So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[V.C. Brunswick]

Looking for a particular movie or a TV show on youTube and the only one that's been uploaded is dubbed in another language. And it's often one dubbed in Russian where one person does all the dialogue and talks over the original audio.

 

[2jakes]

Looking for a particular movie or a TV show on youTube and the only one that's been uploaded is dubbed in another language. And it's often one dubbed in Russian where one person does all the dialogue and talks over the original audio.

youTube:
Finding the title to a favorite song that you remembered and have not heard in
a long time.
You see the photo of the singer which you recall and eagerly click to hear the melody.

The song comes on and instead of the original ... you get jake & Polo doing their
rendition (poorly) of the song that you loved by the original singer.
You check closely and realize that the song title and artist includes
"by jake & Polo"
and feel tricked somehow!

 

[ChrisB]

Packaging that can't be opened without scissors or a knife and even with them it's very difficult.

And you end up cutting the contents of the package as well.

 

[2jakes]

Going to the internet with a question regarding an issue you are having with
your computer.
The page opens up and mostly you read
the same question posted by dozens of
other poor souls searching for answers.
And you wonder...."how in the heck does this help with my problem?"

But you keep scrolling in hopes of finding a geek that will provide the answer.
In the meantime, "pop-ups" appear from an "expert" that has the solution (for a fee).
Stubbornly you persevere and you come across a geek with the solution but the answer is written in a language that only another geek could understand.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Unboxing videos. Just cut to the chase and show how the darn thing works!

 

[2jakes]

And you end up cutting the contents of the package as well.

I use a sharp stencil knife to carefully cut open the package.
There's the possibility that I might have to return the item.
Sometimes I use transparent scotch tape
to put the package back.

I always check to make sure the packages are not "scotch-taped".

 

[Zombie_61]

Going to the internet with a question regarding an issue you are having with your computer...Stubbornly you persevere and you come across a geek with the solution but the answer is written in a language that only another geek could understand.

No kidding. "Listen genius, I'm here because I don't really know what I'm doing. Can you 'dumb it down' for those of us in the cheap seats?" On the other hand, I dealt with some IT people at my last job who were absolutely incapable of explaining what they did in simpler terms; they understood it forwards and backwards, but couldn't translate it from "tech speak" to "normal English".

Unboxing videos. Just cut to the chase and show how the darn thing works!

Sometimes they do this to show how well or how poorly the item in question was packaged, but most of the time I get the feeling they're doing it just because they like to hear themselves talk.

 

[2jakes]

No kidding. "Listen genius, I'm here because I don't really know what I'm doing. Can you 'dumb it down' for those of us in the cheap seats?" On the other hand, I dealt with some IT people at my last job who were absolutely incapable of explaining what they did in simpler terms; they understood it forwards and backwards, but couldn't translate it from "tech speak" to "normal English".

Sometimes they do this to show how well or how poorly the item in question was packaged, but most of the time I get the feeling they're doing it just because they like to hear themselves talk.

Geeks either don't have the patience or believe that every one knows the language of computers.
The first year my TV station went from
Beta-cam TV news cameras that used beta- tapes to computer-chip cameras, we had an "expert" give us a seminar. (2days).
I'll never forget the geek's look of
bewilderment when one of my co-workers asked:
"Could you repeat what that little doo-hickey does with this thingamajig"?
And my co- worker was not kidding!

Not that I was any smarter... but I soon
took out my video camera and recorded
everything he was telling us so that I
could go back and take more notes.

Geek said, "it's really not that complicated as you all make it sound!"

I told him, "it might not be for you... but you need to understand, most of us went
to school before computers were available in class. And to this day, I still have trouble understanding "algebra."

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

youTube Gripe:
Student films -- need I say more? Actually the story isn't bad but these guys could have gotten in touch with a local WWII reenactment group for assistance. And who knew that Sicilian villages looked a lot like Midwestern farm houses????

 

[GHT]

And to this day, I still have trouble understanding "algebra."

Algebra I can do, I had one of those moments we Brits know as the penny dropped, meaning it all became clear. Quadratic equations in algebra? Piece of cake, set up the internet on my smart phone? Four years and still trying.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Algebra I can do, I had one of those moments we Brits know as the penny dropped, meaning it all became clear. Quadratic equations in algebra? Piece of cake, set up the internet on my smart phone? Four years and still trying.

I had always wanted to get into engineering but I just couldn't wrap my head around calculus.

 

[Zombie_61]

...And to this day, I still have trouble understanding "algebra."

The thing that hung me up the most when I was trying to learn algebra in school was that no one explained they were trying to teach us the formulas for arriving at the correct answer, and that the answer itself was nearly irrelevant in that context. It was only years after I had left school that someone explained it to me in that way, and the concept suddenly made much more sense.

 

[2jakes]

youTube Gripe:
Student films -- need I say more? Actually the story isn't bad but these guys could have gotten in touch with a local WWII reenactment group for assistance. And who knew that Sicilian villages looked a lot like Midwestern farm houses????

Not bad for student project.
But I agree with you with regards to
WWII.They could've done a little
homework on the right material.
The khaki shirts, tennis shoes and micro
wave oven in the kitchen got in the way
of the message they were trying to
convey about that period during WWII which has been done so many times before.

 

[Zombie_61]

Not bad for student project. But I agree with you with regards to WWII material. The khaki shirts, tennis shoes and micro wave oven in the kitchen got in the way of the message they were trying to convey about that period during WWII which has been done so many times before.

You're a better man than I am. I gave up on it at the 2 minute mark.

 

[scottyrocks]

Uber drivers and their passengers who stop in traffic lanes to load or unload, in complete disregard of the rules of the road and all those other road users who are inconvenienced by this piggish behavior.

Uber drivers did not originate, or corner the market in this behavior. Let's see . . . regular cabs, buses, school buses, passenger vehicles . . .

 

[scottyrocks]

Packaging that can't be opened without scissors or a knife and even with them it's very difficult.

This one really bugs me, especially when I know that inside is something that can be easily damaged by said sharp instrument.

 

[2jakes]

You're a better man than I am. I gave up on it at the 2 minute mark.

I love to encourage young people.
That they put so much effort in their
film is to their credit.
I always tell youngsters that want to start playing tennis not to consider themselves as "bad" when they first start swinging a tennis racket.
I tell them to stay positive and understand that they are beginners.
The game like most things takes time
to learn and be able to keep the ball
in play.
I know of one girl (16) who now is
ranked #2 in the world in her division.
When she started, she had could barely
swing the racket.

 

[2jakes]

Uber drivers did not originate, or corner the market in this behavior. Let's see . . . regular cabs, buses, school buses, passenger vehicles . . .

School buses or school crossing zones is where I take care and although I am driving at 20 MPH... I take extra care because you never know when one of them will run into the street while playing
around or are so wrapped up in texting or listening to music with earphones
oblivious to traffic.

 

[Fading Fast]

No kidding. "Listen genius, I'm here because I don't really know what I'm doing. Can you 'dumb it down' for those of us in the cheap seats?" On the other hand, I dealt with some IT people at my last job who were absolutely incapable of explaining what they did in simpler terms; they understood it forwards and backwards, but couldn't translate it from "tech speak" to "normal English"....

A friend of mine is an exec at a internet company that provides answers to question in a specific field (out of respect to him, I'm keeping the info here very vague) and he say one of his top three problems is getting the people providing the answer to "dial down" the tech speak / to provide the answers at a level and in a manner that the helps the user. He says there's such a culture of "showing off" of being insular and honestly "condescending" that it's something, five-plus years in, they still haven't solved.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

It's basically "revenge of the nerds." As if they had gotten together and decided, hey, we're going to make the jargon so convoluted and incomprehensible that they'll have to pay us just to interpret it.