this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

This belongs in a museum

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just did an hour long job interview that started with them asking if I could start tomorrow and ended with the company deciding they aren't hiring anymore so I feel this post.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds to me like you just dodged a missile.

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 years ago

I'd agree with you if I could find another job in this fucking town but that was my best bet in the last 2 weeks.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

In a weird way, I'd be more upset if I was the better "this is the life you could live". Like, a more successful me? Yeah, sure, I've made plenty of mistakes, missed plenty of opportunities.

But to be me as I am now and face a worse-off version of myself? At that point I'd be evaluating every step I take out of fear there's still time for it to happen. What has that poor bastard been through? Where's my guiding spirit to just managing to skip down the path of mediocrity?

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This reminds me of the greatest adaptation of A Christmas Carol ever made: the Blackadder one, where he starts out as a good person and then the Christmas ghosts show him why he should be a complete bastard instead. It's pretty amazing that nobody else ever thought of doing a flipped version of the story (probably somebody did and I've just never seen it).

Started watching Blackadder recently, it is truly something man. The episode where he marries, the ending was the hardest I've seen British black humor go in a while. On the nose with something so taboo they can't give it a laugh track, jeez.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Honestly I'd just be happy for successful version of me, glad he didn't fuck it up

[–] GutsBerserk@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

The ultimate diss

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

No ...... It's just me

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Love plague, we all missed out when twitch walked back the titties. So much more delicious 2d girlfriend.