The little things that piss you off

[allegate]

Drove all the way to Ft. Lewis yesterday to take care of some stuff. I called no less than three times - once Friday, twice yesterday morning - and asked questions about what I needed to do/bring vis-à-vis paperwork and other qualifications. Three times, three different answers but enough was similar that I thought we had it all. We got to the visitor's center to start and there were two Specialist's and a civilian officer. Again three different stories of what we needed and needed to do. Just...just make it easy, yeah? If someone is here for thing X, there should be an SOP for thing X. Never minding that this is the military and there are SOPs for how to shit in the woods so WTF.

Anyway, turns out you have to be there during the week and make an appointment. Information that no one gave me over the phone and would have saved us the two-hour drive.

funny part: the civilian officer was telling the two enlisted that my wife needed to show a specific ID badge from the VA. The one pointed at the big 8x11 sheet that was in front of each window with a blown up version of exactly that VA ID. The officer said no, not that one. Both of the enlisted looked at each other with confused looks on their faces.

[Jinsai]

these FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKING ads for "reverse mortgages" featuring Tom Selleck, laughing at the idea that this is about stealing your home, and Tom cares... Eat shit Tom. EAAAAAAAAT shit.

[elevenism]

One of our fucking cats ran away.
There was a big storm, and the door blew open, and we were asleep, and he, Director Cole, was gone when we woke up.

This is a SMALL town and we've driven through MOST of it looking for him.
And the pound hasn't picked him up.

So if he isn't run over, and hasn't been picked up dead or alive, he's gotta be in someone's house.

I wonder if I'll see him again.

[eversonpoe]

One of our fucking cats ran away.
There was a big storm, and the door blew open, and we were asleep, and he, Director Cole, was gone when we woke up.

This is a SMALL town and we've driven through MOST of it looking for him.
And the pound hasn't picked him up.

So if he isn't run over, and hasn't been picked up dead or alive, he's gotta be in someone's house.

I wonder if I'll see him again.

just go around town shouting "GORDON! GORDON COLE!" with a cup of coffee and a slice of pie

sorry for the joke, just trying to lift your spirits. i hope he comes back/you find him. i'd be heartbroken if that happened to one of my cats.

[ickyvicky]

@elevenism Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry! I hope you find him soon! Put his litter box outside - they say that helps sometimes.

[elevenism]

just go around town shouting "GORDON! GORDON COLE!" with a cup of coffee and a slice of pie

sorry for the joke, just trying to lift your spirits. i hope he comes back/you find him. i'd be heartbroken if that happened to one of my cats.

No, it's ok. Thanks. I needed that.

[tony.parente]

Allergies are proof that either

1. God isn't real.
2. God IS real but he doesn't give a fuck about you.

[ickyvicky]

@elevenism Any luck with your cat?

[ickyvicky]

Allergies are proof that either

1. God isn't real.
2. God IS real but he doesn't give a fuck about you.

For real. I've been having them consistently this whole past week, which is strange for me. My nose is ready to fall off.

[otnavuskire]

My vet just sent me an email containing the results of some cultures we'd done on my dog's nails, which she's been having problems with for a few months now. Yes. She sent this email at midnight. Within this email were several options for treatment, all of which will be some combination of expensive, a pain in the ass, and possibly causing other problems. God damn it.

[ickyvicky]

It's crazy how expensive vet bills are

[Magnetic]

No shit. I'm up to £1550 for my poor cat back in the UK. He has pancreatitis and a thyroid condition, apparently.

[Archive_Reports]

No shit. I'm up to £1550 for my poor cat back in the UK. He has pancreatitis and a thyroid condition, apparently.

My dog has flareups of pancreatitis as well. Hopefully your cat's case is mild.

[Magnetic]

Thanks...
He was in a hospital from Friday - Tuesday a week ago. He hasn't been healing quickly, to say the least. We're trying to figure out if he's going to make a full recovery or not.

Hope your dog is doing ok. Have you looked into pet insurance?

[Archive_Reports]

Thanks...
He was in a hospital from Friday - Tuesday a week ago. He hasn't been healing quickly, to say the least. We're trying to figure out if he's going to make a full recovery or not.

Hope your dog is doing ok. Have you looked into pet insurance?

We actually got pet insurance a couple of weeks ago for her. She's OK for the most part. Tends to flare up if she gets a bunch of people food which can be difficult to avoid with a toddler running around.

[allegro]

Thanks...
He was in a hospital from Friday - Tuesday a week ago. He hasn't been healing quickly, to say the least. We're trying to figure out if he's going to make a full recovery or not.

I had a diabetic can with triaditis, which includes pancreatitis. Our vet shot him up with antibiotics, but then also put him on a daily dose of Pepcid - which seemed to help a lot. If we took him OFF the Pepcid, or even missed a dose, he barfed blood.

[allegate]

trying to figure out a way to get wifi to all of the rooms in my house. It wasn't a huge issue but recently it's been getting worse in my son's room and our bedroom. what I really want to do is run cat cable to all of the rooms but A) the house sits on a concrete slab and B) doesn't have an attic or even crawl space up there.

I think I found a solution but due to Covid telework there's a backlog on these kinds of things and it won't arrive quickly. sigh.

[elevenism]

@elevenism Any luck with your cat?

I already posted this in another thread, but, yes: he came home after 2 or 3 weeks of being out catting around, or whatever he was doing. I'm so fucking happy.

At that point, ok...This town is just like, maybe 3 city blocks. We drove all the streets: he HADN'T been run over. He's enough Maine Coon to pass for pure bred, so we figured someone had let him in.

We were just hoping that he'd found a good home. We were thinking of adopting another cat.

But then, one night, he was meowing at the back door!

[Dryalex12]

im really tired of this stupid stereotype that just because we post a lot on social media that it means we don't know how to interact with the outside world and it pisses me off


Like here's the thing. The reason why im only on social media is not because im addicted to the internet. Im a recluse, I don't like to be around people, I have poor social skills and multiple other mental problems. I don't like to go outside because it scares me.


And as for other people, if you are just gonna assume you know how other peoples social life is like by just a few tweets or just from the photo's they post then that's really a piss poor reason to judge someone. For all you know, they could of tweeted or posted those pics while out socializing. There are lots of people i follow, prior to covid, who very much interact with the outside world. Cosplayers, musicians, photographers and so on.


I still know how to interact with people, i do it with my parents all the time and other people still. Yes i know that social media can be a toxic place, it was always going to be this way. If you thought it was gonna be free of stupid people sharing stupid things and being dumbasses than thats even too optimistic for me. but its not making us regress THAT much.

People also have jobs over the internet, that's how they make their money. Twitch, Youtube, Soundcloud and Bandcamp and online art sites. I know plenty of people online who make a living doing art online.

[allegro]

trying to figure out a way to get wifi to all of the rooms in my house. It wasn't a huge issue but recently it's been getting worse in my son's room and our bedroom. what I really want to do is run cat cable to all of the rooms but A) the house sits on a concrete slab and B) doesn't have an attic or even crawl space up there.

I think I found a solution but due to Covid telework there's a backlog on these kinds of things and it won't arrive quickly. sigh.

Did you try those Pods and run an R6 directly into the Pod? Like, I connected my laptop via R6 into the Pod plugged into the wall. (They’re wifi mesh extenders.)

[allegate]

I ended up with the TP-Link Deco P9. It does both mesh wireless and over powerline. I put one in place of the OG router, one at the entrance to the hall and another in my bedroom. I stupidly didn't check for comparison purposes but I did a speed test in the bedroom - the furthest access point - and it still pulled down almost max speeds. I'm very impressed, especially with the levels of granular control you can have over the connected devices.

[allegate]

Gender reveal parties. WTF.

[eversonpoe]

for real, i will NEVER understand why anyone cares about what kind of junk someone's baby has.

also, they're sex reveal parties, technically. which makes them even stupider.

the only time someone should have a gender reveal party is when they're coming out as trans, because that's a super fun idea!

[allegro]

also, they're sex reveal parties, technically. which makes them even stupider.

the only time someone should have a gender reveal party is when they're coming out as trans, because that's a super fun idea!

amen to this! Why do people HAVE to know the baby's sex in advance? WHO FUCKING CARES???!!!! It never used to matter, everyone was FINE with this! People are obsessed with this GENDER COLOR bullshit in advance! Which is even WORSE! "Oh, I have to know if I should paint the bedroom pink or blue?" Oh, fuck off!

But coming out gender reveal parties actually sound like fun!

[allegate]

I was laughing to myself wondering at the color choices for that and remembered this comic when I got to green:

[allegate]

Hey, @eversonpoe, would this work with Xfinity's XFi Gateway? I'd have to put XFi in bridge mode?

Funnily enough the week before school started I got the email from Comcast about the Gateway and the new pods that they are using. I was interested until I saw the whole "it'll replace your current modem" - we own ours - "and it's an extra $30 a month".

the rest of your question I'm not sure about since I still have my modem and use the P9 as the router.

[allegro]

Funnily enough the week before school started I got the email from Comcast about the Gateway and the new pods that they are using. I was interested until I saw the whole "it'll replace your current modem" - we own ours - "and it's an extra $30 a month".

the rest of your question I'm not sure about since I still have my modem and use the P9 as the router.

I deleted the question because I realized that I'd have to put the XFi router into Gateway mode. And I did that before with my Apple router. I still HAVE the Apple router, works great. Long story. But I have SO much connected (garage door opener, doorbell, washer and dryer, ad nauseum), I’m too lazy to re-do it all.

The problem with Xfi is that the modem works fine, but their router sucks. So, the workaround is the pods. (Kinda.) Since I bought the additional pods, it helped a lot. We only pay $20/mo for the Xfi modem/router, which is fine because it's constantly upgraded. And we are moving into a world where a LOT of this is going to change.

Edit: I'm gonna see if I can get the WiFi 6 XFi (which I guess I can get at no extra charge).

[allegate]

[Jinsai]

GODDAMN FUCKING SHIT FUCK...

WHY is it so hard for me to just get a Wii arcade fighting stick off eBay?
The first one I ordered was broken out of the box, and so (for the first time ever) I'm returning something on eBay, and then I order another one for another 100 bucks...

This one, I open the box, and then the controller is in another box, and I pull it out and tilt it... and the controller spills out of the box and shatters on the ground.
I am so fucking pissed right now. WHAT THE FUCK is the point of the "box" if one side of it is missing?!?!?!

[allegate]

I deleted the question because I realized that I'd have to put the XFi router into Gateway mode. And I did that before with my Apple router. I still HAVE the Apple router, works great. Long story. But I have SO much connected (garage door opener, doorbell, washer and dryer, ad nauseum), I’m too lazy to re-do it all.

The problem with Xfi is that the modem works fine, but their router sucks. So, the workaround is the pods. (Kinda.) Since I bought the additional pods, it helped a lot. We only pay $20/mo for the Xfi modem/router, which is fine because it's constantly upgraded. And we are moving into a world where a LOT of this is going to change.

Edit: I'm gonna see if I can get the WiFi 6 XFi (which I guess I can get at no extra charge).

AN UPDATE: so it was working great until yesterday. Randomly one of the three pods will just give up the ghost and start blinking red lights, several times one of the three died in just the three hours I was working on it last night. The only way you can access the pods is through the app - no more 192.168.0.1 access - and it's like "oh hey we don't see that one". The actual message I was getting - because I screen-shotted the fucker - is "Something went wrong with the Cloud service. Please try again. If you are still unsuccessful after several attempts, connect to your Decos Wi-Fi network and then try again." Really? That's what you want me to try? Connecting to the Wi-Fi of a device that isn't currently broadcasting? Is that all. Gee, if only I had thought of that...

Another error message - that I need to also screenshot next time it happens - is "hey, maybe you should try moving them closer together". Uh, and how is that going to help if I have to unplug them to move them closer together? Let's say it works, me moving them closer together. What do I do when I have to move the wonky one back to it's original place? The whole point of these things is that they create a mesh throughout the house so if I have to put them next to each other that is a small-ass mesh, yes? And it's not like I have a big house! It's a living room with a hallway and two bedrooms at the end. There's like 20 feet max between each pod - one next to the modem, one at the beginning of the hallway, and one in my bedroom - so it's not like I'm trying to wire up Warwick Castle.

I'm a little fired up, yeah? Especially because there's at-home learning going on and this was supposed to be the panacea for our wi-fi problems. granted no tech is that but you'd think it'd work a teensy bit better.

All that said, there was a firmware update this morning. I don't know if it's related but I hope to hell that when I get home I hear that there were no problems today. I checked and I have until October to return them so it will not be boxed up until at least next week.

side note: Apparently there is a V1 and V2 of the product and amazon sent me V1. Great. And the TPlink forums aren't model-delineated so I have to search through threads from people who have no idea how a forum works. ugh.

If I have to I'll see if I can also get the W6XFi thing - even if I don't have a single W6 device - as that is the one I was excited about.