Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[gnarlygninja]

Does the gift shop sell wizard hats?

Yes, but you have to sniff them out

 

[Autumnal]

At times it seems like the average person's ability to read is greatly diminished in recent years. Simple questions like, "I'm looking for X, not Y" are invariably met with, "You totally want Y."

It was in the ‘90s I saw a thread with someone asking for horror films that aren’t bloody or gory. Responses included Alien, The Thing, and Reanimator.

 

[MoonSong]

When things are very urgent that they need my immediate response, just not enough for my boss to pick the call or even for someone to know what the issue is...

 

[Ryujin]

When things are very urgent that they need my immediate response, just not enough for my boss to pick the call or even for someone to know what the issue is...

Isn't it odd that when an issue is high priority, there's low information? You would think that if someone really wants a solution to something quickly, they'd provide you with all the information you would need.

 

[RealAlHazred]

First trip to Disney World done. We made it a one-day trip to Epcot, and it was still too much for my 2-year-old. She was definitely overstimulated by 2pm. But it was good, she got to be introduced to her mother's response to such things: obviously, the cure for overstimulation is just ONE MORE STIMULUS!

She loves pushing me and her daughter out of our comfort zones, but doesn't like leaving her own.

The waiting area for the Canada 360 show is excellent for quiet time, FYI.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

First trip to Disney World done. We made it a one-day trip to Epcot, and it was still too much for my 2-year-old. She was definitely overstimulated by 2pm. But it was good, she got to be introduced to her mother's response to such things: obviously, the cure for overstimulation is just ONE MORE STIMULUS!

She loves pushing me and her daughter out of our comfort zones, but doesn't like leaving her own.

The waiting area for the Canada 360 show is excellent for quiet time, FYI.

At Disneyland, our go-to was the very dark, very cool, very empty silent theater showing old black and white Mickey cartoons at the front of the park. Our kid would visibly down-cycle once we got him away from everything.

I gather that Disney World nowadays is even more overstimulating, so congratulations on everyone surviving.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

At times it seems like the average person's ability to read is greatly diminished in recent years. Simple questions like, "I'm looking for X, not Y" are invariably met with, "You totally want Y."

I shop online.

A LOT.

(More than you’re thinking right now.)

I’ve noticed a BUNCH of sites I use that have TURRBLE search engines, and no matter how much you filter your results, you get alarming numbers of extraneous results.

Today’s Example: I was searching a particular website for a 28-30” sterling silver, snake link necklace for my mother’s religious medallions. (She’s old-school Roman Catholic.)

The results I got included:

Chains that were the wrong length
Chains that were the wrong metal
Chains that were the wrong link type
Things that were not chains

To be fair, I know that site is not usually that off. But that search was awful.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It was in the ‘90s I saw a thread with someone asking for horror films that aren’t bloody or gory. Responses included Alien, The Thing, and Reanimator.

Some people violate the Wheaton Rule as easily and regularly as they breathe.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Amazon is the worst at this. I'll type "I'm looking for tall-sized shirts, not big and tall" and I will get nothing but "big and tall" results. It feels like Amazon's algorithm doesn't want to admit it doesn't have something in stock, so it's hoping to talk me into changing my body shape in order to sell me something.

"I see you asked for extra-tall sizes. Most people want wider shirts, not taller, so here's some shirts that are three sizes too wide. How many would you like?" STOP IT, AMAZON. Either show me what I asked for, or tell me you don't have it and stop wasting both our time.

Friend Computer knows what you want better than you do, Citizen.

(Also, as someone who's basically a square block, I feel your pain on those shirts - I had a seventeen-inch neck in high school, and had to wear dress shirts since I went to a private Catholic school. Anything that fits across my shoulders is either swimming on me everywhere else or way too long.)

 

[Autumnal]

Some people violate the Wheaton Rule as easily and regularly as they breathe.

What worse, sometimes, are the people who genuinely think they’re being helpful, who have no idea what it’s like outside the narrow tunnel of their own outlook. Many of the folks in that 1990s thread were of that sort. They just didn’t get genuinely not liking blood and gore.