*ONE* Random thing you despise

[TheKeck]

Originally Posted by Bone

Given a three lane freeway, ideally you'd have a steady flow of traffic where the left lane was fastest, middle line was cruising, and right lane had people entering and exiting the freeway. You'd only move to the left to pass someone, and only move right to move towards an exit.

This is orderly, predictable, and safe by design. It's what prescribes these old rules of left lane only being used for passing and no passing on the right. I don't see how that could be any more clear?

This is the world where there are seven people using the freeway? I actually hate it when people ride in the middle lane when the right is wide open.

[Bone]

Yes. I drive with seven people at a time, usually. We arrange carpools if necessary to keep the number of cars to design specs.

[TheKeck]

Sounds magnificent!

[PathMaster]

And there would be no rush hour traffic jams at 35 mph because everyone could safely AND easily merge from ramps. Your five mile trip would actually only take 10 minutes, instead of one or more hours.

Dream world right there!

[Ox]

Originally Posted by Ink Asylum

Real life is not a videogame, dipshit. There really need to be more moving violations which result in losing your license for long periods of time. Too many people treat driving like a fun, inalienable right, instead of a dangerous responsibility.

Upon watching that, I immediately considered subpoenaing the identity of the YouTube account. That fucker is clearly guilty of reckless endangerment, maybe other stuff, and quite plausibly could get jail time.

[MagGnome]

I'm surprised that the police haven't tracked him down. I've seen Law & Order. Can't they just make a few phone calls, type on a computer, and pull up his entire life story?

[Narradisall]

Originally Posted by MagGnome

I'm surprised that the police haven't tracked him down. I've seen Law & Order. Can't they just make a few phone calls, type on a computer, and pull up his entire life story?

Can't they just hack the information? All the shows have someone that can hack, just hack the information from youtube with a hack.

[MagGnome]

I despise that at least two different idiots have an e-mail address very similar to mine, and apparently these idiots can't remember their own and routinely give out mine instead.

Over the last 4+ years, I've gotten someone's Verizon bills, letters of recommendation, several retail accounts (SportsAuthority, Radioshack, etc.), HBO GO account info, family photos, vacation photos, letters from teachers, letters from friends, etc. The list goes on and on. I'm sick and tired of it, but there's no way I can stop it other than getting a new e-mail address, which at this point really isn't an option. I get 4-5 of these incorrectly addressed e-mails a week, sometimes more!

In hindsight I wish I had picked a different e-mail address. I didn't realize the one I have would be so damn popular.

The only good thing to ever come out of this was when I watched several episodes of True Blood on HBO Go courtesy of one of these idiots.

[Bone]

Originally Posted by MagGnome

I despise that at least two different idiots have an e-mail address very similar to mine, and apparently these idiots can't remember their own and routinely give out mine instead.

Over the last 4+ years, I've gotten someone's Verizon bills, letters of recommendation, several retail accounts (SportsAuthority, Radioshack, etc.), HBO GO account info, family photos, vacation photos, letters from teachers, letters from friends, etc. The list goes on and on. I'm sick and tired of it, but there's no way I can stop it other than getting a new e-mail address, which at this point really isn't an option. I get 4-5 of these incorrectly addressed e-mails a week, sometimes more!

In hindsight I wish I had picked a different e-mail address. I didn't realize the one I have would be so damn popular.

The only good thing to ever come out of this was when I watched several episodes of True Blood on HBO Go courtesy of one of these idiots.

Jacob, we have never been this close to sharing the exact same anger.

Not only do two people have my exact same name (well, not middle). But one of them came from my home town, then moved to Austin, and went into the same basic industry (IT) as me. I've documented some of this on the forum before, like how when I was 14, some hot-sounding, low-talking girl called looking for "me". I was elated. She quickly heard my cracking voice and realized she hadn't reached the senior in high school she was trying to bang.

I quickly got over that because as soon as I graduated high school I started getting his debt collection calls. The washer and dryer, the student loan, etc. Collectors were so excited to finally catch "me" on the phone, chuckling "So this is where the elusive [me] can be reached". Since we share so much similar background, it's tough to convince them I'm me without the last 4 digits of my SSN. I also fielded a job offer once, but didn't get the job. IT is a big industry and he is more networking specialized.

Fast forward another 15 or so years, and it turns out that that guy has the worst luck but people still keep giving him credit. Meanwhile, an older, more successful version of me lives in the northeast. His family vacations in the Hamptons for a month at a time. They love seeing [me] and my wife, and hope our son is doing well. [I] am apparently a wealthy owner of my own business, but can't figure out my goddamned Gmail address and instead give out someone else's.

I've lost count of the family vacation emails I've responded to. "I'm glad you guys had such a great time in the Hamptons. Can you please tell [me] to check his email address and stop letting random strangers with the same name share all of your family's memories?"

I got email notifying a recent purchase at Amazon. I logged in, not realizing it came to my other email address (not the one I use for Amazon). I couldn't log in, but then, I did have the email address. So I got the password reset link sent to me. I logged in and checked out [my] Kindle collection. Pedestrian tastes. I reset the email address on the account to "moron@yahoo.com" (sorry, if you are M. Oron at Yahoo!). Problem solved.

This week I got a service reminder for [my] new Honda Element. Maybe things at his business took a little downturn in this economy. I went ahead and forwarded that Honda account to the guy at Yahoo too.

[Krispy]

This is all too hilarious to me.

[Ink Asylum]

In actuality, Bone is living a triple life that even he is unaware of.

[Krispy]

The Bone Effect.

[Bone]

It's comforting to know that I'll be rich in my alternate future, but apparently Supes is right and I'll be living with functional dementia, unable to enjoy my riches. Like a fucking Twilight Zone episode.

[Bone]

Also: Chicken Soup for the Soul? Really? You need that on your Kindle, to hold your fucking place in that expansive tome? Can't you read the paperback in a couple hours and foist it off on an unsuspecting teenaged relative or homeless person like everyone else does?

[Serapth]

I have a pretty rare last name, but there are two other me's in Canada. One is in astrophysics and the other is a golf pro.

On a lark I sent astrophysiscist me a cease and desist letter claiming sole domain and usage rights. Apparently other me has a similar sense of humour based on the reply.



What I personally hate is I always seem to get the recycled phone numbers of deadbeats.

[MagGnome]

Bone, that sucks, but I'm glad I'm not the only one going through this. The two people (I'm not sure if one is a guy or a girl, but the other is definitely a guy) who keep giving out my e-mail don't even have the same first name as me, just the same first initial and same last name...which of course is what I used for my e-mail address. Like you, I log into their accounts and change the information, or just disable them outright, although I did call Verizon customer service back when I was getting those to explain the situation to them. I was feeling very nice that day. I've also e-mailed a few of the family members. One of them responded and apologized, but I still get the e-mails.

There are a few other people with my first and last name out there in the world. One of them even added me on Facebook just for kicks. I suppose that in and of itself isn't strange, but get this:

When I was 16 I worked at an entertainment store in my hometown. We rented and sold movies in addition to selling CDs, books, computer software, and random junk. One day I was working the register when this good looking guy came through my line. He was paying by check, so I had to ask for his I.D. It turns out that he lived in a town about ~1 hour north of me. He had the same first, middle, and last name as me. The streets that he and I lived on had the same name, and he was the same age as me. I can't recall for sure if he was born on the exact same day or just in the same month. We were both a little surprised, to say the least. He's basically my doppelganger.

I'm not sure where he is now, but that was the most bizarre coincidence of my entire life, bar none. At least he doesn't share my e-mail address.

[Bone]

Originally Posted by MagGnome

When I was 16 I worked at an entertainment store in my hometown. We rented and sold movies in addition to selling CDs, books, computer software, and random junk. One day I was working the register when this good looking guy came through my line. He was paying by check, so I had to ask for his I.D. It turns out that he lived in a town about ~1 hour north of me. He had the same first, middle, and last name as me. The streets that he and I lived on had the same name, and he was the same age as me. I can't recall for sure if he was born on the exact same day or just in the same month. We were both a little surprised, to say the least. He's basically my doppelganger.

I'm not sure where he is now, but that was the most bizarre coincidence of my entire life, bar none. At least he doesn't share my e-mail address.

It would have been awesome if he were gay and you guys ended up married or something. A little freaky, but awesome.

[Vandabo]

There was an army commercial a few years ago that featured a young black man who was learning to be a helicopter pilot who had my exact name. That was a good for a chuckle.

My name is very common though, I think there were three people in my home town with it. Luckily I haven't had any cases of mistaken identity though.

The tradeoff of having a common name is never having to spell it to anyone. I figure that has saved me about a week of time over the course of my life so far.

[TheKeck]

Originally Posted by Vandabo

There was an army commercial a few years ago that featured a young black man who was learning to be a helicopter pilot who had my exact name. That was a good for a chuckle.

My name is very common though, I think there were three people in my home town with it. Luckily I haven't had any cases of mistaken identity though.

The tradeoff of having a common name is never having to spell it to anyone. I figure that has saved me about a week of time over the course of my life so far.

What boggles my mind is that people often have a hard time spelling/pronouncing Keck.

Pick a word that ends in eck. That's how it's pronounced.

Pick a word that rhymes with Keck. That's how it's spelled.

[Ink Asylum]

The weirdest occurrence of my name was in the movie Mystic River. Tim Robbins' character is named David Boyle, and not only that, the other characters are CONSTANTLY referring to him by his full name. It was very jarring.