Cross your fingers or positive waves...
I've got a job possibility that would be amazing for me, and my partner does too. Either one would be a huge help for us right now.
Good luck, ch! Will send positive waves as soon as I get out of work.
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Holy Passive Voice, Batman!
Good Afternoon,
It has been decided that the e-mail sent to [group of clients] who have not yet submitted required data for 2010 testing or prior will no longer be sent. The email was scheduled to go out on January 23,2012. This email was deemed unnecessary and will be removed from the [redacted] Calendar and will not be included on any testing calendar going forward. Should you have any questions regarding this removal please contact [redacted].
Emphases mine.
That email made my skin crawl. It's a perfect example of passive voice being used to avoid making anybody responsible for anything.
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Good luck, CH!!!
Ask not what your LPM can do for you, but what you can do for your LPM!
Also, after a couple rounds of medicine, the boy is doing much better!
Me too.....yeesh! This cold here is a byoch.
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Holy Passive Voice, Batman!
Good Afternoon,
It has been decided that the e-mail sent to [group of clients] who have not yet submitted required data for 2010 testing or prior will no longer be sent. The email was scheduled to go out on January 23,2012. This email was deemed unnecessary and will be removed from the [redacted] Calendar and will not be included on any testing calendar going forward. Should you have any questions regarding this removal please contact [redacted].
Emphases mine.
That email made my skin crawl. It's a perfect example of passive voice being used to avoid making anybody responsible for anything.
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They made that first sentence almost incomprehensible.
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The opening "it has been decided" is what really set me off. Decisions don't just happen by themselves (unless you are in government); people make them. I don't even care about the stupid email that isn't being sent out, nor do I think there is anybody who would miss it, but this email reads like the sender has something to hide. It conjures the image of some shadowy cabal deciding which mass communications we are going to send our clients.
Wait, what happened?
That sounds like nearly every email some of my co-workers write.They made that first sentence almost incomprehensible.
Deep in the heart of Texas!
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Could be worse. I'm the guy that all the hipsters base their culture commentary on. Only I'm taking it seriously.Ah, but I'm not an edition warrior type. Us hipster RPG players don't have any trouble in that regard.Aussie hipsters? I think I injured myself.
I don't have a beef with hipsters. Those neighborhoods have the best restaurants.
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Decisions don't just happen by themselves (unless you are in government)...Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....
That one was for you. I could also have substituted "military" for "government" to give TOZ a laugh instead, but I have little first-hand experience on that account.
That one was for you. I could also have substituted "military" for "government" to give TOZ a laugh instead, but I have little first-hand experience on that account.Decisions don't just happen by themselves (unless you are in government)...Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....
You also need to have a meeting.
I see.
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You also need to have a meeting.That one was for you. I could also have substituted "military" for "government" to give TOZ a laugh instead, but I have little first-hand experience on that account.Decisions don't just happen by themselves (unless you are in government)...Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....
Or 12.
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That one was for you. I could also have substituted "military" for "government" to give TOZ a laugh instead, but I have little first-hand experience on that account.Decisions don't just happen by themselves (unless you are in government)...Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....
It's all the same for me. I work for the military.
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And a powerpoint presentation.Consisting of 40 slides, with animation!
What did Lynyrd Skynyrd say at the power point presentation?
What are you near?
Four more days staying at my mother's house...
Four more days of my phone not working because of the damn mountain...
~curses~ Drat! That only gives me three more days to have you assassinated! ~grumbles` Time to get to work! ~calls the brute squad~
And a powerpoint presentation.
Must use buzz words like synergy, off-shoring, KPI's, and granular.
I am the Brute Squad!
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I am so pissed off right now. My Paladin just got openly betrayed by the other members of the party. They handed her over to Iomedan Burners who wanted to roast her for being a Tiefling (They thought that she was lying when she truthfully said she was in fact a Paladin of Shelyn and not Evil in any way, shape, or form, and saw her demon blood as a threat to be purged with fire.) in exchange for a bunch of magic items.
Why does every tabletop group I play with have asshats in it?
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I am so pissed off right now. My Paladin just got openly betrayed by the other members of the party. They handed her over to Iomedan Burners who wanted to roast her for being a Tiefling (They thought that she was lying when she truthfully said she was in fact a Paladin of Shelyn and not Evil in any way, shape, or form, and saw her demon blood as a threat to be purged with fire.) in exchange for a bunch of magic items.
Why does every tabletop group I play with have asshats in it?
Magic items? Magic items? ~quickly changes my alignment to NE~ MAGIC ITEMS!!!
~grins and runs~
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I'm still pretty mad, but that made me smile a bit.
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I'm still pretty mad, but that made me smile a bit.
~shrugs~ Well, I AM a Dragon. Remove some of the color on any of us and you will see a bit of Red. ~wicked, toothy, greedy smile~
And a powerpoint presentation.Must use buzz words like synergy, off-shoring, KPI's, and granular.
I'll cascade it to my unit.
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Just finished a coding exercise for an interview for a job at Amazon's newly opening Toronto development center.
Assuming I pass that, it looks like I'll be flying to Seattle for an onsite interview, since the Toronto office isn't actually opened yet.
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I am so pissed off right now. My Paladin just got openly betrayed by the other members of the party. They handed her over to Iomedan Burners who wanted to roast her for being a Tiefling (They thought that she was lying when she truthfully said she was in fact a Paladin of Shelyn and not Evil in any way, shape, or form, and saw her demon blood as a threat to be purged with fire.) in exchange for a bunch of magic items.
Why does every tabletop group I play with have asshats in it?
I could tell you a story of betrayal that would curl your hair... or straighten it. Suffice to say, a player used his character to derail an entire several year long campaign, leaving the GM with no 'honest to the story' way to prevent what basically amounted to the destruction of the prime material plane*. There is an incredibly complex background to that story that I won't share on open forums, but I let bits of it slip from time to time.
*Yeah, it was an epic level ascension campaign.
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I have a feeling I might regret asking, but.....Ekky Thump?I warn you I know Ekky Thump.......
Yes... Yes you will regret asking.
The Goodies ran from the 1970's to the mid 1980's. The comedians involved wrote for the Pythons.
Ekky Thump is an ancient Lancastrian martial art involving the use of a Black Pudding as a weapon.
Now some warnings re the clips I am going to show:-
First it is from the 1970's
Second being from the 1970's it is politically incorrect and uses black face.
Finally this episode killed a man see viewer death below Link to short clip.Viewer death
The episode is infamous for the documented example of a man laughing to death. 50 year old Alex Mitchell could not stop laughing for a continuous 25 minute period - almost the entire length of the show - and suffered a fatal heart attack as a result of the strain placed on his heart. His widow later sent the Goodies a letter thanking them for making Mitchell's final moments so pleasant.
I cant speak for the rest but Boudin is a slice of heaven.