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boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich

pretty sure this is illegal but also good luck getting them to knock it off

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DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness

quote:

I laid out my plight: tall, fit man seeking partner to engage in protected sex while being coached by cartoon figures on a laptop and wearing Fitbits.
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zakharov
Nov 30, 2002

:kimchi: Tater Love :kimchi:
Shut the gently caress up about help desks.

Mirthless do you ever wonder why you consistently end up at the center of every boring, interminable derail? It's probably just coincidence.

Barudak
May 7, 2007


Oh embezzlement just a thing you do when young and naive on accident.

Cough Drop The Beat
Jan 22, 2012

by Lowtax

Mirthless posted:

You work at a how to help desk and that describes like 5 or 10% of the corporate IT industry. Most companies don't hire help desk people to teach the accountants who put excel on their resume how to do excel, they just fire those people for not knowing how to do what they were hired for.

There will always be help desk jobs, but the days of huge it departments for non tech companies are coming to an end.

Hahahahaha! I work for the state in a fairly high level IT support role. Your world would be shattered if you saw the people who I deal with on a daily basis who are so-called senior "infrastructure specialists" making six figures who don't know how to perform basic troubleshooting before sending my team their tickets. They have no clue how Outlook shared mailboxes or room resources work and panic when the most basic issues arise. People like this are virtually immune to termination and have obscene job security. Oh man. You have no idea. I know application support guys who are paid $80k and sit on their phones all day playing mobile games who have no clue what their software does. The rabbit hole goes so deep. :laffo:

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Dead Cosmonaut posted:

Is this just unique to France? My study abroad in the Czech Republic was exactly the opposite.

I lived in the Czech Republic a while and it's like the greatest freaking country, I loved that place.

WoodrowSkillson
Feb 24, 2005

*Gestures at 60 years of Lions history*

Pick posted:

I lived in the Czech Republic a while and it's like the greatest freaking country, I loved that place.

I only visited the CR and Poland for 10 days, and everyone I met was friendly, helpful, and fun as hell to go out with. A+ would go again.

Yawgmoth
Sep 10, 2003

This post is cursed!

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

Hahahahaha! I work for the state in a fairly high level IT support role. Your world would be shattered if you saw the people who I deal with on a daily basis who are so-called senior "infrastructure specialists" making six figures who don't know how to perform basic troubleshooting before sending my team their tickets. They have no clue how Outlook shared mailboxes or room resources work and panic when the most basic issues arise. People like this are virtually immune to termination and have obscene job security. Oh man. You have no idea. I know application support guys who are paid $80k and sit on their phones all day playing mobile games who have no clue what their software does. The rabbit hole goes so deep. :laffo:
Yes but imagine how well they would all (suddenly and without any additional effort involved) work if you dropped the IT department and replaced them with a wiki page! :downs:

MF_James
May 8, 2008
I CANNOT HANDLE BEING CALLED OUT ON MY DUMBASS OPINIONS ABOUT ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY. I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT I KNOW THINGS HERE

INSTEAD I AM GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT IN OTHER THREADS SO MY OPINION CAN FEEL VALIDATED IN AN ECHO CHAMBER I LIKE

The only question I can ask the thread is this:

Why the gently caress have you not ignored Mirthless yet?

LethalGeek
Nov 4, 2009

Gaunab posted:

Grabby Sister
Idk just let the sister be a giant flirt but don't actually you know gently caress her. Or :sever: from it all.

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

Mirthless posted:

You work at a how to help desk and that describes like 5 or 10% of the corporate IT job market. Most companies don't hire help desk people to teach the accountants who put excel on their resume how to do excel, they just fire those people for not knowing how to do what they were hired for.

There will always be help desk jobs, but the days of huge it departments for non tech companies are coming to an end.

Can you just accept you're the odd one out here with your tech savvy old staff?

There is a vast majority of adults who think computers are magic.

Cough Drop The Beat
Jan 22, 2012

by Lowtax

Yawgmoth posted:

Yes but imagine how well they would all (suddenly and without any additional effort involved) work if you dropped the IT department and replaced them with a wiki page! :downs:

Oh, I'm not even bothering to go into the non-technical non-IT staff who regularly send us tickets for their non-issues who have absolutely no clue what's going on and are paid crazy good money as an accountant/controller/researcher/etc. 😂

the bitcoin of weed
Nov 1, 2014

MF_James posted:

The only question I can ask the thread is this:

Why the gently caress have you not ignored Mirthless yet?

I have been conditioned to hate him from seeing his awful posting on other subforums so seeing him dogpiled for being a loving moron every 2 pages is deeply satisfying

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

Pretty sure this thirsty, desperate loser fits perfectly in this thread.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2017/02/06/single-men-are-having-less-sex-than-you-think/


Why yes, I love the sexual marketplace. :awesomelon:

how is this not an e/n post

LethalGeek
Nov 4, 2009

Fullhouse posted:

I have been conditioned to hate him from seeing his awful posting on other subforums so seeing him dogpiled for being a loving moron every 2 pages is deeply satisfying

I [idk 35?M] with long hair keeps getting told I'm wrong by strangers. Is it me or them?

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
The last stuff to be automated is going to be the stuff that requires good communication skills, like sales and IT troubleshooting and whatnot. That's one of the reason that tech skills are far less important to job security than exceptional people skills. Thankfully I've got both because I love computers and people! :keke:

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

Pretty sure this thirsty, desperate loser fits perfectly in this thread.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2017/02/06/single-men-are-having-less-sex-than-you-think/


Why yes, I love the sexual marketplace. :awesomelon:

Nothing gets a girl wet like "I'm sure you're so ugly you think no guy would ever want you, but I'm so hard-up for a hole that I'll shove myself in there. No need to tell me your real name, I'm not that invested."

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
By the way, the reason those jobs won't be automated is the same logic for which guys get laid. You can have a mansion but if you call out, "Sex-hole! Sex-hole! What's-your-face, where are you?? SEXXXX-HOOOLLLEEEE?" your marriage might not last as long as with the fella who respects his SO and tells her she has pretty eyes.

boner confessor
Apr 25, 2013

by R. Guyovich

Pick posted:

The last stuff to be automated is going to be the stuff that requires good communication skills, like sales and IT troubleshooting and whatnot. That's one of the reason that tech skills are far less important to job security than exceptional people skills. Thankfully I've got both because I love computers and people! :keke:

yeah half the time when i go on a business trip i'm a glorified babysitter to the engineers, to interpret for them and to make sure they get to their hotel/plane on time and don't wander off and get drunk at night

value-brand cereal
May 2, 2008

MF_James posted:

The only question I can ask the thread is this:

Why the gently caress have you not ignored Mirthless yet?

No point when everyone quotes their posts!

Also Pick why on earth are you triple posting?

china bot
Sep 7, 2014

you listen HERE pal
SAY GOODBYE TO TELEPHONE SEX
Plaster Town Cop

value-brand cereal posted:

No point when everyone quotes their posts!

Also Pick why on earth are you triple posting?

this is actually r/pick&mirthless now

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS
Please stop talking about your IT helpdesks. There are whole forums for that, I guess. Mirthless please chill the gently caress out about....everything.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

boner confessor posted:

yeah half the time when i go on a business trip i'm a glorified babysitter to the engineers, to interpret for them and to make sure they get to their hotel/plane on time and don't wander off and get drunk at night

This was me as a grad student, for the professors :doh:

Yawgmoth
Sep 10, 2003

This post is cursed!

Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:

Please stop talking about your IT helpdesks. There are whole forums for that, I guess. Mirthless please chill the gently caress out about....everything.
Yeah but SH/SC is way slower than this thread

VanSandman
Feb 16, 2011
SWAP.AVI EXCHANGER

Pick posted:

The last stuff to be automated is going to be the stuff that requires good communication skills, like sales and IT troubleshooting and whatnot. That's one of the reason that tech skills are far less important to job security than exceptional people skills. Thankfully I've got both because I love computers and people! :keke:

You love turning dead animals into statues

No I don't know why I keep bringing this up, I guess taxidermy is inherently funny to me

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

VanSandman posted:

You love turning dead animals into statues

No I don't know why I keep bringing this up, I guess taxidermy is inherently funny to me

I actually don't taxidermy, at all. I collect taxidermy.

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

Yawgmoth posted:

Yeah but SH/SC is way slower than this thread

go post there exclusively anyway

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸
Mirthless has died on so many hills that you could build a new hill entirely out of the Mithless corpses which Mirthless would immediately die on

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Splicer posted:

Mirthless has died on so many hills that you could build a new hill entirely out of the Mithless corpses which Mirthless would immediately die on

the seven hills of mirthless' posting history, upon which the rome of badposting was constructed

WrenP-Complete
Jul 27, 2012

Guess what the keyword is.

I bought my girlfriend a ring, but now I'm worried whether to give it to her or not.

quote:


I'm a 21 year old male, my girlfriend is 23. We have been dating for about 2.5 years now and I love her to death. I had a crush on her for a couple of years in highschool, we ended up going to the same college and started dating at the end of my freshman year.

She went shopping with her mom right after thanksgiving and found this ring that she thought was really pretty. She told me about it that night and I became determined to make that her Christmas present. The ring is very pretty, its a three stone aquamarine ring with tiny diamonds surrounding it. Needless to say, this ring was a bit of a stretch for me financially, my only source of income is from working at my college's IT helpdesk.

I was very proud of myself for getting her the ring she wanted. I've been teasing her with litte hints for about a week now; however, some of the hints have been misinformation. I'm planning on wrapping it up in a giant box and putting smaller boxes inside, with a sheet of instructions to kinda make a game out of her unwrapping the present. All in all I wanted this Christmas to be really special for her because I love seeing her smile, and its all the better when my actions are the reason for it.

Today, my best friend called me and informed me that my present might not be the best idea. Apparently "women don't see a ring as just jewelry," as he puts it. I've become really alarmed about what he has said and I'm worried that she'll take ther ring to mean more than what I intend it to. Until today, I had no idea what a promise ring is, I'm pretty ignorant to 'accepted customs' and such. As I've said, I love her, but I still have 2 years left on my undergrad and then another 2-3 for my masters. I have no intentions of getting married(or engaged really) for quite a while.

We have talked about marriage on a few occaisions, and she looks at it the same way I do for the most part. I don't want her to take this ring as some sort of promise ring or something, I just want to give her something pretty that reminds her of me and makes her smile. Can I give her this for Christmas and expect her not to take it as something more? Should I preface it by saying that it doesn't change anything that we've said before? Or am I just being selfish or silly?

TL;DR: I bought my girlfriend a ring she wanted for Christmas. I don't want her to take it as a promise ring or something.

helpdesk

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
That best friend, who I assume is a dude, is stupid as hell lol.

Space Crabs
Mar 10, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
It's pretty bizarre that insulting IT helpdesk workers gets a stronger response than sister loving

robots will be loving all of our sisters by 2024 anyway

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Moridin920 posted:

That best friend, who I assume is a dude, is stupid as hell lol.

I've had a lot of relationships dampened, at best, by the guy having a terrible best friend he listens to. if you have a lovely best friend, who has no success with women ever, be mindful of taking his advice "on girls"

Splicer
Oct 16, 2006

from hell's heart I cast at thee
🧙🐀🧹🌙🪄🐸
I though that up yesterday but didn't have time to post it, but I wasn't worried because I knew no matter when I had a chance to catch up witht he thread Mirthless would still be here, adding another corpse to the pile

Hughlander
May 11, 2005

LethalGeek posted:

Idk just let the sister be a giant flirt but don't actually you know gently caress her. Or :sever: from it all.

If she's patting the inner thigh now and escalating for he past six months just letting her be a flirt is going to lead to a how you doing handy inside another two...

LGD
Sep 25, 2004

Pick posted:

Nothing gets a girl wet like "I'm sure you're so ugly you think no guy would ever want you, but I'm so hard-up for a hole that I'll shove myself in there. No need to tell me your real name, I'm not that invested."

That's a, uh, really weird way of reading intentions behind something that was clearly set up and advertised as a magazine assignment and makes me think you might be projecting onto him just a wee bit.

Like it's extremely unsurprising he wouldn't get any takers, and consequently it's kind of a weird inclusion in an article about the difficulties of regular single men, but I'm pretty sure there was no judgement of appearance or prospects implied, and the offer to use a pseudonym was for the article he planned to write about the weird freaky sexercise routine.

LGD fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Feb 7, 2017

Cough Drop The Beat
Jan 22, 2012

by Lowtax

Moridin920 posted:

That best friend, who I assume is a dude, is stupid as hell lol.

Yup. While OP is definitely socially awkward and dorky as hell, his best friend is a moron and he should never listen to him in any serious capacity again. Buying a ring for your long-term girlfriend as a nice Christmas gift, just like a necklace, bracelet, watch, yoga pants, or anything that is meaningful to her.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

LGD posted:

That's a, uh, really weird way of reading intentions behind something that was clearly set up and advertised as a magazine assignment and makes me think you might be projecting onto him just a wee bit.

Like it's extremely unsurprising he wouldn't get any takers, and consequently it's kind of a weird inclusion in an article about the difficulties of regular single men, but I'm pretty sure there was no judgement of appearance or prospects implied, and the offer to use a pseudonym was for the article he planned to write about the weird freaky sexercise routine.

I only read like two paragraphs of it because the "sexual marketplace" comment beneath made me infer I didn't have to, though his profile is still lame as hell though he's quite conventionally attractive so lol on him

Ride The Gravitron
May 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Nothing left to do but enjoy the happy ending massages

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Cough Drop The Beat
Jan 22, 2012

by Lowtax

Pick posted:

I only read like two paragraphs of it because the "sexual marketplace" comment beneath made me infer I didn't have to, though his profile is still lame as hell though he's quite conventionally attractive so lol on him

There's nothing like a toxic, unattractive personality to make every girl on Tinder cream their chair! :mrgw:

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