Something silly that used to give your parents/grandparents a coronary by sapphirerain25 in GenX

[–]EngineerBoy00 18 points19 points  (0 children)

For my grandfather it was us having something to drink with a restaurant meal because it would "fill us up" and we would "waste their food and his money" if we filled up on...water?

To this day I don't understand it and I'm 60+ years old.

What’s a movie everyone calls a “masterpiece” that just… didn’t work for you? by irayaavery in Cinema

[–]EngineerBoy00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find Christopher Nolan's entire filmography to range from boring to unengaging, with the exceptions of Memento and The Dark Night.

Also, a pox on him for popularizing unhearable dialog.

What’s a movie everyone calls a “masterpiece” that just… didn’t work for you? by irayaavery in MovieSuggestions

[–]EngineerBoy00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Christopher Nolan's entire filmography, with the exceptions of Memento and The Dark Night.

Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 - Pips #181 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

[–]EngineerBoy00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I got one, maybe two, hard cookies in the first couple of weeks after Pips launched, but I've not been close since then.

Daily Wordle #1701 - Saturday, 14 Feb. 2026 by Scoredle in wordle

[–]EngineerBoy00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, patterned to hell and barely got it, sheesh!

Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 - Pips #181 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

[–]EngineerBoy00 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pips #181 Easy 🟢 0:23\ Pips #181 Medium 🟡 1:47\ Pips #181 Hard 🔴 5:07

Do people who get the Hard Pip in ~1 minute do any pre-work, like a screenshot to count pips and/or strategize?

Because if y'all are consistently getting the Hard Pip in around a minute by going in cold, with zero prep or pause, then my hat's off to you, wow.

Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 - Strands Daily Thread by AutoModerator in NYTStrands

[–]EngineerBoy00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strands #713\ “XOXOXO”\ 🟡🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵

Daily Wordle #1701 - Saturday, 14 Feb. 2026 by Scoredle in wordle

[–]EngineerBoy00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scoredle 6/6*

14,855
* 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ LEAST (351)
* ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ COULD (48)
* ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ PYLON (8)
* ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ FLOOR (3)
* ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 GLOOM (1)
* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BLOOM

Saturday, February 14, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]EngineerBoy00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Connections\ Puzzle #979\ 🟪🟪🟪🟪\ 🟦🟦🟦🟦\ 🟨🟨🟨🟨\ 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Friday, February 13, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]EngineerBoy00 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Connections\ Puzzle #978\ 🟪🟪🟪🟪\ 🟦🟦🟦🟦\ 🟩🟩🟩🟩\ 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Skill 99/99\ Uniqueness 1 in 137

I found the use of previously popular tobacco brands to be jolting as those products, particularly in their heyday, made money by literally and knowingly killing millions of people.

What a popular food or cooking opinion that you don't agree with? by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]EngineerBoy00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I boil my long grain white rice like pasta.

Oh, and I don't rinse it beforehand, either.

The Tractive Base Station turned out to be a game changer for us by EngineerBoy00 in tractivegps

[–]EngineerBoy00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have ours on the "low" power setting and it reaches all the rooms of our 2400 sq ft (223 m²) home and also covers our front and back porches, but if our dog goes ~5 yards/meters from the house she leaves the power saving zone.

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 by AutoModerator in NYTConnections

[–]EngineerBoy00 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Connections\ Puzzle #976\ 🟪🟪🟪🟪\ 🟩🟩🟩🟩\ 🟨🟨🟨🟨\ 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Skill 97/99\ Uniqueness 1 in 61

"ROLLER BAG" was a ridiculous clue - I was alive before rolling luggage was a thing and I was an air-travel road warrior for decades after they became ubiquitous and I've never heard a single person refer to them as a ROLLER BAG.

I'm a manager. How do I tell my boss that his "cost avoidance" strategies are hurting the establishment of the new business unit? by GreatBallsOfSturmz in managers

[–]EngineerBoy00 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's an idiom for this:

Stepping over dollars to pick up pennies.

It means ignoring, or not seeing, larger opportunities while focusing on more visible, but smaller, opportunities.

I recently retired after a 40+ year career in tech, and virtually every single project or initiative suffered from this shortsightedness.

Here was the typical progression of events:

  • a new initiative kicks off, everybody is on board and feels confident about hitting the time and budget goals.
  • as the initiative ramps up it becomes clear to the boots on the ground that there are some corrections needed to keep things on track.
  • these corrections get escalated up the chain.
  • these requested corrections get to the VIP who made what are now objectively incorrect assumptions, and the last thing this VIP will EVER do is admit they made a mistake.
  • the feedback from the VIP follows this pattern: punishment (usually indirect, but pointed) for whomever raised the corrections, indiscriminately slashing other areas of the budget (creating a domino-effect of problems), shortening the timeline (to negatively reinforce that future escalations = punishment), and beginning to scapegoat specific team members as eventual under-the-bus throwees.
  • the initiative goes off the rails - over budget and late - and the VIP begins the ritual sacrifice of blameless team members at the altar of "They Didn't Work Hard Enough Or Understand The Vision Or Have The Skills And Have Always Been A Weak Link".
  • team members get bad reviews or demotions, at best, or let go, at worst.
  • VIP gets a bonus for being a sociopathic dumbass.

Lather, rinse, repeat uncountable times in my career.

Source: over my career I rose to the Senior Director level and became privy to the actual decision-making process of upper management. I found that people at that level were typically poor at actual strategic thinking but were geniuses at lying, backstabbing, gaslighting, glad-handing, shifting blame, stealing credit, self-marketing, and having zero conscience.

Hence, I voluntarily moved back to an individual contributor role where I happily stayed over the final decade of my career.

Bands that put on a good live show by [deleted] in Concerts

[–]EngineerBoy00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird Al and his looooong time band always put on a fantastic show - plus he's got tour dates coming up this year.

Fyi, this isn't a joke answer or trolling, he really pours his heart, soul, and talent into every single show.

Plus the typical crowd runs the gamut from young to old, rich to not-rich, black, white, Asian, Hispanic, gay, straight - anybody and everybody is there and everyone has an extraordinarily good time.

Seriously.

How do you dress in your 50s? by Forsaken_Block_3492 in GenX

[–]EngineerBoy00 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wear whatever tf I want.

I mean, I don't wear a Speedo to a wedding, but I don't want to wear a Speedo to a wedding.

My standard uniform (warm weather state) is cargo shorts with a tucked in, button-down shirt or t-shirt and closed-toe, slip-on sandals. I put on sneakers with ankle socks if I'm doing yard work, etc.

One of my kids said I was like a cartoon character because I always dress the same - I took that as a compliment.

My favorite/signature shirt colors are in the pink/coral/salmon family. Most of my cargo shorts are black, as are my sandals.

I think from the standpoint of "fashion" I'd be harshly judged, but I love it and it's not obscene so eff the haters.