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Binro the Heretic - 2014-07-09

I was kind of expecting a furry version of "Dude, Where's My Car?"


baleen - 2014-07-09

THIS BOOK. It was recommended to me by my sociopathic fratboy boss at the insurance company I worked at after college. I can't believe there are grown people that are this devoid of life force.


Old_Zircon - 2014-07-09

When I was in college a friend of mine had this actually given to her by her boss, and she loaned it to me as "the worst book I've ever read." It's pretty high on my list, too.


poorwill - 2014-07-10

Got recommended it by my aunt. Yes, she is a sociopath. This and assorted other self-help people-manipulator garbage plus Ayn Rand (a rarity in New Zealand) on her bookshelf. Of course she still manages to poison all her relationships and will die alone and unloved.


Pope Caius - 2014-07-10

My grandparents had the audiobook and were listening to it as we were driving somewhere. I had no idea why they even had it, considering as they already retired long ago.


Cube - 2014-07-09

Too $hort - Get That Cheese


Mr. Purple Cat Esq. - 2014-07-09

Didnt watch it all. This seems like the most heavy handed metaphor for something.. something evil I'm guessing.


themilkshark - 2014-07-09

It's telling workers to quit their bitching when their pay is cut, or their fired. After all their cheese has merely moved in the maze of life, and like a good little mouse, you ought to start chasing it.

I had a job where they played this a lot.


Mr. Purple Cat Esq. - 2014-07-09

Couldnt the message to workers be interpreted as: if you job is shit you should quit and find a better one?
Some critiques of what I watched.
Why 4 characters? why not just 2 the good exemplar and the bad one.

Why mice *and* little people !?

Obviously the whole thing is an awkwardly implemented heavy handed metaphor but then they go and actually spell out the metaphor "for hum cheese represented a good home etc."


Harveyjames - 2014-07-09

This is a pretty great, actually. "Hoist your flag to the strongest wind of your era" is an important lesson. Right now I work in comic books, and holy shit is it ever Empty Cheese Station C.


Rafiki - 2014-07-09

True story: a few years ago, management where I work recommended everyone read this book. It's really good for understanding and accepting change, they said. A short time later they laid off 250 people and sold the company. From what I've heard, this is a pretty popular book to give to people before layoffs.

I don't find it heavy-handed so much as an incredibly degrading and infantile way of telling you to go fuck yourself because businesses are going to make business decisions whether you like it or not. So rather than being angry that you or others lost your job, you just need to roll with it and move on.


Harveyjames - 2014-07-09

Yeah, it's fine for upwardly mobile professionals, sucks for people who just want job security. Not everyone wants to be a maze rat. But... having said that, no-one owes you a living, you know? There's no point in keeping a company running if it's no longer profitable. You gotta find your own Cheese Station N.


BiggerJ - 2014-07-09

Mr. Purple Cat Esq.: The message is that if you want job security, you are literally stupider than an animal.


Syd Midnight - 2014-07-12

"How to Be a Powerless and Subservient Commodity"


Harveyjames - 2014-07-09

Hem is everyone working in comics. "hemmed in by fear, comfort and denial."

"I don't think I like new cheese. I want my old cheese back! I'm sure if I wait here long enough, things will be the way they were!"


cognitivedissonance - 2014-07-09

Weirdest damn episode of Phineas and Ferb.


Sputum - 2014-07-09

Your humanity is what is holding you back.


Enjoy - 2014-07-10

My favorite thing about this book is that whenever someone recommends it they say "and it's such a short read!" When I finally read it, I thought it could have been one page long and get the same point across.


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