Real life thread

[Maikeru]

Lol that reminds me of a highly relevant meme

Dunno if you folks know my friend Lia Wong (she's rad by the way, one of my best bros at the moment), but I was trying to get her hooked up with Tempest, back when we still talked, for some basic-bitch analytics work so that she could get at least a toehold in the field. Bit of experience, few hundred bucks, and a respectable reference to-boot for like a week of analyst grinding.

However, Lia was super insistent that I be the one to reach out and introduce her to Anthony, with contact info provided - which I found cringe, since a potential employer's first impression of you should always actually come from you. Regardless, I was like yeah no sweat, and started putting together an introductory note to send.

Then, dunno exactly what happened, but we must've hit a topic - or one of us must've said something - involving whether or not she could land a date with Anthony (the Tempest guy). Me being me, since I was already good bros with Anthony and had known him for quite a while, I just couldn't resist the urge to embark on my own Special Trollage Operation.

Time to teach the newbie a lesson about the hazards of deferring responsibilities!

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Now, if any of you have met Lia, you know that she is the exact opposite of affectionate, extroverted, and effusive - a fact that enhanced the operation's kek factor by no less than 5!

I sent the email to Anthony without any heads up that it was a meme, and proceeded to show Lia what I had done.

Naturally, she was mortified.

Also naturally, I was laughing hard enough that my girlfriend came to check on me.

She sent a big apology email to Anthony about the unsolicited (and unintended) forwardness, gave an introduction of her own - with her experience included, and was super mad at me for the rest of the day. Anthony, on the other hand, was totally intrigued by such a bold invitation out of nowhere, and had been totally down to follow through with it - until he got her follow up apology/introduction email, at which point he fussed at me for a bit before admitting he was starting to find the whole thing pretty funny.

Ultimately, Anthony ended up corresponding with her and was looking for stuff she could get in on last I heard from him. Apparently, it was the "most memorable introduction" he'd gotten from someone looking for a gig, so it seems everything ended up happily ever after.

In the spirit of this event, which truly was one of the emails of all time, I say... go for it!! put me out there! let her know I'm super duper totally down for some scrumptious bonbon!

Time to fess up. I don't actually know Bonnie Glaser. Sorry.

 

[clockwork]

Lol that reminds me of a highly relevant meme

Dunno if you folks know my friend Lia Wong (she's rad by the way, one of my best bros at the moment), but I was trying to get her hooked up with Tempest, back when we still talked, for some basic-bitch analytics work so that she could get at least a toehold in the field. Bit of experience, few hundred bucks, and a respectable reference to-boot for like a week of analyst grinding.

However, Lia was super insistent that I be the one to reach out and introduce her to Anthony, with contact info provided - which I found cringe, since a potential employer's first impression of you should always actually come from you. Regardless, I was like yeah no sweat, and started putting together an introductory note to send.

Then, dunno exactly what happened, but we must've hit a topic - or one of us must've said something - involving whether or not she could land a date with Anthony (the Tempest guy). Me being me, since I was already good bros with Anthony and had known him for quite a while, I just couldn't resist the urge to embark on my own Special Trollage Operation.

Time to teach the newbie a lesson about the hazards of deferring responsibilities!

View attachment 108756

Now, if any of you have met Lia, you know that she is the exact opposite of affectionate, extroverted, and effusive - a fact that enhanced the operation's kek factor by no less than 5!

I sent the email to Anthony without any heads up that it was a meme, and proceeded to show Lia what I had done.

Naturally, she was mortified.

Also naturally, I was laughing hard enough that my girlfriend came to check on me.

She sent a big apology email to Anthony about the unsolicited (and unintended) forwardness, gave an introduction of her own - with her experience included, and was super mad at me for the rest of the day. Anthony, on the other hand, was totally intrigued by such a bold invitation out of nowhere, and had been totally down to follow through with it - until he got her follow up apology/introduction email, at which point he fussed at me for a bit before admitting he was starting to find the whole thing pretty funny.

Ultimately, Anthony ended up corresponding with her and was looking for stuff she could get in on last I heard from him. Apparently, it was the "most memorable introduction" he'd gotten from someone looking for a gig, so it seems everything ended up happily ever after.

In the spirit of this event, which truly was one of the emails of all time, I say... go for it!! put me out there! let her know I'm super duper totally down for some scrumptious bonbon!

The pic brah, might want to scribble a bit more red next time

 

[siegecrossbow]

My son, who is two months away from becoming a two year old, successfully recited some Tang era poetry by Li Bai last week. That puts his Chinese skills solidly above the likes of Bonnie Glaser and Peter Zeihan. If we haven't gone camping in the next five years I'm contemplating taking advantage of the relaxed child labor policies and signing him up with a China Research Think Tank. It'll provide some nice supplemental income and cover his CNY red envelope fees for several years before he realizes that he is being exploited.

 

[broadsword]

My son, who is two months away from becoming a two year old, successfully recited some Tang era poetry by Li Bai last week. That puts his Chinese skills solidly above the likes of Bonnie Glaser and Peter Zeihan. If we haven't gone camping in the next five years I'm contemplating taking advantage of the relaxed child labor policies and signing him up with a China Research Think Tank. It'll provide some nice supplemental income and cover his CNY red envelope fees for several years before he realizes that he is being exploited.

Get him to sign up here and we will straighten him like a chad Chinese.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Get him to sign up here and we will straighten him like a chad Chinese.

Beware of what you wish for. I might make him mod and he'll be handing out permabans like Trump hands out executive orders.

 

[luosifen]

Beware of what you wish for. I might make him mod and he'll be handing out permabans like Trump hands out executive orders.

Training him to detect sleepystudent alt accounts will serve him well in life though.

 

[supersnoop]

My son, who is two months away from becoming a two year old, successfully recited some Tang era poetry by Li Bai last week. That puts his Chinese skills solidly above the likes of Bonnie Glaser and Peter Zeihan. If we haven't gone camping in the next five years I'm contemplating taking advantage of the relaxed child labor policies and signing him up with a China Research Think Tank. It'll provide some nice supplemental income and cover his CNY red envelope fees for several years before he realizes that he is being exploited.

Li Bai? These poems are translated then? Everyone knows he is Korean…

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Li Bai? These poems are translated then? Everyone knows he is Korean…

Ah yes, Lee Bae, the famous Korean poet. I remember him.

 

[siegecrossbow]

My son, who is two months away from becoming a two year old, successfully recited some Tang era poetry by Li Bai last week. That puts his Chinese skills solidly above the likes of Bonnie Glaser and Peter Zeihan. If we haven't gone camping in the next five years I'm contemplating taking advantage of the relaxed child labor policies and signing him up with a China Research Think Tank. It'll provide some nice supplemental income and cover his CNY red envelope fees for several years before he realizes that he is being exploited.

I'll be damned he has now learned some excerpts from Chairman Mao's poems. Probably the work of my in-laws... Worst comes to worst he'll be turning everyone in his daycare into Wumaos and people of Chinese descent will be barred from kindergartens in Texas.

 

[coolgod]

I'll be damned he has now learned some excerpts from Chairman Mao's poems. Probably the work of my in-laws... Worst comes to worst he'll be turning everyone in his daycare into Wumaos and people of Chinese descent will be barred from kindergartens in Texas.

ROFL Your in-laws are based AF.