Shit that annoys you

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Originally Posted by dunfree

Doesn’t annoy me as much baffles me - the existence of White Claw Zero. A 0% alcohol seltzer is just a flavored seltzer water right? This isn’t even NA beer.

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Hahahaha. I didn't even know that existed. I too am baffled. Guess they're right back to square one with that product. Brilliant marketing from the brand I suppose. Charge 3x what a flavored seltzer water costs for literally the same thing (well, arguably worse actually) and the masses will be all over it. It's the same reasoning that suburban basic white chicks eschew "station wagons" but toss on some cheap black plastic body cladding, raise it 1/4", and relabel it an "SUV" and those same people are like "I MUST HAVE IT!!!"

To piggyback off your post, the sheer effectiveness of marketing on the gullible masses annoys me. I know it's pure psychology, but why are people like this?

People be like:
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You'll appreciate this review, dunfree:
https://www.nj.com/food/2024/03/i-tr...my-review.html

A can of Liquid Death is almost $3.

It's just a can of plain, unflavored, still water.

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Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan

You're still not hearing me. It's not novel. You didn't invent the wheel.

Micro. Donations. Dont. Work.

Your minutes of googling that makes you think it will isn't "research."

Sorry.

Signed, A $649 billion dollar industry. (who may have done some "research")

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Its starting to sound like a pissing contest

How about people who pay for bottled water at sporting events? Beer is equally exorbitant, but at least it's not available free elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by The AD

How about people who pay for bottled water at sporting events? Beer is equally exorbitant, but at least it's not available free elsewhere.

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They should drink their piss, otherwise they are IDIOTS.

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Originally Posted by muted reborn

They should drink their piss, otherwise they are IDIOTS.

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Well, that may be a bit extreme...

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Originally Posted by muted reborn

They should drink their piss, otherwise they are IDIOTS.

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Kamala needs to put a stop to this price gouging. Immediately.

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Originally Posted by The AD

How about people who pay for bottled water at sporting events? Beer is equally exorbitant, but at least it's not available free elsewhere.

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It happens but I FIGHT with the family about refusing to buy a bottle at events when I'm offering to walk and get them a free cup from a bar. I'll die on that hill

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Originally Posted by The AD

How about people who pay for bottled water at sporting events? Beer is equally exorbitant, but at least it's not available free elsewhere.

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They had to redo dodger stadium so people could get free water

I don;t go to live sports much--a couple of VGK games in the last few years. Do they let you bring your own water or an empty bottle to fill at various venues?

Politcal yard signs annoy me. No one in history has ever changed their vote because of a yard sign. The only reason people put up signs is to show solidarity with their tribe and to annoy the other tribe. Like the guy who put up a Trump sign on his back deck facing our back yard, where only we could see it. Landlord made him take it down. OTOH the guy came rushing over with a fire extinguisher when I had a grease fire in my grill--a good guy, except for poltics.

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Originally Posted by old goat

I don;t go to live sports much--a couple of VGK games in the last few years. Do they let you bring your own water or an empty bottle to fill at various venues?

Politcal yard signs annoy me. No one in history has ever changed their vote because of a yard sign. The only reason people put up signs is to show solidarity with their tribe and to annoy the other tribe. Like the guy who put up a Trump sign on his back deck facing our back yard, where only we could see it. Landlord made him take it down. OTOH the guy came rushing over with a fire extinguisher when I had a grease fire in my grill--a good guy, except for poltics.

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Yeah, I was looking forward to getting to know our across the street neighbors until they put up a sign for the wrong mayoral candidate (Rene Gonzalez). Now I know they may be nice guys but their politics are off kilter. Rene "ouch, you touched me, police!" Gonzalez has had a number of disqualifying incidents recently

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Originally Posted by dan_pdx

Yeah, I was looking forward to getting to know our across the street neighbors until they put up a sign for the wrong mayoral candidate (Rene Gonzalez). Now I know they may be nice guys but their politics are off kilter. Rene "ouch, you touched me, police!" Gonzalez has had a number of disqualifying incidents recently

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I'm not from Portland or even Oregon. But I was curious. Hot damn, there's a lot of people running for mayor of your fine city.

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Originally Posted by riser4

I'm not from Portland or even Oregon. But I was curious. Hot damn, there's a lot of people running for mayor of your fine city.

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Yeah, long list but only three or four are somewhat plausible. Keith Wilson was my #1 pick, but I kind of love Duncan Witherspoon's gonzo style too: https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/...outputType=amp

(I promise that link is worth a click, he channels Hunter S Thompson like a pro)

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Originally Posted by old goat

Politcal yard signs annoy me. No one in history has ever changed their vote because of a yard sign.

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I think plenty of people vote on down ballot races based on yard signs.

Like if they see a bunch of yards with Kamala signs that also have signs for candidates X, Y, and Z, they'll vote for / against X, Y, and Z based on their feelings for Kamala without doing any further research on those candidates.

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Originally Posted by toast2266

I think plenty of people vote on down ballot races based on yard signs.

Like if they see a bunch of yards with Kamala signs that also have signs for candidates X, Y, and Z, they'll vote for / against X, Y, and Z based on their feelings for Kamala without doing any further research on those candidates.

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This.

It’s the down ballot, low visibility races where they can make a difference.

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Originally Posted by old goat

Politcal yard signs annoy me. No one in history has ever changed their vote because of a yard sign. The only reason people put up signs is to show solidarity with their tribe and to annoy the other tribe.

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Pretty much. There's a lady in my neighborhood (mom of my daughter's friend) who has a new "Swifties for Harris" sign. Not sure she'll exactly sway the Trumpy boomers in my hood, but whatever. It at least got a chuckle out of me since she's a sooper basic white chick, ie typical Swifty. Haha. That said, I don't have a problem with signs for candidates for small, local stuff where NOBODY knows the person's name. Maybe those ones could make a difference? Like for local County Commissioners, Sheriffs, District Judges, etc.

Yeah, my neighborhood has 10x as many signs for the mayoral / city council campaigns vs the presidential campaign. Putting up a Kamala sign in this neighborhood is like putting up a sign that says "we breathe air in this household"

In Truckee people don't dare put signs in their yards. All the signs are in public rights of way in strategic spots and there will be signs for Trump, Harris and pretty much all the down ballot candidates all in one place, so no help there. The partisan offices are easy; I don't think I've ever split a ticket in my life. For the non partisan ones--like PUD directors I check out the local nonprofit monthly, Moonshine Ink, or, if I'm desperate, I might actually read a candidate statement or listen to a forum. Or not vote for the office.

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Originally Posted by old goat

In Truckee people don't dare put signs in their yards.

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We have a sign in our yard. Mrs. DeJong brought one back from the Reno rally.

In the DC area it was always great to come across one of the however many no-hopers there are for president signs. Beyond Libertarian or Green, you got parties you’d never heard of.

It’s subtly interesting that last weekend one of the local parties distributed yard signs on one of the 2 ways to get to the early polling place and the number of people ( 50%) who put up down ballot and skipped the orange guy at the head. Not of course the guy with th un conspiracy yard sign.

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Originally Posted by J. Barron DeJong

We have a sign in our yard. Mrs. DeJong brought one back from the Reno rally.

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You better go see if it's still there.

that I have to refresh about every other thread before it will load

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Originally Posted by old goat

You better go see if it's still there.

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Someone stole my Harris-Walz sign.

Always have a backup

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Originally Posted by old goat

Politcal yard signs annoy me. No one in history has ever changed their vote because of a yard sign

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Ha! My vote for county sheriff was decided by yard signs. When the leftist weekly entertainment newspaper endorsed a guy AND all the Trumpist ranchers between towns had signs supporting him, I knew I was on the right path.

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Politcal yard signs annoy me. No one in history has ever changed their vote because of a yard sign. The only reason people put up signs is to show solidarity with their tribe and to annoy the other tribe.

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I don’t like them either, and I don’t have any. But they do consistently show a small impact on outcomes in close races. Which is a damn shame, since that justifies the ongoing investment in them. Also see: social proof.

My Truckee neighborhood has lots of signs in yards. All Harris.
The angry guy with all the no trespassing, beware of gun owner signs at the end of his driveway has his sad battered dump flag up on the pole as usual but no additional yard flair.

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Originally Posted by old goat

I don;t go to live sports much--a couple of VGK games in the last few years. Do they let you bring your own water or an empty bottle to fill at various venues?

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I know at T-Mobile Stadium for Mariners games you can bring in water, but it must be sealed.

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Originally Posted by The AD

I know at T-Mobile Stadium for Mariners games you can bring in water, but it must be sealed.

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Rogers Centre aka Skydome you can bring in sealed drinks (no alcohol) and food.

You spelled center wrong. :P

Colour me shocked that my American neighbour would labour on about my spelling. Just do me a favour and humour me please.

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Originally Posted by Thaleia

Colour me shocked that my American neighbour would labour on about my spelling. Just do me a favour and humour me please.

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Maybe if you sent him a cheque?

My wife had to get a new iphone from the ATT store. They told her she had to buy insurance to get the deal but she could cancel in 2 weeks. As best as I can tell from the googles this is a scam pulled by the salesrep to meet metrics. Am I wrong? In any case, $17/month insurance on a $10/month phone seems like a bad deal. Anyway, I canceled it since the email from the insurance co said I could any time. We'll see if ATT retaliates.

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Originally Posted by old goat

Maybe if you sent him a cheque?

My wife had to get a new iphone from the ATT store. They told her she had to buy insurance to get the deal but she could cancel in 2 weeks. As best as I can tell from the googles this is a scam pulled by the salesrep to meet metrics. Am I wrong? In any case, $17/month insurance on a $10/month phone seems like a bad deal. Anyway, I canceled it since the email from the insurance co said I could any time. We'll see if ATT retaliates.

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ATT sucks. But, they want you to insure the phone during the return period. It's all a fucking scam. Companies like ATT et al are trying to pull money from thin air. And they are pretty good at doing it...

hoping this will make life easier on my ski getaway property surrounded by conservatives and evangelicals
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Blasting music in breakfast dinner

Every time I buy winter wheels/tires for a new vehicle, they make it a little bit harder. I think I’m done with discount tire/tirerack. Too hard to get mounted and balanced wheelsets shipped to my house, or even just shipped to the local store.

^^^ How so? I’ve used tire rack for the last half dozen tire purchases. They shipped to my local balancer/alignment dude and it’s been really great and easy.

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Well, I certainly hope that tree gets spared from the fires of hell, I admire its optimism.