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Re: Carnival Row

Molefish.

So six weeks ago, my mom's dog had her first litter of puppies. The runt of the litter was only 2oz (no, that is not a typo) when he was born, compared to his siblings who all came in at about a pound. I got to meet him yesterday. He's grown to ten times his birth-weight. His name is currently Mouseworks. He fits in my shirt pocket. I am in love.

Peak Week can bite me.

@Ganymede said in Good TV:

Mindhunter is turning out to be a truly fascinating series.

And not just because Jonathan Groff is in it.

I truly love this series and am greatly irritated by how much time passes between seasons given that it's hardly a blockbuster production. I watched all of Season 2 the weekend it dropped and have recommended it to pretty much anyone who will listen, including friends who work in film. Even the opening credits are fabulous.

@Ominous said in Should Rinel become smol birb?:

@Auspice

Most birds are. The tiny-dinosaurs still think they rule the earth.

Yes! Get up close to a raptor at some point. You can definitely tell that the way they're looking at you? They're trying to decide if you're too big to be food or not.

But that is about big birbs. Not smol birbs. Allow me to make it thread-relevant.

@Auspice I'm generally of the opinion of "If it makes you feel better and doesn't hurt anyone, go for it and don't feel guilty." Otherwise it just becomes the new thing to beat yourself up about, which I am quite familiar with.

@insomniac7809 said in The Work Thread:

Co-workers! I'm sorry you're on the outs with your respective significant others, but additionally, I don't actually care! Please hold off the loud arguments until you're on your own time!

Boss' boss! I'd really like to know, when you ask for "feedback" on the new decision, if you're actually looking for feedback or if you're just looking for us all to tongue your asshole about what a great idea this is. My answers would be dramatically different depending.

Oh, man. This came up in a work meeting last week. We had a new complexity to the training program that I handle the logistics for added to the current class of trainees. There were two ways I could set it up to deal with that, both of which meant additional hurdles/consideration for the trainers.

Two weeks into it at our staff meeting, I flat-out asked them, "I know this is harder than last time and we're not that far into it yet, but seriously, do you guys hate this? Please tell me if you hate this."

There was a bunch of awkward silence, one person laughed nervously, and someone made a comment about a leading question. I had to repeatedly reassure a room of twenty people that's responsible for training people away from micromanaging and into more collaborative and functional teams that I had been that blunt on purpose because if they hate it, I honestly won't be offended and really want them to tell me without sugarcoating any difficulties they're having. I can do it the other way for the next class that I'm currently planning, it just means trading one set of hurdles for another. It led to really good conversation and plans. I wish managers would accept honest feedback! Someone questioning an idea or even saying outright "I'm not sure this is going to work and here's why" is not the same as "You're a turd and also bad at your job and PS, you should be embarrassed in front of all of our colleagues." Unless they fall into the category of sleazy office politics asshole, they're honestly probably trying to help you make the underlying thing you're trying to achieve work.

@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Aria said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Boss's Day.

I just got an email about it from one of my coworkers about pooling together money for our two manager's.

Why? Why does this bullshit "holiday" exist?

doesn't sound like a real holiday to me.

Sounds like your coworkers have a bit of stockholm syndrome going.

No. It's definitely a thing. It's on October 16th. There's a line of Hallmark cards and everything, despite it violating the usual office etiquette of gifting down rather than up.

So I've discovered that by cutting down our cable package (which I really kind of want to cut entirely), I can't watch the new episodes of Supernatural until the day after they air.

If any of you jerks post spoilers for Season 15 in here without tags, I will hunt you down. And I will find you. And once I do, I will bring my dog with me and let him poop all over your yard without picking it up. You can totally pet him after because he's a giant Muppet who loves everyone, but still. Poop.

That is all.

My parents are now complaining about the hassle of having a P.O. box. At a post office with a 24 hour lobby. Which is next to their grocery store. That I offered to pay for.

facedesk

Why do I try to be nice to them?

Jesus H. Fucking Christ, you insufferable monster.

It's 7:30 in the morning on a Sunday. Stop laying on your horn over and over and over. Get out of your car and go knock on the goddamn door.

@Auspice said in RL Anger:

@Aria said in RL Anger:

..................

My wedding reception is this Saturday. Two of my friends aren't coming, and I just found out why in a Discord of our RL, local friends because they asked if someone could dog-sit for them.

They're going to a fucking LARP.

Seriously, screw you guys.

Like I said: shit like this is why I kinda hate LARPs. There are people who rate them way too fucking high in priority.

Fuck 'em.

Take 'em off errthing. Christmas card lists. Phone lists. Whateverlists.

These are literally the same people who roped me into cat-sitting for them for most of a week at the very last minute a few Thanksgivings back, via guilt and promises of payment. Unsurprisingly, payment never materialized. The only reason I did it despite it adding an hour-plus to my day was because it was their sick old lady cat, who needed daily medication.

They are definitely going on the "fuck off" list unless/until their ability to show basic consideration changes.

@Auspice said in RL things I love:

@RightMeow said in RL things I love:

@Auspice Does he think this song (thread) is about him?

He'd love it if it were.

He brings his shih tzu to work sometimes.
She has her own wardrobe, ofc. She was Wonder Woman yesterday.

Please send this man to Philly so we can be friends.

Kindly,
Aria

@Ghost said in RL things I love:

@Aria Why would he go to Philly when he can get a good cheesesteak anywhere?

I hope you spend the rest of your life eating "Mexican" food made in Idaho.

You do the responsible adult thing and make a doctor's appointment for a necessary but uncomfortable exam.

The doctor's office is running an hour late and neglects to mention this on arrival.

Thanks, guys. Thanks. I really wanted to spend my Friday morning sitting in a cold room in a scratchy medical gown.

ETA: This was doubly annoying because I unexpectedly ran into my best friend in the waiting room, as she apparently sees the same doctor. They couldn't just left us both sitting there, warm and chatting.

@mietze ......I am super glad someone called the cops, because JFC.

In the last 24 hours, I have found not one but two pimples tucked into the little crevices where my nose meets my face.

I get pimples exactly once every never. Even as a teenager I didn't have acne. The only times I would ever get them was when I was insanely stressed and then there would be one the size of a small moon crater tucked in the same spots as now.

But I'm not a teenager. And I'm not stressed.

What the fuck is this, body?!?

@Sunny Right?! I think what I find doubly annoying is that I actually have pretty dry skin. When I get a zit, I can usually feel the damned thing stretching against the surface and only discover it because I've looked in the mirror to check on the source of physical discomfort.

So not only do they look red and icky, but they are uncomfortable, too!

This chick dropping some truth right here.

@Auspice said in RL things I love:

https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-claim-a-they-ve-found-even-more-evidence-of-a-new-force-of-nature

I see your particle physics and raise you an astrophysics about water plumes on Europa.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/world/europa-moon-water-scn/index.html