The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 2482

DiapDealer · 04-16-2024, 06:50 AM

Bedsheets/blankets so tangled and twisted that you have to get up and turn on a light to correct the problem. Then the alarm goes off 5 minutes after getting it all sorted.

JSWolf · 04-16-2024, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I'm one of those people who do that. Even with glasses, my vision is very bad. Sometimes it's hard for me to read the labels at the distance, especially if the glass is smudged or something.

I sometimes open the freezer door because I want to see what's behind what's out in front.

ownedbycats · 04-18-2024, 03:37 PM

Accidentally burning food past edibility. Sigh.

Rumpelteazer · 04-19-2024, 03:42 AM

So on Monday I waited all afternoon for the fiber internet guys to show up. All day I heard drilling throughout the building, but they never showed up. The next day my sister called them and they told her that the appointment was for Thursday, while she's sure she set it for Monday.

On Wednesday morning I ran some errands in the city center. When I wasn't home they called my sister why nobody was there to open the door. She told them the appointment was for Thursday. Yesterday they finally came. First someone to drill the hole in the wall and get the cable inside. An hour later someone to finish the job; install and connect the cable to a little box/outlet, neatly finish off the hole in the wall, test the cable and vacuum.

And that was it, or so we thought. My sister went to an HOA meeting last night and neighbours told her that they were told that in the next couple of weeks they internet guys have to come by again to test the cable/connection/whatever. They never said anything about that to me or my sister.

The drilling in the building is still continuing and I'm going a bit crazy from the noise. So, despite the crappy weather, I'm going on a little city trip to Amersfoort. The work was planned for this week and next week. I'm hoping they finish today, at least the noisy parts.

All this for the new owner. Because we're not going to change our internet for the two months we're still here.

ownedbycats · 04-25-2024, 01:23 PM

I somehow managed to pull a muscle in my sleep.

neil_swann80 · 04-25-2024, 01:24 PM

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I somehow managed to pull a muscle in my sleep.

Ditto. HWB on my neck as I type.

JSWolf · 04-25-2024, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I somehow managed to pull a muscle in my sleep.

Last time I had a muscle ache was from my dog moving in bed to where I had to shift. This occurred while I was asleep.

twowheels · 04-25-2024, 03:04 PM

Why do people who are reviewing the new color Kobo devices keep describing the text as "crispy"? It's "crisp", not "crispy"! I've read it and heard it a dozen or more times in the last week.

JSWolf · 04-25-2024, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by twowheels

Why do people who are reviewing the new color Kobo devices keep describing the text as "crispy"? It's "crisp", not "crispy"! I've read it and heard it a dozen or more times in the last week.

The Libra 2 is crispy and the Libra Color is soggy.

ApK · 04-25-2024, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by twowheels

Why do people who are reviewing the new color Kobo devices keep describing the text as "crispy"? It's "crisp", not "crispy"! I've read it and heard it a dozen or more times in the last week.

So as I understand it, the way it works now is one day a near-illiterate self-proclaimed journalist (aka "influencer") misuses "crispy" that way in a barely-intelligible online review, the next day all the "influenced" copy and paste it, or retweet it, or whatever, and the third day the web crawler bot that serves in place of an editor for dictionary.com lists the new definition for 'crispy', and now you're oppressive, insensitive and offensive for daring to suggest it's wrong.

twowheels · 04-25-2024, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

So as I understand it, the way it works now is one day a near-illiterate self-proclaimed journalist (aka "influencer") misuses "crispy" that way in a barely-intelligible online review, the next day all the "influenced" copy and paste it, or retweet it, or whatever, and the third day the web crawler bot that serves in place of an editor for dictionary.com lists the new definition for 'crispy', and now you're oppressive, insensitive and offensive for daring to suggest it's wrong.

Sounds right, but did you forget the AI bots?

ApK · 04-25-2024, 05:57 PM

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Sounds right, but did you forget the AI bots?

That will be next generation of awful, but for now, the AIs are young and don't know any better. I blame the parents.

ownedbycats · 04-25-2024, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by twowheels

Why do people who are reviewing the new color Kobo devices keep describing the text as "crispy"? It's "crisp", not "crispy"! I've read it and heard it a dozen or more times in the last week.

Maybe they're putting the readers in the oven. That would make the device crispy, and thus the text displayed on the device also crispy.

twowheels · 04-25-2024, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Maybe they're putting the readers in the oven. That would make the device crispy, and thus the text displayed on the device also crispy.

I guess you saw the post about the baked Sage.

ownedbycats · 04-26-2024, 08:26 PM

Vent: Sometimes I am able to make words easy even the long ones. Other times I can't think of the words and they are hard and forget.

Could not remember the word 'anonymous.'

04-26-2024, 08:26 PM	#37230
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,269 Karma: 71500357 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Vent: Sometimes I am able to make words easy even the long ones. Other times I can't think of the words and they are hard and forget. Could not remember the word 'anonymous.' Last edited by ownedbycats; 04-26-2024 at 08:28 PM.

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04-16-2024, 06:50 AM	#37216
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,254 Karma: 203719142 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Bedsheets/blankets so tangled and twisted that you have to get up and turn on a light to correct the problem. Then the alarm goes off 5 minutes after getting it all sorted.

04-18-2024, 03:37 PM	#37218
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,269 Karma: 71500357 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Accidentally burning food past edibility. Sigh.

04-19-2024, 03:42 AM	#37219
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,264 Karma: 27518794 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	So on Monday I waited all afternoon for the fiber internet guys to show up. All day I heard drilling throughout the building, but they never showed up. The next day my sister called them and they told her that the appointment was for Thursday, while she's sure she set it for Monday. On Wednesday morning I ran some errands in the city center. When I wasn't home they called my sister why nobody was there to open the door. She told them the appointment was for Thursday. Yesterday they finally came. First someone to drill the hole in the wall and get the cable inside. An hour later someone to finish the job; install and connect the cable to a little box/outlet, neatly finish off the hole in the wall, test the cable and vacuum. And that was it, or so we thought. My sister went to an HOA meeting last night and neighbours told her that they were told that in the next couple of weeks they internet guys have to come by again to test the cable/connection/whatever. They never said anything about that to me or my sister. The drilling in the building is still continuing and I'm going a bit crazy from the noise. So, despite the crappy weather, I'm going on a little city trip to Amersfoort. The work was planned for this week and next week. I'm hoping they finish today, at least the noisy parts. All this for the new owner. Because we're not going to change our internet for the two months we're still here.

04-25-2024, 01:23 PM	#37220
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,269 Karma: 71500357 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I somehow managed to pull a muscle in my sleep.

04-25-2024, 03:04 PM	#37223
twowheels Wizard Posts: 1,853 Karma: 13432974 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD, iPad Pro 10", iPhone 15 Pro, Boox Note Max	Why do people who are reviewing the new color Kobo devices keep describing the text as "crispy"? It's "crisp", not "crispy"! I've read it and heard it a dozen or more times in the last week.

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