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Post by Spunk on May 2, 2007 19:43:33 GMT -5
We used to break street dates all the time. Honestly, the most you'll get is maybe a call from the publisher saying 'DONT DO IT AGAIN.'
It was really funny when my friend worked at a CD shop his brother owned. They never cared about release dates, and always had shit out like the Friday before it came out. One day we were hanging out there while he was working, and he picks up the phone. Its Paramount Pictures yelling at him for putting some shitty movie out early. Nothing came of this, but it was hilarious at the time to be like 'Shit, Bob.. Who was that?' 'Paramount Pictures.. Again.'
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Post by Joe Snack Road on May 2, 2007 19:50:16 GMT -5
We used to break street dates all the time. Honestly, the most you'll get is maybe a call from the publisher saying 'DONT DO IT AGAIN.' It was really funny when my friend worked at a CD shop his brother owned. They never cared about release dates, and always had shit out like the Friday before it came out. One day we were hanging out there while he was working, and he picks up the phone. Its Paramount Pictures yelling at him for putting some shitty movie out early. Nothing came of this, but it was hilarious at the time to be like 'Shit, Bob.. Who was that?' 'Paramount Pictures.. Again.' I guess in the grand scheme, it doesn't matter here. BUT, as a part of that nerdcore sort of demisubculture, the "Breaking of Street Dates" is that kind of urban myth; like the Jackalope or the Nintendo Wii... I kind of thought it'd be a bigger deal to actually do it, though. Instead, I feel cheap and used. |
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Post by motosada on May 2, 2007 23:39:15 GMT -5
Okay, here's some stupid-ass shit. I come home from working two of my three jobs today, and my brother was watching KoRn Unplugged on MTV VOD, and it's the usual stuff from them. You know; 30-something men singing songs about how painful it was to be 13-18. They even had Robert Smith do back-up vocals on Make Me Bad, which was, uh... weird. Anyway, all of Korn's songs since Freak on a Leash made them ass-loads of money with the high school crowd (back when most of US were still in high school!) have been dedicated to anyone who's ever been picked on/sad/made fun of/cried/had a bad day/etc.. So, during this thing, they do a cover of Radiohead's Creep, and ol' prissy-pants Jonathan Davis goes on this freaking diatribe about the song, and how much it means to him, yadda yadda, and then dedicates it to anyone who's ever been picked on/made fun of/teased/etc..
Now, it's okay if they want to make their entire catalogue sound like some dumb kid's deadjournal, but ya just don't take other people's stuff and re-decide who the song is made for. Ya just don't.
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Post by motosada on May 25, 2007 1:19:57 GMT -5
Fuck the Democratic Party. Buncha pussies.
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Post by Joe Snack Road on May 25, 2007 10:22:38 GMT -5
WORKPLACE DRAMA~!!!!!
I'm in the middle of a tug of war between management and a guy who keeps wanting to train me on archaic pieces of machinery that elevate me to absurd heights (read: Higher than 6'2").
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Today's installment apparantly comes from some LP order from the dark ages, where we have to put a Walmart sticker on printer ink cartridges so they can't be stolen and returned to like, Office Max for $20 instead of $14 or so.
This is news to me, as I've been in this department a good 4 months without so much as a breath of this bylaw... the managers have no idea about this. Not just the stupid ones, the one who actually knows what the hell he's talking about, too.
Even teh department manager, who's been there for YEARS.
As a seasoned vet of the game "Cover Your Ass" I find myself wondering which way to go here; so probably along to the management on this point. I like getting paid monies, and in making unreasonable demands of management, I see a way to end that being paid monies thing I like so very much in my state with obscenely high minimum wage.
Honestly, I don't like how I'm being handled by this coworker guy. He's got issues with management, and I feel like he's trying to work me into it so he feels like he has an ally or something, problem being, I just don't care. His issues are because he likes to talk back about how things "Used to be done" and I just shut the hell up and do my job - if he's trying to pull me in so he feels (GASP!!!!) UNIONIZED, well, fuck.
I hate feeling like someone else is trying to play me as their chess piece.
AND I HATE CHESS.
Checkers, there's a real man's game.
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Post by CyberTranz on May 25, 2007 10:38:44 GMT -5
Man my sister is getting married this weekend and I have a bunch of family flying in for it. There's going to be a lot of cheek pinching and photo taking. Say a prayer for me.  |
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Post by motosada on May 25, 2007 15:58:42 GMT -5
Three words for ya, Paul; Sucks to be - adding a fourth - you.
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Post by motosada on May 30, 2007 21:17:59 GMT -5
So, annual training starts Monday. Get your fill of my half-attempts at humor now, cuz it might be all you get 'till July.
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Post by Joe Snack Road on May 31, 2007 14:53:36 GMT -5
So, annual training starts Monday. Get your fill of my half-attempts at humor now, cuz it might be all you get 'till July. OH NO! This means there won't EVER be another NDP show! ... this decade! |
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Post by motosada on May 31, 2007 22:50:50 GMT -5
Wouldn't be the first time.
But, in all actuality, I plan on using AT monies on a new computer. Because I need my goddamn internet porn 8-Bit Theater.
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Post by Joe Snack Road on Jun 1, 2007 12:58:35 GMT -5
Wouldn't be the first time. But, in all actuality, I plan on using AT monies on a new computer. Because I need my goddamn internet porn 8-Bit Theater. You're totally reaching "Duke Nukem Forever" levels of delay, you know. Lets talk about the EBStop register biscuits. Yesterday I had a bit of sticker shock when trying to buy a new mattress and seeking comfort from the video game store, I wandered in to a pair of elitist assholes who chose to criticize every item I wanted. Look. I don’t ask much from register biscuits. I never have. Ring me up. If I ask you about a release date, I might be interested in preordering. If I don’t show interest in a game the first time you try to sell it to me, don’t shove it down my throat. Instead these used car salesmen saw fit to query me on preordering everything from the Wii system to Castlevania on the PSP because I wanted the Pokedex Guidebook. I’d have been okay with it if one of them just focused on me, talked to me, engaged me in conversation while trying to do this; but instead I get “Ignoringyou McTotallyexpectingyoutogiveusyourmoneyforthisbullshitanywaysthough”. And I did. For all my stories of emasculating cashiers, I just dealt with it. They laid into me for not preordering the guide book and how I was so lucky because they only had one in the back (ignoring that I could see the stack of seven or eight behind the counter) and the guy who preordered it hadn’t picked it up) and that I need to preorder it and while I’m at it why not preorder Pokemon Battle Revolution and wondering if I had played Diamond or Pearl because it’s the best game in the series so far. … Yeah. I wanted the POKEDEX GUIDEBOOK FOR DIAMOND AND PEARL SPECIFICALLY. Asked for it by name. And they wanted to sell me the game, too. Not “What do you think of it?” but “BUY IT NOWES.” But catatonic, I took that abuse. Sometimes, I suck. |
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Post by Steve on Jun 1, 2007 15:22:20 GMT -5
"Nah man, I'm just lookin'" is my favorite phrase.  |
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Post by orochigeese on Jun 1, 2007 15:47:47 GMT -5
They've tried and failed. They've never gotten me, they don't even succeed in flesh wounds anymore. The key to fighting elitist EBgamers is to just hit them right back wit it. I don't claim to be sage of all video games, but its been my  n hobby for over 20 years. So while my knowledge is not perfect, my DESIRES are predicted 99% of the time. The 1% that I'm surprised by a game is usually from taking the opinion of a TRUSTED friend that shares my tastes or knows mine really well. NOT from a game store employee hucking his wares in front of me like a street corner WHORE. So how do I deal with these people? One of two ways, both involving the concept of elitism but applied quite differently. One way is the tried and true "Soujirou smile" method as I mentioned in this thread before. This is reserved for the employees who seem to just be doing their job and filling quotas (lest they get fired from their commandeering bosses). They're doing the hard sell but its clear their heart isn't really into it and they aren't bad people nor very elitist. I take pity on them so I just give them the "smile" as I shake my head no to their offers. No anger, no violence, just a upbeat TOTAL dismissal of their offers. It kinda irks them but I'm smiling so much that they often don't get mad. Sometimes they think I'm just dumb, but if i get out of that store unscathed, then my intelligence and expressive camouflage has served me well The second way is reserved for the more aggressive whores. I call this, the "Geese". Yes...I temporarily morph my personality into one resembling our favorite bringer of chaos (no, not Jack Dod, damn you!) OrochiGeese.(Note: This does not involve Gansos through the desk or screaming chaos). I give my favorite "cocky, self-assured" expression as I make it UTTERLY clear that I'm looking down at them patronizingly in reaction to their offer and I just slowly shake my head no and say "i...really don't think I'll be getting that." Sometimes I'll throw in a "please don't waste my time" if they have been annoying enough. It basically UPs the asshole level that they are giving me and when I'm angry enough BEFORE i get into the store, then my eyes can pull off the mood even more. (without them glowing red). The best thing is, they have no choice but to TAKE it. Its not like I've been verbally abusive or physically violent, and they STILL want my business. But its clear that I'm coming in from a position of higher self-assuredness then they are and am not the mere consumer peon they take everyone that steps into their "part of the block" to be. And for a parting shot (the "slap on the ass"), I'll inquire about some game I KNOW thats only coming out in Japan. Then when they say they won't be able to get it, I'll then say: "ahh ok, I'll just get it online then" and walk away as they begin sobbing to each other and saying how much it hurt. No remorse ;D |
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Post by Joe Snack Road on Jun 21, 2007 12:48:29 GMT -5
God Bless You, Dummy.
1999-2007
I miss my doggy.
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Post by orochigeese on Jun 21, 2007 12:53:10 GMT -5
Ouch.
That absolutely sucks, I'm really sorry to hear that.
My sincere condolences. I've never had anything other then some fish but I have plenty of friends with dogs and the "man's best friend" saying is an understatement. The memories do live on though, always will.
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