Shit 2 weeks at work and I’m OK? It’s my job to look after my people even if they have fucked up and they have
But I’m not doing great generally. I’m feeling worn down. I will literally expend my all my energy to provide support for my team, but I’m flagging.
There’s also Nationalispoliticus
I thought of it as a great band name…
To be honest I don’t follow any sports at all, was just curious about what was going on. But you’re right, speculation doesn’t help anyone.
Completely agree. I will admit Australians are terrible at casual racism then when someone gets (rightly) riled up the response is “it was just a joke!” is super common too, which is just doubly insulting.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply you should just use it at random and it’s acceptable. As with even words like “queer” you should know whether they’re OK with using the term to refer to someone rather than just assume they’re OK with it.
I was surprised about “wog” too. I’m a Melburnian and reading some of the comments here just made me realise it could just be a Melbourne thing. A lot of my friends refer to themselves by that term and want us to use it too as a sign of closeness/affection.
I’d never heard Paki in Australia before either.
Really it’s all about intent and intonation. Given what we call close friends and sworn enemies alike ;)
I just came back to this thread. What did I start?! :)
Good week overall I think. Work has been a bit crazy which I’m trying to sort out with management to slow things down a bit for the sake of my team and my own mental health. Plus being at conferences doesn’t help…
Been losing a decent amount of weight too, about 10kg in the last 3-4 weeks and starting to ‘regain’ the muscle I had when I was younger and a gym freak. I think this is more just getting my muscles used to regular exercise again so it’ll plateau soon. Just trying to get in to a health(ier) routine all in all.
Sadly missed the weekly online co-op gaming session with friends since someone messed up the days. Also bought some new furniture to make the place feel a bit more homely.
So all in all, doing pretty well.
I live right near the MCG and a decent number of people still drive in. I’m not sure why though since the city council makes a fortune by doing the rounds 2 hours in to a game and ticketing everyone without a parking permit (which is a lot of people) and the number of vehicle break-ins is pretty high too.
It’s because he’s wearing a double-breasted suit. Not really in fashion anymore.
(Useless fact for you :))
Haha I got it on sale a JB. I should make a digital backup of it actually. Can’t believe I haven’t done it yet…
Same here for the same reasons (although I started with FreeBSD 4.x) and have adapted to ZFS and Jails over the years.
The POLA (Principle Of Least Astonishment) when it comes to changes is awesome too.
I thought 000 goes through whatever network is available wherever you are as opposed to just your network provider?
Makes me think of the classic D-Gen/Late Show bit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=8GKmM1gfDmY&feature=emb_logo
Ah I’m sorry to hear that. I got down to the last 2 a few years back and they went with the internal candidate… It definitely wears you down.
Been there and done that in a similar type of role. Did you get to interview stage?
Been pretty quiet to be honest. Despite being the weekend thinking about work a bit and how I can ‘do better’. Personal life is pretty meh so it’s a nice distraction. Also doing a lot of cooking at home (pulled pork, roast chicken, some soups with smoked ham hocks etc) so have a lot in reserve which is awesome.
Yep. First aid 101. Move things out of the way and just wait (and call an ambulance).
I once got a taxi from Sydney airport when I was there for work. The guy tried to go through the boom gate by tailgating the car in front. Broke the boom gate and just kept driving.
Lots of taxi drivers here are completely terrible. Try to rip people off and have had a lot of friends file sexual harassment complaints too.