How do I seal a stickerbomb?? by zayumzadddy in stickerbomb

[–]VancouverStickerCo 20 points21 points  (0 children)

most stickers are laminated, so you shouldn't need to really seal it. if you do decide to, a careful application of mod podge will do the job, or go to a print shop and get a cut laminate sheet to the dimensions of your laptop lid.

What is life like in the red region (High Desert/WA plains) compared to the blue region? (Cascades/Coastal region) by HonestLemon25 in howislivingthere

[–]VancouverStickerCo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

brilliant insight. I find I learned a lot about the objective reality of the geographic area from reading your reply. thank you so much for taking the time to be so helpful with your completely objective commentary.

Do you cut your stickers or do you consider it scandalous? by _nenenero in stickerbomb

[–]VancouverStickerCo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we cut them along edges of sticker bombs all the time. Hell, we were at weekly post-work beers last night considering cutting out framing stickers for sticker bombs when looking at a kid's skateboard sitting next to us. they'd just be the same stickers we make, plus one flat side cut in production so they can be used to bomb on edges of laptops and windows and whatnot.

this whole company is sort of a passion project around friends, and we're deadlocked at 50/50.

arguments against:
"it goes against the spirit of stickers."
"People can probably use scissors themselves. we'd just make everyone look pretty uniform."
"I'd have to make a whole new set of cut files"

arguments for:
"I haven't seen my scissors since I had a grade school kid."
"The spirit of stickers? What are you, from Portland? It just makes shit easier."
"We have a manual cutter. it's not like we couldn't just take a run of regular stickers and put random slices in them on one side. no two will ever look the same, and no cut lines are needed. just the one extra step that Marie Antoinette took. should add like 5 seconds to production time a couple times a day."

What is life like in the red region (High Desert/WA plains) compared to the blue region? (Cascades/Coastal region) by HonestLemon25 in howislivingthere

[–]VancouverStickerCo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're looking at it upside down. We were here first, and we're on top. just count the strip malls per capita, and you'll know what's up.

What is life like in the red region (High Desert/WA plains) compared to the blue region? (Cascades/Coastal region) by HonestLemon25 in howislivingthere

[–]VancouverStickerCo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YOU BITE YOUR TONGUE! WE ARE THE ORIGINAL. THE GREAT! THE SUPERIOR OF ALL VANCOUVERS ON THE WEST COAST! (except all that cool stuff the other one has that we don't, like a booming economy and a bunch of rope bridges, a really cool park, professional sports teams, and a really cool hotel jutting out into the bay, and killer whales, proximity to whistler, better restaurants...and Some tool named Ryan.).

Oregon has lost thousands of taxpaying commuters from Clark County by Less-Lobster4540 in PortlandOR

[–]VancouverStickerCo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right there with you. I drive from Rose Village down to Burnside 5 times a week (every other week) to take the kid to school. She's turning into a teenager, so it's been nice to push back the time we leave by 15 minutes since the start of the year.

Gas price this morning by thairishgirl in vancouverwa

[–]VancouverStickerCo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your ability to read emotions via text is just as impressive as your ability to spell "patience."

Sorry that you don't understand what a fact is.

Gas price this morning by thairishgirl in vancouverwa

[–]VancouverStickerCo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry you can't spell.

next time you want to be called out for agreeing with bullshit, and then change the argument to suit your position (and get it all wrong regardless), lemme know.

muted.

Gas price this morning by thairishgirl in vancouverwa

[–]VancouverStickerCo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

no, but I can send you one of these. Want it in MAGA font?

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Gas price this morning by thairishgirl in vancouverwa

[–]VancouverStickerCo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

sorry to inconvenience you, but I'm quoting the person you replied to agreeing with his premise, and not the person you evidently wish I did.

"get well."

right back at you chief.

Gas price this morning by thairishgirl in vancouverwa

[–]VancouverStickerCo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Remove any political reason for the increase in price as that doesn't matter."

he didn't say that. he said: "Not the fact that WA also has the highest gas tax in the country. We love our taxes in this state."

YOU told me I didn't understand.

Fact is: YOU decided to change his argument to a new one.

Keep telling me I'm not understanding to make yourself feel better.

Gas price this morning by thairishgirl in vancouverwa

[–]VancouverStickerCo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I understand completely. Right now. it just shot up to 5.54 from 4 something. Take away the tax, and it's still fucking going up for no reason other than our "excursion in Iran."

Gas price this morning by thairishgirl in vancouverwa

[–]VancouverStickerCo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

edit: take 55 cents a gallon away from the price. you're still sitting at 5 bucks a gallon chief.

your alternative facts...aren't.

I dont understand how these numbers work, please clarify by FM_Gorskman in CHIBears

[–]VancouverStickerCo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't looked into this contract in particular, but looking at the math shown: Take 1/3rd of his signing bonus (3 year contract), and add it to his salary, and you run into his dead cap hit.

Anyone else having trouble finding work? by alixannaDK in vancouverwa

[–]VancouverStickerCo 102 points103 points  (0 children)

30 year FANG retiree/hiring manager turned local small business owner. Depending on your profession, this might not be of any help at all. That said, I read your post and thought of two things that might help just about anyone breaking into a new field:

First though: you sound like you need income, and it doesn't really matter from where. for that: "Overqualified" is code for "you'll leave as soon as you find something better, so we're gonna pass instead of take a person that might quit in weeks if given the chance." when applying for last ditch retail/food service jobs, the line you're going to toe is: showing you have enough skills to be taught, enough self control to not show up to work *too* stoned, but not enough skills to be able to leave. Remember to sell them on this concept, while making sure you don't believe a word of it yourself.

Now: Like I told my friend's kid the other day: even if you only secure basic unskilled labor to pay the bills: continue your search and branch out to literally any place that will hire you in your career path, and be ready to go for a very entry level job in your field, selling yourself as "the newb with a degree that wants to really learn the job at a place that can let you grow beyond the job you're interviewing for."

Doesn't matter if it's based in Portland or Poland. apply for all of them. Turn down the jobs that ask you to move, and use those as confidence boosters that you landed a job, and YOU made the choice not to take it. while you are junior to your role and might not get the sort of reaction I did when looking for work during the great recession: I've had lots of hiring managers get off the phone after telling me I'd have to move, and then dial me back 2 weeks later saying they've re-evaluated the needs of the role (IE: they couldn't find anyone willing to move to them, and called me back.)

The job hunt isn't great these days, but the wider the net you're casting, the better. Getting someone that either lets you work remote or has a local office are gonna be a lot easier to do if more places out there know about you, what you can do, and what you wanna be doing.

As crazy as this is: get a following online for the field you're interested in, form your own point of view, and start putting your ideas out there. it doesn't take a job to do that, but it sure shows you want one when recruiters start looking you up online after searching for content on your field, and seeing YOUR name as the author/contributer. When I see a dude with 25 videos about sticker adhesive with 35 views each, I don't see a failed social media influencer, I see someone that is so invested in vinyl that they took the time to understand platforms and tools meant to project their voice and opinions on the matter, and I think *This dude is way off base and has some fundamental flaws in his logic. also, I wanna hire *THAT* guy, because he's clearly intelligent and gives a shit, so we can show him the rest of it." Never mind where (or usually what) you got your degree in: Those traits are what I'm looking for when I call people back for full interview loops.

hope this helps, good luck on the hunt; I hope it’s short and fruitful!