[–] 1 point 5 months ago

I have no true evidence to back this up, just things I've personally noticed, I wonder if it has to do with the mentality of removing kids from the Internet, like, growing up, the only games I bought were ones that had recently game out, what I actively saw online, but if kids are being restricted, then they pivot to adults, which sequels tend to go poorly as the creators who made original games don't often work on sequels anymore, whether corporate greed and profit chasing or burnout of devs, so they instead do remakes, nothing is substantially changed just graphics and what not, but there is less backlash from remakes then "faithless" sequels, not my word, just a trend word I see, so they just continue doing those, banking on nostalgia

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I have always thought, especially during COVID, that instead of learning Spanish or some other language in American schools, people should learn sign language, cause there are much fewer "types" of sign language, it'll be much easier to have something "universal" and during COVID, people with hearing disabilities who used to really on lip reading, didn't have that opportunity during that time

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago

    Yeah, I really don't think lying would've been a great choice, and I kinda stand by it, the guy can be petty and I don't want him screwing me over anymore than he has. I just want to get somewhere else, maybe IT help desk, but electrical and HVAC would be a good pivot since we do a lot of electrical and troubleshooting, just need the certs

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    So, this is my first job for a well and Pump company, it's a small company, but it's been running 5+ years and is worth over a million, thing is, I'm miserable, this job has had me stressed out so much that I started thinking of switching.

    A few months back, in a morning meeting, I can't quite remember the context, but I do remember saying that "this wasn't where I saw myself" which is true, I'm a very techie person doing manual labor, even spent several years in college before getting burnt out doing all the extra shit you need. Thing is my boss latched on to me saying that and kept bringing it up, and recently he wanted me to get a licence with him in public water systems that he would pay for, cool, but I was miserable and didn't want to owe him anything if I left so I said no.

    That is when he brought up if I saw this as a career or just a job, now, mind you this is the type of guy that can be spiteful, so I had to make a choice on the spot and either lie to make sure I was still put on jobs or tell the truth and not screw myself out of recommendations, I would like SOMETHING to put on my resume, so I told him it was a job.

    Now this morning, I get a text in a group chat that I wasn't needed today, and I kinda felt like he was trying to do the same last week, but me and my coworkers wiggled me out of it each time, I'm sure my coworkers will get me some work, cause they some bros, but it'll be by twisting my bosses arm and if I'm coming in, it'll probably be for necessity.

    [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    I was 18 and drove twice with my dad before taking my test, we had a buggy on the farm that I drove, but that's about it, 22 and haven't had an accident or even close, and my job has me driving 3+ hours each day

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    It hasn't been that much longer of a break for me (4 and a half day weekend), but new years doesn't usually have me going to several dinners like Christmas or Thanksgiving and I actually got some really good rest, but I'm extremely upset at the idea of going back to work, it doesn't help that I don't like my job, but I'm too the point that I want to breakdown and/or quit. I've had similar experiences in school, and I'm curious to see if others have this or just me

    [–] 20 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Am I the only one who genuinely just wants good food and good company? Like, I have expensive wants, and cheap needs, I don't like just getting money cause it'll just go towards my cheap needs, my boss gave us a $50 gift card and I just used it on groceries. If I get anything, I would rather it be handmade, but good company is more than enough for me

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    I currently have a Intel Core i5-12400F (bought a pre built from Starforge) and am thinking of upgrading to an Intel i9-14900K or KF and I'm wondering what steps I need to take in regards to preparation and during installation

    I bought a bit of thermal paste a while back that was a corsair one that I saw in Walmart for cheap, but if I need better I'll get better, I also have a Arctic Freezer 36 Air Cooler

    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, I can read quick, I've done so for school taking tests and shit, but it's not my default and even when I do I don't like to read quick because it doesn't feel like I understood what I read, even tho subconsciously I somehow do

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