The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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GasBandit
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Millennials to Snake People does exactly what it says on the tin: Every time the internet spits out That Word at you that describes a certain generation of post-GenX youths, it changes it to "snake people."
Been there for years. Both Disneyland (open for 28 years) and Walt Disney World (open for 26 years) have have the Star Tours ride as part of the park experience and have a gift shop attached to the exit at each one, would be strange to me to NOT see it in the park.
@Sparhawk Ninja'd
They've had Star Wars swag at Disney for years at the Star Tours ride. I still have the Han Solo books and Star Wars glass that I got ~20 yrs ago.
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Generally overpriced niche merchandise for what was once a small market that's grown in size over the years said retailer's been open?
Sounds about right to me either way.
GasBandit
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We regularly use the firefly's gene that it uses to glow for assays in the lab. The enzyme the gene encodes is called Luciferase! 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciferase
That's where all the fireflies have gone. I kill them and extract their precious genes!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciferase
That's where all the fireflies have gone. I kill them and extract their precious genes!!
Not really - they're all synthetically made.
GasBandit
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I dunno where else to put this, really... not quite a whine or a rant, and definitely not a victory... but today was the last day of the Traffic Director we were laying off. It's both sad and a relief. Sad because she was good at her job and the way they let her go was really shitty, and they're not replacing her, just making 3 other people (including myself) take on her workload... but a relief because she was told they were letting her go 6 weeks ago, then reduced her hours to part time for her last 6 weeks, and she'd been getting more and more toxic with each passing day until her last.
I'm not happy with how they treated her, but I can understand why they let her go - every year for the past 3 years there's been some major reason for her to miss impressive amounts of work, sometimes for medical reasons, sometimes for family reasons, and there was no sign of it getting better or even stabilizing... and that kind of work, you need a reliable worker. That said, all that goes out the window because they're not replacing her! So now, instead of having a traffic director we can rely on, it's like she's going on sick leave and never coming back, as far as our productivity is concerned. Ugh. Our owner is such a beancounter. Nothing gets him quite so hard as the thought of reducing headcount anywhere and everywhere possible. He wants to sell us off so bad he can taste it, and he doesn't care about ratings - he'd rather have a skeleton crew running a poorly run radio outfit that turns out a reliable, tiny profit than risk/invest capital and hire staff so that we can be the best and potentially make a much larger profit. I know he'd have flipped us a long time ago, if he hadn't bought us in 2007, and the bottom fell out of the economy in 2008, so nobody was looking to buy at a price he'd make a profit on. And despite what the media would have you believe, the economy's still nowhere near recovered to 2007 levels, so the buyers still aren't looking.
Well, I guess it did turn into a rant after all.
I'm not happy with how they treated her, but I can understand why they let her go - every year for the past 3 years there's been some major reason for her to miss impressive amounts of work, sometimes for medical reasons, sometimes for family reasons, and there was no sign of it getting better or even stabilizing... and that kind of work, you need a reliable worker. That said, all that goes out the window because they're not replacing her! So now, instead of having a traffic director we can rely on, it's like she's going on sick leave and never coming back, as far as our productivity is concerned. Ugh. Our owner is such a beancounter. Nothing gets him quite so hard as the thought of reducing headcount anywhere and everywhere possible. He wants to sell us off so bad he can taste it, and he doesn't care about ratings - he'd rather have a skeleton crew running a poorly run radio outfit that turns out a reliable, tiny profit than risk/invest capital and hire staff so that we can be the best and potentially make a much larger profit. I know he'd have flipped us a long time ago, if he hadn't bought us in 2007, and the bottom fell out of the economy in 2008, so nobody was looking to buy at a price he'd make a profit on. And despite what the media would have you believe, the economy's still nowhere near recovered to 2007 levels, so the buyers still aren't looking.
Well, I guess it did turn into a rant after all.
Nnngggg! My hobo is built like a tripod and just as smart.
A lot better than what he had originally threatened to write when I left my laptop unattended.
GasBandit
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Be that as it may, IT'S FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
figmentPez
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Nothing more random that the results from a Google Image Search. I saw an article about how scientists discovered why Swiss cheese generally has less holes than it used to (automated milking machines collect less microscopic hay particles), so I did a search for swiss cheese without holes, see how big the difference is. I got this:
Yes, that says "Feminist" across her butt.
Yes, that says "Feminist" across her butt.
Soooo, after attending my brother's wedding as a groomsman and talking to all his med school classmates--I'm conflicted as to whether or not to pursue medicine or go the dentistry route. Density makes good pay (about the same as a doctor, or even more depending if you do private practice), you work an avg of 3.5 days/week and less school time (4 years of dental school and maybe a year residency, but no 3-5 extra years of residency/fellowship like a spec doctor)---it's not something I thought about. I should probably find a dentist to shadow and check it out. It doesnt change my pre-med classes since docs and dentists take the same classes, but ill need to decide on which before the end of the year so I can decide whether to do the MCAT or the DAT.
GasBandit
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... There's dentists who AREN'T private practice? I mean, I know you don't mean "government dentist" or anything, it's just, I've rarely seen a dentist's office with more than one or two names on the plaque.
As in, not being an associate in an office--not having yet bought and run their own practice. Not every dentist who finishes dental school will run out and start their own business--some work a couple years or as an associate in a practice and then open their own. I knew a few dentists who have done this. Heck, one of my brother's classmates is doing this now. He tried to convince me to go into dentistry by pointing out the dentist across the street from him does nothing but root canals and rakes in a million a year--and is retiring at 52. A formidable argument.
Yeah but can you stare into people's mouths for 3.5 days a week?
As opposed to their guts, feces, urine, mucus, and pus?
GasBandit
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... Boy am I glad I work with computers.As opposed to their guts, feces, urine, mucus, and pus?
You can see all of these things as a dentist, too.As opposed to their guts, feces, urine, mucus, and pus?
...I wish I were kidding.
When you're a medical professional, you start to think of people's bodies and body parts like squishy computer hardware.
--Patrick
And some of you need to really upgrade your firmware
Hey, just because you have your firmware set to "auto-update"...And some of you need to really upgrade your firmware
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They are getting ready for mandatory evacuations in my past of Texas
http://mentalfloss.com/article/63034/48-things-you-didnt-know-had-names
Some neat words for things I didn't know. I *&%#ing love the word grawlix.
By the way, @Emrys, did you know a group of ferrets are called a business?
Some neat words for things I didn't know. I *&%#ing love the word grawlix.
By the way, @Emrys, did you know a group of ferrets are called a business?