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[Bobble]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Where I work, people like to throw lots of titles into their email signatures and we've been seeing a lot more email lately (everyone loves to over-communicate when working from home). So I've considered throwing random alphabet soup in my signature and seeing if anyone notices. Maybe a different set each week like "BLT" or "PDQ" or "YYZ".

SI

Sterling Ice, OPP, BMOC, BYOB, IDGAF.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Where I work, people like to throw lots of titles into their email signatures and we've been seeing a lot more email lately (everyone loves to over-communicate when working from home). So I've considered throwing random alphabet soup in my signature and seeing if anyone notices. Maybe a different set each week like "BLT" or "PDQ" or "YYZ".

SI

I work in IT and the number of people that list all of their certs in their signature block is absurd. No one cares. No one checks your signature block to confirm your qualifications. No one is impressed by your signature block. I don't get it.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

OK, I need to get this off my chest about this Let's Hear It For the Boy lyric...

He's my lovin' one-man show

Shouldn't that be:

He's my one-man lovin' show

The original lyric doesn't make sense - it emphasizes the wrong thing (a one-man show - we already know she's talking about one guy from the title). And really, a "lovin' one-man show" suggests he's lovin' himself, if you read it literally. The more important thing is the "lovin'" part - he's putting on a lovin' show and is all she needs.

I hadn't heard that song in at least 30 years until the other day and now this one lyric is driving me crazy.

Carry on.

It flows better the incorrect way.

[thesloppy]

Speaking of lyrics, a classic from Dr. Dre's the Chronic slipped on my playlist the other day and I was especially unimpressed by:

"Never let me slip, 'cause if I slip, then I'm slippin'"

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Bobble

Sterling Ice, OPP, BMOC, BYOB, IDGAF.

Definitely true, much of the time

SI

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Butter

It flows better the incorrect way.

For me, it's close but I can see it. I've just got too much of a lawyer's mind - although I recognize artistic freedom, certain grammatical stuff just bugs the crap out of me. There's a Metallica song off of Death Magnetic with the line that is repeated over and over, "What don't kill you make you more strong" and I want to wring Hetfield's neck for writing it.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

"What don't kill you make you more strong" and I want to wring Hetfield's neck for writing it.

I'm pretty sure that was intentional though, to fit with a sort of "basic instinct" sort of tone.

Look at the use of the line you mention in various parts of the chorus

Rise, fall, down, rise again
What don't kill you make you more strong
Rise, fall, down, rise again
What don't kill you make you more strong


and
Dawn, death, fight, final breath
What don't kill you make you more strong
Dawn, death, fight, final breath
What don't kill you make you more strong


Meanwhile the verses are written in sentences, with only the responding gang vocal lines limited to short phrases.

It can still be an annoyance for you of course, but the use of the device seems pretty legit as implemented.

[Ksyrup]

It fits the rhythm of the verse, so I understand the use of it. But yeah, it bothers the hell out of me.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Not sure the best thread for this, I'll just start with it here.

A discovery that might improve the Facebook user experience in the months ahead: Politics has now been added to the list of topics (along with alcohol, parenting, and pets) that you can elect to "See Fewer" ads about.

The downside is that the opt-in limitation used to be something along the lines of "do not see for six months" and has been reduced to simply "see fewer" but that might very well be THE most requested ad topic reduction in history.

I nearly broke my keyboard I hit that button so hard and so fast.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I actually find an almost perverse sense of amusement in pointing out that it's the (D) that have led the way in protecting cash transactions, considering the current rage amongst conservatives is to rail against cash-free society.

[PilotMan]

Wait... what? No fucking way Jon.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Wait... what? No fucking way Jon.

When I see "cashless is a (D) conspiracy"... and get to point out that state/local governments that have passed laws to protect retail cash transactiosn include Mass, NJ, San Francisco, Berkeley, and NYC ...

It's like I told my kid earlier:

I hate stupidity.

I hate stupidity that's coming from my side even more.

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I actually find an almost perverse sense of amusement in pointing out that it's the (D) that have led the way in protecting cash transactions, considering the current rage amongst conservatives is to rail against cash-free society.

It's almost as if both sides are so busy foaming at the mouth, enraged at the mere thought of having political adversaries, that they fail to realize common viewpoints...

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by britrock88

It's almost as if both sides are so busy foaming at the mouth, enraged at the mere thought of having political adversaries, that they fail to realize common viewpoints...

Well, it's so rare, you kinda have a tough time believing your eyes when it happens so I kinda get it.

But in this instance, honestly, it's not even that. It's just plain old ignorance -- "lack of knowledge or information" -- on the part of those doing the raging.

Their mouth (or keyboards) get ahead of their brains, and that's where I come in

[sterlingice]

Ok, I'll bite. What's the "cashless is a democrat conspiracy"?

SI

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Ok, I'll bite. What's the "cashless is a democrat conspiracy"?SI

Took me a few minutes to find one of the core c&p that has plagued my social media for the past week or so. I've probably seen this, or one of a couple of variations, at least 40 times now. I'll hide it in a spoiler tag because it's so long.

But invariably, either as a caption for this c&p or within the first 3-5 comments, someone always mentions how it's a liberal/dem conspiracy, often with a New World Order comment (and I don't mean the Hulk and Bischoff variety). And THAT is where my teeth start to grind.

If it's a leftist conspiracy, somebody owed Berekely a courtesy memo at least.

Spoiler

A cashless society means no cash. Zero. It doesn’t mean mostly cashless and you can still use a ‘wee bit of cash here & there’. Cashless means fully digital, fully traceable, fully controlled. I think those who support a cashless society aren’t fully aware of what they are asking for. A cashless society means:
* If you are struggling with your mortgage on a particular month, you can’t do an odd job to get you through.
* Your child can’t go & help the local farmer to earn a bit of summer cash.
* No more cash slipped into the hands of a child as a good luck charm or from their grandparent when going on holidays.
* No more money in birthday cards.
* No more piggy banks for your child to collect pocket money & to learn about the value of earning.
* No more cash for a rainy day fund or for that something special you have been putting $20 a week away for.
* No more little jobs on the side because your wages barely cover the bills or put food on the table.
* No more charity collections.
* No more selling bits & pieces from your home that you no longer want/need for a bit of cash in return.
* No more cash gifts from relatives or loved ones.
What a cashless society does guarantee:
* Banks have full control of every single penny you own.
* Every transaction you make is recorded.
* All your movements & actions are traceable.
* Access to your money can be blocked at the click of a button when/if banks need ‘clarification’ from you which will take about 3 weeks, a thousand questions answered & five thousand passwords.
* You will have no choice but to declare & be taxed on every dollar in your possession.
* The government WILL decide what you can & cannot purchase.
* If your transactions are deemed in any way questionable, by those who create the questions, your money will be frozen, ‘for your own good’.
Forget about cash being dirty. Stop being so easily led. Cash has been around for a very, very, very long time & it gives you control over how you trade with the world. It gives you independence. I heard a story where a man supposedly contracted Covid because of a $20 bill he had handled. There is the same chance of Covid being on a card as being on cash. If you cannot see how utterly ridiculous this assumption is then there is little hope.
If you are a customer, pay with cash. If you are a shop owner, remove those ridiculous signs that ask people to pay by card. Cash is a legal tender, it is our right to pay with cash. Banks are making it increasingly difficult to lodge cash & that has nothing to do with a virus, nor has this ‘dirty money’ trend.
Please open your eyes. Please stop believing everything you are being told. Almost every single topic in today’s world is tainted with corruption & hidden agendas. Please stop telling me & others like me that we are what’s wrong with the world when you hail the most corrupt members of society as your heroes. Politics & greed is what is wrong with the world; not those who are trying to alert you to the reality in which you are blindly floating along whilst being immobilised by irrational fear. Fear created to keep you doing & believing in exactly what you are complacently doing.
Pay with cash & please say no to a cashless society while you still have the choice.

[sterlingice]

Like, the "does guarantee" part is scary. There are some real downsides there, if true. That seem worth going down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole for.

But look at what they try to sell it with up front. It's not "debtors prison" or "the ability for the government to take away your access to any resources for whatever reason" It's stupid stuff like "grandma's birthday card", "piggy banks", and "garage sales". C'mon, keep your eye on the ball. If the worst your dystopia has to offer is "can't do odd jobs to make ends meet with tax-free cash under the table", I want in.

SI

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

"can't do odd jobs to make ends meet with tax-free cash under the table", I want in.

Eh, that's easy enough to say ... until you're the one that can make the ends meet. Not trying to ding ya that hard about it honestly, I'm literally jus sayin.

As for the issue itself, I get why a strict non-interventionist / free marketer would oppose the requirement. But at the same time, I'm not naive enough to believe for a second that's the primary basis for the lack of a GOP groundswell to be at the front of the movement to protect cash transactions either.

[ISiddiqui]

It's like the chain email has never heard of Venmo or Cash App (or Square).

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Eh, that's easy enough to say ... until you're the one that can make the ends meet. Not trying to ding ya that hard about it honestly, I'm literally jus sayin.

As for the issue itself, I get why a strict non-interventionist / free marketer would oppose the requirement. But at the same time, I'm not naive enough to believe for a second that's the primary basis for the lack of a GOP groundswell to be at the front of the movement to protect cash transactions either.

I'm not saying it's good. I'm saying if that's the worst thing your dystopia has, that's not awful.

SI

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

It's like the chain email has never heard of Venmo or Cash App (or Square).

Eh, those wouldn't fit though, as they're digital. And, honestly, I'd say around 2/3rds of those posting the meme have never heard of any of those things.

If I didn't have a college student, I wouldn't know what Venmo was either.

[NobodyHere]

Sometimes quitting my job and not working for a year looks awfully tempting

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Eh, those wouldn't fit though, as they're digital. And, honestly, I'd say around 2/3rds of those posting the meme have never heard of any of those things.

If I didn't have a college student, I wouldn't know what Venmo was either.

Of course they are digital, but they are a very easy way to pay for odd jobs or whatnot.

Unless the entire goal of the list is that you can't hide money as opposed to unable to make money through odd jobs or birthday gifts.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Of course they are digital, but they are a very easy way to pay for odd jobs or whatnot.

Unless the entire goal of the list is that you can't hide money as opposed to unable to make money through odd jobs or birthday gifts.

You're underestimating the number of people who don't trust digital transactions.

I know people who have gold squirreled away for cryin' out loud.

[albionmoonlight]

As a public defender, I see the cash/no cash thing a lot. My clients mostly operate on a cash basis. Some of that from illegitimate work (which is why they are in criminal court), but also from their legitimate work. When you are on the fringes, you do things like detail cars for cash, or cut lawns for cash, or buy and sell cars for cash. Maybe 5% of them have bank accounts. It is all cash, and it is all kept in shoeboxes and the like.

One of the things we have to fight is the propensity of the government to "convert" all of the client's cash into "drug proceeds."

"We caught him with some crack and $7,000, so we are going to assume that that $7,000 was all crack derived and consider that as part of his drug weight"

And then we have to show how our client actually had a pretty successful pressure washing business going, so you can't assume that all of that $7,000 was drug money.

But for the middle and upper class lawyers and judges who deal with this stuff, having that amount of cash around just seems so weird. It seems like you must be doing something wrong if you have more than $500 or so and you don't go put it in the bank.

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

But for the middle and upper class lawyers and judges who deal with this stuff, having that amount of cash around just seems so weird. It seems like you must be doing something wrong if you have more than $500 or so and you don't go put it in the bank.

It's funny Ive fought this personally.
I have managed to be fairly successfully and have an upper middle class existence, but we never over come our origins. I like having cash on hand. It provides a sense of comfort or safety. Its inexplicable. In reality Ill never need to run for the border and start a new life, but yet Im always prepared for it.

Add on to that the amount I travel for work and my penchant for old automobiles...its a near weekly thing I will stop and knock on a strangers door and ask if that vehicles under the tree is able to be bought. Many times I have an unusual amount of cash in my vehicle.

Two times in my life I have found my vehicle searched and had to explain why I had $XX,XXX or $XXXX dollars on me. The answer "because I like to" isn't acceptable to law enforcement. The second time I found that showing them my bank account balance on my phone disarmed the situation...but I have wondered how those same situations would have gone if I was a minority or had even a token amount of marijuana on me...

[cuervo72]

Heh. As soon as I read albion’s post I thought “Oh, I bet CU Tiger has experience with this.”

[JonInMiddleGA]

Want to feel really old?

Realize that you can remember the first car you ever rode in that had air conditioning.

[Ksyrup]

I know Long John Silvers is 30 years past its prime, but nothing says "we still don't innovate" like hearing Jimmy John's Freak Yeah slogan and going with Fish Yeah.

[stevew]

My long johns has some sort of elevator trap door food delivery system at the drive thru. Best social distancing drive thru. Put your money in the cup.

[Ksyrup]

Ours caught fire last year and they didn't reopen. It's about to become a Mexican restaurant - right next to another Mexican restaurant.

[21C]

Originally Posted by stevew

My long johns has some sort of elevator trap door food delivery system at the drive thru. Best social distancing drive thru. Put your money in the cup.

It took me a second to realize that you weren't talking about this:

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Ours caught fire last year and they didn't reopen. It's about to become a Mexican restaurant - right next to another Mexican restaurant.

In the next town over where the nearest fast food restaurants are, there are 3 (well now 2 one seems to have closed down under COVID) but they are in the old buildings of a Hardeez, McDonalds and a Burger King...which each built new buildings and moved 3 miles away to the "new" part of town.

They all have very non distinct names, El Rodeo, El Amigo, Tres Amigo...so my kids call them El Hardeez, El MickeyDs, El Taco king...

[PilotMan]

On Harry Potter.

As huge as it was, the window of love for it is rather small. My oldest (now 25) and I read all the books together, and watched all the movies together. He still loves it and the world, and we'll watch the "Fantastic" movies too.

His younger brothers, 18 and 16, have zero interest in it at all, and say it's 'old' for their generation. We tried getting them into it when they were smaller, but they just didn't care.

[ISiddiqui]

The window may not go down in age, but it definite reaches higher. I'm 40 and most people I know really enjoyed Harry Potter and did the whole which house are you in stuff (Ravenclaw for me, FWIW).

Though the main issue for those in my age bracket (and higher) is that Fantastic Beasts is kind of diluting stuff. It's meh quality movies.

[stevew]

Hey for real can we get Ye some help before he ends up dead

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by stevew

Hey for real can we get Ye some help before he ends up dead

What for? His twitter rants?

He's just acting like a proper presidential candidate.

[Edward64]

Cleaned out the closet some and found an iPad 1 and iPad 3. Reinstalled the latest iOS for both (that's allowed). iPad 1 is essentially non-functional for browsing the web and iPad 3 is very, very slow.

I checked Best Buy, Target, Amazon, Dell, Apple and BB had best trade in for iPad 3 for $30 credit (others were like $10). I'm going to keep the iPad 1 and one day frame it for display (and boast that I was an early adopter!).

I also upgraded an old Thinkpad 430S, bumped RAM memory from 4GB to 8GB and put in a SSD. Battery was in pretty bad shape, like 30-40 min with full charge. Pretty functional for browsing I was going to sell it on eBay but gave it to daughter's friend.

I have another old Thinkpad, X200 with 4GB RAM and 250GB mechanical HD. I cleaned it up, installed Windows 10, it's pretty slow. Not planning to upgrade the RAM or HD though because its got constant fan noise and I won't plan to use it. But am going to keep it as it's a classic with the old Thinkpad keyboard. I've read its one of the preferred laptops for "libreboot" but I'm not into that.

[PilotMan]

Made it to the front page of reddit this week. I can now die knowing I had a fulfilled life.

[NobodyHere]

Amish people can be complete assholes

[ISiddiqui]

Well that was indeed random

[stevew]

He’s right. Complete assholes.

[albionmoonlight]

Why I always lose money on PredictIt:

1.) I tell myself "Tammy Baldwin is at 5c. She's going to get some run. I should buy some shares and sell when it bumps up."

2.) I buy some shares at 5c.

3.) She gets some run, and her price goes up to 15c.

4.) I tell myself "You know, she might actually have a shot. I'd feel really stupid selling at 15 if she ends up winning. I'd better hold for a bit."

5.) She's now back down to 6c.

6.) Rinse/Repeat.

[NobodyHere]

Is it right to deny a job application because the guy claims to have 10+ years of IT experience and still uses an AOL email account?

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Is it right to deny a job application because the guy claims to have 10+ years of IT experience and still uses an AOL email account?

Probably not, but it's one of the first questions that should casually come up during the job interview. And if he gives some sappy story about how it's so his grandmother doesn't forget his address, it's all good. But... I'm trying to figure out what another good excuse would be.

SI

[Warhammer]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Is it right to deny a job application because the guy claims to have 10+ years of IT experience and still uses an AOL email account?

Seriously? I understand some things, but I know some very successful small business owners that still use it. I understand IT is a bit different, but this is a petty reason to otherwise disqualify a candidate. If you want to make it a talking point go for it.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Probably not, but it's one of the first questions that should casually come up during the job interview. And if he gives some sappy story about how it's so his grandmother doesn't forget his address, it's all good. But... I'm trying to figure out what another good excuse would be.

SI

There is no good excuse other than not caring about the perception or (more likely) not understanding the perception. For an IT guy, it gives the perception of outdated. I'd toss @yahoo.com in the same category.

Even with grandmother, how hard is it to create a @gmail.com or @outlook.com to put on a CV/resume.

I wouldn't deny but it would be a strike.

[ISiddiqui]

I'm sure he's being half kidding there and doesn't intend to deny it outright for that.

(but also.. wtf guy)

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

I'm sure he's being half kidding there and doesn't intend to deny it outright for that.

(but also.. wtf guy)

The question was asked tongue-in-cheek as no self-respecting IT guy would have an AOL email

Also I'm not the hiring guy but the guy did call about a job and I asked him to send me his résumé.

I am thinking of not forwarding it to the hiring manager just because of the grammar. For example this was one of his work experiences:

Logistics
Lowes - --city redacted--
2007 to 2010
Responsibilities
Helped run logistics it had 25 people . I have 5 years of logistic experience knowledge of all microsoft programs lrt guns I loaded and unloaded trucks every day

Maybe all résumés are like that, I don't know. But it would be a "pass" for me.

[ISiddiqui]

Does Lowes stock guns?