OT: The Avalounge (mod warning - No Politics)
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expatriatedtexan
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Tell them you can also fix their uniform designs, their catcher's drinking problem and the fact that their pitcher is trying to breath out of his wrong eyelid. The job will be yours.
JoeSakic13
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Nice! I hear they’re all the rage on the golf course.
expatriatedtexan
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Seriously though @The Moops, let us know how the interview went. Would be fascinating to learn about what that kind of work entails precisely.
It got delayed until tomorrow. I guess they are busy with spring training.
What's funny is that I interviewed with the Angels like 8-9 years ago when I wasn't quite far along enough to get the job. I'm worried I'm wasting my time with this one because they probably don't pay what I'm making now.
Pretty sure I missed the Goldilocks zone
expatriatedtexan
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Meh, at worst you'll have any interesting story about how you are somehow both too good and not good enough to work for the Angels.
Haha too bad this one isn't with the Angels! I always felt like that was the one job that got away
Interview went okay, they didn't seem to care all that much that I didn't know a ton about baseball
SirLoinOfCloth
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I didn't find it funny to smell that shit while I was mid squat. This dude is an animal.
klozge
Avs
I have a question maybe some of you native English speakers can help me with. I'm currently doing online marketing for a German company that develops and sells battery charging stations for e-bikes. Now some of the people there came up with a new slogan which goes like 'charge for the better'. It's based on 'change for the better' and is supposed to be about how innovative and eco-friendly our products are but to be honest, I see some potential problems. And this leads me to my question:
Imagine you read this slogan and you know it's about a charging station. Would you feel positively about it, understanding it's a wordplay based on the similar spelling of the words 'change' and 'charge' or would you get a negative feeling, rather thinking of someone demanding money (somebody charges someone for something) than of loading a battery?
I'd really appreciate to read your opinions. Thanks in advance!
Imagine you read this slogan and you know it's about a charging station. Would you feel positively about it, understanding it's a wordplay based on the similar spelling of the words 'change' and 'charge' or would you get a negative feeling, rather thinking of someone demanding money (somebody charges someone for something) than of loading a battery?
I'd really appreciate to read your opinions. Thanks in advance!
I can't speak for others, but when I first read it, I didn't even thing about getting charged for something. My first thought went to the military maneuver known as charge. So I interpreted it as, "Run straight ahead for the better".
UncleRisto
Not Great, Bob!
I'm not a native speaker, but this is how I read it as well. Now, to say whether that comes off as negative, no, it doesn't, but it also doesn't connect for me with the wordplay on change. As a result, it kind of just becomes a basic greenwash tagline. Which isn't bad, but also not really memorable or anything.
henchman21
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I took a (cheap) chance on my 9 wood selection and grabbed a Maltby Hyway 23*. Pretty similar in style of club to my current Cleveland Hywood. I took advantage of this nice day and got it out on the course... and this club might be the godsend I'm looking for. Off the tee I was getting a solid 220-225 without much rollout. Off the deck I was getting 210-215 and even with the greens as hard as rocks, bouncing one or twice and sticking. The club launched high, was easy to hit, and could even get a slight draw if I wanted to on it. As it warms up, I might get a few extra yards out of it (or may not with the ground getting softer). But absolutely love this club. Fits perfectly in my bag and will probably jettison a couple clubs so I can add another wedge.
klozge
Avs
Thank you! This is really helpful. I had completely forgotten about this possible interpretation. Hopefully I can convince the guys to find something better.
henchman21
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I think slogans are kinda non-sense, so I'm probably the wrong person to answer. As an EV driver I get the purpose and what it is saying. Charges doesn't have a military implication to me in that regard, but I already has a knowledge base of charging. That slogan would have absolutely zero to do if I used the station or not, nor would it make me feel like I was doing something better.
Ceremony
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I didn't think of any other interpretation until I read your concern about it.
If the slogan's being designed as a logo/wordmark rather than just text, you could always change the r in charge to look like an n but with a break in the right-hand part, so you can read it as both letters:
Although now that I'm thinking about it I'm just reading "cringe for the better" which isn't really helping.
Ceremony
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The Shermanator
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Yeah it's chill. Nothing to write home about but it's a nice bookend to MMOG.
Apparently the next album is going to be heavy again.
klozge
Avs
I actually suggested the r/n thing
SaltySkywalker
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JoeSakic13
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