MyBrainHurts

@MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spare a moment for all the children who were never born because their would-be fathers sterilized themselves imitating this show⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I think one of the most impressive pieces of comedy was in a random Jackass sketch.

  Mall boxing, Knoxville squares off against a one time super heavyweight champion, Butterbean. Butterbean laughs, lets Knoxville take a free shot then proceeds to one punch Knoxville unconscious. Paramedics come and as they’re attending to Knoxville he comes to, looks around and immediately asks “Is Butterbean okay?”

  I die every time. The wherewithal to come out from an almost certain concussion with such a ludicrous assertion/question, just goddamnit, it’s perfect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you call the first person with a new genetic mutation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  xmen senator whose name eludes me pointing at nightcrawler saying human you dare call that thing human

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the solution to QR code phishing?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which of those groups do you routinely lie to?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the solution to QR code phishing?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Sorry date/group of friends/family/work function, we can’t eat here. I don’t want to scan a QR code.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Judging by how many people wear clothes made by children in sweatshops, I’d say the wants of the many seem to outweigh the needs of the few.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Take Home Pay⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Admittedly, a lot of taxes are misspent but a quarter of your income seems a bargain.

  For example, I imagine getting to your jon would be really difficult without roads. Or a semi functional legal system that stops people from just robbing your business whenever they feel like it. Or a system that enforces contracts and property rights.

  I’ve had a job where I didn’t pay taxes. It didn’t end well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Movies not starting when they are scheduled.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh heck, I never thought of just asking! (Admittedly, I’m usually high as balls and socially awkward at a movie but still!)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ads when you’re pumping gas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Straight down the centre.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you gently tell someone you only want to keep seeing them if it's on a dating level?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d like to be friends but only if we can have sex.

  Doesn’t really sound like a rock solid friendship there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stupid question: how does one watch old movies?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  lemmy.ca/post/31782306

  Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10 Years Ago, A Legendary Sci-Fi Director Showed Hollywood The Secret To Reviving A Franchise⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was, it.was just nowhere near as good so we all forgot about it.

  I suppose that’s the corollary, if you try to follow up the best action movie of the 21st century, best not miss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10 Years Ago, A Legendary Sci-Fi Director Showed Hollywood The Secret To Reviving A Franchise⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All you have to do is make the best action movie of the 21st century and boom, franchise revived!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What movies have you watched this week?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We are Still Here.

  Under the radar horror that hit me just right. They have an absolute blast with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do office workers actually do?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can only give my experience and I think mine is a bit unusual but here goes.

  Like the Office Space folks, I’m a dev in a large (admittedly, non profit and really good) organization. Since covid, I’ve worked remotely but my day to day hasn’t changed.

  We have a help desk where people send questions/issues. Someone on our team generally splits those roughly based on workload, skills, knowledge etc. Our goal is about half our work should be those one off requests.

  I also have client units within the organization. They usually come to me with wild, bold ideas that I help make a reality or explain (gently) why what they are asking for is insane. Some of thr projects are based on what folks have heard are best practices in our industry, others are about cutting down manual work/seeing what we can automate.

  Any of those projects can take anywhere from a couple hours to a couple of months. Some require buy in from other units, so on those I end up on a lot of meetings and email threads answering questions, hearing suggestions etc. I then (usually) coordinate with my manager to make sure I’m not stepping on any toes or there aren’t considerations which I had yet to consider.

  Today for example, I spent about half the day working on help desk tickets, about 1/3 of my time was clarifying “what the hell are you trying to say?” Or pointing out logical gaps etc (much easier to do this upfront than write a bunch of code and have someone realize they meant something else entirely… People are dumb.) The other 2/3 was coding.

  On my major projects, I spent an annoying amount of time emailing around to get approvals so a project manager would accept that my clients were fine with something I built, even though it was a bit unorthodox. Then a couple hours actually working on another project.

  Plus, y’know, Lemmy time, cat skritching time and a bit of cooking.

  Admittedly, my experience is unusual. I’m hihhly skilled but slightly underpaid in a non profit, so folks compensate by giving a lot of leeway. So a nice work environment plus I think what I do makes the world a better place, I’m pretty happy. I understand most office jobs are not quite like that but I don’t think they’re far off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s wild how many of trump’s decisions are exactly what Putin wants.