Crap 'Buzzwords'

Windoor

Windoor™

ftfy

doordow?

"edc"

Early Draft Copy /Concept?

'everyday carry'

it's an apparently fascinating topic of conversation for people on the internet. they discuss and share photos of the things in their pockets - often, for reasons that defeat me, knives.

And guns!

we did this already

Ah. Thank you, not heard of that.

When people say they're 'based' somewhere as if they're some.international jet setter.

Just say live if that's what you mean.

I am happy to review and sign off once your BC is ready to be socialised.

I missed this. Amazing. Can you translate the 'domestics' bit?

Sadly, I don't think I can. The conference didn't get any better once I was there. Although a guy did piss on the karaoke machine in the terrible pub I was taken to by the 'locals', so it's not all bad.

a guy did piss on the karaoke machine in the terrible pub I was taken to

Amazing!

Corporate upper-middle management seasonal communication:

What are you thankful for in 2019?
What will people LOVE you for in 2020?
Post your answers to [internal social network] with the hashtag #LOVEyou

LOVE = Living Our Values Everyday apparently

vom

live love laugh

When people say they're 'based' somewhere as if they're some.international jet setter.

Yeah, but some people are international jet setters though..? Career, love life and family commitments can mean it's hard for some people to be exactly clear about where they live. I regularly meet such people at least, many of whom are pretty down to earth about it.

I think the phrase can be useful as we move away from asking people "where are you from?", which can have that slight tinge of xenophobia (depending on context).
Better ask "where did you grow up?" and then "where are you based now?"

I just say I'm a digital nomad.

(I don't really).

If they can't be clear and direct about where they live (that's fair enough) then how can they give a straight answer to where they're based? What's the difference?

I understand "based" to mean where you base whatever you do for a living.
A London based actor as opposed a Los Angeles based actor for example. Someone who spends half their life travelling in any case. And further to that they kind of live with their boyfriend in Paris and moreover never properly moved out their parents' house in Scotland.

You know loads of people like that?

why has everyone on here started adding "no?" to the end of sentences?

who says that in real life?

is a very euro no?

If they can't be clear and direct about where they live (that's fair enough) then how can they give a straight answer to where they're based? What's the difference?

I used to be "based" in San Francisco. I would stay at the company apartment there which was my official address in the US, it was the address on my bank statements and lots of other stuff. But I'd only stay there maybe a total of 10 weeks of the year, for the rest of the year I'd be visiting customers all round the US (and sometimes the world) and staying in hotels, or at one long term customer in Kansas where I had another apartment rented for me.

So, whilst I was living in Kansas for more than half the year I'd say I was based in SF. If that contract had dried up and I moved back to SF for the majority of the time and someone asked me where I was "based" I'd say "I live here in SF".

alright you get a pass