So long, pals.
75I’ve been with these forums for nearly 5 and a half years, and the time has come for me to shuffle off this flask and mosey on out: Tomorrow will be my last day.
I have thoroughly enjoyed posting with you all, nearly killing myself with dry ice, traveling the Oregon Trail together, (not) solving an Old West mystery, deep frying a speaker dock, singing Christmas carols, sending out custom hats (both pink cowboy and “official”), and all the other fun and games we’ve had that I can’t even remember anymore.
Believe it or not, it can be fairly difficult to find a job when your resume says “mediocre” and your best examples of digital media are a photoshopped kid on a hoverboard toilet or a video of you zapping a dead fish with a taser. Thankfully I found a company that saw value in my wide range of, uh, “skills,” so I’m headed to a small home decor company to help spruce up their web presence and get them started with e-commerce. It is a really exciting opportunity for me and I couldn’t have done it without everything I’ve learned here.
As someone who discovered Woot in the computer lab in high school, working with Meh was a huge deal for me and I am sorry to have to leave. The community here has truly been the highlight of my time with the company, so thank you for that. I’ll be sure to pop back in from time to time to see what everybody is up to and what new adventures the creative team here has cooked up for everybody.
In lieu of flowers, please post your favorite memories from the last 5.5 years. Or questions if you have any, I guess.
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I’m glad you announced your departure and just didn’t disappear on us.
We will miss you.
@Barney I like purple.
@Moose Well it took you long enough to admit it.
Good luck on you new adventures. Hopefully you and Squirrel will be reunited at some point.
/giphy moose and squirrel
@hems79 that’s a weird looking bear
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@Moose C
@Moose @RiotDemon K
@medz @Moose @RiotDemon
/youtube country joe and the fish Woodstock
@medz @Moose @RiotDemon
Goodbye
@medz @Moose @RiotDemon well said y’all
Be honest, was it the name change from Mediocre to Mercatalyst that pushed you over the edge?
/giphy office nooo
/youtube so long farewell
We do hope so see you around here in the future.
Please have joy and prosperity!
And please share tales of those with us, so that we can share a bit of the joy with you.
And so we can be totally envious!
Thanks @f00l! I just have one thing to ask you.
Do you actually read all the posts that you star?
@Moose
If I’m interested in the topic at hand, I read the posts. I don’t go into topics and then not read posts but star them anyway;
and in topics where I just never followed up past a certain point, one can sometimes tell where I stopped reading and never came back. Usually due to lack of time.
sometimes, if I’m less interested in the topic, I’ll skim the topic. I still star those posts, even tho I barely gave them much mind.
More frequently, I read, but sometimes/often I read really fast (esp if busy), and don’t read well.
And I often can’t remember later that I read something (without a lot of prompting).
Also sometimes I will skim posts if I think a topic is nearly “done”. Those posts usually get starred anyway.
I claim no achievement or virtue for my level of reading comprehension. I probably don’t have any reading comprehension.
@f00l @Moose TL;DR
@Moose @therealjrn
As always, for many/most forum participants, one hopes.
Your response to “TL” seems optimal.
I really enjoyed the old west mystery game, Sheriff @Moose.
/youtube happy trails
@therealjrn aw I love this song
@Moose @therealjrn That game was soooo fun even though I got murdered.
@Moose, may you find happiness and success (in that order) with your new endeavors.
All the best Sherriff
@tinamarie1974 Thank you! Not sure I track the reference though. Am I the cops arresting wonder woman? Or am I wonder woman finishing my career by incarceration?
@Moose well you are the sheriff. Ask @ybmuG about Wonder Woman, she is a staple around here!
@tinamarie1974 oh I don’t read the forums
@Moose @tinamarie1974 You’re probably better off for that…
@Moose @tinamarie1974 Seriously, though - good luck at the new place and I wholeheartedly concur with TM74’s sentiment: success isn’t if it makes you miserable.
I hope your new job brings you joy! You will most definitely be missed.
/giphy farewell
@tnhillbillygal Thank you!
@Moose @tnhillbillygal Oh man, worth it for that hair animation though. I don’t think I’ve ever watched Aladdin.
@InnocuousFarmer @Moose @tnhillbillygal
Hey I know this sounds strange but you know we would welcome you sans flask. So come by occasionally(or often)
Take care
P.s. if meh is cool with it i know several of us would check out a home decor site link if you want to post it.
@CaptAmehrican
Yeah, I’ll definitely “check it out” and totally not troll it…
@CaptAmehrican It is a local place and their website needs work first, hence my job. Then there is the matter of hiding from @medz.
@CaptAmehrican @medz @Moose
They’ve got this thing called the Witness Protection program
Bye! We’ll miss you. Hope your new adventure is almost as fun as this one (?)
@cf1 won’t be as weird, but it will be a fun challenge
Just kidding, I know this isn’t the exact same thing
@DrWorm someone didn’t click my links…
@Moose Guilty. (sorry)
In my tepid defense, you had a lot of links in there. The previously visited links (like the announcement video) were a shade of gray that were barely noticeable in my browser. Conversely, the links I had not visited before were blue and impossible to miss.
@DrWorm @Moose Excuses for not clicking links generously provided by OP - Maybe it bothers me more than it should
@DrWorm @Moose last day to blame the current goat…
We will miss you, but good luck at the new place!
Those games were so much fun! Especially the Wild West one and the Oregon Trail and that thing with One Punch Man. And speaker docks and weird periscopes. And crazy contests and you taught me how to photoshop.
I bought a bunch of Banana Boat speakers because of this:
I still mix up cornstarch and water and play with them once in a while.
I’ll miss you! Good luck with your new website thing! Stop by once in a while!
@sammydog01 Thanks sammydog! I’m taking the magnetic mediocrebot with me, don’t tell anyone…
Fare thee well, friend Moose
May fortune favor thy path
in website design
Home decorating
Perhaps more creditworthy
than mediocre
We shall hope to hear
of your exploits in design
enhancing commerce
Happy Trails, friend Moose
Mediocre left behind
Onward and upward.
Sometimes meh friends just disappear, really appreciate the chance to wish you well.
I remember your cool lamp design. Hope your new path is rewarding.
Your experiments were some of the best videos ever, also your product testing. Remember Bubba mugs, smashed glass, and the hamburger cooker?
I enjoyed your different art projects - I still have (and love) the hat I won on which you emblazoned “kdemo” in prison finger tattoo font.
Happy (Oregon) trails!
It’s okay. You go. We’ll be fine.
PS - The fact that I starred this topic doesn’t mean I like that you’re leaving.
In case you were confused.
@kdemo You lost me at the hamburger cooker… I remember making chips in the microwave though. But anyway thank you!
@Moose - Gah I can’t find the video. I remember this pretty clearly - it was a little electric countertop cooker. You smashed ground beef in the little patty things and cooked and ate them.
Dementia means we forget things, not remember fake things, right? Right?
Whatever. I’m old.
While I was looking for it, I did find a plethora of your videos that I had forgotten. Your rich mediocre legacy.
@kdemo ooooh, I think that was a periscope that hollboll and jont did, though I was certainly around when it happened. Can’t for the life of me remember why though. So actually your memory is a lot better than mine in this case (and I was allegedly there!)
@Moose - Periscope! That explains it. I do remember you there - thought you were the chef.
Thank you!!!
@kdemo I can be positive that I wasn’t because, though I consider myself a pretty good cook, I can’t cook a hamburger to save my life. At least not without cheating with sous vide (and even then it’s iffy…)
@Moose - Well, you’re probably healthier for it.
So is the cow.
I know you said ‘cook’, not ‘eat’, but I couldn’t resist.
They must’ve loved your lamp design! Good luck on your new adventure. Be sure to let us know if you host any photoshop contests on your new site. (cuz that won’t get you fired or anything)
#MercatalystStrikesAgain #MehLayoffs #EmptyHQ
@medz #MooseGate #IrkCantMeltSteelBeams
@medz Having previous experience in home decor definitely helped. My only fear is that I will never escape the industry, because it is not one I ever would’ve guessed I’d be in. But thank you, I always appreciated our friendly rivalry and I’m sorry you will have to empty out your “screenshots of moose” folder now.
(Also I wasn’t laid off)
@Moose Yup all those hours curating content for my moose folder… wasted.
I would never imagine someone of your caliber would be laid off. I was only foolin’. I apologize for suggesting that was the case.
@medz @Moose
Maybe they fell in love with his hoard of un-awarded Goat trophies
/image goat trophy
Wow, it looks like meh is becoming the training ground for support and service personnel. It seems like a lot of really good people have moved on.
Oh well, at least it’ll improve the company lucky enough to hire you away. I hope you get a chance to properly
indoctrinatetrain your replacement.Good luck and don’t be a stranger around these parts.
You’re a real fun guy.
/image fungi
Best of luck in your next step towards conquering the world!
Look what I found on youtube:
@sammydog01
RIP @ChadP
@ChadP @therealjrn oh man I miss him. So sad. Too soon.
@sammydog01 I’m so glad you found this youtube. It brings back lots of good memories.
@sammydog01 3 down, one to go.
/giphy oompa loompa
@ChadP @sammydog01 @therealjrn sometimes i can still hear his voice…
@sammydog01 holy cow I look young
@heartny Haha, perfect!
My special memory is that time I got your junk, took a couple of years to turn it into different junk, brought it back and made y’all think you had a stalker at the door. Good times.
Also, Shreveport represent.
We wish you all the best. Carry on and do great things. Everyone says they’ll be back and hang out, but we know you’ll have other things to do and we won’t hold it against you too much.
@djslack ha that was fun, i never expected to see that thing again. I was looking at it reminiscing just the other day. Thank you!
So long, chum.
@medz
:burp: MITCHELL! :wheeze:
Good luck!!..as someone in the middle of trying to find something new…I hope its all you ever dreamed of and more!!
@amehzinggrace Good luck to you too!
Best of luck, Will. I enjoyed working with you and appreciate everything you did with my lame products through the years!
/giphy revealing
@Jdub Thanks man, it was really great working with you. I was always happy to sell your lame products
Mooooooooooooooose!
this one’s for you @Moose – fuck.
don’t pull a @JonT and never come by the forums. please post pics of your going away party. and possibly, pics of security Irk escorting you out of the building.
best of luck in all your future shenanigans!
@carl669 Asking them to come back and hang out is like asking your favorite server at the restaurant to come back and eat lunch with you all the time.
This is work for them and they know what happens back in the kitchen… they don’t want stick around unless they’re getting paid to.
@medz haven’t you had a previous job where you still keep in touch with people?
@carl669 With the customers? I don’t think so. I hardly even keep in touch with old co-workers.
@carl669 @medz
What an age-ist thing to say!
Always and forever.
@lisaviolet Nooo… I’m not going to cry.
@lisaviolet it’s on a shelf next to the tiny science gloves, my speakerdock derby car, and the bootleg BB-8 I made
Aww, just found this thread since I was on vacay when it was posted. Good luck @Moose! You stuck around longer than most and contributed to many fond mehmories here. One in particular shall forever hold a place a deep in my heart - that day long ago when the dream came true. I received… the extra letter in my Fuku. Your artwork continues to hang near my desk. Thanks for all the fun, you’ll be missed!
Proven point that a flask is required to visit the forums, participate and host games. I really enjoyed the story telling Sheriff Moose. While I did not join the game, I followed the adventure. I will add my good wishes for the future and hope you choose to hang out here sometimes.
So you are leaving the forums, but staying at meh?
You are leaving meh and somehow that requires you to leave the forums?
Best of luck to you, but it sounds like you are just ghosting the forums to me.
@moose I know I’ve been MIA for a long time, but I still lurk and always enjoy all the great things you do! Good luck on your next adventure!!
I remember that time with the batteries. And the fridge.
But mostly the batteries (and totally the fridge).
Hors d’oeuvre! (that other word is so damn hard to say…)
@Moose Sad for us, but good for you. I wish you happiness and prosperity.
/giphy so long and thanks for all the fish
(But seriously thanks and good luck!)
@mehcuda67 I just picked up the discs for the first two (only two…) seasons of Dirk Gently’s etc at the DollarTree for a dollar a season… I’m pumped!
Mister @moose !!! My favourite thing of all (besides you popping in occasionally to the unofficial Meh trivia crew to hang with us when it was still running) was watching you drinking crayfish water using the special filter straw
. Tiny science was pretty awesome too… You are a champion!!!
Be good. Be safe (I mean, it has to be safer for you ANYWHERE else heheh). And have FUN! This purple heart is especially for you:
All the best dude and stay in touch!!
Is mercatalyst dead game? Dev confirmed maintenance mode?
You will be missed! I hope your new job makes you even more marketable for when you want to move up in your career again.
You’ll be missed for that dry ice video alone. Congratulations on the new opportunity!
Best of luck in your new adventure! I’d love to see what you do for the home decor company since I’m in a related business making custom window treatments.
@callow
Cool! Can you do something about my windows 7?
Ahh… such sweet mehmories… Best of luck in the future (since I can’t do shit about your past…)
Don’t be a stranger (it makes the parents nervous…)
He still has a flask!! He still works there!!
@Ignorant are you implying this was all a sham to get us to get all gushy about @moose?
/giphy oh my!
@Ignorant
/giphy it’s a trap
@Ignorant @tinamarie1974 I think that giphy is in the wrong thread
@Ignorant @ybmuG yyeeaahhh
Welp now he’s just a pile of poop, guess it was true.
Hope things go well at the new place and thanks for playing in the forums all these years.
@Ignorant Yeah, but he’s OUR little pile of poop!
Hey guys, remember that guy who used to work here? I think his name was booze or smoothie or something like that. Oh yeah, I remember… @moose that was it. Fun times!
Someone should make the meh button a Moose in your honor
(Don’t be a stranger!)
A lot has been said already in the thread. Sad to see you go, but I only wish the best for your future.
Moooooose
@Moose
Hasta Lumbago!
Vaya con dios!
from your closest friend ever,
PhysAssist
Yeah whatever good luck.
Should I keep VMP? Why or why not? I have not bought anything for at least 2 years.
@ojohn I consider it an entertainment fee…
@ojohn You sound aggravated. If something does not spark joy in you life, you should let it go.
I think I’m going to write a book about that.
@therealjrn
Marie Kondo is cute/appealing. Are you as cute and appealing?
@f00l Marie who?
@therealjrn
/giphy Marie Kondo
@f00l Yeah…I don’t get it.
@therealjrn
I didn’t mean to be mystifying
Look, @f00l. You need to stop thread-jacking @Moose’s farewell thread. This isn’t always all about you and your obsession with (in your words) “cute and appealing” Asian women.
@Moose @therealjrn
Wow.
I mean if you wanted references you could have gotten tons. We just might not be valuable references.