Hurricanes Lounge XXVII: BURN THE NEW SERVERS!

[vorbis]

WELGMDUMOES

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

i like moes, give me moes please

do you want me moes rewards number so you can add hundreds of dollars of burritos to my account?

Why stop at hundreds?

 

[the halleJOKEL]

greed is a bad look

im just a boy who wants some ritos

 

[Novacane]

These pop up clickbait ads are abysmal. You know, the one with the shriveled lips and finger with lotion that could be misconstrued if someone was looking over your shoulder from 20 feet away

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

greed is a bad look

im just a boy who wants some ritos

A noble goal, to be sure

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

I switched from ABP to ublock origin when hallejokel recommended it a while back. I have no complaints - the site was still laggy even with the ads blocked under ABP, but I haven't had any such issues with this one.

 

[Unsustainable]

Charlotte radio curmudgeon Robert Raiford dies at 89

Robert D Raiford died

 

[HisIceness]

Damn, I haven't heard that name in a long time. RIP

 

[Unsustainable]

Damn, I haven't heard that name in a long time. RIP

He left John Boy and Billy after his stroke

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

These pop up clickbait ads are abysmal. You know, the one with the shriveled lips and finger with lotion that could be misconstrued if someone was looking over your shoulder from 20 feet away

You have the Vaseline one too eh

 

[Novacane]

You have the Vaseline one too eh

Yes

 

[Unsustainable]

I’m using Firefox focus on my iPhone, no ads

 

[geehaad]

Firefox Focus requires a new login each time you open the app on your mobile, right? I found that the standard Firefox app doesn't do that, and that's what bothers me more than anything, so that's what I switched to (from Safari). Still need to get a no-ad plug-in on it, though...that Vaseline-covered finger is gross.

 

[Breakdowns]

I am using Safari on iPhone and there is adds like 1 time in 5 visits

 

[Unsustainable]

I am using Safari on iPhone and there is adds like 1 time in 5 visits

I was getting an ad every time I switched boards

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

I too get it every time I switch boards

 

[Breakdowns]

maybe it`s like that because of where I live

 

[HisIceness]

I saw a Ford Festiva today, first one I've seen in 5 years maybe. Anyone else remember those cars? My dad had one in the mid-90's and it was an uncomfortable POS then but damn if it didn't have a hell of a turning radius. Small car, but still.

 

[HisIceness]

It has begun.......

 

[MinJaBen]

It has begun.......

Somebody didn’t get the memo about portrait mode...

 

[Unsustainable]

Somebody didn’t get the memo about portrait mode...

Camera man is guilty also

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Where is the dude yelling WORLDSTAR?

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

I don’t get pop-up ads but my banner ads at the top of the page are always for feminine products. Really good job on the targeted marketing, Kotex. Suffice it to say I won’t be a customer.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

A fun customer service call yesterday, but this is what it's come to. Trying to cancel anything these days takes jumping though hoops. We only get the Sunday paper because my wife wants coupons and we had a good promotional rate which made sense to have it delivered. The rate went up so that the price was almost 2x what you could buy it for at the store, so I called to cancel and reached customer service. Paraphrasing as I was more polite than the written words below indicate.

Me: "My rate is $XX so unless you can drop it, I no longer want to receive the paper."

CS: "Actually, your rate is scheduled to go up by $5 per quarter starting January 2018."

Me: "Ok, still, unless you can lower it, I don't want the paper."

CS: "Let me see what I can do, hold on please." Comes back. "Ok, I was able to secure a reduction in your rate by $3, so it will only go up by $2 next year."

Me: "You don't understand, I don't want it at my current rate, so I clearly won't want it at $2 more".

CS: "Well sir, the costs of printing and delivering the paper are going up, so price will go up, plus you get full access to digital content."

Me: "I don't care about the digital content or your costs. Unless you can do better, please cancel."

CS: "Ok, hold on and let me see what I can do." Comes back. "Sir, you'll be happy to know that I was able to secure another reduction so you will get the paper at your current rate next year, no price increase."

Me: "Please, just cancel, that is the same rate I called to say I didn't like to begin with."

Finally, they agreed to cancel the subscription. Time Warner did a similar thing way back when I cut the cord with them for TV. I think the approach is to just try to wear people down.

 

[Breakdowns]

why people have to call to cancel things @ 21st century? Just e-mail or press button somewhere, I don`t like human interaction when it`s not needed