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Ameriganastan wrote:

The blAAtschApen wrote:
Did you sweat those three pounds into the pool? To save on water?

Water? Please, we're not even close to that. We're setting up the base. Which requires shoveling sand and hauling heavy ass blocks in 90 degree heat.

90 degrees. That's about 30 in logical units. 30 degrees isn't even that hot. It was 26 here last week, and we're a week away from winter

Pasong Tirad wrote:Thunderstorm last night - and probably the next few upcoming nights. Been feeding the dog these tiny little chews that help him not freak out (it's got a tiny bit of CBD in it) and I don't know of it's just confirmation bias or pet owner's placebo or whatever but we have noticed a lot less running around and barking and freaking out. He still shivers a lot but he's been a lot quieter during the storms. He's such a good boy.

What's CBD? None the less. Lucky you, all we have is drought, drought and more drought. Did I mention that the dam is nearly down to 50%. And that's out here in the city where we have a wet climate and desalination plant. I can only imagine how bad it is for those in the desert. I'd kill for a thunderstorm. It rained today for the first time in months, and even that a light drizzle. Until this yucky, horrible drought ends, long gone are the days where we would have 2 or 3 thunderstorms in a single day. Till this yucky, horrible drought ends, long gone are the days where we were complaining because the pay TV company made us switch from cable to satellite, and satellite doesn't work in storms. Until this yucky, horrible drought ends, long gone are the weeks where it would rain continuously, for maybe 3 or 4 straight, with a single 10 minute break between them. Until this yucky, horrible drought ends, long gone are the days where...

But none the less, my dog, despite not being allowed inside the house, is fairly okayish in thunderstorms, she's okay through most storms, and even sleeps during them, and is only slightly scared if it's a server storm, causing her to shake a little bit, and that's pretty much. But, that's probs because she was a shelter who was found abandoned in a park, so she's probably seen server storms with out the comfort of her new home. She's probe had to deal with the weather the storms in the elements, whilst here, she has access to a full outdoor shower, which is a whole room complete with door, in a stand alone structure.

Aussie (while I'm not a mod), I was wondering why you don't combine responses to two or more people into one post to save on double-posting.

Watched the last season of Game of Thrones yesterday. Rushed as hell. Atleast only one character on my shitlist survived, so it wasn't a total loss.

The Free Joy State wrote:Aussie (while I'm not a mod), I was wondering why you don't combine responses to two or more people into one post to save on double-posting.

Everyone knows the more posts you have the stronger you get. Speaking of which...

Australian rePublic wrote:

Pasong Tirad wrote:Thunderstorm last night - and probably the next few upcoming nights. Been feeding the dog these tiny little chews that help him not freak out (it's got a tiny bit of CBD in it) and I don't know of it's just confirmation bias or pet owner's placebo or whatever but we have noticed a lot less running around and barking and freaking out. He still shivers a lot but he's been a lot quieter during the storms. He's such a good boy.

What's CBD? None the less. Lucky you, all we have is drought, drought and more drought. Did I mention that the dam is nearly down to 50%. And that's out here in the city where we have a wet climate and desalination plant. I can only imagine how bad it is for those in the desert. I'd kill for a thunderstorm. It rained today for the first time in months, and even that a light drizzle. Until this yucky, horrible drought ends, long gone are the days where we would have 2 or 3 thunderstorms in a single day. Till this yucky, horrible drought ends, long gone are the days where we were complaining because the pay TV company made us switch from cable to satellite, and satellite doesn't work in storms. Until this yucky, horrible drought ends, long gone are the weeks where it would rain continuously, for maybe 3 or 4 straight, with a single 10 minute break between them. Until this yucky, horrible drought ends, long gone are the days where...

But none the less, my dog, despite not being allowed inside the house, is fairly okayish in thunderstorms, she's okay through most storms, and even sleeps during them, and is only slightly scared if it's a server storm, causing her to shake a little bit, and that's pretty much. But, that's probs because she was a shelter who was found abandoned in a park, so she's probably seen server storms with out the comfort of her new home. She's probe had to deal with the weather the storms in the elements, whilst here, she has access to a full outdoor shower, which is a whole room complete with door, in a stand alone structure.

CBD is CBD oil. A component found in cannabis, which is the part of the weed that helps a lot with stress and anxiety. It's the calming part of the plant.

The Free Joy State wrote:Aussie (while I'm not a mod), I was wondering why you don't combine responses to two or more people into one post to save on double-posting.

It's easier. Especially on a mobile

Australian rePublic wrote:

Ameriganastan wrote:Water? Please, we're not even close to that. We're setting up the base. Which requires shoveling sand and hauling heavy ass blocks in 90 degree heat.

90 degrees. That's about 30 in logical units. 30 degrees isn't even that hot. It was 26 here last week, and we're a week away from winter

Unless you live somewhere like Coober Pedy or Birdsville there is no logical way anyone, even an Aussie, can say 30 degrees ain't hot.

Today in class a little girl was very very sad and cried because the original teacher was not here

she was very sad and upset and I had to comfort and calm her down, as a result of her efforts to do the work in spite of the adjustment, I gave her the Bonus Sticker of the Day

Does anyone have a SIMPLE (but time consuming and interesting project) that they can think of that involves Magical/Mythical Creatures that can last 3 hours????

The best that I can come up with is that the class creates a set of cards with different stats of Magical Creatures and then plays Top Trump vs each other after we as a class talk about each and every single one of the cards and the creatures on them

By simple I mean that non-artistic 8 year olds can do it

Infected Mushroom wrote:Does anyone have a SIMPLE (but time consuming and interesting project) that they can think of that involves Magical/Mythical Creatures that can last 3 hours????

The best that I can come up with is that the class creates a set of cards with different stats of Magical Creatures and then plays Top Trump vs each other after we as a class talk about each and every single one of the cards and the creatures on them

By simple I mean that non-artistic 8 year olds can do it

I have. But will you pay me for it, given that is your job?

The blAAtschApen wrote:

Infected Mushroom wrote:Does anyone have a SIMPLE (but time consuming and interesting project) that they can think of that involves Magical/Mythical Creatures that can last 3 hours????

The best that I can come up with is that the class creates a set of cards with different stats of Magical Creatures and then plays Top Trump vs each other after we as a class talk about each and every single one of the cards and the creatures on them

By simple I mean that non-artistic 8 year olds can do it

I have. But will you pay me for it, given that is your job?

Silly Blaat, IM is outsourcing - you don't get paid for this.

The blAAtschApen wrote:

Infected Mushroom wrote:Does anyone have a SIMPLE (but time consuming and interesting project) that they can think of that involves Magical/Mythical Creatures that can last 3 hours????

The best that I can come up with is that the class creates a set of cards with different stats of Magical Creatures and then plays Top Trump vs each other after we as a class talk about each and every single one of the cards and the creatures on them

By simple I mean that non-artistic 8 year olds can do it

I have. But will you pay me for it, given that is your job?

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Infected Mushroom wrote:

The blAAtschApen wrote:
I have. But will you pay me for it, given that is your job?

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In this business it's more profitable to keep the secrets to success to ourselves.

Kannap wrote:

Infected Mushroom wrote:
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In this business it's more profitable to keep the secrets to success to ourselves.

Honour of being the best demands it.

Kannap wrote:

Infected Mushroom wrote:
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In this business it's more profitable to keep the secrets to success to ourselves.

That's why you then take a hostile takeover.

Huh. It's been 24 hours and TET is still on the same page. Must be a slow week.

Pasong Tirad wrote:Huh. It's been 24 hours and TET is still on the same page. Must be a slow week.

What's a Memorial Day?

Unpopular opinion: Nobody's eating processed food these days because it's all been recategorised as "ultra-processed."

Kannap wrote:

Pasong Tirad wrote:Huh. It's been 24 hours and TET is still on the same page. Must be a slow week.

What's a Memorial Day?

I spent it drinking and getting stoned with a bunch of Canadians and swimming in a pool. Almost made up for the 34c and 90% humidity that Florida has been for the last three days.

Heloin wrote:

Kannap wrote:
What's a Memorial Day?

I spent it drinking and getting stoned with a bunch of Canadians and swimming in a pool. Almost made up for the 34c and 90% humidity that Florida has been for the last three days.

Sounds like a fun mini-vacation. Thank the troops.

All of them. Both sides.

Doom Patrol's weird.

Kannap wrote:

Infected Mushroom wrote:
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In this business it's more profitable to keep the secrets to success to ourselves.

“Success” = getting a bunch of kids to successfully color and paste together some craft?

Well I’m glad I’m so close to capital S Success in life

It’s a very flattering description of a bunch of young kiddos cutting and pasting

I think you’re maybe over glorifying it

Pasong Tirad wrote:

The Free Joy State wrote:Aussie (while I'm not a mod), I was wondering why you don't combine responses to two or more people into one post to save on double-posting.

Everyone knows the more posts you have the stronger you get. Speaking of which...

A lot of people just don't read multiple post posts. Or, at least, it's possible to take this too far and that's what causes people to not read them. But I am unrepentant. I do not change!

You can probably ignore the rest of this post... it's mostly just ego-maniacal blathering. But it ends with an absolutely hilarious joke. Death from laughter guaranteed!

For example... here's some group feedback from 2014:

he tries to write the answers for the team and takes charge is a good thing (he does occasionally ask others to write), I also believe that a bit more variety in our answers would be much better. I think that though he clearly respects everyones [sic] views the answer gets restricted to the ideas of the person with the pen.

Whereas here's some more feedback from earlier this week:

showed great leadership in our group, though I felt he did take over a bit, particularly when it came to the brief.

Same problem right?

Actually, with this latter group I could have let them do it by themselves a bit more. With the former one if you read my feedback for them you notice the recurring theme of "[group member] may find it rewarding to write an application exercise." The problem is that we end up with such problems as "inconsistent references" or "slightly over time limit".

I'm a terrible team person. There's a thing I read once on Inside Higher Ed where the lecturer had a team task and didn't want to randomly assign membership (a la 2014 group) or let the students form their own groups. The solution they had was to have the students describe who they were as team members or something like that. One description ran to the effect of "tyrant seeking minions". That's me.*

*Actually, honestly, I suspect the person who wrote the more recent feedback is the other group member who I'd describe as being exactly the same as me. I probably wrote way too much feedback but one of my lines to this person was "I do worry none of these dominant presences did enough to preclude the possibility of crowding out other group members." Of course, this is why I think this person gave me the same feedback.

The South Falls wrote:

Kannap wrote:
In this business it's more profitable to keep the secrets to success to ourselves.

That's why you then take a hostile takeover.

It is much better to slowly subsume control from under the feet of the original controllers.

With that group stuff above... it's actually less that I'm a tyrant from the outset and more that I'm a bit more like the Kingpin.* My modus operandi is to slowly assume control of the group. In this latter case, by the time we were up to the presentation they were dancing entirely to my tune. We made my idea for the video, with my co-authored script and under my favoured functional silo approach. This is, of course, even worse group behaviour but it passes for "functioning team member".

(How do I seemingly take over groups when I'm such a terrible communicator? (Honestly, ask anyone here.) Simple. I have the idea we actually need at the time we actually need it and they don't. First come, first serve. While they were quibbling over what we'd make the video with I actually engaged with the real question of what the video would be.)

*I make this comparison because there's an issue where the Kingpin reflects on his life story. From a young age he learnt to watch patiently and observe the rules of the game (originally it was literally a game but soon it was a metaphor) and then with that understanding he would rise to a position of power.

Australian rePublic wrote:

The Free Joy State wrote:Aussie (while I'm not a mod), I was wondering why you don't combine responses to two or more people into one post to save on double-posting.

It's easier. Especially on a mobile

And now you have learnt why stationery is called stationary. Mobile is just inefficient.

Went to the Waitrose in Canary Wharf yesterday because the internet told me this very specific good was only sold there.

Man, that place was like a reverse Walmart, but only of the extremely rich. It felt like some of those people might be carrying my life's savings worth in cash.

Oh, and they didn't have that specific thing so screw Waitrose for giving me false hope!