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Commented on Owner of trendy Manhattan restaurant Paradou plumbs new depths of evil bad-bossitude
I can't imagine "Reaganite" policies resulting in a manager acting like anything other than an asshole anyway, since it's all power-enabling bunk....
Commented on Meow Mix
I KNEW it! I KNEW it was Cyriak! This individual is a certified genius....
Commented on Hypothetical peek into the feverish mind of Rupert Murdoch
Murdoch also called Sean Hannity an "academic conservative." All of this prompts me to wonder how he ties his shoes in the morning without stabbing himself....
Commented on Sick of graphs tee-shirt
Graph humor's easy. That's why so many lazy, exploitative "nerdy" strips do it....
Commented on Another impossibly skinny Ralph Lauren model
Wow - honestly I thought she looked sort of okay in the thumbnail (the smaller the better), but when you blow up the image it's clear that she's been Shop'd to a misshapen freak. Sad. The thinness/attractiveness ratio is a...
Commented on Xeni on Rachel Maddow Show: Ralph Lauren's Photoshop of Horrors
Xeni's pretty much awesome. How about a weekly copyright feature with Maddow?...
Commented on Conservapedia proposes de-liberalized Bible
It's just that moronic Schlafly clan again. Look how they dilute any poetry in the original words: Original: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight." Tard Translation: "The...
Commented on Rich Fulcher gives Hollywood the finger.
Suh-weet....
Commented on Report: Woman paralyzed by E. coli-tainted hamburger
Welcome to the Jungle, people....
Commented on Psychedelic Nollywood film about Satan
Reminds me of Pinoy TV, and not in a good way....
Commented on Calculate how much it costs to make a sandwich at home
Wow, expensive sandwich. If you buy fairly large containers and store brands, you can get similar quality for I'm guessing half the price. When an 18 oz. bottle of pickle slices costs $1.99, you'll only spend a nickle on the...
Commented on Sneak peek at "Bunny and the Bull," new film featuring "Mighty Boosh" stars Barratt and Fielding.
Always nice to see these guys in anything. Curse the short seasons of British television!...
Commented on Trailer for movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road
I'm sure it's not thematically similar, though I'm so wed to Fallout 3 that I'd be consciously and unconsciously comparing the two....
Commented on XKCD book is out
On second thought, that might not make any sense. Time for bed....
Commented on Raiders of the Lost Ark as a 1951 adventure movie
What's really fascinating about this is the sort of metacommentary behind it - modern movies with the ethos and attitude of the past behind them....
Commented on XKCD book is out
Without the context of the whole cape thing I might think it was creepy. Still there's a big grammatical difference between "mutual lovefest" and "mutual love-fest", "mutual love" meaning what it does....
Commented on Terrifying huge breakfast is free if you eat it in 20 minutes
Trust me, even if you don't have to open your wallet for this breakfast, it isn't free....
Commented on Creeps tear down hundreds of handsome posters for African gay/lesbian film fest
1) Ripping posters down 2) ??? 3) Everyone becomes hetero! I really don't think these guys had a coherent reason for this....
Commented on Mighty Boosh fans: New "The Moon" screensavers.
I also do not love the Moon. Season One was fantastic, and then they started putting the Moon in once or twice an episode to interrupt what was going on with meaningless non sequiturs. It was sometimes funny but kind...
Commented on Interview with John Marcotte, author of bill to ban divorce
Assuming he's serious, anti-divorce laws only result in a bunch of people living away from their married spouses and with other people....
Commented on Pay-per-view feature films coming to YouTube?
First the ads, now this. Too much excitement for li'l old me!...
Commented on Videos from an animal's perspective
I hope I'm not the only one who loved the armadillo and wolf videos. Getting a glimpse of foraging behavior is really awesome. Though animal rights-conscious individuals may balk at the prospect of fixing animals great and small with cameras...
Commented on Dramatic reading of a break-up letter
I'm pretty much required by law to recommend "How is Babby Formed?" http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf...
Commented on Tiny pinfire guns
We're giving the Lilliputians enough power without arming them....
Commented on Fundable rips off Hugo-nominated writer Mary Robinette Kowal
After reading a little online, it seems clear that Fundable's behavior in this case (alleged violations of terms of service) are not necessarily unique. As John Pratt claims I'm sure Fundable provides good service to most of its customers, but...
Commented on Neo-nazi hate blogger paid by FBI to incite, says attorney
It makes me indescribably happy to find that this zit was finally charged with something. That, I did not know. He's been urging violence on minorities in general ways and on authority figures in more specific ways for years....
Commented on (BB Video) Mighty Boosh, pt 3: Slashfic, Boosh books, Eleanor's NORAD link
When doing a search for the reason behind the addition of Bollo's moving jaw partway through the series, I found GARY NUMAN/BOLLO SLASH FICTION. Quite terrifying, actually, though hilarious enough in concept....
Commented on Back to school donation drive for my books
Anonymous, I laughed....
Commented on (BB Video) Mighty Boosh, part 2: Crimpin' Ain't Easy
I love this show. I miss the intros from the first season, but it's still great....
Commented on How to speed read
Holy crap, Mark! That tricks works INSTANTANEOUSLY! I wish everything had a hack this easy. . ....

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon commented on Owner of trendy Manhattan restaurant Paradou plumbs new depths of evil bad-bossitude
I just hope my employers don't see this and get any new ideas for increasing productivity. This is just the kind of fear tactic they'd love. Since the company was sold to an investment firm, they've pulled every trick out of the book. Their last one was firing anybody who dared complain about being forced to outsource work when our American employees task lists started getting too low for us to reach 100% of our productivity goals....
hijukal commented on Owner of trendy Manhattan restaurant Paradou plumbs new depths of evil bad-bossitude
His employees ought to band together, setup a number of fake email addresses which only forward to the bosses' email account. Then use those fake addresses to meet their quota. Problem solved. The more they use, the better it'll be....
ocschwar commented on Owner of trendy Manhattan restaurant Paradou plumbs new depths of evil bad-bossitude
The discussion here is making me speak up, and antinous, please forgive the all-caps. DOCKING EMPLOYEE PAY IS ILLEGAL. THE PROPER TERM FOR IT IS WAGE THEFT. It violates federal laws, it violates state laws. The mere thought that there might be BoingBoing readers who don't know this, is a sign of just how far this country has allowed labor standards to decline. The US department of labor and the state equivalents are charged with the responsibility of investigating and correcting cases of wage theft. The federal department has been downright derelict about this duty. (The GAO recently released a...
Xopher commented on Owner of trendy Manhattan restaurant Paradou plumbs new depths of evil bad-bossitude
I love this idea. The addresses wouldn't bounce, since they're legit, but no one would have to look at the accounts, ever. Now: how to get them to forward to the boss is less than clear (I'm sure the techies here will pipe up and explain just how to do it), but might be counterproductive. The scumbag might figure it out when his mailbox got many copies of his own spam. Also, if you create a large number of fake email addresses, you're going to find that they fall into a naming pattern, which might also clue in the skeeve....
IronEdithKidd commented on Owner of trendy Manhattan restaurant Paradou plumbs new depths of evil bad-bossitude
Managerese has always provided me with the nearly uncontrollable urge to strangle the speaker. Ineffective, clueless fuckwits use that jargon in a misplaced attempt to disguise their ineptitude in managing either people or work. Seriously, if you ever hear the words "low hanging fruit" or "synergy" come out of a manager's mouth, get yourself reassigned ASAP. These are blamestorming glory hogs, and just about the lowest form of office life. New Yorker's might consider visiting Paradou just once with the express purpose of verbally undressing the owner for demanding that wait staff elicit email addresses from patrons. In addition, any...

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