Cordyceps fungus. Prion diseases like Chronic Wasting Disease.

Both are horrible

Damn, I’m the only one using Mlem?

About fucking ready to wipe Budget rental car off the face of the earth for the bullshit they gave me about their insurance.

Learned a tough lesson from that one.

And here I am near the end of the day saying “well fuck, guess I’m working late tonight to deliver this thing I promised.”

I do this to myself…

I always feel like the features I’ve worked on become my coworkers or like pets. When a specific feature breaks often, I’ll think “damnit Frank! One of these days I’m going to patch that edge case once and for all!”

Then I patch Frank and he quiets down so I can focus on the next thing leadership wants.

You get to know these things and you put care into designing them (if you didn’t put care into them, you’d likely be a hack of an IT person). It’s always hard to see them go.

Sorry for your loss.

I don’t really know anything about China, so I really can’t say.

Yup. It’s phuckin awesome

You may be joking, but as long as you’re actually good at what you do, being a dickhead can be a winning strategy.

I’ve never been able to do it myself, but know many who have.

Great perspective and approach. If someone like you even has a modicum of emotional intelligence, they’d be one of the best leads I’ve ever seen.

This. Blocking communities you find annoying is the better solution.

You’re not a piece of shit; you’re becoming a piece of shit.

And flarp is the music of your transformation.

I dunno bro/broette — you should talk to the other people in your life about how often they experience the last few on your list. You may find you’re one of us.

My Brother, My Brother, and me; Who’s That Pokémon; Last Week in AI; TIL Death Do Us Blart; The Adventure Zone

All relative, my dear chap! ;)

I’m one of the most empathetic mfers to ever grace this earth (and humble too) and it’s ambiguous for sure.

Both the dialogue AND the woman’s expression in the photo. (Though, in my experience, someone who’s being self-deprecating like this isn’t looking for comfort, but a compliment.)

Sales. No joke — the knowledge you need has a hard cap (the product line) but sales is commonly the highest-paid entry level employee (as long as you hit commission).

Now add a line in here for “effort” flattening out over time and that’s what I wanna see.

I prefer to reduce it to “the dead don’t age”.

A person born in 1899 looks exactly the same as they will look once we hit 2035. Let that marinate

Girlfriends be crazy, yo!

I’m a wiggler