Everything these days is idiot proof.

[Conager]

The best moisture control for soil is to put moisture in the soil when it needs it and don't put any when it does not.

Not a fan of "moisture control" potting soil but I couldn't find anything else when I repotted a plant and potted some cuttings. These cuttings are going to fail and I usually have a good touch with them.

I am not a fan of:

Traction Control.

Automatic Transmissions.

Power Steering.

Auto-correct and Predictive Text.

Microwave-ready Vegetables.

Frozen Dinners.

Even Mac-n-cheese, an already idiot-proof concoction now comes in microwaveable, instant single-serving containers.

 

[Sean]

And yet the GB still allows you to post. Incomprehensible.

 

[rocket_surgery]

None of those things is about the user being an idiot.

 

[Disgustipated]

None of those things is about the user being an idiot.

Besides the fact that an idiot pisted them, you are correct.

 

[silver gurl]

Common knowledge, the GB is not idiot proof.

 

[phrodeau]

Not to worry. We will never, ever have idiot-proof guns.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Not to worry. We will never, ever have idiot-proof guns.

Beat me to it. No idiot proof guns. Would eliminate 75% of gun users if they had idiot proof guns.

 

[Conager]

Also not a fan of idiot lights, as opposed to instrumentation.

I am a fan of the ignore function, although the manual version of ignore(ance) works perfectly well.

 

[Saint Peter]

And yet the GB still allows you to post. Incomprehensible.

...

 

[jaF0]

"Everything these days is idiot proof."

Maybe that's why I cain't do nuthin' no mo.

 

[Conager]

"Everything these days is idiot proof."

Maybe that's why I cain't do nuthin' no mo.

<insert Goldberg cartoon, "How to Remove the Cotton From the Aspirin Bottle.">

 

[yossi]

I don't consider anything made with orange powder to be actual Mac and cheese.

 

[Bookishleigh]

My Maxalt tablets are made to dissolve on the tongue for ease during a migraine; however, the packaging to open them is like the backing of cold medicine yet much, much smaller.....like made for Barbie hands.

Defeats the entire purpose. I feel this gripe belongs here.

 

[rocket_surgery]

My Maxalt tablets are made to dissolve on the tongue for ease during a migraine; however, the packaging to open them is like the backing of cold medicine yet much, much smaller.....like made for Barbie hands.

Defeats the entire purpose. I feel this gripe belongs here.

Ugh, I hate stuff like that. You get this small, breakable pills that you have to use a jackhammer to remove from the packaging because they made the back out of titanium. But the good news is by the time you're done you have an easy to swallow powder.

 

[Bookishleigh]

Ugh, I hate stuff like that. You get this small, breakable pills that you have to use a jackhammer to remove from the packaging because they made the back out of titanium. But the good news is by the time you're done you have an easy to swallow powder.

Mine dissolves on your tongue - so you don't have to swallow. It's supposed to make it MORE convenient. Hence the idiocracy of making the packaging so difficult.

 

[Saint Peter]

The phone provider thinks I am an idiot. It is not enough to send a bill to the house, which I always pay promptly. No, they need to send me a text AND an email to let me know they will be sending a bill to my house.

 

[Christobal]

I don't consider anything made with orange powder to be actual Mac and cheese.

Its funny you should mention that.I recently bought the deluxe homestyle mac and cheese. It came with a season packet and liquid cheese. I like the orange powder better.

 

[Conager]

My Maxalt tablets are made to dissolve on the tongue for ease during a migraine; however, the packaging to open them is like the backing of cold medicine yet much, much smaller.....like made for Barbie hands.

Defeats the entire purpose. I feel this gripe belongs here.

The lids on some pharmacy bottles are reversable because the child-proof kind defeat more seniors than children (who can usually figure them out.)

Can you imagine having your arthritis medication in a child-proof bottle?

 

[jaF0]

Its funny you should mention that.I recently bought the deluxe homestyle mac and cheese. It came with a season packet and liquid cheese. I like the orange powder better.

I got a box of Cracker Barrel one time. Supposed to be a special white cheddar. There was a pouch of white goo, but that's the best I can say. Didn't taste bad, but there wasn't anything special about it either.

That said, I usually doctor M&C by adding meat, veggies or salsa.

 

[yossi]

It's really simple to make it with cheese and a white sauce. And has the added benefit of tasting like real food.

 

[Emerson40]

Orange powder is not cheese.


It's TANG, and should not be added to noodles.

 

[Conager]

I don't consider anything made with orange powder to be actual Mac and cheese.

If you absolutely must consume some, creaming the powder into real butter like you are making a frosting and using whole milk helps. But, agreed.

One of my worst culinary experiences was the day of my motorcycle accident. I was poor (which was why I ditched my car for a motorcycle) and would sometimes use ramen noodles for 'sghetti' or just the elbows from mac-n-cheese boxes for ghoulash from my "I'm broke" stash rather than go to the store for the right pasta. Having just-in-case food on hand is a lifelong habit.

That day, I made myself a burrito. I had beans and a little hamburger that wasn't needed in a previous ghoulash. I had saved the powdered cheese, because waste not want not. I added that because I had no actual cheese. Truly awful.

I ate it anyway. Waste not, want not.

My first ever dose of morphine let me savor that taste, yet again.

 

[Conager]

It's really simple to make it with cheese and a white sauce. And has the added benefit of tasting like real food.

When I do that, I lean it to Alfredo using Parmesean Reggiano.

Speaking of, I have some Parmesian in the fridge. Aged, rubbed witb sun-dried tomatoes and herbs. I don't like it. I got it at a grocery on the road to eat with an orange. I havent unpacked my grater so it might be ok grated on thi gs but not any good to eat by itself.

 

[Ms_Ann]

I don't know what half the buttons on my dashboard do. One is probably the ejector seat. I can barely run the radio.

 

[jaF0]

So you only drive in daylight because you can't figure out how to turn the headlights on?

Or you just leave them on all the time because you can't figure out how to turn them off?