Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Cilia]

Anyone here remember Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Blue? I wish those were back =(

Pepsi Blue yes, it came out just after I got back from the US from Germany once. I don't think I ever had it, or if I did I wasn't impressed.

I know of Crystal Pepsi, but I never had any. I think they did a limited rerelease of it due to popular demand, but I'm a Coke guy, and I know Crystal Pepsi best from a YouTube video where a guy bought one of the original 1992 bottles and drank it (despite the fact it was yellow and, according to him, "smelled like some old guy's nutsack") only to hork up his guts shortly thereafter. (That, and some old "I Love the 90s" show or something humorously stating the failure of Crystal Pepsi means people prefer their soft drinks to be sludge colored.)

I'm a little behind on those, still need to pick up Gallantmon and Beelzemon (was hoping for Crimson Mode and Blast Mode, respectively, but nothing so far). So far Machinedramon is my favorite of the line.

I don't have Gallantmon, but I do have Beelzemon; he's cool, my only problem with that one is that it costs the same as most of the others (~$55 USD) but has significantly less mass. I'd like a Blast Mode one, but I'm not so sure how well that would turn out given the Blaster arm makes him extremely lopsided.

I want to get Machinedramon, but not enough to buy one online, and they never have it at the hobby store. Not sure if Beelzemon (very well made, but low mass for its cost) or Imperialdramon Paladin Mode (big and impressive, but has structural problems with the wings and noodly limbs) is my favorite. I'd love an Omegamon Alter-S model though.

Oh DAMMIT! The Phyrexians compleated my boy Ajani!

Uohhhh! Said unironically.

Glad I quit Magic, they keep turning my favorite characters into horrific zombie cyborgs. I do not approve of this direction.

[RyuDragnier]

Is that Magic the Gathering Phyrexians?

Yes. From what it appears though, he was a sleeper agent, and was absolutely distraught when he realized it. I don't think they'll kill him off, but they'll likely use it as fuel to bring him back for a character arc as he seeks atonement. They'll either keep his new look, or cure it. The new look, btw.



The story segment below.

"Ajani's good eye widened with horror. He shook his head in denial and mouthed no, no, no gripping his own arms as if he could restrain the Phyrexian fibers beneath his skin and prevent them from emerging. But they engorged, ripping open muscle and fur, to reveal a sleek, dense Phyrexian musculature that had been installed beneath his own.

Ajani had been compleated. He was the spy, the traitor. He'd betrayed them to Sheoldred."

[Vyrerus]

Oh no, they've gone full Battlestar Galactica on their cards, huh?

[Thaciscokidd]

I know this isn't a housing thread but this monstrosity might be the last house on balmung and about to hit 1000 entries!

[RyuDragnier]

Holy crap. Gonna be a lot of fun there...and chaos.

[Cilia]

"OK so due to chronic part shortages we're reducing your production line's quota and reducing its manpower accordingly. That means two dozen people need to sign up to go to the factory across the street, which may mean being put on graveyard shift, and the sign-up sheet for that will be up for three days starting tomorrow (today; nobody signed it). If not enough people volunteer we're going to start volunteering people based on seniority... oh, and you don't have a whole lot of that due to being a relatively new hire despite working for years as a temp, so unless we get those 24 you're virtually guaranteed to be volunteered. There are a good number of newer hires... but they're all in their probationary period so they don't count. We've been working on this plan all summer and are telling you about it little more than a week before it's being implemented. It's what's best for the business."

I've worked hard to get my anger issues at work under control, but this is really trying me. I take a lot of pride in my work, but what's best for the business... may not be what's best for the self...

[RyuDragnier]

I'm sorry, but if you've been a temp for years and they haven't hired you full time, it may be time for you to find a job elsewhere. If they're not going to treat you well, then they clearly don't need you working there.

[SturmChurro]

Now I'm just studying some courses until the 19th. Hope I can play a carp ton of PoE for a week.

I downloaded Path of Exile again, after quite awhile, since I read this league was out today (?). The game seems to look better at least. I think there is a class you can unlock if you get far enough in the story, so I might try and do that. We'll see if I can actually get into playing it.

Just really need something to do while killing time until the next patch and other things.

One thing though, I was deleting old characters, and I accidentally deleted some old character of mine that I had been keeping. I can't exactly even remember why I never deleted that one, but I contacted their support email, and I am literally saying within 6 minutes they got back to me and restored that character. 6 minutes. I was amazed.

Also, my character is witch* again for this league that I know nothing about. Old habits.

[Cilia]

No, no, I did get hired full time... after six years as a temp. The issue is that with the reshuffling of manpower, thanks to lacking much in the way of seniority (due to being a relatively new hire; only about 1 year) I'm on the short list to get shuffled away despite having worked there for a longer total time than a lot of the other permanent hires. There are also a significant number of brand new hires, but because they can't be shuffled around during their 90 day probationary period, having seniority over them counts for nothing. And we were only given a week's heads up about this plan, and only 3 days total to respond to it. There's no way they're going to get 24 people to sign up to go to the other factory (and very plausibly onto graveyard shift) so all my hard work's done naught to secure my position where I am (which I'm quite comfortable with).

Upsetting my dreary little life because "it's best for the business," after all that talk about how they're trying to improve communication.

[TheMightyMollusk]

When a company talks about trying to "improve communication", they really mean "shut up and do what we say".