Complaining about the little things so you don't have to..
A collection of old daily gripes. Because some complaints deserve to live forever.
I just wanted to use the app. I did not want to create an account, verify my email, choose a password, answer three questions, agree to seventeen pages of terms, and begin recei...
READ THE FULL GRIPE →Eight characters. One uppercase letter. One lowercase letter. A number. A symbol. Not that symbol. Also it can't resemble any password you've used since 2007 and apparently can'...
READ THE FULL GRIPE →I turned on the television because I wanted to watch television. Instead I'm looking at Updating... 23%. Apparently tonight I have been promoted from viewer to unpaid IT adminis...
READ THE FULL GRIPE →I clicked Forgot Password for a very specific reason. Then the website asks me to confirm my current password before changing it. I feel like we have misunderstood the nature of...
READ THE FULL GRIPE →Door open. Beep. Seat belt. Beep. Lane line. Beep. Key nearby. Beep. Temperature low. Beep. At this point the car and I are in a relationship where it communicates exclusively t...
READ THE FULL GRIPE →I picked up my phone to do one simple thing. Instead I got an update notice, a restart request, and a reminder that apparently the device has plans of its own. Why are updates n...
READ THE FULL GRIPE →I opened the app I use all the time and was greeted by a login screen. Nothing changed. I did not log out. The phone is the same phone. Yet here we are rebuilding trust from scr...
READ THE FULL GRIPE →I want the headphones connected to my phone. Bluetooth has instead found the car, the speaker in another room, and something called Living Room TV. The headphones remain emotion...
READ THE FULL GRIPE →I was reading the page. Apparently reading does not count as activity, because the site logged me out for being inactive. I was literally looking at you.
READ THE FULL GRIPE →I'm reading something normally. I shift slightly on the couch and suddenly the screen flips sideways, the page jumps, and everything moves. Then when I actually want landscape m...
READ THE FULL GRIPE →This device uses USB-C. That one uses micro USB. Another wants a barrel plug from 2009. Some cables charge. Some transfer data. Some simply look useful while doing nothing.
READ THE FULL GRIPE →There is a tiny X in the corner. I tap it and open the ad. I try again and open another page. On the third attempt I apparently subscribe to something. The X is approximately th...
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