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Old 01-25-2019, 11:29 AM   #21871 (permalink)
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Male porn star: You are so much better looking than your pictures.

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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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Old 01-25-2019, 11:33 AM   #21872 (permalink)
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Old 01-25-2019, 04:11 PM   #21874 (permalink)
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So I make the distinction between manners, which exist to make interaction with other human beings more bearable, and etiquette, which exists either as a way to make yourself look good in front of other people or simply because the rule was picked up for some reason and stuck. Manners are important, etiquette is nonsense.

I'm of the opinion that sending thank you notes to people who have given you a gift is nonsense etiquette because while it seems like a way to make the giver feel validated I don't believe anyone would have ever thought to do so unless they were trying to look like the most polite person in the room. I mean it's one of those things that makes gift giving into a tedious social reciprocity circle jerk that makes people not want to give people gifts.

Basically what I'm saying is that am I an ******* for rolling my eyes because my family thinks you should do this and won't shut the **** up about it? Or am I the ******* (specifically for this reason)?
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Old 01-25-2019, 04:17 PM   #21875 (permalink)
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It's some stupid white people ****. Counter with some thank you, but cards where you say thanks but also give them constructive criticism on how their gift-giving skills can be improved.
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Old 01-25-2019, 04:29 PM   #21876 (permalink)
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"Thanks for the grilling tool and I will use it when I get a grill." Maybe they'll think twice before gifting me thoughtless bull**** again.
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You can go more elaborate. Say that you were trying to lose weight but since they insist you guess that you can start eating unhealthy grilled meats.
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Old 01-25-2019, 04:33 PM   #21878 (permalink)
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"I was thinking of starting a diet but once I received your gift I was so inspired that I gained ten pounds. Thanks." TBH my uncle is a ****head and might get a kick out of that.
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I've heard that if you worked a ****load of hours at BK you could get paid vacation time but was under the impression that you'd need to get a retarded number of hours a year that I wasn't getting but I just looked and over three years I've accrued 57 hours of vacation. Mother****ers you're about to not see me.
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I’m truly surprised that you don’t lose those vacation hours at the end of each year!
If you really can use all of those hours at once, then I’d use some for relaxing and
some for interviews with other companies.


As for sending thank you notes: I don’t compliment unless I really mean it.
This means sending notes (or emails) of gratitude.
If someone sends me something that truly impresses me,
then I’ll take the time to thank them with a note, but, otherwise, no.
Someone that knows me will know that I really meant it if I’ve complimented them in this way.

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