Innocuous things that make you irrationally embarrassed

That was also one of my fave things about my comp job - learning about people's jobs. Like did you know there is a manufacturing concern in central IL that just makes lids for various beverage containers? And a job someone has is to QA those lids.

xxp I bet I can talk to you about digital marketing and the newswire industry for up to 45 seconds before you wander away uninterested. Nobody can make this stuff interesting, and if they can, I fear for their immortal souls.

I'd appreciate five minutes on it, I think.

That was also one of my fave things about my comp job - learning about people's jobs. Like did you know there is a manufacturing concern in central IL that just makes lids for various beverage containers?

I DO know this and maybe we talked about it? I had to deal with someone at that (or similar?) company for work. Our work lives intersected at a lids concern.

one of the things I've learned as an adult is that when people are enthusiastic about something, it is much more interesting to hear them speak about it. so if someone enjoys their job or family or whatever, it might be worth your time to converse about it because the enthusiasm is what makes the conversation a lot more than the topic

people who are enthusiastic and lucid about something i have little interest in are sometimes the best! i find listening to people like that incredibly relaxing, somehow.

innocuous things that make you irrationally chill

people who are enthusiastic and lucid about something i have little interest in are sometimes the best! i find listening to people like that incredibly relaxing, somehow.

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That sounds great! Let me tell you about someone I'm enthusiastic about - Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Haha -- mmmm tell me more about configuring Bloomberg software while I rest my eyes.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6TeDM-wlZ4

<3 BB

so I was just perusing Facebook and I saw that a friend of a friend posted the very same Xmas Jammies video and that my friend commented on it "Now that's a MILF!!!!!"

So add one more layer of embarassment onto this whole debacle.

and of course there's the generalized level of embarassment for humanity at large...

lol

she is kinda ws of shame tbf

I kind of wanted to post a mean comment on it on youtube, but idk, it's still some dude's family video. Would feel too icky.

plus he's an ilxor, we gotta stand by him

wait...really?

I just assumed that was pretty much what all ilxor's families were like

lol

the youtube comments seem to be about 60% people saying the video is cute and awesome, 30% people saying they want to have sex with the mom and 10% people angrily declaring their hatred of the family

why not have all three?

I sent this to my coworkers all 'wtf this is the worst thing ever' - of my five coworkers only 2 of them hated it, the rest were all 'LOL OMG THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER AHAHAHA'

humanity is doomed

p sure that is neither the worst thing ever nor the best thing ever, though definitely located closer on the spectrum to the former.

I don't think I love it or hate it, embarrassment is drowning out all other potential responses

Despite my general disdain for triathletes, I didn't mind that video.

_Ha, when people ask me about my job, I literally say, "It's really boring and we're better off discussing something YOU want to talk about."_

OMG somebody at a party asked me (I thought sincerely) about workers' comp law so I told her alllll about it and she for real said, "I have to go talk to somebody about something now" and walked away from me like mid sentence.

I remember this fondly.

uh oh, I feel an embarrassing poll coming on

Ha, when people ask me about my job, I literally say, "It's really boring and we're better off discussing something YOU want to talk about."

I work for an NGO for people with an unfortunate disease, and when I have to explain where I work I almost always get 'Oh, I didn't know you had [unfortunate disease]!', and they back away, and I have to be all, 'No, I don't, not that there's anything wrong with that, I just work there!'

i am not one for lolling about unfortunate diseases but that made me lol.

fuiud

wait did they seriously name their kids lola and penn

xpost lol!! my mum was an office admin for a "herd improvement" company ie artificial insemination of cows. ppl would ask what my mum did and I'd say she's an office admin and they'd say where and I'd tell them - I would get these crazy looks like YOUR MOM DOES WHAT NOW and have to say nonnono she just works in the office, like everyone was picturing my mom with her arm halfway up a cow

city ppl also have much crazier reactions that country ppl fyi
farm ppl just go oh ok

I am more embarrassed by the reaction that people have when they learn I'm a SOFTWARE DEVELOPER. It's an indicator that no matter how reasonable I was in conversation, I'm going to become a complete socially-incapable nerdo any second.

embarrassed for them, that is

when I get notified that facebook friends "like" really banal things like Target

Haha, yes! "Joe Schmoe and 10 more of your friends like Wal-Mart!" *sticks head in oven*

otm

Eh it just means they've signed on for a contest probably.

^^ yeah or they were tricked by some promo thing or they had to do it for some reason or another for an app or w/e, or they're old people who want to complain to targetcorp

I just love Target so much

Don't you guys like their dog mascot, and the fact they're based in good oil' Minneapolis?

i like all kinds of mundane corporate crap, the knowledge that i'm now flooding my friends' facebook feeds w/ stuff like 'james likes stouffer's *huge ad for stouffers party size macaroni and cheese*' only encourages it tbh.

'balls likes stauffer's' will never get old tho

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Coupons or offers contingent on sharing something on social media annoy me. I would love a 20% off coupon, but must I share your restaurant on twitter or Facebook to get it?

You could always set up a fake account to scoop up such offers.

then they send you a bunch of fake coupons OH SNAP.