It's Personal...

Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 5:21 am

Prak wrote:Started working on my taxes, was looking at something like $800 rebate, then I added my Lyft income and that fucking plummeted to $200.

ffs.

Did you deduct all your miles and other related expenses?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Apr 07, 2018 5:37 am

I think what happened was I was misreading TurboTax, and not realizing it was tell me what I owed. So the $600 change was a good thing

Fwib · Post by **Fwib** » Sun Apr 08, 2018 3:50 pm

Prak wrote:I think what happened was I was misreading TurboTax, and not realizing it was tell me what I owed. So the $600 change was a good thing

So the net cost to you of the taxiing you did was so high, you could offset 3/4 of your taxes??

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:48 pm

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Whipstitch · Post by **Whipstitch** » Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:23 am

I'm in a sim basketball league where only 3 teams out of 14 have a positive point differential.

Things get a bit one sided, is what I am saying.

Iduno · Post by **Iduno** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:18 pm

I've been more stressed out than usual since January. A person who worked in another group but the same office as me became my supervisor. She didn't like me in part (I'm usually good about being polite in person, but I've probably laughed at some of her ideas that I thought were actually jokes) because she took over a project from me without notifying anyone, and screwed it up badly enough that city council (I work for a city water utility) got involved, and yelled at me and then my supervisor for a bit over a week. Their major complaint was that if she was this incompetent, she shouldn't be employed by anyone, especially us. Eventually we got the complaint forwarded to our manager, but he liked her and put her in charge of the project. Now she's trying to prove I'm insubordinate.

She also wears a lot of perfume. Her section of the office is far less pleasant for me to go near than the perfume places at the mall. I'm home early today because I was hospitalized after an asthma attack. EMS was also called out Friday 2 weeks ago for another set of asthma attacks. With the medicine (inhaler and a steroid shot) I've mostly recovered in 4 hours. The feeling in my arms has come back, but I'm still a bit short of breath. Prior to her, I haven't had serious asthma problems (some headaches or coughing from perfumes, but those can normally be avoided) in about 30 years.

The good new is, she makes bad decisions so I can show retaliation (and also that I've been hospitalized), so they'll probably move me to a different work group to take care of the problem. The bad news is I've got to deal with her until I get moved. No advice needed, just needed to talk.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:27 pm

When i had to work with such a perfume monstrosity, i got myself a painters mask with filter in it and made a big show of putting it on every time she came close to me or i had to go to her.

Iduno · Post by **Iduno** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:45 pm

Stahlseele wrote:When i had to work with such a perfume monstrosity, i got myself a painters mask with filter in it and made a big show of putting it on every time she came close to me or i had to go to her.

I've got a beard, so I need a gas mask and petroleum jelly. Somehow I expect she'd complain to HR about that as well.

"You hospitalized me, EMS has shown up twice in 3 weeks, and I need my emergency inhaler about 4x per week." No big deal. "You running away coughing means you don't listen to my brilliant ideas." Insubordination. Remember, HR is only there to protect management from employees.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:52 pm

This is why barbarism is best. People are more polite when they can get hit in the head with a rock tied to a stick at any time.

Pariah Dog · Post by **Pariah Dog** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:19 pm

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:This is why barbarism is best. People are more polite when they can get hit in the head with a rock tied to a stick at any time.

Why I've advocated for a return of dueling. A slightly more organized "hitting in the head with a rock-on-a-stick"

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:29 pm

Shit like this is why "don't kill [supervisor]" is a to-do item in my Habitica.

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:54 pm

Iduno wrote:
Stahlseele wrote:When i had to work with such a perfume monstrosity, i got myself a painters mask with filter in it and made a big show of putting it on every time she came close to me or i had to go to her.
I've got a beard, so I need a gas mask and petroleum jelly. Somehow I expect she'd complain to HR about that as well.

"You hospitalized me, EMS has shown up twice in 3 weeks, and I need my emergency inhaler about 4x per week." No big deal. "You running away coughing means you don't listen to my brilliant ideas." Insubordination. Remember, HR is only there to protect management from employees.

I wouldn't go that far, in the general case HR is there to protect the company's interests rather than necessarily the interests of the people in management. Part of their job is to retain useful assets even if doing so means shouting at management.

But then I rather assume HR is already involved at this point and aren't enforcing the company's interests over the manager's shitness.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:19 am

Every story about dueling culture ever conceived all agrees that what you get is you get like 12 assholes who are really good at dueling who use that to be super fucking rude assholes to everyone else who have to be super polite to them.

Unlike stories, in reality, plucky heroes rarely magically show up to put them in place, so what you probably actually get is just you know, classed societies where rich people are rude assholes and poor people are forced to be lickspittles to those assholes.

Whipstitch · Post by **Whipstitch** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 7:05 am

Duels were often "politically motivated" which is a nice way of saying some douche bag hired a ringer to harass you until you eventually give up on having a normal life or accept a fight you will probably lose.

Chamomile · Post by **Chamomile** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:18 am

The only reason duels seem like a good idea is because the little guy would be able to gain a temporary advantage through the sudden upset in power dynamics. If you woke up tomorrow and duels were suddenly the way of law and tradition with nothing else immediately offered, you could go challenge your manager to a fight and beat the piss out of them, but tomorrow there'd be mercenary champions wearing bear shirts and accepting every duel issued to anyone who could afford their services to beat and/or kill the Hell out of any challengers.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:39 pm

I get to go to Portland (Oregon) for most of a week! Getting to travel kid-free, this should be a fun vacation with next to zero adulting.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:26 pm

Don't wanna be an adulterer eh?

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 2:21 pm

Stahlseele wrote:Don't wanna be an adulterer eh?

My wife and I are visiting her sister. She probably doesn't want me doing that...

Iduno · Post by **Iduno** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:32 pm

RobbyPants wrote:
Stahlseele wrote:Don't wanna be an adulterer eh?
My wife and I are visiting her sister. She probably doesn't want me doing that...

It can't hurt to ask. Preferably right at the start of the trip or right before there are no witnesses to protect you.

Kaelik wrote: Every story about dueling culture ever conceived all agrees that what you get is you get like 12 assholes who are really good at dueling who use that to be super fucking rude assholes to everyone else who have to be super polite to them.

Unlike stories, in reality, plucky heroes rarely magically show up to put them in place, so what you probably actually get is just you know, classed societies where rich people are rude assholes and poor people are forced to be lickspittles to those assholes.

Honor tends to benefit the people in charge. Weird accidents (slipped and fell on a scissors 12 times, hitting several organs) are what happens to despots. Also, people who challenge popular authority or ask their wives if it's okay to sleep with the wife's sister. I forget where I was going with that, but force benefits people who are already in control, because they can bring more force to bear.[/whisper]

Count Arioch the 28th · Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:39 am

That's why I favor the "hit someone with a big rock then run" approach in lieu of dueling. I already have brain damage so I feel that gives me an advantage because I have less to lose than most.

(Note: I'm being a smartass and don't actually support a ruling system based on random violence. Just clarifying )

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:01 pm

So, within the next week (or three), I will be biking the 335 mile C&O + GAP route from DC to PGH (or maybe the other way around).

So:

1. Any suggestions to add to this year's motivational music playlist?

2. And are there any Denizens within a short pedal of the trail who'd want to see about grabbing a meal together or something? If so, shoot me a PM.

erik · Post by **erik** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:31 pm

I'd take ya up on it if I was on the route, but that'd be a pretty funky (and much longer) path if you cut through Indianapolis.

So I'll add a few songs for the play list from various OPM AMV that I left open on browser 'tabs' on my phone.

Mischa "Book Chillak feat Esthero - Ready Or Not

Hollywood Undead - Whatever It Takes

Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:02 am

Hrm, well Pgh to Indy would be an equivalent distance, but would be much harder route planning and logistical support. So not this year, but maybe in a couple years I'll try a bike tour that way.

But for now those tracks are spot on, thanks.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sun Apr 29, 2018 9:39 pm

I wonder if homophobic and transphobic people are fans of weird fetish porn?

Here me out, I consume (and occasionally produce) weird porn, and I've noticed a trend: a disproportionate number of gay male content. Like, despite being 10%of the population it could be 50-70% of the content. I also noticed that weird porn websites that separate male and female content have to police the female side or else it will be obese men masturbating all the way down within a week.

Basically, weird porn is the only time I see gays taking over and 60 year old men trying to trick me into thinking they're women. Therefore I submit that homophobic and transphobic people are just angry over their ruined boners during fap time.

maglag · Post by **maglag** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:06 am

I don't know where you're getting your weird fetish porn, but I'm a connoisseur of Hentai and although there's plenty of fetish stuff in there, at the end of the day (mature male) dick on (mature female) vagina is still the majority of stuff being produced for quite some time now.

I guess your experience is more of a sign of how easy it is for 60 year old fat men to troll over the internet nowadays that amateur recording is cheap and easy. In the case of hentai you need to actually make an effort to draw/photoshop something. Or maybe hentai sites just have better policing.