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Post by vetus on Nov 17, 2012 16:20:22 GMT -5
I hate it so much when some people try to use their job or their experience in a subject as a point in their disagreement to show that they are right and you're wrong. For example when I was talking with a "friend" about a song which he says that it really sucks and I disagreed and answered that it's all about taste his answer was "I play music professionaly for years so I have a better opinion on the subject". That's bullshit! It's like saying that you have to be movie director in order to appreciate a good movie, you have to be a videogame designer in order to appreciate a good game and so on. Ïthewise we wouldn't have so many professionals with experience that don't know shit about their job. For example I'm a graphic designer but I have seen many other graphic designers who have absolutely no sense of aesthetics and I have seen many works from people who are not graphic designers yet they do much better job. does anybody anywhere actually give a shit about amy rose She's annoying as hell.  No wonder why Sonic always tries to avoid her (and not because he's gay for Tails ;D ). |
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Post by Weasel on Nov 17, 2012 16:42:34 GMT -5
I hate it so much when some people try to use their job or their experience in a subject as a point in their disagreement to show that they are right and you're wrong. For example when I was talking with a "friend" about a song which he says that it really sucks and I disagreed and answered that it's all about taste his answer was "I play music professionaly for years so I have a better opinion on the subject". That's bullshit! It's like saying that you have to be movie director in order to appreciate a good movie, you have to be a videogame designer in order to appreciate a good game and so on. Ïthewise we wouldn't have so many professionals with experience that don't know shit about their job. For example I'm a graphic designer but I have seen many other graphic designers who have absolutely no sense of aesthetics and I have seen many works from people who are not graphic designers yet they do much better job. Being a professional in the field may give you a different perspective than being a mere consumer, but that does not in any way elevate an opinion above the consumers. In that respect, I think that being a professional actually clouds one's judgment, especially if you've been involved in the work itself or something similar to it. That does remind me, though, that sometimes consumers' opinions can be downright obtuse and unreadable, especially referring to games like GTA3 as "janky" with no further description (though, geez, I've even seen professional reviewers use that word, what the hell does it even mean?). |
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Post by vetus on Nov 17, 2012 18:00:40 GMT -5
That does remind me, though, that sometimes consumers' opinions can be downright obtuse and unreadable... ...and will prove that the motto "The costumers is always right" is bullshit. notalwaysright.com/...especially referring to games like GTA3 as "janky" with no further description (though, geez, I've even seen professional reviewers use that word, what the hell does it even mean?). Yeah, I have never heard that word before either.  |
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Post by Ike on Nov 18, 2012 17:45:03 GMT -5
That does remind me, though, that sometimes consumers' opinions can be downright obtuse and unreadable... ...and will prove that the motto "The costumers is always right" is bullshit. notalwaysright.com/shit that pisses me off thread post: re: this website I hate this website because it takes a potentially funny idea and turns it into the textual equivalent of that .gif of Mario humping the Princess while she farts out 1Ups except Mario is the userbase and Peach is shit_that_didnt_happen.txt I am 100% positive that only the most mundane, middling stories on the site are in any sense "plausible" because everything reads like some ridiculous caricature here's the formula you got your main guy/girl who is coolly conversing with a friend or attending some minor duty while saluting turgidness of their own morally superior dick customer comes in with a complaint usually screaming something completely nonsensical (bonus points: racism) and is described to resemble an overweight Minnesota mom, a pervy/creepy guy, old people main guy rolls his eyes and tries to gently explain "No, sir, you're not supposed to-" or whatever pertains to the topic of complaint customer explodes sick iceburns are delivered either before the customer leaves (by the main character) or after (by another customer in line, a sort of sideline hero character that comes in toward the middle or end) 90% of the posts on this site are just that shit none of it happened ever this is what happens when we don't teach rhetoric in high schools, this is the worst and most basic style of self-aggrandizing writing and people eat this shit up can you believe it |
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Post by Warchief Onyx on Nov 18, 2012 18:06:03 GMT -5
You've obviously never worked in a supermarket. My ex-girlfriend had some stories from working at Stop & Shop that would fit right in with the more out there entries on that site.
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Post by Ike on Nov 18, 2012 18:13:53 GMT -5
I guess I'm really less concerned with the truth that it happened and more with how it happened
The stories are largely so formulaic and predictable that it becomes hard to distinguish the dressed up ones from the exaggerated-for-effect-but-still-mostly-true ones.
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Post by vetus on Nov 19, 2012 15:01:17 GMT -5
The truth is after reading many pages I had the impression that lots of these stories are probably fake.
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Post by dooz on Nov 20, 2012 0:38:03 GMT -5
I have had so many more absurd/insane/ridiculous stories than the ones that I have read on that website in the 8 years that I have been working customer service.
That being said, many of the stories read very formulaic and samey, but I think it's more because of revisions by the writer to conform to the style of the more popular entries of the website.
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Post by Resident Tsundere on Nov 23, 2012 21:29:13 GMT -5
The Factory minigame in Rogue Galaxy. There must be some really good items that can only be gotten through it, because connecting everything to everything else is a major P in the A. I don't think I've ever hated a game's minigame more in my life.
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Post by Allie on Nov 26, 2012 10:34:14 GMT -5
"They're going to shut off my electricity, I filed an appeal, fix it!"
"I don't personally have that power."
"I'LL HAVE YOUR JOB FOR THIS!"
Yeah, buddy. You and literally 1,000 people before you. Tell it to the Judge.
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Post by The Great Klaid on Nov 26, 2012 11:09:04 GMT -5
The Factory minigame in Rogue Galaxy. There must be some really good items that can only be gotten through it, because connecting everything to everything else is a major P in the A. I don't think I've ever hated a game's minigame more in my life. I loved Rogue Galaxy and I still hated this. I may have hated gummi ships more.... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2012 11:35:26 GMT -5
I guess I'm really less concerned with the truth that it happened and more with how it happened The stories are largely so formulaic and predictable that it becomes hard to distinguish the dressed up ones from the exaggerated-for-effect-but-still-mostly-true ones. This is a side thought but when I was working a customer service/telephone support job during college, there was this one time where a lady called in and kept referring to the problem she was calling about as a "n***** in the woodpile." After the third time, on a whim I said "M'aam, I hate to tell you this but my mother's black and my father's Puerto Rican, and I find that term offensive." She hung up and didn't call back. Mind you I'm a bigger cracker than Toll House, but suddenly deepening my voice to my "black guy voice" probably sold it. Better living through creative thinking. |
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Post by jubibbles88 on Nov 26, 2012 18:06:47 GMT -5
Fuck nazis, Fuck Hitler, Fuck skinheads, fuck turtle neck sweaters, fuck everyone with a swastika tattoo on thier shlong.
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Post by dooz on Nov 26, 2012 18:54:23 GMT -5
I agree. That's why I got Rainbow Dash tattooed on my shlong instead.
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Post by The Great Klaid on Nov 26, 2012 22:26:02 GMT -5
Fuck nazis, Fuck Hitler, Fuck skinheads, fuck turtle neck sweaters, fuck everyone with a swastika tattoo on thier shlong. I suppose that'd be the only way you could ever see it.... |
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does anybody anywhere actually give a shit about amy rose
No wonder why Sonic always tries to avoid her (and not because he's gay for Tails ;D ).
