i haven't read this thread, so here is my pointless opinion

7/28/2010 9:00:54 PM

For those who haven't read the previous 3 pages. The recap is this:

God is a tool who plagiarizes and he is being called the fuck out on it.

7/28/2010 9:02:08 PM

^^welcome to the internet

7/28/2010 9:04:35 PM

I like this thread.

It amuses me.

7/28/2010 9:04:38 PM

the thread really did take a turn for the lulz on page 3

GG Ernie

7/28/2010 9:05:35 PM

i'll tell you guys what

on that first video of God, that he took down, then was reposted...at the 2 minute mark

that Mr. Pibb in the fountain machine looked delicious

7/28/2010 9:09:49 PM

call it whatever you want

everybody copy n pastes

but in most instances there's no way a reasonable person would conclude that it's original content

like when someone posts a youtube video, i don't assume they recorded it

when someone posts song lyrics, i don't assume they wrote them

but when someone responds to a political debate with a couple of paragraphs of unquoted text, i assume the thoughts are their own

douchey on the internet or anywhere else

7/28/2010 9:12:49 PM

^

7/28/2010 9:14:22 PM

7/28/2010 9:15:04 PM

does that guy get punched

7/28/2010 9:15:21 PM

Damn! You browse TWW for something entertaining this morning, you leave for an afternoon and come back to this gem.

God if you're hovering about, don't worry your little heart. You haven't been voted off the island, you're just in time out.

I'm sure you'll be back in a few days mucking up perfectly good threads in no time.

7/28/2010 9:20:13 PM

I haven't been here very long but it was fairly immediately obvious that this guy is a poster boy for all things inept and just generally douchey. His posts remind me of my boyfriend...from the 10th grade. All full of know-it-all bluster without any clue to just how stupid and lame he looked. That boyfriend used to brag about knowing how to please a woman and was plain terrible at it. I can picture God being that guy.

7/28/2010 9:23:26 PM

alias

7/28/2010 9:24:05 PM

rofl

wikilectuals

i think i might have just coined that term, btw. i doubt it. gotta google "wikilectual". probly been done a million times
if not: score

7/28/2010 9:26:57 PM

^^^



http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wikilectual&defid=4985823

[Edited on July 28, 2010 at 9:29 PM. Reason : .]

7/28/2010 9:28:54 PM

lol

7/28/2010 9:29:09 PM

:-/

7/28/2010 9:29:58 PM

Hey, let's all point at Fermat, laugh at him, and give him gentle yet antagonizing tugs on his foreskin!

7/28/2010 9:32:43 PM

argh

[Edited on July 28, 2010 at 10:07 PM. Reason : ah well. it is lost.]

7/28/2010 10:07:19 PM

I realize this thread is about plagiarizing....which I do not. Hear me out, maybe I can offer some insight.

I am in outside sales, which is currently salary+commission, but will move into straight commission starting at the beginning of July 2010. I have been in this position since July 2009. I have competition from several direct manufacturing sales reps, large distributors, and local distributors. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of each:

Direct Advantages: Immediate knowledge of new technology, no middle man mark up, one shipping bill (paid by manufacturer or buyer of goods), access to larger range of non-commodity items, control inventory, have access to many distributors that can effectively sell their goods which increases market share, and set prices of commodity they manufacture.

Direct disadvantages: Typically have 1-3 sales reps per region (i.e. southeast, mid-atlantic, northeast, etc.) limiting the number of accounts they can successfully manage/cold-call, lack physical customer service or physical technical service available to or affordable for smaller users or altogether, are sometimes not trustworthy because they will go in behind their distributors that sell their commodity to one account in large quantities (i.e. they missed a big account, and have found out about it through a distributor selling their particular product) which leads to the distributor not selling their product anymore, have too many distributors selling the product ultimately driving the set price down through deviations, possibly rely on distributors to actually sell the product, and competition from other direct sources.

Large distributor advantages: have access to other commodities that go hand in hand with other manufacturers (poor example- grocery stores sell milk as well as cereal), get direct pricing, many locations regionally or nationally easing the shipping burden of buyers with multiple locations, personal service either customer or technical, many sales reps that are able to cover a broader territory, access to multiple manufacturers of the same commodity allowing to keep prices in check, service programs that smaller companies can't offer and direct providers can't match in price or value, and experts of many many commodities as opposed to one or a few.

Large distributor disadvantages: smaller local distributors creating price wars (think Michael Scott Paper Co vs Dunder-Mifflin), direct mfg's going in behind and stealing business, limited access to all of the mfg's (you won't find Harris Teeter name brands in Food Lion and visa versa), can't truly set prices because it's based on both supply and demand, territory management, and tough growth prospects in slower economies (this is true for direct as well really)

Local distributor advantages: Typically a good ol' boy setting where the seller and the buyer know each other for years (this does happen at all levels, but mostly at the local level), local folks are right down the street and can be used in emergencies, if the local guy buys at high enough volumes then there is no shipping charge to the end user, and access to both direct mfg's and large distributors.

Local distributor disadvantages: easily beaten in price, array of commodities, array of technology, lack of trained staff, low cash flow, etc etc etc.

This is what I have noticed in my six months, I am sure there are plenty more that need mentioning. The way I am setting myself apart as a sales person is this: I go after the big accounts right now while I am new. The big accounts, if I land them, will take care of me while I am new and building a customer base. The money made off of those allows me to focus free time on smaller accounts that get me higher margins. I build up big accounts, I would like to have 5-10 of these, then get 20-30 medium accounts. If I lose 1 or 2 big accounts, the 20-30 medium accounts keep me afloat while I go after new big accounts. I don't really waste time on small accounts simply because they basically pay for breakfast or something really small.

I will say this, if you can't get a big account in the first 6-8 months (assuming you have cash flow that you can ride this long) you could be in a world of trouble. If you can get one, it will really make going after the others a lot more enjoyable and less stressful. It's simply just very exhausting wasting any time on anything other than big accounts in the very beginning. You work just as hard on the medium sized accounts and see 1/3 to 1/36 of the money in my situation.

If you have any other questions, you can PM me. I hope this helps in the slightest!

7/28/2010 10:12:21 PM

sales meme threadkiller

7/28/2010 11:20:24 PM

Quote :

"Currently Online? : Yes"

7/28/2010 11:20:40 PM

Quote :

"Pearl Jam - In Hiding"

7/28/2010 11:22:24 PM

I shut and lock the front door
No way in or out
I turned and walked the hallway, and pulled the curtains down
I defriended EMCE on facebook

7/28/2010 11:24:27 PM

I stayed where my last step left me.
Ignored all my rounds
Soon I was seeing visions and cracks along the walls.
Oh. I deleted that shit from YouTube. Oh. Oh

7/28/2010 11:25:47 PM

I swallow my words to keep from lying
I swallow my face just to keep from biting. I, I...
I swallowed my breath and went deep, I was diving. Diving.
I surfaced after two or three days of lurking

7/28/2010 11:28:34 PM

I just shot Strawberry lime crystal light out of my nose.

7/28/2010 11:29:47 PM

http://mattgronke.com/

7/29/2010 12:14:56 AM

ok that Armored review was pretty entertaining

7/29/2010 12:18:09 AM

This might be my most favorite thread ever, at this rate.

7/29/2010 12:49:24 AM

Quote :

"As a film critic for many years, I will apply my knowledge and expertise to critique Nimrod Antal’s latest film, Armored. I have low expectations for the film, as it appears to be nothing but a mediocre heist piece for the plebeian masses. However, I will judge the film fairly. I am attending a small get-together beforehand, a rather boring party being held by some of my acquaintances. They tell me it will be, as they say, “a good time,” but really, I’d rather be at home listening to NPR."

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/USI

7/29/2010 12:57:33 AM

I dunno that paragraph seems largely sarcastic rather than filled with usi

7/29/2010 1:29:58 AM

your skepticism sucks

7/29/2010 1:40:36 AM

but i could be wrong

7/29/2010 1:42:31 AM

USI=NPR

7/29/2010 1:53:54 AM

Quote :

"itt thread Shadowrunner spoke for the masses having known very little about Shadowrunner prior to this, I now consider him a very cool guy gold stars all around"

also, this seems to be the only worthwhile thread in Chit Chat

7/29/2010 2:24:02 AM

7/29/2010 2:27:59 AM

[Edited on July 29, 2010 at 3:23 AM. Reason : X]

7/29/2010 3:18:38 AM

good times in here

7/29/2010 8:29:08 AM

good morning wonderful thread

7/29/2010 9:43:08 AM

This thread is the best proof yet that TWW is pretty much boring as shit. I think the call out was fine and deserved, but the number of people dog piling on is hilarious to me. Proof that you people dont have anything else to talk about.

7/29/2010 10:06:59 AM

Well what the fuck would you like to talk about Terd?

7/29/2010 10:23:52 AM

Your tangentially related God quote of the day:

message_topic.aspx?topic=599157&page=1#14166066

Quote :

"I sound pretentious too often, because I spend a lot of time reading random Wikipedia articles and becoming informed about a lot of things. This leads me to offer up a "kind correction" on nearly every topic discussed."

7/29/2010 11:00:49 AM

^^how amazing I am

7/29/2010 11:22:42 AM

^^ If this guy was a troll he'd be the best. But he's not.

7/29/2010 11:29:54 AM

^^^Whoa and he's not even a philosophy major.

This man is clearly enlightened.

7/29/2010 11:38:13 AM

So God is a wikilectual now?? Lol this is getting better and better.

7/29/2010 12:12:10 PM

more than 24 hours in hiding

he's got to be plotting his return

7/29/2010 12:47:22 PM

I've been reading his film review website.

Some contrived opinions and bad choices of films but to be fair he's really not bad compared to the vast majority of amateur film critics out there who just fuck things up so hard. He's got a decent, standard website and his opinions don't make me want to stab myself in the face.

I mean he's still a hardcore douche bag but just sayin'.

7/29/2010 12:53:52 PM

He sent me a message saying he'd see me at ruckus, and that I should be prepared to defend the comments I've made about him. I'm stoked.

7/29/2010 12:58:25 PM