My parents and their endless bigotry.
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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Trying to draw using vector programs such as Illustrator. Prior to settling on my beloved (Paint Tool SAI) I tried to use Illustrator, and despite the benefit of being able to blow up a drawing without losing quality, it just never sat right with me and always felt awkward.
Those bosses in my game that I keep dying on
My gripe is with the androidTV/roku/etc being built into the TV. Just give me a big monitor that can switch inputs, that's it. I install TVs for work and I can't count the amount of times the TV is just trashed because the software is screwed up and you aren't even able to switch it to HDMI1 and carry on like it doesn't exist. It's hot garbage, keep that shit on little HDMI sticks that you can throw away without throwing away the whole TV. Seriously, your TVs life gets cut in half if you have a whole OS on it. Bring back dumb firmware.
Dumb TVs exist, and they're 5x the price of smart TVs.
Ads and data mining subsidizes the hardware cost. If you want cheap TVs you get spyware and ads.
Doordash and other similar services. My order is wrong 9 times out of 10, and the price isn't justifiable. I'd rather save the frustration and money and just make ramen or similar meals when I've been smoking or drinking and shouldn't drive to fulfill the munchies.
I hear you. I have Walmart + and thankfully it's free. Because for the past 3 orders, one of which I paid $80+ for. The drivers kept dropping off my groceries at two different doors in the same apartment building I'm in. How the fuck can you mess that up?
I think I’m at my wit’s end with “smart” things.
Roomba? It takes less time to just vacuum the place than it does for the fucking vacuum to realize it’s been humping the same chair leg for most of its battery charge.
Assistants?
“Hey Google, open the bedroom blinds”
“Sorry, that device hasn’t been configured yet”
“Hey Google, open the bedroom blinds”
“Sure, turning 2 lights on”
“Hey Google, open the bedroom blinds”
“Sure, opening the blinds”
I feel the same, but my anger is scoped to cloud-connected “smart” things.
Like you, I can’t stand my iRobot gear. My Roomba hasn’t updated its map in over a year because it always has “some problems” (probably due to pushing everything to the jank us-east-1 data center).
On the other hand my recent Aqara gear is very nice but it took me time to finally call it quits on Z-Wave beforehand.
I gave up on “smart” devices after giving them zero chances. I’ve never bought one.
Electronics with bad interfaces.
Either make your shit user friendly, or I'm returning it. If I have Google how to do basic things F U. You and your product isn't worth my time.
Same with subscription fees.
My job. I resigned earlier this week after 8 1/2 years.
i'm about to do something similar and for a job that is a 56% percent pay cut for me; but it's as far away as i can find from the profit seeking evil that has characterized my most recent jobs while still employing my skillset.
Congrats!
Burger King. They've messed up orders, burned food, and drowned stuff in mayonnaise too many times to tolerate.
Now I just cook frozen burger patties on the stove, and tell myself that their sides were never all that great anyway.
Try appletv, a pirate ship and plex
Z-Wave. I could never get it working quite right despite purchasing highly recommended Aeotec stuff.
The MultiSensor 7s and door sensors would always report a battery level of 100%, fall off the network, and do other crazy stuff. I spent a year with a Z-Stick 7 before finally bailing a buying a fifth generation stick.
Firmware updates would take weeks because they just wouldn’t install. Constantly factory resetting them never fixed anything either.
I really hate to say it, but Zigbee ended up working much better despite living in a 2.4GHz interference hell hole.
What is ONN brand?
It's Walmart's generic brand for electronics.
Onion News Network
Corporate media
Biological 'family'.
My therapist told me that family members can't be replaced. I disagree. They can be replaced. They only become titles but titles also can be ignored.
You don't have to associate with, acknowledge or interact with the biological family members if they've proven to have been a contractual mess of toxicity in your life.
I've replaced members of my 'real' family and I got better people. People who care and support. I recommend it, to anyone.
Yes, thankfully my therapist doesn't say that but she does seem to say it's all on me to deal with and change since I can't change them, which is fair.
Thankfully I have a few folks helping me escape them, but it's a slow process.
I think my brain shut off because I read this like “Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like”
I think my brain heightened in response because it's telling me "this asshole I'm replying to is an ignorant moron, so I'll block them and I think anyone should too".