Posts made by Derp

@Rinel said in The Work Thread:

I have to work on Mardi Gras.

This should be illegal

Same, girl. Same. Solidarity.

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

@Ganymede
ETA: potentially nsfw.

I would use their card to buy a bunch of these.

And send them to so many people anonymously.

Fifteen bucks for a bag of gummies?! It had better be a big fucking bag.

@Wretched said in Good TV:

War of the worlds episode 1 was fantastic.

Tell me more? What is this you speak of?

@HelloProject said in RL things I love:

My friend took a drunk selfie of me that I only recently learned exists.

During my mutton chop phase where I couldn't accept that my sideburns simply don't grow.

I would like to take a moment to applaud you on the level of patience you have for your hair. I decided long ago that anything longer than a sixteenth of an inch was too damn much work.

@Ganymede said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@Auspice

What is it about white folks wanting to give away blankets swimming with disease?

How are you gonna go and judge their cultural heritage like that? Geez.

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

at a suggestion from myself and another member to setup a ko-fi account to help fund prizes, reserving meetup spaces, etc (since she complained about such things), the group owner did so and then....promptly bought herself some business cards

Woooooof. There are some potentially very bad things happening there.

@Macha said in RL things I love:

Apparently opposing counsel is lazy and doesn't want to write the response, according to my lawyer. Which she says is to my good, so yay?

Well, depending on whether they are required to file an answer, they could end up defaulting, which is pretty much an automatic win for you, so.

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

@WildBaboons Ha! I just watched Cabin in the Woods last night! I love that movie.

That movie is absolutely glorious, and it's a crime that it doesn't get more love.

@RightMeow said in The Work Thread:

So in the my work life is weird department, this has happened:

I decided a week or two ago to quit my job. I'm an adult with bills, so I wanted to get a job first. I haven't heard back from any of them. So I'm like, huh, maybe I suck, but whatever. Not to worry, keep apping.

I go to work. My asshat boss is strangely nice to me. He's like I realize it's not you, it's your team and I want to work with you to fix it. (I have heard this dance request before). My uber shade asshat boss (Boss of the asshat boss), tells me that it's not me, but the team needs to be reined in. --- Then one of my team quits because they had a falling out with a co-worker - BUT - it's not me and they will stay on to get me through the week of hell coming up next week. The other person that got accidentally screwed over, says they aren't a little bit angry at me.

I have told NO ONE that I'm thinking of quitting. It's been my little internal mantra.

Then today. One of the bosses in another department (on line with the asshat boss) comes to me and says they need to talk. They asked if I want to come to their department as a manager because they think I'm the SOLUTION to their problems over there. Uber Shade Asshat Boss told them that he completely agrees. - New boss says they haven't told their team as they are reviewing options, but they also want to get me a pay raise if I go to it. This was the department I wanted a year ago.

I have said nothing and it's almost like people are oddly falling over themselves.

This is weird. I'm still okay quitting, but I'm also okay with trying this. However, it's very very weird.

It must be something in the air.

I applied for a different position in my agency. Everything seemed lined up and ready to go. Then I was told that I literally could not have it because of conflicts. So I applied to a different agency. Got a way better position. That same day, not an hour later, they came and asked me if I still wanted the other position and they would find a way to work around the conflicts.

It was surreal. It's like they could smell the fact that I was on my way out the door.

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

@Ganymede said in [Real World Peeves,

... and we forgot to actually file a notice of appearance for you so you cannot raise any legal arguments in defense of the appeal we filed or inquire of any witnesses. Godspeed.*

Sounds like they conveniently 'forgot' to do what was needed to present a successful case in an abominable situation that they should feel horrible about doing?

While it would be nice to think that's an option, in reality if you 'forget' to do something for a shitty client, it's still potentially malpractice.

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

It sure is when the client who wanted our firm to handle the matter is a long-standing one with a lot of money and influence.

Ouch.

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

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

Maybe there is something wrong with me

I'm sure that there's a great accounting somewhere. I'm pretty cool with that, really.

@Sunny

Lol. Sure thing, man. I can't even keep up with this anymore. Maybe there is something wrong with me, but you've taken being offended and turned it into a damn calling, so I guess we'll forever be at odds. C'est la vie. I'll try to move on and live my best life anyway. I hope you can do the same.

@Ganymede

I mean, if there's no appearance for you, and apparently isn't going to be an appearance for you -- is this even your problem? Can't you kick this off to someone else, if aforementioned someone else apparently has the power to file an appearance on your behalf? (Which makes me shudder over here, across the border. WTF?)

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

We apologize for not telling you earlier, but that claim is now a death claim. The brain cancer killed the firefighter two weeks ago. By the way, the widow is going to show up and we forgot to actually file a notice of appearance for you so you cannot raise any legal arguments in defense of the appeal we filed or inquire of any witnesses. Godspeed.

So like... what do you even do? I thought you worked in IP? O_o

@Sunny

I'm neither defensive nor freaking out? Not sure where you're getting that one from, but alright?

As to the larger questions, though: am I somehow required to gain your permission before posting commentary on... basically anything? I mean, you're certainly not a moderator, and even our moderators take a fairly conservative approach toward such things.

If you want to call me pointing out a qualifier "rude", then sure? I mean, I've been called worse things, I suppose. I certainly didn't "spit on" you, and the fact that you're taking a single passing comment weirdly as some sort of attack makes me believe that you are the one being defensive here. But I also have no real need to convince you otherwise, and would probably largely fail in trying, since you've taken a colossal leap toward conclusions already.

So, you know. You do you, too, I guess? I'll just be over here "freaking out" that someone had the audacity to call me out on "spitting on" a person that I have absolutely no investment in whatsoever by pointing out the "yet" at the end of a sentence.

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

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

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

yet.

Super helpful in context, aren’t you?

My apologies for upsetting you by quoting the qualifier in your own sentence, I guess? shrugs I mean, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it or whatever, but, you know. I acknowledge your disapproval?

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

yet.

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

Trying to price the things I make. Knowing there's got to be a balance between the sheer joy of someone wearing my work and charging enough money for each piece, and having it completely escape me and hating that I'm some how devaluing my art and making my craft completely unsustainable at this rate. Hate everything today. I love myself more than this but not making it work today.

I've always found that it's best to set a sort of general, nebulous pricing. Like, calculate the cost of the materials, and sell it at 110-125% of materials cost. That usually keeps the prices fairly reasonable.

ETA: Depending on how low the cost of the materials is, you might be able to do more. Like, 2-3x the cost of the materials involved. The more expensive the materials involved, the less you can mark them up really,

Pop Smoke

@Kestrel said in RL things I love:

@Ganymede said in RL things I love:

As far as I can tell, being filthy and horny is great and the sort of thing that a hippie like Jesus'd enjoy.

Why were he and his mother both virgins, then?

(Allegedly.)

'Virgin' didn't get a meaning of 'never done the dirty' until like 1300. Before that it just meant 'some young woman that is not married'. Nobody was really basing it on sexual experience before that.