What Grinds Your Gears? :) - Page 497

*IndigoErth* · 03-21-2025, 03:59 PM

Scare tactic scams.

FYI... if you or anyone you know (such as older parents) are the gullible type or inclined to react to scare tactics and you end up with some kind of screen like these below DO NOT call that freaking number or give them any info, it is a scam.

Either it's a coincidence or something is hitting Facebook with this crap now, as I got one that looks like the video yesterday (but the voice on mine was a man) and a friend got the other one today. Couldn't get out of that screen, had to use Ctrl/Alt/Delete to kill the process or (in my case) tell the PC so sign out (then removed it from browser history).

In my case I clicked on what looked like a normal post with funny pics, so it can look like something typical and harmless.

I scanned immediately and nothing was found, so I don't think there IS a virus, but it wants you to be convinced so that you'll call and give them info so they can hijack your PC.

Quickly forewarned my mom (and this friend!) when I'd gotten it. I know mom prob would talk to me or my sister first, but if dad were still here... oh lord, he'd probably call.

~~ResidentEvil7~~ · 03-21-2025, 04:05 PM

It IS a scam, because that phone number in the first image looks foreign.

I have Windows 11 and I haven't seen this screen.

*CyberCubed* · 03-21-2025, 04:37 PM

Someone hacked into my old microsoft account, and used it to buy $8 worth of roblox points on Xbox.

I deleted my account and Microsoft is refusing to refund me for some reason, so I'm glad it was only $8 they spent instead of like...$100.

*IndigoErth* · 03-21-2025, 05:10 PM

Only $8? Man, if they'd only known the kind of cash you've got socked away. lol

*CyberCubed* · 03-21-2025, 06:27 PM

My card was simply saved to my profile, so they could have literally bought anything. For some reason when I tried to dispute it on Microsoft's site they already rejected it and won't refund me. Kind of annoying, but as said, at least it was only $8.

If it was anywhere from $20-50+ or whatever I would have been pissed. I guess this is a sign not to keep your credit cards saved to your profile.

~~ResidentEvil7~~ · 03-21-2025, 08:34 PM

Ten or so years ago my PlayStation account was hacked and they drained my PlayStation wallet of $50. I talked to PlayStation and they told me that it was hacked and used for making PS purchases, but not a download. So they put the money back on my card and told me to make a stronger password, which I did do. Hasn't been hacked since.

Mad Dog McMutt · 03-22-2025, 10:37 AM

What grinds my gears is addiction. My best friend died yesterday after battling alcoholism his whole adult life. It is suspected that he died from alcohol withdrawal. Alcohol controlled his crazy life and he was always a mess because of it. His favorite turtle was Michelangelo which was a good fit because he lived so recklessly. I feel like there is a deep wound within my spirit. I am having trouble even distracting myself from thinking about him. RIP Andy.

~~ResidentEvil7~~ · 03-22-2025, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Dog McMutt

What grinds my gears is addiction. My best friend died yesterday after battling alcoholism his whole adult life. It is suspected that he died from alcohol withdrawal. Alcohol controlled his crazy life and he was always a mess because of it. His favorite turtle was Michelangelo which was a good fit because he lived so recklessly. I feel like there is a deep wound within my spirit. I am having trouble even distracting myself from thinking about him. RIP Andy.

My best friend's dad's best friend died last week because of living a reckless lifestyle. The guy was over 400 pounds, ate like as if every meal was his last, drank heavily, never worked out. He and my best friend's father knew each other since age 13.

*IndigoErth* · 03-22-2025, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Dog McMutt

What grinds my gears is addiction. My best friend died yesterday after battling alcoholism his whole adult life. It is suspected that he died from alcohol withdrawal. Alcohol controlled his crazy life and he was always a mess because of it. His favorite turtle was Michelangelo which was a good fit because he lived so recklessly. I feel like there is a deep wound within my spirit. I am having trouble even distracting myself from thinking about him. RIP Andy.

How awful, so sorry about the loss of your friend.

Mad Dog McMutt · 03-22-2025, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

How awful, so sorry about the loss of your friend.

Thanks. For some reason the site wasn't letting me comment for a little bit.

Mad Dog McMutt · 03-22-2025, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ResidentEvil7

My best friend's dad's best friend died last week because of living a reckless lifestyle. The guy was over 400 pounds, ate like as if every meal was his last, drank heavily, never worked out. He and my best friend's father knew each other since age 13.

Sorry to hear about your friend's dad. My friend was a transient nomad train hopper. The simple life was never good enough for him.

Mad Dog McMutt · 04-08-2025, 09:44 AM

I just got back home from a 2 hour long drive to visit my mom. One thing that grinds my gears is always seeing a whole bunch of dead animals that get hit by cars on the highway. It is so heartbreaking and it just doesn't feel right. This is their world just as much as it is ours. I wish that every highway had fencing along the sides to prevent animals from wondering. Maybe put a gate every half mile just for people to walk through.

*IndigoErth* · 05-04-2025, 04:19 PM

Microsoft killing the Edge browser spell check... Annoying that it points out misspellings, but then acts like it turned illiterate with no suggested corrections.

Edit: No wait, found another. WTF Imgur, why remove the images link? I want my organized folders back. It was bad enough I could no longer keep images sorted like that and now they remove that link all together.

*Autbot_Benz* · 05-09-2025, 09:57 AM

My NECA Haulathon Pee Wee figure still hasn’t shipped. I ordered him a week ago he has been stuck in preparing to ship and the delivery date keeps changing.

Target CS did give me a 5 dollar gift card as an apology for the delay though

*Coola Yagami* · 05-09-2025, 11:20 AM

What grinds my gears today...

I order a subscription box called The Finest Butcher. Package was supposed to come yesterday. It didn't.

Instead my tracking reads

Your item was forwarded to a different address at 3:43 pm on May 8, 2025 in [REDACTED]. This was because of forwarding instructions or because the address or ZIP Code on the label was incorrect.

The post office doesn't know where it is. I either get 'I don't knows', re-quote the above message, which doesn't tell me where it is, and any call I attempt to the branch in town goes to voice mail.

So unless by some miracle it gets here in the next few days, I think it's just gone. Friend of mine told me the above means they delivered it to the wrong address. Without knowing exactly where, I guess I'm SOL.

I'm still ****ing angry. Thank god it only cost like 22 bucks. I'm trying not to let it get to me, but I'm still very damned angry about this.

*Autbot_Benz* · 05-09-2025, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

My NECA Haulathon Pee Wee figure still hasn’t shipped. I ordered him a week ago he has been stuck in preparing to ship and the delivery date keeps changing.

Target CS did give me a 5 dollar gift card as an apology for the delay though

Pee Wee just shipped a little while ago

*Coola Yagami* · 05-09-2025, 06:30 PM

Crisis averted. Got the box today. Idk what the hell happened yesterday.

kerorokatak · 05-10-2025, 09:21 AM

Man, I feel you on so many of these. One that gets me every time is people blasting videos or music on their phone in public with no headphones, like, why?

*IndigoErth* · 05-10-2025, 10:13 AM

Reminds me of a recent chuckle.

Not a public annoyance in this case, but my mom (widowed senior, we share a roof) loves scrolling FB...esp videos, and her volume is always up loud. (Hell, I've probably complained about this previously.) I can often hear it quite clearly from another room and loathe listening to some short annoying video loop, allowed to play a few or several times before she scrolls past. Like listening to an irritating alarm that you're held hostage to.

For quite a while I have mentally been threatening to use video of the annoying rubber chicken toy to get even. Finally did it, in response to a really irritating, super loud one. The door is right by my computer desk/chair... pulled the video up on my phone, turned my (normally pretty low) volume up max, stuck my hand with phone in the hall and let it scream.

Mom, who normal gets up as slowly as possible when someone needs her to, immediately put down her phone and get up relatively quickly to go look out the bathroom window, alarmed and baffled wondering what the heck that sound was.

I'm on the other side of the door trying to remain quiet but dying from laughter.

"What was that noise??"

"Oh, it was just a video." I managed to say calmly, like no big deal, like there is was no evil months-long revenge planned.

"A video?? I thought something was wrong with the dog or some creature dying."

Completely over her head that it was return fire. Sad I probably can't do it again without it clicking and her getting mad that it's done in response to her own phone behavior, but it was worth it to hear her quickly put that phone down and get out of that chair. Lol

Mad Dog McMutt · 05-26-2025, 12:13 PM

So my cousin gave me a visa gift card last month and I had some money left on it, so I was going to buy Rita's Rewind for the switch. I come to find out that there is only 44 cents left on it and the last 3 transactions were not mine. So I got to spend the last 2 hours on the phone and filling out forms via email. They are going to send me a new card with my .44 cents and hopefully after they look into my case I can get a refund which can take up to 90 days. Very annoying.

05-04-2025, 04:19 PM	#9933
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	Microsoft killing the Edge browser spell check... Annoying that it points out misspellings, but then acts like it turned illiterate with no suggested corrections. Edit: No wait, found another. WTF Imgur, why remove the images link? I want my organized folders back. It was bad enough I could no longer keep images sorted like that and now they remove that link all together. Last edited by IndigoErth; 05-04-2025 at 07:42 PM.

05-09-2025, 09:57 AM	#9934
Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 9,192	My NECA Haulathon Pee Wee figure still hasn’t shipped. I ordered him a week ago he has been stuck in preparing to ship and the delivery date keeps changing. Target CS did give me a 5 dollar gift card as an apology for the delay though __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons.

05-09-2025, 11:20 AM	#9935
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,715	What grinds my gears today... I order a subscription box called The Finest Butcher. Package was supposed to come yesterday. It didn't. Instead my tracking reads Your item was forwarded to a different address at 3:43 pm on May 8, 2025 in [REDACTED]. This was because of forwarding instructions or because the address or ZIP Code on the label was incorrect. The post office doesn't know where it is. I either get 'I don't knows', re-quote the above message, which doesn't tell me where it is, and any call I attempt to the branch in town goes to voice mail. So unless by some miracle it gets here in the next few days, I think it's just gone. Friend of mine told me the above means they delivered it to the wrong address. Without knowing exactly where, I guess I'm SOL. I'm still ****ing angry. Thank god it only cost like 22 bucks. I'm trying not to let it get to me, but I'm still very damned angry about this. __________________ "I was down with TMNT once, but then they changed what TMNT was. Now what I was down with is no longer TMNT and what TMNT now is seems weird and scary. And it'll happen to YOU." Check out my blog for Comic Reviews and other things. https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/ I also started The AEW Crew, the All Elite Wrestling Fan Club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/637508120044168/

05-10-2025, 10:13 AM	#9939
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	Reminds me of a recent chuckle. Not a public annoyance in this case, but my mom (widowed senior, we share a roof) loves scrolling FB...esp videos, and her volume is always up loud. (Hell, I've probably complained about this previously.) I can often hear it quite clearly from another room and loathe listening to some short annoying video loop, allowed to play a few or several times before she scrolls past. Like listening to an irritating alarm that you're held hostage to. For quite a while I have mentally been threatening to use video of the annoying rubber chicken toy to get even. Finally did it, in response to a really irritating, super loud one. The door is right by my computer desk/chair... pulled the video up on my phone, turned my (normally pretty low) volume up max, stuck my hand with phone in the hall and let it scream. Mom, who normal gets up as slowly as possible when someone needs her to, immediately put down her phone and get up relatively quickly to go look out the bathroom window, alarmed and baffled wondering what the heck that sound was. I'm on the other side of the door trying to remain quiet but dying from laughter. "What was that noise??" "Oh, it was just a video." I managed to say calmly, like no big deal, like there is was no evil months-long revenge planned. "A video?? I thought something was wrong with the dog or some creature dying." Completely over her head that it was return fire. Sad I probably can't do it again without it clicking and her getting mad that it's done in response to her own phone behavior, but it was worth it to hear her quickly put that phone down and get out of that chair. Lol Last edited by IndigoErth; 05-10-2025 at 10:18 AM.

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03-21-2025, 03:59 PM	#9921
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	Scare tactic scams. FYI... if you or anyone you know (such as older parents) are the gullible type or inclined to react to scare tactics and you end up with some kind of screen like these below DO NOT call that freaking number or give them any info, it is a scam. Either it's a coincidence or something is hitting Facebook with this crap now, as I got one that looks like the video yesterday (but the voice on mine was a man) and a friend got the other one today. Couldn't get out of that screen, had to use Ctrl/Alt/Delete to kill the process or (in my case) tell the PC so sign out (then removed it from browser history). In my case I clicked on what looked like a normal post with funny pics, so it can look like something typical and harmless. I scanned immediately and nothing was found, so I don't think there IS a virus, but it wants you to be convinced so that you'll call and give them info so they can hijack your PC. Quickly forewarned my mom (and this friend!) when I'd gotten it. I know mom prob would talk to me or my sister first, but if dad were still here... oh lord, he'd probably call.

03-21-2025, 04:05 PM	#9922
~~ResidentEvil7~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2023 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL Posts: 629	It IS a scam, because that phone number in the first image looks foreign. I have Windows 11 and I haven't seen this screen.

03-21-2025, 04:37 PM	#9923
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,883	Someone hacked into my old microsoft account, and used it to buy $8 worth of roblox points on Xbox. I deleted my account and Microsoft is refusing to refund me for some reason, so I'm glad it was only $8 they spent instead of like...$100.

03-21-2025, 05:10 PM	#9924
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	Only $8? Man, if they'd only known the kind of cash you've got socked away. lol

03-21-2025, 06:27 PM	#9925
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,883	My card was simply saved to my profile, so they could have literally bought anything. For some reason when I tried to dispute it on Microsoft's site they already rejected it and won't refund me. Kind of annoying, but as said, at least it was only $8. If it was anywhere from $20-50+ or whatever I would have been pissed. I guess this is a sign not to keep your credit cards saved to your profile.

03-21-2025, 08:34 PM	#9926
~~ResidentEvil7~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2023 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL Posts: 629	Ten or so years ago my PlayStation account was hacked and they drained my PlayStation wallet of $50. I talked to PlayStation and they told me that it was hacked and used for making PS purchases, but not a download. So they put the money back on my card and told me to make a stronger password, which I did do. Hasn't been hacked since.

03-22-2025, 10:37 AM	#9927
Mad Dog McMutt Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 707	What grinds my gears is addiction. My best friend died yesterday after battling alcoholism his whole adult life. It is suspected that he died from alcohol withdrawal. Alcohol controlled his crazy life and he was always a mess because of it. His favorite turtle was Michelangelo which was a good fit because he lived so recklessly. I feel like there is a deep wound within my spirit. I am having trouble even distracting myself from thinking about him. RIP Andy.

04-08-2025, 09:44 AM	#9932
Mad Dog McMutt Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 707	I just got back home from a 2 hour long drive to visit my mom. One thing that grinds my gears is always seeing a whole bunch of dead animals that get hit by cars on the highway. It is so heartbreaking and it just doesn't feel right. This is their world just as much as it is ours. I wish that every highway had fencing along the sides to prevent animals from wondering. Maybe put a gate every half mile just for people to walk through.

05-09-2025, 06:30 PM	#9937
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,715	Crisis averted. Got the box today. Idk what the hell happened yesterday.

05-10-2025, 09:21 AM	#9938
kerorokatak Random Punk Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 28	Man, I feel you on so many of these. One that gets me every time is people blasting videos or music on their phone in public with no headphones, like, why?

05-26-2025, 12:13 PM	#9940
Mad Dog McMutt Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 707	So my cousin gave me a visa gift card last month and I had some money left on it, so I was going to buy Rita's Rewind for the switch. I come to find out that there is only 44 cents left on it and the last 3 transactions were not mine. So I got to spend the last 2 hours on the phone and filling out forms via email. They are going to send me a new card with my .44 cents and hopefully after they look into my case I can get a refund which can take up to 90 days. Very annoying.