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[keratosis]

Originally Posted by fotze2

That is not glorious.

Can you buy those pork balls you can get in pho? I just love those and that spongey texture. Those would be awesome in ramen with some hoisin.

It appears that you can.
https://www.realcanadiansuperstore.c.../p/21623115_EA

[Sainters7]

Ice-breaker activities during meetings, at least 98% of them. I've had a rare decent one, but it's usually cringe-worthy.

They had us in a circle passing around a ball to music. Whoever held it when the music stopped had to say what leadership means to them. On one round, a very shy woman in our office ended up with it, she looked like she wanted to die.

After several rounds of that, they doubled down on it and made us do it again, this time saying what you're thankful for. Just turned into employer arse-kissing, "I'm thankful for such great co-workers/employer", etc etc. Felt so fake.

Like what was the point of that? The majority of people clearly hated it; basically played hot potato with the ball, mortified the music would stop on them lol.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by keratosis

It appears that you can.
https://www.realcanadiansuperstore.c.../p/21623115_EA

Those don’t look the same. That just looks like whitey meatballs, I want the funk balls that are perfectly spherical.

[BigThief]

They're fish balls not pork, aren't they?

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by BigThief

They're fish balls not pork, aren't they?

I don’t think so, I can’t imagine liking fish balls.

[Wormius]

It’s all at T&T.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by BigThief

Eggs are so f'n versatile. Love a good simple dinner of rice, green onion, couple fried eggs some hot sauce and bonus if you have a sausage to cut up on the side. Taiwan Spicy Pork Sausage are amazing. I'm disgusted at the simplicity and lack of culture from Coach.

I mean, it's a tongue-in-cheek joke.

I actually don't eat a ton of eggs in general.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by fotze2

I don’t think so, I can’t imagine liking fish balls.

Do they look like this?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by BigThief

Do they look like this?

Hrmm, click a link asking to verify the looks of BigThief's balls?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Ice-breaker activities during meetings, at least 98% of them. I've had a rare decent one, but it's usually cringe-worthy.

They had us in a circle passing around a ball to music. Whoever held it when the music stopped had to say what leadership means to them. On one round, a very shy woman in our office ended up with it, she looked like she wanted to die.

After several rounds of that, they doubled down on it and made us do it again, this time saying what you're thankful for. Just turned into employer arse-kissing, "I'm thankful for such great co-workers/employer", etc etc. Felt so fake.

Like what was the point of that? The majority of people clearly hated it; basically played hot potato with the ball, mortified the music would stop on them lol.

What the hell? How old are you?

If that were me some clown would be needing to that ball surgically removed.

[Sainters7]

Given most of our bosses, including our VP was there, apparently they think we're 5. It was actually a couple young interns' idea, for some leadership thing they had to do. I can tell afterwards they actually felt they had nailed the assignment too.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by troutman

Eggs for dinner is weird. And gross.

I got an air fryer for Xmas and make fries a lot. Pretty good.

Eggs aren’t weird. Your pants are weird.

[woob]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Given most of our bosses, including our VP was there, apparently they think we're 5. It was actually a couple young interns' idea, for some leadership thing they had to do. I can tell afterwards they actually felt they had nailed the assignment too.

If the music was 70s disco groovy then it sound like you were in Severance.

[PepsiFree]

Probably the worst driving I’ve ever experienced today. Highway 1 west was packed in the left lane and totally loose in the right. Lots of slamming on brakes, even stopping at times, yet no construction or anything else that should cause people to stop.

Had a couple dick compensators in a porsche and lambo on 1A passing on solids and cutting it close on people.

Crazy how fast driver ability has cratered here.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Probably the worst driving I’ve ever experienced today. Highway 1 west was packed in the left lane and totally loose in the right. Lots of slamming on brakes, even stopping at times, yet no construction or anything else that should cause people to stop.

Had a couple dick compensators in a porsche and lambo on 1A passing on solids and cutting it close on people.

Crazy how fast driver ability has cratered here.

It’s always one driver causing all of this. I guarantee at the very front it is some struggler tapping their brakes for every turn or just in Sunday driving mode.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Ice-breaker activities during meetings, at least 98% of them. I've had a rare decent one, but it's usually cringe-worthy.

They had us in a circle passing around a ball to music. Whoever held it when the music stopped had to say what leadership means to them. On one round, a very shy woman in our office ended up with it, she looked like she wanted to die.

After several rounds of that, they doubled down on it and made us do it again, this time saying what you're thankful for. Just turned into employer arse-kissing, "I'm thankful for such great co-workers/employer", etc etc. Felt so fake.

Like what was the point of that? The majority of people clearly hated it; basically played hot potato with the ball, mortified the music would stop on them lol.

Jesus Christ I would have got up and quit right then and there.

[Wormius]

There is this very irritating push lately by managers to shoehorn AI into everything. No doubt because of Google’s recent AI conference, but damn, it isn’t for everything.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by fotze2

That is not glorious.

Can you buy those pork balls you can get in pho? I just love those and that spongey texture. Those would be awesome in ramen with some hoisin.

They're pork meatballs that don't have a coarse texture, right? Asian grocery stores, T&T. Try the frozen section, it's also often an ingredient for hot pot. Spongey texture wise, there's fish cakes and beef balls that also have that similar texture that is often used in soups. Ask an employee about meatballs for hot pot/pork meatballs and they should be able to point you in the direction of it.

Seriously speaking, beyond soups, they're also awesome roasted over the fire, especially fish balls and cuttlefish balls. I'd rather that any day over S'mores.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Ice-breaker activities during meetings, at least 98% of them. I've had a rare decent one, but it's usually cringe-worthy.

They had us in a circle passing around a ball to music. Whoever held it when the music stopped had to say what leadership means to them. On one round, a very shy woman in our office ended up with it, she looked like she wanted to die.

After several rounds of that, they doubled down on it and made us do it again, this time saying what you're thankful for. Just turned into employer arse-kissing, "I'm thankful for such great co-workers/employer", etc etc. Felt so fake.

Like what was the point of that? The majority of people clearly hated it; basically played hot potato with the ball, mortified the music would stop on them lol.

Good god, that ####ing blows.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Wormius

There is this very irritating push lately by managers to shoehorn AI into everything. No doubt because of Google’s recent AI conference, but damn, it isn’t for everything.

I read once that AI is automatic plagiarism software. I've used that phrase ever since.

No one else has any ideas, so they just copy the same thing and slap it into all software.

I remember the era of bloatware and memory leaks... AI is already starting to replicate that all over again.