Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!

[Hank Chinaski]

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/1...hind-the-eyes/

24/36 for good ole Hank. I did much better w men.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by hank chinaski

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/1...hind-the-eyes/

24/36 for good ole hank. I did much better w men.

30/36

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by Adder

30/36

35/36. What they called Decisive I called Bored.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Adder

30/36

Did they get harder at the end? I was 20/20 but ended up getting 26.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

35/36. What they called Decisive I called Bored.

Whoa. You should play Texas Hold Em.

Speaking of that, the tournaments should ban sunglasses.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Whoa. You should play Texas Hold Em.

Speaking of that, the tournaments should ban sunglasses.

I'm fairly good at reading other people, but I have no poker face. I totally wear my heart on my sleeve.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Did they get harder at the end? I was 20/20 but ended up getting 26.

I had a run of trouble in the 20s, I think.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

35/36. What they called Decisive I called Bored.

34/36. I screwed up the old man with eyes like Robert Bork. And one other one I forget.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

I'm fairly good at reading other people, but I have no poker face. I totally wear my heart on my sleeve.

Can you easily fake laughter at jokes that aren't really funny? I still struggle with that. I can do it when selling, or with a judge, but in conversation with friends and family, I simply cannot feign laughter. I try, but I can't.

[dtb]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

I admit I am a loser at Linked In and ignore more invites than I accept for no good reason. I mean, sometimes I ignore for a good reason and sometimes I ignore for reasons that have to do with the fact that you sent me the invitation while I was really busy with some super fucking important shit. Or I was stoned. Or receiving fellatio. Or stoned and receiving fellatio, and it's like super awkward to hand the still smoking bong to the chick blowing you so you can accept the Linked In invitation from the chick you maybe went to law school with or maybe she is a friend of a colleague but she is kind of hot so why not. Anyhoo, why would you Link In with your mom? I mean, aren't you already pretty linked in with her, lower case l and i? Are you checking out her profile and thinking, wow, mom has added some new skills, and I didn't know she was an Ivy Leaguer. Also, colleagues. Oh great, dude who has the office next to me. You want to Link In with me. Maybe we can make some professional connections, now. I mean, you now, professional connections other than the fact that WE WORK AT THE SAME FIRM AND YOUR OFFICE IS NEXT TO MINE. You want to Link In with me. Walk ten feet and come talk to me. I promise you will learn more in three minutes than you will studying my lame ass profile for hours. And hey, chick I fucked a couple of times a long time ago? Can you explain to me why the pros of Linking In with you outweigh the cons? I didn't think so.

Sorry to interrupt your tête à tête with Pas Bob (I'm feeling a French vibe today), but your Linked In policy raises some murky questions that I'm hopeful you can clear up with some illuminating answers, or at least a discussion that could shed some light on this obviously hazy area of social interaction. You've made it perfectly clear what your Linked In policy says, but I'm wondering about Facebook. On Facebook (which makes no attempt to ostensibly associate itself with career matters), how would you feel about friending (a) your mom, (b) Not Bob, (c) parents of kids in your child's school or soccer team or whatev., (d) clients, or (e) chick you had a brief college affair with, but you graduated and amicably went your separate ways, but always wondered what ever happened to her?

If there is a difference, does it stem from the distinction between Facebook and Linked In? I really know deep in my heart that you are just the man to address these thorny and relevant issues.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by dtb

Sorry to interrupt your tête à tête with Pas Bob (I'm feeling a French vibe today), but your Linked In policy raises some murky questions that I'm hopeful you can clear up with some illuminating answers, or at least a discussion that could shed some light on this obviously hazy area of social interaction. You've made it perfectly clear what your Linked In policy says, but I'm wondering about Facebook. On Facebook (which makes no attempt to ostensibly associate itself with career matters), how would you feel about friending (a) your mom, (b) Not Bob, (c) parents of kids in your child's school or soccer team or whatev., (d) clients, or (e) chick you had a brief college affair with, but you graduated and amicably went your separate ways, but always wondered what ever happened to her?

If there is a difference, does it stem from the distinction between Facebook and Linked In? I really know deep in my heart that you are just the man to address these thorny and relevant issues.

Huge difference between Facebook and Linked In. For one, I think that ignoring Linked In invitations is far more common (and thus less of a slap) than ignoring a Facebook invitation. Facebook is social so I guess you should accept your mom, your ex that you're still friends with or whomever, but then you have to be careful to manage the privacy settings so your mom doesn't see the tagged photo of you doing Molly with the strippers in Vegas and so friends don't accidently get offended by your late night radical anarcho-Christian political-theological ramblings. And then, do you accept clients who are not actual friends? Facebook is problematic in so many ways that Linked In is not, which is why I don't do it. Also, I don't care about where you are having lunch or anything about the youth sporting events of any of your children. And by "you," I mean anybody, but especially you dtb. Don't post that shit on Facebook. If I were to do Facebook, I would have an account solely so I could be friends with Not Bob, and would neither send nor accept any other friend requests.

[dtb]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

Huge difference between Facebook and Linked In. For one, I think that ignoring Linked In invitations is far more common (and thus less of a slap) than ignoring a Facebook invitation. Facebook is social so I guess you should accept your mom, your ex that you're still friends with or whomever, but then you have to be careful to manage the privacy settings so your mom doesn't see the tagged photo of you doing Molly with the strippers in Vegas and so friends don't accidently get offended by your late night radical anarcho-Christian political-theological ramblings. And then, do you accept clients who are not actual friends? Facebook is problematic in so many ways that Linked In is not, which is why I don't do it. Also, I don't care about where you are having lunch or anything about the youth sporting events of any of your children. And by "you," I mean anybody, but especially you dtb. Don't post that shit on Facebook. If I were to do Facebook, I would have an account solely so I could be friends with Not Bob, and would neither send nor accept any other friend requests.

I can't tell you what a weight off my narrow shoulders this is. I'm voting you most helpful. With the "L".

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Can you easily fake laughter at jokes that aren't really funny? I still struggle with that. I can do it when selling, or with a judge, but in conversation with friends and family, I simply cannot feign laughter. I try, but I can't.

I don't even try. I just raise an eyebrow and then sigh.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by dtb

Sorry to interrupt your tête à tête with Pas Bob (I'm feeling a French vibe today), but your Linked In policy raises some murky questions that I'm hopeful you can clear up with some illuminating answers, or at least a discussion that could shed some light on this obviously hazy area of social interaction. You've made it perfectly clear what your Linked In policy says, but I'm wondering about Facebook. On Facebook (which makes no attempt to ostensibly associate itself with career matters), how would you feel about friending (a) your mom, (b) Not Bob, (c) parents of kids in your child's school or soccer team or whatev., (d) clients, or (e) chick you had a brief college affair with, but you graduated and amicably went your separate ways, but always wondered what ever happened to her?

If there is a difference, does it stem from the distinction between Facebook and Linked In? I really know deep in my heart that you are just the man to address these thorny and relevant issues.

And not to interrupt your little ménage à trois, but, hey, you're dtb. Do whatever the fuck you like and let the others worry about whether they're in your graces.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by dtb

Sorry to interrupt your tête à tête with Pas Bob (I'm feeling a French vibe today), but your Linked In policy raises some murky questions that I'm hopeful you can clear up with some illuminating answers, or at least a discussion that could shed some light on this obviously hazy area of social interaction. You've made it perfectly clear what your Linked In policy says, but I'm wondering about Facebook. On Facebook (which makes no attempt to ostensibly associate itself with career matters), how would you feel about friending (a) your mom, (b) Not Bob, (c) parents of kids in your child's school or soccer team or whatev., (d) clients, or (e) chick you had a brief college affair with, but you graduated and amicably went your separate ways, but always wondered what ever happened to her?

If there is a difference, does it stem from the distinction between Facebook and Linked In? I really know deep in my heart that you are just the man to address these thorny and relevant issues.

Are there people who actively log in to linkedin? I check it about once a week -- usually only because someone "endorsed" me for something they've never actually witnessed me doing.