Found a "StopWatt" dongle (?) plugged into an outlet at mom's. Dunno if it was her or bro that got it, or where it came from, but I immediately had doubts about its "electricity saving" capabilities. It looked obviously cheap and nobody was home so I opened it up to see its miraculous tech.
Aaaand, I just lost my wallet. On a busy trail. With $100 in it. Fuck, fuckity fuck fuck fuck. Honestly I'd accept that as a finder's fee if I get the rest of it back. GAAAAAAH!
I know a number of modern to-be parents who haven't solved the question of their progeny's last name. Would an egalitarian solution be to go with whichever parent's sex the fetus seems to be? (emphasize seems, gender TBD)
I should stop cooking because I'm an idiot. Aside from your usual nicks & cuts I lost a whole fingertip 2 years ago & it still hasn't completely recovered.
Dear coworker who came to work sick without a mask this week because your misinformation-addled pea brain learned absolutely nothing in the last 3 years: Thank you for ruining my weekend and NYE plans because I didn't know to avoid you and caught your crap. And by "thank you" I mean fuck you.
My current TV died before the longevity/price ratio of my last TV (that I had fixed once) and I'm not even going to try to fix it. I know the crazy number of complicated factors why, but it still makes me sad.
I was late to work, but I'm my defense I had to negotiate with (only slightly) unexpected traffic. Still, my commute is probably prettier than yours. #Alaska#Winter#Trail#Moose
I don't see people talking about it much, because it's hard to talk about, but Ukraine is now the most land-mined country in the world. And whole towns are leveled. Regardless of the "short" term "victors" this is going to be such an extended tragedy for them to clean up and recover. My heart hurts to think about it.
Are you OG Twitter enough to remember when the default avatar was: o_O sigh I miss when it was fun and not a hateful shitshow. But now I have .•°YOU°•.! 🤩 I love it here. Thanks for being, Mastodon.
This shin can't catch a break. Once on a heavy step stool at work and twice on my brother's fucking toolboxes on the floor of a pitch black garage after work before the motion light turns on.
Just had an interaction on my shameful^h^h^hless night ride for more beer that made me sad for these teens:
"Do you know where to see the blue super moon?"
"My dudes, it's just the moon, in its usual place, a little closer, but look at the sky. It's full of clouds. We're not going to see it."
What schooling failed them so badly? Thankful for my excellent teachers. Is this where science denialism brought us? Or what else happened here?
I've been working IT for 20 years but just interviewed for a retail job because I am that burned out. The isolation of living alone + remote work + death of my last dog just broke me. I love & miss cranking on PCs, I just don't know the best vector to get back in there.
