You must log in or # to comment.
The c-section baby line is pretty smooth have to admit
I thought it might be a bit scarring.
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what. then, is an empty desk a sign of?”
-Albert EinsteinNevermind
Don’t mind
50% off this Labor Day weekend, only?
My coworker got in trouble for using the word “circlejerk” in our AI Slack channel.
our AI Slack channel.
lol it’s to talk about new AI tools and just a bountiful smorgasboard of toxic positivity.
“I love having this tool vomit unintelligible garbage at people and making them figure out what I’m trying to say!”
“Me too! I wonder if I can offload everything in my life to the random token generator!”
“I’ve been using model 7.5 and can really feel the difference in quality between my garbled output! Whereas 7.4 felt awful and slow 7.5 feels like it knows me!”
Every damn AI channel.
What’s funny is that your parody is only barely an exaggeration.
You have to give the channel a more covert name. We have a Teams channel called “Work”. It consists entirely of shitposts and memes.
Seems like his speech to corporate translation isn’t working correctly.
It is called brainstorming in corporate lingo.
In corporate (and many other) settings it’s likely to be a circlejerk, but brainstorming per se is not.
So we agree ! How can i turn this in a debatable offense ? XD
I wanted to point out that both the term and the activity of brainstorming exist outside corporate settings, and that I consider it a good thing, at least in principle.
It’s not (just) corporate lingo.
So, not fully disagreeing, but not agreeing either.
Lol, I agree on this too… Unbearable. XD
That’s not how pencils work
It is, in a way that’s recognizable as a metaphor.
But it’s not. Pencils have to be resharpened when they’re used, so a sharp point doesn’t inherently mean it’s never been used for work.
But then you’d see the pencil being shorter, but adding that is too long for a quip.
Remind me of the classic: “There are two types of people on the world, those who can extrapolate from incomplete information.”
eheheheheh
This isn’t a case of extrapolating from incomplete information. The premise of the comeback metaphor is fundamentally flawed.
I don’t know why so many people are downvoting this when you’re so clearly right. It’s a comeback that sounds superficially clever, but doesn’t stand up to any kind of analysis. If you keep using your pencil after you’ve blunted it instead of sharpening it again, you’re doing low quality work.
“And those who can’t”. By the way. Just FYI.
A dull pencil definitely has though. Sharp pencil could be a worker but could be a total poser.
Exactly, so the metaphor doesn’t hold up. The sharp pencil could be either.
Not definitely. Every new, unused pencil I’ve ever seen in my life has been dull.
You wouldn’t fit in with that crowd, just take it at face value, chuckle and move on. It’s a very simple joke your making it complicated
Yeah; if they’re still in the box, they’ve not yet been sharpened.
That depends entirely on what pencils you buy.
The actual box that is being talked about isn’t the one you buy them in, it’s the one you store them in. A pencil case.
It’s like saying not the sharpest knife in the drawer, or tool in the shed.
Looking kinda dumb
I’d argue if you are speaking on the sharpness of an item it would be implied that they are supposed to be sharp. “Sharpest tool in the shed” discounts the hammer you have in there as useless when it just might not be the right tool for the job but it implies the need for a sharp tool currently.
I mean, it’s not that complicated. The opposite of sharp is dull, which is a term for not being smart.
But the shape a tool is in isn’t necessarily indicative of the amount of use, so the metaphor isn’t transferrable in that way.
I was only commenting on them not understanding how it’s implied that all the pencils in the box should be sharp. The fact that the overall comeback is not fully thought through never came up. I never mentioned the condition of a new vs used tool. My point was that the quote is pointed to imply he should be sharp and not dull in this situation so everything else he’s compared to would presumably be sharp. I don’t know where you thought I had missed or implied otherwise, all around I don’t know what you’re on about.
This is a very “well, acktually” response.
We all know what he meant.
They don’t lick!
“Unless it’s being properly maintained and gets sharpened as needed.”
“In that case, someone other than the pencil ought to do that job, don’t you agree?”
I don’t think it’s cut out for this work. The pencil refuses to be sharpened or only stays sharp for a day at a time and eventually ends up trying to stab anyone who wants to use or sharpen it.
But, we eventually we have to talk about real life problems instead of pretending everything is simple. Sorry, pilaz, you’re fired.
Unrealistic scenario, that would cost profit.
You can call him foreskin. Because he disappears when things get hard
Sometimes I rather enjoy working for boomers. My boss will just light up a cigarette in the shop, we rag on eachother constantly and joke about hanging ourselves from the rafters.
The genuinely good baby boomers are definitely a highlight to socialise people. Really good, appreciative folk who do they’re best.
That’s starting to happen with Gen X already. As you get older you give fewer shits.
Gen X here, and I ran out of shits to give years ago.
Not the same younger generations are too damn sensitive. Not all but much higher rate.
In my personal experience, the ones joking about hanging themselves tend to be more sensitive.
That second guy hasn’t heard of pencil sharpeners
The company keeps me sharp, that’s why I’m almost dead
wise
Actually a pencil that hasn’t done any work in flat. It’s only sharp from continuous use and sharpening.
Maybe that boss was right.
“Give me a tug and I’ll be sharp again.”
That’s another meeting with HR.
fact he went to hr over that tells you all you need to know.
C section?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarean_section
If you’d like to learn more.
it’s an alternative to natural birth. the lady basically gets cut open by medical professionals to take the baby out. it’s actually routine in many places of america
Ohhh C section for Caesarean section, ok thx
