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- PonyBoy3
Freelancers... where are you getting your work from these days?
I'm still 100% word of mouth... I've yet to try any services like Twine or the like.
Just curious who's using what... if any of those services are even worth a shit.
- A LOT of jobs in the markets, freelancing is not worth it for a few years now...grafician
- Full time now means 1 client = 1 set of expectations to be met while working remotely in your pijamasgrafician
- < and getting back your question: no special place, just social media twitter and linkedin and having an instagram non-narcissitic-valu... presence helpsgrafician
- Word of mouth mostly. Cant recall getting work any other way for years. Been very lucky to have a consistent large client though.thumb_screws
- MrT6
Jet lagged and just back from the UK for the first time in four years. How things change.
My fam's all up north but I missed a lot of old mates by deciding against a London leg to reduce ping-ponging around. A wise choice in hindsight; I made a few journeys by train and there was tomfuckery every time.
Things were definitely more expensive (energy prices WTAF), but even while perusing Peruvian asparagus in Waitrose, I could hear the distant sound of Australian supermarkets saying, hold my beer. Which is also cheaper than down under (see earlier punches post about an $18 pint in Melbourne).
However, a nostalgic greatest hits tour of the North was brilliant. Rick Stein can keep his Magpie in Whitby, The Brown Room in Filey is where the best fish and chips is at. And are there many finer old boozers than The Craven Arms in Wharfedale? Not to my mind, despite the fact I was 4 months early for the ferret racing.
'til next time...
- my dad and stepmum live in Filey now.
Ill ask them about the Brown Room._me_ - Nice, my mum's in Brid so she often visits. Brown Room's old school excellent. Brought back a bottle of Filey Bay whisky as well, also worth a pop!MrT
- I’m flying back to Manchester today for the first time in 2 years. I fully expect to see drunken fights in the rain or I want my money back.Chimp
- I flew in and out of there too. Spent my last night at the Cow Hollow hotel, near Piccadilly for train-airport access. Have a good trip!MrT
- my dad and stepmum live in Filey now.
- OBBTKN21
Today, is my oldest daugther' birthday... 20 years!!
Oh my... Time flies, and fast af.
Take care of your loved ones :)
- sted0
pheasant soup with bullets
- Gardener10
Just came across this old assessment, seems my show is as good for you today as it's always been.
- PonyBoy1
Red eclipse tonight!! Starts in about 2-3 hours... goes full eclipse / blood red around 5am EST.
*puts coffee on
- mg330
Biggest bonus of being on Wellbutrin and what it does for my anxiety and how it offsets the effects of Lexapro:
I DON'T GIVE AN F about paying any attention to the election tomorrow beyond voting.
I've spent the past 7 years with constantly simmering angst and stress and tension about politics and wasted who knows how many days or months doom scrolling Twitter and Reddit to stay on top of everything.
Wellbutrin somehow totally turns off the impulse to spend more than a minute or two on that stuff now. I feel like Alex in A Clockwork Orange after his treatment, and his newfound rejection of the ultra-violence. It's like I now know what it feels like to feel GOOD and focused and enthusiastic and that makes me recognize the triggers that make me not feel that way.
It's the craziest thing, hard to explain I guess. But my consumption of political crap has gone down more than I thought would ever be possible.
- ArmandoEstrada1
Sometimes life gives you lemons and you just have to suck on it and make that pucker up face and deal with it.
- I'd be fine with Yuzu's for rest of my life.shapesalad
- Love lemons********
- Limes > lemonsContinuity
- Gardener0
I had still not learned my lesson a few years after the first warning
- Tony was being a bit cunty, there.Continuity
- long dead now, I winGardener
- Hurrah!Continuity
- I mean ... oh.
How sad.
RIP Tony the Cunt.Continuity - SET..autoflavour
- PonyBoy3
Ugh... fucking sitting up enjoying the night air about 45 mins before the eclipse started... significant other awakes in some odd rampage that absolutely turns the night inside out...
... dealt w/that for a half hour until it all calmed down and then somehow I fucking passed out... ... missed the whole fucking event... everything.
- Hahaha!! Sorry for this Kev ;)OBBTKN
- odd rampage?shapesalad
- yes—odd—but kind of adorable the morning after (she's a rabid 'something' when she can't sleep / has to be at work in 3 hours—we all are) LoL—Thanks, Felix! <3PonyBoy
- It’s okay she won’t read this.monospaced
- canoe2
When you're working on print to fill in any potential financial pitfalls for a random agency and you click on a client in a new spec ad to find that your QBN life has come full circle...
- SimonFFM9
Is this a German thing or are you having these calendars with chocolate behind dorrs in your countries, too?
- Nah, you can find them pretty much anywhere. Had them growing up in CA, and they're also quite popular in FR.Continuity
- Well ... maybe not the Playboy branded ones, but you get the point. ;)Continuity
- I was told in NL they don't exist and that made me curious.SimonFFM
- Really? Weird.Continuity
- They're called Advent Calendars. I thought they were widespread in Europe.palimpsest
- ^ So did I. That they're not so popular in NL really surprises me.Continuity
- Aaaaaaaah, but maybe not: I think Advent is more of a Catholic thing, and they're Protestants in NL.
But, hey, I'm an atheist, so what do I know, right?Continuity - Please tell me the chocolates are shaped as boobs, asses, lips etc lol.microkorg
- "The Advent calendar was first used by German Lutherans in the 19th and 20th centuries" - Wikipedia
The plot thickens.palimpsest - Uh-oh.Continuity
- You can find $2advent calendars in most grocery stores and pharmacies in the US starting ... now.monospaced
- I forgot to mention that I photographed the Playmate pics(12 pages + centerfold) in the December issue of PB Germany which just came out (with the calendar).SimonFFM
- You can get craft beer ones for £50 at my local Aldi. 25 cans for £50... kinda ok, each different.shapesalad
- Not very common down here (PT), brands are starting to push it but it's not really a traditiondmay
- I love a countdown to christmas. Anyone else just chow down the chocolate on day one?robthelad
- The Lego advent calendars are the rage in my familylajj
- There are whiskey onesscarabin
- Yes, I just bought the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar for me... I mean my kids. But I think I might like this Playboy one better.fooler
- There are jokes in the calendar doors. Like dad jokes. Quite funny. Jokes, nudes and chocolate.SimonFFM
- Advent calendars here in the US always had better-tasting chocolate than hersheys—the default in my childhood.kaiyohtee
- advent calendars are pretty huge in Canada... every kid generally gets one in Dec (atleast from what i saw growing up)exador1
- My wife's background is Indian (family is from Kerala India) and she had them as a child growing up here too...exador1
- We have them in the Netherlands. Catholic adventskalenders. Doors with part of the story behind. But the chocolate thing is something from more recent years.stewart
- It's also used in anthroposophical groups which imitate many traditions from religions such as Catholicism.stewart
- advent calendars are definitely global, but its 100% way more a German thing.autoflavour
- so I need to ask.. what is the chocolate shaped as? please say genitalsautoflavour
- Shaped like bitcoinsSimonFFM
- ********3
A guy on my team has started using the “white skin” variation of the emoji in Slack. He didn’t before but suddenly he does and no one else uses it. I actually think it’s because this guy sees himself as ultra woke and he’s read that using yellow emoji may be offensive.
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/1…
What should I do about this? Should I talk to him? Ignore it? Send out a survey? Lulz!!!
Im dying laughing about it because it is a hilarious work problem. I’m also wondering if other people are privately thinking “what is up with that dude and his love of the white skin emoji” ( I just think the whole thing is ridiculous)
Help me qbn. What should I do? How can I make this even more awkward and funny
- You don’t need to do anything about it.monospaced
- ^Continuity
- simpsons are really offended by yellow emojispango
- I don’t know. Seems you’re viewing it racially. If he was black and used black skin emoji, after using yellow, would you say the same?shapesalad
- Ignore itdmay
- I’m viewing it racially? Hahaha it’s a white skin emoji!********
- But yes obvs I’ll ignore it********
- 2000 people on slack at work. First white skin emoji I’ve ever seen********
- And somehow you end up making yourself look like a creep about itcanoe
- I did? Hm. Ok, fuck you I guess********
- mg332
Ever have those weeks where everyone you work with is firing on all cylinders, and despite deadlines for pitches and last-minute hectic pace, everything is falling right into place without a worry in the world?
Having one of those weeks. I'm going to savor it.
- oey_oey6
I'm applying actively for agency work...22 years after the last time I worked in an agency.
The last three years have been difficult work wise and I reached my lowest when it comes to finances.
I'm nervous but I already mentioned this here and the feedback from some of you guys was really encouraging.
Hoping to find a 20 hour position making 30k a year ;-)
I'll keep you posted.
- You could also start leveraging all that experience you got into some courses, e-book maybe? On the side?grafician
- Good luck job hunting btw!grafician
- thanks grafician!oey_oey
- and that's a good tip but I lack the time because of parenting for example.oey_oey
- I think agencies aren't doing so great these days. Lots of in-house teams getting set up to take advantage of first-party data since tracking is being curtailedmonNom
- Just the vibe I get from sniffing around over the past year. Take it with a grain of salt.monNom
- Just apply to everything. Once you get an offer then decide. Don’t limit to agency. As said, it’s more in-house these days.shapesalad
- I want to retrain as a plumber. In demand job, decent pay. Not at a screen all day.shapesalad
- Plumber, Electrician...oey_oey
- I applied to a university, twice as in-house and one agency so far. there are a lot of remote jobs I can still apply for. thanks, corona!oey_oey
- Good luck!SimonFFM
- get a job as a washing machine fixer. 90% of the time you are charging for a callout and dont do any fixing as the fault wont occur during the half hour youmicrokorg
- have allocated for the appointment.microkorg
- Unclog a sink drain of hair out of a woman’s apartment before deciding to become a plumber********
- Yeah good luck, working less than 4 days for 30k.robthelad
- ^ this.oey_oey
- grafician1
Why are mosquitoes still up in November?!
Bruh
- Global Warming Brahutopian
- Fo' suregrafician
- Brehscarabin
- https://youtu.be/w72…YakuZoku
- Was going to post the same... A pair of mosquitoes flying by all night, in Nov!!OBBTKN
- brooomilfhunter
- Duuude********
- wut u talkin' abooot Wallacefadein11
- They are LURKING!grafician
- November is Spring, the little bastards are coming out after all the floods here.sab
- shellie21
I was laid off last week but I was already planning my exit and started my job hunt back in September. I just accepted a job offer for my dream job. But it’s hard to be excited when so many people are getting laid off and next year is shaping up to be a rough one for many.
- Congrats, Shellie!
Yeah, it sucks for a lot of people, but you do need to take care of yourself first. On that basis, I think you should def be excited.Continuity - Harsh times, but congrats. What is your dream job?Ianbolton
- @ian Im now a writer/producer at a major entertainment studio and get to tell stories with some of the most valuable IP in the world.shellie
- My dream as a kid was to become a ent. studio exec of some sort one day. But I got swept away by advertising for almost 20 yrs & transitioning has alluded me.shellie
- That sounds incredible! Congratulations!!!********
- Congrats on landing your dream job!instrmntl
- Whoa, that sounds awesome!Continuity
- Sorry/congrats. Life is a rollercoaster sometimes, but at least on here everything is fucked as usual. :)Longcopylover
- That's amazing. You gotta be, and deserve to be, super happy with that. I'm designing some business cards and forms. That's not my dream job.Ianbolton
- good for you!milfhunter
- jolly well donehans_glib
- Awesome, congrats! Can you uncuck Loki?********
- Congrats Shellie! Follow the golden brick road... ;) Stay positiveOBBTKN
- Huge Congrats Shellie :) super happy for you!exador1
- Congrats!bulletfactory
- Congrats, shellie!!PonyBoy
- congratulations!Squiddy
- Thank u all! Over the years I’ve found so much support, inspiration, knowledge share & even hired a few of ya. Couldnt ask for a better group of virtual friendsshellie
- Tell me it's Marvel you're at.Continuity
- Congrats Shell kick ass!HijoDMaite
- Congrats Shellz!!YakuZoku
- Congrats shellie what a thrill that must be, good for you.BuddhaHat
- Congrats, shellie! Killin' it!mantrakid
- Congrats, Shellie!
- kingsteven5
just snitched on a young lad (maybe 10 y/o) to his mum for throwing stones at swans. his defence: "it was sticks". feel bad for her, he's obviously a wee terror. still... no fortnite for yoouuuu!
- You can get put in the Tower for that, bang out of order. The Queens (Kings?) swans!fadein11
- future serial killerPhanLo
- my mate worked with a kid who had kicked a cow to death, the police had said it was only a matter of time before he murdered a person. Think he was about 12PhanLo
- lol "it was sticks". Fucking kids.Nairn
- Snitches get stitches.... he's coming for you with rocks.robthelad
- Snitches!pango
- Nairn9
I'm just back from a 3½ hour round trip to the Italian consultae, to sign a single piece of paper in front of another human being.
I forgot they had a security check point, so when they did the bag search I had to warn them there was a pen knife one of the pockets.
He took the pen knife out, and then spent longer than I was happy with checking through that pocket, clearly prodding something in there, then a look of slight disgust and my bag was returned and I went in.
Turns out that I'd entirely forgotten there was a foil triangle of Laughing Cow soft cheese that I put in there last weekend as an emergency thing for my kid, and had forgotten to take out. there was a finger shaped divot in the triangle, with just enough seepage for a visual confirmation of contents.
- Cheesus Christ!! ;)
I was expecting a more torrid ending, but not bad at all...OBBTKN - Just how much public transport have you taken in the last week with that rancid cheese on your person?Continuity
- heh, both :) @cont - I'd not used thisd particular bag since the weekend, hence not noticing. I usually have my gay little leather satchel for work..Nairn
- @OB - I was more concerned I might've left something hashishy in there, despite it being supremely unlikely :\Nairn
- Also, La vache qui rit?
I'm ... stunned.
Poor kid.
(Full confession: I loved it when I was wee)Continuity - Not trying to cheese-shame you, or anything.Continuity
- @Nairn, yes, the truth is, the "brown thing in the wrong place" was my first candidate too :)OBBTKN
- lol she actually hates it, but it was her that wanted to buy it, so I've been trying to offload it on her when she's hungry. She's more a mature Cheddar type :)Nairn
- Amusing thing is - my actual sig bears no resemblance to the one in my passport, which is a shit mutated continuance of one I made when I was a teenager.Nairn
- Written signatures as proof seem to me like such a stupid archaic proof. They've seemed that way since I was able to forge my Dad's sig for school... .Nairn
- I was sat in the consulate wainting room, practising it on a pad. I turned to see a neighbour watch me do this. He didn't say anything though.Nairn
- Omertà culture runs deep, I guess...Nairn
- classic tales with Nairn hahaIanbolton
- Cheesus Christ!! ;)