Author Topic: minor inconveniences that are not struggles (Read 1086032 times)

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8040 on:** March 13, 2021, 05:27:29 PM »

I've had a terrible headache for 2 days. It's really becoming unbearable.

Rufus · « **Reply #8041 on:** March 14, 2021, 09:44:48 AM »

Go to a doctor please.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8042 on:** March 14, 2021, 10:02:15 AM »

It's gone this morning thankfully. Probably was just a migraine.

edit: spoke too soon. It's back.

chronovore · « **Reply #8043 on:** March 15, 2021, 01:36:34 AM »

COVID-forced stay-at-home policy means I'm not moving as much as I'd like. This has lead to weight gain which then required exercise. Exercise caused injury, which led to sedentary behavior, which caused more weight gain.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8044 on:** March 15, 2021, 10:53:02 AM »

Ya. Start of covid, I was coming off a really rough year that I put on weight. By summer I was pretty active doing home work outs and doing well. Then my back gave out and haven't really gotten back to it. I've been working on my diet though, cutting out some sugar and booze and that has helped.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #8045 on:** March 15, 2021, 11:58:32 AM »

After this last year I need a personal trainer and a gym membership to get back on track. I was thinking about getting a game plan going with a trainer, putting those Biden bucks to good use.

I can’t have my knee surgery till I lose enough weight. And I can’t be as active because of the knee injury. So I’ve had to get creative. Got a home lifting setup only to have it recalled by the manufacturer. So I can’t use that for my modified workouts till the boat from China gets in with my replacement. Because of that I decided to splurge and got a air bike trainer from Rogue for cardio. That’s been fantastic and well built for my fat ass.

Death to sugars, they are evil.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8046 on:** March 15, 2021, 12:17:49 PM »

Listening to this in Jan, really helped me get motivated, at least for diet, and mostly reframe to myself why I want to get fit as I get older. You guys might find it interesting https://art19.com/shows/high-and-mighty/episodes/0c04fb50-fae2-4539-8476-07e141ccf914

MMaRsu · « **Reply #8047 on:** March 16, 2021, 10:38:15 AM »

This oughtta work right

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8048 on:** March 16, 2021, 01:37:27 PM »

Did a stupid thing at work

Now I got to fix it and retrain a bunch of models on my largest dataset.

james · « **Reply #8049 on:** March 16, 2021, 02:08:45 PM »

My boss just told me hell be leaving the company soon and Im having a melt down

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #8050 on:** March 16, 2021, 07:11:47 PM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on March 16, 2021, 10:38:15 AM

This oughtta work right

I've already got one, and that's more than enough!

Tasty · « **Reply #8051 on:** March 19, 2021, 08:41:22 AM »

A Windows update nearly destroyed hand-drawn fantasy epic 'The Spine of Night'

Windows 10's latest update fixes BSODs that occur while printing

Both in the last week.

I think we need an official "Windows 10 sucks" thread.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8052 on:** March 19, 2021, 09:30:58 AM »

Two paragraphs into the first article and it sounds like the dude made all kinds of bad decisions.

Coax · « **Reply #8053 on:** March 19, 2021, 09:31:27 AM »

The internet loves to give the semi-smug response of 'shoulda had backups' in such scenarios (it's hard to blame them) buuuut when it's something so personally critical I do wonder what puts people off doing a little research into avoiding such a scenario. Though if you're disabling updates for seven years on an internet-connected system I suppose you've already become comfortable with some risk

Tasty · « **Reply #8054 on:** March 19, 2021, 09:34:35 AM »

I think it's completely reasonable to have the expectation that a multi-hundred dollar appliance, in this case probably multi-thousand dollar, works for a set amount of time as-is without software updates turning it into a paperweight.

(TBH though if it were me, I would have airgapped that sucker and used an entirely different device for web browsing and shit.)

Tasty · « **Reply #8055 on:** March 22, 2021, 06:05:53 PM »

I just bit my lip and it's bleeding a lot and I'm tasting my own blood and I'm squeamish

team filler · « **Reply #8056 on:** March 22, 2021, 06:07:14 PM »

not so tasty after all

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8057 on:** March 22, 2021, 06:07:47 PM »

Tasty · « **Reply #8058 on:** March 22, 2021, 06:11:43 PM »

Quote from: team filler on March 22, 2021, 06:07:14 PM

not so tasty after all

Resident vamp toku wants my blood at least, I think

Tasty · « **Reply #8059 on:** March 22, 2021, 07:34:59 PM »

Btw vampires are the coolest dreamiest beings ever, toku bless up

Tasty · « **Reply #8060 on:** March 23, 2021, 08:10:28 PM »

Feuding with multiple female family members 🙄

Bebpo · « **Reply #8061 on:** April 21, 2021, 06:11:35 PM »

I did like one last instacart groceries order today since I'm just barely done being vaccinated and haven't started going back to the markets yet, figured this weekend would do a some small shopping to get back used to it.

The dumbass delivery person marks DELIVERED and I check and it's not there and the photo they took showing the delivered items was a manhole. So I'm like WTF? and I throw on a cheap surgical mask and walk around the condo complex I'm in and I see the manhole in the front by the dumpster but there's no groceries, and I look around and don't see any groceries or delivery person anywhere.

So I'm walking back and one of my neighbors yells out and asks if I was expecting a delivery of some groceries and it turns out the person delivered them to the wrong neighbor like 5 units down who just happened to be around and take them inside and was on the lookout for someone looking for missing groceries.

And the neighbor was very talky, very close range and no mask while leading me back to their place and giving me the grocery bags which was annoying and gave me anxiety.

Luckily for CA it's a very cold day because all the refrigerated cold stuff was still cold even though it'd be like 10-15 mins.

Gave the driver 1-star and docked his tip from 20% to 5%. Like how the fuck do you deliver stuff to a completely different address?? I've been getting groceries delivered weekly for a year and of course this is the first time this ever happened.

Feels like it's the universe's way of telling me to stop using instacart now and go and get my own groceries now that I'm vaccinated.

james · « **Reply #8062 on:** April 21, 2021, 06:26:06 PM »

Just feed at taco bell like the rest of us bro

james · « **Reply #8063 on:** April 26, 2021, 01:40:30 PM »

For some reason my ad blocker stopped working and holy shit the internet is an absolute nightmare. People do this?

Nintex · « **Reply #8064 on:** April 26, 2021, 01:53:45 PM »

Tasty · « **Reply #8065 on:** May 02, 2021, 02:54:38 AM »

It's been time to go for a while.

Bye.

team filler · « **Reply #8066 on:** May 02, 2021, 02:58:22 AM »

Quote from: Tasty on May 02, 2021, 02:54:38 AM

It's been time to go for a while.

Bye.

where we going

Tasty · « **Reply #8067 on:** May 02, 2021, 03:05:34 AM »

Quote from: team filler on May 02, 2021, 02:58:22 AM

Quote from: Tasty on May 02, 2021, 02:54:38 AM
It's been time to go for a while.

Bye.
where we going

See you soon.

team filler · « **Reply #8068 on:** May 02, 2021, 03:32:10 AM »

team filler · « **Reply #8069 on:** May 02, 2021, 04:42:59 AM »

Beezy · « **Reply #8070 on:** May 06, 2021, 11:59:18 AM »

Noticed a bunch of little tiny gnats in the soil of one of my plants this morning. I'm ready to go to war or toss out the whole plant.

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #8071 on:** May 08, 2021, 04:36:25 AM »

Get nematodes. That's one of the only ways to get rid of those.

If that's too much work, get rid of the plant. They'll start infecting other plants.

Beezy · « **Reply #8072 on:** May 09, 2021, 04:19:19 AM »

I googled nematodes and...

I'm willing to try the other ways first.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #8073 on:** May 12, 2021, 07:39:38 AM »

I haven’t posted here in forever so I may as well give an update:

- Got promoted to vice president at the age of 35
- My work hours are about 80-90 hours per week. I don’t know who said people at this level work less but they’re full of shit
- Have a great girlfriend I’ve been seeing the last four months. She’s talked about wanting kids and I’m rolling with it
- Not a single dent made in my large Switch backlog
- Dog had several lumps removed. Thank God they were not cancerous
- Want to buy a house but prices are absolutely insane
- Got car paid off but coincidentally needed about $2,000 worth of repairs at the most inconvenient time

This thread felt the most appropriate to post this. This isn’t much of a triumph overall but just ok overall.

Bebpo · « **Reply #8074 on:** May 21, 2021, 02:41:12 AM »

I grabbed toilet paper today and a fucking biggest roach ever was hiding on the hidden side and rolled onto my hand. Fuckerrr!!

And then I was not paying attention and when taking my night medications I accidently took a B Complex mega-vitamin that I take in the mornings and is once a day thing at like 500% Daily Value and it's only been 12 hours. Spent 15 mins afterwards looking up if any side effects could be actually dangerous. Instead it looks like just could have itchy welts, stomach sickness, insomnia and short term nerve loss in arms & legs....

Not been my best day!

Nintex · « **Reply #8075 on:** May 21, 2021, 02:47:39 AM »

B complex mega vitamin sounds awesome.

My energy bill is up 300%

benjipwns · « **Reply #8076 on:** May 27, 2021, 11:31:51 AM »

secondary monitor died so I go on amazon and after a while find one decent price to buy and order it, was coming Tuesday

on Tuesday afternoon the status changes from "delivered by 10pm" to "delayed in transit" and that's all it's said since then, there's like no explanation for what this means

james · « **Reply #8077 on:** May 27, 2021, 12:48:12 PM »

Quote from: Olivia Wilde Homo on May 12, 2021, 07:39:38 AM

- My work hours are about 80-90 hours per week. I don’t know who said people at this level work less but they’re full of shit

The secret is to delegate all your work and then go golf

Raist · « **Reply #8078 on:** May 27, 2021, 01:54:21 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on May 27, 2021, 11:31:51 AM

secondary monitor died so I go on amazon and after a while find one decent price to buy and order it, was coming Tuesday

on Tuesday afternoon the status changes from "delivered by 10pm" to "delayed in transit" and that's all it's said since then, there's like no explanation for what this means

bork got a new monitor

james · « **Reply #8079 on:** May 28, 2021, 12:36:27 AM »

Someone blocked me on twitter in the middle of a conversation

Ghoul · « **Reply #8080 on:** May 28, 2021, 08:43:44 AM »

hungover on a Friday. cool.

bork · « **Reply #8081 on:** May 28, 2021, 08:52:36 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on May 27, 2021, 11:31:51 AM

secondary monitor died so I go on amazon and after a while find one decent price to buy and order it, was coming Tuesday

on Tuesday afternoon the status changes from "delivered by 10pm" to "delayed in transit" and that's all it's said since then, there's like no explanation for what this means

Contact Amazon and get another one sent out or a refund.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8082 on:** May 28, 2021, 10:59:43 AM »

Made my morning coffee, put it through the french press, took a sip. I forgot to boil the water.

benjipwns · « **Reply #8083 on:** May 28, 2021, 11:53:14 AM »

Quote from: bork on May 28, 2021, 08:52:36 AM

Contact Amazon and get another one sent out or a refund.

I did that this morning as the bot was up on the page and I told the very nice girl from India that I'd just like another one sent. So she sets it up and it's being shipped for Sunday. Easy peasy.

An hour later I get an e-mail notification, the original package is somehow on a truck and is being delivered. I check the site and it's six stops away, dude comes around like 20 minutes later. Now I have my monitors already setup* and I'm still scheduled to get another package on Sunday.

Thanks Jeff!

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*bonus minor inconvenience: the stand was unclear on first go of how to put it together, so I look at the two page sheet that came in the box and it says "the stand comes already attached before shipment and is not detachable" which no it fucking doesn't, it came in three parts I had to screw together and then attach to the monitor

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Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #8084 on:** May 28, 2021, 11:58:08 AM »

Bezos once sent me a copy of GTA5 for PS4 that I never ordered, I sold it to some bozo at work

james · « **Reply #8085 on:** May 28, 2021, 05:30:10 PM »

Facebook memories showed me a photo.

Im wearing my "new" shirt

It was 4 years ago

Bebpo · « **Reply #8086 on:** July 19, 2021, 03:22:03 AM »

I keep having weird bugs at my place.

Last summer during the pandemic something I ordered must have had pantry moth infestation and quickly they infested my house. Even with cleaners and going through everything and traps catching hundreds of them never been able to find their hive so I just swat them daily and replace the traps every few months when they are full of hundreds.

Then I think my house cleaners last on Friday somehow brought fucking BEETLES into my house. Never seen a beetle in 11 years here and then the next day I found a dead beetle on the ground and was like wtf is this. Then suddenly 5 mins ago at my computer there is this buzzing noise and I look around and there's a small brown beetle flying around and I can't catch it and it disappears somewhere. So now I have beetles too?

Also had like 1 cockroach that would go and and down floors through the walls and it's like the only cockroach I've ever seen and I put traps and it died and hopefully that is that.

I also get constant wasp nests in the overhangs on my outdoor balcony. I have an exterminator get rid of them and then a month later there's 2 new nests. It just never ends. My area is filled with yellowjackets. I was getting gas across the street at the station and there were yellowjackets flying around the pump.

Also house spiders but I'm cool with spiders. And bees and I'm cool with bees.

Still definitely ready to move one of these years...

Potato · « **Reply #8087 on:** July 19, 2021, 05:12:46 AM »

The heel came off my shoe while I was at work. Only a minor inconvenience because they're a spare pair that I leave at work for when I ride my bike in.

Bonus triumph:

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Found a new pair that are similar online for 70% off.

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Raist · « **Reply #8088 on:** July 19, 2021, 10:58:32 AM »

It's been 30C three days in a row. Which in London is an absolutely nightmare.

Walked for 20mins (one way) after work to collect a parcel that "couldn't be delivered" (usually meaning, can't be arsed).

Office of the gigantic central depot for the whole area decided that they're closing at 2pm instead of 7 on Mondays of all days as of a couple of weeks ago.

Fuck the Royal Mail.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8089 on:** July 19, 2021, 08:46:33 PM »

Just got carded at the LCBO so I couldn't buy booze to put me to sleep tonight. Humble triumph that my headband hides my deciding hairline well.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8090 on:** July 20, 2021, 09:13:17 AM »

benadryl puts me out but it's a bad sleep.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8091 on:** July 21, 2021, 09:45:13 AM »

I had a nightmare that I was playing touch tag with an elderly wheelchairbound Werner Herzog in an elementary school classroom. It was in teams and Herzog was teamed with a guy in a full-body bear costume. But this bear guy was really dumb and didn't get my strategy of shifting desks to block his path, which made Herzog very angry.

Bebpo · « **Reply #8092 on:** July 28, 2021, 07:42:14 PM »

Been trying to get in for an MRI for health issues and because covid shenagins every MRI center is backed up a month. Can't imagine how fucked this is for people experiencing life or death stuff who need to get in for imaging.

chronovore · « **Reply #8093 on:** August 04, 2021, 10:22:57 PM »

I am in the USA for reasons. I’m looking after some family matters and staying in my family home here. When I arrived Sunday night, I found the home’s HVAC system had conked out a few months before. The car that had not been started for 15 months was also unable to start due to a dead battery or more.

I have spent the near-entirety of Monday and Tuesday waiting on other people to deliver things and fix things. Unlike Japan, none of them showed up on time. The HVAC guy showed up for a Monday appointment Tuesday at 4 PM. The mechanic showed up for an expected 2 PM appointment at 9 PM at night. Both of them were really nice guys, and did what they could. The mechanic took care of the battery problem on the first pass. Thankfully my neighbor knew an electrician that solve the HVAC problem mid day Wednesday.

I’ve got enough shit to worry about without being immobile and overheated. I am really glad I had two weeks in California to decompress before I had to deal with all of this. What a clusterfuck.

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #8094 on:** August 07, 2021, 05:30:04 PM »

Had the GlenDronach 21 year old whisky (around 200 dollars a bottle) and it wasn't that good.

I wish they didn't fuck up the Laphroaig 10 year old. Recent bottlings of it have been terrible. Where's the love it or hate it whisky that was my favourite...

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8095 on:** August 07, 2021, 06:34:18 PM »

I like Laphroaig QC better than 10. Use to be my go-to until the LCBO raised the price by 25%.

Mupepe · « **Reply #8096 on:** August 08, 2021, 12:53:34 AM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on August 07, 2021, 06:34:18 PM

I like Laphroaig QC better than 10. Use to be my go-to until the LCBO raised the price by 25%.

The quarter cask is the best balance of peat in an Islay Scotch. I love it. It’s my go to when I want that flavor profile.

james · « **Reply #8097 on:** August 11, 2021, 01:50:23 PM »

I paid $14 for an acai bowl and I got like a half scoop of acai

james · « **Reply #8098 on:** August 11, 2021, 02:13:32 PM »

I was banned from a splatoon discord for saying people without vaccine should be excluded from society

james · « **Reply #8099 on:** August 11, 2021, 02:19:35 PM »

Quote from: james on August 11, 2021, 02:13:32 PM

I was banned from a splatoon discord for saying people without vaccine should be excluded from society

This one really hit because they were good players

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