DaveTLV @Surasanji@social.cleverlibre.org
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"Are you eating chicken mole enchiladas? I like chicken mole enchiladas."
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I am very deliberately non political on Mastadon because I am extremely political on Twitter. Honestly, I love it here because I can be more myself.
I will say this though about politics, no matter who wins in the end, we all have to live with one another afterwards.
I think people need to remember that and at least try and work towards a dialogue where some working together can be accomplished.
Granted, I sometimes lose patience but I try to practice what I preach as much as possible.
CS Story, Crazy Customer. Long
As a matter of fact, let me tell you the most bonkers shit a customer has ever said to me.
So, I was fairly new in the job I'm working now- selling furniture online to restaurants- and a customer calls up regarding a $200.00 charge to his credit card.
The charge was for additional services he used at time of delivery- specifically a lift gate and inside delivery. These things are not free, and are not included in a standard shipping quote. It specifically states this on the invoice you electronically sign (Standard online two-step procedure) before we charge your credit card.
So, this guy- we'll call him Shit heel- goes on a rant for about twenty minutes. Just non-stop insults and bullshitery, generally questioning my company's ability to do business. Very standard stuff, to be honest, in the CS world. Usually someone will yell themselves out, and become more amiable and open to solutions.
This did not happen for Shit Heel. No, he was going strong after 20 minutes and wouldn't stop.
So, finally, I butt in and I say to this "gentleman" "Sir, I realize that you are upset, but I'm at the bottom of the heap here. I'm not personally responsible for charging your card."
Before I can complete my thought, he says the following:
"There were guards at Auschwitz who were at the bottom of the heap and they were personally responsible for what happened there just like you are personally responsible for what has happened here."
I don't know how this dude found moral equivalency between genocide and a $200.00 legitimate, but unexpected, charge on his credit card. Somehow, it was there for him.
To this day it is the most amazing and unbelievable thing a customer has ever said to me.
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#ReachAcross is a new hashtag we came up with over at #QOTO where you say something you admire about a group you view as an opponent to a cause you are passionate about. For example if you are a Liberal you would compliment Conservatives, if you are a Conservative you compliment Liberals. Whatever group or groups you feel passionate for whether its politics, activism, religion, whatever it might be.
Use the tag and list something you respect or admire about the opposing side. When you see someone mention a group that refers to you, then return a compliment in a reply.
I will kick it off:
#ReachAcross for this week is for the extreme left and extreme right political spectrum (non-moderates). I admire the passion and energy you put into your activism. There are many people who would love to have that sort of passion for anything.
(Some people who helped flush out the idea in the original thread: @arteteco @Surasanji @hashtaggrammar @commandelicious @comphys @QuentinMann @rnitsch @Nyoei @spinflip @hodot @SecondJon )
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"Human cultures vary a lot," the human ambassador said, "but we all agree there are things that should not go on pizza..."
The alien looked up. "But it fnaggles my splanch so nicely."
"And one of those things is people."
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#QOTO is back!
The migration to the new server ran rather smoothly. We had a postgres version mismatch but it was resolved and we are rebuiding the feed. But no data was lost and all should be good. Welcome back and enjoy the new servers, we have doubled our capacity so hopefully everything will be far more responsive now.
Back in Tel Aviv! #QOTO upgraded!
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Federation Bot boosts some odd things sometimes.
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I saw a van with a Mastodon sticker, but since they also had Slayer and Black Sabbath stickers, I don't think they were talking about us.
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Today's #RandomQuestion is...
@Surasanji for me it has to be whether there is life somewhere else in the universe. I would like to think that there is. I mean the universe is VAST and old. This means that the universe would have had enough time and random trials to come up with life many times over. So eventually I would love for humans to have contact with these other life-forms. Which in turn could shed light on how light began on our own pale blue dot. Sounds reasonable?
#ShareTheMusic for 8/29/18
Hey there! Today's #ShareTheMusic takes on a bit of a new format. A little bit of a longer, bloggy format. Let me know if you like this better, or prefer the short 'Hey this is a song I like format'.
Onto the music!
Today I'd like to talk about Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird.
They play Klezmer music (Big surprise that the Ashkenazim Zionist Dude listens to Klezmer, yeah? )
And there is one particular song I'd like to suggest, from the 2012 album "Bad Old Songs" called Good Old Bad Old Days.
Daniel himself calls it an 'Ostalgic Ballad' and it has an interesting sort of story of a man singing about how he misses his time in East Berlin.
Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3SulikcyjWvI4pk9bDvy9P
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/Z5XRZAWk8Jc
Check them out! Great musicians.
Bonus track, Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah in Yiddish: https://youtu.be/XH1fERC_504
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@Surasanji Tell ya what, the best way you can help is to try to organize the community in positive ways.
Think of recurring events and/or hashtags we can do that will engage the community in interesting topics.
I think that would help way more than money. Of course, if you choose to help with money it will be appreciated as well.
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Right now i just have my paypal donate for my open source company. which is a different entity so wouldnt be the best way to do it. I will set up a paypal donate for #QOTO at some point in case anyone wants to help out. I appreciate it. I'll keep you informed on that front when i get it set up.
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Today's #RandomQuestion is...
@Surasanji I'd figure out who came first, the chicken or the egg.
But seriously, I don't know. Solving a mystery may remove the wow factor and with some stories, I enjoy the mystique. I would like to find Atlantis, not necessarily discover that it was all just a great story. I would like to prove that aliens exist, not find out that they are a hoax.
This is a thinker of a question. Nicely done!
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