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CocaKoala
13y ago
Oh yeah; I'd probably rate The Onion as slightly more trustworthy than press releases from North Korea, because you know that The Onion is at least based in reality.
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CocaKoala
13y ago
I legitimately can't tell if this reflects an actual press release from North Korea, or if it's satire. It seems like it's legitimate, but it also feel like The Onion ran this article a few years back.
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CocaKoala
13y ago
I feel like their name is unfortunately chosen; I can't help but read it as "Thneeds". Obviously that makes it something that everyone, everyone, everyone needs, but it does present something of a branding issue given the utt
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CocaKoala
13y ago
I've never heard of somebody asking to see a contract with another company; that sounds super weird, and I would definitely be uncomfortable with that request. There's very little downside to trying to negotiate your job offer, ev
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CocaKoala
13y ago
Yeah, I saw one a few weeks ago when I was showing my fiancee where we'll be living. She got really excited to see a google street view car, only to be flabbergasted. Normally the gast level of her flabber is pretty low, but this time
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CocaKoala
13y ago
I'm weirdly unsure how to parse your post, because on one hand you're questioning if this is a joke but on the other hand the idea of smoking LSD is so patently ridiculous that I can't help but wonder if you're joking. M
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CocaKoala
13y ago
I'm not at all clear on what you're looking for. You want examples of people who are successful by "working smart and not hard" (what does that mean?) and then as an example, you suggest a statistician but qualify that b
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CocaKoala
13y ago
The tendency of people to troll by acting like a complete moron baffles me. I can't help but think "Congratulations, you've successfully managed to be a moron".
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CocaKoala
13y ago
I didn't define "ready" in terms of itself (unless you're unclear on the literal definition of the word "ready", in which case you'd be better served looking in a dictionary than applying for jobs); I gave
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CocaKoala
13y ago
I'm not sure why you think what I said means "desirous of concluding the interview process quickly", because I didn't use most of those words and you appear to have pulled them from thin air; frankly, that's weird.
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CocaKoala
13y ago
"ready" means "ready to move forward in the interview process". What else could it possibly mean in this context?