# Things that infuriate you well beyond their actual importance **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712 "2024-09-04T02:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 103
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2041 "2025-08-15T01:02:30Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > My phone’s face ID no longer recognizes me when I’m wearing sunglasses. I’m resigned to the fact that my phone can’t ID my face when I’m wearing my CPAP. It just feels like piling on because I didn’t want to get on the phone then anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2042 "2025-08-15T10:48:41Z")
Did the mask-wearing era of Covid mess up phone face recognition? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2043 "2025-08-15T14:11:33Z")
The iPhone’s facial recognition is designed to work while wearing a mask, that was added during the height of COVID. I just tested mine and it opened fine while wearing a mask. No clue about other brands. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2044 "2025-08-15T20:34:19Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I just saw the ultimate clickbait headline and it made mw see red. It was, basically, “[News Anchor] Delivers Tragic News on [News Show].” Yep- or _Major rock star comes out with stunning announcement!!!_ Just give us the damn name. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2045 "2025-08-15T22:54:21Z")
Okay let us say I am watching something on Sundance, one of my faves- if it is “On Demand” you cant fast forward thru commercials- okay, fine. But then they run ads for this specialized Horror cable channel, and I dont want to watch horrible horror stuff. Same with some broadcast and other channels. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2046 "2025-08-16T14:41:23Z")
> [@sunacres](#): > > except that whenever I write a post stating my complaint, I manage to include a mispelling. Iswydt - lol! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2047 "2025-08-16T15:06:44Z")
I was wondering if this was intentional or Gaudere striking again. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2048 "2025-08-16T15:12:54Z")
My car has facial recognition and it should recognize me as “madame” sans glasses or “incognito” wearing sun glasses. But most of the time it just says “hey you” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2049 "2025-08-16T15:53:46Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I’m tempted to call them, ask for the price of each item, and write it down on the menu I got in the mail. And be sure to mention about 1/3 of the way through the process that I wouldn’t have to do it if the menu had the prices already on it. Then get 12 of my friends to do the same. …and of course, all thirteen of you will be speaking directly to the bonehead who decided that that’s the way the restaurant will be divulging their prices, right? Right? > [@Railer13](#): > > This undoubtedly stems from my upbringing as the offspring of two elementary schoolteachers, both of whom emphasized proper grammar and spelling in their classrooms (and home). The sign on the express lane at the supermarket must drive you _ **MAD** _…\* \*(12 Items or LESS) > [@Railer13](#): > > And news sites are the worst, as those entities should have rigorous spellcheckers, not to mention editors, **that** should catch these errors. _WHO_ should catch these errors, SVP. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2050 "2025-08-16T16:03:41Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > \*(12 Items or LESS Yes, which is why I avoid the express lane at all costs. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2051 "2025-08-16T16:05:43Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > My phone’s face ID no longer recognizes me when I’m wearing sunglasses. Well, the sunglasses are doing their job, then, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2052 "2025-08-16T16:09:37Z")
Yesterday, I noticed a maggot crawling across my floor, and when I looked closer, I found hundreds of them. Sure enough, they were coming from my kitchen trash, which was less than 1/2 full. Disgusting and embarrassing. I don’t generate much trash, so I have to be careful not to let it go over 5 days if there is any garbage in the trash. My girlfriend was giving me an ass chewing about the bugs, so I explained to her that it was my fault, and then I explained the life cycle of a fly, which will have maggots crawling out of my trash can 5 days after food is thrown in there. I also explained how I will avoid it in the future , She never listened to a word I said and just kept going on about the bugs. It really pissed me off that she never seems to listen to anything. I don’t know why little things like this bother me so much but I was honestly ready to dump her. Still thinking about it because it an on going problem. My dad was just the opposite, my mother never listened to him even though he was very logical and it didn’t seem to bother him a bit. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2053 "2025-08-16T16:22:13Z")
Maybe think about taking the trash out every FOUR days? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2054 "2025-08-16T16:33:23Z")
Or getting a trash can with a lid? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2055 "2025-08-16T16:36:21Z")
Speaking of taking out the kitchen trash, I’m apparently the only person in the house who knows how to do this. Thursday evening I noticed it was close to full, and almost took it out since Friday is our trash pickup day. But I said “Screw it, I’m going to wait and see if anyone else bothers to take it out.” And of couse I wound up taking it out Saturday morning when it was so jam-packed nothing else would fit in. Grrr. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2056 "2025-08-16T16:58:34Z")
And/or a smaller trash can. I can’t figure out how a normal kitchen- sized trash can that apparently also includes food waste can be half-full after 5 days. I empty my kitchen trash about once a week but we have mandatory composting and the kitchen container ( about 2 gallons) gets emptied every other day or so. Compost is picked up once a week and I’ve never seen maggots around the covered outside compost can. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2057 "2025-08-16T17:57:23Z")
Note to self: don’t read this thread while eating lunch. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2058 "2025-08-16T18:39:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > …and of course, all thirteen of you will be speaking directly to the bonehead who decided that that’s the way the restaurant will be divulging their prices, right? Getting ahold of a manager live of the phone is not an easy task. I did send that pizza place an IM. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2059 "2025-08-16T21:28:14Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > I can’t figure out how a normal kitchen- sized trash can that apparently also includes food waste can be half-full after 5 days. Mine often is. It’s quite possible, especially if there’s only one or two people in the household. Cook mostly from scratch because you’re too broke, or possibly too stubborn, to do otherwise, keep a compost pile (which not all food waste is supposed to go into, especially if you’re not vegetarian), and recycle. (It is possible to compost meat waste; or even entire carcasses; but most people’s home composting setup isn’t up to it.) IME, the compost bucket itself needs to be washed out at least once a week in order to prevent fly eggs from reaching the maggot stage, even if said bucket has a lid on it. ---
**Author:** ![Cachalot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@Cachalot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cachalot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2060 "2025-08-17T17:23:02Z")
I’ve seen that headline too. My reaction was that the story shouldn’t be about the broadcaster, it should be about the ACTUAL TRAGEDY. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=104)