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David Flor

@BrainClouds

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All I can say in response to this right now is that I have a Ko-Fi, and your support would go a long way right now.

Buy David Flor a Coffee. ko-fi.com/brainclouds

Software architect, game designer/developer, and ENnie-nominated RPG publisher! Your support is appreciated!

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

And it took them long enough... WotC files a preliminary injunction against NuTSR and holy shit this is like a hundred pages so Im gonna need time to process.

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@Owen_Stephens @AtomicOvermind To be honest, having a client pay the "fuck you" rate is how I ended up working on porn websites for the mob, so... yeah...

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David Flor

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3 years

The creator of the original TSR logo speaks out. #DnD

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David Flor

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4 years

@caliphorniaqing And colon cancer is *not* pleasant... I lost my mother to it. I'm amazed that he could work at all, especially at stage three. He must have put up one helluva fight.

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11 months

Monte Cook with the truth bomb.

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David Flor

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2 years

Muskrat deleted the fact check on his own tweet. Yesterday vs today...

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David Flor

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2 years

Kim Mohan's widow takes down Jim Ward hard over the #DnD movie.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

Jesus guys, maybe you should take a step back and think about your social media approach.

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@BrainClouds

5 years

I was expecting her to get out of the car and kill everyone waiting in traffic, but this works too I suppose.

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5 years

Arya Stark singing #LetItGo from #Frozen for Audi is unexpected and great.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

And... like that... its gone...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

[from Facebook...] #DnD

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

To all you people who manage to successfully schedule a #DnD game on a weekly basis and everyone shows up on time without incident: what f%$ #ing sorcery is THAT?!?

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

1 year

They're baaaaaaack... 🙄 I can only assume "this" is "get other people to do all the work then don't pay them."

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

@N01H3r3 @TheRebeccaMetz @mc_ellis "All of the above", actually...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

@MoxieSwagger "And that's the last thing he said, officer..." "You're free to go "

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

1 year

@MuppetMulaney It's really easy to forget there's a performer under there...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

Honestly, that kind of review makes me want to buy it.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

Hey @AOC , I have to ask... have you ever played #DnD before? If you're ever interested, I'd love to run a game for you and a few other congressmen. ;)

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

@lalababayaga Niles is canonically 8'9".

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

@deathbybadger Reminds me of @pattonoswalt 's take...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

@RexChapman @NedStaebler @HartmannDude @monicaspalmer Given that Wayne County Board of Canvassers got together and unanimously certified the vote on the same day, this guy probably deserves a medal.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

And, oh yeah, they brought ALL the receipts... I'm kinda impressed at the attorney who had to write this all up without swearing.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

Either the McDonald's printer has issues or I ordered a demon to go.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

@Wizards_DnD

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

Point of note... WotC is explicitly calling out the forthcoming SF:NG for "despicable content".

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

@CopingMAGA Their database is LOCALHOST?!? Their webserver and database are the SAME MACHINE?!? I'm gonna stop looking at this before my head explodes.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

OK, so the third one has come up in conversation more than once, so maybe it's time I talk about it... This might be a long thread.

David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

My last 5 jobs: 1. Programmer 2. Programmer 3. Porn website designer for the mob 4. Programmer 5. Programmer

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

And congrats to @NoHateInGaming for being in the filing. Your work has value; keep fighting.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

If anyone in WotC management knew anything about D&D, they'd know that AI DMs sounds like a terrible idea.

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@BrainClouds

4 years

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

What amuses me most about #CriticalRole is how @matthewmercer always casually asks "does a [huge number] hit?" like he's expecting them to ever say "No."

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

And lol, the ACTUAL BETA DOCUMENT is included in the filing, almost in its entirety. It includes the "This is not to be given, released and handed to anyone associated with Wizard of the Coast, Hasbro" comment. How'd that work our for you?

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

It's just too much to screenshot... but WotC is thoroughly documenting their diversity stance (even point out their acquisition of D&D Beyond) - including screenshots of everything - and stating that SF:NG would have an extremely negative impact on their image.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

Well that's one spell I never expected to see in #DnD ...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

Y'all are awesome, but I'm still shy of the halfway point and, honestly, kinda panicking. Your support is appreciated!

David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

And now my son and his girlfriend are sick... not sure if its COVID, but that's the theory. He got his car towed again... so now I have a critical situation and have to come up with $200 to get it back before its more. I hate doing this, but... yeah...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

7 months

@Baladria @chrishopper2

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

One thing I learned from Office #DnD today: if you ever utter the phrase "crazy lady at edge of town", you damn well better be ready to be able to cough up everything about her: name, backstory, favorite food, everything. Because players will gravitate to her like moths. #DnD

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

God damn, CNN not pulling any punches... 😆

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

@ithayla @TheZacHenry They got BOOTABLE disk images of the entire server. Honestly, that's impressive.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

So family has yet to acknowledge my birthday... they have four hours. It shouldn't bother me, but it does. To the many of you that have acknowledged it, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You're the reason I'm still here.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

@GailSimone Is Lara Croft DC or Marvel? Asking for a friend... #DianasGirlfriend

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

And could this be the first 5th Edition creature stat block included in an official court filing?

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

Well this meme still holds up... #GameOfThrones

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

Day. Made. #DnD

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

RPG people: "$99 for a PDF is too expensive!" Same RPG people: *TAKE ALL MY MONEY, CRITICAL ROLE!!!*

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

And then there were the times when things were just weird. For example, I got paid every Friday. One day, they said "Hey, David, we don't have a problem paying you this week... but we can only pay you in fives." "...OK", and I went home with a literal SHOEBOX of cash.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

Employer: "Adult social networking portal?" Me: "Yes. Client/server, multi-user architecture, load balanced, database administration, credit card payment processing and merchant account integration..." Employer: "... It was a porn site, right?" Me: "..." *sigh...*

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

OK, so here goes nothing... gonna do a full exploration of #Giantlands . God help me. This might be a long thread. [1/∞]

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

@DarthJerod @acnewsitics Surprised he didn't point out that no one knows more about fire than him.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

You know, it does take a unique level of skill to get banned from the two largest conventions in the industry in 48 hours.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

I'm pretty sure my wife and son don't know what the job was to this day. Most of our conversations went as follows: Her: "So what is it you do all day?" Me: *hands over a crapload of cash!* And that was pretty much the end of the discussion.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

I disagree. There are several games that I play to experience the story and not the gameplay, even going so far as to use cheat codes or external tools to help me get through them. I don't want a game's narrative interrupted by me spending 30 minutes looking for healing or ammo.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

They are extremely thorough... this is glorious. I can imagine Justin blowing a gasket any second now.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

I'm reasonably sure these screenshots are mine... not complaining, just sayin'.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

Is it me or is this... kinda hot?

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4 years

"Ugh it's not fair, why does plate mail give disadvantage on Stealth rolls?" Plate Mail: (Sound on 🔊)

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

And there it is...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

@TSR_games Oh sweetie... We don't think TTRPGs and D&D are "evil". Jury's still out on you, though.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

OK, here we go boys and girls. This is going to take a while because it's a lot so strap in. If you want to donate to my sanity, I have a KoFi: [1/x]

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

This is an unbelievable find... friend from elementary school found this in a box. My first dungeon, written when I was 12yo, complete with Print Shop cover and hand drawn maps!

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

I now officially have had a family member die of COVID. He had refused the vaccine for a long time, then finally caved and scheduled it for next week. It got him before that. Please vaccinate, people.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

I didn't ask where the money came from, and to be quite honest I didn't really want to know. One day, they said "we're out of money" and that was that. I left, got a decent job the next day. The site never launched and never made one cent.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

@CopingMAGA And, yep, the Privacy Policy and User Agreement are hotlinked PDFs made in Microsoft Word that contain the author's name in the Properties.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

7 years

I'm not sure if this is a story about people being awesome or a story about a book cursed in some dark ritual performed by @neilhimself . I'd like to think the former, but...

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7 years

I'm not going to lie, folks. This grey Monday is weighing pretty heavy on me. So I'd like to tell you a story about people being good. About kindness and generosity beyond the pale. It all started with a book...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

Filing includes their statement on the Hadozee.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

Looks like the NuTSR guys are taking the revelations rather well.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

(via Facebook)

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

I once did a dungeon that had one mangy CR 1/8th skeleton swinging a +5 vorpal sword erratically. Party was afraid to go anywhere near it.

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@ModifiedRoll

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When you've fought your way through a dungeon of skeletons and zombies to find some sweet magical weapons... you sometimes have to wonder...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

7 years

Overheard in theater, about an hour in to #BlackPanther : "Man, Nazis are going to HATE this movie..."

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

The folks at @NoHateInGaming go through the latest documents a lot more thoroughly than I do. I'm with COVID right now... I'm not really myself, and this is a lot. Listen to them; they do good work.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

@mikemearls One exception to the "highest value" rule...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

@JediCounselor @tedcruz Every time he uses the word "woke" part of me dies inside.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

This site is free.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

There was no timeline, there was no business plan, nothing. The site was created on the fly, based on whatever whim he needed on any given day. That went on for about two years... and I was making $2500 a week. Cash.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

And, to be totally honest, I'm paying for that job to this day. IRS pretty much owns my ass right now because of all that raw income, and I've been paying them more than I care to mention for the last several years.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

7 months

@braindouche @Owen_Stephens @AtomicOvermind Here ya go...

David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

OK, so the third one has come up in conversation more than once, so maybe it's time I talk about it... This might be a long thread.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

I hope most of you have this guy blocked because... well... yeah... I have to ask: not that it's surprising that they would, but does he really speak for all of the OSR?

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

@TheDCEU

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

For a limited time, the PDFs are available on the ENWorld thread...

TSR - The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR

Because the Saga of TSR3 has been ongoing for a while, with many landmarks, I thought I'd do a quick timeline for those who haven't had the time (or, frankly, inclination) to keep up with the...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

@GailSimone * Gail sits at table! * Us: "YAY!" Gail: "So.. about Cyclops..." Us:

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

I won't say the full name of the website, but the initials were "AMC". The "A" stood for "Adult", obviously. Her: "What's the name of where you work?" Me: "Uh... AMC." Her: "Like the theaters?" Me: "... Sure... Let's go with that."

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

This is great. Everyone should read this! #DnD

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

Now I don't remember the exact exchange, but it basically went something like this: Him: "Do you have a problem with 'morally questionable' websites?" Me: "I'm not sure I..." Him: "We'll pay you $2500 a week." Me: "... where do I sign?"

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

1 year

Huge news... NuTSR has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and has asked for a stay in the WotC case.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

Turns out my employer was, at least in the past, very well connected. I even got one of those "here, let me show you the FBI surveillance video they took of me" chats once.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

This is probably against the Geneva Convention.

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2 years

My father has to have “Peanut Butter Salad” every thanksgiving. Here’s the recipe. I swear. It’s awful.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

3 years

@RonBlessing @Wizards_DnD WB did something similar to lead in to their older Looney Tunes episodes.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

I'm trying not to read much in to how so many people throw nearly $500 at that D&D Platinum kit the second its announced and I have a hard time selling a $4 PDF.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

@youngbuckeen @Abstruse What do you do to it in steps 1-7 where step 8 is all like "hey, ease up on the potato for a bit, OK?"

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 months

@HistoryMuppet @Ron88keysRBDM I mean, two old guys that spend their days sitting in a theater balcony... Was there really any doubt?

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

@claudiopozas @TheOtherTracy You really take all the fun out of not dying, Claudio. 😜

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

All this while I was working out of the guy's home office, while he was there. Five days a week, and I had to leave by 6pm on certain days because, by 7pm, filming was to begin.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

So in-laws, not wife, asked me to come over for dinner. She made it very clear it was them asking and not her, and she never spoke to me during dinner. Whole thing lasted 45 minutes. Good to know they're better people than she is.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

So, since then, I have technically put it on my resume: I was the "lead architect and developer for a high traffic adult social networking portal."

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

@ddale8 Oregon: BRACE YOURSELVES!

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

2 years

Someone has thoughtfully mirrored the PDFs for us...

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

5 years

@BoldBebo

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

4 years

@ioanmarcjones If I drank a mojito from a can my Cuban family would disown me.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

@katewelchhhh Wait... at a certain level women can cast invisibility AT WILL?!?

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

Now do the math... I was getting paid $2500 a week, cash, for two years, for a website that had ZERO customers and wasn't even launched. And I wasn't the only employee; there were the two camerapeople, one designer, and of course my boss.

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David Flor

@BrainClouds

6 years

"Contract work," I'd say. That didn't always go over well... People wanted to know where I disappeared to, and I didn't want to lie about it. And, if I ever got to an in person interview, I didn't lie about it; I'm as honest as I am now about it.

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