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    Just add “but I like that” at the end with a wink and you’re running baby

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    I tried this after watching my daughter go up to someone and just straight up ask if they want to be friends before names or anything.

    All I can say is it works.

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    this made me laugh, this is how some of my clients have introduced them self. Sometimes it can be all their hobbies and what not for 5-10 mins and then they add “oh and my title is x and this is my expectations” lol

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      Play weird social volleyball where you can’t be too interested or straightforward and hide your true intentions?

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      Right? I don’t usually behave like this in professional or formal environments, but in every other situation, I try to give myself permission to be me. Fuck it. Be weird.

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        No, be yourself. If that gets you labeled weird by them, then it’s their loss. Wasn’t going to be a compatible relationship anyway.

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      Same, and I basically just actually do this.

      …would probably have to be drunk to do the last line, though.

      Why do I do this?

      If you find that intro immensely offputting… I will likely find you immensely insufferable.

      Communication still works two ways, even if the normies play by different rules.

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    The inigo montoya style:

    Step 1: Give a polite greeting.

    Step 2: State your name.

    Step 3: Establish a personal connection.

    Step 4: Manage expectations of the relationship.

    “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

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      FYI,
      You can do single line
      breaks on Lemmy. Just
      put 2 spaces at the end
      of a line before the Enter.

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        Nice, I looked up some markup, but this one’s new to me. Thanks!

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    Imagine people introduce themselves like dogs. Your ass smells nice, let’s fuck.

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    That’s basically a version of how I open Teams meetings with Developers.

    “I’m Chilie. I’m a Planner. Are you on fucking crack proposing to build this environmental nightmare in the middle of a floodway?”

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      I was wondering how a floodway affected software developers but I eventually figured it out.

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        It’s funny. My sister has a very sucessful career in the software industry, and I’m a City Planner.

        We’re always confusing the rest of the family at holidays. We both have a lot of strong opinions on development and we’re both interested in the other’s career, so listening to our back and forth conversations has to be maddening.

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          That seems like a lot of fun! Do you live in the same city? I would complain abt all the road work

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            We live on opposite sides of the country.

            We grew up in a very Republican area. I stayed and fight the good fight, but my sister has a child and it’s better not to raise children in this environment.

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          Everything about it makes perfect sense except “floodway”. And, if I buzzword hard enough, I could see that meaning something like the Slashdot effect/hug of death.

          … I’m going to start using it that way.

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            I develop software for mining (ore) operations, so a floodway didn’t sound entirely implausible.

            I’ve also spent all week doing tech-support because I’m the only one that’s not on vacation, so my brain is a little fried.

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              Ah, that’s even more acute. You definitely win this round.

              EDIT: Also, hope your tech support ends today (or at least soon) and you don’t have to deal with it again.

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                I’m in central Europe, so I’ve been off the clock for like, 9 hours or so at this point. I should really sleep and let my brain recuperate a little.

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        Its a streaming overflow area for a data lake. Usually implemented with some sort of hierarchal storage management solution. Its used when you are streaming data somewhere but the connection is interrupted and its suboptimal to add further partitions to your streaming, and your boss isnt cool with just deleting the data that we all know will never be used for anything at all. So you stay up all night moving this crap data around, questioning your life choices and feeling like a moron.

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    The last young lady who told me an interesting fact about dinosaurs was on my mind for a month.

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    Hi Katie. I don’t have any friends. I like vodka and people who don’t comment on my thinning hair. You’re being a real bitch right now.

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    Know what? Next time I ask a woman out…

    “Hi I’m [Redacted], I’m [Redacted]yo. I like photography and nature walks and my cats. You’re really pretty and seem cool, you wanna eat lunch together?”

    (Fuck actually now that I type that out, it’s actually just a less eloquent phrasing of my current approach. Well. Consarn it.)

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      Am a woman, would be down for someone asking me out like that. I now know something about you, I know your thoughts about me and don’t have to guess, and you’re putting forward a suggestion of what to do.

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        Tbh, it feels way more honest and real than most guys cheesy pickup lines. I’d probably engage with someone who approached me like that.

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        Hi, I’m the ex-World’s dumbest man, you have a cool username, I don’t actually want to date.

        Want to go fight in a videogame of your choosing?