Huh

I’m our resident archivist here, normally I’m pretty on the ball, but since the IA was down a while ago, I’ve never gotten back into the stride of things

I think in general there’s just a lot of people getting to the end of their rope at the moment. This isn’t just hatred directed at insurance companies (although that was certainly the catalyst to get it started), but I think it’s also a reflection of growing agitation towards the upper class

Just so you know, they’ve changed the entire article, and now the headline is “Strike over as Woolworths workers accept new offer from supermarket giant”

Not sure why they just redid and renamed the entire article as opposed to just making a new one

As they damn well should

How fair work could call picket lines bad faith, but not all the stupid shit woolies has pulled is beyond me. I’m on the verge of going down to the damn site myself and making my own fucking picket line

Idek how people can handle deep diving straight into max volume

Gotta finesse it a bit. Gradually go up, until you max it half way through a song you like and decide to restart it

He did this thing where he banned all comments from non-patrons. Gotta pay to comment now

Is CGP still doing that thing where you need to give him money for the privilege of leaving a comment?

Depending on your situation, a big fuck off size pair of noise cancelling headphones (or if budget doesn’t allow, just headphones that looks noise cancelling), and being as absorbed into your screen as possible usually works. When I eat lunch on my own, I sometimes even furiously type out a long winded rambling and incomprehensible email to myself to make it look like I’m super busy. The people who see eating by yourself as a bad or concerning thing usually don’t see treating lunch as a work catch-up hour as a bad thing

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with offering to sit with somebody who’s eating by themselves (although I myself do prefer to be left alone while I eat, too), but Jesus Christ fucking ask first it’s not hard. “Hey, mind if I sit here?”. See? Done. That’s all it takes. 6 words. Just expect that you might get a no, and that that’s okay. Also, don’t ask after you’ve already sat down, or while you’re half sitting already