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14 hours ago, scoobdog said:

Fine, I'll set fire to the weeds in your yard and we'll see how fast you can put it out.  Stupid fucking cunt.

Smoking is allowed on New Jersey gaming floors and I was the "go to" guy when a trash can was burning.  I had five minutes to reach a restaurant or service bar, obtain a five gallon bucket of water, and race across the floor to douse it.  Nobody called the fire department or even security.  That was my job alone.  If I had failed, the fires would have spread to the carpets, the furniture, and the games.

 

So, I have experience dealing with that shit.

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Holy fucking shit, this can't be real life. 

I am to believe a casino forewent the legal precautions of fire extinguishers and instead employed the 5 minutes to get a bucket of water rule to put fires out.

I'm done. I was getting comfy and about to nestle in for some serious trolling , but no....no way in fuck I'm participating in something this fucking dumb.

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25 minutes ago, smiradenius said:

Smoking is allowed on New Jersey gaming floors and I was the "go to" guy when a trash can was burning.  I had five minutes to reach a restaurant or service bar, obtain a five gallon bucket of water, and race across the floor to douse it.  Nobody called the fire department or even security.  That was my job alone.  If I had failed, the fires would have spread to the carpets, the furniture, and the games.

 

So, I have experience dealing with that shit.

No, I need to quote this shit because it's this kind of post she'll actually realize is just fucking nuts and delete it

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1 minute ago, André Toulon said:

Holy fucking shit, this can't be real life. 

I am to believe a casino forewent the legal precautions of fire extinguishers and instead employed the 5 minutes to get a bucket of water rule to put fires out.

I'm done. I was getting comfy and about to nestle in for some serious trolling , but no....no way in fuck I'm participating in something this fucking dumb.

We had ABC extinguishers available.  I was instructed in the use of them, but was also ordered not to use them on small matters like trash cans.  They were for bigger fires and fortunately, it never came to that.

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2 minutes ago, discolé monade said:

LMAO!!!

is SHE FUCKING SERIOUS???

for realz for realz????

 

 

 

I'm thinking she has casino floor cans confused with the metal canisters she uses for warmth under the bridge, because 5 fucking minutes?

No, no ..see, I'm entertaining it....I'm not even about to let myself get roped into the stupid logistics of this

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34 minutes ago, smiradenius said:

Smoking is allowed on New Jersey gaming floors and I was the "go to" guy when a trash can was burning.  I had five minutes to reach a restaurant or service bar, obtain a five gallon bucket of water, and race across the floor to douse it.  Nobody called the fire department or even security.  That was my job alone.  If I had failed, the fires would have spread to the carpets, the furniture, and the games.

 

So, I have experience dealing with that shit.

So, people would see trash cans on fire and instead of doing anything about it, they were reminded of you?

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24 minutes ago, naraku360 said:

That doesn't matter.

And no, a "charity" foundation isn't "PR." It's a tax loophole.

It's a tax loophole that doubles as pr.

Similar to all the good works of the Ronald McDonald House.  Do good works and get free positive publicity.

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25 minutes ago, naraku360 said:

So, people would see trash cans on fire and instead of doing anything about it, they were reminded of you?

 

 

Who ya gonna call?  Ghost BUSTERS!

Nah, seriously, the patrons just wanted the fires out.  They didn't care who showed up for it.

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16 minutes ago, smiradenius said:

It's a tax loophole that doubles as pr.

Similar to all the good works of the Ronald McDonald House.  Do good works and get free positive publicity.

I'm pretty sure you don't even know what point you're making since you're only doing it for the sake of arguing with someone.

An oil company can hire a PR firm to run a PR campaign for them, or have a PR department of their own. Not everything a company will do is "cost efficient," nor have you demonstrated how any of what you think happens would be more cost efficient in the first place.

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18 minutes ago, naraku360 said:

I'm pretty sure you don't even know what point you're making since you're only doing it for the sake of arguing with someone.

An oil company can hire a PR firm to run a PR campaign for them, or have a PR department of their own. Not everything a company will do is "cost efficient," nor have you demonstrated how any of what you think happens would be more cost efficient in the first place.

They can use the foundation or take a very unnecessary gamble.  A corporation will always do whatever comes with great certainty.

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Just now, smiradenius said:

They can use the foundation or take a very unnecessary gamble.  A corporation will always do whatever comes with great certainty.

Or they could do both because they have billions of dollars, you gutter dwelling brainlet.

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2 hours ago, smiradenius said:

Smoking is allowed on New Jersey gaming floors and I was the "go to" guy when a trash can was burning.  I had five minutes to reach a restaurant or service bar, obtain a five gallon bucket of water, and race across the floor to douse it.  Nobody called the fire department or even security.  That was my job alone.  If I had failed, the fires would have spread to the carpets, the furniture, and the games.

 

So, I have experience dealing with that shit.

"Make way for the Oompa Loompa fire brigade!"

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2 hours ago, André Toulon said:

Holy fucking shit, this can't be real life. 

I am to believe a casino forewent the legal precautions of fire extinguishers and instead employed the 5 minutes to get a bucket of water rule to put fires out.

I'm done. I was getting comfy and about to nestle in for some serious trolling , but no....no way in fuck I'm participating in something this fucking dumb.

That post, right there, is why we do what we do.

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2 hours ago, smiradenius said:

We had ABC extinguishers available.  I was instructed in the use of them, but was also ordered not to use them on small matters like trash cans.  They were for bigger fires and fortunately, it never came to that.

And the best part was your bosses would rather your midget ass got burned then spend a $150 getting a  fire extinguisher recharged.

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1 hour ago, naraku360 said:

Or they could do both because they have billions of dollars, you gutter dwelling brainlet.

It wouldn't matter if they had quintillions of dollars.  They STILL end up doing whatever makes the most economic sense.

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1 hour ago, scoobdog said:

And the best part was your bosses would rather your midget ass got burned then spend a $150 getting a  fire extinguisher recharged.

Then, I would be smart to avoid getting burned.  It's not like I had to trudge through the Towering Inferno.

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1 hour ago, scoobdog said:

So... a charity now counts as a PR move... 

I guess paying off disgruntled former employees that don't know how to lift fall under that category as well.

Trust me, YOU wouldn't hold those bags close to yourself either. 

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8 minutes ago, smiradenius said:

It wouldn't matter if they had quintillions of dollars.  They STILL end up doing whatever makes the most economic sense.

And how do they know what makes the most economic sense? Can they see the future? Are they run by perfect, flawless geniuses with totally real crystal balls?

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4 minutes ago, naraku360 said:

And how do they know what makes the most economic sense? Can they see the future? Are they run by perfect, flawless geniuses with totally real crystal balls?

No, they have accountants, business administrators and tax lawyers, who figure most of that out for them.  

Paying tree huggers to write stories is a slot machine pull.  The foundation is a tried and true method that has already worked out very well for other businesses. 

Just like, I'm not spending fifty dollars a day playing lottery tickets because the odds are dead set against me.  But spending money on a monthly bus pass is a guaranteed benefit of more rides than what I can get just paying fares day to day.

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3 hours ago, smiradenius said:

We had ABC extinguishers available.  I was instructed in the use of them, but was also ordered not to use them on small matters like trash cans.  They were for bigger fires and fortunately, it never came to that.

 

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6 minutes ago, smiradenius said:

 

Just like, I'm not spending fifty dollars a day playing lottery tickets because the odds are dead set against me.  But spending money on a monthly bus pass is a guaranteed benefit of more rides than what I can get just paying fares day to day.

I guess all those packs of cigarettes are "cost efficient" and a "guaranteed benefit," where the odds aren't "dead set against" you.

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21 minutes ago, smiradenius said:

No, they have accountants, business administrators and tax lawyers, who figure most of that out for them.  

Paying tree huggers to write stories is a slot machine pull.  The foundation is a tried and true method that has already worked out very well for other businesses. 

Just like, I'm not spending fifty dollars a day playing lottery tickets because the odds are dead set against me.  But spending money on a monthly bus pass is a guaranteed benefit of more rides than what I can get just paying fares day to day.

"No corporation has ever done anything wrong."

- Enron

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26 minutes ago, smiradenius said:

It's the height, silly.  If I wanted to resemble any of them, I'd visit a plastic surgeon. 

So, plastic surgery would be ok for you, if you wanted it, so that you could look like whoever?  Not saying you would or want to, just want to know if, in your estimation, it would be fine to get such a surgery. 

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