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Even before covid I would avoid the party type events because people are disgusting. I don't know how you manage everyone grabbing at food now. I see people still grabbing the samples at costco like there isn't a pandemic going on.
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AnimeIsTrash posted:Even before covid I would avoid the party type events because people are disgusting. I don't know how you manage everyone grabbing at food now. I see people still grabbing the samples at costco like there isn't a pandemic going on.
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AnimeIsTrash posted:Even before covid I would avoid the party type events because people are disgusting. I don't know how you manage everyone grabbing at food now. I see people still grabbing the samples at costco like there isn't a pandemic going on. i hate costco samples because costco shopping carts are huge and any time there's "Good samples" they block the entire aisle from shopping i've seen people block aisles with their carts when the sample person said it'd be like 15 minutes who on earth has 15 minutes to blow while inconveniencing others for 1 bite of a firsh stick or w/e i swear to god its the trashiest thing and i feel embarrassed by proxy to witness it
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:35 |
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my department had an in person christmas dinner but it was fine because the virus is basically gone here
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:36 |
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Sniep posted:i hate costco samples because costco shopping carts are huge and any time there's "Good samples" they block the entire aisle from shopping We have no universal healthcare, no nationalizing the banks for causing crashes, no execution of Chris Matthews in central park so you may as well wait for as many free samples at costco as you want. It's basically your birthright as an American.
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:38 |
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Goin’ to the bar tomorrow to hang one last time for a while. People are cool and I enjoy spending time with them
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:40 |
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we had an office outing to watch the new spider man at the fancy 16-seat theater last night and boy howdy was that movie loving unwatchable garbage. I was jealous of my partner who fell asleep for like half of it
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:44 |
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Sniep posted:i swear to god its the trashiest thing and i feel embarrassed by proxy to witness it
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something about stuff being "free" really fucks with a lot of people
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:45 |
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Feisty-Cadaver posted:we had an office outing to watch the new spider man at the fancy 16-seat theater last night and boy howdy was that movie loving unwatchable garbage. I was jealous of my partner who fell asleep for like half of it the only office outing to see a movie weve done was alien: covenant
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:46 |
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PokeJoe posted:something about stuff being "free" really fucks with a lot of people Ask Me About the time i put up some specific, hard to find furnace filters on nextdoor for free ONLY for if they'd fit your furnace, and got a dozen inquiries within hours from people who couldn't possibly use them until the first request that actually had a furnace that fit them. Just jaw dropping. It's like that hoarders show on TV or something. No intent or even capability to use them, just trying to be first. Me first me first me first!
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:48 |
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PokeJoe posted:something about stuff being "free" really fucks with a lot of people
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:48 |
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opportunity cost is an occult concept for much of america.
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:52 |
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FMguru posted:the same thing happened at the Very Fancy university i went to when snapple became big and they set up a tent in front of the student center and handed out free samples. people whose parent bought them brand new bmws for graduation presents stood in the cold for twenty minutes in order to score a mini-dixie cup with an inch of watery iced tea in it. it was the damnedest thing dang at least red bull gave out full cans during their marketing blitz
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:52 |
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Feisty-Cadaver posted:we had an office outing to watch the new spider man at the fancy 16-seat theater last night and boy howdy was that movie loving unwatchable garbage. I was jealous of my partner who fell asleep for like half of it I heard there was a lot of raw dogging in that film.
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 01:54 |
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yeah same. like i'll obviously grab one as i'm going by cause why not, but it always really confused me that people will push and wait and clog things up to taste whatever frozen put-it-in-the-oven thing they're hawking
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 02:36 |
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Achmed Jones posted:yeah same. like i'll obviously grab one as i'm going by cause why not, but it always really confused me that people will push and wait and clog things up to taste whatever frozen put-it-in-the-oven thing they're hawking I think the part of their brain that usually tells them "people are seeing and judging you" turns straight the gently caress off when they get into costco like it's a special place For Them or something and the rules stop applying. it blows my mind
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:04 |
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one time i saw a lady bite the food off of the stick that another lady was holding. at first i thought they were together but...they weren't. i'm like 80% sure it was a straight up snatch as opposed to "ah she is handing me a sample and i will bite it instead" fuckin weird. i started laughing and she glared at me 🤷♀️
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:11 |
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i am flying (domestic) tomorrow and oo boy those omicron numbers are looming i got a pack of 20 N95s at least. maybe i'll wear safety goggles too
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fun fact, though: airplanes are nowhere near as sealed as people think. the pressurization in the cabin is maintained by a constant bleed from the engine compressor stages, balanced by a dinner-plate-sized valve somewhere in the tail that is open to the outside. cabin altitude is set by adjusting the valve to dump more or less air. as a consequence, the entire cabin atmosphere is changed for fresh air every 5-10 minutes. the airport is where all the covid is hiding.
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:21 |
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judging from recent omicron numbers i don't think the covid is really hiding
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:23 |
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fart simpson posted:the only office outing to see a movie weve done was alien: covenant haha that reminds me of when our office did that with prometheus. our team decided to go early for lunch then play pool for a bit before the screening. so we're in the billiards lounge playing and there's a girl in a full cocktail dress at the bar at like, 1:15 on a thursday. she came over and paid attention to us anddi polled my teammates after and 5 of 7 didn't realize she was an escort looking for business lol.
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:25 |
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Sagebrush posted:fun fact, though: airplanes are nowhere near as sealed as people think. the pressurization in the cabin is maintained by a constant bleed from the engine compressor stages, balanced by a dinner-plate-sized valve somewhere in the tail that is open to the outside. cabin altitude is set by adjusting the valve to dump more or less air. as a consequence, the entire cabin atmosphere is changed for fresh air every 5-10 minutes. septa has been pretty adamant about this too, pointing out that you may notice that they constantly are opening the doors on the buses trolleys and trains which lets in fresh air
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:26 |
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Sagebrush posted:fun fact, though: airplanes are nowhere near as sealed as people think. the pressurization in the cabin is maintained by a constant bleed from the engine compressor stages, balanced by a dinner-plate-sized valve somewhere in the tail that is open to the outside. cabin altitude is set by adjusting the valve to dump more or less air. as a consequence, the entire cabin atmosphere is changed for fresh air every 5-10 minutes. i think i'm gonna go ahead and continue being more concerned about the air and spit being breathed out of the guys sitting in front and behind me and packed in next to me
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:36 |
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Sniep posted:Ask Me About the time i put up some specific, hard to find furnace filters on nextdoor for free ONLY for if they'd fit your furnace, and got a dozen inquiries within hours from people who couldn't possibly use them bruh they can turn around and sell them for pure profit Sniep posted:I think the part of their brain that usually tells them "people are seeing and judging you" turns straight the gently caress off when they get into costco its the same appeal of national sit-down chains. flair on the walls!
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:38 |
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Sniep posted:I think the part of their brain that usually tells them "people are seeing and judging you" turns straight the gently caress off when they get into costco I’ve got a bit about how a handle of vodka for $10 at a liquor store is hobo grade night train but buying a Kirkland signature handle is acceptably upper middle class thousands of marketing dissertations have been written on how having a three hundred dollar deli tray or waygu prime beef transforms perceptions of what is a slightly nicer sams club
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:40 |
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costco is a better store because they pay their employees a living wage and use unionized transportation labor "nicer sam's club" is really underselling them imho they also don't do that walmart "we need our special cut-rate version of your jeans to sell" crap
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:42 |
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:they also don't do that walmart "we need our special cut-rate version of your jeans to sell" crap it kinda blew my mind years ago when i checked the bottom of the coffee maker i got was 'made specially for walmart by ge' everything in the store is like that
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:48 |
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PCjr sidecar posted:waygu prime beef transforms perceptions wagyu
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 03:55 |
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Not much, what's wag with you?
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PCjr sidecar posted:I’ve got a bit about how a handle of vodka for $10 at a liquor store is hobo grade night train but buying a Kirkland signature handle is acceptably upper middle class wait- do you really not know the difference between a handle of vladdy and kirkland?
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:costco is a better store because they pay their employees a living wage and use unionized transportation labor yes, but the lexus december to remember folks aren’t there for the better labor policy (the benefits of the better labor policy, sure) 90% of what people buy there is the same stuff as sams, but a moderately better version; like 100 load bottle of tide vs 85 load; vs something like whole foods or tjs strongly dislike how everything is way overpackaged tho do i really need this bread loaf wrapped three times in plastic
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 04:21 |
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PIZZA.BAT posted:wait- do you really not know the difference between a handle of vladdy and kirkland? the quality is irrelevant, when you’re buying a half gallon of vodka for that little money you either do a lot of entertaining or have a problem, unless you’re in costco because its a smart buy; “same distillery as ketel one” etc etc
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PCjr sidecar posted:yes, but the lexus december to remember folks aren’t there for the better labor policy (the benefits of the better labor policy, sure) where else am i gonna get a single sd card in a 18x12 inch package smart guy?
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 04:30 |
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Sagebrush posted:wagyu i said it was transformative
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PCjr sidecar posted:90% of what people buy there is the same stuff as sams, but a moderately better version; like 100 load bottle of tide vs 85 load; vs something like whole foods or tjs just this minor difference of noticeably better quality
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 04:31 |
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Sagebrush posted:i am flying (domestic) tomorrow and oo boy those omicron numbers are looming i'm flyin' next week and whooo boy
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 04:34 |
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:just this minor difference of noticeably better quality caring about quality is bougie computer toucher behavior
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 04:43 |
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i'm just doing my part to avert climate disaster by Reducing and Reusing my household durable goods, as i was taught is my duty by the government in the 90s weird how i only ever see the Recycle part touted anymore, i wonder why that is
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:just this minor difference of noticeably better quality lol
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