ultranaut
@ultranaut@lemmy.world
- Comment on A warning 6 days ago:
David Brooks.
- Comment on A warning 1 week ago:
When did Charlie Kirk become a moderate? I think you have him confused with someone else.
- Comment on thick skinned employees, how can you be so thick skinned? 1 week ago:
If I am being paid to do a job all I really care about while I’m working is doing the job. I might judge people for their failings and look down on them for being shitty, but I really don’t care because I’m just there to do the job I’m being paid to do. I might feel bad if people are talking shit and spreading rumors about me or whatever, but I don’t give a shit because I’m at work to work. If people are slacking off and not working when they should be, that is an issue for management to deal with. If people are spreading rumors and creating disruptions with gossip and drama, that is an issue for management to deal with. I care about doing the job I am paid to do, anything else going on at work is not my problem. I don’t think I’m actually that thick skinned or anything really, I’m just maintaining basic professionalism in what is supposed to be a professional environment.
To me it sounds like you have shitty management and shitty coworkers. You can try to be a catalyst for change in a more positive direction if you want but it might be better for you to find a more professional workplace. Also, I do think if dumb drama and gossip at work bothers you this much finding a job with fewer coworkers or a more independent role would probably be a better fit for you.
- Comment on does the new employee eventually stop being the one given the most tasks? 1 week ago:
I would guess there’s others at work who feel like you do about the alphas and the power structure. Perhaps gathering allies would be a helpful first step. Since the alphas keep things running and management obviously values them you should tread carefully.l though. If you can get viewed by management as someone who gets things done and knows what’s up they might be more open to changes you suggest, especially if you have a bunch of unhappy coworkers supporting those changes.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
That is a great point, we know for sure that Gates was friends with Epstein. I recall it even being in the media that one of the reasons his wife divorced him is because she found out about their relationship. It seems very plausible that Trump is blackmailing Gates, and others at that table. I know at least Brin has a reputation and rumors around him. Altman also had that accusation from his sister a few years ago, but it was never substantiated to my knowledge and I believe it turned out she has a life long severe mental illness that makes her delusional. Regardless, these are rich and powerful guys who no doubt have lots of things to hide and Trump is certainly not above coercion, I’d say he even enjoys it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
It’s funny to see Bill Gates has become a Trump supporter after he spent the past decades pretending to care about a bunch of causes, like vaccination programs in Africa, that Trump has taken a huge dump all over. Or not really funny so much as horrific and disgusting. I always suspected he was faking it to rehab his image.
- Comment on Leave it to a Bezos-owned company to confuse customers and mislead them for profit. 2 weeks ago:
I pay for access to the local newspaper and a few other things. I agree it isn’t ideal but the people producing the content need to eat.
Also, having a subscriber base directly providing funding can potentially make a news org more trustworthy. Being reliant on your subscribers for funding provides a mechanism of accountability to them that a news org dependent on advertising doesnt have.
- Comment on what does it mean being nice to your coworkers to you? 2 weeks ago:
I try to only ever talk about work at work. I’m friendly and helpful to everyone but I am completely boring, if we aren’t talking about a work topic I keep it vague and uninteresting. No one wants to hear about how you spent the weekend doing laundry or yard work so they stop asking.
- Comment on Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war 3 weeks ago:
“People are promoted to the rank of terrorist after their death,” said one intelligence source who accompanied forces on the ground. “If I had listened to the brigade, I would have come to the conclusion that we had killed 200% of Hamas operatives in the area.”
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Its a regional thing, some parts of the country it is very common.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
No. I had to wait until I was 25 before they would let me. I’m quite a bit older now and have never even slightly regretted it.
It is potentially possible to reverse. Although its an expensive surgery with low chances of success to get it reversed. I think its also possible to directly extract sperm for artificial insemination but I’m not aware of that method being commercialized.
- Comment on How to make a Lemmy user look like an asshole, in three easy steps 1 month ago:
I wouldn’t take it personally, Lemmy has a number of people who do dumb shit and make provocative accusations trying to stir up drama. Especially around Israel, there seems to be this phenomenon where some people get locked into this simple good vs evil thinking that motivates a lot of shitty behavior.
- Comment on Ubisoft Has Reportedly Scrapped A Sequel To Star Wars Outlaws 1 month ago:
I gave up on it because sneaking around and getting caught so easily got boring fast and wasn’t particularly fun. Everything else about the game seemed fine but the sneaking mechanic was designed poorly.
- Comment on Repairing Broken Sofa? 1 month ago:
Not an expert but I’ve dealt with a few sofas over the years. I think your best bet is trying to replace either the broken leg or all of the legs. Removing the legs and resting it on something can work but you risk it sliding around. Sofa construction tends to be straightforward, the frames are mostly just a big rectangle made from wood, if its not wiggling around you are probably fine.
- Comment on How do you even find companies to work with ? 2 months ago:
Your school is likely a resource assuming its anything like a US college. They hopefully have dedicated staff for helping students find employment and/or they may have staff doing the kind of work you want to do. Talking to those people should get you pointed in the right direction.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Not retired yet but went through a similar thing and we talked about all of our criteria and which ones were higher or lower priorities and what our concerns were. I really wanted to move to the middle of nowhere but given our criteria and concerns we ended up in a rural area near a smaller city. You’re not unreasonable to want specific things about where you live, like easy access to healthcare or a sane government, you just need to figure out what both of you can compromise on.
- Comment on Protip: 2 months ago:
Its funny you say this because I once went in a Ross with my wife and someone had taken a monster shit in one of the aisles. It was absolutely horrific. I think about it every time she wants to go to Ross now. I don’t think I’ve gone in one with her since.
- Comment on why does alcohol stop my back pain but medicine doesn't? 3 months ago:
Maybe it has to do with its effects on GABA receptors? Have you ever tried something like gabapentin or pregabalin?
- Comment on If you unfocus your eyes, it's Boston baked beans 3 months ago:
There’s different strategies and tactics to protesting. It creates a different vibe that can come across with a more unified and singular message if people only show up carrying the American flag instead of a bunch of different signs. It also avoids certain tactics that can be used to discredit the protest.
- Comment on IT’S THE FEDS! 3 months ago:
I’ve had cops come around to check out what they could when I was living with roommates and we had all kinds of equipment that used lots of electricity. We actually got a letter from the power company telling us we were in the 99th percentile of residential power use and to consider how much money we could save with lower power use. I’m sure if the cops saw anything they could construe as evidence when they were snooping around they would then easily get a warrant and do a raid.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
I think once you have been awake past a certain point your brain becomes sort of desensitized to sleepiness and it gets easier to keep staying awake. Or at least that is how my brain is, things get weird but I will feel like I can keep going when I really shouldn’t.
- Comment on Canon requires an account to transfer images from your camera. Forces you to sign up using Chrome. 3 months ago:
There is no law forcing Nvidia to require accounts to download drivers. I literally just downloaded Nvidia drivers a few days ago without needing an account.
- Comment on Canon requires an account to transfer images from your camera. Forces you to sign up using Chrome. 3 months ago:
They dont? I’ve downloaded Nvidia drivers many times and never had to create an account.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 4 months ago:
Assuming I am physically in the same place, I will fall to my death. If I somehow survive the fall I would be severely injured and alone in the wilderness. Within a few days I would probably die of either my injuries, dehydration, or hypothermia.
- Comment on What's an example of a TV show that came out at before its time, or just at a bad time? 4 months ago:
Rome
- Comment on 34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached? 4 months ago:
In the before times when we still had the rule of law, mandatory voting would almost certainly require an amendment to the constitution or else the Supreme Court would block it. Under current precedents the government generally can’t compel political speech.
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 5 months ago:
I’m not sure, it was very diverse but the amount and type of diversity changes depending on where in the city you are and when it is. I went to a market where just about everyone was I believe from North African or Arab backgrounds, white folks were a minority. I also spent some time in a bar where we were some of the only white people. Most places though white folks were the majority. I’m sure there’s racism but the only bigotry I definitely noticed among Parisians was against the Roma.
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 5 months ago:
Yes, white American who is unable to speak French. Which reminds me, Parisians are a lot less white than in the movies. At least the places I went and the people I met.
- Comment on A Federal Lab That Tracked Rising S.T.I.s Has Been Shuttered | The United States can no longer keep tabs on drug-resistant gonorrhea, among other infections, scientists said. 5 months ago:
Trump said they were his personal Vietnam, he doesn’t want any flashbacks.
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 5 months ago:
Paris. I’ve always heard bad things about Parisians but they were cool. The only rude people I encountered were tourists.