Grumpy Old Man Peeve of the Week: Video announcements
Both Global Megacorporation and Albany High School send out their announcements in the form of "cute, enthusiastic" videos where two overly-excited people gush about how wonderful everything is, and here are the announcements for the week. The videos range from 3-5 minutes long.
For a handful of announcements that would take half of a single sheet of paper in bullet point form.
Sorry, I have better things to do than watch your hyped up, chipper video. If you have important announcements for me, put them in text form so I don't have to waste minutes of my life watching horrifically cheerful people read the news to me. That's my own personal little Hell.
One person's hopeful, cheer-up attempt of "sounds like someone's got a case of the MON-DAYS!" is another person's sarcastic meme. The hyped video-announcements are trying to take minor info but put a smiley face on it. That's not for you. Got it.
Some folks want that cheer. Some folks respond positively to the saccharine updates. You're not one of those folks.
For me it comes off as a ham-fisted corporate propaganda attempt. For instance, every Thursday we get an email from HR about the "Happiness Initiative". And how we should be happy. And how to make ourselves happy.
Just...no...it just comes off a little Orwellian.
Speaking of ham-fisted...
Yeah, it's going to be one of those weeks.
NobodysHome: Hey, teammate! One of the instructors is wondering whether there's any training available for this product that's related to one you work on.
Teammate: Yes, that product exists. Here's the documentation.
NH: I know that it exists and I know about the documentation. He's looking for training, and you know how hard it is to search the training site.
TM: Oh, I'll look for it for you, but you know how hard it is to search the training site.
How hard is, "Do you currently know of any such training? Don't do any legwork for me?"
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Grumpy Old Man Peeve of the Week: Video announcements
Both Global Megacorporation and Albany High School send out their announcements in the form of "cute, enthusiastic" videos where two overly-excited people gush about how wonderful everything is, and here are the announcements for the week. The videos range from 3-5 minutes long.
For a handful of announcements that would take half of a single sheet of paper in bullet point form.
Sorry, I have better things to do than watch your hyped up, chipper video. If you have important announcements for me, put them in text form so I don't have to waste minutes of my life watching horrifically cheerful people read the news to me. That's my own personal little Hell.
One person's hopeful, cheer-up attempt of "sounds like someone's got a case of the MON-DAYS!" is another person's sarcastic meme. The hyped video-announcements are trying to take minor info but put a smiley face on it. That's not for you. Got it.
Some folks want that cheer. Some folks respond positively to the saccharine updates. You're not one of those folks.
I don't care whether or not the videos exist.
I'd like a short bullet point list at the bottom that says, "If you don't want to watch this, here are the key points."Both audiences served.
Grumpy Old Man Peeve of the Week: Video announcements
Both Global Megacorporation and Albany High School send out their announcements in the form of "cute, enthusiastic" videos where two overly-excited people gush about how wonderful everything is, and here are the announcements for the week. The videos range from 3-5 minutes long.
For a handful of announcements that would take half of a single sheet of paper in bullet point form.
Sorry, I have better things to do than watch your hyped up, chipper video. If you have important announcements for me, put them in text form so I don't have to waste minutes of my life watching horrifically cheerful people read the news to me. That's my own personal little Hell.
One person's hopeful, cheer-up attempt of "sounds like someone's got a case of the MON-DAYS!" is another person's sarcastic meme. The hyped video-announcements are trying to take minor info but put a smiley face on it. That's not for you. Got it.
Some folks want that cheer. Some folks respond positively to the saccharine updates. You're not one of those folks.
For me it comes off as a ham-fisted corporate propaganda attempt. For instance, every Thursday we get an email from HR about the "Happiness Initiative". And how we should be happy. And how to make ourselves happy.
Just...no...it just comes off a little Orwellian.
Have you ever watched Happy?
Eye of the beholder. Every week our senior executive team, lead by our president who once, when he was VP of sales accidentally added a picture of his new boat with a bragging caption to a dept wide email about our annual raises being frozen, wherein they review our response to the pandemic. This meeting usually contains a heartfelt puff piece about a patient we've helped or front line workers we went above and beyond for and so on.Grumpy Old Man Peeve of the Week: Video announcements
Both Global Megacorporation and Albany High School send out their announcements in the form of "cute, enthusiastic" videos where two overly-excited people gush about how wonderful everything is, and here are the announcements for the week. The videos range from 3-5 minutes long.
For a handful of announcements that would take half of a single sheet of paper in bullet point form.
Sorry, I have better things to do than watch your hyped up, chipper video. If you have important announcements for me, put them in text form so I don't have to waste minutes of my life watching horrifically cheerful people read the news to me. That's my own personal little Hell.
One person's hopeful, cheer-up attempt of "sounds like someone's got a case of the MON-DAYS!" is another person's sarcastic meme. The hyped video-announcements are trying to take minor info but put a smiley face on it. That's not for you. Got it.
Some folks want that cheer. Some folks respond positively to the saccharine updates. You're not one of those folks.
For me it comes off as a ham-fisted corporate propaganda attempt. For instance, every Thursday we get an email from HR about the "Happiness Initiative". And how we should be happy. And how to make ourselves happy.
Just...no...it just comes off a little Orwellian.
Wow. Tone deaf.
Have you ever watched Happy?Grumpy Old Man Peeve of the Week: Video announcements
Both Global Megacorporation and Albany High School send out their announcements in the form of "cute, enthusiastic" videos where two overly-excited people gush about how wonderful everything is, and here are the announcements for the week. The videos range from 3-5 minutes long.
For a handful of announcements that would take half of a single sheet of paper in bullet point form.
Sorry, I have better things to do than watch your hyped up, chipper video. If you have important announcements for me, put them in text form so I don't have to waste minutes of my life watching horrifically cheerful people read the news to me. That's my own personal little Hell.
One person's hopeful, cheer-up attempt of "sounds like someone's got a case of the MON-DAYS!" is another person's sarcastic meme. The hyped video-announcements are trying to take minor info but put a smiley face on it. That's not for you. Got it.
Some folks want that cheer. Some folks respond positively to the saccharine updates. You're not one of those folks.
For me it comes off as a ham-fisted corporate propaganda attempt. For instance, every Thursday we get an email from HR about the "Happiness Initiative". And how we should be happy. And how to make ourselves happy.
Just...no...it just comes off a little Orwellian.
The Netflix show with Chris Meloni who's an ex-cop and seeing an imaginary friend?
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Hey, we have at least one bona fide Wisconsinite here, right? (and maybe more).
Is this really a holiday thing?
Special Holiday Treats
Some traditional holiday treats may have some special guidelines for safe seasonal enjoyment:
Tiger Meat or Cannibal Sandwiches: For some Wisconsinites, it’s a tradition to eat raw ground beef dishes, often referred to as tiger meat, steak tartare or cannibal sandwiches.
Hey, we have at least one bona fide Wisconsinite here, right? (and maybe more).
Is this really a holiday thing?
Special Holiday Treats
Some traditional holiday treats may have some special guidelines for safe seasonal enjoyment:
Tiger Meat or Cannibal Sandwiches: For some Wisconsinites, it’s a tradition to eat raw ground beef dishes, often referred to as tiger meat, steak tartare or cannibal sandwiches.
I'm not from Wisconsin, but yes, I know about this one. It's real.
The Netflix show with Chris Meloni who's an ex-cop and seeing an imaginary friend?Have you ever watched Happy?Grumpy Old Man Peeve of the Week: Video announcements
Both Global Megacorporation and Albany High School send out their announcements in the form of "cute, enthusiastic" videos where two overly-excited people gush about how wonderful everything is, and here are the announcements for the week. The videos range from 3-5 minutes long.
For a handful of announcements that would take half of a single sheet of paper in bullet point form.
Sorry, I have better things to do than watch your hyped up, chipper video. If you have important announcements for me, put them in text form so I don't have to waste minutes of my life watching horrifically cheerful people read the news to me. That's my own personal little Hell.
One person's hopeful, cheer-up attempt of "sounds like someone's got a case of the MON-DAYS!" is another person's sarcastic meme. The hyped video-announcements are trying to take minor info but put a smiley face on it. That's not for you. Got it.
Some folks want that cheer. Some folks respond positively to the saccharine updates. You're not one of those folks.
For me it comes off as a ham-fisted corporate propaganda attempt. For instance, every Thursday we get an email from HR about the "Happiness Initiative". And how we should be happy. And how to make ourselves happy.
Just...no...it just comes off a little Orwellian.
Yes!
Hey, we have at least one bona fide Wisconsinite here, right? (and maybe more).
Is this really a holiday thing?
Special Holiday Treats
Some traditional holiday treats may have some special guidelines for safe seasonal enjoyment:
Tiger Meat or Cannibal Sandwiches: For some Wisconsinites, it’s a tradition to eat raw ground beef dishes, often referred to as tiger meat, steak tartare or cannibal sandwiches.
ill use this in the other thread, thanks.
Hey, we have at least one bona fide Wisconsinite here, right? (and maybe more).
Is this really a holiday thing?
Special Holiday Treats
Some traditional holiday treats may have some special guidelines for safe seasonal enjoyment:
Tiger Meat or Cannibal Sandwiches: For some Wisconsinites, it’s a tradition to eat raw ground beef dishes, often referred to as tiger meat, steak tartare or cannibal sandwiches.
Yes, although generally that's found in the rural areas.
We had neighbors in central Wisconsin that would only eat raw meat. They were pretty f$!~ed up.
Yes!The Netflix show with Chris Meloni who's an ex-cop and seeing an imaginary friend?Have you ever watched Happy?Grumpy Old Man Peeve of the Week: Video announcements
Both Global Megacorporation and Albany High School send out their announcements in the form of "cute, enthusiastic" videos where two overly-excited people gush about how wonderful everything is, and here are the announcements for the week. The videos range from 3-5 minutes long.
For a handful of announcements that would take half of a single sheet of paper in bullet point form.
Sorry, I have better things to do than watch your hyped up, chipper video. If you have important announcements for me, put them in text form so I don't have to waste minutes of my life watching horrifically cheerful people read the news to me. That's my own personal little Hell.
One person's hopeful, cheer-up attempt of "sounds like someone's got a case of the MON-DAYS!" is another person's sarcastic meme. The hyped video-announcements are trying to take minor info but put a smiley face on it. That's not for you. Got it.
Some folks want that cheer. Some folks respond positively to the saccharine updates. You're not one of those folks.
For me it comes off as a ham-fisted corporate propaganda attempt. For instance, every Thursday we get an email from HR about the "Happiness Initiative". And how we should be happy. And how to make ourselves happy.
Just...no...it just comes off a little Orwellian.
Haven't gotten through the second season yet.
Hey, we have at least one bona fide Wisconsinite here, right? (and maybe more).
Is this really a holiday thing?
Special Holiday Treats
Some traditional holiday treats may have some special guidelines for safe seasonal enjoyment:
Tiger Meat or Cannibal Sandwiches: For some Wisconsinites, it’s a tradition to eat raw ground beef dishes, often referred to as tiger meat, steak tartare or cannibal sandwiches.
Yes, although generally that's found in the rural areas.
We had neighbors in central Wisconsin that would only eat raw meat. They were pretty f*$~ed up.
Is that the high meat i have heard of?
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No, I mean batshit incestuous crazy racist f~@~ed up.
Rural central and northern Wisconsin is no place for normal people.
No, I mean b@@%@!! incestuous crazy racist f$~#ed up.
Rural central and northern Wisconsin is no place for normal people.
ah, I see.
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No, I mean b@@+~$@ incestuous crazy racist f$&+ed up.
Rural central and northern Wisconsin is no place for normal people.
No lie.
It's no place for abnormal people, either.
I'm reminded of a Swedish friend who would always say stuff like "Oh, no, they're from central Sweden. They're all weird. Don't listen to them."
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I've just seen an advert for a stroopwaffel stout. This may be the very thing to cheer up Freehold, perhaps.
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I've just seen an advert for a stroopwaffel stout. This may be the very thing to cheer up Freehold, perhaps.
I would drink that.
Of course, my local cider company just released a Texas Pecan Pie seasonal cider, and I drank that, too.
I'm not proud.
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LOL. Unsurprising, as both the most-populous state in the nation and the (third?)-largest, we've got a LOT of groups. Here's my best description from north to south:
Northern Hippies: Yes, they even have a town named Weed. They're laid-back, don't hate anyone (unless you want to take away their weed), and have beautiful forests, coasts, and mountains. Everybody loves them, except the anti-drug, anti-hippy crowd. Oh, and they do have the highest suicide rate in the state, so that's a downer.
The Forgotten Central Valleyers: We have a solid red core of anger. They're incredibly conservative, support the state's agriculture industry, and get drowned out by the Left Coast cities. They hate everyone else, and they'd secede if they could.
The Mountaineers: They live in the foothills and mountains and tends towards more classic, less angry conservatism. They're solid red, but if you're blue they'll respect your opinion, listen to your arguments, and then politely tell you why you're wrong. They only hate the tourists who ruin their pristine lands. As long as the Lefties stay left, they're not particularly ornery.
The Bay Area: Liberal bastion. Hated by the right, hate them right back, and hate Los Angeles with a passion for ruthlessly looting our resources. Though with the tech boom this has died down as those of us born and raised in the area now make up maybe 15-20% of the population, with the rest being tech immigrants.
Around the Bay Area: From Napa to Marin to Santa Cruz, there are a swath of laid-back, more moderate cities and regions that would be offended to be called part of the Bay Area, so I'm giving them their dues and putting them as a separate "ring around the Bay Area loonies".
Los Angeles: Pretty much everyone hates them. It's required for living in California. And their politics run the absolute gamut, depending on which part of L.A. you're in. You can literally drive from a place as far left as Berkeley to a place as far right as Mobile, Alabama in under an hour, all without ever leaving L.A.
South of Los Angeles: Yeah, we know San Diego is down there somewhere, but we never pay attention.
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Another bizarre decision by game designers.
We returned to Fallout 76 after a three-month hiatus and the very first thing I noticed was that it was hard to kill 15 mole miners for my daily quest.
Shiro explained that they'd adjusted combat so that every fight is equally hard no matter what level you are. That scorched in the beginner's region that you barely manage to kill when you're a first-level noob? It'll be just as hard to kill when you're level 170 and fully-equipped with upgraded gear.
Leading to the obvious question: What the heck is the point of playing at all?
If there's no improvement, and the same creature is equally difficult no matter what your level or your gear looks like, there doesn't seem much of a point to leveling up or getting better gear. At which point the game boils down to killing stuff for no reason. Which seems rather nihilistic, all in all.
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Another bizarre decision by game designers.
We returned to Fallout 76 after a three-month hiatus and the very first thing I noticed was that it was hard to kill 15 mole miners for my daily quest.
Shiro explained that they'd adjusted combat so that every fight is equally hard no matter what level you are. That scorched in the beginner's region that you barely manage to kill when you're a first-level noob? It'll be just as hard to kill when you're level 170 and fully-equipped with upgraded gear.
Leading to the obvious question: What the heck is the point of playing at all?
If there's no improvement, and the same creature is equally difficult no matter what your level or your gear looks like, there doesn't seem much of a point to leveling up or getting better gear. At which point the game boils down to killing stuff for no reason. Which seems rather nihilistic, all in all.
That's actually why I stopped playing it.
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That's actually why I stopped playing it.Another bizarre decision by game designers.
We returned to Fallout 76 after a three-month hiatus and the very first thing I noticed was that it was hard to kill 15 mole miners for my daily quest.
Shiro explained that they'd adjusted combat so that every fight is equally hard no matter what level you are. That scorched in the beginner's region that you barely manage to kill when you're a first-level noob? It'll be just as hard to kill when you're level 170 and fully-equipped with upgraded gear.
Leading to the obvious question: What the heck is the point of playing at all?
If there's no improvement, and the same creature is equally difficult no matter what your level or your gear looks like, there doesn't seem much of a point to leveling up or getting better gear. At which point the game boils down to killing stuff for no reason. Which seems rather nihilistic, all in all.
Glad to know it's not just us. We played for about 2.5 hours last night and thought, "Wow. This has become tedious," because you had to be careful in every single fight, and then we gave up.
Hey, we have at least one bona fide Wisconsinite here, right? (and maybe more).
Is this really a holiday thing?
Special Holiday Treats
Some traditional holiday treats may have some special guidelines for safe seasonal enjoyment:
Tiger Meat or Cannibal Sandwiches: For some Wisconsinites, it’s a tradition to eat raw ground beef dishes, often referred to as tiger meat, steak tartare or cannibal sandwiches.
I wonder whether we have similar news sources and you're just a few hours ahead of me.
I'd never heard of such a thing, then a few hours after your post my Google newsfeed popped up with several such articles. I'd accuse Google of spying, but I didn't click your link and it was two different computers (one on VPN), so it was definitely "eerie coincidence".
Or just the news making its normal rounds. Take your pick.
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I wonder whether we have similar news sources and you're just a few hours ahead of me.
I use Feedly to subscribe to 125 rss feeds, sorted into 23 newspaper 'sections', that include a hyper-local newspaper, a county newspaper, and 'national' newspapers from three other countries (one in a foreign language).
It also includes feeds from deeply weird interests of mine (a constitutional law blog focused solely on the Supreme Court; a local newspaper for a 100-person village in Oklahoma; various science, tech, and cultural feeds, etc).
It is very likely that some of my feeds draw from the same sources as yours.
Yeah, I do Google and Yahoo News for skewed opinions "news", then Al Jazeera and the BBC for international, Reuters and AP for national, NPR for human interest, and then a trio of local newspapers to track local stuff.
EDIT: This set does leave me fairly blind to Asian news, but I work for a global tech company, so major events in India and China tend to send ripples throughout the workforce.
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I've just seen an advert for a stroopwaffel stout. This may be the very thing to cheer up Freehold, perhaps.
Skal!
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I've just seen an advert for a stroopwaffel stout. This may be the very thing to cheer up Freehold, perhaps.I would drink that.
Of course, my local cider company just released a Texas Pecan Pie seasonal cider, and I drank that, too.
I'm not proud.
SKAL!
IL only has 2 parts: Chicago and Southern Illinois. "Chicago" is the city itself, but some generous and kindly souls expand that to the near west suburbs like Oak Park, River Forest, or Forest Park. The rest of the state, regardless of distance or direction, is Southern IL.
Chicago folks think the Southern folks are crazy hicks. The Southern folks think Chicagoans are jerk-faces. But if it's ever a choice between IL people supporting each other versus having to be there for anyone from Indiana or Wisconsin, suddenly us IL people have to stick together dammit!
I note some tongue-in-cheek there. And yeah, there's a fair number of people that do think in those lines. Reality, as always, is far more nuanced.
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Night John.
3 day weekend starting tomorrow. Yay! Gonna last minute order gifts, do my twitch minecraft holiday stream, Have our second to last Pathfinder session for this year and prep for my last PF session of this year. all good times.
Didn't break out Jimmy Buffet for that one?
Fair.
YAAR, we be likin' 'em sCURVEY.
Oklahoma has that but My state has the best pick up line.
"Your the only ten I see."
Women usually tell me that I'm Ill-annoying.
That pun was so bad it knocked me to the Floor..ida.