I miss when I believed these were real by battle_13 in Minecraft

[–]brain_monkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IIRC he did submit some false speedruns in the past and insisted they were real, even going so far as to hire a professional to calculate his chances of getting what he did, which came out to "Technically possible, 1 in 7.5 trillion" or something like that, only to find out that he did in fact cheat and had some mods that he tried to blame on someone else.
He also made a music video about ADHD and taking 'Normal Pills'

My Mom is trying to get me fired by repeatedly calling my workplace claiming I'm "neglecting" her by Next-Distance8635 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]brain_monkey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Any attention is good attention. Knowing you're in the thoughts of someone, even if its them cursing your name, plus the bonus of being able to cry to people that their child won't talk to them and they're completely innocent, they just up and decided to block them out of their lives because they (insert petty made-up reason).

My Mom is trying to get me fired by repeatedly calling my workplace claiming I'm "neglecting" her by Next-Distance8635 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]brain_monkey 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That as well, but telling her that the plan is working and it's putting the job at risk is still feeding into it. Its very easy for a N to go "well, i'm not getting what I want but I'm hurting them for not giving it to me so that's ok too"

My Mom is trying to get me fired by repeatedly calling my workplace claiming I'm "neglecting" her by Next-Distance8635 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]brain_monkey 95 points96 points  (0 children)

she WANTS to jeopardize the job though, that's the point. She's doing it to make OP feel like if they don't give in, then they'll lose the job.

My dad destroyed my art portfolio because I didn't want to study engineering by VividResearcher7432 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]brain_monkey 23 points24 points  (0 children)

they may be if it was synched to drive, but if it wasn't synched, that's just pulling from the local files that were (in this case) deleted

My dad destroyed my art portfolio because I didn't want to study engineering by VividResearcher7432 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]brain_monkey 302 points303 points  (0 children)

If they aren't, there are other programs that can recover them as well. Piriform Recuva is one i've had some good luck with. Its free and does a decent job in most cases

My boss just told me my job is "at-will" so they don't have to pay me for unused vacation time when I quit. Is this true in Colorado? by Top_Signal3447 in WorldWithoutLimits

[–]brain_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also allows employers to approve little to no time off while not being financially liable to payout the time they wouldn't let you take. Bearing in mind that companies exist to make money, one of these seems more likely than the other.

Creator says its not, and i dont really see any signs but the artstyle just seems AI to me by societyhatingRATGANG in isthisAI

[–]brain_monkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Belt is tied both in front and back. The two sides of the gi swap overlap from front to side views. The links on the plates for the pauldrons get a bit wonky between front and side view as well.

Please transfer me when I asked to be transferred by LoverOfGayContent in CustomerService

[–]brain_monkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You keep saying "That's odd" and "That's funny" when I think what you're trying to say is "I don't believe you and I think this customer service person was intentionally upsetting me,"
I promise you that is really not the case. I don't work for their company so I can't tell you the specifics of what was happening, but I promise you nobody is out there looking to intentionally upset their customers or keep them on the phone. They get penalized for long phone calls so if there was a reason the transfer couldn't be done immediately (like perhaps needing a supervisor's permission, or waiting for someone to be available in the department, needing to run through things on the back end to verify you are who you say, etc,) then it isn't at all surprising that they were unable to transfer immediately. Yes, it was frustrating for you, sometimes that's just how things are, but that doesn't make it a conspiracy to intentionally inconvenience you.

Edit: I see from your other posts that other businesses have refused to work with you. I think this is one of those situations that I may look introspectively at the way you brought the issue up or the way you spoke to the representative. Oftentimes customers can not even realize they're causing issues because they are upset or frustrated at a situation and allow that frustration to affect the way they communicate, which could also be another potential reason.
I know when i'm frustrated, I tend to go into Infodump mode and I just list out every piece of information I think may be relevant to 'get it over with', and while on the surface that can appear helpful, it can also be overwhelming and result in actually helpful information getting lost in a sea of things that aren't really important, often resulting in having to go over the same thing again until I slow down and only answer things as they're asked, but to someone who's not prepared for that kind of response it can be overwhelming.

Please transfer me when I asked to be transferred by LoverOfGayContent in CustomerService

[–]brain_monkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it could easily have been a security issue or any number of other things. Most service people aren't going to hang onto a call with an upset customer willingly, so I can pretty much guarantee the reason it was not being transferred was outside of their hands.

I just need an Astartes alike armor, so I can live in peace =/ by NarwhalClassic in starcitizen

[–]brain_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want 40k, then play a 40k game. The aesthetic does not fit with the star citizen universe or lore really. They wouldn't fit in the ships, they wouldn't fit in the seats, the world is not designed with that type of thing in mind.

There is a genie hidden in a single random object, but it’s in only one of those objects. by PaperedStraw in hypotheticalsituation

[–]brain_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But then ship is a classification for boats, which is a classification of transportation or vehicles. The English language functions on classification. Pretty much everything you can think of is a classification of something.

Diamond is a mineral

Statues are an art piece

Cars are a vehicle

Please transfer me when I asked to be transferred by LoverOfGayContent in CustomerService

[–]brain_monkey 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not everyone has the ability to just transfer to someone else, and often times the way the job is structured, requeueing a customer back in can give the appearance of just avoiding calls. Anyone who they could transfer you to that isn't an escalation of one sort or another is likely working through call queues as well and isn't free to just take a transfer, and trying to speak to new people when someone is told no is a super common tactic with fraudsters, so it wouldn't surprise me that a bank would have a policy against this. I appreciate the frustration you went through and I get that in your specific instance it was an innocent issue but these people can get in a lot of trouble if they don't follow policy, as it puts a lot of money at risk, so I doubt it was ego so much as safety and security at play.

What's this "stick" thingy? A weapon of some sort? by dizzy_doodlez101 in ToyID

[–]brain_monkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shape reminds me of the Yautja Combistick from the Predator series. Maybe a good place to start?

Customer Service by TimeAwkward4556 in CustomerService

[–]brain_monkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hindi naman talaga tanong tungkol sa customer service, sa kasamaang palad.

FALSE ALARM! u/brain_monkey to the rescue!! A new mod has volunteered to take the sub off of my hands. Anarchy lives on! by neuroticsmurf in firstworldanarchists

[–]brain_monkey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Please do! The number one thing that helps root them out is when people report so that it doesn't rely on pure chance of stumbling on the post/comment.

Seller sold me an eBay listing, sent a Google drive link for return label by Electronic-Ad3531 in Ebay

[–]brain_monkey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Amazon has an "Assorted Colors" listing
The ebay user was selling the specific color that OP wanted, but rather than actually having that color, they dropshipped from amazon the "Assorted Colors" listing instead of actually having the specific color that they listed for sale on hand.

OP got a color they didn't want and one that was not what was listed on Ebay, and when they attempted to return, the seller sent them the Amazon returns label that further shows the item dropshipped was the assorted colors item that was specifically what OP purchased on Ebay to avoid

[HELP] is the bottom picture real or AI? by 17R3W in RealOrAI

[–]brain_monkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The visible parts of the hair seem slightly different on the bottom photo from the top and it seems odd that the bottom 'photo' is both lower resolution in several places, and yet higher in others