Tragic Story Of Woman Dying From Exhaust Leak Is A Terrible Reminder To Get Your Car Checked Regular
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foxtrotalpha_feedIt's still possible to suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning even if your exhaust is perfectly good.
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You big baby
Tuesday, 17 March 2026 02:17fmylife_feedToday, my husband was supposed to have knee surgery but he wouldn't leave the house because he "got scared" no matter what I and even my mother-in-law tried to do. Now he can't have it for another six months and I took three weeks off work to help him that I can't cancel. FML
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By Anonymous
Fast-food new-hire finds themselves 30 minutes late for their first shift when the manager forgets t
Monday, 16 March 2026 18:00failblog_cheezburger_feedA fast-food new-hire found themselves already 30 minutes late for their first shift when the manager forgot to inform them of the schedule, leading to a tense conversation as they were out of town and unable to make the shift, bringing to a head the questions of expectations and accountability in the workplace.
How Reliable Is A Used Chevy Bolt? Here's What J.D. Power Says
Tuesday, 17 March 2026 00:25foxtrotalpha_feedThe Chevrolet Bolt is coming back for 2027, but it's not too different from its original incarnation. So, how reliable can you expect it to be?
RENNtech Will Make A Modern Mercedes-AMG Hammer With A Hand-Made V12 Engine
Monday, 16 March 2026 23:25foxtrotalpha_feedMercedes tuner RENNtech is offering a limited run of V12-powered coupes that could scratch a very particular itch for nostalgic luxury enthusiasts.
Heated gaming moment
Monday, 16 March 2026 23:46fmylife_feedToday, my younger brother broke his Switch in a fit of gamer rage. When my dad refused to buy him a new one, he had a massive tantrum. Later, he dunked mine in the toilet since it "wasn't fair" that I still had a Switch and he didn't. My parents beat him, but they won't buy me a new one. FML
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The EPA Just Named The Most Fuel-Efficient Automaker, And It's Not Toyota
Monday, 16 March 2026 22:25foxtrotalpha_feedToyota has a reputation for being gas-stingy, but it's actually in fourth place in the EPA's latest mileage rankings. Still, overall, mileage keeps increasing.
UPDATE: Georgia homeowner stops power company from removing their 300 year old oak tree
Monday, 16 March 2026 14:00failblog_cheezburger_feedWhen a couple of workers showed up to examine a 3-century-old tree, this person was aghast at the thought of losing it.
Although trees are precious to their owners, they're a lot less special to the electrical workers who are tasked with trimming them. There are plenty of stories about overzealous workers who have "trimmed" trees back, only for the homeowner to realize that their trees had been cut down way too far to be saved.
Mixed messages
Monday, 16 March 2026 21:13fmylife_feedToday, I heard my downstairs neighbor pounding on her roof/my floor. I thought she was being a Karen and wanting me to be quiet, even though I wasn’t doing anything. I stomped back defiantly to make a point. Turns out she was having an asthma attack and was asking for help. Oops. FML
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These 3 Harley-Davidson Bikes Have Terrible Resale Value
Monday, 16 March 2026 20:45foxtrotalpha_feedHarley-Davidson bikes are some of the most popular motorcycles out there, but three models haven't managed to keep their value very well throughout the years.
Feds Tell 97 Car Dealerships To Knock It Off With The Hidden Fees Already
Monday, 16 March 2026 20:05foxtrotalpha_feedMany dealerships tack on ridiculous, expensive nonsense to the end of your price, like advertising fees, nitrogen tire inflation, and dealer prep fees.
Tenant keeps telling visitors the truth about their apartment, landlord demands tenant "keep quiet"
Monday, 16 March 2026 12:00failblog_cheezburger_feedThis landlord is having an eye-opening experience about what his tenants live through each day.
Many landlords don't live in the buildings they manage, so they don't know what the day-to-day experience is like. When it thunderstorms, they aren't the ones putting buckets around the apartments to catch the ceiling drippings. When it's winter and the heat won't turn on, they don't get chilly, because they live in a separate building. And, as you probably know if you've ever lived in a landlord-run building, they will ignore a request to fix a problem until you literally tell them face-to-face that it needs immediate fixing.
I hate surprises
Monday, 16 March 2026 19:41fmylife_feedToday, my family and friends threw a surprise birthday party for me, after I'd said multiple times that I didn't want one. I turned and left and now everybody is angry at me and calling me ungrateful and spoiled. FML
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By Anonymous
Why You Might Run Afoul Of The Law If You Street Park In Front Of Your Neighbor's House
Monday, 16 March 2026 19:05foxtrotalpha_feedSometimes, you might have no choice but to park in front of your neighbor's house. This isn't illegal in of itself, but you might still get in trouble for it.
GM Recalls A Few Cars Of Almost Every Model It Makes Because The Owner's Manuals Didn't Download
Monday, 16 March 2026 18:36foxtrotalpha_feedGeneral Motors will reset the vehicle radio, which will facilitate automatic download of the electronic owner's manual in order to remedy the issue.
The Mad Scientists At BMW Are Racing An M3 Wagon At The Nürburgring 24
Monday, 16 March 2026 18:33foxtrotalpha_feedThe M3 Touring 24H race car was just an April Fool's joke last year, but BMW built it for real - and is racing it for real.
Florida Man Sues Sheriff After Drug Test Decides IBS Meds Are Basically Fentanyl During Traffic Stop
Monday, 16 March 2026 18:25foxtrotalpha_feedCops decided the pills were suspicious, saying they "look very worn and honestly not real," and decided to test them on the spot.
Entitled HOA board members force non-HOA neighbors to pay toward public maintenance
Monday, 16 March 2026 11:00failblog_cheezburger_feedThese homeowners might be making a huge mistake in their negotiations with the nearby HOA.
Not only was their home never meant to be a part of any homeowner's association, but they also managed to successfully steer clear of these vipers for decades. Over time, the ever-growing HOA neighborhood surrounded this house on practically all sides, yet they could never convince these residents to join due to the home's existence back in the days when the area was barely developed.
However, when a recent public road was built and funded by the HOA and its paying residents, the board began to take greater issue with the only non-HOA folks around.
30-year-old woman blocks male coworker for “being distant” after she stepped back to appease her jea
Monday, 16 March 2026 10:00failblog_cheezburger_feedWorkplace friendships really are wild sometimes. One minute, you are sharing fries after work, and the next, you are apparently the main character in someone else's relationship saga without even knowing it
This one has all the red flags, truly, all of them. A hyper jealous partner who has never met the alleged threat. A coworker who loves the attention of the friendship but also loves retelling how much trouble that friendship gets her into. Then, somehow, the guy who did absolutely nothing is the one she punishes for her own choices.
200,000 Immigrant Truck Drivers Are Officially Losing Their CDLs Which Will Almost Certainly Make Ev
Monday, 16 March 2026 18:01foxtrotalpha_feedWhen you add in the fact that the average price of a gallon of diesel is now $4.99 things are definitely not going to get cheaper, to say the least.
For Sale: Volvo EX30 Wheels, Never Turned
Monday, 16 March 2026 17:57foxtrotalpha_feedThe electric Volvo EX30 is being discontinued in the U.S., but it'll remain on sale in Mexico and Canada.
NASA Is Making A Nuclear-Powered Dragonfly Helicopter Straight Out Of Dune
Monday, 16 March 2026 17:25foxtrotalpha_feedThe mission is hoping to give humanity its best look ever at Saturn's moon Titan.
In a World Filled With Nepotism, Why Not Let Random People on Social Media Find Their Way to Fame?
Monday, 16 March 2026 09:00failblog_cheezburger_feedEvery single day, somewhere in the world, people make their dreams come true. Whether they get accepted to their dream job, have their dream wedding, or land the role of a lifetime. So why do we care so much about how some people got to the position that made it all possible?
Social media, as we all know by now, is a powerful tool for making dreams come true, by showcasing their talents. Even if it was never their initial plan when they started posting. Though it is clear how powerful social media can be, most people don't expect their first-ever post to change their lives.
Unreliability Of F1's New Ruleset Rears Its Head In China
Monday, 16 March 2026 16:39foxtrotalpha_feedObviously, no one would willingly sign up for a struggle and the drivers not at the front have been vocal about how much they hate these new cars.
The Final Studebaker Ever Built Rolled Off The Line 60 Years Ago Today
Monday, 16 March 2026 16:25foxtrotalpha_feedStudebaker was an iconic automotive brand, but it sadly went out of business 60 years ago. Here's a closer look at the last Studebaker ever built.
Certain Hyundai Palisades Hit With Stop Sale, Recall After Power Seats Crush 2-Year-Old Girl
Monday, 16 March 2026 16:02foxtrotalpha_feedHyundai is currently finalizing the details of the recall of about 68,500 vehicles that'll eventually be submitted to the NHTSA.
Look at that goofy nerd with the beautiful girl
Monday, 16 March 2026 14:18pharangula_feedToday is our 46th wedding anniversary. I have no idea why she agreed to it in the first place.
No celebration today. We’re both just going to work, she won’t get home until 11pm, we don’t even have dinner plans.
New neighbor aims trail camera at Grandfather's house, homeowner wants to avoid discussion with neig
Monday, 16 March 2026 08:00failblog_cheezburger_feedThe peace and tranquility of this family home has been interrupted by a trail camera pointed right towards the property.
As you can imagine, the homeowner isn't thrilled about this, but what can they do to get the camera removed from their neighbor's property line?
2026 Audi Q3 Is Handsome, Powerful, And Much Better Than Before
Monday, 16 March 2026 15:00foxtrotalpha_feedIf you're looking for a subcompact luxury crossover that'll impress onlookers and legitimize your real estate business, the new Q3 is well worth considering.
Homeowner finds and calls contractor's mother when he takes 50% payment up front and then never show
Monday, 16 March 2026 07:00failblog_cheezburger_feedAfter a homeowner paid a contractor half of the cost up front for some electrical work, the contractor repeatedly delayed the start date and eventually ceased responding entirely. This led the homeowner to track down the contractor's mother in an attempt to get the work done or their money back.
Trump's Tariff Schemes Have Cost Automakers Over $35 Billion So Far
Monday, 16 March 2026 14:36foxtrotalpha_feedPresident Trump's ill-advised tariffs have cost the automotive industry over $35 billion so far (and that cost is definitely getting passed on to you.)
'F1: The Movie' Is An Oscar Winner
Monday, 16 March 2026 14:31foxtrotalpha_feedThe Joseph Kosinski-directed film was also nominated in three additional categories, which it did not win.
These Are Your Favorite Vans
Monday, 16 March 2026 14:25foxtrotalpha_feedThroughout history there have been so many incredible vans, including cargo vans and MPVs and minivans and all sorts of other kinda strange genre-busters.
Let’s end Spring Break for good
Monday, 16 March 2026 12:34pharangula_feedThis year’s Spring Break is over, and it was a mess, as usual. The students got a full week of vacation, while I got nothing, other than a pile of grading and the need to do their lab work for them (admittedly, a small trivial bit of their work, because flies keep breeding no matter what the calendar says). Then we had a blizzard, which has disrupted everyone’s travel schedules — I have students who will miss class for the entire first half of this week, because airlines have been cancelling all kinds of flights into the upper midwest.
My modest suggestion is that in future years we abolish the tradition of Spring Break. Everyone just stays at the university working, and then we finish up the term a week early. Less chaos! More order! No more resetting unrealistic expectations by allowing them to escape to a warm sunny beach somewhere. No more youthful debauchery. Reality is cold, icy, white landscapes scoured by bitter winds, overseen by dour gray-bearded taskmasters. The sooner they get used to it, the better.
There may be some initial resistance, but everyone will eventually adapt, and I won’t have to go through this yearly ritual of having to modify course- and lab-work to accommodate these unserious childish hijinks.
No one is learning biology here.
What's The Best Car For Exploring?
Monday, 16 March 2026 13:25foxtrotalpha_feedYou may have a different definition of exploring than me, and that's totally allowed here.
Uncle Fester
Monday, 16 March 2026 14:07fmylife_feedToday, my asshole uncle stole the painkillers I was prescribed after my surgery. To top it all off, the pharmacy called CPS on my mom when she attempted to replace them because they thought she was lying, so they're going to be investigating. FML
By Anonymous
By Anonymous
A Balrog's Hoard 25 Lord of the Rings Memes We Found While Delving Greedily and Deep Online
Monday, 16 March 2026 06:00failblog_cheezburger_feedThe Lord of the Rings always has a way of making fantasy fans happier, and if plebeians and non-LOTR fans gave The Fellowship, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King just one simple binge-watching weekend, they would feel the same way: Enchanted, enthralled, and utterly captivated by the Tolkien universe.
Clock starts now, you have 12 hours and 6 minutes.
CodeSOD: A Little Twisted
Monday, 16 March 2026 06:30thedailywtf_feedDana sends us a WTF that'll turn your head. She was shopping for new hard drives, and was doing it from her phone, a fairly reasonable tool to use for online shopping these days. She opened the website of one vendor, and it was rotated 90 degrees. Or half-pi radians, for those of us that are more used to sensible units.
This was irrespective of any rotation settings on her phone, the website insisted on showing itself in landscape mode. This created quite the unusual appearance when she held her phone in portrait orientation: the browser chrome surrounding the content was in portrait mode, but the page itself was in landscape.
Obviously, this is a terrible design choice. But Dana wanted to know more. So she started digging in. There was no sign of this behavior on a desktop, which sure, I'd hope not. Attempting to use wget to download the page caused a 403. Using curl downloaded a JavaScript challenge. Fine, they didn't want bots, but Dana wasn't a bot.
Poking around in the network tab of the desktop browser's debugging tools helped Dana learn a few things. First: the line endings in the files were all CRLF, implying that all development happened on Windows machines. Maybe that's not interesting, but in 2026, it feels unusual. Second, the page is setting a PHPSESSID cookie, so clearly the backend is written in PHP. But most important, Dana is able to piece together what she needs to successfully use curl to download the page, once pretending to be a desktop browser, and once pretending to be a mobile browser. With that, she ran a diff to see what changed.
The desktop version started with 42 blank lines. The mobile version started with 41. The rest of the pages were substantially the same, with two exceptions. First, the mobile page also added a stylesheet called stylesheet-responsive.css. I assume that name was chosen because irony is dead; nothing about this site is responsive. Second, there was a subtle difference in the body tags.
You see, both pages had a body tag like this:
<body marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
But the mobile page, continued from there:
<!-- header //-->
<body id="landscape_mode_only" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
Yes, the mobile version has two body tags.
Dana writes:
Even though I don't have access to the real PHP source-code, I can imagine what it looks like.
Somewhere in that PHP source-code there is browser-detection (or rather browser-sniffing) and that toggles if it should serve a slightly different HTML code to the user. I do not want to work for that website, I do not want to look at that backend source-code. And I have to feel sorry and respect for the browser developers, as they have to write software that can handle completely broken HTML.
While I hate the results, the fact that the HTML specification originally required clients to render even the most broken HTML is arguably a really good design choice. Expecting people to do the right thing never works out for you.
Let's not forget their "responsive" CSS, which is obviously worth looking at, even if it's obvious what it must be:
@media only screen and (orientation:portrait) {
#landscape_mode_only {
height:98vw;
-webkit-transform:rotate(90deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(90deg);
-o-transform:rotate(90deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(90deg);
transform:rotate(90deg)
}
}
This forces everything in the body to rotate sideways.
Look, actually responsive design is hard. But "just force the page into landscape mode no matter what the user does" is definitely not the solution.
And Dana points out one last thing:
As a cherry on the top, observe how the comment that marks the end of the header is placed after the
<body>starts. Which is wrong already, but also stupid, because</head>already marks the end of the head. And theheadis not really the header.
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Employee refuses to accept dusty Employee of the Quarter plaque, demanding a substantial raise inste
Monday, 16 March 2026 05:00failblog_cheezburger_feedImagine bringing in $7 million of business to your company, only to be rewarded with a cheap plaque that was likely purchased online for under $20. Talk about all that hard work leading to nothing!
Most employees, especially those who work in sales, expect more than a shoutout during a company meeting for their efforts. The best way to reward these hard-working individuals is to validate them monetarily. After all, they brought in all that business. Shouldn't they be able to benefit from that increased revenue as well?
At $50,000, Is This 1959 Lincoln Continental The Classiest Camper Money Could Buy?
Monday, 16 March 2026 12:25foxtrotalpha_feedDoes that feel fair considering this Lincoln's uniqueness, history, and condition? Or do you think you'd have to be a schnook to pay that much for this Chinook?
What Made Ford's Toploader Transmission So Durable?
Monday, 16 March 2026 11:25foxtrotalpha_feedFord has made plenty of powerful transmissions throughout its lifetime, but the Toploader is iconic for how rugged and long-lasting it can be.
New BFF unlocked
Monday, 16 March 2026 11:35fmylife_feedToday, it's been three years that I've worked as a waitress at a fine local restaurant. I like the work and it felt special when a regular customer, with my permission, hugged and complimented me, and said, "I appreciate you, 'Anna the Cool'. Thanks for helping to make this my fave restaurant." If only my friends were this nice. FML
By Anna
By Anna
Possible New Result in Quantum Factorization
Monday, 16 March 2026 09:46schneiersecurity_feedI’m skeptical about—and not qualified to review—this new result in factorization with a quantum computer, but if it’s true it’s a theoretical improvement in the speed of factoring large numbers with a quantum computer.
Sunday things
Sunday, 15 March 2026 23:55![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eve_primeWe had another afternoon symphony concert today, starting earlier than I could get myself anywhere, but I arrived at intermission, which was fine by me. In the first half they had something about iron foundries, which surely involved clanging, and then an accordion (!) concerto, which I’m sure was interesting, but I didn’t miss it. The second half had Schubert’s “unfinished symphony” and the Romeo and Juliet overture by Tchaikovsky. I wore a mask and sat more than arm’s length away from anyone else.
My cold symptoms weren’t as bad today, and I wasn’t as tired, so I also went to the library and the further supermarket on my way home, in case my energy is lower tomorrow. Unfortunately, my dishwasher broke this weekend, so I’ll have to wash dishes by hand and arrange for a repair-person. Also it looks like Parker would benefit from a visit to a vet, if I can figure out how to do that.
Meanwhile, with meals today I’ve been watching the latest of the Hannah Swensen mysteries on the Hallmark Mysteries channel. It’s frustratingly bad – the body was discovered around Minute 22 (including the minutes for the commercials) and as of Minute 49 nobody has even mentioned the word “motive” or speculated on who might have wanted to kill her. The argument she had with her friend at Minute 12, witnessed by our heroine, has been entirely ignored. I wish the script had been written by a professional, rather than the actress who plays the heroine…
My cold symptoms weren’t as bad today, and I wasn’t as tired, so I also went to the library and the further supermarket on my way home, in case my energy is lower tomorrow. Unfortunately, my dishwasher broke this weekend, so I’ll have to wash dishes by hand and arrange for a repair-person. Also it looks like Parker would benefit from a visit to a vet, if I can figure out how to do that.
Meanwhile, with meals today I’ve been watching the latest of the Hannah Swensen mysteries on the Hallmark Mysteries channel. It’s frustratingly bad – the body was discovered around Minute 22 (including the minutes for the commercials) and as of Minute 49 nobody has even mentioned the word “motive” or speculated on who might have wanted to kill her. The argument she had with her friend at Minute 12, witnessed by our heroine, has been entirely ignored. I wish the script had been written by a professional, rather than the actress who plays the heroine…
You Just Hit A Pothole, Time To Pull Over And Do These Things
Monday, 16 March 2026 09:25foxtrotalpha_feedWho among us hasn't hit a pothole? It happens to every driver, but not everyone knows what to do next or how to check their car for damage and stay safe.
We're open
Monday, 16 March 2026 08:03fmylife_feedToday, after six months of building my SaaS (Software as a service) every night after work while juggling life with three kids, I finally launched it. Two months later, it’s still getting almost zero traffic. Turns out building the product was the easy part… getting people to actually visit it is the real nightmare. FML
By Milos Maricic
By Milos Maricic
Using alternative medicine to treat cancer, even alongside conventional therapies, is still a bad id
Monday, 16 March 2026 07:00sciencebasedmedicine_feedWith the MAHA movement poised to introduce a lot more "integrative" or "complementary and alternative" treatments into oncology (and medicine in general), a new study shows the likely result.
The post Using alternative medicine to treat cancer, even alongside conventional therapies, is still a bad idea first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.What Is A Tri-Five Chevy And Which Models Fit The Bill?
Monday, 16 March 2026 03:25foxtrotalpha_feedThe Tri-Five Chevy is loved by classic-car enthusiasts due to confident styling, influential engines, and decades of hot-rodding. Here's what the term means.
