@SoylentGray Season 1 Episode 10: A slacking, pizza-eating programmer and clueless accidental executive, who uses mnemonic devices poorly and doesn't look like a Lord of The Rings character reviews the browser history of his workers only to discover that one of them is plotting to give herself cancer so she can get time off from work. Hilarity ensues!
Two years ago, before I was in my current role, I got someone fired. Let's call him John. Long story short, we had to ban Cheeto's from the entire office. I knew he would do something involving Cheeto's, so I "anonymously" ratted him out. Somehow, it became a rumor that I was involved with gettin...
Meme: Boiling milk in the kettle
Origin: The incident in this question
Cultural Height: September 2017
Background: TWP user Nofel (a.k.a cookiemonster) wanted to heat up some milk at work, reasoning that kettles heat water and milk is liquid like water he decided the electric kettle belonging ...
@MaskedMan It's ok Monica has taken steps and deleted the question
whether you consider the chat room to be part of the greater whole of TWP
tbh I'm not married to it... if people want it gone then I'm more than happy to get rid
for something that's supposed to be a light hearted demonstration of our community the whole thing seems to be causing a disproportionate amount of angst
A lot of it results from the confusion over whether it is meant to be lighthearted or serious. Calling the post a "handbook" certainly doesn't help matters.
@MaskedMan yeah no worries... I think I'm just starting to get the impression that the whole exercise was a mistake. I had one of my posts flat out deleted by lili because it was misinterpreted as a dig at people when it was actually the opposite. I'm not here to have a go at anyone
in fact I've just removed both my posts on there.. life's too short to have people misinterpreting my intentions and thinking I'm a dick
well when my peer was pushing me "we need someone for designing", "u did very good designing". I told him my work isn't designing there, it is engineering
@motosubatsu Absolutely! I deleted my "meme" there as well. I was confused by what those downvotes meant. I don't care about the downvotes, but it wasn't clear if the community disagreed that we voted to close too many questions or that they thought the meme was encouraging us to do it even more. Regardless, I don't want to make my life more complex worrying about what other people want to do. :)
I don't know. I'm not looking for anything. Usually when I want to buy something, I'll buy it and not wait for the sales. I don't really buy stuff I don't need because it's cheaper.
@Snow there's a good deal on the Logitech kit on amazon for £129..but then 'm going to need a stand for it (another ~£100+) and then I've spent over £200
@MaskedMan @motosubatsu when we did the Security memes post, we generally got agreement first (in chat) before the sets that named individuals. Just in case of upsetting anyone...
@RoryAlsop yeah I did that for one of them as it was something of a slightly "teasing" related one but I didn't for the other as I didn't think it was necessary as it was complimentary. Funnily enough the one where I was being "nice" about people is the one that got me a kicking from a mod suggesting that it was a personal attack
mea culpa really - I should remember that humor is not something that is universal
I've removed all my posts on it now to avoid any future confusion which I think is for the best - I'm going to blame it on my excessive lemsip consumption this week
You're lucky you just have lemsip. My partner makes me put my face over a bowl of boiling water that's had olbas oil dropped in it. It's like having holding your face over boiling paint stripper.
I also spent about four months last year in an office full of people who were constantly stressed and never recovered from whatever little infection they got
This is the first time I have done it (we helped a friend fund a new distillery a few years back) so thus far it has been experimenting. I sell the gin I've been making while waiting though...
@jserv after Christmas presents for family I may sell some :-)
Or, one of the things Strathearn Distillery offers in addition to the usual experience days is longer term learning secondments. I met one guy there who was on a three month visit from Scandinavia. Learning so he could go back and set up his own distillery
@jserv that's what I thought but apparently not - "It is illegal to manufacture spirits in the UK without a distiller's licence which is required under the provisions of section 12 of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 and this includes manufacture for "own/domestic use"."
looks like you're fine with wine and beer but not spirits
tbh I could probably do it and I doubt there would ever be any issue unless someone ratted me out, realistically though I'm probably too paranoid to risk it
@Snow yeah they are easily available.. and to be honest the chances of getting caught are probably negligible unless you're an idiot and are selling it to randomers
@Snow I did some model-making earlier in life..but soon learned I don't have the fine dexterity to make something that doesn't look like the work of a crazed toddler
I used to love making complicated machines with lego technic thoug
In all seriousness I actually have a fair amount of sympathy for the people at HMRC - they don't get to choose the policies they have to implement and they are basically guaranteed to be hated by just about everyone
sure they make mistakes and can be..difficult. But they can literally never do "right"
I was mocked, taunted, insulted and belittled by a colleague many times. One day, I got tired of this and in anger asked him to leave me alone. He is a type of a hooligan, always laughing loudly and foolishly and thinks that I am a weak person.
Now, he has started spreading rumors at my office,...
the original wording of the question used the phrase "He is an adult man, not a kid." which is an odd turn of phrase and it was used verbatim in the original version of this question as well:
One of my colleague was insulting me, making fun of me for no reason. In anger, I snubbed him and told him to get lost. From that day we have not talked. Its been 3 years now. I do not desire to change my job or office. I prefer to make this situation work. But for 3 years, he has been spreading...
Interview at a company I really want to work for, in a country I really want to live, on a team I really don't want be on. I can't decide if it's fortunate or unfortunate that I only managed to convey the last of those things.
5 + white, for a 3/5 ... good effect though, plays well with White, like those Angels I've seen that benefit from gaining life (something like if you gain at least 10 life in a turn then you opponent sucks your **** big time).
Not a magic player, but have seen it and actually tried a few times
Lol, sometimes arguing in comments can be really interesting, like when it's with one of you guys
but sometimes its a bit annoying at some point when users just want to argue...
I loled at the recurring strategy I use to encourage them to write their own answers in a polite way :)
@motosubatsu I made what I consider an extremely smart strategic decision back when I was 10, which was that I would play MTG, but only ever with other peoples' decks ^^
Duplo (trademarked as DUPLO) is a product range of the construction toy Lego, designed for children aged 1½ to 5 years old. Duplo bricks are twice the length, height and width of traditional Lego bricks, making them easier to handle and less likely to be swallowed by younger children. Despite their size, they are still compatible with traditional Lego bricks. Initially launched in 1969, the Duplo range has gone on to include sets with figures, cars, houses and trains.
Duplo is manufactured in Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
== History ==
Duplo bricks were introduced in 1969, in four colors: red, yellow...
Inspired by this Meta post:
Just as travelers' immune systems can be assaulted by new diseases in new places, new users are increasingly likely to be miffed by an ingrained meme and left sitting scratching their heads.
It seems natural1 to collectively create a compendium of the concepts an...
There are memes common to whole Stack Exchange. But after spending some time in The DMZ it becomes evident that Information Security has it's own memes (e.g. rory).
I therefore propose that this space be used to document the memes endemic to Information Security's culture.
One meme per answer p...
@DarkCygnus I think Sec.SE had been around a while and a core group of 10k+ regulars used those memes regularly in chat (and in posts) and when someone suggested making a collection. It didn't take long to gain approval. I'm sure there were ones that didn't get on the list...
Meme: Boiling milk in the kettle
Origin: The incident in this question
Cultural Height: September 2017
Background: TWP user Nofel (a.k.a cookiemonster) wanted to heat up some milk at work, reasoning that kettles heat water and milk is liquid like water he decided the electric kettle belonging ...
Inspired by this Meta post:
Just as travelers' immune systems can be assaulted by new diseases in new places, new users are increasingly likely to be miffed by an ingrained meme and left sitting scratching their heads.
It seems natural1 to collectively create a compendium of the concepts an...
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