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Tarantula posted:Public Freakout Compilation I started off being amused by this, but by about 2/3 through it I was thoroughly depressed.
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Apr 15, 2016 21:17
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JorgeHWB posted:
I take it there's a well known rivalry here?
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Apr 15, 2016 21:25
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JorgeHWB posted:
In Manchester, it doesn't matter how you secure your bike, I spotted this while out on a trek
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Apr 15, 2016 21:34
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I always wanted to go around with a bike chain breaker and add like 3 or 4 links to everyone's chain.
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Apr 15, 2016 21:48
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`Nemesis posted:A friend of mine - as part of his employers health insurance program, there was an annual blood test. If they detected nicotine in your blood then you had to pay extra for the insurance. I'd guess this is probably similar. Yeah my company does this, as well as testing for blood glucose and high cholesterol. Though, if you test positive for nicotine they allow you to take a phone in or web course over a few weeks to "quit smoking" and get your premium discount/money back.
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Apr 15, 2016 21:49
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There's a signpost in my neighborhood that has had an intact bike lock, but no bike, on it for ages. I like to think it's kept up there as a warning.
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Apr 15, 2016 21:57
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wait so whats to stop you from just saying you dont smoke?
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Apr 15, 2016 22:01
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im pooping! posted:wait so whats to stop you from just saying you dont smoke? The aforementioned blood tests which also check for nicotine? Kinda hard to fool one of those, I imagine. It might get you out of the surcharge/fine/whatever you want to call it for a year but you better take a break when the next test comes around.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:03
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im pooping! posted:wait so whats to stop you from just saying you dont smoke? Nothing, except if you get sick and the doctor says "Hey, this was caused by smoking.", then your policy is null and void.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:05
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Also it's any type of tobacco more than three times in the last six months, and e-cigs count against you. Also it's not just you but also any of your dependants. I still doubt they will actually test. The schadenfreude is on all Americans for living in a place where it's normal for your boss to fiddle around with your blood. You can enroll in the quit smoking program to stop getting charged every month, but even then the adjustment only comes around every six months, so you could complete the program and still pay 100/mo for five months. I don't smoke BTW, but if I did and told them about it that would more than double what I pay for my insurance.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:13
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Why don't you whine more about it? Just don't smoke problem solved.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:16
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Apr 15, 2016 22:23
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMOn5IRwijM
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Apr 15, 2016 22:28
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Well that escalated quickly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfsRm7x9vZ0
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Apr 15, 2016 22:32
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JorgeHWB posted:
This took me a minute, but I love this. Very wholesome schadenfreude.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:32
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radiatinglines posted:Also it's any type of tobacco more than three times in the last six months, and e-cigs count against you. Also it's not just you but also any of your dependants. I still doubt they will actually test. The schadenfreude is on all Americans for living in a place where it's normal for your boss to fiddle around with your blood. So what if you're exposed to secondhand smoke, that's going to turn up in the blood test, right? But you don't smoke...
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Apr 15, 2016 22:35
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Fuzzy Mammal posted:Why don't you whine more about it? Just don't smoke problem solved. Stop having lovely lungs and go get augmented already.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:38
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Avenging_Mikon posted:Every job I've had where people smoke they take more than their allotted breaks. Four smoke breaks on a four hour shift wasn't uncommon. Who gives a poo poo? Are you their mommy, or their boss? If they're getting their work done and functioning, keep your big fat nose out of it. The amount of productivity you get from a happy and mentally balanced worker who is able to take a breather when needed is SO MUCH MORE valuable than the 'lost productivity' of the breaktime, it's insane. And, the amount of breaks someone needs during a work day is going to be different from person-to-person, not something that can be systemtatically allotted in an effective way. And yeah, some people may go to far with it, in which case, if it IS a problem, let their boss handle it. And if you're their boss, seriously evaluate if it's having an effect on the team, or if you're just exercising petty control. EDIT: Also yeah, I am honestly horrified about the mucking about with blood tests to 'gotcha' employees. That's terrifying. Think of all the money going into paying the salaries of people who just sit there tallying up and obsessing over who is smoking. I bet you right there, firing that person or service would save you $100/employee. StrangersInTheNight has a new favorite as of 22:48 on Apr 15, 2016 |
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Apr 15, 2016 22:42
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StrangersInTheNight posted:And, the amount of breaks someone needs during a work day is going to be different from person-to-person, not something that can be systemtatically allotted in an effective way. Actually, they can be systematically allotted, because that's how breaks work.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:46
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Well, people TRY to systematically allot them. But systems are very rarely followed with strict integrity, nor SHOULD they be - at least, not if an employee is being honest and taking care of their own needs properly. Systematically allotted breaks are a joke and, rarely enough time for someone to actually step away. Personally, I need myself needing about a 5min break every hour, which could be different for someone else - maybe they'd like to take one solid 30mins to get away instead. It's the naive manager who browbeats employees over minutes of time. And it's the petty co-worker who tracks his cohorts and gets bitter about who takes more break time.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:51
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Actually, they can be systematically allotted, because that's how breaks work. Yeah, smoker's try to pull the 'why do you care?' a lot. I don't care about them as person in any way. But the gymnastics they do to justify why they deserve more breaks or why it's unfair that they're starting to be called to task for burdening a group insurance policy for their bad decisions is pretty drat funny.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:52
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Also I don't smoke, I am just a manager who hates this sort of attitude because it is bad management. And bad behavior in general. Stop policing others and keep your eyes on your own papers, children.
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Apr 15, 2016 22:53
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Lol at any company that gives breaks
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Apr 15, 2016 22:56
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Considering obesity doesn't require a blood test to prove I say we charge fats the same amount as smokers. Also everyone talking about this should go smoke a dogs dick cause these derails are loving miserable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwZ10aJVvn0
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Apr 15, 2016 23:03
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Na'at posted:Also everyone talking about this should go smoke a dogs uncircumcised dick cause these derails are loving miserable.
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Apr 15, 2016 23:17
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Taking a break assumes I was working in the first place. 2.2 million dollar poo
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Apr 15, 2016 23:45
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Ragequit posted:Well that escalated quickly Every once in a while you stumble across pure gold in this thread.
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Apr 15, 2016 23:52
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Na'at posted:Considering obesity doesn't require a blood test to prove I say we charge fats the same amount as smokers. They actually do. A new thing is "Know your numbers" where you receive discounts on your premium based on how healthy you are. These include smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol, and waist size. So yeah, they'll get to all of us eventually. First they came for the smokers and I did not speak out - because I was not a smoker.
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Apr 15, 2016 23:57
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:Taking a break assumes I was working in the first place. Amazing. Also, quit the derail, friends.
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Apr 16, 2016 00:06
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God Hole posted:Every once in a while you stumble across pure gold in this thread. I love how their reaction is to jump up and down, try to scream at a pitch to break glass, and attack the lamp, smashing it onto the floor.
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Apr 16, 2016 00:21
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Kurieg posted:Someone typed "rm -rf /". Which is the nuclear option in terms of deleting data in a unix system. Sorta. It was (supposedly) a script, where they wanted to "rm -rf $someDirectory/$someFile". The problem is: if you forgot to set what you actually want $someDirectory and $someFile to be, the system goes "huh. $someDirectory doesn't mean anything, so I'll just use a blank value instead  ".So instead of $someDirectory getting substituted for the location of the file you want to delete, and $someFile getting substituted for the file, the resulting command is just "rm -rf /".
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Apr 16, 2016 00:26
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Baronjutter posted:I love how their reaction is to jump up and down, try to scream at a pitch to break glass, and attack the lamp, smashing it onto the floor. The best part is they scream like the cat guillotined itself with the lamp shade when it was just stuck and ended up being fine once it got out.
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Apr 16, 2016 00:38
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Apr 16, 2016 00:50
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:Taking a break assumes I was working in the first place. the article posted:Employees Jack Lowe and Dennis Reynolds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1WKCEEnbk8
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Apr 16, 2016 01:10
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Man films mom trying Tesla Autopilot: https://www.facebook.com/Carbuzzcom/videos/1094816437244803/
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Apr 16, 2016 01:13
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JorgeHWB posted:
No one is going to steal that lovely beach cruiser bike. They weigh like 60 pounds, and are single speed  . I lived in the dorms for a while at my uni, and the bike racks were filled with beach cruisers slowly rusting away in the rain.
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Apr 16, 2016 01:39
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Ragequit posted:Well that escalated quickly The audio on this is what I would expect if the cat was being slowly lowered into a wood chipper backwards. And if the cat was that girl's parents.
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Apr 16, 2016 01:50
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Captain Lavender posted:The audio on this is what I would expect if the cat was being slowly lowered into a wood chipper backwards. And if the cat was that girl's parents. I thought that there was no bulb in the lamp and the cat had somehow got a paw in the bulb socket and was being electrocuted. That's the only way all of that audio makes sense.
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Apr 16, 2016 02:22
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A White Guy posted:No one is going to steal that lovely beach cruiser bike. They weigh like 60 pounds, and are single speed You would be right if it were not for the huge hipster presence and the large vagrant population in Tempe.
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Apr 16, 2016 02:39
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