04/21 - The What? Thursday!

[Vanyanka]

Sports are one of the few acceptable ways for males to express strong emotions, declare their love and even cry. So shut up.

Remember when you used to be nice to me? It feels like so long ago but I think it might have been last week.

 

[hyway]

I wanted to give it a try as a possible replacement for extended hiking trips that turned into overnight trips and such... but seriously... i'd rather just fall back on training and my "edible plants of north america field guide"... that shit was revolting on a few levels.

I'd rather eat Mountain house spaghetti and meatballs instead of that shit, and I am pretty sure that mountain house actually uses shit in their packages.

 

[Drwho10]

Remember when you used to be nice to me? It feels like so long ago but I think it might have been last week.

the honeymoon phase is over. no more niceness 24/7

 

[Pippa]

I feel like we're only a couple of comments away from eugenics.

We need a few rats for experimental purposes. You game?

 

[SpookyMyers]

I had to rewatch this tonight. Unfortunately I can't embed.
http://www.mtv.com/news/2871639/charlie-murphy-prince-chappelles-show/

 

[Vanyanka]

people do that on mtc... the strong emotions when they get rejected, their love for each other sharing hits, and some cry when they get blocked

You guys should be in the music room right now. A bunch of saps. It makes me sick.

 

[Drwho10]

You guys should be in the music room right now. A bunch of saps. It makes me sick.

its hard being mean all the time sometimes you just gotta hug it out

 

[lobo925]

coulda swore it was just 930

 

[Vanyanka]

its hard being mean all the time sometimes you just gotta hug it out

I'm super, duper nice to you.

 

[Pleco]

Remember when you used to be nice to me? It feels like so long ago but I think it might have been last week.

Bby i'm just playin wit u, u know i don't mean it bby.

This song is for you, I don't know why it has a bunch of horses in the video, but whatever.

 

[Tuesday]

I wanted to give it a try as a possible replacement for extended hiking trips that turned into overnight trips and such... but seriously... i'd rather just fall back on training and my "edible plants of north america field guide"... that shit was revolting on a few levels.

Check out this guy. Euell gibbons...I'm not being a smart ass I swear. These books are great.

 

[aveline]

I really get that. I remember a conversation that I had involving you and I think electrolyte maybe aveline a long time ago on another forum where you both came to some conclusion that you were probably just enabling the new turkers. I still search for hits on the regular ole Turk site. Just to keep my hand in you know. Sometimes I just type a random word into the search bar and work on whatever comes up. I'm not proud, but I'm working hard just like you.

I do believe people should start out without all of the scripts (aside from stuff like TO or HIT DB) and learn how to actually use the site before they start adding a bunch of things on to it. Things like Turkmaster and HIT Scraper are really great for improving quality of life, but I think it's important to understand why those tools are necessary to really get the most out of them. Also, many of those tools aren't for everyone. Personally, I prefer to refresh with a refresh extension rather than TM. That's just preference. New turkers that have all of this stuff shoved in their face when they're brand new don't really get a chance to figure out what they need for improving their work flow and why they need it. I think that just leads to a lot of people becoming totally dependent on tools that they really know little about.

 

[Lepi]

I really get that. I remember a conversation that I had involving you and I think electrolyte maybe aveline a long time ago on another forum where you both came to some conclusion that you were probably just enabling the new turkers. I still search for hits on the regular ole Turk site. Just to keep my hand in you know. Sometimes I just type a random word into the search bar and work on whatever comes up. I'm not proud, but I'm working hard just like you.

Well. No. The conclusion wasn't that we were enabling people. the conclusion was that just linking new comers to a crap ton of scripts without any effort to encourage them to figure out how the base site works was doing them a disservice. For a while there, we were noticing that every single batch there would be newer members going "DOES THIS HAVE A SCRIPT?" but when pressed, they couldn't even quantify what is was they wanted a script to do. It was just... there's a batch, where's the easy button? The consensus was that it's equally important to learn how to turk Vanilla, because scripts aren't going to magically make you able to turk, all they do is make turking easier. Throwing a script at someone right off the bat when they don't even know how to use the site is like hurling 300 dollars worth of skiing equipment at someone who hasn't figured out how to walk through a snowy parking lot. The cart ahead of the horse sort of thing.

And I don't think I ever questioned how hard you were working. Turking is still plenty hard. It just used to be HARDER, because there was no real community support at all. You didn't have other workers to talk to about problems, you didn't have any kind of knowledge base to draw from. It was pretty much just you, your computer, and a website where the administration had no interest in enforcing their own TOS.

 

[Peachy]

coulda swore it was just 930

what were you doing if you don't mind me asking? turking like crazy?

 

[aveline]

That's not what I wanted to see, @Bode Miller

 

[lobo925]

what were you doing if you don't mind me asking? turking like crazy?

pwning in rocket league
might have to buy it

 

[TissueHime]

1 hour left for dibs!
I probably won't be on to make the thread for Sunday (4/24)

 

[Bode "Emo Barry" Miller]

Title: Make a few decisions and watch a 2 minute video clip Requester: Daphne [A1KEGL1UR0WW44] (TO) TO Ratings: No TO (Submit a new TO rating for this requester) Description: In this study, you will be watching a video clip and making a few decisions. You will receive a flat fee of $0.10, but also a minimum bonus of $0.30. Time: 60 minutes Hits Available: 1 Reward: $0.10 Qualifications: Total approved HITs is greater than 10000, HIT approval rate (%) is greater than 98, Taken has not been granted, Location is US

8 minutes+whatever bonus I get, was kinda distracted with the hockey game though so maybe faster

 

[Lepi]

I feel like we're only a couple of comments away from eugenics.

Let's be honest. We're always a few comments away from either eugenics, or cannibalism.

...And right now we're a few comments away from both of those. It's like a planetary alignment.

 

[Blue]

Check out this guy. Euell gibbons...I'm not being a smart ass I swear. These books are great.

I've read a couple of his books from the Stalking series... really good stuff.

Also I don't think you are being a smart ass or anything else... I have some way of typing that makes people tilt really easily and it is rarely intentional... but I'm 100% ok with you not agreeing with me and I rarely get angry about it. It's a good thing. Having people challenge your conclusions and ideas is important.