I was expecting a "shut up, bird" or two in the Reddit comments but baby dick is a classic. Thanks for linking it!
brownpaperbag
joined 1 year ago
I mean, those IASIP responses are pretty on brand but thanks for letting me know the community exists!
I have it off by default and turn it on when I want some other content.
@shepherd thank you for that extremely thoughtful, supportive, and kind reply!
If you do ever head the firefighting direction, feel free to reach out! I'm still a probie for another 3 months but happy to share anything I'm able to.
That's a great alternative to the scripts for your own content! Thanks for the suggestion!
If anyone is going to do this, it needs to be done in stages so it can't be easily reverted back like we're seeing with the one-shot comment delete scripts. Slowly dismantle the sidebar information and links, fuck up the automod and other bot settings. Tweak the CSS and flairs. If you're going to go nuclear, make sure they can't easily get it back.
@shepherd has captured my sentiments on this, existing in a similar boat of hobby fixation and jumping.
I found something tolerable that has enough day to day variation, [usually] weekly mental challenges that involve my problem solving skills (I'm a software project manager), and enough communication-based activities that I'm mostly okay with it nearly 10 years in. Caveat: I have been working remotely since late 2016 and this is probably a huge part of staying with it for me. I stumbled into this career path in 2008 via a temp role for sales admin at a software company that then became a full time role. That I then automated 90% of and earned myself an opportunity to move into support which eventually got me where I am now.
All that said - I am bored. I'd like to do something else. I don't know what that looks like. But I have [very slowly] accepted that it's okay to be bored and that all the new skills and hobbies I like to acquire and dabble in will slowly paint a picture of new, unconsidered possibilities for future opportunities. Heck, I joined up with a volunteer fire department last year and that is scratching so many itches: constantly learning, regular training and meetings, no call is ever the same, I get to leverage skills I've been developing and using for decades, I get some socializing, and I get to help people. I'm exploring this chaos with my regular, boring job and I'm hoping to find that balance.
Apologies if that was rambly.
I can't believe I forgot I had done that. My apologies for being misleading!
You should receive a notification and find it in your messages. At least that's been my experience when leaving comments.
Edit: Notifications, not messages
Seems like an appropriate time to remind people we can buy Ernest coffee for all his hard work to give us kbin!