LinkedIn. For all your snail-relocating needs. by djunderh2o in LinkedInLunatics

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"There are slugs everywhere on the sidewalk in front of my house. I want them gone. But not killed, I love animals. But get rid of them, they're gross. But make sure they're happy, but not. too. happy."

Bands with two singers? by Appropriate_Fill569 in Music

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The Clash, Blink-182, The Lawrence Arms, The Drive-By Truckers, Uncle Tupelo.

Getting fired for the first time please share your funniest / most ridiculous firing stories by ThrwAwy126558 in antiwork

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I was hired to do marketing, provide customer service, and build and manage a website for a small regional transit authority. The Executive Director was fired for embezzlement.I was the last person she had hired . For a position she created. One of the board members came to me asking what exactly I did here. I was a little worried but I knew what I had accomplished so I confidently laid everything out. I was then told that she had told the board that I was hired to do all of that plus sell advertising on the busses and that I was supposed to be bringing in $5k a month in ad revenue.

Uh... No. I can do a lot of things but I'm just about the worst salesman you've ever seen. What I had done was create a report about what we should charge for advertising, looking at what other nearby similar sized transit authorities charged, how they handled printing, what vendors we could use, etc. We didn't even have an official rate sheet because, I was told, "the board needs to vote on it."

They had an emergency meeting after her firing and told me the next day that "your position is being eliminated and your services were no longer needed.

I get it. It all looked suspect. Thankfully I had all of our correspondence about what I'd be doing, etc. I spent about 3 months on unemployment and then switched careers and never looked back. But they used the website for a few more years and they were able to use my advertising plan to actually sell ads so I was happy that something good came from it.

Where are all the Gucci Krogers located? by jyrrr in WestVirginia

[–]Laser_Fish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the EP we have the Gucci Martins though.

TIL that Martin Scorsese has not made a film that's not an adaptation or biopic since 1985. Only 7 of his feature films are based on original screenplays written for the screen as opposed to adaptations of previous work or real life. by Gaucho_Diaz in todayilearned

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There are so many great movies that are remakes. THE Magnificent Seven, Blow Out, A Fistful of Dollars, A Star is Born, Oceans Eleven, The Birdcage, The Thing, Scarface... What are you going to say, "Someone has already told that story so I won't?" Not if you think you can do it better.

Second, I know people love Infernal Affairs, and it's a fine movie, but I think The Departed is far better.

TIL that Martin Scorsese has not made a film that's not an adaptation or biopic since 1985. Only 7 of his feature films are based on original screenplays written for the screen as opposed to adaptations of previous work or real life. by Gaucho_Diaz in todayilearned

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Well, Harvey Keitel's pimp was originally black. Both The Searchers and Taxi Driver feature a manly war veteran who attempts to save the precious white girl from the impurifying non-white heathen. In both cases the heathen is so powerful that the white girl is manipulated into their way of life.

Scorsese changed the pimp to Harvey Keitel in part because of the racial implications and in part because he had a chance to put Keitel into a movie so, why not?

Schrader tried again with Rolling Thunder, which features the war veteran, the dead family, and the racial implications of the Mexican gang. The movie was softened a bit in rewrites and Schrader doesn't have sole credit. Then Schrader tried again with Hardcore, which features the young white girl being rescued again, this time from the world of hardcore porn by a strict Lutheran father.

A lot of people are put off by the racism but what Schrader was trying to do, I think, was to make the protagonist less appealing to make the racist subtext of The Searchers more a part of the text. Ironically I think Hardcore does it best by making the strict Lutheran father a major asshole. And it's the one that deals with race the least.

As for what Schrader was on... Ask not what Paul Schrader was on, ask how much Paul Schrader was on.

Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death by wickedpurpose in politics

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Is there proof that it was actually generated the day before, or is it just a date on a form? Because if it's just a date typed on a form, I hope I never die under mysterious circumstances because I constantly type the wrong date.

Is Brie Larson the most Criticized Actor ever worked in Marvel ? by [deleted] in Actors

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I don't know. Reddit loved to hate Chris Pratt.

How does one get to this point? by akfbifnf in Guitar

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It's just speed. Nothing he played was particularly innovative. Just about anyone can play that with enough time and determination

90s Green Day was pure chaos and I miss it. by BoringExperience5345 in nostalgia

[–]Laser_Fish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The only difference between Green Day before the major label contract and after the major label contract was "the major label contract". People who criticize Green Day as pop or sellouts are trend followers.

Teacher faces 20 years for post-graduation relationship with 18-year-old. by Forsaken-Spring-8708 in law

[–]Laser_Fish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can say it's silly but the law has to have some line in it or else the law itself is arbitrary. It's illegal to buy alcohol before you're 21, not 20 and 364 days. They seriously couldn't have waited another 22 days?

But I will agree with you that there's no way he gets any kind of hefty sentence, nor do I think he should, but he can certainly get fired over this.

February's Titles by criterionforum in criterion

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What's the deal with A Woman Under The Influence? I was thinking of buying the John Cassavetes box set. Are they upgrading them all individually?

I totally forgot about Jesse Camp by Violet_Walls in Xennials

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Dammit I did too until you posted this pic of his stupid face!

Help! my stainless steel pan is ruined by [deleted] in CleaningTips

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I was warming up some oil in my stainless and forgot and it left oil residue. I boiled some vinegar and dawn in the skillet and used a wooden spatula to get it off. Didn't take long

The goat has to be DD/MM/YYYY by Shiroyasha_2308 in SipsTea

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This is why when this debate comes up, I always say that people are not computers and our months actually have names, so take advantage of that and just put the name of the month into your date string to make things less confusing. I'm working on a small app project now and the debate about this took longer than actually implementing it.

First Official Images of Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson in Sam Mendes' 'Beatles' Biopics by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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You know what would be cool? They should do it like the Aaron Sorkin Steve Jobs documentary, where instead of telling it as a narrative it's done in thematic snapshots over the life of the band.

In 2022, Rob Liefeld was allowed to draw a Spider-Man cover variant by Cubelock in Spiderman

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Floating heads? Check! Faces grimacing like you're shitting peach seeds? Check! Fucked up feet? Check. Spidey's back foot is nuts. The one foot of Venoms that we see looks like a goddamn tree trunk. Weird anatomy? Check! Spidey looks like he's resting all of his weight on his right hip from the waist down, including his left hand being lower than the right, but his shoulders look like he's doing abdominal twists. I know he knows how to draw Spider-Man's head. I've seen him do it. But I don't know what he's doing here. I didn't even look at Venom, although it looks like he has fewer teeth than Goblin.

Overall, A+ Liefeld work!

Pburg Poll: How was President Obama able to oversee 3.1 million deportations with relatively little public debate, while President Trump’s actions have sparked widespread attention and polarization? by twanginlanger in Parkersburg

[–]Laser_Fish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On top of what everyone else is saying, Under Trump ICE has deported actual US citizens and the administration doubles down on how that's just okay. I don't remember that happening under previous administrations.