or go to my bank. I keep some cash for the two or three places where it might come in handy (tips, generally) but I never pay with cash, ever.
Same here, generally. Tips are the main thing, but also small family-owned stores where I try to keep their card fees to a minimum when only spending $5 on avocados or whatever.
Quote from: kphoger on June 15, 2021, 12:22:50 PM
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When I accompany my wife to vendor events (she has a direct-sales business), customers light up when their change includes a dollar coin or two-dollar bill. I've never had anyone express frustration or dismay..
Heh, I once tipped a bartender in Honolulu with a two-dollar bill and she was thrilled, showed it off to all the other customers. It pretty clearly made her day.
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Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:27:35 AM
The use of Dollar coins and two dollar bills.
Canada no longer uses $2 bills – they use $2 coins now. Their lowest bill in current use is $5.
Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:41:19 AM
Yup, but we don't use either.
Speak for yourself. I use dollar coins and two-dollar bills.
Yup but the average American prefers paper and if they obtain one they will spend it just to get rid of it. Many Americans find no use for coins either of other common denomination as well. Being most things cost over a dollar, coins seem outdated to some. Then with plastic, which the world governments want us to use by 2030, is another reason to make coins and irritation to many as well.
Only applies to dollar coins. Does not apply to $2 bills.
When I accompany my wife to vendor events (she has a direct-sales business), customers light up when their change includes a dollar coin or two-dollar bill. I've never had anyone express frustration or dismay..
$2 bills, in my experience, are genuinely appreciated. Most people are of the assumption that they're not printed anymore and that they're rare or something. Dunno how they get that impression when it clearly says "SERIES 2017 A" on the bill, but whatever.
$1 coins tend to make people grumpy. People will think you shorted them $1, then you have to admit you gave them a dollar coin, then sometimes they'll complain and ask why can't you give them a paper bill instead. And sometimes will demand you open the drawer up and give them a bill.
Clowns (the professional ones)
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 15, 2021, 02:31:51 PM
$1 coins tend to make people grumpy. People will think you shorted them $1, then you have to admit you gave them a dollar coin, then sometimes they'll complain and ask why can't you give them a paper bill instead. And sometimes will demand you open the drawer up and give them a bill.
Never had that happen, personally. Then again, you've dealt with a LOT more customers than I have.
Quote from: formulanone on June 15, 2021, 02:44:17 PM
Clowns (the professional ones)
Amateur clowns, on the other hand...... *shudder*
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Quote from: Scott5114 on June 15, 2021, 02:31:51 PM
$1 coins tend to make people grumpy. People will think you shorted them $1, then you have to admit you gave them a dollar coin, then sometimes they'll complain and ask why can't you give them a paper bill instead. And sometimes will demand you open the drawer up and give them a bill.
Never had that happen, personally. Then again, you've dealt with a LOT more customers than I have.
True, and it depends a lot on your customer base as well. I was actually drawing mostly on my fast-food experience here. At the casino, $2 bills and $1 coins were near-universally shunned because they didn't work in the slot machines (which accept only bills, and for no good reason were usually configured not to accept $2s). You could sometimes hand out the $2 bills if you knew the customer was going home, or if they were cashing out enough money that $2 wouldn't make much of a difference in what they could gamble with. $1 coins, though, were basically radioactive. About the only time you could hand those out was if the customers explicitly stated they needed change for the vending machine, which did accept coins (it is so much easier to get a machine to accept a $1 coin than a ratty $1 bill).
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Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:27:35 AM
The use of Dollar coins and two dollar bills.
Canada no longer uses $2 bills – they use $2 coins now. Their lowest bill in current use is $5.
Quote from: roadman65 on June 12, 2021, 10:41:19 AM
Yup, but we don't use either.
Speak for yourself. I use dollar coins and two-dollar bills.
Yup but the average American prefers paper and if they obtain one they will spend it just to get rid of it. Many Americans find no use for coins either of other common denomination as well. Being most things cost over a dollar, coins seem outdated to some. Then with plastic, which the world governments want us to use by 2030, is another reason to make coins and irritation to many as well.
Only applies to dollar coins. Does not apply to $2 bills.
When I accompany my wife to vendor events (she has a direct-sales business), customers light up when their change includes a dollar coin or two-dollar bill. I've never had anyone express frustration or dismay..
Two dollar bills many collect cause the misconception is that you don't see them often they have become extinct.
And, of course, the reason you don't see them is because people keep them and don't spend them. BEP printed 306 million of them for Series 2017, but they apparently all ended up in sock drawers because then they turned around and printed $2s for Series 2017A as well.
How some people on this forum use various formatting tricks to set off the usernames of other posters. I've seen italics, pipe characters on either side of their name, and just now I saw use of dark blue.
I don't really think it's necessary because it's usually clear that it's a name from context, but it's interesting seeing the different methods people use.
@Scott5114 - That's a pretty interesting take. I too enjoy that type of thing. :cool:
That the "Minor things that bother you" thread has been running for so long and hasn't been locked yet. At first I thought it would descend into a fight quickly.
That I will finally become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on a Tuesday the 13th, otherwise considered an unlucky day in Spain (akin to Friday the 13th in the USA).
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on July 03, 2021, 05:05:21 AM
That the "Minor things that bother you" thread has been running for so long and hasn't been locked yet. At first I thought it would descend into a fight quickly.
That I will finally become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on a Tuesday the 13th, otherwise considered an unlucky day in Spain (akin to Friday the 13th in the USA).
Oh dear it's been a long time coming in Europe.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on July 03, 2021, 05:05:21 AM
That I will finally become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on a Tuesday the 13th, otherwise considered an unlucky day in Spain (akin to Friday the 13th in the USA).
I once had a boss who got married on Friday the 13th (unlucky here). He and his wife aren't superstitious, and it was really easy to reserve facilities.
I'm not superstitious I don't give a crap about Friday the 13th.
Coincidentally, we have a Friday the 13th coming up in August. :spin:
Quote from: JoePCool14 on July 08, 2021, 05:40:53 PM
Coincidentally, we have a Friday the 13th coming up in August. :spin:
The day after my birthday.
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Coincidentally, we have a Friday the 13th coming up in August. :spin:
The day after my birthday.
I take it you're not a Jason Voorhees fan?
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Coincidentally, we have a Friday the 13th coming up in August. :spin:
The day after my birthday.
I take it you're not a Jason Voorhees fan?
No never heard of him
How about Freddy Kruger, Pinhead, Candy Man, Leather Face or Pumpkin Head?
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Quote from: JoePCool14 on July 08, 2021, 05:40:53 PM
Coincidentally, we have a Friday the 13th coming up in August. :spin:
The day after my birthday.
I take it you're not a Jason Voorhees fan?
No never heard of him
How about Freddy Kruger, Pinhead, Candy Man, Leather Face or Pumpkin Head?
I've heard of Freddy Kruger but not the others.
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Virginia's radar detector ban.
How many people actually use a radar detector where it's legal?
i've often wondered about them. i mean, if it bleeps, you've already been radar-ed, right? plus, with all the new cars having radar on them, i mean yeah some filter them out but how effective and/or relevant are they nowadays?
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Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 13, 2021, 02:34:54 PM
Quote from: Takumi on June 13, 2021, 02:21:40 PM
Virginia's radar detector ban.
How many people actually use a radar detector where it's legal?
i've often wondered about them. i mean, if it bleeps, you've already been radar-ed, right? plus, with all the new cars having radar on them, i mean yeah some filter them out but how effective and/or relevant are they nowadays?
Also, in more populated areas, services like Waze that report the location of cops can, if accurate, provide much more advance warning than a radar detector can. (Such services aren't perfect, of course, and rely on other users of the app to be passing through the area, which isn't guaranteed on a two-lane outside of the city.)
Radar detectors are also illegal in Canada except BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan
Quote from: andrepoiy on July 14, 2021, 11:51:35 AM
Radar detectors are also illegal in Canada except BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan
They're also illegal in DC, but you're probably never going to be going fast enough for one to be relevant there.
The fact I-180 has been included in the recently released Wyoming DLC for American Truck Simulator. That is just pure madness.
When a fast food place gets my order wrong. Usually, if the food I got instead has a similar value to the one I bought (say, a chicken sandwich vs. a hamburger), I'll usually eat the (wrong) item regardless, unless something is egregiously wrong.
Quote from: CoreySamson on November 23, 2021, 11:33:24 AM
When a fast food place gets my order wrong. Usually, if the food I got instead has a similar value to the one I bought (say, a chicken sandwich vs. a hamburger), I'll usually eat the (wrong) item regardless, unless something is egregiously wrong.
Typically my condiment preferences on a burger/sandwich are nice-to-have and not something I have to die for because of hatred or allergy reasons. So if I ask for no tomatoes and they screw it up, I'll either eat them anyway or just pull them off.
The fact that Tuxedo shirt buttons are not sowed on like normal button shirts. I don't wear Tuxedos as to me they are snob suits, but still when you think about it seems silly as why not sow it on in the first place. Why make the user have to attach and de attach the buttons, and store them separately in the first place?
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Quote from: CoreySamson on November 23, 2021, 11:33:24 AM
When a fast food place gets my order wrong. Usually, if the food I got instead has a similar value to the one I bought (say, a chicken sandwich vs. a hamburger), I'll usually eat the (wrong) item regardless, unless something is egregiously wrong.
Typically my condiment preferences on a burger/sandwich are nice-to-have and not something I have to die for because of hatred or allergy reasons. So if I ask for no tomatoes and they screw it up, I'll either eat them anyway or just pull them off.
Same. The only time I complain is if an item is totally missing, and sometimes not even then if I don't notice until I get home, and I don't feel like going back to get my item. (The last time McDonald's left something out I fibbed a little and said they left out my fries too, since by the time I'd have gotten home with the missing item the fries would have been ice cold.)
Quote from: roadman65 on November 23, 2021, 01:49:10 PM
The fact that Tuxedo shirt buttons are not sowed on like normal button shirts. I don't wear Tuxedos as to me they are snob suits, but still when you think about it seems silly as why not sow it on in the first place. Why make the user have to attach and de attach the buttons, and store them separately in the first place?
Can't tell whether this bothers you and you posted it in the wrong thread or whether it doesn't bother you and you just think it's weird, but anyway, the reason tuxedos use what are called "studs" in place of most of the buttons is that a necktie–which covers the buttons on a standard dress shirt–is not worn with a tuxedo. A bowtie is standard, and it doesn't cover the buttons, so the studs provide a dressier look. There are studless versions, however, in which a second placket covers the buttons so you don't see them and the shirt has a clean front when worn. I've never seen one worn, but you can find pictures online.
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Quote from: roadman65 on November 23, 2021, 01:49:10 PM
The fact that Tuxedo shirt buttons are not sowed on like normal button shirts. I don't wear Tuxedos as to me they are snob suits, but still when you think about it seems silly as why not sow it on in the first place. Why make the user have to attach and de attach the buttons, and store them separately in the first place?
Can't tell whether this bothers you and you posted it in the wrong thread or whether it doesn't bother you and you just think it's weird, but anyway, the reason tuxedos use what are called "studs" in place of most of the buttons is that a necktie–which covers the buttons on a standard dress shirt–is not worn with a tuxedo. A bowtie is standard, and it doesn't cover the buttons, so the studs provide a dressier look. There are studless versions, however, in which a second placket covers the buttons so you don't see them and the shirt has a clean front when worn. I've never seen one worn, but you can find pictures online.
No it doesn't bother me, just a minor thing that doesn't bother me. Didn't know how to say it. But, it is a thing I don't lose sleep over that bothers me, if I read the title correctly.
Quote from: roadman65 on November 23, 2021, 01:49:10 PM
The fact that Tuxedo shirt buttons are not sowed on like normal button shirts. I don't wear Tuxedos as to me they are snob suits, but still when you think about it seems silly as why not sow it on in the first place. Why make the user have to attach and de attach the buttons, and store them separately in the first place?
It's probably only rental tuxedo shirts that are like that - I owned a tuxedo shirt that didn't have holes for shirt studs.
Pressing 1 for English.
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Quote from: roadman65 on November 23, 2021, 01:49:10 PM
The fact that Tuxedo shirt buttons are not sowed on like normal button shirts. I don't wear Tuxedos as to me they are snob suits, but still when you think about it seems silly as why not sow it on in the first place. Why make the user have to attach and de attach the buttons, and store them separately in the first place?
It's probably only rental tuxedo shirts that are like that - I owned a tuxedo shirt that didn't have holes for shirt studs.
Not necessarily. I own a tuxedo shirt–although I wouldn't fit into it anymore because the neck is half a size too small–and it uses studs and cufflinks. I doubt I'd fit into the tuxedo itself anymore, either.
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Numbers that aren't multiples of 5 on microwave timers, prices, etc. Sometimes I set timers to something like 3:49 just to bug people. I also bite into candy bars sideways out of spite.
Don't most prices end with .99?
Well yes but, from what I've seen, people usually obsess over when numbers are multiples of 5. 3.95 instead of 3.99. 3:00 instead of 3:01.
The $3.95 thing was explained to me as a legacy of old British coinage, where the money was pound notes (or, ages ago, gold coins), shillings worth 1/20 of a pound, and pence at 12 to the shilling. When they decimalized, the old pence were translated to new pence at 100 to the pound and the shillings component of the price was translated into 5 new pence. I'm still a little skeptical, though, because the US has used 100 cents to the dollar since Thomas Jefferson's time and why would we care about British coinage, old or new?
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The United States.
In Canadian media, and amongst people (at least in my age group), there seems to be a general dislike of the US, constant US-bashing, portraying the US as a third-world-country, "Canada is so much better than the US in X category", etc.
I don't know why this is, but I am not bothered by the US as my peers, in fact, I love the country (but I won't say that to them or else I'll get cancelled)
Part of that may be because Canada is measurably better than the US in a number of ways... The US isn't the worst place in the world, by far. But where the will exists, it's not very hard to improve on our system, either, and Canada has done so in a fair number of areas.
The sad reality is the reason we don't have things like the metric system is Americans are too lazy to learn something new. Lots of other things to like about Canada too.
Yep. Sigh.
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Quote from: index on June 09, 2021, 05:07:56 PM
Numbers that aren't multiples of 5 on microwave timers, prices, etc. Sometimes I set timers to something like 3:49 just to bug people. I also bite into candy bars sideways out of spite.
Don't most prices end with .99?
Well yes but, from what I've seen, people usually obsess over when numbers are multiples of 5. 3.95 instead of 3.99. 3:00 instead of 3:01.
The $3.95 thing was explained to me as a legacy of old British coinage, where the money was pound notes (or, ages ago, gold coins), shillings worth 1/20 of a pound, and pence at 12 to the shilling. When they decimalized, the old pence were translated to new pence at 100 to the pound and the shillings component of the price was translated into 5 new pence. I'm still a little skeptical, though, because the US has used 100 cents to the dollar since Thomas Jefferson's time and why would we care about British coinage, old or new?
I think it's just to psychological trick people, plain and simple.
About the only places you don't regularly see that practice are swap meets and fancy restaurants.
Renaming things after living people.
a long drive when delivering pizza. usually long drives generate good tips, and i get to listen to music.
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on December 12, 2021, 03:28:13 AM
a long drive ...
Well, makes sense considering this
is a roads forum. :biggrin:
Traffic lights attached to the bridges.
When a login page alerts me, "Caps Lock is ON".
One of my dogs sitting next to me on the couch. This drives my wife up the wall since she seemingly is under the impression that the couch is a forever purchase and can't be easily replaced.
Balding