Random talk thread: It just keeps happening

[Rufus]

Turkish granddads swear on kefir. I've had it a couple of times and liked it well enough. Actually drinkable, unlike buttermilk.

[Kara]

Turkish granddads swear on kefir. I've had it a couple of times and liked it well enough. Actually drinkable, unlike buttermilk.

Ya habibi, don't be a kafir and drink your kefir.

[Fifstar]

Turkish granddads swear on kefir. I've had it a couple of times and liked it well enough. Actually drinkable, unlike buttermilk.

Proper Kefir? Because what's sold in supermarket here doesn't have much in common with real Kefir I imagine.

[Rufus]

Unlikely, unless Müller makes 'real' Kefir. Turkish supermarkets will probably have the good stuff though.

[Fifstar]

I think normal stores don't have real Kefir because the fermentation would lead to bulged lids.

I drank Kefir for a while because it's supposed to be healthy, until I learned that 'mild' Kefir doesn't have any of those benefits, you have to make it yourself if you want real Kefir I think. Stillm the supermarket Kefir is tasty.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I wonder which is worse: management fiction, Sonic furfiction complete with drawings on deviantart, or Amazon self-published vampire fiction.

Having read "The Oz Principle" and "Who moved my cheese" I think it's pretty damned conclusive that Sonic furfiction is way less offensive to the soul.

[Kara]

Nothing makes me want to go benji like sifting through pissant county tax ordinances in reliably red states.

[benjipwns]

local ordinances based on petty feuds that haven't been changed generations later when everyone involved is dead
 

[Kara]

I'm also a huge fan of "local cartel sucks burgh dry via the local government;" it reminds me of the City of Industry, a place that makes Chicago look like the City upon a Hill.

[Atramental]

Been on-and-off trolling college kids, who are home for the weekend, on that stupid Yik Yak app.   

The BJU feed is interesting, though. 

  

More stuff:

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Note: Ironsides is a BJU male dorm.




Note: GGG is essentially the very front of the campus where Bob Jones the 1st & 2nd are buried.



Note: walking on the grass is against the rules.

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[Kara]

Note to self: don't establish canned email responses.

[benjipwns]

I'm also a huge fan of "local cartel sucks burgh dry via the local government;" it reminds me of the City of Industry, a place that makes Chicago look like the City upon a Hill.

That's actually not the worst of those cities in the LA Metropolitan Area.

I know there's lots of other favorites people throw out like Bell.

But for me, the king is Vernon. Because not only did it combine the corruption of public officials of Bell with the lack of actual residents of Industry but it added the time honored dynastic family ownership factor in which everyone living in the city was a government employee of multiple jobs and also of the same family except for like two cops. And all houses in the city are owned by the city. And they built their own damn power plant because of electricity rate disputes. The wiki entry doesn't do it justice but is good enough for now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon,_California

Most of the city's less than 90 voters are city employees or connected to city employees who live in homes rented at a nominal fee. In 1979 a firefighter tried to run for mayor and was immediately evicted and told he couldn't run. In 2006 a group of outsiders tried to move into Vernon and run for office. The city tried to cancel their registrations but was ordered to allow them to run and to count the ballots. Almost none of the city employees voted for them. Leonis Malburg, the mayor for fifty years, was convicted of voter fraud, conspiracy, and perjury in December 2009. In May 2011, the former city administrator Bruce Malkenhorst, Sr., accepted a plea deal for misappropriating $60,000 in public funds.[22]

In 2006, a controversy arose concerning a few people who moved into Vernon and ran for city council. This marked the first time in more than two decades that there was a competitive race for city council. In 2006, eight people converted a 1950s era office building into a five-room apartment (the building had previously been used as a tanning facility turning sheepskin into billiard/pool pockets), and three of them filed to run for office. The city responded by cutting off their power and moving to evict them as illegal squatters.[23] The City of Vernon alleged that the men were part of a hostile takeover attempt by convicted felon Albert Robles, who nearly bankrupted the nearby city of South Gate as treasurer and Eduardo Olivo a former Vernon attorney who also worked with Albert T. Robles, in South Gate.

On November 15, 2006, the investigation into public corruption charges in Vernon resulted in charges being filed against the city's mayor, Leonis Malburg, as well as his wife, his son, and the former city administrator. The Los Angeles District Attorney's office had launched an investigation in April 2005 upon allegations that the city's former administrator, Bruce Malkenhorst, Sr., had misappropriated public funds for personal use.

Their investigation uncovered evidence of voter fraud on the part of the ruling family, which, it was asserted, tried to keep out new residents. Leonis Malburg, who has been mayor for 50 years, claimed he lived in a small Vernon apartment in the 2800 block of Leonis Boulevard (named after his grandfather, also a mayor), when in fact he was living in upscale Hancock Park, Los Angeles. His wife and son also claimed to live in Vernon, voting in Vernon elections though evidence indicated they too lived in Hancock Park. Charges against the Malburgs include voter fraud, assisting unqualified voters, false registration, and perjury.[16]

Malkenhorst Sr. was charged with 18 counts of "misappropriation of public funds" for reportedly taking $60,000 of city money for personal use. His salary from the city had been $600,000. Malkenhorst is still collecting his pension of $499,674.84.[24] In 2010, Malkenhorst received a reported $510,000 annual pension, plus health benefits, as former city administrator,[25] and is the number one person of the 9,111 retired California government workers receiving the highest pensions in excess of $100,000 from CalPERS.[24] Malkenhorst retired in 2005.

[Kara]

Industry had a king (Jim Stafford). I mean this is a sort shot / hang thing, but Stafford's racket made a farce out of the California Redevelopment Agency.

It's a bit too pop history, but Victor Valle wrote a pretty thorough history of the place.

On a related note, in the PCL's heyday Vernon had a team (the Tigers) because it was one of the few wet areas in the Southland. Vernon with a close to professional sports team. .

[benjipwns]

Stafford's racket made a farce out of the California Redevelopment Agency.

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You know if it wasn't him it would have been somebody else.

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And was.

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A lot.

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[Kara]

Marion for three... GOT IT.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Ya know, I was just thinking, anybody seen Queen of Ice lately? Hmmmm.

[Your Stalker]

i thought she died or some shit 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I don't steam but send her along a "best of luck" from me.

[Fifstar]

She's busy posting stuff on facebook.

[Steve Contra]

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That "trap lord" has 54$ and some assorted change.

[Kara]

Opening American Express cards on a lark.

Favorite cactivity: high credit score.

[bork]

Ya know, I was just thinking, anybody seen Queen of Ice lately? Hmmmm.

Talked to her on steam, she's taking some time off for career stuff and will be back.

She's busy posting stuff on facebook.

Was going to say...it always makes no sense to me when people say they're taking a break from posting, then post on Facebook and chat on other boards or text messengers.   

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Opening American Express cards on a lark.

Favorite cactivity: high credit score.

You know what else is fun if you're feeling down? Go to your bank when you have a decent balance and "consider' moving your retirement. You'll get a good hour of asskissing on the Pretty Woman level.

[Brehvolution]

I got my first ever Amex corporate card right before xmas shut down last year.

[Kara]

Opening American Express cards on a lark.

Favorite cactivity: high credit score.

You know what else is fun if you're feeling down? Go to your bank when you have a decent balance and "consider' moving your retirement. You'll get a good hour of asskissing on the Pretty Woman level.

If I ever develop self-esteem I'll keep this one in mind.

I've been having some privacy issues lately that I hope I didn't kvetch about here and yesterday I narrowed down the possible causes to something I have no control over and my financial institution, which I like but has certain vulnerabilities that are my fault and is staffed by people who aren't suspicious enough.

Anyway, I like the place but needed to do something about this so I set up a web of ersatz variable interest entities that are American Express cards and (direct) bank accounts.

I put the petty in petty bourgeoisie, bring it.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Opening American Express cards on a lark.

Favorite cactivity: high credit score.

You know what else is fun if you're feeling down? Go to your bank when you have a decent balance and "consider' moving your retirement. You'll get a good hour of asskissing on the Pretty Woman level.

If I ever develop self-esteem I'll keep this one in mind.

I've been having some privacy issues lately that I hope I didn't kvetch about here and yesterday I narrowed down the possible causes to something I have no control over and my financial institution, which I like but has certain vulnerabilities that are my fault and is staffed by people who aren't suspicious enough.

Anyway, I like the place but needed to do something about this so I set up a web of ersatz variable interest entities that are American Express cards and (direct) bank accounts.

I put the petty in petty bourgeoisie, bring it.

[Kara]

I should add that as someone who has long maligned banking secrecy laws, I see their purpose now. Deffo not emigrating to a place that doesn't have numbered accounts.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I should add that as someone who has long maligned banking secrecy laws, I see their purpose now. Deffo not emigrating to a place that doesn't have numbered accounts.

Cayman National Bank is pretty good. Not that I partake, I've heard such things 

[Kara]

Assistants who put "Hi" followed by a person's first name in the salutations of business emails. 1. and 2. We already understand that you represent the person you assist in an unprofessional manner; the hi is extraneous.

[Kara]

"Don’t call me monsieur, call me citoyen."

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I still call people I've worked with for years by their honorific. But it physically pains me that I can't use Master so I'm obviously a whackadoodle dandy.

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[Crash Dummy]

Assistants who put "Hi" followed by a person's first name in the salutations of business emails. 1. and 2. We already understand that you represent the person you assist in an unprofessional manner; the hi is extraneous.

imo "hi x" is acceptable once you've already exchanged a few emails, spoken either on the phone or in person, or know you make more money

[bork]

Dear clients,

You're supposed to be smart, right?  I mean not just any idiot can hold the jobs that you do.

So can you please explain why you're too fucking stupid to be able to tell when you've received spam/phishing Email?  Do you really think that the link to http://lolfuckyougivemeyourcredentialsidiot.ru is a for Google Docs?



At least hold off on trying to log onto the site.

Your pal,

Bork

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Dear clients,

You're supposed to be smart, right?  I mean not just any idiot can hold the jobs that you do.

So can you please explain why you're too fucking stupid to be able to tell when you've received spam/phishing Email?  Do you really think that the link to http://lolfuckyougivemeyourcredentialsidiot.ru is a for Google Docs?

LOL, you would be surprised how often that happens. We just got a spam from a customer that literally said


"Here is your project info     www.gudyearprojecct.ca"


Now you'd think that the misspelling would prevent you from clicking that but noooooppppppeeeeee my IT guys ran out of the office yelling and crying about 3 or 4 of us who downloaded the trojan.

Edit; even better it was all sales guys, idiots.

[bork]

That's what I'm complaining about.  It happens all the time.  Every day, all day long.  And that's on top of the people who A) forward all their spam to us "for notification" and/or B) will ask if literally every single (OBVIOUS) spam Email message that they receive is legitimate or not.  My favorites are the ones that are bank-account related "notices" from banks these people don't even use.
 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

That's what I'm complaining about.  It happens all the time.  Every day, all day long.  And that's on top of the people who A) forward all their spam to us "for notification" and/or B) will ask if literally every single (OBVIOUS) spam Email message that they receive is legitimate or not.  My favorites are the ones that are bank-account related "notices" from banks these people don't even use.
 

These are the same idiots that fall for the recorded "Hi, this is the IRS, you have unpaid taxes that may send you to jail. Please make payments in the form of store gift cards"

Made the top of the news last night. C'mon fuckheads, you think the IRS wants you to pay them on prepaid 50 dollar VISA cards?

[Joe Molotov]

"Hey, I got a call from Microsoft that said I needed to go to some site and download..."

[Brehvolution]

I'm the virus removal master.

The only thing I don't touch is ransomware. I take the machine off the network take out the hard drive and label it. I put a new drive in and start a fresh install. I don't care if you can't do your job without your computer. I don't care if all your documents and projects weren't backed up the the area designated for you to do so. You fucked up. Maybe you should be fired for using your work equipment for torrentz or whatever NON-WORK related activities. It is against company policy FFS. Cry moar!

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I'm the virus removal master.

The only thing I don't touch is ransomware. I take the machine off the network take out the hard drive and label it. I put a new drive in and start a fresh install. I don't care if you can't do your job without your computer. I don't care if all your documents and projects weren't backed up the the area designated for you to do so. You fucked up. Maybe you should be fired for using your work equipment for torrentz or whatever NON-WORK related activities. It is against company policy FFS. Cry moar!

I sometimes wonder if anybody in the United States actually only uses a computer for work related functions. If so I bet that number is less than .01 percent of all know users.

[Brehvolution]

Big companies use a proxy and you can only browse "accepted web pages" deemed work related. We used to have one, but it became a huge hassle with the amount of requests to white list pages.

I know work related stuff is pretty narrow, but do you really need to stream porn or torrent on your work machine?

I don't.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Big companies use a proxy and you can only browse "accepted web pages" deemed work related. We used to have one, but it became a huge hassle with the amount of requests to white list pages.

I know work related stuff is pretty narrow, but do you really need to stream porn or torrent on your work machine?

I don't.

Ha ha. I've never done that. But ESPN, the bore, and assorted other sites? Guilty as hell.

[Rufus]

but do you really need to stream porn or torrent on your work machine?

And here I am thinking I'm pretty shameless.

[Kara]

I sometimes wonder if anybody in the United States actually only uses a computer for work related functions. If so I bet that number is less than .01 percent of all know users.

My work laptop is 100% work use because if it wasn't it'd have to be LISTED PROPERTY on my fixed asset schedule. *women shrieks, lightning flashes, ominous music chimes in*

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I sometimes wonder if anybody in the United States actually only uses a computer for work related functions. If so I bet that number is less than .01 percent of all know users.

My work laptop is 100% work use because if it wasn't it'd have to be LISTED PROPERTY on my fixed asset schedule. *women shrieks, lightning flashes, ominous music chimes in*

I picture Vularai in his office lair. Lady in bed in the next room (a 6/10 not his best work, but it was the cognac) with two computers going...one for work functions gathering dust on the corner of the desk...the other one being feverishly pecked and deleted as he compiles a response in his head to a particularly sardonic bore post. One that has the right amount of faux dilettante mixed with ambiguous but expansive creative writing.

[Kara]

It is actually pretty dusty at the moment.

But it's coming out this weekend like it's Arvie at the sushi joint.

[bork]

Big companies use a proxy and you can only browse "accepted web pages" deemed work related. We used to have one, but it became a huge hassle with the amount of requests to white list pages.

I know work related stuff is pretty narrow, but do you really need to stream porn or torrent on your work machine?

I don't.

There's a client who has two Surface Pros- not sure why.  He'll call from time to time and ask for stuff to be done on both of them.  An analyst was working on one of them and the guy said he'd be doing something on the other.  Suddenly there's a female voice going "OH OHHHH OHHHH FUCK ME OOOHHH SHIT", followed by dead silence.   "Doing something," indeed.  So after that, everyone wondered if the reason why the guy has two PCs is so he can jerk off while on the phone with us.   
 

[CatsCatsCats]

Working for a very large corporation, I do all my non work browsing on my phone. It's 2015.

[Madrun Badrun]

I was walking today and two old drunk ethnic black dudes in front of me were talking an one was like 'Have you ever had per-ooooo-gies? I like those.' 

I also saw a racoon in a tree today.  I had never seen one in the wild I don't think. 

[Kara]

Form 1120, Schedule M-3

[I'm a Puppy!]

Dear clients,

You're supposed to be smart, right?  I mean not just any idiot can hold the jobs that you do.

So can you please explain why you're too fucking stupid to be able to tell when you've received spam/phishing Email?  Do you really think that the link to http://lolfuckyougivemeyourcredentialsidiot.ru is a for Google Docs?



At least hold off on trying to log onto the site.

Your pal,

Bork

Rule #1 of having clients:
If they were smart enough they wouldn't need your services. Set expectations appropriately.

[Kara]

I preface this by acknowledging that I only approach "cool" in high stress situations, but bangers on cruiser bicycles are pretty kings of the dorks.

Rider could be packing more heat than a belligerent in the Syrian Civil War (and this being Unistat that's more than a remote possibility) and they'd still look like utter dorks.

Mi barrio.

[milchs evil twin]

It's always "I was lost and my life sucked and then I found God"
It's never "Everything was fucking awesome and then I found God"

I guess Kanye truly is a God then, cause only losers stan him by choice.

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I don't think I'm even trying to make sense. I like his stuff.

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[Kara]

Prolly cos religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.

[CatsCatsCats]

Idk, YHWH had a temper in the early editions but generally seems to be a cool guy

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Prolly cos religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.

Can you please mail me whatever it is you smoke everyday when you wake up. Just send it to my dog's name pls.

[PlayDat]

I don't really follow sports so I'm assuming most people have heard of him already, but I just learned about Earl Manigualt from a mixtape I've been listening to.   

Earl was reportedly able to touch the top of the backboard to retrieve quarters and dollar bills, part of "elaborate innovations and tricks" elite street players of the era performed before games to help build their reputations.[4] He was only 6'1", but wore ankle weights constantly during practice as a child which he credits with helping him build up tremendous jumping ability, the efficacy of which has since been disproven.[5] He once dunked two-handed during a game from near the foul line over two players much taller than himself (Sahil Muliyil 6'8", David Urenda 6'9").[4] He once reverse dunked 36 times in a row to win a $60 bet.[6]

 

The way these kinds of stories illuminate the extent of human ability make it easy for me to see the appeal of athleticism in general.  I just wish I didn't find most sporting events so damn boring.

[CatsCatsCats]

GOAT Goat

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I don't really follow sports so I'm assuming most people have heard of him already, but I just learned about Earl Manigualt from a mixtape I've been listening to.   

Earl was reportedly able to touch the top of the backboard to retrieve quarters and dollar bills, part of "elaborate innovations and tricks" elite street players of the era performed before games to help build their reputations.[4] He was only 6'1", but wore ankle weights constantly during practice as a child which he credits with helping him build up tremendous jumping ability, the efficacy of which has since been disproven.[5] He once dunked two-handed during a game from near the foul line over two players much taller than himself (Sahil Muliyil 6'8", David Urenda 6'9").[4] He once reverse dunked 36 times in a row to win a $60 bet.[6]

 

The way these kinds of stories illuminate the extent of human ability make it easy for me to see the appeal of athleticism in general.  I just wish I didn't find most sporting events so damn boring.

One of the best to EVERYDAY grace a court.  What could have been

[Am_I_Anonymous]

http://m.


 

[Kara]

Prolly cos religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.

Can you please mail me whatever it is you smoke everyday when you wake up. Just send it to my dog's name pls.

Man I wish I was using, then I could just stop being like this when I wanted to + could bond in NA.