Daily Discussion Thread: Thu 03 Aug 2023 - eviltoast

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    So like one in five desks at work have some sort of issue. Screens/docks not working. Chairs are missing or broken. Meeting rooms can’t connect to the network. Absolutely amazing.

    Whoever is sabotaging this, I applaud you, you mad mad bastard.

    I’m also being super vocal about stuff not working correctly, making sure the managers who really push for office days hear me.

  • heyheyitskay@aussie.zone
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    I’m naive AF and I probably treat people with too much trust but I’ve recently seen some pretty ugly stuff at work. People who are nice to your face but will throw you under the bus as soon as you turn your back because you mean nothing to them. It’s disgusting and I’m losing faith in humanity.

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      One of life’s most important skills is learning to tell good people from cunts and then stay away from cunts.

      So my faith is pretty intact, I just hate cunts. Problem is the stupids, too many stupids who follow cunts.

    • Hongohones@aussie.zone
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      I had exactly the same experience. Gave so much of my time to my own detriment to help others feel safe and offer solidarity but was completely taken advantage of left to fend for myself once I needed some help and safety in return. My lesson learned, keep giving. Keep helping. Just be very selective of where and with whom. People I actually truly cared for were bitching about me and suggesting because I was trans I was having a hard time. Fuck that, it’s because they were a bunch of ungraetful bitches. They’re all on my resentment list. I’m getting over it but fuck it’s still annoying.

      I helped a work colleague get their license by letting them drive my car a couple of time this week as practise and wondered if I was getting myself into a similar situation, but they are giving me some money for petrol, are very humbly thankful and it’s been incredibly well recieved by my superiors. The difference this time is sobriety. People say a lot of shit they think they mean when they’re drunk. I still have faith in humanity, but I have much stronger boundaries now of who I let in. First red flag and all bets are off.

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        It’s sad and disappointing when you think you could be nice and they’d reciprocate but really they can’t give a shit about you and maybe laugh at you behind your back for being naive. It’s also sad that these bad experiences leave you wondering if others are going to be the same and you just end up being less trusting.

        • Hongohones@aussie.zone
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          Most people are selfish and enititled. They’ll say whatever bullshit they think will make them seem reasonable in order to gain some small pathetic, little, imagined benefit.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    So yesterday I bought 5 new calligraphy brushes, cost $70. I bring them home and start to prepare them for use, this means soaking in water to remove the starch from the bristles. I did this and 2 of the brush handles soaked up water and exploded. I looked at them carefully. They were made of particle wood, ie sawdust mixed with glue and moulded. ffs, I would prefer a cheap brush to a fake brush.

    And this is why I usually buy plastic or bamboo brushes

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Posting this reply from Sync for Lemmy. Very nice.

      Edit: We need this as the desktop experience too.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    Had a competition pop up on Facebook advertising you could “win a chance to feed your whole family for free for a year”. The prize is a $2000 gift card. Just over $38 a week. Yeah it would be nice to win, but the false advertising with this sort of ad is bullshit.

    • A1kmm@lemmy.amxl.com
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      Feeding a family of any size (even one person really) on that seems extra unlikely if it is a gift card that stops you from using it anywhere except at a major supermarket!

      What were they trying to get you to do to be allowed to enter?

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        It was the standard answering some “market research” type questions, opt in to get marketing spam, and agree if you win that you can be used for publicity stuff. It’s fairly standard, and would be fine if they just phrased it better - Win a $2000 gift card to help feed your family. Valid for one year. Works perfectly without misleading anyone.

        • bull⚡@aussie.zone
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          There was one time I actually went through with a marketing thing I saw online and it actually went pretty well. It was a market research company who wanted people to come into their London office and I happened to be in London at the time. Said they’d give me 150 pounds for I think 90 minutes of my time. Went there, they gave me an envelope with 150 pounds cash in it and then we had a chat about advertising for airbnb. I was shocked that there were no ‘gotchas’ in this modern world of bullshit and scams! It was even nice and early in the morning so it didn’t even interrupt my day!

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zone
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    I was quietly panicking, trying to find my webcam. I had moved it when I was cleaning my desk, but I just could not remember where it was. Partner gets up, hobbles to the study (which I had been in 3 times already), and “Spud! It was just on the floor next to the desk.”

    Like, just there, out in the open. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

    Got it now, so alles gut! 😅