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- oey13
what happened with pockets?
is it true that his post was deleted?
if so what's the criteria?thanks!
- I will be vague in the explanation since I guess that he wants the whole thing forgotten. He made a personal post in the blog about somebody he knows.soundofreason
- That person found out and there was drama on that post’s 200+ comments. Pockets asked the post to be removed and later left.soundofreason
- somebody he knows from here or from "real" life?oey
- real life. as in, the actual person he spoke of in his post.kona
- She's part of the community, now.Maaku
- Of course she is Maaku. We are the Borg. Her biological and technological distinctiveness has be added to our own. Resistance was futile.kona
- He and others asked.monospaced
- but that happens all the time writing about people we know...wait, does it has something with that celebrity thing?oey
- when you break it down, pockets came qbn to vent about a crazy ex, then the ex followed him to qbn. No wonder the poor bastard left.inteliboy
- or did i?im_not_pockets_honest
- More like he shared something extremely personal, his ex came after he shared qbn, she spoke up because of half truths, he deleted her site out of spiteteresamaree
- Then disappeared for a bit before saying he was leaving.teresamaree
- Once you really get into the QBN, you never get out. He's not really gone.Bennn
- ^Westworld right thereemphor
- people share personal shit here all the time.inteliboy
- he didn't share anything personal at all - he was entirely anonymous. His self-obsessing ex however, came and made it personal - and apparently continues to.detritus
- to clarify - pockets stupidly mentioned QBN to his nutjob ex a few months back, so after he tried shaking her off after parting ways, she took it upon herself..detritus
- ...to sign up an account and then personalise all of pockets otherwise utterly inconsequential and anonymous bleating into the void.detritus
- And now we've lost a fairly good chap and ended up lumped with his ex. this was generally egged on by a few QBNers without much considerationdetritus
- You have no clue of our relationship. The back and forth of yo yoing me since January, literally until the morning he posted about me. Think whatever you liketeresamaree
- I don't care about your now defunct relationship, nor apparently did Pockets any more, which is presumably why he was trying to cut you off.detritus
- Again, that's not at all what was happening...teresamaree
- Again, i couldn't give a fuck.detritus
- Enough to respond.teresamaree
- To clarify - I don't give a fuck about you or whatever bullshit narrative you wish to peddle. I do give a fuck about pockets and QBN.detritus
- teresa, it's true, no need to justify bringing drama here by explaining the relationship, we do really not care about the details.spl33nidoru
- It's not a pleasant space here to be honest, a lot of QBN'ers can be pretty sadistic and single minded, we all can, but its best not get dragged into the mire.robthelad
- "sadistic and single minded" eh? From the little I know of teresa, she'll fit right in, in that case.detritus
- is she staying with the intent to continue this bullshit drama? oh the joy.sea_sea
- wtf!?!?!?!? jaw drop >>> face palm!oey
- Pockets exhibited a gross lack of judgement in several overlapping decisions.tgqt
- kona0
I was out of the office for two days sicker than a dog. I get back and immediately notice someone took my chair. The replacement was a close match (nice try you sly son of a bitch) but a newer model with a slightly different base.
This one is unbearably uncomfortable as it feels like I'm sitting on a sack of hammers.
Why the fuck would someone do this?
- LoJack that shit!BonSeff
- a) love
b) envy
c) hate
d) kindnessoey - Obviously your charming personality and way with words earned you an office fan that wants a little piece if you to sniff when you're not around...robotron3k
- That's what I was thinking too robo. Thank you for the heartwarming compliments!kona
- Haha konadetritus
- I used hate that when working full time. Then I freelanced and was always given the shite broken chair.shapesalad
- Or I was given the chair of someone on holiday - which I then 'adjusted' ha ha.shapesalad
- lol@shapesalad! freelancers always get the worst gearkona
- You have to put your name on itdocpoz
- Just get one of these... Wagan IN9989 12V Infra-Heat Massage Magnetic Cushion with AC Adapter https://www.amazon.c…robotron3k
- Will do robo! I see it has 3.5 stars too. Thanks for looking out for my well being.kona
- HijoDMaite1
@SimonFFM
Hey buddy quick photography question for you:
What's your advice on a starter lighting kit?
Indoors, for some sexy wife pics? :)
Under $500?TIA!
- Natural lightHayoth
- gasoline and hemp sheetsutopian
- He'll prob say, "rent a great lens and a fancy hotel room and have at it..."robotron3k
- https://www.bhphotov…ok_not_ok
- Flol utopiandetritus
- softbox with cheap ass flash, tripod for that setup and a set of reflectors in silver, gold and white.mekk
- You will notice the difference on expensive stuff only when you shoot long days and use it daily. Don't cheap out on lenses, toughmekk
- Whose wife is it? Pockets'?mekk
- Shoot through umbrella. Bounce of the room and you get softest light.pango
- dark corridor with door to a lighted room. (use whatever light is available in the room or household to light it as as needed). shoot low key.uan
- I photographed my whole book without flash light. Outside: look for a place in the shadow. Inside: large windows will do.SimonFFM
- Only for Playboy/clients I use flash. I work with profoto, but only 1 light setups. Very simple.SimonFFM
- Sexy wife pics: no flash, dim the lights, underexpose all the way...SimonFFM
- Thanks Simon! Good infoHijoDMaite
- utopian5
Does anyone know how to create this particular extrude technique? and is this actually an extrude effect?
- def. looks like particle effect in AE and then a quick screen grab.lvl_13
- displacement map using the same texture converted to b&w? looks like luminance controlling depth (greens/ lighter colours are higher)kingsteven
- Yea... displacement map probably the best way to go. Make sure it’s a high res effort though...RumperChunk
- microkorg0
eBay does my head in.
When things are sitting at a bargain price with days to go, don't BID on it, it's only going to push the price up! Lets just leave it low then have a bidding rammy in the last ten seconds and may the fastest clicker win for a bargain price.
- Bennn0
Am I the only one having this new 'Message' icon in Youtube, just beside the bell icon for Notification? I dont get it at all, I always have notifications in the 'Message' icon but when I click, there's nothing to see....
- Yeah I don't get it. It's a notification that I got a notificationfourth
- dmay0
June 15, 174th day of winter... 5PM, 16° C and rain...
- Yes, I live under that permanent cloud, right in the midlle...dmay
- Ha! Lucky you... I live under this massive, permanent and dark cloud up there! Like i said... Welcome to Junary!OBBTKN
- No outdoors beer while watching the game :(dmay
- Here's a better one:
https://imgur.com/mb…
That small cloud over Lisbon? I'm under itdmay - ^ What it's been super sunny 24c+ in Lisboa today.shapesalad
- between nazare and peniche is always 5 to 10c colderdmay
- Spain?Hayzilla
- pango5
Management doesn't appreciate that someone erase the G in "have some Grapes in the fridge".
It was written on the white board in the lunch room.- lol, was it you?Maaku
- someone else might erase the 'r'sarahfailin
- lolsea_sea
- i'm not saying it was me.pango
- sarahfailin just told us the whole concept, so i think it's clear who is the perpetrator.sted
- haha sarah, veygut.detritus
- Wait, was this a poorly-worded offer, or some kind of order in case of need?
And if the latter - what sort of eventuality could lead to the need for grapes?detritus - lolshapesalad
- PonyBoy0
guize... looking for some advice... (sorry for the long post)
I've been full time freelance for 15+ years. A client—my 'main' client—pushed to hire me full time. It took about 6 months to convince me but I finally gave in.
For the last 3+ years they've been paying me a nice monthly retainer of which had zero taxes etc taken out. The company brought on a new CEO who convinced me to take the job and start taking out taxes / to work in-house etc etc (his way of getting me focused on their biz / time and not mine / other clients).
For three months now they've missed my scheduled deposit. Basically since becoming an employee and this agreement w/the new CEO... I'm not paid on time.
Now that 1/3 of the money is being yanked out for taxes and I'm giving them all my time I'm finding my funds have tightened up. Given I'm on month 3 of not being paid on time and I'm down 1/3 in paid funds... I'm starting to feel it. This is beginning to feel like a really shitty decision and it's effecting my marriage.
I wrote the below note but don't want to send it because it's full of unprofessional moments that are completely on me to figure out. But the truth is I wouldn't be thinking about some of this bullshit if not for taking the job and technical 'cut in pay' due to taking out taxes at the time of payment. Chalk-up the fact I've yet to be paid on time... things have become frustrating.
I want to address this as professionally as possible but knowing this group it will go in one ear and out the other. I don't want to be dramatic about it but also don't want to play it off like it's no big deal.
I want to send something like this off to the CEO but I'm really not sure if it's the right way to go:
"Hi, ###... do you think this payroll issue will be ironed-out by next payday? This is the third month in a row money hasn’t made my account on time. I have automated payments scheduled to pay my bills etc and live very close to paycheck to paycheck like many folks (not your problem — but again — month number 3). I’m overdrawn this morning due to lack of funds and this only occurred THIS morning and will probably end up costing me over $200+ in overdraft fees as multiple items are going to build up this weekend... stupid shit like a cup of coffee from Dunkin Donuts will now cost me $37. Normally I’d chalk it up to bad accounting on my part but this is month number 3 of money not being in my account on time. Also—Now that 1/3 of my money goes directly to Uncle Sam each check and I no longer control how my taxes are paid I’m left with... well... 1/3 less money each month. That’s a lot to adjust to. Please let me know if I need to adjust further (stop depending on the 1st & 15th) or if this is going to finally get ironed out... I don’t have the money to cover these costs now that I’m 1/3 down in funds. Not to be overly dramatic... but this has put me in a really tight spot w/one bill collector in particular... not to mention the strain on my marriage. Again... third month in a row... please help!"
No... I haven't sent that. It's how I feel but the personal accounting shit should be completely left out if I'm going to be 'professional' about this.
...just really frustrating... I perform on time and keep them 'looking good' but can't pay my own bills on time even though supposedly we have an automated pay arrangement. I'm overdrawn and sitting in my underwear... thank God my wife's job doesn't treat her like shit... she actually got paid last night.
- No details, No explanations why you need money. Fair and clear business. If something isn't works the way like agreed talk about that.sted
- totally, sted... fuck... I'm just emotional right now... -must -calm -down :)PonyBoy
- Just send this: "Hey CEO - you haven't paid on time for 3 months. Why? Log into the company bank account straight after you read this and transfer my pay."shapesalad
- Anyhow, I got away with an email like that at my second workplace. I had luck that my CEO understood what an idiot am I sometimes.sted
- "And make sure you pay me on time next month - or would you prefer if I arrive late for work and miss deadlines?"shapesalad
- I agree with sted, no money details. stick with the first two sentences, clear and direct. end it with "gimme my monies betch" ;Psea_sea
- Never justify why you need to be paid. it's a business agreement. Give him notice asap, give them the opportunity to rectify, If they can't fulfill their end..plash
- time took over that employment agreement and lawyer up.plash
- https://www.youtube.…_niko
- Well...Make it extremely profesional, and as a plan B look for another job.Maaku
- your freelance rate should not have been the same as your full-time rate. perhaps this is the time to address that inequity as well. up itGnash
- The only benefit of going inhouse is security of payment, and increased income.Gnash
- You're giving up other paying clients, freedom of work hours (such that it is in freelance), and general autonomyGnash
- Explain that since the benefit to you hasn't materialized that perhaps it makes sense to back to the previous arrangementGnash
- unless they can offer some compelling assurances that moving forward you be paid more and on time.Gnash
- What sted sed. No details. Nothing personal. No rhetorical questions. Pure business is the only angle. As a professional, you require payment on time. Period.monospaced
- Have you been in contact with the accounting/bills payable dept? CEO obviously isn't too concerned with paying bills so perhaps loop in accounting in group...bezoar
- ...meeting if you haven't alreadybezoar
- That too. Leave the ceo out of it. This is payroll dept. ;)monospaced
- that's right, simple request to modify the payout schedule. If you already escalated the situation with the CEO just tell him that you would work +2h/w free :Dsted
- Take out a $10k loan. Cash it out. Put in a briefcase. Walk into ceo's office. Open case. Tell him "I think you need this, you're having trouble paying me."shapesalad
- Yeah don't send that note unless you plan on quitting (and even then don't send it). Try to get in touch with the person directly responsible for approving theyuekit
- payment and figure out what their problem is. Also why would you be forced to take out taxes at a certain rate? Isn't that up to the employee?yuekit
- I've been paid late only in a pair of times when inhouse, and always talked in person with my boss... Then, they gave me a explaination and get paid in dateOBBTKN
- Talk in person with him/her, be polite, remember the times when you were freelancing and how hard was to get paid sometimes, be cool and they'll tell you...OBBTKN
- why the late payments, then decide if you want to continue working for them or start working on a plan B, good luck my friend!OBBTKN
- Write with no emotion and directly to the point. Give them a few days to respond then lodge a complaint. Always be polite. Look for small freelance work thatmugwart
- you can help get you back out of the red.
Look for new full time work.
If they haven't paid go through courts.mugwart - Good luck - money problems create the worst kind of mental health (I suffer as well). Put that and your wife first. No Job is worth the love you two have.mugwart
- What is most infuriating about these moments is the total lack of empathy... like it would probably take them 10 seconds to fix the issue.yuekit
- I like how you think working freelance gives you the right to not pay taxes lolHayoth
- Who said anything about not paying taxes? I still pay on a quarterly schedule, Dorkoth.PonyBoy
- "fool me once...", why not go back to being a freelancer?sofas
- Stop at the 2nd sentence. CEO won’t even read past that.noRGB
- I agree with being simple and not going into detail why you need the money. There is not reason to justify this. Tell them you need the money NOW!eryx
- It's a small CO, guys... maybe 20 of us. I report directly to the CEO (not the owner anymore). He runs payroll (we have no HR / payroll dept)...PonyBoy
- ... this CO went from 3 to about 30 people in 9 months. Major growing pains. CEO hit me up... money was in my account late last night... all fixed. :)PonyBoy
- ... didn't even have to send a letter / say a word. Right around the time I posted this Friday he sent a company-wide 'apology'. I'll hang in there a bit. :)PonyBoy
- 20=30 (first note)PonyBoy
- Sweet! Nice it when mistakes were made and they were brave enough to admit itmugwart
- docpoz-9
Just waled out of a bar in Williamsburg that had QBN stickers on the door.
Look, some ofthese qbn assholes hate me and you know what? I don't care. They don't even know me.
- docpoz-8
30 bucks to get drunk at bars one night vs 10 bucks for a week of getting high on Sour. Do the math.
Weed wins.
- docpoz-7
The thing is this you can't let people try to get power over you. It's stupid. They hate their life cause their ideal was broken into reality so they like to hate things to feel powerful. They like to hate things because it makes them feel in control. But it's useless. They are not in control.
"Oh, I hate that because of ..."
No. Nobody caresAnd as a critic of shit myself, I just have to say...
Nobody cares what we hate.- https://thumbs.gfyca…utopian
- Power over you? In what sense? I never got that impression when someone hated something.monospaced
- I hate this postpango
- And lampspango
- docpoz-4
Reading my drunken qbn posts from last night laughing to myself.
- detritus3
Potato plants grow incredibly quickly.
I'm slightly in awe.
- autoflavour4
Had Jeff Soto shout of my podcast the other day on his IG..
best birthday present ever.
- VectorMasked2
Posted in the Signs you are getting old thread how I am not too fond of going for drinks with younger coworkers coz I already had my phase of drinking quite a bit at noisy places.
Well... this week was the last for one girl and we went to a pub.
Was there for a little while and when I left found my bike without the rear wheel.fucking assholes!!!! we sat down by a window with full view of my bike. And bike was locked on a busy street.
these sneaky motherfuckers need to die.
and the walk home was lovely. carrying a fucking frame with single wheel was certainly not embarrassing at all. *sarcasm*
this is a fucking sign. I will never accept going out for drinks ever again.
- Why not to ride your bike only on back weel, like Sagan does?OBBTKN
- Yes, you're too old, j/kOBBTKN
- Fuck those company drink marathons, better be at home with an old brandy, on your old coach, scratching your cat and reading to old books...OBBTKN
- Man I anticipated that story going in a totally different direction.. or with you getting laid by said girl..autoflavour
- Yep. Have walked home with zero bike as it was completely stollen. And somewhat worse, cycled home after seat was stolen... seat posts are not comfy....shapesalad
- fuck all stealing cunts. They need lobotomies for the benefit of everyone else.shapesalad
- What street was it?pango
- Take your bike into the pub, sit on it when drinking, ride it to the bar when it's your round, smart.mrAtor
- @pango Dunsmuir. Beside BCIT.VectorMasked
- Oh ya that place will do. Just check out who hangs out at the 7-11 at night.pango
- Right there with you. I like my early morning rides way more than going out for drinks at night.section_014
- i kept waiting for a punchline of the sorts "in the morning it turned out it was not my bike"Krassy
- and well... turns out I was so drunk, by the morning I had completely forgotten I had banged this chick so hard the rear wheel came out of her mouth.VectorMasked
- OBBTKN3
After months of rainy and overworking weekends, today I could do a long bike ride...
But no, again, yesterday I woke with a terrible back pain and I walk like M.D. House sober in vicodin.
Ey, but, que te jodan... Bought a 1kg steak an a pair of kg of pork ribs, roasted it in the bbq with the help of a delicios Somontano red wine, and now I don't miss the bike ride, ha!
- this side of the peninsula also has a sunny day! 15k run in the morning, lunch outside with a couple of beers, spring/summer is here, finallydmay
- ^ +1000OBBTKN
- I highly recommend Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection by John Sarno (Annie Grace's book lead me to) highly recommend.notype
- Will look for it notype, thanks!OBBTKN
- np, feel better man!notype
