@ruouttaurmind@tinamarie1974 yes page wouldn’t load for me either then I got endless crosswalks, fire hydrants, motorcycles and cars then irk bags sold out
@tinamarie1974 Meh just rolled out their whitelist traffic priority feature, taking its spot right next to the infamous circuitbreaker gaff. If your username isn’t on the whitelist your traffic priority is halved and you are challenged with half a dozen capt… er, automaton queries (careful to avoid raising the attention of mediocreautomaton).
Relax people. I’m kidding. There is no whitelist feature.
I think it’s the zero surprise factor. everyone KNOWS exactly when the next IRK is up so way more laying in wait than normal meh-rathon (that slightly favors the all night grinder). so every other item is IRK and that means 1000+ simultaneous hits on the servers. Probably down to some slight nosing out node access before the slow down. If you see landing an IRK in a given time slot today as being about as likely as the bouncing roulette ball landing on your number… it’s less annoying and more luck of the draw… “here goes nuthin!”
@Octomeh I have to remind myself of that every time. I get irrationally angry at a green bar while attempting to buy junk they couldn’t even sell and junk I don’t even want.
@Felixaurelius This is the first day in years that I am not required to do anything more than check the captcha box. That said, I still get denied with the green bar just scrolling until it tells me they are sold out.
Site seems to behave differently than in past IRKs. I get a grayed out screen, which then finally gets to the robot check. Got 10 “green bars of no regret” before it said there was a problem. Then robot box again, but you know by that time there was no chance. Hmm…have not had these issues in the past.
@Stumpy91 well at least you weren’t de-barred . Some folks have had that happen (eg have to go through the robot thing again after they already have a check they were not).
“I am running out of IRK puns” um… you… you doin’ okay there? You gonna be able to finish up the day all right?
Unrelated, but seeing lots of 53 or 51 bag lots now. Wonder if those few more each time are reclaimed bags from people who double ordered on previous sale slots?
@triavalon In the before times, when it was common to see 600+ lots, the system couldn’t shut down fast enough and you would see 609 or 620. They probably oversold by accident.
I think they are trying to make you regret even trying to buy it-no doubt there will be regret when you get it.
I woke up around 3 o’clock last night and saw there was about 5 minutes on the tee shirt so decided to go to my desk top not knowing they were doing alternate tee shirts and IRK. It popped up and didn’t get when I spent time changing the mailing address from my sons to mine.
Woke up before 8 am and saw the same situation, but this time had my A game ready. Clicked buy it and saw the green bar scroll across 3 times and OMG-I got it. When back to the main screen and saw that 51 people had been there before me so I was was certainly in the margin of error (that is how you check how close you are to getting one by how many people clicked meh).
Thank God I got one so early-at least I didn’t have to waste a day I could ill afford to lose trying to get an IRK.
Calm down everyone. I am only asking because my widowed mom asked if I could try for a second one for her. I told her probably not. Far as I’m concerned she can have my regrets. LOL I’m good without the disappointment.
@jnicholson0619 Unfortunately she’s got no shot. She barely has good enough signal/speed for average internet usage based on 2015 standards. She’ll be good with with my IRK from earlier.
/giphy son of a bitch
@tinamarie1974 Right? 45 seconds for the page to load, and sold out before it’s done loading. How is anyone actually getting one?
@ruouttaurmind @tinamarie1974 yes page wouldn’t load for me either then I got endless crosswalks, fire hydrants, motorcycles and cars then irk bags sold out
@ruouttaurmind makes no sense I have not been able to get it to load all day. Maybe it is a scam?!?!? Lol
@tinamarie1974 Meh just rolled out their whitelist traffic priority feature, taking its spot right next to the infamous circuitbreaker gaff. If your username isn’t on the whitelist your traffic priority is halved and you are challenged with half a dozen capt… er, automaton queries (careful to avoid raising the attention of mediocreautomaton).
Relax people. I’m kidding. There is no whitelist feature.
(or is there?)
@ruouttaurmind
/giphy hum
@ruouttaurmind I wonder what we need to do to get whitelisted…those bastards
Got green barred.
Same green bar I’ve been getting all day. I guess today is not my day.
I think it’s the zero surprise factor. everyone KNOWS exactly when the next IRK is up so way more laying in wait than normal meh-rathon (that slightly favors the all night grinder). so every other item is IRK and that means 1000+ simultaneous hits on the servers. Probably down to some slight nosing out node access before the slow down. If you see landing an IRK in a given time slot today as being about as likely as the bouncing roulette ball landing on your number… it’s less annoying and more luck of the draw… “here goes nuthin!”
@Octomeh I have to remind myself of that every time. I get irrationally angry at a green bar while attempting to buy junk they couldn’t even sell and junk I don’t even want.
What? Reload time was 2minutes!
@katsuronishi yeah, me too. On phone. Gotta go to faster computer!
@katsuronishi yes the server is bad today
All right, what the fuck. This is the second time I got “we don’t know what you’re trying to buy.”
@Willijs3 I got that earlier today.
huh? that’s a new one.
the green bar of sads. grrrrr.
11 green bars. Failed again.
Barred by the bar… again.
Does it always trigger an endless captcha? Like, I identified three sets of crosswalks, a blood bus, and a fire hydrant before it let me through.
Any strategies to not get pinched?
I installed CAPTCHA to save my fellow robots from wasting money on this crap.
@Felixaurelius This is the first day in years that I am not required to do anything more than check the captcha box. That said, I still get denied with the green bar just scrolling until it tells me they are sold out.
Beep beep boop boop. (I assume if you failed CAPTCHA you now understand Robot.)
I’ve never had it ask me if I was a robot after I passed the Captcha, but this time it did. 0-7 today.
Beep beep boop boop. (I assume if you failed CAPTCHA you now understand Robot.)
@james_hardiman Yeah, first time thats happened to me.
Yes same old same old and no regret irk bag
Yay! Thank you Meh and Happy Burthday!!
/giphy bendy-important-pie
Green bar of never-ending shame
Jesus Meh with your fuckin green bar of death.
Site seems to behave differently than in past IRKs. I get a grayed out screen, which then finally gets to the robot check. Got 10 “green bars of no regret” before it said there was a problem. Then robot box again, but you know by that time there was no chance. Hmm…have not had these issues in the past.
@500vdc Lots of people are posting about weird shit that is going on that has never happened to them before.
Failed the bar exam.
@Stumpy91 well at least you weren’t de-barred . Some folks have had that happen (eg have to go through the robot thing again after they already have a check they were not).
“I am running out of IRK puns” um… you… you doin’ okay there? You gonna be able to finish up the day all right?
Unrelated, but seeing lots of 53 or 51 bag lots now. Wonder if those few more each time are reclaimed bags from people who double ordered on previous sale slots?
@triavalon In the before times, when it was common to see 600+ lots, the system couldn’t shut down fast enough and you would see 609 or 620. They probably oversold by accident.
I think they are trying to make you regret even trying to buy it-no doubt there will be regret when you get it.
I woke up around 3 o’clock last night and saw there was about 5 minutes on the tee shirt so decided to go to my desk top not knowing they were doing alternate tee shirts and IRK. It popped up and didn’t get when I spent time changing the mailing address from my sons to mine.
Woke up before 8 am and saw the same situation, but this time had my A game ready. Clicked buy it and saw the green bar scroll across 3 times and OMG-I got it. When back to the main screen and saw that 51 people had been there before me so I was was certainly in the margin of error (that is how you check how close you are to getting one by how many people clicked meh).
Thank God I got one so early-at least I didn’t have to waste a day I could ill afford to lose trying to get an IRK.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
It is a mystery ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Price Comparison
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Warranty
Throw it in the trash
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Aug 22 - Friday, Aug 26
Why did it think I didn’t as a robot
FINALLY!
/giphy hanging-dormant-quicksand
Anyone know if you can buy more than one IRK? Or will the second one get cancelled?
@myfidgetball B
@myfidgetball A if you do you are a jerk and B both get cancelled
@myfidgetball You will not be allowed to place the order
@myfidgetball U can’t buy but one each day
@myfidgetball Only 1. Don’t be that person that takes them away from others, cause those multiples dont just go back in the pool for others.
Calm down everyone. I am only asking because my widowed mom asked if I could try for a second one for her. I told her probably not. Far as I’m concerned she can have my regrets. LOL I’m good without the disappointment.
@myfidgetball she could with her own account
@jnicholson0619 Unfortunately she’s got no shot. She barely has good enough signal/speed for average internet usage based on 2015 standards. She’ll be good with with my IRK from earlier.
@myfidgetball so you create an account for her with her info and you try to buy her one.
@myfidgetball or you just pack up some random crap and ship it to her.
@myfidgetball @stevcruise
I got one ᕙ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ᕗ
@greenispep We all hate you
@greenispep @mark0805 what s/he said.
also, congrats.
/giphy steady-unzipped-army
/giphy lethargic-psychedelic-skin
/giphy charming-internal-stone
Ughhhhhhhh again.
Unbelievable!
/giphy unclear-cunning-catfish
DAMMIT!!! I HATE YOU MEH
Nope again for the fifth time!
/giphy grotesque-warty-hammer
Honestly the green bar has started reminding me of watching a pokeball teetering back and forth before, inevitably, not being successful.
Didn’t even get the page to load before it was sold out.
/giphy instinctive-thriving-banshee
Finally
I thought I had seen in the past a limit on how often you can buy an IRK - something along the lines of only one in a 30 day period. Is that true?
@eric1024 I think that’s boc at Woot not on Meh. Just can’t buy more than one a day
@insuranceman Ah - good to know - I was wondering if I was mixing the two up and I couldn’t find anything definitive. Thanks!
LOL, I haven’t made in time to get a captcha, much less an IRK…
I installed CAPTCHA to save my fellow robots from wasting money on this crap.