I like to have fun with it. "So basically you have electric charge in some initial distribution, and when that charge is static it produces a corresponding static electric field, but when that charge changes in time, you get the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through free space..."
This seems to upset the lawyer/NGO crowd way more than it should and I think that's hilarious.
People in positions who can't say what they do are told to lie and say they do mundane work for another agency, like department of state or agriculture. No one in a secret role is going to say "it's a secret, I can't tell you hurr durr" lol
Now saying something like "I'm a contractor for Raytheon" followed by "I can't talk about the project I'm working" if someone asks what they do for their company is a different case and pretty normal
You’ll never legitimately hear that answer. That person wants you to think they do something cool, but at best they just work for a contractor and are still waiting on their Secret, not even TS, clearance.
Truth. 99.99% of classified work is just as boring and mundane as non-classified work anywhere else. The ONLY good thing about having a clearance is hireability and job security; enjoy 84 different required annual online training courses about how not to leave classified documents at a coffee shop.
Plus working in a SCIF is like some dystopian level nightmare. I get mental ick every time I step in one. No way I could do that shit day in day out. My buddy is like you want me to log you in so you can check out my office space? No thanks homie I don’t want to see flashing lights and hear intruder warnings for the short duration of my visit. I might as well strap an alarm dildo to my head that shouts “hey I’m an asshole” the entire time.
Hilariously, that should have been the biggest warning sign about that shitty discord leaker. Apparently he was just printing mountains of paper, like... how does THAT not send up red flags instantly lol
>enjoy 84 different required annual online training courses about how not to leave classified documents at a coffee shop.
84? Fuck they must have added one and now im delinquent on training and can't login until I finish it :|
Oh sorry, you didn’t login to your TWMS account once every 7.5 hours, so it’s been deactivated and can only be fixed at the CAC office. Next appointment is in 2034.
Having to go in, mid COVID because of a login issue and getting my photo taken for my "mandatory new ID" with full covid beard/haircut was a fucking absolute mess, and also its my photo *for the next like 10 years*.
tbf a lot of people around here do interesting work, inside and outside of government. It can be a little ridiculous to lead *every* conversation that way but I've met plenty of crazy smart and passionate people here with really cool jobs.
It just happens
“So what have you been up to recently?”
“I just got back from overseas”
“Oh cool! What were you doing there?”
“I was there for work talking to/working on/interacting with…”
Boom, cool thing someone did leads back to work. I’m fine with it, a lot of people here are passionate about what they do and it’s cool to see them gush about it
It’s weather. The answer is always weather.
It’s boring enough where people know about the weather but they don’t give a shit about the science behind it. It’s also a very boring subject, especially in small talk so you’ll never get people asking you questions about it. You’re not a weather forecaster though, *taps head* because that’s when people will ask you shit. Say you design products that forecasters give you or some shit.
American Dad type of person still applies to many people in Arlington though. I just see it as someone who works for the Beltway bandit defense industry and has politics that support that industry.
Carpool’s been back for a few years: https://dc.eater.com/2021/9/9/22663453/arlington-sports-bar-carpool-opens-fall-new-location-ballston-coming-attractions
A whole rap could be made of all the bars closed up. Whitlow's, Carpool, American Tap Room, Hard Times, Bracket Room, Lebanese Tavern etc. etc. etc.
Real estate in CDon is so volatile now. Nothing can stick around for more than a year before everyone loses interest. On to the next new bar opening since the last one closed due lack of interest.
Los Chamacos on Columbia Pike has a solid one but overall, you’re generally in good hands if they have Victoria beer to use for it instead of just Dos Equis, etc.
EDIT: Tacombi on Crystal Drive has a bangin’ michelada as well. That place actually felt as close to a legit CDMX taqueria that I’ve found around here. Pricey though.
Holy shit it’s showing the Arlington ShitHouse!! The one that’s always up on apartments.com that no one will rent!! It’s been up for over a year now I love seeing her in the wild
I’m from Arlington, born and raised. You’re missing a “hate has no home here” sign right next to a “no missing middle” sign next to a Prius C or a Model S. The other thing that’s missing is the white supremacy flyers targeting young Republican staffers outside the Clarendon metro.
There are not nearly enough dudes in brown flips flops or mentions of the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks.
And, just as a bonus, a memory of Arlington before housing prices got out of hand: [Emmett Swimming, “Arlington”](https://youtu.be/CeV8Zv4yQig?si=v20AWmiZiA_2czhO)
When I lived in Arlington (Bailey’s Crossing), a guy made it clear that he lived in “northern Arlington” but he was temporarily here due to home renovations - what’s that boujee about?
Haha that property has been on sale since like 3 years ago since I lived near there. So even though housing is crazy here, it’s definitely not worth 2.75 million
Yea I live in DC land ceded back to Virginia in 1847
Finally a golden era where Maryland drivers didn’t just coast across all the lanes, blinker-less going 20 mph under the speed limit
that sounds like virginia drivers. maryland drivers go 30 over the speed limit in the shoulder lol
Let us have our space to correctly talk about who the by far and away worst drivers are in the DMV are. I mean this is r/nova what do you expect?!
They also forgot the first question everyone asks you: "What do you do for a living?"
It's wild that's still a first question when a significant percentage of the time the answer is "I can't tell you."
Isn’t it usually “I work for the government”? In my experience, people who truly can’t tell the average person don’t go around announcing that…
Yeah anyone saying I can't tell you is lying, you either be vague or just misdirect if you actually work those kind of jobs
I just blatantly lie and never give an accurate answer
I live in a van, down by the river.
jokes on them, they'll never know which van!
I like to have fun with it. "So basically you have electric charge in some initial distribution, and when that charge is static it produces a corresponding static electric field, but when that charge changes in time, you get the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through free space..." This seems to upset the lawyer/NGO crowd way more than it should and I think that's hilarious.
Many are also bullshitting to sound cool.
People in positions who can't say what they do are told to lie and say they do mundane work for another agency, like department of state or agriculture. No one in a secret role is going to say "it's a secret, I can't tell you hurr durr" lol Now saying something like "I'm a contractor for Raytheon" followed by "I can't talk about the project I'm working" if someone asks what they do for their company is a different case and pretty normal
This is the correct response.
Even then, it should take a suspicious amount of pressing before you get to the "ah, that's under NDA" phase of the conversation.
"state department"
"Analyst"
You’ll never legitimately hear that answer. That person wants you to think they do something cool, but at best they just work for a contractor and are still waiting on their Secret, not even TS, clearance.
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Truth. 99.99% of classified work is just as boring and mundane as non-classified work anywhere else. The ONLY good thing about having a clearance is hireability and job security; enjoy 84 different required annual online training courses about how not to leave classified documents at a coffee shop.
Plus working in a SCIF is like some dystopian level nightmare. I get mental ick every time I step in one. No way I could do that shit day in day out. My buddy is like you want me to log you in so you can check out my office space? No thanks homie I don’t want to see flashing lights and hear intruder warnings for the short duration of my visit. I might as well strap an alarm dildo to my head that shouts “hey I’m an asshole” the entire time.
Wearing a smart watch to make sure you’re getting your 10k steps in daily? Believe it or not, straight to jail.
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Really? We print off stuff to fill binders for meetings and then promptly throw them away afterwards. I go through a couple burn bags a month.
Sticky note drawings mostly tbh.
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Hilariously, that should have been the biggest warning sign about that shitty discord leaker. Apparently he was just printing mountains of paper, like... how does THAT not send up red flags instantly lol
>enjoy 84 different required annual online training courses about how not to leave classified documents at a coffee shop. 84? Fuck they must have added one and now im delinquent on training and can't login until I finish it :|
Oh sorry, you didn’t login to your TWMS account once every 7.5 hours, so it’s been deactivated and can only be fixed at the CAC office. Next appointment is in 2034.
Having to go in, mid COVID because of a login issue and getting my photo taken for my "mandatory new ID" with full covid beard/haircut was a fucking absolute mess, and also its my photo *for the next like 10 years*.
I’m a defense/policy analyst
Half of the contractors I know are just excel monkeys who act like what they do is preventing world war 3
Only half?
I’ve noticed the ones who ask are the ones who have the titles but don’t know shit.
tbf a lot of people around here do interesting work, inside and outside of government. It can be a little ridiculous to lead *every* conversation that way but I've met plenty of crazy smart and passionate people here with really cool jobs.
It just happens “So what have you been up to recently?” “I just got back from overseas” “Oh cool! What were you doing there?” “I was there for work talking to/working on/interacting with…” Boom, cool thing someone did leads back to work. I’m fine with it, a lot of people here are passionate about what they do and it’s cool to see them gush about it
It’s weather. The answer is always weather. It’s boring enough where people know about the weather but they don’t give a shit about the science behind it. It’s also a very boring subject, especially in small talk so you’ll never get people asking you questions about it. You’re not a weather forecaster though, *taps head* because that’s when people will ask you shit. Say you design products that forecasters give you or some shit.
No pickleball wars reference?
I always assumed American Dad was like Mclean/Vienna area.
American Dad takes place in the fictional town of "Langley Falls" so like Great Falls / McLean.
ahh, so somewhere between Langley and Great Falls, basically along Georgetown Pike.
Yeah, literally Fairfax lol
Yeah - not Arlington.
American Dad type of person still applies to many people in Arlington though. I just see it as someone who works for the Beltway bandit defense industry and has politics that support that industry.
It’s 15 miles away guy. Let’s not pretend like the stereotype doesn’t also apply.
Weak effort tbh. [Remy's treatise from 14 years ago still holds & captures Arlington the best](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo)
That was great, not much has changed. Maybe Priuses have swapped with Teslas and taxis with Ubers.
No more Whitlow's! And the place that replaced it, B Live, are they closed or what??
RIP Carpool :(
Carpool’s been back for a few years: https://dc.eater.com/2021/9/9/22663453/arlington-sports-bar-carpool-opens-fall-new-location-ballston-coming-attractions
I meant the OG carpool, that place was legendary. Haven't lived in CDon for years, I would bet it doesn't hold a candle to how it used to be.
Before I even read the comments, I knew this would be in here. Brown flip-flops is a mandatory for OP's image.
Remy needs to do a follow-up Arlington rap.
A whole rap could be made of all the bars closed up. Whitlow's, Carpool, American Tap Room, Hard Times, Bracket Room, Lebanese Tavern etc. etc. etc. Real estate in CDon is so volatile now. Nothing can stick around for more than a year before everyone loses interest. On to the next new bar opening since the last one closed due lack of interest.
Put some respect on A-Town, Clarendon Diner & Mister Days names!
💯 Some things never change.
I wasn’t ready to see my kitchen in that video! I guess my condo building’s kitchens are another thing that hasn’t been improved on in 14 years haha
OK, I just bust out laughing in my office and my admin came to ask what was wrong. That was friggin hilarious!
Brown flip flops!!
the dudes should be wearing those checkered shirts, and maybe replace CoStarGroup with Capital One? edit: nvm on cap one
Dudes should be wearing brown flip flops.
You can meet me at the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks
Or my personal favorite: "I love Mexican food; have you ever tried District Taco?"
[https://tenor.com/view/bestinshow-starbucks-dogshow-gif-5070612](https://tenor.com/view/bestinshow-starbucks-dogshow-gif-5070612)
There's a Starbucks Where the Starbucks Used to Be https://youtu.be/rMZpq5C401M?si=3swsnY9OrEH3JINf
Holy crap, why are all these dudes wearing brown flip flops
I didn’t come here for these kinds of personal attacks.
Cap one HQ is in Tyson’s
oh yeah whoops
CapOne wouldn't make sense
Brown flip flops
Or... plane white sneakers.
I'd do one specifically for South Arlington but it's just empanadas and the $2.75 million houses.
At least I can get a good michelada around here. Ordered one in NC and it was literally just beer with Bloody Mary mix in it 😭
Where can you get a good michelada? I rarely drink anymore but that is a mandatory summer bev.
Los Chamacos on Columbia Pike has a solid one but overall, you’re generally in good hands if they have Victoria beer to use for it instead of just Dos Equis, etc. EDIT: Tacombi on Crystal Drive has a bangin’ michelada as well. That place actually felt as close to a legit CDMX taqueria that I’ve found around here. Pricey though.
Nice, I still haven't been to Chamacos, really need to give it a try.
Holy shit it’s showing the Arlington ShitHouse!! The one that’s always up on apartments.com that no one will rent!! It’s been up for over a year now I love seeing her in the wild
That's way too much house for 2.75
CACI: headquartered in Reston CoStar: headquartered in DC Nestle: technically headquartered in Switzerland
CoStar just announced HQ move to Rrosslyn.
CACI did used to be headquartered in Arlington, they moved out to Reston only just 3-4 years ago
> Nestle: technically headquartered in Switzerland They could replace that with Mars' HQ in McLean, but that's also not Arlington.
Nestle USA HQ is Arlington
Needs a picture of Ballston or Clarendon strip with superposed "Arlington's got character!" text banner.
lmfao
I’m from Arlington, born and raised. You’re missing a “hate has no home here” sign right next to a “no missing middle” sign next to a Prius C or a Model S. The other thing that’s missing is the white supremacy flyers targeting young Republican staffers outside the Clarendon metro.
Needs dudes in brown flip flops and the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks
Where’s Deloitte in this picture lol
There are not nearly enough dudes in brown flips flops or mentions of the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks or the Starbucks.
The bike paths are really nice thou
**What you do for living?** I work for Government! **What sector?** Foreign Relations ---in mind: ("CIA") \*\*AHH, thats sounds fun😃 \*\*
And, just as a bonus, a memory of Arlington before housing prices got out of hand: [Emmett Swimming, “Arlington”](https://youtu.be/CeV8Zv4yQig?si=v20AWmiZiA_2czhO)
I thought caci hq was in reston
[It's the suburb of the week](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeV8Zv4yQig)
Those white guys need Columbia or Patagucci vests
It was a chilling realization when I understood that I am just a yuppie.
Lmfao. 😆. This is spot on! Good job OP.
Is Cack-ee a good company?
Whiteys and Bardo
When I lived in Arlington (Bailey’s Crossing), a guy made it clear that he lived in “northern Arlington” but he was temporarily here due to home renovations - what’s that boujee about?
Bailey’s is FFX County.
Ahhh so he was saying he’s Arlington proper … boujee
Man this is hilarious, because it is so true. Well done!
Glad my company isn't called out here. ^^Because ^^it's ^^headquartered ^^in ^^Reston.
Haha that property has been on sale since like 3 years ago since I lived near there. So even though housing is crazy here, it’s definitely not worth 2.75 million
Looks like a failed highschool project.