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Why do we have such a toxic culture of making work “fun”?? What the hell is wrong with people? Why can’t we just do work, go home and have your own kind of fun with other people you enjoy being around???
Because your corporate overlords believe that if you can build a connection to your workplace and colleagues, they can guilt you into producing more value for less pay out of some misguided sense of loyalty. A job is a transaction. They don’t give a shit about you, you don’t need to give a shit about them.
believe that if you can build a connection to your workplace and colleagues, they can guilt you into producing more value for less pay out of some misguided sense of loyalty
But I’m afraid they’ve been wildly misinformed by the HR overlords or whomever on ‘how to get employees to build a connection to the workplace and colleagues’ cringe
I fucking hate it. I dont get it. Its a JOB. It means nothing to me. Just middle management and HR trying to justify their existance. Just cause they dont have personal lives.
An idea was floated by HR that each team should make a video (to put on our intranet) explaining what we do and how we fit into the organisation.
The kicker - it should have been a music video!!! Everyone loves to sing on camera!!
Thankfully upper management put an end to it quickly, but it went way further than it should have.
it should have been a music video!!! Everyone loves to sing on camera!!
have these people not heard of the Geneva Convention?
We’re talking about HR here, so definitely not.
I should note that there were a few teams that very actually disappointed that this didn’t eventuate.
Those team members have been reported to ASIO as potential spies
Report?! No no no. Execute them now. Clearly they are shapeshifting aliens! I’d say robots but I think even robots would shy away from an artsy idea like that.
In the context of this particular team it makes sense. They’re ‘those’ kind of people.
Super keen and excited for anything and everything.
Fuckers
Yeah, gross!
Oh man that is the worse. Also cue music The Human Beinz - Nobody but me song from The Office where they all film a music video and mime together.
I’m just not sold on the effectiveness…the best cultures I’ve worked in I feel like it all comes quite organically because you like the people they get you and you get along well together. No amount of forcing people to party in a room will achieve that.
It’s becoming a big thing in government (my area of work at least). Heavily encouraged ‘fun activities’ for all!!!
I’ve been slightly shunned as I refuse to participate but fuck’em.
The worst is when they do this after cutting headcount and stuff thinking this will help but it’s just really cringe.
Culture building and team bonding!!!
What’s not to love
You could suggest a team viewing of Office Space?
Oh! Remember next Friday is…Hawaiian shirt day. 🫠
I shall review footage as I don’t remember a thing from it (or if I had indeed watched it). But no absolutely no team viewing.
I like to make work fun for myself because I have to spend so much time on it. But forcing it to be fun for the whole team is just small minded groupthink. Especially when it comes from the minds of soulless and cynical HR departments
Same. Like I actually enjoy what I do and this whole let’s make work fun vibe is just completely contrived and unnecessary.
if it’s fun then you won’t ask for more money
I think they sometimes miss the point that fun is in the eye of the beholder…
While I sometimes can motivate myself at work to make things fun or funny for some reason there’s always a natural and ugly resistance when it’s suggested by people higher up in the chain.
It’s cringy when it’s disingenuous which it almost always is.
I like work to be fun but not if it’s forced. Then it’s just more work of a different and more annoying kind.
Exactly! The socialising and activities just become another thing to do!
After last night’s successful posting, I have moved the bot onto learning the days of the week. Either I have been successful, or all future posts will be labeled as Wednesday.
Lmao didn’t get the job I waited three months to hear back from.
Time for bed. Anxious about the bot, but it has worked once, I must have faith. I have instructed it to make a post at midnight given all the test posts worked last night. I think it will take a few more successful posts before I can really trust it is working.
Thanks again for making it work. Did you open source your codes? Perhaps some of us can help out
It’s made from other people’s code, I just had to add the specific variables and work out how to actually run it - which starting from absolutely no knowledge has been pretty hard. If I knew what I was doing it would probably be fairly easy!
If you want to look at it the code I used is on GitHub. Search Lemmy Bot for the main code, and Lemmy Frank Bot for the specific posting bits. I had to strip out the sections to pin posts as they were not working, possibly because of the change to version 18 on Lemmy as that’s not been updated since the change.
Baby crows out the office window
My partner and I are starting to talk about marriage beyond just a conceptual thing 😳
I can’t be sure, but I think they might have a crush on you
😳😳😳😳
OOOOOO SOMEONE’S GOT A CRUSH ON YOU!
It’s just…a little crush … not like I faint…every time we touch…
It’s just some little thing
You can get a recognised relationship certificate if the word ‘marriage’ feels wrong to you
How do you feel about it?
Good but like antsy in that “it’s something new and I don’t like change” kind of way? Also it’s like a decision and an important one, so there’s all that additional anxious excited feeling attached too!
But all positive. This is just me going through the ‘omg change’ phase I think. Just need to sit and get used to the idea for a little bit 😅
Ultimately think hard about why are you wanting to get married. What will it add to your relationship that you don’t already have.
I’m quite blase about marriage. I just don’t think it proves anything. I know lots of people in horrible marriages though so maybe that’s why.
It’s not the commitment it once was though. Now a mortgage or kids is where shit starts to get real.
One of my friends was just talking about Heartstopper and while I haven’t watched it because I just don’t really care for a show with a cast of teens, it got me thinking about how lucky young LGBT people are these days in terms of content they can watch and see themselves in. When myself and my generation were coming out and looking for media that represented us it was all very full on, and stuffed to the brim with sexual content, a lot of it truly dubious. My friends and I at the time just didn’t understand how incredibly damaging watching that stuff could be for us as teens. I don’t know, just got me deep into thinking about how not just myself but my friends maybe wouldn’t have engaged in some risky shit had we had shows and movies that showed healthy age appropriate stuff.
Related off note, but I thought about the OG UK Queer as Folk, and how I thought 15 year old Nathan banging grown arse Stuart wasn’t that bad. Adult me is mortified, but I think about how those old shows were all my friends and I had so of course we thought yeah that’s how it is, that’s what we should want and how we should behave.
I dont usually get deep on here, but I just can’t stop thinking about it now.
I would be a considered a somewhat older gay now but I can’t watch shows like heartstopper. I just can’t relate at all, and I’m too cynical to suspend disbelief 🫢
I’m in that weird section where being LGBTQIA+ was accepted but still sort of looked down upon (like I grew up learning to say “that’s gay” whenever something bad happened or something I didn’t like happen, if that helps put a stamp on when I grew up). And I love Heartstopper, I actually just finished reading the first two volumes of it and I watched the show when it came out. But admittedly, I am slightly jealous that kids nowdays can see representation on tv, and not just gay and straight people, but bisexual characters, pansexual, trans and nonbinary. If I had the language I have now that would’ve helped me as a kid.
But ultimately, I am so happy that kids are now getting tv shows and movies where they can see themselves. I just hope that for us 25+ and older can get some representation. I want to see more elder LGBTQIA+ folks on my screens. Because, I mean as you would know, so many of our elder died unnecessarily because the government didn’t care about us. We’ve lost so much history. And being able to see old LGBTQIA+ folks means that we’re here. And that we can grow old and beautiful.
I’ve felt weird about how I’m not even 30 and my hair is greying, but I watched some TikToks where elder queers have said “Grey means you’re here”. And as a queer person with depression, I take that to heart.
We must be a similar age, growing up (especially in Brisbane) I still had bullies and things weren’t great but for the most part people left me alone.
I do enjoy seeing so many of the letters present these days, at the time I was coming to terms with being bisexual it was still very much a pick a side mentality from both sides.
I also agree some more content with older LGBT for would be great, especially as my friends and I transition into the next phase of settling in life.
31yo nb bi (lol)… there is still a ‘pick a side’ mentality from both Ls and Gs (edit: and the Ss) today. To me, labelling myself bisexual means I am attracted to people with my genitals, and people who don’t have my genitals. Like-me and not-like-me. Binary.
everyone is hot, is really my point.
edit: not like, actually have my genitals, but, yknow, people who have genitals like mine and people who have genitals that aren’t like mine. Have I typed genitals enough? Probably. Did I think of that ridiculous song ‘show me your genitals’? Yes I did.
You know what’s wild, is that there are bisexuals who say that pansexuals are just biphobic or have internalised biphobia. Nah man, I just like pansexual, but I dig tf out of the bi flag. I like to think that pan means attracted to people regardless of gender. And I don’t have a definition for bi because it’s up to how the bi person identifies.
I love my bisexual siblings, y’all are amazing.
We as queers shouldn’t be so divided against each other; we are many different colours but we are all part of the rainbow flag, because there is strength in kindness and numbers. Bi and pan are both part of the spectrum that is our human experience, and whatever label we identify with shouldn’t stand in the way of us standing up for each other in face of discrimination. We cannot let labels divide us - that is exactly what the ultra-conservatives, far-right extremists, and cookers want. It makes it easier for them to kill us off if we do most of the work for them.
Bs who hate on Ps, or Ts, or anyone really, are pieces of shit like any other bigot. Bs ought to know what it is like to be invisible, they shouldn’t be perpetuating the cycle of hate and exclusion. Ugh.
You are amazing, thank you for being amazing. 💜 thank you for reading my long-ass rant ha
I’ve just realized why I’m over this job. This was supposed to be exciting. Managing shit. Helping people. Fixing things. But I’m so busy filling in god damn spreadsheets and checking off things on a list to do anything about actually fixing or improving things… Its basically just become an admin assistant. What the hell am I even doing here?! Booked myself in for an Azure fundamentals course next week. I’m pretty adept at Azure already, but I tried to study for the bigger certificate and got a bit overwhelmed so im gonna try get the basic certification and then build momentum from there.
Good luck mate. I’m sure you’ll land something more interesting. There’s a fair bit out there for the time being.
cw: mention of possible dog passing away
I’m scared that I won’t even have six months with my dog… It never gets easier.
Do you think its a requirement that to work for Linkt you have to get a lobotomy? Or do they exclusively hire people with single digit IQ? I traveled early June, noticed my tag didn’t beep so I got home, logged a replacement tag, they go “No worries, we wont charge you for any tolls for the proceeding couple of days and until your new tag is confirmed received”. Want to guess what I just received in the mail? If you guessed a toll invoice I have bad news for you: You are clearly too smart to work for Linkt. I try to be patient with call center staff, its not their fault they work for soul sucking corporations. But man we are 35 minutes in and they are still trying to tell me it is a valid invoice.
Hard day. Baby hasn’t been well. I keep getting irrationally angry at my partner too because I’m freaked out and projecting. I have managed to not actually say anything and just keep my emotions to myself but I’m exhausted from managing myself too. Baby will be okay but it’s hard when he’s screaming in pain 😭
If you have a car, then put the baby in a carrycot and drive bub around the block a few times. This really helps a colicky baby settle down. Having something to do with your hands (steering wheel) also helps oneself settle a bit inside. If no car, then put baby in pram and walk around the block a few times with bub instead. Warmly wrapped of course. Same effect. Also, we’ve all been there with colicky bubs. Part of baby wrangling, and not the easiest part. People talk about changing nappies, but colic management is far tougher on the parent(s). And so is teething. Remember this difficult situation WILL end. Heart goes out to you. Stay focussed on what’s going right.
You’ll have days like these, and this was definitely me yesterday when Little Man had kicked my ass all day long! Remember that’s it’s ok to say to your partner “tag, it’s your turn”, and take a break from everything for a little bit…even stepping outside for a 5 minute reset can make a huge difference to your sanity. It’s important to look after yourself, or you’re no good to anyone. ;)
I have two twitter accounts that I linked a thousand years ago. I never ended up using twitter so the accounts just sit there. I went to go delete them, as my little ‘fuck you’ to Muck, but it wants my password… as if I’m going to remember a password I used 10 years ago.
Anyway, I changed my usernames to variations of ‘elon suck my dick’ and now I’m going to troll his tweets until I get banned. Stupid fuck.
Wish me luck!
Edit: give me some more people to insult on twitter, I’m trying to nuke these. Im on that moron Jordan Petersons twitter atm
can you tell jordan peterson making my bed turned me into a girl?
hehe I got restricted to read-only because I told him to do a very bad thing to himself that I won’t repeat here.
But that was after I kept tweeting Elon calling him the awful slur
spoiler
cis
and
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cissy
, and repeatedly called him a
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pussy
bc he didnt ban me immediately lol.
I may have gotten carried away with Jackoff .B Penison 😬 😬
Impressive.
Last session with the Really Good Short Term Psych. It went so well even though I was procrastinating in bed until half an hour before the appointment. I feel a good sense of closure and clarity and appreciation. It feels good in my bones.
I am also infinitely grateful and relieved that he will write a letter summarising findings and recommendations to my GP and the psychiatrist I have an appointment with next week, because we covered so much and I feel he really got to the crux of what I’ve been having difficulties with my whole life. It’ll save me a lot of exhausting explanation and rehashing and will come with professional recommendations that might finally get me the help I need.
Weird thing happened in Coles Richmond Traders this morning when I was buying my lunch. The exit gate for the self-serve lane didn’t open. Had to show the receipt to the attendant to get the gates open to leave. I think this is Coles’ response to grab it & run ‘customers’. Might be a good idea to keep your receipt handy until safely out of there in future.
P O T A T O L O V E
Nightshade just like the to-mate,
Oh, po-tay-to, po-tah-to, po-tate!
Colours red gold, blue, purple majesty
La Ratte, Jewel Yam, please, French Fingerling
I want them scalloped and baked,
Friiiiiiied, driiiiied, and potato-caked!OH POTATO!!
WHO MADE YOU
SO DELICIOUS!?
OH POTATO!
YOU’RE THE FIRE
FROM PROMETHEUSBoiled and bubbled in a big pot
Stirred till the 'tates are steaming hot
Smash 'em, mash 'em, butter and milk
Whipped up smooth, starchy-white silk
Cleaned up and chopped, wedges or chips
Salty and sauce-y upon my hungry lipsOH POTATO!!
WHO MADE YOU
SO DELICIOUS!?
OH POTATO!!
YOU’RE THE FIRE
FROM PROMETHEUS!thank you, ReadEverything; your comment about licking the potato-masher inspired me
TL:DR version:
Oh lovely potato, so knobbly and brown,
I cook you up, then gobble you downLovely poem StudChud made me smile while I ate my potato chips😃
I sung that to “Venus” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-1ASpdT1Y&ab_channel=LondonRecords
💜 😍
