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Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:10 pm
by TheAmericanSpirit
kirkusjones wrote: ↑1 year ago
TheAmericanSpirit wrote: ↑1 year ago
If anger was an energy source, my day at work today could have powered the entirety of the California grid for five whole minutes.
Oh damn. Vent away, sir!
I work in the twilight zone. The rules are backwards, the management upside down. I do the work of three people (provable via the company stat sheets btw) and get punished. The people who avoid productivity at all costs consistently suffer no repercussions. I show up every %$#% day and end up doing a job and a half because inevitably, some other person always calls out. It feels like I'm trying really hard to do everything right and receiving a frozen %$#% sandwich for my efforts. It's extremely taxing.
Holiday weekends suck. Working retail sucks. I hate useless managers and unreliable fellow employees. I hate squandering my mental energy trying to explain the obvious to idiots. I'm tired of being blamed for things that aren't my fault. I'm sick to death of having to pick up the slack for people who can't be expected to ever return the favor.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 12:25 am
by Dunadain
TheAmericanSpirit wrote: ↑1 year ago
kirkusjones wrote: ↑1 year ago
TheAmericanSpirit wrote: ↑1 year ago
If anger was an energy source, my day at work today could have powered the entirety of the California grid for five whole minutes.
Oh damn. Vent away, sir!
I work in the twilight zone. The rules are backwards, the management upside down. I do the work of three people (provable via the company stat sheets btw) and get punished. The people who avoid productivity at all costs consistently suffer no repercussions. I show up every %$#% day and end up doing a job and a half because inevitably, some other person always calls out. It feels like I'm trying really hard to do everything right and receiving a frozen %$#% sandwich for my efforts. It's extremely taxing.
Holiday weekends suck. Working retail sucks. I hate useless managers and unreliable fellow employees. I hate squandering my mental energy trying to explain the obvious to idiots. I'm tired of being blamed for things that aren't my fault. I'm sick to death of having to pick up the slack for people who can't be expected to ever return the favor.
Yikes, hope things start to look up. Never worked retail but it sounds just as bad as food service.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 12:48 am
by kirkusjones
I do not miss retail. I lasted less than six months. @TheAmericanSpirit have you ever worked with kids?
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 5:24 am
by Venedrex
TheAmericanSpirit wrote: ↑1 year ago
kirkusjones wrote: ↑1 year ago
TheAmericanSpirit wrote: ↑1 year ago
If anger was an energy source, my day at work today could have powered the entirety of the California grid for five whole minutes.
Oh damn. Vent away, sir!
I work in the twilight zone. The rules are backwards, the management upside down. I do the work of three people (provable via the company stat sheets btw) and get punished. The people who avoid productivity at all costs consistently suffer no repercussions. I show up every %$#% day and end up doing a job and a half because inevitably, some other person always calls out. It feels like I'm trying really hard to do everything right and receiving a frozen %$#% sandwich for my efforts. It's extremely taxing.
Holiday weekends suck. Working retail sucks. I hate useless managers and unreliable fellow employees. I hate squandering my mental energy trying to explain the obvious to idiots. I'm tired of being blamed for things that aren't my fault. I'm sick to death of having to pick up the slack for people who can't be expected to ever return the favor.
HAYO, another retail worker! By chance, are you working with people or more inventory/warehouse?
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 9:21 am
by TheAmericanSpirit
kirkusjones wrote: ↑1 year ago
I do not miss retail. I lasted less than six months. @TheAmericanSpirit have you ever worked with kids?
I have. Worked a brief stint as a substitute teacher before the pandemic caught fire.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 1:09 pm
by kirkusjones
TheAmericanSpirit wrote: ↑1 year ago
kirkusjones wrote: ↑1 year ago
I do not miss retail. I lasted less than six months. @TheAmericanSpirit have you ever worked with kids?
I have. Worked a brief stint as a substitute teacher before the pandemic caught fire.
Would you consider doing it again? School districts have gotten a lot of money to cover "learning loss" and a lot of them are choosing to partner with tutoring companies. The pay is good, the hours aren't bad and you have about as much responsibility for paperwork as a sub.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:40 am
by DirkGently
11-1-0 for the weekend. Not bad.
Finished on a sweet note too. He had out
Defiler of Vigor,
Llanowar Greenwidow, and
Deathbloom Gardener, with counters on the defiler and greenwidow. I've got
Radha's Firebrand,
Najal, the Storm Runner,
Tura Kennerüd, Skyknight, and a couple 1/1 tokens. Both our life totals are high but, but of course I'm anxious about the defiler getting out of control. My topdeck:
Tolarian Geyser. Swing all in, double-cast the geyser off Najal (easy MVP for the deck) bouncing the two big boys, targeting the gardener with the firebrand, smashing for 15 damage and putting him to 2. He scooped.
Yeah, I'm gonna be forcing UR spellslinger a lot in this format. Spellslinger in limited is so much more fun than constructed. I almost wanna make a Najal deck after that run.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 11:03 pm
by Legend
I was today years old when I learned
Shahrazad is a (fictional) person, not a spell. Presumably the woman depicted in the art.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:14 am
by 5colorsrainbow
Legend wrote: ↑1 year ago
I was today years old when I learned
Shahrazad is a (fictional) person, not a spell. Presumably the woman depicted in the art.
Have you never heard of a one thousand and one nights?
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:28 am
by Legend
5colorsrainbow wrote: ↑1 year ago
Legend wrote: ↑1 year ago
I was today years old when I learned
Shahrazad is a (fictional) person, not a spell. Presumably the woman depicted in the art.
Have you never heard of a one thousand and one nights?
Yup. I watched today The Thief of Baghdad (1924) silent movie which is rooted in 1001 nights. I looked up some stuff about it on Wikipedia and there learned about Shahrazad being a person. Incredible movie btw.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:26 am
by TheAmericanSpirit
Legend wrote: ↑1 year ago
5colorsrainbow wrote: ↑1 year ago
Legend wrote: ↑1 year ago
I was today years old when I learned
Shahrazad is a (fictional) person, not a spell. Presumably the woman depicted in the art.
Have you never heard of a one thousand and one nights?
Yup. I watched today The Thief of Baghdad (1924) silent movie which is rooted in 1001 nights. I looked up some stuff about it on Wikipedia and there learned about Shahrazad being a person. Incredible movie btw.
If you're on an old movie kick, I recommend Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957). I saw that for the first time recently and it was stellar and harrowing.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:30 pm
by Legend
TheAmericanSpirit wrote: ↑1 year ago
Legend wrote: ↑1 year ago
5colorsrainbow wrote: ↑1 year ago
Have you never heard of a one thousand and one nights?
Yup. I watched today The Thief of Baghdad (1924) silent movie which is rooted in 1001 nights. I looked up some stuff about it on Wikipedia and there learned about Shahrazad being a person. Incredible movie btw.
If you're on an old movie kick, I recommend Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957). I saw that for the first time recently and it was stellar and harrowing.
Oh yeah, I've watched nearly 500 movies over the last 2 1/2 years. I'm taking a break after today then picking it back up in October with a month of horror movies. I've put Paths of Glory on my list for November.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:57 pm
by TheAmericanSpirit
@Legend Please PM me a top 20 if you get the time! I love old films, but there's a lot to sift through.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:24 pm
by TheGildedGoose
TheAmericanSpirit wrote: ↑1 year ago
@Legend Please PM me a top 20 if you get the time! I love old films, but there's a lot to sift through.
Buster Keaton's
Sherlock Jr. is pound for pound one of the best things I've ever seen.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 5:52 pm
by Hermes_
i'll suggest Fritz Lang's Metropolis, one of the first Sci-fi movies.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:19 pm
by TheAmericanSpirit
Hermes_ wrote: ↑1 year ago
i'll suggest Fritz Lang's Metropolis, one of the first Sci-fi movies.
I've seen that one, albeit not perfectly. We had a VHS of it when I was a kid, but parts of the tape were really screwed up. I really should rewatch it!
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:48 pm
by Toshi
Good Riddance
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:50 pm
by TheAmericanSpirit
Toshi wrote: ↑1 year ago
Good Riddance
Not a fan of the late queen?
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 3:45 am
by Hermes_
I got the top for my Chandra cosplay
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 4:20 am
by Venedrex
Sir, I'm going to need at least one more pixel from you.
But I like it!
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 10:45 am
by TheAmericanSpirit
@Hermes_ now that makes two nexusites I could identify in public! Neither you nor @DirkGently look anything like what I expected. I'm beginning to think my imagination just revels in unrealistic aesthetic presumptions.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 11:54 am
by kirkusjones
Venedrex wrote: ↑1 year ago
Sir, I'm going to need at least one more pixel from you.
But I like it!
That's just the Patterson-Gimlin filter that's all the rage on Instagram and Tiktok right now.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 1:20 pm
by Dunadain
TheAmericanSpirit wrote: ↑1 year ago
@Hermes_ now that makes two nexusites I could identify in public! Neither you nor @DirkGently look anything like what I expected. I'm beginning to think my imagination just revels in unrealistic aesthetic presumptions.
Hermes face reveal? 😯
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 5:29 pm
by Venedrex
TheAmericanSpirit wrote: ↑1 year ago
@Hermes_ now that makes two nexusites I could identify in public! Neither you nor @DirkGently look anything like what I expected. I'm beginning to think my imagination just revels in unrealistic aesthetic presumptions.
My problem is that I subconsciously assume people look like their avatars, so I was surprised to not see a red skinned, horned fiend in a dapper suit.
And no, I don't think I resemble a goblin, but who's to say.
Hmm, I'll give a description of my appearance. You know how David Tennant played a Death Eater? I look like that, but much less handsome movie star, more death eater.
Re: [Off-Topic] Community Chat Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:16 pm
by TheAmericanSpirit
@Venedrex Then you would be super disappointed by my lack of mustache.
I always hear that I look like John C. Reilly. He's a great actor and all, but he's not exactly Fabio either. C'est la vie!