Just Saying -- the soapbox thread

[gordo]

 

[lars]

I know this thread is old, but I prefer to use what is established, rather than start a million new threads covering the same thing.
Soapbox time:
Have you ever been on an airline that didn't have ANY barf bags? I was on one last night. And of course, they hit some really bad turbulence, the kind that has those wonderful free-fall drops mixed in. And yep, people started puking. But there were no bags anywhere. And since it's "company policy" that everybody (including flight attendants) have to stay where they are during turbulence, that means nobody could go to the bathroom, nobody could get any assistance, nobody could do anything about puke flying all over. By the time the plane landed, the aisles looked like a crime scene of spent napkins and piles of digested pretzels.
I'm wondering...who is the absolute bungling idiot that refused to put barf bags on the plane? What did they expect would happen when the puke starts flowing? Does somebody hate the poor souls who have to clean the planes? Yet another example of the crippling stupidity so prevalent in the world today.

[jessenator]

That's horrifying...

Y'know, now you mention it, on the only two flights I was on in 2023 I didn't notice a single barf bag.  Like, how rare is WAX and PAPER and maybe some WIRE to cause supply chain issues for barg bags?

[Aentons]

They probably took the bags out so they could move the seats closer together. 

[lars]

They probably took the bags out so they could move the seats closer together.

LOL! Come to think of it, that flight did feel more cramped than any flight I've been on recently.
Here is the kicker though:  they handed out free earbuds to anybody that wanted them! You can't tell me a barf bag is more expensive than earbuds. And people take the earbuds with them. People don't take the barf bag if they don't use it. So the absence of bags can't be because of economic considerations. It seems like it would be illegal for airplanes not to have bags, especially with the hyper-sensitivity the world has to communicable disease after that little covid thing. Barf hurling around has to be one of the most unsanitary things this side of who flung poo. I guess flying from now on is a BYOBB situation.

[TNblueshawk]

I know this thread is old, but I prefer to use what is established, rather than start a million new threads covering the same thing.
Soapbox time:
Have you ever been on an airline that didn't have ANY barf bags? I was on one last night. And of course, they hit some really bad turbulence, the kind that has those wonderful free-fall drops mixed in. And yep, people started puking. But there were no bags anywhere. And since it's "company policy" that everybody (including flight attendants) have to stay where they are during turbulence, that means nobody could go to the bathroom, nobody could get any assistance, nobody could do anything about puke flying all over. By the time the plane landed, the aisles looked like a crime scene of spent napkins and piles of digested pretzels.
I'm wondering...who is the absolute bungling idiot that refused to put barf bags on the plane? What did they expect would happen when the puke starts flowing? Does somebody hate the poor souls who have to clean the planes? Yet another example of the crippling stupidity so prevalent in the world today.

   Dude that is a nightmare

[midwayfair]

I know this thread is old, but I prefer to use what is established, rather than start a million new threads covering the same thing.
Soapbox time:
Have you ever been on an airline that didn't have ANY barf bags? I was on one last night. And of course, they hit some really bad turbulence, the kind that has those wonderful free-fall drops mixed in. And yep, people started puking. But there were no bags anywhere. And since it's "company policy" that everybody (including flight attendants) have to stay where they are during turbulence, that means nobody could go to the bathroom, nobody could get any assistance, nobody could do anything about puke flying all over. By the time the plane landed, the aisles looked like a crime scene of spent napkins and piles of digested pretzels.
I'm wondering...who is the absolute bungling idiot that refused to put barf bags on the plane? What did they expect would happen when the puke starts flowing? Does somebody hate the poor souls who have to clean the planes? Yet another example of the crippling stupidity so prevalent in the world today.

Weird, some article popped up on my Firefox homepage today talking about where all the barf bags went.

I didn't have any desire to read it at the time but now ...

[lars]

Weird, some article popped up on my Firefox homepage today talking about where all the barf bags went.

I didn't have any desire to read it at the time but now ...

I wonder what other things they'll start getting rid of that don't seem to get used often. Hmm...life preserver under the seat? C'mon. How many people really take a dump on the plane? Goodbye, toilet paper! Co-pilot? You only need one pilot, really. Extra fuel? Gone.
Pretty soon we'll all just be sitting on the floor flying in a stripped-down tin can that may or may not make it if there's any kind of delay. But don't worry. You can buy a testor of Jack Daniels for $50...if you pre-ordered it with our app!

[lars]

Revive the soapbox!
I'm sick and tired of those brainless websites that flood the Internet with ChatGPT-generated content.
"Are you looking for the guitar related tone source? Let's talk about the potentiometer shaft!"
Idiotic phrasing like that gives these sites away, in addition to thier 34 IQ information and stupid web address names. This garbage should be cleaned up / banned / relegated somehow. The real question is:  what possible purpose or advantage does somebody recieve from making these sites? It just clogs up being able to find the 5% of actual relative sites.

[jessenator]

The real question is:  what possible purpose or advantage does somebody recieve from making these sites? It just clogs up being able to find the 5% of actual relative sites.

The cynic in me thinks that the clogging effect is the end goal, although what there is to gain... I'd say being a source of "truth" might be a slightly more rational interpretation. There's a slim possibility of revenue from the disparate holders, but that's peanuts. Maybe it's just groping at crumbs falling from the table of the harbingers of the $whatever. 

While it does little to filter out anything from more current content of repute, duckduckgo has a feature where you can filter by date. I basically set it to not show me anything created after 2019, just to be sure.


Being right about AI doesn't seem like a victory, does it? (if you know where I appropriated that line, you're my favorite member on the forum)

Championing dumb devices, reviling terrible platforms... we're the sane ones in the asylum now. In terms sheer numbers, the dead internet theory is fast becoming a plausible reality.

[lars]

I'd say being a source of "truth" might be a slightly more rational interpretation

Maybe it's just a means for them to flex at dinner parties? "Check out how many websites I've made! Great success!"
I don't know.

Being right about AI doesn't seem like a victory, does it?

I don't know where that quote came from, but it's a good one. It reminds me of that scene in Hunt for Red October where the weapons officer refused to launch a torpedo that didn't have any safeties enabled. Of course, the idiot captain launched the torpedo anyway, and it eventually came back on them and blew them up. The weapons officer was proven correct, but he still died. A victory? Well, for about 1.2 seconds.

[jimilee]

2 things

1. Is xxxx worth it? Goddamit, figure it out for yourself.

2. I'm like, they're like, I'm like....what happened to the English language? Use it!

I guess it's a get off my lawn moment, maybe? That is all.


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[jessenator]

don't know where that quote came from, but it's a good one.

Mass Effect 3. I haven't read/seen Hunt for Red October in aaaages, but sounds about right.
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2. I'm like, they're like, I'm like....what happened to the English language? Use it!

My linguist wife says that a dead language is one that doesn't change over time (even a short amount of it), but I feel you. The worst offender is the redefinition of "literally" to include an oxymoronic figurative application...

"Like, I literally can't even. No cap."

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It's hilarious to hear my niece and her husband prattle on with the new kids speak.

[jimilee]

Oh good lord, I would have to leave the room.


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[Aleph Null]

Revive the soapbox!
I'm sick and tired of those brainless websites that flood the Internet with ChatGPT-generated content.
"Are you looking for the guitar related tone source? Let's talk about the potentiometer shaft!"
Idiotic phrasing like that gives these sites away, in addition to thier 34 IQ information and stupid web address names. This garbage should be cleaned up / banned / relegated somehow. The real question is:  what possible purpose or advantage does somebody recieve from making these sites? It just clogs up being able to find the 5% of actual relative sites.

The site is just a substrate for ads. Google can serve you ads when you search and the site can serve you ads when you visit their page. It's only worth it as long as LLMs are cheap to use. The "growth at all costs" phase of AI is due to end in the next couple of years. Either a winner (monopoly) will arise and they can start squeezing customers, or the venture capital will dry up and company valuations will drop accordingly. If we're lucky, they won't cause a market crash...or maybe the market is already crashing and it's being masked by all the imaginary money tech companies are throwing around at AI.