No, but it didn’t matter anyway. That area wasn’t known for earthquakes. By the time my brain got out of “WTF?” mode, it was over.
No, but it didn’t matter anyway. That area wasn’t known for earthquakes. By the time my brain got out of “WTF?” mode, it was over.
The worst was also the funniest. An earthquake hit while I was on the toilet.
Everybody wins
In my case, a sack of White Castles.
I had the opposite experience. I worked for a guy who easily could have retired years before, but kept working because he liked the continuous puzzles he had to deal with.
His books were an absolute mess. His daughter tried her damndest to handle the accounting, but it was a losing battle (the staff wasn’t affected, because there were never any payroll problems). He often forgot to charge customers, and when he did eventually send a bill, the rate was significantly less than what a competitor would charge. He just didn’t care about that part of the business because he didn’t need the money.
I finally figured out that by showing up unshaven and half asleep on my first day, I set the bar nice and low, and kept expectations to a minimum. Just being punctual, reliable, and civil made me Employee of the Month material.
IMPORTANT NOTE: this advice is only intended for a job that you don’t take very seriously. It is most emphatically not recommended behavior for your dream career.
Yeah, that was the #1 reason they gave. There weren’t enough mods to keep up with the sudden workload.
I just wanted something kinda nifty, but ultimately forgettable. I think I succeeded.
I think people who deliver food should actually hand it to a person instead of just leaving it by the door.
True. I should have started my post with “The rampant proliferation of…”
I used to be a big proponent of “/s”. My rationale was that reddit was a worldwide site, and it wasn’t fair to exclude people who weren’t fluent in English. Plus, I didn’t want to live up to the stereotype of the selfish, arrogant American.
Now, I just don’t worry about it. Over time, I realized I could say something obvious and seemingly non-controversial, like “the sky is blue”, and people will disagree anyway. If somebody a thousand miles away takes a sarcastic statement literally, and decides that I’m an asshole, then so be it.
People who don’t know/acknowledge the difference between “free speech” and “hate speech”
Mostly what I feel is gratitude. Personally, I don’t have the skills, technical knowledge, or free time required to run even a small instance. I know I’m relying on the generosity of others, which makes me much more tolerant of delays, glitches, etc.
It’s like most people just couldn’t be bothered to think (or read for that matter)
Ugh! The number of times I got some snarky reply making a point that I’d just made!
If you can’t stand reading, that’s okay. Just go look at some jpegs or something. Don’t make it everyone else’s problem by being an ass.
I’m not in favor of it at all. If a human user wants to link to something interesting/relevant, fine, but I’m not excited about bots spamming links.
I’m experiencing so many conflicting emotions right now. Horrified, amused, enthusiastic, resigned…
There’s smoke coming out of my ears, and I smell a burning clutch from constantly shifting gears.