What first world problem did you have today?

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NoTine42

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I tried to google what rear brake light bulb my car needed. Aparantly Google employees never replace their own brake light bulbs.
 
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Imp

Lifer
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Spent over two hours deciding on what to add to my Amazon cart so I could get it to just over $25... Didn't want to pay for shipping, didn't want to spend too much. Holy crap, I'm indecisive.
 
OverVolt

OverVolt

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Imp said:
Spent over two hours deciding on what to add to my Amazon cart so I could get it to just over $25... Didn't want to pay for shipping, didn't want to spend too much. Holy crap, I'm indecisive.
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Could always use more socks/t-shirts/silverware/cleaning supplies.

Gawd my life is boring.

I'm turning into an adult.
 
Imp

Imp

Lifer
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Looking for a stainless steel kitchen hammer. Found one, but it's not available in my country... If I lived 2 hours away across the border, it would be.
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
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Mixolydian said:
Why the FUCK do people *STILL* not have Prime?!?!
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I think I ordered from Amazon twice last year, and not at all so far this year. I'll likely end up getting something from them, if nothing else, Xmas presents. That's not worth paying for the privilege of *free shipping. I plan ahead, and order what I need into the future. Nickle and dime bullshit isn't worth my time, or Amazon's.

*Subject to arbitrary and ever changing restrictions and exclusions

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and to stay on topic... It looks like I only have one sunflower coming up from the ~two dozen seeds I planted last week. FML...
 
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smackababy

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Oct 30, 2008
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It rained during the Color Run this morning and since I am not some kind of gutter trash I wasn't scooping the chalk off the wet ground to rub on my body, I ended with virtually zero color. =(
 
Atomic Playboy

Atomic Playboy

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Feb 6, 2007
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Imp said:
It's $80/year, yo. That's $80 of useless shit I can buy every year. We don't have the music/TV thing in my country, as far as I'm aware.
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This is a thread for first world problems. If Amazon Prime isn't available in your country, this thread isn't really for you.
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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Mixolydian said:
Why the FUCK do people *STILL* not have Prime?!?!
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There's so many ifs and buts with prime it's not really worth it imo. I don't think it applies to 3rd party vendors, and a good portion of stuff on Amazon is from 3rd party vendors.

Speaking of Amazon, my 3rd world problem is that I ordered stuff a couple months ago that I really wanted to have by now for a small solar project, and I still did not get it. I may need to buy the same thing from Digikey so I can get it now, but pay way more. Basically it's fuses, and 12v cig lighter plugs. I am building a portable power pack for camping/emergency, just for fun.
 
MongGrel

MongGrel

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Red Squirrel said:
There's so many ifs and buts with prime it's not really worth it imo. I don't think it applies to 3rd party vendors, and a good portion of stuff on Amazon is from 3rd party vendors.

Speaking of Amazon, my 3rd world problem is that I ordered stuff a couple months ago that I really wanted to have by now for a small solar project, and I still did not get it. I may need to buy the same thing from Digikey so I can get it now, but pay way more. Basically it's fuses, and 12v cig lighter plugs. I am building a portable power pack for camping/emergency, just for fun.
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I think it is worth having Prime myself, but I order there now and then.

In between the shipping on top of the video streaming, etc, seems worth it here.

But the streaming seems a bit borked sometimes, and can do better when it's laggy.
 
Mixolydian

Mixolydian

Lifer
Nov 7, 2011
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Red Squirrel said:
There's so many ifs and buts with prime it's not really worth it imo. I don't think it applies to 3rd party vendors, and a good portion of stuff on Amazon is from 3rd party vendors.

Speaking of Amazon, my 3rd world problem is that I ordered stuff a couple months ago that I really wanted to have by now for a small solar project, and I still did not get it. I may need to buy the same thing from Digikey so I can get it now, but pay way more. Basically it's fuses, and 12v cig lighter plugs. I am building a portable power pack for camping/emergency, just for fun.
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That's because Canada. :colbert:
 
Dr. Zaus

Dr. Zaus

Lifer
Oct 16, 2008
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Clicked on the "game of Thrones" thread and forgot that it was on tonight~! Now I have to go watch it before I click on that thread again and next time I click "View First Unread" it's going to be slightly off.
 
shortylickens

shortylickens

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Jul 15, 2003
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my favorite forum is slowly filling with idiot grown ups and whiny children. And they post bullshit all day long.
 
Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,894
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www.anyf.ca
Just downloaded a torrent without checking how many files. Sure enough it was one of those rar explosions with like 9000 individual rar files. WTF do people do that shit? Downloading another now.
 
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smackababy

Lifer
Oct 30, 2008
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Red Squirrel said:
There's so many ifs and buts with prime it's not really worth it imo. I don't think it applies to 3rd party vendors, and a good portion of stuff on Amazon is from 3rd party vendors.
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I have had Prime long enough to have my student free year, the additional 5 years at half price, and paid for 2 full price years and have never missed out on buying anything from Amazon that wasn't a third party. Besides, ordering from a 3rd party is like 70% chance it's a fake or cheap knockoff.
 
Dr. Zaus

Dr. Zaus

Lifer
Oct 16, 2008
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smackababy said:
I have had Prime long enough to have my student free year, the additional 5 years at half price, and paid for 2 full price years and have never missed out on buying anything from Amazon that wasn't a third party. Besides, ordering from a 3rd party is like 70% chance it's a fake or cheap knockoff.
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I only go with "order fulfilled by amazon" when buying used from there and prime counts.

Also, I love their show "alpha house"
 
Imp

Imp

Lifer
Feb 8, 2000
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Found out today that the fast food restaurant I always went to in my last two years of high school was known around town as "Hooker <fast food name>."
 
Dr. Zaus

Dr. Zaus

Lifer
Oct 16, 2008
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Imp said:
Found out today that the fast food restaurant I always went to in my last two years of high school was known around town as "Hooker <fast food name>."
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If you didn't notice that this was the hooker burger-king then...
 
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