OT: 60th Obsequious Banter Thread: Some Guy Named Nate Raduns

[Danko]

Just finished Ray Donovan, looking for something new to start watching..any recommendations?

 

[Amorgus]

That moment when you sign up for Illustrator instead of Photoshop by accident thinking ahead for the playoffs.

Gonna need a GoFundMe to do Playoff Avatars again so I can pay for Photoshop, haha.

The way they've been playing "Flyers - They'll get you in the end!" would be a very true photoshop of mine.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Tsk tsk rookie mistake

Spring semester junior year mistake

 

[Jray42]

Spring semester junior year mistake

Ayyy I'm not the youngest regular on this board, I'll take it.

Rookie mistake was also a play on our playoff avatar theme a few years back (I think that was our theme? I don't even remember clearly)

 

[Jray42]

I'm occasionally tempted to do that to the students out of spite if they are particularly horrible lol. I don't, of course, but I'm tempted.

What classes do you teach?

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Ayyy I'm not the youngest regular on this board, I'll take it.

Rookie mistake was also a play on our playoff avatar theme a few years back (I think that was our theme? I don't even remember clearly)

I think I remember that. I've only been a member here since September, but I've been browsing and lurking since 2011 or so and I'm pretty sure I remember people having those avatars at one point.

 

[Flyerfan13]

What classes do you teach?

Isn't it obvious hfboards philosophy 101

 

[Tripod]

What classes do you teach?

snake charming

 

[Flyerfan13]

Ayyy I'm not the youngest regular on this board, I'll take it.

Rookie mistake was also a play on our playoff avatar theme a few years back (I think that was our theme? I don't even remember clearly)

From what I have been told by others there r kids as young as 13 that post here.

 

[Striiker]

From what I have been told by others there r kids as young as 13 that post here.

Based on some of the dumb posts I read, I don't doubt that at all.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

What classes do you teach?

I teach Listening and Speaking, and Mass Communications, and something like "Communication in Business English" ... I can never remember what it's called, but it's basically just more English, with a focus on business stuff, which I know next to nothing about. Luckily, it doesn't really matter - I always tell people "there's no such thing as 'Business English,' it's just a marketing tool - 'Business English' is just regular English with some business terms and situations thrown around." I don't know what I'm doing anymore lol.

The Mass Com class I built from scratch when I first got here (I've done that with all of my courses, but that one in particular) and it's cool because I have stuff to talk about that I actually care about. Like I found a way to get some history in there, and I have a part where I talk about comic strips, and film noir. Of course, I'm so sick of being here that it's hard to enjoy at the moment lol.

 

[The Rage Kage]

What classes do you teach?

He teaches a class on canadian culture

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Based on some of the dumb posts I read, I don't doubt that at all.

Based on your birth certificate, you shouldn't be surprised.

 

[Danko]

That moment when you sign up for Illustrator instead of Photoshop by accident thinking ahead for the playoffs.

Gonna need a GoFundMe to do Playoff Avatars again so I can pay for Photoshop, haha.

Try pixlr.com its a free online editor that does most of what photoshop can do.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

snake charming

Snake ****ing slaughter. Dude, I walked the gauntlet of shrubs to get coffee again the other night and just ... it's so ****ing skin-crawlingly stupid to live here when you have this phobia. I need a lobotomy really, really badly.

 

[Striiker]

Based on your birth certificate, you shouldn't be surprised.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

He teaches a class on canadian culture

My dream is to teach a mandatory class called "Introduction to What Does and Does Not Suck" - I could basically repair bad taste in anyone who has the patience to listen to me.

 

[Striiker]

My dream is to teach a mandatory class called "Introduction to What Does and Does Not Suck" - I could basically repair bad taste in anyone who has the patience to listen to me.

I could be your TA.

Might help to have a 12 year olds opinion to balance out your 90 year old perspective.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I could be your TA.

Might help to have a 12 year olds opinion to balance out your 90 year old perspective.

I watched "Thor: Ragnarok" today. (Spoiler alert: it was worse than "Ishtar") I think that's about as much millennial terribleness as I can take for a while, but I will keep your resume on file.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Striiker, "Ishtar" was possibly the most famous failure in film history.

 

[Striiker]

Striiker, "Ishtar" was possibly the most famous failure in film history.

Never even heard of it.

 

[kudymen]

snake charming

Captain dave poulin giving classes in snake charming... After years of watching Craig Ferguson, this sounds like a hell of a euphemism

 

[kudymen]

I teach Listening and Speaking, and Mass Communications, and something like "Communication in Business English" ... I can never remember what it's called, but it's basically just more English, with a focus on business stuff, which I know next to nothing about. Luckily, it doesn't really matter - I always tell people "there's no such thing as 'Business English,' it's just a marketing tool - 'Business English' is just regular English with some business terms and situations thrown around."

Hm. Of course I had to take a semester or two of Business English.... Now I know the secret.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Hm. Of course I had to take a semestr or two of Business English.... Now I know the secret.

It's a "gimmick" in a sense, it's "branding," but it works fine in the end, because you are still practicing English - that's all that matters. Once you have the basics down and understood, the best thing you can do is have conversations in English. The only real problem with "Business English" is teachers who don't understand what it is and try to focus on teaching a business class instead of an English class.

 

[kudymen]

It's a "gimmick" in a sense, it's "branding," but it works fine in the end, because you are still practicing English - that's all that matters. Once you have the basics down and understood, the best thing you can do is have conversations in English. The only real problem with "Business English" is teachers who don't understand what it is and try to focus on teaching a business class instead of an English class.

Our American guy had no problem picking the right focus, spent a lot of evenings focusing on Czech beer instead of picking between business class and English class