Hey, guys. I'm gonna tell you the story of how I got fucked over and lied to.
So I went on Craigslist looking for a job and I found this thing that looked kind of promising; warehouse position, little to no experience required, eleven bucks an hour, full time. So me, knowing that I shouldn't hold myself back from something I may fit well in, shot the dude an email detailing why I'd be a good fit along with my resume.
The dude emails me back and says that, while I wasn't a good enough fit for that particular position due to my lack of job experience (go figure), there was another "position" available at a recycling facility where I'd be sorting recycable materials in hot, dusty conditions. We arranged to have a "sit-down" to talk about it.
Turns out the dude worked for a staffing agency. I figured this out before I sat down with him, but I didn't know the conditions on which we would talk about this "position" he had "lined up" for me. I get to the place where he works and has me fill out a huge application. Up until that point, I didn't realize that I was applying for a "right to call in for work." He had me under the guise that I was applying for the position we talked about. After I finish filling out the app, we sit down and he makes absolutely no mention of the position we talked about. He just says that they're an agency that puts people to work when they call in and he said that, if I did want work on "one of my days off" (which was even more insulting cause he knows I don't have a job), I'd have to call in at five in the morning and hope that there is something I can do.
You can see why this is something I don't want to do. I know that solid positions are kind of hard to come by nowadays (especially since vastly overqualified people are taking the jobs that teens nowadays should have gotten), but I needed something that I could rely on and would get me solid hours.
If anyone wants to throw some advice my way, it'd be much appreciated. My parents don't think it's a good idea to continue association with this place, but I just wanted some other opinions as well. I feel very cheated and, frankly, I want no part in this. If anyone sees any sort of value in this, then I'd be happy to hear your opinion.
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I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
If 3 or 4 acts with the talent of Led Zeppelin, Floyd, Queen, AC/DC, etc. in that caliber hit the scene and got noticed, you could kiss all these poser acts goodbye over night. Look at Nirvana, they pretty much ended Loverboy's career over night. I so wish for another moment like that again, we seriously need to flush the crap out.
I suppose you've never heard of a group called The Dangerous Summer?
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I mean, it runs perfectly fine aside from the distorting of the images as seen in the pictures I posted. >.<
I don't think so, man. It seems that the shock from the impact might have just ruined the video card (and maybe some other things in your laptop). The only time I have seen anomalies like that is on my PS3 when it just overheated. There are components that shouldn't be tampered with.
You might have to go without gaming for a while until you can get a new laptop.
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I respect anyone who does what they can, which is why I disagreed wholeheartedly with Azriel on his point that boycotting their chicken was not effective or appropriate.
Well, I don't think it's inappropriate. I just want people to do more than that. It's definitely a method that people can stand by easily. I'll never eat there. Ever. Even if I did happen to go to Georgia or Alabama, I'd go to Popeye's for a chicken fix. In the meanwhile, I'll be trying to help dismantle the machine through greater strides. I actively supported Washington's same sex marriage referendum and, since a bunch of anti-LGBT pricks want to try to shoot down through a public vote, I'll be voting for same sex marriage this November and voting for Jay Inslee, a pro-LGBT Democrat running for governor.
I'm proud to live in Washington. At least the bigots are hard to find.
Edit: I do understand that it is often hard for people to do more. Since I'm 18 and I now have Democratic privileges extended to me, I'll be using the power of my vote to try and make a difference. That's another one of my contributions.
Edit 2: I'm seriously considering writing psychological thriller / horror novels. Don't know where to start though..
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I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
I offered an alternative to the boycott and not doing anything else. I didn't say that the boycott was a bad idea; I said that participating in the boycott and doing nothing else is foolish. The whole point of the "chicken sandwiches have no influence" was to show that he is hardly going to feel any remorse simply because someone doesn't buy a sandwich; he's a CEO of a company with half a thousand locations that get business daily.
I wholeheartedly believe that there is far more you can do to support LGBT than just participating in the boycott. I'm the sort of guy who believes there can always be more done. When I heard about the boycott, I felt that it couldn't possibly be enough and I was against it not because I favored Chick-Fil-A (because I most definitely don't), but because I felt that that's only what people would do. I was arguing that people should do more. Avoid homophobic politicians, write your congressmen to vote against homophobic bills, and most definitely stray away from companies that hurt the community with the money they get. There is definitely an anti-LGBT machine out there and a big part of it is in the Bible Belt.
I've always loved the idea of passing an amendment that allows for gay marriage and I think that more people should take more active strides towards making that happen. I understand that boycotting Chick-Fil-A can be effective based on principle alone; I just wanted people to do more. I just didn't want people to think that that's all they could do because there's far more that you can and should do.
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At first, I felt that this whole Chick-Fil-A controversy was manufactured; the CEO was asked for an opinion and he gave it. After I realized that his company also works to provide means for restricting the progress of the LGBT community, I began to feel a little animosity towards him. I don't feel that he should be vilified for his opinion, but he should be vilified for willingly giving money to organizations that work to hurt the community. I'm kind of glad now that this has been brought to the attention of people, but I really don't like the attitudes surrounding the whole thing.
When we start chastising people merely for their opinion, we are stooping to an unforgivable level; the best thing would be to put the opinion behind us because, honestly, it's just the opinion of one man. I am not a homosexual and I obviously don't know how it feels to be told that one of the things you want most is to directly defy a god you may or may not pray to; I imagine it's the worst kind of slap in the face. Though, the man wasn't militant about his opinion and, for that, I feel obligated to step back. I feel like the media set him up for failure simply for thinking something and they took that, ran with it, and manufactured a controversy. The media likes to watch people fall and what better spectacle than to watch a CEO of a highly successful company be vilified simply for his opinion.
"How could he say that? What a terrible person."
"You know I'm never eating there again."
Not buying a chicken sandwich hardly solves anything. You can't expect to make a difference due to inaction. That strategy only works if you were ignorant to his opinions in the first place because then he would lose sales. The people who go to Chick-Fil-A on a regular basis will probably still go and, if you haven't gone before, he really isn't losing much. The boycott is an almost asinine idea because it hardly solves anything. I'm sure he knew that he would catch some flack for his opinion and the boycott will not change his mind. The boycott won't make him stop donating to the organizations which seek to hurt the LGBT community. The boycott hardly solves anything. I feel kind of sad that Americans feel that simply not buying a product will solve anything; that worked back in, you know, the 18th century when trade between two countries was a very delicate thing, but not spending $10 on a meal and expecting that to make a difference is completely foolish and shortsighted. If anything, you should donate $10 to pro-LGBT organizations to tip the balance of influence in your favor. Chicken sandwiches don't have any influence.
In my opinion, I'd just leave the guy alone and let this pass. I've no doubt that people will forget about this in about a month.
I doubt I'll ever eat at Chick-Fil-A anyway. There aren't any in the Pacific Northwest. I find that a little peculiar because Seattle and Portland are very liberal places and there are Chick-Fil-A restaurants by the tens of dozens dotting the Bible Belt (especially Georgia, holy shit). If that is the wish of the CEO, then that's fine with me. I'm not going to fund those hurtful organizations with my purchase, but I'm not going to crucify this guy simply for his opinion.
So walk with your chin up. The LGBT community has come a far way. The best thing to do would to help those who help you because doing nothing (like refusing to buy a chicken sandwich) doesn't help anybody.
/ my two cents
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I get pissed off when people regard their kids as absolutely fragile.
Bitch, your kid is human like the rest of us. They can take a few scratches. Don't get all butthurt cause your kid is stupid. Your kid will learn that their fingers can't fit in certain things. That's a fundamental part of a kid growing up, realizing that they can't do everything and that some things will hurt, but they'll get over it like you got over all those scrapes you got on your knee.
Dumb cunt. Ruin the fun for the rest of the kids because of your kid's perfectly normal mistake. Treat your kid like a human being, pop the bubble, and let it live like I did. I got big scrapes when I was a kid. I ate and drank things I probably shouldn't have. I'm still alive. What does that say?
It says you're an overbearing, prudish cunt. I understand that you want to protect your kid. Protect them from kidnappers, earthquakes, and hurricanes. Don't protect them from life. Life is meant to be experienced and when you meticulously choose what your kid experiences, you have to draw a line that is very hard to draw. That's called being a terrible parent. Raising a kid should be natural. Your being irrational doesn't make you a better parent.
Sorry, I just have these very strong ideas about raising kids.
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America and Americans fucking suck in that regard.
Yeah, I'm pretty much done with this place. I have a lot of reasons why and they all weave together like a sad, sad quilt.
If you are talking about Dfans, I appologize? o.O
If you are talking about America, then yea, I understand.
Oh, yeah, I'm talking about America.
Our politics is shit, people are too immature with their opinions, people abuse their rights to hurt others, people are too stubborn to accept that some things are inevitable (such as the movement to clean energy) and will offer their bullshit arguments and leave it at that.
We, as a collective people, have gotten too comfortable with an "us vs. them" mentality. That's why nothing gets done in this fucking place. You can't stop progress and if that means that we will see an ultimate divide and our two most conflicting ideologies come to a head, then I would love to move my friends and family somewhere far away such as to not get them involved in the implosion.
The only thing I can appreciate about this place anymore is the nature and whiskey distilleries.
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Suggest to me your favorite TV series and movies cause, you know, I love you guys and I hope you love me enough to do me this incredible favor. Please?
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So I went on Craigslist looking for a job and I found this thing that looked kind of promising; warehouse position, little to no experience required, eleven bucks an hour, full time. So me, knowing that I shouldn't hold myself back from something I may fit well in, shot the dude an email detailing why I'd be a good fit along with my resume.
The dude emails me back and says that, while I wasn't a good enough fit for that particular position due to my lack of job experience (go figure), there was another "position" available at a recycling facility where I'd be sorting recycable materials in hot, dusty conditions. We arranged to have a "sit-down" to talk about it.
Turns out the dude worked for a staffing agency. I figured this out before I sat down with him, but I didn't know the conditions on which we would talk about this "position" he had "lined up" for me. I get to the place where he works and has me fill out a huge application. Up until that point, I didn't realize that I was applying for a "right to call in for work." He had me under the guise that I was applying for the position we talked about. After I finish filling out the app, we sit down and he makes absolutely no mention of the position we talked about. He just says that they're an agency that puts people to work when they call in and he said that, if I did want work on "one of my days off" (which was even more insulting cause he knows I don't have a job), I'd have to call in at five in the morning and hope that there is something I can do.
You can see why this is something I don't want to do. I know that solid positions are kind of hard to come by nowadays (especially since vastly overqualified people are taking the jobs that teens nowadays should have gotten), but I needed something that I could rely on and would get me solid hours.
If anyone wants to throw some advice my way, it'd be much appreciated. My parents don't think it's a good idea to continue association with this place, but I just wanted some other opinions as well. I feel very cheated and, frankly, I want no part in this. If anyone sees any sort of value in this, then I'd be happy to hear your opinion.
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
I suppose you've never heard of a group called The Dangerous Summer?
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
I don't think so, man. It seems that the shock from the impact might have just ruined the video card (and maybe some other things in your laptop). The only time I have seen anomalies like that is on my PS3 when it just overheated. There are components that shouldn't be tampered with.
You might have to go without gaming for a while until you can get a new laptop.
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
Well, I don't think it's inappropriate. I just want people to do more than that. It's definitely a method that people can stand by easily. I'll never eat there. Ever. Even if I did happen to go to Georgia or Alabama, I'd go to Popeye's for a chicken fix. In the meanwhile, I'll be trying to help dismantle the machine through greater strides. I actively supported Washington's same sex marriage referendum and, since a bunch of anti-LGBT pricks want to try to shoot down through a public vote, I'll be voting for same sex marriage this November and voting for Jay Inslee, a pro-LGBT Democrat running for governor.
I'm proud to live in Washington. At least the bigots are hard to find.
Edit: I do understand that it is often hard for people to do more. Since I'm 18 and I now have Democratic privileges extended to me, I'll be using the power of my vote to try and make a difference. That's another one of my contributions.
Edit 2: I'm seriously considering writing psychological thriller / horror novels. Don't know where to start though..
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
I wholeheartedly believe that there is far more you can do to support LGBT than just participating in the boycott. I'm the sort of guy who believes there can always be more done. When I heard about the boycott, I felt that it couldn't possibly be enough and I was against it not because I favored Chick-Fil-A (because I most definitely don't), but because I felt that that's only what people would do. I was arguing that people should do more. Avoid homophobic politicians, write your congressmen to vote against homophobic bills, and most definitely stray away from companies that hurt the community with the money they get. There is definitely an anti-LGBT machine out there and a big part of it is in the Bible Belt.
I've always loved the idea of passing an amendment that allows for gay marriage and I think that more people should take more active strides towards making that happen. I understand that boycotting Chick-Fil-A can be effective based on principle alone; I just wanted people to do more. I just didn't want people to think that that's all they could do because there's far more that you can and should do.
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
When we start chastising people merely for their opinion, we are stooping to an unforgivable level; the best thing would be to put the opinion behind us because, honestly, it's just the opinion of one man. I am not a homosexual and I obviously don't know how it feels to be told that one of the things you want most is to directly defy a god you may or may not pray to; I imagine it's the worst kind of slap in the face. Though, the man wasn't militant about his opinion and, for that, I feel obligated to step back. I feel like the media set him up for failure simply for thinking something and they took that, ran with it, and manufactured a controversy. The media likes to watch people fall and what better spectacle than to watch a CEO of a highly successful company be vilified simply for his opinion.
"How could he say that? What a terrible person."
"You know I'm never eating there again."
Not buying a chicken sandwich hardly solves anything. You can't expect to make a difference due to inaction. That strategy only works if you were ignorant to his opinions in the first place because then he would lose sales. The people who go to Chick-Fil-A on a regular basis will probably still go and, if you haven't gone before, he really isn't losing much. The boycott is an almost asinine idea because it hardly solves anything. I'm sure he knew that he would catch some flack for his opinion and the boycott will not change his mind. The boycott won't make him stop donating to the organizations which seek to hurt the LGBT community. The boycott hardly solves anything. I feel kind of sad that Americans feel that simply not buying a product will solve anything; that worked back in, you know, the 18th century when trade between two countries was a very delicate thing, but not spending $10 on a meal and expecting that to make a difference is completely foolish and shortsighted. If anything, you should donate $10 to pro-LGBT organizations to tip the balance of influence in your favor. Chicken sandwiches don't have any influence.
In my opinion, I'd just leave the guy alone and let this pass. I've no doubt that people will forget about this in about a month.
I doubt I'll ever eat at Chick-Fil-A anyway. There aren't any in the Pacific Northwest. I find that a little peculiar because Seattle and Portland are very liberal places and there are Chick-Fil-A restaurants by the tens of dozens dotting the Bible Belt (especially Georgia, holy shit). If that is the wish of the CEO, then that's fine with me. I'm not going to fund those hurtful organizations with my purchase, but I'm not going to crucify this guy simply for his opinion.
So walk with your chin up. The LGBT community has come a far way. The best thing to do would to help those who help you because doing nothing (like refusing to buy a chicken sandwich) doesn't help anybody.
/ my two cents
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
Bitch, your kid is human like the rest of us. They can take a few scratches. Don't get all butthurt cause your kid is stupid. Your kid will learn that their fingers can't fit in certain things. That's a fundamental part of a kid growing up, realizing that they can't do everything and that some things will hurt, but they'll get over it like you got over all those scrapes you got on your knee.
Dumb cunt. Ruin the fun for the rest of the kids because of your kid's perfectly normal mistake. Treat your kid like a human being, pop the bubble, and let it live like I did. I got big scrapes when I was a kid. I ate and drank things I probably shouldn't have. I'm still alive. What does that say?
It says you're an overbearing, prudish cunt. I understand that you want to protect your kid. Protect them from kidnappers, earthquakes, and hurricanes. Don't protect them from life. Life is meant to be experienced and when you meticulously choose what your kid experiences, you have to draw a line that is very hard to draw. That's called being a terrible parent. Raising a kid should be natural. Your being irrational doesn't make you a better parent.
Sorry, I just have these very strong ideas about raising kids.
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
Oh, yeah, I'm talking about America.
Our politics is shit, people are too immature with their opinions, people abuse their rights to hurt others, people are too stubborn to accept that some things are inevitable (such as the movement to clean energy) and will offer their bullshit arguments and leave it at that.
We, as a collective people, have gotten too comfortable with an "us vs. them" mentality. That's why nothing gets done in this fucking place. You can't stop progress and if that means that we will see an ultimate divide and our two most conflicting ideologies come to a head, then I would love to move my friends and family somewhere far away such as to not get them involved in the implosion.
The only thing I can appreciate about this place anymore is the nature and whiskey distilleries.
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
Yeah, I'm pretty much done with this place. I have a lot of reasons why and they all weave together like a sad, sad quilt.
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
Fuck real life, dude. Real life fucking sucks. Why do you think video games were even invented?
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
And Freddy gave me a lot of solid ideas. Fuck yeah, let's keep this going.
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
Suggest to me your favorite TV series and movies cause, you know, I love you guys and I hope you love me enough to do me this incredible favor. Please?
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
Have a good night.
Seriously, though, I love you guys.
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence
:c
Edit: Coincidentally, my sig quote kind of alludes to blue balls...
I hate the way you cling to ignorance and pass it off as innocence