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Melonfarms
07/17/17 9:52:31 AM
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http://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/gamestop-employee-whips-back-room-failing-sell-pre-order/

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — GameStop sales representative Donald Simpson quietly walked to the employee breakroom and proceeded to whip himself after failing to convince a customer to pre-order Destiny 2 earlier today, according to close sources.

“Working at GameStop means making minimum wage and owning your mistakes,” said a bloody Simpson as he delivered another lacerating blow to his back. “It was such an easy sell; everyone knows the sequel is always better than the original. I’ve let everyone down.”

As blood seeped out from beneath the back room’s door and onto the sales floor, GameStop manager Katherine Weiss quickly began soaking it with a towel.

“As much as I hate to see my employees hurt, I have no sympathy for anyone who screws up a pre-order,” said Weiss, wringing the bloody towel out into a garbage can. “Actually come to think of it, if him and his whole family died right this second I’d feel nothing for that subhuman monster. I mean, Jesus Christ, we even offered early beta access with the purchase. This kid is as worthless as these Game Informer magazines we can’t get rid of.”

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Carson Sullivan, the customer Simpson couldn’t convince to pre-order Destiny 2, even after explaining it would only require five dollars and showing Sullivan his scarred back, left the store immediately after the unsuccessful pitch.

“To be honest, I just walked in because it was hot outside and I needed to cool down. If I knew hanging out in the air conditioning for five minutes while I looked at Funko Pops would lead to a man brutalizing himself I would have never have come in,” said Sullivan.

“Plus, I pre-ordered it digitally already,” he added. “Who buys physical discs anymore?”

Article by Mike Amory @TheMikeAmory


It's rough out there for a GS employee.
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ChromaticAngel
07/17/17 9:54:33 AM
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Feels like these writers don't even try anymore.
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Melonfarms
07/17/17 10:01:08 AM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
Feels like these writers don't even try anymore.


Try what? I don't get what you mean by this?
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chill02
07/17/17 10:02:30 AM
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Melonfarms posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Feels like these writers don't even try anymore.


Try what? I don't get what you mean by this?


it wasn't funny
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voldothegr8
07/17/17 10:05:31 AM
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Melonfarms posted...
As much as I hate to see my employees hurt, I have no sympathy for anyone who screws up a pre-order,” said Weiss, wringing the bloody towel out into a garbage can. “Actually come to think of it, if him and his whole family died right this second I’d feel nothing for that subhuman monster. I mean, Jesus Christ, we even offered early beta access with the purchase. This kid is as worthless as these Game Informer magazines we can’t get rid of.

ROFL!!!!
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Mernardi
07/17/17 10:09:19 AM
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chill02 posted...
Melonfarms posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Feels like these writers don't even try anymore.


Try what? I don't get what you mean by this?


it wasn't funny

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voldothegr8
07/17/17 10:10:06 AM
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Itt: a bunch of squares
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Melonfarms
07/17/17 10:12:58 AM
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The no fun police are on the scene.
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Mernardi
07/17/17 10:13:39 AM
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Satire is supposed to sound at least a little believable.
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Leanaunfurled
07/17/17 10:14:37 AM
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lol
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Veggeta_MAX
07/17/17 10:15:28 AM
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Mernardi posted...
Satire is supposed to sound at least a little believable.

It doesn't have to. Can someone quote me so Mernardi can see it cause his sensitive little butt got me on ignore.
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Melonfarms
07/17/17 10:16:19 AM
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Veggeta_MAX posted...
Mernardi posted...
Satire is supposed to sound at least a little believable.

It doesn't have to. Can someone quote me so Mernardi can see it cause his sensitive little butt got me on ignore.


Yeah. This article isn't trying to trick anyone. It's just trying to be funny.
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Mernardi
07/17/17 10:17:20 AM
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Well it certainly missed the mark on being funny.
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E32005
07/17/17 10:17:29 AM
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voldothegr8 posted...
Melonfarms posted...
As much as I hate to see my employees hurt, I have no sympathy for anyone who screws up a pre-order,” said Weiss, wringing the bloody towel out into a garbage can. “Actually come to think of it, if him and his whole family died right this second I’d feel nothing for that subhuman monster. I mean, Jesus Christ, we even offered early beta access with the purchase. This kid is as worthless as these Game Informer magazines we can’t get rid of.

ROFL!!!!

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Veggeta_MAX
07/17/17 10:18:24 AM
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Mernardi posted...
Well it certainly missed the mark on being funny.

Well being an uptight person will do that to you.
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Leanaunfurled
07/17/17 10:19:57 AM
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Mernardi, I'm here to talk if you need it. *hug*
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Mernardi
07/17/17 10:21:57 AM
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Leanaunfurled posted...
Mernardi, I'm here to talk if you need it. *hug*

brb going to the backroom to whip myself
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DirkDiggles
07/17/17 10:23:00 AM
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The real joke here is that someone went into a Gamestop.
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__Cam__
07/17/17 10:23:45 AM
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What's up with all these shitty Onion ripoffs, lately?
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Mernardi
07/17/17 10:23:52 AM
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ty DirkDiggles for salvaging this topic
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voldothegr8
07/17/17 10:24:23 AM
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Mernardi posted...
Well it certainly missed the mark on being funny.

1RN95tw
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Mernardi
07/17/17 10:26:50 AM
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Only a square would find the OP funny.
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Melonfarms
07/17/17 10:40:58 AM
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DirkDiggles posted...
The real joke here is that someone went into a Gamestop.


Mernardi posted...
ty DirkDiggles for salvaging this topic


That is literally part of the article. They went in for the A/C. The joke has already been made.
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Irony
07/17/17 10:42:49 AM
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It wasn't funny
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Veggeta_MAX
07/17/17 10:47:22 AM
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Irony posted...
It wasn't funny

Veggeta_MAX posted...
Well being an uptight person will do that to you.

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DevsBro
07/17/17 10:48:49 AM
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Last time I went into a Gamestop, I found nothing I wanted to buy. Then I went next door and made a $20 impulse buy at literal Office Depot, after resisting the urge to buy an awesome desk for $120.
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The Great Muta 22
07/17/17 10:51:01 AM
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What's sad is I literally live a couple miles from both the Gamestop stores in Binghamton and actually looked on a local news site before reading the article to see if it was real, because I ALMOST could have believed the story could have happened here.

That said, this isn't good satire
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Trigg3rH4ppy
07/17/17 10:55:07 AM
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chill02 posted...
Melonfarms posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Feels like these writers don't even try anymore.


Try what? I don't get what you mean by this?


it wasn't funny

For you
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Melonfarms
07/17/17 10:58:13 AM
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The Great Muta 22 posted...
What's sad is I literally live a couple miles from both the Gamestop stores in Binghamton and actually looked on a local news site before reading the article to see if it was real, because I ALMOST could have believed the story could have happened here.

That said, this isn't good satire


Why wouldn't you just read it?
It's like a paragraph long and really obviously not real.

Are people mad because they read the headline and thought it might be true rather than actually reading the article?
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legolas0008
07/17/17 11:13:26 AM
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Imo, the specific situation doesn't need to be realistic as long as the overall theme is close enough to reality, and this definitely was. Hell, I even get frustrated when satire is so believable that it furthers the agendas of stupid people who take it seriously.
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Virus731
07/17/17 11:19:02 AM
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yeah that wasn't really funny at all mainly because hur hurr gamestop is pre-order nazi's hurr hurr

it's pretty played out
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MrMallard
07/17/17 11:21:39 AM
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GameStop Unveils Used N64 at E3


lol
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Veggeta_MAX
07/17/17 11:23:50 AM
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Virus731 posted...
yeah that wasn't really funny at all mainly because hur hurr gamestop is pre-order nazi's hurr hurr

it's pretty played out

No it's not. Shaming them and their practices is always fun and hilarious.
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coolpal23
07/17/17 11:25:27 AM
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Mernardi posted...
chill02 posted...
Melonfarms posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Feels like these writers don't even try anymore.


Try what? I don't get what you mean by this?


it wasn't funny

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apolloooo
07/17/17 11:27:04 AM
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Melonfarms posted...
This kid is as worthless as these Game Informer magazines we can’t get rid of.”

Thos one made me chuckle
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Kitt
07/17/17 11:33:19 AM
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I thought it was kind of funny...
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Melonfarms
07/17/17 11:36:08 AM
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Kitt posted...
I thought it was kind of funny...


It is funny. Don't let the humorless people shame you for enjoying it.
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darkphoenix181
07/17/17 11:36:25 AM
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this some good satire
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l Dudeboy l
07/17/17 11:39:45 AM
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If I was still a teenager I probably would have found that funny.
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masterpug53
07/17/17 11:42:59 AM
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Mernardi posted...
Leanaunfurled posted...
Mernardi, I'm here to talk if you need it. *hug*

brb going to the backroom to whip myself


Well this certainly missed the mark on being funny.
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Drrobotniks
07/17/17 11:43:54 AM
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Melonfarms posted...
humorless people

So people with different senses of humor?

God CE, where are the smart people?
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Melonfarms
07/17/17 11:44:53 AM
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Drrobotniks posted...
Melonfarms posted...
humorless people

So people with different senses of humor?

God CE, where are the smart people?


You sure showed me.
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Drrobotniks
07/17/17 11:45:38 AM
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Melonfarms posted...
Drrobotniks posted...
Melonfarms posted...
humorless people

So people with different senses of humor?

God CE, where are the smart people?


You sure showed me.

Thanks, I try.
Its just, there's a lack of smart people here on CE, and it's really saddening
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Terra-enforcer
07/17/17 11:46:24 AM
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Veggeta_MAX posted...
Mernardi posted...
Well it certainly missed the mark on being funny.

Well being an uptight person will do that to you.

I'm not uptight and I thought it was pretty dumb. Different people have different senses of humor, who'da thunk it?
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monkeysRfunny
07/17/17 11:47:29 AM
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coolpal23 posted...
Mernardi posted...
chill02 posted...
Melonfarms posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Feels like these writers don't even try anymore.


Try what? I don't get what you mean by this?


it wasn't funny

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Terra-enforcer
07/17/17 11:47:59 AM
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Virus731 posted...
yeah that wasn't really funny at all mainly because hur hurr gamestop is pre-order nazi's hurr hurr

it's pretty played out

This is also probably a factor. Hurr hurr Gamestop employees talk to you and do their job. Feels way too overplayed and wasn't really funny to begin with honestly.
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Veggeta_MAX
07/17/17 11:49:15 AM
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Terra-enforcer posted...
I'm not uptight and I thought it was pretty dumb. Different people have different senses of humor, who'da thunk it?

Wait, you're the ones trying to force it upon us that it isn't funny. Not the other way around, buddy.
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Drrobotniks
07/17/17 11:50:11 AM
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monkeysRfunny posted...
coolpal23 posted...
Mernardi posted...
chill02 posted...
Melonfarms posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Feels like these writers don't even try anymore.


Try what? I don't get what you mean by this?


it wasn't funny
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Melonfarms
07/17/17 11:52:05 AM
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Hey CE, do you feel sufficiently shamed for enjoying this joke?
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MLGSerperior111
07/17/17 11:53:28 AM
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Mernardi posted...
Satire is supposed to sound at least a little believable.

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