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A compelling narrative detailing a woman's experience working in a role analogous to a call center environment.

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Escape Pod 717: Listening

At exactly nine in the morning, Karen tapped the green box on her tablet screen and said, “Hello, my name is Karen. I’m listening.” After a pause, a young woman said, “I’ve never done this before.”…

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[The_Doc_Man]

The "teacher" video is perfectly understandable to anyone who has seen "social justice warriors" in action. And most of them are exactly that stupid. I wonder if she got the money with all those cameras running.

It reminds me of the old joke of the manager who calls in three employee candidates (for different jobs) to see how they will answer questions. In each case he asks "How much is 2+2?"

The engineering candidate pulls out his calculator, clicks a few keys, and says "2+2 = 3.9999995 plus or minus 0.00000005"
The programming candidate says "I don't know but if you let me have two junior coders and a week, I'll whip up a program to answer that."
The marketing candidate says, "What would you like it to be?"

 

[Deleted member 147267]

Isn't that Ducky's right hand man, Palmer?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Yes. Brian Dietzen is the actor's name. Interesting that I have just identified another NCIS fan. My wife an I enjoy the NCIS and NCIS:NO shows. Part of it is that we have an agreement. She can ogle all she wants through the screen (as can I) but when it comes to cuddling, it is only the two of us. So we sit down, snuggle, and watch TV on Tuesday nights when our grandson isn't with us. We record the episodes for those times when we have to time-shift. She gets to ogle Mark Harmon. I get to ogle women of the show.

 

[Deleted member 147267]

Not sure I was ever a great fan but will say it's the best of the NCIS bunch. However, the LV and LA versions make me laugh at their absurdity. Hope that doesn't offend you, but it does bug my wife for sure. She gets annoyed even more when I laugh at "Minimal Minds" (my name for Criminal Minds) and McGiveMeABreakGyver. Just the other night, the wiz kid mananged to assist a small plane to land on top of the cab of a tanker truck by coiling up some wire and creating enough magnetic force (with a lawn mower sized battery no less) to anchor the plane to the truck as it descended. Not sure which is most laughable - the battery & wire thing, or the fact that the plane is (99.8% sure) made of aluminum. I find that more ridiculous than tires squealing on the beach sand or how every car that goes over a cliff seems to have 20 pounds of C4 in it.

 

[jdraw]

Also like NCIS. Not a fan of the other versions.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I can't get into NCIS:LA. Good cast but story lines are too far out there. Having worked with the Navy enough to know a few NCIS guys and gals, I can say that the LA version just strains credulity too far. The NO version is sort of a guilty pleasure because I live in New Orleans and it tickles me to see how many location shots they actually have. Every now and then I will be able to say, "Oh, look - I've been there!"

 

[Deleted member 147267]

I liked it. I suppose the moral of the story is that there's someone out there for you no matter who you are.
Or is it, listen to your parents when they tell you stuff like "if you keep making that face, you'll be stuck with it!" ?

 

[Deleted member 147267]

Well, that was a weird ending...
Very well done though.

 

[Deleted member 147267]

An interesting vid but the title is somewhat misleading. Ford didn't invent the V8, nor did he manufacture the first ones. They were in use in 1905 in French production, albeit that might not have been for automobiles. I suppose he can be given credit for figuring out how to mass produce it though.

 

[ColinEssex]

I was flicking through the telly the other day, and came across a programme I've never seen before. It is called The Simpsons. It was really wierd, there are these yellow skinned people who obviously have a major liver problem given their colour. The wife has blue hair piled high on her head, and the man just eats a lot of doughnuts. The people in it seem to be deformed, maybe it's funny to laugh at disabled people in the USA. There are some children dotted about, but I can't see what their role is. I really think they need to change their hairdresser as whoever does it is a total idiot.
I didn't watch it all as I couldn't work out what the point of it was. It wasn't funny, so obviously not a comedy, and the story appeared vague. I came to the conclusion that this programme is appealing in some way to Americans, but am unclear if it is popular in the UK.
Very strange. Oh, one more thing, the mans voice seems the same as Cliff the postman in 'Cheers'.
Col

 

[NauticalGent]

Never did understand why it was so popular. It was in it's prime when I was in my mid-twenties so I was the intended audience, but I thought it was just plain stupid...

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Though it is USA-based and is, in fact, quite popular here, I don't care for the style of humor either. I am definitely not a fan. It has been running here for over 20 years. It is intended as satirical but to me it comes across as just dumb. On the other hand, we have a quote from P.T. Barnum to the effect that (paraphrased) no one ever went broke by underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

The Simpsons - Wikipedia

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What saddens me is that the U.K. must be having the same level of entertainment drought as we currently have in the U.S.A. We are seeing re-runs of old golf tournaments and "marathon" re-runs of old TV series. We get old sports - you get Simpsons re-runs. Ghastly.

 

[ColinEssex]

Yes, The Simpsons if I remember was on Virgin (cable) telly, not normal telly.
Plus, we are getting reruns of old football (soccer) matches, lots of films - B rated though. Today, they are starting a rerun of Downton Abbey from the start, so that's good.
I'm glad most people here think The Simpsons is strange, I thought it was just me as I'm old.
Anyway, the sun is shining, and it's not windy so I'm off to sit in my garden and have a nice cup of tea.
Col

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I'm just waiting in breathless anticipation of the international Curling events. And maybe, if I'm lucky, we'll see some tiddlywinks tournaments.

 

[Deleted member 147267]

Or better yet - darts.

 

[AccessBlaster]

Very funny.

 

[Mike Krailo]

May I have my mind enhancing device please?

 

[NauticalGent]

Have you watched The Queens Gambit?

 

[NauticalGent]

MINDHUNTER - https://www.netflix.com/search?q=mind&jbv=80114855

Was really good too. The filming was done in a style I particularly like black and whiteish, slowish --- just perfect!

Sir, yes sir! I watched that one too. I really need to get out more...