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regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

SubjectVerbObject posted:

Sorry, have to get this out.

Job -1, that I YOTJ'ed out of 8 years ago. It sucked. It was tier 3 tech support for a company that was actively outsourcing and considered its US employees as expensive luxuries. Since they were paying us so much they expected twice the work. It sucked. Some of us, like me, signed up to do tech support, but other folks, like one of my coworkers, was put into tech support after they moved the lab he supported overseas. I can't really say he was a friend or that I knew him really well, but I sat across the aisle from him, and like all crappy jobs, sometimes you just had to stand up and see who else needed a break, and then you would go out in the aisle and talk. You would learn about the other person, their hopes and dreams.

Eric was not happy with being moved to tech support, partially because he was lab support, and partially because he was done with IT. What he really wanted to do was be a cop. He had a strong faith and thought he could make the world a better place. He had been trying for a year to take the CO POST training that would make him hire-able, but our management kept messing with his schedule, and our director had told him that they could not guarantee that he would not have to work evenings, so night classes were off the table.

With a wife and 6 kids he quit with nothing certain, and through a wing and a prayer, he completed his training and was hired by the Boulder CO police department. I left the company a bit after that and lost contact with folks that knew him more.

Eric died Monday, as the first responding officer at the Boulder supermarket shooting. 7 kids. gently caress. On one hand he left his family and friends but on the other he died doing what he loved and by all accounts made a difference. I am saddened by the loss and feel small stressing about my caseload, which seems meaningless by comparison.
gently caress. That's tragic. Real stories, real lives behind the names in the headlines. How awful.

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regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

The Iron Rose posted:

Oh and here’s something pissing me off. Death to Daylight Savings Time! Been a month and still biting me in the rear end. I hate computers. And DST.

Uhh pretty sure DST is the loving best and we should be on it full time. Sunlight until 830 PM so I can bike for hours after getting off work? Big ol gently caress Yes.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Hot take: the best Windows desktop OS was not 7, not 10, nor even 98. It was Server 2008 with Desktop Experience installed.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Polio Vax Scene posted:

is the whole needing to opt out of a dozen data sharing things still a thing in windows 10

Technically yes, but the decrapifier powershell script takes care of that along with miscellaneous other tweaks.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

We have these old Surface tablets that came with Win 8 but have been updated to Windows 10. These tablets have 4 gb of soldered ram and Win 10 runs about as well as you'd expect. I was curious so I checked the minimum requirements and apparently Win 10 can be installed on a machine with 2 gb of ram, or 1 gb for 32 bit.

I'm kind of morbidly curious to build up a machine with 2 gb of ram, 5400 rpm laptop hdd and like a first gen i3 just to see how long it takes to boot to the desktop. Friday afternoons are slow anyway, so why not. I'll set the over/under at 10 minutes to have a usable desktop.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

I think old Dell 790s could only take up to 16 gb

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Yeah, you have to be able to say no to that. "I can't attend at that time. I'm happy to attend if it's rescheduled to occur during my shift", friendly but firm manner, smile in the voice but not apologizing or prevaricating.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Phones are a big status symbol for Salespeople, and I've seen multiple corporate Blackberries mysteriously die in a short timeframe when they went out of vogue. The owners had a choice of replacement device and sure didn't want another Blackberry.

There's a difference between "this is my livelihood" and "this is what I show off to the clients to feel cool and awesome".

It's strange these days though, since every phone is an identity black rectangle

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Hearing about someone who is truly passionate about their job always gives me a warm fuzzy feeling

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

CollegeCop posted:

Jesus. loving. Christ.

Hey local desktop - Do you think you could spend 15 minutes with new hires and walk them through the basics of the computer you are handing them, instead of sliding it across the desk and saying "Here's a computer. Call the help desk if you need help. Bye."

I just spent over an hour with a guy getting him logged into his computer, connected to his home network, connected to the vpn, and getting Office setup so he can use Outlook and Teams.

He was in the office ALL loving DAY yesterday for onboarding. Somebody could have sat down and gone over all this stuff in person, but instead he was referred to the Help Desk, so we could guess what he was seeing on his screen.

Oh, and his missing O365 licensing would have been discovered and taken care of yesterday.

Sheesh.

I have a NEW HIRE README doc on my images that lives in c:\users\public\public desktop that goes over the basics (vpn, logging timesheets, various application set up and usage, etc). I still get those calls but I just refer them to the document. (If they lie and say, "it still doesn't work" when I know they haven't even looked at it, I ask what step # for email setup (or whatever) they are stuck on, that usually calls their bluff). Saves a ton of time.

E: if you don't build your images yourself, talk to whoever does and ask them about including a doc. Or ask whoever manages your gpos about pushing it out. Or, just have a doc handy that you can email to users who call about basic setup stuff.

regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 15:59 on May 11, 2021

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

GreenBuckanneer posted:

Getting engineering to make something like that at our place, and having it vetted and added to the image when someone up above handwaves it going "that's what the helpdesk is for"

That's an advantage of working for a country government I suppose. While we all have our niches, everyone in the IT dept kind of does everything and it's pretty informal. I build the images and can do basically what I want with them, but I could just as easily run two offices over and ask the server / ad specialist to push the doc out via gpo and that would require maybe a 5 minute chat with our boss.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

We're considering moving from Spiceworks to Monday for ticketing and to have an all in one PM system. Any thoughts on / experience with Monday?

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Thanks Ants posted:

I just noticed the amount of Windows update dialogs that reassure me that I can "continue working" while things are happening in the background. I really wish they'd pick better language as it seems almost oppressive.

Just go with "You can keep using your PC" or something.

Haha this made me literally laugh out loud. Hadn't considered it before but you're right -- "keep being productive, drone". Ah what a hellscape mankind has created.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Join the meeting 15 minutes late so they can get crypto-chat out of the way

"Hey guys, running a bit behind, I'll log in a few minutes late, go ahead and start without me"

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Hey how do y'all say UEFI? My coworker looks at me funny when I say "you-effy" but that's what it should be imo

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

You-effy is objectively superior but I guess I'll say the letters 😕

But you do say yousb for USB right?

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Yousb (youzzb, one syllable) -c, it just rolls off the tongue.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

The Iron Rose posted:

update: three hours of sleep later, totally killed it! preparation totes paid off, and opening the demo before everyone zoned off was absolutely the right call lmao.

Grats man!



BallerBallerDillz posted:

I get funny looks when I pronounce OOM killed like loom without the L. Don't care, it's objectively superior and they can all come post here if they don't like it

What I'm sayin

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

There's a driver you have to install for the 4k-capable docks

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

I'm currently hourly. Boss wants me to convert to salary with about an 8% raise. Totally not worth it, right? I don't get any overtime right now so it would definitely be a pay raise but part of being hourly is that I never have to work nights or weekends, and as salary I occasionally would (maybe 3 evenings per month and one Saturday / month).

Right now I work alternating weeks of 4 x 10 hour shifts on week 1, and 5 eights week 2, two of those days are wfh.

Salary would probably give me 1-2 extra wfh days every two weeks. All other benefits are the same.

The flip side is that there is only one higher hourly position, which I would probably qualify for at the end of the year, it should be a 15% pay bump. But the salary position has more headroom, ultimately capping out at 30% more than I make right now.

I guess writing it out, going salary seems like the practical choice. But I sure do like always leaving work at work and every evening and weekend is my own.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

All you need is two numbers -- your company's market cap (A) and Cisco's market cap (B). If A !> say, 0.75B at a bare minimum, Cisco dgaf about your company, or how much you're "holding their feet to the fire".

I mean, I know you know this but your boss probably has that dumb as donkey dick notion that the customer is always right.

Of course, if you're the CTO for Amazon or something, disregard everything above and listen to your boss cause Cisco should be fellating you on the daily.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

You just gotta take Nancy Reagan's advice and just say no

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Gen Xers type like *this*...

Millennials TyPe LiKe tHiS

Amirite folks? Huh? Typing, y'all. Right?

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

CARES act was nice inasmuch as my boss let me order an XPS 17", 32 gb ram, 4k screen, 2060 gpu. Is there still CARES money out there? If so you should look into that so you can justify a high end laptop on the taxpayer's dime.

E: I'm playing around with Windows 11 and you can no longer right click on the taskbar to get to Task Manager which is really stupid and dumb

regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Jul 12, 2021

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

As part of my testing and evaluation process, I determined it can actually run Cyberpunk at medium details at 1080 and can max out Skyrim

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

No special introductory promotional rate, nothing like that? $70 seems like a big ask for an unknown, brand new bottle of whatever.

Is your marketing in-house?

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Agrikk posted:

How can a twenty word email contain so much horror?

:negative:

new gmail who dis?

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

I will never not be baffled by people under 30 who are more computer illiterate than my 90 year old grandmother. But it'll probably be actually more common going forward -- people don't use computers at home, they use phones for everything.

"Ok, open the browser. What's a browser? Um ... it's like the computer version of Safari, look for a multicolored circle" -- a mostly real conversation I have had

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Nothing puts me into a murderous rage quite like an end user who puts in a ticket and then fights me on every step. "I think we should do this instead!" "You want me to do X? I doubt that will work!"

Ok shithead, and how well did your own knowledge take you? Obviously it took you straight up poo poo creek which is why you had to put a ticket in. Dumb as donkey dick!

And then finally, of course, the solution that takes 10 seconds to do but took me 10 minutes to convince them to try, resolves the issue. It's almost like I do this poo poo for a living, assface!

The worst part is it's someone who works 4 offices down, in the Apps group, who should really know better. Cause I guarantee she gets people doing the same to her about the app she supports and has the same reaction.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Taking two weeks off for the first time in a very long time. Closed out all outstanding projects I had, documented everything the rest of my team will need to do and know, and I still feel guilty about being gone for so long. gently caress this stupid rear end American "live to work" mindset that's deep seated enough in my head that it's impossible to completely eliminate.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Yeah dameware is good. I think the credentials you use to connect have to have domain admin rights in order to bypass UAC stuff, if I remember correctly.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

In situations like that I get verbose and correct as hell.

---

Please refer to the attached email chain to see my varied attempts at proper escalation. I will summarize below.


On Oct 1, I contacted support lead John Doe. I waited 24 hours without a response.

On Oct 2, I contacted support lead John Doe again. I waited 24 hours without a response.

On Oct 3 (etc)

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance regarding this matter.

Best,

---

That said, I probably would have escalated to below the VP but after no reply, emailed again and CC'd the VP. With a line in the email about how many times you've reached out with no response.

regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Nov 2, 2021

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Gotta love when your boss's boss's boss (not in IT) tells your boss's boss that he heard about this new Windows 11 and wants to evaluate it for us, and then your boss's boss skips your boss and tells you to build him a Windows 11 laptop.

I pointed him at the online Windows 11 simulator and said we didn't have a spare laptop at the moment.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Order them up a used one from eBay?

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Damnit, we have to go back to doing that? I think pre-1909 you had to say "lol no internet here" or you were forced to use a Microsoft account.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
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WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

First machine that comes preloaded with Windows 11 showed up today.

You now must have an internet connection and Windows account to set up the device. No way around it that I can find.

I'll probably just throw the default image on it but wanted to see what the setup experience was. More annoying than 10, anyway.

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Bob Morales posted:

Also it's some horrible proprietary format that requires some stupid viewer


Avigilon or w/e?

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Replacing an old Cisco switch with an Aruba 6200f. After two weeks the Aruba dies -- fans spinning very fast, won't boot. Replace the Aruba with another 6200f. After two weeks, the new Aruba switch dies the same way.

It's not particularly hot in the closet. Only thing I can think of is exceptionally dirty power from the UPS?

regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

Lol does he want the Kill Bill alert to play?

E: ngl, that'd be pretty dope.

E2 vvv that reminded me of when I used to wait tables at this restaurant that had a "kids eat free" night and kids got these reusable cups with lids and straws. The straws were a thick plastic with accordion style folds and when they were waved through the air or blown through would make a high pitched screeching whistle. Having two dozen kids doing that from 5-8 pm was a very specific and horrific type of hell.

regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Nov 24, 2021

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regulargonzalez
Aug 18, 2006
UNGH LET ME LICK THOSE BOOTS DADDY HULU ;-* ;-* ;-* YES YES GIVE ME ALL THE CORPORATE CUMMIES :shepspends: :shepspends: :shepspends: ADBLOCK USERS DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY, DON'T THEY DADDY?
WHEN THE RICH GET RICHER I GET HORNIER :a2m::a2m::a2m::a2m:

KillHour posted:

A windows update absolutely hosed my personal PC and now I'm reinstalling windows :negative:

That's a serious enfuckening. Couldn't uninstall the update?

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