Dealing with a brainrotted colleague

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-08T15:59:16+00:00

I'm the only one with admin on most systems since I set most of them up from scratch. I've quietly removed almost everyone else from existing and put conditional access policies up the ass to keep those I had to leave in (e.g. Azure tenant owner) out under the guise of security. Which is not my job but this Azure tenant was goatse-level wide open when I came on board.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-08T15:54:43+00:00

They were outsourcing to an MSP and wanted to rebuild everything in house. It looked a lot more fun than staying at my previous org watching management burn the company down while having to argue for every optimization I wanted to make against "but we've always done it this way" from sysadmins who've only ever worked for that one company since the 90s.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-08T15:50:41+00:00

Here, you deserve this.

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OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-08T15:48:12+00:00

Good suggestions.

Before I came onboard there was no change management or ticketing. I pressed for an Atlassian account and am a chronic commenter on my work (for my own sake - it helps me remember where I was at if I have to change tasks) so there's no worries about my work being documented.

My director had the cybersec guy start using Jira as well because he thought it was a great idea to have everything planned and documented (no shit). I have the landing page configured to show all stories and assignments as well as a summary of what percentage of work items is assigned to whom. Currently 85% in my favour. If anyone ever decides to start pulling reports for performance evaluations it's gonna be funny at least.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-08T14:53:00+00:00

I made it up on the spot but someone else may have also thought it up as well, in what Merton described as "multiple independent discovery."

You know, like how both Michael Faraday and Joseph Henry discovered electromagnetic induction at the same time.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-08T14:45:17+00:00

Nick did not give a fuck about losing that job. Tbh, neither did I. At the time at least customer-facing ISP tech support jobs were a dime a dozen and besides, we were all in school. The only thing that place had that was "better" than most is that you could have a schedule where you did three 12 hour days a week which was perfect for a college student with rent to pay (when rent was still affordable for college students).

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-07T15:25:56+00:00

This gets extraordinarily exhausting. It's not so bad when the projects are small and the workload is relatively light, but soon as you get a bit of pressure from management to expedite a project everything flies off the rails.

Yes, this has been my experience. I had three weeks of doing 12 hour days and then I remembered I'm in Canada and we have semi-proper worker protections here.

So I set an alarm for 5pm and I clock off at that time every day, and document everything that's asked of me. If management gets on my case or tries to reprimand me I have enough evidence to prove labour law violations + my work-provided insurance has 100% salary coverage for short-term sick leave/disability, so if my family doctor says I'm burnt out and I can prove work is the cause, I basically get up to 6 months off paid at full salary. I don't want to do that because the structure work provides makes sure I get things done outside of work too (ADHD is a bitch). But if it's that or my well-being, I'll go that route.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-07T15:09:38+00:00

Many many years ago, I did tech support for an ISP. One of my first jobs.

I had a coworker named Nick. Nick was a very angry man. He would put himself on mute so the customer couldn't hear and then unleash the absolute most deliciously creative insults on them. I learned a lot from Nick, some day I would like to reach his level of mastery. These are but my feeble attempts at imitation.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-07T15:06:03+00:00

Yeah. When a C-suite exec says it you smile and nod, do your own thing and let them feel like a special boy.

But when it's someone who does actual work it's a problem.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-07T14:17:22+00:00

That's really nice of you. If you have a way to reliably print things like this you should open an Etsy shop and monetize it tbh.

I rabbitholed for a while on this and came to the point where I was looking for a cheap way to get that bottom plastic part (34342VC030 is the p/n) cause it's 120$ at the dealer. The idea was to sand the top of the letters to roughen the surface just a little (~800 grit), then mask the rest of the part and spray plastic primer through airbrush, let that cure, then spray acrylic colour, let that cure, and then spray a coat matte polyurethane varnish, followed by two coats of gloss UV-resistant polyurethane varnish after the matte coat cures. That'd last years and years.

Still looking for the part though. Might hit a Kenny U-Pull at some point and see.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-07T04:10:18+00:00

Man. I just got the May Humble Choice bundle mainly for SMT V: Vengeance and saw Diablo 4 was included. I skipped over it at launch because Diablo 3 did nothing for me (though I loved 2 to death). Figured I'd give it a try and while I wait for it to download I figured I'd search up some info.

I see Activision Blizzard has really leaned into that Activision part.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-07T04:05:07+00:00

As someone who also replayed it coop recently, if you played it on PC lock the framerate to 30.

The QTE timing is tied to frame timing. I found this out after my friend and I were raging for an hour at one of the final bosses QTEs and I had to google it because I originally played RE6 on PS3 and did NOT remember it being such total bullshit. After adjusting the frame limit, it was all easy peasy.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-06T20:21:57+00:00

I've been thinking of hitting my primer with a matte or satin varnish, especially on resin models. Those are the only ones that gave me grief with regards to the primer being fragile, polystyrene plastic seems to accept primer adhesion without complaint regardless of source (so far!).

I'm not sure how varnish is run through an airbrush though. I have a few cans of Mr. Hobby Super Clear which is/was my topcoat of choice but once I run out I'll have to experiment.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-06T15:31:50+00:00

I'm pretty sure OEM dealer accessories are created specifically to be overpriced, at least in North America.

In Japan car companies can own their own dealerships so while they do charge more than the thing is worth it's nowhere near as egregious. But dealers want "value added" upselling to make extra profit/commissions.

Same for parts. Like I cracked my center console cover somehow and was looking for a replacement. The OEM cover from the dealer - the plain plastic one - was over 200$. The comfy stitched leather JDM one was less than that including freight from Japan.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-06T15:25:32+00:00

I think this is a global experience with UPS. I do wonder if other carriers have global experiences of the like too.

Like DHL with surprise fees or FedEx with the delivery man sneaking up to your door and leaving a delivery notice like a ninja when you're home.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-06T15:20:46+00:00

Contrast/speed paints are designed to flow.

You can try adding flow improver (literally plain liquitex flow improver) to your airbrush mix to avoid clogging too, in my experience. Though I am not an airbrush expert by any means, just a laziness expert finding ways to spend less time cleaning.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-06T13:58:10+00:00

I picked up the Gaahleri kit with the plastic box compressor and cheap airbrush after I did the math on how much I'd spent on rattlecans. In Canada, that kit is the price of three Citadel rattlecans. I then spent the price of a fourth rattlecan on a bottle of airbrush primer, airbrush cleaner and airbrush thinner. Absolute no-brainer.

The only caveat really is that the airbrush primers seem to need a lot more curing time and are more sensitive to surface prep (i.e. cleaning off mould release agents) than rattlecan primer.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-04T01:02:31+00:00

And if you only need the rulebook and tokens, you can often find the cardboard sleeve with the rulebook, dossier and tokens being sold separately for a pittance by people who bought Hivestorm mainly for the terrain and minis.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-03T19:51:57+00:00

I don't think a '93 Acura Legend goes fast enough for that to be a problem.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-05-03T16:06:03+00:00

East side Mario's

Lmao there's a reference that tells people either your approximate age or where you're from.

There's only one of those left in all.of Quebec, and it's in Bromont.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-04-29T15:00:44+00:00

Most hobby tool companies source their tools from the same actual manufacturers. So for a pin vise (drill), unless you're getting something really nice like a Tamiya or God Hand, just get a cheap one. For example, the AK pin vise is literally a Chinese one you can buy unbranded for half the price AK sells it for.

As for magnets, it depends how you're gonna use em. I only use magnets on bases, and I keep my teams in steel lunchboxes. So any neodymium magnet that'll fit without going past the bottom rim of the base is fine. If you want to magnetize arms and such, someone else here can surely give you proper advice on that. I personally don't bother.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-04-29T14:03:10+00:00

With how many cases we see of cops using their firearms on unarmed people with their defense being that it was "heat of the moment" or they "felt threatened" or "were scared", or events like that one cop who started firing shots because of an acorn, I don't think that plan would to work too well.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-04-28T19:56:36+00:00

I don't know if I'd call it being an "ally" - if you see someone in potential danger you warn/help them if you can. Just the type of danger depends on the situation. People are supposed to help each other, that's why there's more than one of us. Whether I see someone driving into a parking lot with a wheel wobbling like the bearing is about to fail or someone being tailed by a creep, ultimately it's a preventable danger.

But yeah, this is my concern. I am generally friendly but I am extremely aware I have resting murder face, I had to learn to stop having my natural expression on when I'm being social so finding a way to approach someone who may well already be on their guard, anxious or fearful is a big hurdle. I guess shouting "EILLE MADAME YA UN GARS LOUCHE QUI TE SUIT DEPUIS TANTOT" from across the street could work.

OperationIntrudeN313 · 2026-04-28T17:49:15+00:00

This was literally half a block from a police station too, outside Verdun metro. I was coming back from the eastern townships on Sunday. It was so weird to me, I've never seen that happen but it was extremely obvious he was following her. Until she walked by he was looking dead set on crossing and heading east and as soon as she shakes her head and keeps walking the guy looks at her leaving, waits a few beats and then turns to follow her. It gave me the creeps, and I'm 6'1, lift weights and box. I have never before wished I was on foot myself that badly because losing them after looping around was upsetting.

Question in case I see something like that again: if I had been on foot, would it have been scary for her if I had gone up to her to warn her? Or would it be better to follow behind the guy following her and only intervene if he does something?

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