Minor things that bother you

[hbelkins]

I've known of Taylor Swift since she burst onto the scene.

I just don't know any of her music.

Similar to me not knowing any of Drake's music, or the music of the guy who dissed him during the Super Bowl halftime show. Or all these "bro country" artists that are prevalent now.

I know the names but I just don't know their product.

My most recent music purchase was "72 Seasons" so take that for what it's worth. My tastes in music have never really steered to what's popular.

[thspfc]

I've known of Taylor Swift since she burst onto the scene.

I just don't know any of her music.

Similar to me not knowing any of Drake's music, or the music of the guy who dissed him during the Super Bowl halftime show. Or all these "bro country" artists that are prevalent now.

I know the names but I just don't know their product.

My most recent music purchase was "72 Seasons" so take that for what it's worth. My tastes in music have never really steered to what's popular.

That's fine, what I'm wondering is why it's apparently a source of pride or superiority. If it's not, well, that's how it's been conveyed.

[kphoger]

That split second after I've shut off the bathroom light at work and walked out the door, when I freak out wondering if someone was pooping in the stall and I just left them in complete darkness.  So I turn around, open the door again, and see that there's no one there.

It happens to me every so often.  Most recently, Monday morning.  Then in the afternoon, my boss walked out of the ladies' room and did the same thing, verbally apologizing to the other lady who was in there—except she wasn't in there.  She and I were both sitting at our desks.  Right in front of the bathroom door.

[vdeane]

Update on a couple of things I've posted about.  My new laptop bezel finally came today.  After finicking around with it for a long while, it turns out that one of the magnets from the old, destroyed bezel was stuck in there.  After removing that, I got it in, but when I went to screw in the input cover, it turns out that the corner on that side is bent.  I'm guessing it must have gotten damaged during shipping.  That or when the first bezel got destroyed.  Or even a manufacturing defect.  Either way, I spent $1400 on a laptop with a bent corner and an input cover that can't sit quite flush as a result.  Ugh.  Not leaving the best impression of Framework.

I got the new prepaid card today with the remaining amount.  I tried to use it to make a one-time payment in the amount of the remaining balance on my E-ZPass account, but no dice.  It keeps telling me that "the card could not be validated".

[Molandfreak]

I've known of Taylor Swift since she burst onto the scene.

I just don't know any of her music.

Similar to me not knowing any of Drake's music, or the music of the guy who dissed him during the Super Bowl halftime show. Or all these "bro country" artists that are prevalent now.

I know the names but I just don't know their product.

My most recent music purchase was "72 Seasons" so take that for what it's worth. My tastes in music have never really steered to what's popular.

That's fine, what I'm wondering is why it's apparently a source of pride or superiority. If it's not, well, that's how it's been conveyed.

I think among her non-fanbase who has heard some of her catalogue, one of the main reasons is because a lot of her music sounds the same. So that might be amplified by folks who hate it rather than folks who are just indifferent to it.

[michiganguy123]

I just got an obvious scam text message claiming to be from "EZDriveMA" (what the?) claiming I must pay my unpaid tolls by today. It happened to have a sender's phone number with the country code for the Philippines (as if it weren't absurd enough on its own).

Easy enough to block the sender and report it as spam, but I can't help but wonder how anyone actually falls for really obvious crap like this. Certainly there are some much more sophisticated scams out there that are quite problematic. But this sort of thing is so obvious that if you fall for it, you probably ought to have a conservator appointed.

Edited to add the message itself:

The weird thing is I only ever get fake USPS texts when I order a package, like they know I am.

[vdeane]

I think among her non-fanbase who has heard some of her catalogue, one of the main reasons is because a lot of her music sounds the same. So that might be amplified by folks who hate it rather than folks who are just indifferent to it.

That would explain today's "Can you Beat Libby?" on Fly92.3.  The last song was "Love Story".  At that point, both the contestant and Libby had two points.  The contestant didn't recognize it, and Libby recognized the melody and that it was Taylor Swift.  Once she started humming the melody I realized what it was, and was kinda shocked she didn't get it.  Alas, I had to walk in to the office at that point, so I don't know whether she eventually got it, but that half point for knowing it was Taylor Swift was enough for her to win regardless.

[Scott5114]

That split second after I've shut off the bathroom light at work and walked out the door, when I freak out wondering if someone was pooping in the stall and I just left them in complete darkness.  So I turn around, open the door again, and see that there's no one there.

The bathroom by the nice breakroom at the last casino I worked at had motion-activated lights, that would turn themselves off after so long. Of course, the motion sensor couldn't see into the stalls. So if you were taking a moderately long poop the lights would inevitably go out, and there was nothing you could do about it until you were done.

[kkt]

That split second after I've shut off the bathroom light at work and walked out the door, when I freak out wondering if someone was pooping in the stall and I just left them in complete darkness.  So I turn around, open the door again, and see that there's no one there.

The bathroom by the nice breakroom at the last casino I worked at had motion-activated lights, that would turn themselves off after so long. Of course, the motion sensor couldn't see into the stalls. So if you were taking a moderately long poop the lights would inevitably go out, and there was nothing you could do about it until you were done.

Sounds like something out of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times.

[Rothman]

That split second after I've shut off the bathroom light at work and walked out the door, when I freak out wondering if someone was pooping in the stall and I just left them in complete darkness.  So I turn around, open the door again, and see that there's no one there.

The bathroom by the nice breakroom at the last casino I worked at had motion-activated lights, that would turn themselves off after so long. Of course, the motion sensor couldn't see into the stalls. So if you were taking a moderately long poop the lights would inevitably go out, and there was nothing you could do about it until you were done.

Heh.  We've got that situation in my workplace.  However, you have to be pretty still for the lights to go off.  We've got a couple of "sleepers"; I came into the bathroom once, the lights flicked on and some guy in the stall grunted as he was awakened.

[GaryV]

my boss walked out of the ladies' room and did the same thing, verbally apologizing to the other lady who was in there—except she wasn't in there.

Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away

And regarding motion sensor lights, some conference rooms have those as well. I've heard stories of them going off during a meeting. Must have been a very boring meeting.

[thspfc]

Quite topically, the fact people think an airline would put an unqualified pilot in the captain seat in the name of DEI. Essentially risking its entire existence should there be a crash. No chance.

[hbelkins]

I've known of Taylor Swift since she burst onto the scene.

I just don't know any of her music.

Similar to me not knowing any of Drake's music, or the music of the guy who dissed him during the Super Bowl halftime show. Or all these "bro country" artists that are prevalent now.

I know the names but I just don't know their product.

My most recent music purchase was "72 Seasons" so take that for what it's worth. My tastes in music have never really steered to what's popular.

That's fine, what I'm wondering is why it's apparently a source of pride or superiority. If it's not, well, that's how it's been conveyed.

I think among her non-fanbase who has heard some of her catalogue, one of the main reasons is because a lot of her music sounds the same. So that might be amplified by folks who hate it rather than folks who are just indifferent to it.

That's me. I'm indifferent to it, although I tend to disregard pop music in general. On my trip out west last year with my brother, I mentioned not knowing any Taylor Swift songs. He had a few of them on a USB stick and played them. I remembered having heard a couple of them in the past, but didn't know who the artist was. That's how little of an impression she made/makes on me, and I honestly don't understand why she sells so many records. ("Records," of course, being an all-encompassing term to describe how music is purchased these days.)

Of course, my brother wouldn't know "Whiplash" from "Master of Puppets" from "The Day That Never Comes," so there's that.

That split second after I've shut off the bathroom light at work and walked out the door, when I freak out wondering if someone was pooping in the stall and I just left them in complete darkness.  So I turn around, open the door again, and see that there's no one there.

The bathroom by the nice breakroom at the last casino I worked at had motion-activated lights, that would turn themselves off after so long. Of course, the motion sensor couldn't see into the stalls. So if you were taking a moderately long poop the lights would inevitably go out, and there was nothing you could do about it until you were done.

Pooing is cool.

We have that in our office, but our lights are also sound-activated. I've been in that situation before, and a good cough or clearing of the throat is sufficient to turn the lights back on.

[kphoger]

That split second after I've shut off the bathroom light at work and walked out the door, when I freak out wondering if someone was pooping in the stall and I just left them in complete darkness.  So I turn around, open the door again, and see that there's no one there.

The bathroom by the nice breakroom at the last casino I worked at had motion-activated lights, that would turn themselves off after so long. Of course, the motion sensor couldn't see into the stalls. So if you were taking a moderately long poop the lights would inevitably go out, and there was nothing you could do about it until you were done.

Back during the brief period that I lived on a college campus, I was awful at keeping up on my laundry.  Every so often I'd take all my dirty laundry, plus my girlfriend's laundry, to the basement of the girls' dorms.  That's because that laundry room had six washers and six dryers.  I'd load all six machines, put a CD in my Discman, pop the headphones on, and sit very still until the motion-activated lights turned off.  Near-darkness, the warmth from the machines, a faint smell of fabric softener, and some good tunes.  And if the CD ended before the laundry was done, the music just gave way to an enjoyable and relaxing hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[kernals12]

Tongue in cheek: We have all these "First National" banks, why not a "Last National" bank?

[kphoger]

Tongue in cheek: We have all these "First National" banks, why not a "Last National" bank?

And why do you never see one called "Twenty-eighth National"?

[Big John]

There is a 5th 3rd bank.

[kernals12]

There is a 5th 3rd bank.

[thspfc]

There is a 5th 3rd bank.

Implying that the number of banks in existence is no less than 7 (at least one 1st bank, at least one 2nd bank, and at least 5 3rd banks). Fascinating.

[GaryV]

There is a 5th 3rd bank

Which resulted from the merger of 5th bank with 3rd bank; maybe 5th was larger so got the first billing. Another legend is that it happened in Prohibition, and 3rd 5th Bank might give the indication of three 5ths of liquor.

why not a "Last National" bank?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Buggy_Bunny

[D-Dey65]

I just got an obvious scam text message claiming to be from "EZDriveMA" (what the?) claiming I must pay my unpaid tolls by today. It happened to have a sender's phone number with the country code for the Philippines (as if it weren't absurd enough on its own).

Easy enough to block the sender and report it as spam, but I can't help but wonder how anyone actually falls for really obvious crap like this. Certainly there are some much more sophisticated scams out there that are quite problematic. But this sort of thing is so obvious that if you fall for it, you probably ought to have a conservator appointed.

Edited to add the message itself:

I've had a couple of these this winter, and one of them was from Indiana. I sent a reply and told them I've never been there before, let alone been on your toll roads.


In the meantime, I just had an incident where I got hot sauce in my eyes... from my SINUSES!

[D-Dey65]

Oh, another thing. I couldn't get online access to the latest WikiWednesday, because Zoom was getting in my way. Come to think of it, I'm not even sure that meeting was happening.

[jeffandnicole]

I've had a couple of these this winter, and one of them was from Indiana. I sent a reply and told them I've never been there before, let alone been on your toll roads.

By sending a reply, you've informed the scammer that your information is valid.

Never reply to a scammer.

[kphoger]

There is a 5th 3rd bank.

Implying that the number of banks in existence is no less than 7 (at least one 1st bank, at least one 2nd bank, and at least 5 3rd banks). Fascinating.

But did all the 3rd banks exist at the same time?

[Scott5114]

Tongue in cheek: We have all these "First National" banks, why not a "Last National" bank?

And why do you never see one called "Twenty-eighth National"?

So the story here is that a National Bank is a bank that has its charter through the federal government, rather than the state government. National Banks were a big deal before the Federal Reserve System was established, because they served basically the same purpose FRBs do now, just split across thousands of banks. (This ended up not working well, which is why we got the Federal Reserve System.) The first bank in a town to get a national charter would often go by the name "First National Bank of Quindaro" (or whatever town), I guess because being the first one in town was impressive or something. Being the second or third was less impressive, so they'd usually get named something else. Not always, but usually.

Now, you might be asking, okay, but what was the first first national bank? As it turns out, the federal charters had serial numbers, and Charter No. 1 was issued to...the First National Bank of Philadelphia. (Maybe they chose their name because they were truly the first national bank, and everyone else copied their name?) The First National Bank of Philadelphia, through a series of mergers and acquisitions, is now known as Wells Fargo, which still carries Federal Charter No. 1 to this day.