Andrej
Passenger Engine
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Post by Andrej on Feb 8, 2021 3:07:34 GMT
Here's something that's really beginning to grind my gears - which of course is happening during this pandemic. People and Scientists in Authority who are advising us the masses everyday folk to all do this one thing, whilst they (the People and Scientists in Authority) go off and do the absolute opposite to what they've been preaching. To which I've found myself saying: "If you can't practice what you're preaching, then you shouldn't be in government and in a position of authority." Of course, particularly in the UK, its happened too often during the Covid pandemic and I wouldn't be surprised if the media start spouting about another figure having done it. I have nothing to add here (except for my agreement), but I found this little parody on twitter and I thought it was hilarious:
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Zorgoth
Shunting Engine
The relentless lurk in the shadows...
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Post by Zorgoth on Feb 21, 2021 5:31:02 GMT
What grinds my gears is how sometimes a customer will come up to me at my place of work and ask for an item to be re-priced if it's missing a sticker or clothing tag.
When I take it to one of our wares producers or textile ladies to re-priced, then give it back to the customer... they either don't want it or they take it but leave it somewhere for me to discover later to put back on the shelf!
People! - you have to understand that although it's a thrift store, you can't expect everything to be either $0.69 or $0.99. We price items based on their quality which is something you have to accept, but they don't. If you ain't interested in what we got for cheap, why not head to the Wal-Mart next door to buy something *not* cheap there instead?
And that's what grinds my gears.
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Post by Nicholas on Jan 12, 2022 13:29:50 GMT
Do you know what really grinds my gears? This will particularly be the case in the UK, with GDPR laws that are kind of supposed to prevent this exact thing, but it grinds my gears when I come across a website I would like to browse and before I've even had a chance to take a look at it, the cookie settings pop up that I have to interact with for half an hour if I don't want to be tracked and recorded as I browse my way across the internet and have that record sold on to someone else possibly so that I can be targeted and manipulated into buying someone's product. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) should mean that I should be able to expect my personal data not to gathered and stored without my expressed consent. It all, ironically, starts off with something along the lines of 'We value your privacy...' What a bizarre thing for a personal data gathering company to say. It isn't necessarily the websites fault; they'll just have this third-party thing wired in so they can probably make a bit of money from people visiting their website. And some people might not mind having their data gathered. But I do. I do not wish to fingerprinted from site to site as I browse the web. Unsurprisingly, no, I don't want to consent to the TCF vendors' desires to store any of my data, so why might they assume I might actually to consent to one or more of the inexplicably singled out: - Store and/or access information on a device
- Select basic ads
- Create a personalised ads profile
- Store personalised ads
- Create a personalised content profile
- Select personalised content
- Measure ad performance
- Measure content performance
- Apply market research to generate audience insights
- Develop and improve products
- Ensure security, prevent fraud and debug
- Technically deliver ads or content
- Match and combine offline data sources'
- Link different devices'
- Receive and use automatically-sent device characteristics for identification
- Use precise geolocation data
Then the actual site or app will have a similar list. But in some instances, expressing that I do not consent is not enough. Because 'legitimate interest' is a thing, so for some options I have to slide across twice. Why is there no 'Reject All?' Right, that's them all unticked. Phew! But what's this? Ah, the sneakily hidden Vendor Preferences, and, oh look, 202 companies wanting my personal data all set to Consent and no Reject All option again. And, in spite of refusing to consent to these, too, there still might be, and often is, what the company feels is a loophole exemption to my refusing to consent by claiming they have an all-too-often-abused 'condition under which organisations can process personal data' of 'legitimate interest' which I also have to separately specify. According to Zegal.com 'Legitimate interest does not necessarily need a particular purpose, whereas consent does'. So... if the company has a purpose for using my information, I can opt out through consent, but if they want it without giving a reason, that's somehow fine? That seems very illogical. So what if the company has what they feel is valid appeal for themselves in having and using the data? Of course there's valid appeal, you asked for it; I already inferred that's because you wanted it. And I've still already refused to consent to your doing that. To cite www.itgovernance.eu/blog/en/the-gdpr-legitimate-interest-what-is-it-and-when-does-it-apply apparently 'legitimate interest' applies whenever an organisation uses personal data in a way that the data subject would expect. ‘Interests’ can refer to almost anything here, including an organisation or third party’s commercial interests or wider societal benefits. In general the condition applies when 'The processing isn’t required by law, but there’s a clear benefit to it'. So... every time, then? What's the point of the 'Consent' slider if consent can be overridden when the other party benefits from it? Of course the other party will benefit from it; that's almost certainly why they want it. They weren't just making small talk while the page loads. If I've just refused to consent, I would expect the organisation to accept that and not then use my personal data anyway and excused themselves from my initial response which should be an all-encompassing 'No' because of what they feel is an excusable overriding 'We know you refused consent, but legitimate interest applies because we want and will benefit from your data'. And, of course, just to trip up all those gullible internet users, the 'Accept all' button is all nicely lit up green and the 'Confirm choices' button is some greyed out option as if it somehow doesn't even apply or isn't even a clickable option when it is.
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Post by Gundam288 on Jun 1, 2022 12:05:58 GMT
Do you know what really grinds my gears?
Alled Greedy
For those who don't know (as it is not mentioned anywhere in the forum), Alled Greedy is the name given by fans to the red engine seen in the first illustration of Edward's Day Out. I never liked the name, to begin with, but the thing about it that bothers me is how the fandom treats it as the 'canon' name for the character, just like the general consensus for having 98462 as a B12/3.
And that's what grinds my gears.
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Post by OldReliableIronNo.2 on Dec 7, 2022 10:01:59 GMT
Do you know what really grinds MY gears?
. Swearing/foul language . Reality TV . Flies . Tattoos . Heavy traffic . Hot, humid weather . The word "awesome" (unless used as an adjective) . Men's bare feet . People wearing baseball caps on back to front . Adverts (most of them) . Adult shows and cartoons . Inappropriate and explicit content
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SRapi
Main Line Engine
Pronounced: Ess-Are-Ay-Pie.
Posts: 1,543
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Post by SRapi on Jan 22, 2024 2:48:17 GMT
You know what really grinds my gears? Package theft.
I was expecting a package in the mail from my 85 year old godfather, and it's most likely been stolen by now. While I hate when people steal Amazon packages, I at least can understand that they know there's some sort of product in the box that might be worth having. But personal packages from one person to another? You are just plain rotten for doing that.
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