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Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

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.


Dana - May 15, 2017 6:42:51 am PDT #11421 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I am, btw, one of the laziest people I know. Maybe all my friends and colleagues are over achievers? And that includes all y'all who are constantly getting tons of stuff done and cultivating yourselves and your gifts.

It me. I literally have a hard time figuring out what is a sign of depression in me and what is just my usual disinclination to do anything.


Gudanov - May 15, 2017 6:43:32 am PDT #11422 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

I do this too. Rinse and toss in the dishwasher.

Yeah. I have seen un-rinsed dishes go in and come out clean, but I just can't do it.


Burrell - May 15, 2017 6:44:22 am PDT #11423 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

My wife just suggested I should take a few days off work to specially not be productive.

Your wife has a point, although I think to truly enjoy those days off, you should also give yourself permission to not be especially productive around the house, either. Just time to recharge and reboot.


Steph L. - May 15, 2017 6:45:29 am PDT #11424 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I literally have a hard time figuring out what is a sign of depression in me and what is just my usual disinclination to do anything.

OH MY GOD. This entirely me.


Burrell - May 15, 2017 6:46:23 am PDT #11425 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

It me. I literally have a hard time figuring out what is a sign of depression in me and what is just my usual disinclination to do anything.

We are alike, Dana. Sometimes I think I'm really depressed and need to get it treated, and other times I think I've always been like this and it's just me.


meara - May 15, 2017 6:51:12 am PDT #11426 of 30002

t me. I literally have a hard time figuring out what is a sign of depression in me and what is just my usual disinclination to do anything.

Yep yep yep. I mean, I feel like even with no commute and no kids, I barely get shit done and instead spend too much time reading or on the internet. But at my dad's 70th birthday party some relatives were talking about some genetic predisposition to something (hearing loss with aging or something) and came around to "well, [our last name] are lazy. Smart but lazy". So apparently its familial, to use the smarts to be more lazy!


Jessica - May 15, 2017 7:07:23 am PDT #11427 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have seen un-rinsed dishes go in and come out clean, but I just can't do it.

Since I haven't lived full-time with a dishwasher since 1996, I am looking forward to the apparent golden age of automation we now live in, where dishwashers can get shit clean without the need to clean everything by hand first. I don't fully believe in it yet, but I'm willing to try. (Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleasekitchenrenovationpeoplestartandendonschedulepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease)


Connie Neil - May 15, 2017 7:07:52 am PDT #11428 of 30002
brillig

I think the slacker thing comes from the Puritans. If you don't have busy work to do, then you ahve time to think, and if you have time to think you have time to question.


-t - May 15, 2017 7:11:32 am PDT #11429 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Dishwasher, yay!

My wife just suggested I should take a few days off work to specially not be productive.

That sounds like an excellent idea. You do a lot!

I literally have a hard time figuring out what is a sign of depression in me and what is just my usual disinclination to do anything.

Oh, hello voice inside my head, how did you get into Dana's post?


Sue - May 15, 2017 7:14:38 am PDT #11430 of 30002
hip deep in pie

In two months, I will have a dishwasher installed for the first time in my adult life and I cannot WAIT.

Jealous!

I always do somethings on the weekend to go toward improving the house, but I never quite get it to clean.

I seem to be willing to vacuum and dust much more to see if helps my poor cat's allergies than I am for my own peace of mind. Ironically, I'd say 60% of the dust is cat hair.