Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:56 pm #198656

Bottom post of the previous page:

Is that where you work for a Nigerian Prince to set up his bank?

DrPillzRedux · Tue Jul 26, 2016 4:17 pm

First meeting with my bosses and my lawyer in two hours. Hype hype.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 4:54 pm #198681

An0n3 wrote:Yeah I heard that one of the insurance companies is hiring people in the area to work from home for something ridiculous like $18 an hour.

not sure if scam but kinda interested

Could be a complaints handler, when I worked for a bank I know the complaints team got paid a lot more money than us on the helpdesk... despite us dealing with the fuming fuckers first hand and taking the brunt of their aggression.

CosmicScientist wrote:That reminds me how a billboard at a train station advertised £30 grand a year for software work, "No experience required". I'm wondering what the deal was since the context felt weird, they didn't even specify the software work itself on the billboard if I remember.

Read the small print, probably something in there about it being a 'prospective' salary after some long probationary training period.
Good if they're actually willing to take on the cost of making you better, bit shit if they're expecting you to work 40 hours a week and then do extra learning in your own time.

Screemonster · Tue Jul 26, 2016 6:46 pm

Oh god I worked complaints once.
My favourite one that got "accidentally" sent to the rest of the department was the arachnophobe complaining that the reverse side of the £5 note had a nature scene that included a spider off in some corner, barely noticable but it meant they were now scared of money

like if it's really that crippling then perhaps it's the NHS you should be speaking to and not your bank

DrPillzRedux · Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:29 pm

Meeting done, they agreed to officially fire me and not contest an unemployment application, along with a severance pay of $8000. Only catch is I can't file a complaint.

The competing company wants to hire me but I wanna wait and enjoy a brief bit of neetdom.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:22 pm #198820

Don't wait on opportunities like that. Get it.

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:48 pm #198829

I hate being a neet for too long. I need structure. I do like long vacations though.

DrPillzRedux · Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:57 pm

ThanatosRa wrote:I hate being a neet for too long. I need structure. I do like long vacations though.

That's what I need right now. A nice long vacation to digest all this shit.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 12:44 am #198846

I took a political candidate test and got 74% Donald Trump.

Guess it's time to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 1:04 am #198850

Build the wall!

Around California, it's lost anyway.

Also, yeah. Don't keep oppertunities waiting too long

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 6:38 am #198903

Escape from L.A. was a bit of a naff movie, build it around new York instead

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:45 am #198910

An0n3 wrote:I took a political candidate test and got 74% Donald Trump.

Guess it's time to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

What test? I wanna see how hilariously biased it is.

Screemonster · Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:09 am

DemonFiren wrote:
An0n3 wrote:I took a political candidate test and got 74% Donald Trump.

Guess it's time to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
What test? I wanna see how hilariously biased it is.

[youtube]G0ZZJXw4MTA[/youtube]

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:59 pm #198961

DemonFiren wrote:
An0n3 wrote:I took a political candidate test and got 74% Donald Trump.

Guess it's time to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
What test? I wanna see how hilariously biased it is.

http://www.isidewith.com/

EndgamerAzari · Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:04 pm

I started working on my HTML homework when I got home last night around 9:30 and when I looked up it was 11:45. I know it's just HTML but this coding stuff really sucks you in.

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:05 pm #198963

I sneezed and it sounded like the clown honking

I haven't even played in years get out of my head

EndgamerAzari · Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:06 pm

CAN'T
STOP
CAN'T STOP THE HONK

Screemonster · Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:09 pm

Clearly Pierrot's throat

EndgamerAzari · Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:27 pm

My ribs hurt and I don't know why. I'm so damn mad at myself for letting myself gain back weight; every one of the 25 pounds feels like a year I've aged.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:08 pm #199008

[youtube]G9duxzL8Dfw[/youtube]

This series should be required watching for any aspiring IT people.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:18 pm #199013

XSI wrote:I sneezed and it sounded like the clown honking

I haven't even played in years get out of my head

I coughed so hard the other night I farted, and the fart smelled so bad I started coughing.

IrishWristWatch0 · Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:58 pm

There is a nail in my $165 tire. I'm very angry.

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Wed Jul 27, 2016 9:14 pm

Malkevin wrote:G9duxzL8Dfw
This series should be required watching for any aspiring IT people.

Hmmm... maybe I should get into IT. Become a sort of minor deity in the office.

IrishWristWatch0 · Wed Jul 27, 2016 9:39 pm

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON wrote:
Malkevin wrote:G9duxzL8Dfw
This series should be required watching for any aspiring IT people.

Hmmm... maybe I should get into IT. Become a sort of minor deity in the office.

Don't it's terrible. It's the worst thing in the world

EndgamerAzari · Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:18 am

Oh Christ someone else in the program asked me for help with HTML

NO YOU FOOL

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, MY CODE'S A MESS

I'LL DRAG YOU DOWN WITH MEEEEEE

IrishWristWatch0 · Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:29 am

EndgamerAzari wrote:Oh Christ someone else in the program asked me for help with HTML

NO YOU FOOL

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, MY CODE'S A MESS

I'LL DRAG YOU DOWN WITH MEEEEEE

That's why you go into digital forensics. I'm still CS but i do zero of the work

DrPillzRedux · Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:33 am

Out of interest I did 6 applications for companies around here and all 6 want me to come in for an interview. 3 years ago it was hard as fuck to find a job, what the hell happened?

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:38 am #199102

People realised that sure. The Indian or Chinese guy can do your job for 50 cents a day
But he's going to take 7 hours of break out of his 8 hour shift, get in semantics arguments for the remaining hour and cut every corner he can find.
What are you going to do about it? Travel all the way out there to check up on him? Didn't think so

Outsourcing is a trap, it sounds like they can get things done cheaply but then companies began to realise they get nothing done but still pay for it.

Takeguru · Post by **Takeguru** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:28 am #199112

My niece starts school on the 4th

This is absurd to me, because back home we didn't start school until September

I'm not complaining, though, I get to sleep during the day again

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:57 am #199116

XSI wrote:People realised that sure. The Indian or Chinese guy can do your job for 50 cents a day
But he's going to take 7 hours of break out of his 8 hour shift, get in semantics arguments for the remaining hour and cut every corner he can find.
What are you going to do about it? Travel all the way out there to check up on him? Didn't think so

Outsourcing is a trap, it sounds like they can get things done cheaply but then companies began to realise they get nothing done but still pay for it.

Or as in the case of the bank Natwest they royally screw up a database migration and completely fuck your business for three months

DrPillzRedux · Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:58 am

XSI wrote:People realised that sure. The Indian or Chinese guy can do your job for 50 cents a day
But he's going to take 7 hours of break out of his 8 hour shift, get in semantics arguments for the remaining hour and cut every corner he can find.
What are you going to do about it? Travel all the way out there to check up on him? Didn't think so

Outsourcing is a trap, it sounds like they can get things done cheaply but then companies began to realise they get nothing done but still pay for it.

You can't outsource the field I work in so uh.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:13 pm #199171

Experience is worth more than skills.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:12 pm #199178

Limbo as in Catholic purgatory or Limbo as in the thing where you get pissed up and try to squeeze under a bar?

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:03 pm #199183

He dropped his politics when you mentioned not being into broad things because it wasn't helping, at all, to talk about that more

And helping is what he tried to do the most.
It's a decent guess, really. Many depressed men under 30 get into the MRA or gamergate movements(Though GG is dead by now I'm sure), and one of the easiest ways to make someone feel like you care is by getting that guess right. Something to relate to at least.
Most of them care, but it's hard to give that feeling to people

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 4:10 pm #199204

DrPillzRedux wrote:You can't outsource the field I work in so uh.

Tailors in the 18th century thought the same thing. Look at what happened when the spinning jenny was invented.

Never assume that your job can't be outsourced, because unless you work in like national intelligence or what have you your job can and more than likely will be outsourced. Either to mr. Roboto or to mr. Punjabi Saahngil.

DrPillzRedux · Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:15 pm

Physically touching people bruh. That can't be replaced trust me.

THE MIGHTY GALVATRON · Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:24 pm

DrPillzRedux wrote:Physically touching people bruh. That can't be replaced trust me.

Oh you say that now but when we're able to plug our minds into the Google cloud hivemind. You won't be able to tell the difference.

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:00 pm #199233

DrPillzRedux wrote:Physically touching people bruh. That can't be replaced trust me.

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:03 pm #199238

DrPillzRedux wrote:Physically touching people bruh. That can't be replaced trust me.

Physically touching in it?

What are you doing?
Going around slapping the stupid users?

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:18 pm #199243

An0n3 wrote:
DrPillzRedux wrote:Physically touching people bruh. That can't be replaced trust me.

Japan.

Takeguru · Post by **Takeguru** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:29 pm #199269

Japan's aging population is a result of high life expectancy and low fertility rates
Fewer marriages, and those that do happen trend towards later in life
More women are working, and overall wages have declined so it's more of a challenge to have the time or money to raise a kid

It's also a self feeding issue
The young support the elderly, and because there's a massive percentage of elderly a lot of the young can't afford to have kids rinse repeat it's all ogre

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:40 pm #199273

The problem is that
>The young support the elderly

This right here is medieval style thinking. Get kids so they can work the land for you when you're too old for it. These days we need to be okay with the population stabilising because we have automation to deal with that. If an ageing population is a problem, then several generations of government have dropped the ball and failed to prepare for this

Timbrewolf · Post by **Timbrewolf** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:00 pm #199282

Our medical technologies are prolonging death but not prolonging life.

People are experiencing longer and longer periods where they are basically complete invalids and need to be taken care of, but not a proportionate increase in the length of time that they're able to still be independent and contributing members of society.

We need to ask ourselves the really tough question of what exactly life means to us, where the line between living a life and just being alive are.
You ever hear an elderly relative say they're only still alive because medicinal suicide is illegal and a sin? I'm not a religious guy but that stung.

The only times in our society where it's okay to die are if you're like...jumping on top of a hand grenade or horribly mutilated or sacrificing yourself for someone, etc.
"I'm in horrible pain, can't move, can only phase in and out of sleep"? NAH MAN YOU'RE JUST IN YOUR GOLDEN YEARS STOP TRYING TO GIVE UP

Ricotez · Post by **Ricotez** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 10:46 pm #199296

we're just keeping them alive in case we invent mind digitization and resleeving in their lifetimes

ThanatosRa · Post by **ThanatosRa** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:40 pm #199313

Jack Kavorkian was a good man. People should have the right to die if they want to especially in those situations.

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 2:29 am #199354

sleep patterns are like elastic. you can get away with bending them or stretching them but as time goes own it eventually'll snap. i feel like my face is going to slough off the rest of my body.

EndgamerAzari · Fri Jul 29, 2016 2:29 pm

My boss announced my upcoming departure today. I feel like I'm going to cry.

IrishWristWatch0 · Fri Jul 29, 2016 2:34 pm

EndgamerAzari wrote:My boss announced my upcoming departure today. I feel like I'm going to cry.

Go to the gym and lift away the pain. SUPASET

420weedscopes · Fri Jul 29, 2016 2:38 pm

i'm glad other people watch bro science

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 2:39 pm #199453

broscience is good but now all the normies watch him so i can possibly ever watch him because i wont be niche enough like smh

nsos · Post by **nsos** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:25 am #199620

i had a very long and whimsical journey through parts of philadelphia's chinatown after a show thanks to the subway home being out of service. my body is starting to creak and ache like that of a much older man