It's crazy how bad it's going to get in the next few months. I work for a branch in the fed that's almost all remote work, about 10 out of 150 or so are in person including myself. I know I'll be safe, but my team? Section? Branch? All screwed. Then what's left, for me to be swallowed by a RIF? The deal was tempting because of the threat behind your inaction likely not mattering.

Hoping it cools off soon. It's hard to sleep lately.

It double sucks because I just got my spouse into a federal job (she got herself in, but I provided her resources, resume building, etc, of course.) But now since she's considered probationary and a temporary hire? She might be let go and swallowed into regret.

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I think this is double sided

Yes it is unfriendly but do you remember how it was pre discord? Communities built around vent and teamspeak?

Discord is a step up from that but it needs to remain a community hub, not a full repository of information. "Visit our website" on the main page is necessary most of the time.

Also discord has forum posts. These are awful and you can only have like 200 active posts or some rudimentary and small count which means you cant really use it as a forum (let alone the unintuitive layout of them)

Egalitarianism > all other isms. Except autism. autism trumps all.

As if they'd let that happen.

The last time they let another studio develop something, it blew expectations out of the water and as a result made their game built on their home engine look like hot dog water.

New vegas is by far the beat fallout game, if for no other reason, it's an actual role playing game, and not an action adventure game.

It was too partisan I think. The ideals of universal Healthcare were not fully realized but definitely did expand Healthcare access, which isn't enough.

Chickens have a cloaca, silly.

Not a first responder per se but work in disaster management and emergency management

Some people are so... entitled. Ive seen people lose everything and talk to me like its a tuesday. And ive seen people lose a Gucci bag and demand that its a life or death situation.

These people, regrettably, deserve to be humbled.

Beauty and the beast

It's small because I knew it was coming, but I got the job offer for a promotion! Not many people I can tell.

Right??

Early Gen Z / very tail end of millennial here.

Got a job that pays ~80k (with promotion potential to 100k in a year) and I'm just.. dumbfounded at how yall are making it. I didn't grow up wealthy at all, and struggled with homelessness for a time, so I'm not new to the frugal game, but being able to put away only a hundred or two bucks a month after taxes is crazy with the hours and time I put into existing. I'd rather just not work at all if the end result is the same.

Doordash is a crux in my life and something I've definitely splurged on in the past, but groceries are just as expensive outside of rice beans and chicken. Baffling. :(

Yall gonna hate me,

But teams planner planner is super neat since you can use buckets. And others can use it too.

I honestly don't hate teams. It's pretty neat once you get mildly used to it!

Is that you Wilford Brimley?

I'm a shill for new Vegas but this is honestly the reason. You have actual mechanical choice, not just dialogue choice. You can kill anyone in the game and the story can still resolve itself. You can play any way and there's probably a way to progress. Go straight through deathclaw valley. Maybe youll make it. Or don't, and go the traditional route.

Theres so much more freedom than the other games. I dont understand how anyone things new vegas is inferior other than liking the railroad and having choice taken on their behalf.

Right?

Bethesda just released an expansion for fallout 76. It's a game that I'm fairly fond of, considering the amount of dislike I have for fallout 4, it improved on it in every way from the worldbuilding to building to the story, I could go on, point is, I like it.

The new expansion, the first map expansion and like 20 major updates in.

The new map is quite a large region. You'd expect a few side quests to unlock these other locations. Maybe some hidden gems. Maybe some cool NPCs outside of the main "expansion" right?

Its literally: A main quest that's short (beat it in like 3 hours on the first day it dropped)

A single side quest that's more of an optional objective on the main quest

A single new event

A single new boss.

Four things they added. Two of which can only be done once (bad formula for a game designed around repeating similar tasks)

They've just straight up gotten bad. There's no love in their products anymore. It's all taking the easiest way out, lacking any amount of real creativity.

I just want them to migrate from their shitty proprietary engine, buckle down on a good story and prioritizing fun.

Once you get to the Shadowlands, you're in act 2. Leaving shadowlands is act 3.

Brushing my teeth.

Recently had a root canal and a massive wakeup call of fragile teeth.

It's been a hard habit to stick with but the wife keeps me accountable.

Remember that america is now run by said incompetence with illegal firings and mass slash and burn tactics to raze the entire establishment

A lot of people are playing with their friends, not just alone