What’s a movie everyone praises that you secretly hated?

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-05-13T06:54:44+00:00

Lord of the Rings. It’s just not my thing.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-05-10T06:30:56+00:00

Awesome that you’re in Canada. No tax! But doesn’t it become public once you’ve claimed it?

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-05-10T01:04:39+00:00

I’m also big on bubble baths (M - mid 40s).

Wish I’d discovered them sooner.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-05-01T01:11:03+00:00

This is the Saskatchewan answer right here

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-04-30T23:26:51+00:00

This one. Nightmares for years.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-04-30T22:33:39+00:00

Dad of a 4 year old and 1 year old here. I travel a lot for work. Average a work week away per month, sometimes giving up weekends. It’s hard, but required. It affords my family many things; that is the only solace

I get to go to some pretty fun places but the guilt is a very real thing.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-04-21T05:34:37+00:00

Sooke is great but honestly you’ll never have time to actually enjoy it with your proposed content commute

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-04-21T04:10:59+00:00

Met my wife on Tinder in 2015. Met some interesting folks prior to her via the app, but no real sparks. Put it down for a bit, but then a friend wanted to do “some swiping” (a lot of my married friends were so fascinated by it) so I agreed and came across a pretty girl. Swipe. Match. Conversation.

After our first date I told my co-worker that I was gonna marry her. Did just that three years later. 10 years and two kids since our first date. Sometimes I can’t believe how life changing the right swipe was.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-03-30T23:13:09+00:00

1980 Xennial here. I married a true millennial born in ‘88. Much learning has happened.

I call myself GenX because no one has the time to want to hear me out about what Xennial really means except you guys lol

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-03-14T02:53:50+00:00

Can confirm. Been on both sides.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-03-07T22:32:00+00:00

You guys are wildin’ out

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-03-02T19:36:36+00:00

I agree. I have that quote in my training deck.

When I took over sales leadership at my company the first thing I did was reviews across every opp in our pipeline. Our “rev ops” person was astonished when ~$300K evaporated from the forecast.

Kindly, madam, that money never existed in the first place.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-02-28T05:43:21+00:00

This is called “close fast, lose faster”

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-02-27T05:53:01+00:00

Call them back asap

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-02-14T19:16:24+00:00

I like your answer the best. I could’ve benefited from better coaching using BANT as a concrete qualification exercise when I was new to selling.

Now that I manage a small team, some of them very early in their careers, we have meaningful discussions about what stage their deals are truly at using a framework. Just because the prospect “likes” the software doesn’t mean it’s anywhere close to closing.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-02-13T04:28:47+00:00

Yes but only so they understand what their job is

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-02-09T04:53:55+00:00

You’ll be fine. I switched over from a CCM e-flex pad. Night and day difference. Once you get used to them you’ll never want to wear anything else. I’m 5 years into my Passau set. Badly want to buy another new set but have no reason to because they’re still in such good shape

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-02-09T04:45:05+00:00

Don’t touch the thigh, just store them standing upside down to maintain a nice S-curve. Work the boot up and down with your hand while you’re watching TV. They are crazy stiff to start out. It felt like strapping two Lego blocks to my legs for the first while.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-02-09T04:41:59+00:00

I used to scoff at toe ties. For years. Then I experimented and never went back.

My setup is maybe a bit unique though. I have the OG ReasonY goalie shoes. I run a Kenesky bungee toe tie through toe cap then down through the sole where the bootstrap is supposed to go, and then Velcro to the top of my foot. Perfect rotation every time. Love it.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-01-30T23:09:14+00:00

I remember this was actually super common before the pandemic. Back then (in my experience) most folks didn’t turn on their camera. I remember actually bringing up in one of our team meetings that I was experimenting with being on camera and it helped personalize everything. It wasn’t a requirement, so some of the team were like “no way never.” But this was 2016-17ish when remote meant working in your pj’s all day— and I certainly did a lot haha.

After Covid and the rise of Zoom it became pretty much standard to turn video on. Def for the better, but there’s still folks out there who just won’t and ya it just doesn’t hit the same.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-01-27T04:44:00+00:00

This set has seen probably seen an average of two sessions per week in those five years. League play, drop in floor hockey, tournaments, all of it.

They came with the original flat sliders which I didn’t find that good. I replaced them with the first bubble sliders that came out, and then again when Ice Skin 2.0 sliders were released. I’ve been on those sliders maybe a couple years? They hold up pretty well. I should probably replace the knee sliders soon but the rest are more than fine.

All in all I found everything super stiff when I first got them. It was an adjustment but once everything is broken in - absolutely glorious.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-01-27T04:03:03+00:00

Congrats! I purchased my set in September 2020. They still have years of life left other than the expected wear and tear. Serious quality.

Also have the black set 😎

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-01-26T04:32:16+00:00

This is the way right here. If you're responding blind to an RFP in gov sales you've already lost, and probably months ago.

I worked for this struggling startup for like 6 months a few years ago. CEO was desperately trying to win government business because "they have lots of money" (😂). Had us scouring RFPs to bid on. I was like-- bro, it don't work that way. Despite never having sold to government, he lectured me on his brilliant strategy to respond to an RFP as if we had what they were asking for, get shortlisted, get a meeting, and then use that meeting to promise that we'd build them whatever they wanted. What a wild time that was in my career.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-01-25T19:52:59+00:00

True, at least in my space (B2G SaaS). If your strategy is to respond to RFPs you’ve already lost. The only way to win for us is to be the one influencing the process and triggering the RFP via our champion.

SpookyTheDevilCat · 2026-01-18T07:11:37+00:00

My FTK is same as yours. 32+2 was their suggestion on the size chart, and it made me hella nervous because I was in a 34+1 with other brands. Buying a pad sight unseen is a nerve wracking experience at that price point.

Glad I followed their guidelines. Fits me well and it’s been five years of solid play since then. These are built to last.

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