MattJimF Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Someone I went to school with seems to have to prove to everyone she is going to the gym by taking an snap of herself in her gym gear, so we all believe that she's going to the gym. Instagram has alot to answer for. I believe it was originally coined to take pictures of gluttonous food you're about to eat, or members of the general public being embarrassingly abhorrent, which you take without their consent and share it with your mates. But now, everyday, it's pictorial reminders of what someones face looks like. "I'm going to the gym, so here I am, in gym clobber, preparing to gym". "Now I'm driving home. here's the view I have, it's a motorway, look". "Now I'm about to have a bath. Here's a picture of the bath, with some water in it. I am about to get in". Just disconnect, for one day, you boring shit. It would be 1000 times better if they took a pic of themselves about to get into the bath. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 While we're on the gym: Anyone who correlates a day of the week with a part of the body is a wank. "Wednesday's chest day, Thursday's leg day" etc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 While we're on the gym: Anyone who correlates a day of the week with a part of the body is a wank. "Wednesday's chest day, Thursday's leg day" etcThe amount of times I've seen that badly edited photo of someone with huge arms and tiny legs with the caption "Don't let your mate skip leg day".Agonising banter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 The gym is such a wank topic. You lift the heavy thing, you run on the spot. I really hate gyms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Friday is boobs day. Amirite, ladz? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I had a CV from a girl today who listed one of her hobbies as "Ferrets". No further explanation. Just one word. Ferrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I had a CV from a girl today who listed one of her hobbies as "Ferrets". No further explanation. Just one word. Ferrets.Why is that a pet hate? I'd hire her. No interview. Pet Hate: My dog knows to go outside to poop but not to pee yet. Fuck sake. Piss ahwhy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 How much is excessive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 There's no such thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 There's no such thing. The friction burn on my helmet defies that logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I do occasionally look them up on Facebook so I can perv on their duckface profile photos while I'm on the phone to them as well. I wonder how many employers actually do that. Why do people put so much info online these days anyway? I bet just their profile photos swayed you into not interviewing them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Not being able to find a bassist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I understand that prospective employers feel dead cunning and tech savvy looking somebody up on facebook and casting aside all achievement based on their social lives, but I don't think it's really cricket. It's like the inverse hiring-a-girl-just-because-they're-really-hot. Of course you can pretend you're just looking for poor typing skills, but I know I'd be swayed on some level by questionable political views or puffy face nightclub photographs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 (edited) So many people could just change the privacy settings on their Facebook pages, i.e. set everything to 'friends only', but don't bother to. I don't understand. To be fair I'd be the same if I was hiring someone though I'm not sure I would really want to look them up in the first place... Seems like it saves time on the other hand. Edited April 26, 2013 by Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 The friction burn on my helmet defies that logic.Haha, that's just over exuberant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 By putting anything online you basically enter a contract that means anyone and everyone can look at your shit. Whether you set it to private or are too stupid to change the settings, when you post something it's 'out there'. I don't think it should be policy to snoop on someone's facebook before hiring but I dont see anything wrong with it. Don't like it? Don't put anything potentially damaging online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 By putting anything online you basically enter a contract that means anyone and everyone can look at your shit. Whether you set it to private or are too stupid to change the settings, when you post something it's 'out there'. I don't think it should be policy to snoop on someone's facebook before hiring but I dont see anything wrong with it. Don't like it? Don't put anything potentially damaging online. But what if you put next to no info out there, have the rest of it private and they judge you purely on the way you look? Is it fair, d'you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Is what fair? the fact you are being judged on looks? or the fact someone is looking at your profile picture? If someone looks at your profile picture and makes a judgement on whether to give you a job or not, unless you are posing with mein kampf on a pile of dead babies, that's pretty shallow behavior and isn't 'fair'. As it would be in real life (i.e. the old joke about two women in for an interview... *insert rest of joke here*... who do you give the job to?, the one with the biggest tits). Snooping on someone's online persona? I've absolutely no problem with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I meant the fact you are being judged on looks - obviously if you've put the pic out there anyone is allowed to look at it. So this means if you're an uglyugly with small boobs you can't have a job? That's upsetting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Imagine if Baker Hughes came on here lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Snooping on someone's online persona? I've absolutely no problem with that. Would your double check that a potential employee's Xbox tag wasn't P00syDestr0yer? Unless your job directly involves being a socially mobile glad handing 'face', I don't see it being a big deal. /Possiblynotthebestopinionsomeofmycolleagueshavedonejailtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) I meant the fact you are being judged on looks - obviously if you've put the pic out there anyone is allowed to look at it. So this means if you're an uglyugly with small boobs you can't have a job? That's upsetting.Your profile photo doesn't have to be of you though. I don't have a facebook but I do have LinkedIn and I include the URL on my CV.I don't believe any half decent recruiter would hire someone solely on the way they look. It doesn't make good business sense to operate that way.EditUnless you're hiring for Sky Sports News or Porn, I suppose. Edited April 27, 2013 by Skacel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hiring for porn, what a great fucking job that would be. "show us yer tits love or nae filming for you" I have learned (the hard way) to be careful about what you put online, you never know who is reading (evening express im looking at you, bunch of fucking cunts) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanClews Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hiring for porn, what a great fucking job that would be. "show us yer tits love or nae filming for you" I have learned (the hard way) to be careful about what you put online, you never know who is reading (evening express im looking at you, bunch of fucking cunts) I'm just amazed at how naive people are about Facebook & Twitter. Going on about how much they hate their job, yet they have their boss as a friend on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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