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Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:35

ElephantBanjoGnome wrote:

The fact that voat.co is pretty much an identical reddit clone just demonstrates that in terms of the technical platform provided, there isn't much novelty about anything the management does.

Reddit's open-source - I strongly suspect there's more than a little of Voat that is entirely cloned from Reddit (although Voat's written in a different language).

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

https://np.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments ... euro_2016/

Depending on the result with France , the game between Greece and Iceland gets weird

If its a 0-0 draw or either side wins , they *both* go out
If its a score draw , they go to penalties for one of them to go through

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:03

zaphod79 wrote:

https://np.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/4d5ki3/theres_a_bizarre_situation_in_u17_euro_2016/

Depending on the result with France , the game between Greece and Iceland gets weird

If its a 0-0 draw or either side wins , they *both* go out
If its a score draw , they go to penalties for one of them to go through

Own goals a plenty!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ ... ector_and/

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I am Matt McMullen, CEO, creative director, and founder of RealDoll. Ask me anything!

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2016 13:36

zaphod79 wrote:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4y0uyn/i_am_matt_mcmullen_ceo_creative_director_and/

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I am Matt McMullen, CEO, creative director, and founder of RealDoll. Ask me anything!

4 breasts and yeti fur :DD

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:08

I find the daily 'commute observation' threads on /r/London strangely compelling. It's a bit like the creepy 'I saw my one true love on the Tube yesterday' column in 'Metro', but covering a wider range of glimpses of contemporary life. I don't even live in London.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2016 9:30

I sometimes post in those.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:31

http://uk.businessinsider.com/oss-manua ... ?r=US&IR=T

How to sabotage a business.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:11

MaliA wrote:

http://uk.businessinsider.com/oss-manual-sabotage-productivity-2015-11?r=US&IR=T

How to sabotage a business.

That looks like an interesting read but I can't go any further as I'm using Adblock. Pah.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:16

Adblock is the crappy choice nowadays - uBlock Origin is where it's at.

Anyway, here's the original file they link to:

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/fe ... age_sm.pdf

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:19

TheVision wrote:

MaliA wrote:

http://uk.businessinsider.com/oss-manual-sabotage-productivity-2015-11?r=US&IR=T

How to sabotage a business.

That looks like an interesting read but I can't go any further as I'm using Adblock. Pah.

Important bits

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Organizations and Conferences

Insist on doing everything through "channels." Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.

Make "speeches." Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your "points" by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences.

When possible, refer all matters to committees, for "further study and consideration." Attempt to make the committee as large as possible - never less than five.

Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.
Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.

Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.

Advocate "caution." Be "reasonable" and urge your fellow-conferees to be "reasonable"and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments or difficulties later on.

Managers

In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first. See that important jobs are assigned to inefficient workers.

Insist on perfect work in relatively unimportant products; send back for refinishing those which have the least flaw.

To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions.

Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.

Multiply the procedures and clearances involved in issuing instructions, pay checks, and so on. See that three people have to approve everything where one would do.

Employees

Work slowly.

Contrive as many interruptions to your work as you can.

Do your work poorly and blame it on bad tools, machinery, or equipment. Complain that these things are preventing you from doing your job right.

Never pass on your skill and experience to a new or less skillful worker.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:33

https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/7 ... e_he_used/

Man, did this kick me in the feels, or what?

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:41

"Homie with another chromie"

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Dec 07, 2017 14:32

MaliA wrote:

TheVision wrote:

MaliA wrote:

http://uk.businessinsider.com/oss-manual-sabotage-productivity-2015-11?r=US&IR=T

How to sabotage a business.

That looks like an interesting read but I can't go any further as I'm using Adblock. Pah.

Important bits

Quote:

Organizations and Conferences

Insist on doing everything through "channels." Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.

Make "speeches." Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your "points" by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences.

When possible, refer all matters to committees, for "further study and consideration." Attempt to make the committee as large as possible - never less than five.

Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.
Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.

Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.

Advocate "caution." Be "reasonable" and urge your fellow-conferees to be "reasonable"and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments or difficulties later on.

Managers

In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first. See that important jobs are assigned to inefficient workers.

Insist on perfect work in relatively unimportant products; send back for refinishing those which have the least flaw.

To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions.

Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.

Multiply the procedures and clearances involved in issuing instructions, pay checks, and so on. See that three people have to approve everything where one would do.

Employees

Work slowly.

Contrive as many interruptions to your work as you can.

Do your work poorly and blame it on bad tools, machinery, or equipment. Complain that these things are preventing you from doing your job right.

Never pass on your skill and experience to a new or less skillful worker.

Sounds like my place of work...

Curiosity · **Posted:** Thu Dec 07, 2017 18:15

My place of work is not like that.

Apart from the bits I control.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38457

https://imgur.com/gallery/zmAdNjh

Reminds me of Dimrill

I know it's Imgur. Shut up.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments ... ut_why_in/

r/games is closed for the day to bring attention to how horrible people are

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

zaphod79 wrote:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/b7ubwm/rgames_is_closed_for_april_fools_find_out_why_in/

r/games is closed for the day to bring attention to how horrible people are

The meta thread about that tomorrow is going to be the most miserable thing you've ever read.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:57

/r/HobbyDrama is fun site full of instantly-relatable tales about the pointless fights and feuds that occur in any organisation. Here's a recent fun one:

Antique Tractor Drama

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Kern wrote:

/r/HobbyDrama is fun site full of instantly-relatable tales about the pointless fights and feuds that occur in any organisation. Here's a recent fun one:

Antique Tractor Drama

People can be real dicks about this kind of thing. They get all tribal about it.

I was on the parent teachers committee at my kids junior school for a couple of years and there was even infighting in that tiny group. And the talk in the playground, amongst some parents, was that the the committee was a clique, but none of these people ever came forward when we asked for new members.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Aug 01, 2019 13:51

Yes, been in enough clubs and on enough committees to have been both witness and participant in such things. I try my best to stay out of such fights now, but am still bearing grudges.

So, topic icons?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25584

Nothing beats owners associations. They win the petty infighting Olympics hands-down.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Tombstoning is a subreddit showcasing unfortunate juxtapositions of stories/pictures on a single newspaper page and there's some brilliant stuff there. Note that a dark sense of humour is probably required for much of it.

https://i.redd.it/9b89qonj4t031.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/lHda2Dv.jpg
https://i.redd.it/e52ylvp9cq331.jpg
https://old.reddit.com/r/tombstoning/co ... _i_follow/
https://old.reddit.com/r/tombstoning/co ... _blessing/
https://old.reddit.com/r/tombstoning/co ... t_helpful/

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Bamba wrote:

Tombstoning is a subreddit showcasing unfortunate juxtapositions of stories/pictures on a single newspaper page and there's some brilliant stuff there. Note that a dark sense of humour is probably required for much of it.

https://i.redd.it/9b89qonj4t031.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/lHda2Dv.jpg
https://i.redd.it/e52ylvp9cq331.jpg
https://old.reddit.com/r/tombstoning/co ... _i_follow/
https://old.reddit.com/r/tombstoning/co ... _blessing/
https://old.reddit.com/r/tombstoning/co ... t_helpful/

There are some belters in there.

I wonder if there's a section for badly written items. I've got a photo of an article from the Metro years ago about a 'Man stabbed to death 27 times."

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2019 13:34

That reminds me of this I saw a few years ago.

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2019 15:50

I don't think any of them will ever top this classic:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2019 16:37

That is amazing.

I always liked this one:

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2019 16:41

Brilliant. They can't be accidental, surely?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2019 16:46

Shitrag is that paper

myp · **Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2019 17:05

MaliA wrote:

Shitrag is that paper

The Wirral Gazette is much better. It’s where I get all my Merseyside news

Kern · **Posted:** Sun Feb 07, 2021 13:09

On r/AskHistorians today, there's a rundown of the actual Sherrifs of Nottingham[-shire] during the era of Robin Hood. A short, fun read, marred only by a lack of references.

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These two men were so awful that clause 50 of Magna Carta calls for their removal by name

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