minor inconveniences that are not struggles

[chronovore]

That's very kind. I think I need to avail myself of the resources readily at hand before I impose on anyone else. Thanks though!

[chronovore]

Going through email today, my American credit union posted a survey to rate my recent transaction with their staff. I haven't been in the USA since August, so this started me on the road to panic. The idea of identity theft or bank fraud is horrible enough on its own, but trying to settle it over the phone, during US bank hours, from Japan (17 hour time difference) is enough to give me a nervous tic.

I logged in to see if I still had money in my account, and the first number I saw was a negative number in my checking account. HOLY SHIT.  When I realize it's just a single transaction, a check I cut to my sister, I start to breathe again. Then I see that a physical check from my Mom for my birthday cleared, and it has the date from the emailed survey.

Apparently the clerk who processed my Mom's check was randomly flagged for sending me a survey. THANKS, AUTOMATION.

[Madrun Badrun]

I heard there is something you can do to freeze your credit, something you might want to consider if you arent using your us account very much.  It makes it so you or others cant open up new lines of credit in your name while the freeze is on. 

[TVC15]

Fuck. Didn’t sleep at all last night. Going to be a coffee til I GERD out kinda day.

[chronovore]

I heard there is something you can do to freeze your credit, something you might want to consider if you arent using your us account very much.  It makes it so you or others cant open up new lines of credit in your name while the freeze is on.

Freeze credit, or freeze account? I use my USA CC pretty frequently for things which require a CC with a US-local billing address.

[Madrun Badrun]

I heard there is something you can do to freeze your credit, something you might want to consider if you arent using your us account very much.  It makes it so you or others cant open up new lines of credit in your name while the freeze is on.

Freeze credit, or freeze account? I use my USA CC pretty frequently for things which require a CC with a US-local billing address.

No its a credit freeze for new credit.  Your credit card should still work if I know what I'm talking about and I hardly ever do. 

[Madrun Badrun]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_freeze

[TVC15]

Ugh pray for TVC.

[CatsCatsCats]

🙏🏻

[kingv]

I was having what I thought was a private shit I’m the men’s room and a ninja in the next stall let out a massive satisfying shit noise.

Made my shitting look like a huge little bitch.

Re: credit freezing. You do it with bureau, and it’s not free (but pretty cheap) basically it makes it so you have to call and authenticate before submitting any kind of loan or credit card application. It’s kind of a pain in the ass, but will help if you are worried about identity theft.

You need to do it with all three bureaus for max effectiveness (trans union, equifax, experian).

However, A lot of credit fraud now is actually synthetic identities, which is basically a real social security number but everything else is made up. It’s one of those things that really should not be possible but is because of well-intentioned privacy regulations gone awry.

[skullstorm]

I managed to injure both my index fingers today while derping around. The other injury was a puncture wound right in the vein which bled like a fountain and left my finger throbbing and achey for hours, then just now I left the same finger (and the same exact spot as the puncture wound of course) between a cupboard door, motherfucker 

[team filler]

 

[CatsCatsCats]

Painful soreness under my left ribs, hopefully my spleen is about to rupture or something

Week later this is still giving me hell, I think it’s a bruised rib now, don’t know how. Should prolly see a doctor

[kingv]

If it’s any consolation, they don’t really do anything for a bruised rib but tell you to take it easy.

[CatsCatsCats]

Yeah, that’s why I haven’t gone in

[Rufus]

How would you bruise a rib without noticing it?

[chronovore]

How would you bruise a rib without noticing it?

When you bruise someone else's rib, it's easy.

[Biff]

Had to go pee at work so went to use the urinal as usual.
Getting my stream on when lo and behold a little fly gently swoops down and lands inside the urinal.
Being a red blooded man I naturally take aim and give the little guy a spray.
He kinda stands there for a second, then looks up and flies into my pants
Basically made me pee on myself, wtf 

[chronovore]

Had to go pee at work so went to use the urinal as usual.
Getting my stream on when lo and behold a little fly gently swoops down and lands inside the urinal.
Being a red blooded man I naturally take aim and give the little guy a spray.
He kinda stands there for a second, then looks up and flies into my pants
Basically made me pee on myself, wtf 

[CatsCatsCats]

I just do stupid shit that ends up in me getting hurt all the time and shrug shit off a lot I guess

[desert punk]

I dreamt the weirdest shit tonight, again.

I was at work and there was some kind of nuclear disaster. But I was busy and when I got out of the building no one was there and everything was deserted and I had to walk home alone through nuclear fallout. And when I finally got home, my pregnant girlfriend (I don't have one) immediately went into labor. I wasn't exactly thrilled about that, though I think I was trying to feign enthusiasm for the baby. But then she kept on popping out more of them and after the fifth one I was ready to go out again. Thankfully I woke up then.

I hate my fucking dreams    Though normally I don't really remember them. Just an unpleasant aftertaste.

[shosta]

TVC 15's new avatar makes me throw up a little in my mouth

[TVC15]

TVC 15's new avatar makes me throw up a little in my mouth

You should see the ones I vetoed.   

[hungrynoob]

I dreamt the weirdest shit tonight, again.

I was at work and there was some kind of nuclear disaster. But I was busy and when I got out of the building no one was there and everything was deserted and I had to walk home alone through nuclear fallout. And when I finally got home, my pregnant girlfriend (I don't have one) immediately went into labor. I wasn't exactly thrilled about that, though I think I was trying to feign enthusiasm for the baby. But then she kept on popping out more of them and after the fifth one I was ready to go out again. Thankfully I woke up then.

I hate my fucking dreams    Though normally I don't really remember them. Just an unpleasant aftertaste.

I never understood how people cant like their dreams. One of the greatest gifts of the concious mind that should be explored.

[Mupepe]

I've been having nightmares about basically losing it at work.  Since the downturn everyone that survived has been squeezed in different ways and many have cracked in different ways.  My dreams are about me cracking I guess.  I've had two nightmares this week.  The first was me writing up a response email saying exactly what I really thought.  One of those things you do, but then you think twice and delete it or reword it.  Except I sent it and all I could gather was that it was particularly terrible.  The rest of the dream was dealing with the inevitable political crap from it.  The 2nd dream was that somehow porn pictures ended up in an Excel file I sent to my VP and then when I tried to explain what happened (what kind of explanation I could have I don't know) I was showing her something on my phone and all I got was popups of porn pictures which made her think I was fucking with her.

[hungrynoob]

time to transcend your mortal inevitability as a fuel for change and manifest the reality you want to experience when you close your eyes.

[desert punk]

I dreamt the weirdest shit tonight, again.

I was at work and there was some kind of nuclear disaster. But I was busy and when I got out of the building no one was there and everything was deserted and I had to walk home alone through nuclear fallout. And when I finally got home, my pregnant girlfriend (I don't have one) immediately went into labor. I wasn't exactly thrilled about that, though I think I was trying to feign enthusiasm for the baby. But then she kept on popping out more of them and after the fifth one I was ready to go out again. Thankfully I woke up then.

I hate my fucking dreams    Though normally I don't really remember them. Just an unpleasant aftertaste.

I never understood how people cant like their dreams. One of the greatest gifts of the concious mind that should be explored.

Good for you if your dreams are all about orgies or other fun stuff. But mine are usually weird, disturbing and unpleasant and I'd rather do without them. I wouldn't say they are nightmares per se, but I do catch myself being afraid to fall asleep sometimes 

time to transcend your mortal inevitability as a fuel for change and manifest the reality you want to experience when you close your eyes.

Tell me how to do that.

[hungrynoob]

its not an easy path and most people upon hearing about it are like "nah fuck that".

[Mupepe]

time to transcend your mortal inevitability as a fuel for change and manifest the reality you want to experience when you close your eyes.

You're right.  I'm sending that email.

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I actually think I need to find a way to separate myself from a few people at work that cause me stress and are constantly negative.
  I'm cool with my responsibilities and generally find my job engaging and interesting.  But there's a few people that I have to work with that seem to hate this place so much that they can't do anything but bitch and try to make everyone as miserable as they are.  That's what I can't do.

[close]

[desert punk]

its not an easy path and most people upon hearing about it are like "nah fuck that".

Sorry if I sounded flippant or anything. I have heard about people who're able to manipulate their dreams or who at least know how to wake themselves up when things get uncomfortable.

Maybe I should look into this stuff...

[hungrynoob]

wtf are you apologising for never thought that at all. Just a pre-empt warning.

Anyway, it goes further than that, lucid dreaming and being mindful and meditation are all linked. Being more mindful can improve you LD rates, but being mindful and having LD experiences are also very positive for the mental health.

The only thing i can say is, its a journey.

[Mupepe]

I used to take ZMA as a supplement and man that shit will give you some lucid dreams.

[hungrynoob]

What were you trying to fix there buddy ?

but yeah, its the vitamin b6 that helps increase dream vivid-ness.

[Mupepe]

Nothing terrible. It was back when i was gullible enough to buy into the supplement shit for lifting so i took all sorts of crap i found out later did nothing.

[Nabbis]

Clowns with syphilis.

[hungrynoob]

Nothing terrible. It was back when i was gullible enough to buy into the supplement shit for lifting so i took all sorts of crap i found out later did nothing.

dont worry ive bought them in the past too for lifting. Im sure ive bought everything at one point, now all i buy is fine blended oats.

[skullstorm]

I also often have such low quality dreams that when I wake up I'm pissed I had to suffer through them. Sometimes they're super uncomfortable nightmares and sometimes they're just so fucking stupid I have to question what exactly is wrong with me and a lot of times they're a combination of the two.

My expertise is having dreams about very very disgusting toilets 

[TVC15]

I've been having nightmares about basically losing it at work.  Since the downturn everyone that survived has been squeezed in different ways and many have cracked in different ways.  My dreams are about me cracking I guess.  I've had two nightmares this week.  The first was me writing up a response email saying exactly what I really thought.  One of those things you do, but then you think twice and delete it or reword it.  Except I sent it and all I could gather was that it was particularly terrible.  The rest of the dream was dealing with the inevitable political crap from it.  The 2nd dream was that somehow porn pictures ended up in an Excel file I sent to my VP and then when I tried to explain what happened (what kind of explanation I could have I don't know) I was showing her something on my phone and all I got was popups of porn pictures which made her think I was fucking with her.

Hope you aren’t too stressed when you’re awake. I let that shit get to me bad and it ruined me for years.

[Mupepe]

I've been having nightmares about basically losing it at work.  Since the downturn everyone that survived has been squeezed in different ways and many have cracked in different ways.  My dreams are about me cracking I guess.  I've had two nightmares this week.  The first was me writing up a response email saying exactly what I really thought.  One of those things you do, but then you think twice and delete it or reword it.  Except I sent it and all I could gather was that it was particularly terrible.  The rest of the dream was dealing with the inevitable political crap from it.  The 2nd dream was that somehow porn pictures ended up in an Excel file I sent to my VP and then when I tried to explain what happened (what kind of explanation I could have I don't know) I was showing her something on my phone and all I got was popups of porn pictures which made her think I was fucking with her.

Hope you aren’t too stressed when you’re awake. I let that shit get to me bad and it ruined me for years.

I think I deal with it pretty well when I'm awake and probably improving actually.  I used to not be able to shut off.  There was a 16 month period where I would go home, open my laptop and basically work until it was time to go to bed.  I've learned to draw lines where I tell myself that I'm just not going to think about it when I get home and leave it at work. 

[chronovore]

APPLE QUALITY, MY ASS.

…will document in an appropriate thread, but FUCK ME.

[Tasty]

APPLE QUALITY, MY ASS.

…will document in an appropriate thread, but FUCK ME.

Sorry, you're an Apple user 

[Raist]

Apple is the most overrated brand in the history of electronics, but a fucking country mile.

Adept users will swear to god it's the finest shit, but that's complete BS. And their shit is grossly overpriced as well.

[hungrynoob]

I consider myself, despite my flaws an outgoing and articulate person. Until I want to call the dr for an appointment. wtf

[chronovore]

APPLE QUALITY, MY ASS.

…will document in an appropriate thread, but FUCK ME.

Sorry, you're an Apple user 

[Reb]

I'm in China and half my favorite online services are blocked.
Thebore is still available though!

[Madrun Badrun]

Don't get us blocked in China.  We need to spread our patriotic message. 

[kingv]

Apple is the most overrated brand in the history of electronics, but a fucking country mile.

Adept users will swear to god it's the finest shit, but that's complete BS. And their shit is grossly overpriced as well.

I use Apple products but also 100% agree with this.

I only buy refurbished or last years model, though, so the overpriced aspect doesn’t ever hit me too hard.

Only thing of theirs I think truly does not have a good competitor is the iPad. And that’s mostly because there just aren’t any great tablet ecosystem.

[BlueTsunami]

Ordered a pepperoni and capicola pizza. You know, standard topping. Opened the box when I got home and was greeted with capicola and pineapple. I want to die.

[Phoenix Dark]

what the fuck is capicola

Sounds like some shit Tony Soprano would eat

[Nabbis]

what the fuck is capicola

Sounds like some shit Tony Soprano would eat

White people shit, man.

[BlueTsunami]

Imma start calling it gabagool just because

[Phoenix Dark]

Imma start calling it gabagool just because

ok I've head of that

[hungrynoob]

what the fuck is capicola

Sounds like some shit Tony Soprano would eat

I know exactly 0 people in my life who eats that.

[VomKriege]

what the fuck is capicola

Sounds like some shit Tony Soprano would eat

White people shit, man.

Better known as coppa in some places, it's one of the 16739 sorts of cured pork meat Italian make.

So yeah,something Tony Soprano would eat.

[Corporal]

My gums are raw because I overindulged in toasted bread (buttered, with tomato chunks and salt and basil, sadly no cheese). The butter-free and instead olive-oil-rich version has an Italian name, but I've forgotten it in favour of devoting more brain cells to the desire to eat more of that stuff. Must consume.

And the salt is irritating the already raw gums. It's like a never-ending cycle of self-punishment.

I should probably stop toasting my bread so harshly. But crispy-brown bread is just so good. Toasty. Mmmmmh.

[hungrynoob]

bruschetta?

[agrajag]

If you've ever been to a fancy banquet where they serve meat and cheese platters, you've had capicola.

[VomKriege]

Speck
Pancetta 
Mortadella Bologna

[agrajag]

jamón ibérico de bellota

 

[Nabbis]

jamón ibérico de bellota

 

merda di cavallo servita con cocco