Minor things that bother you

[kkt]

Speaking of the US, other countries were at D-Day too. How come the only posts I see on social media are centered on just America's efforts?

People tend to write about what they know.  Maybe you'd like to write about Juno Beach?

[kernals12]

People who take their phones in the pool. I have to worry that they'll drop them and then let out a startlingly loud f-bomb

[LilianaUwU]

People who take their phones in the pool. I have to worry that they'll drop them and then let out a startlingly loud f-bomb

Aren't most phones at least somewhat capable of taking water these days, though?

[mgk920]

I'm royally annoyed by those 'fountain of youth' ads, as well as those for personal injury 'vulture' lawyers.

Mike

[vdeane]

People who take their phones in the pool. I have to worry that they'll drop them and then let out a startlingly loud f-bomb

I'm imagining the "startlingly loud f-bomb" as being like this:

[thenetwork]

Radio shows that constantly say, "We'll take your calls" after the commercial or in the next hour, but then instead, they ramble on aimlessly and before you know it, the show is over, and *maybe* you get ONE caller on the entire 3-hour show.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Radio shows that constantly say, "We'll take your calls" after the commercial or in the next hour, but then instead, they ramble on aimlessly and before you know it, the show is over, and *maybe* you get ONE caller on the entire 3-hour show.

From the inside, I can give a little insight.

1. No one is actually calling in. Large stations, maybe less plausible, but smaller ones, definitely.

2. It's just in the habit for the host to hand out the number or invite people to call, even if they don't really have the time or interest in taking callers. Giving out the number is sometimes a host's way of ending and shifting the current topic as well.

[SEWIGuy]

Radio shows that constantly say, "We'll take your calls" after the commercial or in the next hour, but then instead, they ramble on aimlessly and before you know it, the show is over, and *maybe* you get ONE caller on the entire 3-hour show.

From the inside, I can give a little insight.

1. No one is actually calling in. Large stations, maybe less plausible, but smaller ones, definitely.

2. It's just in the habit for the host to hand out the number or invite people to call, even if they don't really have the time or interest in taking callers. Giving out the number is sometimes a host's way of ending and shifting the current topic as well.

Also, my understanding from someone else also on the inside, is that it generally doesn't make for compelling radio any longer. It takes the narratives out the hosts hands. It's just easier to sift through emails and read them on air.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Radio shows that constantly say, "We'll take your calls" after the commercial or in the next hour, but then instead, they ramble on aimlessly and before you know it, the show is over, and *maybe* you get ONE caller on the entire 3-hour show.

From the inside, I can give a little insight.

1. No one is actually calling in. Large stations, maybe less plausible, but smaller ones, definitely.

2. It's just in the habit for the host to hand out the number or invite people to call, even if they don't really have the time or interest in taking callers. Giving out the number is sometimes a host's way of ending and shifting the current topic as well.

Also, my understanding from someone else also on the inside, is that it generally doesn't make for compelling radio any longer. It takes the narratives out the hosts hands. It's just easier to sift through emails and read them on air.

A lot of radio hosts privately will admit that the vast majority of callers also add nothing of value.

[vdeane]

Radio shows that constantly say, "We'll take your calls" after the commercial or in the next hour, but then instead, they ramble on aimlessly and before you know it, the show is over, and *maybe* you get ONE caller on the entire 3-hour show.

Funny you should mention that.  This morning, Jake and Libby of the Fly Morning Rush were talking about a woman who helped a turtle out while streaming to TikTok, and how it wasn't actually a good deed because, when she saw the turtle, the first thing she did was turn on her phone so she could film herself helping it, and after it later fell down a ditch after she helped it, she filmed that too and laughed at it.  Jake invited people to call in to talk about times they helped animals without bothering to stream it to the internet, but the one call they took was from someone who didn't know what the conversation was about (he even asked "what was the question?" before they hung up on him), after which they went to commercial, and by the time they came back, did the traffic/weather, and played a song (Apt, if you're curious), they had moved onto something else (today's game of Can You Beat Libby?).

[kurumi]

This morning, Jake and Libby of the Fly Morning Rush were talking about a woman who helped a turtle out while streaming to TikTok, and how it wasn't actually a good deed because, when she saw the turtle, the first thing she did was turn on her phone so she could film herself helping it, and after it later fell down a ditch after she helped it, she filmed that too and laughed at it.

TBH I don't remember this scene from Blade Runner at all

(here's the quote, it's just a reference)

[TheCatalyst31]

Radio shows that constantly say, "We'll take your calls" after the commercial or in the next hour, but then instead, they ramble on aimlessly and before you know it, the show is over, and *maybe* you get ONE caller on the entire 3-hour show.

From the inside, I can give a little insight.

1. No one is actually calling in. Large stations, maybe less plausible, but smaller ones, definitely.

2. It's just in the habit for the host to hand out the number or invite people to call, even if they don't really have the time or interest in taking callers. Giving out the number is sometimes a host's way of ending and shifting the current topic as well.

Also, my understanding from someone else also on the inside, is that it generally doesn't make for compelling radio any longer. It takes the narratives out the hosts hands. It's just easier to sift through emails and read them on air.

Speaking of which, while I'm not an insider, I always assumed that the stuff on radio morning shows where the radio hosts call people (prank calls, dating/cheating confrontations, etc.) is all staged. Morning zoo type shows have never been my thing to begin with, but most of those calls just feel weird to me, staged or not.

[D-Dey65]

Evidently, it's no longer possible to go to the Florida State Park website with a "Sign in" pop-up window blocking the site.

[Mr. Matté]

People who use ALL CAPS when writing the name of a work like a book title, TV show, etc. In school in the 90s/00s we were told those things get italicized if typed or underlined if handwritten. I've been seeing the caps version online and it makes me think of them just shouting the these titles.

[Max Rockatansky]

People who use ALL CAPS when writing the name of a work like a book title, TV show, etc. In school in the 90s/00s we were told those things get italicized if typed or underlined if handwritten. I've been seeing the caps version online and it makes me think of them just shouting the these titles.

It makes me think of CLIBBINS AND GOBBLESS!

[kphoger]

M*a*s*h
Csi: Ny
Tmnt
E/r
Jfk

[JayhawkCO]

Being on an online chat trying to get an issue resolved, and then having the agent switch to someone else. Then, they say they're going to catch up on the previous chat, and then ask you all the same questions you've already answered. Then you get switched off to a third agent.....

Did this just happen to me over the course of 2 hours? Why yes it did, United.

[vdeane]

The fact that Windows has an "all users" desktop, and that it requires admin rights to change/remove shortcuts from it (even just to hide them).  Got a new computer at work today, and since IT figured out how to install Acrobat on computers easily, I no longer have admin rights like I did on my old one and can't clean it up.  Why do I need desktop shortcuts that I'll never use (and, quite frankly, can't imagine anyone using) for WebEx, VLC, and whatever VMWare Horizon is called now?  I don't use Microstation either, yet I'm stuck with a desktop shortcut for it.  As someone who loves a clean desktop (I don't have any shortcuts on my home computer, though I do have a small number that I actually want on my work computer) and who can't stand clutter, this is very annoying.

Why do so many Windows programs insist on automatically creating desktop shortcuts in the first place?

[bugo]

People who use ALL CAPS when writing the name of a work like a book title, TV show, etc. In school in the 90s/00s we were told those things get italicized if typed or underlined if handwritten. I've been seeing the caps version online and it makes me think of them just shouting the these titles.

It makes me think of CLIBBINS AND GOBBLESS!

WHY YOU USING THOSE LITTLE LETTERS? ARE YOU A LIBRL OR SOMETHING, BORTHER?

[bugo]

Being on an online chat trying to get an issue resolved, and then having the agent switch to someone else. Then, they say they're going to catch up on the previous chat, and then ask you all the same questions you've already answered. Then you get switched off to a third agent.....

I hate it when I call customer service and when I tell them what the problem is, they repeat it back to me. I also hate how they often say my name 15 times in a 5 minute call. I pronounce my name with 2 syllables, and they always pronounce it with 3, which bugs the hell out of me.

[Scott5114]

I also hate how they often say my name 15 times in a 5 minute call.

Kind of reminds me how so many paper documents seem to go out of their way to print your name in all sorts of unnecessary places. Like those printouts that come with prescriptions, with all the warnings about the side effects for drugs you've been taking for years, which have the name of the drug and your name in the header of every page. If I don't want random employees of Republic recycling knowing what drugs I'm on, I have to hunt down every place my name is on those and tear it off of the sheets before disposing of them.

[Rothman]

The fact that Windows has an "all users" desktop, and that it requires admin rights to change/remove shortcuts from it (even just to hide them).  Got a new computer at work today, and since IT figured out how to install Acrobat on computers easily, I no longer have admin rights like I did on my old one and can't clean it up.  Why do I need desktop shortcuts that I'll never use (and, quite frankly, can't imagine anyone using) for WebEx, VLC, and whatever VMWare Horizon is called now?  I don't use Microstation either, yet I'm stuck with a desktop shortcut for it.  As someone who loves a clean desktop (I don't have any shortcuts on my home computer, though I do have a small number that I actually want on my work computer) and who can't stand clutter, this is very annoying.

Why do so many Windows programs insist on automatically creating desktop shortcuts in the first place?

Have to say NY State's IT group is getting better, at least with responsiveness.  However, asinine policies like this still persist.

(personal opinion emphasized)

[kphoger]

I pronounce my name with 2 syllables

/buːɡoʊ/ 

[kphoger]

From now on when you say ... shit on here ... I am taking it as the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

NY State's IT group is ... asinine ...

(personal opinion emphasized)

  Hooray for selective editing!

[Rothman]

From now on when you say ... shit on here ... I am taking it as the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

NY State's IT group is ... asinine ...

(personal opinion emphasized)

  Hooray for selective editing!

Heh.  Sometimes I very much wish NYSDOT's official positions and my own personal ones matched up one-to-one...