The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Snarf Zagyg]

If you'd just concede that your favorite pizzeria doesn't serve the goodstuff, except maybe by accident, you could probably claim a lot of your life back and use it for something beneficial (like visiting your fave pizzeria, or talking about your fave pizzeria with people who actually enjoy it too).

C'mon! Do you know what is best in life?

To visit your enemies' fave pizzerias, to complain about their toppings, and to hear your own lamentations that they can't cook pizza right.

 

[overgeeked]

It will be a good day for humanity when we manage to mature ever so fractionally and finally let go of presentism.

 

[Cadence]

Wow. I'm wondering if that was some strange auto-correct, I'm misreading it, or if it was just extremely in-your-face.

 

[payn]

Working on a neuro-divergent shopping experience pilot for my company currently. LED lighting frequencies in store reduced and overhead music muted for first two business hours. If you know someone who may benefit or appreciate this, shoot me a PM and I'll see if we have a site in your area (U.S.).

Edit: This is happening around the Pennsylvania metro specifically and the stores are Target. I guess that makes it easier.

 

[prabe]

Working on a neuro-divergent shopping experience pilot for my company currently. LED lighting frequencies in store reduced and overhead music muted for first two business hours. If you know someone who may benefit or appreciate this, shoot me a PM and I'll see if we have a site in your area.

It occurs to me there may be people who aren't (or who don't think they are) neurodivergent who would prefer that experience. I am not at present in touch with anyone, diagnosed or otherwise, who'd benefit, but this is emphatically a positive move.

 

[payn]

It occurs to me there may be people who aren't (or who don't think they are) neurodivergent who would prefer that experience. I am not at present in touch with anyone, diagnosed or otherwise, who'd benefit, but this is emphatically a positive move.

I'm just a programmer on this, but others are working on the community connection part for the company. I just wanted to spread the word. I believe this kind of thing has been sporadic in our company history, but during covid a vulnerable shopping period was very popular.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Since the topic comes up on this thread occasionally, I thought I'd pass along one of the best amicus briefs I've seen in a long time- written on behalf of The Onion, dealing with a pending issue regarding parody.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/20221003125252896_35295545_1-22.10.03%20-%20Novak-Parma%20-%20Onion%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf

This might be first time anyone has ever used the phrase, "Funny for a legal document," in a way that wasn't meant as an insult.*


*Similar to, "Pretty for an airport," or "Your kid's artwork is ... interesting," or "No, really, I love to hear about your fantasy football team."

 

[RealAlHazred]

C'mon! Do you know what is best in life?

To visit your enemies' fave pizzerias, to complain about their toppings, and to hear your own lamentations that they can't cook pizza right.

"Conan, what is best in life?"

"To find the one thing you don't like in the thing you like very much, and then to complain about it, loudly and publicly and in great detail, until your eyes grow dim and the Sun grows cold."

 

[payn]

"No, really, I love to hear about your fantasy football team."

Funny thing about this meme is that when I started playing fantasy football I took all kinds of crap for it. "Get your nerd out of our sports" So I just learned to shut up about it.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

"Conan, what is best in life?"

"To find the one thing you don't like in the thing you like very much, and then to complain about it, loudly and publicly and in great detail, until your eyes grow dim and the Sun grows cold."