I’m in the same boat but with two interns. They come 30minutes to an hour late, then eat breakfast at their desks, take their full lunch (which would be fine if they sat down on time), sit with the same error for days without effort to fix it, struggle with basic concepts, touch their (work issued) tech with oily hands, scroll facebook on their machines IN MEETINGS they need to desperately pay attention to because it’s directed towards them. The list goes on, I’ve mentioned it to my boss. Don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes and I’m over it tbh. It’s none of my business, I’m way under qualified to teach people who are unwilling to learn and I have my own deadline coming up. Just frustrating, so I feel you dude

This. Wasted my time and money on a shitty college that taught me nothing. Everything I know is from work experience and actually just doing the effort of learning on my own

@kaki honestly, I prefer the lower dosages because I don’t want my life to be controlled by a little pill. Why use a wheelchair when you actually need a crutch? I have my crutch even if it means I’m a little slower than the crowd. Mental illness is a constant battle and I believe in you, kind internet stranger. One day at a time and stop holding your breath (literally)

@kaki honestly didn’t even know they’re addictive lmao, thanks for letting me know. I’ve always just wanted to be okay and my long-term meds have made me feel okay. I don’t need to be happy all the time, being okay is okay

@kaki oh yeah I’m definitely not getting into a habit with those. I’m on long-term meds just to help me function and they’re awesome. That and therapy changed my life, probably the only reason I’m actually succeeding in my career. Sometimes things just get too much you know? So I always have one with me. Definitely don’t make me feel high or anything, just slows my heart rate and my mind.

It’s the grease build-up, keeps your brain energies inside your skin

@jonas-w ah I use Urbanol, not sure if it’s available internationally but it is by prescription

I have generalized anxiety disorder as well as a picking thing. Whenever I get anxious and/or stressed I immediately scratch open any blemish and I pick at my cuticles. It’s not uncommon to see me walking with plasters/bandaids on my fingertips. It sucks but I generally don’t even realize I do it

@kaki damn dude I really hope there’s something they can do for you to stop it. I can’t imagine how annoying it must be

@kaki you’re fucking joking right? Please tell me you’re joking. That would just add to the amount of pissed off I am at whoever gave me this shit at work

@ScriptCoded yeah hopefully I didn’t spread it before symptoms started showing. I did register my positive test with our health department asap, and work is doing the most to prevent more infections rn

I was raised in a pretty abusive single-parent household. It’s difficult to create bonds with people, even more difficult to keep the bond. The only advice I can give you is communicate and please have your own boundaries. I’ve let people stomp all over me just to have a friend, it’s not worth it. Express your comforts, discomforts, feelings. All that stuff. You will find your people, and it will be so rewarding once it happens

@phat-lasagna aging sucks lmao

@phat-lasagna I’ll definitely look into it, anything that might work at this point. I genuinely hope it’s not arthritis, I’m only 25 lmao.

@phat-lasagna I take no supplements tbh, I’m the type of person to only take medication if it’s absolutely necessary. Also not feeling like muscle cramps, it’s just constant aching in my bones and joints. Think magnesium would help with it tho? Or that it could be that?

@Ubbe I’ve lived most of my life in pain, it sucks but I’ve been to so many specialists and nothing can be done. This however has been on another level of pain. I was quite literally shuffling to the medicine cabinet crying from pain. I hope it’s nothing and my body is just overreacting to stress or something

@jackpearce luckily it wasn’t an actual database. Work policy states that if you lose customer data, it’s immediate dismissal and I will not go down for something I didn’t do lmao

@electrineer I almost did but it’s heavy and I’m lazy

@jackpearce no not yet. It sure as hell was not me

@jackpearce I prefer being “synthetically warm” over “synthetically cold” if that makes sense? But pretty much what you said yeah, you can wear warm clothes and grab a blanket when it’s cold but you’re screwed without an AC in warm weather

@electrineer second this. Humidity makes everything worse

@AndroidJester eeeey continent buddies

@AndroidJester I have no idea how you do that, honestly. Are you from the middle east or just close to the equator? I know those temps are pretty standard in the middle east and the people living there are hardcore when it comes to heat

@black-kite we’ve been pretty lucky with our dam levels since our last drought, but we’ll see how our summer pans out this year. I think we had a rather dry winter so levels might dip low again. Hopefully you have a wet winter tho!

@AndroidJester you must be from somewhere where the climate tends to be hot as hell, because I start sweating around 20°C

@electrineer like a damn frog

@black-kite wanna trade?

It’s really great when you find your people, be it platonic or romantic