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Benny the Snake posted:Me and my brother are adults. We still live with our parents and neither of us are employed. No, you're not. Second part sort of contradicts the first. Given the situation, you're basically a 15 year old. quote:On this night, my brother, who I will call Danny, was watching some TV show. I think it was Chicago Fire. Well, one particular scene included two women kissing eachother. My mom was doing work on the family computer next to her and saw the scene. Since homosexuality is, according to my parents, a sin, she demanded my brother to turn it off. Danny refused and things escalated. He insults her, she gets belligerent, and then she rushes after him to take away his cellphone. The two of them rush into my room where I'm typing away something for my blog and she starts getting violent. My dad comes in to hold her back and I threaten to call the police if she doesn't calm down. My mom retreats to the living room while Danny stews away here in the room. Chicago fire has girl/girl? Hawt. Tell your dumbfuck brother to change the channel when mom asks him to on the TV she loving paid for, dumbass. quote:Now the underlying issue is, besides our choices in media consumption, financial issues. My brother alone owes Mom about a thousand dollars in credit card bills. Money is tight and Dad is receiving unemployment benefits while doing part-time work. Mom is working as a teaching assistant while taking classes to earn her credentials. Since none of us make an income, we are unable to contribute significantly into groceries or rent. So the whole culture clash between our parent's conservative views on morality and our more liberal sense on what media we consume was ultimately the trigger to the larger stresses of financial uncertainty. So, your folks are struggling, and have to pay for two dumbass kids still living at home who won't work. In addition to not chipping in, your brother is running up CC bills on dumb poo poo. They're probably at the age where they figured they were going to be empty nesters and look at retirement in a few years. Now they're stuck with you guys who suck money, unemployment for your dad and no end in sight. That's kind of a stressful situation. Your mom is supporting a family of 4 when she should at least have 2 full grown adults supporting somewhat by working part time jobs. Instead she has 2 14 year olds. Can I go for the E/N trifecta and assume neither of you two drive either? quote:Now here's the thing. My mom has threatened and demanded us to throw out anything we hold on to that is sinful in nature before. The last time was a giant freak out when she saw me watching porn on my computer. She went as far as to threaten to throw my computer out, stop paying for internet, throw the TV out, etc. I counter with telling her that I'll press charges of theft and property destruction. She turns around and tells me she can have me thrown out of the house. Dad, while not as belligerent, more or less agrees with her. To put it simply, I live in a house where my family wants to censure what we can read, watch, and listen to in this house and doesn't want us holding anything that would be deemed offensive to their beliefs. Since this whole thing started over a lesbian kissing scene, you can pretty much figure out their views on what's offensive. Your parents aren't going to bring you up in front of Congress and slap your hand. They want to *censor* it. And for god's sake, you live at home, jerk off at night, how do you get caught watching porn by your mom at 22+ years old? quote:And that's pretty much our situation. I collect comics and a substantial number of them are mature-rated indie series stored away in boxes. I can see that over the horizon, my parents are going to go thru my collection and demand that I throw them out. Goons, this collection has been done over a couple of years and as childish as it may sound, there's a real sentimental and monetary value to them. I love comics. I love reading them and collecting them. As much as I am in no position to live independently, I still feel I have a right to buy, consume, and own whatever media I chose. And for them to destroy or throw it out would be what I feel is destruction of personal property. But ultimately they have the leverage of this being their place and the ability to throw us out if they choose. What do we do, Goons? Do we rent a place to hide our books, games, and movies away? Should we confront them about all this? Neither of us can move out at the moment or rent a place together, so we're dependent on the lodging, food, and utilities that our parents provide. What should we do? You shut the gently caress up and put your poo poo away in boxes. Or, you sack up, realize you're an adult, get a job that pays actual money and move out. You've got 2 grown adults, you two can afford a lovely studio apartment if you both pick up jobs at taco bell.
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Vietnamwees posted:
You're pretty far along that-thar autism spectrum, aren't ya?
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Benny the Snake posted:Well I applied the same drat day Devyl sent me the link. Also right next to "detailing", the editor asked me if I had any automotive experience too...which I don't have to the level of what a car magazine editor wants. I could've BS'd him, but the way I figure, I would've been called out eventually so I told him the truth. You're really, really, really bad at interviews. How did you graduate with a liberal arts major and not know how to bullshit? For god's sake, read autoblog and jalopnik, 75% of the writers there don't know poo poo about cars either. Go watch some top gear on netflix.
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Apr 2, 2013 17:11
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juche mane posted:OP do you have friends and/or a sex life? That fell apart, She got really pissed when he handed her tongs and a spatula after she requested a towel.
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Apr 22, 2013 21:32
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Benny the Snake posted:I told him "Yes, I'm positive I put my two weeks before leaving" while in my head I'm panicking, wondering if it's me or something else killing the canary. It's not arrogance or contempt, it's panic, pure and simple. McDonald's is a very easy place to get a job and I was a good worker for them. I have no illusions: I'm working as a crew member and I'm in absolutely no place to ask for a management position. But right now I'm just scared Jesus Christ dude. Does talking to other human beings throw you for a loop or something? "Yes, I'm Positive I did" sounds like such a bullshit answer. I'd figure you were lying to me if that's what I got. The answer is "yea". That's it. It's McDonalds. They hire mouth breathers and individuals with a few extra chromosomes. It was 6 years ago. Whatever manager you gave notice to no longer works there. They have no way of verifying. A simple "yes" and no one is going to try to do anything else to verify. An overly qualifying bullshit statement? That's a flag.
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Apr 25, 2013 14:41
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Meow Tse-tung posted:Didn't know it was a national chain, never mind then. I've just seen enough threads over the years where goons decide to hassle the OP when they post personal info like that that I think it's a universally bad idea. So, because you see other people doing dumb poo poo online, you feel the need to jump in and say "me too"? I've never grasped the paranoia people have on this forum.
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Geoj posted:Unless you're talking about a position requiring a security clearance this is the point where I'd close the browser session or tear up the application. What's next - "employment contingent upon HR being given unfettered access to your place of residence for a 24 hour period"? The example that most gets cited when someone brings this up was of an application for a prison guard in I want to say either illinois or minnesota. Basically they were scouring FB accounts for gang affiliation indicators and activity. Which, sadly, makes perfect sense if you're dealing with people applying to be a prison guard.
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Apr 29, 2013 14:38
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Morby posted:How did you not ask about what the job entails and what the daily expectations were? http://youtu.be/CyDvg4oRAbM?t=58s Pretty much that.
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Apr 30, 2013 02:37
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ClemenSalad posted:I honestly think his family isn't half as bad as he makes them out to be. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3531379&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post412074647 I think I pretty much said that 6 months ago.
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Manic Mailman posted:I think he might have gotten into the picking up sticks business full time. Dude, he's renovating the sticks. Get it right.
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Jul 19, 2013 16:05
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Benny, serious question, are you ESL? Your writing screams of someone who learned English later in life, and is trying too hard to sound smart but failing miserably. It reads like a half-hearted mash of a second year college student trying to write a "professional" level paper, but being handicapped by sixth grade vocabulary and grammar usage.
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Aug 8, 2013 21:43
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XAsi_5lmzU I'm sure I'll get lit up for posting a Family Guy clip, but jesus, you can't get much more accurate.
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Aug 9, 2013 16:31
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A Platinum Turtle posted:Benny, if you want, I could give you some pointers on how to write your reviews (mostly how to structure them better, because that really needs some improvement), because I really think that if you just put a little more effort into it, you could massively improve your reviews. But only if you say that you actually want some help with this, because I feel that right now, you don't want to put any effort in improving and are just making excuses for not trying to improve. And that's just lazy. I think I've asked this three times in this thread and gotten ignored every time. Benny, is English your first language? Your writing ability suggests it's not.
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Aug 11, 2013 15:21
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WampaLord posted:We're at the "Goon throws down a set of schematics and parts for a jetpack" stage of the goon in the well, aren't we? I own the "Dr Suess goes to war" book that all of these are pulled from. He basically either scanned the comics or pulled them off of a web page and posted them chronologically. How does this imply some sort of competance?
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Aug 12, 2013 21:29
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cname posted:What would you be doing at the recycling plant? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mClfU2NStY Yep.
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Grandpa is about to get wacked in the head with a serving tray.
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Can someone enlighten me on the Pokemon thing? I mean, I'm "old" at this point, but the last time I remember hearing about Pokemon was what, the mid-late 90's? Is this still a thing? The fact that there's now two useless manchild threads in here with that being a key focal point, I don't get it?
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Oct 28, 2013 19:32
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Do it ironically posted:You post about wrestling and call people manchildren for playing pokemon? Well, no, that's actually not what I wrote, but good attempt at reading comprehension there. I'll type slower next time.
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Oct 28, 2013 20:07
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cname posted:What the gently caress are you doing, in here? You wonder in, talk about kids, pokemon and being old. Here's what you do, gramps. Go to https://www.google.com enter "Pokemon" with your two index fingers, hit the "Google Search" button and read about Pokemon. That is a lot of ire raised over a Japanese kids cartoon.
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Oct 28, 2013 20:19
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Wangsbig posted:Wait so after literally one year's time the OP's progress is filling out an unemployment form? It's like a big, beautiful glacier that calls in hungover.
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Jan 16, 2014 14:23
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Grin and Tonic posted:four words: ice cream truck driver It still blows my mind how a 25-26 year old living in the US can not have a license. He lives out in suburban shithole Southern California, so it's not like he has mass transit at his fingertips either. Seriously, what does this kid *do* all day?
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OrganizedInsanity posted:Its depressing that out of all the E/N topics to choose from, goons have latched onto Benny as their project Path of least resistance. There's nothing "wrong" with the kid, he doesn't have some physical disability, nor any real mental problems. He's just a fat, lazy 26 year old sack of poo poo that's managed to do absolutely nothing with his life save for acquiring a degree from a community college. He's been coddled his whole life and still lives at home. He's reliant on his parents for everything, doesn't drive and doesn't work. He has no adversity, save for a mom that sounds sick of dealing with his freeloading rear end. If anything, this should be easy. Light a fire under his rear end, get him out of the house, earning money, procuring transportation and trying to get him to act like something resembling a human being. I mean, I've done it. The lovely cart monkey job, food service, buy a car, move on out, etc. Granted, I was 15 years old and not twenty-loving-six, but hey, neither here nor there. I think everyone has managed to underestimate just how lazy and comfortable someone can be.
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I feel sorry for the people about to be hit in the face with dead rats.
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Feb 10, 2014 19:11
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I've come up with a disturbing realization. Mid 20's, fat, socially inept and hilariously awkward. Can't hold even the simplest menial job and loses them in comical ways. Fancies themselves a "writer", has a degree in it, yet never works on a major work, and any examples of work they produce are atrocious. Serial procrastinator. Hates their family but is completely financially reliant on them. Enormous sense of entitlement with absolutely no basis in reality.  Benny. Write down your life, create 3 "Friends" which are nothing but poorly written carbon copies of yourself all done in the same voice and HBO will make you a millionaire. Get to it.
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crabrock posted:Benny was actually dishonorably discharged from the military, is a convicted felon, and a registered sex offender. Only that trifecta could explain why he seems completely unable to get a job. You know, at this point, I'm figuring it almost has to be RSO or something. Would explain the 25-26, living with parents, never really gotten a job or anything else situation.
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crabrock posted:
Seriously. I'm in my mid 30's, I don't *think* I'm old, but am I just totally unaware of some huge generational shift/gap? I've got nieces & nephews that are 19-20 years old, they've never had a job. Never worked in HS, never had a job in college, etc. I interview Seniors in college, graduates, etc for both internships and full positions, they have *zero* work experience, none. Not "Hey, I'm not putting down my grocery store job on a resume" type stuff, but literally "I have nothing to put in an application" work history. They have no clue what to do at an interview, and even when we bring some of them on, they have no idea how to function in an office environment. I've had to shitcan more than one person for sleeping at their desk. Not a lunch break or anything mind you, but just putting their head down and passing the gently caress out for an hour at 9:30 in the morning. I've had the "call in hungover" excuses, the walk in an hour late with beer still on your breath. It blows my mind. This isn't blue collar/entry level "pack a box or dig a ditch" type poo poo either, it's white collar work. You know, button down shirt, pair of slacks, nice shoes, work in an office type stuff that pays $20+ hour. I don't get it. When I was 15, I got a job at a grocery chain, hilariously enough, pushing carts like our favorite resident manchild/lump of crap in this thread. Food service, retail, stock jobs, etc. It was gas, beer and pot money in HS. I worked in college, again, retail, IT, other bullshit. When I graduated, I had a resume to hand people, I had work experience, I knew the expectations of being employed. This is the poo poo that most people take for granted, and yet we've got a whole generation of Bennys that have absolutely no clue. I'm at a loss. ThatCguy fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Mar 4, 2014 |
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systran posted:I think Thunderdome is a good demonstration of Benny's "work output." We can hear his stories about how well he does at a cart pushing job, but we have to trust what he says. With his writing and Thunderdome, we hear him say he wants to be a writer, then we see his writing for what it is. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3531379&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post412074647 Man, I called that on the second page over a year ago.
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Steampunk iPhone posted:Just dropping in to let y'all know that Benny's fetish is being an adult baby for a 50-60 year old woman. Well by.  Shut it down boys. Thread has reached it's natural conclusion. Beautiful.
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almightyerin posted:Do they have Waffle Houses in California? "They told me to pour the batter on the Waffle iron, but I've always heard you pour it on a griddle so I argued. Got let go"
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crabrock posted:
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