You know what really grinds my gears?

[ProfessaPackMan]

You know what really grinds my gears?

Disagree with some of it, agree with a few things, indifferent on the others.

Respect for typing that out though.

[p_rushing]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I right there with you guys on this. Me and the family went on vacation to Maui a few years back. We rented a newer van ( Cryslar Pacifica). First stoplight it get to the damn engine just shuts off. I'm at a loss. It also didn't have an actual key. Just the push button start up. So I'm pressing buttons, hitting the key fob, etc and can't figure it out. Finally I take my foot off the brake and boom we are good. I mean they couldn't have told me it did that?

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I think I have seen a sticker on some rentals saying that. When keyless push to start was rolling out I must have put my foot on the brake when leaving the airport but then later I couldn't get it to start up and there is nothing saying put your foot on the brake.

Most of the people at the counter don't know all the options because they aren't listed or they aren't on the main screen for a car.

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[l3ulvl]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Spoiler

Benefits from social media that didn’t exist before? I don’t know, sharing a post? That’s a benefit. The easy, accessible, ability of sharing a photo, a video, a thought with your friends and family in an instant.

Yes, previous you could take a photo of your new born son. You could develop said photo at Walgreens, pay for an extra copy (or maybe you took 2 Polaroids?) and give it to your parents as a gift as soon as possible. You could even create a physical album (I had some of those). You could scan said photo and have it in your computer. You could attach it from your computer and send it through an email (if they had one).

But the act of taking a photo from a smartphone, touch, click on share, select *insert your favorite social media platform*, and share the photo instantaneously to all your friends and family is something only of recent times. That’s something tangible, that, however small if you want to minimize it, enhances our shared experiences.

I don’t know, how about recording police abuse by a conscientious young citizen in a Minneapolis sidewalk and then sharing on Facebook. If you take a video and there is nobody to see it, does it make a sound?

Black Lives Matter started as a hashtag.

“Me Too” was originally coined by Tarana Burke and first used in MySpace (2006), and took flight as a hashtag on Twitter (2017).

To be a benefit it doesn’t need to be something capital S for Serious, something as soothing as a PlayStation 5 live stream unboxing during the Christmas' holidays on YouTube can fit the bill.

If you wanna be cynical, social media’s algorithms have been fine tuned to tailor ads based on your digital profile

Spoiler

(read: privacy violations)

for your benefit! I wouldn’t know, I used AdBlock.

On a more macro sense, stuff as fundamental as the exchange of information, exchange of ideas in conversational way (bi-directional) instead of a one way direction.

Finding like-minded individuals at the touch of a button (yes, it has its downsides). Creating groups about share interests.

Something like "staying in touch", which yes, existed before Facebook, existed even before the advent of the internet, was revolutionized and expanded exponentially by Facebook. That's something primal that everyone can relate to and it was made accessible, in a user-friendly manner to anyone with internet access and an email account around the world. And FB in particular, since FB was pretty much the site that made everyone's parents and grandparents get on the internet.

And you do know that under not-too esoteric definitions of social media these forums, forums in general, are considered social media too. Do you get any benefit from this site? Is discussing basketball with your same 4 buddies as stimulating as jeebs video breakdowns or oj's wall text (irony isn't lost on me) analysis?

Even something as unessential as a peek into the lives of celebrities, without the filter of the media (not saying that the peek isn't curated for our consumption) is something better than being dictated to by self-declared gate keepers.

And those smartphones you carry everywhere, they are optimized for social media engagement, which helped move technology forward.

And that's right dubcity, democratization and platforms provided (however marginal) to the voiceless is a benefit of social media. The ability to effectively, in a fast manner, organize on the streets, to the streets can be a benefit of social media.

And we haven't discuss stuff like Whatsapp or Signal.

Also memes, the rise of the memes is due to social media!
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As for the downsides, plenty of them (acceleration of political polarization, misinformation, “surveillance capitalism” etc.). The last two can be managed with by yourself, but that's a whole other post. But it seems to me some of what people consider problems in social media can be dealt with by login off and/or flagging/reporting/blocking/unfollowing/ignoring. Especially when it comes to people like us in this forum, in their late 20's, early/mid/late 30's, 40's etc. You didn’t grow up with social media (not to the extend kids today), feel free to step back and take a break.

How many of your problems in social media could be dealt with by ignoring your cousin or blocking your high-school buddy that you only stay in touch because of FB? FB gives you the choice to stay in contact with those individuals, but that's it is ultimately your choice.

I don't know, I just see social media as a tool and one in which I apply rules that I apply in real life, like: keep the good, dispose of the rest. Gotta be smart.

People say: “you wouldn’t say that to him/her in real life” like that’s a problem, that ain’t a bug, that’s a feature. Yes, social media can be a cruel place with people who “hide” behind their anonymity to lob grenades, insults that they “wouldn’t dare” to do in real life. To that I say, so? One can see it as cowards behind a keyboard or you could have a favorable interpretation and describe it as the protection afforded by anonymity (there is abuse on the internet, I'm not oblivious to that fact).

And people who use that argument can sometimes leave a whiff of latent authoritarianism, of the physical violence they would inflict in others as a response of a perceived psychological wrong done to them. It is in some ways a manifestation of the frustration that comes from a role-reversal.

Same people that ruined many comment sections by demanding Facebook accounts to be able to comment, hey buddy, it is a called a fake account, get on with the times. Your Liam Neeson-Taken fantasy where you find them and then kill them ain’t happening. You’re the people that wishes everyone’s social security number be linked to a single all-purpose internet account where those that “do wrong” can get their tickets billed from the internet police.

I didn’t wanna say it, but seems to me a lot of peoples’ problems with social media has to do with basically: “you are doing it wrong”. People coming to OS and bemoaning “hot takes”, like, why so cereal? Hot takes are fun, Bucks go down 0-2 and Twitter is littered with hot takes left and right, good, let people have some fun. The “problem” seems to come from those taking the hot takes seriously, apparently people aren’t allowed to have “snap opinions (aka hot takes)” because someone, somewhere might get their feelings hurt. "We can’t have stupid people, with stupid takes on social media, no sir, not on my watch" says the internet police. Just chillax, no one is taking it seriously (except you), it is all in fun (no need to cry for Playoff P) and even those who do believe very seriously in the epistemological certainty of their hot takes to that I say, take a deep breath, no one is going to die from a hot take*.

Now, on the derided comment sections. Comments sections bother you? (I'm not talking about Hammerhunker's case specifically, it should be clear by now that this is a more general post directed to all of you who keep complaining about comment sections, but don't seem able to quit them). Which are these comment sections? Actively moderated (humans actually looking at stuff) comment sections can be good. New York Times comments section can be insightful. Slate's comment section can be insightful and funny. Sometimes people get a little cray cray and posts get reported and moderated, that's evidence of the system working. Other sites can be more heavy handed (like OS, mainly due to the TOS) and can act as a safe space.

So where are these comment sections that are ruining your life? YouTube? Blzer had smart tip: have YT comments defaulted to Top Comments. My experience is that YT comments, when sorted by Top Comments, are overwhelmingly funny/hilarious (depending on the subject matter of course). Sometimes they can be thoughtful, sometimes they can be stupid. Lots of fun. Best part after watching a YT video is going to the comments and laughing out loud and start hitting the like-button left and right. Now, if you liked to visit Alex Jones videos (or something of that sort), you gotta accept some cuckoo for cocoa puffs type of comments.

Is it Twitter? Is that what’s hurting you? Because on Twitter if you follow garbage, you will get garbage, no doubt about it. Flag/mute/report/block and move on. So be smart and don't torture yourself following Skip or the Undefeated account on Twitter

Got ratioed? Pick yourself up, life goes on.

I can’t do all social media sites, I don’t use many of them so I don’t know the particularities of the comment sections that all yall are having trouble with. Perhaps you should look into the sites that you are visiting. Now, if you choose to go to Stormfront or the like then I can't help you. If you go to the wrong place it can **** with your mind, but that's also true in real life. It is like a modified version of that saying, visit stupid sites, win stupid prices.

Live chats? Same difference, I have been on FanGraphs live chats and people know to behave. Other live chats on other sites your mile may vary.

And I practice what I preach, my FB has been deactivated for years now :P
It is better that way, it makes look mysterious and interesting or anti-social depending on you look at it

Remember: Be smart, be mindful of the sites you visit, people you follow. Flag/report/mute/block/ignore/unfollow/deactivate. And like Captain Planet says:



*I’m sure somewhere, someone, somehow has died from a hot take

my only complaint is Liam Neeson wasn't fighting internet trolls, it was these guys:

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Spoiler

Benefits from social media that didn’t exist before? I don’t know, sharing a post? That’s a benefit. The easy, accessible, ability of sharing a photo, a video, a thought with your friends and family in an instant.

Yes, previous you could take a photo of your new born son. You could develop said photo at Walgreens, pay for an extra copy (or maybe you took 2 Polaroids?) and give it to your parents as a gift as soon as possible. You could even create a physical album (I had some of those). You could scan said photo and have it in your computer. You could attach it from your computer and send it through an email (if they had one).

But the act of taking a photo from a smartphone, touch, click on share, select *insert your favorite social media platform*, and share the photo instantaneously to all your friends and family is something only of recent times. That’s something tangible, that, however small if you want to minimize it, enhances our shared experiences.

I don’t know, how about recording police abuse by a conscientious young citizen in a Minneapolis sidewalk and then sharing on Facebook. If you take a video and there is nobody to see it, does it make a sound?

Black Lives Matter started as a hashtag.

“Me Too” was originally coined by Tarana Burke and first used in MySpace (2006), and took flight as a hashtag on Twitter (2017).

To be a benefit it doesn’t need to be something capital S for Serious, something as soothing as a PlayStation 5 live stream unboxing during the Christmas' holidays on YouTube can fit the bill.

If you wanna be cynical, social media’s algorithms have been fine tuned to tailor ads based on your digital profile

Spoiler

(read: privacy violations)

for your benefit! I wouldn’t know, I used AdBlock.

On a more macro sense, stuff as fundamental as the exchange of information, exchange of ideas in conversational way (bi-directional) instead of a one way direction.

Finding like-minded individuals at the touch of a button (yes, it has its downsides). Creating groups about share interests.

Something like "staying in touch", which yes, existed before Facebook, existed even before the advent of the internet, was revolutionized and expanded exponentially by Facebook. That's something primal that everyone can relate to and it was made accessible, in a user-friendly manner to anyone with internet access and an email account around the world. And FB in particular, since FB was pretty much the site that made everyone's parents and grandparents get on the internet.

And you do know that under not-too esoteric definitions of social media these forums, forums in general, are considered social media too. Do you get any benefit from this site? Is discussing basketball with your same 4 buddies as stimulating as jeebs video breakdowns or oj's wall text (irony isn't lost on me) analysis?

Even something as unessential as a peek into the lives of celebrities, without the filter of the media (not saying that the peek isn't curated for our consumption) is something better than being dictated to by self-declared gate keepers.

And those smartphones you carry everywhere, they are optimized for social media engagement, which helped move technology forward.

And that's right dubcity, democratization and platforms provided (however marginal) to the voiceless is a benefit of social media. The ability to effectively, in a fast manner, organize on the streets, to the streets can be a benefit of social media.

And we haven't discuss stuff like Whatsapp or Signal.

Also memes, the rise of the memes is due to social media!
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As for the downsides, plenty of them (acceleration of political polarization, misinformation, “surveillance capitalism” etc.). The last two can be managed with by yourself, but that's a whole other post. But it seems to me some of what people consider problems in social media can be dealt with by login off and/or flagging/reporting/blocking/unfollowing/ignoring. Especially when it comes to people like us in this forum, in their late 20's, early/mid/late 30's, 40's etc. You didn’t grow up with social media (not to the extend kids today), feel free to step back and take a break.

How many of your problems in social media could be dealt with by ignoring your cousin or blocking your high-school buddy that you only stay in touch because of FB? FB gives you the choice to stay in contact with those individuals, but that's it is ultimately your choice.

I don't know, I just see social media as a tool and one in which I apply rules that I apply in real life, like: keep the good, dispose of the rest. Gotta be smart.

People say: “you wouldn’t say that to him/her in real life” like that’s a problem, that ain’t a bug, that’s a feature. Yes, social media can be a cruel place with people who “hide” behind their anonymity to lob grenades, insults that they “wouldn’t dare” to do in real life. To that I say, so? One can see it as cowards behind a keyboard or you could have a favorable interpretation and describe it as the protection afforded by anonymity (there is abuse on the internet, I'm not oblivious to that fact).

And people who use that argument can sometimes leave a whiff of latent authoritarianism, of the physical violence they would inflict in others as a response of a perceived psychological wrong done to them. It is in some ways a manifestation of the frustration that comes from a role-reversal.

Same people that ruined many comment sections by demanding Facebook accounts to be able to comment, hey buddy, it is a called a fake account, get on with the times. Your Liam Neeson-Taken fantasy where you find them and then kill them ain’t happening. You’re the people that wishes everyone’s social security number be linked to a single all-purpose internet account where those that “do wrong” can get their tickets billed from the internet police.

I didn’t wanna say it, but seems to me a lot of peoples’ problems with social media has to do with basically: “you are doing it wrong”. People coming to OS and bemoaning “hot takes”, like, why so cereal? Hot takes are fun, Bucks go down 0-2 and Twitter is littered with hot takes left and right, good, let people have some fun. The “problem” seems to come from those taking the hot takes seriously, apparently people aren’t allowed to have “snap opinions (aka hot takes)” because someone, somewhere might get their feelings hurt. "We can’t have stupid people, with stupid takes on social media, no sir, not on my watch" says the internet police. Just chillax, no one is taking it seriously (except you), it is all in fun (no need to cry for Playoff P) and even those who do believe very seriously in the epistemological certainty of their hot takes to that I say, take a deep breath, no one is going to die from a hot take*.

Now, on the derided comment sections. Comments sections bother you? (I'm not talking about Hammerhunker's case specifically, it should be clear by now that this is a more general post directed to all of you who keep complaining about comment sections, but don't seem able to quit them). Which are these comment sections? Actively moderated (humans actually looking at stuff) comment sections can be good. New York Times comments section can be insightful. Slate's comment section can be insightful and funny. Sometimes people get a little cray cray and posts get reported and moderated, that's evidence of the system working. Other sites can be more heavy handed (like OS, mainly due to the TOS) and can act as a safe space.

So where are these comment sections that are ruining your life? YouTube? Blzer had smart tip: have YT comments defaulted to Top Comments. My experience is that YT comments, when sorted by Top Comments, are overwhelmingly funny/hilarious (depending on the subject matter of course). Sometimes they can be thoughtful, sometimes they can be stupid. Lots of fun. Best part after watching a YT video is going to the comments and laughing out loud and start hitting the like-button left and right. Now, if you liked to visit Alex Jones videos (or something of that sort), you gotta accept some cuckoo for cocoa puffs type of comments.

Is it Twitter? Is that what’s hurting you? Because on Twitter if you follow garbage, you will get garbage, no doubt about it. Flag/mute/report/block and move on. So be smart and don't torture yourself following Skip or the Undefeated account on Twitter

Got ratioed? Pick yourself up, life goes on.

I can’t do all social media sites, I don’t use many of them so I don’t know the particularities of the comment sections that all yall are having trouble with. Perhaps you should look into the sites that you are visiting. Now, if you choose to go to Stormfront or the like then I can't help you. If you go to the wrong place it can **** with your mind, but that's also true in real life. It is like a modified version of that saying, visit stupid sites, win stupid prices.

Live chats? Same difference, I have been on FanGraphs live chats and people know to behave. Other live chats on other sites your mile may vary.

And I practice what I preach, my FB has been deactivated for years now :P
It is better that way, it makes look mysterious and interesting or anti-social depending on you look at it

Remember: Be smart, be mindful of the sites you visit, people you follow. Flag/report/mute/block/ignore/unfollow/deactivate. And like Captain Planet says:



*I’m sure somewhere, someone, somehow has died from a hot take

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[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Psh, that's like a Blzer-lite post.

Highlander is a great song, by the way.

My main disdain for social media is how it has altered youthhood psychology. Everyone is not only yearning for instant gratification, but they also value themselves based on the number of likes and followers, etc. When I see movies like Eighth Grade that really put this kind of thing into perspective on what these kiddos put themselves through, I just take that alongside the mobile technology they have to gain access to it 24/7, and sometimes I chalk it up as a net loss.

I understand the benefits, but I wish there were some limitations. Furthermore, I really wish there was a wait period on some tweets, like where it asks them: "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO POST THIS? IT WILL LIVE ONLINE FOREVER IF YOU DO!"

[Master Live 013]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Oh definitely, that's why I mentioned it might be easier for older people like us to step back. Young people? It must be inescapable, I can't imagine growing up in an environment were social media is already dominant. Frankly, I don't think I would handle it very well.

[LambertandHam]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Oh definitely, that's why I mentioned it might be easier for older people like us to step back. Young people? It must be inescapable, I can't imagine growing up in an environment were social media is already dominant. Frankly, I don't think I would handle it very well.

Man as someone with horrible anxiety and generally hated most of school, I can't imagine the pressure cooker it's now. Better phones, tons of social media, etc. etc.

[Dead2009]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people go "excuse me, do you work here?". Like no, the name tag, uniform, walkie doesnt give it away.

[BurghFan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

When people go "excuse me, do you work here?". Like no, the name tag, uniform, walkie doesnt give it away.

So, which is worse? People not recognizing you as an employee when you are or people mistaking you for an employee when you're not?

[Master Live 013]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Oh I can of liked it when people used to mistake me for an employee at Borders all the time simply because I wore a lanyard to hold my keys :P

Sometimes I would help them!

Have I told how much I loved hanging out at Borders? I piece of me died when they went bankrupt.

[Dead2009]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

So, which is worse? People not recognizing you as an employee when you are or people mistaking you for an employee when you're not?

People not recognizing you as an employee when it's a dead giveaway that you are. I used to work at Toys R Us before they shut down a few years ago and our shirts literally had a huge logo on them and I'd still be asked if I worked there.

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/76/4c/4d/764c4d230501d5508230cb0856e3079c.jpg

Those were our shirts before the closure. You can't miss that big *** logo even if you tried. I work in retail now and push a giant red cart and I'll still be asked if I'm an employee. Like no, I found this outside and am pushing it for my health.

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I was at San Diego State University the other day, and a family for an incoming freshman was asking me where a certain building was, then proceeded to ask me what my major was. Me, a 33-year-old, possibly being mistaken for a 20-year-old? I'll take that any day of the week!

I've accidentally worn a blue collared shirt in Best Buy before, though. Normally I can help customers with their questions if they approach me, though. Basically, I just play along with it haha.

[slickdtc]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Psh, that's like a Blzer-lite post.



Highlander is a great song, by the way.



My main disdain for social media is how it has altered youthhood psychology. Everyone is not only yearning for instant gratification, but they also value themselves based on the number of likes and followers, etc. When I see movies like Eighth Grade that really put this kind of thing into perspective on what these kiddos put themselves through, I just take that alongside the mobile technology they have to gain access to it 24/7, and sometimes I chalk it up as a net loss.



I understand the benefits, but I wish there were some limitations. Furthermore, I really wish there was a wait period on some tweets, like where it asks them: "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO POST THIS? IT WILL LIVE ONLINE FOREVER IF YOU DO!"

Technology is going to be the challenge of parenthood for me. It just magnifies everything; before you were trying to impress a girl or a group of friends, now you’re competing against and being judged by your whole school, whole world. People already had trouble focusing on their own actions, now you’re feeling the pressure of being cool, keeping up, 24/7. Just like the internet at large, it has sped up interaction, communication... for better or worse.

It sounds super corny but it’s like you have to have “the talk” about social media and the internet like your parents had about sex, puberty, etc. You’re gonna do it anyway, let’s make sure you know what you’re getting yourself in to. It scares me, but letting your children grow their own wings, form their own personalities, make their own choices and learn from their own mistakes is nothing new. Just a new way of going about it. Prepare them as best you can and hope they don’t end up a meme.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

So, which is worse? People not recognizing you as an employee when you are or people mistaking you for an employee when you're not?

I'd say people not recognizing you when you are an employee. It's literally your job to be helping customers, and if customers don't know whether you work there, they might ignore you and go straight to someone else (worst is if it's a manager) citing that they couldn't find an employee to help.

[Dead2009]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

I'd say people not recognizing you when you are an employee. It's literally your job to be helping customers, and if customers don't know whether you work there, they might ignore you and go straight to someone else (worst is if it's a manager) citing that they couldn't find an employee to help.

Half the time they're just stupid. If pushing a piece of equipment that literally no one else in the store is allowed to touch isn't a give away, I dont know what is.