minor inconveniences that are not struggles

[Madrun Badrun]

who are you?

[Rufus]

I guess Photobucket is shit now or has been whatever something something but I can't be assed to rehost an avatar rn

imgur.com

It'll take less than a minute. Be sure to grab the direct link from the image itself.

[Valkyrie]

Spent 3 hours trying to get my daughter to go to bed.

Finally after she fell asleep and I wanted to relax/eat my food, a certain someone came home from work all grumpy and shit, and of course had to take it out on me.
Then he asked why *I* was in a bad mood.

Just like when you get mad because someone asks "Why are you mad" when you're not mad. Now I mad

[CatsCatsCats]

Yeah, an ill placed "what's wrong" makes everything wrong

[Rufus]

Just like when you get mad because someone asks "Why are you mad" when you're not mad.

Lowkey, that's the fucking worst. It's a troll that's never not effective.

Guaranteed flicker of irritation. Being told to do something while you're doing it is in the same league.

[Valkyrie]

Lowkey, that's the fucking worst. It's a troll that's never not effective.
Guaranteed flicker of irritation. Being told to do something while you're doing it is in the same league.

Or if someone says something that clearly upsets you, and go "we'll talk when you've calmed down" or simply just "calm down" when you're actually calm.

[Rufus]

Wouldn't be surprised if these were universal among cultures.

[Atramental]

Power is out at my house. Fuck. 

[chronovore]

It me.

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I better get one FAT fucking promotion after July is over with.

The new site I'm working on for my company should skyrocket our conversions/sales because our current one is a fucking dumpster fire by comparison.

Unless they also give you a different title and/or start treating you differently, no raise will increase your happiness. It might reduce your financial stress, though. That's something.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

If you're hoping that it gets better as you move up and get more money, I'm here to tell you that it doesn't

[bluemax]

Two of the engineers on my team at work got shitcanned yesterday.

I won't go into details but there were some ways that the whole thing went down that felt kinda shitty, and while I don't completely like the stated reasoning given I can understand the logic behind.

The other shitty part is now we have to onboard a new engineer to the project during a short week and we have about 5 weeks total to finish this thing.

If you're hoping that it gets better as you move up and get more money, I'm here to tell you that it doesn't

$70k a year was determined a few years ago to be about the point where money no longer is a big part of your happiness.

[Cerveza mas fina]

70 for a household?

[I'm a Puppy!]

A certain university called about a directorship position which I'd be perfect for. However? it's about a 33% pay cut. In fact, most of my developers make more than this, and I'm not even talking about senior developers. Sorta surprised at such a lowball, especially for such a well known institution. It would have been nice...but yeah, I'm not doing this stressful job for a third the price.

[chronovore]

A certain university called about a directorship position which I'd be perfect for. However? it's about a 33% pay cut. In fact, most of my developers make more than this, and I'm not even talking about senior developers. Sorta surprised at such a lowball, especially for such a well known institution. It would have been nice...but yeah, I'm not doing this stressful job for a third the price.

Any other benefits, such as a fixed schedule, no-travel, limited commute, etc?

[I'm a Puppy!]

A certain university called about a directorship position which I'd be perfect for. However? it's about a 33% pay cut. In fact, most of my developers make more than this, and I'm not even talking about senior developers. Sorta surprised at such a lowball, especially for such a well known institution. It would have been nice...but yeah, I'm not doing this stressful job for a third the price.

Any other benefits, such as a fixed schedule, no-travel, limited commute, etc?

No travel and limited commute. But sadly, still not enough in my book to take a third out of my paycheck.

[chronovore]

A certain university called about a directorship position which I'd be perfect for. However? it's about a 33% pay cut. In fact, most of my developers make more than this, and I'm not even talking about senior developers. Sorta surprised at such a lowball, especially for such a well known institution. It would have been nice...but yeah, I'm not doing this stressful job for a third the price.

Any other benefits, such as a fixed schedule, no-travel, limited commute, etc?

No travel and limited commute. But sadly, still not enough in my book to take a third out of my paycheck.

I was asking because a number of friends have quit game dev to work in the academic sector. They area all lamenting their paycheck, but love everything else about it.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Yeah, it seems like it'd be chill. And I would consider it to be a teacher or something. But this is doing the same directorship level stuff I'm doing now. And I'm like "No way I'm dealing with that stress for the same amount my developers are making." Sure the stress level will be a little less but it's not going to be THAT much less.

[bluemax]

When you use that one Super Like you get a day on one chick only to find someone way more interesting three swipes later #TinderStruggles

Worse is when you accidentally use it trying to see more pics because tinder and bumble do things slightly differently.

[Atramental]

If it makes you feel any better, Wrath, I bought a bunch of superlikes and they didn't really get me any dates except for one and that girl ended up ghosting me after our first date after I drove 2+ hours up to Boone, NC to meet her. 

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Then again, if you were in my situation I bet you would've done a lot better than me.

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[Huff]

Didn't we warn you that was a pretty desperate more on your part?

[Atramental]

I had to get that foolishness out of my system.

Now I won't even bother with girls that are 35+ miles away.

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God. She was so pretty, though.

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[CatsCatsCats]

This thread is so great for me -- anytime my marriage feels like work, I just have to imagine having to learn all this online dating shit

[Yeti]

This thread is so great for me -- anytime I'm feeling depressed about being single, I just have to imagine having to learn all this online dating shit

[chronovore]

Why the fuck am I in this thread?!

[brawndolicious]

Why the fuck am I in this thread?!

You're the sensei.

[toku]

Why the fuck am I in this thread?!

love and support

[chronovore]

[Raist]

Stupid hot weather back in London

[Huff]

Going to need someone to bail me out of jail after I drown the one year old at the pool who has been screaming and crying without stop for an hour.

Fucking breeders

[CatsCatsCats]

This thread is so great for me -- anytime my marriage feels like work, I just have to imagine having to learn all this online dating shit

To be fair, when I posted this, I thought I was in the relationship thread. I'm not just trawling for your misery here ... or am I?

[chronovore]

This thread is so great for me -- anytime my marriage feels like work, I just have to imagine having to learn all this online dating shit

To be fair, when I posted this, I thought I was in the relationship thread. I'm not just trawling for your misery here ... or am I?

When I responded, I thought we were in the relationship thread, too. 

WE WENT TRAWLING FOR MISERY, AND WE ONLY CAUGHT OURSELVES. 

[Rufus]

There's a tiny bug crawling around inbetween the layers of my screen. How tf did it get there? I hope it either finds its way out or dies somewhere at the edges...

[Raist]

There's a tiny bug crawling around inbetween the layers of my screen. How tf did it get there? I hope it either finds its way out or dies somewhere at the edges...

Just wait till its 258 brothers hatch!

[Rufus]

[Cerveza mas fina]

I was attempting to refill  my cars wiper fluid (?) and suddenly my leg started itching, I looked down and there were ants all over it as I stepped into an ant colony

[studyguy]

It's like 90 degrees out here in southern California and I guess there's a hurricane in Baja. Like 90 degree heat and suddenly it starts raining, pretty hard. Now it's humid as a motherfucker and everything is sweaty everywhere.

[Mupepe]

It's like 90 degrees out here in southern California and I guess there's a hurricane in Baja. Like 90 degree heat and suddenly it starts raining, pretty hard. Now it's humid as a motherfucker and everything is sweaty everywhere.

now you know what Houston is like

[toku]

and south florida

[chronovore]

I was attempting to refill  my cars wiper fluid (?) and suddenly my leg started itching, I looked down and there were ants all over it as I stepped into an ant colony

I became itchy just reading that. 

[I'm a Puppy!]

So the university came back with their offer. Perhaps when they gave said the salary amount replying with "You mean per hour?" was not the best response.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

To clear out some space on my old computer, I decided to delete a couple hundred gigabytes of old podcasts, which included episodes of The Borecast and Cruncheons.  An end of an era :'(

[Huff]

I spent like 30 minutes by the complex pool yesterday and now I'm fucking fried

[Joe Molotov]

I spent like 30 minutes by the complex pool yesterday and now I'm fucking fried

just stick to the simple pool for now

[Madrun Badrun]

had strep since monday, and its so god damn sore.  I'm also completely burnt out and exhausted right now. 

[Cerveza mas fina]

scratched my brand new car today while parking

[Rufus]

had strep since monday, and its so god damn sore.  I'm also completely burnt out and exhausted right now. 

Even your avatar clapped out.

Oh, and get better.

[Madrun Badrun]

my life is falling a apart!

[VomKriege]

"Heh I'm gonna boot up the computer real quick before leaving to check on my mails"

Installing updates, do not shut down the computer

*1 hour later*

Update : 75%

 

[Mupepe]

Decided to stain the maple top of my work bench I made a couple of months ago. It sits in a spare bedroom with carpet so I was really fucking careful the whole time to not get the stain anywhere like the wall or carpet. I finished it and everything looked great. I put the top on the can and went to read about the instructions for a 2nd coat and 4 big drops fell on the carpet when I tilted the can. Ok FML. I cleaned it up so its not that bad or obvious. Then when I was washing my hands I grabbed what I thought was a cotton rag I had set aside for this but instead I grabbed my wifes new kitchen towel things she got like 4 days ago and so there's a nice bit of red all over it. So now its in the washer and hoping for the best. 

[eleuin]

Melatonin has really helped me fall asleep faster but now I'm only getting 5-6 hours max

I bought 3mg pills but I heard lower doses work more effectively so I'm reduced to splitting them into small pieces

[Tasty]

This job I really want to apply for needs a cover letter. 😑

[Huff]

Most real jobs do require a cover letter, yes

[Tasty]

Most real jobs do require a cover letter, yes

LAME

[Madrun Badrun]

Going for chicken and waffles for the 4th day in a row and kinda ashamed about it

[Joe Molotov]

I went to work this morning cuz I thought it was Monday. I was there for nearly an hour before I realized no one else was there and also it was Sunday. My excuse is that I had last week off,  so I didn't have to think about what day it was for about 9 days.

[bork]

Ordered some older games off Amazon.  One of them was Drakengard 2 for the PS2.  The description was listed as "Condition: Used - Like New."  Received the game and the case wasn't in the best shape, with the back covered in various stickers.  The disc was scratched up like crazy, and no manual was included.  Instead, two game manuals for Kingdom Hearts were stuffed inside the case.  My favorite part about this was that one of the stickers on the back said "INSPECTED AND TESTED BY AMAZON."

[chronovore]

Ordered some older games off Amazon.  One of them was Drakengard 2 for the PS2.  The description was listed as "Condition: Used - Like New."  Received the game and the case wasn't in the best shape, with the back covered in various stickers.  The disc was scratched up like crazy, and no manual was included.  Instead, two game manuals for Kingdom Hearts were stuffed inside the case.  My favorite part about this was that one of the stickers on the back said "INSPECTED AND TESTED BY AMAZON."

Is it safe to assume it's being returned?

[Huff]

Re sell it at a higher price 

[CatsCatsCats]

I went to work this morning cuz I thought it was Monday. I was there for nearly an hour before I realized no one else was there and also it was Sunday. My excuse is that I had last week off,  so I didn't have to think about what day it was for about 9 days.

But that realization you don't have to work

[Huff]

Moving out of my apartment tomorrow and have to drink all the remaining beer in my fridge tonight