First World Problems: Share the Silliest Things That Bug You!

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Danger said:
The simple solution to that is "Computer, meet Axe", but I don't suppose that you're quite that adamant about it.
Axe, meet Computer. May you have a wonderful time together, as brief as it may be.
 
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It's really annoying when I sing into my google account from a different PC and it doesn't recognize me...:mad:
 
Lisa! said:
It's really annoying when I sing into my google account from a different PC and it doesn't recognize me...:mad:
Try signing instead of singing;):D
 
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RonL said:
Try signing instead of singing;):D
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Oops! But I guess singing is the best thing to do at that moment
 
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Lisa! said:
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Oops! But I guess singing is the best thing to do at that moment
I'll trust you can carry a tune and say maybe yes.:)
 
SteamKing said:
I'm still trying to figure out how a whole mouse got thru the plumbing and nozzles on the coffee maker.
It couldn't. Even if the initial part of the plumbing could have accommodated it, the final stage of the water's path before hitting the coffee and the filter is a spray head with holes no more than maybe 1 mm in diameter. Unless that mouse was as compressible as any gas on the planet, it had to have been placed, or climbed, into the cup. Given that the dude is a New Brunswicker, he probably put it in there himself as a protein supplement. They grow them a bit odd out there.

One of my others is peanut allergies. What the hell's up with that? For the entire 12 years that I was in school, not one single person was ever allergic to peanuts. And now no kid is allowed to eat them ever?! To paraphrase one of my favourite comics, Tim Nutt, (because I can't remember the exact wording): If your kid is so allergic to peanuts that he'll die if my kid has a peanut butter sandwich at home, don't get attached; he ain't going to make it.
 
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Lisa! said:
It's really annoying when I sing into my google account from a different PC and it doesn't recognize me...:mad:
I agree. I tried to send out an email (Outlook) from a motel in Iowa on my trip to the Wisconsin Science Festival to let my daughter know I made it on the first leg of the trip. They wanted proof of who I was. WTF. Isn't that what passwords are for? :mad::mad:
 
Google is great at that.

"You log in from an unexpected location. You can confirm your identity via your email address." Okay, did that.
"Please change your password" - why? Didn't I just prove that I was me? Tried to use the old (not THAT old!) password again.
"You cannot re-use an old password" - so I have to choose a new password every time I use some unexpected IP address? I was in 6 different countries the last 2 months. I rarely use my google account, otherwise I guess I would have to use [password]1, [password]2 and so on.
 
my pet internet explorer hate ...

it always defaults to wanting to save pics to the pictures folder with no way to turn that default setting off, rather that saving it to my previously saved folder
This happens in 2 situations
1) when explorer is used for the first time after a startup
cuz once you have saved to another folder it will continue to do so
2) unless you go to a different www page, where it will default back to the pic's folder even tho you want to save the similar images to that other folder

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr total pain in the butt
 
I have the same problem with Chrome, I always have to change the save to the folder I want. It's not just IE.
 
Evo said:
I have the same problem with Chrome, I always have to change the save to the folder I want. It's not just IE.

I keep getting a pop up that says: Google Chrome CPU usage high. I don't even have Google Chrome.
 
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edward said:
I keep getting a pop up that says: Google Chrome CPU usage high. I don't even have Google Chrome.
LOL!

I found out that chrome runs based on IE. I was shocked. MY IE was deleted and chrome stopped working, had to reload IE, seems most things on my computer which i'd have thought had nothing to do with IE are all dependent on IE. The error message from chrome said it needed IE to function.
 
oh ok
When I was on Win XP I used to just delete the pic folder ... it would give me maybe several weeks before the OS decided on its own to reinstate the pic folder

haven't tried that on win 7 yet

D
 
edward said:
I keep getting a pop up that says: Google Chrome CPU usage high. I don't even have Google Chrome.

hahahaha try and figure that one out!
 
Evo said:
I have the same problem with Chrome, I always have to change the save to the folder I want. It's not just IE.
Somewhat the same with Safari, except that it defaults only at restart (which almost never is done) rather than every time a new address is visited. My solution is very simple and effective; I just made my "Porn" folder the default. It's pretty easy to weed out the stuff that I don't want once a month or so.
 
dlgoff said:
If you're like me, you have acetone on hand.
I do, but you can't use it on all surfaces without damage (books in particular).
 
Evo said:
LOL!

I found out that chrome runs based on IE. I was shocked. MY IE was deleted and chrome stopped working, had to reload IE, seems most things on my computer which i'd have thought had nothing to do with IE are all dependent on IE. The error message from chrome said it needed IE to function.
You can never get rid of IE!
 
Lisa! said:
You can never get rid of IE!
Of course you can, you silly creature. Safari wouldn't dream of being associated with it. :rolleyes:
 
edward said:
I keep getting a pop up that says: Google Chrome CPU usage high. I don't even have Google Chrome.

A virus scan didn't find anything. I finally found six identical Google Chrome files running when all programs were idle. :( Task manager and I are now well acquainted. Norton Power Eraser did zap all of the them hidden in just one other file. :)
 
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I have an addendum to things that come packaged in indestructible plastic. It is the blasted plastic zip lock type bags that come with foods in them. At the top it states: <-Tear here , but half the time they won't tear. I had to resort to violence to at get my Colby Jack shredded cheese.
 
edward said:
I have an addendum to things that come packaged in indestructible plastic. It is the blasted plastic zip lock type bags that come with foods in them. At the top it states: <-Tear here , but half the time they won't tear. I had to resort to violence to at get my Colby Jack shredded cheese.

Just think how many calories you burn before eating the cheese:D
 
edward said:
I have an addendum to things that come packaged in indestructible plastic. It is the blasted plastic zip lock type bags that come with foods in them. At the top it states: <-Tear here , but half the time they won't tear. I had to resort to violence to at get my Colby Jack shredded cheese.
And they tear right down to the zipper making it near impossible to reopen too.
 
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This afternoon for the very first time I paid my sewer bill using a smart phone. It was not a problem but something about it just seemed odd.

When I was a kid we didn't even have a phone. We did have toilet toilet paper and it hasn't changed much in my lifetime. So what is next, smart toilet paper? It looks like my age is showing or my pain meds kicked in early. :)
 
edward said:
This afternoon for the very first time I paid my sewer bill using a smart phone. It was not a problem but something about it just seemed odd.

When I was a kid we didn't even have a phone. We did have toilet toilet paper and it hasn't changed much in my lifetime. So what is next, smart toilet paper? It looks like my age is showing or my pain meds kicked in early. :)
I'm amazed that almost always, when some new gadget comes out, I remember the 1950's Dick Tracy talking to Sam using his wrist watch (not sure if I remember a picture involved):cool:
 
edward said:
We did have toilet toilet paper and it hasn't changed much in my lifetime. So what is next, smart toilet paper?
And here I thought you were old. It's changed for me.

http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server4100/25fqk/products/11556/images/28913/a20792a13a2471067c6fa5_m__93233.1409148385.500.650.JPG?c=2

Victoria1.jpg
 
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Telemarketers and robocalls. One of those guys trying to get control of my computer to snipe banking information (by telling me that they've detected a problem with my Windows and need to fix it) called 23 times in the year since I told him to leave me alone because I'm on the "no call" list. The last time, I told him at the top of my lungs and in language that I can't use here, many innovative ways in which he should combine his sex life with suicide. He then called back 6 times in less than 5 minutes menacing me. I immediately called the phone company and switched to an unlisted number.
The stupidest thing about that idiot is that the first thing I said every time is that I wouldn't be caught dead using Windows because I'm on a Mac. He didn't believe me.
 
"Man-in-the-street" surveys used for TV advertisements. The ones with real people, that is, not an actor dressed in a lab coat pretending to be a doctor or similar. The kind where the presenter offers up a sample all excited-like and says that it's made using only pure spring water and natural berries and special herbs and fungi from Mongolia and asks if that would be a selling point (think A&W here, folks). "Well, of course," says the victim, "that's hugely important. I'll definitely buy this for my family." Then she takes a sip and marvels at how delicious it is and she already feels healthier and she'll recommend it to all of her friends.
They should be forced by law to also show the vast majority in which the victim spits it back into the presenter's face and says, "This tastes like it's been filtered through a moose!"
 
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dlgoff said:
And here I thought you were old. It's changed for me.

http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server4100/25fqk/products/11556/images/28913/a20792a13a2471067c6fa5_m__93233.1409148385.500.650.JPG?c=2

I certainly remember the old Sears catalog. I had relatives who lived on a farm. The Sears catalog was their toilet paper. Fortunately the Sears catalog plugged up our septic tank and my Dad reluctantly started buying TP. At one point the electric motor on our well pump burned out. It was during WWII and parts were scarce. For about six month we had to go out to the old hand pump and bring in a pot full of water to flush the toilet.

This was the reverse direction that the full pots traveled at my uncle's house. :)
[PLAIN]http://www.tagyerit.com/tp/images/Victoria1.jpg[/QUOTE]
 
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Yesterday my wife was on a phone menu with the drug store. Just at the point where she needed to say "yes" to continue, I yelled "no" at the dog. She had to call back. :(
 
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