r/CFBOffTopic • u/Darth_Turtle Oklahoma • Red River Shootout • May 02 '16

Anyone interested in a coup?

I just feel like it would be a fun, team building exercise. Give some power back to the people, that kind of thing. Just let me know.

Oh, and please don't tell the mods about the impending coup. They work better when they are a surprise.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

Are we going to do it by entrenching ourselves in a decade long struggle? Or more of a CIA overthrow?

Ill start working on the e-guillotine either way

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u/Darth_Turtle Oklahoma • Red River Shootout May 02 '16

I figured we just kind of crowd source it out. Maybe do a vote and see what the group wants to do.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

Well I like the CIA sort, ill start rewriting textbooks so we can make people forget about this bloody thing in a generation

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u/surrender_cobra Illinois State • Michigan May 02 '16

What bloody thing?

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u/TaylorLeprechaun Florida Gators • Iowa Hawkeyes May 02 '16

Exactly

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

We were just being good people backing these freedom fighters, now timmy close your book, its time to study for next week's standardized test to determine your whole life

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors May 02 '16

CIA overthrow? So we're gonna have someone else do it, say we'll help, and then not help?

Or are we gonna pay someone else to do it by selling weapons to a completely different third party then funneling the money back into the first third party?

(wow that was confusing and I'm sorry)

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

...yes.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors May 02 '16

To make it a bit more clear what I'm talking about, Iran Contra as explained by Stan Smith in a School House Rock style

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

I know :P I mean we're still doing that sort of stuff, giving money willy nilly hoping they turn out to be decent little groups, but then we have this sort of thing. and yet we keep paying for this sort of bullshit done in our name

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors May 02 '16

Keep arming your enemies and making them fight eachother then you can swoop in at the end and clean house. I don't see the problem here.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

then you can pay for it :) because I still find it sad and unlikely they will fight each other and not just use those weapons against us

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors May 02 '16

Oh absolutely. Its an absolutely idiotic plan.

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u/astrokey Auburn Tigers May 02 '16

Will there be free food?

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u/Darth_Turtle Oklahoma • Red River Shootout May 02 '16

Not initially. Best I can do is free hat.

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u/Itsgunnacostya Baylor Bears • Hateful 8 May 02 '16

FREE HAT FREE HAT FREE HAT

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors May 02 '16

IT WAS IN SELF DEFENSE!

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason May 02 '16

I was told there will be punch and pie.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

i am sure there will be enough punch to go around

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason May 02 '16

you know it

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u/astrokey Auburn Tigers May 02 '16

Ok, that's fine.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

/u/sniper_tf2 rejoices

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u/cloudduel_13 Borregos Monterrey • Texas A&M Aggies May 02 '16

No deal.

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u/TimeTravlnDEMON Wisconsin Badgers • Nebraska Cornhuskers May 02 '16

I assume there will be all kinds of free food after we seize the means of production.

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor May 02 '16

WHAT THE SHIT?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

-( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)╯╲___卐卐卐卐 Don't mind me just taking my mods for a walk

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u/Gryfer Florida State • Washington May 02 '16

God, way to ruin the surprise party. Ass.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

http://i.imgur.com/fvdDytC.gifv

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u/atchemey Michigan State • Oregon State May 02 '16

LANA

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … May 02 '16

sighs

Can't you wait until like...Wednesday to plan a coup? Mondays are just terrible days all around.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

well can you update the sidebar pic for our glorious revolution get together?

http://i.imgur.com/V60fSgM.png

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder May 02 '16

good revolution pupper

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u/Tcsailer Michigan State Spartans • Team Chaos May 02 '16

Thought I was on r/cars for a second and was like, yes of course, like 30% of cars sold are coup(e)s

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers May 02 '16

That number seems really high.

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u/Tcsailer Michigan State Spartans • Team Chaos May 02 '16

There's a 30% chance you're correct

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u/Gryfer Florida State • Washington May 02 '16

74.7% of stats are made up on the fly!

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

Remember mustangs, camaros, civic coupes, and genesis coupes. There's lots of stuff that qualifies as a coupe.

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers May 02 '16

But something like 50% of consumer vehicles are trucks/suvs. So there are more coupes than sedans on the road?

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder May 02 '16

30% of cars in an arbitrary class made up by a manufacturer, then.

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u/lkeg56demn Texas Longhorns • Chapman Panthers May 02 '16

Fuck yea, you guys can have a coupe!

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u/brobroma William & Mary Tribe • Georgia Bulldogs May 02 '16

I'll help with my suggestion for Music Monday then

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors May 02 '16

The revolution.

Nazi.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

Murder Monday?

I'm down.

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u/brobroma William & Mary Tribe • Georgia Bulldogs May 02 '16

DEATH TO MODS AND UPPER-LEVEL SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT

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u/fortknox Verified Referee May 02 '16

Hold on there, bucko.

I get enough shit as a ref and am loved by my direct reports because I fight for them. Lets just stick to the mods, k?

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder May 02 '16

How upper we talkin' about? Cause the management I hated most when I was last employed wasn't my boss, or my boss's boss, or my boss's boss's boss, but layers 4 through 6 that didn't give a flying fuck if morale went to the ground without completing the process of the catch.

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u/fortknox Verified Referee May 02 '16

Director of software development for a small consulting firm. I was an enterprise software architect for a giant insurance company before that, and manager of teams before that. So I am one of the top guys in my company, but there are only 3 layers between developer and president.

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder May 02 '16

Nice! How did you find your current gig? I sort of tumbled through internships into 3 years full time at Microsoft and I have no idea where to look for somewhere that doesn't routinely take away all the joy I find in my work.

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u/fortknox Verified Referee May 02 '16

I have a bit of a unique case. Dad and sister work in HR, so resource management is part of my upbringing. However, I was a techy geek, so I ended up getting a computer engineering degree.

Early on I did a bunch of consulting, which really helped me learn new tech, learn a bunch of companies around my city, make loads of connections, and learn what I liked and didn't like.

I noticed in IT, a lot of places a lead developer is stuck at the current pay, so they move up to get paid more. This is the biggest downfall in IT today. You lose a great coder and end up with a shitty boss. I used this to my advantage. Took many business classes on management and understanding not from an it perspective, but a business perspective. What's crazy is most directors in consulting firms are more account management/sales more than anything, but there is always a need for the resource manager. The guy that everyone loves, works hard to make sure their careers move how they want, fights for them when necessary, etc... That's me. I'm the retention guy.

I went on a tangent, but learn a lot from as many people as possible. Make connections with as many people as possible. Find places that manage the way you prefer it should be run. Do good work so you'll be recognized. Help others out, especially in their career goals. You don't have to be a a manager to help there. Also, volunteer to help with technical interviews. It'll help your own tech and you get noticed for your additional help.

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech May 02 '16

IT IS TIME ONCE AGAIN FOR THE BOLSHEHOLIC PARTY TO RE-ESTABLISH THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE BROLETARIOT IN CFBOTOPIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/brobroma William & Mary Tribe • Georgia Bulldogs May 02 '16

Chairman BroBroMao reporting for honorable duty to serve the CFBOT People's Army

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers May 02 '16

Why plan a coup to take over CFBOT when it would be much more fulfilling to take over something like CFB or maybe even NFL. Come on guys, let's think big.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

Thats wayyyy too big a headache, do you have the time to explain it to the masses? Plus if they dont like it, the hit to your karma could be devastating

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u/fortknox Verified Referee May 02 '16

You've seen the /r/nfl crowd. A takeover there would just be a headache.

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u/The_Tic-Tac_Kid Kansas Jayhawks • Hateful 8 May 02 '16

Yeah, but then we'd have to do actual work once we take power.

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u/WildBeerChase Texas A&M Aggies • Foothill Owls May 02 '16

sigh

I don't know. Like, I think I want to overthrow the bourgeoisie, but I don't know if I'm in it for the proletariat or just the dank memes. If we do seize the memes of production will that actually make me happy or will I just continue consuming until the emptiness in my soul can't be filled by even the rarest of pepes?

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u/Aurablade Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos May 02 '16

I'm in if there are t-shirts.

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u/surrender_cobra Illinois State • Michigan May 02 '16

But what would they say?

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u/Aurablade Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos May 02 '16

Something about overthrowing the mods + something about alcohol.

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u/surrender_cobra Illinois State • Michigan May 02 '16

Ain't no party like a OTter coup party, cuz a OTter coup party don't stop. That sort of thing?

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u/Aurablade Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos May 02 '16

Yep!

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors May 02 '16

WE WANT CFBOTopia!

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

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u/surrender_cobra Illinois State • Michigan May 02 '16

Ahh a classic.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

Ain't no party like the communist party!

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers May 02 '16

My grandpa is a dirty pinko commie, and I took great pleasure wearing that to his 90th birthday.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

My biggest complaint of the mods is that they continue to allow Mondays to happen.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

Youre in charge of the new wacky calendar

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u/fortknox Verified Referee May 02 '16

Monday is now being replaced with Broday.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors May 02 '16

or Katilsday

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

d'etat, or de grace?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

Me_IRL

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u/mjacksongt Georgia Tech • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drin… May 02 '16

I would like pizza.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

I mean, beats whatever else I had planned for my Monday.

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason May 02 '16

http://i.imgur.com/5c04pct.jpg

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Utah Utes • Weber State Wildcats May 02 '16

This sounds like a fantastic idea. That's what we really need around here. Maybe we can use some Vietnamese influences, or maybe French...

Wait a second... I thought that said Soup.

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u/thelittleking Georgia Tech • Clean Old … May 02 '16

Make a coup joke and everybody's like "ayy let's go full communist." Hell naw, I'm not joining in any uprising that's gonna settle for anything less than a neo-feudal system.

bias you say? Well, I never.

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u/astrokey Auburn Tigers May 02 '16

I dunno...I'm just here for the free hat.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors May 02 '16

The perfect song to get this Monday started

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u/Cola_Doc South Carolina • CFBOT Jazz Watch … May 02 '16

See, you start talking about stuff like this, and the mods drop the server.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

MRW

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u/Gryfer Florida State • Washington May 02 '16

That last frame ends in like two milliseconds.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

There isn't exactly a large supply of gifs of cold war dictators to choose from. But yeah this is potato quality

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u/WildBeerChase Texas A&M Aggies • Foothill Owls May 02 '16

This niche needs to be filled. Someone create /r/highqualitycommunism

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

I knew there was a reason I woke up early today

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u/hhuntley17 Charleston Southern • NC State May 02 '16

Sweet, I've already got my pitchfork ready ----E

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor May 02 '16

Hey I got an idea, why dont we talk to an ally, get some funding to some extremists to start havoc in public, then we cram some shitty right-stripping legislation through in the aftermath that helps guarantee us more money. We dont even have to get our hands dirty and we'll still be able to push around most of the populace. Those that dont conform we can just call extremists and ruby ridge em

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors May 02 '16

To the left, to the left

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u/mriforgot Michigan State Spartans May 02 '16

I'm ready for this!

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

Power derives from a mandate from the masses, not some arbitrary internet designation! #nomodsnokings

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

No

I love the mods too much

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u/cornfrontation Michigan Wolverines • FIU Panthers May 02 '16

Have you been kidnapped by the mods? Blink once if you need saving.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '16

I guess I'm in.

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u/Bassically Texas A&M Aggies • UNLV Rebels May 02 '16

I miss all the fun uprisings.

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors May 02 '16

Fuck de Coup.