xxp I bet I can talk to you about digital marketing and the newswire industry for up to 45 seconds before you wander away uninterested. Nobody can make this stuff interesting, and if they can, I fear for their immortal souls.
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
I'd appreciate five minutes on it, I think.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
That was also one of my fave things about my comp job - learning about people's jobs. Like did you know there is a manufacturing concern in central IL that just makes lids for various beverage containers?
I DO know this and maybe we talked about it? I had to deal with someone at that (or similar?) company for work. Our work lives intersected at a lids concern.
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
one of the things I've learned as an adult is that when people are enthusiastic about something, it is much more interesting to hear them speak about it. so if someone enjoys their job or family or whatever, it might be worth your time to converse about it because the enthusiasm is what makes the conversation a lot more than the topic
― mh, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
people who are enthusiastic and lucid about something i have little interest in are sometimes the best! i find listening to people like that incredibly relaxing, somehow.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
innocuous things that make you irrationally chill
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
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That sounds great! Let me tell you about someone I'm enthusiastic about - Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
Haha -- mmmm tell me more about configuring Bloomberg software while I rest my eyes.
xp
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6TeDM-wlZ4
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
<3 BB
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
so I was just perusing Facebook and I saw that a friend of a friend posted the very same Xmas Jammies video and that my friend commented on it "Now that's a MILF!!!!!"
So add one more layer of embarassment onto this whole debacle.
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
and of course there's the generalized level of embarassment for humanity at large...
lol
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:47 (ten years ago) link
she is kinda ws of shame tbf
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:48 (ten years ago) link
I kind of wanted to post a mean comment on it on youtube, but idk, it's still some dude's family video. Would feel too icky.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
plus he's an ilxor, we gotta stand by him
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
wait...really?
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
I just assumed that was pretty much what all ilxor's families were like
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
the youtube comments seem to be about 60% people saying the video is cute and awesome, 30% people saying they want to have sex with the mom and 10% people angrily declaring their hatred of the family
― wooting does not count as being active (soref), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
why not have all three?
― mh, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:10 (ten years ago) link
I sent this to my coworkers all 'wtf this is the worst thing ever' - of my five coworkers only 2 of them hated it, the rest were all 'LOL OMG THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER AHAHAHA'
humanity is doomed
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:28 (ten years ago) link
p sure that is neither the worst thing ever nor the best thing ever, though definitely located closer on the spectrum to the former.
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
I don't think I love it or hate it, embarrassment is drowning out all other potential responses
― wooting does not count as being active (soref), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:33 (ten years ago) link
Despite my general disdain for triathletes, I didn't mind that video.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
_Ha, when people ask me about my job, I literally say, "It's really boring and we're better off discussing something YOU want to talk about."_OMG somebody at a party asked me (I thought sincerely) about workers' comp law so I told her alllll about it and she for real said, "I have to go talk to somebody about something now" and walked away from me like mid sentence.
OMG somebody at a party asked me (I thought sincerely) about workers' comp law so I told her alllll about it and she for real said, "I have to go talk to somebody about something now" and walked away from me like mid sentence.
I remember this fondly.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
uh oh, I feel an embarrassing poll coming on
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
Ha, when people ask me about my job, I literally say, "It's really boring and we're better off discussing something YOU want to talk about."
I work for an NGO for people with an unfortunate disease, and when I have to explain where I work I almost always get 'Oh, I didn't know you had [unfortunate disease]!', and they back away, and I have to be all, 'No, I don't, not that there's anything wrong with that, I just work there!'
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
i am not one for lolling about unfortunate diseases but that made me lol.
― estela, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
fuiud
― Bigsam: flotsam and jetsam @ whetsam? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 00:26 (ten years ago) link
wait did they seriously name their kids lola and penn
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link
xpost lol!! my mum was an office admin for a "herd improvement" company ie artificial insemination of cows. ppl would ask what my mum did and I'd say she's an office admin and they'd say where and I'd tell them - I would get these crazy looks like YOUR MOM DOES WHAT NOW and have to say nonnono she just works in the office, like everyone was picturing my mom with her arm halfway up a cow
city ppl also have much crazier reactions that country ppl fyifarm ppl just go oh ok
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link
I am more embarrassed by the reaction that people have when they learn I'm a SOFTWARE DEVELOPER. It's an indicator that no matter how reasonable I was in conversation, I'm going to become a complete socially-incapable nerdo any second.
― mh, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 01:47 (ten years ago) link
embarrassed for them, that is
when I get notified that facebook friends "like" really banal things like Target
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
Haha, yes! "Joe Schmoe and 10 more of your friends like Wal-Mart!" *sticks head in oven*
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
Eh it just means they've signed on for a contest probably.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
^^ yeah or they were tricked by some promo thing or they had to do it for some reason or another for an app or w/e, or they're old people who want to complain to targetcorp
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:17 (ten years ago) link
I just love Target so much
― mh, Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:23 (ten years ago) link
Don't you guys like their dog mascot, and the fact they're based in good oil' Minneapolis?
― mh, Thursday, 19 December 2013 05:24 (ten years ago) link
i like all kinds of mundane corporate crap, the knowledge that i'm now flooding my friends' facebook feeds w/ stuff like 'james likes stouffer's *huge ad for stouffers party size macaroni and cheese*' only encourages it tbh.
― balls, Thursday, 19 December 2013 06:09 (ten years ago) link
'balls likes stauffer's' will never get old tho
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 December 2013 06:19 (ten years ago) link
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― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Thursday, 19 December 2013 06:26 (ten years ago) link
People who clap on the wrong beat
― Josefa, Thursday, 19 December 2013 06:32 (ten years ago) link
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― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 19 December 2013 10:24 (ten years ago) link
Coupons or offers contingent on sharing something on social media annoy me. I would love a 20% off coupon, but must I share your restaurant on twitter or Facebook to get it?
― mh, Thursday, 19 December 2013 13:38 (ten years ago) link
You could always set up a fake account to scoop up such offers.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 19 December 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link
then they send you a bunch of fake coupons OH SNAP.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 December 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
:(
― mh, Thursday, 19 December 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link