home.social

#griping — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #griping, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Skipped whatever plague my son had two weeks ago (was masking up in class as to not give it to students), but this week the students had another kind of pestilence, and I should have probably masked up too, and then some lady manning the register at the store was sniffling and chatting with her friend about how everyone in her household came down with something that morning, and I was mulling my poor decision not to mask up to run in and out quickly for something. We have learned nothing, because the people WHO ARE SICK won't mask up or stay home. 😬 #griping

  2. Skipped whatever plague my son had two weeks ago (was masking up in class as to not give it to students), but this week the students had another kind of pestilence, and I should have probably masked up too, and then some lady manning the register at the store was sniffling and chatting with her friend about how everyone in her household came down with something that morning, and I was mulling my poor decision not to mask up to run in and out quickly for something. We have learned nothing, because the people WHO ARE SICK won't mask up or stay home. 😬 #griping

  3. Skipped whatever plague my son had two weeks ago (was masking up in class as to not give it to students), but this week the students had another kind of pestilence, and I should have probably masked up too, and then some lady manning the register at the store was sniffling and chatting with her friend about how everyone in her household came down with something that morning, and I was mulling my poor decision not to mask up to run in and out quickly for something. We have learned nothing, because the people WHO ARE SICK won't mask up or stay home. 😬 #griping

  4. Skipped whatever plague my son had two weeks ago (was masking up in class as to not give it to students), but this week the students had another kind of pestilence, and I should have probably masked up too, and then some lady manning the register at the store was sniffling and chatting with her friend about how everyone in her household came down with something that morning, and I was mulling my poor decision not to mask up to run in and out quickly for something. We have learned nothing, because the people WHO ARE SICK won't mask up or stay home. 😬 #griping

  5. Skipped whatever plague my son had two weeks ago (was masking up in class as to not give it to students), but this week the students had another kind of pestilence, and I should have probably masked up too, and then some lady manning the register at the store was sniffling and chatting with her friend about how everyone in her household came down with something that morning, and I was mulling my poor decision not to mask up to run in and out quickly for something. We have learned nothing, because the people WHO ARE SICK won't mask up or stay home. 😬 #griping

  6. It's not enough this year to subscribe to MLB TV... no, no... now it seems so many of the games are behind additional local paywalls within the app, so if you want to watch many of the games live, you have to *upgrade* your plan (which is a new option) 🤨
    (this is different than normal blackout—that still happens with great frequency too).

    #MLB
    #baseball
    #griping

  7. It's not enough this year to subscribe to MLB TV... no, no... now it seems so many of the games are behind additional local paywalls within the app, so if you want to watch many of the games live, you have to *upgrade* your plan (which is a new option) 🤨
    (this is different than normal blackout—that still happens with great frequency too).



  8. It's not enough this year to subscribe to MLB TV... no, no... now it seems so many of the games are behind additional local paywalls within the app, so if you want to watch many of the games live, you have to *upgrade* your plan (which is a new option) 🤨
    (this is different than normal blackout—that still happens with great frequency too).

    #MLB
    #baseball
    #griping

  9. It's not enough this year to subscribe to MLB TV... no, no... now it seems so many of the games are behind additional local paywalls within the app, so if you want to watch many of the games live, you have to *upgrade* your plan (which is a new option) 🤨
    (this is different than normal blackout—that still happens with great frequency too).

    #MLB
    #baseball
    #griping

  10. It's not enough this year to subscribe to MLB TV... no, no... now it seems so many of the games are behind additional local paywalls within the app, so if you want to watch many of the games live, you have to *upgrade* your plan (which is a new option) 🤨
    (this is different than normal blackout—that still happens with great frequency too).

    #MLB
    #baseball
    #griping

  11. Boy, the ARRL does not make it easy to figure out what is in their magazine anymore, especially if you're not a current member. It used to be your magazine/newsletter was the way you recruited new members and got the news out about your hobby/cause. I think they decided it's now a profit center. 🤔

    (I admit to letting my membership lapse, because they no longer send magazines unless you pay an additional premium to get the magazine... )

    #hamradio #arrl #griping

  12. Boy, the ARRL does not make it easy to figure out what is in their magazine anymore, especially if you're not a current member. It used to be your magazine/newsletter was the way you recruited new members and got the news out about your hobby/cause. I think they decided it's now a profit center. 🤔

    (I admit to letting my membership lapse, because they no longer send magazines unless you pay an additional premium to get the magazine... )

    #hamradio #arrl #griping

  13. Boy, the ARRL does not make it easy to figure out what is in their magazine anymore, especially if you're not a current member. It used to be your magazine/newsletter was the way you recruited new members and got the news out about your hobby/cause. I think they decided it's now a profit center. 🤔

    (I admit to letting my membership lapse, because they no longer send magazines unless you pay an additional premium to get the magazine... )

    #hamradio #arrl #griping

  14. Boy, the ARRL does not make it easy to figure out what is in their magazine anymore, especially if you're not a current member. It used to be your magazine/newsletter was the way you recruited new members and got the news out about your hobby/cause. I think they decided it's now a profit center. 🤔

    (I admit to letting my membership lapse, because they no longer send magazines unless you pay an additional premium to get the magazine... )

    #hamradio #arrl #griping

  15. Boy, the ARRL does not make it easy to figure out what is in their magazine anymore, especially if you're not a current member. It used to be your magazine/newsletter was the way you recruited new members and got the news out about your hobby/cause. I think they decided it's now a profit center. 🤔

    (I admit to letting my membership lapse, because they no longer send magazines unless you pay an additional premium to get the magazine... )

    #hamradio #arrl #griping

  16. Budget cuts showing at NWS Los Angeles... it was bad before Jan 2025, it's now worse. Warnings/watches being issued, but no graphics posted on their website. (maybe posted on the bad place, or the Zucker-privacy-sucker site, but not elsewhere).

    #griping #NWS

  17. Budget cuts showing at NWS Los Angeles... it was bad before Jan 2025, it's now worse. Warnings/watches being issued, but no graphics posted on their website. (maybe posted on the bad place, or the Zucker-privacy-sucker site, but not elsewhere).

    #griping #NWS

  18. Budget cuts showing at NWS Los Angeles... it was bad before Jan 2025, it's now worse. Warnings/watches being issued, but no graphics posted on their website. (maybe posted on the bad place, or the Zucker-privacy-sucker site, but not elsewhere).

    #griping #NWS

  19. Budget cuts showing at NWS Los Angeles... it was bad before Jan 2025, it's now worse. Warnings/watches being issued, but no graphics posted on their website. (maybe posted on the bad place, or the Zucker-privacy-sucker site, but not elsewhere).

    #griping #NWS

  20. Budget cuts showing at NWS Los Angeles... it was bad before Jan 2025, it's now worse. Warnings/watches being issued, but no graphics posted on their website. (maybe posted on the bad place, or the Zucker-privacy-sucker site, but not elsewhere).

    #griping #NWS

  21. ok i feel like mosquitoes love me so when i spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer i generally wear long sleeves and pants.

    well, folks, i just got a mosquito bite on my EYELID

    WTAF

    #mosquitoes #summer #griping

  22. ok i feel like mosquitoes love me so when i spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer i generally wear long sleeves and pants.

    well, folks, i just got a mosquito bite on my EYELID

    WTAF

    #mosquitoes #summer #griping

  23. ok i feel like mosquitoes love me so when i spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer i generally wear long sleeves and pants.

    well, folks, i just got a mosquito bite on my EYELID

    WTAF

    #mosquitoes #summer #griping

  24. ok i feel like mosquitoes love me so when i spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer i generally wear long sleeves and pants.

    well, folks, i just got a mosquito bite on my EYELID

    WTAF

    #mosquitoes #summer #griping

  25. ok i feel like mosquitoes love me so when i spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer i generally wear long sleeves and pants.

    well, folks, i just got a mosquito bite on my EYELID

    WTAF

    #mosquitoes #summer #griping

  26. Hmm, went to the *other* local LBS today to pick up some tires (special ordered online, because they don't normally carry any road bike gear), and feel like this shop's owner also has a similar "why aren't there any people in here buying ebikes" angst. I wonder if all the bricks and mortar stores around here are suffering financially, and the "random guy bicycling in for repair parts" just isn't doing it for them. (It also may be I am incorrectly reading their emotional state...) Comment today (after I picked up a few additional things on top of the already $150 order in tires) and paid for the additional $3.50 was "it probably costs me that much when you use a credit card"... which may be somewhat true -- it's probably 50 cents plus 1 to 2%. But I just bought $150 worth of stuff from them too.

    #griping #BikeTooter

  27. Hmm, went to the *other* local LBS today to pick up some tires (special ordered online, because they don't normally carry any road bike gear), and feel like this shop's owner also has a similar "why aren't there any people in here buying ebikes" angst. I wonder if all the bricks and mortar stores around here are suffering financially, and the "random guy bicycling in for repair parts" just isn't doing it for them. (It also may be I am incorrectly reading their emotional state...) Comment today (after I picked up a few additional things on top of the already $150 order in tires) and paid for the additional $3.50 was "it probably costs me that much when you use a credit card"... which may be somewhat true -- it's probably 50 cents plus 1 to 2%. But I just bought $150 worth of stuff from them too.

    #griping #BikeTooter

  28. Hmm, went to the *other* local LBS today to pick up some tires (special ordered online, because they don't normally carry any road bike gear), and feel like this shop's owner also has a similar "why aren't there any people in here buying ebikes" angst. I wonder if all the bricks and mortar stores around here are suffering financially, and the "random guy bicycling in for repair parts" just isn't doing it for them. (It also may be I am incorrectly reading their emotional state...) Comment today (after I picked up a few additional things on top of the already $150 order in tires) and paid for the additional $3.50 was "it probably costs me that much when you use a credit card"... which may be somewhat true -- it's probably 50 cents plus 1 to 2%. But I just bought $150 worth of stuff from them too.

    #griping #BikeTooter

  29. Hmm, went to the *other* local LBS today to pick up some tires (special ordered online, because they don't normally carry any road bike gear), and feel like this shop's owner also has a similar "why aren't there any people in here buying ebikes" angst. I wonder if all the bricks and mortar stores around here are suffering financially, and the "random guy bicycling in for repair parts" just isn't doing it for them. (It also may be I am incorrectly reading their emotional state...) Comment today (after I picked up a few additional things on top of the already $150 order in tires) and paid for the additional $3.50 was "it probably costs me that much when you use a credit card"... which may be somewhat true -- it's probably 50 cents plus 1 to 2%. But I just bought $150 worth of stuff from them too.

    #griping #BikeTooter

  30. Hmm, went to the *other* local LBS today to pick up some tires (special ordered online, because they don't normally carry any road bike gear), and feel like this shop's owner also has a similar "why aren't there any people in here buying ebikes" angst. I wonder if all the bricks and mortar stores around here are suffering financially, and the "random guy bicycling in for repair parts" just isn't doing it for them. (It also may be I am incorrectly reading their emotional state...) Comment today (after I picked up a few additional things on top of the already $150 order in tires) and paid for the additional $3.50 was "it probably costs me that much when you use a credit card"... which may be somewhat true -- it's probably 50 cents plus 1 to 2%. But I just bought $150 worth of stuff from them too.

    #griping #BikeTooter

  31. Trying to buy a house. Dancing around with my checkbook open. My realtor’s attitude seems to be “meh.”

    We missed two houses already (one of them is my fault for not trying to drive it home) but the other was definitely her group’s. This *AWESOME* one of a kind house was for sale, and my dad was like “jeez it looks like a museum” which was exactly the vibe I loved about it.

    Nope. Pending already by someone who is not us.

    I’m in no mood for this.

    #rant #griping #house #homeownership

  32. Trying to buy a house. Dancing around with my checkbook open. My realtor’s attitude seems to be “meh.”

    We missed two houses already (one of them is my fault for not trying to drive it home) but the other was definitely her group’s. This *AWESOME* one of a kind house was for sale, and my dad was like “jeez it looks like a museum” which was exactly the vibe I loved about it.

    Nope. Pending already by someone who is not us.

    I’m in no mood for this.

    #rant #griping #house #homeownership

  33. Trying to buy a house. Dancing around with my checkbook open. My realtor’s attitude seems to be “meh.”

    We missed two houses already (one of them is my fault for not trying to drive it home) but the other was definitely her group’s. This *AWESOME* one of a kind house was for sale, and my dad was like “jeez it looks like a museum” which was exactly the vibe I loved about it.

    Nope. Pending already by someone who is not us.

    I’m in no mood for this.

    #rant #griping #house #homeownership

  34. Trying to buy a house. Dancing around with my checkbook open. My realtor’s attitude seems to be “meh.”

    We missed two houses already (one of them is my fault for not trying to drive it home) but the other was definitely her group’s. This *AWESOME* one of a kind house was for sale, and my dad was like “jeez it looks like a museum” which was exactly the vibe I loved about it.

    Nope. Pending already by someone who is not us.

    I’m in no mood for this.

    #rant #griping #house #homeownership

  35. Trying to buy a house. Dancing around with my checkbook open. My realtor’s attitude seems to be “meh.”

    We missed two houses already (one of them is my fault for not trying to drive it home) but the other was definitely her group’s. This *AWESOME* one of a kind house was for sale, and my dad was like “jeez it looks like a museum” which was exactly the vibe I loved about it.

    Nope. Pending already by someone who is not us.

    I’m in no mood for this.

    #rant #griping #house #homeownership

  36. Bleah. Failed to get a smog check. The normal smog check place I go do, the sole proprietor took Friday off. The other place (car repair) place wanted to put me in line 1-2 hrs wait, no way... Try again next week. Burnt some time and wasted gas on that. (usually drive a bit before the smog check to make sure engine/etc. all warmed up). #griping #random

  37. Bleah. Failed to get a smog check. The normal smog check place I go do, the sole proprietor took Friday off. The other place (car repair) place wanted to put me in line 1-2 hrs wait, no way... Try again next week. Burnt some time and wasted gas on that. (usually drive a bit before the smog check to make sure engine/etc. all warmed up). #griping #random

  38. Bleah. Failed to get a smog check. The normal smog check place I go do, the sole proprietor took Friday off. The other place (car repair) place wanted to put me in line 1-2 hrs wait, no way... Try again next week. Burnt some time and wasted gas on that. (usually drive a bit before the smog check to make sure engine/etc. all warmed up). #griping #random

  39. Bleah. Failed to get a smog check. The normal smog check place I go do, the sole proprietor took Friday off. The other place (car repair) place wanted to put me in line 1-2 hrs wait, no way... Try again next week. Burnt some time and wasted gas on that. (usually drive a bit before the smog check to make sure engine/etc. all warmed up). #griping #random

  40. Bleah. Failed to get a smog check. The normal smog check place I go do, the sole proprietor took Friday off. The other place (car repair) place wanted to put me in line 1-2 hrs wait, no way... Try again next week. Burnt some time and wasted gas on that. (usually drive a bit before the smog check to make sure engine/etc. all warmed up). #griping #random

  41. A SAAS product I am working with has documentation with an AI-powered "search" box that hallucinates answers instead of providing plain-text search with links.

    Who thought that was a good idea?

    ... Have they ever tried to use their own documentation?

    #ai #griping #documentation

  42. A SAAS product I am working with has documentation with an AI-powered "search" box that hallucinates answers instead of providing plain-text search with links.

    Who thought that was a good idea?

    ... Have they ever tried to use their own documentation?

    #ai #griping #documentation

  43. A SAAS product I am working with has documentation with an AI-powered "search" box that hallucinates answers instead of providing plain-text search with links.

    Who thought that was a good idea?

    ... Have they ever tried to use their own documentation?

    #ai #griping #documentation

  44. A SAAS product I am working with has documentation with an AI-powered "search" box that hallucinates answers instead of providing plain-text search with links.

    Who thought that was a good idea?

    ... Have they ever tried to use their own documentation?

    #ai #griping #documentation

  45. *sigh*

    Well, it finally happened: DuckDuckGo implemented AI chat and summaries.

    Maybe this isn't new to folks who have been paying attention, but it was new to me today.

    As usual, the feature no one asked for, just destined to eat up a few more computing resources and return an extra, iffy result that I'll very intentionally ignore.

    The one upside: At least you can go into the settings pretty easily and shut it off for now.

    #AI #LLM #Griping #Enshittification #DuckDuckGo #DuckDuckGoAI