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10-02-2015 , 09:36 AM

#16626

eeonblue

grinder

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 562

Yesterday a lady at work said "shaking my head" when she was in fact not shaking her head.

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10-02-2015 , 09:39 AM

#16627

dkgojackets

DKGOAT

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 86,120

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Originally Posted by ACG2x

Edit: Not really piss me off level but it's an annoyance when people say "from a ______ perspective". For example "So from a getting caught up perspective we need to..." or "Well from an employee morale perspective, I think the best idea is...". Not sure if anyone else experiences this but I hear it at least 50x/day. Significant annoyance.

this is indeed annoying. just cut to the point. tell me "i am worried that plan x will cause effect y", you dont need to start with "from an inbound transportation perspective, i think blah blah"

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10-02-2015 , 09:44 AM

#16628

Roonil Wazlib

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Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 3,333

from a being annoyed with things at work perspective, that sounds really annoying.

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10-02-2015 , 09:55 AM

#16629

Absurdas

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,466

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Originally Posted by FeralCreature

Today's Quora digest:

- I want to become rich. What should I do?
- How can young adults plan to be a millionaire?
- What's a strategy for me to realistically have a $10 million net worth by 40?
- What are the best ways to make money?
- What's it like when you first arrive to Wall Street, in hopes of making a ton of money?

Just **** off already.

They do cater to what you're interested in, just that their algorithm for doing that is rather ****ed. Still, don't recall getting digest filled with so much aids.

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10-02-2015 , 10:59 AM

#16630

FeralCreature

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Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,148

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Originally Posted by eeonblue

Yesterday a lady at work said "shaking my head" when she was in fact not shaking her head.

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10-02-2015 , 11:05 AM

#16631

W0X0F

sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,846

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

Macs man, you can't win for losing.

I've heard that expression many times in my life and I've never quite understood it. I get the basic sentiment (i.e. frustration), but I can't break down the actual phrase. What does it mean?

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10-02-2015 , 11:13 AM

#16632

El Diablo

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Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 70,770

W,

http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/20...or-losing.html

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10-02-2015 , 11:56 AM

#16633

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24,218

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

you can't win for losing.

This phrase. But it probably should piss me off.

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10-02-2015 , 12:04 PM

#16634

BigPoppa

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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 22,216

When celebrities are referred to by their first names, as if we were all close friends.

It pisses me off when I have no idea who they're talking about.

And it pisses me off when I know exactly who they're talking about.

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10-02-2015 , 01:03 PM

#16635

Brocktoon

Unreada Bill

Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,674

I haven't clicked El D's link, but I interpret it as if they held a contest for being a loser, the person would still lose that.

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10-02-2015 , 02:13 PM

#16636

herbertstemple

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Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,142

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Originally Posted by W0X0F

I've heard that expression many times in my life and I've never quite understood it. I get the basic sentiment (i.e. frustration), but I can't break down the actual phrase. What does it mean?

How can you win if you always lose.

Think Chicago Cubs.

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10-02-2015 , 02:26 PM

#16637

Dominic

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Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,916

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Originally Posted by eeonblue

Yesterday a lady at work said "shaking my head" when she was in fact not shaking her head.

lol...this made me chuckle

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10-02-2015 , 03:23 PM

#16638

punkass

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Originally Posted by eeonblue

Yesterday a lady at work said "shaking my head" when she was in fact not shaking her head.

Laugh Out Loud

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10-02-2015 , 04:06 PM

#16639

Dominic

Tripod

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,916

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Originally Posted by eeonblue

Yesterday a lady at work said "shaking my head" when she was in fact not shaking her head.

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Originally Posted by punkass

Laugh Out Loud

But did you actually laugh out loud?

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10-02-2015 , 04:21 PM

#16640

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 100,415

I always thought smh was "scratch(ing) my head"

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10-02-2015 , 04:41 PM

#16641

JudgeHoldem

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Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 8,197

Book stores at airports. What kind of jackass picks up reading on a flight, like starts right then? Bring a book you're reading already. You aren't gonna finish a book on a 4 hour flight. My guess is most books purchased at airports don't get read past page 50. Also who doesn't have a kindle or the app? Plus the selection available is as bad as Walmart or the market

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10-02-2015 , 04:46 PM

#16642

FeralCreature

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The book The Black Swan and the consensus that it is somehow deeply profound when the entire premise of the book can basically be summed up by saying that unexpected things happen that you can't model.

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10-02-2015 , 04:51 PM

#16643

punkass

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I mean, it's not like a frequent flyer is buying a book before every flight.

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10-02-2015 , 04:52 PM

#16644

punkass

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Originally Posted by Dominic

But did you actually laugh out loud?

of course not

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10-02-2015 , 04:59 PM

#16645

JSLigon

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Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 388

If you're going to run a crappy bookstore with limited selection and high prices, the airport is the perfect place. Between the duration of the flight itself, the time spent waiting to board, and the rather frequent delays, people at airports have lots of time to kill. I've bought books at the airport that I wouldn't have been all that interested in otherwise.

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10-02-2015 , 05:26 PM

#16646

dukemagic

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,899

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Originally Posted by JudgeHoldem

I used to buy books every once in a while at the airport. Typically I'd be picking them up on the way back home because I had already finished the other reading I brought for the trip. I usually just got one of the thrillers on the Bestseller list and that would keep me occupied on the flight. And I did finish them, usually on the flight, though admittedly I'm one of the fastest readers I know and I agree that most people probably don't finish them.

With smartphones/tablets/kindles now I haven't bought a book at the airport in 2+ years, though.

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10-02-2015 , 05:27 PM

#16647

Brocktoon

Unreada Bill

Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,674

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Originally Posted by FeralCreature

Oh man, I trudged my way through that book for what felt like ages. I too found it repetitive and unenlightening.

I kept thinking to myself, "I see what you are saying. I agree with the point being made. So what?"

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10-02-2015 , 06:11 PM

#16648

runout_mick

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Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,171

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Originally Posted by JudgeHoldem

When we got to the airport, headed for Cuba, I realized I had left my kindle at home. My wife still had hers, but half of the plan was for us to lay on the beach and read, so I kinda needed to buy a few books we both might like.

That airport bookstore saved my vacation.

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10-02-2015 , 07:06 PM

#16649

blind squirrel

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Originally Posted by Didace

In the eyes of a three-year old that really, really wants a donut, yes.

That's just Anger in full rage mode on the control panels.

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10-02-2015 , 07:17 PM

#16650

blind squirrel

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Originally Posted by blackize5

Today I'm taking a **** at work and some **** comes in walks past the clearly available first stall and YANKS on the handle to my stall. thank goodness that stall has a secure latch.

He then proceeds to the other stall and for no joke the next 5 minutes is making some combination of ridiculous grunts and aaahs every 10 or so second

Funny post. I just came home from road tripping down the West Coast and got the phenomenon in the 2nd paragraph quite a bit, too.

Also I don't get the design of the stalls, I think Seattle was the worst. Why not get some ****ing proper walls up? The one at Pike Market you could basically look into the stalls upon entering, who takes a **** there? Is this meant to make cleaning easier? Sometimes there were ones with poor manufacturing aside of the door, clear view in from a certain angle.

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