Little Things That Irk You IX

[Asura]

Ghostbusters feels like something which has an extremely, EXTREMELY vocal and passionate fanbase (which I have never really understood cos it's like, one good action comedy from the 80s, calm down guys) but really doesn't have a ton of cultural relevancy beyond that. Like I have not heard one (1) person IRL mention the recent Ghostbusters films.

Just a couple of things to add to this...

First, I sometimes wonder if a huge part of the Ghostbusters fanbase is more about the first movie and the cartoon show, The Real Ghostbusters. It's easy to think of that as a cultural blip but it ran for seven seasons with over 140 episodes. It was broadcasting new episodes for a pretty solid 5 years, meaning it had a strong TV presence for longer, and its toys sold really well. I think most kids born in the 80s probably had some of them, or had a friend with them.

Second, I also think that Ghostbusters is one of those weird franchises where its logo has a life of its own. Kinda like... There was a period in the 00s where there were tons of student-age women with a pinboard and scrapbook and a poster of Paris in their dorm room, who had a pair of tight jogging pants with a glittery Playboy Bunny emblazoned on the backside. I would posit that few of those women read Playboy, and I'll further assert that 99% of them had never even held an issue of Playboy. They just like the logo and the cultural ideas it represents; a playful sexuality. The Ghostbusters logo is kinda like that, but for nebulous canon of "80s movies".

[Dogg Thang]

Totally agree on the power of that logo and the fact that it doesn't necessarily lead to any more interest in the actual movies.

[QualityChimp]

I totally agree that the Ghostbusters logo represents playful sexuality.

[Dogg Thang]

I totally agree that the Ghostbusters logo represents playful sexuality.

I've added it to my dating profile along with that cover from God Emperor of Dune.

[Neon Ignition]

sure, it starts with:






But it ends with:

[QualityChimp]

Those videos where the tag says "first day as a postman" or whatever and someone just films themself looking one way, then splicing a viral clip in, then another way and showing another clip. So lazy.

Even those are better than the ones where someone just greenscreens themself on the bottom of someone else's viral video and they're just pointing up and nodding.

I'm fully aware someone will quote this post and say "this"...

[endo]

They drive me mad too! Always popping up as well- I don't want to see them, dickheads! Looks left and makes a non-descript expression <clip>. Looks right and does essentially the same gormless face <clip>. Repeat ad nauseam. You're not talented or funny. You're just a ****.

[fallenangle]

Currently irked (understatement) by Mozilla who have taken it upon themselves to disable literally all my addons and extensions on my preferred FF browser version which I use for general browsing and customised, using those addons/extensions, for that purpose. This is all because the validation certification has expired and they now 'present a security risk'. A specious claim.

Many other users are complaining about this too

My customisations cannot be reinstated by any method AFAIK. I've tried many things and, when using that preferred browser, you can't install any newer versions even if they are available (most are not) because they're not compatible. That is, of course, one of the primary reasons I use that particular FF version.

It is little better than self-serving vandalism. Surely they did not have to disable addons/extensions which have been in use without issue for years simply because a validation certificate had expired.

Why not just remove those that haven't been or can't be re-certificated by their creator from the addon/extension list so they can't now be installed? Alternatively why not simply enable the option to bypass the validation check, something that works with ESR and 'Nightly' versions but not final release versions? Instead they chose, and that is what they've done, to ruin users browser customisations apparently permanently?

[eastyy]

Biggest IRK AI everything, youtube facebook videos of scenes from anime/films/tv shows etc with AI voice over basically describing the scenes ...lazy vids to get some quick views, the AI tik tok voice is driving me crazy, Fake adverts with terrible AI voice overs and footage of real people with really bad AI dubbing. Then the whole PC sector being obsessed with AI hardware and gamers getting the short end of the stick along with AI upscaling etc which is just a plaster over the real issue of poor performance.

[Asura]

Biggest IRK AI everything, youtube facebook videos of scenes from anime/films/tv shows etc with AI voice over basically describing the scenes ...lazy vids to get some quick views, the AI tik tok voice is driving me crazy, Fake adverts with terrible AI voice overs and footage of real people with really bad AI dubbing. Then the whole PC sector being obsessed with AI hardware and gamers getting the short end of the stick along with AI upscaling etc which is just a plaster over the real issue of poor performance.

And even if you're one of those weirdos who're pro-AI (which, so far in my experience, either means you (1) have invested in it or (2) you post online in a manner that suggests an artist was mean to you once) it's so clearly far from the prime-time that it's comical.

Google is pushing "gemini" results for every search, you can't turn them off and they are frequently wrong! Like literally every other search they're demonstrably wrong, and even if they're right, I still have to check a source anyway because I obviously can't trust the AI because no-one can!

God I can't wait for this bubble to burst.

[fishbowlhead]

Biggest IRK AI everything, youtube facebook videos of scenes from anime/films/tv shows etc with AI voice over basically describing the scenes ...lazy vids to get some quick views, the AI tik tok voice is driving me crazy, Fake adverts with terrible AI voice overs and footage of real people with really bad AI dubbing. Then the whole PC sector being obsessed with AI hardware and gamers getting the short end of the stick along with AI upscaling etc which is just a plaster over the real issue of poor performance.

It irks me that all these tech bros have gotten away with stealing literally ALL the data by disguising dumb hoover bots as a useless, parrot chat, just by calling “ai”.

None of it is "ai", none.

double irk, they will build new power sources for all this f*****g nonsense as well, but not because a country actually needs it, no, for “ai” nonsense, because apparently you need an entire nuclear power station of energy to make a bot that tells someone “I don’t understand your request”.

[Mayhem]

Google is pushing "gemini" results for every search, you can't turn them off and they are frequently wrong! Like literally every other search they're demonstrably wrong, and even if they're right, I still have to check a source anyway because I obviously can't trust the AI because no-one can!

God I can't wait for this bubble to burst.

Put a swear word into your Google searches, it stops the AI actioning it hah…

[egparadigm]

Just tried google for the first time in months (I use duck duck go) and I’m not seeing ai answers. Wonder if my adblocker blocks it (Ad Guard).

[QualityChimp]

[Brad]

Currently irked (understatement) by Mozilla who have taken it upon themselves to disable literally all my addons and extensions on my preferred FF browser version which I use for general browsing and customised, using those addons/extensions, for that purpose. This is all because the validation certification has expired and they now 'present a security risk'. A specious claim.

Many other users are complaining about this too

My customisations cannot be reinstated by any method AFAIK. I've tried many things and, when using that preferred browser, you can't install any newer versions even if they are available (most are not) because they're not compatible. That is, of course, one of the primary reasons I use that particular FF version.

It is little better than self-serving vandalism. Surely they did not have to disable addons/extensions which have been in use without issue for years simply because a validation certificate had expired.

Why not just remove those that haven't been or can't be re-certificated by their creator from the addon/extension list so they can't now be installed? Alternatively why not simply enable the option to bypass the validation check, something that works with ESR and 'Nightly' versions but not final release versions? Instead they chose, and that is what they've done, to ruin users browser customisations apparently permanently?

FF just changed their terms of service TL;DR they're going to sell your data, so you should probably switch browser anyway.