OT - Grumpy Old Man Thread

[MikeDeTiger]

I supposed the single dash is technically different than the hyphen, though they are the same symbol.

A hyphen can link words that modify a noun, such as tax-free income.  At least that's my definition. 

On most word processing software, typing two dashes in a row will result in the elongated single-line em dash.  On a lot of web-based spaces such as this one, it will not.  

[SFBadger96]

Good call. The Google has more on all of this.

[utee94]

Good call. The Google has more on all of this.

Sure but if it's the AI summary-- do you trust it?

[bayareabadger]

Sure but if it's the AI summary-- do you trust it?

AI and its truth are The future, I am told

[SFBadger96]

No. But I do trust a bunch of the citations found in the search results. And I am willing to consider what the AI says, as long as I can verify its citations. I find that works pretty well.

[betarhoalphadelta]

We got a box delivered from WalMart yesterday. Our address; not our name or order. 

I got frustrated trying to work with their chatbot last night b/c they apparently don't have live support. Gave up. 

Now I hear my wife in the kitchen yelling "speak to a human" into her phone trying to call them about it. 

Annoying af.

And now I hear her explaining "it's not my order. all I want to do is figure out what to do with it and let you know that whoever ordered it didn't get their stuff!"

All this over just trying to be nice and help WalMart correct *their* mistake so that whoever it was actually gets their package. 

Pretty sure this will end up with them telling us that whatever it is, it's ours now 

[FearlessF]

hopefully it is something useful - for you

[Cincydawg]

I’m trying to relearn a bit of German,  it’s not going well at all.

Entschuldigung?

[utee94]

Fahrvergnügen

[MikeDeTiger]

Schadenfreude

[MikeDeTiger]

My stepdad was some sort of military chaplain or something on an Army base in Germany for about 20 years.  He and his now-deceased first wife largely raised their two girls there.  Both he and the girls (women, now, I suppose) speak fluent German.  They are native Minnesotans, and that level of Yankeedom is already nigh foreign, so combine that with a bunch of German sensibilities, and those are some strange people I spend Thanksgiving with.  

[SFBadger96]

I’m trying to relearn a bit of German,  it’s not going well at all.

Entschuldigung?

Huh. In 100 years I wouldn't have guessed that word has a "t" in it. But there it is. And the google confirmed it belongs. So much for pronouncing every letter. 

[SFBadger96]

My stepdad was some sort of military chaplain or something on an Army base post in Germany for about 20 years.  He and his now-deceased first wife largely raised their two girls there.  Both he and the girls (women, now, I suppose) speak fluent German.  They are native Minnesotans, and that level of Yankeedom is already nigh foreign, so combine that with a bunch of German sensibilities, and those are some strange people I spend Thanksgiving with. 

Here, I'll be grumpy for a moment...fixed it for ya^^^^^. :-)

My mom's family was an Army family (in her and her parents' generation, at least), and all spent lots of time in Germany post war (only one of them spent much time there during the war, and I guess even that was only a few months). They all adopted a lot of German cultural habits, to the point that my nieces and nephews call my mom and dad Oma and Opa...which I find odd (and maybe makes me grumpy?).