Mildly Infuriating

Previously

Now how am I supposed to get this to my desk without either spilling it all over or burning my lips trying to slurp it here. I've been drinking coffee for at least 25 years and I still do this to myself at least 3 times a week.

It came from a Harry Potter Lego Advent Calendar. My kids didn't build them right away, and squirrelled them away until recently.

Damn thing drew blood.

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Now this never really bothered me in the past but on hindsight I stick this thing in my mouth just like food so it would be good to know what its composed of. What really got me though is seeing toothbrushes that say whitening or antimicrobial which begs the question. Why is this whitening or antimicrobial? What the heck is in it that is doing this action??? Now that I think of it this might be more than mildly infuriating.

The guy behind this: https://substack.com/home/post/p-169421684

A family member of mine let some guy who knows a guy she knows park his vehicles on her property. She has 1 acre of land with it being mostly trees and flat land and various wildlife. I’ve seen coyotes, rabbits, possums, and more running around there and it’s a nice place to walk around to feel like you’re away from it all without the actual distance. Trees everywhere, most being taller than most buildings in the city.

So how does this asshole thank her? By littering his stupid crap everywhere.

The picture is a vape cartridge that was tossed into a seasonal pond. It’s a nice place to walk around when it’s not actually filled with water. Only for me to stumble on this crap in the middle of it. I think what enrages me even more is that this pond, when filled in the season, will be home to ducks and their families, as the young ducklings learn how to swim and fly before leaving on migration. So had I not found this and cleaned it, it’d have contributed to pollution for these new families using this as their home. Possibly even poisoning them, at worst.

Then I found a lighter thrown in the bushes somewhere and cigarette butts lying on the ground in random places. NO smokers have ever tainted this area with smoke paraphernalia until now. This land has been here forever and this asshole is the first to bring this unhealthy trash here. Not to mention this is an area that often deals with bad wildfires, so thanks for helping start the new wildfire! That’s just what this area needs.

Then I find empty water bottles crushed and thrown in random spots. All are the same brand of water the property owner buys. Which tells me that this is an additional way he’s showing gratitude. “Gee thanks not only for letting me use your land to park my shitty cars, but let me also show thanks for sharing your water with me by throwing it around your yard too!”

Yes, trash cans exist and not locked on the property in various places. All one has to do is walk up to one. Some of this trash was only a few feet from a trash can.

Yes, I did pick this crap up too. I didn’t take pictures to only to vent online, but also to share with the owner so she’s aware of what an inconsiderate fuckhead she has using her stuff.

I’m legit pissed. If you litter, then fuck you too.

This article discusses how Mouthwashing was allegedly deindexed on Itch due to censorship, but it seems that is not the case.

The response from Itch on the matter:

Archive that proves the game wasn't indexed since 2024

I sincerely apologize for unintentionally helping to spread misinformation. If anything, what is mildly infuriating isn't the supposed censorship anymore but the fucking clickbait and misinformation.

(God i feel so stupid, now i hate Gamespot)

i absolutely hate how the modern web just fails to load if one has javascript turned off. i, as a user, should be able to switch off javascript and have the site work exactly as it does with javascript turned on. it's not a hard concept, people.

but you ask candidates to explain "graceful degradation" and they'll sit and look at you with a blank stare.

Step 1)... Download the app. If you got the app now you just need to purchase internet for 7 days for just $100!

Step 2) buy multi device so your family can talk to each other.

Step 3) you've spent money now go to the buffet and forget your troubles.

Step 4) hmm your kid's phones don't have the app right? Oh may.. Take a few minutes to run that in your head.

Step 5) hey you can just hot spot on your phone! Yeah baby! Oh WTF? How come the play store is not connecting? Oh fuck the Wi-Fi disconnects on your phone when you hot spot.

Step 6)oh let me see...what's your paternal control password again?... Ehhh, wait, if you don't have internet on the kid's phone, how will it send the password?

And you can't join a group from desktop, so whenever I want to join a group I have to open Waydroid on my computer, open firefox on there, copy and paste the link into Firefox, and then open the app through that webpage just to join a group chat.

Is this the right place for this? This is just my own ranting and sour grapes about my own self-involved Lemmy drama situation. If it's not appropriate, let me know.

Anyway, here's how to make someone look like an asshole:

1. Post something wrong, but also aligned against Israel. In this case, propose that any claim of rape of Israeli civilians on October 7th is a "false account."
2. Wait for people to correct the false claim because they care about the truth. Push back a little. Let things play out as they do.
3. Go somewhere else, and report that the person is taking this pro-Israel stance, so clearly they're a genocide supporting turbolib. Let people agree with you, and let the reputational damage ensue.

This works incredibly well. As far as I can tell, there are users on Lemmy who almost everyone (everyone who cares about this kind of thing) thinks are Israel-supporters just because of skillful repeated use of this tactic. I even specifically told this user that I was aware of what they were doing, and literally just wanted to send them the UN report and then disengage because they were wrong. They still managed to seize on a single word I used and spin it up into this claim that I was "running around citing that UN report" and spin up a little echo chamber of people who are convinced that I'm the turbolib now.

Great stuff

Source: https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2025/07/16/van-orden-pocan-capitol-confrontation

This happened to me irl. They ask me to mess a bit with tarot cards and as they're leaving they tell me "You'd go think about stuff before go you out dating. All men are predators". When I ask them that sounds incredibly prejudiced they just respond with "It's in the studies". I was perfectly fine when feminism meant egalitarianism but thats is oughtright stupid vitriol that's gonna help noone.

There was a dream that was Rome, and this is not it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/nyregion/ebikes-scooters-cyclists-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.ozwk.IrOKiBi0PXLw

It drives me crazy every time I use it