Talking to anyone MAGA about politics is so maddening because you'll ask:
Do you want (DSA policy)? Yes.
Do you think that (DSA policy)? Yes.
Would you like it if (DSA policy)? Yes.
Do you want (MAGA policy)? No, that's insane!
What do you think of (MAGA policy)? No!
I learned how to work hard and be good at my job and actually get things done, not just look busy and act important.
Jokes on me, the entire management make 100x more than me and do 100x less. And they get to spend hundreds of millions on stupid projects that are horrible ideas, but I have to cut back on my area to save $100.
I should have put all my stat points into soulless bullshit corporate jargon and none into intelligence.
They came up with the craziest and most diabolical campaign strategy we've seen in decades. Doing things that people actually want. Bold move Cotton, let's see if it pays off.
Having a few small succulents on a desk is underrated. I have a half height bookshelf thing up against the big window where my computer desk is and I have a whole row of plants there to get sunlight. Cactus, pothos, succulents, little flowers and random plants I am rooting to eventually plant, just whatever.
Yes, but I ran out and needed a bit more. Other than a few seed packs to kick off the Spring that was the first gardening purchase this year. It just shocked me how much freaking dirt is.
I have a small garden for a hobby and mental health. I spent $30 on 2 bags of fucking DIRT yesterday. What am I doing? Dirt was $30!?!? I guess I can't even afford dirt anymore. ðŸ˜
No no, I mean, how could they possibly ever know:
A. That I wrote a thing.
B. I did it within a timeframe.
C. It should be theirs.
Etc.
Like, if made "Flappy Bird 2" this weekend and made money on it, how would they ever even know? I did it on my PC, on my time, in my home.
I guess only if I made mega money and they found out, but couldn't I just say I wrote the game years ago, but just published it now, so it still isnt yours?
Automating my own job was what I did do for decades of my career, the problem is that SOMETHING changed in the past year or two. I don't know what it is or was. AI speculation and fears? Late stage capitalism? The govt? The economy? All of it?
But it shifted pretty heavily from development and code and a desire from all aspects of the company of wanting automation and UIs and scheduled jobs and better reports and just... You know, the useful corporate crap. It used to be in constant demand
It was "boring" because it was corporate pie charts and data, but it was still coding and problem solving and technical and engaged more than 2 brain cells. I enjoyed it. I was useful. It made sense. And it all shifted and is now meaningless bureaucratic corporate bullshit. I can't tell if ANYTHING tangible is actually being done at the end of the day anymore. It feels like 100% fluff and no meat. Ya know? I don't feel alone in that feeling either. I think a lot of us are feeling a weird and sudden disconnect.
Oh, I thought the minimum age was 70. Silly me.
Talking to anyone MAGA about politics is so maddening because you'll ask: Do you want (DSA policy)? Yes. Do you think that (DSA policy)? Yes. Would you like it if (DSA policy)? Yes. Do you want (MAGA policy)? No, that's insane! What do you think of (MAGA policy)? No!
Ok, who are you voting for? Anyone with an (R)!
Oh FFS.
I learned how to work hard and be good at my job and actually get things done, not just look busy and act important.
Jokes on me, the entire management make 100x more than me and do 100x less. And they get to spend hundreds of millions on stupid projects that are horrible ideas, but I have to cut back on my area to save $100.
I should have put all my stat points into soulless bullshit corporate jargon and none into intelligence.
They came up with the craziest and most diabolical campaign strategy we've seen in decades. Doing things that people actually want. Bold move Cotton, let's see if it pays off.
How does he feel about it? He's been awfully quiet on the matter.
Having a few small succulents on a desk is underrated. I have a half height bookshelf thing up against the big window where my computer desk is and I have a whole row of plants there to get sunlight. Cactus, pothos, succulents, little flowers and random plants I am rooting to eventually plant, just whatever.
I knew that, but I wasn't really thinking of it that way, good point. It's heavy and bulky, so yeah, makes sense.
Yes, but I ran out and needed a bit more. Other than a few seed packs to kick off the Spring that was the first gardening purchase this year. It just shocked me how much freaking dirt is.
Money doesn't grow on trees, but trees grow in money. - Abraham Lincoln
I have a small garden for a hobby and mental health. I spent $30 on 2 bags of fucking DIRT yesterday. What am I doing? Dirt was $30!?!? I guess I can't even afford dirt anymore. ðŸ˜
What if we kissed on the government watch list?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
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No no, I mean, how could they possibly ever know: A. That I wrote a thing. B. I did it within a timeframe. C. It should be theirs.
Etc.
Like, if made "Flappy Bird 2" this weekend and made money on it, how would they ever even know? I did it on my PC, on my time, in my home.
I guess only if I made mega money and they found out, but couldn't I just say I wrote the game years ago, but just published it now, so it still isnt yours?
Just seems impossible to enforce.
I feel that. Can't even leave and be at peace. Everyone's always dragging you back to work.
Going outside and yelling at the clouds. For now.
Real.
Glad you have the ability to take that time with family, that is awesome!
Yeah, it really is rough right now. Fascist AI hellscape is accurate.
Am I the only husband that truly values and loves my wife's brain and mind and intelligence and spirit and soul and kindness more than just a body?
Bodies are fleeting. Fall in love with the person, not the flesh-mech-suit.
The intelligence is stored in the boobs.
Automating my own job was what I did do for decades of my career, the problem is that SOMETHING changed in the past year or two. I don't know what it is or was. AI speculation and fears? Late stage capitalism? The govt? The economy? All of it?
But it shifted pretty heavily from development and code and a desire from all aspects of the company of wanting automation and UIs and scheduled jobs and better reports and just... You know, the useful corporate crap. It used to be in constant demand It was "boring" because it was corporate pie charts and data, but it was still coding and problem solving and technical and engaged more than 2 brain cells. I enjoyed it. I was useful. It made sense. And it all shifted and is now meaningless bureaucratic corporate bullshit. I can't tell if ANYTHING tangible is actually being done at the end of the day anymore. It feels like 100% fluff and no meat. Ya know? I don't feel alone in that feeling either. I think a lot of us are feeling a weird and sudden disconnect.
What did you go to? Still in tech or did you go down the pipeline to gardening or become a cryptid in the local forest that scares people?