/biz/ - Business & Finance

[Anonymous No.11038248]

>Where are you going for lunch anon? I think I might try that taco place across the street.

[Anonymous No.11038258]

>>11038248
your face looks like shooting target

[Anonymous No.11038310]

>at work
>”anon, have you tried the new place down the street? They just opened!”
>oh is it good?
>it’s alright but, they just opened so it’s new, you got to try it.
>5 people approach me saying basically the same thing throughout the day.

[Anonymous No.11038358]

>>11038310
>"Hey, hey hey, I hear it's taco tuesday, have tried it yet?"

[Anonymous No.11038389]

>>11038310

[Anonymous No.11038437]

There's a guy at my work - must be 45-50 or so.

Every fucking day at around 10am he walks to the locker, gets our his mug, comes to my desk, says "ya alright? how's things going", then says "right, just going to make a brew" and walks off

Literally every day

[Anonymous No.11038487]

>>11038437
Maybe your system too shitty for complex ai routines

[Anonymous No.11038491]

>>11038248
Really nice, NPC is this the evolution of Wojak. There is no hope, only days of work until death.

[Anonymous No.11038500]

>>11038437
Like the fucking Truman show

[Anonymous No.11038521]

>>11038248
I get asked this every day at work. Lunch is a big deal there. They usually eat out every single day. Every single one of them. Often they will order from the same place and send one guy to go get it. It's quite nice, I actually enjoy eating with them from time to time. I think it's just a bright point in an otherwise dull workday; something tasty to look forward to and enjoy.

[Anonymous No.11038905]

>>11038437
i love this meme

[Anonymous No.11039053]

>>11038487
Fuckin lmao

[Anonymous No.11039066]

>>11038437
lol

[Anonymous No.11039478]

Hey how's it going?

Great! and you?

Good good...

Alright!

[Anonymous No.11039498]

>>11038521
we got a live one boys

[Anonymous No.11039520]

>>11038310
>>11038358
>>11038389
you aren't smarter or deeper than these people, they're just making an effort in some small way to interact with you and build a rapport. They probably think you faggots are gonna come in on a Friday with a shotgun or something because you autistically can't do what every normal adult does and put a little effort into it, even if it's banal and fake.

fucking retards

[Anonymous No.11040163]

I realize most people aren't NPCs, per se, but just conditioned to be a bit boring.
This post is a great example of what I don't enjoy in a conversation. This mindless question with the predictable response. What are two people really supposed to learn about each other with a question like this? >>11039478
If you were to answer honestly, or with a response that's ambiguously different from what they're expecting, no doubt it could spread around the office and be used against you in someway if your answer deviates too far from what's socially expected.

I always try and ask questions that I'm genuinely curious about the other person. Unless I just want to be done with them quickly.

[Anonymous No.11040227]

>>11040163
No one like doing this shit, it’s just friendly and shows you have at least a modicum of social skills. They’re trying to acknowledge you. People you’re on bad terms with don’t do it.

[Anonymous No.11040246]

>>11040163
What are they suppose to talk about? their political opinions? so you can get triggered and start talking about how jews run the world to smarten them up?

[Anonymous No.11040256]

>>11040227
Basically this, I do it so my co-workers don't think I'm a sociopath. I always give simple responses. If I could get through the day without saying a single word I would.

[Anonymous No.11040257]

>>11040163


Hey how's it going?

Shit

Good-oh I'm uh sorry...

Fuck yourself queerbait

[Anonymous No.11040281]

>>11040246
And what would you enlighten them with hmmm? How Blump is a KGB agent sent by Russia, the most homophobic country in the world, not like the tolerant Saudi Arabia, in order to help Russians rule the world and white people r evil???

[Anonymous No.11040304]

>>11039520
Dont short a circuit NPC

[Anonymous No.11040314]

>nahh, but I heard it's good, you should check it out. I brought today.

$10 saved and invested

[Anonymous No.11040321]

>be receptionist of hotel
>npc coworkers you have to greet everyday same time same question
>npc guests you tell the same stuff / small talk / weather for check in without exception.
>Im basically an npc at this point
>!.jpg
>crazy mailman comes inside and has deep connection with me through eye sight... No homo
>he knows

[Anonymous No.11040345]

>>11040246
How big of a fucking autist are you, that you even worry about this? Most people talk about mundane shit - their kids, their significant other, TV shows, weather, just light bullshit to pass the time. If you can't handle simple smalltalk without bringing your bullshit "jews" conspiracy theory nonsense into it, you're basically broken.

[Anonymous No.11040643]

>>11038437
There's a guy at my work - must be 25-30 or so.

Every fucking day at around 10am he watches me walk to the locker where I get my mug. I come to his desk, ask "ya alright? how's things going". He just sits there and gives a response that immediately kills the conversation. I give up, say "right, just going to make a brew" and walk off

Literally every day

[Anonymous No.11040672]

The npc meme is phase two of whatever psyop the boomer memes were. Don't be a patsy, every life is sacred under the law; self determined exceptions are not a burden worth carrying. Be happy, healthy and well anons. We will all make it.

[Anonymous No.11040677]

>>11039520
Imagine being this predisposed to aggression, such that you verbally attack strangers over the internet. Perhaps it's from working a 9-5?

[main character No.11040854]

>>11040345
Hello there npc, got any quests for me?

[Anonymous No.11040907]

>>11040321
>go into upscale hotel in nashville
>being checked in
>vietnamese receiptionist asks if im chinese but im clearly just a white guy
what did he mean by this

[Anonymous No.11040958]

>>11040345
>being THIS fucking retarded

[Anonymous No.11041003]

>>11040907
You're a slav

[Anonymous No.11041023]

>>11040163
>>11040227

This sort of daily interaction is not even about being friendly. It's kind of like when a friend is telling you a long story you have to go "uh-huh" from time to time just to keep it going. These exchanges of pleasantries serve to check if things are normal on both sides. The objective is to know if it's going to be just another day at the office. It's a way of assessing if a coworker or boss is out of it (stressed, sick, personal issues). You don't even have to be overly friendly (that's why your first days in the office are so important), you just have to establish a line of communication and keep it going for as long as things are alright on your side like >>11038437 does. Y'all a bunch of NPC's too and you don't even realize it.

[Anonymous No.11041076]

>>11038248
I’m a slave to the wage
And will be forever
Too smart to enjoy it
Too dumb to do better

[Anonymous No.11042110]

>ITT NPCs who actually believe they are real beings
>Doesn't realize they are NPCs

[Anonymous No.11042130]

What's the final solution to the NPC problem?

[Anonymous No.11042152]

Can we ban this meme already?

[Anonymous No.11042161]

>>11042152
This is probably something an NPC would say

[Anonymous No.11042173]

>>11040854
Yes, could you please retrieve the excel document I printed out from the printer. Also I would be nice if you could stop watching anime at work.

Thank you,

Manager NPC

[Anonymous No.11042174]

>>11042130
automation and machine learning

[Anonymous No.11042188]

What is this new meme?

[Anonymous No.11042205]

>>11042188
NPC

[Anonymous No.11042219]

>>11042205
Huh?

[Anonymous No.11042224]

>>11042152
not until bizonacci makes money off of it

[Anonymous No.11042234]

>>11042219
its a pol meme

[Anonymous No.11042239]

>>11042188
ITS YOU
ahahahaha

[reluctant kneepad girl No.11042242]

>>11038248
Enter "reluctant kneepad girl" into the Name field to unlock the RKG player skin.

[Anonymous No.11042249]

>>11042234
Seems more like /r9k/ to me.

[Anonymous No.11042251]

[Anonymous No.11042254]

>>11042188
wageslave threads got too boring so now we have this

[Anonymous No.11042263]

>>11042249
possibly. but i have seen it primarily in pol. it started with this post this was from years ago but it became popular again

[Anonymous No.11042267]

>greet coworker
>ask how hes going
>just small talk
>remember this fresh new meme
>ask him if he heard any latest rumours in hopes of a quest
>blank NPC stare
i dont think those procedural quests are in the simulation yet guys

[Anonymous No.11042273]

>>11040677
t. Invested in crypto because he thought it was the future and not just a pump and dump

[Anonymous No.11042497]

What is this meme

[Anonymous No.11042750]

>Multiple people asking about me walking to work

I-I just want to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.

[Anonymous No.11042902]

This meme will be dead faster than Fresco

[Anonymous No.11042916]

>>11042902
fuck fresco wasn't even funny. at least this meme makes me laugh.

[Anonymous No.11042942]

>>11042902
I actually enjoy this one anon, fresco can suck dick.

[Anonymous No.11042989]

>>11038248
>it’s all just fun and games around here

[Anonymous No.11042997]

Something something dive bar something cookie lollipops, I like something a good scotch

[Anonymous No.11043013]

>>11042902
fresco was an npc

[Anonymous No.11043025]

>>11043013
Worse. He became one.

[Anonymous No.11043153]

This meme is growing on me.

[Anonymous No.11043190]

You know there really is at least some merit to this meme. There is a whole generation of 30-50 year olds who are content with routine, mundane daily work and have the same schedule every day. They aren’t dumb, but rather just content with the way they live their lives and aren’t intent on changing it until they retire.
Although, a lot of 4chan just assumes this meme is anyone trying to start some minimal smalltalk, but knowing how socially dysfunctional most channers are, it’s expected. They are going to pick fun at anything anf everything around them for the sake of memery, real relationships don’t matter to them, just the “you”s on the Chan.

[Anonymous No.11043336]

>>11043190
this. most people have a goal or two in their mind and just live their life on auto pilot while heading towards them. anyone with common sense knows this

[Anonymous No.11043362]

>>11043190

While I agree in part I also don't want to encourage the edgy teenage faggots who want to think they're smarter or deeper than everyone else due to first person bias and communication barriers

Most people are a lot more interesting than you think the more you pick at their brain, our culture simply has a way of smoothing out interactions to the point where no one reveals all of their thoughts, or really knows how to express them properly anyway.

[Anonymous No.11043458]

>>11040672
This. The NPC meme only confirms that everyone is a real person. Sure there can be mundane habitual conversations, but that doesn't mean that person isn't real. Just that they're trying to get by.
>If I could go without talking to some people I would though desu

[Anonymous No.11043487]

>>11038248
>your face when AI has already been invented
>your face when it has been implemented in NPCs
>your face when >>11038310 are NPCs specifically programmed to advertise "the new place down the street"

[Anonymous No.11043520]

It's a game for them just like you, but (usually) without 4chan

Depending on how/if you've made them feel, they will consort with others in their lives (usually whom have no chance of dialogue with you, think spouse/roommate) about your work interpersonals, how they felt about them, how they think you feel etc.

Depending on the previous experiences of the people discussing, the goal is laughter/releaseofsemiprivatefeels over your cringiness (younger), or to help you because they are worried/don't understand you (likely older)

The result of this conversation is advice given on how to deal with you going forward. You don't know the type of person your coworker has these conversations with, but an educated guess can be made after you've seen the initial, v2,v3,etc. if you're not a brainlet.

>examples
If you have perceived they are speaking about you with their spouse, that's probably the ticket to improving your relationship with them.
>effectively discuss feels and goals related to monogamy, make them think your decisions will ultimately mimic theirs, making them feel more secure in those decisions

if you have perceived they are speaking about you with a friend/roommate, pretty much the same
>believable mimic of their behavior, tease back if being teased, act as though you have ppl in your corner feeding you scenarios/lines, basically be confident

if you've done this alright, they'll leave you well enough alone. If you've done this very well, they'll want be your friend.

[Anonymous No.11043630]

>>11038248
Craft Beer
my wife...
what kind of mileage do you get?
asiago
powerball is getting up there...

[Anonymous No.11043641]

>>11038521
unironically based & redpilled
good for you, anon
we're all on this together
everyone.

[Anonymous No.11043715]

>>11041023
HOLY SHIT you've connected a major dot
thank you, anon

[Anonymous No.11043730]

>mfw current year

[Anonymous No.11043766]

>>11039520

Fair enough, but you could nitpick every meme, and this one is better than the boomer meme that last for-fucking-ever.

[Anonymous No.11043791]

>tfw you get called an NPC by a boring autist who spends all his free time on 4chan because you don't want to waste your time talking to him at work

[Anonymous No.11043814]

Where did this dumb NPC meme pic come from?

Why the hell are all the new memes just variations on Wojak?

Is 4chan THAT bankrupt now?

[Anonymous No.11043835]

>>11043814
Who cares, most memes are cancer anyway.

[Anonymous No.11043851]

>>11043814
t. NPC newfag

[Anonymous No.11043857]

I'm starting a software dev job next week. How do I come off as a normal person? I'm not a turbo autist or anything but I've been a neet for the past year and I have bad social anxiety sometimes

[Anonymous No.11043873]

>>11043791
What do you waste, sorry, use efficiently your time on wagie kun?

[Anonymous No.11043890]

>>11043873
Painting. You wouldn't know anything about that though. You're too busy following all the other NEET ants on /biz/.

[Anonymous No.11044614]

>>11041023

>Needs to make an eleborate fabrication of human interaction...just to see if someone is off sick to draw some arm chair psychological line
>He thinks this isn't a scripted NPC event triggered at the same time every day

NPCs man.

[Anonymous No.11044629]

>>11043857

Talk slowly, practice maintaining a friendly expression rather than a grimace or stern look. If you're going to be an autist it is miles better to be the approachable, friendly autist than the stern one.

[Anonymous No.11044698]

>>11038487
Fucking kek my sides

[Anonymous No.11044805]

>>11038358
Get out of here Lord Business

[Anonymous No.11044841]

>>11040163
Think of it like a friendly ping that you still acknowledge their existence. People think its weird when you don't. That's how I think about it at least

[Anonymous No.11044907]

>>11043857
Literally just smile at people, and smile alone to yourself to trick your body into thinking its content there. If people talk to you just make light conversation

[Anonymous No.11044948]

>Tfw been silent at the office too long and now it'd be weird if I started trying to talk to people.

[Anonymous No.11044951]

>>11044629
>If you're going to be an autist it is miles better to be the approachable, friendly autist than the stern one.
Excuse me but explain. I'm an extreme autist unironically and had problems interacting with people all my life no matter how I approached the situation. We're talking elliot rodger level.

[Anonymous No.11045172]

>>11040281

Did you just get triggered because an anon made a joke about how easily /pol/acks are triggered?

[Anonymous No.11045310]

>>11043362
This.

4chan autists are just as unspectacular and interchangeable as "NPC"s. It's just that normie dominance is higher in the general population so they end up thinking that they're "special" or rare.

[Anonymous No.11045377]

>>11041023
>I always try and ask questions that I'm genuinely curious about the other person. Unless I just want to be done with them quickly.
genius underrated post.

[Anonymous No.11046097]

>>11041023
I think anon might be on to something here

[Anonymous No.11046202]

>>11041023
then fucking say that instead of trying to connect antennae with me like a fucking bugman
fucking normies

[Anonymous No.11046313]

>>11039520
We've heard this dialogue already. Pressing A to skip.

[Anonymous No.11046363]

If you work you're an npc

[Anonymous No.11046377]

>>11046363
Makes sense. The heroes are out going on quests and shit.

[Anonymous No.11046439]

>>11044951
List some examples of your approaches

[Anonymous No.11046591]

>Receive email from kooky annoying lady at work
>It's sent to everyone
?
>open it
>it's another office appropriate meme
>"Hey, did you get that meme I sent the whole office?"

[Anonymous No.11046613]

what happens when an npc becomes self aware?

[Anonymous No.11046762]

>>11042249
>>11042263
Looks /x/ to me

[Anonymous No.11046778]

>>11039520
This is 100% correct.
You idiots repeat the same meme 500 times a day but OTHER PEOPLE are the NPCs?

[Anonymous No.11046851]

>>11041076
>ID: Me
literally me

[Anonymous No.11046989]

>>11038437
There's this Boomer at my work - must be 25-30 or so.

Every fucking day at around 10am he's in the breakroom sipping his monster energy drink, I try to sit next to him at the table, but he kicks the chair out of the way. "ya alright?" I ask. "how's things going?", ...He just sits there breathing heavily...Occassionally he crumples his monster can before tossing it across the room into the corner trash can and presenting another one. I can never get a straight response out of this fucko, so i just say "right, just going to make a brew" and hurry back to work...

Literally every day

[Anonymous No.11047024]

>damn I'm so poor
>Right time to buy that £8 salad from Planet Organic, lol it's just so delish!

[Anonymous No.11047045]

>>11038487
Haha very funny. Great meme keep up the good work buddy!

[Anonymous No.11047109]

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