Random thought thread!

Dave_Perkins · 2011-09-20T06:35:13.000Z

Thoro:

If that’s not damning by faint praise, I don’t know what is.

Söhbət qoşulması üçün təşəkkür edirik.

kerzain · 2011-09-20T06:39:14.000Z

SPEAK ENGLISH!!

John_Many_Jars · 2011-09-20T10:38:30.000Z

Mightynute:

amazon.com

Dwarves on Amazon Music

[album covers NSFW]

Kirian · 2011-09-20T11:45:24.000Z

Thoro:

Dwarfs.

“Dwarves” is Tolkien’s invention, and should be used for his race of stout, hirsute creatures fond of drink and industry.

Fair enough.

Dwarfs, dude.

Kirian · 2011-09-20T11:46:23.000Z

Thoro:

Dwarfs.

“Dwarves” is Tolkien’s invention, and should be used for his race of stout, hirsute creatures fond of drink and industry.

Fair enough.

I probably knew that at some point in the past.

Buceph: dwarfs, dude.

Omniscia · 2011-09-20T19:36:13.000Z

I fucking hate Apple.

So, I get an email yesterday that my Apple ID was “updated” to reflect a change in my ID and associated email address. Sure enough, I can’t log in with my old info. Obviously, someone’s jacked my account.

The online help doesn’t seem to cover this topic. It’s all about resetting my password, which doesn’t help at all since the verification emails are going to someone else’s email address.

I call up their customer support line and talk to the robot, who cheerfully listens to my query before advising me to visit the damn web page.

Fortunately, it asks me if I have anything else I need help with, so I demand a representative.

Unfortunately, all I get is a recording advising me that it’s outside normal business hours, and my call is disconnected.

First thing tomorrow, I’m going to advise my credit union that my debit card has been compromised. Then, I’m going to fire off a letter to Cupertino advising them that their customer service sucks.

Omniscia · 2011-09-21T04:19:39.000Z

Okay, card canceled, but they’ve already gotten $21.19 out of my Paypal account, which I’d forgotten I’d associated with my erstwhile iTunes account. Time to figure out a way to block that.

And Apple’s still outside of normal business hours.

UPDATE: Cool. The guy changed my email address but did not think to change the answers to my security questions. I got his email address from the purchase receipt and using that as the Apple ID I was able to retake the account. Password changed up, new email address to serve as my Apple ID. No thanks to Apple customer support.

RichVR · 2011-09-21T07:16:58.000Z

Mail bomb.

Demon_G_Sides · 2011-09-21T08:56:15.000Z

Yeah, sign that guy up for some hardcore porn, right now.

Eilonwy · 2011-09-21T09:33:34.000Z

My mom had someone get her iTunes account information and buy a shitload of stuff and both the bank and apple were extremely unhelpful. Apple asked her if she was sure she didn’t buy $300 worth of headphones (she was pretty sure!) then confirmed the person that bought it had a different name than her but still wouldn’t stop processing the order and the bank refused to put a stop payment on it or investigate until the money cleared out of the account.

So nice job getting ahead of that guy!

Omniscia · 2011-09-21T09:49:48.000Z

Paypal has already put a hold on the funds, it appears. Of course, I can’t decouple Paypal from my iTunes account now because there’s still a pending purchase.

John_Many_Jars · 2011-09-21T11:16:21.000Z

Never, ever use a debit card to buy anything online. You’re not covered the way you are with a credit card.

Omniscia · 2011-09-21T11:20:43.000Z

But I don’t want to use a credit card, and my credit union’s pretty good about reversing erroneous charges. You’re probably right, though.

Creole_Ned · 2011-09-21T12:48:34.000Z

I miss the Firefox addon that let me hide football threads.

RichVR · 2011-09-21T15:42:48.000Z

I can easily believe it’s not butter.

Cthulhoid_Sock_Puppe · 2011-09-21T16:14:22.000Z

So, uh, I’m curious. Is anyone intimately familiar with vampire games, but not looking to play in the next one that comes up, and willing to read through my proposal and make some suggestions?

Scrax · 2011-09-21T17:06:33.000Z

Beware the Sofaer.

RichVR · 2011-09-21T17:19:47.000Z

Cthulhoid Sock Puppetry:

So, uh, I’m curious. Is anyone intimately familiar with vampire games, but not looking to play in the next one that comes up, and willing to read through my proposal and make some suggestions?

I’m hardly intimately familiar with the game but I played a couple of times here and read a bunch of the threads. PM me and I’ll send you an email addy.

Raife · 2011-09-22T09:05:59.000Z

The US Trade Representative is Ambassador Kirk. Ambassador Kirk has a nice ring to it.

kerzain · 2011-09-22T11:01:50.000Z

Got a three page handwritten letter in the mail today. What the fuck is this, 1850?