Can we discuss pet peeves here? (1 Viewer)

[Mrs. Rannous]

Pretty much everywhere I see describe the rules of the road, they have statements like this for 2-lane circles: "Drivers must yield to traffic in all lanes of the roundabout,not just in the lane closest to them."

That's for people entering the circle, not for those already in it.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I donated to habitat for humanity one time back in 2012. The amount of mail, calls, and emails I continue to receive after telling everybody that i can to leave me alone is insane. I have unsubscribed, marked as spam, blocked numbers. Somehow they keep sneaking through. The amount of money they have put into trying to get more money from me is absurd.

My dad complained about that. I suggested he donate by dropping cash into Salvation Army kettles.

(Big Bottom's charity Chance For Hope doesn't give out your info.

 

[jhib]

Pretty much everywhere I see describe the rules of the road, they have statements like this for 2-lane circles: "Drivers must yield to traffic in all lanes of the roundabout,not just in the lane closest to them."

That's for people entering the circle, not for those already in it.

I thought that's the thing I brought up that you quoted and questioned? People entering the circle from either lane of the entry point having to yield to both lanes of traffic already in the circle.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Pretty much everywhere I see describe the rules of the road, they have statements like this for 2-lane circles: "Drivers must yield to traffic in all lanes of the roundabout,not just in the lane closest to them."

That's for people entering the circle, not for those already in it.

I thought that's the thing I brought up that you quoted and questioned? People entering the circle from either lane of the entry point having to yield to both lanes of traffic already in the circle.

At this point, I'm just confused. We need a Power Point presentation.

 

[jhib]

Pretty much everywhere I see describe the rules of the road, they have statements like this for 2-lane circles: "Drivers must yield to traffic in all lanes of the roundabout,not just in the lane closest to them."

That's for people entering the circle, not for those already in it.

I thought that's the thing I brought up that you quoted and questioned? People entering the circle from either lane of the entry point having to yield to both lanes of traffic already in the circle.

At this point, I'm just confused. We need a Power Point presentation.

I think we should just stop before the "traffic circle talk" entry on the list of pet peeves (honestly surprised that hasn't been posted yet).

 

[jhib]

Another traffic one that I'm not sure has been mentioned yet...
People who aren't sure where they're going around town just stopping in the middle of the street/lane (sometimes even in the middle of an intersection) while they look around and try to get their bearings. You have cars behind you. Pull over and figure things out. Or just keep moving and turn around if you have to.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Another traffic one that I'm not sure has been mentioned yet...
People who aren't sure where they're going around town just stopping in the middle of the street/lane (sometimes even in the middle of an intersection) while they look around and try to get their bearings. You have cars behind you. Pull over and figure things out. Or just keep moving and turn around if you have to.

I always enjoy the dance of it's my turn no it isn't yes it is no it isn't. Ask for directions, doofus.

 

[fatness]

At the doctors, when your name is called and you go through the door the friendly nurse or aide always asks "how are you today?"
How many people go to the doctors because they're feeling good?
Better question would be "how ****ed up are you today?"

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Pretty much everywhere I see describe the rules of the road, they have statements like this for 2-lane circles: "Drivers must yield to traffic in all lanes of the roundabout,not just in the lane closest to them."

That's for people entering the circle, not for those already in it.

I thought that's the thing I brought up that you quoted and questioned? People entering the circle from either lane of the entry point having to yield to both lanes of traffic already in the circle.

At this point, I'm just confused. We need a Power Point presentation.

I think we should just stop before the "traffic circle talk" entry on the list of pet peeves (honestly surprised that hasn't been posted yet).

I will take traffic circle talk over backing in to parking spaces talk any day.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

At the doctors, when your name is called and you go through the door the friendly nurse or aide always asks "how are you today?"
How many people go to the doctors because they're feeling good?
Better question would be "how ****ed up are you today?"

It's gotta be reflexive for them at this point. Just like "CorporateAccountsPayable, NIIIII-na speaking!"

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

At the doctors, when your name is called and you go through the door the friendly nurse or aide always asks "how are you today?"
How many people go to the doctors because they're feeling good?
Better question would be "how ****ed up are you today?"

Normal people go to get checkups, too.

 

[nirad3]

You've been standing in the security line at the airport for about a half hour. You need to wait to empty your pockets of all your earthly possessions into your luggage just before your bag goes through the scanner? That couldn't have been done while standing in line with nothing else to do?

You've been standing in the security line at the airport for about a half hour. You need to wait to empty your pockets of all your earthly possessions into your luggage just before your bag goes through the scanner? That couldn't have been done while standing in line with nothing else to do?

Global entry/precheck/clear

I have TSA PreCheck and sometimes find they don't have those small, circular trays for your wallet/keys/phone right at the scanner. So I have to take a sec to take my wallet and phone out and toss it in the front part of my roller bag. The usually have the trays and I put wallet/phone in them.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I've got a pet peeve and a more substantive complaint. The peeve is when I see those dumb "three match" games advertised on Facebook that involve trying to save someone from a wall closing in on them, and then when I download the game it doesn't even have the scene that they're advertising.

But the more substantive complaint is the way games like this proudly advertise how "addictive" they are. I feel like we have turned addiction into such an abstraction that we've forgotten it is a serious issue with real-life consequences. Whether it's cigarettes, drugs, gambling or our phones, addiction has a massively negative impact on our society. The idea that a game-maker is actively bragging about its attempt to rewire our brains in order to get us to engage in harmful activities is pretty appalling when you think about it.

Invariably, whenever I do download one of those games, I waste a ton of time playing on it in the first 24 hours, constantly telling myself I will stop after I finish my current game, before finally deleting it off my phone because a) I recognize the problem is only going to get worse, and b) it makes me very concerned about what I would do if, God forbid, I ever got hooked on something more dangerous like heroin

 

[kupcho1]

I've got a pet peeve and a more substantive complaint. The peeve is when I see those dumb "three match" games advertised on Facebook that involve trying to save someone from a wall closing in on them, and then when I download the game it doesn't even have the scene that they're advertising.

But the more substantive complaint is the way games like this proudly advertise how "addictive" they are. I feel like we have turned addiction into such an abstraction that we've forgotten it is a serious issue with real-life consequences. Whether it's cigarettes, drugs, gambling or our phones, addiction has a massively negative impact on our society. The idea that a game-maker is actively bragging about its attempt to rewire our brains in order to get us to engage in harmful activities is pretty appalling when you think about it.

Invariably, whenever I do download one of those games, I waste a ton of time playing on it in the first 24 hours, constantly telling myself I will stop after I finish my current game, before finally deleting it off my phone because a) I recognize the problem is only going to get worse, and b) it makes me very concerned about what I would do if, God forbid, I ever got hooked on something more dangerous like heroin

So your pet peeve is that you have no self control.

 

[Don Quixote]

I've got a pet peeve and a more substantive complaint. The peeve is when I see those dumb "three match" games advertised on Facebook that involve trying to save someone from a wall closing in on them, and then when I download the game it doesn't even have the scene that they're advertising.

But the more substantive complaint is the way games like this proudly advertise how "addictive" they are. I feel like we have turned addiction into such an abstraction that we've forgotten it is a serious issue with real-life consequences. Whether it's cigarettes, drugs, gambling or our phones, addiction has a massively negative impact on our society. The idea that a game-maker is actively bragging about its attempt to rewire our brains in order to get us to engage in harmful activities is pretty appalling when you think about it.

Invariably, whenever I do download one of those games, I waste a ton of time playing on it in the first 24 hours, constantly telling myself I will stop after I finish my current game, before finally deleting it off my phone because a) I recognize the problem is only going to get worse, and b) it makes me very concerned about what I would do if, God forbid, I ever got hooked on something more dangerous like heroin

I agree with that. I had to talk to my wife a few months ago about the money she was spending on in-app purchases for power-ups or whatever on one of them. Checked my checking account and saw a bunch of unexpected iTunes purchases (it was like $500 one month), so thought there was some kind of credit card hack. No, just her spending a ridiculous amount of money on an iPhone game.

 

[the moops]

I've got a pet peeve and a more substantive complaint. The peeve is when I see those dumb "three match" games advertised on Facebook that involve trying to save someone from a wall closing in on them, and then when I download the game it doesn't even have the scene that they're advertising.

But the more substantive complaint is the way games like this proudly advertise how "addictive" they are. I feel like we have turned addiction into such an abstraction that we've forgotten it is a serious issue with real-life consequences. Whether it's cigarettes, drugs, gambling or our phones, addiction has a massively negative impact on our society. The idea that a game-maker is actively bragging about its attempt to rewire our brains in order to get us to engage in harmful activities is pretty appalling when you think about it.

Invariably, whenever I do download one of those games, I waste a ton of time playing on it in the first 24 hours, constantly telling myself I will stop after I finish my current game, before finally deleting it off my phone because a) I recognize the problem is only going to get worse, and b) it makes me very concerned about what I would do if, God forbid, I ever got hooked on something more dangerous like heroin

I agree with that. I had to talk to my wife a few months ago about the money she was spending on in-app purchases for power-ups or whatever on one of them. Checked my checking account and saw a bunch of unexpected iTunes purchases (it was like $500 one month), so thought there was some kind of credit card hack. No, just her spending a ridiculous amount of money on an iPhone game.

Holy ****. 500 bucks
I

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I've got a pet peeve and a more substantive complaint. The peeve is when I see those dumb "three match" games advertised on Facebook that involve trying to save someone from a wall closing in on them, and then when I download the game it doesn't even have the scene that they're advertising.

But the more substantive complaint is the way games like this proudly advertise how "addictive" they are. I feel like we have turned addiction into such an abstraction that we've forgotten it is a serious issue with real-life consequences. Whether it's cigarettes, drugs, gambling or our phones, addiction has a massively negative impact on our society. The idea that a game-maker is actively bragging about its attempt to rewire our brains in order to get us to engage in harmful activities is pretty appalling when you think about it.

Invariably, whenever I do download one of those games, I waste a ton of time playing on it in the first 24 hours, constantly telling myself I will stop after I finish my current game, before finally deleting it off my phone because a) I recognize the problem is only going to get worse, and b) it makes me very concerned about what I would do if, God forbid, I ever got hooked on something more dangerous like heroin

So your pet peeve is that you have no self control.

Are you trolling or did you really not understand what I wrote?

My pet peeve is that these games use false advertising. My real complaint is that these game makers flippantly use the term "addictive" and make it sound like a good thing.

By the way, it has been widely reported that the big game makers employ the same psychological tricks as casinos to drive addicitive behaviors. If you want to dismiss that as people having no self-control, that's your prerogative. But these companies know exactly what they're doing

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I've got a pet peeve and a more substantive complaint. The peeve is when I see those dumb "three match" games advertised on Facebook that involve trying to save someone from a wall closing in on them, and then when I download the game it doesn't even have the scene that they're advertising.

But the more substantive complaint is the way games like this proudly advertise how "addictive" they are. I feel like we have turned addiction into such an abstraction that we've forgotten it is a serious issue with real-life consequences. Whether it's cigarettes, drugs, gambling or our phones, addiction has a massively negative impact on our society. The idea that a game-maker is actively bragging about its attempt to rewire our brains in order to get us to engage in harmful activities is pretty appalling when you think about it.

Invariably, whenever I do download one of those games, I waste a ton of time playing on it in the first 24 hours, constantly telling myself I will stop after I finish my current game, before finally deleting it off my phone because a) I recognize the problem is only going to get worse, and b) it makes me very concerned about what I would do if, God forbid, I ever got hooked on something more dangerous like heroin

I agree with that. I had to talk to my wife a few months ago about the money she was spending on in-app purchases for power-ups or whatever on one of them. Checked my checking account and saw a bunch of unexpected iTunes purchases (it was like $500 one month), so thought there was some kind of credit card hack. No, just her spending a ridiculous amount of money on an iPhone game.

One month my wife told me that she had deleted Candy Crush from her phone and would never download it again, but asked that I not go on our Apple account and total up how much money she had spent on in-app purchases. I'm pretty sure it was also in the hundreds.

Fortunately for me, whatever elements of an addictive personality I have are counterbalanced by my cheapness. So as much as I might feel that compulsion to pay for an in-app purchase, my distaste for forking over cash will generally serve as a circuit breaker. Similarly, I've never been tempted by those fast-talking scammers who approach you in airports or foreign tourist traps. "Oh man, I'm really sorry to hear that you're having trouble getting a flight home to see your sick kid. I wish you the best of luck, but there's no way my wallet is leaving my pocket."

 

[Gally]

One month my wife told me that she had deleted Candy Crush from her phone and would never download it again, but asked that I not go on our Apple account and total up how much money she had spent on in-app purchases. I'm pretty sure it was also in the hundreds.

I have never understood the in app purchase draw for these games. I guess I am lucky. I have been "addicted" to these type games but I would never spend actual real money on them. I always just played what I could for free on whatever day and then come back the next. I never understood how or why people would spend actual money. You don't have a chance to win money or win actual stuff. So why spend actual money? I just never understood it.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I've got a pet peeve and a more substantive complaint. The peeve is when I see those dumb "three match" games advertised on Facebook that involve trying to save someone from a wall closing in on them, and then when I download the game it doesn't even have the scene that they're advertising.

But the more substantive complaint is the way games like this proudly advertise how "addictive" they are. I feel like we have turned addiction into such an abstraction that we've forgotten it is a serious issue with real-life consequences. Whether it's cigarettes, drugs, gambling or our phones, addiction has a massively negative impact on our society. The idea that a game-maker is actively bragging about its attempt to rewire our brains in order to get us to engage in harmful activities is pretty appalling when you think about it.

Invariably, whenever I do download one of those games, I waste a ton of time playing on it in the first 24 hours, constantly telling myself I will stop after I finish my current game, before finally deleting it off my phone because a) I recognize the problem is only going to get worse, and b) it makes me very concerned about what I would do if, God forbid, I ever got hooked on something more dangerous like heroin

This is why I never tried cocaine

 

[Dan Lambskin]

One month my wife told me that she had deleted Candy Crush from her phone and would never download it again, but asked that I not go on our Apple account and total up how much money she had spent on in-app purchases. I'm pretty sure it was also in the hundreds.

I have never understood the in app purchase draw for these games. I guess I am lucky. I have been "addicted" to these type games but I would never spend actual real money on them. I always just played what I could for free on whatever day and then come back the next. I never understood how or why people would spend actual money. You don't have a chance to win money or win actual stuff. So why spend actual money? I just never understood it.

There’s people that I’m pretty sure have pumped 6 figures into the Star Wars mobile game

 

[Gally]

One month my wife told me that she had deleted Candy Crush from her phone and would never download it again, but asked that I not go on our Apple account and total up how much money she had spent on in-app purchases. I'm pretty sure it was also in the hundreds.

I have never understood the in app purchase draw for these games. I guess I am lucky. I have been "addicted" to these type games but I would never spend actual real money on them. I always just played what I could for free on whatever day and then come back the next. I never understood how or why people would spend actual money. You don't have a chance to win money or win actual stuff. So why spend actual money? I just never understood it.

There’s people that I’m pretty sure have pumped 6 figures into the Star Wars mobile game

but why?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

One month my wife told me that she had deleted Candy Crush from her phone and would never download it again, but asked that I not go on our Apple account and total up how much money she had spent on in-app purchases. I'm pretty sure it was also in the hundreds.

I have never understood the in app purchase draw for these games. I guess I am lucky. I have been "addicted" to these type games but I would never spend actual real money on them. I always just played what I could for free on whatever day and then come back the next. I never understood how or why people would spend actual money. You don't have a chance to win money or win actual stuff. So why spend actual money? I just never understood it.

There’s people that I’m pretty sure have pumped 6 figures into the Star Wars mobile game

but why?

I have no idea. I’ve been playing for 10+ years and spent $20 once. I guess they want to be the best and have bragging rights or something

Game has literally generated billions of dollars for EA over 10 years. billions. On a completely free game. Just because people don’t want to grind out farming new characters and upgrade and whatnot

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I've got a pet peeve and a more substantive complaint. The peeve is when I see those dumb "three match" games advertised on Facebook that involve trying to save someone from a wall closing in on them, and then when I download the game it doesn't even have the scene that they're advertising.

But the more substantive complaint is the way games like this proudly advertise how "addictive" they are. I feel like we have turned addiction into such an abstraction that we've forgotten it is a serious issue with real-life consequences. Whether it's cigarettes, drugs, gambling or our phones, addiction has a massively negative impact on our society. The idea that a game-maker is actively bragging about its attempt to rewire our brains in order to get us to engage in harmful activities is pretty appalling when you think about it.

Invariably, whenever I do download one of those games, I waste a ton of time playing on it in the first 24 hours, constantly telling myself I will stop after I finish my current game, before finally deleting it off my phone because a) I recognize the problem is only going to get worse, and b) it makes me very concerned about what I would do if, God forbid, I ever got hooked on something more dangerous like heroin

This is why I never tried cocaine

Seriously. On the one hand, I'm not as worried, because, while I do have elements of an addictive personality, it's much more on behavioral stuff rather than substances, which tend to not impact me as strongly and have never left me chasing the high.

On the other hand, I'm not particularly eager to learn that if I tried coke or heroin or some other hard drug, it would actually had a huge effect on me. Not worth the risk.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

One month my wife told me that she had deleted Candy Crush from her phone and would never download it again, but asked that I not go on our Apple account and total up how much money she had spent on in-app purchases. I'm pretty sure it was also in the hundreds.

I have never understood the in app purchase draw for these games. I guess I am lucky. I have been "addicted" to these type games but I would never spend actual real money on them. I always just played what I could for free on whatever day and then come back the next. I never understood how or why people would spend actual money. You don't have a chance to win money or win actual stuff. So why spend actual money? I just never understood it.

There’s people that I’m pretty sure have pumped 6 figures into the Star Wars mobile game

but why?

I think you're answering your own question. It's not rational behavior, just like it's not rational to gamble away your house or get day-drunk at the office and lose your job. Addiction causes people to behave suboptimally. No, getting addicted to a videogame is not as destructive as getting hooked on smack, but the underlying principle is the same

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I remember as a youth spending countless quarters on video games and pinball type machines. Converted to modern value that's a lot of dollars I could have put in the bank. But hey I got to put my initials up on a bunch of now obsolete machines, so I'll always have that going for me.

 

[Parrothead]

Gauntlet used to eat my quarters.. "Wizard needs food badly"

Starve *****

 

[arrow1]

I remember as a youth spending countless quarters on video games and pinball type machines. Converted to modern value that's a lot of dollars I could have put in the bank. But hey I got to put my initials up on a bunch of now obsolete machines, so I'll always have that going for me.

Frogger?

 

[El Floppo]

I remember as a youth spending countless quarters on video games and pinball type machines. Converted to modern value that's a lot of dollars I could have put in the bank. But hey I got to put my initials up on a bunch of now obsolete machines, so I'll always have that going for me.

Now imagine it was free...but youre still pumping quarters into it.

 

[El Floppo]

One month my wife told me that she had deleted Candy Crush from her phone and would never download it again, but asked that I not go on our Apple account and total up how much money she had spent on in-app purchases. I'm pretty sure it was also in the hundreds.

I have never understood the in app purchase draw for these games. I guess I am lucky. I have been "addicted" to these type games but I would never spend actual real money on them. I always just played what I could for free on whatever day and then come back the next. I never understood how or why people would spend actual money. You don't have a chance to win money or win actual stuff. So why spend actual money? I just never understood it.

There’s people that I’m pretty sure have pumped 6 figures into the Star Wars mobile game

but why?

I think you're answering your own question. It's not rational behavior, just like it's not rational to gamble away your house or get day-drunk at the office and lose your job. Addiction causes people to behave suboptimally. No, getting addicted to a videogame is not as destructive as getting hooked on smack, but the underlying principle is the same

I play a game called Evony...sim cityish with wargame components in an online society. It was actually advertised as sit on the can couple minutes little puzzles...which is the tiniest and most unused side feature of it.

Fun game. Addictive as hell, because theres always bigger, better stuff to get and the more you play the more you get. The game itself is free- but spending both speeds up growth and provides access to a lot of stuff in the game unavailable to non payers. So i get why people spend...its like any other hobby you'd pump money into- because you enjoy it. But bs a sport or similar irl hobby, i also see how insanely addictive it is, and im sure there are people of all ages and genders spending way more there than they should.

That said- as a lower half FBGer, i gauge everything i do spending-wise vs what it would get my kids. Cup of daily starbucks $7 foofy drink?- thats a class or lessons for my kid instead. I enjoy playing Evony, but no ****ing way am i taking money away from stuff i could he giving my kids so i can get a bigger better doodab in the game.

 

[mr. furley]

my MIL's inability to understand that people, in fact, work from home

she sometimes pops over mid-day to drop things off, pick up my kids, etc. and if i'm not actively engaged in a phone call or meeting that she can hear.. she will text my wife to tell her that i'm not actually working, but instead just sitting at my desk "pretending" to work.

she has told my wife that she doesn't believe i actually even have a job because i don't go to an office.

mind you, she stopped working when she was 21-22.

 

[El Floppo]

my MIL's inability to understand that people, in fact, work from home

she sometimes pops over mid-day to drop things off, pick up my kids, etc. and if i'm not actively engaged in a phone call or meeting that she can hear.. she will text my wife to tell her that i'm not actually working, but instead just sitting at my desk "pretending" to work.

she has told my wife that she doesn't believe i actually even have a job because i don't go to an office.

mind you, she stopped working when she was 21-22.

Im AT an office and basically pretending to work.

 

[Gally]

she has told my wife that she doesn't believe i actually even have a job because i don't go to an office.

What does she care as long as you are bringing in money? I mean you are taking care of the family and if you can do that by "pretending" to work so be it. Good on you.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

my MIL's inability to understand that people, in fact, work from home

she sometimes pops over mid-day to drop things off, pick up my kids, etc. and if i'm not actively engaged in a phone call or meeting that she can hear.. she will text my wife to tell her that i'm not actually working, but instead just sitting at my desk "pretending" to work.

she has told my wife that she doesn't believe i actually even have a job because i don't go to an office.

mind you, she stopped working when she was 21-22.

Probably shouldn't let your MIL know that this was posted at 11:58 a.m.

(Just bustin' balls, GB)

 

[mr. furley]

she has told my wife that she doesn't believe i actually even have a job because i don't go to an office.

What does she care as long as you are bringing in money? I mean you are taking care of the family and if you can do that by "pretending" to work so be it. Good on you.

only thing i can think of is all she has in life is gossip. she's mid-70s, hasn't worked in 50+ years and has only old lady peers to talk to.. all they do is gossip. it's their currency.

 

[Gatorade]

Another traffic one that I'm not sure has been mentioned yet...
People who aren't sure where they're going around town just stopping in the middle of the street/lane (sometimes even in the middle of an intersection) while they look around and try to get their bearings. You have cars behind you. Pull over and figure things out. Or just keep moving and turn around if you have to.

That happens all the time here because I live in a tourist town and signage is terrible.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Another traffic one that I'm not sure has been mentioned yet...
People who aren't sure where they're going around town just stopping in the middle of the street/lane (sometimes even in the middle of an intersection) while they look around and try to get their bearings. You have cars behind you. Pull over and figure things out. Or just keep moving and turn around if you have to.

What I don't understand about these people is that there is nothing I find more stressful than trying to get my bearings while a bunch of annoyed horns honk behind me. It's not just rude, it's counterproductive

 

[mr. furley]

shopping for new/used cars

rate is not great and the prices are absurd

 

[El Floppo]

Another traffic one that I'm not sure has been mentioned yet...
People who aren't sure where they're going around town just stopping in the middle of the street/lane (sometimes even in the middle of an intersection) while they look around and try to get their bearings. You have cars behind you. Pull over and figure things out. Or just keep moving and turn around if you have to.

That happens all the time here because I live in a tourist town and signage is terrible.

same goes for sidewalks.

pull you and your family's hineys over to the curb or building and let the rest of us get on with our days.

 

[Terminalxylem]

One month my wife told me that she had deleted Candy Crush from her phone and would never download it again, but asked that I not go on our Apple account and total up how much money she had spent on in-app purchases. I'm pretty sure it was also in the hundreds.

I have never understood the in app purchase draw for these games. I guess I am lucky. I have been "addicted" to these type games but I would never spend actual real money on them. I always just played what I could for free on whatever day and then come back the next. I never understood how or why people would spend actual money. You don't have a chance to win money or win actual stuff. So why spend actual money? I just never understood it.

I’m the same way, though I guess I can understand spending extra, if it improves the gaming experience. But winning stuff, including actual money, doesn’t really motivate me either.

 

[Terminalxylem]

she has told my wife that she doesn't believe i actually even have a job because i don't go to an office.

What does she care as long as you are bringing in money? I mean you are taking care of the family and if you can do that by "pretending" to work so be it. Good on you.

Have you seen Breaking Bad?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

she has told my wife that she doesn't believe i actually even have a job because i don't go to an office.

What does she care as long as you are bringing in money? I mean you are taking care of the family and if you can do that by "pretending" to work so be it. Good on you.

Have you seen Breaking Bad?

mr. furley might be the new Heisenberg.

 

[jhib]

Another traffic one that I'm not sure has been mentioned yet...
People who aren't sure where they're going around town just stopping in the middle of the street/lane (sometimes even in the middle of an intersection) while they look around and try to get their bearings. You have cars behind you. Pull over and figure things out. Or just keep moving and turn around if you have to.

That happens all the time here because I live in a tourist town and signage is terrible.

Yup. College town here with some summer tourism as well, so this time of year is especially great with move ins.

 

[Terminalxylem]

she has told my wife that she doesn't believe i actually even have a job because i don't go to an office.

What does she care as long as you are bringing in money? I mean you are taking care of the family and if you can do that by "pretending" to work so be it. Good on you.

Have you seen Breaking Bad?

mr. furley might be the new Heisenberg.

And MIL is an elderly Marie.

 

[fatness]

only thing i can think of is all she has in life is gossip. she's mid-70s, hasn't worked in 50+ years and has only old lady peers to talk to.. all they do is gossip. it's their currency.

If you ever want to go somewhere to hear "catty" talk, go to a retirement community and listen to a bunch of women talking. Far worse than high school. Everyone else is either lazy, or broke, or after someone's money, or is a trollop (excepting all the people at that table of course).

 

[Terminalxylem]

only thing i can think of is all she has in life is gossip. she's mid-70s, hasn't worked in 50+ years and has only old lady peers to talk to.. all they do is gossip. it's their currency.

If you ever want to go somewhere to hear "catty" talk, go to a retirement community and listen to a bunch of women talking. Far worse than high school. Everyone else is either lazy, or broke, or after someone's money, or is a trollop (excepting all the people at that table of course).

Probably a fair share of harlots and floozies as well.

 

[ChiefD]

H

my MIL's inability to understand that people, in fact, work from home

she sometimes pops over mid-day to drop things off, pick up my kids, etc. and if i'm not actively engaged in a phone call or meeting that she can hear.. she will text my wife to tell her that i'm not actually working, but instead just sitting at my desk "pretending" to work.

she has told my wife that she doesn't believe i actually even have a job because i don't go to an office.

mind you, she stopped working when she was 21-22.

Now it’s all starting to make sense………

 

[parasaurolophus]

Any contractor offering money off in an advertisement.

1000 dollars off window installation. Just mention this ad when you call us so we can add 1000 first.

 

[jhib]

H

my MIL's inability to understand that people, in fact, work from home

she sometimes pops over mid-day to drop things off, pick up my kids, etc. and if i'm not actively engaged in a phone call or meeting that she can hear.. she will text my wife to tell her that i'm not actually working, but instead just sitting at my desk "pretending" to work.

she has told my wife that she doesn't believe i actually even have a job because i don't go to an office.

mind you, she stopped working when she was 21-22.

Now it’s all starting to make sense………

It's funny how that all works, isn't it?

 

[Riffraff]

As a Retired@55 guy that moved to a budget, growing peeves for getting bombarded with 'give me your money; give my associate your money too.' Ads ads ads.

FF podcasts are like the seedy part of town where it's all 'buy me a coffee, spare some gas money, will sit but not work for dollars'.

Yes, I understand this is a market society.
Just wish the ads and podcast reads were something like 'how to pay down your mortgage that isn't a scam' and 'give back to your community without spending a dime'. You know, positive stuff over giving money to gambling sites and shaving your hairy ball sack.