My partner was like that when I got a dog because he thought he would need to compete with the dog for my love. We were in our early 20s and I’m sure being raised by the toxic narcissist of a parent didn’t help. He got over it fast after I asked why the fuck would he ever think that way.

Literally same. I’ve laughed to tears watching some of their shows. Even if they only had Game Changer, I would still find it totally worth the money.

Definitely surprised to see it’s such a low percentage that it was swept under the Other category.

And FYI for any woman out there, these are better for health, as they don’t blast bacteria from back to front. There was a study about it that I read several years ago, which I kept in mind when choosing a bidet. I went for a handheld one, too, and it’s great.

I’ll tell you how. My company has been moving to solutions developed and/or hosted in EU for privacy reasons, but at the same time continue to go deeper and deeper into M$ ecosystem because the management believes XYZ product sounds cool and/or works better than the alternatives we’re using. I’m just waiting for this circus to fall apart.

Lol, we used those little transmitters that you plug into the cigarette lighter plug until several years ago in a mid 2000s car, and they’re still sold and used by people. The funniest thing that happened was when we were overtaking a semi who had one of these, but with a stronger transmitter, so for a couple of seconds we were listening to the guy’s random turbo folk music.

It’s a possibility. But there’s plenty other stuff that can mess with liver function. Another one off the top of my head is celiac disease.

The hair tends to grow back with PCOS regardless. Some people have better results with electrolysis, but for some the hair still comes back.

It’s short for Polycystic ovary syndrome. It’s an endocrine disorder that in some women causes cysts to form on ovaries, hence the name, but it’s not a universal symptom. It can affect liver function (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD for short), increase cholesterol, cause insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, irregular menstrual cycle, pelvic pain (especially if a cyst ruptures, that can cause extreme pain), mood changes, make it difficult to get pregnant.

Edit: ah yeah, and it can cause weight gain/obesity. One of the hardest/impossible areas to lose fat in is belly. It tends to cause a lot of self-esteem and body image issues.

I have hirsutism due to PCOS. I’m waxing that mofo of a mustache even though it hurts like a bitch. Ain’t got no time to waste on shaving every day lol. It’s the harmless part of having PCOS, and kinda wish it was my biggest concern about it, lol.

Aww. I have a tripod with a prosthetic front left leg.

Because most likely the original was translated to another language (Russian, most likely), and then that got translated back to English.

I have a coworker who greets me with “Hi, what’s up? How’s it going?” and then just continue walking without expecting an answer. It’s such a pet peeve of mine, lol. We’re not Americans, we live in Europe, and this person is definitely an exception, but it still catches me off guard every single time.

It does feel great to leave an employer that pays and treats you like shit, doesn’t it? I had one of those sweet fuck-you goodbyes.

Basically, my contract was about to expire – they abused temp worker time limited contracts – and a few weeks before that I said I’m not signing the extension. My TL was really desperate, offered to accommodate, say I’m next in line to receive the unlimited company issued contract instead of the temp agency one, that included a small raise (because the temp agency wouldn’t take a piece of my cake) and some benefits. I knew this was coming, but it meant nothing to me. So naturally, I was like lol, nope, byeeee.

The reason why they were even handing out company contracts is because the turnover rate was so high, more people were leaving than applying for the position, and the company was desperate to stop the remaining employees from leaving.

I do get a raise each year now, but that’s only through collective bargaining. The employer can’t weasel out of it. But it’s only catching up to inflation and the rise of cost of living. Well, not really, but it’s at least a tiny bit of something. The real raise, though? I was told in a very nice corporate way to go fuck myself. I’m sorry, but I’m not working myself to death just so they swould maybe give me some peanuts. It definitely hurts when my partner has gotten multiple raises plus bonuses in their company, and I’m here getting fucked. Well, the least I can do is to not work hard, and do the bare minimum, since the employer doesn’t value my time.

“Great work, but going forward you have to work even harder!” is what our CEO said, among other absolutely outrages comments, some of which have become memes in the company. I wonder why they think I would want to work harder, if I’m not getting my raise anyway 🤷

So kind of like in Austria, but not as bad. The overtime cap is 70 hours (total, and does not get wiped each month) before you can start getting paid for each extra overtime hour. But the tax eats enough of it, that many people just exchange it for days off before they reach 70 hours. Or just work longer hours Mon-Thu and work shorter Fridays – of course, this doesn’t work for all job positions. I don’t think employers are legally allowed to force the workers to use up that overtime, and there is a legal daily limit, but how it works in my company, we just transfer those hours to another day instead, so people can still work over that limit regardless.

Yeah, it’s not exactly a worker’s utopia here, for sure, but at least there’s some raise every year that my employer wouldn’t otherwise give me if not for collective bargaining.

No minimum wage, but we do have collective bargaining, for anyone who’s interested.

I’m starting to understand why some people believe in the simulation theory. Like, this is too dumb to be reality, right? Realizing how utterly stupid and hateful people who voted for this are, is genuinely terrifying. Idiocracy, but worse, because at least the president in it was redeemed.

My main issue with the zones is for some inexplicable reason one cannot save their template. You’re stuck with the default ones, and – at least in my case on Fedora – the custom one you set up tends to reset on reboot (not always, which is also ?? unless somehow it gets affected by OS updates?).