You know what really grinds my gears?

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people drive with their brights on around other cars. Yeah I didn’t actually want to see as I travel the opposite direction with you blinding me lol

Just make sure they’re actually brights first. My current car’s LED’s almost seem like brights, minus the angle they hit at.

That doesn’t necessarily make things any better, but at least you can know they were considerate the whole time haha.

[kehlis]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Just make sure they’re actually brights first. My current car’s LED’s almost seem like brights, minus the angle they hit at.

That doesn’t necessarily make things any better, but at least you can know they were considerate the whole time haha.

Yea, sorry but the super bright LED lights you have suck just as much as someone keeping their brights on. I hate them just as much.

[Blzer]

You know what really grinds my gears?

Yea, sorry but the super bright LED lights you have suck just as much as someone keeping their brights on. I hate them just as much.

They probably do. I’m just saying they came with the car, and that if I’m blinding somebody it’s neither out of negligence nor inconsiderateness. No one has flashed me to “turn off my brights” before though, so hopefully they’re hitting at a low enough angle.

I believe the next year Honda started blacking out their LED’s.

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people drive with their brights on around other cars. Yeah I didn’t actually want to see as I travel the opposite direction with you blinding me lol

Where my house is situated we get the light reflection/pollution from cars. Feels like one of those old timey escape prison spotlights some nights

[kehlis]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

They probably do. I’m just saying they came with the car, and that if I’m blinding somebody it’s neither out of negligence nor inconsideratation, if that’s a word. No one has flashed me to “turn off my brights” before though, so hopefully they’re hitting at a low enough angle.

I believe the next year Honda started blacking out their LED’s.

That's fair. And in all honesty, I think people don't flash because we understand it isn't the drivers fault when we see them.

[~LiverpoolRed~]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Trying to keep wood floors clean.

After sweeping and vacuuming yesterday afternoon, already this morning it looks like I haven't done it in months. Fluff, cat fur, crumbs, etc. Rinse and repeat.

[Keirik]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Just make sure they’re actually brights first. My current car’s LED’s almost seem like brights, minus the angle they hit at.

That doesn’t necessarily make things any better, but at least you can know they were considerate the whole time haha.

Sometimes that def does happen but I think I can tell the difference mostly. Mostly lol

[Speedy]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Trying to keep wood floors clean.

After sweeping and vacuuming yesterday afternoon, already this morning it looks like I haven't done it in months. Fluff, cat fur, crumbs, etc. Rinse and repeat.

I have the same problem minus the animals. [emoji31]

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[Skyboxer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Commercials/Ads that start with "A new study shows"....

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Commercials/Ads that start with "A new study shows"....

Forget commercials and ads, what about actual "news".

I heard a news story today where they were like "A new study from ____ shows that in 2020, online sales have skyrocketed. This comes after a recent survey of over X people who have said that....."

Like do you really need to do a study and conduct surveys and all that to find it out? How much did people get paid to conduct the obvious research?

[NinerFan1983]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Commercials/Ads that start with "A new study shows"....

Could have stopped after the "commercials/ads" part.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Could have stopped after the "commercials/ads" part.

Such as commercials and ads which pass off their new product as being a better version than their old product, which was once billed as THE product. Tired of vacuums from the leading brands in 2020 only cleaning up 50% of the dust? How about paper towels which break apart when you touch it? Deodorant which only works for 20 minutes?

Dont worry, the next version has up to 99.9% efficiency.

[Hammerhunker]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Forget commercials and ads, what about actual "news".

I heard a news story today where they were like "A new study from ____ shows that in 2020, online sales have skyrocketed. This comes after a recent survey of over X people who have said that....."

Like do you really need to do a study and conduct surveys and all that to find it out? How much did people get paid to conduct the obvious research?

Along this line, "Studies show..." gets my ire up immediately. It is lazy and condescending in my opinion.

[pietasterp]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Along this line, "Studies show..." gets my ire up immediately. It is lazy and condescending in my opinion.

I was going to mention this but you hit the nail right on the head.

The questions that ought to be answered before that phrase ever gets uttered is "Which studies?" and "Where?".

I have a broader gear-grinder which is the media's reporting of science in general. First of all, "study" is not an accurate word for anything, especially if they're reporting something as fact. Was it a modeling publication? Because modeling outputs are not data. Was it a well done randomized controlled trial run at reputable places? OK, now you've got my attention.

But "study" can range from 'total BS' to 'potentially landscape changing', and everything in between. And no one ever reads the primary literature themselves, least of all the reporters or news organizations that report on this stuff. You can't just take the authors' conclusions and run with it; you're supposed to read the data yourself and make your own conclusion, which may or may not agree with the authors' conclusions (it's surprising how often you will not agree).

This is why you get media people (and people in general) saying my most recent gear-grinder (I've got a lot 'em stored up, I guess!), which is "I believe in science". If you are blindly saying you believe in the very vague and ill-defined notion of "science", then you probably actually don't know much about science. Science is not a religion. The whole point of it is that it doesn't require "belief", rather it is a set of provable or data-based conclusions that each of us are free to analyze and critique and arrive at our own conclusions about what the data do or do not imply. Blind belief in what an "expert" says is more accurately described as "religion'.

I suppose this is all asking too much, though, because if media people were better at critically reading and interpreting scientific data, they probably wouldn't be media people.

[/end rant]

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I always wondered if, say, a movie was reviewed by Rolling Stone as "This is anything but the best movie of the year," could a commercial then spin it and say: "Rolling Stone calls it 'the best movie of the year'?" Obviously the answer is no, but this wouldn't be the first time somebody took a direct quote completely out of context to spin it in their favor.

Also, the funny thing about stats is if you ever hear somebody say: "He has completed 16 of his last 18 passes," that also means he's completed 16 of his last 19 passes. They're always going to stretch it as far as they can to spin it in a way that helps their statistic. I'm fine with those, but that's always a thing to keep in mind.

What I don't like is when somebody is trying to defend something with statistics, and they are not independent items. This is exaggerated and stupid, but something like: "He has 30 doubles, 40 home runs, and 72 extra base hits!" I can't think of a better example right now, so I just stuck with that haha.