One thing that really annoys me is everyone comparing their pricing with Ebay. I'm so sick of going to a local store that sells retro games or even a yard sale and the prices are 20-30% higher than buying it online and having it delivered to my doorstep.
I was at a flea-market last week and almost bought a copy of Megaman X2 on snes. I asked for the price and the response I got was "hold on" as he whips out his phone......"uhhh....seems like they've been selling on ebay for this, so $120". I told him this is a flea-market, and that he offered no returns if the product didn't work or turned out to be a fake reproduction. He had to lower his prices on items like that since there is a risk involved. He told me he prices higher than ebay since buying it from him was more convenient than buying online.
Every day it seems like deals are harder and harder to find......
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BryanM wrote:You're trapped in a haunted house. There's a ghost. It wants to eat your friends and have sex with your cat. When forced to decide between the lives of your friends and the chastity of your kitty, you choose the cat.
I often have a problem with what people call 'scary' movies. With most listings and recommendations you'll find on the internet you'd think humanity is made mostly of sheltered little girls.
driving on the highway and getting passed by a dozen people who are probably doing 100-110mph [this was down toward Miami]
Chill out people. There's being in a rush, and then there's triple-digit speed.
I almost never see speed limits actually followed, but when you're doing 70 and being passed like you're standing still, something's up.
Come check out my website, I guess. Random stuff I've worked on over the last two decades.
null1024 wrote:driving on the highway and getting passed by a dozen people who are probably doing 100-110mph [this was down toward Miami]
Chill out people. There's being in a rush, and then there's triple-digit speed.
I almost never see speed limits actually followed, but when you're doing 70 and being passed like you're standing still, something's up.
70 in a zone with a speed limit of what? And in which lane were you driving?
I submitted ~8 job applications over a week ago and I have still not received a single response.
Xyga wrote:It's really awesome how quash never gets tired of hammering the same stupid shit over and over and you guys don't suspect for second that he's actually paid for this.
Does this mean that they rejected me, or that they just haven't gotten to mine yet?
Xyga wrote:It's really awesome how quash never gets tired of hammering the same stupid shit over and over and you guys don't suspect for second that he's actually paid for this.
atheistgod1999 wrote:Does this mean that they rejected me, or that they just haven't gotten to mine yet?
You honestly won't know until you ask. Oftentimes businesses with a high employee turnover just keep a pile of applications handy for when somebody bails. Call them up and ask and they might think you're really eager and move yours to the top of the pile. Or they'll give you a clear rejection and you can stop worrying about that place.
Or you can just go to camp and let your folks get their freak on. Fuck knows I'd rather go to camp and do some archery than sit over a deep fat fryer at a fast food joint and reap a bumper crop of pimples.
Two working class dudes, one black one white, just baked a tray of ten cookies together.
An oligarch walks in and grabs nine cookies for himself.
Then he says to the white dude "Watch out for that black dude, he wants a piece of your cookie!"
atheistgod1999 wrote:I submitted ~8 job applications over a week ago and I have still not received a single response.
Haha. Oh man do I not miss those days. I submitted over a hundred resumes for the job I currently have.
You're sure to be in a fine haze about now, but don't think too hard about all of this. Just go out and kill a few beasts. It's for your own good. You know, it's just what hunters do! You'll get used to it.
atheistgod1999 wrote:Does this mean that they rejected me, or that they just haven't gotten to mine yet?
It could easily be either, there's no definite answer until you've heard it directly from the employer. If you've been waiting for a while it's a good idea to proactively follow up with them on the status of your application, as Mischief Maker said. I think a week or so after applying is a good time to do so (not too early as you don't want to be annoying or appear clingy/desperate), so yes, that means now.
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I remember that guy I knew in uni, who applied for several hundred offers within a week...using actual mail (yeah he spent a lot).
Don't think there's a single company in the area that didn't get his resume.
But he could only find macjobs so one day he left for Thailand and only got great jobs there. Never returned.
Agh, mouse is back to spurious double clicking, again (third time at least) - DPI really is kind of too bad for this monitor, but I haven't been able to find another that has side button placement like the Lachesis series, which I have gotten used to.
atheistgod1999 wrote:This question on an application for a frozen yogurt place:
"If you were an ice cream flavor, what would you be and why?"
I hate questions like that.
I just saw this.
Your answer should have been feces. I don't have a why just yet, but feces.
It would have been my answer.
You're sure to be in a fine haze about now, but don't think too hard about all of this. Just go out and kill a few beasts. It's for your own good. You know, it's just what hunters do! You'll get used to it.
The same one or two icons on my desktop keep jumping to a different spot on the screen. It doesn't matter what I do it keeps happening. I have everything organized the way it is for a reason, stop moving on your own!
BryanM wrote:You're trapped in a haunted house. There's a ghost. It wants to eat your friends and have sex with your cat. When forced to decide between the lives of your friends and the chastity of your kitty, you choose the cat.
The geometry on my 32" Sony consumer CRT TV not being quite right no matter how much time I dump into the service menu
It's 1,000% better than when I first got the set, but when I play old RPGs with an overhead view on an overworld screen it drives me completely bonkers
why is this a thing
I noticed this popping up in the last month or so and I have no idea how it caught on.
Oh god, same here.
Remember "Damn, Daniel"? The stupidest shit catches on nowadays, and God knows why.
emphatic wrote:When you watch an English movie or TV show with English subtitles and the subtitles are reworded for no reason. So, you hear:
"I had a stuffed animal" and at the same time, you read "I had a toy". :/
Related: When an accent only slightly different is given subtitles.
BryanM wrote:You're trapped in a haunted house. There's a ghost. It wants to eat your friends and have sex with your cat. When forced to decide between the lives of your friends and the chastity of your kitty, you choose the cat.
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