[Annoy] What's something small that really annoys you?

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#3074395 10-May-2023 07:29

Handsomedan:

This annoys me https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300873898/missing-student-swept-away-by-floodwaters-on-school-trip-to-abbey-caves-whangrei

The fact that a school thought an outdoor ed trip to some caves was a good idea when this weather has been predicted for some days now...outrageous and may have cost a child their life as a result.

Regrettably, they found a body last night.

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#3074415 10-May-2023 08:39

Rikkitic:

Handsomedan:

This annoys me https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300873898/missing-student-swept-away-by-floodwaters-on-school-trip-to-abbey-caves-whangrei

The fact that a school thought an outdoor ed trip to some caves was a good idea when this weather has been predicted for some days now...outrageous and may have cost a child their life as a result.

Regrettably, they found a body last night.

An absolute tragedy for all concerned.

Hopefully recriminations will wait for the right amount of time to pass for everyone to grieve.

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#3074426 10-May-2023 09:44

The balance of safety seems screwed up when arborists trimming trees over 50m from the road has to have traffic management trucks, road cones and a restricted speed limit for about 1km of highway and a known dangerous cave has a small sign.

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#3074540 10-May-2023 13:10

Overly dark tv scenes.
Sick today so thought I'd watch some apple tv "invasion".
Despite sitting in lounge with curtains drawn there's been a night section which is so dark I can't really see anythimg.
Oh well I read the subtitles for 20 minutes +

Atmospheric it might be but not if I can't see anything.
Sony A1 at 4k 2nd gen

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#3074541 10-May-2023 13:12

Movies, too. We did a Harry Potter marathon a while back and after watching either #5 or #6 I stopped and checked the calibration of the projector. It was correct, and the later HP movies are just really dark.

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#3074568 10-May-2023 14:07

The darkness of movies and mumbling is a reasonably recent thing. As mics have got smaller and cameras have got more sensitive to light, directors and DoPs have got more 'creative'. With lapel and discreet mics, actors no longer have to project their voice towards a boom mic, or a mic hidden in some flowers on table, so they can whisper, or mumble.

Similar with the image, digital cameras can get away with underexposing and then using to post to fix, which means they sit in a perfectly dark environment and adjust the light levels and go, perfect. Then we sit in the lounge and can't see anything. Same with the sound.

There was a good youtube clip explaining it, something along the lines of, no, it's not you or your tv.

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#3074580 10-May-2023 15:45

Trademe listing, "Description, colour, length = X, width = Y, good condition".

Question: What is the length and width of the item?

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#3074588 10-May-2023 16:24

neb: Trademe listing, "Description, colour, length = X, width = Y, good condition". Question: What is the length and width of the item?

Next question will be what's your reserve? Then no bids

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#3074659 10-May-2023 18:34

That you can’t recycle lids for some reason.

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#3074767 10-May-2023 20:07

Geektastic: That you can’t recycle lids for some reason.

The usual answer given is "Lids are too small for the automatic sorting equipment to detect correctly"!!!.

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#3074772 10-May-2023 20:12

neb: Trademe listing, "Description, colour, length = X, width = Y, good condition". Question: What is the length and width of the item?

Whats that in centeeemetirs?

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#3074774 10-May-2023 20:14

Handsomedan:

neb: Trademe listing, "Description, colour, length = X, width = Y, good condition". Question: What is the length and width of the item?

Next question will be what's your reserve? Then no bids

If it was Dubai it would be

"Last price" followed by "my budget in 50% of your last price"

My response is usually "cool, go buy something else"

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#3074896 11-May-2023 09:25

Handle9:

If it was Dubai it would be

"Last price" followed by "my budget in 50% of your last price"

My response is usually "cool, go buy something else"

I've just sold a car on FB marketplace. The number of people who ask "What's the lowest price you'll take?", to which I answer "What's the highest price you'll pay?"

Even worse is the stunning number of alleged people who ping to ask "Is this still available?" and when I reply yes, they are suddenly abducted by aliens and never heard from again.

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#3074897 11-May-2023 09:36

Geektastic: That you can’t recycle lids for some reason.

At least you're aware. The local council used to say "Check the lids; if they have the 1 to 7 symbols on them, they can be recycled too!" (courtesy of the Wayback Machine), but then at some point they changed the rules to "no lids".

I say "at some point" because this was done through stealth; the rules on the website were updated but as far as I'm aware the rule change wasn't otherwise publicised. A short while later, the council had a grizzle in the newspaper about people not following the rules.

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#3074901 11-May-2023 09:58

BlueShift:

Even worse is the stunning number of alleged people who ping to ask "Is this still available?" and when I reply yes, they are suddenly abducted by aliens and never heard from again.

Ah if only! And if only immediately there was subsequently an offer of extra large probes for sale, in good but used condition.

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