Yup. He made fun of everybody, and had no effs to give about who didn’t appreciate it.
welcome back
The two lit stories I (think I) remember are bringing popcorn into a meeting where someone got fired and bailing midway through a web training to find some fried chicken. RIP AO history.
I remember the pooping pants and Valentine’s breakup posts.
I wonder what happened to the full body condom and toilet seat guy who wanted to sell his roommate’s stuff.
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Sounds like you’re a jacksheepleass!!!1!1!!!1
Rick son’s schtick got a little old, in the beginning I thought it was kind of fun, but by the end he was largely just repeating ZeroHedge and Alex Jones talking points.
Speaking of, I’m old enough to remember when ZeroHedge was actually interesting.
I didn’t even know what ZeroHedge was until Rickson. And I didn’t know what many of the other far-right sites were either until they were mentioned in the old AO. (One poster in particular, who thankfully doesn’t seem to be here, was obsessed with trying to label me. It’s like, maybe you just admit that you’re wrong about considering me far-right instead of keep playing Pin The Q On The Jasper.)
I spent WAY too much time arguing with Rickson about the economics he linked via ZeroHedge.
It was like a strange quasi-libertarian website back in the day. It did have the occasional informed article though. It became an absolute shambles over the last decade or so though.
I didn’t have the patience. Back in like 2003, I was a fan of ZH, they were super contrarian. There was one analyst, Reggie something, he had some great opinions. I didn’t always agree with him but he was smart.
I learned a ton about derivatives and the like on ZH. And then I don’t know what happened, but the whole site went off the deep end.
was gonna read but it’s chicken time right now, will check back later (maybe)
Actually I guess Serena predates me because she set up the original ao before it was the ao. I joined that when I was writing exams, as a poster.
It is the best time then.
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What ‘we’ be he referring to, imo.
If lit is using they/them pronouns then I suppose we/us would be a logical first person alternative. Either that or lit is part of a Borg collective and we shall all be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
The latter was my base assumption.
- How was CM? What are you doing now?
CMU was incredible. I got to work on a rover that’s going on the moon. I made friends that will last me a lifetime. I got to have the authentic graduate school experience where my PI retaliated against me for speaking up against his yelling at me and undergrads, trying to strip my full scholarship by lying to my department.
Right now I’m doing another masters at Berklee in songwriting. And I just interviewed for a position at the DoD. Like one that requires a high security clearance and involves other math minded people. You have to use your inference skills here. Getting into this team will be the biggest accomplishment of my life.
I also got into general contracting. I built outdoor decks for a couple years. Bathrooms kitchens home additions. Wanted to see what being outside again felt like. It was fucking amazing but the people are absolute nightmares. Worst than anything you encounter in corporate.
- But is he the guy that pleasured himself on the school bus?
I wish but no. This was the AO’s most famous cassanova sharing his love life and baring it all to bring us joy.
- bringing popcorn into a meeting where someone got fired
Looking back on that now - why the fuck was she fired in a meeting in front of everybody? Animals.
- If lit is using they/them pronouns then I suppose we/us would be a logical first person alternative
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I was there. I saw that crappy forum software in the before times.
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My college roomie is fairly hign up in the NSA…
They have one of the coolest jobs I can imagine.
That organization hypothetically sounds like the kind of place I’ve been dreaming about working since I was a math undergrad. Like Brilliant math people coming together to solve the world’s most top secret and difficult problems…it gives me chills thinking about it.
IFYP
Scientist hate this one simple trick for establishing full alpha dominance in home depot