Yippee-IA, Motherf***ers! IRRATIONALLY ANGRY PT. 2: Irrationally Angrier

Probably mentioned upthread but also calling the pets their fur kids.

not a british thing - dear daughter/dear son and also horrible, yes

PP - that's exactly what it makes me thing of.

Ugh yes "furbabies", fuck off with that shite.

When the whippetlurcher eventually kicks the bucket, I will make short shrift, possibly WITH KNIVES, of any commiseration involving the concept of The Rainbow Bridge.

Swapped over to Ubuntu after not being able to get into my computer which had Windows xp still loaded for ages and having teething problems.
I just tried to remove a lot of stuff from a memory stick which was full. Ubuntu created a trash folder on the memory stick and dumped everything in there which it is now refusing to empty.
I haven't used the Operating system b efore to any length so I'm just wondering if this is typical behaviour for it.
I assume that the memory stick was formatted to Windows since it was reformatted a couple of times to clear everything out of it. Would that be effecting this process?

& the fact that I've had some headspinning flu for the last month plus which I don't think has cleared up after a 2nd batch of antibiotics. & now it seems like my hair is falliing out. NO end of fun.

i don't use ubuntu but i think there will be some way in the desktop of selecting the trash folder and deleting its contents permanently.

failing that, in a terminal, sudo -s to root, change into the directory, *check* and *double-check* you are where you want to be and rm -rf * to delete all the files / directories

Thanks for that. Have seen that command suggested elsewhere but wasn't sure how to do it. &head still not being clear of flu ain't helping.
Have been hoping it might just be a case of me not being used to the OS & it possibly coming clearer if I could think straighter.
The files having been put on the memory stick from a different OS wouldn't have any relevance would it? Would hope that you could delete a Windows xp created file with Ubuntu anyway.

yeah, they are all just files*

(* although linux had read-only access to ntfs files for a while, but i think that stick will be plain FAT and easy to delete)

When the whippetlurcher eventually kicks the bucket, I will make short shrift, possibly WITH KNIVES, of any commiseration involving the concept of The Rainbow Bridge.

My consolation was that our Great Dane very likely took a huge shit on that Rainbow Bridge. I mean, she was probably excited and all.

spent last weekend reshelving cds (yes i still have cds on shelves shaddup)

I'm pretty sure we've covered this but let me just restate again for the record FUCK non-standard sized cd cases.
And stupid non-standard spine printing where it's upside down & you have to have the back cover facing forward for the spine to read correctly and rraaaaaaaaaaaaagggggh stupid

and digipacks whyyyyyy

i'm with you on the spine lettering thing

I'm pretty sure we've covered this but let me just restate again for the record FUCK non-standard sized cd cases.

A FUCKING MEN. I love the new Ty Segall but it's practically designed to be unstorable/shelvable.

Ah c'mon! Make your CD racks look like a branch of Sue Ryder, why dontcha?

I pretty much hate jewel cases and just throw them in a box in the basement because they're not nice to look at

ia at how difficult this thread is to keep up with

People who sit down on the train and keep their backpacks on. That can't be comfortable, and you're going to smash your lunch/electronics/Faberge egg whatever else you have in there.

I was trying to submit an objection to a local planning application (yes, I have become a NIMBY) on the council website except of course I left it until the last day and now the website doesn't work. I've emailed them but it is widely rumoured that the council is already contractually obliged to let the developers do whatever they like so they'll probably be glad of an excuse not to get more comments and not count any late submissions.

Bah.

I've done similar and here they can consider anything received before a decision was actually made. So far it's a month after the 'decision deadline' and there's been no decision. As long as you've emailed them you'll be OK I think.

goddammit i am over ppl who complain they have a simple tech problem yet when you give them the easiest fix in the world they "dont have time"

well fuck off then with your long story about how annoying "this shit" is if you willfully choose not to help yrself

I know sometimes people just want to vent and not hear solutions but I'm with you on that one. Today a co-worker asked me for help finding his archived emails folder, which he reallyyyy needed. I told him he'd have to install an Outlook patch but for now he could go https://login.microsoftonline.com/ and sign on and there it would be. He DIDN'T HAVE TIME for that.

What's the alternative? Do it or go without the email you need.

They really want you to get on their PC and do it.

OTOH, when we ask our IT contractor if he could schedule a time to remote in and fix something on one of our computers, he invariably does not schedule a time, but just remotes in unannounced when he gets time that day or the next day.

xp - no, even if I offered he wouldn't let me b/c he "doesn't have time"

lol whoever does the IT for the small business my friend works at decided to upgrade the OS on their file server at 8AM Monday morning

AWESOME TIMING

so the whiny dude yesterday had lost his password for a work-related website -- my 'help' was to let him know there's a recover password link on the main page that will email you a new one

that was what he didn't have time for

so today I heard him call the help desk and talk to two separate people, the end result of which was them telling him about the recover password link on the main page that will email you a new one

ffffuuuuuuuuuuu >:(

Jesus.

Yesterday we again had a certain court reporter from reputable company for a deposition at our office. This woman calls for breaks about every 90 minutes during depositions so she can go smoke.... It's actually shocking. I like her personally (she's a gritty and crusty, but friendly and cool, Midwestern gal w/ blue eyeshadow and red lipstick) and I guess I actually respect her chutzpah and influence b/c most people would be fired for that - maybe on the spot.

Walking through crowds when you need to get anywhere. Especially when they include tourist groups and families who are headed in the same direction but spread out so weaving through them becomes a pain, particularly when you're facing the same coming towards you as heading in the same direction as you.
Town during busy season is a pain anyway but now there's an Xmas market blocking the park I normally walk through when I get to town cos my bus stops next to it.

The way that people haven't realised that for them to get on a bus the people on it need to get off. & should be able to head in either direction along the pavement once they have actually left the bus without fighting through.
Just wondering if other places have announcements made through P.A. every time or if people on my bus route are just ignorant.

Googling for some obscure tech question, the answer is apparently on some blog. But you can't read the post unless you Like, +1 or Tweet the page. FUCK YOU.

Jesus.

Yesterday we again had a certain court reporter from reputable company for a deposition at our office. This woman calls for breaks about every 90 minutes during depositions so she can go smoke.... It's actually shocking. I like her personally (she's a gritty and crusty, but friendly and cool, Midwestern gal w/ blue eyeshadow and red lipstick) and I guess I actually respect her chutzpah and influence b/c most people would be fired for that - maybe on the spot.

― Je55e, Saturday, November 22, 2014 12:52 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I would complain about that shit to the reporting service, reporter really should not be the one calling breaks, especially if there's a time-limit on the deposition.

Oops I meant to post that in the co-workers thread. Anyway, if the lawyers don't complain, I don't, but it's weird that they haven't. The deps stayed well under the time limit, but I don't know how she would get away with otherwise.

listen lady, you're the one stopped halfway across a 3-way intersection, don't angrily wave everyone through as though you don't understand why we're all stopping.

fuckin intersection wavers. I hate them so much.

one of these days I'm just going to fold my arms and shake my head and mouth NO

I've been holed up with a new baby in a rental house with full cable for three days and these guys who seem to be the only thing allowed on HGTV make me irrationally angry with their shitty perpetual stubble:

http://www.thescottbrothers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/SBE-PropertyBrothers_episodeThumb-425x250.jpg

yeah I just hate their faces. it's unhealthy and wrong.

property brothers! it's like irl tim and eric

oh god I have watched a bunch of that show at my parents' place

oh I hate those guys' faces too, thought it was just me, feel like there's no good reason for it.

Season 1
John & Christine
Kieron & Emma
Stefan & Owen
Matt & Aleya
Stephen & Julie
Julie & Peter
Lise & Andrew
Sammy & Monica
Jessica & Jason
Janice & Rob
Monica & Kevin
Andrea & Dave
Raun & Jasprit

Season 2
Tina & James
Sarah & Scott
Tim & Michelle
Nancy & Dan
Katherine & Jordan
Lica & Nicholas
Jose & Connie
Marianne & Steve
Liat & Zack
Vincent & Helena
Mike & Avi
Jay & Cara
Delecia & Dwyane
Wyatt & Whitney
Morgan & Kristin
Dan & Brittany
Stan & Leslie
Kate & Cole
Steph & Micah
Lana & Jacob
Amber
Rob & Jessica
Olivia
Sophie & Preston
Cori & Suroosh
Jeanette & Tony

Season 3
Kristi & Jay
Courtney & Luke
April
Kristine & Paul
Sarah & Mari
Samira & Sean
Angie & Titol
Matt & Krysten
James & David
Parker & Francesca
Caitlin & Steve
Rose & Giancarlo
Kate & Dave
Megan & Greg
Marla & Adam
Sandra & Kyle
Mark & Priscilla
Christine & Mathieu
Kathryn & Eric
Danielle & Chad
Joey & Mark
Kari & Boris
Stephane & Karina
Christa & Sumit
Nancy & Rhonda
Veronica & Andrew

That it would take 3 weeks to get a bag repaired under warranty because it would need to be sent to the U.S. from Ireland and I found this out pretty close to that before Xmas. & the time of year would probably mean a delay anyway.
Further that it is the one bag I have for transporting things. & if I do anything about approaching self repair I'm going to void the warranty.
JUst thinking, god what a bummer to find that out now. I pretty much rely on that bag

Please do not power off or unplug your machine.
Installing update 1 of 18.

I WAS JUST IN THE OFFICE LAST WEEK. Have there seriously been 18 updates since then? God damn.

also spotify asking you to restart for a new version every time I open it

my glistening wife refuses to update any software she owns, and it drives me crazy

The world needs more Luddites.

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Trying to get on a bus that's stopped in traffic to let somebody else on. I get one foot on the floor of the vehicle and the bus starts moving with a lot of the rest of me outside. I don't remember what I managed to hold onto or if something/body was blocking my progress. Got a nasty black mark on my right knee of my jeans where it hit the outside of the bus. I then started shouting hold on. & had pictures of me falling backwards losing my left footing running through my head for a while. Gorblimey.

my bus rage: if there's empty seats and you don't have a medical reason not to then sit the fuck down and stop blocking up the aisle like a cock

i stand due to social anxiety, i stare out the front of the bus and touch no one. check your pychonormative priv

Trying to get on a bus that's stopped in traffic to let somebody else on. I get one foot on the floor of the vehicle and the bus starts moving with a lot of the rest of me outside. I don't remember what I managed to hold onto or if something/body was blocking my progress. Got a nasty black mark on my right knee of my jeans where it hit the outside of the bus. I then started shouting hold on. & had pictures of me falling backwards losing my left footing running through my head for a while. Gorblimey.

― Stevolende, Monday, December 1, 2014 2:57 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Honestly you brought this on yourself. Catch the bus at bus stops like an adult.

rvw i counted anxiety or neurodiversity as a medical reason