Finally got my grinder and it's broken; FML

drumofny · 2012-05-24T05:16:02.160194+00:00

Good on them. It's easier for both of you if you just get service through Baratza and don't bother shipping the whole thing around the nation to swap for a working one.

It's also not likely to be much faster. And as gbeier said - the button on the front should still work just fine, so it's not as though you're without a functional grinder.

As others in here have said, Baratza have impeccable service. I bought a used Virtuoso sample model from the CoffeeGeek boys, and was open that it was second hand, and initially a freebie, and they've still cheerfully replaced the button, the gears, and the drive post in the three years I've had it. Parts arrive promptly and with good instructions, and the machine is remarkably modular and easy to service.

Adenil · 2 days

I think it goes without saying as to why he should be there.

How about "say it anyways" for people not already familiar with the field?

Adenil · 2 days

I think Marx, Engles, and Mills have their place because they provided the basis for sociology as we know it today.

Well, yes, that's relatively obvious - but what I was meaning was a more significant "why" added in. Something that makes apparent their significance to someone from a non-sociological background.

For example, that Marx's work was fundamental to one of the three core theories in Sociology, and his work on class conflict remains a seminal document to power dynamic studies across multiple fields.

Adenil · 2 days

If you compile a reading list: please note in the course of it why that particular document is important to the field. The scope of my Soc has very little to do with classical theory, so a lot of these are just Names I've Heard and their importance is missing to me - more casual readers might be completely lost.

That said, if folks put together a solid list here, I'll either compile a list or link to this post.

I won't fill our sidebar with an overwhelming list of decontextualized links, but links to links of substance - that's perfect.

Also, if folks have other things they're hoping for from the community, don't hesitate to chime in - I have limited time resources above and beyond my moderation, but will do my best.

InTheSoupTogether · 2 days

My girlfriend said some of r/coffee wants to follow my coffee shop blog.

We do?

No, in all seriousness: let your content stand for itself. Leave your girlfriend and pandering to "Hey, Reddit!" and all the rest of that out of it. Just submit interesting specifically coffee-related content and sink or swim on your own merits.

And please don't make the classic blogger mistake of assuming that everything you write is gold - it'll fall to someone on the mod team to scold you if you start spamming us with everything you write, and we'd prefer to avoid that.

ImJustRestless · 2 days

I've tried using some milk so far

No. Bad. Dairy on burns radically increases risk of infection.

Just google burn first aid. You likely have a first degree burn - suface only, no deep tissue damage - so just apply cold to it and get some burn cream from the chemist if it's really bad.

Otherwise, just ignore it until it heals. There's no magical "super cure" for any injury, you're just going to have to tough it out until it heals on its own.

marchingfrogs · 2 days

This is true for most DepthHub posts. DH is about entire discussions as well as single comments.

PornClerk · 2 days

I ... can't tickle myself.

So no. So far this one's all you.

thisusernameisstupid · 3 days

Nice try, Ted marketing team.

Sampson123 · 3 days

Are we expected to believe that planes don't fly over ghettos?

PontisPilot · 3 days

Aren't barista gigs supposed to be fun?

Not per se. They're a job. They're supposed to be a job first, and it's just an incidental bonus if you have fun.

If you don't understand why you're being chastised by the boss, have you tried asking him why he wants you to change the way you do things?

uriman · 4 days

As I said: we'd probably not make good friends.

I say I don't think money should matter in a friendship, you call me a greedy asshole and evil.

I think that your whole "given an excess for no reason" herp-derpery is simply your way of rationalizing feeling entitled to someone else's windfall. Someone born rich is also "given an excess for no reason" and I don't think a sizable inheritance or a generous allowance is cause to feel entitled to someone's money any more than a lotto win.

"Didn't earn it"? Neither did some 70% of the world's wealthy - they inherited it and are wealthy purely because some ancestor of theirs worked hard and got lucky, not through any virtue of their own.

I pay taxes, when I make enough money, I donate to charity. I believe in wealth-equalization measures and am an active and supportive member of a (somewhat) socialist economy.

You call it greedy that I want to hold a win responsibly and not turn into everyone's money tree or bank of convenience purely because I suddenly have more cash than I expected? I call it greedy that you feel entitled to your friends' money. I call it shallow and entitled that you seem to feel someone making a financial decision that doesn't end up with an undeserved handout for you "evil". It's their money. Get your grubby paws off of it, and consider that if you feel so entitled to someone elses' money that it harms your friendship, you probably weren't a great friend.

The last people likely to benefit from any sort of lotto win I came by would be the people who expect to benefit.

mrsfeatherbottom12 · 5 days

He worked hard to earn it.

Snicklefritzfordanny · 5 days

It is possible to delete posts. Some long-term one-hit accounts like this one do that to increase the impact of their contributions. Not sure that's what happened here, but ... It's an option to consider.

uriman · 5 days

if your friend won the lottery and you never saw a dime of it you'd probably be pretty frustrated with the guy.

Not really. I grew up as the poor kid amongst rich kids. I'm used to people around me having gobs more money than I do. I don't expect dick all from them. I'm open when I have to bail because I don't have the cash, refuse to let them pick up a checque I can cover, and expect nothing.

I like my friends 'cause they're cool people, how much they have in the bank is irrelevant.

A friend wins lotto? I'd try and talk them into having a party, but unless they owed me money, I wouldn't ask them for any. And if they owed me money, I'd just ask they repay what they owed.

What kind of greedy asshole would just hoard it?

I would. And if you're not cool with that, we would probably not make good friends. Money shouldn't matter.

mattvait · 5 days

It's stupid to expect everyone to know the rules of every subreddit.

No it isn't. It's really not hard to read a place's rules before posting. I've managed it in every community I've posted in, ever since subreddits started being a thing.

It's slightly more work (as in, a matter of seconds) to do, but as a mod: I have no sympathy if you haven't read our rules and post to our community.

"It's stupid to expect everyone to know the rules [...]" seems to actually translate to "I'm too lazy to read your rules but felt entitled to post all the same."

We don't expect you to have them all memorized, but we expect you to check them before posting. OP's suggestion is to make it easier for users to check, and I wholeheartedly support the idea, but don't base an argument for that on the premise that "it's too hard to check rules" because it's not - it's just that making it easier would be an improvement.

That said, getting banned from SRS is just a rite of passage for most new redditors, I wouldn't take it seriously or as particularly important. They're hateful vindictive trolls engaging in a "reddit sucks" circlejerk, and have a sulk if you kill the mood with anything that isn't just agreeing with them.

Nuggetsurwha · 5 days

I'm not sure these guys are really "rare" or "often unheard" anymore, but they've certainly earned their success.

megatooththesecond · 5 days

In no way does "moderately priced" apply to them, but they certainly know their shit, do excellent work, and know their way around the full rainbow of haircuts.

xenization · 5 days

Or taken further "Do people seek approval from other people? So much of everything ever is rooted in social behaviour, often at the expense of individualism."

Taze_T_Schnitzel · 7 days

Absolutely. But most of them are more like me: good mods scared of The Mob.

silner · 7 days

Please don't use link shorteners here.

Taze_T_Schnitzel · 7 days

Maybe this has been suggested before,

We have a search feature so you can check exactly this.

Yes, this has been suggested. Admin have thought about it. They're not sure, and many mods are against it.

I personally would immediately resign from all my communities if this were implemented. I don't abuse my power, I'm good mod, etc, but The Mob is too scary. I see "lol make moderation transparent" and staying on as asking to be the victim of a with-hunt, and I'm unwilling to risk that.

We as a community have a well established track record for utterly eviscerating the wrong person over a non-issue when the mob gets momentum before it gets its facts straight.

Making it optional does nothing, because everyone would just start playing "well what are you trying to hide?" and bitching about how everyone else does it so why won't we.

I rely on my teams oversight and provide oversight myself to prevent abuses.

Anomander · 7 days

We wouldn't be able to implement it. That's a large enough change to code that Admin would need to do it, not mods. Sadly, because that would be so helpful in all my communities.

Anomander · 7 days

I wonder if it's possible to link the reporters name to the reported link, so the mod can ask them directly why they hit the report button?

Nope. Too concerning in terms of possible abuse. Reporting should be anonymous, no matter how much of a headache that ends up being for us mods.

Anomander · 7 days

What a stupid question.

Four-Year Club	Secret Santa 2011
Secret Santa 2010	reddit mold
Beta Team IndexTank Search	Charter Member

Anomander

TROPHY CASE

you'll need to login or register to do that

create a new account

login