Random Thoughts: The Return
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Drinking furniture polish might technically qualify as "sobriety" but I still consider it a vice.
Speaking of, by the way, I think I read somewhere that the concept of sobriety is shaking the foundations of the Japanese economy, which as we all know rests on a bedrock of pathological alcohol consumption.
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I do remember reading articles about a marked decline in drinking among the younger generations, also workplace drinking parties don't seem to be as common as they used to be. My workplace used to have several dinners and functions peppered throughout the year but we haven't had any since the miasma seeped across the globe.
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Speaking of the times changin', I just checked out the new drug awareness pamphlets that are going to be distributed to the kids and discovered that in addition to all the usual paraphernalia, they now have a section dedicated to game addiction.
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I've been carrying a lot of keys on my belt recently, I wish that there was some kind of chatelaine for men.
Only a few more days until the next fiscal year, which means another staff-wide health check! This year I've up for a poop sample, which will be a new experience.
In otter news, dpreview.com will cease to be next month, seems like the written word for reviews is becoming less and less valuable now that the bulk of people are getting their information from YouTube/Instagram/TikTok. I read an article that claimed that the majority of teens are using TikTok to search for information rather than Google these days.
Only a few more days until the next fiscal year, which means another staff-wide health check! This year I've up for a poop sample, which will be a new experience.
In otter news, dpreview.com will cease to be next month, seems like the written word for reviews is becoming less and less valuable now that the bulk of people are getting their information from YouTube/Instagram/TikTok. I read an article that claimed that the majority of teens are using TikTok to search for information rather than Google these days.
You just need to adapt what's already out there
https://www.wunderwelt.jp/en/collections/moi-meme-moitie/products/a-00288
As for me I'm down to only carrying my car key, and then having the garage door opener in the car. I'm sure this will never come back and bite me.
I think that's more a condemnation of Google than teens. Google has been awful for years if you want anything beyond "Find me the official website of Famous Brand".
I would have thought they'd throw away the key after that whole unpleasantness.
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I'm fond of carrying things around on my belt. I like the sound of them jingling around and it makes me feel like I'm the master of locks.
What about your house keys?
The kids all get iPads for classes now and a surprising amount of them have no idea how to use a search engine. You can tell them to open Safari and do a 検索, which results in about 10% of the kids become completely flummoxed. I say kids but they're 17 years old. They're even more lost when you switch from a tablet to a computer.
Even then your results are hit or miss. I switched to DuckDuckGo years ago and that has been much better. Brave have suggested their official search engine to me a few times but the Japanese-centric results are pretty spotty.
Just imagine the hijinks taking place in the parallel universe where he has ascended to leadership of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang.
I just go in through the garage, because if I'm ever leaving the house I was necessarily driving somewhere.
The moral: anyone wanting to rob me should just roll under the garage door after me.
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What if I told you, they're already inside the house.
They're already inside the walls XD
(Note to self: get around to reading "Bad Ronald" one of these days. Jack Vance RIP)
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We are at the end of the academic year which means that many teachers and staff are being re-assigned to new locations.
I helped one of my co-workers clear out her personal data from her computer and while I know that normies have poor OPSEC practices, it still shocks me that people register for work related things with their personal email/accounts and non work things with their work email/accounts.
I helped one of my co-workers clear out her personal data from her computer and while I know that normies have poor OPSEC practices, it still shocks me that people register for work related things with their personal email/accounts and non work things with their work email/accounts.
I passed by a sign in front of a veterinary office that said:
GIVE YOUR CAT A CHANCE TO BE A HER
... The next day they fixed the sign and it was actually supposed to say HERO
You never know XD
I don't know what making your cat a hero involves either. Can cats be organ donors for other cats?
GIVE YOUR CAT A CHANCE TO BE A HER
... The next day they fixed the sign and it was actually supposed to say HERO
You never know XD
I don't know what making your cat a hero involves either. Can cats be organ donors for other cats?
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Try slipping this phrase into your next conversation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracolonic_explosion
In other news, it is the start of the new fiscal year, which means company mandated health checks and as such I was finally able to experience the dreaded barium test. Usually it is only for the advanced in years, but this year it was decided that everyone would undergo the examination.
Hey, at least it wasn't an hero.
In other news, it is the start of the new fiscal year, which means company mandated health checks and as such I was finally able to experience the dreaded barium test. Usually it is only for the advanced in years, but this year it was decided that everyone would undergo the examination.
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Really hate it when people who don't speak a second language ask you to say something in a different language and then act like it's your fault that they can't understand what you said.
A: Say something in Japanese! xDDD
Me: <hello, how are you>
A: HAHAHA, I can't understand you! D:< What are you saying!? xDDDDD
A: Say something in Japanese! xDDD
Me: <hello, how are you>
A: HAHAHA, I can't understand you! D:< What are you saying!? xDDDDD
What really gets people is when you ask them to say something in one of those languages that doesn't have a name, like "doctor" or "mathematician".
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Hey babe, speak to me in C++
Just got back from a 4 day hiking vacation and wow.
Day 1 - friend gets purse, with passport, identity card, etc stolen. We go to the police but they don't want to help us so they make us stand outside in the rain for 15 min first. It took 2 days for my clothes to dry.
Day 2 - I wake up and walk out in my hiking clothes. My friend asks how much weight I lost because "my head is now disproportionate to my body and also I snored last night." I'm lollipop girl for the rest of the trip, with a brief respite when he is literally running down the mountain because he ate some bad squid that we told him not to and got food poisoning. Someone had a heart attack and needed to be helicopter lifted off the mountain.
Day 3 - surprisingly uneventful. I'm still lollipop girl and said friend put salt in my coffee, but other than that nothing much happened, aside from the hair dryer catching fire and almost burning the bathroom down.
Day 4 - We're over a half hour late to catch our flight because an old lady fainted on the train from the heat. After they revived her she insisted on putting her winter jacket back on. She may still be fainting to this day but no longer my problem.
And still, all of this is better than going back to work tomorrow.
Just got back from a 4 day hiking vacation and wow.
Day 1 - friend gets purse, with passport, identity card, etc stolen. We go to the police but they don't want to help us so they make us stand outside in the rain for 15 min first. It took 2 days for my clothes to dry.
Day 2 - I wake up and walk out in my hiking clothes. My friend asks how much weight I lost because "my head is now disproportionate to my body and also I snored last night." I'm lollipop girl for the rest of the trip, with a brief respite when he is literally running down the mountain because he ate some bad squid that we told him not to and got food poisoning. Someone had a heart attack and needed to be helicopter lifted off the mountain.
Day 3 - surprisingly uneventful. I'm still lollipop girl and said friend put salt in my coffee, but other than that nothing much happened, aside from the hair dryer catching fire and almost burning the bathroom down.
Day 4 - We're over a half hour late to catch our flight because an old lady fainted on the train from the heat. After they revived her she insisted on putting her winter jacket back on. She may still be fainting to this day but no longer my problem.
And still, all of this is better than going back to work tomorrow.