Shit that annoys you

[riser4]

My eyes are already vastly different. I wouldn't wish it on an enemy. So no thanks on purposely doing that. Plus, I tried contacts and they really don't work for me. My doctor made me promise to never try them ever again. The first and only time was pretty bad.

[Danno]

Just got back from the optometrist. Eyes have barely changed since last time, so I am good to go. Will still use glasses at night and when looking at microscopic instructions.

I remember overhearing someone saying they have contacts where one lens is for reading and the other is for distance viewing. I can imagine this wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea, but an interesting solution to the problem.

Yes, that is a thing. Oddly, my eyes naturally do this, which allows me to get by better than I otherwise would. One is very good for distance, the other eye not so much. But the other eye is good for reading, the distance eye not so much. The brain manages to synthesize the info such that it knows which eye to rely on for what, and I had no idea about this until the optometrist told me about it.

[halliday]

I remember overhearing someone saying they have contacts where one lens is for reading and the other is for distance viewing. I can imagine this wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea, but an interesting solution to the problem.

I went through that BS a few years ago. Just give me contacts and I'll happily use readers for every thing up close.

[evasive_MT]

My optometrist powered me up slightly this year, and I gave in and bought a pair of readers. My wife thinks it’s funny how annoyed I am by that. I’ve had glasses since age 8 and contacts since 18, so it’s not as though my once awesome vision is slipping, but it’s annoying nonetheless.

I don’t use them all that frequently, but it’s nice to have them on occasion, especially when working on something with my hands. They’re only 0.75 so not very strong. Getting my one toric lens to sit right usually gets me the focus I need to see my phone clearly.

[skaredshtles]

My optometrist powered me up slightly this year, and I gave in and bought a pair of readers. My wife thinks it’s funny how annoyed I am by that. I’ve had glasses since age 8 and contacts since 18, so it’s not as though my once awesome vision is slipping, but it’s annoying nonetheless.

As an optometrist told me about 15 years ago when I complained about having trouble reading newpaper-size print: "Don't worry - that'll get worse."

[halliday]

As an optometrist told me about 15 years ago when I complained about having trouble reading newpaper-size print: "Don't worry - that'll get worse."

And then you start to buy readers by the dozen and squirrel them all over the place so you are never without.

[m2711c]

[zion zig zag]

As an optometrist told me about 15 years ago when I complained about having trouble reading newpaper-size print: "Don't worry - that'll get worse."

I went in for an eye check up last year (at 49) and the optho asked me if I needed readers yet and I said no. He pretended to write on his chart while he said "patient is in denial about his age."

I was on an interview panel today and realized that I could barely read the sheet without having to squint or hold it away from me, so maybe it's time to give in. In researching what power I need, I looked at the amazon history to see what my wife uses. Apparently, she uses 16 different pairs in power ranging from 1.5 to 3.5 and I bet she doesn't even know when she grabs a pair.

[gravitylover]

I had awesome vision until I didn't. I hate glasses but the progressives are the only way I can function anymore. For the third (annoying) round I went with Oakleys and got the insurance. Good thing too, I've already replaced them once and may need to do it again soon. I keep ending up with scratches in the tint coating. There's a blurry line all the time and when they darken it's a lighter blurry line. Fkn annoying.

[Buzzworthy]

I went in for an eye check up last year (at 49) and the optho asked me if I needed readers yet and I said no. He pretended to write on his chart while he said "patient is in denial about his age."

I was on an interview panel today and realized that I could barely read the sheet without having to squint or hold it away from me, so maybe it's time to give in. In researching what power I need, I looked at the amazon history to see what my wife uses. Apparently, she uses 16 different pairs in power ranging from 1.5 to 3.5 and I bet she doesn't even know when she grabs a pair.

3.5? DAMN!

[skaredshtles]

My local grocery no longer carrying actual Fontina cheese. FTR, Wisconsin "fontina" is a poor, poor substitute for the real thing.

I know, talk about 1st World problems, right?

[The AD]

3.5? DAMN!

You might as well be wearing jewelers loupes.

[MultiVerse]

Moving things by water is by far and away the most efficient way to move stuff. American maritime shipping policy is rotten. America needs a Jimmy Carter 2.0 to step in and deregulate this absurd situation.

We hurt our shipbuilding industry with tariffs
We hurt our shipping industry because of the Jones Act
We hurt our ports because of the Dredge Act
We hurt our port efficiency with non-automation clauses in labor contracts
We hurt our Navy because we can't buy material from our allies
And then we blame the weak maritime sector on China

[californiagrown]

Moving things by water is by far and away the most efficient way to move stuff. American maritime shipping policy is rotten. America needs a Jimmy Carter 2.0 to step in and deregulate this absurd situation.

We hurt our shipbuilding industry with tariffs
We hurt our shipping industry because of the Jones Act
We hurt our ports because of the Dredge Act
We hurt our port efficiency with non-automation clauses in labor contracts
We hurt our Navy because we can't buy material from our allies
And then we blame the weak maritime sector on China

Ports are absolute clusterfucks of pollution and are at the forefront of pushing the legal envelope for deregulating environmental controls knowing they now have a sympathetic SCOTUS in place. If we are to build up, and support our ports (which we should), we should tie it to increased environmental oversight and regulation.

[MultiVerse]

I think those things should be treated as separate issues. Or, better still incorporate more environmentally friendly tech into the update. Otherwise, widening the scope anytime we try to build is the reason for all the delays and cost increases. Plus, moving things by water is less polluting than moving things by truck. Other countries unload shipping containers onto barges and then upriver to their destination. There’s a reason the overwhelming majority of major cities in the world are on navigable waterways. In America we move a lot more stuff using trucks because port "touch fees" are so high:

https://player.vimeo.com/video/90776...0&app_id=58479

The Belgium company that's doing this in Europe and tried - but failed - to bring this technology to America:

https://www.zulu-associates.com/

[Boissal]

My local grocery no longer carrying actual Fontina cheese. FTR, Wisconsin "fontina" is a poor, poor substitute for the real thing.

I know, talk about 1st World problems, right?

The fact that you local grocery store carried anything other than white American, yellow American, and super mild cheddar should be cause for celebration.
That being said the loss of fontina would crush me, had I access to it that is...

[skaredshtles]

The fact that you local grocery store carried anything other than white American, yellow American, and super mild cheddar should be cause for celebration.
That being said the loss of fontina would crush me, had I access to it that is...

I'm not sure when it happened, but our local Kroger-type store actually put in a cheese "station" near the deli. Even has a cheesemonger there occasionally. I can still get Gorgonzola (both dolce and picante) as well as a bunch of other "real" cheese - but the loss of the Fontina is definitely a problem.

You know of any sorts of French or Swiss alpine cheese that might make a decent substitute? The thing with Fontina is not only is it delicious, but it melts like a dream... unlike the domestic "fontina" type thing.

[mcski]

Not the same, but our TJs carries a fontina that gets me through the tough times

[skaredshtles]

Not the same, but our TJs carries a fontina that gets me through the tough times

Is it made in Italy?

[old goat]

We can get decent sushi made on site and on sight at Safeway here. Works for me.

[liv2ski]

be blind?

Makes skiing really hard. When I had my lasik done 30 years ago I needed a tuneup after a few months (another procedure). I have read multiple procedures are discouraged, so I have been looking into getting PRK, or photorefractive keratectomy next. I really like having 20/15 vision and having to use glasses to read is fine.

[TStriker]

Unnecessary plastic.



The milk carton was already the perfect container of dairy products and disseminator of missing child info, but some brainiac thought "what if it could also deliver plastic into whales' blowholes?"

[The AD]

The plastic insert certainly aids in sealing the container after it's opened. That was the only issue with the 100% paper design.

[frorider]

Yet miraculously the version without the plastic lid worked well for many decades.

Want to reshake the orange juice carton? Pinch the closure.

[MontuckyFried]

Yet miraculously the version without the plastic lid worked well for many decades.

Want to reshake the orange juice carton? Pinch the closure.

Seriously! The extra plastic is entirely unnecessary IMO. If I had it my way though, we'd go back to glass, reusable bottles with locally-sourced milk en masse. For large scale though, the old school cartons were totally fine. However, I don't think they were entirely free of plastics though since aren't the insides lined with a plastic coating of some sort?