1,000+ Pages of NeoGAF: The Story of Wasted Lives and Hardcore Salt

[Phoenix Dark]

My all time favorite retail story is the assistant manager where I worked at Gamestop who went around the city and won all the in store F-Zero contests at all the Gamestops and took the prizes.  They had a big tournament for all the people who got 1st, 2nd and 3rd place at a store's grand opening with a big giftcard prize and some games and shit.  He won that as well, but the regional manager recognized him, took his prizes away, and demoted him to supervisor at which point he came in crying for his next shift.  He was also trying to become a cop but they kept denying him, probably because he was too fucking stupid.

shout outs to whoever stopped him from becoming a cop. probably saved like 3 black dudes lives.

[nachobro]

I feel somewhat bad for him, because yes, he's worked hard, got a degree, and was always hoping to get into the Secret Service or some other federal law enforcement agency.

However, my sympathy is lessened at how he thumbed his nose at the idea of applying to any municipal/uniformed policing gig.

Beggers can't be choosers.

I feel like the path from uniformed cop to secret service is probably a bit easier than sports authority bitch to secret service. but hey, he did just get a 25c raise so he must be doing something right.

[Joe Molotov]

My all time favorite retail story is the assistant manager where I worked at Gamestop who went around the city and won all the in store F-Zero contests at all the Gamestops and took the prizes.  They had a big tournament for all the people who got 1st, 2nd and 3rd place at a store's grand opening with a big giftcard prize and some games and shit.  He won that as well, but the regional manager recognized him, took his prizes away, and demoted him to supervisor at which point he came in crying for his next shift.  He was also trying to become a cop but they kept denying him, probably because he was too fucking stupid.

http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huge_L

[benjipwns]

He was also trying to become a cop but they kept denying him, probably because he was too fucking stupid.

does not compute

[Steve Contra]

The best part is he was still supervisor two years later

[Phoenix Dark]

The best part is he was still supervisor two years later

Like playing hell difficulty D3 and getting dat XP penalty upon death. Years of progress lost.

[sarslip]

he took that critical L, no recovery buff

[nudemacusers]

what kind of L do you get when you compare the real-world to video game scenarios?

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1023841

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

http://neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1024186

I'm going to go out on a real short limb here and say it's probably a very bad idea to ask that pile of socially inept goofballs how to fix your marriage of 24 years.

Your marriage is older than the majority of the members and twice as old as their mental state.

How little self respect must you have to entertain an open relationship/swinging?

Seems like it's just putting off the inevitable divorce plus the pain of knowing that your soon-to-be-divorcing wife is cruising for dick.  Seems like the proper response is to change the locks and call a lawyer instead.

[thisismyusername]

33 years old, bragging at how amazing he is at his retail job. I'd laugh but damn that's just too sad.

I feel bad for the guy. He's always had the dream of getting into the FBI or SS (or something like that). He's posted about it multiple times on GAF over the past 7+ years.

That should be a lesson: Never share your dreams aloud.

The shittiest part about retail is usually your 'big break' is taking over a store that is such a clusterfuck that they will take a chance on a person who has moved up the ladder (instead of sending a seasoned person to die there). So congrats, you now have to turn around a store with chronic theft, poor employee morale in a dying part of town. Good luck!

The lesson should be to never have dreams in the first place. Dreams are garb. 

You joke but...

(Also PD check your PM's. If these PM's could talk though... )

[Phoenix Dark]

33 years old, bragging at how amazing he is at his retail job. I'd laugh but damn that's just too sad.

I feel bad for the guy. He's always had the dream of getting into the FBI or SS (or something like that). He's posted about it multiple times on GAF over the past 7+ years.

That should be a lesson: Never share your dreams aloud.

The shittiest part about retail is usually your 'big break' is taking over a store that is such a clusterfuck that they will take a chance on a person who has moved up the ladder (instead of sending a seasoned person to die there). So congrats, you now have to turn around a store with chronic theft, poor employee morale in a dying part of town. Good luck!

The lesson should be to never have dreams in the first place. Dreams are garb. 

You joke but...

(Also PD check your PM's. If these PM's could talk though... )

[Kara]

33 years old, bragging at how amazing he is at his retail job. I'd laugh but damn that's just too sad.

I feel bad for the guy. He's always had the dream of getting into the FBI or SS (or something like that). He's posted about it multiple times on GAF over the past 7+ years.

That should be a lesson: Never share your dreams aloud.

The shittiest part about retail is usually your 'big break' is taking over a store that is such a clusterfuck that they will take a chance on a person who has moved up the ladder (instead of sending a seasoned person to die there). So congrats, you now have to turn around a store with chronic theft, poor employee morale in a dying part of town. Good luck!

The lesson should be to never have dreams in the first place. Dreams are garb. 

It's like my man Isador say, hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.

[Nibel]

33 years old, bragging at how amazing he is at his retail job. I'd laugh but damn that's just too sad.

I feel bad for the guy. He's always had the dream of getting into the FBI or SS (or something like that). He's posted about it multiple times on GAF over the past 7+ years.

That should be a lesson: Never share your dreams aloud.

The shittiest part about retail is usually your 'big break' is taking over a store that is such a clusterfuck that they will take a chance on a person who has moved up the ladder (instead of sending a seasoned person to die there). So congrats, you now have to turn around a store with chronic theft, poor employee morale in a dying part of town. Good luck!

The lesson should be to never have dreams in the first place. Dreams are garb. 

Yup, fuck dreams

[zomgee]

what kind of L do you get when you compare the real-world to video game scenarios?

L Rank

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1024426

help me gaf ur my only hope

[Kara]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1024426

help me gaf ur my only hope

Sounds like someone can't accept that a 5 on an advanced placement exam doesn't mean that much.

[toku]

stay positive

[Kara]

stay positive

I'm keeping my ion you.

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=159100804&postcount=84
i

what

[Steve Contra]

Why don't they just give everyone a college degree that way we can all have whatever job we want

[benjipwns]

I'm taking classes like these because my parents are forcing me to have a Physio major because they want me to go to med school. My other major, ECE, is a lot easier and more enjoyable for me. Of course, listening to my parents guarantees I don't really need to worry about money during college, but so much stress in my life is just trying to appease them...

[Kara]

Worry about money and be happy like the rest of us.

[brawndolicious]

You're not going to get into medical school (in the US)  if you have more than a couple B's on courses that are part of your major. Jesus it's like he thinks he's the first freshman to want to be a doctor.

[benjipwns]

terrisus:

6 years Bachelor's
2 years Master's
3 years on a failed attempt at a PhD

In Elementary Education.

The server couldn't handle the amount of I could post.

[Joe Molotov]

I have a friend that's been working on his doctoral dissertation for about 6 years.

[benjipwns]

Ha, so do I, he's about to hit 7 years. I feel like I could still beat him to one despite taking five years off.

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=159106825&postcount=135

Also there's something VERY wrong with celebrating other people's failures. That's inhumane on a whole different level.

[Dennis]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=159106825&postcount=135

Also there's something VERY wrong with celebrating other people's failures. That's inhumane on a whole different level.

I guess I am just the worst.

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=159107617&postcount=155

Force fed? I'm a 1st generation American , when my family and I came here we had literally nothing. My parents worked menial jobs and eventually opened up a business of their own, without government assistance. They provided for myself, and 3 other siblings and we all graduated in the top 10 percent with a full ride to college. I find its laughable that you of all people, given your history (asking Neogaf for money) is giving me a lecture on being "force fed". I can guarantee you that as a Conservative, I've done more for the poor (done charity work in my homeland of Vietnam) than you have in your entire life.

[Dennis]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=159107617&postcount=155

Force fed? I'm a 1st generation American , when my family and I came here we had literally nothing. My parents worked menial jobs and eventually opened up a business of their own, without government assistance. They provided for myself, and 3 other siblings and we all graduated in the top 10 percent with a full ride to college. I find its laughable that you of all people, given your history (asking Neogaf for money) is giving me a lecture on being "force fed". I can guarantee you that as a Conservative, I've done more for the poor (done charity work in my homeland of Vietnam) than you have in your entire life.

 

[Kara]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=159106825&postcount=135

Also there's something VERY wrong with celebrating other people's failures. That's inhumane on a whole different level.

Inhumane like shooting hellfires at a wedding or inhumane like... fuck, blew my load with that opener.

[benjipwns]

inhumane like taking selfies in front of buildings on fire or whatever it was we were supposed to be angry about a while back

[I'm a Puppy!]

terrisus:

6 years Bachelor's
2 years Master's
3 years on a failed attempt at a PhD

In Elementary Education.

The server couldn't handle the amount of I could post.

I tend to cut Terrisus a lot of slack. But if you're on disability but are well enough to go to college how in the world do you not get a PhD? I mean they practically will keep paying for you to go until you get it right.

[nudemacusers]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1024558

link to porn for technical analysis brehs. 

[doctavius bonbon]

i hope it was screenshotted. thread is dead.  :'(

[nudemacusers]

hmm would you believe!



link in question 
http://overlordleaveshiswife.tumblr.com/post/115466917973/ecchiboy-lmaaoooo-oh-my-goooooooood

nothing remarkable in the thread, just people understandably confused by the op's lack of forethought.

[zomgee]

But it's not on a porn site honest!

Also she's a hundred year old spirit, honest.

[Atramental]

That's what happens when I don't fap for a month.

[I'm a Puppy!]

[Phoenix Dark]

seeing that nut shoot across the room

[Your Stalker]

 you would love that shit, nicca

[Sausage]

This dude never heard of OG mudbone

[ZephyrFate]

http://neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1024186

I'm going to go out on a real short limb here and say it's probably a very bad idea to ask that pile of socially inept goofballs how to fix your marriage of 24 years.

Your marriage is older than the majority of the members and twice as old as their mental state.

How little self respect must you have to entertain an open relationship/swinging?

Seems like it's just putting off the inevitable divorce plus the pain of knowing that your soon-to-be-divorcing wife is cruising for dick.  Seems like the proper response is to change the locks and call a lawyer instead.

Open relationships work. They don't, however, work as a bandaid for a shitty marriage.

[ZephyrFate]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=159107617&postcount=155

Force fed? I'm a 1st generation American , when my family and I came here we had literally nothing. My parents worked menial jobs and eventually opened up a business of their own, without government assistance. They provided for myself, and 3 other siblings and we all graduated in the top 10 percent with a full ride to college. I find its laughable that you of all people, given your history (asking Neogaf for money) is giving me a lecture on being "force fed". I can guarantee you that as a Conservative, I've done more for the poor (done charity work in my homeland of Vietnam) than you have in your entire life.

 

The sick burn of Amir0x is pretty great. But being a conservative automatically makes him a piece of shit when it comes to talking about welfare and the poor.

[doctavius bonbon]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=159150904&postcount=3767

i thought this thread was dying down, but the fuckery rises like a phoenix from the ashes.

nintards vs. angry joe. the catching of bans is inevitable.

[fistfulofmetal]

Game companies and publishers deserve no money from any video content created of their games. It's ridiculous to me that people think they do.

[Kara]

7. Do you think its "greedy" for nintendo to take 40% of your earnings if you mention/feature them? on top of what youtube takes (50%) and your managed channel network takes? (30-50%?) while every other company takes 0% or even PAYS YOU money for the same?

Won't someone please think of the economic parasites. :'(

[Nibel]

Eh, publishers should chill when it comes to reviews/previews/quicklooks and such

But fuck Let's Plays

[Rufus]

"6. Why are you okay with Nintendo demanding control of all video, audio, image related content (going through their nintendo creators program only)? If EA, Activation or Ubisoft suddenly announced these practices would you be as fervently behind them as Nintendo?"



I wish someone more eloquent would argue Joe's position for him. He's surprisingly bad at getting a point across for someone who (from what I've seen) spends so much time explaining his views on things.

[headwalk]

angry joe is the idiot's idiot. they should carbon freeze him now so future generations will always have access a flawless example of contemporary gaming culture.

[Cerveza mas fina]

 

[Cerveza mas fina]

"6. Why are you okay with Nintendo demanding control of all video, audio, image related content (going through their nintendo creators program only)? If EA, Activation or Ubisoft suddenly announced these practices would you be as fervently behind them as Nintendo?"



I wish someone more eloquent would argue Joe's position for him. He's surprisingly bad at getting a point across for someone who (from what I've seen) spends so much time explaining his views on things.

His name is Angry Joe, not Argument Joe.

[Eel O'Brian]

I don't know what he was expecting to happen there.

[thisismyusername]

I don't know what he was expecting to happen there.

To see some of the Nintendo fanbase come around.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=159163654&postcount=3941

That said he doesn't really say "well I wouldn't want them to monetize my videos, but if they remix it: it's cool" which kinda... doesn't answer the persons question.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=159164788&postcount=3966

I don't think he'll answer this, though.

[Eel O'Brian]

I don't know what he was expecting to happen there.

To see some of the Nintendo fanbase come around.

I understand the impulse to defend yourself when you feel as if you're being attacked, but you always have to take a good look at who your "attackers" are. These are some of the same people who would, at one time, argue at length why software locked to the system hardware it was purchased on was a good idea.  You know, morons.  He should have saved his time.

[sarslip]

discussing angry joe, neogaf, and nintendo? 

[thisismyusername]

discussing angry joe, neogaf, and nintendo? 

Complaining about this when the thread is about NeoGAF which is discussing Angry Joe and Nintendo...

I understand the impulse to defend yourself when you feel as if you're being attacked, but you always have to take a good look at who your "attackers" are. These are some of the same people who would, at one time, argue at length why software locked to the system hardware it was purchased on was a good idea.  You know, morons.  He should have saved his time.

True but just look at the first link to see his arguement. I think the argument of "how would you feel if someone took your work, 'remixed it' which you're cool with and monetized it with no consent from you?" is a valid counter-argument that the Nintendo defenders (and Joe should reply to) can make. I haven't seen a reply from him in regards to that.

[Eel O'Brian]

Even worse, I've barely skimmed that thread, and I've never even seen an angry Joe video, so I guess I take L²

Nintendo has a long and rich history of skeevy business practices, though, and I do love bringing that up

[fistfulofmetal]

even though angry joe is awful and he's terrible at articulating his opinions, making this an issue and bringing this conversation up again isn't a bad thing. it's a shit policy and people should see how dumb it is and how it should change.