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[Lord Shonus]

Spoiler: What I ordered. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: What I got. (click to show/hide)

Was there a rectangular barcode sticker with a number starting with "PQ" on it?

Nope.

To explain the question:
The sticker I described was how the shithole of a company I used to work for kept track of inventory before selling globally to or through a small variety of online retailers. To make themselves look better to investors, and also to reduce the number of "parasites" that were employed, they switched to an automated system that works via reverse image search. Believe it or not, your post was a textbook example of the sort of false identifications the system is extremely prone to, which is why I asked.

Do be sure to complain to the retailer you purchased it through. If you ordered the book online, there's still a solid chance that it was routed through them at some point (they're supposed to remove those stickers, but when you eliminate every possible employee and treat the ones you absolutely need like shit things like that get overlooked), and every time they get a "wrong book" complaint it brings their utter destruction one tiny step closer.

It was through Amazon, but sold and shipped by somebody else. There's a system in place for returning defective or just plain wrong shipments, so I'm doing that tomorrow.

That's a big chunk of this place's business (the rest is selling directly to Amazon); and they make up a pretty big share of the third-party business on Amazon under various names, primarily because they have a habit of buying up all the competition. This is why I don't buy physical books through Amazon.

[miauw62]

i dont get why people were so fond of ow tbh

[ChairmanPoo]

... in all honesty I didn't know him all that well. I find the current banter amusing though.

[hops]

i dont get why people were so fond of ow tbh

He's chill, and not a condescending hippie with low hygiene.

[Kot]

Spoiler: I have found the definitive proof that Polish army is literally the best in the whole world. (click to show/hide)

If you don't see it - look at the hatch and you should see a string next to it - follow the string. The drivers face is just a bonus.

[martinuzz]

The AK47 tank cannon. Only in Poland.

[hops]

All I'm noticing is the post blocking the tank and I'm thinking of D.va's ultimate.

[scriver]

I didn't realise Geralt's problem with knee-high fences had basis in real life though.

[Teneb]

Poles are repelled by poles, like with magnets.

[scriver]

The driver's face really makes the pic. I didn't notice it at first.

[ChairmanPoo]

Poles are repelled by poles, like with magnets.

What about monopoles?

[TempAcc]

Monopoles face discrimination for their alternate lifestyle.

[ChairmanPoo]

That just shows a deplorable and tarnished -dare I say, unpolished- side of our society. This polarization of opinions and feelings will bring us disgrace, I tell you

[Kot]

That just shows a deplorable and tarnished -dare I say, unpolished- side of our society. This polarization of opinions and feelings will bring us disgrace, I tell you

Go away.

[Putnam]

this discussion seems really familiar somehow??

part 2

like i feel weirdly sympathetic towards roverdude and ferram there despite there not being

oh nevermind, yes there is, wow, okay

all these goddamn dfhack problems being treated as if they're df problems because of the starter pack and masterwork.....

huh, i knew i had some small amount of annoyance with it but i didn't know that it was big enough to matter