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- NBQ009
- Unhinged_niko
- The straight is already open to everyone but USA. But USA says they don’t need the straight... Quite the temper tantrum for something they don’t care about.monNom
- https://i.imgur.com/…Akagiyama
- Yes, open it! God damn
https://64.media.tum…zaq - Hell yeah! Never seen a president like this in ma life that's for sure.Beeswax
- The leader of the free world, everybody. A barrel of diarrhea in human form.jagara
- Reality is a fucking joke at the moment.PhanLo
- mort_12
- slappy5
- hes a bloody bewdy !_me_
- nopango
- The missus lets me keep the occasional giant house spider run loose (they eat the yellow sacs), but I feel like she'd draw the line at Terry. Lovely boi.garbage
- Terry reminds me of those Kate Moss-era models. No surprise your missus wants to kick Terry out, especially after what appears like a Simon-style photoshoot ;)rzu-rzu
- Nawww Terry. They are the best. I had one I named “blowfly destroyer” after witnessing the speed it snaffled up a blowfly.thumb_screws
- How’s it hangin big Tez?!sab
- He gives off a 'Spies like us' vibe https://film-authori…slappy
- urghhh I'm happy i live in a country where the bugs never get bigger than a fingernailArchitectofFate
- BonSeff16
- love it.dopepope
- Hilariousgarbage
- so trueGabriel
- jeez id forgotten about mediatemple - what a clusterfuck that ended up being from its heady heights of being THE webhost platform._me_
- I saw this and said. I gotta joindbloc
- PV-AN - Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, RefreshBonSeff
- signs you were young once :)renderedred
- I joined 4 months before this.CyBrainX
- RIP MT ™prophetone
- Media Temple ended up shittin' the bedcanoe
- it def did lolprophetone
- I remember using them for several years because the grid option was a pretty great deal, liked the dash, and then they raised those darn pricesprophetone
- I payed them every month without thinking about it for like 16 years until godaddy bought em. then it went to shit.BonSeff
- PonyBoy8
blog
Last year I had a few 'blackout' moments that only occurred when I awoke in the morning. I think I yapped about one or two of them here in the blog where I had found my glasses crushed, my ear was purple and bruised from hitting my head on the floor, ringing headaches, screwed up vision etc.
The other day at my heart checkup my cardiologist without hesitation used the words "after your stroke last year" while discussing my current medication. My wife and I both looked at each other rather confused... "stroke?... huh?"
No doctor for the last year has ever used that word "stroke" so factually (it was discussed as a possibility along w/other possibilities... for instance: I was put on anti-seizure medication "just in case"). I also found myself questioning my personal daily habits etc trying to figure out what I was doing to myself.
I'm on blood thinners to protect my artificial heart valve. I was taken off those thinners (something that hasn't ever happened in 17 years of having the valve) so I could have some 'standard middle-aged person' tests done. Because of this I ended up having a stroke (as some brain scans also revealed the other day). This is normal procedure apparently - to take a person off blood thinners for a few days before some tests. It turns out I'm one of those rare patients who should NOT be taken off these meds and I suppose I learned the hard way. There are no legal routes I can go here as there was no negligence or cover-up. We have plenty of hospital fees, doctor bills and anger though. :/
- yes you did. and broke your glasses or something. Home remedy (not a replacement for medicine): Beets have proven to widen blood vessels.
take care, pony.pango - What the actual fuck. How is there no malpractice there?garbage
- Oh my...!! A new lesson in life. Sometimes, you shouldn't believe everything doctors say. Take care Kevin. Hugs <3OBBTKN
- at least now you know the next time someone says you shouldn't take blood thinners for a few days to say nope.Nutter
- take care man!renderedred
- oh man sorry to hear that. :( glad that got cleared up so you can move forward knowing how to protect yourself from this ever happing again. *hugssea_sea
- Hot showers in the am can trigger themcannonball1978
- so sorry! If they stuck diagnostic catheters in arteries for your testing then ya blood thinners can cause probs with the punctuure site.Percrushin
- They should have known that taking you off thinner meds will increase risk of clots forming on the ol' heart valve implant. MRI imaging is non-surgical andPercrushin
- they can usually locate diagnose most neurovascular issues with this imaging technique. At work we 3D print the solid models (MRI's) of peoples stroke cases.Percrushin
- yes you did. and broke your glasses or something. Home remedy (not a replacement for medicine): Beets have proven to widen blood vessels.
- Akagiyama17
- insaneKrassy
- amazing and spookymicrokorg
- thats a good use of drones - i like when they do it to historic buildings ruins to..._me_
- wow, wish i knew about this. going to be walking right past there in about half an hour ffs.kingsteven
- wow... a ghost ship... how fittingpango
- unsinkable!milfhunter
- Krassy4
- needs a water slideneverscared
- and maybe 1 treeKrassy
- perhaps a couple of windows wouldn't hurtutopian
- a better boat. looks out of time.uan
- Looks brutalmaikel
- fyi this is the entrance to yong un s sea underground bunkerneverscared
- fixed it https://i.haasie.com…neverscared
- ^The waterslide on the left is for guests you don't like, lol.Akagiyama
- @maikel I see what u did thurKrassy
- @neverscared awesome! bravo!Krassy
- lol @ns great boat!!uan
- Krassy4
- Strait of Hormuz getting pounded as of lateKrassy
- Between Iraq and a hard placeFax_Benson
- I’d like to visit Egypt on the Horn of Africa one day_niko
- *golf clap for Fax_me_
- Krassy6
Art of the Day Thread
Kim Tschang-Yeul 김창열 (Korean, b. 1929)
Event of the Night, 1972
Oil on Canvas, 160 x 162 cm
- Beeswax7
- Oh man nostalgia overload!!!
FUNK THE SYSTEM!!!ideaist - I saw him so many times in the 90s.monospaced
- Makes me want to listen to Bad Boy Bill and/or Richard "Humpty" Vission.
: )ideaist - duuude :(PonyBoy
- RIP :(Krassy
- </3 listening to his LIB set on soundcloud the other day. took me back to those 90s raves. best days ever. Ripsea_sea
- ^ ! <3Krassy
- Oh man nostalgia overload!!!
- Nutter3
Video Games...
Finally got around to playing Dispatch, and highly recommend it. Its similar to the old Telltale games, so it presents a story and you make choices along the way.
Its got amazing production, great characters and story and really good voice recordings.
- Gardener5
Space is the place
How great would it be if the folk greeting the crew of the spaceship when it lands were all dressed as apes to freak out the astronauts.
- ideaist-1
- Thoughts?!ideaist
- kinda don't care when he started selling nazi swastica. why give him attention?pango
- Can't adults (us) decipher between an artist, their music, their politics, etc.?ideaist
- I never took his politics seriously. As vile as they were/are?. The man is seriously ill as I see it. And honestly I never liked his music.renderedred
- we live in an age a artist or performer's career depends on how trendy they are. and no way their art and politics will be separated.pango
- i prefer not to contribute.pango
- beyond boringneverscared
- I enjoyed his music and creativity. But his life actions really do taint it.monospaced
- Fair on all points AND agree!
In a family with bipolar and manic history, I feel for the guy, BUT man he seems to ALWAYS make the wrong decision(s)!ideaist - Not a fan of Kanye or his music but I liked this video.microkorg
- perhaps we'll judge his art objectively after he's dead. Like many *famous artists before him. but I just don't feel like it when he's a life.pango
- I like that he sampled James Brown's Interview, love that shit.robthelad
- renderedred0
The World is Fucked
It's a bit more of the Internet being fucked but the world too. Things like this exist:
- Gross.ideaist
- Agreed.renderedred
- via: https://www.joanwest…renderedred
- What the actual fuck are we doing as a society and a planet_niko
- https://www.youtube.…renderedred
- This and the split screen video game shorts that are attention deficit generators.garbage
- ay reason they are all female?canoe
- monospaced9
blog
I’m being actively recruited for a job, but there’s a catch, and it’s got me in a bit of a pickle.
I currently work in a (long term) contract position where I am the senior creative lead of a small but growing team, and it’s totally remote. Good culture, great flexibility, but lower pay and no benefits. Not sustainable forever.
This new job is offering a salary waaaay higher than the highest I’ve ever had, the kind of money that might allow my wife to stop working for awhile. Plus benefits. Game changing. It’s for a top global hedge fund, and the catch is they expect all employees to be IN office 5 days a week, NO exceptions.
While I desperately want that salary and stability, I can’t imagine the sacrifices I would make to my family, and the the immense pressure it would add to my significant other, who also has to go to work hybrid.
I’m taking the interviews, but I don’t think I can take an offer. Hoping this can give me leverage to turn my current contract into full time. Or at least a good raise. It’s been exactly one year since I took this job, after being laid off.
Ok. Recruiter is calling me in 5 min. I have an interview with the ECD on Monday.
- For me it would be a hard pass, family first and life is too short.utopian
- Yeah. Kids are 4 and 8 and I can’t imagine how things would work with me gone that much. I would have to hire help at that point.monospaced
- the freedom of remote for me is something that money would have a hard time competing with. I don't have kids, but quality time with my wife beats any salary.capn_ron
- I feel you! It's such a hard balance. My wife and I built careers around prioritizing our family first. I frequently bum myself out thinking about the money...nocomply
- In slightly similar place. Contract role ending in May, found an ideal role, it's hybrid in office T, W, Th, with at least an hour car commute each way.mg33
- My current 3x a week commute is by train, less than an hour each way. In fact, going home I'm out of the office at 4:46pm, and home by 5:30.mg33
- ...on the other side, but our family is tight and it feels good to not be a slave to the man!nocomply
- I live about 20 miles north of Chicago. Commuting is a breeze: I'm 2 minutes from my town's station by car, and a 4 min walk from the downtown station.mg33
- Hey Ron! You still in SD?nocomply
- fuck that._niko
- Thanks all. Good to hear I'm not thinking about this wrong.monospaced
- FWIW my wife took a full-time on-site job last year. We needed the money. Good pay, but 1-hr+ commute each way. She was out of the house 10-11 hours each day.nocomply
- But we couldn't make it work. She turned in her notice, but they needed her and revised her role to part-time remote.nocomply
- Pay is significantly less, but our balance and family dynamic is way better.nocomply
- We'll revisit when our boys are a little older. (Currently 8 and 11.) We'll never get his time back.nocomply
- @nocomply - I'm not in SD anymore. Moved out to Coachella Valley near Palm Springs. How are you doing?capn_ron
- imagine all the kool trump merch u you could buy for the family with the xtra cash though.neverscared
- It's 2026; keep the gig you have and enjoy your life. My wife is the primary bread winner AND we're balanced.
Godspeed @mono!!!ideaist - Hard to put a price on being there for my kids and family during these years. Hang in there everyone, the right thing will eventually come along.monospaced
- Be careful with the leverage play, they may can you. Thinking you’re unhappy or not a long term fit. Regarding the job, the little i know about you...canoe
- ...i think you’ll get more out of being present for your kids rather than having a boat? :)canoe
- Good points.monospaced
- You're not thinking about it wrong, but is it the sort of prospect you could do for a couple of years and then cash out and go back to family life?Nairn
- But no. We had some friends here last week and the father admitted he was sad that he as missing out on so much of his daughter's upbringing by working so muchNairn
- ..and I was quite weirded out by his seemingly not wanting to change that fact. It reminded me ma bit of me own upbringing...Nairn
- ..my father and I are very close, but if I think back to my youth, my.memories of him are mostly about him working too much. Sadness and arguments.Nairn
- My dad growing up worked too much, our relationship is kinda lacking, and maybe that’s why I cherish this time so much.monospaced
- So you know the answer :)Nairn
- Yes. It’s refreshing to hear all of this feedback too.monospaced
- You knew it. Family first. Money can't buy back the time you'll lose without them. Good luck!OBBTKN
- I recently had to choose between a job with better life balance and one in tech that offered my salary again in stock. I passed on the tech job and couldnt ...robotinc
- ... be happier. Cash is nice, but not if it throws the rest of your life into chaos. My perspective anyhowrobotinc
- Good man.monospaced
- Whats the title of the position?Raybandana
- Design Director, not that it matters.monospaced
- you are doing the right thing, man. all the best!renderedred
- mono I just went through this considering an offer at JPMC, I passed.whatthefunk
- Fascinating!monospaced
- I applied there I think.monospaced
