Shit that annoys you

The slow lane is for driving slow. You have plenty of people merging in that are not up to speed yet, others who are turning off etc.

If you want to go fast get in one of the faster lanes and stay there.

If you are getting off the freeway wait til an appropriate distance from your exit and chill the fuck out, the slower traffic won't hold you up for very long.

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Originally Posted by Mustonen

You’ve never missed an exit that added 40+ miles to your journey? I have.

Nice that GPS tells you what lane you need to be in these days. Agreed there’s not much excuse.

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Yeah, if only there were signs on freeways telling you how far the next exit is and what lane to be in. It would be nice if they could add signs telling you what the exit accesses and where it goes.


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Originally Posted by MontuckyFried

Haha. For real! Riser's literally the only person here who can watch those videos and be like...

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Put a beard on him and that’s probably an accurate depiction


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Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn

Yeah, if only there were signs on freeways telling you how far the next exit is and what lane to be in. It would be nice if they could add signs telling you what the exit accesses and where it goes.


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I was impressed with how many signs for upcoming exits there are on the Autobahn. In France otoh the first sign is the one telling you you missed it.

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Originally Posted by evdog

Seems like most of the drivers I see do that were in the slow lane but got impatient and decided they absolutely had to pass whoever was ahead of them, even though they'd be exiting in like 1/4 mile. Get over to the fast lane, then have to get back over pronto so they can exit. They're in a hurry, ya know!!

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Lol. I think that's what happened in the 2nd video I posted. The instakarma was satisfying tho.

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Originally Posted by riser4

Fine by me. I hate driving.

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Same. Driving is overrated and annoying. I look forward to the day I get a self driving car.



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My dream is a self driving van where I can program a destination then go hang out in the back where I have a nice bar and a bed to pass out in. Wake up in the Jackson Hole parking lot the next morning.

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Originally Posted by evdog

The slow lane is for driving slow. You have plenty of people merging in that are not up to speed yet, others who are turning off etc.

If you want to go fast get in one of the faster lanes and stay there.

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While this *seems* reasonable advice, it really only works if there are 4+ lanes. Less than that and you're just fucking things up if you go straight to one of the "faster" lanes and stay there.

The right lane is for through-travel. All other lanes are for passing.

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not this shit again

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Originally Posted by Danno

not this shit again

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Srsly - it's almost like people won't listen.

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Originally Posted by skaredshtles

Srsly - it's almost like people won't listen.

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heard

I'm back on the job market again, still tryna break into renewable energy (but still within my own field) and this is SO relatable. :frown:

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Nevermind.

That could apply to every posgt in this thread.

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My dream is a self driving van where I can program a destination then go hang out in the back where I have a nice bar and a bed to pass out in. Wake up in the Jackson Hole parking lot the next morning.

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Fuck yeah. I don’t need or want a self driving car.

Unless it’s an RV with me napping in back for a cross country drive. I used to have no problem with three day drives. I’m over it now.

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Originally Posted by Core Shot

Fuck yeah. I don’t need or want a self driving car.

Unless it’s an RV with me napping in back for a cross country drive. I used to have no problem with three day drives. I’m over it now.

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I mean really, is that asking too much? America sucks at public transportation, and high speed rail will only make sense between major metropolitan areas. That's fine. But give us an opportunity to travel wherever we want, overnight, and chill in the back not even thinking about it, or looking out a window if we don't want to, and I think people might go for it.


Would suck to end up in Jackson Mississippi by accident though.

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Originally Posted by Name Redacted

Would suck to end up in Jackson Mississippi by accident though.

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You: "Drive me to Jackson WY!"
Car: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
Car: "Best I can do is Jackson MS."

Early this week Ms Boissal was hanging out with her parents and our 8-month old and grandma failed to mention that she was feeling sick. Couple days later she texts us a picture of a positive COVID test but immediately says not to worry, it's real mid, just a runny nose. We both thought that sounded weird, no way she'd test unless she was really sick. She, along with husband and SIL, spent the early COVID era playing it loose, they got WORKED when they got it, it still took some effort to get them vaxxed, in general they do everything to avoid listening to the medical professional in the family. Ms Boissal has told them a million times that until the babe is a bit older and fully immunized we need to be careful around here, even with what we think of as random colds.

Anyway, sure enough the baby gets it, wakes up at midnight screaming bloody murder, crazy high fever, won't keep anything down including meds, getting dehydrated, really scary since it's the first time she gets sick. We get the pediatrician on the phone, she tells us that if she's not keeping meds downs and the fever is that high we should go to the ER just to be on the safe side. We get there, they confirm COVID, manage to get meds in her, and things stabilize. We go home and spend the whole day with the child tossing and turning on top of us, can't put her down or she wails non stop, 18 hours straight with no sleep. I kept sending MIL pictures of her absolutely wrecked grand daughter and she kept responding that she felt awful about the situation but couldn't understand why the babe had it so bad when hers was so mild. Because clearly exposing a completely naïve immune system to the disease is the same as one that has been immunized 3x and infected 2x with 70 years of experience against other diseases.

Grandma eventually fessed up and admitted that it wasn't just a runny nose, she had a bad cough and body aches as well, including when she stuck her finger in the babe's mouth to feel the new tooth. Said she was scared we wouldn't let her see the baby so she didn't say anything... Guess waiting a week to see your grand daughter is too hard, better give her some gnarly cooties, that will toughen her up. Now we're waiting to get sick cause she spat in our faces at least 50 times yesterday. Grandpa is already sick as hell, I'm sure SIL isn't far behind. Sharing is caring I guess.

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Early this week Ms Boissal was hanging out with her parents and our 8-month old and grandma failed to mention that she was feeling sick. Couple days later she texts us a picture of a positive COVID test but immediately says not to worry, it's real mid, just a runny nose. We both thought that sounded weird, no way she'd test unless she was really sick. She, along with husband and SIL, spent the early COVID era playing it loose, they got WORKED when they got it, it still took some effort to get them vaxxed, in general they do everything to avoid listening to the medical professional in the family. Ms Boissal has told them a million times that until the babe is a bit older and fully immunized we need to be careful around here, even with what we think of as random colds.

Anyway, sure enough the baby gets it, wakes up at midnight screaming bloody murder, crazy high fever, won't keep anything down including meds, getting dehydrated, really scary since it's the first time she gets sick. We get the pediatrician on the phone, she tells us that if she's not keeping meds downs and the fever is that high we should go to the ER just to be on the safe side. We get there, they confirm COVID, manage to get meds in her, and things stabilize. We go home and spend the whole day with the child tossing and turning on top of us, can't put her down or she wails non stop, 18 hours straight with no sleep. I kept sending MIL pictures of her absolutely wrecked grand daughter and she kept responding that she felt awful about the situation but couldn't understand why the babe had it so bad when hers was so mild. Because clearly exposing a completely naïve immune system to the disease is the same as one that has been immunized 3x and infected 2x with 70 years of experience against other diseases.

Grandma eventually fessed up and admitted that it wasn't just a runny nose, she had a bad cough and body aches as well, including when she stuck her finger in the babe's mouth to feel the new tooth. Said she was scared we wouldn't let her see the baby...

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You're lucky you're not me. Because I'd cut grandma off completely at that point and end up in Tammy's thread if the Mrs didn't follow my lead. Scared you won't get to see the baby, eh? Well, this was your last visit so I hope you enjoyed it.

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Originally Posted by Boissal

Early this week Ms Boissal was hanging out with her parents and our 8-month old and grandma failed to mention that she was feeling sick. Couple days later she texts us a picture of a positive COVID test but immediately says not to worry, it's real mid, just a runny nose. We both thought that sounded weird, no way she'd test unless she was really sick. She, along with husband and SIL, spent the early COVID era playing it loose, they got WORKED when they got it, it still took some effort to get them vaxxed, in general they do everything to avoid listening to the medical professional in the family. Ms Boissal has told them a million times that until the babe is a bit older and fully immunized we need to be careful around here, even with what we think of as random colds.

Anyway, sure enough the baby gets it, wakes up at midnight screaming bloody murder, crazy high fever, won't keep anything down including meds, getting dehydrated, really scary since it's the first time she gets sick. We get the pediatrician on the phone, she tells us that if she's not keeping meds downs and the fever is that high we should go to the ER just to be on the safe side. We get there, they confirm COVID, manage to get meds in her, and things stabilize. We go home and spend the whole day with the child tossing and turning on top of us, can't put her down or she wails non stop, 18 hours straight with no sleep. I kept sending MIL pictures of her absolutely wrecked grand daughter and she kept responding that she felt awful about the situation but couldn't understand why the babe had it so bad when hers was so mild. Because clearly exposing a completely naïve immune system to the disease is the same as one that has been immunized 3x and infected 2x with 70 years of experience against other diseases.

Grandma eventually fessed up and admitted that it wasn't just a runny nose, she had a bad cough and body aches as well, including when she stuck her finger in the babe's mouth to feel the new tooth. Said she was scared we wouldn't let her see the baby so she didn't say anything... Guess waiting a week to see your grand daughter is too hard, better give her some gnarly cooties, that will toughen her up. Now we're waiting to get sick cause she spat in our faces at least 50 times yesterday. Grandpa is already sick as hell, I'm sure SIL isn't far behind. Sharing is caring I guess.

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You're lucky you're not me. Because I'd cut grandma off completely at that point and end up in Tammy's thread if the Mrs didn't follow my lead. Scared you won't get to see the baby, eh? Well, this was your last visit so I hope you enjoyed it.

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Oh the threat's been made but Ms Boissal is masterful at conflict resolution and talked everyone off the ledge. I'm not a rational actor in this situation so I let her handle it while plotting a move to Montana or somewhere real remote. If she's satisfied as the mother & medical professional, I'll fall in line, and hold a perpetual grudge.
The only person who is going to burn a bridge with guilty grandma is other grandma though. My mom was ready to hop on a flight from France to put the smackdown on her US-based counterpart and rescue her grand daughter. She's already announced that next time she's in the US she's not going to dinner with "these people".

That’s brutal. I’d def have torched a few bridges in that situation. Hope the kiddo recovers quickly and you both dodged the cooties

Just remember that your MIL isn't intentionally being an ass, she's just a moran. Hope that helps. :)

Insane. Sorry you have to deal with all that.

C'est un tas de conneries! Vibes.

Ugh. I'd be so friggin' pissed. Hope your baby doesn't have any lifelong bs to deal with from covid. And hope you can avoid it, too.

People who drive around with their light bars on

"Since it's obvious that you don't want to put our child's best interests first and foremost when we're together then we don't need to get together again. We'll send pictures as the baby grows..."

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she's not going to dinner with "these people".

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I bet that sounded absolutely biblical in her native tongue.

Our niece pulled that one on us last winter--my wife went to visit, a couple of the family were sick, my wife got sick as soon as she got home, then I got sick and had to cancel my cousin's ski visit--hours before his flight departed. Niece clais tests were negative and maybe they were if they took them too soon, but the timing and the fact my wife didn't see anyone else the week she was down there makes the source of her covid quite clear.

KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Twenty-three skiers and snowboarders had to be rescued in frigid temperatures on Saturday after becoming lost in the backcountry in Killington, Vermont, police said.

After a call came in around 2:30 p.m., search and rescue crews hiked, snowshoed and used skis with skins to travel about 5 miles (8 kilometers) to bring a group of 21 lost skiers and riders back to safety, Killington police posted on Facebook. Temperatures were in the single digits.

The group of skiers and snowboarders, which included about six juveniles, warmed up in the Killington Fire Department’s heavy rescue truck and search and rescue members’ vehicles while they waited for their rides.

Unsure is this annoys or amuses… glad they’re safe, but WTF… Ikonic lemmings??


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Killington has backcountry??

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Killington has backcountry??

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This is where we need Mr. Profane's expertise.

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Killington has backcountry??

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Really, really good BC. The High Peaks of the Greens have amazing terrain and fantastic trees (when the snow is right which isn't often enough). When you get to the Northern Greens it's as good as any other ski zone in the country with reliably deep snow.

That has to be a group of Boy Scouts, right? Nobody else could be that useless in the woods.

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KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Twenty-three skiers and snowboarders had to be rescued in frigid temperatures on Saturday after becoming lost in the backcountry in Killington, Vermont, police said.

After a call came in around 2:30 p.m., search and rescue crews hiked, snowshoed and used skis with skins to travel about 5 miles (8 kilometers) to bring a group of 21 lost skiers and riders back to safety, Killington police posted on Facebook. Temperatures were in the single digits.

The group of skiers and snowboarders, which included about six juveniles, warmed up in the Killington Fire Department’s heavy rescue truck and search and rescue members’ vehicles while they waited for their rides.

Unsure is this annoys or amuses… glad they’re safe, but WTF… Ikonic lemmings??


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Relatives of these clueless Vermonters?

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When you get to the Northern Greens it's as good as any other ski zone in the country with reliably deep snow

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As someone who spent 5 winters as a Smug/Stowe/Jay skier, no its not. Good? Yes. If its your favorite, great. But if you really want to stand by that, start a new thread and we will make a list.

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My dream is a self driving van where I can program a destination then go hang out in the back where I have a nice bar and a bed to pass out in. Wake up in the Jackson Hole parking lot the next morning.

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Agree. I can’t wait for self-driving vehicles.


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Originally Posted by halliday

People who drive around with their light bars on

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Ooh this one bugs me too

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As someone who spent 5 winters as a Smug/Stowe/Jay skier, no its not. Good? Yes. If its your favorite, great. But if you really want to stand by that, start a new thread and we will make a list.

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Ok, when the snow is right it's really (really) good. Better?

Re: fully autonomous vehicles - Wouldn't you rather redirect the resources to figuring out teleportation? Save the travel time completely and get to ski wherever the snow is best anywhere on the planet whenever you want.

I already have solar panels on my roof and yet I still seem to get 3 or 4 door to door salesman per year trying to sell me solar panels who haven't even bothered to look up at my roof.

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