(an attempt by Fishy to make the board more neophyte friendly, by rolling her eyes here.)
*deep sigh* Boy, asking for a lot (and with such appalling cliches), and offering such banal cliches.
(Great, Big Eyeroll.)
Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
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Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Kudos for searching for a way to do this.
aaaiiiieeeee!
aaaiiiieeeee!
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Oh crap, I used "cliche" twice in my post. How lazy of me.
whoops. Pots, kettles, the whole nine yards...
whoops. Pots, kettles, the whole nine yards...
The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Sorry, I don't think I can do it. I'm going to try snark light.
JK
http://www.mudskippercafe.com
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
http://www.mudskippercafe.com
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
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The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Now that you are pointing out all the snarkalisciuos posts, I KNOW I'm going to be checking in here often.
JK
http://www.mudskippercafe.com
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
http://www.mudskippercafe.com
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
It scares me that some people are so under preparative
I will be keeping an eye out for this guy. Probably find him out someplace between the man and the temple laying in the dirt passed out.
On a totally different note: It took me about twenty minutes of screwing around with Fishy's posts to figure how to post a link with what is displayed being something different than the actual link.
I will be keeping an eye out for this guy. Probably find him out someplace between the man and the temple laying in the dirt passed out.
On a totally different note: It took me about twenty minutes of screwing around with Fishy's posts to figure how to post a link with what is displayed being something different than the actual link.
Why don't ya stick your head in that hole and find out? ~piehole
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
illy dilly wrote:On a totally different note: It took me about twenty minutes of screwing around with Fishy's posts to figure how to post a link with what is displayed being something different than the actual link.
That, my friend, was not only resourceful but an excellent display of radical self-reliance! Well done!
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
This thread reminds me of being a customer service representative a decade ago, and how (on our email shifts) we used to blow off steam before answering the question of a Truly Cray-Cray S.O.B. who was trying to return something we'd never ever sold, or beg for gift certificates, or get their hands on a book that wouldn't be published for three more months "next day" for the price of standard (for pain & suffering). Once, I talked to a livid father whose college student daughter had gone most of the quarter without ordering her books, and had then missed signing for the shipment and was gonna flunk if she couldn't study, and boy was Dad cranky with me. 
He ruined my stats for the day, & I had to call him--and UPS--back multiple times, but by the time I was done with him he was telling me he had "a son about your age . . . ")
We were temps, making $11 or $12 an hour, but with an oddly regal 11th floor view of a dormant volcano. 5 or 6 times a day, one of us would turn to a cube mate and say . . .
"Get a load of this magnificent bastard."
"Holy crap."
"I know, right? Oh look, he's insulting my mother. Look at this caps lock."
"Once more into the breach."
And then of course, one would patch together an exhaustive yet tactful explanation of the situation, & how screwed or unscrewed they were.
Semi-private bitching really helped.
He ruined my stats for the day, & I had to call him--and UPS--back multiple times, but by the time I was done with him he was telling me he had "a son about your age . . . ") We were temps, making $11 or $12 an hour, but with an oddly regal 11th floor view of a dormant volcano. 5 or 6 times a day, one of us would turn to a cube mate and say . . .
"Get a load of this magnificent bastard."
"Holy crap."
"I know, right? Oh look, he's insulting my mother. Look at this caps lock."
"Once more into the breach."
And then of course, one would patch together an exhaustive yet tactful explanation of the situation, & how screwed or unscrewed they were.
Semi-private bitching really helped.
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I should have known you had some form of customer service experience/training. I have either the highest regard or the lowest disdain for customer service representatives--nothing in between. If I call and I'm angry, a good rep can calm me down in seconds, where a bad rep just makes the situation worse. I do feel that it is up to the customer service representative to determine the tone the call will take. When I get a good one, I ALWAYS compliment them at the end of the call and ask to be directed to their supervisor to let them know how well they handled my problem. If I get a bad one, I usually get disconnected when I ask to be directed to their supervisor! 
Savannah wrote:This thread reminds me of being a customer service representative a decade ago, and how (on our email shifts) we used to blow off steam before answering the question of a Truly Cray-Cray S.O.B. who was trying to return something we'd never ever sold, or beg for gift certificates, or get their hands on a book that wouldn't be published for three more months "next day" for the price of standard (for pain & suffering). Once, I talked to a livid father whose college student daughter had gone most of the quarter without ordering her books, and had then missed signing for the shipment and was gonna flunk if she couldn't study, and boy was Dad cranky with me.
We were temps, making $11 or $12 an hour, but with an oddly regal 11th floor view of a dormant volcano. 5 or 6 times a day, one of us would turn to a cube mate and say . . .
"Get a load of this magnificent bastard."
"Holy crap."
"I know, right? Oh look, he's insulting my mother. Look at this caps lock."
"Once more into the breach."
And then of course, one would patch together an exhaustive yet tactful explanation of the situation, & how screwed or unscrewed they were.
Semi-private bitching really helped.
JK
http://www.mudskippercafe.com
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
http://www.mudskippercafe.com
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Ok. For you, Fishy, I will try to snark here... But I make no promises...
M*A*S*H 4207 We're not doctors.
"Just be yourself. All the good personalities are taken." stolen from my amazing friend Dwayne Gerken's fb status post.
"Just be yourself. All the good personalities are taken." stolen from my amazing friend Dwayne Gerken's fb status post.
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Ya, this is really to hard! It's kind of like a snark museum. Only the connoisseurs will see and appreciate it, but it won't offend anybody. Takes the fun out of it. 
OregonRed wrote:Ok. For you, Fishy, I will try to snark here... But I make no promises...
JK
http://www.mudskippercafe.com
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
http://www.mudskippercafe.com
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
self deny snark????
hmmmmm
sort of like pounding it with no Happy Ending....
grrrrr......
Hell No
hmmmmm
sort of like pounding it with no Happy Ending....
grrrrr......
Hell No
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
WE don't have to do it exclusively here.
But sometimes the person is annoying, but clueless rather than radically self-involved, or you don't want the fight, or you just want the reality check. Besides, some of these people are going to read this anyway...
But sometimes the person is annoying, but clueless rather than radically self-involved, or you don't want the fight, or you just want the reality check. Besides, some of these people are going to read this anyway...
The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
*sulks, kicks dirt with foot*
But, but, but, but...it's so FUN....
Hmph.
Grumble.
*sulks, kicks dirt with foot*
But, but, but, but...it's so FUN....
Hmph.
Grumble.
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Minxy wrote:Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
*sulks, kicks dirt with foot*
But, but, but, but...it's so FUN....
Hmph.
Grumble.
Please, please, PLEASE promise that you'll come by M*A*S*H and have a drink w/ me and TheCO!
M*A*S*H 4207 We're not doctors.
"Just be yourself. All the good personalities are taken." stolen from my amazing friend Dwayne Gerken's fb status post.
"Just be yourself. All the good personalities are taken." stolen from my amazing friend Dwayne Gerken's fb status post.
Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Oh, thanks so much, OregonRed! I sure will. =) Oregon REPRESENT!!! =D
OregonRed wrote:Minxy wrote:Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
*sulks, kicks dirt with foot*
But, but, but, but...it's so FUN....
Hmph.
Grumble.
Please, please, PLEASE promise that you'll come by M*A*S*H and have a drink w/ me and TheCO!
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Sigh. to snark, to snark, how I want to snark.
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
oh god... this one was tough to avoid.
viewtopic.php?f=190&t=42755
I've often wondered how you change the words, but keep the link intact.
I might change this one to: A sign that the sellout may be a good thing
viewtopic.php?f=190&t=42755
I've often wondered how you change the words, but keep the link intact.
I might change this one to: A sign that the sellout may be a good thing
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Elorrum wrote:oh god... this one was tough to avoid.
viewtopic.php?f=190&t=42755
I've often wondered how you change the words, but keep the link intact.
I might change this one to: A sign that the sellout may be a good thing
Ah. [url=cut and paste here]Text you want to post[/url]
The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Elorrum wrote:oh god... this one was tough to avoid.
viewtopic.php?f=190&t=42755
I've often wondered how you change the words, but keep the link intact.
I might change this one to: A sign that the sellout may be a good thing
Op, shit! 
fuck that guy! Its soo important to him, that he'll drive a couple hours to find a ticket! LOL
Damn, I think we need to add to the tickets sticky thread, that the real reason its a bad idea to put your number on eplaya, is that someone (not me of course) will call your ass at 3am everyday tell Bman, to remind you that you are a un-self reliant Douche Jockey.
Why don't ya stick your head in that hole and find out? ~piehole
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I think the newbs posting in the 2010 ticket threads deserve all the snark you can shovel.
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But my arms are trembling from exaustion...
The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
OK, I'll be the first...
illy dilly wrote:Elorrum wrote:oh god... this one was tough to avoid.
viewtopic.php?f=190&t=42755
I've often wondered how you change the words, but keep the link intact.
I might change this one to: A sign that the sellout may be a good thing
Its soo important to him, that he'll drive a couple hours to find a ticket! LOL
Damn, I think we need to add to the tickets sticky thread, that the real reason its a bad idea to put your number on eplaya, is that someone (not me of course) will call your ass at 3am everyday tell Bman, to remind you that you are a un-self reliant Douche Jockey.
JK
http://www.mudskippercafe.com
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
http://www.mudskippercafe.com
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me
Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
jkisha wrote:OK, I'll be the first...illy dilly wrote:Elorrum wrote:oh god... this one was tough to avoid.
viewtopic.php?f=190&t=42755
I've often wondered how you change the words, but keep the link intact.
I might change this one to: A sign that the sellout may be a good thing
Its soo important to him, that he'll drive a couple hours to find a ticket! LOL
Damn, I think we need to add to the tickets sticky thread, that the real reason its a bad idea to put your number on eplaya, is that someone (not me of course) will call your ass at 3am everyday tell Bman, to remind you that you are a un-self reliant Douche Jockey.
I sure we could work out a phone bank with an automated calling system, I'm certain someone has the resources. Could prove very helpful (read: entertaining) for future years as well.
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
AntiM wrote:I think the newbs posting in the 2010 ticket threads deserve all the snark you can shovel.
OMG - have some of them really been posting in 2010? That is fertile ground for snarkage.
I don't follow all these ticket threads too closely and try to ignore them except when I'm really bored at work.
Savannah: I don't know what it is, but no thread here escapes alive. You'll get 1 or 2 real answers at minimum, occasionally 10 or 12, and then we flog it until it's unrecognizable and you can't get your deposit back.
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
AntiM wrote:Sigh. to snark, to snark, how I want to snark.
go to the dark side, you know you want to
Excuse me Ma'am, your going to feel a small prick.
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
*Sigh* trilobyte locked the 2010 ticket thread that I was so looking forward to snark fishing for the evening... I already packed my cooler of sarcasticola and everything...
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Re: Snark Here, not at the Newbs.
Sail Man wrote:AntiM wrote:Sigh. to snark, to snark, how I want to snark.
go to the dark side, you know you want to
As long as they leave that moderator up under my name, I'm not going to go full snark. A little light snarkish now and then.
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