Weekly Bloomer Thread: The week of October 3rd
Weekly Bloomer Thread: The week of October 3rd
I'm going to make these weekly because daily is a bit hard to keep on top of. So from now on these wil be every posted every Monday (US time) Once a week is enough, right? Still not sure what comm I should post these in, because c/bloomer is locked. Maybe I should post them in c/doomer as a joke? Also, if anyone has any ideas for me to make these better, tell me! Anyway, as always:
Here it is, the daily thread to share all things good and positive!
Did you make strides in unionizing your work place recently?
Hear about a strike?
See a cool bug?
Help out a comrade?
If so, share it with us in the comments here! It doesn't matter big or small! This is a space to recharge and remind yourself what you're fighting for.
Comment anything here, as long as it's good vibes!
I had to pay rent online this morning because new property management has everything going through a fucking app, so I forgot my debit card on my desk after setting it up and didn't notice until I was ordering tacos from the taqueria on my way to work.
Thankfully I go there all the time and so they hooked me up with 4 crunchy tacos on the promise I will pay for them on my way to work tomorrow.
Someone is getting a fat fucking tip.
On day 5 of covid so I'm stuck in the house, and my coworker made a big batch of soup and brought me some along with some firecider and elderberry syrup. It was a kitchen sink veggie soup with a ginger and garlic base with lime to squeeze in it and it was so good! I hate my work with a fiery passion but I stay because the huge majority of my coworkers are such lovely kind people
fire cider is so fuckin good. Some folks used to make and sell it at the store I used to work at but some company tried to trademark it and do a bunch of legal bullying/patent trolling and then the courts decided fire cider could not be trademarked and all it resulted in was a bunch of companies including the one that started the legal battle going out of business.
It is! This particular one is soooooo tasty, I made one and it was...a bit too garlicky lol but I definitely want to make some this year. The brand I was given, though, is Wildlfire Elixirs which is local to where I am.
That sucks that the people at your work were put out of business! At least the assholes who started the fight went out of business too.
That is so kind! If it weren't for the comradery I swear the employees would just walk out of so many places at a moment's notice. Many people I've known at different jobs seem to be motivated only because they know it would be worse for their coworkers if they did less or quit suddenly.
That's definitely been the case with this job and my last for sure. I have a huge fuckin problem of being compulsive about picking up slack. Idk if it's because I care so much, if it's a control issue, neurodivergence or what but if people call out all the time at my work, I will fill in as many shifts as I can manage without unraveling because I know what it's like to work short staffed and I hate for my coworkers to deal with that. Then I burn out, haha 🙃
wait why is c/bloomer locked? are we condemned to only be doomers here?
I was curious about that as well; I too would like a crumb of bloomer content pls
Probably it only had one mod who deleted their account and then the comm got locked for being unmoderated
I realized something as I'm looking for a new job...I can lie too. Hell, it's employer's fault for being too picky for their own good, plus they lie to their employees all the time and no one cares.
I'm a HORRIBLE "self-taught" programmer, but with enough luck I can bullshit my way into making a bunch of dummy projects for a portfolio. I have been trying to make videos on and off for a while. Guess what? I'm an editor-in-chief now.
Porky's a cheater, and will routinely call anyone who plays fair as suckers. So this is the one piece of advice I will trust porky on, I will stretch the truth if it means not starving. I mean hey, I'm a businessman, and isn't a businessman lying actually just an endearing quirk that should be rewarded?
What is a lie? In this business world as business people, it is our duty to ensure our brand is seen as peerless!
I hate deception but you're right, it is pretty much necessary to make it these days unless you are really fortunate. The annoying part is making yourself look good enough to get the position, but keeping expectations low enough to impress them with your work and not get saddled with extra.
I bet that hedgehog is really good at coding
That is, in fact, a very dedicated furry.
Almost done building a rack to keep da bugz in, this will allow me to keep up to 400,000 mealworms at once (about 50x what I have right now), in half the floor space.
I had been hoping to have this done 6 months ago but a bunch of surprisingly cool events got in the way. And also procrastination. But it feels like I have the upper hand on procrastination.
What are you doing with all those meal worms?
They're going to force us to live in the pod and eat bug
Had a small get together with a bunch of friends I haven't seen in a while and one couldn't make it last minute so the next day he surprised me with a cake. Really made my week!
i actually got to picket with the UAW! it was really cool to meet some union members. at the location i went to 4 managers are working 10 hours a day, 7 days a week to attempt at picking up the slack. i asked why the managers were working and apparently the local uaw doesn't allow managers to join the union. also i figured out i am related to a very prominent uaw figure (not going to share my family name ofc) who even has his own Wikipedia article.
as for unionizing at my workplace, i have mentioned it in passing and a few coworkers said they would join a union if someone asked but wouldn't start one. so i guess that's good??
anyway it was a good weekend. stay safe comrades
This is a good thread and you should feel good you posted it.
Still not sure what comm I should post these in, because c/bloomer is locked.
try it again next week maybe? i'm not sure how comms get locked, but i just posted so i think it's unlocked now. looks like i'm the only mod left there and it hadn't been active in a few months.
