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Elephant Ambush posted:Oh and for some reason the default suggestion from older women seems to be taking the first letter of each team member's name and trying to make a word out of them. This has never ever worked C'mon, you know why. The last book these people ever read probably had the word "Renesmee" in it.
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satanic splash-back posted:How many rock related puns do you make in an average workday? Most people have heard approximately one billion rock puns by the time they're done school, so you only hear them if someone's got a particularly good one ready. Or whenever someone remembers the mineral "cummingtonite" exists. Atopian posted:Sounds legit Next time someone brings up their granite countertops just hit em with one of these: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusive_rock#/media/File%3AIntrusive_big.png And if their countertop doesn't have a modal QAP ratio within the 20-60/10-65/35-90 boundary then you can tell them they don't know poo poo about rocks and that their countertop is a loving quartz monzonite and they've been had.
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May 21, 2022 03:31
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OPAONI posted:I want a gneiss countertop. I want a two-tone gneiss countertop with a 69 inlaid on it. Honestly if I can get that I'll probably die happy of meme countertop overload.
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May 21, 2022 03:45
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You could probably get that made pretty easily if you got the money to burn.
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May 21, 2022 03:49
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tired gay and dead posted:You could probably get that made pretty easily if you got the money to burn. I mean, I could probably theoretically afford it. If it was just me and I decided I wanted to spend grown up money on a stupid childish joke. The problem is I have a wife and I really don't know how I'd get her onboard.
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May 21, 2022 03:50
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I notice you've been sidestepping the lick question. Are geologists not allowed to lick rocks?
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I think it's only forbidden if you're mining or exploring for uranium or Mercury, but in general nobody really minds if you wanna expose yourself to small amounts of stuff that probably shouldn't be in your body.
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May 21, 2022 04:05
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geologists can crave a little mineral, as a treat
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May 21, 2022 04:30
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How often are bears a concern for you in your workplace? I have heard they are the natural predator of geologists due to their shared habitat (caves).
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tired gay and dead posted:I think it's only forbidden if you're mining or exploring for uranium or Mercury, but in general nobody really minds if you wanna expose yourself to small amounts of stuff that probably shouldn't be in your body. Uh, so geologists don't eat rear end?? Between this and your aversion to making puns and or jokes, you're eroding your own reputation at an astounding rate.
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May 21, 2022 04:47
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Tetrabor posted:C'mon, you know why. The last book these people ever read probably had the word "Renesmee" in it. I've only seen the RiffTrax version of the first Twilight movie and never engaged with the franchise outside of that, and yet I immediately knew what the reference was and I hate everything. Cyrano4747 posted:I mean, I could probably theoretically afford it. If it was just me and I decided I wanted to spend grown up money on a stupid childish joke. It's like $200 a square foot for something that will last forever if you mount it correctly and it doesn't break on the way to the house. My parents could see into all their cabinets for two months when their first one bounced just a little too hard on the way to their house.
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The mine I work at has half a dozen black bears that live in the area so we see them all the time, I think the noise keeps the grizzlies away and the kitchen guys used to dispose of grease in one of the ponds so the Bears kept swimming in it for years and skimming off the free grease calories. The bear specialists were really really pissed off when they found out about that lol If you're exploring in the bush you'll usually only see them if you're not vigilant with your bear calls or if you're further north and the tree line doesn't hide the grizzlies that well. As long as you make a lot of noise and you don't leave attractants around there's no reason you should have real trouble with bears. Helicopters are by far the most dangerous thing for geologists in general, I'm pretty sure the number one cause of death for geologists is helicopters.
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On the topic of dumb team names: I only worked at one megacorp, totally remote, and the team lead would also make us do Harry Potter themed questions or “get to know each other games”. I was pretty upfront about not having read those books since I was 11 and just sat out. I was told several times how all the break rooms on our floor at the office were themed with the different hogwarts houses. I was very happy I never had to step foot in there.
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May 21, 2022 05:10
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So geologists eat rocks, helicopters eat geologists, and I'm guessing rocks eat helicopters? How do the bears fit into this food web? Nature is wild. McGavin posted:What's the best rock you ever licked? Not a rock but I've tasted naturally occuring uranium salts and they taste like the blue stuff on the terminals of a failing car battery. Outrail fucked around with this message at 05:37 on May 21, 2022 |
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May 21, 2022 05:32
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Outrail posted:So geologists eat rocks, helicopters eat geologists, and I'm guessing rocks eat helicopters? How do the bears fit into this food web? This only leads to more questions! Also can confirm that rocks eat helicopters. Although many helicopters might become wounded while in the sky, they typically only die when they meet rocks.
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May 21, 2022 05:43
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Helicopters natural instincts are to explode and kill everyone on board by whatever means necessary rocks are just the most abundant object for them to use. The pilots job is simply to wrestle the helicopter into submission and prevent it from fulfilling its calling for as long as possible.
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Everett False posted:How often are bears a concern for you in your workplace? I have heard they are the natural predator of geologists due to their shared habitat (caves). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x6sM2ovFvs
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Marvel did produce Transformers comics in the '80s, so technically it could count as a Marvel product. We had to name our teams during our Lean Six Sigma training. The name we came up with was "Juran Juran" Those are 10 days I will never get back.
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My boss is leaving the company so they aren't putting in any effort to review promotions/don't care about budget management so Im just getting everyone on my team more money as a goodbye present from him to them.
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We divided our devs into two teams about a year ago and for some reason they were blue team and yellow team. We didn't name them, but I found out a few months later that team yellow renamed themselves "Team Beer", because gently caress it. 🍻
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Cyrano4747 posted:I mean, I could probably theoretically afford it. If it was just me and I decided I wanted to spend grown up money on a stupid childish joke. You clearly just need to find some way to give her something she wants at the same time.
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tired gay and dead posted:
This is a good team name, thanks.
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I liked geology better when it was underground. When it was about the rock, man. Anyway, if I had to name a team I'd suggest "Barbershop Quartet In Skokie"
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The Atlas Shrugged speech
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You'd think a place with a major income stream of outdoor wedding rentals would have grasped the idea of not letting the sprinklers spray everyone during the drat ceremony after having it happen more than once a year for 5+ years
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Team The Missile Knows Where It is
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Outrail posted:The Atlas Shrugged speech Runs into the same issue as the entire Bee Movie script: character limits.
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Team The Other Team No I Mean That's Their Name They're Not The Other Team
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A Stupid Baby posted:You'd think a place with a major income stream of outdoor wedding rentals would have grasped the idea of not letting the sprinklers spray everyone during the drat ceremony after having it happen more than once a year for 5+ years How many people said 'I thought you were taking care of that'? I deal with similar poo poo constantly. Terry Pratchett had a line that could be boiled down to 'Public property is no ones property' and it applies to tasks as well. If something needs to be done it needs to be given to a specific person with a deadline or it just gets ignored because 'i thought someone else would did it'. I'm getting increasingly frustrated that poo poo that I ask staff to do isn't getting done and it's pretty clear they're not thinking about why they're doing it in the first place. 'Oh I didn't realise you wanted it done like that', isn't good enough if it doesn't accomplish the objective after I've explained what what the objective is and why it needs to be done.
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Batterypowered7 posted:Work is now implementing some sort of hybrid seating where you don't get a dedicated cube if you're not in-office at least three days a week. Instead, areas are going to be sectioned off for each director in the company and workers just pick a station to work at for the day or two they are in the office (no idea what this setup looks like). The thing is, the company owns the buildings we work at, so I'm not quite sure what this accomplishes. Like, if we were renting two buildings and decided that eliminating dedicated workspaces for each employee meant we could downsize to only renting one building, then that would make sense. I'm just not sure what the goal is here ultimately. My wife thinks maybe the company's gonna rent out the empty space to smaller companies, but I don't know. From a "somewhat real cost efficiency" perspective there may be some way for the company to get government money or save on insurance if they can mark a floor as "unoccupied", or there may be a reduction in OSHA or regulatory requirements. From a "complete bullshit cost efficiency" perspective they might be able to do weird accounting like marking them as "underutilised rental facilities" and oh look now they're a potential profit generator and the company's paper value just jumped 10% at the next stockholder meeting bonuses all around! e: the other benefit of an empty floor is you can refurbish the building with minimal disruption by refurbishing the empty floor then shoving everyone from the next floor into it Splicer fucked around with this message at 15:16 on May 22, 2022 |
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Elephant Ambush posted:It blows my mind how uncreative and unimaginative people are e: I haven't seen no way home yet so maybe they're more well known than they used to be
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Elephant Ambush posted:It blows my mind how uncreative and unimaginative people are When I was in banking call center hell, we did some weird battleship game where we divided up into two teams to play the game for prizes. Each "lead" got your team a hit. I suggested we be called the "Hot Sailors!" (Arrested Development reference) Nobody else got it. The team looked at me funny, then went "OK." We lost. My current team calls themselves a slightly modified version of "Team Ram-rod" from Super Troopers. We end each daily standup by saying it. I now find it odd to end a group meeting without one. blackmet fucked around with this message at 18:51 on May 22, 2022 |
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A Stupid Baby posted:You'd think a place with a major income stream of outdoor wedding rentals would have grasped the idea of not letting the sprinklers spray everyone during the drat ceremony after having it happen more than once a year for 5+ years "Everyone will be sure to remember their event!"
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Outrail posted:How many people said 'I thought you were taking care of that'? Nobody knows who is actually supposed to be doing this (or anything else, specifically). I could theoretically volunteer to make sure that didn't happen but instead I'm gonna be part of the problem because I've learned my lesson about volunteering myself for things at nonprofits
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Another day, another stupid scheduling decision made by upper management. I worked an event over the weekend and came in today because my bosses really wanted this beer I made for a beer garden thing (means all you can drink for a set time here). They asked me multiple times if I could keg it today. They even asked yesterday. So I came in today and kegged it. I'm also taking Wednesday through Friday off in compensation. One of the major issues here has been a real lack of cold room space. This beer was supposed to eliminate that issue, because the place was going to come pick it up day of or whatever. So I contact my bosses saying I kegged the beer and asking if they'll be able to pick it up. One of them responds to say they'll be over to pick it up on the 31st. Great. This is an unpasteurized and unfiltered pale ale with a fairly hoppy profile. Without cold storage you're risking flavor issues. Why the gently caress did this need to be kegged so quickly? It would have been far better to keep it in the tank another week and package before it was needed. It was pretty loving easy to do. Pale ale all in 20 liter kegs. It took me all of an hour and a half minus set up and break down. Hell! If I kegged it the day before without cold room space that wouldn't be a huge issue.
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Dumbass coworker is now on consecutive business day 7 or 8 of not clocking in or working at all without scheduled time off/leave/etc. Still responds to messages from our manager I guess, just doesn't actually do any of their work. This is not the first time this year, even, that something like this has happened (it's at least the third or fourth). Somehow they still have a job (and, as far as I can tell, are still drawing a paycheck, albeit one missing a lot of hours). Everybody who was looking out for them has left the company already and they're in a very easily replaced position. Who the hell is their guardian angel?
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A Stupid Baby posted:Nobody knows who is actually supposed to be doing this (or anything else, specifically). I could theoretically volunteer to make sure that didn't happen but instead I'm gonna be part of the problem because I've learned my lesson about volunteering myself for things at nonprofits Lol 
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after a friend of mine started homebrewing i started to understand that brewing is more than *dump yeasaet/wheat in cointainer* *wait* so i appreciate your posts more. edit: i got fruit wine that he accidentlly added twice the sugar to. looking forward to his batch of bitter beer.
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Big Mackson posted:after a friend of mine started homebrewing i started to understand that brewing is more than *dump yeasaet/wheat in cointainer* *wait* so i appreciate your posts more. In many ways, it's still that. Just gotta control factors like temperature and stuff. Basically your pinch points are brew day and packaging. In between is a lot of waiting and maybe temperature adjustment.
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SkyeAuroline posted:Dumbass coworker is now on consecutive business day 7 or 8 of not clocking in or working at all without scheduled time off/leave/etc. Still responds to messages from our manager I guess, just doesn't actually do any of their work. This is not the first time this year, even, that something like this has happened (it's at least the third or fourth). If you find out how they do it, for the love of God tell us My money's on blackmail
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