June 24, 2010
Ask clusterflock
In my work, we discuss “culture” as comprising the values and norms of an organization. How would you describe the culture of clusterflock?
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- Joel Bernstein: I know right?
- Rick Neece: Being nice is a dainty way to put it.
- Rick Neece: Hey Cristopher? Who cried “uncle” first, at the end of your ten-year stand-off? To quote my...
- Michael Smith: Ours is the kitchen.
- Amy Mabli: That’s what happens when you give the dogs the bed.
- Deron Bauman: Sweet Jesus.
- Michael Smith: Don’t we all.
- Pam: I have a story coming out soon in a ‘little mag’, Chicago Quarterly Review. An old friend recently...
- Pam: And I thought, somedays, that my work was meaningless…
- Pam: I remember Eggleston at the Art Institute in Chicago a couple years ago. He was elegantly dressed in a dark suit...
- Christopher Walken: Hey Clusterflockers, Realize y’all are hurting. I’ve been a really close friend of my...
- Marco: This works pretty well in mobile, more so in iOS
- Michael Smith: It was not the intent of management to imply all sissies are “namby pamby”. Management was...
- Rick Neece: I take umbrage with the term “namby pamby.” Some sissies are fierce.
- Carole Corlew: Shelia. Happy no big deal day. I would start your very own post but this phone is in semi rebellion.
I would consult a Peeps expert.
We don’t believe in values or norms.
That is a norm, Cindy.
I don’t believe you.
contrary…except when not.
We only got one rule around here, and that’s “no hittin’ in the face”.
Interesting question, Joseph. I’m trying to think seriously, as it’s kind of a hard one, too.
What holds us together? I don’t know.
Randy Taylor.
Arbiter of our values and norms.
The culture of clusterflock:
“You fuckin’ asshole! Everything’s a fuckin’ travesty with you, man!”
followed by
“Fuck it, Dude. Let’s go bowling.”
two words. ferret.
Or, as Phil Wells put it in his Dudesong:
The two men stood there stiff against the wind
When Walter raised his arms and leaned he in.
Still dazed, he held his friend in an embrace
And said, “Ah, fuck it,” screwing up his face.
Stuck with this guy, resigned to keep his friend,
Exasperated, Dude picked up his hand
And clapped it on the broad of Walter’s back,
Surrendering to end the hug/attack.
Thus Walter let him go with a withdrawal
And offered “Let’s go bowling,” to his pal.
Forgot to mention that groups tend to be uncomfortable with this question, usually defusing it with humor at first.
that’s one way to interpret it.
Didn’t say “this group”; just “groups”.
Sheila, forgot to address your thought at June 24th, 2010 at 7:19 pm (“I’m trying to think seriously, as it’s kind of a hard one, too.”).
That’s what she said.
We’re not defensive, Joseph. We’re just blowing you off.
Hmmm, Cindy. I didn’t intense “defensive”, just “defusing”, and about groups in general. Very interesting.
“blowing off” can also be a norm.
“intend”
I’m a blowing norm.
Or, I’m a-blowing Norm.
Randy Taylor.
Intense.
This has been one of the more enjoyable threads in my tenure.
Cindy made me inhale my coffee.
Ah, fuck it. I’ll go back to “your mom” jokes.
You’re just jealous because you didn’t make Josh inhale his coffee.
It’s okay, Joseph. They can’t all be winners.
And would you believe it? It’s still hard.
“They can’t all be winners.”
What would a post that’s a winner look like?
See Sheila Ryan for examples.
bada-bing, Sheila!
Actually, Joseph, I just like to say that “can’t all be winners” line. It’s from Bad Santa. He has rifled the kid’s advent calendar for chocolates, then feels bad and crudely tapes it back up, filling the empty spots with aspirin and candy corn and such. When the kid opens it the next day and looks shocked and disappointed, Bad Santa says, “They can’t all be winners, kid.”
Yet another example of Cindy using others to amuse herself. It’s a norm, I guess.
Ah. Alas, I didn’t see Bad Santa. Just saw Mr. Woodcock, though.
“I’m famous for my meat.”
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