Nostr notes by Josh (open until closed again)

I know what I think morally about this case and what she did. ...

2026-04-06T22:52:51Z

I know what I think morally about this case and what she did.

Asking purely from the near-hermetically sealed vacuum of strictly the law, how do we measure the legality of what the defendant (Judge Dugin) did and the efficacy of the jury’s decision?

#law #legal #uslaw #ethics #barassociation https://c.im/@cdarwin/116360162592509960

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2026-04-04T01:31:02Z

Psst. Chicken butt. Pass it on.

"Hehehe" I mean "gee that's such a shame..." ...

2026-03-29T16:04:29Z

"Hehehe" I mean "gee that's such a shame..."

I came here to say this. ^

2026-03-20T00:50:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…n2kg
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I came here to say this. ^

RE: https://mas.to/@farbel/116086210289867118 I'm genuinely ...

2026-02-17T22:42:21Z

RE: https://mas.to/@farbel/116086210289867118

I'm genuinely curous if anyone here on the fediverse has the balls.

quoting
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US citizens: If you didn't #vote for #KamalaHarris, do you regret it? #poll #boost

No one: Absolutely no one: Me: DO YOU HAVE THE TIME, TO LISTEN TO ...

2026-02-16T23:39:27Z

No one:
Absolutely no one:
Me: DO YOU HAVE THE TIME, TO LISTEN TO ME WHINE...

It’s not even close. ...

2026-02-06T23:07:17Z

It’s not even close. https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sbdnltkjqzeb5qshxmi7wu2i/post/3me75zbbmbs2g

Oh god, the stonklessness!

2026-01-20T18:41:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…8hnw
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Oh god, the stonklessness!

Archie wasn't actually my dog. He was my neighbor and ...

2026-01-11T02:02:01Z

Archie wasn't actually *my* dog. He was my neighbor and landlord's.

Don't get confused now -- my neighbors were a couple named Josh and Henrik. It just so happens that I am also Josh, and had a dog (Berner) named Henrik. The fact that we all lived together and also had the same names is entirely coincidental.

But Archie, (other) Josh's dog, was sometimes a handful for them but was always an angel for me. I found out that Archie passed away this week. :(

#dogs #dogsofmastodon

Waiting for Kristi Noem to proclaim Renee Good the head of Tren ...

2026-01-09T02:00:43Z

Waiting for Kristi Noem to proclaim Renee Good the head of Tren de Aragua.

I would be interested to see if someone or some agency can ...

2026-01-09T00:15:52Z

I would be interested to see if someone or some agency can enumerate the amount of violent crimes committed by those deported vs. the amount of violent crimes committed by ICE.

I’m not sure what to think about the UN Security Council ...

2025-11-18T04:02:57Z

I’m not sure what to think about the UN Security Council backing Trumps plan for Gaza.

It’s bad right? :/

Fucking criminal that Johnson. ...

2025-11-12T04:09:32Z

Fucking criminal that Johnson. https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/politics-9rga37brz/-/a-d0dpNDOLRIyGGpiMPE3yPw%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0

In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West ...

2025-11-04T21:32:37Z

In a West End town, a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls

Indeed, 40 million lazy people. Except that almost 30 million of ...

2025-10-27T02:02:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…75va
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Indeed, 40 million lazy people. Except that almost 30 million of those people work. Lazily, I guess.

Real talk for a second, I know we're internet friends and I ...

2025-10-17T17:55:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…qqr0
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Real talk for a second, I know we're internet friends and I didn't mean to crap all over a post; I'm genuinely sorry if that's what ended up happening.

As a person who's had type 1 diabetes since 1984, I've seen us be "on the verge of <fill in the blank>" for so, so long now. I'm not the conspiratorial type and even for me it seems suspicious.

I can tell you though that in the 80s when I was a kid, even then Regular (not Humalog!) insulin was $50/vial.

Type 1 diabetic. Need insulin to live. The “$11 insulin” ...

2025-10-17T04:07:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…ntp6
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Type 1 diabetic. Need insulin to live. The “$11 insulin” gimmick isn’t a thing.

It’s a thing if you:
Are on Medicare or Medicaid
Only require so much a month
And apply for the program
And can use generic off-label insulin*

*medically, like many people, I need a particular kind of insulin, a kind which retail at CVS is $750 a bottle and for which I use 4-5 a month

This $11 insulin tagline has been floating around since 2016 and it’s hot fucking garbage.

You guys all set for the government shutdown next week? This ...

2025-09-25T02:16:45Z

You guys all set for the government shutdown next week?

This country is failed and I’m not even sure how to save it at this point.

10-4. I hope that’s true.

2025-09-11T00:19:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…3hyj
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10-4.

I hope that’s true.

Sorry, is that to say you don’t believe it was a liberal ...

2025-09-10T23:49:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…0wxd
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Sorry, is that to say you don’t believe it was a liberal shooter?

You know what I think it is? I think it's the chilling effect ...

2025-09-10T21:39:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…rfd8
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You know what I think it is? I think it's the chilling effect on free speech.

I don't want to take away anyone's first amendment right to say anything. From the left or the right or anywhere else on the spectrum.

But I want to make sure that Good and Right things prevail over Wrong, and I don't want the Good to stop screaming and raging against the Wrong.

We shouldn't shoot the Kirks; we need to scream at the top of our lungs "no, no!" that this is unacceptable.

A man is dead. That’s unfortunate. A man was shot. It’s ...

2025-09-10T21:16:01Z

A man is dead. That’s unfortunate.

A man was shot. It’s tragic.

He was shot at a university. That’s unthinkable.

I’m really struggling because the humanity aspect of me wants to mourn the unnatural and untimely death of Charlie Kirk. Yet I cannot: I feel no sorrow for the death of such an outspoken misogynistic homophobic awful human.

I do not believe in violence, yet the cognitive dissonance here is extremely real.

Fascism. Naked, awful, fascism. ...

2025-09-07T21:54:39Z

Fascism.

Naked, awful, fascism.

https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden/115162104256467065

#fascism #uspol #trump #politics #usa

Will it? Will killing kids get those people mad? I’ve yet to ...

2025-09-06T17:31:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…as9h
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Will it? Will killing kids get those people mad? I’ve yet to see it. All I’ve seen is regret (trump voters), and I have very little sympathy since there is no way they couldn’t have seen this coming.

This is an awesome picture 8) Curious though, aren’t haiku ...

2025-08-16T00:15:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…8k8u
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This is an awesome picture 8)

Curious though, aren’t haiku 5-7-5?

Just following along here 👀

2025-08-15T00:57:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…ahx3
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Just following along here 👀

Me: I need to wash this blanket. Harley: I live here now. ...

2025-07-14T23:49:37Z

Me: I need to wash this blanket.
Harley: I live here now.

I unboxed our items from our Berner Henrik who passed several ...

2025-07-14T03:13:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…7gsk
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I unboxed our items from our Berner Henrik who passed several years ago. Had to take his box of ashes out of the box because it just wasn’t right to unpack them later. That dog changed my life. My whole world. They all do. RIP my Henrik.

My dogs mean and have meant the world to me. Here’s my buddy ...

2025-07-14T03:11:08Z

My dogs mean and have meant the world to me.

Here’s my buddy asleep in my spot with his other daddy snoring away. Wouldn’t trade this memory for anything.

What is AI going to do on an AllTrails map? Bad math for the ...

2025-07-06T16:56:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…t8ft
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What is AI going to do on an AllTrails map? Bad math for the distance of a hike? Tell you to definitely eat those potentially poisonous mushrooms? Tell you that hydration is vastly overrated?

Oh, oh, oh that one guy has an idea though, raising his hand? ...

2025-07-05T02:22:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…3pps
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Oh, oh, oh that one guy has an idea though, raising his hand? Maybe he sees where they went.

Stolen from interwebs. ...

2025-07-05T02:17:44Z

Stolen from interwebs.

It’s interesting to see how much calmer our dog is now that ...

2025-07-01T01:21:19Z

It’s interesting to see how much calmer our dog is now that we’ve moved to a house. He used to *hate* being left alone but now he doesn’t cry when we leave.

Only been a couple days for us, but even though he’s still skeptical of the backyard he seems… happier. Even though there was no shortage of smells for him to investigate when we lived downtown.

Aforementioned dog. ...

2025-06-25T13:12:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…72ag
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Aforementioned dog.

Ok well here we are at the closing. We brought our dog to the ...

2025-06-25T13:10:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…vsg7
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Ok well here we are at the closing. We brought our dog to the closing because that’s how we like it.

Tomorrow we close. And then we have an old ass house that will ...

2025-06-24T22:03:08Z

Tomorrow we close. And then we have an old ass house that will need constant work. Will I ever learn how to do home handwork? Tune in for the next 20 years to find out.

Slowly as his mouth-anus flapped, the chandelier continued to ...

2025-06-23T02:40:37Z

Slowly as his mouth-anus flapped, the chandelier continued to protrude out of his whirled combover…

Rubio refused to say anything, staring straight ahead, the memory of the response others had gotten when they previously told the emperor he had no cloths on fresh in his mind.

What do you have in your proverbial toolbox to teach me today? A ...

2025-06-17T00:50:57Z

What do you have in your proverbial toolbox to teach me today?

A skill, a mitzvah, a lesson.

#boost for reach so I’ll learn more!

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2025-06-15T01:49:05Z

Incredible.

So I just type that in and I can start number oneing?

2025-05-28T22:53:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…lvvs
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So I just type that in and I can start number oneing?

When those ‘dendrii decide to bloom they explode with color ...

2025-05-16T19:25:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…3ndf
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When those ‘dendrii decide to bloom they explode with color don’t they? And such complex and dainty flowers from bushes that can get to be *huge*!

A house I lived in after my college years had a TWO STORY rhododendron out front and when that thing decided to bloom we had the prettiest house on the block.

Mama will be glad to know that it was, in fact, my pinky toe. ...

2025-05-07T14:46:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…83a8
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Mama will be glad to know that it was, in fact, my pinky toe. Mama's Pinky Toe (npub1re9…2mgp)

I managed to cut my toe yesterday while on camera for a meeting. ...

2025-05-07T14:45:39Z

I managed to cut my toe yesterday while on camera for a meeting. I sat there, quietly bleeding, wondering if this was how I was going to die. Don’t ask.

It wasn’t a serious cut, but there was so. Much. Blood. Thank goodness for this tissue box.

Anyway, it looks like I performed an animal sacrifice under my desk, but that’s weird because we normally only do sacrifices on Thursdays.

I am sorry. I promise that in this two German car household we ...

2025-05-04T16:26:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…geat
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I am sorry. I promise that in this two German car household we only honk for dangerous/asshole driving and gay pride.

Dude I haven’t seen a minidisc in a minute! Some of the best ...

2025-04-12T05:11:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…4pdw
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Dude I haven’t seen a minidisc in a minute! Some of the best tech from the 90’s :)

You’d think people in this industry would know better. Sure, ...

2025-04-08T16:29:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…ee70
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You’d think people in this industry would know better. Sure, I’m all for reducing some of the more harmful effects of the original NAFTA deal. We fucked up. We made a mistake. America doesn’t make anything anymore, it’s a problem and we oughta correct it.

But come on. You think we’re gonna compete with SuperMicro or Dell in a year or two? GTFOH with that nonsense.

I think the part where I almost lost my cool on the call was ...

2025-04-08T16:28:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…l800
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I think the part where I almost lost my cool on the call was where a person who is intelligent enough to know better but is still a Trump supporter responded to someone saying “these are not manufactured in the US” with “not yet.”

Like somehow we’re going to get ramped up to build all the various components in high end computers by Thursday, or even in this goddamn decade. It takes *years*, tens-of-years in some cases, to approach this scale.

I just had an incredibly depressing call with hardware ...

2025-04-08T16:26:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…p0vc
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I just had an incredibly depressing call with hardware manufacturers with Intel on the line and we were calculating not for keyboards, but for the servers one might plug a keyboard into, the various tariffs already incurred, happening now, and expected to happen within the next 180 days.

For reference, many advanced servers take 180 days to stand up.

It is a actual, grade-A USDA Certified ShiteShow:tm: of the first degree.

I have an overwhelming desire for pho right now but I’m at the ...

2025-04-04T02:18:49Z

I have an overwhelming desire for pho right now but I’m at the stage of the evening where I’m pretty much only in underpants.

Restaurants frown on topless diners around here, idk.

Raise your hands up in the ay-er if you’re “turning my neck ...

2025-04-02T15:17:14Z

Raise your hands up in the ay-er if you’re “turning my neck sounds like someone breaking celery in half” years old!!

Also please consult your doctor before raising said hands into the ay-er or anywhere else. Just like everything else nowadays, hand raising might cause taint-inflammation or infection, with possible results including a taintectomy.

Oh stop. That’s what a perineum is, it’s your taint. Bet you’ll never hear those Jardiance commercials the same way anymore will ya?

Ladies and Gentlemen and Smizmars, I shit you not: today just ...

2025-04-02T01:53:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…zdrh
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Ladies and Gentlemen and Smizmars, I shit you not: today just before Noon in Downtown Pittsburgh, manhole covers were blown skyward out of their recesses in Grant Street.

Of course I immediately posted in my teams Slack channel about this — throughout the day several people had asked if I was ok so I let them know that I wasn’t crazy and that manholes flying 50 feet and then crash landing likely accounted for my experience.

5/

My husband finished up his swing shift — we both work from home ...

2025-04-02T01:48:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…ldwk
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My husband finished up his swing shift — we both work from home in the same study. He switched from his work PC to his personal just to check messages. And then he gasped and started laughing.

An electrical fire on Grant Street, one block over from where we lived, had ignited a bunch of high voltage lines under the street (a huge main thoroughfare on the west side of town) and completely blown two manhole covers out of their holes and several stories into the air.

4/

I remarked that I hadn’t heard anything in a long time that had ...

2025-04-02T01:46:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…vt63
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I remarked that I hadn’t heard anything in a long time that had held that deep vibratory resonance of what I’d just heard and felt.

I tried to describe it, and said “if you could imagine like a steel barge or dumpster being pushed off a five story roof and just smashing on the ground” — this was the only allegory I could produce to describe what I’d heard.

3/

I immediately interrupted myself by just staring out the window, ...

2025-04-02T01:43:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…dgx2
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I immediately interrupted myself by just staring out the window, to the point where several people unmuted and asked if I was ok. I asked if they could hear anything and several people responded that no, they hadn’t heard anything except my words, and then their abrupt absence.

2/

I was in a daily standup meeting today from my home office — I ...

2025-04-02T01:41:09Z

I was in a daily standup meeting today from my home office — I live in the Regional Enterprise Tower at the Historic Alcoa, a staple name in local downtown buildings. As I was delivering my wrap-up summary notes, I heard a deep, loud, vibratory BOOM.

1/

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2025-03-30T16:17:37Z

It’s me… I am… the GenX ellipsis…

My Spanish is terrible but my new thing is pretending to be a ...

2025-03-26T18:02:29Z

My Spanish is terrible but my new thing is pretending to be a terrified migrant when ICE shows up to detract from them finding terrible migrants.

Occupado…

#ice #trump #fuckheads #immigration #deportations

When your government is acting like and using the same resources ...

2025-03-26T00:30:23Z

When your government is acting like and using the same resources promoted by hostile and dangerous nation-states and terrorists… https://mstdn.social/@spaf/114225066673719026

We just hired this guy. I don’t think he knows how to do the ...

2025-03-25T16:32:16Z

We just hired this guy. I don’t think he knows how to do the things we hired him for. I think he’s all charisma and enthusiasm.

Which is great, those are not unimportant characteristics, but still. :/

#infosec #infotech #it #iit #software #projectmanagement #hosting #web #design

I keep reading the “cut food for dogs…” you can’t just ...

2025-03-15T05:25:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…25h6
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I keep reading the “cut food for dogs…” you can’t just not feed the fucking things, they’re goddamn living beings.

Let’s not feed Doge team. Save all kinds of money.

Protip: the murderer is always the actor you recognize in the ...

2025-03-10T16:40:43Z

Protip: the murderer is always the actor you recognize in the police procedural.

Think I’m gonna dress in full 70’s gear tomorrow. I mean ...

2025-02-28T04:45:07Z

Think I’m gonna dress in full 70’s gear tomorrow.

I mean 1870’s in case there was any confusion.

I just had one of my favorite coworkers tell me that when ...

2025-02-27T20:59:02Z

I just had one of my favorite coworkers tell me that when she's sick she can't listen to me in meetings because I give her tinnitus (but only when she's sick) and her head might explode.

Dood did she move out of the half bathtub number she had on Pine?

2025-02-22T23:09:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…x4nk
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Dood did she move out of the half bathtub number she had on Pine?

Appreciate you bud. :hattip:

2025-02-20T19:09:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…5s3k
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Appreciate you bud. :hattip:

I've been thinking a lot about this. We (humanity) keep ...

2025-02-17T01:43:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…q24w
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I've been thinking a lot about this. We (humanity) keep arguing which "ism" works best.

They're *all* susceptible to greed. Greed will fuck up communism, socialism, libertarianism, conservatism, liberalism, expansionism, isolationism, WHAT-THE-HELL-EVER-ism.

The trick is to keep the human condition in check. If that requires your God, fine; do it quietly and at home.

Leave your God and your Greed out of the laws.

Me: is that 11pm tonight or when by BG reaches 11? Life: yes.

2025-02-15T03:27:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…g73l
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Me: is that 11pm tonight or when by BG reaches 11?

Life: yes.

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be dead? Find out ...

2025-02-15T03:25:44Z

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be dead?

Find out tonight at 11.

I would have also accepted “phallii.”

2025-02-11T20:59:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…smpu
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I would have also accepted “phallii.”

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2025-02-11T04:50:48Z

Are you guys comangeling your finances?

Me sitting next to several enterprise switches in my study ...

2025-02-07T00:54:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…yu7j
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Me sitting next to several enterprise switches in my study

I’m fucking mad. “Tech bro” was my preferred self-reference ...

2025-02-07T00:52:11Z

I’m fucking mad. “Tech bro” was my preferred self-reference for a long time, and then this shit started up and now it’s stuck and extremely negative.

I was just a dude guy who liked tech and stuff. </kicks ground>
Can’t have nice things.

Also fuck off current “tech bros.” >:O

Are you guys with me, where you can’t “news” anymore? I am ...

2025-01-29T23:15:27Z

Are you guys with me, where you can’t “news” anymore?

I am now looking at the news essentially just once or twice a day, and each day it seems like it skips ahead two weeks worth of nonsense.

Like, putting RFK Jr. in charge of HHS is like putting a parody of itself. It’s literally the most insane subject-verbing-the-direct-object setup I can think of.

THIS THING IS A JOKE OF ITSELF. IT IS AUTO-SELF-REFERRING.

#rfkjr #trump #news #batshit #insane #wtf

All gone. Seriously I have no idea what they were protesting. The ...

2025-01-26T01:10:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…0tz5
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All gone.

Seriously I have no idea what they were protesting. The chant sounded like “don’t stand up” and I’m fairly confident that’s not right.

#pittsburgh #protests #protesting

I guess they’re protesting at the Omni William Penn? No idea ...

2025-01-25T22:57:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…ztyh
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I guess they’re protesting at the Omni William Penn? No idea why.

Not sure but it sounds like they’re saying warrgarbl.

There’s a protest outside but it sounds like they have mushy ...

2025-01-25T22:40:42Z

There’s a protest outside but it sounds like they have mushy socks in their mouths while protest-chanting.

Whaddawe want? Muschkablarj!

I dunno, maybe I’m being too much of a dick but there’s just ...

2025-01-24T23:20:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…ydce
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I dunno, maybe I’m being too much of a dick but there’s just something about sales cold-calling that just really turns me off.

Like, if you try to solicit me when I’m not soliciting you, I will go out of my way to avoid you.

“I’m packing this special kit of “swag” that’s useless ...

2025-01-24T23:17:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…jlz9
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“I’m packing this special kit of “swag” that’s useless but we already paid for it, where can I send it to?”

Just in case we ever end up in a potential business relationship, ...

2025-01-24T22:46:27Z

Just in case we ever end up in a potential business relationship, fellow fediversians, if you ever cold-call me via spamming the shit out of my inbox *and then* just go ahead and stick a calendar invite on my calendar, you need to be selling actual cures for cancer or else I will spend MORE money to never use you than you would’ve gotten in the first place.

Don’t “invite” people to cold sales calls. It’s fucking tacky.

Fuuuuuuxk that point in the afternoon where my brain is like ...

2025-01-23T19:54:54Z

Fuuuuuuxk that point in the afternoon where my brain is like “you should sleep” and I’m all like “oh great yeah fine where were you at 2am huh?”