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Simpin' for some Za (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

I guess if it was a daily unlimited good pizza party instead of a small raise given as long as I had the job; then maybe it would be a better deal.

If I'm either getting an extra $100 a month or $20 of pizza every day.. I think pizza wins.

What are the chances we get daily free pizza?

If it's not daily: I'd take the money. If daily: I'd have to think about it.

If you read this far and it's not clear: I'm joking.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

So many things wrong with one post. Shitty AI image, gargling on corporate balls, probably a sockpuppet account, terribly distributed jalapeños, calling themselves an "artist".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Is she picking her nose with that pizza?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

I strongly believe this is a bot

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

Idk I like how her shoulder emulates a coat hanger, obviously a step forward in human evolution.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I'm trying to decide whether this is some poor attempt at propaganda or a poorly executed joke.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

I checked their profile to make sure wasn’t a parody account and most posts seem normal so i also can’t tell

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago

Judging by the AI generated pictures and the “artist” bit, my money is on them being a “prompt engineer” attempting to suck up to their bosses to delay their inevitable firing once they realize they might as well cut out the middleman.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Imma say, both.

[–] [email protected] 127 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

"Artist" using AI generated pizza picture

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I was gonna say, that whole post is giving "boss cosplaying as an employee" vibes to me

I'd be surprised if the person is even real

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Thank you for helping me to catch what this reminds me.

Except it was a bit sharper difference between what they were and what they played.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Shoving pizza up their nose
Holding pizza like a plate
Strap disappears mid-way
(mentioned) collarbone

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yah AI is in its early stages and should only be used for simpler tasks like military weapons systems and running the US government

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

Middle management AI when?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 hours ago

this LinkedIn post is sponsored by the 'The corporate bosses of America'.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Man, I'm annoyed because my job has a fun budget of like $1000 which has nothing to do with raises.

And they're terrified of using that money to make a pizza party because of the backlash. So instead, they spend that money on buying dumb ass posters and hats for people with positive encouragement.

So thanks to these memes, instead of drowning in pizza, I get a Good Vibes trucker hat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago

Can you not tell the employees that you have it earmarked for that and ask for suggestions?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Why not do go-karts or something? Y'know, as long as it's during business hours.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Just an idea, visa gift cards. If you need to make it fun, make it a raffle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

We have pretty strict rules at my work about cash equivalents. I'd go with food.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago

I do hope you said thank you and wear it every day to office.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago

Maybe I want some tequila with my pizza. Maybe I like a set of toppings that never gets ordered at a pizza party. Maybe I want to hire a hooker to feed me the pizza. Wanting cash instead of pizza enables all of this and more.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I have only ever heard Za in reference to marijuana. Did it start as a pizza thing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Definitely heard it called that at least as far back as the 90s. I assume it predates that, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

Harry Dresden in the Dresden files books gives toot-toot (a fairy) some pizza. Toot then starts calling it za and eventually Dresden the za-lord.

That book came out in 2000.

So I'd assume the term "za" for pizza was was around at least 5-10 years prior.

https://dresdenfiles.fandom.com/wiki/Toot-Toot_Minimus

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I’ve only heard it in reference to pizza, but in like a Bill & Ted type voice so maybe it’s optimal use is stoned eating pizza

[–] skisnow 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

After decades of playing 'ZA' in Scrabble, this is literally the first time I've ever seen someone use it in a sentence.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

this is literally the first time I've ever seen someone use it in a sentence.

Oh boy! Here's your second then:
South Africa's Internet top-level domain is .za!