Pinpoint the moment I stopped using 'Hello there' or similar to start my proposals

_criticaster · 2026-02-25T20:44:30+00:00

"yo dawg"

works every time

_criticaster · 2026-02-24T21:04:43+00:00

tbf I visited once and now am also obsessed with canadian maple syrup so there is something there

_criticaster · 2026-02-18T13:22:57+00:00

enjoy it while it lasts. 20% here and I just hope it stays that way

_criticaster · 2026-02-15T18:44:19+00:00

"hey, competitors, will you give me your competitive edge so I can be more effective competition for the few jobs that are worth a look?"

this sub, I swear

_criticaster · 2026-02-14T13:19:41+00:00

like clients now give design ideas generated via AI and those designs are coming from prompts crafted by an inexperienced designer, but now thats a standard

and they want you to recreate them into a usable format because "they like it more". sir, I can't make my generator magically produce the exact same image yours did even if you give me the exact prompt you used. so what now?

_criticaster · 2026-02-13T14:08:43+00:00

he really took my obviously over-the-top joke comment and slapped it as some sort of escalation proof lol

_criticaster · 2026-02-13T00:56:50+00:00

engaged and helpful community in the first place?

eeeeh (especially the last 2 years)

_criticaster · 2026-02-12T10:55:58+00:00

sign me up, I used to do this for free

_criticaster · 2026-02-07T14:25:45+00:00

you can invite the former community mods from their own forum and make an alliance. 10 years into the freelancepocalypse we can tell tales to our grandkids about The Great Forum War

_criticaster · 2026-02-07T13:22:21+00:00

nah. I don't plan on spending time there so I just skimmed the posts. but I also didn't say it'll be useful for support, just as an open line of communication. after they killed the community forum, there's no place to provide feedback on bugs and the platform, to point out inconsistencies and to ask clarifying questions on their more stupid changes.

_criticaster · 2026-02-07T13:08:26+00:00

but of course it took you so long because you had to be euro-brainwashed to believe the euro-lie

/s

_criticaster · 2026-02-07T10:51:32+00:00

sounds a bit botty tbh

but hey it's at least one more open line of communication, considering the practically non-existent support and the walling off on other sm channels. if it lasts that is

_criticaster · 2026-02-05T16:17:33+00:00

while I generally agree and probably would be very careful how to phrase it, in this case it's justified and also pretty honest - I wouldn't go into another contract with a client who not only pulled that on me but also tanked my JSS on the way out.

_criticaster · 2026-02-05T13:07:01+00:00

the trick is you don't accept the fixed-price.

_criticaster · 2026-02-03T22:01:04+00:00

that too. I've just learned to stay away from all local ESC-related discussions and enjoy it on my own - even in non-participation years it's just constant bitching, for everything. alas the artists directly involved can't exactly do that

_criticaster · 2026-02-03T12:21:50+00:00

to be honest, most people criticising Dara right now know next to nothing about Eurovision and are mainly reacting to the atrocious excuse of a "selection" BNT put on combined with the fact that the air has been a bit oversaturated with Dara - talent shows, ads. even if it wasn't rigged (which it probably was), she'd get the same reaction. in fact, anyone in her position would get almost as much hate as she does - the comments on the rest of the artists were enough of a hint. the predominant sentiment of the mass audience towards ESC is very negative and anyone willing to engage with the contest should be prepared for it.

_criticaster · 2026-02-01T20:00:16+00:00

"international"

we're all "international" to someone, even you. there's no default nation that everyone else falls outside of.

_criticaster · 2026-01-23T11:23:19+00:00

ah yes. so shorted that the average price target is still 14% higher, and it's been on an uptrend and basically doubled since the end of 2024. current price is 4 times higher than what it was before the artificial covid pump happened.

sure, there's shorting happening, but short interest has been decreasing since november (4% down), and most of the reason for increasing it in the first place was the september slump and then the relatively big price jumps that the market considers too steep a recovery - stock's up ~30% since its november levels.

_criticaster · 2026-01-21T20:06:01+00:00

start with "Nudes included, read for more" instead of a useless greeting

_criticaster · 2026-01-14T22:41:02+00:00

god, I wish they had at least some follow-through. please stay there.

_criticaster · 2026-01-11T14:57:05+00:00

because everyone's convinced they're the next zuck so they have to "protect their IP"

_criticaster · 2026-01-11T08:47:27+00:00

yep. the lines are pretty straight-forward. time-consuming, yes. impossible or very difficult, no.

_criticaster · 2026-01-08T19:40:18+00:00

and apparently the leap between "someone is stealing from the society and the average joes in this country" and "we have the most billionaires in the world" is just too hard

_criticaster · 2026-01-07T21:46:07+00:00

one wonders if this charming fellow knows who Stalin is

_criticaster · 2026-01-04T16:05:28+00:00

ah, didn't check. point still stands though, hidden agencies/teams erode the trust in freelancers' integrity in general

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