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  Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.
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  After two weeks of calling and emails and doing everything I can to stay in touch with my 'boss', and make it EASY to help me work from home (I've done it before, all I needed was the code for the app that would generate my access codes to protect information for the job) - I am officially laid off. Now they're saying last week and this week are 'paid leave' - Which means the time sheet I filled out last week was rejected for the wrong count code. I was emailing the help desk as I was told to get it changed - Guy was a waste of time. Called the number when I got desperate because it was crunch time just before running payroll - girl took 15 minutes to get it fixed, my 'boss' approved it 2 minutes after that. After I wasted HOURS. Why is it people think women in help desk and IT positions are less capable, again? Argh. (Also not looking forward to filing for unemployment)
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  Covid-19 Gallows Humor
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  Dead Celebrities 2020
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  @Rinel I'm hoping people hold the biggest one for everyone who is lost after all of this is done. That's something I'd like to come down there for.
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  RL things I love
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  That looking for this linked -- for some reason -- to this, which I was just curious about to find the link to THIS in the sidebar. (Less loved: totally forgetting everything I learned in link 1 by the time I read the initial post on link 3. Still totally worth having to re-read the thing I was so 'whut'-ted out of recalling I was even looking for in the first place.)
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  Good TV
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  @Seamus I will say I think some of the funniest moments is the dialogue in the "forums" at the end of the episodes. Just reading that has me cracking up. But I do find that I laughed a lot during the episodes. And the artists did well with the "surprised expression" animations when she'd reveal something new and totally incomprehensible. Just loved it.
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  COVID-19 Assistance Thread
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  Udemy has released a bunch of free courses. Many are focused on helping people do work/school from home, but not all: https://www.udemy.com/courses/free/
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  Critters!
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  @surreality I could admire cute pussies all day. I mean kitties, of course. Do not actually post pictures of — — fuck.
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  Post-Covid 19 world
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  Do you think western societies will adopt Universal Basic Income models? Some may, but it will shock me if the United States jumps on that bandwagon. Everything about how our society functions from soup to nuts is about punishing the poor and getting the poor to agree that they deserve abuse. The compass alignment required for this to happen means a realignment of how employment, education, and health care functions in this country. It's possible to do this but I'm not sure it's probable given the buy-in required. Major cities are getting the brunt of this but the majority of the population outside of these cities isn't going through the same experience. It's still abstract for these groups and most of this is, so far, just one big fucking inconvenience when it comes to businesses being open and life being able to roll on. There's no amount of escalating cases numbers in New York City that you can show a lot of these people to agree that it's their problem. Sure, it's a problem but that's all happening in New York, which is pointedly not Bible Thump, Mississippi to them. There's still a fair amount of denial that they're just weeks behind these places because magical thinking and prayers will exempt them. Do you think industries which attract large crowds (sports, entertainment, etc) will stay the same? Our capacity for forgetting is pretty impressive. Large crowds will prevail as the appetite for this kind of consumption will probably not abate. The average person at this point just wants to go back to normal and their sense of normal includes Las Vegas, arena tour sellouts, and EDM festivals. Will traveling in general be affected? Not just in the political sense but for example how might tourism change after this? There will probably more advisories about seasonal outbreaks of the virus and how people are allowed to enter and exit populations where exposure is likely but those restrictions will be per nation. However, unlike 9/11, we don't have a tangible enemy, so the idea of safety when traveling is a lot harder to traverse. What about films, do you think there might be a shift away from major releases going exclusively to cinemas first? I think that really depends on how well their market tests of in-home access really does. They're entering a particularly busy channel where being a blockbuster movie is not a standout because original programming on a number of paid app services are doing the same thing for content. Going to the movies is about the experience. They're going to have to find a way to market this experience that's different from just firing up Netflix and sitting on your couch. The service industry in general took a major hit. What happens down the line, do things get back to normal? Probably, yes? Certain kinds of services probably won't survive but new ones will rise in their place.
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  Landlord Bitching
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  Re: My Landlord Did A Bad. A couple of weeks ago our landlord mentioned they're selling the house we're leasing. Fine, whatever - there was a (small) chance the new owner might move in, in which case we'd need to find a new place, but that was months away. Then their real estate agent started mentioning showing the house. To people. In the middle of a freakin' pandemic, having strangers walk in and poke around. The guy even 'asked' us if we could kindly not be at home when people came, and to take our dogs with us. Yeah, that did not end up happening, especially after displeasure was expressed in many forms, including reaching out to legal resources.
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  The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves)
  • surreality  

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  I fucking hate the feel of fine grain shit like flour and cornstarch. ....but i made homemade bread a couple of weeks ago (it turned out poorly b/c the yeast got killed), and fucking loved the feel of the dough.
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  The Work Thread
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  @Admiral said in The Work Thread: I come into work today to find there's construction workers working in the building. Touching things. Ignoring social distancing. 'Construction is considered essential' their boss says. Motherfuckers are -installing countertops in an unused office space-. Same for the assholes at WeWork. They stay open and there's random dudebros touching all the doors, ignoring distancing and going all over the place. I am legit just not patrolling the building today. Fuck that. Gonna stay here. And sanitize. Teeechnically he's not wrong. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/what-is-an-essential-business-in-austin-travis-county/amp/ But the intent behind construction being 'essential' was to ensure things that are needed (additional social services infrastructure or housing or...) can still get done. Not.......letting your crew fuck around on a job no one needs rn. :/ Now. I do think you could report the practices of the crew if they aren't being safe.
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  Resources for Self-Isolating People
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  https://screencraft.org/virtualsummit/ - March 28th (tomorrow!) at 10am-2pm (Pacific) / 1pm-5pm (Eastern) Virtual Screenwriting Summit. Some of the screenwriters that will be speaking: Meg LeFauve (Oscar-nominated Screenwriter INSIDE OUT, THE GOOD DINOSAUR, CAPTAIN MARVEL) Wendy Calhoun (Peabody Award-Winning TV Writer/Producer PRODIGAL SON, STATION 19, EMPIRE, NASHVILLE, JUSTIFIED) David Rabinowitz (Oscar-winning Screenwriter, BLACKKKLANSMAN) Adam Kolbrenner (Literary Manager and Founder, Lit Entertainment Group, Producer PRISONERS, CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES, upcoming FREE GUY, TOMORROW WAR, etc) Stephany Folsom (Screenwriter & TV Writer Pixar’s TOY STORY 4, STAR WARS: RESISTANCE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS on Amazon) Max Borenstein (Screenwriter GODZILLA, KONG: SKULL ISLAND, GODZILLA V. KONG, WORTH, etc) and TV Showrunner (UNTITLED 2021 HBO LAKERS SHOW, MINORITY REPORT) Alan Yang (Emmy-Award winner, Co-Creator/Executive Producer MASTER OF NONE, LITTLE AMERICA, FOREVER, Executive Producer PARKS AND RECREATION, Writer/Director TIGERTAIL) Tony Gilroy (Screenwriter, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE, THE BOURNE LEGACY THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, upcoming STAR WARS Cassian Andor, Producer-Writer (HOUSE OF CARDS) Director/Writer (MICHAEL CLAYTON)
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  Bad TV
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  @Ganymede said in Bad TV: @Seamus This all sounds like a cheap rip-off of Mage: The Ascension. I... would not disagree. I'm still gleefully going to watch it. The fact they have Necromancers... I can't wait to see them pull up a zombie army to fight :P
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  Good or New Movies Review
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  Finally watched Mandy. Setting aside its fridgey premise, I really liked the ambience and gorefest. Watched The Gentlemen. Classic Guy Ritchie. You'll like it if you like Guy Ritchie's stuff. Also saw Bloodshot. If Vin Diesel starred in a superhero movie, it would be like... oh, wait.
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  RL Anger
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  @Ganymede Yeah, I took one look at the article and was like, "This is a case for eminent domain at best. " And even that would be more generous than he deserves.
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  Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff
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  Lmao I was just remembering that years ago, WORA people told me I couldn't make a tabletop book, and now I have both an official Paizo and Green Ronin project coming out.
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  Kittens for the Soul
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  Covid-19 Look for the Helpers?
  • JinShei  

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  WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP: So now that we're all home and looking for "boredom busters" for ourselves and possibly our children, I'd like to recommend this awesome one I found! It's called "contacting your government representatives and demanding to know WTF they're doing and that you're going to hold them personally responsible for their (in)actions on this". If you don't know who they are and are in the US, you can look them up -- complete with a quick link to their contact information -- at http://myreps.datamade.us/ Personal requests from several friends of mine in the medical field, including two ICU charge nurses, is not just activating the Defense Production Act (which has already happened) but invoking its powers (which have not) to force major manufacturers to shift production towards PPE for healthcare workers. 3M doesn't need to be making Scotch tape right now. They need to be making face shields and gloves.
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  The Crafting Thread
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  This is a song I need to work on. This is the general vibe I want my album to have. Not dubstep, more electro. https://soundcloud.com/duansparkles/wip-1
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  Good Music
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  I really like the new Alanis Morissette. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjyTCSirZrY