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Author Topic: [MILK] There were 12 eggs here what did you do with them? (Happy thread?!)  (Read 16258856 times)

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Re: [Tomoko~] Because I'm not popular, Ill have an emotion thread (Happy Thread)
« Reply #96240 on: December 26, 2012, 04:26:57 pm »

Oh God, my sides hurt...was talking to an agent today who had had the misfortune of talking to one of the least-intelligent and least-skillled people we have around here, and I saved her from being given horrifically bad instructions that would have probably led to her computer being hosed. This led to us talking about the problem of it being somewhat a crapshoot as far as what level of competency you'll get when you contact us, and how to solve that problem.

Her: "Oh! Hey, I know...maybe they arrange you guys in tiers, and the easiest stuff goes to the least-skilled people and you could be like the next tier up."

Me: ".....umm...that's kind of how it already is. And yeah, I'm a senior tier technician." I'm grinning and trying not to laugh or make her feel bad, because she's genuinely trying to be helpful.

Her: "Oh. Okay.....Ooh, okay then how about when the unskilled people get something and they don't know how to fix it, they could transfer them to the next tier up?"

Me: <awkward silence>

Her: "They already do that, huh?"

Me: "Yup."

Her: "Well, FUCK. You're on your own, then."

HOWLS of laughter. Feels good man.


Back when I worked at subway, I put marinara sauce on my sub. They don't have that sauce up front; it's for the meatballs. I can't exactly ask for them to go in the back and open a package either, so after I quit, I couldn't quite make my perfect sandwich anymore...

...until I noticed today they now offer barbecue sauce, which is a more than adequate substitute~
....you can't just say, "Hey, can I get some meatball sauce on my sub?" Cause the meatballs are right there in front of you. With sauce.
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Re: [Tomoko~] Because I'm not popular, Ill have an emotion thread (Happy Thread)
« Reply #96241 on: December 26, 2012, 04:29:11 pm »

Back when I worked at subway, I put marinara sauce on my sub. They don't have that sauce up front; it's for the meatballs. I can't exactly ask for them to go in the back and open a package either, so after I quit, I couldn't quite make my perfect sandwich anymore...

...until I noticed today they now offer barbecue sauce, which is a more than adequate substitute~
....you can't just say, "Hey, can I get some meatball sauce on my sub?" Cause the meatballs are right there in front of you. With sauce.
Vegetarian. :P I ain't eating no marinara sauce that's been soaked in filthy dead flesh.
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Re: [Tomoko~] Because I'm not popular, Ill have an emotion thread (Happy Thread)
« Reply #96242 on: December 26, 2012, 04:30:50 pm »

Back when I worked at subway, I put marinara sauce on my sub. They don't have that sauce up front; it's for the meatballs. I can't exactly ask for them to go in the back and open a package either, so after I quit, I couldn't quite make my perfect sandwich anymore...

...until I noticed today they now offer barbecue sauce, which is a more than adequate substitute~
....you can't just say, "Hey, can I get some meatball sauce on my sub?" Cause the meatballs are right there in front of you. With sauce.
Vegetarian. :P I ain't eating no marinara sauce that's been soaked in filthy dead flesh.
Mmm. Delicious Filthy dead flesh. Now I want my turkey to be ready. Not for four more hours though, just put it in.
 
It looks good though. It was delayed due to my being in the hospital yesterday. Mom makes the best turkeys.
« Last Edit: December 26, 2012, 05:04:33 pm by misko27 »
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Re: [Tomoko~] Because I'm not popular, Ill have an emotion thread (Happy Thread)
« Reply #96243 on: December 26, 2012, 04:45:54 pm »

Back when I worked at subway, I put marinara sauce on my sub. They don't have that sauce up front; it's for the meatballs. I can't exactly ask for them to go in the back and open a package either, so after I quit, I couldn't quite make my perfect sandwich anymore...

...until I noticed today they now offer barbecue sauce, which is a more than adequate substitute~
....you can't just say, "Hey, can I get some meatball sauce on my sub?" Cause the meatballs are right there in front of you. With sauce.
Vegetarian. :P I ain't eating no marinara sauce that's been soaked in filthy dead flesh.
Technically, the flesh was soaking in the sauce. But I get your beef (pun intended).  :P
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Re: [Tomoko~] Because I'm not popular, Ill have an emotion thread (Happy Thread)
« Reply #96244 on: December 26, 2012, 05:40:17 pm »

Digging holes in the ground is... strangely pleasurable. Even with the number of memories related to dead pets attached to the process.

I'm not really sure why. There's just something very... fundamental. About making an absence for nature to abhor. Then putting something in it.

Shovels are neat.
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« Reply #96245 on: December 26, 2012, 06:37:16 pm »

Digging holes in the ground is... strangely pleasurable. Even with the number of memories related to dead pets attached to the process.

I'm not really sure why. There's just something very... fundamental. About making an absence for nature to abhor. Then putting something in it.

Shovels are neat.

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« Reply #96246 on: December 26, 2012, 07:28:32 pm »

Digging holes in the ground is... strangely pleasurable. Even with the number of memories related to dead pets attached to the process.

I'm not really sure why. There's just something very... fundamental. About making an absence for nature to abhor. Then putting something in it.

Shovels are neat.

If only it were this possible to entertain EVERYONE with something so simple.
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« Reply #96247 on: December 26, 2012, 07:30:02 pm »

I always loved digging a big massive hole when at the beach.
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« Reply #96248 on: December 26, 2012, 07:32:11 pm »

I always enjoyed digging holes as a kid.  I think I'd probably still enjoy it today.  Just something satisfying about it, on the same level as popping bubblewrap.
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« Reply #96249 on: December 26, 2012, 07:42:50 pm »

If only it were this possible to entertain EVERYONE with something so simple.
It... kinda' is. It's more mindset than anything else. If you want to be entertained by simple things, you will be.

Lot of (somewhat engineered) cultural pressure to go in the other direction, though. The more complex stuff makes people richer, and it's hard(er) to make money off a 20+ year old that's still entertained by climbing trees instead of... whatever the malls are trying to foist on folks nowadays, I'unno. What was fun is fun. Fun is fun. Aging or more complex things does not change the nature of earlier or simpler fun things.

'Course, complex things can be fun, too. It's really not a mutually exclusive thing!
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« Reply #96250 on: December 26, 2012, 07:45:56 pm »

If only it were this possible to entertain EVERYONE with something so simple.
It... kinda' is. It's more mindset than anything else. If you want to be entertained by simple things, you will be.

Lot of (somewhat engineered) cultural pressure to go in the other direction, though. The more complex stuff makes people richer, and it's hard(er) to make money off a 20+ year old that's still entertained by climbing trees instead of... whatever the malls are trying to foist on folks nowadays, I'unno. What was fun is fun. Fun is fun. Aging or more complex things does not change the nature of earlier or simpler fun things.

'Course, complex things can be fun, too. It's really not a mutually exclusive thing!
I remember Brave new World. And their highly complex machinery needed for sports and such.
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« Reply #96251 on: December 26, 2012, 11:01:31 pm »

After like a week of trying to get a 3rd person thing working in Unity, it's finally working.  It's glitchy, clumsy, and took WAY TOO LONG to find the answers I needed to make something so flippin' simple.

Can I go home now? ;_;

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« Reply #96252 on: December 26, 2012, 11:07:53 pm »

Digging holes in the ground is... strangely pleasurable. Even with the number of memories related to dead pets attached to the process.

I'm not really sure why. There's just something very... fundamental. About making an absence for nature to abhor. Then putting something in it.

Shovels are neat.

Take up gardening if you haven't. My parents hate the regular de-weeding, but there is something very primal and satisfying about slaying the weeds.
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« Reply #96253 on: December 26, 2012, 11:27:11 pm »

Digging holes in the ground is... strangely pleasurable. Even with the number of memories related to dead pets attached to the process.

I'm not really sure why. There's just something very... fundamental. About making an absence for nature to abhor. Then putting something in it.

Shovels are neat.

Take up gardening if you haven't. My parents hate the regular de-weeding, but there is something very primal and satisfying about slaying the weeds.
Yeah, seeing the fire bursting, tearing them apart atomically, watching in joy as the flame consumes them, weed by weed the garden reduced to ash...
 
Yeah, de-weeding is !!fun!!.
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« Reply #96254 on: December 27, 2012, 12:20:02 am »

Speaking of digging holes and !!fun!!, I've got an urge to try and put together a succession game. Not tonight, too tired, but maybe tomorrow or something? I'd probably try grabbing people from other forums I visit as well as roping you guys in, but this is probably not the thread to talk about it, particularly when it's just a vague nothing. Still.
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