Minor things that bother you

[Molandfreak]

I don't think it's a problem to mention that you're gay. The user "index" has mentioned it before without issue.

As for P13, he never mentioned sex, even during the debacle a few days before he was banned. I was paying very close attention, since I wanted him banned and a single mention would have been sufficient cause for a ban due to the circumstances.

I'm talking about the incident in P13 in one thread where several posts were deleted by JN Winkler.

[1995hoo]

I don't think it's a problem to mention that you're gay. The user "index" has mentioned it before without issue.

As for P13, he never mentioned sex, even during the debacle a few days before he was banned. I was paying very close attention, since I wanted him banned and a single mention would have been sufficient cause for a ban due to the circumstances.

I'm talking about the incident in P13 in one thread where several posts were deleted by JN Winkler.

I don't think P13 quite realized the double meaning of some of what he was saying, and when the rest of us clearly did recognize them and started making jokes about them (which in turn led to the deletion you reference) I don't think P13 understood what we were saying. Whether that's because he's too young to understand, too sheltered, or some other reason, who knows.

[SEWIGuy]

I don't think it's a problem to mention that you're gay. The user "index" has mentioned it before without issue.

As for P13, he never mentioned sex, even during the debacle a few days before he was banned. I was paying very close attention, since I wanted him banned and a single mention would have been sufficient cause for a ban due to the circumstances.

I'm talking about the incident in P13 in one thread where several posts were deleted by JN Winkler.

I don't think P13 quite realized the double meaning of some of what he was saying, and when the rest of us clearly did recognize them and started making jokes about them (which in turn led to the deletion you reference) I don't think P13 understood what we were saying. Whether that's because he's too young to understand, too sheltered, or some other reason, who knows.

Or because he's from Finland and didn't get it for cultural reasons.

[Molandfreak]

I don't think it's a problem to mention that you're gay. The user "index" has mentioned it before without issue.

As for P13, he never mentioned sex, even during the debacle a few days before he was banned. I was paying very close attention, since I wanted him banned and a single mention would have been sufficient cause for a ban due to the circumstances.

I'm talking about the incident in P13 in one thread where several posts were deleted by JN Winkler.

I don't think P13 quite realized the double meaning of some of what he was saying, and when the rest of us clearly did recognize them and started making jokes about them (which in turn led to the deletion you reference) I don't think P13 understood what we were saying. Whether that's because he's too young to understand, too sheltered, or some other reason, who knows.

Or because he's from Finland and didn't get it for cultural reasons.

Not a chance.

[Max Rockatansky]

I don't think it's a problem to mention that you're gay. The user "index" has mentioned it before without issue.

As for P13, he never mentioned sex, even during the debacle a few days before he was banned. I was paying very close attention, since I wanted him banned and a single mention would have been sufficient cause for a ban due to the circumstances.

I'm talking about the incident in P13 in one thread where several posts were deleted by JN Winkler.

I don't think P13 quite realized the double meaning of some of what he was saying, and when the rest of us clearly did recognize them and started making jokes about them (which in turn led to the deletion you reference) I don't think P13 understood what we were saying. Whether that's because he's too young to understand, too sheltered, or some other reason, who knows.

Or because he's from Finland and didn't get it for cultural reasons.

If someone goes into explicit detail about what they want another person to do with a toilet they are likely getting banned. 

[SEWIGuy]

I don't think it's a problem to mention that you're gay. The user "index" has mentioned it before without issue.

As for P13, he never mentioned sex, even during the debacle a few days before he was banned. I was paying very close attention, since I wanted him banned and a single mention would have been sufficient cause for a ban due to the circumstances.

I'm talking about the incident in P13 in one thread where several posts were deleted by JN Winkler.

I don't think P13 quite realized the double meaning of some of what he was saying, and when the rest of us clearly did recognize them and started making jokes about them (which in turn led to the deletion you reference) I don't think P13 understood what we were saying. Whether that's because he's too young to understand, too sheltered, or some other reason, who knows.

Or because he's from Finland and didn't get it for cultural reasons.

If someone goes into explicit detail about what they want another person to do with a toilet they are likely getting banned. 

I am 100% on board with that.

[JayhawkCO]

I don't think it's a problem to mention that you're gay. The user "index" has mentioned it before without issue.

As for P13, he never mentioned sex, even during the debacle a few days before he was banned. I was paying very close attention, since I wanted him banned and a single mention would have been sufficient cause for a ban due to the circumstances.

I'm talking about the incident in P13 in one thread where several posts were deleted by JN Winkler.

I don't think P13 quite realized the double meaning of some of what he was saying, and when the rest of us clearly did recognize them and started making jokes about them (which in turn led to the deletion you reference) I don't think P13 understood what we were saying. Whether that's because he's too young to understand, too sheltered, or some other reason, who knows.

Or because he's from Finland and didn't get it for cultural reasons.

If someone goes into explicit detail about what they want another person to do with a toilet they are likely getting banned. 

Clean it, using Lysol Toilet Bowl Gel that is in the cabinet under the sink and the brush sitting behind it. Perhaps let the gel sit there for a minute or two to help soften any grime that might be there. Scrub for up to 30 seconds, making sure to get under the rim and on top of the rim for any errant splatter. They take a Lysol Wipe and wipe down all surfaces getting rid of dust and toilet paper fuzz.

Explicit enough?

[Molandfreak]

I don't think it's a problem to mention that you're gay. The user "index" has mentioned it before without issue.

As for P13, he never mentioned sex, even during the debacle a few days before he was banned. I was paying very close attention, since I wanted him banned and a single mention would have been sufficient cause for a ban due to the circumstances.

I'm talking about the incident in P13 in one thread where several posts were deleted by JN Winkler.

I don't think P13 quite realized the double meaning of some of what he was saying, and when the rest of us clearly did recognize them and started making jokes about them (which in turn led to the deletion you reference) I don't think P13 understood what we were saying. Whether that's because he's too young to understand, too sheltered, or some other reason, who knows.

Or because he's from Finland and didn't get it for cultural reasons.

If someone goes into explicit detail about what they want another person to do with a toilet they are likely getting banned. 

Clean it, using Lysol Toilet Bowl Gel that is in the cabinet under the sink and the brush sitting behind it. Perhaps let the gel sit there for a minute or two to help soften any grime that might be there. Scrub for up to 30 seconds, making sure to get under the rim and on top of the rim for any errant splatter. They take a Lysol Wipe and wipe down all surfaces getting rid of dust and toilet paper fuzz.

Explicit enough?

How about thoroughly mopping the adjacent tiles?

[JayhawkCO]

How about thoroughly mopping the adjacent tiles?

Couldn't hurt, but I was being toilet-centric.

[kernals12]

Restaurants being classified as service rather than manufacturing businesses.

[formulanone]

Restaurants being classified as service rather than manufacturing businesses.

Food Fabrication Fortresses

[kphoger]

I took it more as K12 was trying to bait kphoger.

This isn't going to be another discussion of the etymology of 'trolling', is it?

There seems to be so many "interpersonal" issues on this site that I'm blissfully unaware of despite visiting nearly every day.

Apparently, I'm involved in 'interpersonal issues' here that even I'm blissfully unaware of.

I'm talking about the incident in P13 in one thread where several posts were deleted by JN Winkler.

Does it have a name yet?  Should we call it Toiletgate?

If someone goes into explicit detail about what they want another person to do with a toilet they are likely getting banned. 

Clean it, using Lysol Toilet Bowl Gel that is in the cabinet under the sink and the brush sitting behind it. Perhaps let the gel sit there for a minute or two to help soften any grime that might be there. Scrub for up to 30 seconds, making sure to get under the rim and on top of the rim for any errant splatter. They take a Lysol Wipe and wipe down all surfaces getting rid of dust and toilet paper fuzz.

Explicit enough?

I see what you did there.

[Max Rockatansky]

I vote for calling the incident we are discussing the Sault Sainte John Madden-Gate.

[vdeane]

The guy here who get banned from reddit had to make a thread with a similar title to this and made solely to discuss something regarding his sexuality.

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=35812.0

I read that as more of a bit of amusement at the street rather than says "look at me, I'm gay!", but I guess that's probably the first most people heard about it if they weren't following the Mac discussion on the humanoid robot thread.  Kinds reminds me of how people accuse gay people of "shoving their sexuality down our throats" when the gay person is simply existing and doing nothing that straight people don't do all the time.

But I don't think its corporate greed when companies are creating goods that people want that are more expensive. I'm not spending $80,000 on a car, but if someone wants to, it certainly isn't the car manufacturers fault for providing it. Ditto for housing. I can't blame builders for constructing nothing but McMansion types of houses because people are willing to buy them.

Problem: there are absolutely people who would go for a more basic/less expensive car or house (I don't even WANT that much space to clean or yard to take care of; a 2-3 bedroom ranch house with a garage and central HVAC system on a small lot would be my ideal, but they don't build those any more - if they ever did).  But there's more profit to be made in telling those prospective customers to pound sand because the margins are higher on luxury cars and McMansions.

[kphoger]

Problem: there are absolutely people who would go for a more basic/less expensive car or house (I don't even WANT that much space to clean or yard to take care of; a 2-3 bedroom ranch house with a garage and central HVAC system on a small lot would be my ideal, but they don't build those any more - if they ever did).  But there's more profit to be made in telling those prospective customers to pound sand because the margins are higher on luxury cars and McMansions.

I wonder if this is partly because most of those people are also willing to buy used instead of new.

[Max Rockatansky]

Problem: there are absolutely people who would go for a more basic/less expensive car or house (I don't even WANT that much space to clean or yard to take care of; a 2-3 bedroom ranch house with a garage and central HVAC system on a small lot would be my ideal, but they don't build those any more - if they ever did).  But there's more profit to be made in telling those prospective customers to pound sand because the margins are higher on luxury cars and McMansions.

I wonder if this is partly because most of those people are also willing to buy used instead of new.

From what I gather on this forum it seems like most who buy similar compact cars as me get them on the used market.  All well and good I suppose but that supply will gradually dwindle since automakers are pulling away from more entry level segments.

[hotdogPi]

kernals12 said he was gay about two months ago.

(edit: so you don't have to click, this is in the thread titled "New York")

They need a bridge from Long Island to Connecticut and a new interstate with a tunnel under manhattan connecting to the existing tunnels. This should already have been done a long time ago and I believe it'll happen someday.

It won't. Not as long as wealthy Long Islanders exist. And I support not doing anything. If they want to live on a dead end, then that's their choice. Tired of wasting money on studies and plans that will go nowhere. Move on, let's work on bridges we already have.

(Tongue in Cheek) A bridge from East LI to Rhode Island would make it possible to drive directly from Fire Island to Provincetown. That makes it an issue of social justice for the LGBT community.

Should I insinuate this as an insult against my sexuality?

I'm gay myself, though I don't see how that could be construed as homophobic

[SEWIGuy]

Problem: there are absolutely people who would go for a more basic/less expensive car or house (I don't even WANT that much space to clean or yard to take care of; a 2-3 bedroom ranch house with a garage and central HVAC system on a small lot would be my ideal, but they don't build those any more - if they ever did).  But there's more profit to be made in telling those prospective customers to pound sand because the margins are higher on luxury cars and McMansions.

The city I live in has 18 newly constructed homes or side-by-sides with 2-3 bedrooms and 2-3 bathrooms for sale. All have HVAC. Cheapest one is $439,000, $379,000 for a side by side.

Regardless, I get what you are saying.

[kphoger]

People that need to shoehorn into forum conversation random things about what gender of people they choose to have sex with.

The longer this conversation goes on, the more this post rings true.

[vdeane]

Problem: there are absolutely people who would go for a more basic/less expensive car or house (I don't even WANT that much space to clean or yard to take care of; a 2-3 bedroom ranch house with a garage and central HVAC system on a small lot would be my ideal, but they don't build those any more - if they ever did).  But there's more profit to be made in telling those prospective customers to pound sand because the margins are higher on luxury cars and McMansions.

I wonder if this is partly because most of those people are also willing to buy used instead of new.

From what I gather on this forum it seems like most who buy similar compact cars as me get them on the used market.  All well and good I suppose but that supply will gradually dwindle since automakers are pulling away from more entry level segments.

Meanwhile, I'm leery of the used market because you don't know how the car was maintained and what issues are lurking under the surface.  And reliability is very important to me, given that there's nothing worse than having car trouble when you're on the road.  Alas, I'll probably be forced to at some point given that even the automakers that still make sedans are including a bunch of stuff I don't want and hooking the cars in to surveillance capitalism with connectivity and data selling.

[Max Rockatansky]

Problem: there are absolutely people who would go for a more basic/less expensive car or house (I don't even WANT that much space to clean or yard to take care of; a 2-3 bedroom ranch house with a garage and central HVAC system on a small lot would be my ideal, but they don't build those any more - if they ever did).  But there's more profit to be made in telling those prospective customers to pound sand because the margins are higher on luxury cars and McMansions.

I wonder if this is partly because most of those people are also willing to buy used instead of new.

From what I gather on this forum it seems like most who buy similar compact cars as me get them on the used market.  All well and good I suppose but that supply will gradually dwindle since automakers are pulling away from more entry level segments.

Meanwhile, I'm leery of the used market because you don't know how the car was maintained and what issues are lurking under the surface.  And reliability is very important to me, given that there's nothing worse than having car trouble when you're on the road.  Alas, I'll probably be forced to at some point given that even the automakers that still make sedans are including a bunch of stuff I don't want and hooking the cars in to surveillance capitalism with connectivity and data selling.

I forget which thread I noted it in but as much as I like the 2024 Corolla I bought some of the standard safety features are frustrating to live with.  The adaptive cruise control is something I can now manage but is easily the worst feature on the car. 

Perish the thought over a similar basic car costing 30k with another 6-8 years of inflation.

[Max Rockatansky]

Problem: there are absolutely people who would go for a more basic/less expensive car or house (I don't even WANT that much space to clean or yard to take care of; a 2-3 bedroom ranch house with a garage and central HVAC system on a small lot would be my ideal, but they don't build those any more - if they ever did).  But there's more profit to be made in telling those prospective customers to pound sand because the margins are higher on luxury cars and McMansions.

The city I live in has 18 newly constructed homes or side-by-sides with 2-3 bedrooms and 2-3 bathrooms for sale. All have HVAC. Cheapest one is $439,000, $379,000 for a side by side.

Regardless, I get what you are saying.

Our house would probably sell for about 400k and is only 1,650 square feet.  It cost about $25,000 to replace the HVAC last year.  Hopefully I'll get another twenty years out of this unit because that sucked having to pay for after keeping the old system alive for so long.

[1995hoo]

kernals12 said he was gay about two months ago.

That doesn't mean many, or even most, forum members may have seen his comment. Not everyone reads every thread. When I saw his new thread about the neighborhood in Phoenix I wasn't sure what he was trying to say—couldn't tell whether it was pro- or anti-homosexual—and I therefore chose to say nothing.

[Max Rockatansky]

kernals12 said he was gay about two months ago.

That doesn't mean many, or even most, forum members may have seen his comment. Not everyone reads every thread. When I saw his new thread about the neighborhood in Phoenix I wasn't sure what he was trying to say—couldn't tell whether it was pro- or anti-homosexual—and I therefore chose to say nothing.

Regardless of his sexual orientation he does have a track record for insinuating things that might be taken as chauvinistic.

[GaryV]

Software companies say 'Hi'. They charge more than they need to because of perceived value

Microsoft informed me that they were raising my subscription cost by 30%. Because of increased costs and improved content. Sure, they added in some crappy AI stuff but took out Publisher. That's an improvement?