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[Tack]

I don't think work ethic is a genetic trait.
If it is, please prove it to me so that I can feel that somehow my position in life isn't my fault.

[Shook]

Not just work ethic in my case, i'm afraid. Genetic or not, i feel like i'm missing a lot of qualities that would make my existence an awful lot easier. :I (things like basic life knowledge and Advanced Butt Clenching)

Do a webcomic.

Facenomicon needs love.

Oh yes definitely, but the problem is that even comics get less interesting for me to make as time passes. I intend to finish Faceonomicon, but past that? I have no idea.

[ChairmanPoo]

There's one particular "Cracked" columnist whose columns I can readily identify for their sagely, golden-mean-posterboy bullcrap. Like starting to read it and think "Hey, this crap sounds familiar", and presto.

[Bauglir]

Have a constitutional law exam today, need to be up at 9, insomnia keeps me up until about 8. Today, being Bauglir is suffering.

[ChairmanPoo]

Oh and also insomnia. I slept like... 4 hours? yesterday.

I'll probably drop by workplace health sometime tomorrow and try to get a medical report on this. Not because I expect magic bullets (at this point I've almost given up on doing anything but patching it up haphazardly), but given that I'm likely to become an expat in the near future I'm concerned of being stuck without sleeping aids somewhere where they are not OTC and/or things are more stringent about writing my own prescriptions.

[Lightningfalcon]

If it wasn't for the fact that I need to use my remaining absences for events next month I would just go home and skip school so I could get some sleep.  Even when I get home, since my sleep schedule is fucked in nine different ways, I won't be able to get a decent amount of sleep before something wakes me up, I'm unable to go back to sleep for several hours, and suddenly I'm in the exact same situation that caused me to lose sleep in the first place.

[ChairmanPoo]

Wait till you're being reamed with shift lag.

[scrdest]

Oh and also insomnia. I slept like... 4 hours? yesterday.

Odd. I also slept 4-hourish due to insomnia, if at all, I honestly can't tell, and so did a person I know.

[Spehss _]

Ugh, last night i found myself thinking of my future again, and how bleak it looks to me. So far, there doesn't seem to be anything that i'd be able to do for 8 hours a day 5 days a week, barring a few video games that are interesting enough (which probably isn't going to make me a living or any kind of money whatsoever). I just seem to quickly get bored of almost everything i've tried so far (which, admittedly, isn't all that much). :/
It also really doesn't help that i'm not the hard working type, which seems to be a hugely advantageous trait in this world. My interests seem to flutter around like a confused butterfly, and rarely does it ever land on something that would actually help me in the long run. I mean, drawing and programming are nice hobbies so far, but programming doesn't seem like something i could do for 8 hours every day, and drawing requires a shit ton of time and effort in order to be money-tier, and i'm generally not patient enough for that. It's starting to feel like the Great Stat Roll(tm) has landed all my points in what would otherwise be dump stats. >.>

Not just work ethic in my case, i'm afraid. Genetic or not, i feel like i'm missing a lot of qualities that would make my existence an awful lot easier. :I (things like basic life knowledge and Advanced Butt Clenching)

Shook, stop being me. If this keeps up we'll have no choice but to fuse into a single giant mecha and burninate the countryside.

[Bohandas]

Ignorant people in general make me sad, especially people who think that the Internet is only good for Facebook and mindless entertainment. You have access to nearly the entirety of human knowledge because you can beam information to a manmade construction in orbit above Earth. That alone is pretty freaking cool IMO. It is the greatest tool for scientific collaboration and every medium for art (movies, text, images, etc.) blended into one. Lonely people can form friendships that last a lifetime with total strangers because they were shoved together in an MMORPG. Services like Google Translate let people from different countries talk to eachother, and while it doesn't always work perfectly we're still better off for its existence.

As somebody who feels that digital technology (especially the Internet) is potentially the greatest force for good that has existed in the history of mankind, it's astounding how blind some people can be to its power. I literally learned (very basic) rocket science because I downloaded a videogame on a whim. The possibilities are literally endless. And there are still people who think that we're better off without it. To me, that idea is like the paradox that destroys a supercomputer in an old science fiction serial; it's a thought so utterly confounding that I can't tear myself away from it. And it makes me very sad.

A lot of those people probably have something to gain from the general populace being ignorant.

(To be fair however, the internet does have the issue that it can also be a powerful means of spreading false knowledge such as vaccine paranoia, climate denialism, the new age, and accusations that the president is an undocumented immigrant)

[mastahcheese]

Throbbing headache~

[flabort]

Lost my voice @ work in the past hour, already had to explain several things to boss (via wrighting) about how I feel and yes I can still work.

So frustrating, and my depression pills are getting low AND wearing off so no voice is even worse.

[Frumple]

Someone would appear to have abandoned a puppy. Cute little rottweiler/something mutt, very friendly, obviously used to being around people and in houses. Noisy as goddamn when it's not around people -- it was raising a very significant fuss (i.e. it woke me up like five times) from basically 8-ish PM to something like 3 AM, all up and down a good chunk of the road outside the house -- but that's fairly normal for a puppy, especially one that just got abandoned. Also teething a bit and probably could stand something of a bath, but eh.

People living here won't be able to keep it, I won't be able to keep it, family won't, etc., etc. Maybe it's just been misplaced, but someone was looking to offload a puppy a day or two ago and, well. Probably not.

Fairly good odds it ends up in the pound (i.e. dead), though. Unfortunate. Also irritating. If you're going to condemn a dog to death, just goddamn do it, either via pound or bullet. Don't foist putting it down onto someone else or set it out to starve or get run over.

E: Though it looks like one of my cousins might actually be interested. Which would be nice -- thing's cute as a button, will probably grow up into a very nice looking dog that's not too big, and is already fairly responsive to leashes and whatnot. Mutt best dog, as usual. Would be shame to have it put to sleep

[Il Palazzo]

Fairly good odds it ends up in the pound (i.e. dead)

So, you're saying the British currency is literally made from dead puppies? Not that I'm surprised or anything.

[AlleeCat]

Oh and also insomnia. I slept like... 4 hours? yesterday.

Odd. I also slept 4-hourish due to insomnia, if at all, I honestly can't tell, and so did a person I know.

Wait. Did we all have insomnia at the same time?