Happy New Year!

On January 02 2022 01:14 RiKD wrote: Happy new year to anyone that may still be around here including the lurkers. In 2022, it seems I still have a compulsion to post here. I finally got a job. The title is salesperson but I'm basically a fashion retail hoe. I don't suck dick but I will sell sweaters for cash apparently. I figure I'll give it a go. The company allegedly is a good company to work for so we shall see. 2021 flew by. Isn't there some hypothesis that time is relative or something like that? Or, the classic as one ages time speeds up. Terrifying. I realize aging is inevitable but the degradation of the body is no fun.

amazing u got a job. im honestly shocked. also shocked loco has not sabotaged you before this happen.

my tip for u now is dont do dumb things at the job. dont help some anarchist female friend from AA steal from the store like u did at whole foods or something similar to that. also the moment u start thinking about anti-capitalist themes have a co-worker punch u in the balls.

Having a job in retail probably isn't going to be amazing, but its still better than the alternative of being unemployed doing nothing all week.

I have to give credit where its due.

just make sure it's a real company and not MLM masquerading as reputable

On January 02 2022 03:02 hiems wrote: Show nested quote + On January 02 2022 01:14 RiKD wrote: Happy new year to anyone that may still be around here including the lurkers. In 2022, it seems I still have a compulsion to post here. I finally got a job. The title is salesperson but I'm basically a fashion retail hoe. I don't suck dick but I will sell sweaters for cash apparently. I figure I'll give it a go. The company allegedly is a good company to work for so we shall see. 2021 flew by. Isn't there some hypothesis that time is relative or something like that? Or, the classic as one ages time speeds up. Terrifying. I realize aging is inevitable but the degradation of the body is no fun. Also the moment u start thinking about anti-capitalist themes have a co-worker punch u in the balls.

It's understandable that people get used to their shackles, but goddam I don't think I've ever seen someone try this hard at being a slave.

On January 02 2022 06:27 Stroggoz wrote: Show nested quote + On January 02 2022 03:02 hiems wrote:   On January 02 2022 01:14 RiKD wrote: Happy new year to anyone that may still be around here including the lurkers. In 2022, it seems I still have a compulsion to post here. I finally got a job. The title is salesperson but I'm basically a fashion retail hoe. I don't suck dick but I will sell sweaters for cash apparently. I figure I'll give it a go. The company allegedly is a good company to work for so we shall see. 2021 flew by. Isn't there some hypothesis that time is relative or something like that? Or, the classic as one ages time speeds up. Terrifying. I realize aging is inevitable but the degradation of the body is no fun. Also the moment u start thinking about anti-capitalist themes have a co-worker punch u in the balls. It's understandable that people get used to their shackles, but goddam I don't think I've ever seen someone try this hard at being a slave.

stroggoz what exactly is yur plan after getting math phd? are you not going to get a job? dont make me do go get a job posts wit u too!!

On January 02 2022 18:30 hiems wrote: Show nested quote + On January 02 2022 06:27 Stroggoz wrote:   On January 02 2022 03:02 hiems wrote:   On January 02 2022 01:14 RiKD wrote: Happy new year to anyone that may still be around here including the lurkers. In 2022, it seems I still have a compulsion to post here. I finally got a job. The title is salesperson but I'm basically a fashion retail hoe. I don't suck dick but I will sell sweaters for cash apparently. I figure I'll give it a go. The company allegedly is a good company to work for so we shall see. 2021 flew by. Isn't there some hypothesis that time is relative or something like that? Or, the classic as one ages time speeds up. Terrifying. I realize aging is inevitable but the degradation of the body is no fun. Also the moment u start thinking about anti-capitalist themes have a co-worker punch u in the balls. It's understandable that people get used to their shackles, but goddam I don't think I've ever seen someone try this hard at being a slave. stroggoz what exactly is yur plan after getting math phd? are you not going to get a job? dont make me do go get a job posts wit u too!!

You teach classes during a math Phd, which counts as a job, though it only pays $30k~ a year. My research is too 'pure' to be useful for the industry but I have done a lot of work on visibility and collision detection problems, which is relevant for high tech industry. There are some good companies out there doing robotics and other high tech research but I imagine they get a huge amount of job applicants.
Worst things worst I could delete all my anarchist posts and go work as a cryptographer for the state spy agency.

On January 02 2022 19:09 Stroggoz wrote: Show nested quote + On January 02 2022 18:30 hiems wrote:   On January 02 2022 06:27 Stroggoz wrote:   On January 02 2022 03:02 hiems wrote:   On January 02 2022 01:14 RiKD wrote: Happy new year to anyone that may still be around here including the lurkers. In 2022, it seems I still have a compulsion to post here. I finally got a job. The title is salesperson but I'm basically a fashion retail hoe. I don't suck dick but I will sell sweaters for cash apparently. I figure I'll give it a go. The company allegedly is a good company to work for so we shall see. 2021 flew by. Isn't there some hypothesis that time is relative or something like that? Or, the classic as one ages time speeds up. Terrifying. I realize aging is inevitable but the degradation of the body is no fun. Also the moment u start thinking about anti-capitalist themes have a co-worker punch u in the balls. It's understandable that people get used to their shackles, but goddam I don't think I've ever seen someone try this hard at being a slave. stroggoz what exactly is yur plan after getting math phd? are you not going to get a job? dont make me do go get a job posts wit u too!! You teach classes during a math Phd, which counts as a job, though it only pays $30k~ a year. My research is too 'pure' to be useful for the industry but I have done a lot of work in visibility and collision detection problems, which is relevant for high tech industry. Worst things worst i could delete all my anarchist posts and go work as a cryptographer for the state spy agency.

But do u have to pay like tuition for the PhD program too? I actually have no idea how it works.

Anyway ru happy with 30k? U are a strange fellow so I don't hold it past u. If I had ur brain I'd be worth millions by now.

You don't have to pay tuition for almost any PhD program. Some masters programs you gotta pay tuition, but those are scams. Many of the people in my last class of undergraduate never had to pay tuition for anything as they had scholarships. I'm fine with $30k a year if it's just for a few years, I have investments from poker winnings that complement it.

True I didn't pay anything for my phd in life experience. Anyway seems like a solid plan.

Anyway I guess the point is u r a slave too since u have a job

I think I need some things to look forward to.

I've been wanting to build my own desktop cpu for ages now. I've never done it before. What kind of specs do I need? I really only need stuff to make music and some gaming.

Over/Under on how much I spend on in store fashion in 2022?

It will be more than 0. Mostly because my wardrobe is t-shirts, sweatshirts, and sweat pants.

On January 02 2022 05:51 Santafairy wrote: just make sure it's a real company and not MLM masquerading as reputable

haha

This happened to me once. Some guy used a mutual acquaintance who I thought was a really solid dude to get me to Panera Bread under the guise that it was an interview for a sales/marketing position and it didn't take him long to start his spiel. He gave me some book by Robert Kiyosaki and I forgot I had it so I had to make a second trip to the Panera Bread to give it back to him and tell him to stop bothering me.

On January 02 2022 04:57 hiems wrote: Having a job in retail probably isn't going to be amazing, but its still better than the alternative of being unemployed doing nothing all week.

Being unemployed with money is great. Being unemployed with out money is pretty shit. In the former case I think there has to be enough money to do some traveling. Painting is even too expensive in the latter case which is terrible. I can stack internet, guitar, chess, coding but maybe I don't want to do that everyday. That is the worst part. The days when I am sick of it and just want to go hang with friends but I can't even afford gas and food. That is when it is bleak. The bleak NEET life. The bleak NEET life there is all the opportunity in the world if some money was sprinkled on me while I slept. Probably $3k/month to be tolerable. The bleak NEET life where I end up sleeping 15 hours a day and barely have the motivation to get the mail.

On January 02 2022 03:02 hiems wrote: Show nested quote + On January 02 2022 01:14 RiKD wrote: Happy new year to anyone that may still be around here including the lurkers. In 2022, it seems I still have a compulsion to post here. I finally got a job. The title is salesperson but I'm basically a fashion retail hoe. I don't suck dick but I will sell sweaters for cash apparently. I figure I'll give it a go. The company allegedly is a good company to work for so we shall see. 2021 flew by. Isn't there some hypothesis that time is relative or something like that? Or, the classic as one ages time speeds up. Terrifying. I realize aging is inevitable but the degradation of the body is no fun. amazing u got a job. im honestly shocked. also shocked loco has not sabotaged you before this happen. my tip for u now is dont do dumb things at the job. dont help some anarchist female friend from AA steal from the store like u did at whole foods or something similar to that. also the moment u start thinking about anti-capitalist themes have a co-worker punch u in the balls.

I'm sure there would be blow-back from Loco and Baal over the fact that I am selling fashion. It is what it is. And maybe there wouldn't be blow-back because they know how much I needed a job.

Even if it has been rated "One of the top companies to work for since Ancient Greece" I am still skeptical. I am sure I am not going to like some of their practices. But now is a time I must find the grind.

Congrats on the job. Don't let people like Stroggoz disparage you by calling you a slave. If he can't see the difference between voluntarily taking a job in retail and being owned by another person and forced to work against your will then that's his problem, not yours.

I don't care what you are selling. But I do think it's sad if you end up spending a bunch of money in their store. Also I'd probably start losing some weight before I rehauled my wardrobe. Good luck with everything.

On January 03 2022 04:21 blackjacki2 wrote: Congrats on the job. Don't let people like Stroggoz disparage you by calling you a slave. If he can't see the difference between voluntarily taking a job in retail and being owned by another person and forced to work against your will then that's his problem, not yours.

Voluntary is one word. Coerced is more accurate.

On January 03 2022 15:56 Loco wrote: I don't care what you are selling. But I do think it's sad if you end up spending a bunch of money in their store. Also I'd probably start losing some weight before I rehauled my wardrobe. Good luck with everything.

What if I was selling cigarettes to children? Beef to butchers? Arms to Israel?

I had to have a bit of a laugh about spending my paycheck in store. It is something that I have to stay vigilant with. It is common for addicts to get addicted to buying stuff to grasp at a good feeling. Clothing is a need but obviously not all clothing is a need. It's also easy to rationalize large purchases with the fact that that price can be amortized over years and years of wear. A $500 scarf that one wears 10 times is pretty silly but a pair of jeans can be worn perhaps a thousand or more times. I have thought about the wardrobe re-haul. I can still wear some XL and when I am smaller I can still wear XXL. Pants are the big one. I hate khakis and don't need to wear them for this job so I'll just have a couple of fat jeans that I give to charity hopefully sooner rather than later. There is a Greek place walking distance from the store that has pretty good options. There is also a McDonald's walking distance from the store that is my enemy. My plan is to eat at the Greek place every day if I don't have food I can bring in and put in the fridge.

Overall, it is kind of a crap retail job but better than Whole Foods Market. My managers and co-workers seem cool. It kind of bothers me that the margin on one dress is potentially 2 or 3 times what I make in an hour if not more. There were so many people buying today on just a random Wednesday. I am not really thinking about starting a union yet but who am I kidding the thought has crossed my mind. Sometimes the thought crosses my mind that now everything in my life is work and recovery for work. It's depressing. What am I going to do? There are bills to be paid and bleak NEET life is bleak.

slavery has nothing to do with your tax bracket

On January 06 2022 04:49 RiKD wrote: Show nested quote + On January 03 2022 15:56 Loco wrote: I don't care what you are selling. But I do think it's sad if you end up spending a bunch of money in their store. Also I'd probably start losing some weight before I rehauled my wardrobe. Good luck with everything. What if I was selling cigarettes to children? Beef to butchers? Arms to Israel?

Imo it doesn't really matter that much, if you don't do it someone else would. You arn't selling arms to israel. In this position, you can't really affect much and so don't have much responsibility. At this stage there isn't anything wrong with focusing on yourself until you are in a more privileged position; then you can reassess.

That was a weird comment by blackjack, I was calling heims a slave not you hah. Also, I agree that being unemployed with no money is a higher degree of slavery than being a wage slave. It's all about minimizing that degree of slavery which is what you seem to be doing, so congrats.

On January 02 2022 20:46 hiems wrote: Anyway I guess the point is u r a slave too since u have a job

To some extent yes, but I do enjoy my job and work 7 days a week. I have a lot more freedom in it than say retail workers where it's pure drudgery for many people.

On January 06 2022 20:58 Stroggoz wrote: Show nested quote + On January 06 2022 04:49 RiKD wrote:   On January 03 2022 15:56 Loco wrote: I don't care what you are selling. But I do think it's sad if you end up spending a bunch of money in their store. Also I'd probably start losing some weight before I rehauled my wardrobe. Good luck with everything. What if I was selling cigarettes to children? Beef to butchers? Arms to Israel? Imo it doesn't really matter that much, if you don't do it someone else would. You arn't selling arms to israel. In this position, you can't really affect much and so don't have much responsibility. At this stage there isn't anything wrong with focusing on yourself until you are in a more privileged position; then you can reassess. That was a weird comment by blackjack, I was calling heims a slave not you hah. Also, I agree that being unemployed with no money is a higher degree of slavery than being a wage slave. It's all about minimizing that degree of slavery which is what you seem to be doing, so congrats.

I don't get it. Why am I a slave and not rikd.

On January 06 2022 21:03 Stroggoz wrote: Show nested quote + On January 02 2022 20:46 hiems wrote: Anyway I guess the point is u r a slave too since u have a job To some extent yes, but I do enjoy my job and work 7 days a week. I have a lot more freedom in it than say retail workers where it's pure drudgery for many people.

What do u mean to some extent...wat a load of crap. Also y do u assume other ppl don't enjoy their jobs.

U can't cherry pick jobs that are and aren't slavery. That is the problem with communism. Dumb leftists want to say being an artist is a high status and admirable job and say the office worker or plumber are low status jobs...and want to take away their money on top of it. That is wat ur doing right now. Praise me stroggoz I'm doing noble work as a pure mathematician!! What? Theres no money in this?? Its not fair!!! ...then u try and steal ppls money at gun point...

News flash u need those ppl for society to function...no 1 needs u to solve some math puzzle.

On January 07 2022 02:17 hiems wrote: Show nested quote + On January 06 2022 21:03 Stroggoz wrote:   On January 02 2022 20:46 hiems wrote: Anyway I guess the point is u r a slave too since u have a job To some extent yes, but I do enjoy my job and work 7 days a week. I have a lot more freedom in it than say retail workers where it's pure drudgery for many people. What do u mean to some extent...wat a load of crap. Also y do u assume other ppl don't enjoy their jobs. U can't cherry pick jobs that are and aren't slavery. That is the problem with communism. Dumb leftists want to say being an artist is a high status and admirable job and say the office worker or plumber are low status jobs...and want to take away their money on top of it. That is wat ur doing right now. Praise me stroggoz I'm doing noble work as a pure mathematician!! What? Theres no money in this?? Its not fair!!! ...then u try and steal ppls money at gun point... News flash u need those ppl for society to function...no 1 needs u to solve some math puzzle.

You clearly can cherry pick, wage slaves in bangladesh are much more of a slave than any of us here. One goal of libertarian communism is to treat plumbers and intellectuals fairly equally. I think pretty much everyone on this site is less of a slave than you, and I base that off your history of posts and my basic intuition from reading them.

On January 07 2022 06:10 Stroggoz wrote: Show nested quote + On January 07 2022 02:17 hiems wrote:   On January 06 2022 21:03 Stroggoz wrote:   On January 02 2022 20:46 hiems wrote: Anyway I guess the point is u r a slave too since u have a job To some extent yes, but I do enjoy my job and work 7 days a week. I have a lot more freedom in it than say retail workers where it's pure drudgery for many people. What do u mean to some extent...wat a load of crap. Also y do u assume other ppl don't enjoy their jobs. U can't cherry pick jobs that are and aren't slavery. That is the problem with communism. Dumb leftists want to say being an artist is a high status and admirable job and say the office worker or plumber are low status jobs...and want to take away their money on top of it. That is wat ur doing right now. Praise me stroggoz I'm doing noble work as a pure mathematician!! What? Theres no money in this?? Its not fair!!! ...then u try and steal ppls money at gun point... News flash u need those ppl for society to function...no 1 needs u to solve some math puzzle. You clearly can cherry pick, wage slaves in bangladesh are much more of a slave than any of us here. One goal of libertarian communism is to treat plumbers and intellectuals fairly equally. I think pretty much everyone on this site is less of a slave than you, and I base that off your history of posts and my basic intuition from reading them.

Y Bangladesh? Because they are underpaid or they have bad work conditions? If you are using those criteria then I still don't see how I am more of a slave than u Loco or rikd.

For the record its a great honor that you think I'm such a slave because based on your horrible logic 24/7 I must be doing alot of things right then.

lol I work for Google and have a lot of freedom to do whatever I want every day, such as responding to your dumbass right now.

On January 07 2022 16:08 Loco wrote: lol I work for Google and have a lot of freedom to do whatever I want every day, such as responding to your dumbass right now.

yeah you're a real fucking model spartacus here breaking off the chains of wage slavery by working for a huge nefarious multinational corporation to feed your productive addiction to reading esoteric armchair communist philosophy and spamming it to strangers who are brighter than you on the internet

we eagerly await your next brag

On January 07 2022 16:08 Loco wrote: lol I work for Google and have a lot of freedom to do whatever I want every day, such as responding to your dumbass right now.

"I work for Google" --> is that wat u tell the ladies these days meanwhile working as a search engine page rank drone lol.

I work on Google Stadia from my comfortable home. My working conditions within this society could not be better. During this season especially there is very little work to do most days I can read my "armchair communist philosophy" for hours on the company's dime.

On January 07 2022 16:55 Loco wrote: I work on Google Stadia from my comfortable home. My working conditions within this society could not be better. During this season especially there is very little work to do most days I can read my "armchair communist philosophy" for hours on the company's dime.

Notice I said underpaidor have poor working conditions. Mayb get back 2 me wen u can afford a car.

Our labor is necessarily underpaid if we are not capitalists you dumb fuck. But the notion of "underpaid" goes out of the window if the labor that I do is rare and most of my paid time is spent chilling at home.

On January 07 2022 17:17 Loco wrote: Our labor is necessarily underpaid if we are not capitalists you dumb fuck. But the notion of "underpaid" goes out of the window if the labor that I do is rare and most of my paid time is spent chilling at home.

Zomg!! Wow I'm soooo dumb for saying that ur right!! yur hourly iz like 5000 Canadian dollars per hour. Wow!

You have probably never experienced the feeling of being paid, 8 hours a day, day after day, to do mostly whatever you want, have you? It would explain this rage and envy that you are trying to camouflage through humor.

Do you know what it feels like to refuse a blowjob from a girl who insists on giving you one? Well, of course you don't, but it's kind of like that. It's a powerful feeling to realize you have freedom that most people don't have on multiple levels. I don't think you have ever felt that way before, have you?

On January 07 2022 17:31 Loco wrote: You have probably never experienced the feeling of being paid, 8 hours a day, day after day, to do mostly whatever you want, have you? It would explain this rage and envy that you are trying to camouflage through humor. Do you know what it feels like to refuse a blowjob from a girl who insists on giving you one? Well, of course you don't, but it's kind of like that. It's a powerful feeling to realize you have freedom that most people don't have on multiple levels. I don't think you have ever felt that way before, have you?

yeah he's met your mom

On January 07 2022 17:31 Loco wrote: You have probably never experienced the feeling of being paid, 8 hours a day, day after day, to do mostly whatever you want, have you? It would explain this rage and envy that you are trying to camouflage through humor. Do you know what it feels like to refuse a blowjob from a girl who insists on giving you one? Well, of course you don't, but it's kind of like that. It's a powerful feeling to realize you have freedom that most people don't have on multiple levels. I don't think you have ever felt that way before, have you?

Lol what am I camoflouging with humor. I think its really funny the mental gymnastics u are able to do to convince ppl and urself that u are not a total bum Lol...

"I work for google!!!!" LoL...
U never felt this powerful huh??? LOL wtf...

"what am I camoflouging with humor"

The fact that you are a slave with low job satisfaction, a dysfunctional social life, and no ability to attract someone who would want to fuck you.

we are reduced now to bragging about having bamboozled a corporation to employ us temporarily while doing nothing for them... and tout that as success

"they told me i could be anything i want. so i became nothing"

what a virtuous and fulfilling professional relationship. i'm sure they will reciprocate the loyalty you've shown by having your existence leech off their generosity

have you considered in your worldview that maybe the problem isn't capitalism, it's just you Loco

i'm wagering you're not in a position of leadership or responsibility, because either of those would actually take time. that means the job isn't advancing you, it's just enabling some bad habits. i see nothing productive or constructive.

it's the very same character that makes you waste your free time in useless pursuits, that is responsible for 1) why you're not going to get any further in that job, 2) why when you lose that job no similar firm is going to look at you and see anything special among a sea of H1B indians, and 3) why you won't have the personal or professional skill or wit to advance in another situation or god forbid go into something for yourself

with as much time as you claim to have you should have absorbed things like basic logic. at least trustfunders go all in with the glamor and luxury. you have but a temporary gravy train (that's a dead end), and you squander the actually REAL FREEDOM afforded by that opportunity, to teach reddit and mexican poker players about a failed ideology, invented over 100 years ago by two other fucking leeches just like yourself who got money playing stonks

and you come on here to brag about it in a hierarchy of self-confessed mentally ill people, which you in other places admit that your life is full of, and a guy who is basically exactly like you except he does or doesn't have the right car or lives with his family or whatever the FUCK you disasters are trying to measure dicks with. oh and also Loco managed to find someone to have sex with, just like all of his male ancestors ever, and the best brag of all, may have actually turned down a woman once. wow what an incredible lothario specimen. no human MALE, least of all an internet user, has heretofore considered the notion of having "standards" such to reject the touch of a fair maiden. a mindblowing paradigm shift that revelation is. someone wanted to put your dick in their mouth, and you left the offer unredeemed. what an incredible feather in the cap of Professor Emeritus Loco, Corrective Violence Department, Reddit University

independence and freedom doesn't mean being on perpetual summer vacation you fucking 12 year old idiot

On January 07 2022 18:43 Loco wrote: "what am I camoflouging with humor" The fact that you are a slave with low job satisfaction, a dysfunctional social life, and no ability to attract someone who would want to fuck you.

Fwiw i gave my 2 weeks notice today and I'll be starting a new job making more money. The only thing u are somewhat correct about is my social life which I don't spend any time on right now. I'm not bad looking and there have been plenty of women attracted to me what are you talking about.

U seem to be the one camoflouging not me...your ego can't handle the fact that u make like 40k a year...in Canadian dollars ...at least stroggoz is man enough to be open about it lol.

LOL you're such a bad liar

notice how you default back to making more money in a "new job" as if it to imply it was going to be more satisfactory as a result (it's not going to be). If your job isn't satisfactory at least the rest of your life should be, but you have nothing going on. You did your little diet and achieved your manlet small dick energy physique that fits with your intellect, and now all you have left is spending your time off jerking off and thinking about things like what new car to get to temporarily escape how meaningless your life is.

was there anybody that expressed sadness learning about your departure from the job hiems?

On January 06 2022 21:03 Stroggoz wrote: Show nested quote + On January 02 2022 20:46 hiems wrote: Anyway I guess the point is u r a slave too since u have a job retail workers where it's pure drudgery for many people.

Hey! So, you are saying I am a slave!

I rock the fitting room and make women laugh all day. It's good for my ego. Although putting unwanted clothes back IS fucking drudgery let me tell you. THAT is for the fucking drones.

On January 07 2022 16:55 Loco wrote: I work on Google Stadia from my comfortable home. My working conditions within this society could not be better. During this season especially there is very little work to do most days I can read my "armchair communist philosophy" for hours on the company's dime.

Of course Loco finds himself with a job like this.

Bravo!

Well done.

I should clarify that obviously I am not making every woman laugh and in my role I am playing more of a game of risk a little to win a lot. I don't need to be going out of my way to put myself and a customer in a cringe situation. There are laughs though and even more smiles. It's interesting to try and figure out ways to greet people all day with out being a robot or wanting to blow the brains out. There are expert garment sorting techniques but that is where I start thinking the most about being a drone collecting minerals for the base. If no one was there it would wreck the shift for the managers in charge but it is a job that most people could pick up pretty quickly so they could easily just hire temporary workers. It would hurt business but I don't know if it would get bad enough so that the workers would have enough leverage. There is also the question of if anyone would vote for a union in the first place.

I think I should probably still look for game tester jobs. There have been 0 local jobs. I would imagine that once I can build trust at any remote job and get some experience the field opens up tremendously. A lot of the remote jobs are not actually remote and others seemingly want some trust built up + experience.

As my current job gets easier by the day it's not that bad of a gig all things considered. We will see.

A lot of the remote jobs in the gaming industry are temporary due to covid measures, at least where I live. We are in almost full lockdown now with a nightly curfew so no one's working in office (but even before that, I was able to work from home). It doesn't look like the US is going to be implementing such measures any time soon, so you might be out of luck. I am dreading the point where I may not be able to keep doing this for whatever reason down the road because it's the ideal job for me. When I was hired I was told it was a forever-going project so I am not expecting it to end, unless for some reason Stadia was going to be abandoned by Google, but that's doubtful at this point.

Your job is something I imagine would get really old and dreadful 6 months to a year in. But still probably better than being unemployed, especially with debts. I'm surprised you are even allowed to work with customers when you live with your at-risk parents and this Omnicron variant is so contagious.

Yeah, I would say most of the game tester jobs I found were based in California and were temporary remote or remote but favor people living in California (or WA or wherever).

Yeah, once I become an expert in my area it's probably tough going. I could get cross trained on other areas but I don't want to do those jobs (cashier, stock, warehouse, etc.). They seem worse than what I am currently doing. I could look to be a manager which in this case doesn't seem horrible but the line is long for a currently 0 amount of spots. Like I said, we will see.

My dad is convinced Omnicron is nothing. My mom is fearful but she is babysitting for my sister. The options are my dad pays me to stay home, I try to go on disability, or I work. They want me to work. My opinion is that the vaccines are not vaccines since they do not grant immunity. I don't really know enough about Omnicron to have an opinion on that. I am surprised I have not gotten it yet to be honest.

He thinks if he's infected he won't have any symptoms because he's healthy or what?

My dad has done a tremendous job over the last couple of years of losing weight and getting down to a more normal weight. The reality, though, is that he is 67, overweight, with a leaky heart valve and lost the weight with atkins/keto principles. He is delusional of this reality. He also thinks because his friends were working on mRNA technology back in the 70s at his university that he is an expert in this field. Again, the reality is that he flunked out of graduate school although it is true that he is very knowledgeable in chemistry. He likes to think of himself as a scientist but recently when my sister brought a more recent pier reviewed paper from the Cleveland Clinic to his attention that contradicted a lot of his views he said, "I've already made up my mind on this subject. I have no interest in reading that paper." His main source of media is Fox News. This was a bit of a long winded post to say that yes, he thinks that he is healthy and will be asymptomatic.

regardless of his stance on covid you should listen more to ur dad/brother than ur sister/loco youd be much better off.

Depends on the situation is the correct answer and it's not even close.

If we are talking quality of life.

My sister leads a great life.

I wouldn't want to trade places with my brother although he scores extremely high on metrics that matter to you.

My dad is retired with a ton of money and does whatever he wants. That's pretty stellar although I'm drawing dead to follow in his footsteps meaning I am drawing near dead to be a business executive at a large multinational corporation. It's probably so close to zero it might as well be zero.

Loco and I are on the same page in regards to a lot of things. I appreciate his knowledge and tastes in life. I would love to have his job at Google Stadia. It would be a mistake for me not to consider what he posts.

According to hiems you should prioritize listening to every single person who is rich, including those in the top 10 of the trending videos on YouTube or TikTok because they have a ton of money and that's the only thing that really matters. It doesn't matter what the topic is because they got to where they are by thinking what they think. If they were thinking smart, deep, philosophical things, or wanted to have a balanced, healthy life, then he has to assume they would not have made their money. Whether they are liars, delusional, addicted to stuff that will kill them prematurely -- all of this is irrelevant because they have a ton of money, and money is the only thing that commands respect in his worldview. The funniest part about it is that he thinks that continuously exposing his retarded, affluenza-infected illogic is going to make me look bad. Someone who is so obviously mentally and emotionally deficient shouldn't be encouraged by being given the privilege of a response.

The fact that someone can be so arrogantly obsessed with money yet still play microstakes after 13+ years of playing poker should have had him permabanned from this site a long time ago. It defies comprehension just how much of a pussy this guy is. Baal is also a gigantic pussy, he is unwilling to enforce the rules of this website and allows hiems to use some sort of a loophole to be a pest and a bully on your blog when you have banned him a long time ago. Oh and once in a while he's going to jump in and bully you too. Fuck these people and their fucking Peter Pan syndrome shit. I really wish you would stop posting on here.

On January 11 2022 00:01 Loco wrote: According to hiems you should prioritize listening to every single person who is rich, including those in the top 10 of the trending videos on YouTube or TikTok because they have a ton of money and that's the only thing that really matters. It doesn't matter what the topic is because they got to where they are by thinking what they think. If they were thinking smart, deep, philosophical things, or wanted to have a balanced, healthy life, then he has to assume they would not have made their money. Whether they are liars, delusional, addicted to stuff that will kill them prematurely -- all of this is irrelevant because they have a ton of money, and money is the only thing that commands respect in his worldview. The funniest part about it is that he thinks that continuously exposing his retarded, affluenza-infected illogic is going to make me look bad. Someone who is so obviously mentally and emotionally deficient shouldn't be encouraged by being given the privilege of a response. The fact that someone can be so arrogantly obsessed with money yet still play microstakes after 13+ years of playing poker should have had him permabanned from this site a long time ago. It defies comprehension just how much of a pussy this guy is. Baal is also a gigantic pussy, he is unwilling to enforce the rules of this website and allows hiems to use some sort of a loophole to be a pest and a bully on your blog when you have banned him a long time ago. Oh and once in a while he's going to jump in and bully you too. Fuck these people and their fucking Peter Pan syndrome shit. I really wish you would stop posting on here.

The hope is to phase out this website with better things to do. I have tried subbing other interwebs but that never seems to work. For some reason I come back here. Ideally, I do find something that is low key that can kill some time when the void / abyss is weighing on me. It helps that this website is virtually dead but I am not always going to have better things to do especially in the beginning. Sometimes it is hard to pick up the guitar or put in a coding sesh or go to an AA meeting. I could just go full fashionista and waste my life and soul on Hypebeast but that seems terrible. "HYPEBEAST: Moving Culture Forward" ... Lol. Another problem is I am pretty worn out after a day of work. The work is not difficult but just the fact I am on my feet all day scurrying around and I get tired of customers too. As un-impressive as moving street-wear fashion forward is, I am in a legitimate position to move my life forward in a positive way. I know that means not posting here anymore I am just struggling to let go.

How did you quit alcohol? You did it by committing to it. "That's just not something I do anymore" kind of mentality. You didn't "phase it out" and you had a plan, i.e. AA. You come back here because you're not trying to quit and have no way to keep yourself accountable for avoiding it. Not only do you come back here, but you come back here to expose yourself, your life, your thoughts. You think these people value you somehow in some way when they don't outside of in a freak show kind of way to try to feel better about themselves. You could start by seeing it for what it is.

Personally, I will be stopping to come around here for good. Even if I have plenty of time during work downtime and we are in lockdown here, it's not an excuse to waste my time and pollute my mind with the garbage that is written on here. Just giving you a heads up so you don't expect posts from me in the future on your blog.

On January 13 2022 15:49 Loco wrote: How did you quit alcohol? You did it by committing to it. "That's just not something I do anymore" kind of mentality. You didn't "phase it out" and you had a plan, i.e. AA. You come back here because you're not trying to quit and have no way to keep yourself accountable for avoiding it. Not only do you come back here, but you come back here to expose yourself, your life, your thoughts. You think these people value you somehow in some way when they don't outside of in a freak show kind of way to try to feel better about themselves. You could start by seeing it for what it is. Personally, I will be stopping to come around here for good. Even if I have plenty of time during work downtime and we are in lockdown here, it's not an excuse to waste my time and pollute my mind with the garbage that is written on here. Just giving you a heads up so you don't expect posts from me in the future on your blog.

I beat Loco!! yes, victory!!

On January 13 2022 16:54 hiems wrote: Show nested quote + On January 13 2022 15:49 Loco wrote: How did you quit alcohol? You did it by committing to it. "That's just not something I do anymore" kind of mentality. You didn't "phase it out" and you had a plan, i.e. AA. You come back here because you're not trying to quit and have no way to keep yourself accountable for avoiding it. Not only do you come back here, but you come back here to expose yourself, your life, your thoughts. You think these people value you somehow in some way when they don't outside of in a freak show kind of way to try to feel better about themselves. You could start by seeing it for what it is. Personally, I will be stopping to come around here for good. Even if I have plenty of time during work downtime and we are in lockdown here, it's not an excuse to waste my time and pollute my mind with the garbage that is written on here. Just giving you a heads up so you don't expect posts from me in the future on your blog. I beat Loco!! yes, victory!!

I will make one exception to update the thread as promised and compare our gym results after 5-6 months of training. We'll see who's the loser then

On January 13 2022 19:19 Loco wrote: Show nested quote + On January 13 2022 16:54 hiems wrote:   On January 13 2022 15:49 Loco wrote: How did you quit alcohol? You did it by committing to it. "That's just not something I do anymore" kind of mentality. You didn't "phase it out" and you had a plan, i.e. AA. You come back here because you're not trying to quit and have no way to keep yourself accountable for avoiding it. Not only do you come back here, but you come back here to expose yourself, your life, your thoughts. You think these people value you somehow in some way when they don't outside of in a freak show kind of way to try to feel better about themselves. You could start by seeing it for what it is. Personally, I will be stopping to come around here for good. Even if I have plenty of time during work downtime and we are in lockdown here, it's not an excuse to waste my time and pollute my mind with the garbage that is written on here. Just giving you a heads up so you don't expect posts from me in the future on your blog. I beat Loco!! yes, victory!! I will make one exception to update the thread as promised and compare our gym results after 5-6 months of training. We'll see who's the loser then

lol...

On January 13 2022 15:49 Loco wrote: How did you quit alcohol? You did it by committing to it. "That's just not something I do anymore" kind of mentality. You didn't "phase it out" and you had a plan, i.e. AA. You come back here because you're not trying to quit and have no way to keep yourself accountable for avoiding it. Not only do you come back here, but you come back here to expose yourself, your life, your thoughts. You think these people value you somehow in some way when they don't outside of in a freak show kind of way to try to feel better about themselves. You could start by seeing it for what it is. Personally, I will be stopping to come around here for good. Even if I have plenty of time during work downtime and we are in lockdown here, it's not an excuse to waste my time and pollute my mind with the garbage that is written on here. Just giving you a heads up so you don't expect posts from me in the future on your blog.

bon voyage mon ami

LP is gonna be like that last scene from "The Sandlot" where everyone moves away one by one

Happy new year RiKD! wish you guys all the best, to hiems and loco aswell. Your cock fight still amuses me

life is hard, it's fine to ventillate here, no judgements