see (read: hear + a little see) it.

Sounds like my experience in the theater. Most of the show was blocked by the ASL interpreters in the row in front of us. To be fair, the tickets were discounted.

Still a great show.

Has anyone seen Frank Bennedetto? He might be able to help with the popcorn sitch. Also, he still owes me five bucks.

Irish people were among the most oppressed white minorities back in the day.

Most of the Irish Americans I know are just keen on dishing it back out to whatever Other they can target. I’m also related to most of the Irish Americans I know, so take that as you will.

Pretty sure they don’t usually do that.

I am convinced that given enough time, the gene for Tries Crazy Shit and the gene for Has Mad Skills will converge.

I have not, but I have it mentally bookmarked for when I’m in a better head space. Thank you for the suggestion.

I was okay that day, but lost it while reading The Shepherd’s Crown.

Even the undercarriage looks like it hasn’t fully loaded into the environment.

I love the fact that the channel evolved from dunking on the uninformed public to full blown documentaries.

except for the AC compressor, which the generator actually would have had enough power to run, but not to kick-start.

This sentence triggered my PTSD. Imagine, if you will, a world where executives insist that datacenter AC be put on UPS battery. A world where those same executives declare that a different datacenter is just fine running at 95% power capacity because “it’s not 100%.” A world where inrush current does not exist. Except it does exist, but all professional advice is ignored until there are consequences. And even after such consequences are realized, one of those same executives still tries to run his home sump pump off of a desktop UPS during a power outage, pops it immediately, then goes and gets another from the office, which also pops immediately.

The sign in OP’s post will always be relevant somewhere.

shifts jaw position

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

if you’re in academia you should be able to produce a five paragraph essay.

So, K-12 is “academia” now?

Being able to produce a narrative is an essential life skill.

Lots of essential life skills are difficult for lots of people. Something we get reminded about every time it comes up by people who have no clue what they’re talking about yet see fit to tell others what they should and shouldn’t do, and how to feel about it.

The world isn’t going to cater to you

No fucking shit.

your self diagnosed executive dysfunction

I’m sorry Dr. Jackson, I’ll have to let my old neurologist, psychologist, neuropsychologist, and psychiatrist know that The Internet told me that the assessments I had done at ages 23 and 44 are all in my head.

learning to adapt is probably a useful habit.

You’re right! I’m just going to do that instead of being in constant psychological agony. Where were you all of my life? ❤️ If only I had someone talking down to me saying Just Do The Thing over and over again, from childhood onwards, life would have been so much easier.

🤡

…so you just gonna leave everyone in suspense? The internet loves armchair psychology!

Hi,

I would have failed every single one of your tests. Not because I don’t understand the material, or the English language, but because structured writing, to this day, makes me seize up. Blank space is one of my biggest triggers for executive dysfunction/PDA. Turning everything into a cookie-cutter essay is just a different form of trying to fit everyone into the same box. More selective than making everything multiple guess, but no better. I feel bad for your students.

Signed,

Former “gifted” kid (with then-undiagnosed AuDHD) who got sick of bad teachers 30+ years ago

I’m far from a networking expert, but I was usually the guy that had to reel the network guys back in when they said “you always blame the network” and stood around waiting to be proven in the wrong. It’s amazing what a couple tracert and continuous ping commands will show (and how little interest corporate IT shows in doing even the basics unless monitoring is under their team).

Road trip! To Altoona!

If it makes you feel any better, this all happened 20+ years ago.

Anferny.

What happens if your school loses accreditation

Ooo ooo I know this one! That’s when you get a letter in the mail saying the feds have taken over your loan, the month payments start being due, and literally no other information. And then you call them and ask where to send payments and they say to send it wherever you had been sending it, seemingly missing the part where they just took over the loan. And then life happens and you realize you haven’t made payments. So you call and get the same runaround. And then you call later and give them an address update when you move, ask them about paying, and get treated like you have three heads. And then a few years later you get a very angry letter that the loan is in default. So you call and explain, and the person on the other end treats you like human filth, barely stopping short of using obscenities. So you hang up to let your anger simmer down, call back, and speak with “a manager.” Explain the whole thing top to bottom. That’s when you find out that when they took over your loan seven years ago, they immediately put it into the delinquent bin even though it was quite fresh at the time. And everyone you’ve talked to since just assumed you were a deadbeat.

Then you pay off the loan total using a credit card (because it’s thousands of dollars and you’re broke) and pay the interest again.

Look at you with your fancy PowerPC model. We had to make do with a 68040 and we liked it!

goes outside to yell at the clouds to get off of his lawn