This only works with the same select few people who speak up or share things in every call. They’re typically very outspoken, willing to go to after work, work related gatherings and such. That’s fine.

No thank you. I value work life balance very much and this violates it. I keep my personal life separate, unless I want to share. I’m very good at what I do and value my ability to do so. The people I need to get along with, I already do. These kind of details get shared organically and should not be forced.

I also do not come from a healthy family background to put it softly. When these positive sounding ideas to share come up, I come up blank, because I do not have them to share.

So go on and talk about your happy vacation to Disneyworld for the nth time, or your trip to Istanbul, or your huge extended family and their third grandchild. Talk about your hobbies and your farm animals. Don’t force me to enroll into playing games over Teams meetings. It’s fine for you to share or participate as long as you want to. I’m happy for you. Just don’t make me have to make shit up on the spot. I’m not creative that way.

If you want to know more about me, then show me that you are a good worker that I’ll get along with. Become someone I might speak positively about. Then I may offer a part of me that’s outside work. These forced team building techniques don’t work. They never have other than build resentment.

This makes me sound quite bitter but I’m just a chill guy that values privacy.

I hope you’re doing better, pal.

Yeah but how much of that is up to code?

What part would you share? The crispy outer edge, or soft chewy center?

Yeah on iOS I have to put it on focus or else notification sounds keep playing.

Same, but my watch has died too, so I have a backup watch.

Y’all voted for them. This is what they’re doing.

Yeah but your ISP knows someone at your address is consuming a metric ton of corn.

MS must be having a heck of time upgrading to 11. I built two new AM5 PCs recently and one shows ZERO interest in win 11 while the other one took a few weeks in 10 before upgrading. I know they’re rolling it out based on tested configurations but not a peep. No hey, no get ready, no have you heard….

No, not in a North vs South sense. If anything it’s just going to be in the form of terrorism like we saw during his presidency. Just more bold.

Today’s behaviors would get you beat back then. I know.

I prefer callipygian

I keep a win10 virtual box available when I need excel while in Mint. Otherwise I’m good. Have win10 set as dual boot but switched main boot to Mint once I got used to it.

Anything that relies on mini/micro USB for charging. With enough repeated use, they eventually cause an early failure of the device.

You’re eating them wrong obviously. Smash it with your fist, pour it out in a neat line, and snort it like you mean business. Bonus points if done in public.

You forgot the double combat roll he initiated immediately upon hearing said gun…er… acorn shot.

Always save first, and name the file.

Never. Never had to prick them either.

I don’t hate it. What rubs me the wrong way is the $20 ask to remove ads, when alternative apps exists that don’t charge or even have ads yet. It feels far too steep for what it’s designed to handle, compared to Reddit. $5 would have been reasonable as an early bird deal, then $10 afterwards would have made more sense. Then add a tip jar for those who feel generous.

Right now I’m trying chess. I absolutely suck at it, but I can play it on demand at any time online and getting better at it. Don’t really play against live opponents often, but rather play bots or solve puzzles mostly. It helps get the mind to think about something else and makes me want to learn due to how bad I was initially. Still bad, just less so.