Minor things that bother you

[thenetwork]

When I was growing up in the 2 or 3 years leading up to 1976, there was so much hype about the nation's Bicentennial.  TV shows and specials were being created, signs going up (at least in Ohio) designating "Bicentennial Communities" at their city limits, and so on.

Fast forward to today, and little over 7 months away from our country's 250th Birthday (another significant milestone IMHO), and I have heard little to no information on plans for an extended celebration like they did in 1976.

[vdeane]

The fact that Google search defaults to dark mode in incognito window on Chrome (yeah, I'm one of those people who does all searches in incognito because I don't like saved history/customized results).  I don't like the "dark mode for everything" trend that's all the rage these days (not to mention that it being too dark too everywhere for my tastes is one of my annoyances with Chrome).  Sure, there's a setting to change it, but since this involves incognito windows, that doesn't matter since the cookie the setting change is stored in won't be returned the next day.

Also, the universe seems to have a hard-on for people calling me at my end of the day bathroom stop, because it happened again yesterday.  Maybe I need to start carrying my phone with me into the bathroom.

[SEWIGuy]

When I was growing up in the 2 or 3 years leading up to 1976, there was so much hype about the nation's Bicentennial.  TV shows and specials were being created, signs going up (at least in Ohio) designating "Bicentennial Communities" at their city limits, and so on.

Fast forward to today, and little over 7 months away from our country's 250th Birthday (another significant milestone IMHO), and I have heard little to no information on plans for an extended celebration like they did in 1976.

I think that type of patriotism would be seen as hokey now.

[GaryV]

Maybe I need to start carrying my phone with me into the bathroom.

"Hello" [flushes]

That call will be short.

There was one time when our pastor had his wireless mike live when he went into the bathroom ...

[Rothman]

Maybe I need to start carrying my phone with me into the bathroom.

"Hello" [flushes]

That call will be short.

There was one time when our pastor had his wireless mike live when he went into the bathroom ...

I saw that movie

[kphoger]

There was one time when our pastor had his wireless mike live when he went into the bathroom ...

Same here.  And we musicians all had in-ear monitors.

[Scott5114]

When I was growing up in the 2 or 3 years leading up to 1976, there was so much hype about the nation's Bicentennial.  TV shows and specials were being created, signs going up (at least in Ohio) designating "Bicentennial Communities" at their city limits, and so on.

Fast forward to today, and little over 7 months away from our country's 250th Birthday (another significant milestone IMHO), and I have heard little to no information on plans for an extended celebration like they did in 1976.

That's probably due to the fact that over the last fifty years, due to the Internet making it easy to talk to people who live in other countries, a lot of the inhabitants of the United States have come to the realization that it kind of sucks.

[Scott5114]

I don't like the "dark mode for everything" trend that's all the rage these days (not to mention that it being too dark too everywhere for my tastes is one of my annoyances with Chrome).

Out of curiosity...do you wear glasses? I've done informal polling among my friends regarding light/dark mode preference and there is a correlation between people who wear glasses preferring dark mode and those without preferring light mode.

In any event, you are apt to hate Button Copy 2.0 whenever I get around to finishing it. Sorry in advance.

[kkt]

The fact that Google search defaults to dark mode in incognito window on Chrome (yeah, I'm one of those people who does all searches in incognito because I don't like saved history/customized results).  I don't like the "dark mode for everything" trend that's all the rage these days (not to mention that it being too dark too everywhere for my tastes is one of my annoyances with Chrome).  Sure, there's a setting to change it, but since this involves incognito windows, that doesn't matter since the cookie the setting change is stored in won't be returned the next day.

Also, the universe seems to have a hard-on for people calling me at my end of the day bathroom stop, because it happened again yesterday.  Maybe I need to start carrying my phone with me into the bathroom.

I don't know who's calling you, but I really really don't want my conversation with anyone to have bathroom sounds in the background.

[CtrlAltDel]

I don't like the "dark mode for everything" trend that's all the rage these days (not to mention that it being too dark too everywhere for my tastes is one of my annoyances with Chrome).

Out of curiosity...do you wear glasses? I've done informal polling among my friends regarding light/dark mode preference and there is a correlation between people who wear glasses preferring dark mode and those without preferring light mode.

In any event, you are apt to hate Button Copy 2.0 whenever I get around to finishing it. Sorry in advance.

I'm a glasses person who prefers light mode, for what it's worth.

[Big John]

I don't like the "dark mode for everything" trend that's all the rage these days (not to mention that it being too dark too everywhere for my tastes is one of my annoyances with Chrome).

Out of curiosity...do you wear glasses? I've done informal polling among my friends regarding light/dark mode preference and there is a correlation between people who wear glasses preferring dark mode and those without preferring light mode.

In any event, you are apt to hate Button Copy 2.0 whenever I get around to finishing it. Sorry in advance.

I'm a glasses person who prefers light mode, for what it's worth.

Me too.

[vdeane]

I don't like the "dark mode for everything" trend that's all the rage these days (not to mention that it being too dark too everywhere for my tastes is one of my annoyances with Chrome).

Out of curiosity...do you wear glasses? I've done informal polling among my friends regarding light/dark mode preference and there is a correlation between people who wear glasses preferring dark mode and those without preferring light mode.

In any event, you are apt to hate Button Copy 2.0 whenever I get around to finishing it. Sorry in advance.

I have glasses, but I seldom wear them since I can't stand having something on my face for a long time.  Normally I wear contact lenses.

As for dark mode, I don't necessarily mind dark designs, it's just the monochrome of black/brown that pervades modern implementations is like being hit in the retina with a sledgehammer.  My laptop actually uses a dark theme for the main interface (although I keep the applications in light mode) and my own website uses a dark palate.  I seem to recall that the original theme for the forum (before Button Copy) was a dark theme as well.  I only started to sour on Chrome's when the went so far as to make all the menus dark (causing problems with any favicon that assumed a light background in the process) and made it impossible to differentiate tabs (which Linux Mint has sadly copied, but dark vs. light won't help that).

[kkt]

Directions for microwaving food when they say how LONG to microwave it but not their test microwave's wattage.  That's about as useful as telling how many minutes to bake your cookies, but not what temperature to bake them at.

[Molandfreak]

No glasses, dark mode all day everyday. But FWIW I have something close to 20/40 vision, so dark mode helps me with things that are closer.

[mgk920]

Clear for me on my glasses, thank you!

 

Mike

[fwydriver405]

No glasses, dark mode all day everyday. But FWIW I have something close to 20/40 vision, so dark mode helps me with things that are closer.

I wear glasses, but I usually set my computers, phone, and tablet to time-of-day based light/dark mode (sunset/sunrise based on location or fixed geo-coordinates, or at set fixed times), so on those devices, light for day and dark at night for me. I sometimes don't wear my glasses for reading things close.

When time-of-day light/dark mode settings aren't available, I usually just default on dark mode, like I did full time on all devices when available prior to 2022.

[hbelkins]

Maybe I need to start carrying my phone with me into the bathroom.

People who carry on phone conversations while in the bathroom bother me.

[thenetwork]

Maybe I need to start carrying my phone with me into the bathroom.

People who carry on phone conversations while in the bathroom bother me.

And those always seem the times when I wish I could rip a loud one in the stall, but I have no "ammo".

[formulanone]

Maybe I need to start carrying my phone with me into the bathroom.

People who carry on phone conversations while in the bathroom bother me.

And those always seem the times when I wish I could rip a loud one in the stall, but I have no "ammo".

I guess you could randomly say annoying things "on your phone" and if the other talker has a problem, just say: "hey, I'm on the phone here!"

[kphoger]

On the rare occasions I actually talk to Indian scammers these days, I do enjoy making them listen to me pee and then flush.  Just don't take the word 'enjoy' wrong in that sentence...

[Amaury]

On the rare occasions I actually talk to Indian scammers these days, I do enjoy making them listen to me pee and then flush.  Just don't take the word 'enjoy' wrong in that sentence...

I, uh, had a friend who basically did the same thing once, but without the flushing, and it was on the other... end. The scammer on the phone was gagging.

[kphoger]

On the rare occasions I actually talk to Indian scammers these days, I do enjoy making them listen to me pee and then flush.  Just don't take the word 'enjoy' wrong in that sentence...

I, uh, had a friend who basically did the same thing once, but without the flushing, and it was on the other... end. The scammer on the phone was gagging.

Amateur.

I know I'm not alone in getting scam operations calling me every so often.  ...  Once, I had a five-minute-long conversation about pooping with the guy on the other end.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think my wife was in the car at the time for that one.

[Scott5114]

When larger packages of items have a higher per-unit cost than smaller ones (e.g. 12-packs of soda being $5 each and a 24-pack being $11). This seems to happen a lot at WinCo, but fortunately they usually print a per-ounce or per-unit price on the price tag so it's easier to get the better deal.