You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Unfortunately, Hostel 2 is very, very real. :( Phelous reviewed it!
Also, I notice that screen is using Comcast's "we want to look like FiOS, but we have too many shitty old Explorer 2200 boxes lying around, so we have to half-ass it" look that came out around that time.
Funny, that's the exact same look that our Insight boxes have today, but with the box manufacturer's logo (Pace) in place of the Comcast logo.
It always struck me as strangely crude-looking, especially given that these boxes were new out of the box when we got them (though I don't know how old the hardware itself is).
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Time Warner Cable bought out Insight Communications last year, so I keep waiting for them to switch us over. It seems like for now they're content running the two companies separately, though. And knowing how this usually goes, when it does happen the bastards will probably just change the logos but leave us with the same old equipment.
The cable boxes we have look like this:
Plus the one in the family room has this as well, which I believe is the Multiroom DVR's storage unit:
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I'd forgotten how much the original Polly Pocket dolls differ from the Mattel-produced ones:
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Think of all the parents driven mad finding clippings of Barbie hair all over their houses:
Not that kids don't cut dolls' hair anyway (*innocent whistle*) but this one actively encouraged it.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
@JZ: Oh wow, that's just so overtly '90s I don't even know where to start. CD-ROM! And it looks like it connects to a ye olde serial port as well...it's funny how much we take the plug-n-play convenience of USB for granted these days.
You just know that Christmas morning, hundreds of parents booted up their computers, installed all the software, and then still had to deal with their kids whining at them because it turned out some aspect of their computer wasn't compatible with that thing.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
^^I noticed the stretched lowercase type on the CD itself. They liked that type treatment back then, I assume it was because designers had computers then and they could now distort the type more freely than in the past (I think photocompositing methods let them do that too.).
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I have no idea how to fill out half these things because I don't have the relevant information (I'm actually expected to have had five prior employers? Seriously?)
ABC Family's original logo always struck me as rather lazy.
I mean, Fox just had the same exact thing with "Fox" there instead of "ABC" so why keep it? Brand integrity? Considering they changed almost all of the programming, that'd be kind of moot.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Man, everyone knows that if you don't have prior employers you just leave that stuff blank.
Speaking of ABC Family, their current programming kind of makes their name reallllllly ironic.
Unless "a network named ABC Family showing TV shows with risque content" doesn't count. Granted, it isn't their fault (Pat Robertson forced the channel to always have "family" in the name when he sold it to Fox back in the 90's) but still.
I'd forgotten how much the original Polly Pocket dolls differ from the Mattel-produced ones:
I'd almost forgotten about those things, but that explains a lot; as a kid I remember wondering why the design had changed so drastically, but I never knew what the original brand was because I wasn't aware of brand names at that age (Disney aside).
Speaking of ABC Family, their current programming kind of makes their name reallllllly ironic.
Unless "a network named ABC Family showing TV shows with risque content" doesn't count. Granted, it isn't their fault (Pat Robertson forced the channel to always have "family" in the name when he sold it to Fox back in the 90's) but still.
Do they at least put the more risqué programming on later in the evening or show parental guidance warnings beforehand or something?
Yes, but it's a required field, you can't just leave it blank.
Also I was expected to have contacts' phone numbers on hand, and I do not. So yeah.
If you need something, you can probably put down unpaid experience, education or "character references". I would be absolutely astonished if everyone who applied to work in a shop had 5 prior jobs. They'll understand.
Well, there's the occasional "viower excretion advisd" warning for movies and stuff, but their original stuff with no warnings and plenty of stuff to be warned for usually airs in primetime.
Yes, but it's a required field, you can't just leave it blank.
Also I was expected to have contacts' phone numbers on hand, and I do not. So yeah.
If you need something, you can probably put down unpaid experience, education or "character references". I would be absolutely astonished if everyone who applied to work in a shop had 5 prior jobs. They'll understand.
I hate those things, so you have my sympathies.
Thanks.
I am listening to this to make myself feel better. It's funny.
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Hostel was made by Eli Roth. Who is he and why does his name make me want to back away slowly?
Also
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
The only mainstream movie he's touched is the one Nazi movie with the name spelled incorrectly, and I've never watched or cared about that
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
They won't send me my activation code
Darnit, KoL, stop discouraging me to throw money at you!
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Bona-fide exhaustion
This is unusual.
Microsoft why you so retarded.
@Fm
Have you used Microsoft Technical Support?
hi all.
I am about to fill out an application for a nearby Redner's.
I hate that my parents (especially my stepdad) don't believe I'm looking for a job. It's insulting.
Because they only have stores in Pennsylvania and like two in Maryland?
I think, anyway.
they require you to have a resume
for a job as a grocery stocker
are. you. fucking. kidding?
and the day clerk--which is the exact same position--doesn't require one.
huh?
just
huh?
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Again.
It was funny the first time, but now I'm kind of bewildered. Aren't you not supposed to burn water?
okay fuck it I'm just gonna do this tomorrow.
I have no idea how to fill out half these things because I don't have the relevant information (I'm actually expected to have had five prior employers? Seriously?)
Yes, but it's a required field, you can't just leave it blank.
Also I was expected to have contacts' phone numbers on hand, and I do not. So yeah.
What did you actually do? Do they at least put the more risqué programming on later in the evening or show parental guidance warnings beforehand or something?
I hate those things, so you have my sympathies.
Thanks.
I am listening to this to make myself feel better. It's funny.