Minor things that bother you

[JayhawkCO]

I'll say it before, and I'll say it again... if your audio from your device can be heard by others in a public place, and it isn't a ringtone or a notification beep, IT'S TOO DAMN LOUD. I have observed the following:

• Someone watching a video without any headphones in a restaurant. This person was a over-60 person.
• Someone who is wearing headphones, but I still could heard the music. This was a person in their 20s, and I could already see hearing aids in the future.

This is why I now carry earbuds in my pocket when I go out, but since they are noise cancelling, I don't hear someone when they call my name. At least I have the decency to say that I'm wearing noise cancelling headphones.

What really bugs me is the fact that people insist on having conversations while they are taking a dump, trying to check out at the store, or anything else where third parties can overhear the discussion.

The old IT guy at work was infamous for trying to engage people in conversation while they were using the restroom.  He tried it on me once.  In response I told him that I wasn't having a conversation while taking a leak because it was weird.  Dude was kind of taken aback by what I said and left the restroom.  He never tried to talk to me in the restroom thereafter.  I guess score one for being tactful.

Head partner at a law firm I worked at used to do this.  Awkward.

I feel like this is only allowed when half-crocked at a sporting event.

[Max Rockatansky]

I'll say it before, and I'll say it again... if your audio from your device can be heard by others in a public place, and it isn't a ringtone or a notification beep, IT'S TOO DAMN LOUD. I have observed the following:

• Someone watching a video without any headphones in a restaurant. This person was a over-60 person.
• Someone who is wearing headphones, but I still could heard the music. This was a person in their 20s, and I could already see hearing aids in the future.

This is why I now carry earbuds in my pocket when I go out, but since they are noise cancelling, I don't hear someone when they call my name. At least I have the decency to say that I'm wearing noise cancelling headphones.

What really bugs me is the fact that people insist on having conversations while they are taking a dump, trying to check out at the store, or anything else where third parties can overhear the discussion.

The old IT guy at work was infamous for trying to engage people in conversation while they were using the restroom.  He tried it on me once.  In response I told him that I wasn't having a conversation while taking a leak because it was weird.  Dude was kind of taken aback by what I said and left the restroom.  He never tried to talk to me in the restroom thereafter.  I guess score one for being tactful.

Head partner at a law firm I worked at used to do this.  Awkward.

I feel like this is only allowed when half-crocked at a sporting event.

The guy I'm referring to would never be seen a sporting event.  It more a case of someone not understanding social boundaries coupled with nobody being willing to call him out on it.  I'm sure my response was embarrassing, it was intended to be. 

[kphoger]

Conversation while pooping is on a whole other level than conversation while peeing.

[Max Rockatansky]

This person I speak of was often on the phone with his boss while taking a dump in the stall.  I walked into the restroom on that numerous times.  Better than in person I suppose but I would imagine the farts and echos got picked up over the phone.

[ZLoth]

I also don't like my song I'm listening to interrupted due to a telemarketer calling me as I drive.

On my Android 15 device, I have flagged my car's Bluetooth connections as my car connections. This, in turn, turns on Do Not Disturb mode where only certain individuals are allowed to call or text me.

[roadman65]

I also don't like my song I'm listening to interrupted due to a telemarketer calling me as I drive.

On my Android 15 device, I have flagged my car's Bluetooth connections as my car connections. This, in turn, turns on Do Not Disturb mode where only certain individuals are allowed to call or text me.

To me I don't use my phone when I drive.   I look later at call log to see who tried to contact me.

It's safer that way.

I don't even like to change stations on the radio while driving either.  That quick second can distract my concentration. I wait till on an open road or use the scroll on the wheel to manually go up the saved list

[Scott5114]

CD players and tape players had to be engineered differently from home models because of space constraints as well as the more harsh environment whether it be the Minnesota winter or the Arizona summer. Thats around five points of weight and mechanics that is easily replaced by an extremely light Bluetooth chip.

And yet, did the price of the car go down any when they eliminated all that complexity? Nooooo....

[jeffandnicole]

CD players and tape players had to be engineered differently from home models because of space constraints as well as the more harsh environment whether it be the Minnesota winter or the Arizona summer. Thats around five points of weight and mechanics that is easily replaced by an extremely light Bluetooth chip.

And yet, did the price of the car go down any when they eliminated all that complexity? Nooooo....

They replaced the $20 worth of complexity with a 8" video screen and bluetooth that connects to your phone, everyone else's car in the phone, and anyone's phone near your vehicle at a red light.

[Scott5114]

CD players and tape players had to be engineered differently from home models because of space constraints as well as the more harsh environment whether it be the Minnesota winter or the Arizona summer. Thats around five points of weight and mechanics that is easily replaced by an extremely light Bluetooth chip.

And yet, did the price of the car go down any when they eliminated all that complexity? Nooooo....

They replaced the $20 worth of complexity with a 8" video screen and bluetooth that connects to your phone, everyone else's car in the phone, and anyone's phone near your vehicle at a red light.

And also it records everything you say and sends it back to the car manufacturer so they can collect data on you for...something.

[Takumi]

CD players and tape players had to be engineered differently from home models because of space constraints as well as the more harsh environment whether it be the Minnesota winter or the Arizona summer. Thats around five points of weight and mechanics that is easily replaced by an extremely light Bluetooth chip.

And yet, did the price of the car go down any when they eliminated all that complexity? Nooooo....

They replaced the $20 worth of complexity with a 8" video screen and bluetooth that connects to your phone, everyone else's car in the phone, and anyone's phone near your vehicle at a red light.

And also it records everything you say and sends it back to the car manufacturer so they can collect data on you for...something.

But hey, five whole pounds of weight savings!

[Max Rockatansky]

CD players and tape players had to be engineered differently from home models because of space constraints as well as the more harsh environment whether it be the Minnesota winter or the Arizona summer. Thats around five points of weight and mechanics that is easily replaced by an extremely light Bluetooth chip.

And yet, did the price of the car go down any when they eliminated all that complexity? Nooooo....

They replaced the $20 worth of complexity with a 8" video screen and bluetooth that connects to your phone, everyone else's car in the phone, and anyone's phone near your vehicle at a red light.

And also it records everything you say and sends it back to the car manufacturer so they can collect data on you for...something.

I was particularly interested to learn about why Nissan needs data on the sex habits of drivers.  I don't think there is an actual reason other than "because we can."

https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/nissan-kia-collect-data-about-drivers-sexual-activity/

https://cybernews.com/news/nissan-cars-privacy-not-included/

[Scott5114]

CD players and tape players had to be engineered differently from home models because of space constraints as well as the more harsh environment whether it be the Minnesota winter or the Arizona summer. Thats around five points of weight and mechanics that is easily replaced by an extremely light Bluetooth chip.

And yet, did the price of the car go down any when they eliminated all that complexity? Nooooo....

They replaced the $20 worth of complexity with a 8" video screen and bluetooth that connects to your phone, everyone else's car in the phone, and anyone's phone near your vehicle at a red light.

And also it records everything you say and sends it back to the car manufacturer so they can collect data on you for...something.

I was particularly interested to learn about why Nissan needs data on the sex habits of drivers.  I don't think there is an actual reason other than "because we can."

https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/nissan-kia-collect-data-about-drivers-sexual-activity/

https://cybernews.com/news/nissan-cars-privacy-not-included/

Imagine how much fun it is to own one of those cars and also live under a government which has decided it's in the business of stopping sex habits it finds icky.

[Max Rockatansky]

CD players and tape players had to be engineered differently from home models because of space constraints as well as the more harsh environment whether it be the Minnesota winter or the Arizona summer. Thats around five points of weight and mechanics that is easily replaced by an extremely light Bluetooth chip.

And yet, did the price of the car go down any when they eliminated all that complexity? Nooooo....

They replaced the $20 worth of complexity with a 8" video screen and bluetooth that connects to your phone, everyone else's car in the phone, and anyone's phone near your vehicle at a red light.

And also it records everything you say and sends it back to the car manufacturer so they can collect data on you for...something.

I was particularly interested to learn about why Nissan needs data on the sex habits of drivers.  I don't think there is an actual reason other than "because we can."

https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/nissan-kia-collect-data-about-drivers-sexual-activity/

https://cybernews.com/news/nissan-cars-privacy-not-included/

Imagine how much fun it is to own one of those cars and also live under a government which has decided it's in the business of stopping sex habits it finds icky.

Thing that I can't wrap my mind around though is how does a car collects data on sexual habits?  Are there sensors in the seats?  If so, who would have sex in a Nissan product? 

[roadman65]

That microphone over the seat makes me think of what Alexa does.


I've heard stories about people in their home discuss going to a flea market ( in front of Alexa of course) and the day of the event the phone gps is giving out directions to the flea market.

[Max Rockatansky]

See I just overload my wife's Alexa with nonsense shopping items.  She once had a shopping list which included thirteen bags of poop.

[thspfc]

CD players and tape players had to be engineered differently from home models because of space constraints as well as the more harsh environment whether it be the Minnesota winter or the Arizona summer. Thats around five points of weight and mechanics that is easily replaced by an extremely light Bluetooth chip.

And yet, did the price of the car go down any when they eliminated all that complexity? Nooooo....

They replaced the $20 worth of complexity with a 8" video screen and bluetooth that connects to your phone, everyone else's car in the phone, and anyone's phone near your vehicle at a red light.

And also it records everything you say and sends it back to the car manufacturer so they can collect data on you for...something.

I was particularly interested to learn about why Nissan needs data on the sex habits of drivers.  I don't think there is an actual reason other than "because we can."

https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/nissan-kia-collect-data-about-drivers-sexual-activity/

https://cybernews.com/news/nissan-cars-privacy-not-included/

Imagine how much fun it is to own one of those cars and also live under a government which has decided it's in the business of stopping sex habits it finds icky.

Thing that I can't wrap my mind around though is how does a car collects data on sexual habits?  Are there sensors in the seats?  If so, who would have sex in a Nissan product? 

I'm also wondering why it is that sex habits specifically are what is coming under fire here. Presumably, the car is listening to everything you say. Is it not a concern that other, perhaps far more sensitive information could be obtained?

Or does the car have a sensor that begins listening when and only when it detects conversation about sexual activity, or, . . . you know . . .

All in all, that was one of the weirdest articles I have ever read.

[kernals12]

I just read this listicle supposedly written by an author with advanced knowledge of cars and it repeats the utterly inane urban legend about the Chevy Nova selling poorly in South America.

[ZLoth]

I just read this listicle supposedly written by an author with advanced knowledge of cars and it repeats the utterly inane urban legend about the Chevy Nova selling poorly in South America.

Snopes had this as an article since 1999. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/

[kernals12]

I just read this listicle supposedly written by an author with advanced knowledge of cars and it repeats the utterly inane urban legend about the Chevy Nova selling poorly in South America.

Snopes had this as an article since 1999. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/

Yep, and there is no excuse for someone educated about cars to be repeating that urban legend today.

[Scott5114]

I'm also wondering why it is that sex habits specifically are what is coming under fire here. Presumably, the car is listening to everything you say. Is it not a concern that other, perhaps far more sensitive information could be obtained?

Or does the car have a sensor that begins listening when and only when it detects conversation about sexual activity, or, . . . you know . . .

The focus on sex habits is probably because that's one of the few things that pretty much nobody is interested in a corporation having access to. (Also because, as I alluded to upthread, if you are LGBT then having a record of that anywhere the government can easily subpoena it can be anxiety-inducing.)

[Scott5114]

Etsy has a feature where if you enter your shipping address zip code, it will autofill the city and state for you. Since this presumably uses a USPS database, it does it in USPS's preferred all-caps style.

A lot of people these days use phones to order goods from Etsy. Phone autocorrect can be, um, hit or miss. In particular I notice it struggles with capitalization. Many times I have to fight with my phone trying to strip capital letters out of proper nouns because, well, they're not usually, but in this particular context, say, a street name, it is. It's normally good at getting proper names right, though.

So put that all together and you sometimes get the most infuriating address format possible, consisting of three lines with wildly different capitalization styles:

Burt McFurtleson
8250 w flamingo road
LAS VEGAS, NV 89147

[Rothman]

See I just overload my wife's Alexa with nonsense shopping items.  She once had a shopping list which included thirteen bags of poop.

I use the old standby of hemorrhoid cream.

[SEWIGuy]

CD players and tape players had to be engineered differently from home models because of space constraints as well as the more harsh environment whether it be the Minnesota winter or the Arizona summer. Thats around five points of weight and mechanics that is easily replaced by an extremely light Bluetooth chip.

And yet, did the price of the car go down any when they eliminated all that complexity? Nooooo....

Because the sales price of a car has little to do with the cost of production.

[Scott5114]

Because the sales price of a car has little to do with the cost of production.

Which is immoral.

[SEWIGuy]

Because the sales price of a car has little to do with the cost of production.

Which is immoral.

Uh...what? The price of any good has mostly do with the demand for the product. Unless we are talking about price gauging in times of scarcity, like in the aftermath of a natural disaster, thats hardly immoral.