Thanks to Glenn. No, really, thanks to Glenn. This Have Your Say reform has hit us all hard here, and it’s good to be reminded of the power of change to generate pompous, wounded stupidity.
When the leader is in charge of ‘Have your Say’ and makes a total mess of ‘updating’ it so that it loses it’s point and it’s appeal – without consulting any of the contributors.
OK, so not the worst bullying I’ve ever suffered but my feelings are definitely hurt. No recommendations? How am I supposed to feel heard? Is anybody out there?
Chris Jones, Rickmansworth, United Kingdom
It’s always hard losing something you love. Chris Jones may have a little void in his heart where the ‘recommend’ button used to be, but it will heal with time. Until then, we’ll find him standing, dejected-looking, in the bread aisle at Sainsbury’s, poking wistfully at a pack of white English muffins.
30 Responses to “The End of an Era”
There we have it. Proof positive that the tin foil hat wearers have been right all along, there is a mythical ‘THEM’, and they have a leader, and their plan for global domination starts with the removal of the recommendation button.Why oh why did we not listen to them?
It really is the end of an era. Silent Koala is leaving the blogosphere.
The same way you always do. By cover of darkness, equipped with thermal goggles you filthy udder stroker.
Don’t worry, I’ve got my coat. I’m off outside to simultaneously dance a jig of joy and weep uncontrollably for the Silent Koala.
Oops! I accidently cropped that quote in a way that makes Chris Jones look like an idiot. The shame of it.
Feel free to add a “How am” to the quote and let Chris convince you of his idiocy all by himself.
Poor Chris – he tried so hard, and was building up to getting a Recommendation that wasn’t from one of his socks. Now he will never experience the joy of being acknowledged and respected by an anonymous person on the internet. How disheartening it would be for him if only he knew that he receives less approbation than the Twat-o-Tron.
We should start a support group for distressed and unacknowledged HYSers.
For me – the dumbass filters in use at my place of work will allow me to read, but not comment on SK’s blog, so I’m weeping alone till I get home. I shall now have to find another blog to ping-pong with SYB in those desperate hours when my time is being paid for. I just hope that SK introduces matrix management into his company’s Operating Model, and elects to nominate himself as the pilot for the programme, with him managing TB remotely. Such larks – such larks.
Fuck – my HR role is starting to find its way into my blog comments – I’d better have myself disciplined.
I now have an image of a small man in a cagoule knobbing a muffin a la American Pie. Wistful? Fistful.
on works time Random Punter?, oooeeer missus
I suppose “the leader” does have a track record for unpopular IT projects, but I thought he already got hanged by telly.
Regarding the Sainsburys’ aisle incident,it could be worse – what if they were cheesy muffins…
Sorry for being off topic here, but from the HYS on making commuting easier.
Could this be called subliminal racism? I just loved the ‘It’s really not that hard to spot them’ line.
It’s not that hard to spot them really as they are the ones who are not as white as the indigenous Rogerborg.
For some reason I find this a credible assertion.
Absolutely – his mum gave him wedgies and the dog stuck its cock in his ear.
Just imagine going to a GP with a severe and raging case of dog cock ear.
SK’s joy is our loss, but let us not be sad. Be glad, for he may well end up a happier fellow. He will be subject to less idiocy, certainly. Now all he has to do is work out why he has two vulvas…
Sorry totally off topic but here’s one of the oddest crowbarrings of an unrelated point I’ve ever seen, from a story on the cancellation of this year’s cheese rolling:
“brooklyn says:
March 12, 2010 at 2:04 PM
200 years out the window?
Maybe they really didn’t want an event which mimics the manner of the Democratic Party’s concept of governing in such a complete way?
Nancy, Harry, Barack, Hillary, etc., all look like they are rolling after cheese down a hill.”
Chris: “Doctor, there is something wrong with my ear”
Doctor: “Hmmm, you appear to be suffering from a nasty case of raging dog cock ear.”
Chris: “But what could have caused that?”
Doctor: “Usually this follows directly from losing a ‘recommend’ button, perhaps on a licence payer funded web site that is used by twats to give the World their ill-informed opinions. It’s all about not being heard you see.”
Chris: “Damn you Gordon Clown! Damn you to Hell!”
& “therein” lies the problem “methinks”. If the poor chap has been wondering round with a dogs schlong in his ear from an early age then he most likely can’t hear himself, ” ergo” no one can hear him.
You know how it is. You go in for a loaf of a bread and a couple of pints of milk, and then Tesco just suddenly starts screaming Daily Mail talking points at you. Probably some sort of Jewish-IRA conspiracy run by Benazir Bhutto.
14% of the Prison Population are not British nationals.
16% of British prisoners are non-white.
So nearly a third of UK prisoners are non-white.
Baildon
I was forgetting for a minute there that not being a British national makes you non-white. I wonder who’s going to tell America that they’re all black?
I will leave that job up to Chief Sitting Bull
In case anyone was wondering, Chris’s post got 2 whole recommendations. So sad that he will never be heard so much again.
Sadly Chris, I am out here and can hear you, but on the plus side, you and your ilk provide SYB with hours of mirth and merriment, so please keep up your impotent bleatings on HYS, or I shall have to actually do some work.
I think it’s more like actual racism. “It’s not hard to spot them” is usually found living in the same environments as “They’re taking our jobs”, “Britain’s full”, “indigenous British (not English) white people”, “Them darkies are good runners, I’ll give them that”, and “Them fucking Pakis next door with the fucking kids and the fucking bangy-rar music”.
In a sense, although sadly not the properly technical legal one, I am soon to be “A Dirty Immigrant, Comin’ Over Here, Taking Our Jobs”.
I find this immensely pleasing.
@Massive Propagating Bee Extinction, you forgot the classic “I don’t mind the sambo’s though, they have got good rhythm”
a la Love thy Neighbour
You’ll be alright SK, as long as you have a bath first.
Official: treatment for Dog Cock Ear found!
“Now, be honest son. If it’s wax we can syringe it. If it’s Schnauzer semen we’ll have to get Rolf Harris in…”
I wish we had some of those at my place of work.
I think you’ve got a superfluous ‘o’ in there.
Regarding Baildon’s logic: Even if he is right, then that means that White Indigernous Ingerlish types make up 70% of the prison population, and should therefore be stopped and searched a lot more than the Forrins.