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Ditto. Taking into consideration average salary in US it is just asking for rather uncharitable read. And that is not taking into consideration in demand skill

Ditto. Taking into consideration average salary in US it is just asking for rather uncharitable read. And that is not taking into consideration in demand skill set that could land him another like job with relative ease. I don't often go for dismissive, but cry mich ein river.

jdmichal 7y ago
> cry mich ein river That should be "cry mir ein river". You want the dative case, because you are requesting that the river be cried for you.
- ginko 7y ago
  "cry mir einen river" since river is masculine
  - klipt 7y ago
    "People called Romanes, they go, the house?"
    - DonHopkins 7y ago
      Right. Now don't do it again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gNdGHsEIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gNdGHsEIk
  - jdmichal 7y ago
    I mean, sure Fluss is masculine... But it seems like borrowed English nouns generally end up masculine also. So sure, why not!
  - deleted 7y ago
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- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
  Thank you for that. I haven't used German since HS so I am a little rusty. I can still order a beer though. With that said, I picked that particular version of the phrase from zero punctuation. I did not intend for it to be grammatically correct.
  - jdmichal 7y ago
    No worries... It's been almost 15 years for myself. Even when I was much better, I used to describe myself as competent enough to get into trouble, but not back out again.
Moto7451 7y ago
Agreed. My work had a six month period where they wouldn’t really let me do anything meaningful while they were in analysis paralysis (other than keeping the ship steady) so I found other useful things to do and trained myself on some new tech. Clearly this is not the worst thing that has ever happened to a worker.
bob33212 7y ago
It is an interesting story and I can relate. I don't think anyone should feel sorry for the author or me though. In the grand scheme of things it is a good job, just a shitty company. I find Warren Buffet's commentary to be interesting as well but I don't feel sorry for him when he makes a mistake or has a problem.

jdmichal 7y ago

> cry mich ein river That should be "cry mir ein river". You want the dative case, because you are requesting that the river be cried for you.

ginko 7y ago
"cry mir einen river" since river is masculine
- klipt 7y ago
  "People called Romanes, they go, the house?"
  - DonHopkins 7y ago
    Right. Now don't do it again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gNdGHsEIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gNdGHsEIk
- jdmichal 7y ago
  I mean, sure Fluss is masculine... But it seems like borrowed English nouns generally end up masculine also. So sure, why not!
- deleted 7y ago
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A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
Thank you for that. I haven't used German since HS so I am a little rusty. I can still order a beer though. With that said, I picked that particular version of the phrase from zero punctuation. I did not intend for it to be grammatically correct.
- jdmichal 7y ago
  No worries... It's been almost 15 years for myself. Even when I was much better, I used to describe myself as competent enough to get into trouble, but not back out again.

Moto7451 7y ago

Agreed. My work had a six month period where they wouldn’t really let me do anything meaningful while they were in analysis paralysis (other than keeping the ship steady) so I found other useful things to do and trained myself on some new tech. Clearly this is not the worst thing that has ever happened to a worker.

bob33212 7y ago

It is an interesting story and I can relate. I don't think anyone should feel sorry for the author or me though. In the grand scheme of things it is a good job, just a shitty company. I find Warren Buffet's commentary to be interesting as well but I don't feel sorry for him when he makes a mistake or has a problem.