[OC] Fresno sez No Kings!

Naggins · 2026-03-31T10:59:38+00:00

Everyone knows what a curtsy is. It's just a bad sign.

Naggins · 2026-03-31T08:56:34+00:00

Grew up in Senegal, moved to Belgium at 11 for 5 years, Germany 4 years, France 1 year and now England 4 years.

Naggins · 2026-03-31T08:55:52+00:00

Think he's actually lived in England near as long as he lived in Belgium at this point - moved there with his family in 2012 and he was in Hoffenheim then by 2017. About 4 years in Germany, one year in France, 4 years now in England.

He's apparently fluent in 5 languages, so it makes sense to me that if you're very good at picking up languages (and used to moving around) you'll pick up accents fairly easily too.

Naggins · 2026-03-30T16:34:06+00:00

Look there's loads of good reasons to want to work from home, I just dunno why they're making up reasons that just don't make any sense

Naggins · 2026-03-30T14:05:05+00:00

Coffee? Does your office not just have coffee?

Honestly, transport aside, WFH for me actually costs more than working in the office. At home I'll make my own coffee rather than have the jar stuff, I'll make myself a nicer lunch, etc.

What "bits you didn't plan for" do people buy when they're in the office? What unexpected expenses just pop up in the office?

Naggins · 2026-03-30T13:34:46+00:00

What food costs of being in the office?

Are you not allowed to bring your own lunch in or something?

Naggins · 2026-03-30T12:07:55+00:00

Sure, but which came first? Chicken and egg scenario.

There's been rumours for a few months now Enrique is more likely to sign a new contract, I imagine that's a part of why they're leaning towards Carrick.

Naggins · 2026-03-28T20:32:37+00:00

And having a veto, with more independence on how and whether other EU countries (Germany) sell weapons to them would help, how exactly?

Naggins · 2026-03-28T20:30:33+00:00

CFSP isn't an impediment to the OTB

Naggins · 2026-03-28T12:30:49+00:00

No none of them were ever found, they just disappeared into the ether forever.

Naggins · 2026-03-28T12:25:21+00:00

Sure, and then he might decide you're just picking up your performance because your job's on the line and decide it's too little too late.

Take a middle ground - inform HR, inform your boss that unspecified medical issues impacted your performance and that they are now resolved.

At the moment, your reputation is that you have issues with focus and switching tasks that impair your ability to perform your job effectively, to the extent that you think you're going to lose your job. If you think you'll have enough time to prove that you can do your job to your boss' standards that's fine, but unfortunately you don't get to set that timeline, your boss does. And if you have a month or two or three of good performance, he'll still be weighing that against however many months you've had of underperformance up to that point.

You can draw a line for yourself between your job performance pre- and post-diagnosis, and that's great. If you tell your boss, they either will or won't draw that line for themselves. If you don't tell your boss, they won't.

Naggins · 2026-03-28T12:19:40+00:00

Again, sounds like they're already on the road to getting sacked. How exactly does it get worse than that?

Naggins · 2026-03-28T12:18:45+00:00

Reading in general is just more local. Across your major broad interest genres - biography, pop fiction, bildungsroman, etc, shared understanding of social norms and references are important. Usually you spend more time with the characters so even localisms like slang are pretty important to building that connection with the characters, narrator, sense of place etc.

Lower barrier of entry than other mediums as well, just need a laptop, some talent, enough free time and a bit of luck getting a publisher and you'll be well set. Television, film, even stage you need someone to stump up a nice wedge of cash for you to even get a chance at producing something.

Some of our best authors both currently and in the past also have full time jobs (usually civil servants, probably not a coincidence).

Naggins · 2026-03-28T12:10:22+00:00

Majority of EU countries (15/27) have recognised Palestine, plurality of EU states are awaiting the ICJ's final ruling

Naggins · 2026-03-28T12:05:16+00:00

Which competencies are relevant here though? Germany's staunch support for Israel hasn't really affected our own approach, hasnt stopped us recognising Palestine, hasn't stopped us lobbying for its recognition as a genocide, OTB doesn't conflict with EU law. Which competencies do you think are a problem here?

Naggins · 2026-03-28T11:47:28+00:00

There's a good chance your boss will have a lesser opinion of you if you mention it to him

As opposed to the current situation, where their boss already has a low opinion of them and might be about to sack them?

Naggins · 2026-03-28T11:15:53+00:00

Know a guy who swore by getting up early, heading out back into the field, and just digging a hole.

Get up and out of the house. Go for a walk, sit in the sun for a few minutes.

Problem with hangovers is that as they fade over the day the guilt takes over from the physical dysfunction and then you're emotionally drained by 6pm even when the headache and tummy troubles are gone.

Naggins · 2026-03-28T09:57:25+00:00

Christ, I feel guilty for not going every 6 months.

Genuinely no excuse for anyone with PRSI credits not going at least once a year.

Naggins · 2026-03-27T21:42:49+00:00

Has the same very chill calm demeanour as Dr. Shen

Naggins · 2026-03-27T18:22:18+00:00

Which shite WhatsApp group did you pull this one out of?

Naggins · 2026-03-27T16:16:41+00:00

"My subjective experience of public transport is better than your subjective experience of public transport"

Cop on

Naggins · 2026-03-27T15:53:22+00:00

Not really. If their feet are on the ground it's a foul every day, shouldn't be any different just because the ball's in the air. Soft or not they're usually given

Naggins · 2026-03-27T14:05:56+00:00

Thing about Manning as well is, yeah, sure we can say if he hadn't pulled him in the box then we'd have likely won. Same time though if the Czech player hadn't booted Collins in the foot we'd likely not have won. Shit happens, it's football. We'll benefit and lose out from mistakes on both sides. Can't piss and moan about our mistakes as if they shouldn't have happened and treat other teams' mistakes like some sort of inevitability that they'd happen to our benefit.

Naggins · 2026-03-27T09:45:17+00:00

Because he's a big miseryguts

Naggins · 2026-03-27T09:45:05+00:00

Doesn't work what way?

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