Coping with Job Stress via MS-DOS

[@souta95]

This seems like it was made for unhelpful HR departments by an unhelpful HR department.

[@Alpha8713]

Is there such a thing as a helpful personnel department?

[@solhsa]

@@Alpha8713 Actually, yes. Then there was a merger and they got sacked.

[@theshyguy1580]

I feel like this is software Michael Scott would give to everyone at Dunder Mifflin.

[@ag3498]

It's pretty much the same yearly training I have to do at my company just with old school graphics and sad stick people.

[@TeenieTinyTina]

ah so I guess they’ll be deploying this at my job soon

[@rjhelms]

The package was designed to boost sales of their other program, "Coping with Packaging Stress"

[@TheBrokenLife]

That packaging looks exactly to me like some generic stuff you'd have gotten with a new PC combined with a regular old book jacket.

[@lapepitadeorooficial]

i have a software named coping with copers

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

Donkey Conga don’t copy that floppy.

[@lapepitadeorooficial]

@@Kara_Kay_Eschel lol

[@Zentinalphayze]

gah! I was about to comment "the packaging was designed so you'd need the program even more" but you beat me to it.

[@andersdenkend]

"Only a dead body is a stress-free body."

[@nickwallette6201]

😳😫

[@5izzy557]

@randomguy8196 Nice.

[@KasparOnTube]

thats kinda brutal LOL

[@CathrineMacNiel]

would you like to know more?

[@kojsbarv]

Relaxing quote fore people with death angst.

[@adsydas]

After the intro, i like to imagine that every night Clint just gets drunk and starts surfing eBay for fun

[@jwr2904]

Honestly that was my first thought when I saw the title, when it said "late night eBay purchase" anyways. It did say that right?

[@anew742]

Wait, you don't??

[@Ash0512]

I think that’s the blurbs channel in a nutshell

[@ADR69]

Sipping a cognac, listening to jazz

[@KaimasterXD]

@@ADR69 only the lgr intro theme

[@jobendiah]

“Someone paid for this”. That person is you.

[@DisAlex666]

😂😂😂😂

[@tomlindo2863]

Surprisingly he isn't stressing his purchase decision...

[@jba2048]

Someone sold this to him. That person is me.

[@ScienceAlliance]

Back then tho. Doesn’t count now cuz it’s collecting and fun lol but yea

[@MartyTuro]

“Disk-count software” That has to be one of my favorite company names

[@jst7714]

Honestly sounds straight out of The Simpsons.

[@CCCW]

Sounds like a software vampire

[@eDoc2020]

Disk-count: 1

[@SandsOfArrakis]

Disc-count: 27. Error found... Well. *beep*

[@bland9876]

"1, 2, 3 thrrree floppies ah ah ah" - the count

[@horrortackleharry]

This will have made a ton of money back in the day, as every large corporation will have bought 5 copies to be 'available to staff'- solely as potential protection from lawsuits. They will have sat unused in the HR Manager's office until thrown out 10 years later.

[@StreetofCrocodiles]

Exactly this. They may have even made new hires go over it on their first day or so.

[@Aevilbeast]

@xLucky Sinz Who says they didn't..?

[@KairuHakubi]

"no benefit in resisting the unwanted reality that you cannot change at this time" That sounds like something unwanted reality WANTS us to think.

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

There's usually some part of any reality (unwanted or otherwise) that you can change and a part you cannot change. The important thing is to develop the skill necessary to discern the correct difference between the two, so you can apportion your resistance of reality appropriately.

[@TheRealColBosch]

If I worked a job that gave me this to cope with stress, I'd eat a damn bullet. ...not kill myself, I'd just start eating bullets to make myself stronger.

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

@@TheRealColBosch It is a quite terrible way to present anything coherent. I would be a bit skeptical that bullets would make you stronger. They tend to be made out of substances that the human body finds poisonous and in shapes that can poke holes in your delicate innards (like your intestines).

[@KairuHakubi]

I'm just sayin, it's mighty suspicious anytime something tells you to stop opposing it for your own good.

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

@@KairuHakubi The important thing is to use your intelligence wisely. Usually the thing you can't control and the thing telling you not to worry about the thing you can't control are actually two different things, and you can use that to your advantage. If they are, in fact, the same thing, then yes, you probably are in trouble, unless you can find something else you can actually control that has some bearing on the other thing (which might alleviate the situation at least somewhat). Somehow this reads as more confusing than I intended, but I hope that the idea is at least coherent.

[@Dun-N-Dusted]

"It's just a load of colded fardboard!" ~LGR 2020

[@Sanorace]

"Do you now realize that the price you pay for resisting is destructive stress and wasted energy?" Jesus Christ, that's dark! If anyone says that to you, run.

[@TheRealColBosch]

All you need is the Power of Yes.

[@HattmannenNilsson]

"A gram is better than a damn!"

[@R_C420]

.Sounds like something Rick would say.

[@elizabethsullivan1894]

@@HattmannenNilsson Didn't expect to see Brave New World referenced here, nice. :D

[@HattmannenNilsson]

@@elizabethsullivan1894 I was debating what classic dystopian novel to go with and decided that the tone of the statement fit that one pretty well. ;-) Glad someone picked up on it. :-)

[@omegahaxors9-11]

This has massive "Submit, drone!" energy.

[@FIXTREME]

This looks like an alternate release of Plumbers Don't Wear Ties

[@FIXTREME]

Rip Regis Philbin 😢

[@ricochetpig]

🤣

[@adenowirus]

@@Ilikewater-andice ''Why do we all have to wear these ridiculous ties?''

[@outtheredude]

I'm a rebel now 'cause I wear a collar and tie, (& waistcoat, & shoes, not flip flops), now that corporate's not wearing them anymore. Max Normalling to the max. ;-)

[@darkmage07070777]

Someone made money off this. Actual, real money. I am so jealous now.

[@returnofbeaux]

@@mihirpatel3010 That sounds stressful.

[@medes5597]

Honestly there's probably someone out there making money off a modern equivalent they made as a corporate product for employee cell phones. It's amazing to think about.

[@BlackEpyon]

Games tend to be a much better stress relief than self-help -books- software.

[@marksmithcollins]

@@mihirpatel3010 So do you love this software? Like someone does something with video games?

[@Erispedia]

BlackEpyon until something from real life creeps into the game: PvP

[@KairuHakubi]

7:00 no image in history has ever captured workplace stress so perfectly.

[@GEORGE-jf2vz]

I remember we had to watch things like this at work long ago. It did relieve stress because we were laughing so hard at the end of the class we felt better.

[@Dosgamert]

Just started a new job yesterday. Finally made it into a company during the crisis... yeah for me!

[@DjAle1]

Congratulations

[@FlynnJeux]

Good stuff, my dude!

[@nickwallette6201]

Clint just uploaded your survival kit. :-)

[@hapsutakki]

You'll be needing that software soon, buddy. Good luck nonetheless.

[@Dosgamert]

Still workin'

[@hjalfi]

At work we got given a stress management Android app. I tried launching it once on my way home from work on the train; it started playing music very loudly, I flailed madly trying to shut it down while people stared at me, and never touched it again. Job well done!

[@tatertotsalad]

"I don't know anything about this, but I know it exists because here it is in my hands." If I had a dollar for every time I thought this...

[@crescentfreshsongs]

Eh, the franchise didn't get good until Coping With Job Stress 3 went open world.

[@JasonZakrajsek]

Yeah, then Coping With Job Stress 4 removed the open world and a lot of the customization options and it was all downhill from there...

[@Photo0021]

Don't even get me started with Coping With Job Stress 5..

[@TheBrokenLife]

When do the DLC antidepressants release?

[@jNetDowling]

@@TheBrokenLife They're available in Coping With Job Stress Online, but only through microtransactions.

[@archerj2010]

@@Photo0021 always online drm? Gtfo.

[@jefbed212]

The software seems more designed for management to encourage employees to be compliant and suffer in silence.

[@richardadams4928]

Welcome to the world of 'Who Moved My Cheese', a deeply offensive book with just that message that one of my epically awful former managers demanded that I read. Didn't work, just made me offended, not more submissive. I'd like to meet the author. So I could beat the crap out of him. Then ask him who moved his damned cheese

[@rockwellsecrest4398]

This is so entertaining, yet... I can’t help but feel the pain of all the souls that had to sit through this seriously

[@mxcrawford]

6:50 "You find yourself slipping into an emotional feel bad." If that's not peak 2020, I don't know what is.

[@dwaynezilla]

"He looks like a cenobite" I didn't think it was possible to enjoy your work even more than I did, but here we are.

[@nicksGLI]

"How are you guys doing?" Things could be better, Clint...things could be a whole lot better

[@nottelling6598]

I feel like this could have just been a blank screen that occasionally flashes with the word "SUBMIT" and it would have conveyed the same information.

[@killerbee2562]

You need the optional glasses for that.

[@jmalmsten]

I somehow feel that there were CEO's in the early 90's who were perplexed. Because they bought hundreds of copies of Coping with Stress and distributed them among the employees, and yet. They still feel stressed. So the only logical way forward was to ban talk about stress to keep the stress levels down. Buying a stress level tester, testing periodically the employees, and firing them if they cannot stay under a certain level. The troops are now dwindling. But dammit, this is a war, a war on stress. And no war has ever been won without sacrifices. So, chin up. And get back to work! And by the way. Keep the windows closed, open windows ruin the ventilation.

[@angolin9352]

@@glaceons_ossuary It's from the IT Crowd.

[@IronHeel]

"Coping with Senility?” “No! I'm here for Microwave Cookery. . . No, wait, Coping with Senility."

[@Huvada]

“Greetings blerbs”? Guess I’m a blerb now.

[@marinacelada3246]

Who else has looped it? :-)).

[@TomJakobW]

Hey blerb!

[@K3NnY_G]

Every time Clint said "stress" in this video, I heard Denholm Reynholm in The IT Crowd declaring a war... ON STRESS...

[@rikprince8414]

This was genuinely hilarious. The graphics made it even better. Well done, Sir! An excellent purchase.

[@GryphLane]

So what I'm getting from this is "Have you considered not stressing? Resistance is futile, you know."

[@andrewinnj]

Definitely would pay for a guided meditation led by Clint. "Do you realize that there is no benefit in resisting the unwanted reality that you cannot change at this time?" is what sold me.

[@carrottopadc]

“This is a thing *hehe*”

[@CptJistuce]

The stick figure leaping over the ambulance was amazing and I love it.

[@kevinfishburne]

"Coping With Wanking Stress" on the cover. All the boys bought that book, placing it next to the Sears catalog.

[@mikegrazick684]

The bridge I was on, had great stress on it, amounting to a stressful crossing, which in turn, stressed the wear and tear on my car, only to accumulate much unwanted stress while I watched this video. It is a stressful situation to stress over this outdated and much over stressed simplicity of de-stressing. It was a stressful task in and of its own stressful nature. Please try not to stress over it! This video truly stressed me out!

[@LonSeidman]

Loved those software etc price tags

[@maxtorsumitomo6249]

hey! you're here too!

[@ltcmdrnavy1]

@@maxtorsumitomo6249 rty

[@secondconflict570]

This is basically the Stress Management class I took one semester in college, condensed into a few pages. I LOVE IT.

[@steve0592]

Job stress is nature's way of telling you that you're not working enough unpaid overtime.

[@LadyNicola]

Just got out of hospital for Anxiety/Stress overload. So I've been binge watching the Trio (LGR, 8 Bit Guy, Techmoan) to stay calm., 😂😂😂😂

[@ms-dosman7722]

Clint's voice when he started laughing at the graphics at 6:57 really cracked me up.

[@MrHumanforlife]

I love the lighting in your room. There is something about the entire thing that captures the 90s vibe

[@duncansparks1675]

Clearly the best way to help someone who's stressed out is to throw a wall of text at them they have to read in two seconds and then scream "Press it NOW!" at them.

[@PatricksBlendedMixOfVideos]

Wow, I seen that on eBay a while ago and was think of buying. Glad you bought for a fun little video instead.

[@g.u.959]

I’d definitely need a therapy session with my PC. With all the awful shit it tells me.

[@taiguy88]

"thoroughly marked through" looks like $16.88 to me under that marker

[@serviciosdorianmenendez]

The only thing missing for being a true relaxing video was LGR's jazz music :P

[@trollsthatlol1]

Don't forget the woodgrain!

[@potmej1]

It's pretty much same as the corporate stress management e-learning module I have to complete every two years... I just like those stick people much better :)

[@exzisd]

That scene about being stressed because you have MORE WORK than you are able to do is HIGHLY RELATABLE. I think it's one of many reasons we lived in such a stressed out world today. The presentation even acknowledged that you can ask for less work but it might not happen. Then it gets into self talk. Actually some good advice between terrible charming graphics.

[@randombrokeperson]

6:20 That long wall of text looks like it was designed to bore you to death, therefore eliminating your stress entirely. Success. July 24/25 20

[@FlynnJeux]

R.I.P.

[@user2C47]

Only if you have a turbo button. If that's not pressed, it is stressful due to speed.

[@OttoIncognito]

Two years later, I really like this video. There's something about weird 80s software that's fascinating!

[@kylemcisaac]

It's self-made job stresses! Package so cheaply made, it has to be made by Disk-Count. Also, love the laugh at the little stressed people.

[@Gappasaurus]

The lulz from this video for reals reduced my stress levels, thx Clint ☺️

[@WintrBorn]

This looks like one of the Thursday powerpoints I have to sit through. The same awful talking-to-children language, the over simplistic "solutions" that only work in a story, and no changes. Corporate America, y'all.

[@Sleeprocket1]

Soulcrushing

[@JamesRDavenport]

I read your comment, now I'm craving cotton candy.

[@standardnerd9840]

I was an Asst Mgr at a Software Etc while in college in the early 90's. Seeing that sticker on the box was a cool flashback.

[@dominateeye]

This all just sounds like "accept getting exploited and treated as subhuman because nearly everyone else does so you should too". Harsh, and maybe somewhat accurate, but by no means inevitable, and by no means futile to resist.

[@RabidPeanutButter]

I know you always will, but hearing you've already made an image of the disc and archived it before using any old software always reduces my stress!

[@richkawaiipikachu]

I first misread the title as "Coping with Steve Jobs stress".

[@kylejscheffler]

Someone dealt with it, now we have Tim Apple

[@frankyu553]

@@kylejscheffler Just searched up the origin of Tim Apple. Wasn't disappointed. Had a great time.

[@Zucadragon]

I don't think I've ever seen you enjoy something this much, it's great XD

[@nataliamora]

Coping with the stress of opening that box. Edit: and the stress of those really quick messages and the stress of pressing keys NOW!!!

[@Sakkeru96]

Okay but seriously? This actually helped me today. Lots of this advice is pretty useful and concise, and it phrases things in ways I needed but couldn't put into words myself. Thanks.

[@Big_Tex]

I’m surprised they haven’t updated this valuable software for Windows 10.

[@SenileOtaku]

Could we re-render the stick figures in MMD or Blender perhaps?

[@countzero1136]

Yeah - How to cope with job stress - ditch Windows 10 and reinstall windows 7

[@2guyswhowatchmovies521]

Love this channel! Lgr Blerbs = Classic Clint being classic LRG / Lgr main channel. still very entertaining but Lgr for the KZbin algorithm. I said all that to say this, Thank you Clint for this channel!!

[@bitwize]

Ooh, from Software Etc.! "It's the Software Excess Store. If it's soft, we're aware." Digging a bit further it looks like GRASPRT is the GRASP Runtime. GRASP (Graphic Animation System for Professionals) is a sort of proto-Flash that let you create scripted animations that ran on 8-bit PCs. Later versions could play back Autodesk Animator animations, standalone or as part of a larger script. This also reminds me of The Sexuality Life Dynamic, a legendarily bad Apple II "game" that has also been preserved at archive.org.

[@iggienator]

Your Videos are the real stress reliever ☺️

[@jansenart0]

7:00 the stick figures are getting progressively closer together, CCW.

[@Vokabre]

Well, here's the problem, the lack of personal space!

[@Quickened1]

They didn't require social distancing back then, and you'll notice no masks!

[@zzzzzzzzzz42]

Mr Clint Sir, you have made my day with this vid. The software is great, much better than other corporate "crap-ware" ;)

[@Panzer_the_Merganser]

Babbage’s? Now there’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. A long time.

[@SenileOtaku]

My particular favorite was Egghead Software. Sometimes I'd go to CompUSEless.

[@kai990]

You must have done something right in its application, my stress level just dropped from watching this

[@gwgux]

That moment when you realize a text based DOS presentation is more interactive and interesting than most Power Presentations out there.

[@dwaynezilla]

This is amazing. I'm glad you late night ebay bought this thing. It's so odd! Even the packaging!

[@megaglowz8540]

Me: Finally, I will be able to cope with my stress! Package: Nope.

[@apinakapinastorba]

I hope the authors got the recognition they deserved.

[@gustavgurke9665]

Why did everybody have to create computer programs back then that might as well be a book?

[@MetalTrabant]

'Cause books were old-fashioned, computers were all the rage!

[@rockinunderscore52]

this really seems like one individual was given the entire task of providing an hr stress reduction guide. one guy.

[@ralindsey2629]

He probably got stressed out

[@draketungsten74]

I think she's expressing the stress of opening that package.

[@MarkyShaw]

Proud to be a part of the Blerb Army.

[@srh76able]

Ironic. From about 3:20 it's clear that whoever packaged that software was taking the piss. It's meant to HELP with stress, not INCREASE it!!!

[@ndm13]

Obviously it's designed to only be ripped to shreds, helping to vent your stress! Therapy in packaging, what a concept.

[@SgtAbramovich]

I like to believe that all of the choices in the product are deliberate and intended, making it a very good prank

[@keybyss98]

Everyone: “OMG you’re such a good artist!” My art: 6:57

[@theshyguy1580]

Stress is desirable because the only body that is totally free from stress, is a *DEAD ONE.* damn

[@puffpuffin1]

No, it's: daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmnnnnn :)

[@drd9973]

Wow that sticker brings back memories. I worked at software etc. when I was 14. I was their youngest employee and best in store sales in MN.

[@dylanalgate8130]

“Stress free packaging” for a work place stress software pack. Boss: here’s a stress relief thingy the higher ups want you to do Me: WTF!!! HOW DOES THIS SHIZ OPEN!!!!

[@jasonfoster9911]

This was great. This should be put up on the regular LGR channel. I had a hearty belly laugh multiple times throughout this. And said to myself many times... "WTF IS THIS?!". Such as @ 8:53

[@sittingstill3578]

“I’ve seen cereal boxes made more sturdily than this...” - Clint regarding software published by Disk-count Software

[@TiberianDude]

Hey Clint , I have been a long time sub of yours from Costa Rica , I have never commented , this liked videos very few times if at all (but I’m subbed ) but wow , this made me say “wow” enjoy., that’s way more than my subs get (btw , you rule man )

[@Shelbsterina]

This had me dying laughing. "Oh no, he's got spikes in his head!" 😂

[@hopjeremy]

I live in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN :-) Made me smile to see the author's address.

[@appalachianexploration5714]

Just when I thought I'd never get a break from the stresses of the medical cannabis industry.

[@DJlegionuk]

watching your reactions is reducing my stress way more than the actual program :)

[@thiagocamargoalima]

After using it we can understand why it hasn't any screenshots on the box!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@thiagocamargoalima]

LOL right after my comment you said it! 😅

[@rager-69]

I immediately recognized that price tag and was glad you mentioned it. "Software Etc, also known as Babbages", now known as Game Stop.

[@Gappasaurus]

8:48 Stressfully ironic that he’s about to be run down BY an ambulance 😄

[@jba2048]

Wow. It’s pretty cool to look at your video recommendations and see an item you sold show up on LGR.

[@BendingInTheWind]

It would be funny if it turned out just to be a shareware episode of Wolfenstien 3D or Commander Keen.

[@greatcurve]

6:57 is just so delightful the stick people, ur laugh.....SO incredible

[@Pupp3tCl0wn]

Here in Poland it is 3 am and I cannot sleep, luckily there is a LGR with a new blerb

[@Dragonfire511]

Nothing is better than a LGR or Ashens video before sleeping.

[@deusfaust]

That cover photo is on point!

[@adizmal]

The meta irony of this vid, LGR honestly seems stressed af by "playing" this, lulz.

[@TheJbrader]

Hey I totally had the same desk as the lady on the packaging. Worked great for art school