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  • pietasterp
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    • Feb 2004
    • 6244

    #2116
    re: Off-Topic

    Originally posted by TheShizNo1
    I completely understood that which is why I said this ain't that type of situation.
    Difference of opinion, I guess. [/shrug]

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    • Caulfield
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      • Apr 2011
      • 10986

      #2117
      re: Off-Topic

      My Smart TV thinks I'm an idiot. Every time I switch it over to HDMI1 to play some PS4 but haven't cut the PlayStation on, it says ''no signal, is it on?'' lol so condescending
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      • pietasterp
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        • Feb 2004
        • 6244

        #2118
        re: Off-Topic

        Originally posted by Caulfield
        My Smart TV thinks I'm an idiot. Every time I switch it over to HDMI1 to play some PS4 but haven't cut the PlayStation on, it says ''no signal, is it on?'' lol so condescending
        You laugh, but I can think of people in my life for whom that would be an essential reminder....

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        • slickdtc
          Grayscale
          • Aug 2004
          • 17125

          #2119
          re: Off-Topic

          Originally posted by Caulfield
          My Smart TV thinks I'm an idiot. Every time I switch it over to HDMI1 to play some PS4 but haven't cut the PlayStation on, it says ''no signal, is it on?'' lol so condescending

          I have a game I play: Try to switch the output from HDMI to cable immediately after putting the PS4 to sleep.

          There’s a delay between the output switching (it’s a Westinghouse TV, fwiw), and I think when the PS4 goes from on and transmitting an output to nothing being displayed in sleep, it trips something and brings it back to HDMI if it’s in “limbo” on the delay between cable and HDMI.

          I’m batting below the Mendoza line on this one, that’s for sure.
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          Originally posted by Money99
          And how does one levy a check that will result in only a slight concussion? Do they set their shoulder-pads to 'stun'?

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          • ProfessaPackMan
            Bamma
            • Mar 2008
            • 63852

            #2120
            re: Off-Topic

            There’s a 7 year old making 8 figures a year to open up and review Toys on YouTube.

            Is the hustle THAT easy now? Like...how Sway?
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            • dubcity
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              • May 2012
              • 17873

              #2121
              re: Off-Topic

              Originally posted by ProfessaPackMan
              There’s a 7 year old making 8 figures a year to open up and review Toys on YouTube.

              Is the hustle THAT easy now? Like...how Sway?
              It is. It's to the point that I'm pretty sure actors are starting channels doing this type of stuff pretending to be legit. Or at least they come across that way lol.

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              • Fresh Tendrils
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                • Jul 2002
                • 36131

                #2122
                re: Off-Topic

                It's wild. My two older nieces are 7 and 6. The past couple times we've all been at the grandparents house they've had their nose stuck to their tablets watching kids on YouTube. One was a series with a small girl and her "family" doing random activities like making ****ing candy pizza. I'd be surprised if any of it was real.



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                • l3ulvl
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                  • Dec 2009
                  • 17232

                  #2123
                  re: Off-Topic

                  Originally posted by ProfessaPackMan
                  There’s a 7 year old making 8 figures a year to open up and review Toys on YouTube.

                  Is the hustle THAT easy now? Like...how Sway?
                  This blew my mind when I first heard it, like I figured it was a joke about some kinda clerical error in someone's financial department, but no, this is somehow a real thing
                  Originally posted by Fresh Tendrils
                  It's wild. My two older nieces are 7 and 6. The past couple times we've all been at the grandparents house they've had their nose stuck to their tablets watching kids on YouTube. One was a series with a small girl and her "family" doing random activities like making ****ing candy pizza. I'd be surprised if any of it was real.
                  I'm skeptical of all the "reaction" videos, I mean cmon, why are you filming someone's reaction if you aren't expecting a big celebration, and you're expecting that celebration because you told them to flip out for the camera
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                  • RockinDaMike
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                    • Feb 2003
                    • 9091

                    #2124
                    Off-Topic 2018

                    Originally posted by slickdtc
                    You out in the Philippines, right? Doesn’t surprise me you’d see some interesting lights in the sky in that region.

                    How’s the light pollution at your resort? My mental image is it’s free of lights everywhere, but I’m probably off base. I’ve never actually been to a tropical resort.


                    I’m actually in Manila right now, my gf is on her last month before she gives birth to my daughter and the light pollution of course is terrible here.

                    In El Nido, it’s amazing. I can clearly see Milky Way and it’s just blanketed with stars when the sky is clear. I see shooting stars and meteor showers all the time but this one I saw was way different.

                    Honestly after watching Christmas Chronicles it could be Kurt Russell doing a practice run.


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                    • slickdtc
                      Grayscale
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 17125

                      #2125
                      Off-Topic 2018

                      I was in the toy industry and these influencers are BIG TIME. It’s amazing to me too.


                      Originally posted by Fresh Tendrils
                      It's wild. My two older nieces are 7 and 6. The past couple times we've all been at the grandparents house they've had their nose stuck to their tablets watching kids on YouTube. One was a series with a small girl and her "family" doing random activities like making ****ing candy pizza. I'd be surprised if any of it was real.

                      This is my fear LOL. Kids stuck to their tablets watching other kids open up toys.

                      Trying to navigate when it’s appropriate to introduce phones, tablets, technology to growing children is tough. It’s quite a balance between allowing them to use the tools at their disposal while also making sure there’s a limit and that the real world is still where we spend our lives. There’s been this technological explosion the last 30 years and we don’t really know how this has or will affect the generations to come.

                      I almost put a tablet in the amazon cart for my son. My wife had doubts so I immediately pulled it out. Her concern is if he gets his OWN thing (we watch on OUR phones or TV), how can we pull him off that. My response was it may be his but it’s ours in the grand scheme. Throw a tantrum because you didn’t get to use the tablet today. You gonna learn what it means to go without. It is easy to slip them your phone and play a game/watch a show but that will only screw you over as a parent down the line. My motto is take the hit today (be strict on time limits) and save yourself a lifetime of embarrassment (a bratty child).
                      Last edited by slickdtc; 12-12-2018, 07:39 AM.
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                      Originally posted by Money99
                      And how does one levy a check that will result in only a slight concussion? Do they set their shoulder-pads to 'stun'?

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                      • Majingir
                        Moderator
                        • Apr 2005
                        • 47499

                        #2126
                        re: Off-Topic

                        I've never called in sick at my current job before(and in past jobs, I've been able to just take days off in advance whenever, or just text) , but tonight I had to actually call. I got a long automated response from the extension I called . Once that message was done, I heard a beep. Nowhere in the response did it say to leave a message, and the extension wasn't specifically for phoning in sick, but I'm just guessing that beep was a voicemail beep?

                        Hopefully I don't wake up to a voicemail asking where I am /stating I never called.

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                        • ProfessaPackMan
                          Bamma
                          • Mar 2008
                          • 63852

                          #2127
                          re: Off-Topic

                          Originally posted by Majingir
                          I've never called in sick at my current job before(and in past jobs, I've been able to just take days off in advance whenever, or just text) , but tonight I had to actually call. I got a long automated response from the extension I called . Once that message was done, I heard a beep. Nowhere in the response did it say to leave a message, and the extension wasn't specifically for phoning in sick, but I'm just guessing that beep was a voicemail beep?

                          Hopefully I don't wake up to a voicemail asking where I am /stating I never called.
                          Can you send an email/text to your boss?

                          I would do that as well and then note in it that you did call and left a voicemail. Just to CYA.
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                          • l3ulvl
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                            • Dec 2009
                            • 17232

                            #2128
                            re: Off-Topic

                            Originally posted by Majingir
                            I've never called in sick at my current job before(and in past jobs, I've been able to just take days off in advance whenever, or just text) , but tonight I had to actually call. I got a long automated response from the extension I called . Once that message was done, I heard a beep. Nowhere in the response did it say to leave a message, and the extension wasn't specifically for phoning in sick, but I'm just guessing that beep was a voicemail beep?

                            Hopefully I don't wake up to a voicemail asking where I am /stating I never called.
                            Reminds me of when I worked at UPS in my college days and kept accidentally dialing the wrong number to call in. It was still a UPS number, but I was connecting to a higher up who didn't appreciate it
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                            • WaitTilNextYear
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                              • Mar 2013
                              • 16830

                              #2129
                              re: Off-Topic

                              Originally posted by slickdtc
                              This is my fear LOL. Kids stuck to their tablets watching other kids open up toys.
                              This is a distant 2nd to tablets becoming self-aware and forming Skynet. But, yes I agree with the general point.
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                              • Majingir
                                Moderator
                                • Apr 2005
                                • 47499

                                #2130
                                re: Off-Topic

                                Originally posted by ProfessaPackMan
                                Can you send an email/text to your boss?

                                I would do that as well and then note in it that you did call and left a voicemail. Just to CYA.
                                Don't have their email or number. The number I was given was just the company's main number and the extension was to a phone multiple people including boss has access to. It's a phone that employees and customers /clients can call, but I just wasn't expecting no voicemail leaving instructions.

                                Probably won't get in trouble if the call didn't work. Seems like a place where they're just happy/thankful if you do call.

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