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RmDebArc_5 piefed.zip RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip
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"Do you taste metal...?" and 99 other fun questions you can ask your coworkers very abruptly and dramatically
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madjo piefed.social madjo@piefed.social
Joined: 2024-11-20
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"what's that sound?"

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Herbal Gamer sh.itjust.works HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-30
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"Do you smell smoke?"

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Billegh lemmy.world bhamlin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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"What's that smell?"

Audibly farts

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embed_me programming.dev embed_me@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-11-05
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"what's that?"

*stares at an empty corner"

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wuffah lemmy.world wuffah@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-12
#6 · Quote Reply

“PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean??”

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Zier fedia.io Zier@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-06-17
#7 · Quote Reply

"I've been taking asbestos bubble baths, doesn't my skin look good?"

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AeronMelon Moderator aeronmelon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-26
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“Has the building always been leaning like this?”

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Simulation6 sopuli.xyz Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-29
#9 · Quote Reply

Did someone burn toast? It's giving me a headache.

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notsure fedia.io notsure@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-07-02
#10 · Quote Reply

...as someone who has trained for mine safety, LOL!

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5714 lemmy.dbzer0.com 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-07-31
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...as someone who has trained for mine safety, LOL!

Can you train for other's safety as well?

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Fortatech gregtech.eu Fortatech@gregtech.eu
Joined: 2024-07-23
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

"Why do i smell swimming pool?"

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🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉 lemmy.world IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-29
#13 · Quote Reply

...as someone who has trained for mine safety, LOL!

selfish cunt

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TypFaffke feddit.org TypFaffke@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-31
#14 · Quote Reply

Did someone burn toast? It's giving me a headache.

This one isn't as threatening to the coworkers though

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Log in | Sign up lemmy.world davidagain@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-22
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"Why do i smell swimming pool?"

Uhhh, smells more like Flourine than Chlorine to me. Brad, you were here before us. What do you think?

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wolframhydroxide sh.itjust.works wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-07-25
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...as someone who has trained for mine safety, LOL!

I would like an explanation of which type of minedamp makes the air taste like metal. Care to share?

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Nima leminal.space Nima@leminal.space
Joined: 2023-12-08
#17 · Quote Reply

"What's that smell?" Audibly farts

omg I had a coworker that would do this. no joke.

"Do you smell popcorn?"
"no?"
blarrrp "How about now?" and then he'd grin like a 12 year old.

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DragonTypeWyvern midwest.social DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
Joined: 2024-05-23
#18 · Quote Reply

"I miss insert coworker. This place just isn't the same after the accident."

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yermaw sh.itjust.works yermaw@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-07-10
#19 · Quote Reply

This one isn't as threatening to the coworkers though

It totally is. Seeing someone you know have a stroke and also being responsible to do something about it is pretty harsh

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-10-06
#20 · Quote Reply

"Do you guys smell popcorn?"

farts

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notsure fedia.io notsure@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-07-02
#21 · Quote Reply

Can you train for other's safety as well?

...no, it's mine...

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notsure fedia.io notsure@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-07-02
#22 · Quote Reply

selfish cunt

MINE! MINE! MINE!

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zip lemmy.blahaj.zone zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-11-21
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omg I had a coworker that would do this. no joke. "Do you smell popcorn?" "no?" blarrrp "How about now?" and then he'd grin like a 12 year old.

I was just about to say something similar. Fart silently, then ask if they smell popcorn/gasoline/whatever. They're not likely to sniff again after they've heard you fart. That defeats the purpose!

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Nima leminal.space Nima@leminal.space
Joined: 2023-12-08
#24 · Quote Reply

I was just about to say something similar. Fart silently, then ask if they smell popcorn/gasoline/whatever. They're not likely to sniff again after they've heard you fart. That defeats the purpose!

see thats how I would do it too, but he was a madlad and he made certain it was audible.

he wanted you to know it was he who doomed you. and he'd immediately start giggling like a kid right after.

I'm making him out to be a maniac, but he was actually super fun to work with and he was fantastic. it was an honor to stock overnights with him.

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YiddishMcSquidish lemmy.today YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-03-10
#25 · Quote Reply

"you know, I'm forklift certified."

Says the bartender to the back of house.

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als lemmy.blahaj.zone als@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-10-25
#26 · Quote Reply

"what's that?" *stares at an empty corner"

Or "who's that?"

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fartographer lemmy.world fartographer@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-29
#27 · Quote Reply

Or "who's that?"

Or "why's that?"

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JakoJakoJako13 piefed.social JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-04-22
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My favorite was working in a television control room and asking, "is that supposed to be on screen?" The panic as the director looks back and forth at the 20 or so screens in front of them always made me giggle!!!

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OhVenus_Baby lemmy.ml OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-11-14
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When my kidneys turn bad sometimes my breath tastes metallic and different.

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jim_v lemmy.world jim_v@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-21
#30 · Quote Reply

It totally is. Seeing someone you know have a stroke and also being responsible to do something about it is pretty harsh

Being responsible for the smell of burnt toast in the break room is no walk in the park, either.

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