Choo choo! All aboard the Complain Train!
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To quote Donald Duck:
"I always say: Better rich and healthy than poor and ill"
And quoting my father:
"There has never been a man who got rich through work"
Also: i complained a while back, that i lost money trading. Well, after stressfully saving every penny (I am living a low quality life, even though i have a nice median pay for the last few years) and having saved up about 10k last year, i traded it up to 13k... and this year failed, lost and fucked up anything i tried so far, and i am down to half my initial savings.
Well, i knew the risks still did it. Yay. It's hard to repeatedly bounce off success.
There's some twisted irony in being asked to prove you're a human when trying to log into Chat GPT. Oh and the thing I asked it to make was completely worthless. Oh well.
EDIT: My dumb ass forgot what I came here for originally. Lost my credit card, went through 2 hours of hell trying to get the bank's shitty app and website to work, only to end up having it cancelled. Right before a trip abroad. Fantastic.
EDIT EDIT: Oh well I guess this effectively cancels my Game Pass subscription. Neat.
EDIT: My dumb ass forgot what I came here for originally. Lost my credit card, went through 2 hours of hell trying to get the bank's shitty app and website to work, only to end up having it cancelled. Right before a trip abroad. Fantastic.
EDIT EDIT: Oh well I guess this effectively cancels my Game Pass subscription. Neat.
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In which I complain some more about the economy.
Over 200% annual inflation rate and counting. How desensitized are we to inflation? The real number is 211.4% but we're at the point where that difference of 11.4%, which would raise an alarm by itself in any first world country, isn't even worth counting because it's not a nice round number.
Nothing is "cheap" or "expensive" anymore. The peso is meaningless. You can pay $8000 for a meal one month, then pay $13000 for the same meal the next month or so, and it somehow feels cheaper because the peso loses value faster than the thousands are added. Getting rid of your money ends up being more profitable than saving it.
And because of the instability nothing is clearly priced anymore. Menus no longer have prices and instead it's all QR codes because it's easier than printing a new menu every week. Most stores either don't have price tags for things or use a code system so they only have to bother changing the value of letters or colors or whatever.
Supermarkets don't sell a single item under a thousand pesos. Everything is a thousand and up. 185g of cereal is over 2k. 2k is what I was making in a month 10-12 years ago. Minimum wage today is 156k and that doesn't even begin to cut it for most people. Salaries do get slightly adjusted for inflation every month, but you have to suffer (currently) a raise of 25% during the month before collecting your paycheck 10 days into the next month, with an adjustment that won't reflect the real inflation number.
You want to use your card outside the country? Fuck you, that'll be an extra 60% in taxes. Oh, you just wanted to card a streaming service or a digital store? That's still another 60% in taxes. You prefer buying dollars so you can pay cash instead, or just save your money? Sure, you can buy them for an additional 60% in taxes.
Anyway, rant over. For now.
Over 200% annual inflation rate and counting. How desensitized are we to inflation? The real number is 211.4% but we're at the point where that difference of 11.4%, which would raise an alarm by itself in any first world country, isn't even worth counting because it's not a nice round number.
Nothing is "cheap" or "expensive" anymore. The peso is meaningless. You can pay $8000 for a meal one month, then pay $13000 for the same meal the next month or so, and it somehow feels cheaper because the peso loses value faster than the thousands are added. Getting rid of your money ends up being more profitable than saving it.
And because of the instability nothing is clearly priced anymore. Menus no longer have prices and instead it's all QR codes because it's easier than printing a new menu every week. Most stores either don't have price tags for things or use a code system so they only have to bother changing the value of letters or colors or whatever.
Supermarkets don't sell a single item under a thousand pesos. Everything is a thousand and up. 185g of cereal is over 2k. 2k is what I was making in a month 10-12 years ago. Minimum wage today is 156k and that doesn't even begin to cut it for most people. Salaries do get slightly adjusted for inflation every month, but you have to suffer (currently) a raise of 25% during the month before collecting your paycheck 10 days into the next month, with an adjustment that won't reflect the real inflation number.
You want to use your card outside the country? Fuck you, that'll be an extra 60% in taxes. Oh, you just wanted to card a streaming service or a digital store? That's still another 60% in taxes. You prefer buying dollars so you can pay cash instead, or just save your money? Sure, you can buy them for an additional 60% in taxes.
Anyway, rant over. For now.
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I finally had a ingrown nail surgically removed on my big toe this morning. I'd been manly about it for 2 years like once every couple weeks I'd get drunk soften and literally cut it out with a surgical knife. This was in the base so it was like screaming agony the last couple times even with a couple drinks in me. I just started thinking like man I'll eventually get too old to do this myself.". It's crazy I didn't think my guy would be this cavalier, but they just sat me down, pumped my foot full of anesthesia and lopped off like a third of my toe nail. I'd post the picture, but I don't want to gross anyone out. I'm still like groggy so I have no idea how much pain I'm actually gonna be in here in a couple hours.
I finally had a ingrown nail surgically removed on my big toe this morning. I'd been manly about it for 2 years like once every couple weeks I'd get drunk soften and literally cut it out with a surgical knife. This was in the base so it was like screaming agony the last couple times even with a couple drinks in me. I just started thinking like man I'll eventually get too old to do this myself.". It's crazy I didn't think my guy would be this cavalier, but they just sat me down, pumped my foot full of anesthesia and lopped off like a third of my toe nail. I'd post the picture, but I don't want to gross anyone out. I'm still like groggy so I have no idea how much pain I'm actually gonna be in here in a couple hours.
Plenty. Especially if they had to cut your toe open to get to the ingrown nail. The worst will be over in like, two or three hours and medication should keep the edge off it. Just don’t bang your toe. If you do that, you’ll know about it.
Yeah, I have a foot deformity that made my big toe nail curl on one foot. I had to get that surgery done twice. The third time I went in the doc said I'd probably have to do this every few years or so. So I had it removed. And the nail root destroyed with acid. That nail won't ever ingrow again. Or... grow again at all. Just a suggestion, if it keeps happening. Now my foot already was pretty unsightly, so the lack of a nail doesn't matter so much. But, if a toe is normal looking... it will not be after a nail removal.
On the upside, you can tell potential dates about how you received the wound in combat, and how they should have seen what happened to those five ninjas.
I had bad ingrowns when I was in my late teens early twenties, but removed the nails myself. They've been fine ever since, except my toenails refuse to have that square shape they are supposed to (to prevent ingrown nails), and like to be curved like fingernails.
Yeah, same deal. I worn an in-sole shoelift for most of my life like an idiot and my foot grew deformed with my toes crowded at an angle. Thats what he did, full removal and then put acid chemical to prevent it from growing back. Though I do have the nail still just like width wise a 3rd of it is gone and wont grow back according to him. It was weird to look at because it was huge, but most of my nail was intact so I guess a lot of your nail is actually under your skin..cuticle?
Update: yes, now that I have feeling back hurts like fuck.
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So the company I was laid off from had a job opening which I applied to. Just before my vacation the recruiter for the position got back to me and we scheduled an interview. The day of the interview came and I got an email from her letting me know that she had to postpone the interview until the following week. I wrote back that I wouldn't be available the following week because I was going to be in another country, with a 14 hour time difference, so the interview would either need to happen that day, or once I return from vacation.
She writes back that the reason she can't do the interview that day is because her dad died that morning.
Holy shit.
Wrote her a condolence email, told her to take all the time she needed, yada yada.
Return from vacation 10 days later. Email the recruiter to see if she's available. She's still out on leave. Another week passes, she follows up with me today.
The position has already been filled, they've sent a job offer to another candidate who will probably accept. It was filled by the hiring manager without consulting the recruiter, while she was on leave. I didn't even get the chance to interview for it, despite being a highly qualified candidate who worked at the company previously and has significant institutional knowledge.
I'm disappointed, but what can I do? I can't be mad at someone because of things that happened outside of their control. Her dad died! And her dad's death caused me to miss out on a job I would have really liked. And I feel shitty and selfish for being annoyed about someone's death because of it negatively affecting my employment prospects.
Fucking weird how things happen.
She writes back that the reason she can't do the interview that day is because her dad died that morning.
Holy shit.
Wrote her a condolence email, told her to take all the time she needed, yada yada.
Return from vacation 10 days later. Email the recruiter to see if she's available. She's still out on leave. Another week passes, she follows up with me today.
The position has already been filled, they've sent a job offer to another candidate who will probably accept. It was filled by the hiring manager without consulting the recruiter, while she was on leave. I didn't even get the chance to interview for it, despite being a highly qualified candidate who worked at the company previously and has significant institutional knowledge.
I'm disappointed, but what can I do? I can't be mad at someone because of things that happened outside of their control. Her dad died! And her dad's death caused me to miss out on a job I would have really liked. And I feel shitty and selfish for being annoyed about someone's death because of it negatively affecting my employment prospects.
Fucking weird how things happen.
The trick here is to transfer your annoyance to the asshole who pulled a snow job on both of you.
It's pretty horrific. I was born with the deformity, and it isn't something I show to anyone. Let alone a date. I'm lucky it is just on my foot, and I can put on a sock. A person has to look longer at it than most people look at feet to think, "wait a minute, that isn't entirely foot... shaped?" But, I have had it noticed before. So yes, I have invented some fun stories to shock people before I go with the truth that I was just born with it. Land mine, shotgun blast, nail gun malfunction, horrific burn, I was actually an IED expert and former IRA soldier... it looks bad enough that those are all fairly believable.
Ok, 1st world complaint incoming in 3... 2... 1...
Ever since working from home became a norm in 2020, I really hate the reliance we've accepted on virtual meetings. I'm an email guy. It's documentation, all the need-to-know info if a concise, finite space to be referenced at a moment's notice. I can read your email, reply with questions, and vet responses until a task is complete. But nowadays, people seem to think after the precursory 5 minutes of banter on a MS Teams call about your weekend, sports, and the weather, I'm supposed to recall the critical point of the call where you mentioned a critical ask with an expected 48 hour turnaround?? Why am I tasked with asking the permission of 10 people on a Teams call if I can record the meeting when the budgeted half-hour meeting could have been summarized in a 2 minute email negating the point of the call entirely?!?
Send me a fucking email telling me what you need, and I'll reply with the answer or clarifying questions; NONE of that requires the important shit muddled with pretentious casual conversation and an immediate demand of everyone's time.
Ever since working from home became a norm in 2020, I really hate the reliance we've accepted on virtual meetings. I'm an email guy. It's documentation, all the need-to-know info if a concise, finite space to be referenced at a moment's notice. I can read your email, reply with questions, and vet responses until a task is complete. But nowadays, people seem to think after the precursory 5 minutes of banter on a MS Teams call about your weekend, sports, and the weather, I'm supposed to recall the critical point of the call where you mentioned a critical ask with an expected 48 hour turnaround?? Why am I tasked with asking the permission of 10 people on a Teams call if I can record the meeting when the budgeted half-hour meeting could have been summarized in a 2 minute email negating the point of the call entirely?!?
Send me a fucking email telling me what you need, and I'll reply with the answer or clarifying questions; NONE of that requires the important shit muddled with pretentious casual conversation and an immediate demand of everyone's time.
I constantly give my leaders shit for the amount of time they spend on chitchat.
"I had a really good session with VP X today"
Me: "Oh yeah? How much time did you spend talking about fishing?!"
I am however the disgruntled office guy who could instantly on command provide an extended list of people who I think are a waste of space and spend all their days on "calls".
Verbose IT industry complaint -
It's a daily concern for me as I march through my 40s that I may at anytime be reaching technological obsolescence. My job might be described as an Access Networks Architect. A large part of my job is that company X needs to deploy a new product. Lets say DirectTV wants to be deploy an 8Gb internet service package to customers. Lets say they have literally nothing to start with.
I'm the guy who designs all of it. What is the physical hardware we will deploy from the ethernet port of the customers home router>ONT>fiber>fiber plant>hub>Core>Demarc, that includes all layers 0-7, levels, protocols, routing application integration, provisioning, firmware, all of it. For instance I spent 6 months a year or two ago in a lab building exactly that and providing proof of concept and requirements, both internal and industry, itu's specs etc.
The problem is I have zero programing skills. Literally every company I know as always said "no problem, we have script kiddies for all that, we just need you to tell us how all the legos connect together". Like I don't use Linux at all. If you asked me to create root users or change permissions I can do it, but I'd need to google some cheats.
Recently, my boss wanted me to ..lets say rename every interface description in the network. Little more complicated than that, its not just modify its api calls that need to be used and scripted use criteria. I kinda bawked and said "I'm not your guy". What ultimately happened as usual is that they handed me a script guy. I gave him the criteria, the reqs and help him debug the api calls.
It's not a big deal, but I notice as time goes on that companies keep pressuring engineers to also be developers, to save costs. They want all the cake and to eat it all at once for $5.
I'm not this guy, but I can't do "everything".
If you asked my boss the company would fall over immediately if I walked away because of my critical knowledge about how all technology works and fits together. a developer can't tell you why a software download is failing in a vacuum. I can dig around and go "your IP is wrong" or "ports closed" or "you have too much packet loss because you have shitty fidelity at the plant". I'm the guy who gives requirements and a design for the developers to make the thing go.
It's currently on my mind because I'm trying to build a vbs script for another engineer so that he can create cli backups without typing things manually in securecrt. However if I was a real developer I could just build a tool in git that wouldn't require him to login to securecrt at all. Just run the pipeline and do all the backups diffs etc.
I wish I had all those skills, but fuck I'm old, I'm busy and my brain can only hold some much...stuff. Occasionally the developers are like "Piscian you're as smart as us we can just teach you", but they don't understand the more I pack in the more I lose.
/rant
It's a daily concern for me as I march through my 40s that I may at anytime be reaching technological obsolescence. My job might be described as an Access Networks Architect. A large part of my job is that company X needs to deploy a new product. Lets say DirectTV wants to be deploy an 8Gb internet service package to customers. Lets say they have literally nothing to start with.
I'm the guy who designs all of it. What is the physical hardware we will deploy from the ethernet port of the customers home router>ONT>fiber>fiber plant>hub>Core>Demarc, that includes all layers 0-7, levels, protocols, routing application integration, provisioning, firmware, all of it. For instance I spent 6 months a year or two ago in a lab building exactly that and providing proof of concept and requirements, both internal and industry, itu's specs etc.
The problem is I have zero programing skills. Literally every company I know as always said "no problem, we have script kiddies for all that, we just need you to tell us how all the legos connect together". Like I don't use Linux at all. If you asked me to create root users or change permissions I can do it, but I'd need to google some cheats.
Recently, my boss wanted me to ..lets say rename every interface description in the network. Little more complicated than that, its not just modify its api calls that need to be used and scripted use criteria. I kinda bawked and said "I'm not your guy". What ultimately happened as usual is that they handed me a script guy. I gave him the criteria, the reqs and help him debug the api calls.
It's not a big deal, but I notice as time goes on that companies keep pressuring engineers to also be developers, to save costs. They want all the cake and to eat it all at once for $5.
I'm not this guy, but I can't do "everything".
If you asked my boss the company would fall over immediately if I walked away because of my critical knowledge about how all technology works and fits together. a developer can't tell you why a software download is failing in a vacuum. I can dig around and go "your IP is wrong" or "ports closed" or "you have too much packet loss because you have shitty fidelity at the plant". I'm the guy who gives requirements and a design for the developers to make the thing go.
It's currently on my mind because I'm trying to build a vbs script for another engineer so that he can create cli backups without typing things manually in securecrt. However if I was a real developer I could just build a tool in git that wouldn't require him to login to securecrt at all. Just run the pipeline and do all the backups diffs etc.
I wish I had all those skills, but fuck I'm old, I'm busy and my brain can only hold some much...stuff. Occasionally the developers are like "Piscian you're as smart as us we can just teach you", but they don't understand the more I pack in the more I lose.
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