We are traveling and my wife was giving me directions that friends of our had given us. She told me that next I had to "turn right on xyz doctor." It took me like half a second of wtf before I realized that she read xyz dr as doctor instead of drive.
I'm arguing with my SIL that the suicide bomber is dead. What's sad is that she's not quoting any conspiracy theory. This is simply a case of the brother looking like the bomber and no articles mentioning that the suicide bomber is dead. The suicide bomber isn't dead bc "why aren't there any articles mentioning his death". And he got arrested today! Halp lol
Sure. I'm arguing with my SIL that the suicide bomber is dead. What's sad is that she's not quoting any conspiracy theory. This is simply a case of the brother looking like the bomber and no articles mentioning that the suicide bomber is dead. The suicide bomber isn't dead bc "why aren't there any articles mentioning his death". And he got arrested today!
I have people try to give me directions to their place all the time. Just text an address. Do these people not WAZE?
The only time this isn't the answer is when you're going to be up in the mountains that has little service and poor GPS mapping. Whenever I go up to Blue Ridge I have to go by the directions given to me by the owner of whatever cabin I'm staying in.
This. We were heading up through the mountains in VA and were told cell service is spotty plus the road the cabin was on wouldn't be recognized by a GPS.
I use Waze and while I love it, Google Maps has the option to share a location via text where they can open it on their phone and it can provide directions. It's great to share my home location with friends who are coming over and it sends them the Google Maps link.
driven the last two weekends in the va and nc mountains and service was terrible. but as long as the route has been started google maps doesnt need data to keep giving directions. my phone has a bad habit of resetting so that happened once and i had to drive around until i got service to reset the directions
I prefer the way Waze reconfigures your route if there is trouble. Maybe Google maps does that now too.
Google Maps does that. Well it does it at the start. I don't know if it re-analyzes the route while you're driving. It probably does, it's fucking Google.
Yeah I've missed a recommended turn before and it pretty much immediately told me an alternate route.
That's different than routing you around a traffic jam that's 5 miles down the road. My mom's Tomtom did that 10 years ago.
Yeah, I'm not referring to missing and rerouting. I mean there is a shitstorm of an accident along your path, and there is a route that will save you the time and frustration of having to sit through that. It will take you out of the way to go around it if it is faster. Google may do that too. Like Name P. Redacted stated, its fucking Google.
They do that now, but not as efficiently. Waze actually struggles more with this on the fly. Once it has calculated the route, you have to recalculate if you encounter trouble or delays. Last I heard they were not continuously updating the route due to server bandwidth. However with Google's acquisition of Waze, they are now incorporating data collected by Waze into their maps platform. I still use Waze a lot to ensure they are getting the data.
Yea I have actually had it pop up in the middle of a drive on Google Maps and say "We have found a faster route due to upcoming congestion, please select here to accept the new route. I was pretty impressed when it came up.
Watching a nature program... Gf - Are seals birds? Me - You serious Clark? Fast forward to me sharing the story with friends Me - We were watching Planet Earth and gf asked whether or not seals were birds...it's ok I know she was thinking of penguins. Gf(correcting me) - No I was thinking about seals.
That's pretty cool. Had no idea that sort of stuff existed. I only use Google maps if I happen to be in the states. Never heard of Waze, but I'm downloading it now to check it out.
Waze is Google Maps but with Crowd Sourcing. Meaning, if I come up to an intersection, and I see there is a wreck. I have the option to log this incident. Then users can notify if there is traffic happening at that intersection and this data is shared with other users to route them around the intersection. The data is also shared with Google Maps. The device will track your speed so it can estimate how fast traffic is moving on your route. Then other users can report if the accident is still there or if it has been cleared. They have also built in ways to confirm an accident is actually there. The problems arose in California when Waze was showing drivers it was faster to travel through neighborhoods along the 405 Freeway rather than doing 3 mph on the actual freeway. So people who lived in the neighborhoods got upset and started logging accidents in their neighborhoods to try and confuse the system and falsely report slowdowns. In addition you can log police speed traps, cars on the shoulder, etc. It is cool because it gives points for logging incidents which creates a competitive environment between you and your friends connected to the app. My parents love it because you can share your trip with them and they can monitor your progress and see your estimated arrival time. If I stop for gas, it updates my new arrival time and they can see that. In addition there is a huge community of people who keep the maps updated and will keep tabs on construction closures and update the maps regularly.
WaZe sucks in LA. That shit will have you trying to turn left out off a random sidestreet on to busy streets which is damn near impossible at certain times of the day
My main complaint with Waze is this. It tries to make you do too many unprotected left turns. I have gotten in a habit of checking the entire route when I begin to see if I notice any of these.
Yeah google maps reconfigures for faster routes. First time it happened I was driving in Tennessee and it popped up having me take an alternate highway about a mile up. There was zero traffic at the time but figured it's google so it's gotta be right. Sure enough as soon as I hit the ramp I see traffic backed up for miles.
Anyone else have dozens of boxes of china tucked away in storage from a bunch of old dead ladies one of whom was undoubtedly named Mame that they can't get rid of because of the enduring, intergenerational spiritual bond of womanhood? Moving this weekend. Of course she can't stop talking about what a great time this is to purge/simplify our life/try to throw away all my old NBA jerseys from childhood, but don't you dare fuck with Mame's fucking dishes that are gonna take up half the house
When we moved, my wife tried to take a box of easy mac that had been expired for years. Pack rat struggle is real.
My parents keep the boxes for EVERYTHING they buy. Literally, half of the storage room in their basement is just empty product boxes. They even still have the box for a TV they don't even own anymore.
When cleaning the house of clutter my wife tried to throw away old worn hoodies that i only wear around the house without asking me, but threw a fit when mentioned getting rid of old shoes she hasnt worn in years.
Gf insists on keeping shit "because it's for a craft." This includes, but is not limited to, old wrapping paper from a gift I bought her Christmas 2014, hundreds of bottle caps, and old print off tickets from meaningless events. We have an old piece of shit bookcase that is full of Ikea baskets of just random useless shit. We won't have room for it in our new apartment. I can't wait to purge all of that shit and break the thing apart.
I fucking HATE the term "craft." my ex-wife uses it and has our daughter using it now. You're not a fucking witch - you're doing an art project.
I wouldn't care if she actually did shit with these useless items on a regular basis but it's always, "well someday I'll use it." I moved to Phoenix on a flight with 3 suitcases and shipped a few (still unopened) boxes. I'm not a crazy minimalist but I hate having useless things around.
When my wife and I started dating I had one and only one: Bowl Plate Spoon Fork Knife Pot Pan And that was my kitchen. Simpler times
We just took in like ten more boxes of China from her parents and her parents' friends because we're going to start a China rental business for weddings or some shit