frickineh @ frickineh @lemmy.world

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Giuliani got "lucky" that he was in office on 9/11. He wasn't a particularly good mayor and plenty of people knew it but he managed to turn that into a lot of goodwill. Now that he's shown his ass repeatedly, people are losing the rose-tinted glasses big time. Adams just decided he wasn't gonna wait 15 years to make people hate him. He's an overachiever.

This guy really saw how much people hate Giuliani and said, "hold my beer'

Introversion just means socializing tires you out instead of energizing you like it does for extroverts. It doesn't mean you don't enjoy it or avoid it. Way too many people conflate introversion with social anxiety, being awkward, or just plain not liking other people all that much, but it doesn't necessarily involve any of those things.

If people are interrupting you, try headphones. If I really need to get something done, that's what I do - even if someone still interrupts, it gives them a visual clue that I'm doing something else, and then I can say, "oh hey, just trying to focus on ____, what's up?" If it's important, they'll get to it faster. If it's not, most people will say they'll catch you later. But if people are just generally trying to interact and you see it as bothering you, that's more than introversion.

Are you sure you really have a problem with people wanting to talk to you too much? Tbh, you don't sound like (just) an introvert, you sound like kind of a misanthrope and I can't imagine your coworkers are clamoring for the total lack of charm you're showing in this thread.

I'm an introvert who's great at socializing, and yes, even the relationships you may not seek out can be important at work. If everyone thinks of you as quiet but nice, you're a lot more likely to get promotions, raises, good references, etc, vs if everyone thinks you're rude or closed off. You can straight up tell people you're introverted and they'll generally be cool with it, but think of the time you do spend chatting as an investment in your career.

Lol mine were teal speckled serial killer glasses. I think my second pair was purple.

Seriously, the glasses options were rough. My mom had the big plastic ones and my dad had some similar to these. I got my first pair in '91 and they had marginally better choices for kids, but not much. It was hard out there for a long time.

If he gets jail time, I'll contribute to his commissary account.

I've done all of those things (well, other sex work, not stripping) and I'm pretty sure I'm the most boring person I know.

Period cramps, so sadly not the right kind. The solution is to remove my demon spawn uterus, but taking time off for surgery in the US is just a whole fucking thing. I have been thinking about trying magnesium for the calf cramps I get sometimes, though.

Thanks, I think it will. Worth living for.

Me, telling all my coworkers about my cramps. And now, telling anyone who clicks on the post. I have cramps. They are really fucking bad. I want to die but I ordered ramen for dinner so I'm gonna wait until after I have that.

Nuh uh, if you take even one advil, you'll get pregnant and die! Your liver will fall out of your body and you'll be on the streets, suckin dick just to buy the generics.

I think getting drunk before a christening is just sensible, because it's boring.

I'm absolutely masking before any vacations. I'm going on a trip I've wanted to do for decades this fall, and no way am I risking missing it. The last "vacation" I was supposed to have (in 2019) got ruined by some asshole coughing up a lung on the plane and I spent a week in Aruba miserable in bed, which was a great use of my limited time off and money. Not doing that again if I can help it.

Plus, let's be real, most in person interactions with coworkers are not productive. I worked at home and then hybrid from June 2020-October 2021 and was far more productive on my at home days. Everyone spent about half their in office days socializing and then went home and actually got stuff done. My job is entirely in person now and some of the projects I do are taking way longer just because there are constant distractions in the office and they put me literally in the middle of the room. I kind of don't even care because if they want me there, those are the consequences.

I meant more the proverbial whore than a literal one. Of course you can be a literal whore and be worthy of respect.

Oh good, it's not just me. I came here to say that the odds of shitting pure pickle juice are way too high to make it worth the risk.

The last boomers haven't. The youngest ones will be 60 this year. There are still tons of them in the workforce.

Did you know that you can be the one that cancels?? I know, it sounds crazy, but I've done it and it totally works! Game changer.

That's some of it, but there are high school kids who come in to my office and literally write like 5 year olds. I mean holding the pen like little kids do, handwriting that's a dead ringer for my kindergarten work books, all of it. Those kids were struggling way before COVID.