MeowZedong

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[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I was in the same boat.

Spent all day cooking and listening to podcasts/music. Invited a friend over for dinner like usual and she said she couldn't come until it was late and well past dark, which was very unusual. Then she told me she was at a Superbowl party and that was how I found out what was going on.

Only way things could have been better is if I had D&D with the food.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I was in a similar spot as a manager for years. You can't fix everything but you can improve the conditions for your workers and in my experience, this also was the key to making our store the top in our entire state. They will not always ingratiate you with the higher-ups, but if metrics improve, they will notice and at the bare minimum tolerate you.

A few good things you can do:

  • Write glowing recommendations and beg for raises every year. Also make a point to do mentorship to help each worker build their career and skills in the ways they want. You don't always have to put all of this in a review, but if it looks good and they make progress, do it.

  • Spend that team building budget every month. Tell your team what it is and ask for their feedback on how they want to use it.

  • Ask for input from your team and listen to what they have to say. Be transparent about what is going on, what your goals are, and what limitations you have, then try to find a way to find a place of compromise between those limitations and the feedback your team gives. Again, be open about this and ask what they think of any compromises. They'll often have a better idea of what will work to improve conditions more than you will, particularly if you are open with them about goals and limitations.

  • If it's reasonable and safe for you to do so, encourage them to organize themselves into a union. You probably cannot join this, but you don't need to tell your bosses they are organizing until they have done it. You can act as a screen to their efforts until they have the power to demand recognition.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

And death to amerikkka

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Rule 2: if you miss, shoot again.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Broken pencil graphite under the skin is a schooltime experience I do not miss. That shit sucks!

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Talking to the big boss about my job performance and was told that I was a "jack of all trades, master of none."

Interviewed with him for a new position a month later and the guy I trained was given the job instead. The big boss told me he needed someone with wider experience and that I was too specialized. Later I found out my direct supervisor just told the big boss that I was indispensable and he couldn't afford to lose me.

No wonder the big boss had no fucking clue what I was doing despite me keeping a detailed record of it for him to review (that he never bothered to read). Guy just used his charisma to skirt doing his job and just said whatever bullshit he could pull out of his ass. Other employees who were burned by him still miss that asshole.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When my kids were really young, they would take baths together. One time I was walking by the open door and heard the older one yell "Don't pee on me, I'm your sister!" The younger one just laughed.

Revenge came a few days later.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Running around at my friend's house, I tripped and slit my leg open on a small rock. I looked down and instead of blood, I saw white. Then the blood poured out. Somehow managed to avoid stitches.

My friend's dad dug up the rock later and it turned out it was a boulder.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

When we were little, my neighbor was sticking peanuts up his nose, throwing his head back and then blowing them out like a rocket. Watched my brother imitate him, but he shoved the peanut WAY too far up and he had to go to the doctor to get it removed.

My parents still blame me decades later because I didn't stop him. I maintain my innocence.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Oh, that is funny.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The true test for China will be not only in launching these missiles successfully but also in their ability to detect and target advanced stealth bombers from long distances.

They published a viable method for detecting stealth vehicles using satellites in the last few months.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TBF, fuck calculus. Only nerds like calculus.

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