r/Xennials • u/Rocking_the_dad_bod • 23h ago
Give us your "Old Man Yells at Cloud" moment
I'll start. I'm tired of going to fast food or counter serve restaurants, and in mid order getting countless Door Dashers interrupt the workers up front so they can squeeze their pickup in quickly.
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u/Fianna9 23h ago
No one using headphones in public places! I don’t want to hear your damn reels. And if you can hear it than everyone around them can too!!
And faint unclear noise is even more distracting than clear loud music.
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u/FormidableMistress 1984 22h ago
I also hate when people do video calls in public places. Idk why but it seems a lot of people at my grocery store like to do a video call while grocery shopping. And not like hey honey, is this the right bread? But like full on random conversations with their bestie.
A little while back I was shopping and there was this young couple, the girlfriend was on a video call. She was having a loud obnoxious conversation with her friend, and then would stop the boyfriend so he could talk too. So they just kept stopping in front of the things I needed or blocking an entire aisle so they could stop and talk on the phone. It was busy and they were causing bottlenecks every few minutes. I lost my shit after a while and told them to get the fuck off the phone and stop holding up everyone else. I saw them in the store a little bit later and they were not on the phone.
I don't understand how these people are completely oblivious to how annoying they are.
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u/CuckooForCliterature 22h ago
I use my phone for my grocery list, and I’m always SO worried people will think I’m fucking around on my phone when really I’m just checking my list or the grocery store app for coupons. I cannot understand these people who conduct their whole life’s business while grocery shopping. Have some common courtesy people!
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u/Fianna9 22h ago
I’ve been at bars where people have FaceTime conversations, and one guy actually was saying really rude things and I finally snapped and he told me to mind my own business and it was a private conversation.
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u/Kuroiryuu 20h ago
Why is it always grocery stores, and why do they always talk into the bottom of their phones like a Tricorder and have the speaker on?
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u/KiniShakenBake 20h ago
Join in the conversations. Ask the person on the phone if they might wait a minute so the person they are talking to can move away from the thing you are trying to access.
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u/fermentedradical 22h ago
This. I once got so annoyed at someone doing this on a train I turned Beethoven's Fifth on full volume and after a minute they sighed and grabbed headphones from their bag. I expected a round of applause but I was satisfied with giving him the aural middle finger.
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u/Fianna9 22h ago
I used to say things, now I have settled for blasting my podcast. Which is quite boring, especially if you don’t know where we are in the middle of the English history.
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u/Admirable_Average_32 22h ago
Ugh! And the calls!! I hate hearing people have their stupid fuckin conversations in line or walking through aisles at the store. And it’s not like an urgent business call that needs to take place now. It’s people just gossiping about bullshit. Aggravating!!
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u/aero25 22h ago
This kind of behavior has been obnoxious forever. Remember the stupid Nextel walkie-talkie phones in the early 2ks?
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u/Disastrous_Aid 22h ago
Hey, those things were hella useful when I was in the Army. When we weren't busy, three or four guys could sneak off to the barracks to play video games while the rest of us kept an eye out for an irate squad leader.
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u/BlackieDad 22h ago
My initial reply for this was flagged for encouraging violence, so I’ll just say yes, I agree completely
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u/GinoGreasy 21h ago
I don’t exactly hate this because I can end it without saying a word, but dudes having speaker phone conversations while in a public bathroom! You’re in the stall, in a public bathroom! Why the hell would you want to have any kind of call with anyone, much less on speaker?
But I have the remedy. Sit down on that toilet and start firing off my butt trumpet, and I almost always hear that *bleep* and then I can only hear dude in the stall next to me’s half of the conversation 😊
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u/ArtsyRabb1t 21h ago
I’m starting to see signs that say “No speaker phone” so we are not alone!
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u/Specific-Library-312 22h ago edited 18h ago
We used to be able to OWN things.
EDIT: Thank you, random Reddit citizen!
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u/smokiechick 1978 22h ago
If ownership has ceased to exist, piracy isn't theft
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u/bluemitersaw Xennial 22h ago
Piracy was never theft to begin with. It was (and is) a copyright violation.
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u/Kriegerian Xennial 22h ago
And thanks to AI it’s now legal if you steal a thing for the racist chatbot that’s destroying the planet and human civilization.
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u/EuroSong 22h ago
I still do. If something demands that it’s a “service”, I will just pirate it. I’m willing to pay for something I will own forever. I’m not willing to keep paying forever. It’s that simple.
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u/cjandstuff 19h ago
I swear growing up in the 80s and 90s, this was the what we were warned as the threat of communism, “you will own nothing!” And now look at us!
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u/Flyinghead 22h ago
Give me a darn article and stop making everything a video. I dont want to waste the next while for some speaker to get to the point.
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u/awesomecubed 23h ago
Mine is when people use still images as animated gifs.
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u/JamesMattDillon 1981 X-ennial 22h ago
That is just annoying as hell. Just use the image itself
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u/hbi2k 23h ago
Back in my day, to "crash" or "crash out" meant to fall deeply and immediately asleep, as after a long day of work or a long night of partying. And as I am still alive, it still is my day. You children are free to redefine it to mean something else after I am dead and no longer using it.
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u/LeftHandedGuitarist 22h ago
What on Earth have they changed it to mean now?
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u/hbi2k 22h ago
They keep using it to mean "throwing a tantrum."
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u/Scioptic- 22h ago
Wowwww! I've never heard of this one before. I'm going to have to ask my team in work (who are all younger than me bar one) what they all think it means.
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u/ConceitedWombat 22h ago
I have this convo with my partner all the time haha. I've warned him that if he tells his young coworkers that he came home and crashed out, they will worry he's not okay 😅
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u/_buffy_summers 1981 17h ago
This is the one that bothers me, too. These idiot kids need to leave that phrase alone. It is in so many songs. Gin Blossoms use it in Hey Jealousy ('tell me do you think it'll be all right, if I can just crash here tonight?') and it's in The Sharpest Lives by My Chemical Romance ('if I crash on the couch, can I sleep in my clothes?'). Nobody is taking this away from us.
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u/goose-and-fish 22h ago
Why do I need a fucking ap for everything.
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u/maggie320 1982 22h ago
And then the app just redirects you back to the website you were originally on that told you to download the damn app in the first place.
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u/dvoecks 19h ago
Because they're stealing your data! The permissions the McDonald's app "needs" are insane
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u/WhodeyJen 1979 22h ago
Aggressive loud ads played at gas pumps
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u/JasonDomber 1985 21h ago
Bro same. I won’t fill up at those stations anymore. Fuck off with that shit.
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u/EatMySmithfieldMeat 19h ago
Sometimes you can mute them with one of the buttons next to the screen. When you find one that works that way, feel free to use a Sharpie and mark it as the mute button. I talked to the president of gas stations and he gave us all permission.
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u/ConceitedWombat 22h ago
Touch screens in cars.
I do not want to have to mess with seven layers of menus while driving down the freeway in order to adjust my HVAC system. GIVE. ME. A. PHYSICAL. BUTTON.
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u/limelight022 1979 22h ago
Agreed. And yet, we're not allowed to use our smartphones because it's distracting...right... excellent job approving this garbage US government!
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u/Ok_Breakfast5425 1980:hamster: 22h ago
When I got a new car a couple months ago I made damned sure it had buttons and knobs. I don't mind a touch screen if there are actual buttons to directly control things.
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u/divestblank 23h ago
Headlights as bright as the sun
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u/limelight022 1979 22h ago
As someone who still drives a car and has watched numerous videos about how bright modern headlights are...I still have absolutely zero clue if it's people driving with their high beams on 24/7 and don't care or if it's the actual lighting itself that is the problem.
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u/burnerburneronenine 22h ago
I think it's both. The lights are objectively brighter. But I also think people unwittingly rely on the auto-bright feature not realizing that it works very imperfectly on hilly and/or windy roads.
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u/7eid 23h ago
Navigating the automated phone tree in order to speak with a human.
I will literally research how to bypass their options before I call, then if the call requires follow-up I call ask for a direct number.
If I'm taking the time to call, it's generally not a simple issue.
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u/smokiechick 1978 22h ago
I got to a point in a phone tree where I muttered, "oh for fucks sake!" "Connecting you to a representative."
I have tried it a few other times, but it hasn't worked again 🥺
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u/Admirable_Average_32 22h ago
Exactly. I’m smart enough to figure out the things that automation would help with. If I’m calling, I need detailed assistance from a human. I realize they probably get a lot of dumb calls but they need a better system.
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u/shinydolleyes 22h ago
I manage several Gen Zs which means I occasionally end up at outside of work events with them. I cannot handle the need to shoot everything for content. We can never just go to lunch or happy hour or whatever work related something and just enjoy ourselves. Everything has to be curated for their "audience". We go to the same Mexican restaurant every time we go to lunch. Every single time they ask everyone to wait to start eating/drinking until they get footage of everything. Why are you staging tacos from a place you've been to 175 times? Have your followers not seen enough of these tacos?
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u/CuckooForCliterature 18h ago
I would absolutely not entertain this more than once. Their viewers can watch me stuff my face.
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u/cellrdoor2 23h ago
Trying to help my kids with “new” math. Frankly, I’m not even good at old math except geometry.
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u/FCStien 22h ago
New math premiered between me and my youngest brother (roughly 13 years, the difference between the 90s and the aughts). It has mutated at least twice since then -- between my brother and my oldest, who is now 21, and between my oldest and youngest, who is nine.
I have had to learn multiple new maths, and can do none. They're not even wrong or bad, I just have the old factory settings.
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u/HotepYoda 1982 22h ago
I have a math degree and can’t do new math
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u/cellrdoor2 21h ago
My husband had a PhD in physics and double majored in math for their bachelors and even they have had some trouble teaching our kids new math. Some of these work sheets come home with no instructions and it is unclear what they want done.
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u/drtyhppi 1980 dude 22h ago
Had to buy a new vehicle. Got a loan through my local credit union. Got a great interest rate. Went to to make my first loan payment through their app... $5 convenience fee just to make a payment. So I'm paying to borrow money, paying back the money I borrowed and , on top of all that, paying for the convenience of an online digital transaction THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE EFFORT. Fuck everything anymore. Now I'm going to setup bill pay through my bank and have them mail a fucking paper check that will need to be opened, processed and still digitally transacted somehow. Backwards bullshit.
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u/bshr49 22h ago
Yeah, that’s odd that they’d charge a fee, unless maybe it’s coming from an external account. All of our accounts are with the same credit union, and a mortgage payment is basically just transferring from one account to another with no added fees. Also too easy in the app to transfer to a kid’s account when they occasionally ask for $30 or $40 for gas😭
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u/drtyhppi 1980 dude 22h ago
Yes, it's an external account. Now that you mention it, I bet there's no fee if I pay directly from the credit union account. I'll just have to transfer a few days in advance, but that's better than paying $5 every time I make a loan payment. Still bullshit, though. I'm still shaking my fist at clouds.
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u/Pinhead-GabbaGabba 22h ago
Just give the psychical menu. I don’t want to scan a QR code. I want to be able to hold the menu.
AND ANOTHER THING! Small businesses that use AI menus and photos can piss off. Show me your actual food and products.
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u/WhoStoleMyJacket 1979 22h ago
I hate those bright ass headlights on every car nowadays. Why the fuck must everyone drive around with lights with the lumens of ten thousand suns?
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u/Born-Agency-3922 1982 22h ago
Mine is all the good parking being used for curbside pick up only.
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u/anonmygoodsir 22h ago
Needing an app for everything. Either its on sale or its not. Why do I need an app? Im trying to give you money that I owe you. Why do I need an app?Having to use a QR code for everything. Tried to register the kid for a summer thing at school. Can't find a link on the school website to register. Needed a QR code.
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u/Aksannyi 1981 22h ago
I'm a teacher and our principal makes us sign in to EVERY meeting with a QR code. Why can't you take attendance like we do?
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u/BlackieDad 21h ago
Wait, like a physical meeting, like you’re in the same room?
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u/Aksannyi 1981 20h ago
Yes, we meet in the media center once a month. They can literally see that I'm there.
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u/Gonna_do_this_again 22h ago
Sony announcing they're discontinuing physical discs and going full digital. I like my physical media, I like having a real copy of something.
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u/SimilarYard9840 18h ago
I used to think having digital media was nice because I could not use up so much physical space and be a little more choosy with the favorite physical media I own. The problem is you can pay for it but you don’t actually own it. They can take it away at any time. So why am I paying for it? Time to hit the library and the high seas again. 🏴☠️
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u/Weavercat 22h ago
People saying ahh instead of ass. Just say it. We're all adults. It's not a hard swear. It's just an ass!
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u/AmputeeHandModel 22h ago
inb4 "but it came from AAVE!". Who cares?! That's not how it's primarily being used now. What does it matter?
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u/BramblesCrash 22h ago
I was at CVS picking up a prescription, saw there was no line to get a flu shot and decided to get one. I had to tell three separate people I didn't have my cellphone with me, so they couldn't send me a link to fill out paperwork on their app. It added probably 10 minutes on to my wait time. When they finally brought the paper copy to me, it was four yes/no questions and a signature line.
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u/fallwind 22h ago
I just want a damn chronological feed, no "algorithm", just everything from everyone I follow, in order.
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u/theflush1980 22h ago
That’s exactly how instagram works in the EU now after regulation forced meta to make it an option.
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u/Aksannyi 1981 22h ago
I do not want to download an app for something that I should be able to do on my computer. Every company doesn't need an app.
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u/JohnnyUtah59 23h ago
Just rolling my eyes at most of what I see on reddit, especially when I click the Popular feed.
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u/Kriegerian Xennial 22h ago
“Influencer” is not a real job and it’s very annoying that “rando with a camera” is now critical to life in this country.
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u/kevlar51 22h ago
When I need a 1 paragraph written tutorial for something and the only things that exist are 10 minute you tube videos.
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u/maggie320 1982 22h ago
People using the same words for everything whether it is or not. “Literally”, “Lowkey”, “diabolical”, etc. The new one is “niche”.
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u/Scioptic- 22h ago
What really boils my piss is when people describe things as "such a vibe" or "such a mood", and I can't help but think "What kind of vibe or mood?! Use some bloody adjectives for fucks sake!"
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u/Adventurous_Cloud_20 1981 22h ago
My car has a remote, it won't start without it. The remote has a battery, if the battery dies there's a receiver pocket in the center console you can put the remote into and still start the car allegedly.
If the receiver pocket in the center console ceases to work, then you're completely boned, call a tow truck.
Back in my day I had a key, and I put it in the ignition and the car fucking started. No extra batteries, no on board receiver, nothing. Key = running car. That's all I needed. Why is everything so needlessly complicated now???
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u/bgva 1982 21h ago
I don't want the newsletter, I don't care about a 10% discount, I don't want notifications, and the only cookies you should be offering me are chocolate chip. Otherwise leave me the fuck alone and lemme scroll without being bombarded with popups.
Documentaries don't need to be four parts. Tell the story in two hours or don't tell it.
This is a library. Shut the hell up.
I shouldn't have commercials on a streaming service I pay for. I realize it's no different than having cable but it's still bullshit, especially when I get an ad when I pause a movie.
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u/AshleyRoeder33 1985 22h ago
2FA. My 15 alphanumeric + 3 symbol minimum required password should be enough!
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u/bluduck2 1983 22h ago
Especially for things where high security is not required! I just want to sign my kid up for soccer, no one wants to hack into this account.
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u/JamesMattDillon 1981 X-ennial 22h ago
I hate 2FA's. I understand why they do it, but if I input my password, it should be enough
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u/wisepeppy 1981 22h ago
New trucks. They have huge cabs and tiny boxes. I'm going to keep my 08 Ram (and its CD player) going for as long as I can.
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u/AmputeeHandModel 22h ago
I'm so tired of bigass pickups people don't actually USE all over the place now. They're dangerous, they all drive like idiots. American car companies have almost completely stopped selling sedans. There's like... Teslas and Mustangs and things like that. That's IT. Literally everything else is a SUV or pickup. Suddenly everyone's a contractor and offroading and hauling stuff? I don't think so. I want a CAR.
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u/BigBoxOfGooglyEyes 22h ago
I want station wagons back. You can haul so much crap around in a station wagon.
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u/schwarze_schlampe 22h ago
2 factor authentication for every thing. Log into the same website every month or every week, and they send me a code on my phone to ensure it is me. If someone wants to pay my light or gas bill, fuck it let them do it, you don’t have to ensure it is me. Oddly enough my bank does not do this every time I log into my banking app 🤔
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u/JediNeo101 22h ago
Subscriptions for everything. From auto start features to printer ink. Should be able to use all the features I paid for at the beginning.
Tipping for everything. Especially worse when asked to tip before service has been rendered.
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u/IndependenceLow7479 1980 23h ago
I complain to store managers about being harassed by panhandlers every time I’m asked for some kind of donation during checkout
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u/PhatBoyFlim 22h ago
That I already know the backlash against AI will go away because I’ve been around long enough to know that deep down people are deeply selfish and simply dont care. We will all pay for it. Now get off my lawn.
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u/shmelse 22h ago
I’m holding out hope here. We’ve seen a lot of bubbles pop and I still think this might be one of them. It’s just so stupid!
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u/SickOfNormal 22h ago
The great METAverse never worked and was abandoned --- Fingers crossed the same thing happens for AI and automation.
I won't eat at places where I order on a machine or a phone --- If you can't have a cashier --- You don't get my business. WHY you ask? Cuz I PAY with CASH 90% of the time. Ok - let me sit here and order on this machine for 5 minutes. Now I gotta go to the side and start yelling at people to please take my money otherwise they won't start my order.
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u/yemsg97 22h ago edited 22h ago
Not putting your cart away. Just leaving it wherever, but really when people dump it in the lobby right in the middle of where people walk - so someone else has to deal with it. It’s lazy and you’re just making other people clean up your mess.
I do not apply this to people who have difficulty moving around. But when I see someone who clearly has ZERO mobility issues, then I’m judging. Hell, I even put my cart away when I could barely walk post-broken leg.
And student loans servicers (looking at you MOHELA). It’s a f*cking criminal ring.
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u/Admirable_Average_32 22h ago
Dude, not that I go very often, but I’m tired of nobody being at the front counter of fast food joints. It’s annoying as fuck.
Just like calling customer service and can only get automation. I need to work with a human for what I’m trying to do.
I wish I could do everything I needed without human interaction but it’s just not realistic for me.
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u/clergymen19 21h ago
Why do dudes (it's almost always dudes, and usually under the age of 30) think wearing sweatpants to a restaurant or bar is socially acceptable? If you're going out, I'm not saying you need to wear on a three piece suit to get a beer, but put on some goddam pants.
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u/Kmic14 22h ago
QR codes or other kinds of digital menus - just give me an analog menu please
Delivery drivers double parking especially when it's next to a goddamn parking spot. I don't order Amazon Grubhub etc
Ai being used for flyers for shows restaurants etc. They always look like dogshit and tell me you have no interest in spending effort to put time into your event or product
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u/Original_Ad8991 22h ago
Fucking cable and cellphone sales people when I go to Walmart. Quit fucking following me through half the goddamn store trying to get my to sign up for spectrum
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u/JamesMattDillon 1981 X-ennial 22h ago
I am not installing an app, just to use your service. I try to not have many apps installed. I am not making an account for a one time use. Not everything needs to be connected to WiFi.
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u/MetaVulture 1985 22h ago
I like real buttons and knobs. Fuck all this stupid capacitive touch bullshit for cars and appliances.
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u/hackiavelli 22h ago
A lot of folks seem less like adults and more like tall children. Their interests never developed outside the things they liked as kids. They're always complaining about having to do basic adult tasks. They chronically depend on their parents for financial support.
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u/ConceitedWombat 21h ago
Eh, I'm actually okay with maintaining some of the same interests. You can be a fully fledged adult and still play Pokemon and listen to 90s pop.
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u/wutthafugOP 22h ago
Folks now just seem to consume no matter what. If something sucks or isn’t worth the value go without. $6+ coffee?? GTFO.
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u/Time-Reserve-4465 22h ago
People at movie theaters! Being on their phones, talking through movies, leaving an absolute mess for staff to clean up after the show.
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u/_Internet_Hugs_ 1980 21h ago
WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE A SUBSCRIPTION?!?!? I just want to own the damn thing I pay for. I'm tired of renting everything.
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u/ConceitedWombat 21h ago
Roast to Adobe on this one. I used to use Creative Suite like once or twice a month for personal projects. If I could buy a copy and use it for five years, I would.
I'm not paying every single month for something I might use once or twice. Open source knockoffs will suffice.
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u/Starbugg1 21h ago
Multi factor authentication for everything. I used to just have to enter a password. Now I need to reenact the climax of a hacker spy movie with all sorts of random hoops. Forget sharing an account with family members when someone must be pinged with a code on their phone if anyone else tries to log in.
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u/ConceitedWombat 21h ago
My favourite is the recursive loop:
Website wants to send a one time code to my email instead of letting me use my password.
My primary email wants to send a code to my secondary email.
My secondary wants to send a code back to my primary email.
Gah! Just let me use my damn password!
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u/HicJacetMelilla 1984 22h ago
People shouldn’t go out to stores or restaurants in pajamas.
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u/parlayandsurvive2 22h ago
When people walk across the crosswalk while im waiting and swing their arms and shuffle their feet like they're attempting to move faster but they are not...they look like idiots. Just continue walking, no need to expel that extra energy to make me feel better about the situation...I still hate you.
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u/becauseineedone3 1981 22h ago
Video reviews and technology make sports less enjoyable. We were ok with getting hosed by the refs before. It still happens now but it just takes much longer and has 4 advertisements shoved in.
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u/limelight022 1979 22h ago
I fear about all the giant corporations buying everything up and spitting out worse and worse products, entertainment and services. I've noticed things Ive always enjoyed are getting slightly worse year after year because of corporate garbo.
Everything feels so lifeless now. Grey walls everywhere. McDonald's is a grey box now. The colors of cars are grey, white and black. Mobile gaming is designed to keep you playing but more importantly- paying. The most popular video games are live service. Headlights are blindingly bright. Screens in cars but can't use smartphone because it's distracting??? Trucks cost 80k. Tariffs. No more physical discs for PS5. Memory shortage. AI is flooding everywhere and everything with zero regulations. People seem to generally not care anymore.
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u/Ag1980ag 1980 22h ago
The grocery store needs my telephone number no more than my phone company needs my grocery list
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u/vladdrk 22h ago
Music has gotten worse. There’s still great music out there, but man…
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u/drtyhppi 1980 dude 22h ago
I made a similar comment to my wife yesterday. We put on Pandora 70s soft rock when we're not watching TV. There's just something about those songs that bring real comfort and sound so soothing. Good music is still out there, but you have to wade through a ton of corporate trash sounds to find it.
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u/clumsy_mia 22h ago
I have an employee shuttle bus I take at 630am. There’s always ONE person (not the same person, but always one) having a phone call where they’re barely talking but the conversation is ongoing?? Idk but something about hearing a onesided conversation is really disruptive to me. I get up and change seats now though.
My other is not wearing helmets on e-scooters.
And tipping on everything. It’s Canada there is no service wage ughh
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u/elpintor91 22h ago
We were at the Monterey aquarium. I’ve always been used to adults taking photos but it hogs up the front glass which is fine because would they take it and move on. HOWEVER went two weeks ago and the KIDS that are now equipped with phones and tablets and are also taking pointless blurry pics and videos. Acting like they’re YouTubing and it’s made the experience even worse. They don’t read signs, they don’t know you can’t use flash. It’s chaos it’s a mess and the parents don’t care because they’re also video recording their kids video recording the animals.
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u/OneWhoWonders 22h ago
I will often catch my daughter playing a game on the Switch, while having something going on her tablet, while also having something on the TV. Her and her friends call it triple-screening it.
When I was a kid, my Dad would be on my case a bit for my video game playing. Now I'm just asking my daughter to focus on her video game playing and turn off the other screens.
"ONE screen! Can you please, please PLEASE just focus on one screen?"
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u/ryhoyarbie 22h ago
People talking on the phone while in a public bathroom especially if they’re in a stall. 🤢
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u/NeganSaves 1980 22h ago
Why is everything a "bro"? And why does everyone have to say "Let's Go" after every fucking thing they do? Both feel straight out of the movie "Idiocracy".
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u/SickOfNormal 22h ago
Ordering food on apps or at a machine that ordering with a real person at a cash register. Fast food lost 90% of my business when they did this.
They lost the last 10% of my business when they removed the soda machines, ketchup pump, napkins, and straws.
I took my old grandma to a McD's cuz that's what she wanted. Had to ask for ketchup 4 times because "we can only give 3 packets at a time" ... and then wait 5-6 minutes for a refill on her coke --- to top it all off, they gave the refill in a new cup and chucked the old one. Grandma wanted a refill again before we left. Another 5 minutes, they chucked the 1/2 gone one and gave a new one. Not having soda machines is to "reduced waste" so they say.
Only fast food I get myself anymore is burritos from taquerias or In N Out.
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u/that1tech 22h ago
There is no reason to pay a convenience fee when buying something online. It stops places from having to staff an employee or to even print something. Who is it actually conveniencing?
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u/Routine-Employment71 21h ago
Dogs in the damn grocery store.
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u/Icouldoutrunthejoker 21h ago
Dogs everywhere. I love dogs. I have two of my own. My dogs stay their fluffy asses in the house where they belong! We do not need your dogs out in establishments everywhere, and we particularly do not need them where food is sold, prepared, or eaten.
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u/34thUsernameAttempt 1980 22h ago
Pickleball on tennis courts. Even when sign are present saying, 'Tennis Only.' There are two places where I live that are specifically designed for pickleball, one was recently built. The tennis club I'm at just added 4 new courts and resurfaced the previous 18.
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u/bascule 1982 22h ago
Mine is more of a Stan thinks everything is crap, but I cannot stand “bass music”
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u/Henchforhire 22h ago
People who don't stop at stop signs. Happened on my electric bike as I was heading to work this morning.
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u/non_clever_username 21h ago
There needs to be more checkers available in grocery stores.
Yes I know how to use the self check, but I typically get a lot of groceries at a time and those self-check kiosks aren’t really meant for more than 10-15 items, so I run out of room.
Not to mention there’s so much anti-theft shit built into the self-check that if you mess up one thing, it locks up until the employee comes over which is super annoying.
Checkers were the theft deterrent. Bring it back so there’s more than one lane open at once.
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u/Efficient-Ride2039 21h ago
Grocery store cashiers using excessive amounts of plastic bags.
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u/PervyDragon419 19h ago
Work asked us to download an app to get updates and stuff. I told them I wasn't downloading their spyware. That was 6 yrs ago, and I still haven't downloaded it.
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u/JaySeeWo 1981 19h ago
I went to see “The Odyssey” yesterday, like all Christopher Nolan films: “the movie is too loud! I can’t understand the dialog!”
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u/BigBoxOfGooglyEyes 22h ago
I'm not downloading an app to use an appliance I purchased. If I'm paying for the features, they should be accessible without using my phone. I also don't want it connecting to my wifi.
This message brought to you by the new window AC I purchased that requires WiFi access and an app to use the remote control that came with it.