dantesspirit | Entries tagged with rant

Imagine my surprise upon realizing my debit/check card has expired and I have not received a new one yet. (It's been that kind of last month or so)

Now imagine the shock and resulting anger when I find out that *I have to order a new one and pay for the service*.

What happened to banks just sending out new cards before the old expired?

Oh! And to get a new card, *I have to give my old one up *first*, before I even have a new card!*

WTF, Woodforest.

Crossposts: https://wolfsilveroak.insanejournal.com/881128.html

Crash City Con is this Fri-Sun in Roanoke, Va.

As great a guy as the Founder is (a friend & regular in our TTRPG group), his staff, particularly for us vendors, is rather lack luster.

It should not take 2 months to respond to vendors. It should not take me going directly to the Founder to verify that yes, my table has been reserved.

It should not take us having to ask when load in time is, are tables/chairs provided or we need to bring our own, all should have been told to us already.

Ugh.

This is their 3rd year.

These things should have been figured out already.

*Especially* since they've changed locations this year & we don't know where anything is in the new location.

*sigh*

If I didn't generally do well at this Con , as well as wanting to support a friend, I'd likely call it quits.

Crossposts: https://wolfsilveroak.insanejournal.com/878871.html

Last night, read a comment about genetics, Native Americans and white people.

Someone replied that 'it's complicated'. And proceeded to claim that "You can have indigenous ancestry and after 5 or more generations it is no linger retained. "

That's... not the least bit true.

Autosomal DNA tests, which most genealogy sites use, go back 6 to 8 generations, themselves. YDNA tests- the male line- can go back up to 52 generations. And mtDNA- the maternal line- can show you 10k years worth of ancestry.

They responded today with this foolishness- Yes it can in mtDNA and YDNA and not show in the atDNA. It is complicated when it comes to atDNA. Having written the Beginners Guide to DNA. I know in teeny bit about this 😉"

It's Not Complicated. The tests themselves explain everything they can and can't do, in layperson's terms, so they can be easily understood. And if you knew this, why'd you say it stopped at 5 generations???

My African ancestry doesn't come into my line until 8 generations out. My DNA test, autosomal, shows exactly that too.

DNA doesn't just up and say, welp, there's your 3rd great grandparents, no more DNA info for you.

Genetics don't work like that.

I'm sure there's probably *some* good info in their book, but holy shit are they way off base as far as how DNA works.

Crossposts: https://wolfsilveroak.insanejournal.com/878110.html

Mark called to cancel internet on Monday. Because of a 45 minute wait, he scheduled a call back. Exactly 45 minutes later, they called back.

Here's where it gets really absurd.

Can't cancel Dish internet because of their 'unique situation' (ie, the ransomware attack their call centers got hit with , *in February*and is still on going), when the whole reason we're canceling is because we've had no internet service since last Wednesday( April 19th) and we were done dealing with them giving us the run around.

And no, you can't cancel service via their website, you *have* to call to cancel.

It's so ridiculous.

He flat out told them we don't want to be charged starting last Wednesday, since we have no service.

All they said was,'keep an eye on the website for updates', and 'when the yellow bar goes away, call back and we'll help you with your service'.

Uh... 🤔

Yes, I know we can access it via our phone, and yes, I've been using my phone hotspot for internet. That's not the point.

Long story short- do not use Dish for internet if you have any other options.

And of course, to add insult, our internet came back yesterday afternoon.

Crossposts: https://wolfsilveroak.insanejournal.com/873850.html

Remember this?

Yup. Never received the book. It's been 10 months since the project was funded. It's been nearly 6 months since the estimated delivery date. It's been nearly 2 months since I sent Kickstarter an email about it.

The author actually tried to get me to accept an ebook copy. Um, no. That is NOT what I was supposed to receive.

So. since I am now thoroughly done with this.

THIS is the book.

Here it is on Amazon.

Here it is on Barnes and Noble. Print copy. Nook book copy.

And this is the 'review' I left on all three. -

"I'd dearly love to be able to fully review this book. However, despite being a Kickstarter supporter, where this anthology originated, I never received any of the rewards promised to me at the level I backed the project.

That means, I never got my promised copy of the book. That means, as far as I know, NO ONE who pledged at the physical book level ever got their copies. We were to have received our copies BEFORE the general release to the public. We did not. The person running the Kickstarter project kept saying it was the publisher who was delaying the sending of the books. However, it's now a good 6 months past the estimated delivery date and a good 10 months since the project was funded and I have absolutely nothing to show for it.

To say I am disappointed is an understatement. To say that this has ruined Kickstarter for me and makes it so I will ONLY support authors I know from here on out, is also an understatement.

I will never buy a book by this author or support him in any way ever again."

Off to find out if I can dispute the charge on my credit card now.

Edit to add- Exactly 2 weeks later, I finally received my copy of the book.

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Asinineness of the day.

Absurdity with Dish.

An update on that Kickstarter that I was burned on.

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