If what I've heard about Google's work culture is true everybody's probably so busy crunching that they don't have time for vidya even when it's conveniently right there. That or they've got Steam at their desk computers.
If what I've heard about Google's work culture is true everybody's probably so busy crunching that they don't have time for vidya even when it's conveniently right there. That or they've got Steam at their desk computers.
I can't believe I actually envied these people at one point. I didn't understand all the "perks" were meant to keep you at the office so you didn't leave. I actually thought they'd give you more time back. What a dumbass I was.
It’s not a flex, they have no choice as no one below Vice President gets their own office nowadays. They go to meeting rooms in order to not piss off all of their coworkers by having a call at their desks.
Offices are also installing "Phone booths" for this reason. It's the same size and shape of a traditional phone booth/box, but has a little shelf for your laptop. So you don't even get a conference room for calls; it's just a literal pod.
She didn't even sound excited about the fish tank which adds tothe alien nature of it all. Not even a mild amusement reaction just the same monotonous "THING WAS HERE YOU GUYS AND THING WAS HERE ALSOOOO" kind of delivery. Maybe they're reading off a script or something I dunno it's just really fucking weird and inhuman feeling. Like even if you're used to a fishtank being there after the initial "woah" moment there's usually a sort of mild form of amusement from watching the fish themselves or being assigned tot take care of the fish or some shit like that. What kind of soulless corporate tickbox mentality do you gotta have to just glaze over the fish in a way that she did?
You know those brain scans where people are shown pictures of different things, and then sometimes the same area of the brain lights up for "object" when they're shown non-object things? (e.g. All those headlines about "Men don't see scantily clad women as people!")
I think that's what's happening here. They are so removed from the natural world, the Dao, god's creation, whatever you want to call it, that they see things like fish as inanimate objects. The fish are at the same level as a foosball table.
It's the hip new thing in bugpeople cities. Real estate is so expensive that renting out actual office space in more or less impossible and so shared office space tries to fill the void. Open floor plan, no privacy or personal space provided by cubicle walls, and more often than not multiple companies sharing the same floor. Like a traditional office but even more miserable, and bugpeople defend it.
Open offices are horrifying, it's a freaking panopticon. You can't even take a break to dick around online because even if IT doesn't catch you, you'll still be worried about someone looking over and seeing you watching a video and thinking you're slacking, when in reality it's the first break you've taken in hours.
You know what else is open? The plains. The place where our young got swooped by eagles and our ancestors got ate by predators.
More "muh fab day" bullshit because I'm weirdly fascinated with these.
In the way you stare at a semi taking out a subcompact car that is... where you just stare for a second in disbelief
Also, what is it with these bug people working out of conference rooms?
Is this some kind of flex in lieu of having an actual office because you don't wanna show that you don't even have a cubicle but just a desk in an open floorplan office?
What I don't get is who watches these kinds of videos? They're not even a little bit interesting. It's just a bunch of women describing what they eat in a day.
What I don't get is who watches these kinds of videos? They're not even a little bit interesting. It's just a bunch of women describing what they eat in a day.
This is the modern day version of "keeping up with the Joneses".
Edited to add an extra thought, I really don't blame the NBA wife from doing these. It's good that she gets to enjoy what's left of her life before her two time felony charge husband viciously rapes and murders her in an elevator or something.
I can't believe I actually envied these people at one point. I didn't understand all the "perks" were meant to keep you at the office so you didn't leave. I actually thought they'd give you more time back. What a dumbass I was.
Offices are also installing "Phone booths" for this reason. It's the same size and shape of a traditional phone booth/box, but has a little shelf for your laptop. So you don't even get a conference room for calls; it's just a literal pod.
You know those brain scans where people are shown pictures of different things, and then sometimes the same area of the brain lights up for "object" when they're shown non-object things? (e.g. All those headlines about "Men don't see scantily clad women as people!")
I think that's what's happening here. They are so removed from the natural world, the Dao, god's creation, whatever you want to call it, that they see things like fish as inanimate objects. The fish are at the same level as a foosball table.
Open offices are horrifying, it's a freaking panopticon. You can't even take a break to dick around online because even if IT doesn't catch you, you'll still be worried about someone looking over and seeing you watching a video and thinking you're slacking, when in reality it's the first break you've taken in hours.
You know what else is open? The plains. The place where our young got swooped by eagles and our ancestors got ate by predators.
I'm not watching all those "a day in the life of" videos. They are the definition of soulless. I'd rather watch a surgeon talk passionately about saving lives or sharing medical knowledge, a mechanic who tells you how to get more performance out of your car's engine, a blacksmith forging a badass sword, or a carpenter who just enjoys making things out of wood. But this crap just seems so devoid of passion and, even worse, devoid of use. I don't know what these office drones contribute to society apart from their income tax. And that fucking rabbit food that they are eating. It's healthy, but I simply would not enjoy eating it. Better fix me some ribs, some fries, and a large coke.
Open offices are horrifying, it's a freaking panopticon. You can't even take a break to dick around online because even if IT doesn't catch you, you'll still be worried about someone looking over and seeing you watching a video and thinking you're slacking, when in reality it's the first break you've taken in hours.
And that fucking rabbit food that they are eating. It's healthy, but I simply would not enjoy eating it. Better fix me some ribs, some fries, and a large coke.
What I don't get is who watches these kinds of videos? They're not even a little bit interesting. It's just a bunch of women describing what they eat in a day.
Women have consumed this kind of boring shit for decades. It just used to be in magazines, tabloids and day time talk shows. There have been times where I have wondered why my mother or mother in law calls me to tell me what some famous lady likes to order at her favorite bespoke olive oil store, or why friends show me some celebrity's parfait on insta. I don't know why women are like this and why I, another woman who is pretty normal, is not.
Holy shit. Goldmine.
Especially that RE lady in Chicago.... Going around flushing toilets, such glamour.
What once again stands out is how similar those are. Same shots, same voiceover, same shit shown. That kool aid they're on must be really strong. They think they have it made.
It's almost like I'm looking at computer code meant to change the visual appearance of an NPC and their bedroom. There's something so incredibly inauthentic about those "aesthetics", but I'm at a loss to explain it. I guess it's just how "disposable" and meaningless that it feels, like it isn't even pretending to be some complex scene or lifestyle like even Hot Topic goths claimed, it's just something you change like your outfit.
It probably says something about how our society is like the rest of this thread.
Open offices are horrifying, it's a freaking panopticon. You can't even take a break to dick around online because even if IT doesn't catch you, you'll still be worried about someone looking over and seeing you watching a video and thinking you're slacking, when in reality it's the first break you've taken in hours.
Didn't they start existing because there were all these articles coming out about how bad traditional cubicles were, even though cubicles existed for a reason to begin with?
>Art Academia
>Green Academia
>Romantic Academia
>Chaotic Academia
>Light Academia
WTF is wrong you people goddammit.
It's almost like I'm looking at computer code meant to change the visual appearance of an NPC and their bedroom. There's something so incredibly inauthentic about those "aesthetics", but I'm at a loss to explain it. I guess it's just how "disposable" and meaningless that it feels, like it isn't even pretending to be some complex scene or lifestyle like even Hot Topic goths claimed, it's just something you change like your outfit.
It probably says something about how our society is like the rest of this thread.
It's easier to consoom next season's fast fashion line and Etsy/Wish trinkets to follow {new_trend} when you don't have to change much for it, i guess. As somebody pointed out in an earlier post *aesthetic* is a replacement for an actual personality these days.
Didn't they start existing because there were all these articles coming out about how bad traditional cubicles were, even though cubicles existed for a reason to begin with?
Not entirely sure but the open concept thing has been ruining homes for about a decade and a half now and it doesn't surprise me that offices followed suit.
>Art Academia
>Green Academia
>Romantic Academia
>Chaotic Academia
>Light Academia
WTF is wrong you people goddammit.
It's almost like I'm looking at computer code meant to change the visual appearance of an NPC and their bedroom. There's something so incredibly inauthentic about those "aesthetics", but I'm at a loss to explain it.
It's because it is inauthentic.
Got talking to one of your namesakes a couple of weeks ago after the kid admired her outfit, and the sheer passion and pleasure she was radiating while talking about the different looks and subsets of loli fashion was an absolute joy to hear.
That's not something you get from these assholes.
>Art Academia
>Green Academia
>Romantic Academia
>Chaotic Academia
>Light Academia
WTF is wrong you people goddammit.
It's almost like I'm looking at computer code meant to change the visual appearance of an NPC and their bedroom. There's something so incredibly inauthentic about those "aesthetics", but I'm at a loss to explain it. I guess it's just how "disposable" and meaningless that it feels, like it isn't even pretending to be some complex scene or lifestyle like even Hot Topic goths claimed, it's just something you change like your outfit.
It probably says something about how our society is like the rest of this thread.
Didn't they start existing because there were all these articles coming out about how bad traditional cubicles were, even though cubicles existed for a reason to begin with?
The idea of “following an aesthetic” is inherently insincere. The whole point of identity is that it’s something you are - not something you have to try to be. The very act of trying to be something inherently implies that you aren’t, because people who are don’t have to “try” at being something that’s second nature to them.
It really goes back to the whole consoomer vs. collector mindset: are you chasing an aesthetic because you genuinely like it? Or because you think it makes you look cool to others?
Didn't they start existing because there were all these articles coming out about how bad traditional cubicles were, even though cubicles existed for a reason to begin with?
Not only are you correct, but you're so correct that you've transcended time.
Behold! The glorious collaborative working environment of the Great Depression!
And the stunning efficiency of the 1950s!
It's almost like I'm looking at computer code meant to change the visual appearance of an NPC and their bedroom. There's something so incredibly inauthentic about those "aesthetics", but I'm at a loss to explain it. I guess it's just how "disposable" and meaningless that it feels, like it isn't even pretending to be some complex scene or lifestyle like even Hot Topic goths claimed, it's just something you change like your outfit.
It's easier to consoom next season's fast fashion line and Etsy/Wish trinkets to follow {new_trend} when you don't have to change much for it, i guess. As somebody pointed out in an earlier post *aesthetic* is a replacement for an actual personality these days.
It really goes back to the whole consoomer vs. collector mindset: are you chasing an aesthetic because you genuinely like it? Or because you think it makes you look cool to others?