Struggle Thread mk II - No one likes us, we don't care

[Kara]

Efficiency-Wage Theory 2: This deals with wages and nutrition.  It is believed that workers who have a higher salary can afford to eat more healthily and thus become more productive.

[Mr Gilhaney]

Well being on the other side of earth, setting up a party at a bar for all of us as we're going home from our internship, as you learn your grandma's partner through the last 10 years or so has died wasn't nice.

Honestly could care less about most of my family, minus her and my parents, so really sucks that I can't be there for the funeral or anything. He was a really nice guy, even if I was never too close with him.

[Purrp Skirrp]

Fucked up an iTunes library migration and deleted ~40 gigs of music. My 320 kbps music library

My wonder of the world in ruins

[king of the internet]

Got wasted and stepped on my glasses. They're bent now. I'm also out of contact lenses so now I get to walk around with bent ass glasses on my face for a few days.

[Rufus]

Can't you just bend them back into shape?

[Kara]

320 kbps :mjlol:

[king of the internet]

Can't you just bend them back into shape?

I tried but they're way fucked up.

[king of the internet]

There's always the use your older glasses option.

Assuming your vision hasn't tanked .

Only pair of glasses I own. I have no contingency plan for anything. Just have to count on nothing going wrong ever or else I'm fucked.

[Rufus]

Only pair of glasses I own. I have no contingency plan for anything. Just have to count on nothing going wrong ever or else I'm fucked.

Dirtperson habits.

[Kara]

Order some contacts from continental Europe, they work 'em pretty hard in Romania and you get your order quick.

[Huff]

I actually do order my contacts from europe now since my old rx expired

[Kara]

Same. Circumventing artificial impediments to the market. Hack the planet. Death to guild monopolies.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Procrastinated again this weekend.  I did some work, just not anywhere near what I was planning on doing.  It's so hard for me to give a fuck these days; once the opportunities for advancement washed away where I work, so did my work ethic.  It's been pretty much an eight and skate affair for the past two months.  Not even Mio Energy can save me.

[king of the internet]

Managed to bend them back into a mostly wearable state. You can barely even notice. Maybe it's all going to be okay after all.

[Atramental]

Wow, I feel fucking awful. 

Since yesterday it feels like dread, grief, and sadness have burrowed into my stomach.

I guess it's post-drinking blues amplified by a bunch of other shit.

[Madrun Badrun]

How did your thing go with the cosplay girl?

[Atramental]

How did your thing go with the cosplay girl?

I chatted with her briefly a couple of times and added her as a facebook friend the next day. That's it.

She's waaay to into cosplay and anime/cartoons that I can't stomach it. And if it weren't for that, I feel like my personality and her's are too different. She's much more outgoing and I'm very reserved.

And what this whole thing reminded me of is that I really should be branching out and meeting more people on my own instead of just waiting for a friend to invite me to a party.

[bluemax]

Atra are you me?

[fistfulofmetal]

job that i went to NYC for last week to get hired is now having to postpone onboarding me until they settle a client issue on their end. they say it probably will take a few weeks.

waiting 

[chronovore]

How did your thing go with the cosplay girl?

I chatted with her briefly a couple of times and added her as a facebook friend the next day. That's it.

She's waaay to into cosplay and anime/cartoons that I can't stomach it. And if it weren't for that, I feel like my personality and her's are too different. She's much more outgoing and I'm very reserved.

And what this whole thing reminded me of is that I really should be branching out and meeting more people on my own instead of just waiting for a friend to invite me to a party.

Did she look like this?
http://i.imgur.com/K9MSP1d.mp4

[El Babua]

Got really light headed walking to my car to head to the gym tonight, then again later when I was playing vidya, was fighting Martyr Logarius in Bloodborne and still beat him.

Felt like I was gonna fall and pass out.

Worried now since I had a small bout of light headedness this past Friday. With maybe a few more in between. sigh

[Atramental]

How did your thing go with the cosplay girl?

I chatted with her briefly a couple of times and added her as a facebook friend the next day. That's it.

She's waaay to into cosplay and anime/cartoons that I can't stomach it. And if it weren't for that, I feel like my personality and her's are too different. She's much more outgoing and I'm very reserved.

And what this whole thing reminded me of is that I really should be branching out and meeting more people on my own instead of just waiting for a friend to invite me to a party.

Did she look like this?
http://i.imgur.com/K9MSP1d.mp4

Yes, except she's a bit younger, much more gothy, and has eyes you can drown in. 

edit: And she's single as well. 

[Tasty]

Probably a heart condition, Bobby.

As for me, I can't fucking get to sleep. I've been lying in bed for over 90 minutes now. Gotta decide if I want to take a quick walk to 7/11 and pick up an alcohol assist.

Not having alcohol next to your bed

[king of the internet]

Probably a heart condition, Bobby.

As for me, I can't fucking get to sleep. I've been lying in bed for over 90 minutes now. Gotta decide if I want to take a quick walk to 7/11 and pick up an alcohol assist.

Not having alcohol next to your bed

Having booze at arm's reach for a morning after drink in bed when u wake up 

[Take My Breh Away]

Waiting more than two years for vital ENT appointment to get prescribed steroids for a left nose blockage as specialist and standard GP's can't perscribe them. There's a nasal spray that has some relief but it means I wake up every morning with the taste of blood in my mouth. Humid days make it completely close over and give headaches, my sense of smell is vastly reduced and my left eye now twitches. Can't do anything emergency wise unless it starts severely obstructing my breathing.

Called them again. Still on the waiting list and will be months before I'm seen.

Public Healthcare when it fucks up

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Public healthcare when it works

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[Kara]

Sounds awful, do you have any gray market options in the interim?

[Kara]

[Atramental]

Bruh...

[Madrun Badrun]

What happens in part 4 to 7?  If its anything like Starwars those are the best parts.

[Kara]

Bruh...

It's what I get for watching one of his videos posted here.

[Atramental]

Oh, ha. My comment was directed towards the guy making the YouTube vids.

[Purrp Skirrp]

Some YT comments calling him a black Elliot Rodger

[Yeti]

I was cringing hard enough when I saw how many videos he had made, then I noticed the length 

[PlayDat]

Why I always right-click > open link in incognito window for suspect looking links like that one.

[nudemacusers]

I was cringing hard enough when I saw how many videos he had made, then I noticed the length 

[brawndolicious]

Is that guy have a self-loathing black man problem or something? I'm afraid my pity limit won't let me look at something with those titles.

[mormapope]

Naw, the dude is actually a black Elliot Rodger, he talks about women like they're some sort of dark fantasy creature.

[Kara]

Why I always right-click > open link in incognito window for suspect looking links like that one.

The only thing I fear is waking up tomorrow.

[bluemax]

Went to a industry drinking event. Talked to some cute girl for a bit, then a dude who doesn't work on games but is a lawyer and way taller and handsomer than me swooped in. Douche!

[chronovore]

Went to a industry drinking event. Talked to some cute girl for a bit, then a dude who doesn't work on games but is a lawyer and way taller and handsomer than me swooped in. Douche!

You should have grabbed a chair, stood on it, and headbutted him.

[toku]

How did your thing go with the cosplay girl?

I chatted with her briefly a couple of times and added her as a facebook friend the next day. That's it.

She's waaay to into cosplay and anime/cartoons that I can't stomach it. And if it weren't for that, I feel like my personality and her's are too different. She's much more outgoing and I'm very reserved.

And what this whole thing reminded me of is that I really should be branching out and meeting more people on my own instead of just waiting for a friend to invite me to a party.

Did she look like this?
http://i.imgur.com/K9MSP1d.mp4

Yes, except she's a bit younger, much more gothy, and has eyes you can drown in. 

edit: And she's single as well. 

You can do better =)

[Purrp Skirrp]

Wanting to treat bipolar like it's a joke, but the punch line is too real. Getting KO'd by my own brain. Too flab for the jab.

Can't hold a job or stay in school long enough

This post might be too even for the struggle thread, but I ain't trying to dip on life or KevinCow ya'll.

When life is good

[Take My Breh Away]

Sounds awful, do you have any gray market options in the interim?

None, really. Can't afford health insurance at the mo' so ended up trying a Polish clinic which were pretty legit and cheap. Couldn't get anything out of em' outside of a cheap scan that showed there was likely no surgery required. They refused to prescribe anything stronger even though they said it was treatable with oral steroids and would only leave that decision up to the hospital. They wrote a recomendation letter I was seen sooner but no go.

Though I got a letter this morning saying I was on the waiting list for so long they are going to place me at another hospital to get seen sooner. So maybe light at the end of the tunnel soon.

[Madrun Badrun]

I fucked up with my dog today and I feel awful.  They were testing the fire alarm and my land lord said it would be brief, instead they have set it off 10 fucking times.  I should have told them to let me know when they were going to do it so I could have gotten her out.  Now that she is freaked out I can't take her outside.  My dog is seriously breaking my heart.

[Madrun Badrun]

I blocked the underpart of my bed so she couldn't hid.  She's been under my desk sitting with her face to the wall for a half hour 

[Rufus]

Nami, hang in there. ;_;

[bork]

Is there anything that can be done to address this kind of behavior?  Would it be bad to just put her outside in a fenced area or something?

[jakefromstatefarm]

got let go from a part time job

was debating whether to talk to someone about it or internalize the failure, decided to compromise and post in on thebore. two birds etc.

[bluemax]

Went to a industry drinking event. Talked to some cute girl for a bit, then a dude who doesn't work on games but is a lawyer and way taller and handsomer than me swooped in. Douche!

You should have grabbed a chair, stood on it, and headbutted him.

Well she accepted my FB friend request and from her picture history she went to prom with a neckbearded dude with a pony tail and a fedora, so I think I still have a slight chance!

In real struggle news, today was my last day at my job. I left my "key" to the building on my desk. Got home and realized I left the key to my apartment building not to the office. Fuck.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Executive leadership has gotten to the point where they realize the project is a lost cause like I've been telling them since I got there 9 weeks ago and are starting to distance themselves leaving me as the fall guy.



Little do they know I'm already interviewing at other places.
 

[Kara]

Sorry jake.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Executive leadership has gotten to the point where they realize the project is a lost cause like I've been telling them since I got there 9 weeks ago and are starting to distance themselves leaving me as the fall guy.



Little do they know I'm already interviewing at other places.
 

I've been there.  Two years ago there was some project that was doomed from the start that me and three other managers worked on.  I was told that since I was the low guy on the totem pole that I was going to take the hit.  The VP of the department wound up pinning it on another manager, resulting in his early retirement.  That's why I have a bunch of emergency reserve cash and I save and invest a lot of my money: there may be a time where I have to bounce and I don't want to get stressed out about it.

[Kara]

I have a "table" at my Sunday brunch alt cafe and sitting somewhere else is "mixing it up today."

At least they got rid of my regular cocktail so I can't have a "drink" too.

[dkdk]

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this breh spend all his money on fitted and snapbacks?

[milchs evil twin]

 

[Huff]

I'm on like day 3 of a hangover. This needs to stop

[king of the internet]

Struggle/triumph crossover: injured my knee pretty severely due to a mishap, could barely walk a couple days ago and it's still fucked up bad but I'm doing better. I can limp really fast now.  But more importantly I scored some pills (not from the doctor, obv) and between that, the weed and the booze I've been feeling amazing. Off work today, might just stay in bed all day in a semi-comatose state. Maybe The Lord is finally ready to take me away.

[milchs evil twin]

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So uh, instead of stupidly implementing something myself, I should've just looked for the matlab function.

From 300 to 3 seconds in one line. 99% speedup.


Plus the function is called CUMSUM

[Phoenix Dark]

got let go from a part time job

was debating whether to talk to someone about it or internalize the failure, decided to compromise and post in on thebore. two birds etc.

sorry to hear that man. Damn.

time to grind those IT certs

[Madrun Badrun]

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So uh, instead of stupidly implementing something myself, I should've just looked for the matlab function.

From 300 to 3 seconds in one line. 99% speedup.


Plus the function is called CUMSUM

Ya if your function is general but has to be written with a loop, there is usually a fast matlab built in for it.  So many loops were removed when I found 'diff'.