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Boring Dystopia?
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 October 2015 05:52 (eight years ago) link
food delivery services are all horrible in this regard:
Don't be a stranger…We had fun the last time we got together, didn’t we? We cooked, you ate. You ordered, we delivered. At Caviar, we like to reward our repeat offenders from time to time, so we’re sending you a little summin’ to use on your next order.
― sarahell, Sunday, 11 October 2015 00:26 (eight years ago) link
yes! xp
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 11 October 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/dec/04/column-change-life-corporate-lies-oliver-burkeman
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 5 December 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link
https://www.ocado.com/productImages/292/29223011_0_640x640.jpg
― Number None, Friday, 18 December 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
i had some of these recently (the salt & vinegar ones) and I too was reminded of this thread
― when the gaz coombes around (sarahell), Sunday, 20 December 2015 06:08 (eight years ago) link
is this more prevalent in the uk?
― just sayin, Sunday, 20 December 2015 06:37 (eight years ago) link
Wonderful with a porkpie
OK
hat at a rakish angle
FUCK YOU
― January 1, be the same sh!t as December 31 (snoball), Sunday, 20 December 2015 08:55 (eight years ago) link
that "congratulations" thing that caek mentions is becoming more and more common.
thread reminds me - there are loads of chuggers near my office and i have to navigate through them every day. i find it p sad, like whether they've been brainwashed or bullied into it, or are just desperate for a job, but it's almost ironic that the ones who actually do it day in day out are such a natural at the vile erosion of human friendliness or warmth that they would probably thrive in certain offices.
it's like this clownish demeanour, hopping from one foot to the other, calling out "hi buddy! how are YOU today! :)" "hello my friend! got a minute for a little chat?? :) :)". and they change the tone of their voice with each person so it's like "HEYYY" or "he-LO!" etc. the other thing is that this is prob one of the busiest street corners in the city - the last thing it needs is some fucking jester in a fleece.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Sunday, 20 December 2015 09:31 (eight years ago) link
"buddy" when used in the uk feels really pernicious
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Sunday, 20 December 2015 09:32 (eight years ago) link
'Hey, running man!'
'Ello ello someone looks rich!'
'Dude, five of your minutes?'
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Sunday, 20 December 2015 09:54 (eight years ago) link
haha. "five of your minutes" is spot on. feels weird in the same way as twitter bios saying "lover of gin" or something. like if we say something in a cumbersome way it gains some new meaning - or maybe just ceases to be dull.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Sunday, 20 December 2015 09:58 (eight years ago) link
pushing a buggy, it's always 'hey supermum!!!'
― kinder, Sunday, 20 December 2015 10:01 (eight years ago) link
"Chief" is another keyword. Feel like Limmy is the master enthographer of this dead-eyed marketing-bro discourse.
― Stevie T, Sunday, 20 December 2015 10:05 (eight years ago) link
for some reason i never get targeted by these - though there are always two outside my office (opposite the main entrance to holborn station). my tactics include looking as far away from them as possible in any direction, or making really horrible eye contact.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Sunday, 20 December 2015 10:10 (eight years ago) link
John Pienaar has just used the word "chillaxed" about 5 times in a row whilst talking about Cameron, and the grating quality of the word multiplied with every use
― cart and spork (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 20 December 2015 10:13 (eight years ago) link
Buddy / boss / chief seems to be more common with second generation Brits ime. idk whether it's a cultural thing with people who have history in places where honorific titles are more widely used.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Sunday, 20 December 2015 12:23 (eight years ago) link
i actually like the "boss" and "boss man" thing in the chicken shops or newsagents around east london. "you want sauce with that boss?" is like set in stone.
i don't mean i like people calling me "boss" either - just that it feels like a comforting and common part of the local lexicon.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Sunday, 20 December 2015 12:34 (eight years ago) link
have seen it observed that chugging patter is basically repurposed catcalling
― a moment on the streets, a lifetime in the sheets (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 20 December 2015 14:36 (eight years ago) link
what are chuggers?
― gr8080, Monday, 21 December 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
"Charity muggers" aka street fundraisers, they stand outside in town centres trying to sign up passersby to charities
― Über, Über mensch (wins), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:11 (eight years ago) link
they have them in the US but they are way more aggressive in the UK.
in the US the same people do improv comedy, but there is no such outlet in the UK.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:14 (eight years ago) link
i had to look it up on wikipedia
― hefty organ euston caucus gash coombes squall who've inferiority (sarahell), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
i walked by one of them once, black early-20's guy talking to a white guy in his 60s and overheard "see these issues are very important, that's why i'm going hard in the paint with you right now"
― gr8080, Monday, 21 December 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
there is lots of improv comedy in the uk! it is kind of a home for the wacky/tiresome but not sure it's the same as chuggers, who seem more false to me.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
Whose Line Is It Anyway? ran for over a decade
― Number None, Monday, 21 December 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
it's a pretty big scene in London
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
the ones here (charity solicitors) are more earnest and deferential. There are always two or three at all times in front of the Whole Foods supermarket near me.
― hefty organ euston caucus gash coombes squall who've inferiority (sarahell), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
the people who get paid to collect petition signatures are a bit closer to your chuggers.
― hefty organ euston caucus gash coombes squall who've inferiority (sarahell), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
yeah improv is a thing but I can't see much crossover
I have done this job btw!
― Über, Über mensch (wins), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
did you say buddy or chief?
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:48 (eight years ago) link
i had a friend who did that job, and it must not have been terribly rewarding because a few weeks later he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge.
― hefty organ euston caucus gash coombes squall who've inferiority (sarahell), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:56 (eight years ago) link
lol no (xp! xp!)
I could never bring myself to do any of that shit, just tried to engage with ppl normally. I lasted 6 months in the job, longer than any of the shit telesales jobs I did, which is quite an achievement as I am not at all extroverted. The company really screwed me over tho
― Über, Über mensch (wins), Monday, 21 December 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link
granted there is improv in london, but the spiritual siblings of people who do improv comedy in the US are stood outside outside pizza express on park street in bristol.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 21 December 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
http://www.snafflingpig.co.uk/pages/about-ushttp://www.snafflingpig.co.uk/blogs/news/39022785-piggin-important-the-times-they-are-a-changin
― Capybara (big rat) @ Sea World, San Diego, California, USA (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 12:34 (eight years ago) link
no one fucks with the Laughing Cow
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 12:35 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/hhVG3d4.png?2
― Capybara (big rat) @ Sea World, San Diego, California, USA (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 12:42 (eight years ago) link
wonder did they piss off laughing cow or ginger pig. i'd say their logo is quite like the latter.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 12:44 (eight years ago) link
too reminiscent of:http://torrentking.eu/covers/movies/48/28/0064828.jpg
― last updated 1 hour ago by System (sarahell), Thursday, 31 December 2015 02:02 (eight years ago) link
Not the most obnoxious example, but still... unwarranted email from Virgin Trains East Coast yesterday:
"Friend request accepted (get in!)""krakow and Virgin Trains East Coast are FRIENDS ...with benefits!""It's always exciting to make a new friend, especially one with benefits - and our benefits can take you the length of the east coast, fast, frequently, and with a bit more swagger. And if those aren't enough - here's a welcome 30% off your first journey to get you started. Don't mention it."
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Thursday, 31 December 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
Implied train-fucking always encourages my patronage.
― emil.y, Thursday, 31 December 2015 16:20 (eight years ago) link
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12360299_10153820885201204_365432015774055504_n.jpg?oh=b2e5b220772cb76c2736669af660ab48&oe=5746976C
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Monday, 4 January 2016 21:43 (eight years ago) link
I keep seeing jokey flowcharts on boards outside of shops, pubs, barbers. flowcharts that always end in a square that says 'come on for a beer' or 'get your hair cut'. When did this become a thing?
― koogs, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 06:26 (eight years ago) link
I feel like there's a completely different conversation to be had about those chalkboards. I think they're sort of a thing born of Buzzfeed. I see a lot of the same weak jokes recycled quite a bit.
Going back to the chuggers thing, the major difference between the US and UK is that in the UK, it's illegal to solicit cash donations - i.e. if you are going to donate to a charity solicitor on the street, you have to stand there and give them your bank details, which seems completely insane to me - in the States the general thing is a Salvation Army guy will ring a bell outside of Wal Mart or whatever and people throw him quarters.
Like 95% of chuggers open with "Hey big guy" to my fat ass, which is a guarantee I'm not even going to stutter step as I race by
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 09:55 (eight years ago) link
bought some sheets off habitat recently and it said "you did it!" in the confirmation email. like thanks for making me feel like a 5-year-old child using the toilet successfully when i "manage" to buy a product on your site.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 09:56 (eight years ago) link
don't we have a whole thread all about chuggers by eisbär or someone, running the gauntlet etc etc
― j., Tuesday, 5 January 2016 10:22 (eight years ago) link
every charity would p much rather u commit to less over a longer period than drop a larger lump sum whenever. partly cos of operational efficiency (esp with implementing long term projects) but also to develop ur emotional narrative commitment to its cause instead of just giving urself a carefree serotonin hit
that's the line anyway. they're also counting on u never having the balls to cancel a dd even though ur freely entitled to do so at any time
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 11:34 (eight years ago) link
ime the best and most numerous street chuggers do share with comedy/improv types a sort of righteous sociopathy. like u get a lot of anti establishment punky squatter types who wield world peace and fuck you in each hand
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 11:38 (eight years ago) link
― Stevie T, Sunday, 20 December 2015 10:05 Bookmark
unfortunately i grew up with the ldn urban slang usage of chief (akin to prick) that i'm not sure is still extant
always feel on edge whenever a scotsman says pal lol
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 11:46 (eight years ago) link
you really don't get those types in amateur comedy and improv ime.
comedy: single men who often seek to defend racism or sexism or offensive behaviour. posh people who think people want to listen to them. ethnic minorities making fun of their own race. that's the main stereotype but also a lot of intellectually superior vague lefties. women who don't self-define in traditional female ways.
improv: wacky but generally benevolent nerds. i stopped doing improv despite feeling like it was one of my strengths in performance, mainly because the entire point of it is total acceptance of the story and not controlling it - it would go well and people would laugh but on the way home i'd analyse and think about none of it was what i find funny and it triggered a deep depression.
i guess there is a small crossover between chugging and the all in this together jolly good fun "everyone is funny" feeling of improv (at its worst), and also like fancy dress or santacon or music festivals or whatever...
xpost you don't hear "guvnor" very often these days
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 5 January 2016 11:50 (eight years ago) link