Minor things that bother you

[Scott5114]

When you go to a specific webpage from Google, then you get force prompted to sign in to an account and then signing in redirects you to the website home page. 

When Google's description includes the exact phrase you were searching for but, when you click the link, the page it takes you to does not include that phrase at all.

That often means the page was changed since Google saw it.

Google used to have a feature where you could click a link to see what the page looked like as of the time Google indexed it. That feature was useful, though, so Google was required by company policy to get rid of it.

[hbelkins]

Speaking of nutritional labels, why does a bag of microwave popcorn include ratings/values for unpopped popcorn? Who eats unpopped popcorn?

[JayhawkCO]

Speaking of nutritional labels, why does a bag of microwave popcorn include ratings/values for unpopped popcorn? Who eats unpopped popcorn?

Masochists

[Big John]

Why does a bag of ice have a nutritional label?

[LilianaUwU]

Speaking of nutritional labels, why does a bag of microwave popcorn include ratings/values for unpopped popcorn? Who eats unpopped popcorn?

Masochists

I'm sorry, but as a masochist myself, I would never eat unpopped popcorn.

[formulanone]

Why does a bag of ice have a nutritional label?

Just in case someone markets H₂O Plus+; which has a trace of sugar, a hint of organic cinnamon, and microglobs of fat to give some extra zest to your cooler or artisanal craft parties. With reduced oxidation to the metal walls of your overpriced drink tumbler, why trust water that may have come from a municipal source or some simple liquid a fish might have swam in at some point?

[Max Rockatansky]

Why does a bag of ice have a nutritional label?

Just in case someone markets H₂O Plus+; which has a trace of sugar, a hint of organic cinnamon, and microglobs of fat to give some extra zest to your cooler or artisanal craft parties. With reduced oxidation to the metal walls of your overpriced drink tumbler, why trust water that may have come from a municipal source or some simple liquid a fish might have swam in at some point?

See, to me that makes me think of Heavy Water of Hydrogen Peroxide.

[gonealookin]

Why does a bag of ice have a nutritional label?

The serious answer is that the FDA classifies ice as "food".



And every time I pick up a bag of ice and see that label, "ICE IS FOOD!", I think of looking at the school cafeteria lunch menu for the week and seeing:  "Wednesday:  Ice".

[TheCatalyst31]

Why does a bag of ice have a nutritional label?

The serious answer is that the FDA classifies ice as "food".



And every time I pick up a bag of ice and see that label, "ICE IS FOOD!", I think of looking at the school cafeteria lunch menu for the week and seeing:  "Wednesday:  Ice".

The capitalization on the lowest line makes it look like a political slogan, given that the other ICE is considerably less good.

[Rothman]

Why does a bag of ice have a nutritional label?

The serious answer is that the FDA classifies ice as "food".



And every time I pick up a bag of ice and see that label, "ICE IS FOOD!", I think of looking at the school cafeteria lunch menu for the week and seeing:  "Wednesday:  Ice".

The capitalization on the lowest line makes it look like a political slogan, given that the other ICE is considerably less good.

Don't knock it until you've tried it.

[kphoger]

The capitalization on the lowest line makes it look like a political slogan, given that the other ICE is considerably less good.

ICE agents need a lot of Worcestershire sauce to be palatable.  Don't ask how I know.

[LilianaUwU]

The capitalization on the lowest line makes it look like a political slogan, given that the other ICE is considerably less good.

ICE agents need a lot of Worcestershire sauce to be palatable.  Don't ask how I know.

Thank you for your service.

[Beltway]

See, to me that makes me think of Heavy Water of Hydrogen Peroxide.

Once you allow each hydrogen position in H₂O₂ to be independently occupied by protium (H), deuterium (D), or tritium (T), you get a whole family of isotopologues.

Chemically they're all still hydrogen peroxide, but the isotopic prefixes change depending on which atoms are where.

H₂O₂ -- hydrogen peroxide
D₂O₂ -- deuterium peroxide
T₂O₂ -- tritium peroxide
HDO₂ -- hydrogen‑deuterium peroxide
HTO₂ -- hydrogen‑tritium peroxide
DTO₂ -- deuterium‑tritium peroxide

[vdeane]

E-ZPass NY requires providing your account password to view your statement.

I shouldn't have to explain why clicking a link in your email and then entering a password on the page that comes up is a bad idea.

So, I thought I'd sign into my account and pull up my statement that way.  But it doesn't appear.  Last month's does, but not this month's.

So I end up clicking the link anyways.  I'm already signed in, so it should go straight to the statement, right?  Nope, still have to enter my password.  So I'm stuck doing that despite the phishing risk, and then my statement finally appears.

Why is E-ZPass NY so against good cybersecurity practices?  This is the same organization that used to enforce a maximum password length (and still might, I haven't checked if they updated that).  And since most people pay via credit card or bank withdrawal, that poor security is very, very bad.

Between this, and the way they break up tolls so that pretty much any trip is going to spam the statement with a gazillion charges, it's as if they're actively trying to discourage people from checking their statements.


Unrelated to the previous, but there is a special place in hell for sign designers that make guide signs that say "next right".  Bane of my existence when I'm trying to fix the photo locations of my site's photos and I have to guess how far from the exit it actually is.

[Molandfreak]

If a film distributor cancels a project and claims a tax write off, they should be forced to release all existing footage to the public domain rather than be granted the right to destroy all of the footage and ensure none of the public is able to see it.

This also goes for the projects created for streaming platforms that have been axed, rendering them unwatchable by legal means. Making them temporarily available every few years by announcement might be a reasonable compromise, since that is essentially how re-releases worked before VCR's became available.

[Scott5114]

Speaking of nutritional labels, why does a bag of microwave popcorn include ratings/values for unpopped popcorn? Who eats unpopped popcorn?

If you theoretically wanted to eat part of a bag, you could measure out the part you wanted before popping it, allowing you to leave the uneaten portion unpopped until you wanted it. (Most bags of popcorn are small enough that I don't know why you would want to split it, but maybe it makes sense if you were making it for a kid or someone who has strict sodium limits or something like that.) It's easier to measure popcorn when it's unpopped anyway.

If a film distributor cancels a project and claims a tax write off, they should be forced to release all existing footage to the public domain rather than be granted the right to destroy all of the footage and ensure none of the public is able to see it.

I like the spirit, but you'd have to tie it to something other than tax write-offs, since contrary to popular belief "write-offs" aren't really any sort of special perk in most cases, it's just deducting expenses from revenue. Theoretically if McDonald's overcooks a burger and throws it away instead of serving it, they are claiming a tax write off to destroy something rather than release it to the public.

[wxfree]

Why does a bag of ice have a nutritional label?

Just in case someone markets H₂O Plus+; which has a trace of sugar, a hint of organic cinnamon, and microglobs of fat to give some extra zest to your cooler or artisanal craft parties. With reduced oxidation to the metal walls of your overpriced drink tumbler, why trust water that may have come from a municipal source or some simple liquid a fish might have swam in at some point?

Is that "aych too oh plus" or "aych too oh plus plus?"  It says the second, but I get the sense it's supposed to be the first.  It looks like it means "additional plus" or "plus extra," as in "more than plus" or "plus, but more."  This wordology and symbology, or wordosymbology, is overwhelming.

[hotdogPi]

It should also be H₄O Plus+; the extra two hydrogens provide the two pluses.

[Scott5114]

Why does a bag of ice have a nutritional label?

Just in case someone markets H₂O Plus+; which has a trace of sugar, a hint of organic cinnamon, and microglobs of fat to give some extra zest to your cooler or artisanal craft parties. With reduced oxidation to the metal walls of your overpriced drink tumbler, why trust water that may have come from a municipal source or some simple liquid a fish might have swam in at some point?

See, to me that makes me think of Heavy Water of Hydrogen Peroxide.

When I was a kid there was an outfit selling bottled water with an Oklahoma state outline on the label, branded H₂OK. The same outfit also sold college-themed variants called H₂OU and H₂OSU. Even as a kid I used to wonder why nobody seemed to have a problem with bottled water that purported to contain uranium.

[kphoger]

When I was a kid there was an outfit selling bottled water with an Oklahoma state outline on the label, branded H₂OK. The same outfit also sold college-themed variants called H₂OU and H₂OSU. Even as a kid I used to wonder why nobody seemed to have a problem with bottled water that purported to contain uranium.

Silly folks, they should know that potassium hydroxide is spelled KOH.

[Scott5114]

Any time I intentionally miss a call—like a spam call—the phone will normally buzz twice, once for the missed-call notification, and once to let me know about the voicemail I'm never going to listen to. But lately it's been buzzing a third time. What's that useless notification for?

[Rothman]

H₂O = Life
H₂O₂ = Death

[kphoger]

HO = Santa Claus
H₂O = Life
H₂O₂ = Death

FTFY

[Scott5114]

HO = model trains
H₂O = Life
H₂O₂ = Death

FTFY

FTFY

[kphoger]

FTFY

  Good one!