I started threatening to set all the things on fire today. Though everything was kind of already on fire. It's only Tuesday. There are 3 summaries I need to send out before 9 because apparently I'm the only one who grasps the whole picture. I think my brain's on fire too.
Willow: Were there dolphins? Tara: Yes. Many dolphins at the pound. Willow: Was there a camel? Tara: There was the front of a camel. A half-camel.
'Selfless'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Sep 29, 2015 3:28:20 pm PDT #6261 of 30003
Juliebird - Sep 29, 2015 3:31:59 pm PDT #6262 of 30003
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Once again today my coworkers made suicide jokes again. And once again I wanted to heckle them with "really? Too soon, yeah?". I suppose it's like saying "I'm starving" when you're just hungry and not about to die from lack of food. And my heckling is starting to not to be so not-serious in intent.
Zenkitty - Sep 29, 2015 3:37:19 pm PDT #6263 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Julie, I'm sorry, they should be more aware of what they're saying. Even unintended it's still painful.
Day 2 of conference ended with eating delicious Russian food, getting soaked in a downpour, and falling into bed exhausted at 8:30. Still gotta do some work before I sleep.
askye - Sep 29, 2015 3:38:26 pm PDT #6264 of 30003
Thrive to spite them
Julie, have directly asked them to stop?
P.M. Marc - Sep 29, 2015 4:01:38 pm PDT #6265 of 30003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Julie, that's awful. Really and truly.
sarameg, as referenced Elsewhere what I texted Jilli to say was "Dear QA, show me on the doll where the defect touched you." when I got fed up with not getting enough information.
sarameg - Sep 29, 2015 4:07:35 pm PDT #6266 of 30003
Hahah!
meara - Sep 29, 2015 4:08:57 pm PDT #6267 of 30003
Yeah, today I was emailing my boss with "if you want me to do that you'll need to clone me. 15 times" and she was all "well the resourcing issue has been raised to the highest levels of the company because they're very concerned, but (my job title) is in short supply". My response was "yeah, and if you make me try to do 150% of what I should be doing for another month, they're going to have one more position that's not easy to fill". Ugh!
Jesse - Sep 29, 2015 4:30:23 pm PDT #6268 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
(And then had zero transition support for several months because of territorial government assholes)
Does not matter!
Once again today my coworkers made suicide jokes again. And once again I wanted to heckle them with "really? Too soon, yeah?".
You should, though. People don't think.
sarameg - Sep 29, 2015 4:43:16 pm PDT #6269 of 30003
I feel like the goddamn neighborhood fairy godmother. In a good way. Just got a request for a watch with a second hand because my friend has clinicals tomorrow (in nursing school) and lost hers. I have one, but she's hitting up nearby drugstores first, at my suggestion (because I'm happy to loan it, but it is small and hard to read and she hadn't thought of checking there.)
For my next feat, I'll save a kitten...wait, already did that. A few times.....
WindSparrow - Sep 29, 2015 4:46:30 pm PDT #6270 of 30003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
You should, though. People don't think.
Or possibly come over all concern troll-y: "You know, you keep making jokes about suicide, and sometimes people make jokes when they are really thinking about it. Here are some resources for you if you need them." Hand over either pamphlets or info about a mental health help line or some such. If they defend by saying they were just joking of course they aren't going to do anything like that, you say something oh, so earnest about how they are much too valuable a person to take chances with, and you understand that the stigma of mental health challenges causes people to make light of their own suffering.
Not everyone can pull that sort of thing off, though.