I was good. I was great. I was busy moving freight. But I wanted to be funny, now the trucks will have to wait. I miss that icy freezer. I know that must sound odd, but now the smoke has cleared and my testicles have thawed. I used to pick up pallets and I used to lift them high. It used to lift my spirits up. I felt like I could fly....
That's Blake Porter, via this Metafilter post by CrunchyFrog.
I enjoyed that. It was sweet and quirky, and I felt for the guy (even though I also think employers do need some rules about making your own videos at work, especially if you're working with heavy equipment like forklifts).
But it also got me wondering about Metafilter. I remember years ago, it had hot debate about political and social issues, but now it seems that everyone has agreed amongst themselves only to talk about sweet little quirky things and to be really nice to each other. It's a gentle pleasant atmosphere, but what the hell happened? What sapped all the vigor out of the place? If you go over there now, you'll see a post about what Isaac Asimov wrote about "1984" in 1980, how Jhumpa Lahiri is finding "quivering energy" in the works of Thomas Hardy, the rescue of a sea turtle, a walk to see (hear?) a sound sculpture, a bird that has relearned an old birdsong, a cat in a library, what rock art might be saying about Tasmanian tigers, etc. etc.
Attempting to use Grok to explore my wonderment, I encountered the word "cozification." My search based on that word might have led me down various sweet quirky paths, but in the interest of keeping myself sharp and fast-moving, I decided to end this post with this screen shot (from Urban Dictionary) which I deem found art:
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I worked in a warehouse. The first full moon it turned into a house.
Other than the AutoTune, a good song!
According to him, AI took his graphic design job.
Geez. It's Sunday morning -- clean it up!
Meanwhile, out in California a disgruntled worker at a Kimberly-Clark warehouse protested his wages by setting fire to it contents — despite its sprinkler system the warehouse burned to the ground and it took 175 firefighters just to contain the blaze. His coworkers are out of a job, he’s looking at serious jail time, and Californians are looking at a probable toilet paper shortage.
Cockified Girlfriend Cozifies Wrong Cock With Christmas Lights At Warehouse Christmas Party In Cahuenga Leading To Cat Brawl And 5 Arrests, Police Say
Big Mike, I believe direct action of that nature would not full under "protected concerted activity" (Section 7) of the National Labor Relations Act, although under a Biden Administration we can't be sure.
What Cockification really looks like.
Attractive young woman demonstrates before thousands of onlookers.
Why Are Your Feets So Big?
A reprimand would have worked. Unless he had other issues. Firing seems harsh. What a nice guy!
As soon as I read "forklift" and "video" I knew the rest. Fire that schmuck.
Yeah - forklift and video do not mix.
We were told in the recent Fartwell flap that girls don't like dic pics.
I watched the first video too and saw the way he stroked the forklift lever and button. No wonder HR got involved.
So women can be "p-whipped" too? Different "p' though, unless they are lesbians.
Yea, all the girls I know suffer from cockification, that’s a real problem, annoys me a lot. It’s a lot of work.
I am sort of glad that this post, on a Sunday, didn't generate a lot of comments.
My own journey of cozification has led me to a profound realization: nothing exceeds the simple comfort and satisfaction of a soft blanket.
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