Your pointless thoughts & observations

These men have committed despicable acts. Is their punishment fair or barbaric? Can’t quite decide.

  On 5/31/2019 at 10:50 PM, custom knob said:

sounds like somebody works for the magnesium marketing board

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Yeah I was thinking about/projecting my own experience too much. I didn't even have a grand mal seizure, it was a minor one due to magnesium deficiency. And i had a pet squirrel who had one due to a lack of calcium. 

A million things could have caused it.

are there any really professional/respectable bosses/superiors out there? i've  never met one and it's so frustrating to work like this, godamn...

  On 6/1/2019 at 9:56 PM, Tim_J said:

are there any really professional/respectable bosses/superiors out there? i've  never met one and it's so frustrating to work like this, godamn...

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Most of them haven't been for me. I've only had 2 out of about 10 that I was friendly with, and most I was neutral toward. And those 2 funnily enough were eventually demoted or fired because they weren't boss material in the eyes of their superiors.

It seems it's easier to command authority by being the cliche 'strict and somewhat detatched boss' than it is to command authority by earning the respect of the people under you. Both work, but the latter is more effort from my observation.

The best team I've ever been on was with a boss who earned the respect instead of forcing it because people liked being there... then she was replaced by a boss who was basically a sociopath who spread a bunch of lies about her so that he could replace her. And then half of the employees quit or requested to move to a different store. He never got fired while I was there, despite all the complains about him, and it turns out he was sleeping with his boss. So... I really hate work politics.

I've been really into frying prawns in butter/garlic lately.

  On 6/1/2019 at 10:14 PM, Brisbot said:

Most of them haven't been for me. I've only had 2 out of about 10 that I was friendly with, and most I was neutral toward. And those 2 funnily enough were eventually demoted or fired because they weren't boss material in the eyes of their superiors.

It seems it's easier to command authority by being the cliche 'strict and somewhat detatched boss' than it is to command authority by earning the respect of the people under you. Both work, but the latter is more effort from my observation.

The best team I've ever been on was with a boss who earned the respect instead of forcing it because people liked being there... then she was replaced by a boss who was basically a sociopath who spread a bunch of lies about her so that he could replace her. And then half of the employees quit or requested to move to a different store. He never got fired while I was there, despite all the complains about him, and it turns out he was sleeping with his boss. So... I really hate work politics.

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The industry I work in now is ridiculous this way. It's sickening. 

  On 6/3/2019 at 4:12 AM, Candiru said:

The industry I work in now is ridiculous this way. It's sickening. 

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The big fish eats the little ones

Sometimes work can be like:

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any older fucks like me remember the going "postal thing"? That was it. No other mass shootings. Now, it's someone going postal everywhere BUT the post office everyday

  On 6/3/2019 at 7:24 PM, marf said:

any older fucks like me remember the going "postal thing"? That was it. No other mass shootings. Now, it's someone going postal everywhere BUT the post office everyday

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lol . . . I mean, I shouldn't lol, because this is a sad comment on the state of affairs in the world today but fuck it if you don't laugh . . . 

Stephen - holy crap! So glad that you came away from the experience with a positive mental shift (some people swing the other way). Truly hoping for a speedy recovery and good news on the medical front!!!

bill burr is the antithesis to idm but i can stop watching

  On 6/3/2019 at 4:12 AM, Candiru said:

The industry I work in now is ridiculous this way. It's sickening. 

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Which industry? It could be one I'm about to go into. though it should be filled with other people more like me since certain people like to program. 

  On 6/3/2019 at 7:24 PM, marf said:

any older fucks like me remember the going "postal thing"? That was it. No other mass shootings. Now, it's someone going postal everywhere BUT the post office everyday

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makes me wonder - are mass shootings basically a meme OR has the fabric of modern society slowly been cracking at a slooow rate which ends up causing people to go postal. I was surprised to find out recently that school shootings were basically nonexistent at one point.

I think I generally come off as a tired, jaded, blunt, half-antisocial bastard. But I must confess that I have a soft spot for Corgis. A semi-coworker brought in her Corgi today, and she came right up to me when I knelt. I just happened to have dog biscuits on hand and gave her one. Then she came up to me again for a second pet. Ever see a Corgi sprint? It's adorb.

Dogs are cool. I hung out at my sisters place last night. She has a 1 year old Brittney spaniel. It can be a bit of a terror but is a good dog.

  On 6/4/2019 at 7:03 AM, Stickfigger said:

I've been sick for about 10 days and it is real shit. I was thinking how bad it would be if someone taped over my mouth and i was suffocated by my own facial congestion

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Never watch the human centipede.

  On 4/25/2019 at 7:04 PM, drome said:

what happened to gocab and usagi?

did they finally get a bf?

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Yeah, anyone know what happened to usagi?

  On 6/4/2019 at 8:41 PM, user said:

 

Yeah, anyone know what happened to usagi?

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Probably just taking a break. My activity level on this website flip flops a lot. Active for a few months, then won't post anything for a few months. I just get busy with stuff, then decide after x amount of months to browse the forum again.

Posting on forums does get kinda boring after a while, but the boring goes away after a break. For me anyway.

Yeah, he seemed to be pretty regular though. Don't know him or anything but was wondering as he seemed to have disappeared and then I noticed dome's post. 

  On 6/4/2019 at 8:55 PM, user said:

Yeah, he seemed to be pretty regular though. Don't know him or anything but was wondering as he seemed to have disappeared and then I noticed dome's post. 

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Yeah I was wondering where he went as well. But people come and go all the time.

I seem to remember usagi stopped posting at a nice round number like 20 k posts or whatever it was.

I liken it to someone pulling over to watch the odometer slowly roll over to 00000 or something.

Let's send him a candygram.

usagi got off Facebook as well, he's living in an eco yurt in the Himalayas 

Usagi was a warrior. 

there he is...

  On 6/4/2019 at 11:11 PM, Lewps said:

usagi got off Facebook as well, he's living in an eco yurt in the Himalayas 

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I can relate with the Facebook thing. He seemed increasingly jaded with WATMM as well earlier this year, so maybe he simply decided it was enough.