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I love Siri's suggestions for categories in my shopping list. At the moment it puts "Dishwasher Rinse Aid" in the "Beverages" category.

marknutter 20d ago
Well, the kids were eating Tide Pods not too long ago, seems like Siri's not that inaccurate after all.
- reaperducer 20d ago
  My favorite bumper sticker from when the Millennials were in college was a riff on the old "I {$cause}, and I vote" from the 80's: "I eat Tide Pods, and I vote"
  - Apocryphon 20d ago
    Surely that meme was after millennials had already graduated
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  - smt88 20d ago
    Most Millenials were 30+ when the Tide Pod trend happened. It was solidly a Gen Z thing.
- unclad5968 20d ago
  That was almost 10 years ago. Seems like it was just yesterday.
  - throw0101c 20d ago
    > That was almost 10 years ago. Seems like it was just yesterday. Time is an illusion. (Lunchtime especially so.)
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- fwip 20d ago
  From what I recall, the only people actually eating Tide pods were elderly folks with dementia. The kids were joking about it a lot, though.
gib444 20d ago
Siri is for entertainment purposes only. As in, it's so bad, it'll make you laugh.
LeoPanthera 20d ago
Is this a joke? My iPhone is still running 26 and I just did that exact test and it went into "Household items".
- seanhunter 20d ago
  No. Dishwasher rinse aid in beverages happened yesterday but I’ve also had makeup remover in condiments and various other fun ones. I have an iPhone 16 so it’s not like the hardware is terribly underpowered either. It may be dependent on regional settings or something but Siri shopping classification has been hilariously terrible for me. If I make a shopping list of 10 items there is always at least one that is wildly misclassified - I leave it on because it makes me laugh. The other thing that has been terrible for me in 26 is they made some sort of change to the pronunciation in “maps” when it gives directions. It seems like they tried to make it clearer or something but it breaks loads of UK street names in hilarious ways. For example, there is a street near me called “Speldhurst road”. You would normally say this “spelled hirst” or similar. Siri? No. Siri says “Spellduster”. There are many like that. It’s kind of ridiculous.
  - netdevphoenix 19d ago
    > Dishwasher rinse aid in beverages happened yesterday but I’ve also had makeup remover in condiments I am sorry but could you explain the meaning of this sentence?
    - seanhunter 19d ago
      There is a setting in the “Reminders” app where Siri will automatically categorize your reminders into certain categories. If you have a shopping list and you add chickpeas and red beans for example it might put them into a category of “pulses and grains”. I think the idea is you probably buy all the things in a particular category from the same kind of store (or the same section of a supermarket or whatever). For me yesterday I needed to buy dishwasher rinse aid so when I added it to my shopping list siri put it into the “beverages” category, and when my wife on a different occasion asked me to buy some makeup remover for her siri put that into a “condiments” section. I have not done anything (on purpose) to make the classification like this by mistraining it or whatever - it’s just been that bad out of the box.
oliyoung 20d ago
Eat Up Martha
NoPicklez 20d ago
Tide pod challenge
tonyedgecombe 19d ago
I always assumed there would be some rinse aid residue on your cups and glasses.

marknutter 20d ago

Well, the kids were eating Tide Pods not too long ago, seems like Siri's not that inaccurate after all.

reaperducer 20d ago
My favorite bumper sticker from when the Millennials were in college was a riff on the old "I {$cause}, and I vote" from the 80's: "I eat Tide Pods, and I vote"
- Apocryphon 20d ago
  Surely that meme was after millennials had already graduated
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- smt88 20d ago
  Most Millenials were 30+ when the Tide Pod trend happened. It was solidly a Gen Z thing.
unclad5968 20d ago
That was almost 10 years ago. Seems like it was just yesterday.
- throw0101c 20d ago
  > That was almost 10 years ago. Seems like it was just yesterday. Time is an illusion. (Lunchtime especially so.)
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fwip 20d ago
From what I recall, the only people actually eating Tide pods were elderly folks with dementia. The kids were joking about it a lot, though.

gib444 20d ago

Siri is for entertainment purposes only. As in, it's so bad, it'll make you laugh.

LeoPanthera 20d ago

Is this a joke? My iPhone is still running 26 and I just did that exact test and it went into "Household items".

seanhunter 20d ago
No. Dishwasher rinse aid in beverages happened yesterday but I’ve also had makeup remover in condiments and various other fun ones. I have an iPhone 16 so it’s not like the hardware is terribly underpowered either. It may be dependent on regional settings or something but Siri shopping classification has been hilariously terrible for me. If I make a shopping list of 10 items there is always at least one that is wildly misclassified - I leave it on because it makes me laugh. The other thing that has been terrible for me in 26 is they made some sort of change to the pronunciation in “maps” when it gives directions. It seems like they tried to make it clearer or something but it breaks loads of UK street names in hilarious ways. For example, there is a street near me called “Speldhurst road”. You would normally say this “spelled hirst” or similar. Siri? No. Siri says “Spellduster”. There are many like that. It’s kind of ridiculous.
- netdevphoenix 19d ago
  > Dishwasher rinse aid in beverages happened yesterday but I’ve also had makeup remover in condiments I am sorry but could you explain the meaning of this sentence?
  - seanhunter 19d ago
    There is a setting in the “Reminders” app where Siri will automatically categorize your reminders into certain categories. If you have a shopping list and you add chickpeas and red beans for example it might put them into a category of “pulses and grains”. I think the idea is you probably buy all the things in a particular category from the same kind of store (or the same section of a supermarket or whatever). For me yesterday I needed to buy dishwasher rinse aid so when I added it to my shopping list siri put it into the “beverages” category, and when my wife on a different occasion asked me to buy some makeup remover for her siri put that into a “condiments” section. I have not done anything (on purpose) to make the classification like this by mistraining it or whatever - it’s just been that bad out of the box.

oliyoung 20d ago

Eat Up Martha

NoPicklez 20d ago

Tide pod challenge

tonyedgecombe 19d ago

I always assumed there would be some rinse aid residue on your cups and glasses.