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how do you even remember that movie.

Hard for me to half-ass anything, but i have a meeting tomorrow morning with HR to "go over next steps". Fully expecting to be fired.

Already have 2 first round interviews set up for next week. Not going to stay any longer than I have to, and I'm sure the feeling is mutual.

We aren't unionized.

Also I got let go. Not working is so fucking nice. At some point I'm going to get another job but for now it's really nice being able to live life. I get to cook, golf, read, hike, etc more than normal.

Really distills the idea of working to live and reignites my desire to retire within the next 10-15 years.

man who criticises other people for enjoying hamburgers drives to and from work every day 'just to get out the house'.

flatulate? moi? a lady does not emit.

also, going out on a limb here buddy, but i'm pretty sure 'buying electric car to take solo journeys just for the sake of getting out the house' is still more environmentally wasteful than 'walks or cycles everywhere, or uses an electric subway system with 7 million other daily riders'. just a hunch, though. i don't need to dig any lithium or rare earth minerals out of the ground to walk to the cafe and work.

Last edited by uziq (2025-02-01 05:00:21)

It really makes you feel bad for Newbie who apparently has been dealing with this since the 90s.

While we were playing with Pokemon Yellow, Newbie was out there listening to AM Talk Radio

Stupid planning woman has decided the way to ensure our supplier has material in place to cover a slight uptick in demand over the next six months is to put in an order for March for triple the normal quantity and leave the forecasts unchanged for the rest of the year.

She knows the supplier is at 90% of capacity and has no chance of building them, she knows there are material shortages about which nothing can be done, even if the supplier could build them the supply chain can't take them, she knows it makes no sense for cashflow.

Everyone is scratching their heads wondering if she's had a stroke or something.
If we're expecting a Trump tariff hit its too late, we should have done this six months ago like, you know, everyone else.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2025-02-10 01:20:30)

I think AM radio thing really shows how our lifestyles can suck us into various information silos. My commute to work involves listening to music on my cellphone. A guy who rides to job sites in an older work van only has whatever is on the radio to pick from.

Our job choices also affect the silos we are in. RTHKI has to listen to DEI podcast at work. Meanwhile I work mostly around educated liberal women. They might not be totally on board with black half time performances at the Superbowl but they keep that part to themselves. They probably also don't want to hear my opinions regarding family planning and women's rights. One of my white lady coworkers had an abortion when she was in her 20s. An older conservative white guy once said to her something about women killing their babies IRT abortion. That probably made her not feel great.


Also, levels of education definitely play into this. My MAGA assistant said she hoped the Department of Education was shutdown. I didn't even bother to explain how her job would be affected by that.

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I think you would have liked Pokemon if you had lived through it. Go emulate Pokemon Fire Red and give it a try.

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I resent having to listen to Dad Rock. It reminds me of working on cars and the older white guys blaring that stuff. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of bangers in that genre but the total dismissal of all modern music or anything not explicitly older white is obnoxious. Then again calling it Dad Rock is also offensive. I can't get the black kids to appreciate the rock music I try to introduce to them.

It would be nice if we can all appreciate that we have equally valid taste and culture in this big wide world.

Dilbert_X wrote:

Stupid planning woman has decided the way to ensure our supplier has material in place to cover a slight uptick in demand over the next six months is to put in an order for March for triple the normal quantity and leave the forecasts unchanged for the rest of the year.

She knows the supplier is at 90% of capacity and has no chance of building them, she knows there are material shortages about which nothing can be done, even if the supplier could build them the supply chain can't take them, she knows it makes no sense for cashflow.

Everyone is scratching their heads wondering if she's had a stroke or something.
If we're expecting a Trump tariff hit its too late, we should have done this six months ago like, you know, everyone else.

Literally no-one knows what the fuck is going on, those poor asians are going to work 28 hrs/day for two months then be told, "yeah, you can warehouse that shit at your expense, and, uh, we're shutting the line for six months"

It's going. Been really picky about the jobs I've been applying to. Trying to take it easy and enjoy my free time. I'm not in a rush

Yeah I've got a decent cushion. I think being idle will be a bigger factor than money, but i know what you mean. Not having significant income coming in does cause a non-zero amount of stress.