The little things that piss you off

[Jinsai]

websites that try to get you to disable your ad blocker. It's turned on for a reason. Go fuck yourself.

[poinoup]

The condescending "How to disable" link on their notice.

[allegate]

Bought tickets for a Taylor Tomlinson show back in May when they went on sale.

Price per ticket $157.50
Quantity x 2
Subtotal $315.00
tax $0.00
Total fees + $92.45
Total $407.45

Whatever, my wife really wanted to see her live. I go to print the tickets out for the show this coming Friday:

FULL PRICE
Price $79.75
Fee $0.00
Service Charge $14.25

$188 is significantly less than the $407 I paid. Like, $188 is 46% of 407.45. I used stubhub and I didn't use their resale thing, I bought them straight.

Fuck stubhub I guess.

[stankeybearlover]

Aren't employers who try to demand you work from home when you're in bed with a fever great?

[allegate]

ha, someone at work called in with Covid and I jokingly told my wife, "you're already working from home, you should still work." Sucks that my joke is your reality.

Update on the stubhub thing: Went to the show and gritted my teeth because they were at least close seats so we should have a good view. It was good, but the people behind us were four/five basic-ass bitches who were doing the whole Valley Girl "oh my god!" and "hastag winning!" and "OMG that's such a cute photo of you, can I post it?" before the opener came out. Sure, OK. One was a loud talker but I was consoled by the fact that she couldn't talk during the show. Well she was also a loud laugher. Like my wife and I had to plug our ears it was so loud. After he left the stage we basically ran to the box office asking for a handicap seat, anything, and they said, "the show's sold out, I don't know what to tell you" and we pointed to her seat graphic in front of her and said "this entire section is empty, can we sit there?" and she said no because they were sold tickets.

We sat there anyway, three seats away from the very back of the auditorium, because my $400 seats were pieces of crap. At least it was a good show? We had a great date night other than those women.

[ickyvicky]

@allegate Oh man, I hate people who talk so loud during shows! My husband and I almost got into a fist fight with another couple (who were drunk) that wouldn't shut up during AN ACOUSTIC SET - it's so ridiculous!

[Jinsai]

@allegate Oh man, I hate people who talk so loud during shows! My husband and I almost got into a fist fight with another couple (who were drunk) that wouldn't shut up during AN ACOUSTIC SET - it's so ridiculous!

What I really hate is when people loudly yammer away while the opening band is playing. Believe it or not, some of us in the audience actually want to see their show.

[Timinator]

I hate people that disappear for years with no reason.

[fillow]

right now, youtube with its adblock crackdown. do they honestly believe they can win this?

[elevenism]

My best irl friend is dead.

We'd been super close since 1994 or so. He was a gangster, (GD/Folks,) and an underground rapper, turned spiritual seeker, Kabbalist, and Merkabah mystic, and recently monetized youtuber.

We introduced each other as "my cousin" to everyone. I LOVED this motherfucker. We hugged. We said "I love you." I can't believe this is real.

This is as close to my actual family as you can get: he was a closer, more consistent friend than any of my blood cousins or aunts or uncles. He was my brother, pretty much. All of my fucking close friends are DEad,. save one or two, but I don't TRUST the living ones. I'm so tired of funerals. It's like goddamn....final destination at this point.

Think of that sound before TDS. (the song). That's how I feel.

Here's one of his YouTube vids.

[chuckrh]

My best irl friend is dead.

We'd been super close since 1994 or so. He was a gangster, (GD/Folks,) and an underground rapper, turned spiritual seeker, Kabbalist, and Merkabah mystic, and recently monetized youtuber.

We introduced each other as "my cousin" to everyone. I LOVED this motherfucker. We hugged. We said "I love you." I can't believe this is real.

This is as close to my actual family as you can get: he was a closer, more consistent friend than any of my blood cousins or aunts or uncles. He was my brother, pretty much. All of my fucking close friends are DEad,. save one or two, but I don't TRUST the living ones. I'm so tired of funerals. It's like goddamn....final destination at this point.

Think of that sound before TDS. (the song). That's how I feel.

Here's one of his YouTube vids.

Sorry for your loss.

[ickyvicky]

@elevenism so sorry for your loss, my friend

[henryeatscereal]

@elevenism sorry to hear that

[elevenism]

@henryeatscereal @ickyvicky @chuckrh thank y'all.

My brother messaged me this morning. He said "Tyler, you're saying Justin was ALMOST family. But that's not true. We actually lost our little brother."

And it's like, yeah. SO many people are gone.

But this one is just too much. It's...yeah. I think my brother is right.

HE'S so fucked up from it, he's now saying "I don't HAVE any more friends, and I'm not MAKING anymore, because they just die."

I know everybody dies. @Erneuert , @Wolfkiller and co, I've been listening to Everyone I Love is Dead and Everything Dies quite a bit. I'm fucking TIRED of playing those songs in someone's honor, though.

I KNOW everyone dies, but NOT at 25 and 35 and 40. My people really, REALLY are, pretty much ALL gone, now.
This was number 24 on my list (I keep an actual list) of people i've loved/called close friends, who died young.
And I guess it's KIND of my fault. I mean, shit...I was addicted to fentanyl for YEARS, WAY before it was on the news and whatnot....it started around '03 and ended around, well...2019? How's THAT for a confession?
I guess it's the company I've kept...you know...people attuned to my own lunacy, of drugs and shoplifting and playing rock music and doing whatever was crazy.
There's like ONE normal car crash, and ONE cancer, but ALL the rest are overdoses, suicides, or crazy shit like street racing in convertible.
We all had some kind of deep PAIN, though, in retrospect: this one had a secret sexuality confusion, that one was an orphan, the other was abused...that sort of thing.

At ANY rate, As a great man once said, "I'd give anything to wake up from this motherfucking dream."-Rhett Miller, OLD 97S, Nashville.

In FACT, while I'm at it...y'all check this one out...it MIGHT just turn you on to my other favorite band. I don't even know how to begin to explain them, but I've seen them around 100 times, and they were the band in the Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special. Oh, and also, they fucking kick ass.


Anyway...here's the thing




But, yeah. I quit, temporarily. I don't know what day it is.
I thought about cutting my hair off as a sign of mourning, but I've got a better idea: it's gonna be a lean ass Christmas for us (just like a LOT of us), so I know what I'm getting is a little money for a couple shirts and pants.
I'm scheming on trying to get all-black costumes, and perhaps dying my hair black, and only wearing all black everything for a couple months.

[otnavuskire]

The heat and hot water (they're on the same system) in my house in northern Vermont stopped working a week ago. I just rent a room in the house so the owners are the ones taking care of it. Repair company came on Monday but they need some part that no one can seem to find. Feels like there's no end in sight to this situation. Temps are supposed to get down into the teens on Monday night. I'm currently staying with family in Massachusetts through Thanksgiving so I at least have heat and hot water here, but I'll be returning home on Friday. This is really pissing me off.

[chuckrh]

getting medicine practiced on me. tomorrow they're going to put a camera down my throat to see what's going on with my stomach. they think it's bleeding. once i got in touch with the gastroentrologist & told him what's going on things have been moving scary fast. it can take weeks to get in to see this guy & i'm getting in in 2 work days. sigh. getting old isn't for the meek.

[ickyvicky]

@chuckrh Good luck

[chuckrh]

@chuckrh Good luck

Thank you

[chuckrh]

Update: so, they found some growths in my stomach that weren't there a few years ago when I had this test for a different matter. They took biopsies & now I have to wait for the results. With the holiday I probably won't have them until early next week. I may need some more tests too. At least I'm not a hypochondriac. The growths caused the bleeding. Not getting ahead of myself but this could be bad (don't want to voice it but the word starts with a C). All prayers & healing vibes appreciated. Hoping its something minor of course. Chilling out today as the effects of the anesthesia haven't quite worn off.

[ickyvicky]

@chuckrh oh dear i hope everything works out for the best

[elevenism]

You got this @chuckrh . Hit me up. They told me I had lymphoma, and then, allegedly I don't?
Holla at your homeboy.

Ok, so, as for an actually small thing. "To Which.'

I hear it fucking CONSTANTLY: " Susan went to the zoo, to which she saw an elephant. She enjoyed the elephant, to which she decided she LIKED elephants, to which she bought an elephant plushie, to which she put on her night stand.'

I swear to god, it's honestly THAT fucking bad, especially on YouTube, to which there are many damn fine aspiring documentarians, to which MOST of them misuse the phrase 'to which,' to which I think they're just trying to sound, to which, intelligent, to which.

[marodi]

Sending prayers and good vibes to you, @chuckrh .

[chuckrh]

thanks @marodi & @elevenism & @ickyvicky

[Swykk]

I’m sorry to hear this @chuckrh . I really hope it’s not that bad news.

[chuckrh]

I’m sorry to hear this @chuckrh. I really hope it’s not that bad news.

thank you

[elevenism]

Hit me up Mr RH.

[otnavuskire]

The heat and hot water (they're on the same system) in my house in northern Vermont stopped working a week ago. I just rent a room in the house so the owners are the ones taking care of it. Repair company came on Monday but they need some part that no one can seem to find. Feels like there's no end in sight to this situation. Temps are supposed to get down into the teens on Monday night. I'm currently staying with family in Massachusetts through Thanksgiving so I at least have heat and hot water here, but I'll be returning home on Friday. This is really pissing me off.

Over two weeks without hot water (which is also what we use to heat the house with) at this point. It's fucking cold in northern Vermont. There's snow everywhere outside. This sucks. We have space heaters which keep the temperature in the house at a reasonable level at least, but it's almost impossible to shower because the water is freezing.

[Timinator]

When my 20/20-hindsight, Monday-morning-QB boss chews me out for not having a crystal ball 4 months ago.