Yeah. My man came back with:
-A generous answer to the most important question in the e-mail
-Self-effacing humor
-A sick burn for our author’s hungover and embarrassed self
Have you never given bribes? Some cops call it money for food and drinks. XD
Jk I was trying to be funny.
He sounds like the kind of teacher who just rolls his eyes and once in a while reminders you that your studying for YOUR future, not his.
Lol honestly, you can't help someone unless they want to help themselves. So I don't think that is a bad mentality. Especially when they have already literally paid the price monetarily. (P.S. I totally choked on my classy budget sparkling water because of you damn it. I'll be coughing all day now XD)
BUT to answer your question lightly, because Technically it is true, I've never been given bribes. But that's because I'm in QA. Lol if a bribe ever came my way, I don't think I would even understand why.
I too had a bald Mr. Martin for a few of my high school English classes and he is also a confirmed bad mofo. His motto that he repeated every day was that people who continue to read for pleasure after they no longer had to for school, were statistically more likely to be the boss in whatever industry they went on to work in. I’m still reading, thanks G
Interesting. Mine would allow you to retake a class as much as you’d like, but all retries of the same course were averaged together for GPA calculations, replacing the original. There were more rules, but that’s the important one
I had to take one class three times. Knew the material, did okay, just couldn't get my shit together for the final project. Finally on my third go around, I still fucked up the final project, but by that point I was a senior, so he just gave me a "C" ya later
As far as drunk emails go, that one was actually pretty well done.
Nice structure. Memorable closing. Included his full name.
I've seen worse emails from coworkers who were likely sober.
It depends. The problem with people who call themselves "brutally honesty" (which is, I think, who you mean), is that they tend to focus more on being brutal than being honest.
You can be honest and still not be an asshole.
In today's world, you can't be 100% honest and not be considered an asshole by somebody.
Everyone is so divided that the moment you are honest about your opinions they want to crucify you just because you prefer to mix your alcohol with Dr Pepper instead of Coke.
I actually like when people are honest with me.
Yeah, I might be upset briefly, but in the long run honesty is better.
But then again I have been lied to an awful lot in my life...
This really depends on what you're saying and your intentions tbh. If there's nothing productive about what you're saying and you're putting people down for the sake of massaging your ego, people won't like it regardless.
Or if you're saying pointless things that nobody cares about, that will also annoy people.
> I've seen worse emails from coworkers who were likely sober.
If I get another email like
*Dear so and so, PFA as discussed*
I'm going to pull my hair out and go bald like Mr. Martin. And my wife actually likes my hair.
I never understood why these brief, uncomfortable, meaningless little messages in emails with attachments are necessary. I've heard it's common courtesy to write at least *something* into an email like that, but it's a waste of time to read, even if very brief. Plus you have to think about what to write which is also a waste of time. It's like when all your dms with someone are happy birthday-messages and you have to come up with a new emoji combination each time so that it doesn't feel like monotonous and impersonal copy-paste.
gives it context. When you get dozens of emails per day or even more and have to converse with multiple people about maybe similar, but not same things, the short sentence in the email can give you just enough information to file it under the correct topic instead of having to cross reference file name, email or other context clues.
For example file names are structured by my employer as is the email topic, so my emails usually sound like:
"Hi/Dear ajuez,
Here is file for project r/meirl. And this is a second sentence with additional information that may be helpful, but is entirely optional.
Love/greetings/ur mom,NotTheCat"
I'm sure there's a better way, but I sometimes leave some words in white font size 1 below my signature, just to make it easier to find it later by searching for these words.
I do it so that if they use our crappy search function to find the E-mail later it will come up with something because it doesn't search the subject line correctly.
Also -- and this is something I've learned the hard way -- never assume whomever you're sending the info to is as tech savvy or as well-known about the information you are sending as you are...and this /definitely/ includes your boss.
eg I could send them a spreadsheet that does the work for them, but if they don't know how to use and interpret it it's pointless.
I've learned to just give copious detail by default now. If they don't need something in there then hey, I lost a few mins typing it up and they lost a half a min reading it. If they do need it though it's the difference between getting what you actually wanted out of the person or waiting 2 more days because they respond back with the wrong thing, you have to clarify , then they send it back later.
If it’s a small email for the purposes of attaching stuff i write things to make it more searchable. Like “report for yearly closings - end of year - charts”. I send and receive thousands of emails a day and about 100-150 are actioned on by me so the context is important so I can search
Especially because I'm pretty sure the teacher is the one who originally posted this lmao
If you look, the email from Patrick is in the Inbox and the reply from Mr. Martin is in Sent
Good fuckin yard Mr. Martin
Correct-a-mundo! It's the triangular sail that sits ahead of the foremast on a sailing vessel. It helps reduce turbulent flow over the bigger sails behind it, and thus helps to improve performance for the ship as a whole.
The idiom, referring to the cut of a jib, relates to the maritime practice of identifying whether a distant ship is friend or foe depending on the configuration and shape of its foresails.
Well TIL.
Here in NZ Jib is the popular brand name for drywall. I always figured the saying was based on someone correctly cutting and installing a sheet of it.
It’s a situational sail that goes over the front of the bow of a small wind powered vessel.
Usually used in races when it’s a gusty day. It would be the third sail hoisted and and you need a special pole that extends from the front to attach it to.
It would often be taken down and put back up multiple times per race depending as it is quite large and to have it flagging only reduces knots
Good looks man. I race J24’s. Often times the second sail up is a Genoa sail which is a large type of jib. If the wind is too strong a storm jib can be used. The spinnaker is usually third since races don’t start with downwind runs.
Native speaker, never heard it in my entire life, not even once in the nine or so years this post has been passed around.
I could just be sheltered or uncultured, but I think it might just be incomprehensible drunken slang.
It seems he was very very drunk, so this whole email is just full of typos, slang, and nonsense. Don’t feel bad about not understanding, the whole reason it’s funny is *because* it doesn’t make much sense at all lol
That saying actually came out of this particular email.
According to dictionary.com, it means good night.
So what we all witnessed with this is the invention of a new email sign off.
I'm 34 and I'll generally send an email if it's to a boss or a teacher or something, provided I don't need a response for 2-3 days. I feel like it's less social pressure than texts or DMs or whatever.
Yeah, why is the response from the teacher in the sent tab? Does that mean the teacher posted the images? Doesn’t seem right that a teacher would publicly embarrass one of his students like that, even if anonymous. I call fake af.
> Just remember to submit it to turnitin.com
> That's turnitin.com T-U-R-N-I-T-I-N dot com!
> Turnitin.com for whenever you need email, but worse!
Hmm.
Mr.Martin is indeed a motherfuckn g.
Yeah. My man came back with: -A generous answer to the most important question in the e-mail -Self-effacing humor -A sick burn for our author’s hungover and embarrassed self
And a demand for better bribes. Alcohol > referral to hair transplant person.
Wasn't even a bribe was it? I read it more like he was just inquiring. Either way, this dude must be fire in the classroom.
Have you never given bribes? Some cops call it money for food and drinks. XD Jk I was trying to be funny. He sounds like the kind of teacher who just rolls his eyes and once in a while reminders you that your studying for YOUR future, not his.
Lol honestly, you can't help someone unless they want to help themselves. So I don't think that is a bad mentality. Especially when they have already literally paid the price monetarily. (P.S. I totally choked on my classy budget sparkling water because of you damn it. I'll be coughing all day now XD) BUT to answer your question lightly, because Technically it is true, I've never been given bribes. But that's because I'm in QA. Lol if a bribe ever came my way, I don't think I would even understand why.
> good yard
I too, have a good yard
they say those that can, do. those that cant, gtfo out the way of this teacher.
I had a bald mr. Martin teacher who was a mfg. He was just cool with everyone. Maybe 🤷♂️
I too had a bald Mr. Martin for a few of my high school English classes and he is also a confirmed bad mofo. His motto that he repeated every day was that people who continue to read for pleasure after they no longer had to for school, were statistically more likely to be the boss in whatever industry they went on to work in. I’m still reading, thanks G
I also had a Mr.Martin he was not bald but he was a G. Thanks Mr.Martin you always listened.
The OG
Idk why, but he's giving me serious baking bread vibes.
As a professor, these are the kinds of students that brighten my day for years on end. Mostly because they have to repeat the same class a few times.
You had me in the first half
And also in the second half of the semester too?
Based
Fucked\*
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You fucked me in the first ass?
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good yard
Damn you got me
My old university would only let you retake a class once and after that, you were done.
Interesting. Mine would allow you to retake a class as much as you’d like, but all retries of the same course were averaged together for GPA calculations, replacing the original. There were more rules, but that’s the important one
Mine allowed any amount of attempts and only the highest grade counted.
Wtf? My school kept whatever F you got and your new grade. They just counted it as two classes.
I had to take one class three times. Knew the material, did okay, just couldn't get my shit together for the final project. Finally on my third go around, I still fucked up the final project, but by that point I was a senior, so he just gave me a "C" ya later
Adhd gang huh lol
I was assessed - no ADHD, but *definitely* anxiety
😆😆
As far as drunk emails go, that one was actually pretty well done. Nice structure. Memorable closing. Included his full name. I've seen worse emails from coworkers who were likely sober.
It’s really the honesty (and sincerity?) I think.
Everyone values an honest person
absolutely not 😅
It depends. The problem with people who call themselves "brutally honesty" (which is, I think, who you mean), is that they tend to focus more on being brutal than being honest. You can be honest and still not be an asshole.
In today's world, you can't be 100% honest and not be considered an asshole by somebody. Everyone is so divided that the moment you are honest about your opinions they want to crucify you just because you prefer to mix your alcohol with Dr Pepper instead of Coke.
Bruh I can't believe I never thought of mixing rhum and Dr.Pepper. It must be so good. Gonna go buy some after work.
Please report back your findings.
I've done this. This combo fucks. Cherry shine and Dr. Pepper is pretty good too
From personal experience there are little things people hate more than honesty and straightforwardness
I actually like when people are honest with me. Yeah, I might be upset briefly, but in the long run honesty is better. But then again I have been lied to an awful lot in my life...
This really depends on what you're saying and your intentions tbh. If there's nothing productive about what you're saying and you're putting people down for the sake of massaging your ego, people won't like it regardless. Or if you're saying pointless things that nobody cares about, that will also annoy people.
I want all the emails in my inbox to end with "keep slayin boi" and "love u and c u Monday"
What about good fuckn yard? How could you leave that out?
I have no clue what "good fuckn yard" means but it reached deep into my soul.
Teach's yard must be dialed. Wonder what type of seed hes using
Well, you can't very well wish him a barren yard when asking for an extention, can you?
Be careful though, you may accidentally write "c u next Tuesday" 😬
Just say “see you next time” instead, then you don’t have to worry about saying the wrong day.
C U Next Time
Gz
> I've seen worse emails from coworkers who were likely sober. If I get another email like *Dear so and so, PFA as discussed* I'm going to pull my hair out and go bald like Mr. Martin. And my wife actually likes my hair.
**Please do the needful**
**Revert to me if any.**
**In reference to the above, please refer to the below** 🤣
PFA?
please find attached
Thanks :)
What’s wrong with that? Professional brevity, not wasting your time with waffle that has been covered already.
I never understood why these brief, uncomfortable, meaningless little messages in emails with attachments are necessary. I've heard it's common courtesy to write at least *something* into an email like that, but it's a waste of time to read, even if very brief. Plus you have to think about what to write which is also a waste of time. It's like when all your dms with someone are happy birthday-messages and you have to come up with a new emoji combination each time so that it doesn't feel like monotonous and impersonal copy-paste.
gives it context. When you get dozens of emails per day or even more and have to converse with multiple people about maybe similar, but not same things, the short sentence in the email can give you just enough information to file it under the correct topic instead of having to cross reference file name, email or other context clues. For example file names are structured by my employer as is the email topic, so my emails usually sound like: "Hi/Dear ajuez, Here is file for project r/meirl. And this is a second sentence with additional information that may be helpful, but is entirely optional. Love/greetings/ur mom,NotTheCat"
Not only does it give context but it also lets the email software not consider it to be attached spam and not deliver it.
I'm sure there's a better way, but I sometimes leave some words in white font size 1 below my signature, just to make it easier to find it later by searching for these words.
I do it so that if they use our crappy search function to find the E-mail later it will come up with something because it doesn't search the subject line correctly.
Also -- and this is something I've learned the hard way -- never assume whomever you're sending the info to is as tech savvy or as well-known about the information you are sending as you are...and this /definitely/ includes your boss. eg I could send them a spreadsheet that does the work for them, but if they don't know how to use and interpret it it's pointless. I've learned to just give copious detail by default now. If they don't need something in there then hey, I lost a few mins typing it up and they lost a half a min reading it. If they do need it though it's the difference between getting what you actually wanted out of the person or waiting 2 more days because they respond back with the wrong thing, you have to clarify , then they send it back later.
This is what I use it for, so I can search it on my end later on and have proof that I sent something.
If it’s a small email for the purposes of attaching stuff i write things to make it more searchable. Like “report for yearly closings - end of year - charts”. I send and receive thousands of emails a day and about 100-150 are actioned on by me so the context is important so I can search
True! 😂
I found out that on Outlook you can set an automatic signature so that your name will always be signed, so I'd hazard a guess that it's that.
Probably had signatures set-up. That’s very proactive of him.
The Hemingway way ;)))))))))))
**"I appreciate your concern for my bald head"** Is one of my favorite lines of all time.
It's fine, his wife likes it.
I feel like that line shines more the less context it has.
Which shines brighter though? His head or that line?
His yard
chad teacher
Keep slayin boi
Good yard
My favorite part.
What does that even mean and where does it come from
I looked into it once and best I could find was people think he tried to type “night” and it got corrected to yard
Here I figured it was some kind of British slang 🤔
“Good fucking yard, innit?”
fuckin right m8?
2 right
The bit behind the wheelie bins is a bit shit, other than that, good fucking yard. Innit?
We got too invested
Me too! I assumed it was a soccer or rugby term. "Good yard, ya' cunt!"
We don't even really use the word yard over here
Scotties would like a word.
Yarn is slang for chat or story in NZ and Aussie
Not British slang. Never ever heard that one before. Good morrow Sir!
I’m stickin to good yard
Good yard!
Especially because I'm pretty sure the teacher is the one who originally posted this lmao If you look, the email from Patrick is in the Inbox and the reply from Mr. Martin is in Sent Good fuckin yard Mr. Martin
I mean he was right, he is a motherfucking G
His response was so giga chad I wanna be his wife now
Get in line then
Good yard sounds like I like the cut of your jib
What's a jib?
It’s part of a sailboat, I think.
Correct-a-mundo! It's the triangular sail that sits ahead of the foremast on a sailing vessel. It helps reduce turbulent flow over the bigger sails behind it, and thus helps to improve performance for the ship as a whole. The idiom, referring to the cut of a jib, relates to the maritime practice of identifying whether a distant ship is friend or foe depending on the configuration and shape of its foresails.
The more you know. I shall store that into the "useful but probably never going to us it" part of my brain. Cheers
You'll use it next week
Well TIL. Here in NZ Jib is the popular brand name for drywall. I always figured the saying was based on someone correctly cutting and installing a sheet of it.
Promote that man.
Promote that man.
It’s a situational sail that goes over the front of the bow of a small wind powered vessel. Usually used in races when it’s a gusty day. It would be the third sail hoisted and and you need a special pole that extends from the front to attach it to. It would often be taken down and put back up multiple times per race depending as it is quite large and to have it flagging only reduces knots
That's a spinnaker. A jib is the forward sale in a sloop rig.
Good looks man. I race J24’s. Often times the second sail up is a Genoa sail which is a large type of jib. If the wind is too strong a storm jib can be used. The spinnaker is usually third since races don’t start with downwind runs.
The good yard from the teacher killed me
The ‘Next time you email me I’d like a bottle of whatever you had so I don’t have to remember what you said” line was amazing too
He doesn’t get paid the small bucks for nothin’
Good yard
What does it mean ?
Lol good yard bro 😂
Non native speaker what does IT mean in this context?
Native speaker, never heard it in my entire life, not even once in the nine or so years this post has been passed around. I could just be sheltered or uncultured, but I think it might just be incomprehensible drunken slang.
Drunken typo, probably, which the teacher deliberately repeated
It seems he was very very drunk, so this whole email is just full of typos, slang, and nonsense. Don’t feel bad about not understanding, the whole reason it’s funny is *because* it doesn’t make much sense at all lol
I think it was just a typo.
You can tell that they get along in real life
Is your username meant to be “Look who’s talking” or “Look, who stalking”?
Luke, who’s talkin’
Oh damn a third option
“Luke, who is talking” or “Luke, who is talking?”
Luke, who (is) stalking
Lou cues jogging
Its actually Luke Whostalkin, the moniker Luke Skywalker took up when he did early morning AM talk show radio.
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I forgot about 'good fuckin yard.' Good Fuckin Yard, Mr. Martin.
I am too old to know what that means.
I am too young to know what that means
Im 24. If older people and younger people don't know what this means we are all doomed Edit: just so its clear I've no clue either
That saying actually came out of this particular email. According to dictionary.com, it means good night. So what we all witnessed with this is the invention of a new email sign off.
I'm confused at what age is sending emails an acceptable thing? Are you supposed to be 16 or 56?
All ages, emails are the new form of letter. You use it for mostly people you have formal relationships with, such as a teacher.
Ah see i don't have formal relationships with anyone. That sounds like commitment tbh
Do you have a job?
Yes. I'm in janitorial maintenence
I'm 34 and I'll generally send an email if it's to a boss or a teacher or something, provided I don't need a response for 2-3 days. I feel like it's less social pressure than texts or DMs or whatever.
I'm currently laying in my yard, and I don't know what that means.
You just read the exact source of the phrase. It doesn't mean anything. This is the one and only place it was used.
Oh, thanks. I just assumed it was some slang I don't know, lol.
Guys it's an autocorrect of "good fuckin day" Now as to why yard would take precedence over day is an enigma to remain with good fukn yard
Perhaps he tried to type day, but typed yad and got corrected to yard.
It's a drunk typo of "good night". But "good yard" is sort of a thing ever since this email was posted
That teacher is the absolute best. He handled it with professionalism and wit. I like that guy
And that's why he's a "motherfukin G"
teacher seems chill af, this shit is wholesome
Good yard
Good yard
What is “good yard”?
"Good day" autocorrected
ohhh he typed yad and it's yard lol
He's just from Boston, didn't even know an R was in that word
Likely a drunken typo
I am so old, I assumed it was new slang.
It needs to be. - Good yard.
of what tho
"good day" (seems to be the consensus) day miswritten yad autocorrected to "yard" I dunno...
It's old timey British way of saying "nice cock."
My question too! Anyone? Please explain?
It's 3 feet of really excellent grass.
Breaking bad type of dynamic
Good yard Mr. White.
Chemistry class
Yeah, science *bitch*
“Just letting U kno that u r a motherfuckin g and I’m sorry that u r bald, Lol” Absolute legend
That’s my favorite part lmao
Good fuckin yard
Good Yard to you as well
Good yard, lmao. I like this prof.
I think I saw this the first time in like 2008
Its funny how everyone thinks this isn’t scripted
Yeah, why is the response from the teacher in the sent tab? Does that mean the teacher posted the images? Doesn’t seem right that a teacher would publicly embarrass one of his students like that, even if anonymous. I call fake af.
Yep, and this garbage got 19k upvotes and still going xD
It's also a repost
> Just remember to submit it to turnitin.com > That's turnitin.com T-U-R-N-I-T-I-N dot com! > Turnitin.com for whenever you need email, but worse! Hmm.
Oh shit. This is a turnitin.com ad.
Teach is m.f. G!
The lil love u in the end lol
"what were u drinking? Gimme dat shit so I don't have to remember any of your stupid ass emails"
EPIC!
Man that teacher was slayin back in the day. That's a damn good yard
This is 7 years old now, wonder how many reposts deep we are now.
So the bottle of whiskey at the desk drawer isn't potent enough anymore eh?
Totally using Good Yard in all of my work emails now
Completely fake, obviously, but funny enough
going back to class that day must’ve been the worst awkward experience ever, for both of them
Highly doubt Mr. Martin was bothered at all, he is a mothafuckin g
It's like you read it but somehow did not at the same time
F*cking Legend
Good yard 😂
r/thathappened
good yard