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Intergalactic Bounty Hunters Wanted
myukew wrote in to let us know about a viral marketing campaign by Nintendo that went awry. A while back Nintendo posted an opening on the jobs board Monster.com for an "Intergalactic Bounty Hunter". The response they received was unnerving. From the article: "Within the first day of posting the job, we had several replies from real applicants who seriously wanted to be an intergalactic bounty hunter for a living. The skills and experience these people listed went beyond surprising into the realm of frightening. We never expected such a wide array of replies from so many people who were actually pursuing interviews for gainful employment as a space warrior."
I doubt that anyone with an IQ low enough to think this is real would know how to turn on their PC.
You'd be surprised how easy it is, apparently, to turn on a PC.
But then outsourcing reared its ugly head and Lur, the leader of Persius omicron V started having his people do it for half the cost...
This has to be the most frustrating story I've seen in years. They need to show us ALL of the responses or just stfu.
You sound as gullible as their purported applicants.
Look, we don't need all that so-called "protection" for our armies in Iraq. What we need is democracy, and what we gave them is more powerful than any rocket propelled grenade or rail gun.
Besides, we're saving our best shit for North Korea. Those sumbitches are crazy.
Ahh yes, Mr. Fett, your resume is quite impressive. However, I did notice a slight gap in your work history. Oh, you say you've been in a Sarlac pit being slowly digested for the past 75 years? That's reasonable I suppose. But I also tried contacting your last employer, a Mr. Hutt, and he appears to be dead. You might want to update your references. Well, thanks for stopping by Mr. Fett, we'll call you. And please don't kill anyone on your way out.
Any response from the time traveller?. Seems this job would be right up his alley.
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
Actually, they just need to harvest more Vespene gas before they can upgrade the armor. And you KNOW how hard it is to get up the tech tree when the fsckers keep trying to rush you. Everyone wants to be a Marine or a Goliath pilot, nobody wants to drive an SCV.
"There are hundreds of game theorists at the gates, sir, and they want to hold an election!"
I know who you are talking about. They are not whackjobs.
In other words, there are known knowns, that is, we know that people applied, and there are known unknowns, that is we know they made scary remarks, but we don't know what they were, and then there are unknown unknowns that we don't know about at all.
English is easier said than done.
Join the Army.
Travel to Distant Lands.
Meet Interesting People.
Kill Them.
"Oh, you hate your job? There's a support group for that, it's called everyone, they meet at the bar."
Oh, great. Just great. My sister was the one on the run, you insensitive clod, and now she's disappeared. And all because you wouldn't help set up the safe house for her.
You can tell a great deal about the character of a man by observing those who hate him.
Explain velcro then!
That shit's utterly amazing...
If I can't smoke and swear I'm fucked.
I responded to a job offer for a bounty hunter, and got hired, but I soon found out that I mostly got to do FedEx quests. And the XP I received was dismal. So I quit. I am now looking for something in the line of being a spy or vampire. Slim pickin's, though.