thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan

Writer of totally pointless twits, er, tweets. Really, they're pointless. Just like most other twits, er, tweets, except the pointlessness is intentional.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

I've moved on from cursing with ice cream flavors to cursing with fonts.

"What the helvetica is going on here?"

"You can kiss my arial rounded."

"You're full of segoe."

"Why don't you go futura yourself?"

"You're a gill sans disgrace!"

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

Yeah, for tech workers, this is scary accurate.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

I'm banned from Facebook.

I banned myself to save them the trouble.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

Hey, @Bose , I think your unsubscribe function for marketing emails isn't working. I've done it three times in the last six weeks, and I still get marketing emails.

When I go to unsubscribe, it says I'm already unsubscribed.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

Ratio of "Autocorrect fixes something correctly" vs. "Autocorrect is wrong and I have to fix it"

Desktop: Three to one
Phone: One to about thirteen

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

@ILoveBlueBell Packages of these are buy one, get one at Publix this week.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

Hmmm... wonder what's in today's news. I bet there's a lot of different things being talked about today.

Well, maybe not.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

When I see prompt engineer on a resume or in an article, I automatically translate it in my head to "sloperator".

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

My New Years resolution is to never make another New Years resolution again for the rest of my life.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

@PalmerCandyCom1 @Instacart And another by the way, for @BrachsCandy.

What possessed you to have a dozen varieties of Candy Corn (yuk) which are also sold by various other companies, while discontinuing the unique Maple Nut Goodies product?

That's just insane.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

Hey, @amazon, you need to stop posting deceptive and dishonest ads when someone searches for a discontinued product.

The search term was "Brachs Maple Nut Goodies". But they're discontinued. They don't exist. You can't buy them anywhere.

This ad on Bing implies that you can.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

And, by the way...

Coblentz Chocolate Company
@PalmerCandyCom1
@Instacart

... advertising something as Maple Nut Goodies when it's just peanuts dipped in cheap, maple flavored coating is also dishonest. Real Maple Nut Goodies should have toffee made with peanuts on the inside.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

This crazy lady who, likemany others in tech, is convinced that people just looove subscriptions (instead of hate them, as almost all of us to) explains her delusions here:

https://t.co/BQwiw3moAU

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

Being CEO sometimes means completely deluding yourself about what users & customers want. Exhibit A: this CEO says people will pay a subscription fee for... a mouse.

Supposedly a very durable mouse, w/ software updates. As comedian James Gregory often said, "I don't want that."

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

It's tons of little things like this which eventually erode customer satisfaction and loyalty.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

Do androids dream of electric pups?

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

@ILoveBlueBell My favorite flavor of Blue Bell period is Milk Chocolate.

Sure wish the distributor would put some in my grocery store in Brentwood, TN. Have not seen any in at least two years, and I check the freezer every time I'm in there.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

I'm a real dad. How I know is that in any typical day, I turn off three times as many lights in the house as I turn on.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

Today's quiz:

Two of these bands will be appearing at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in the next few weeks. The other three are fictitious. Can you tell the difference?

Owls in a Row
Trampled by Turtles
Snarky Puppy
Beluga Bastards
Crabs and Crackers

[Billy Hollis @billyhollis]

Hey, @Windows, can you tell me how to get this garbage off my screen?

And could you, please, I'm begging, stop putting crap like this into every open space you find? Just stop. You're suffering from Horror Vacui. You need to cure it.

[thisispointless - real name: Al Ian Shickan @thisispointless]

Did you know that the word "gullible" is not in the dictionary?