The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread...

[Invisible Man]

Yeah the midwesternness is severe tonight. Sounds like someone rattling miles of aluminum sheeting outside.

And IP: we should send STRAYANS when we finally get to do some extraterrestrial exploration. Unflappable.

[jrfox92]

Yeah, due to my time living Texas I've developed an automatic reaction to long lasting rumbling in the form of crippling fear and a desire to dive into the basement or under a desk.

Even though it's mostly just wind and thunder, I'm still freaking out internally, awaiting my impending demise from the cloud of pure death and hatred.

[Iommic Pope]

jr: that fuckin sucks man. I get migraines from the weather here sometimes, but that sounds terrible man.
Good luck, hope you get some relief soon.

And IP: we should send STRAYANS when we finally get to do some extraterrestrial exploration. Unflappable.

We should send some really racist ones so they get to experience what it's like being an uninvited party in a foreign place, arriving on a vessel that may or may not be able to make a return journey.

Personally, I'm all about celestial travel. But we need to solve the hyperspace/hypersleep dilemma first.
I kinda feel like bongs are the answer to both parts of that equation.

[Invisible Man]

We should send some really racist ones so they get to experience what it's like being an uninvited party in a foreign place, arriving on a vessel that may or may not be able to make a return journey.

Which is, of course, a concise history of white people in AUS (even more so than it is a history of white people in the US).

[Iommic Pope]

Im not sure if youre aware of our current "illegal immigration crisis", but if you want a very unfunny lesson in irony and hypocrisy, i suggest you google "boat people in australia".

I have already commenced cringing in shame.

[Invisible Man]

You guys are currently tied or winning the race for being global dickbags with regard to immigration.

Source: the people you are neck-and-neck with.

[Iommic Pope]

Yeah its just not looking great, really.

[popvulture]

You guys are currently tied or winning the race for being global dickbags with regard to immigration.

Source: the people you are neck-and-neck with.

Yeah I've always thought we had some real bonds in the racism/immigration/abuse of native peoples departments

[fcknoise]

ah. nothing makes you feel like piss and unsure about the future like applying for unpaid interships you know you wont have a chance to get

[Invisible Man]

Dude I haven't forgotten about your thesis...I will read it and write back. But I have a bunch of inane bullshit (life?) that is knocking on my door, and a couple advance copies of novels I have to get back to their authors (BRAG) under a deadline. But I feel a twinge of guilt every time I see a post from you, so that should count for something.

Anyway I will read it, decode it, and solve your problems with my wisdom and intelligence. Also I interviewed a PhD candidate from a reputable Econ department and he was a horrifying moron. YOU CAN DO IT

[D.o.S.]

What is the polite way to tell someone "I know you mean well but there's a reason no one is directly answerable to you and it's because all of your suggestions carry a not insignificant scent of condescension, 'have you tried this remedial suggestion', and micromanaging that twists into a lovely bow of 'I am not convinced you know how to do your job'?"

[Invisible Man]

Think that right there would work. You'd probably lose them halfway through.

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

[friendship]

Had my annual physical last week and they told me they'd only call me to come in if something was wrong. So they called today and want me to come in tomorrow. Now I get to spend the next 24 hours worrying. This rules.

[Lurker13]

What is the polite way to tell someone "I know you mean well but there's a reason no one is directly answerable to you and it's because all of your suggestions carry a not insignificant scent of condescension, 'have you tried this remedial suggestion', and micromanaging that twists into a lovely bow of 'I am not convinced you know how to do your job'?"

I think that's about as good as it's going to get without watering down the message. I would rate it a 9 on the Politeness Given the Circumstances scale.

[D.o.S.]

Yeah I mean that's where I'm at but we're friendly beyond being work friends, you know?