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BritGAF |OT5| Superb Birds, Absurd Turds and Disturbed Nerds
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phisheep
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Today was my last day off for a fortnight (bank holiday, gotta keep the shop open, plus moving house etc, damn complicated) so just had a brief scan through BritGaf to catch up.
Well, you never know with shitty customers. They may come back. Had one myself about 2 months ago, arrogant, abusive, yelling at me in the shop (and this is *my* shop!).
Two weeks later she came back, all smiles, really perfunctory apology - but at least an apology - and is now a regular mid-spending customer. Still difficult to deal with, but people are different.
Hmm, that rings a bell or two.
These are the words of the wise, Vash. Basically don't take anyone here seriously. Even me, especially after midnight. WOOOOOOH!
(a) What's Fez?
(b) Play Braid (really)
(c) not really a tangent, but I recently found out there is a Frotz app for the iPad and have been swimming in it for the last few days. Wow. Wonderful. Well sure it is retro as well, but there is tons of good stuff for it (Andrew Plotkin, Emily Short, Graham Nelson, Adam Cadre [who comes with a bit of an asterisk if you play I-0 for example] etc). I challenge any of you to get through Nick Montfort's Ad Verbum withoutdying (not possible), losing (not possible), or giving up (ever so likely).
Get Frotz
> Taken
Inv
> Bunch of awesome games
Pro-tip (assuming you actually know your stuff). Listen to their acronyms and repeat the same stuff back to them in real english. Works a dream. Got me offers in ad agencies, casinos, computing firms (as it was then called) and in one toilet-fittings firm (which rejected me on second thoughts).
Switch your thinking. In real life you are not going to be with either of these places for the next 20 years. Probably.
A bigger company means more opportunities sure, but also more people going for them, more specialisation, less contact with customers, more nepotism and more management grooming. Also means you have other people to blame if things go wrong.
Smaller company you're more likely to be paid for what you contribute rather than what your payscale is. You know what the customers want. And you take the whack if you make a bad call. But is a bloody good learning experience. Pretty good chance the big bosses of Scheme A started out working for somebody like Scheme B.
Sounds to me like you want Scheme B. If that's what you want to do, don't let extra money up front distract you. But that is the path to take if you are ambitious.
Well, you never know with shitty customers. They may come back. Had one myself about 2 months ago, arrogant, abusive, yelling at me in the shop (and this is *my* shop!).
Two weeks later she came back, all smiles, really perfunctory apology - but at least an apology - and is now a regular mid-spending customer. Still difficult to deal with, but people are different.
Hmm, that rings a bell or two.
These are the words of the wise, Vash. Basically don't take anyone here seriously. Even me, especially after midnight. WOOOOOOH!
(a) What's Fez?
(b) Play Braid (really)
(c) not really a tangent, but I recently found out there is a Frotz app for the iPad and have been swimming in it for the last few days. Wow. Wonderful. Well sure it is retro as well, but there is tons of good stuff for it (Andrew Plotkin, Emily Short, Graham Nelson, Adam Cadre [who comes with a bit of an asterisk if you play I-0 for example] etc). I challenge any of you to get through Nick Montfort's Ad Verbum without
Get Frotz
> Taken
Inv
> Bunch of awesome games
Pro-tip (assuming you actually know your stuff). Listen to their acronyms and repeat the same stuff back to them in real english. Works a dream. Got me offers in ad agencies, casinos, computing firms (as it was then called) and in one toilet-fittings firm (which rejected me on second thoughts).
Switch your thinking. In real life you are not going to be with either of these places for the next 20 years. Probably.
A bigger company means more opportunities sure, but also more people going for them, more specialisation, less contact with customers, more nepotism and more management grooming. Also means you have other people to blame if things go wrong.
Smaller company you're more likely to be paid for what you contribute rather than what your payscale is. You know what the customers want. And you take the whack if you make a bad call. But is a bloody good learning experience. Pretty good chance the big bosses of Scheme A started out working for somebody like Scheme B.
Sounds to me like you want Scheme B. If that's what you want to do, don't let extra money up front distract you. But that is the path to take if you are ambitious.
Sounds cool, man.
....I'm sorry. I need to get some awful wordplay out of my system and I just lashed out
Sounds cool, man.
....I'm sorry. I need to get some awful wordplay out of my system and I just lashed out
I was trying to fit a medical screening pun in there, (outdoor pap-smear?) but couldnt work it in.
I had some fancy shmancy M&S peach and passion fruit jaffa cakes the other day as well not that impressed
nothing beats the classic.Very intrigued by this badboy.
Probably disappointing.
Oof. What was your reaction to him fighting? Were you proud he stood up for himself ?
I'm fine thanks, fairly settled! A little bit obsessed with The Last of Us but it'll pass when the next fancy thing comes along.
I had some fancy shmancy M&S peach and passion fruit jaffa cakes the other day as well not that impressed
Very intrigued by this badboy.
Probably disappointing.
Wow. Be careful. That's a lot of orange flavour filling.
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Sheep, Fez is the Best Game Ever. Try it!
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Just read in the metro that protesters against Israel took their fight to sainsbury 's in Birmingham demanding it stopped selling kosher food. So much stupidity. This is why I prefer guinea pigs. If guinea pigs had religion they'd probably just worship basil leaves and dark corners.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
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But which is better? Basil leaves or dark corners? There will be tiny guinea pig crusades to determine the answer. The battle will overflow into a Morrisons near Leicester town centre where the herb isle will be burned down
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
...but fires create light. Light is the Eternal Enemy of Dark Corners... HE'S A HERETIC! BURN HIM!
Yeah, I'm fine with it, I'd prefer he didn't end up in a fight but if someone starts then I want him to defend himself.
A friend has brought his similarly aged son (we'll call him K) up playing Splinter Cell & Batman among other things, and one day an older boy started harassing one of K's friends. K waits for this boy to pass the next day, leaps out of a tree and puts the older boy in a chokehold then grabs his right hand and bends it backwards while telling him the girl is protected. He's 7.
Anyway, I'm trying to make my way through Grounded on The Last of Us but am currently trapped with clod hopper Bill in the bus park. I keep failing to get through the window due to control amnesia.
Whoo! In with a bullet!
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
lolwut how did I post that much?
So anyway I started playing Dragon Quest 6 last night on my iPad (snes emu, wii controller, win). Nice little game, enjoyed myself, put it away in my bag and forgot all about it. Fast forward to today, I get into my office, remove my headphones and I can hear this strange jaunty pan-pipe esque music coming out of my bag. So basically I think this was going off for my entire hour-long commute and I hope the old people enjoyed it.
dapperbandit
Banned
Wow.
A+ for effort Sploatee. Quality contributions and lots of them
Mikeside, see me after class. This thread is your neglected child, nurtured by dishevelled hairy wildmen like Jed and Screaming Meat.
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Being slapbang in the middle I'm this thread's cool Uncle.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
The figures have been fudged... or massaged... or fudge massaged.
Musha_Soturi
Member
I have nothing worthy to contribute.
I've started writing a blog but no one's allowed to read it ever. It's not under any of my usual names so you'll never find it. I just needed a way to get all my crazy thoughts out of my head. Plus it'll be funny to go back and read in a couple of years.
I've started writing a blog but no one's allowed to read it ever. It's not under any of my usual names so you'll never find it. I just needed a way to get all my crazy thoughts out of my head. Plus it'll be funny to go back and read in a couple of years.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Let us see it when it's funny then. Like the old saying goes, distance makes the pain amusing.
I've always wanted a blog or diary for deep dark thoughts but I never find my thoughts are deep or dark enough.
Quick! Panflute band!
Yeah, I'm fine with it, I'd prefer he didn't end up in a fight but if someone starts then I want him to defend himself.
A friend has brought his similarly aged son (we'll call him K) up playing Splinter Cell & Batman among other things, and one day an older boy started harassing one of K's friends. K waits for this boy to pass the next day, leaps out of a tree and puts the older boy in a chokehold then grabs his right hand and bends it backwards while telling him the girl is protected. He's 7.
Anyway, I'm trying to make my way through Grounded on The Last of Us but am currently trapped with clod hopper Bill in the bus park. I keep failing to get through the window due to control amnesia.
Whoo! In with a bullet!
I found that story kind of cute?! I don't know if that is wrong!
Ach grounded! How does it compare to Survivor? I'm just about at the High School on Survivor. I'm preferring it to my first playthrough so far...especially in the dark with headphones...I hear clicking...need...a...bottle. My other experience is pretty much "half a pair of scissors! Half a f'ing pair of scissors! Is that all!?!?"
That's actually pretty scary. Oh dear. Need to slow down a bit methinks.
It's a good thing to do, cathartic and less likely to be found than a diary.
It's cute in one sense, but having your 7 year old think and act like he's a cross between Sam Fisher and Batman is a little disconcerting, especially in such a peace loving neutral leaning environment such as here.
With Grounded, pretty much every drawer is empty. It's the runners that are the real danger, avoiding the clickers isn't so hard. Kind of dreading
the hospital
Hot Coldman
Banned
Sounds cool, man.
....I'm sorry. I need to get some awful wordplay out of my system and I just lashed out
that's cold, man
dapperbandit
Banned
Boooo
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
QuicheFontaine
Member
And then the Beegees...got a...BMW...uhh.
No, never mind.
No, never mind.
I'll see myself out.
dapperbandit
Banned
That's a good one!
Speaking of funny-time, I came across this and couldn't stop laughing when I saw the top comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CatSUg0KyAM
That's a good one!
Speaking of funny-time, I came across this and couldn't stop laughing when I saw the top comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CatSUg0KyAM
sounds like shaggy from scooby doo
Pffft, I bet skele7on can still get laid wearing that.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I'm shocked and appalled I'm second. I know you post a lot, I read it. I didn't think I posted that much. I can go days without it and not realise.
Now, if we had combined WA and GAF post counts...
Apparently, according to the Independent, Sheffield is the named best value for a city break in the UK.
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel...value-for-a-city-break-in-the-uk-9678745.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel...value-for-a-city-break-in-the-uk-9678745.html
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I too remain confused at my high post cou--AW FUCK IT
dapperbandit
Banned
there is no need 2 feel shame, splat
Little Old Man
Member
Thanks for all the advice! IIRC you've done so many different things in your career I was secretly hoping you'd part with some wisdom!
It's a very good point regarding both how long I would stay at either company, plus how both praise and responsibility can come back to you in the smaller firm.
As it happens, the interview went okay. Presentation went fine, though I don't quite think it was quite what they were looking for. In fact that summed up the whole hour really, I don't even think I was the right person for the job, someone with a Masters or relevant experience would be in a much better position to fit right in. I.e. with graduate scheme A, they expect and prefer no prior knowledge, and have the resources to train you. This company however simply doesn't, and expects a certain standard of knowledge which I simply do not have.
I also found myself not too keen on the company. It's absolutely tiny (<50 in several offices), which is very different to what I anticipated and hoped for (certainly compared to some of its competitors which I know of, employing over 150).
All that said, it's made me confident in sticking with the graduate scheme with company A, I've scratched that itch of trying out for a job directly using my degree, and at least went to the interview, checked it out, and considered if it was for me. In an ideal world I'd be able to afford a Masters in Economics, and then go to those other consultancy firms who absolutely require such a qualification. Given that that's just not workable right now, company A is the best option for me, and I actually feel really excited again!
Positions 11-20 is where it's at. All day son, all day.
If Cyadine was still here we'd be on OT7 by now so don't worry too much about it.
Welp, got a girl friend so yes I guess I can get laid, even with this top..
Thanks, I see britGAF isn't that bad after all then.
dapperbandit
Banned
WELL LA-DEE-DA!
Everyone look at the big shot over here, he's not even sexually deprived or desperately lonely!
You should move your posts here!
WHO IS SPLAT
Ta!
It's the best place in the world. Once you post, you never stop (see above).
Nerdkiller
Membeur
Well...just be glad he isn't wearing one of those garish Dragonball Z tops.
Deaf Spacker
Memb
I need to put more effort in.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I can't post toilet selfies in here though, GAF is inferior.
Hot Coldman
Banned
ehhh, you probably could nowadays
Musha_Soturi
Member
I think half of us would be banned if we posted in here what we post in Whatsapp.
Babymetal tickets on sale tomorrow
Babymetal tickets on sale tomorrow
I can't keep up with you cats on Whatsapp. Seems like every time I open it, I've missed 1400 posts.
Half? And the rest!
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