I thought it would help me brainstorm unexpected endings for my short stories, but it just spat out random stuff like 'the mailman was actually a ghost.' Total waste of cash, and I got more plot ideas from browsing Reddit for free. Anyone else fall for a writing tool that looked cool but flopped?
My neighbor Bob finally spoke up last Tuesday and said I was watering every day for 10 minutes instead of twice a week for 30 minutes. I switched it up and my grass actually looks green now instead of that patchy mess. Has anyone else had a neighbor call them out on something obvious?
I was at Anime Expo 2019 in LA and this guy in a Spike Spiegel cosplay literally argued with me for 10 minutes about why it's the 'perfect anime.' I told him I fell asleep twice trying to watch it and he looked at me like I kicked his dog. The pacing is just way too slow for me and the hype never matched what I actually saw on screen. Anyone else feel like some classics get a free pass just because they're old?
I found out from a Reddit thread last week that the face tracking algorithm freaks out when you have a beard over a certain length, which explains why mine turned into a melting mess every time I tried it.
I stopped by a local networking event last Tuesday for small biz owners in Nashville. Figured everyone would be talking about QuickBooks or FreshBooks but nope. At least 5 people pulled out actual paper books to track sales. One lady said she's been doing it for 15 years and trusts paper more than 'some app that might crash.' Anyone else run into this old school approach still working for people?
I spent 6 months trying to shoot the moon with my DSLR on just auto settings and getting these blown out white blobs with zero crater detail. Then a guy at the local stargazing meetup in Phoenix asked why I wasn't using manual mode and dropping the ISO to 100 with a fast shutter speed. Has anyone else gone way too long without checking their basic camera settings for night shots?
I wanted to get faster at slicing veg for prep so I bought one of those nice Benriner mandolines. First day using it I got careless and shaved off a good chunk of my knuckle trying to do a quick batch of cucumbers for pickles. Now I'm out $250 and stuck with a gnarly bandage that keeps sliding around when I wash dishes. Anybody else have a tool that just straight up punished them for trying to save time?
I was waiting in line for the restroom at Anime Expo and these two dudes were arguing that filler arcs in modern shonen have better pacing than the source material. One guy pointed to a specific 12 episode stretch in Boruto that apparently fixed a lot of plot holes. Has anyone else noticed filler getting legitimately more watchable lately?
I dropped $200 on a "Python for beginners" bootcamp last month and it was literally just the instructor reading the official Python docs out loud for 6 hours. No projects, no exercises, nothing hands-on. I could have learned more from a free YouTube series in half the time. Has anyone else gotten burned by one of these overpriced intro courses?
Got a call from a residential account last Tuesday because the alarm kept tripping for no reason. Drove 45 minutes out to find a green-cheeked conure named Mango happily flapping around the living room. The owner said they'd been at work each time and couldn't figure out what was causing it. I walked them through moving the bird cage to a different room away from the sensor. Has anyone else run into pets setting off detectors in weird ways?