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  1. Tried to buy college baseball tickets today. They're cheap ($7) but... require use of the Ticketmaster app!

    Jeezus. How about NO?

    I'm old enough to remember walking up to college baseball games and just sitting in the bleachers for free. What's the world coming to, I ask ya.

    #curmudgeon

  2. I have lost all patience with "content creators". If you are going to promote a topic then stick to it. I don't need to know the back story of when you bought your first computer when I've been promised information about an app replacement. Headlines should be a summary of an article's content not just a way to get people to click.

    If you write recipes, just give me the recipe. I don't need the 3 page description of you going shopping for the ingredients or the litany of tweaks made across generations as a recipe was handed down.

    #UselessContent #Fluff #WordCount #Curmudgeon

  3. There's a shave soap I've been using for decades. I bought a case of 12 pucks back in 2020 and just finished my last one. Time to order another case. Except, turns out they discontinued it back in 2022. It's a trivial thing but I'm really going to miss it.

    #shaving #curmudgeon

  4. ah, another day of writing things on tinternet that people mis-read, misunderstand, and allow themselves to be annoyed about; at least, I assume they're real people. #subtoot #curmudgeon

  5. Just told an old friend (via text) that no, I don't have time for lunch this weekend (an easier excuse than bringing up covid caution) and no, we don't need a phone call so I can hear all about the (covid-unsafe) cruise he just took.

    Do I feel a little bad for being antisocial? Maybe. But not as annoyed & frustrated I'd feel if I went through with either event solely out of social obligation.

    Gotta set boundaries for my own mental health.

    #Introvert #Homebody #Curmudgeon #CovidIsNotOver

  6. I am the worst person for marketing ever. Mastodon is my main social media app. I get my news from public radio & RSS feeds. I don’t watch videos unless I have to.

    Every so often a friend sends me a link to some Instagram or TikTok thing & I probably spend more time looking for an alternative source for the info than it would take to just endure the stupid linked video.
    #socialMedia #curmudgeon

  7. @itnewsbot I want big switches that go 'clack' and enourmous knobs that go 'click'. Even better would be a brass lever that vents steam when dragged down.

    #curmudgeon

  8. Maybe this marks me out as a #curmudgeon , but if you post a link to an obvious "listicle" without adding anything of substance of your own, not only will I not visit the #listicle, I may mute you entirely.

    It's not personal. I just hate, with the heat of a thousand dying suns, the information sphere's equivalent of empty calories. We used to make fun of information-lite news like USA Today, but that stuff from decades ago would compare favourably to a lot of big-city newspapers' websites these days.

    You *can* read deeper content. I *believe* in you.

    #EmptyCalories #information #InformationSphere #JunkFood #JunkInfo #JunkContent #InformationLite #PetPeeve #peeve #grumpy #GrumpyOldMan #content

  9. Maybe this marks me out as a #curmudgeon , but if you post a link to an obvious "listicle" without adding anything of substance of your own, not only will I not visit the #listicle, I may mute you entirely.

    It's not personal. I just hate, with the heat of a thousand dying suns, the information sphere's equivalent of empty calories. We used to make fun of information-lite news like USA Today, but that stuff from decades ago would compare favourably to a lot of big-city newspapers' websites these days.

    You *can* read deeper content. I *believe* in you.

    #EmptyCalories #information #InformationSphere #JunkFood #JunkInfo #JunkContent #InformationLite #PetPeeve #peeve #grumpy #GrumpyOldMan #content

  10. Maybe this marks me out as a #curmudgeon , but if you post a link to an obvious "listicle" without adding anything of substance of your own, not only will I not visit the #listicle, I may mute you entirely.

    It's not personal. I just hate, with the heat of a thousand dying suns, the information sphere's equivalent of empty calories. We used to make fun of information-lite news like USA Today, but that stuff from decades ago would compare favourably to a lot of big-city newspapers' websites these days.

    You *can* read deeper content. I *believe* in you.

    #EmptyCalories #information #InformationSphere #JunkFood #JunkInfo #JunkContent #InformationLite #PetPeeve #peeve #grumpy #GrumpyOldMan #content

  11. Maybe this marks me out as a #curmudgeon , but if you post a link to an obvious "listicle" without adding anything of substance of your own, not only will I not visit the #listicle, I may mute you entirely.

    It's not personal. I just hate, with the heat of a thousand dying suns, the information sphere's equivalent of empty calories. We used to make fun of information-lite news like USA Today, but that stuff from decades ago would compare favourably to a lot of big-city newspapers' websites these days.

    You *can* read deeper content. I *believe* in you.

    #EmptyCalories #information #InformationSphere #JunkFood #JunkInfo #JunkContent #InformationLite #PetPeeve #peeve #grumpy #GrumpyOldMan #content

  12. Maybe this marks me out as a #curmudgeon , but if you post a link to an obvious "listicle" without adding anything of substance of your own, not only will I not visit the #listicle, I may mute you entirely.

    It's not personal. I just hate, with the heat of a thousand dying suns, the information sphere's equivalent of empty calories. We used to make fun of information-lite news like USA Today, but that stuff from decades ago would compare favourably to a lot of big-city newspapers' websites these days.

    You *can* read deeper content. I *believe* in you.

    #EmptyCalories #information #InformationSphere #JunkFood #JunkInfo #JunkContent #InformationLite #PetPeeve #peeve #grumpy #GrumpyOldMan #content