TexasDrunk
@TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
- Comment on Sounds about right 1 day ago:
They don’t do that to me because I’m a contractor who they me more than I need them. However…
I’ve seen this exact thing play out several different ways. My favorite recurring one: “Why didn’t you respond on slack/why were you offline?” (Always over some bullshit that could wait or that someone else could have handled).
“I worked the maintenance window last night because you said this non production change couldn’t be done during the day”
“Well you should still be monitoring in case there’s an emergency!”
- Comment on Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive” 2 days ago:
This is the answer. And the C levels renting from these spaces are absolutely invested in the companies that lease the space.
I’ve seen it even more incestuous as well. CEO buys building for kids and lets other C levels get in on it. The company rents a space. Everyone at C level agrees it’s the best space because they can get a sweetheart deal on rent for the company. Company pays for space, money flows back to C Suite and CEO doesn’t have to pay for kids’ lifestyles anymore.
There’s a very nice office building like that down from me, except it’s CEOs cousin or nephew or something. It came out when they started pushing for RTO as soon as they could.
Must be nice getting C level salary, a little extra in your bonus for getting a sweetheart rental deal, and passive income from being a partial owner of the building your company rents from.
- Comment on Just up the production quality and they'll love it, Trust me bro 👍 2 days ago:
That’s interesting.
I hope many people who you find attractive (or if you’re monogamous then your person) send you those pictures to enjoy in response to your excellent answer!
- Comment on Just up the production quality and they'll love it, Trust me bro 👍 2 days ago:
Ok, I have a question. Let me preface this by saying I’m actually not planning on sending nudes to anyone.
Does it have to be that specifically, or are you looking for someone to incorporate their passion into sending you nudes? Like oh, I’m working on a motorcycle in my garage, but seem to have forgotten my clothes! Or I was sleeping nude and dreamed a nice riff so I ran to my music studio with instruments and controllers in the background! You can see I’m passionate about it by the acoustic treatment on my walls and delicate mood lighting that helps me get into a creative headspace. My dog is sitting in a chair behind me, judging me silently.
- Comment on New small business owner had a great idea to have word of mouth build his business. 3 days ago:
Someone beat something to it for sure.
- Comment on Honestly Bizarre 1 week ago:
One box labeled “Brown when cooked properly”. Then mushrooms can go in the box with the apples and cutlets.
- Comment on one bright second 1 week ago:
I do like how you haven’t ruled it out yet.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
How cumbersome.
- Comment on Can you think of any now? 5 weeks ago:
Buzzfeed out here doing the real work
- Comment on The inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beams 5 weeks ago:
But that’s not the message you get. I’ve seen that message (or last 5, or whatever), but this one sounds like it can’t be the same as your immediate previous password.
- Comment on 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Needs to Imagine More for Its Female Characters 5 weeks ago:
I want to speak to this a bit because I enjoy a lot of flawed things, SNW included. I also don’t spend time complaining about entertainment I don’t like because if I don’t like it I just don’t talk about it at all. I used to spend that energy but it got old.
Side story: A friend of mine is a huge Wheel of Time fan. He has reread the books dozens of times. He started a book club where we worked at the time just to have someone to discuss them with (which i joined). This was in the days leading up to the final 3 coming out, so quite a while ago. It’s flawed. 90% of the plot could have been fixed by saying “then they actually talked to each other”. Women characters weren’t generally treated with care. Hell, dudes weren’t either in a lot of cases. When Brandon Sanderson took over the character voices changed. And I have bitched about all the issues with the books. But only because I really enjoyed them.
So when I come out and complain about yet another Spock romance, how the women aren’t being treated right, reversing the polarity of the jammy dodger flow (oh, that’s Doctor Who), Trelane vs Q, or whatever else it’s because I genuinely like Trek. I don’t talk about DS9 or the later seasons of Discovery because they’re just not my cup of tea. I’m going to let the people who like them have their own conversation without my negative opinion tainting the conversation.
- Comment on How many hands long do they get? 5 weeks ago:
Ha, yeah. I wasn’t thinking about it. It’ll just stay as a list starting with 400 then.
You’re awesome for letting me know for next time.
- Comment on How many hands long do they get? 5 weeks ago:
- But don’t be fooled. Between brain, bones, and waste you’ll only get shut 200 double quarter pounders out of them. A little more if you add beef or pork fat to make them juicy.
- Comment on Anon doesn't fit in 1 month ago:
As a former bar back and then bartender at a restaurant, maybe cocaine. We did a lot of that with the kitchen staff after hours.
- Comment on Too soon? 1 month ago:
I have no idea but I like to imagine hundreds of editors rushing out every time there’s a prominent death to be the first to change it.
- Comment on ISO 26300 1 month ago:
I’ve been using free software (both free as in freedom and free as in beer) off and on since I discovered slackware in the 90s, but I’ll be the first to admit I’m not plugged into the scene. I’m not plugged into most scenes except possibly rock and Americana music, and I know all the gross shit that happened there. Rock music especially. And that may actually be why I tend to avoid getting plugged in.
But I went through the whole report. I’m sad to find out someone with such lofty ideals in one area is so scummy. A lot of that just sounds like typical neckbeard idiocy dialed up to maximum. And if he were just any neckbeard or incel on the street everyone could just dismiss him. But he’s a prominent figure that represents a movement spouting gross and harmful shit. It has nothing to do with the validity of the movement, nor does it remove the value of free software, but him being a keynote speaker everywhere and being so involved makes things feel dirty.
I don’t know. I didn’t take my medication today so I’m scattered. I just hate when people doing important or influential work are gross people, especially if they have harmful attitudes towards minors.
- Comment on ISO 26300 1 month ago:
I had no idea. With all of the things I have to follow on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis some things are just going to fall through the cracks. “Minor public figure holds reprehensible views” won’t generally hit my radar. “Major public figure did something reprehensible” may not hit my radar depending on how busy or drunk I am in a given week, which will leave me wondering why people hate them years later.
I’m not saying this as a criticism of you. You brought it up which is super valuable. There’s just so much shit to keep up with that I always appreciate context because I have other things going on and rarely have any idea what reprehensible thing a particular person has said or done.
- Comment on Choose wisely lemmings 1 month ago:
Rusty Shackleford is just the name he uses to order Pizza with.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? 1 month ago:
Hey, that’s fair! Not everything speaks to everyone. World would be terribly boring if it did.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? 1 month ago:
With the exception of the words “somewhat overrated”, I agree with this 100%. I have probably ~1000 hours in bg3 and just shy of 100 in expedition 33.
I wish I could play Expedition 33 for the first time again. It’s amazing. And it is very much a work of art.
With BG3 I can play it for the first time again by making different choices, adding mods, and choosing different classes. It’s a very fun video game with a lot of choices.
I’d highly recommend both. If someone is searching to fill between 40 and 100 hours (I like side quests, ok?) then Expedition 33 is absolutely amazing. If someone were looking to spend a couple of years before they have the money for another game then I can absolutely recommend BG3.
- Comment on Right in the feels 1 month ago:
All great options. I’ll throw in two here. Cocaine and Able by Amigo the Devil and Broken Window Serenade by Whiskey Myers.
- Comment on Should you look for a relationship if it feels like a compromise? 2 months ago:
It is exhausting. I’ve been in a relationship where my partner had no one but me. I don’t consider myself super outgoing but I have plenty of friends that I enjoy spending time with. I like playing music on the weekends. I like going to do things, sometimes last minute. I got fat and depressed because she just wanted to sit at home and for me to sit home with her.
It soured me on relationships for a bit. The next one was the opposite. She wanted to be out every night and didn’t understand I had to work. She never ever wanted to just hang at the house. It was also exhausting.
I’m open to a relationship if the person has similar patterns or doesn’t want me next to them 24/7. I can handle if they’re an independent person, but currently everything feels like either far too much or far too little so I’ve been doing my own thing for a while. I’ve got someone that I’m casual with. It’s perfect for now.
- Comment on AWS CEO says AI replacing junior staff is 'dumbest idea' 2 months ago:
Next quarter? Who gives a shit! This quarter is all there is!
- Comment on advertisement 2 months ago:
Years of drinking destroyed mine, and it’s all my fault. I would also try it.
- Comment on Well that didn't work out as planned 2 months ago:
Is this another US thing where employers require you to purchase the vehicle before you can work for them?
Not bus drivers, but some truckers are owner/operators.
- Comment on Refreshing to occasionally see an honestly written obituary 2 months ago:
Oh shit, I read it wrong! I stand by it though. They were all Lyle’s.
- Comment on Refreshing to occasionally see an honestly written obituary 2 months ago:
They weren’t Dennis’ children. They were Lyle’s.
- Comment on PARTY TIME 2 months ago:
White trash me: what’s the issue?
Same, buddy. We used to do this, except it was three quarters lemonade and a quarter whatever cheap liquor everyone brought. So you’d have whiskey, both light and dark rum, vodka (lots of vodka) tequila, gin if one specific guy showed up… Pretty much anything cheap.
Trash cans are not safe to drink out of.
- Comment on Anon shares a family moment 2 months ago:
If it had been a joke the father could have said something like “Time flies when you’re a fairy”.
I know that wasn’t your point, but your first line made me realize that. It’s still fucked up, but if you have a good relationship and know what the person is ok with that could absolutely be mistaken for a bad joke. Instead he just said something idiotic.
I don’t participate (feels kind of gross), but I’ve seen people joke with each other using slurs about the other. But I’m not the language police I’m not going to tell people what they can and can’t say. But this wasn’t even something that could accidentally be mistaken as a joke. This was just someone looking for a way to respond with a slur.
- Comment on About Star Trek Starfleet Academy blacklash 2 months ago:
No, no, this time Star Trek will be woke. I can tell by the trailer. It’s never been woke before.