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Opium: 2015-08-28 11:52:44 am

Opium: 2015-08-28 11:51:46 am

2015-08-28 11:49:52 am

I think my boss is gonna get canned. It's the classic situation:
Person is put in charge of a dept that they know nothing about.
Person has control issues and attempts to solve problems that dept experiences.
Person has meetings with other depts to come up with solutions, but comes back with solutions that make no sense because they never understood the problem to begin with.
Person has more meetings and comes back with more solutions that make even less sense.
Problems do not get solved.

The sad thing is that we're trying to help her but she has no clue what we're even talking about. If she would let one of us come with her to one of these meetings then we could get something achieved, but she won't let us because I think she's afraid that her lack of knowledge will be exposed at the meeting. If we're not there then it's easier for her to pretend that she knows what she's doing I suppose.

Turtle

2015-08-28 12:26:24 pm

I like turtles.

Hearing about stuff like that makes me unsure if really want job. I mean, I don't have a choice, I'm just saddened by how much the "professional" world is saturated with charades and opaque politics. At least, it is on my side of the job search, and doesn't sound promising on the other side either.

Opium

2015-08-28 12:43:45 pm

Some days it frustrates me, some days I can brush it off. I really need to leave, but looking for a job sucks. I follow a pattern where I start working somewhere and I like it for a few years and then things fall apart and I hate it. If you get a new job, there's a good chance that those things will be invisible or won't bother you for a long time.

I hope she does get canned. I've disliked her ever since the day she came in and said 'Does anyone need boxes?'
I said 'Are they full of candy?' and she gave me an evil glare. Bitch. Then the next day she's cracking jokes herself. I hate people who think it's cool to be shitty to people just because they're in a bad mood.

Opium

2015-08-28 02:04:06 pm

Man looks like I will need to fly to vegas within the next couple of days. My friend's dog is dying and she's in denial and incapable of giving consent for euthanasia. It's going to be terrible. That dog is her whole life.

ryu

2015-08-28 04:00:13 pm

What's the connection to Vegas?

tomatobob

2015-08-28 04:05:36 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Her friend lives there I would assume.

Opium

2015-08-28 04:12:44 pm

Quote from tomatobob:

Her friend lives there I would assume.

Yes

Opium

2015-08-28 04:13:24 pm

If I'm still crying when I fly home people will think I lost all my money lol

Opium

2015-08-28 04:22:08 pm

The timing is difficult to determine. Her denial always includes her affirming that the dog was doing fine for most of the day, so if I come when she's in that mode then I won't be able to convince her let me take the dog. But, if I wait too long then the dog suffers needlessly. I just need to be ready.

arkarian

2015-08-28 06:51:37 pm

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I just started watching the anime in japanese. surprisingly there's a lot of english in their japanese names

yeah, and it always fucks me up when the japanese name is completely different. i remember watching the best wishes series right after bw came out and not being able to remember which names were japanese and which were english.

that reminds me, i should finish best wishes ... and xy too

Poision Envy

2015-08-29 01:25:21 am

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wtf is this

like it's catchy as fuck but why is it getting so popular, the fuck

Poision Envy

2015-08-29 01:26:27 am

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its got a nice punky tune, but then it just has random caption things on it.

Poision Envy

2015-08-29 01:27:53 am

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maybe it's just supposed to be totally ironic and just some random crap made for fun. Apparently it existed way back in 2006, but it wasn't until recently that it just took off as a "meme".

ryu

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ryu: 2015-08-29 03:33:24 pm

ryu: 2015-08-29 03:32:59 pm

ryu: 2015-08-29 03:32:03 pm

2015-08-29 03:31:43 pm

Yikes. I wrote a job application yesterday. Got an invitation to an interview from the company I applied at on the same day. Naturally I was pretty hyped, and quickly answered their mail telling them I could come on the day they mentioned. However I never got another confirmation from them after that, which kind of nagged on me. So I checked the mails again, and realized they made a mistake and told me to come on monday the 30th... but monday's the 31st! Now I'm sure they wanted me to come on monday, since they spelled that day out. And sunday seems like an odd day to invite someone on. But still... even if it wasn't intentional on their part to see if I would catch on, if they noticed they must think I'm an idiot for having accepted the invitation w/o having inquired on the date issue.

I'm afraid they'll just tell me to piss off when I show up for the interview. :(

arkarian

2015-08-29 03:45:49 pm

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hey it's worth a shot

ryu

2015-08-29 03:58:03 pm

Sure. I'm sure I'll go. But damn... I haven't felt so embarrassed in a long, long time

Poision Envy

2015-08-29 06:06:33 pm

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When you show up for the interview, I'd casually bring it up. Just mention in a light hearted way like "Well I'm glad this is the right day, I noticed in the email it said Monday, but then it also stated the 30th" and just see what they say. It's probably just a simple error on their end, and if anything they'd be embarrassed for having made the mistake in the first place.

Poision Envy

2015-08-29 10:55:14 pm

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So Notch has been on a twitter rampage about how his life sucks cause he has money. He complains that since his friends have jobs and stuff he just has to sit around and wait to do stuff with them. He complains that he goes to celebrity parties and feels lonely. He complains that the girl he fell for is scared of him having so much money.

I utterly fucking despise people like that. I can understand having the moral struggle of pressure to donate money instead of keeping it for yourself and partying with it, but bitching about how "oh no I have so much money I just don't know what to do"

How about you fucking donate it all you fat fuck. Donate it all, put away like $500K in an account you can't open until you're 60, and force yourself to work again so you're ~challenged~ in life again.

God I utterly despise notch as a person. Nothing when related to minecraft.

Turtle

2015-08-29 11:00:28 pm

I like turtles.

My opinion of him going from neutral to negative depends on whether he really was just venting frustrations because he has no idea what to do with himself, or whether he actually does have that screwed up of a mindset. I'm betting he'll find something to make himself do before he goes insane.

Poision Envy

2015-08-30 01:26:09 am

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Yeah, I guess it just kind of annoys me cause it's like, does he not have any hobbies in life? What did he do with all his free time before getting rich? Having the excuse that he doesn't feel like he has to try for anything anymore in life just because he has money is just absurd to me. Like read some books or something

tomatobob

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tomatobob: 2015-08-30 02:58:22 am

2015-08-30 02:58:14 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Quote from Poision Envy:

What did he do with all his free time before getting rich?

Make a shitty, poorly constructed video game?

I mean he could totally manage that again but it's really hard to do things with a Scrooge McDuck money pool weighing down!

Poision Envy

2015-08-30 05:59:48 am

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so have you guys seen any of the Sonic Boom TV show? It's, uh, apparently pretty funny and the delivery is good.

ryu

2015-08-30 06:22:13 am

I disagree. Watched the first 3 or 4 episodes and lost interest after that. Didn't find it very entertaining.

Poision Envy

2015-08-30 06:33:01 am

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I watched a couple episodes randomly, some had some pretty good moments. It might have helped that they were the late-season episodes. They also seem to be very "aware" of the sonic... "fanbase". (on the official facebook page they even had a minor shoutout to the grumps and enjoying the Game Grump playthrough of Sonic Adventure)

Poision Envy

2015-08-30 06:33:09 am

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fuck yes perfect avatar