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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    DoctorArch wrote: »
    "Hey everybody, free cookies!"

    "Hahaha, now that you ate my cookies you are on the hook through an implied contract into paying me for all future cookies I bring in" said no one ever.

    Uh. That’s faerie law dude. Eat of their food and you belong to their realm.

  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    zepherin wrote: »
    Smurph wrote: »
    I had a coworker bring in a bunch of snacks and drinks from their MLM shit into the office as "free samples"

    Turns our she was monitoring what people took, and then ordering them entire boxes of the shit and would then try to shake them down for the money because "it was already ordered!"
    That has the ability to backfire spectacularly.

    Which is a shame if someone brought free sample snacks and 1 was great I'd consider ordering that, even if it was mlm. If they were trying to shake people down I'd fire them, unless they owned the company then I'd find another job. That's unethical.

    Yeah. That is nutty. You don't force an order like that.

  • GazingGazing In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    Whipporwill
    I need a nap before I do the thing

  • JuliusJulius Captain of Serenity on my shipRegistered User regular
    Neco wrote: »
    I need a nap before I do the thing

  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
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    that mlm bothers me in the same way the dudes that will sneak in a restaurant and starting putting cheep necklaces or bracelets on each table then coming back around demanding money for buying it after someone confusedly picks it up and looks at it or puts it on
    bonus points if the dude pretends to be deaf(or uses it as an excuse to strong arm money out of people)

  • GazingGazing In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    Whipporwill
    Also sometimes I come across unfairly pretty trans girls and I just want to throw things it’s not fair why can’t I look that good

  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    Seriously @Smurph , that is some gangster-lite shakedown-style belligerence that speaks volumes as to how she thinks business should be conducted and how clients and co-workers should be treated. Management needs to can their ass and salt the ground.

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  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
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    if that's not a scam that you've ever heard of yes I've seen it happen more than once

  • credeikicredeiki Registered User regular
    hm ok I am back from my demonstration after a few days of very intense work and not so much sleep last night

    I am not sure how it went. I think we have >50% chance of getting the Phase II ($1M; one competitor who is a well-regarded company), but I wouldn't put my confidence as high as 80%. The sponsor was definitely engaged and made sure to tell us exactly what his vision was for the next phase, and if he wasn't at least thinking about funding us, he wouldn't have bothered, right? But then there were some non-technical or non-related people also there and they brought the energy levels down. I mean also the tech demo itself was...scrappy...but what do you expect from a 6-month project with a small budget.

    I really don't know! I'm pretty satisfied that it came together, but certainly the sponsors were not as excited as they were during the kickoff meeting where we managed to demonstrate the core functionality basically immediately.

    I really hope we're selected to do the next step; this project is cool. I suppose I'll spend next month writing something like 70 pages (Phase I final report and Phase II proposal) saying as much.

    Steam, LoL: credeiki
  • navgoosenavgoose Registered User regular
    Whipporwill
    Which MLM company?

    There is no way specifying them will lower my opinion.

  • surfpossumsurfpossum A nonentity trying to preserve the anonymity he so richly deserves.Registered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    I got a Scyther in Pokemon Quest and piled some big attack rocks on it, and its attack has it dash in, do a spin attack, and then dash out.

    It was clearing entire groups of wild Pokemons in one hit, it was great.

    I also just did a route at the climbing gym where the wall was tilted slightly outward and all the holds required you to grip instead of hang and when I got to the top and had to move over to the climb downs I became extremely aware that 1) my forearms were threatening to go on strike and 2) I really needed them to not do that for another twenty seconds.

    took me a while to realize that Pokemon doesn't have climbing gyms now
    Pokemon Go is finally getting a doodad that will let you play it without taking your phone out (a Pokéball that beeps or whatever when you're near a thing and then you push a button and catch it) but when I looked in the thread people were talking about raids and lalelilolus and I had no idea what was going on and just slowly backed out.
    Uh, Pokemon Go has had a watch-like wearable that does this for a while now. Also, Apple Watches have this functionality
    Say whaaaaaaaaat.

    Good thing I didn't know about this, otherwise I would've resented having to carry around a watch-like wearable instead of having it connect to my Garmin watch.

    Now I can just wait for the Pokeball.

  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    DoctorArch wrote: »
    "Hey everybody, free cookies!"

    "Hahaha, now that you ate my cookies you are on the hook through an implied contract into paying me for all future cookies I bring in" said no one ever.

    Uh. That’s faerie law dude. Eat of their food and you belong to their realm.

    Hmmmm...I wonder if there's a venue clause in their implied contracts.

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  • aiouaaioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
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    Ludious wrote: »
    if that's not a scam that you've ever heard of yes I've seen it happen more than once

    I saw a dude the other day downtown holding like 5 copies of some 'artists' '''album''' and handing over a wad of cash

    boy they sure got you good didn't they

    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • BowenBowen Sup? Registered User regular
    Rectum?
    Chanus wrote: »
    i would have a fucking field day if a coworker tried to shake me down for money for something i didn't ask for

    i'm not really a nice person

    I would certainly bring them close to tears and bring up a lot of their deeply personal insecurities that they've talked about in the office.

    You know, just to twist that knife once it's in.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    Neco wrote: »
    I need a nap before I do the thing

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  • RedTideRedTide Registered User regular
    Baka!
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner Rendition

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  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    Rectum?
    navgoose wrote: »
    While I don't deny Top Gun was a recruitment aide, you can't just pop in and sign up to be a fighter pilot. Wave a flag, refuel, even EOD, but pilots are instead officers.
    True, but if you need 80 new fighter pilots and 300 helicopter pilots and 500 transport pilots, then you need enough recruits to apply so that your top 2% who become pilots are really good. It just becomes a numbers game at that point.

  • navgoosenavgoose Registered User regular
    Whipporwill
    Neco wrote: »
    Also sometimes I come across unfairly pretty trans girls and I just want to throw things it’s not fair why can’t I look that good

    Don't attack the pretty, Neco! They have a gaze attack which can bend you to their will when threatened.

  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited May 2018
    PAX West tickets are for sale.

    I don't know if I want to go. I kind of like PAX South more.

    Krathoon on
  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
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    what's EOD

  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    MLM stuff is so pervasive ugh

  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    Aioua wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    if that's not a scam that you've ever heard of yes I've seen it happen more than once

    I saw a dude the other day downtown holding like 5 copies of some 'artists' '''album''' and handing over a wad of cash

    boy they sure got you good didn't they

    I remember the first time someone tried that scam on me. It was outside of PAX prime one year and this putz was handing out "free copies" of his album, practically shoving it into people's hands. Being nice (and unfamiliar with the scam) I said sure, I'll take a copy. That's when the hard sell started.

    Probably the first time I ever used what later became my "Dad means business" tone of voice.

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  • AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
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    I want to nap and play vidja

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
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    Ludious wrote: »
    what's EOD
    Nothing. What's EOD with you?

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  • SmurphSmurph Registered User regular
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    Aioua wrote: »
    Smurph wrote: »
    I had a coworker bring in a bunch of snacks and drinks from their MLM shit into the office as "free samples"

    Turns our she was monitoring what people took, and then ordering them entire boxes of the shit and would then try to shake them down for the money because "it was already ordered!"

    this kind of thing should get you fired

    It was weird, we had budget cuts the led to the layoff of exactly one person

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Baka!
    Echo wrote: »

    i love this

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
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    well played everyone

    I'm actually proud of you tbh

  • BowenBowen Sup? Registered User regular
    Rectum?
    DoctorArch wrote: »
    Aioua wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    if that's not a scam that you've ever heard of yes I've seen it happen more than once

    I saw a dude the other day downtown holding like 5 copies of some 'artists' '''album''' and handing over a wad of cash

    boy they sure got you good didn't they

    I remember the first time someone tried that scam on me. It was outside of PAX prime one year and this putz was handing out "free copies" of his album, practically shoving it into people's hands. Being nice (and unfamiliar with the scam) I said sure, I'll take a copy. That's when the hard sell started.

    Probably the first time I ever used what later became my "Dad means business" tone of voice.

    I'd probably have just dropped it on the ground and said "oh okay nevermind then"

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • ChuChu poops peesRegistered User regular
    Oh no, coworker trivia, someone asked me to name as many major Hawaiian islands as I could

    Don’t say a Japanese island, don’t say a Japanese island..

  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    When I went to New York, I rode the subway and some guy started playing Simon and Garfunkel on panpipes. After he finished his 30 second performance, he walked around the subway car with a bag held out for tips. I was trapped in a tube and everyone was looking at me so I panicked and gave him $2.

  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
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    ummm

    O'hana

  • BronzeKoopaBronzeKoopa Registered User regular
    Remember in high school almost getting roped into some mlm thing where you sell some nutritional supplements endorsed by a former NFL player nicknamed "the Refrigerator".

  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
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    Remember in high school almost getting roped into some mlm thing where you sell some nutritional supplements endorsed by a former NFL player nicknamed "the Refrigerator".

    ...no?

  • BowenBowen Sup? Registered User regular
    Rectum?
    the islands are:

    kawaii
    baka
    senpai
    honolulu

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    Rectum?
    There are not enough naps during the work day.

  • RedTideRedTide Registered User regular
    Baka!
    emnmnme wrote: »
    When I went to New York, I rode the subway and some guy started playing Simon and Garfunkel on panpipes. After he finished his 30 second performance, he walked around the subway car with a bag held out for tips. I was trapped in a tube and everyone was looking at me so I panicked and gave him $2.

    Tourist.

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  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    emnmnme wrote: »
    When I went to New York, I rode the subway and some guy started playing Simon and Garfunkel on panpipes. After he finished his 30 second performance, he walked around the subway car with a bag held out for tips. I was trapped in a tube and everyone was looking at me so I panicked and gave him $2.

    Don't make eye contact.

    Don't act like you care.

    This is why you wear headphones on the subway.

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  • navgoosenavgoose Registered User regular
    Whipporwill
    bowen wrote: »
    the islands are:

    kawaii
    baka
    senpai
    honolulu

    People always forget Fatone

  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    Pax badges acquired

    See you all at Prime
    but you won't see me
    wooOooOoooo

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