General Discussion Thread

[Iceea]

Does anybody know what the music is playing during the short promo video?????????????????

[Lenny]

Repealing of Net Neutrality in the US \o/ Haven't seen this pop up yet here, though it's finally actually becoming a thing all over the internet now due to the actual announcement of the date of the vote. If you're in the US and you haven't heard about this, you probably should look it up: https://www.battleforthenet.com/ (yes, it's happening again. Like clockwork, yay u___u)

[Róisín]

Lenny, thanks for putting up that information. The internet has enough problems without being taxed, restricted and over-censored. What next? Air?

[Basse]

Does anybody know what the music is playing during the short promo video?????????????????

It's "Where" by Little Clubthing, it's taken from the middle of the song.
https://soundcloud.com/little-clubthing/where

Spoiler: show

It starts at 1:32

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[GunmanRex]

With how much money the kickstarter has raised in such a short time, I truly wonder just how successful a possible patreon for Minna would be if Finnish law wasn't so weird about it.

[MR_PLINKETT]

Happy thanksgiving minnions.

[Róisín]

And to you, and good wishes for the harvest and the coming winter.

[Iceea]

It's "Where" by Little Clubthing, it's taken from the middle of the song.
https://soundcloud.com/little-clubthing/where

Spoiler: show

It starts at 1:32

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Basse, thank you very much for that. I'll have to see what else they have.

[Mélusine]

I won’t put that in the comfort corner because I am more blasée that sad, but today when I arrived at the home I work, the mother had an appointment with two ladies (about selling the flat). I have two babies, I try to have them quiet and begins to feed them. A few minutes after, the ladies go. Not a look, not a word for me in the corridor with baby G. waving and saying goodbye at this moment. (Nothing for her either.) Ladies and gentlemen, I met people considering me as a piece of furniture due to my job.

[wavewright62]

I won’t put that in the comfort corner because I am more blasée that sad, but today when I arrived at the home I work, the mother had an appointment with two ladies (about selling the flat). I have two babies, I try to have them quiet and begins to feed them. A few minutes after, the ladies go. Not a look, not a word for me in the corridor with baby G. waving and saying goodbye at this moment. (Nothing for her either.) Ladies and gentlemen, I met people considering me as a piece of furniture due to my job.

I'm sorry that was so stressful for you.  Looking after small children is stressful enough without trying to be oh-so-clean and quiet and aesthetic as well.  But don't take it personally, it's not about you or the nature of your job, because from the buyer's POV, you need to keep a poker face on the whole time you're in the property.  You must appear neutral, because if you're too gushy or animated about it, the seller may try to take advantage of you (some go further and disparage everything while they're there, to give leverage for bargaining down later)(and bleargh to them).  Once safely away, the ladies may have relaxed and gushed about the flat and the sweet children and lovely nanny to one another.   

[Sc0ut]

I disagree. I don't think that a simple greeting to the nanny and children counts as "gushing" or impacts the house deal in any way. So we're supposed to give up on basic civility when it MIGHT paint us as soft and worthy to be taken advantage of? Really? No. Greet the people who are in a private place you enter, there's no good excuse not to. It can happen under stress and such, but doing it deliberately is not good in my books.
Mélusine, I'm sorry this happened to you, it's in really bad taste.

[Róisín]

I agree with Sc0ut. Basic courtesy is never out of place. *hugs Mélusine and waves to baby*

[Mélusine]

They seemed to be that kind of person having a lot of contempt for the ones not at their level (of Parisian way of life with a loooooot of money : no metro, are you mad ? And going outside of the city, why ?) If I'm a nanny, I'm obviously someone not clever enough to have a better job and better pay, right ? How could we talk to these inferior persons ? Do they only deserve it ?
I'm not mad for me. I won't change them and will never see them again anyway. I'm more mad for the babies. They're learning how to be with other persons, and G. waves a lot, says "Coucou !" to unknown persons in common transports, has her way to say goodbye too and is never as much happy than when someone smiles back to her, waves, says hi. (Róisín, she would totally answer to you !) She was doing something nice, the right thing to do. And the ladies answer (lack of answer) is just wrong.
And yes : this kind of person still exists, even if I'm not in the richest area. Oh, wait, they would probably never employ someone wearing jeans to take care of their children, it wouldn't look good enough

[Róisín]

One of the babies whose parents are customers at the market always waves to me, and I wave back. He makes noises and is obviously very happy that I understand he is trying to speak, and I will make some answer back, or sing a note or whistle a birdcall to him. He likes that, laughs and kicks his feet and tries to whistle too. It's really sweet.

[viola]

Because every time someone falls in the ice and snow, it is undoubtedly the queen's fault XD

Now I wanna know who fell while ice skating and tried to sue the queen.