Author Topic: minor inconveniences that are not struggles (Read 1075963 times)

TVC15 · « **Reply #7560 on:** March 06, 2020, 05:17:46 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on March 06, 2020, 05:06:10 PM

I missed what happened with work? why was your trip canceled?

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=46908.msg2804778#msg2804778

Have to work from home for the next week, at least

TVC15 · « **Reply #7561 on:** March 06, 2020, 05:45:51 PM »

Quote from: riotous on March 06, 2020, 05:35:16 PM

Sometimes when I'm feeling super lazy and didn't get enough done I just take a couple days off so that the amount of work I have to get done is minimized.

But hang in there man; can you tell your boss working from home is hard for you?

I don’t think taking days off is going to be an option, but there’s a chance. I have two deadlines the following Monday, so attempted strategic slacking is probably not something I should get in my head. But who knows, maybe they’ll be delayed. Luckily there’s kind of generalized chaos right now.

My manager is off today. I shot him a text saying I’d probably need to talk about this. He’s cool and understanding and I’m sure he’ll be sympathetic, but there’s not really much he can actually do. I’m hoping I’ll have calmed down a little by the time I talk to him.

TVC15 · « **Reply #7562 on:** March 06, 2020, 06:31:18 PM »

I think the uncertainty of how long this will go on is really what’s bugging me. I have everything I need for next week and there shouldn’t be any blocking issues. It’s the week after that where work isn’t so defined yet. Ugh, I really hope my temperament improves after a sleep. I kind of wish I had some Ativan or Xanax left.

First world problems: only the finest.

bluemax · « **Reply #7563 on:** March 06, 2020, 11:02:49 PM »

Lavender candles my fellow borian.

TVC15 · « **Reply #7564 on:** March 06, 2020, 11:22:20 PM »

Hey, thanks for listening to me whine earlier. I appreciate it. I wish I could say there wouldn’t be more.

I’ve been watching a block of Golden Girls eps on Logo while stoned and I finally feel chill. Just wanted to show you some thank you for being a friend.

Rose and Blanche and Dorothy got legs. Also this was allegedly a stage show for children. In what era would it be appropriate to have elderly women in sexually revealing clothing show off their goodies for children? Also Joss Whedon’s dad wrote this ep.

team filler · « **Reply #7565 on:** March 07, 2020, 09:31:30 PM »

my white nationalist bae blocked me on twitter

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #7566 on:** March 07, 2020, 09:43:10 PM »

Quote from: filler on March 07, 2020, 09:31:30 PM

my white nationalist bae blocked me on twitter

which one is this, not syrian bae right?

team filler · « **Reply #7567 on:** March 07, 2020, 09:43:56 PM »

cassandra fairbanks, her nudes are

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #7568 on:** March 07, 2020, 09:44:53 PM »

lmao, she's a WN now? I thought she was one of the various libertarian e-girls popping up

team filler · « **Reply #7569 on:** March 07, 2020, 09:55:55 PM »

she hates neocons, but loves white nationalists

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #7570 on:** March 07, 2020, 09:59:57 PM »

yeah, she sure seems up your alley

https://twitter.com/CassandraRules/status/1236456284263759874

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7571 on:** March 08, 2020, 09:27:02 AM »

Woke up today thinking I got up early - Nope. FU DLS.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #7572 on:** March 08, 2020, 06:41:08 PM »

just make sure that leg hair is on fleek

bork · « **Reply #7573 on:** March 12, 2020, 04:06:07 PM »

BORK'S PACKAGE DELIVERY WOES: CASE #459

Amazon (carrier) delivered three games I ordered that released this week early- One on Monday and two today, all one day before the official release dates. That's just too good, so something had to go wrong.

Took the package today and opened it to find...some cloth-thing inside. Ran outside, but missed the delivery driver. Checked the label and it was my neighbor's address. Found my package on their doorstep. Ran back inside, re-sealed the package, and put a note on it, then switched them out.

The neighbors have a Ring doorbell, so I probably look like I was stealing from them. 😑 I rang the bell but nobody answered.

Told Amazon and they gave me a credit for it, which is great and all- just didn't want this happen again. Don't know how you can get the addresses confused when our doors have large number plates on them, lol.

Ghoul · « **Reply #7574 on:** March 13, 2020, 07:01:38 AM »

sooo my ski holiday is not going ahead as the resorts are all closing down this weekend

BisMarckie · « **Reply #7575 on:** March 13, 2020, 08:11:27 PM »

Quote from: Ghoul on March 13, 2020, 07:01:38 AM

sooo my ski holiday is not going ahead as the resorts are all closing down this weekend

You were actually planning on going to Austria, godspeed you lunatic.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #7576 on:** March 14, 2020, 05:52:16 PM »

My real boi internet is taking forever to install. Appointment was 10-12, showed up like 12:30, it’s 3 and he’s still doing something at the post, even tho the internet is up, go awayyyyy lingererrrr

Yeti · « **Reply #7577 on:** March 14, 2020, 05:54:53 PM »

He’s probably downloading a bunch of hentai while he is at your IP

jorma · « **Reply #7578 on:** March 14, 2020, 06:06:17 PM »

Quote from: CatsCatsCats on March 14, 2020, 05:52:16 PM

My real boi internet is taking forever to install. Appointment was 10-12, showed up like 12:30, it’s 3 and he’s still doing something at the post, even tho the internet is up, go awayyyyy lingererrrr

He is probably just stalling to make sure he shows up at his 2:30 appointment at the appropriate time.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #7579 on:** March 14, 2020, 06:58:06 PM »

Omg real speed thank you Jesus I’ve made it. Cabin in the woods with strong wifi. Gettin ~300/30Mbps on speed tests

Ghoul · « **Reply #7580 on:** March 15, 2020, 05:48:11 AM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on March 13, 2020, 08:11:27 PM

Quote from: Ghoul on March 13, 2020, 07:01:38 AM
sooo my ski holiday is not going ahead as the resorts are all closing down this weekend

You were actually planning on going to Austria, godspeed you lunatic.

Lmao, of course breh no virus gonna get between me and sweet pow pow breh. They did attempt to change the flights and hotel to France but they just closed their resorts at midnight. It sucks, but at the same time my buddy just flew yesterday to ski and got to the resort just as they made the announcement so he’s now at the resort with fuck all to do, so life could be worse.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7581 on:** March 22, 2020, 11:16:46 AM »

Used a new mustache wax and now my dog won't give me kisses. Traitor.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #7582 on:** March 22, 2020, 01:53:22 PM »

Quote from: shosta on March 18, 2020, 04:57:20 PM

I wrote this today...

Code: [Select]
awk -F ' - ' '{ printf "INSERT INTO items (item, reading, definition) VALUES ('"'"'" $1 "'"'"', '"'"'" $2 "'"'"', '"'"'" $3 "'"'"') " printf "ON CONFLICT (item) DO UPDATE SET item='"'"'" $1 "'"'"', reading='"'"'" $2 "'"'"', definition='"'"'" $3 "'"'"' ;\n" }' $content_file | psql $db_name
...is there a more readable way to process lines and pipe queries into postgres? Maybe with printf -q?

I only know how to do that in python where pandas/numpy make it pretty easy. I'm guessing you could make a custom function with arguments that let you write it into your program in a more readable way depending on the structure of your source data.

I don't know if anybody here does web scraping but what is the general etiquette when it comes websites that don't have a robots.txt page? For reference, it's like 70k web pages of public info I have to scrape on a government site.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #7583 on:** March 23, 2020, 04:23:34 PM »

Modern dilemma: I want to help out local restaurants by ordering there ... but I suspect they're cutting all kinds of corners in order to remain profitable.

Solution: Order the food and give to my in-laws.

Ghoul · « **Reply #7584 on:** March 24, 2020, 11:02:55 AM »

Work continues just to hammer me with requests and despite me telling users to raise calls so I can get it logged and tracked they just email me.
I never really check emails from anyone other than who is in my team, so I then catch an email of the user complaining I'm not fixing their issues
sorry I'm not gonna help you, if you can't read my out of office that states I do not help people who do not raise tickets.

bluemax · « **Reply #7585 on:** March 27, 2020, 12:23:46 AM »

So back in December I spent a bunch of time cleaning my apartment, getting rid of an accumulation of shit, and generally trying to make a it a cozier less cluttered space. The majority of it was things I had intended to do for a long time and finally had the time and energy to do, but also I was dating a girl who is very into minimalism who helped me push through with it.

A month ago I offered up my spare bedroom to a former co-worker whose building priced them out. I thought it might be good in that it would force me to have to interact with someone (at a time when I was feeling lonely due to a breakup) and also extra money is always nice. This roommate has absolutely taken over my kitchen, to the point that I was trying to just put away my food and there was almost nowhere at the moment for me to put a container out and put food into it. And they have half emptied boxes just lying around the edges of my kitchen and dining area. I'm trying to be chill about this because obviously the whole social distancing thing means this roommate can't just take this stuff to their parents house for extra storage or whatever, but it does make me kinda twitchy having all this stuff just laying around and also losing 3/4 of my fridge and 80% of my counter space.

This situation was agreed upon as a short term trial anyhow, so maybe when this whole quasi quarantine is over we can decide it is not working. Shit, I just realized it hasn't even been a full month of this person yet.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #7586 on:** March 27, 2020, 02:36:26 AM »

You make empty gestures, you get crowded kitchens.

chronovore · « **Reply #7587 on:** March 27, 2020, 06:24:03 AM »

It's really surprising how many people can be completely inconsiderate after they've been afforded an overwhelmingly kind gesture.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #7588 on:** March 28, 2020, 11:07:22 PM »

Quote from: Dufus on March 28, 2020, 04:03:05 PM

i finished redecorating, it was supposed to be a triumph but now i feel empty inside, having nothing else to do

Redecorate in Animal Crossing now.

Ghoul · « **Reply #7589 on:** March 30, 2020, 10:42:40 AM »

Quote

Ticket closed: USER has confirmed this issue was previously resolved.
ME please ensure you close calls when they have been completed.
Many Thanks
Jobsworth

After I go out of my way to fix something you couldn't do, probably not the smartest idea to start giving me shit, I'm not customer facing or have much to do with the ticket system.
Needless to say next time he escalates I'll leave that for a while.

GRRRRRR!

team filler · « **Reply #7590 on:** March 30, 2020, 06:32:42 PM »

trying to file last year's and this year's with turbo tax, it says I can't file an older return with the free version

Cheddahz · « **Reply #7591 on:** March 30, 2020, 08:38:27 PM »

Professor last week - "Now, with everything going on...I'm going to set a minimum grade and if you're happy with it (I had a B+ in the class ftw), you don't have to do anything else for the rest of the semester. I understand these are strange times and not everyone has the ability to work from home as they would at school"

Professor tonight - "Okay fuckers, here's six assignments you have to do and we have a scheduled meeting during a time that isn't our normal class time"

benjipwns · « **Reply #7592 on:** March 30, 2020, 08:45:48 PM »

the same one?

Cheddahz · « **Reply #7593 on:** March 30, 2020, 09:06:44 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on March 30, 2020, 08:45:48 PM

the same one?

Same one lol; don't recommend grad school

benjipwns · « **Reply #7594 on:** March 30, 2020, 09:21:00 PM »

Somebody complained. Grad school is full of snitches like that.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7595 on:** March 30, 2020, 09:22:17 PM »

Man a B+ in my grad classes is an automatic retake. A B- and they kick you out.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #7596 on:** March 30, 2020, 09:39:59 PM »

Just keep replaying your courses until you get an SSS+ rank, it's required for the platinum.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7597 on:** March 30, 2020, 09:50:04 PM »

It's what I did and I unlocked a silver catsuit with a cleavage line that goes down to my pubes, however, I prefer the french maid uniform I got for A+, so it seemed like a waste of time looking back.

Tasty · « **Reply #7598 on:** March 31, 2020, 09:50:22 AM »

Got called out by my own damn psyche in a dream for making so many embarrassing fanboy posts.

It was a classroom setup and the teacher was reading some of my old posts and making fun of them.

I SWEAR, I'LL CHANGE! I'll CHANGE!

Tasty · « **Reply #7599 on:** March 31, 2020, 10:42:24 AM »

Edit- Wrong thread.

team filler · « **Reply #7600 on:** March 31, 2020, 10:55:47 AM »

team filler · « **Reply #7601 on:** March 31, 2020, 06:38:06 PM »

ol' squishy foot stro!

Bebpo · « **Reply #7602 on:** April 02, 2020, 05:40:20 AM »

starting to get anxiety & depression about this whole covid thing.
can't sleep

Cheddahz · « **Reply #7603 on:** April 03, 2020, 10:10:46 AM »

Internet provider def. was not ready for the amount of traffic that was going to happen because of everyone transiting to doing their work online and my internet keeps on cutting in and out, so I've made my car my office for the time being (since the internet at the closest university still works perfectly fine)

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7604 on:** April 03, 2020, 05:40:23 PM »

That's going to be a fun zoom.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7605 on:** April 04, 2020, 09:40:09 PM »

Forgot my dog's birthday and didn't get her anything. She's 10, which is getting on. She's kind of past the age of material gifts, like toys and stuff, so I think I'll surprise her with a large family portrait of me she can hang on the wall when this thing is all over.

Tasty · « **Reply #7606 on:** April 04, 2020, 09:42:51 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on April 04, 2020, 09:40:09 PM

Forgot my dog's birthday and didn't get her anything. She's 10, which is getting on. She's kind of past the age of material gifts, like toys and stuff, so I think I'll surprise her with a large family portrait of me she can hang on the wall when this thing is all over.

Surprise her with an original Hitler instead.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #7607 on:** April 04, 2020, 09:44:29 PM »

She's not big on Germans or German Shepards.

Tasty · « **Reply #7608 on:** April 04, 2020, 09:48:31 PM »

Eh I don't blame her, they can be big and scary.

chronovore · « **Reply #7609 on:** April 06, 2020, 06:47:37 AM »

WFH all day. I spend a 10 hour workday with nearly 4 hours in various teleconferences, while the Japanese PM Abe finally decides to put my prefecture on lockdown. We're all stressed.

Quote from: Stro on April 05, 2020, 04:06:12 PM

It's really hard to stay motivated to do your exercising outside when it's spring and it's in the 40s and gray every day :sad

It's harder to stay indoors when it's beautiful spring weather and all the cherry blossoms are blooming here in the Nihon'z.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #7610 on:** April 08, 2020, 12:51:10 AM »

Why in the motherfuck is it impossible for some people to explain a problem in more than 5 words? I think they're just afraid that they'll look dumb making the wrong guess at what the issue is which is ridiculous since I constantly do that and have no problem at all looking stupid.

jorma · « **Reply #7611 on:** April 10, 2020, 03:34:36 PM »

So i was talking to mum on the phone today and we talked a bit about corona and suddenly she flanked me with:

"well.. you do know that the vaccine is more dangerous than the virus, right?"

Luckily she lives in a part of the country where your closest neighbour is a 20 minute car ride away because otherwise this will be upgraded to real struggle in a year or so. $:-\$

team filler · « **Reply #7612 on:** April 10, 2020, 03:39:09 PM »

there is no vaccine, so she ain't wrong

jorma · « **Reply #7613 on:** April 10, 2020, 03:45:24 PM »

Quote from: filler on April 10, 2020, 03:39:09 PM

there is no vaccine, so she ain't wrong

oh i just got another inconvenience that isn't really a struggle:

Whenever you complain about your mother, whoever has to endure the complaint will always always side with your mom.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #7614 on:** April 10, 2020, 04:34:31 PM »

Had to take stepson to a clinic to get his nail bed laser blasted because he has a nasty ingrown toenail. ended up paying out of pocket because he’s on his step mom’s (typically pretty good) insurance and we weren’t able to get a referral because lol @ trying to see a general practitioner. We actually did get a referral from an urgent care type place (zoomcare) via video interview and had it all printed out but that didn’t count, it had to be in the insurers system

Anyway, fuck medical insurance, fuck ‘rona, going into a medical clinic right now isn’t fun

brawndolicious · « **Reply #7615 on:** April 10, 2020, 04:53:31 PM »

If you're past diapers and before viagra, nobody in America really knows the procedure for urgent medical care. What are the correct steps, costs, etc.

It's a bit fucked

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #7616 on:** April 14, 2020, 04:19:04 PM »

Work is really fucking busy since black Friday, this Corona business just made business explode even more.

Despite this I only got a shitty raise

First world problems sure

Akala · « **Reply #7617 on:** April 15, 2020, 01:08:25 PM »

could be worse, I drink.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #7618 on:** April 15, 2020, 01:50:54 PM »

Esch just made my potential roommate for next apocalypse list (I just eat)

Raist · « **Reply #7619 on:** April 15, 2020, 01:51:51 PM »

Quote from: Esch on April 15, 2020, 01:01:02 PM

I've realized i have a strange habit. Whenever I get nervous I start cooking stuff. This can take place at almost any time of the day if I'm at home. Like i just made a bunch of hummus before noon because i don't know how a meeting's going to go today.

Just feed us then

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