Random Fail: First World Problems

[Abandon]

First time I drove an automatic after years of driving a stick I braked hard with my left and if I hadn't had my seatbelt on I'd have gone through the windshield.

Yeah, never did that again.

cant stop laughing

[Sho]

So the shit cherry on my tofu cake. Went to get a quick bite after our meeting. Put my car in reverse, didn't see any car, start to reverse out, bam, nail a honda pilot that I believe but can't prove speeding through the parking lot. She came out with a golf ball sized dent and some minor scratching on her car. I have to have the entire rear bumper and lower bumper replaced. And this was at idle speed. Today can eat a bag of dicks.

Now that sucks. What more you got hit by a crappy looking car. Did you inform the insurance company? lol

[Deadgye]

However I do have a friend who brakes with his left when he does his rally racing.

Pretty much the only time you're allowed to brake left.

I just upgraded my phone from a galaxy s3 to a galaxy s5. Everything is great except it's worse than my s3 at low light reading. When you have white text on a black background with really low brightness scrolling the text results in red-purple blurs that annoy my eyes. Also for some stupid reason when you combine the phones 'invert color mode' (to change white background black text websites into black background white text websites) with negative brightness levels via lux (because the stock brightness slider is a piece of shit at step sizes and can't go negative) it turns all the colors a brighter shade of gray. Also also lollipop is a piece of shit if only for the fact that they put a white background on everything. I'm seriously considering using my s3 for reading during the night.

[Blubbartron]

If you're reading in the dark/at night, you'd probably be better off using something like Twilight to make everything warmer and dimmer instead of trying to do super contrast with low brightness.

[Sho]

Pretty much the only time you're allowed to brake left.

I just upgraded my phone from a galaxy s3 to a galaxy s5. Everything is great except it's worse than my s3 at low light reading. When you have white text on a black background with really low brightness scrolling the text results in red-purple blurs that annoy my eyes. Also for some stupid reason when you combine the phones 'invert color mode' (to change white background black text websites into black background white text websites) with negative brightness levels via lux (because the stock brightness slider is a piece of shit at step sizes and can't go negative) it turns all the colors a brighter shade of gray. Also also lollipop is a piece of shit if only for the fact that they put a white background on everything. I'm seriously considering using my s3 for reading during the night.

Never had an S3 but my S5 is pretty damn bright at night, lol. I do know that everyone's eyes are different in how we take in light, so it may also be that as well.

Lollipop is indeed shit and I have since downgraded back to KitKat on all of my devices. The difference in the battery life & performance between 5.1 and 4.4.4/4.4.3 is pretty noticeable. Hopefully the tune it up even more by 5.3.

[Deadgye]

I'll give twilight a try tonight and see if that fixes any problems. I probably should try to downgrade back down to kitkat as well, any idea how arduous the process is?

[NynJa]

Some girl on facebook keeps posting the worst photoshopped pics...absolutely terrible photoshop jobs here.

[synistar]

Some punk kids threw an egg at my car last night while I was asleep. Had to get the car washed. Chance of showers tonight.

[Brill Weave]

Obviously knew you're a Kings fan.

[synistar]

I have only seen one Ducks fan in my neighborhood, a car with a Ducks flag on the window. The thought of keying his car on principle has crossed my mind.

[Seshat]

Pretty much the only time you're allowed to brake left.

I just upgraded my phone from a galaxy s3 to a galaxy s5. Everything is great except it's worse than my s3 at low light reading. When you have white text on a black background with really low brightness scrolling the text results in red-purple blurs that annoy my eyes. Also for some stupid reason when you combine the phones 'invert color mode' (to change white background black text websites into black background white text websites) with negative brightness levels via lux (because the stock brightness slider is a piece of shit at step sizes and can't go negative) it turns all the colors a brighter shade of gray. Also also lollipop is a piece of shit if only for the fact that they put a white background on everything. I'm seriously considering using my s3 for reading during the night.

The biggest reason I like the S6 is the themes that change the background from the regular lollipop colors. Black and grey everything for night time reading and battery conservation.

[Sho]

I'll give twilight a try tonight and see if that fixes any problems. I probably should try to downgrade back down to kitkat as well, any idea how arduous the process is?

Can sift through this thread. I usually go to this site when I need something done to my android-based electronics.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general

When it comes down to it, there's no "easy" method, as it involves reflashing KitKat. However, the guides on the site are pretty much written for people who otherwise aren't into phones/tablets, so they can be easy going. I wouldn't flash it if you're going to be nervous about it, however -- not too sure how bad bricking an S5 is.

[Deadgye]

For some reason AT&T 4.4.4 firmware seems to be nonexistent. I'll have to flash to a lower version (4.4.2) or factory reset if I want to get rid of lollipop. Twilight also wasn't for me. Did some more 'testing': disabled lux and found out that the text ghosting/blurring/whatever it is still happens with the stock lowest brightness-- it's apparently supposed to be a result of the amoled screens but because my s3 doesn't have this problem I don't understand why the difference is so huge.

[Cream Soda]

Cousin just rang on my doorbell.

Cousin: Travis, can I really need your help

Me: With what?

Cousin: I don't turn 21 till next month so I can't get a hotel room, so I don't have anywhere to sleep tonight

Me: Do you have your baby with you?

Cousin: No, she's at my aunt's house

Me: How much is the hotel

Cousin: $75

Me: You can stay here tonight for 50

Cousin: That won't work, I just need you to get me the room because Kier is coming too

Me: I'm not putting my signature and being held responsible for a hotel room so you can get fucked. The fuck off my door step

*closes door*

[Brill Weave]

My weekend project was to pry out the old rusted sheet metal insert in the game room's well window and replace it with a nice new shiny one. No problem right? Start using the a 5 foot pry bar on the metal and oh what's this? It's fucking screwed into another piece of sheet metal sunk further into the ground. Keep going and that piece is connected to yet another piece of sheet metal. All told this thing was buried in the ground about 3 feet down. So what should have been a 30 - 45 minute job ended up being 2 1/2 hours just getting the old inserts out. Swear to God if I ever see the dude that owned our house I'm fucking punching him in the face.

[Petitssk]

Kids playing soccer next to our garden, aiming for our cherry tree. I tell them to stop that, they claim to be practicing high shots, so I tell them to practice in the other direction, even though there's a carport there.
Five minutes pass and I hear yelling; apparently, the ball landed on the roof and they tried to climb there. Owners come out, ask the kids where their parents are, parents give the kids one hell of a scolding and the ball is gone.

Now I feel sorry.

[Pharaun]

Really looking forward to the long Holiday weekend and I come down with a stomach bug last night. Spent most of the night worshiping the porcelain throne.

[Brill Weave]

Kids playing soccer next to our garden, aiming for our cherry tree. I tell them to stop that, they claim to be practicing high shots, so I tell them to practice in the other direction, even though there's a carport there.
Five minutes pass and I hear yelling; apparently, the ball landed on the roof and they tried to climb there. Owners come out, ask the kids where their parents are, parents give the kids one hell of a scolding and the ball is gone.

Now I feel sorry.

You should. You're an awful person. Spend 10 bucks and get them a new ball.

[Odesseiron]

Drunk driver hit me on the way home from work tonight. Side swiped. He was totally trashed. Didn't want to go through insurance for obvious reasons. I'm absolutely fine. Car was totally trashed on the passenger side. Will probably need all new paneling.

Cops came. Got an incident report. I didn't say anything about his state as I was genuinely afraid that this guy would look for me if I said something after getting out of jail. Fit the bill. I basically got him off the hook. He had 2 ho's with him as well. Works conveniently at a glass repair shop 5 minutes from my place of employment. They also work with an auto body shop that is right next door. He seemed genuinely glad and appreciated I didn't rat him out. I had him by the balls. We're meeting on Tuesday at his place of employment. He insisted I take his license, atm card and other items so I would trust him. None of which I have, but I know where he lives and where he works, and I have a police report. My thoughts are really scattered, kind of shaken up. My first time in an incident like this. Somebody really questionable too.

I can still go through insurance if I have to, but I'm going to stop by his place of business and see if he's a man of his word. This will probably bite me in the ass, but I'd rather be alive than breathing through a tube or dead. It's aesthetic damage and I'm okay, which are the most important things. Car doors are whatever. Replaceable.

[Cream Soda]

I didn't say anything about his state as I was genuinely afraid that this guy would look for me if I said something after getting out of jail.

More fail than the rest of the post combined