minor inconveniences that are not struggles

[chronovore]

"Typhoon woke me up, midas swell go to work early I guess"

Flex time. I go in early, work uninterrupted, and then go home 9 hours later with plenty of time to do other neat stuff in Tokyo.

edit: BTW, here's the storm:
https://twitter.com/i/events/1169512245732114432

1. Why is your first thought upon being awakened by a typhoon going into work ?

2. Why is your place of business open during a typhoon hitting?

My thought of going into work early and getting out early actually happened en route on the plane. I knew jet lag would have me useless as the day wore on (I was wrong, I was productive until 21:00 local, worked until 22:00 and realized I am dumb). Business was closed during typhoon. Damage was minimal throughout 23 wards. Surprised it took them this long to get the trains back working.

[Ghoul]

Sitting in with the first line guys today, whenever a customer comes in they over explain the shit out of things, it's really bugging me.

I am making notes on the main culprits and can't wait to have meetings with them about how annoying and boring they sound.

Nothing like young sales staff looking irritated, annoyed and confused all at once whilst they go on about how a key on a fucking laptop works.

I need coffee.

[shosta]

I don't know if I posted this yet but I finally wrangled it out of my mom.

Me: "So your grandfather was the first governor of Pangasinan, right"
Her: "No, his brother. My grandfather was the mayor. And so was my uncle."
"So how did he get to be governor? And his brother mayor, and so on."
"Huh?"
"You said the government is corrupt"
"Oh, no, now it is. That was in the 40s, before it was [corrupt]..." 
"What did they do then? Before politics."
"what?"
"What were their parents doing! Did they own businesses?"
annoyed: "yes!"
"What kind of business?"
"Rice plantations."



ruling class lineage

[benjipwns]

Playing three-on-three with some of the boys, there was this older dude (mid-to-late 40s probably) there shooting around watching overtly the whole time, so we told him he could play if he wanted as our oldest loser is 38ish anyway. Every time I threw a good pass he started yelling out "PISTOL PETE!"

We were like four blocks from where Magic went to high school. This dude didn't grow up watchin' no Pistol Pete play for the Hawks/Jazz shit. Reverse racism!

Also he was more of a scorer than anything which is probably more offensive.

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Magic was drafted by a pick the Jazz sent to the Lakers for signing Gail Goodrich to be Pete's backcourt scoring mate.

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Also I am totes out of shape and my shooting is somehow even worse than ever. But at least I'm still consistent in shooting the same percentage on threes as twos outside the paint and FTs, meaning the math still works out if I have the shot chart of James Harden! Especially as long as I can still hit that post turnaround bank shot at absurd rates as the only bonafide shot in my arsenal.

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[CatsCatsCats]

Oracle is such trash

[Crash Dummy]

Oracle is such trash

all erp systems suck donkey dick tbh

[CatsCatsCats]

The loss of productivity we’ve suffered after moving to oracle from an old ass legacy suite from the 80s has been staggering.

[Joe Molotov]

I have the Al Pacino Dunkaccino song stuck in my head even though I've never even seen Jack & Jill, only the RLM review of it.

[Tasty]

I have the Al Pacino Dunkaccino song stuck in my head even though I've never even seen Jack & Jill, only the RLM review of it.

What's my name?

[Joe Molotov]

Dunkaccino

[I'm a Puppy!]

Got offered a local job in the area and doing Corporate Strategy.
I was really excited about it, corporate strategy is an exceptionally good fit for me. And it's local and a good company.
But here's the problem, the position is at least 2 mgmt levels below where I am currently AND the pay is a few thousand lower than the average for even that job level.
So essentially I have been offered a job I'm actually interested in, but I'd have to wipe out the last decade of promotions and 1/3rd of my salary to take it.
Honestly, I just can't justify that. I could take the demotion in job title, if the pay was good, but to take a demotion in job title and a huge demotion in pay, that's too much.
I can't pay my bills with a "good corporate culture".  It's a shame, I'd love it, but I also love my kids and being able to pay my bills.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Haha, embrace the gilded cage.

I’m in the same position except the pay cuts are like 40-60 percent which would be insane to do. 20% cut is my limit and even then it’d have to be an amazing job.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Well talking to one of my mentors he said, "Puppy, you're a senior person in your company. Would you take corporate strategy advice from someone with that amount of experience making that little? Maybe the job isn't what they're telling you."

Cause he's absolutely right.

[Tasty]

Hey guys, been thinking about taking another break for a while and now that Bore-con's wrapped up (and I've posted the NHL thread...), it seems like a good time to do so.

I've gotten better at knowing when to disconnect, so these periods seem to be getting shorter and shorter. So I dunno, probably back before Thanksgiving if anyone cares lol.

👋🏻

[CatsCatsCats]

See ya soon!

And yes, we care

[VomKriege]

Hey guys, been thinking about taking another break for a while and now that Bore-con's wrapped up (and I've posted the NHL thread...), it seems like a good time to do so.

I've gotten better at knowing when to disconnect, so these periods seem to be getting shorter and shorter. So I dunno, probably back before Thanksgiving if anyone cares lol.

👋🏻

At last we can launch the "Gankrupt Boogle" master plan !

[Raist]

Getting more and more goddamn fucking spam from predatory journals/conferences.
Can they just fuck off already

[I'm a Puppy!]

The body's warranty runs out at 35. Once you hit that, it's not "down hill" it's "Fall off a cliff"

[skullstorm]

I got a really bad cold about three weeks ago and I still have a cough. Yesterday I managed to hurt my rib area while coughing and it's so sore now and everytime I cough it's so painful 

I guess it's age related too, never had this happen before. It's all downhill from here

[Rufus]

Go to a doctor, bratan. Don't risk pneumonia.

[skullstorm]

My sister actually got it, welp.

[chronovore]

The body's warranty runs out at 35. Once you hit that, it's not "down hill" it's "Fall off a cliff"

I had a miraculous metabolism until about 26 or so, and it was still pretty decent for 5 years after that.

There was some horseplay at work, and some 5-foot-nothing English lady punched me in the arm. I had a bruise the next day.

...The bruise was there for over a week.

[EightBitNate]

The body's warranty runs out at 35. Once you hit that, it's not "down hill" it's "Fall off a cliff"

what’s the return policy

[brawndolicious]

The body's warranty runs out at 35. Once you hit that, it's not "down hill" it's "Fall off a cliff"

Nah you gotta be 35 to be a cougar. And cougars didn't fall off any cliff.

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25 - 35 is usually when you find out whether you'll age well or not. I've seen so many friends fall apart in a year.

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[Nintex]

I want to troll our government because all these new plans suck.

But I also want to land this government contract. 


I also hope to live long enough to merge with an AI and live forever digitally. 

[Rufus]

I also hope to live long enough to merge with an AI and live forever digitally. 

Twitter is proof that you already have.

[chronovore]

The body's warranty runs out at 35. Once you hit that, it's not "down hill" it's "Fall off a cliff"

what’s the return policy

You can return at any time, but there's no refund and no replacements.

[Crash Dummy]

worked with one director to fix a multi-million dollar exposure only to have some other random director swoop in and claim credit 

[OnlyRegret]

The body's warranty runs out at 35. Once you hit that, it's not "down hill" it's "Fall off a cliff"

Nah you gotta be 35 to be a cougar. And cougars didn't fall off any cliff.

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25 - 35 is usually when you find out whether you'll age well or not. I've seen so many friends fall apart in a year.

[close]

exciting, I've hit that age range

[shosta]

over the course of the years I developed a few online friendships through facebook and I now have two white trash women in rural oregon, who are neighbors, sending me nudes and constantly lying to me about each other because they're jealous of the attention I give the other person. this is a filler tier situation

[OnlyRegret]

crosspost good vibes

[shosta]

Esch I don't think that the only bad outcome possible

[CatsCatsCats]

over the course of the years I developed a few online friendships through facebook and I now have two white trash women in rural oregon, who are neighbors, sending me nudes and constantly lying to me about each other because they're jealous of the attention I give the other person. this is a filler tier situation

Gworl what city

[shosta]

Some tweakerville on 199. I won't say which

[brawndolicious]

I did my front brake pads because it's Sunday night and I was bored and now I ache all over. I think I'm confident enough in my handiwork and insurance to trust that I'll be all right tomorrow. I played the stupid games, and I won the prizes.

over the course of the years I developed a few online friendships through facebook and I now have two white trash women in rural oregon, who are neighbors, sending me nudes and constantly lying to me about each other because they're jealous of the attention I give the other person. this is a filler tier situation

Make the threesome happen. Only bad outcome is if you fuck up you're in the heart of white supremacist pnw with nowhere to stay at night. Dare to win.

Shit this is totally a homogenous/white area thing, the bisexual girls with brown/Asian dude fetish. When I was in Santa Cruz, I got offered a threesome from a bisexual female acquaintance. So did my other middle-eastern friends. As well as my Mexican friends. I only knew a couple Indians but they were kinda conservative and unlike you so I don't think they were exposed to this.

I just don't have the multitasking ability or work ethic for that though.

[shosta]

I commented on B's status and minutes later A texts me that she's going to "knock B the fuck out", not sure over what yet

what's over/under for homicide

[CatsCatsCats]

I commented on B's status and minutes later A texts me that she's going to "knock B the fuck out", not sure over what yet

what's over/under for homicide

Uh, 1?

[Ghoul]

gross cold flu coming and I'm due to be on holiday next week. Fucking typical. Why can't I be dying on company time? Can't even take time off sick because new system going live Wednesday and am on crunch time

[OnlyRegret]

Coming off a month of what I would call a severe depressive episode, combined with some nagging injuries hitting a breaking point, terrible sleeping, and a lot of over eating, I'm having my first real work out in the gym in weeks today and tbh I'm nervous. I feel like I'm starting from zero again

you don't atrophy that fast
focus on working up a sweat and your form, not the numbers. taking it easy for a bit is much better than being unable to do anything at all for a while due to injury

[ToxicAdam]

When I get back into the gym after a layoff, I just ride the exercise bike for 30-40 minutes.

It gives me the opportunity to look around and judge everyone else and critique them on all their flaws. It really gets me back in the swing of things.

Getting those reps of silent judgement really boosts the confidence back up.

[OnlyRegret]

However it went fine and I actually upped the weight I was doing (weighted pull ups and push ups, both at 70lbs for reps).

nice

[OnlyRegret]

Just imagine failure as being owned by Nintex

[shosta]

I commented on B's status and minutes later A texts me that she's going to "knock B the fuck out", not sure over what yet

what's over/under for homicide

Ok, A and her friends called CPS on B because she was smoking meth in front of her kid, although it's a coin flip if they're going to drive out there, and B is now the one sending me long, very detailed messages about how badly she's going to beat the shit out of A if they "touch her family" and talking about how she'll take a manslaughter charge and doesn't care.

[jorma]

I commented on B's status and minutes later A texts me that she's going to "knock B the fuck out", not sure over what yet

what's over/under for homicide

Ok, A and her friends called CPS on B because she was smoking meth in front of her kid, although it's a coin flip if they're going to drive out there, and B is now the one sending me long, very detailed messages about how badly she's going to beat the shit out of A if they "touch her family" and talking about how she'll take a manslaughter charge and doesn't care.

it's not really manslaughter if you talk about manslaughering someone a few days before you murder them. 

benji is gonna be so jelly when he sees this. He might have more followers, but his tweets doesn't have nearly the same impact.
one single shosta tweet -> one murder, one life sentence and one kid in foster care.

impressive stuff, really.

[Nintex]

Coming off a month of what I would call a severe depressive episode, combined with some nagging injuries hitting a breaking point, terrible sleeping, and a lot of over eating, I'm having my first real work out in the gym in weeks today and tbh I'm nervous. I feel like I'm starting from zero again

Hang in there bud you can do it!
 

[Ghoul]

I commented on B's status and minutes later A texts me that she's going to "knock B the fuck out", not sure over what yet

what's over/under for homicide

Ok, A and her friends called CPS on B because she was smoking meth in front of her kid, although it's a coin flip if they're going to drive out there, and B is now the one sending me long, very detailed messages about how badly she's going to beat the shit out of A if they "touch her family" and talking about how she'll take a manslaughter charge and doesn't care.

I just wandered in here to say are you living in breaking bad?

[VomKriege]

pettious

[BIONIC]

Stro doesn’t even like posts. He deserves no sympy just for that alone

[brawndolicious]

I'd like to rescind my previous comment on bad outcomes. Thank you.

Yep. Shosta let the police or CPS know about the threats.

[Raist]

And also inform CPS that you've been exposed to this shit.

[Ghoul]

Kotaku posted an article and I have a weird boner 

[Rufus]

Well, are you going to link us to it or what?

[EchoRin]

Had a T-mobile Tuesdays free Impossible Whopper (so it's not made of meat is that the gimmick?) for lunch. It's 4 o'clock and I can still taste that BK smell on my tongue. I guess it is impossible to make that go away, huh?

[shosta]

Well, are you going to link us to it or what?

the ambiguity of this post

[BisMarckie]

My daughter is going through potty training and had a little accident today.

She managed to leave a trail of shit behind in the entire house.

[team filler]

 

[benjipwns]

Got some new socks and the elastic is so fucking tight it's like cutting off blood to my foot and they leave an imprint in the hair on my leg.

I suddenly support Trump's tariffs on whatever shithole country these came from.

[Madrun Badrun]

Gout is a disease of affluence comrade. 

[Raist]

My daughter is going through potty training and had a little accident today.

She managed to leave a trail of shit behind in the entire house.

Ah yes, the classic "my kid did it". You ain't fooling anyone.

[skullstorm]

Got some new socks and the elastic is so fucking tight it's like cutting off blood to my foot and they leave an imprint in the hair on my leg.

I suddenly support Trump's tariffs on whatever shithole country these came from.

We need Cindi here to fat shame you