Random Thoughts

[webny99]

Now I do everything electronically, meaning half the time I forget to do it because I don't have a physical piece of paper on my desk reminding me to do it, so I pay more late fees because of that

I use my email inbox to do that, but of course that requires keeping a clean inbox, and I'm the only person I know who does that.

I keep a relatively clean inbox at work (anything that doesn't require follow up gets sorted/filed ASAP), but my personal email is a mess because I've never bothered to set up a proper sorting system. Perhaps that will change as I age.

[CoreySamson]

I've never written a check (or even had to write a check!), but I know how. I've noticed that many of the smaller transactions that checks would have traditionally handled are quickly becoming processed by electronic P2P payment services like CashApp, Venmo, and Zelle (at least it's what I've seen from Gen Z). I've used Zelle several times and it seems to work pretty well, but it does not take larger amounts of money.

[Roadgeekteen]

I hardly use email anymore due to the (many years long) lingering very bad signal to noise ratio.

Mike

Text messages are starting to go down that road. I'm getting really tired of unsolicited political messages. If you want a way to get me to vote for your opponent, start sending me constant political spam.

Well, after this November those should be far less frequent for you.

Not really. It'll just change which race it is (we have governor this year, then next year is Congress and one of two US Senate seats). Plus I seem to get year-round crap from out-of-state organizations or politicians. And it comes from both sides.

You might still get some, but next year's senate election in Virginia is not expected to be competitive plus your house district you live in is safe as well. This year the whole political world is tied into Virginia and New Jersey.

[Scott5114]

I use my email inbox to do that, but of course that requires keeping a clean inbox, and I'm the only person I know who does that.

I try to do this, but it's frustrated by the fact that the NVEnergy email doesn't actually say NVEnergy on it anywhere (the sender name is "DoNotReply"), so it's very easy to miss.

Well, after this November those should be far less frequent for you.

You would be surprised. I was still getting texts from the 2024 election well after the 2025 inauguration, since candidates were still in need of money to pay off debts incurred during the election. Some of those were from candidates who lost. (One such losing candidate hitting me up for money was some woman who previously held a mostly-powerless federal office, who sought a promotion and didn't get it. I didn't give her any money before the election, so I don't see why she thought I would after she bungled it.)

On the whole, I am happier living in a state where my vote actually matters, but there are some downsides to it, and the political spam is one of them. (It doesn't help that you can just download a CSV of the entire voter file off the state website, as required by law. Of course, that has its upsides too—I have a copy of said CSV, for the purposes of mining interesting names and street names from.)

[mgk920]

I hardly use email anymore due to the (many years long) lingering very bad signal to noise ratio.

Mike

Text messages are starting to go down that road. I'm getting really tired of unsolicited political messages. If you want a way to get me to vote for your opponent, start sending me constant political spam.

Well, after this November those should be far less frequent for you.

Not really. It'll just change which race it is (we have governor this year, then next year is Congress and one of two US Senate seats). Plus I seem to get year-round crap from out-of-state organizations or politicians. And it comes from both sides.

My problem has not really been the politicians, but rather the overseas scammers.   

Mike

[Roadgeekteen]

There was once a time on this forum when I accidentally welcomed someone 3 different times by mistake, which was very stupid of me lol.

[Max Rockatansky]

Apparently "tommyrot" is an actual word:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tommyrot

I had previously thought this was just something old people said.

[kphoger]

I had previously thought this was just something old people said.

I mean, you're not wrong...