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If I listed the things I hate, we'd be here all day
I'm not poor, but I hate that I don't feel financially secure enough to do more whatever I want. Working alone isn't enough anymore to save a house but at the same time to have fun.
Yeah, the house prices has gone up so much it's crazy. And rent, I can't believe how different it was 5 years ago. I wish I could have free time to do things while not having to worry about so much
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Chards. When people replace spinach by card.
The people who think they can just cure mental illness like depression by saying things like "have you tried not being sad?" or "have you tried smiling more?" instead of actually being sympathetic and understanding.
I don't have any mental illness that would attract those people, but I still find they have very punchable faces.
Also, since I am out of practice since I haven't played for over a decade, I am currently absolutely hating Ulala from Space Channel 5 because of Sega Superstars Tennis, xbox360. Specifically because of the vs mode on normal difficulty and her getting her useless ability way too quickly and my ability being useless because the game decides my shots deserve to go directly to the other player with zero chance of going where I want it to.
AT&T. We recently had an issue where our internet stopped working properly. My mom had to call them four times before they actually fixed our internet. The first time, she was put on hold for about 40 minutes before either the call ended itself or they hung up. The second time, she actually got through to someone but they didn't fix our internet and instead told us that our current internet package would soon be phased out and then spent about half an hour basically forcing her to getting something called "AT&T Air".
The third time she called, my mom told them that she didn't want AT&T Air and that if she can't use the package we have now, then we'll be switching ISPs. The woman on the phone said that she'll cancel the new package and put her on hold for about half an hour but she never did actually cancel the package or fix our internet, and she also never returned so my mom just hung up on her. The fourth time she called, the guy on the phone ran a diagnosis on our internet and finally fixed it within a few minutes. We have no idea why it took so long for them to do this but we're glad to finally have working internet.
But even though we do now have working internet, we are still thinking about switching ISPs. Even though they did send the equipment to use AT&T Air, we are not going to use it and we are going to send it back and try to get them to actually cancel the package. We aren't sure exactly when we are going to switch ISPs but my mom stated she wants to wait until after the holidays to do so, which probably means no sooner than January.
not sure how it works at ATT but usually for ISPs they contract multiple call centers for support.
it sounds like the first three times were to the same call center vendor and the fourth was to an actual ATT company support center. this routing happens randomly or based on time of day (Tod).
these vendors have incentives to collect the most calls, and resolve them as quickly as possible. they also have a hidden incentive to convert as many support calls to sales calls.
a "completed call" is one where the caller ends the call after a goal has been achieved. this means if you hang up before the goal is achieved it's not counted against the vendor and shows as a "disconnect" even if you were on hold for six hours. many operators will identify what you want, deem you as a nuisance, and place you on hold long enough to get you to hang up and make you someone else's problem. they have the incentive to convert you to sales and get paid a bonus for these sales.
it seems like your mother was handled by a veteran contract operator that upsells and dumps.
next time, tell them you want to speak to someone in cancelations and you will be transferred to someone inside the ATT customer service center. from there you can get transferred to an operator that actually works for ATT.
Gambling loops put into most mobile games, especially when targeting children.
Any kind of gambling, any kind of magic thinking
The white capitalist state
wouldn't there need to be a black capitalist state for there to be a white one?
I think it would be fair to just call it the capitalist state for now.
Where I live we have an indigenous communist nation and a white capitalist state. One stole the other's land and you'll never guess which
a white capitalist state would never stand without a personal army. there exists sympathetic members of the community that are helping the capitalist state gain and hold onto power.
capitalists don't care about race, only control and money. everything else is just a tool to continue increasing profits and maintaining control.
source: I live in a capitalist melting pot where the rich feed off the sacrifices of a multicultural state. the white poor people just don't realize they're victims too.
White people invented capitalism and they brought it here. The indigenous people are overwhelmingly communists. Forcing capitalism on us is racism. It is white supremacy.
Corporate events
Good god just send me back to the office so I can work already.
I hate that most people's ideas of success is to earn lots of money and buy expensive things, rather than help the community.
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State Farm. They spend ungodly money on NFL players and nonstop obnoxious TV ads, yet deny claims every hour of every day.
People who hurt cats. If you hurt a cat, may you be paralyzed but awake and not numb for the entire duration of an open heart surgery.
Software that switched from: Yes/No
to: Yes/Ask Me Later.
Do you want to leave a review?
Yes / maybe later
Yes. 1 star!
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That reality is so incredibly fucked up on a fundamental, physical level.
You're telling me that if I do nothing, my room will get messy, my house will decay, my machines will break down. But somehow matter magically organizes itself into life?
Fuck all the way off.
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in order to reach a healthy weight, i activley am having to suffer. I have to teach my body to eat the right amount of food. it sucks man
Ads. I am so fucking sick of ads. I have ad blockers on many things and my next network project will be adding a pihole to my network for network ad block. Sick of it.
You sound like me haha. Is there a good Lemmy site to replace r/AdBlock? We need to get like minded people together to form an underground resistance against the ads.
I also wish more specialized communities existed. The trouble is, I lack the willpower to moderate them and the discipline to find things to post regularly to get them going. :/
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I often say I hate people but I mostly just hate myself
Exceptionalism.
The kind that says βIβm special, but you arenβtβ
The kind that lets billionaires exist and fuck with national politics and laws. The kind that lets rich people or corporations off of crimes with little or no punishment. The kind that lets a religious person use their religion to be shitty in any way, as a shield or a cudgel. The kind that lets someone festoon their pickup with LED lights and a squat so youβre blinded at night when theyβre coming at you or tailgating you.
All of them think theyβre special and the rules donβt apply, they donβt care how it affects those around them - or others are to be exploited.