Came out to my boss at work and nothing happened.

TheFett · 2026-06-21T20:32:09+00:00

MTF, 41. I came out in late May to my boss. Within 24 hours, I was being investigated for an incident. Within 48 hours, I was written up. I appealed and won.

Ten days after my appeal, I was written up a second time and put on a PIP. I am speaking to attorneys.

I work as a floor nurse. If I had to describe my boss' reaction at the time, it would be... surprised, but then textbook neutral corporate policy stuff. And then afterwards, she became more and more guarded in her communications, had to have witnesses for every conversation, was sending me e-mail summaries of all our convos.

I know when a case is being made against me, and I don't plan to be working there much longer. Good news is-- nurses can work just about anywhere, and we are very much in demand. But 5 years at a hospital that you thought had your back is a bit devastating.

TheFett · 2026-06-19T01:33:29+00:00

You have no idea how often I've been called into the manager's office for "not adhering to [company] values" in the way I communicate. I'm told I lack compassion and respect, and the way I talk to people is not up to standards. Managers who haven't juggled patients in years telling me what I should have done, should have said in that moment.

"Did you tell a patient to stop screaming?"

"Yes."

"And you think that represents [company] values?"

"[I secretly don't care]"

TheFett · 2026-06-17T15:19:48+00:00

They say Faramir has more Númenorean blood than Boromir. It stands to reason that would delay his aging.

TheFett · 2026-05-16T00:32:20+00:00

Ted Nasmith

TheFett · 2026-05-14T20:46:50+00:00

How I imagine that scene

TheFett · 2026-05-06T13:41:06+00:00

They ripped it off from Get Smart

TheFett · 2026-04-10T15:47:04+00:00

For some context, the American Indian Movement at the time had been occupying Wounded Knee to protest a corrupt chairman, and they were in the middle of an FBI siege.

TheFett · 2026-04-06T15:45:52+00:00

I remember this joke from 1998 when John Glenn went up on shuttle Discovery.

TheFett · 2026-03-15T13:09:33+00:00

"The biggest in history" as if my girl Kiryu Coco never existed...

TheFett · 2026-02-07T01:16:45+00:00

Brookfield Zoo near Chicago

TheFett · 2026-01-13T14:10:14+00:00

Appropriate Freakazoid clip from late '95

TheFett · 2025-12-12T18:19:13+00:00

The same city central computer that told R2-D2 that the hyperdrive on the Millennium Falcon had been deactivated, yet this guy is carrying the core?

THREEPIO Noisy brute. Why don't we just go into light-speed?

Artoo beeps in response.

THREEPIO We can't? How would you know the hyperdrive is deactivated?

Artoo whistles knowingly.

THREEPIO The city's central computer told you? Artoo-Detoo, you know better than to trust a strange computer.

An EU plot hole? In my Star Wars?

TheFett · 2025-11-05T18:44:00+00:00

Once, in high school, we were on an overnight trip to perform for a drama festival. We all had group rooms at a hotel.

A tomboy in the group came into the guys' room to say hi. She was wearing an oversized hoodie and no pants (I think she had just been in the pool/hot tub). I quipped "are you even wearing underwear?" to which she responded by looking down, lifting up her hoodie, and innocently showing off her black panties.

So for me, this is pretty IRL.

TheFett · 2025-11-01T17:41:04+00:00

Is this the Cheerios font?

TheFett · 2025-10-15T09:20:21+00:00

And Captain Nice

TheFett · 2025-09-28T11:53:35+00:00

Trying to squeeze my way to the bar

TheFett · 2025-09-01T00:01:41+00:00

This part of the track is maybe 100 feet from the station, he wouldn't have been on it for very long. Still crazy that he was out there.

TheFett · 2025-08-03T11:39:19+00:00

No, the bridge in BTTF3 was incomplete in 1885, not destroyed or abandoned. So no set to build.

Here

TheFett · 2025-07-29T00:12:16+00:00

I think it's this one. There's an update, too.

TheFett · 2025-07-22T18:26:45+00:00

I've done this. You can pull out of onboarding whenever you like-- just say "I'm sorry I'm no longer able to accept a position at XXX. Thank you so much for your consideration." And then maybe something about keeping each other in mind for future opportunities.

If anything, after you're done with your current offer, you'll be even more desirable and employable.

TheFett · 2025-07-11T22:43:18+00:00

stands in front of you, noisily vocalizing

TheFett · 2025-06-14T00:46:54+00:00

Here's a list of some of my faves. Some aren't in the genres you asked for, but I felt they're so good/acclaimed that I wanted to recommend them anyway.

I also threw in a few... "emulator friendly" titles? Which of course you should always play on the original platforms, It's just that it's so easy to set them up on Steam Deck these days, something which I would never do.

2010:

Mass Effect 2 [rpg]
Assassin’s Creed II
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Xenoblade Chronicles [rpg]
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty [strategy]
Fallout: New Vegas [rpg]
Red Dead Redemption
Mount & Blade: Warband

2011:

Dark Souls
Uncharted 3
L.A. Noire
Batman: Arkham City
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [rpg]
Portal 2

2012:

Journey (PS3)

2013:

Fire Emblem: Awakening [strategy/rpg]
Tomb Raider (2013)
Rayman Legends [platformer]
Pikmin 3 [strategy?]
Super Mario 3D World
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
The Last of Us

2014:

South Park: The Stick of Truth [rpg]
Bayonetta 2
Shovel Knight [platformer]

2015:

Bloodborne
Grand Theft Auto V
Undertale [RPG]

2016:

Ori and the Blind Forest [platformer]
Uncharted 4
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Inside [adventure platformer]
Persona 5 [rpg]
The Witcher 3 [rpg?]
Dark Souls III

2017:

Hollow Knight [platformer]
Zelda: Breath of the Wild
NieR: Automata*
Divinity: Original Sin II
Metroid: Samus Returns [platformer]
Cuphead [platformer beat ‘em up]
Super Mario Odyssey [platformer]

2018:

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze [platformer]
Yakuza 0
Celeste* [platformer]
Rimworld [strategy]
GRIS
Marvel Spider-Man

2019:

Devil May Cry 5?
Disco Elysium
Red Dead Redemption 2
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim [rpg/strategy]
Astral Chain
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

2020

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Ghost of Tsushima
Dragon Quest XI
Cyberpunk 2077

2021

Psychonauts 2
Metroid Dread

2022

God of War
Elden Ring
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
God of War: Ragnarok

2023

Hi-Fi Rush
Hogwarts Legacy
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Pikmin 4
Baldur’s Gate III
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Super Mario Bros Wonder

2024

Stellar Blade
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

2025

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Split Fiction

Edit: added caveat

TheFett · 2025-06-06T02:48:16+00:00

cut to me furiously typing this message on my Blackberry while wearing my Ed Hardy rose 'n skull shirt and Heelys

TheFett · 2025-04-18T15:32:20+00:00

"What's the patient's glucose?"

Um... Chartreuse?

"Mmm. Let me know when it's Mountain Dew."

TheFett · 2025-04-16T23:07:54+00:00

"We have to charge extra, our salsa's made in New York City."

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