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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42030 on: January 14, 2012, 12:49:24 am »

Family is bad for the code monkey lifestyle. What with their wanting you to be home at a reasonable hour and not die of a stroke.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42031 on: January 14, 2012, 12:55:21 am »

describing yourself in writing is immensely hard and a soul-crushing experience, especially to an entity you're trying to impress.
This. So many college and scholarship applications.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42032 on: January 14, 2012, 01:07:28 am »

On post count:

I will never match you people. To try is folly. So, instead, I am trying to aim for that thing where I rarely speak but everything I say has deep meaning. Dignified silence, that's the key.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42033 on: January 14, 2012, 01:09:53 am »

Most likely I would either be unemployed or my first child would be dead if not for the Family Medical Leave Act legally requiring employers to allow people time off to care for their families when absolutely necessary.  Of course, it doesn't require you get paid during that period or that the paperwork has to be reasonable.  I've nearly lost my job before because of minor issues with paperwork, even though I had undeniable justification for missing work. 

The best was the first time I ever had to make use of FMLA because my wife was paralyzed for a week.  I turned in the paperwork, not realizing I'd done anything incorrectly, and HR didn't tell me there was any problem until the day of the deadline, when they informed me that the application was denied.  So that entire week was counted as an unexcused absence.  I learned pretty quickly that our HR rep is a sly creature manifested of pure hatred.  ::)

I was still pretty new to corporate office environments at that point.  I went around for a while after that reading up on other people's experiences.  Many have been told some variation of the phrase "If the company had wanted you to have a child, you would have been issued one."

And then there was that time my wife was so sick she could barely drag herself out of bed, so I took a couple days off, because I have two days a month pre-approved for issues that may arise with my son's diabetes.  I nearly got into a shouting match with the senior manager over the phone.  She tried to accuse me of abusing the system, since the FMLA was only approved for my son's condition and it was my wife that was sick.  The argument that she was unfit to treat his condition, thus I had to be there to do so was unacceptable to her.   ::)

Is it any wonder I have zero trust or faith in authority?
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42034 on: January 14, 2012, 01:11:28 am »

I just realized that we pushed Toady off the first page. :/
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42035 on: January 14, 2012, 01:11:42 am »

My university application piece worked. *shrug*
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42036 on: January 14, 2012, 03:51:35 am »

The pain in my chest is getting worse Im going to a doc.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42037 on: January 14, 2012, 07:37:23 am »

Most likely I would either be unemployed or my first child would be dead if not for the Family Medical Leave Act legally requiring employers to allow people time off to care for their families when absolutely necessary.  Of course, it doesn't require you get paid during that period or that the paperwork has to be reasonable.  I've nearly lost my job before because of minor issues with paperwork, even though I had undeniable justification for missing work. 

The best was the first time I ever had to make use of FMLA because my wife was paralyzed for a week.  I turned in the paperwork, not realizing I'd done anything incorrectly, and HR didn't tell me there was any problem until the day of the deadline, when they informed me that the application was denied.  So that entire week was counted as an unexcused absence.  I learned pretty quickly that our HR rep is a sly creature manifested of pure hatred.  ::)

I was still pretty new to corporate office environments at that point.  I went around for a while after that reading up on other people's experiences.  Many have been told some variation of the phrase "If the company had wanted you to have a child, you would have been issued one."

And then there was that time my wife was so sick she could barely drag herself out of bed, so I took a couple days off, because I have two days a month pre-approved for issues that may arise with my son's diabetes.  I nearly got into a shouting match with the senior manager over the phone.  She tried to accuse me of abusing the system, since the FMLA was only approved for my son's condition and it was my wife that was sick.  The argument that she was unfit to treat his condition, thus I had to be there to do so was unacceptable to her.   ::)

Is it any wonder I have zero trust or faith in authority?

And yet despite being anti child, corporations are not pro GLBT.... [is confused]

Yes, contrary to the pipe dream most Americans live in, the company will not save you. It will save itself and if doing so means screwing you over, then it simply will. "Saving itself" means from even slight discomfort or losing so much as a single penny. HR is not your friend and never was. This is the company's way of handling you, and I mean "handling" in the worst possible way.
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In other news, I am having incredible difficulty focusing. My thoughts are normally rather organized but they are currently quite messed up. I've never even read of anything like this either. Forgetting the massive headaches (as if I could), I'm having the weirdest, most nonsensical thoughts. I don't learn via reading, speech, etc, but rather in space. Flow charts work for me and I plot my ideas out in real or imagined space. For some nonsensical reason, my attention is extremely focused on an area of space inside my head (always the exact same location, shape, and volume) and this distracts the hell out of me. Its an attention opportunity cost--it keeps me from focusing on other things. It also tends to hurt like hell.

I've studied neurology and the area in question doesn't add up to any of this. Occipital Lobe deals primarily in vision and my vision's fine. The thoughts consist strangely and primarily of an extreme awareness of random body parts or parts thereof. Right now a spot on my left arm 3 inches below the elbow is very notable to me, though not hurting. This will change to a different, random body part in a couple of hours with no apparent reason or pattern. My doctor has no idea what to make of it and it mostly is just annoying to me. I plan on laying in bed the entire weekend, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to read a whole lot, which is something I like doing. I'm quite annoyed at my body not making any sense right now. This portion of the weirdness doesn't itch, isn't sensitive, or anything. It's just... there and I'm focused/thinking about it.

Me: "I wonder if that motion is due on the 13th or the 18th, his 3s look like 8s and I shou"
Body: [You have a spot 3 inches below your elbow]
Me: "So... calendar and docket wher"
Body: [spot 3 inches below your elbow]
Me: "So?
Body: [It's there.]
Me: "And?"
Body: [its there and exactly in a perfect circle, that particular area]
Me: ".... the hell is that calendar at anyh"
Body [3 inches below the elbow]
Me: "O screw this."

The hell is that?
« Last Edit: January 14, 2012, 08:04:21 am by Truean »
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42038 on: January 14, 2012, 09:24:30 am »

Jesus Christ, a very good friend, no, a best friend of mine and his family got struck by a flood. They almost died (flood was at neck-height), but they managed to get out safely. The same can't be said for everything they own; those were crushed by the raging flood, including the house itself (turned to rubble).

They only managed to recover a cellphone, a bible, and small amounts of cash before they left the house. They weren't able to recover anything else aside from the stated objects, not even clothes.

I only hope they'll be okay... with all that they faced and all that they lost.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42039 on: January 14, 2012, 10:09:27 am »

Bye guys.

Going on vacation.

Don't want to go. Family thing. Unhappy.

Bleh.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42040 on: January 14, 2012, 11:15:58 am »

-snip-
And then everybody stopped posting because they didn't feel like their puny problems can compare to this.
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« Reply #42041 on: January 14, 2012, 12:06:41 pm »

Bullshit+drama=Not going. Happy I don't have to go. Unhappy about drama.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42042 on: January 14, 2012, 02:27:29 pm »

My eye is scratched again. This is apparently normal.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42043 on: January 14, 2012, 04:05:00 pm »

So, chocolate and cottage cheese do not go well together, surprising no one.

In related news, it turns out there is only so much chocolate kijafa you can add to hot chocolate before the milk curdles.

Suit yourself. I find cottage cheese good enough on its own.

The pain in my chest is getting worse Im going to a doc.

Good call.

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I will never match you people. To try is folly. So, instead, I am trying to aim for that thing where I rarely speak but everything I say has deep meaning. Dignified silence, that's the key.

IS IT WORKING YET. I BET IT IS.

If you're this concerned about measurements of activity on the internet - on a niche gaming forum, no less - perhaps you need to reexamine your priorities.

nah jk its cool
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #42044 on: January 14, 2012, 04:42:34 pm »

Still stuck at 1280x800 resolution on my new 30" monitor, which is just painful to look at.  I finally figured out that my video card and everything is fine.  The problem is, I have the wrong type of cable.  It took me forever to figure this out, because the monitor is supposed to come with the necessary cable, so it was the last thing I thought to look at.  So now I'm shopping around local retail and... absolutely no one sells Dual-Link DVI Cables.  I have to order online or drive an hour to get one.  I won't even be able to make that trip tonight, because I won't get out of work early enough... My weekend has been so totally fucked with.  Sigh... it'll still be worth it when this is finally resolved.
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