start a victory garden and ration your IRRATIONALLY ANGRY feelings, part 3

I resisted contactless (tappy) for approx. 1 week and since then I have used it with gay abandon feeling like some sort of super-efficient paying ninja

I know there si a fee per transaction on a debit card not sure what the story is on credit cards.

Also not used a tappy card enough to be used to the process.

Did see that you could buy tappy card wallets that apparently prevent tappy thieves from coming up beside you in a crowded place and tapping on your tappy card with a portable money device. BUt if maximum is €30 then hopefully success of that would be fairly limited anyway.

reddit thread (sorry) suggests such a scam wouldn't be worth it https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/468zs9/guy_spotted_scamming_contactless_bank_cards_by/

I've avoided getting a "tap and go" chip card for that reason, the idea a simple walllet loss could result in someone going on a cash spending spree on my dime is scary.

Problem is, theyve become so ubiquitous that I have had the experience of handing my eftpos (debit, uses a PIN) card to a foetal-aged cashier, who looks at it dumbly because they dont know about card swiping.

My bank sent me a contactless card but I was under the impression that I had to authorise it with a PIN for the first contactless use so I was like, OK, I'll just never use it and it won't be authorised so nobody can scam me. <adjusts tin foil hat>

One day the cashier grabbed my card and paid contactlessly and it didn't ask for a PIN because it turned out that I'd already authorised it. Probably I swiped it once and put my PIN in because I thought I was paying by swipe but the cashier had actually pressed the contactless payment button instead, or however it works at the till side.

Oh well.

https://art.penny-arcade.com/Comics/Pa-comics/n-xmQS5/i-Z2VSPcG/0/2100x20000/i-Z2VSPcG-2100x20000.jpg

I didn't mean contactless so much as (by my failing memory) the last time I was there, a lot of interactions with a debit card simply needed you to 'dip' IE swipe it and nothing else? I know that pre- chip and pin there was the theatre where you had to sign for card use but it was considered rude to actually compare the signatures.

Yeah in the US I just used to swipe (this was pre-contactless) and felt really insulted when they didn't need a PIN. Bank security is shite over there though, couldn't believe it when I got there, you just need a normal login + password for your online banking. (Here in the UK I have a small device where I have to set up a code and type it into the device to generate a new code each time).

Hah, Co-op I think sent me one of those - I never received it and I just ring up if I need to send money (the rest I can do online).

is this where I admit I've been buying energy drinks at work because the machine says they're $3 but if you pay with apple pay it screws up and only charges you $1.50

how can I resist gaming the system?

It's Thursday, it must be time for another fucking Flash update

Oh your updater doesn't work anymore so I have to download it manually and do it all from scratch AGAIN, awesome

Why are we still using this fucking garbage ass program

We aren't using it anymore? Don't even need it for YT anymore. Said goodbye to flash a long time ago.

Driving behind someone who constantly touches the breaks, break lights flashing (npi), when there's no need at all to do so really rubs me up the wrong way and makes me AI. Serenity now.

All automated voice telephone customer service systems. Even ten seconds of having to give voice commands to one of these systems sends my blood pressure through the roof.

*brakes
(people using brakes/breaks is my IA thing)

I get annoyed at what I think are either/or drivers: they have to be pushing on either the gas or brake pedal at all times. imo ideal driving is when you touch the pedals as little as possible, or at least push them very little

How are you supposed to keep the car moving without pressing on the gas pedal?

you depress it a little and not constantly accelerate when you're already driving fast enough

also there are hills

mh otm

ppl who drive in the left lane and need to use brakes every few seconds often are idiots. causes everyone behind them to wonder if they are stopping. that reminds me i am going to make a complaint about a sears home services driver i saw yesterday. he only had a center brake light and almost caused a crash weaving in and out of lanes at 80 mph. wtf. i was thinking "oh good this guy deserves to crash" until i realized i would not be able to stop after he crashes in front of me.

that's how i get my brakes to last forever in good shape even driving in bad traffic every day. i make it a game of using brakes less.

If someone is brakelighting you a lot maybe you're driving too close to him? I have done it once to stop a shithead crawling up my ass to try and get him to back off. Probably not the best action to take but in some situations you can't move over or speed up.

nah, some people are just dumbasses

some of my noted either/or drivers are really old people who think they're driving an old car with a manual transmission and are driving with feet on both pedals. you can tell because the brake lights are on 99% of the time

def not following too close. that is part of my anti-brake practice.

^^ exactly. And like harbl I try to touch the brakes as little as possible. Some people are just so nervous I guess. It's not that I am too close - you don't want to be too close to someone who brakelights a lot anyway. My blood pressure would soar.

Whatever method of locomotion they employ, people who travel like they're dogs straining against a leash make me IA. CHILL THE FUCK OUT ALREADY! LIKE ME! CAN'T YOU SEE HOW CHILL I AM? GOD!

I either already posted this or just thought about posting it but my body really needs to stop with the 'sneezing while I'm eating' thing. Like, it was a funny little practical joke the first time, ha ha, look at the food spraying everywhere, you really got me, yessiree, but now it's becoming a thing that needs to stop being a thing because it's gross and super annoying.

I get annoyed at what I think are either/or drivers: they have to be pushing on either the gas or brake pedal at all times.

our local bus companies have a few of these gas-to-the-floor-then-jam-on-brakes-then-repeat maniac drivers and it does not make for a comfortable bus ride. for their frantic two-pedal technique I call them Heavy Metal Drummer Bus Drivers

(to, like, nobody whatsoever except in my own head and probably somewhere on another IA thread too)

as a beginner driver, minimising pedal usage in regular driving feels satisfying, like I am in control and at one with all the things that need to happen – tho as a beginner driver and indeed a spacecadet I should know better than to think this ever – but if a line of traffic starts slowing I worry that maybe the person behind will only pay attention when the brake lights come on. prob mostly just paranoia but

people should choose a speed to drive at and then employ cruise control whenever possible

our local bus companies have a few of these gas-to-the-floor-then-jam-on-brakes-then-repeat maniac drivers and it does not make for a comfortable bus ride. for their frantic two-pedal technique I call them Heavy Metal Drummer Bus Drivers

I think it's in the training manual for bus drivers tbh
Extra points if the bus makes an excruciating SCREEEEEECHHHHHH PFFFT each time and throws every standing passenger forward/back, full combo achieved if sleeping babies on board

having a hybrid car w/a gauge that indicates to what extent you're using the gas engine really makes you learn to use the gas/brake more gradually, in my experience

I drove through an entire 25mph school zone yesterday on the electric motor and inertia alone, yeah

There should be gamification for safe driving.

cross post to my terrible idea

Fruit flies in my wine. Each one I off being replaced at lightning speed by another brave soldier. And no idea what the source is.

if you put a little bit of whiskey in the bottom of a glass and leave it in the offending area, the fruit flies will land in it and die

found that one out via serendipity

Actually, you should make a funnel out of a piece of paper that leads into a glass. At the base pretty much anything sweet, but apple cider vinegar seems to do the trick.

You sure? My method has always been a small glass with some balsamic vinegar + washing liquid, and cone shaped paper with a tiny hole cut into it placed on top. As fruit flies for some reason know how to get to the liquid through a small hole but don't know how to escape it?
It's in the kitchen as we speak but many seem totally down with ignoring that and landing in my Chateauneuf instead. Been especially cranky today and this feels like insult to injury tbh.

Xp ha! :)

imo just burn down your abode and move somewhere new

Yeah, when you get a fruit fly infestation, the best approach is the one Dennis Wilson took with Charlie Manson. It's cool, have fun with the house, I'll just find another place to crash.

Making a concoction based on loads of granular sugar in water with vinegar and washing up liquid seems to work wonders with fruit flies.
I think the washing up liquid makes it difficult for them to get away from the water or something. & vinegar helps attract them in.
I tend to boil a kettle and pour it on sugar in a jar and put it on top of something in the kitchen & it attracts whatever flies are around.

the dish soap breaks the surface tension and means that flies that touch the liquid sink instead of floating

http://m.imgur.com/on1ZctF.jpg

Five fruit flies still on the fence, not diving in my deathly balsamic and washing up fluid.

Uhm, this

That ostentatious waving-arms-in-the-air-at-God thing people do when singing in church

You need to find a nice, old-fashioned Presbyterian church, where people don't even sing, they just mouth the words.

When the same dude plays both characters in a Vine.

Yahoo yet again. Hasn't allowed a password number to be accepted, possibly because there wasa 1/2 hour delay between it being requested and me trying to use it. Now tried to get a 2nd code number but it hasn't arrived.
So is the same thing going to repeat. actuallly several times over since the code was requested several times but for some reason I lost signal. Which shouldn't be happening anyway since I'm on the outskirts of town not the middle of nowhere.

& why is it taht I keep needing to enter a code number to access my own email account, instead of it just being my password needed.
Is taht the same on most email servers or is taht a special fun thing with yahoo?

On top of that they've now locked my account for 12 hours.
Time to get away from yahoo probably.
Though that might have been a couple of years ago really.

To coin a phrase, Yahoo is "like a burning house with more flammable parts yet to come."

I was at a friend's house for a party over the weekend and they had some yellow and red peppers that were snack-sized set out with the food.

This lady walked by and was like "look at these peppers! are you just supposed to eat them like that! hah! *makes exaggerated nibbling motions*" as if the idea of eating a pepper was ridiculous to her

I was really tempted to walk over and just start eating one, so I could say, "Yes, peppers are food, you put them in your mouth and chew like this"

There were sauces, like ranch, on the table. Her demeanor was in that weird territory where you can't tell if someone thinks they're being funny or if they're attempting to passive-aggressively mock the host, because... peppers on a tray, who does such a thing?!?

I can't remember if it was my friend who was one of the hosts or another guest who looked at her, very confused, and said "they're not hot peppers, just regular ones..."

On top of that they've now locked my account for 12 hours.
Time to get away from yahoo probably.
Though that might have been a couple of years ago really
I'm caught in a cross fire
that I don't understand
But there's one thing I know for sure girl
I don't give a damn

xpost I don't know what disease of the mind that is, where certain people apparently lead a selectively cloistered existence and then express incredulous amusement towards things that are actually pretty normal.

bumper stickers that are deliberately crooked to make it look like someone just slapped it on there all casual like.