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

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#3124632 7-Sep-2023 14:31

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https://autonomousweapons.org/ unfortunately no Science Fiction and a real concern. Time to disappear … and to ‚kill‘ Mallory.

There was just an article on the TV about this here.
An American guy was promoting AI-powered drones as being a great way to reduce human casualties and win wars more quickly.
Hmmm....Skynet anyone?

An interview with a Ukrainian official on the BBC World Service yesterday over breakfast caught my attention after he declined to comment on the details of their counter-offensive, comparing it to the positional warfare in the trenches of World War I for reasons of secrecy. He also mentioned that they were specifically "identifying" Russians who had committed war crimes (which is effectively a conviction without a trial - just war). It should be clear what the "security technology" supplied by the US government entails, and many (and not only) "American guys" with a briefcase should be queuing up to be allowed onto the "test site" in Ukraine.

The crazy and annoying thing is that what is considered "helpful" and established today becomes quite "unpleasant" and no longer avoidable tomorrow under "MAGAs" in the world (or worse, you just buy a drone and the inconvenient neighbour thing is over). 😉

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#3124653 7-Sep-2023 15:20

10% off voucher for a euro vehicle service. Went to pay the bill, in tiny tiny tiny little small print at the very bottom, it says 10% off is just on consumables and parts. Saved like $15 on a $650 bill.

Told them in no uncertain terms how scummy that is, and told them I won't be back. We have used this place for 20+ years.

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#3125143 8-Sep-2023 19:52

From: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-drink/132902167/hundreds-queue-for-nzs-newest-fried-chicken-nene-chicken--is-it-worth-the-wait

Hundreds of fried chicken-loving Kiwis have taken over a central Auckland street eagerly waiting to get their claws on some highly anticipated chicken from Global Korean food chain NeNe Chicken.

"You know you’re in for a greasy treat when you’re handed plastic gloves to wear while eating the meal."

Why not a glass dipping bowl (Lemon juice + water) for your fingers like Cobb & Co used to give you with their ribs? Far kinder to the environment, and reusable!

Yup - they care for the environment - NOT!

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#3125147 8-Sep-2023 20:08

msukiwi:

Why not a glass dipping bowl (Lemon juice + water) for your fingers like Cobb & Co used to give you with their ribs? Far kinder to the environment, and reusable!

A lot of places have disposable food preparation gloves for every order. It's much cheaper to have a single worker put on a fresh set of gloves between taking payment and preparing the next order, than it is to have two people.

I like the idea myself, as those places don't exactly feel clean to me. I won't eat food that comes in contact with this poorly cleaned pastic trays.

As for NeNe... waiting for reviews and pricing. KChicken is my favourite so far, although I haven't looked past the volcano chicken, which is awesome. Midodo Chicken was a disappointment... more expensive, lacking in sauce, and far too sweet.

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#3125148 8-Sep-2023 20:21

I don't have a problem with food preparation gloves!

The problem is the plastic gloves provided to eat it!

If it is "unhygienic" - You're eating it! So touching it won't make a difference!

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#3125186 9-Sep-2023 06:45

msukiwi:

I don't have a problem with food preparation gloves!

The problem is the plastic gloves provided to eat it!

So it's okay so long as you're not the one disposing of it? It's the same amount of waste.

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#3125189 9-Sep-2023 07:15

Disposable gloves are often provided at K Chicken places so you don't get the chilli sauce all over your fingers and then rub it in your eyes.

I ate at one place in Newmarket where they wouldn't let me eat it without gloves because I ordered the "danger spicy" sauce.

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#3125299 9-Sep-2023 12:45

Fished out a pair of Bose QC2 headphones. Thought I’d pop them on TM.

As I removed them from the case, the plastic headband snapped just above the yoke.

Can I locate a replacement headband? No. Lots of replacement pads etc but not the actual band itself.

So now they’re (working) junk!

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#3125300 9-Sep-2023 12:49

Senecio:
Disposable gloves are often provided at K Chicken places so you don't get the chilli sauce all over your fingers and then rub it in your eyes.

I ate at one place in Newmarket where they wouldn't let me eat it without gloves because I ordered the "danger spicy" sauce.

Last time I was in New Orleans I was trying hot sauces in a shop and there were several they wouldn’t allow you to taste unless you signed a waiver!

I ended up buying the hottest sauce they had, called “Death Nectar”! It’s 337,000 SU and tastes like ten times that. A fifth of a teaspoon in a large pot of chili is more than enough unless you’re insane.

This is from a review:

Let me just start by saying this: I read a little note that the cooks who make Grinders Death Nectar wear hazmat suits. I think that’s a good enough indicator of what to expect here. It’s terrifyingly hot — so hot it made me curse many obscenities after trying it. But is it so hot that it’s all you taste? Is there more to Grinders Death Nectar than total hellish burn? And can you even use this sauce outside a dare?

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#3125370 9-Sep-2023 17:21

When I do an online order from the local Indian restaurant, the confirmation email always ends up in the Junk folder no matter how many times I click "not junk".

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#3125417 9-Sep-2023 17:41

Geektastic: I ended up buying the hottest sauce they had, called “Death Nectar”! It’s 337,000 SU and tastes like ten times that. A fifth of a teaspoon in a large pot of chili is more than enough unless you’re insane.

We have something like that here with curry sausage sauces. However, these crazy, scoville-rich sauces are usually made with extracted and non-natural capsaicin - reliably recognisable by the hiccups that occur later. The real culinary benefit has not yet opened up for me and until then I still see the stuff as a pubescent dare - how can you still taste anything of the food with the atomic wildfires?

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#3125580 10-Sep-2023 12:49

Tinkerisk:
Geektastic: I ended up buying the hottest sauce they had, called “Death Nectar”! It’s 337,000 SU and tastes like ten times that. A fifth of a teaspoon in a large pot of chili is more than enough unless you’re insane.

We have something like that here with curry sausage sauces. However, these crazy, scoville-rich sauces are usually made with extracted and non-natural capsaicin - reliably recognisable by the hiccups that occur later. The real culinary benefit has not yet opened up for me and until then I still see the stuff as a pubescent dare - how can you still taste anything of the food with the atomic wildfires?

This one has all manner of things - coffee grounds and pineapple juice to name two of the stranger ones!

I think their only purpose is to add zip to other things when used in tiny amounts. A bit like Bacardi 151: no sane person would drink it neat, it’s for mixing.

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#3125650 10-Sep-2023 16:59

Geektastic: Fished out a pair of Bose QC2 headphones. Thought I’d pop them on TM.

As I removed them from the case, the plastic headband snapped just above the yoke.

Can I locate a replacement headband? No. Lots of replacement pads etc but not the actual band itself.

So now they’re (working) junk!

Contact Bose. I am about 90% sure they will replace them FOC.

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#3125684 10-Sep-2023 21:01

networkn:
Geektastic: Fished out a pair of Bose QC2 headphones. Thought I’d pop them on TM.

As I removed them from the case, the plastic headband snapped just above the yoke.

Can I locate a replacement headband? No. Lots of replacement pads etc but not the actual band itself.

So now they’re (working) junk!

Contact Bose. I am about 90% sure they will replace them FOC.

I’ll give it a go. Back in the day I’d have taken them to the Bose Store in Wellington but that’s long gone now.

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#3125689 10-Sep-2023 21:17

networkn:

Geektastic: Fished out a pair of Bose QC2 headphones. Thought I’d pop them on TM.

As I removed them from the case, the plastic headband snapped just above the yoke.

Contact Bose. I am about 90% sure they will replace them FOC.

I believe these were sold from 2003 until 2009. Interested to know why you think Bose would replace them FOC.

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