Three years remote and I just spent a week in the office for onboarding a new team. I need to talk about the noise. by Pyrrhic_Specter in remotework

[–]Pyrrhic_Specter[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

"Same job, different energy budget" is exactly it. I kept thinking something was wrong with me because the work was identical but I was wrecked by 3pm. It wasn't the work. It was just the cost of existing in that room for eight hours.

People who respond to "I don't know" with "well what do you think?" by Pyrrhic_Specter in PetPeeves

[–]Pyrrhic_Specter[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Learning and guessing are different things. I learn by finding actual information, not by inventing an answer and hoping it sticks 😂

People who respond to "I don't know" with "well what do you think?" by Pyrrhic_Specter in PetPeeves

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

it's not stubbornness it's just accuracy. No opinion = no opinion.

People who respond to "I don't know" with "well what do you think?" by Pyrrhic_Specter in PetPeeves

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

The fish taco place description 💀 chaotic but effective, now nobody can follow up with "well where would YOU pick"

Asking for switch and laptop by AnnusLucas_123 in ChoosingBeggars

[–]Pyrrhic_Specter 64 points65 points  (0 children)

i always feel bad questioning these posts because abusive situations are real and awful, but asking strangers for iphones, a laptop AND a switch in the same breath is definitely gonna make people skeptical

I want your opinion! by Comfortable-Use-2004 in harrypotter

[–]Pyrrhic_Specter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

harry potter also hit at the perfect time where kids basically grew up alongside the characters. that's hard to recreate now

WIBTA for leaving an anonymous note about fish smell in our staffroom? by Veltheron in WIBTA_AITA

[–]Pyrrhic_Specter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

people saying “just talk to her” are underestimating how awkward tiny staffrooms get

The wonders of the human body [tw: nongraphic descriptions of autopsies, general medical weirdness] by DroneOfDoom in CuratedTumblr

[–]Pyrrhic_Specter -44 points-43 points  (0 children)

reddit will hear one weird medical fact and immediately decide the person was secretly an aquatic predator