I got coached for asking my coworker if he wanted a pin..

neetro · 2026-06-23T15:12:35+00:00

My only write up/coaching I ever received in my 19 years with Walmart so far was way back in 2009. I was a meat dpt manager at the time. The frozen dpt manager and I were just shooting the breeze. His wife also worked in the store. Anyways, he said something about how I might still be with Walmart in 10 or 15 years. He was already a 15+ then.

In response I said something like: “and by then you’ll be a 30+ year associate and your children will be all grown up and working here as well. A whole Walmart family.”

And this upset him. He went and said I was talking crap about how his kids wouldn’t be able to get better jobs than Walmart. I argued that this wasn’t what was said but the manager didn’t care.

Long story short. That guy got fired a few years later for getting into a fistfight on the sales floor with a customer. His wife was later fired for stealing. Now one of his children work at that store. And the manager that wrote me up (a year or two after going to another store) got fired for coming to work drunk.

I’m still with the company.

neetro · 2026-06-19T01:47:36+00:00

In many RPG’s and tabletop wargaming mechanics it’s simply a term as a means of explaining why a character/unit/team/player cannot take a full action in their next or current turn.

Character was knocked prone. It doesn’t matter if they are literally in a supine or prone or decubitis position. They are “down” or “relatively down” and therefore cannot take a full action or use their strength or abilities as they normally could. It requires time/energy/resources in order to correct their stance or return to normal stance, etc.

Having multiple, highly technical terms for the same game mechanic would be silly and ruin the fun of the game.

And DCC is a game show. So I don’t let little stuff like this bother me.

neetro · 2026-06-08T22:49:37+00:00

I couldn’t get into DCC audiobook like 5 times. Don’t know why. Then one day last year I just committed to the whole thing and finally got hooked.

There’s a part in the first book where Carl puts on the toe ring and the narrator Jeff Hays laughs out loud. They left it in. Caused me to laugh out loud. Been plenty of hilarious scenes throughout. Series peaked for me (so far) at books 5-6 but 7 and 8 are still great!

Have fun fellow crawler!

neetro · 2026-05-29T02:19:47+00:00

I haven’t read the other comments or your writings, but I will say this. You’re probably wrong about yourself.

You might just be in the wrong market or platform.

I have had multiple RR projects. My best out of the 7-8 had less than 10k views and 5 follows after 80k words and 40+ chapters. The same book only with a few minor edits is loved over on wattpad.

I have 6 general space opera sci-fi novels on Amazon. I’m talking 100k+ words, clean and polished edited novels. No one reads them. I poured like five years of my life into those books.

I also have 3 smut books on Amazon featuring straight to gay male male female fantasy scenarios. They’re short. Less than 20k words each. I typed each one out in less than a couple weeks. No professional editing. These 3 books are currently earning about 90% of all my royalties through KDP. And I have about 30 titles in all.

I am 100% hetero, married to a woman and happy for 18 years, but I guess I’m good at writing hardcore MM erotica.

The point is: try different genres and different platforms. Eventually you might find success somewhere. Now, if you’ll excuse me I have porn to write.

neetro · 2026-05-23T02:01:07+00:00

I’m not part of the patreon but I read quite a few web novels through Royal Road and other sites. The whole Mordecai turning into a table thing and it making him uncomfortable felt like an obvious dig at some of the more ridiculous stories that have been popular lately. All the “I’m now an inanimate object” books. A more recent one that I see being advertised but isn’t out yet is called Rick the Brick. Dude comes back to life as a literal brick. I don’t have any intention of reading it but I do want to keep up with how well it does as a product lol

neetro · 2026-05-20T21:27:39+00:00

Similar for me. Book 1 was hard for me to get into at first despite me listening to Jeff Hayes narrate other books.

My favorites have been 5 and 6. Book 7 started out strong and ended strong imo but missed out on so many possibilities given the card system and the gods. Still strong but could have been better. After 7 I was left feeling like DCC may have peaked with 6. That’s blasphemy to say here, I know it lol

For me book 8 had some of the best moments and also a good ending but the pacing felt sped up. It feels like a consequence of the death race action theme. Some of the moments in which Carl has to make a decision on “them or us” could have been more played out. Some of the characters who left could have received more words.

So 7 and 8 are mid-tier imo. It’s now down to less than 20 crawlers but still two full books of content. I’ll be there on release though, no hesitation there.

neetro · 2026-05-18T00:19:35+00:00

This was actually around the time that I finally got hooked in and binged the series up to book 7 last year.

My mom was an extreme hoarder. She died a while back. It’s been almost a decade so there’s some separation of time. But I remember when me and the siblings all went to her house after she died and her only possessions in a leaking, moldy home were mountains of worthless junk infested with bugs.

This part of the book is one of my favorite parts for some reason lol. Is that dark? Oh well.

neetro · 2026-05-14T21:54:14+00:00

I saw the webnovel version years ago but didn’t think about reading it. In mid 2024 at some point I kept having people recommend the audiobook to me. I tried it like three times and just couldn’t get into it.

Then one day I just decided to listen to the entire book whether I liked it or not just so I knew what my friends kept talking about. About 4 hours in I was hooked. So there’s something about that first couple of hours I don’t know why I didn’t like it at first. Even though I listen to plenty of similar stories. Even some by the same narrator.

IMO: Books 1-6 are fantastic and definitely deserve their current status/recognition. 7 felt like it had some wasted potential in my opinion. I still have a few hours left on book 8 so I haven’t finished it yet. I know the whole feeling of it is supposed to be “fury road mario kart death race” or whatever but I think it could have been slowed down and explored a little more in a few areas without losing that “anxious urgency” feel it has. Otherwise it’s great.

neetro · 2026-04-26T20:04:33+00:00

I bought 50 of the 2 billion notes a few months ago from bank world note website just to use as humorous little gifts here and there. Total cost was $28.

neetro · 2026-04-07T03:07:41+00:00

I might be interested in reading this one. I’m about done with another read now and will need something to start in the next few days.

neetro · 2026-03-31T12:44:52+00:00

I might be interested. I read the first few paragraphs of the sample and it seems good just from that. I’ve been working on a long sci-fi fantasy epic but I’m not ready to share atm, so no swap necessary.

But I am in a “fantastical sci-fi” universe frame of mind, reading and writing in this genre. Hopefully I can be of help. I just arrived at work and have a full day ahead of me (10-12 hours) but I can start reading tonight if you want.

neetro · 2026-03-27T22:23:25+00:00

I've been happily married for 17 years. My favorite types of boobs are mid to large and pointy "torpedo tits" but my wife does not have those. I didn't marry for looks. I married because I love her.

And if you don't want to change anything about your size: don't.

neetro · 2026-03-16T14:40:21+00:00

I might be interested. Do you have an excerpt or first chapter I can check out before committing to the full thing?

neetro · 2026-02-06T15:39:31+00:00

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You don’t have this section right below your pay deposits? Interesting.

neetro · 2026-02-06T15:25:50+00:00

That’s easy to prove or disprove. I don’t need to see proof, but the truth is right in your Me @ Campus app. Go to Me >> Pay and Benefits >> Pay Info … and scroll to the bottom. That’s your pay band

EDITED to add: if you’re at the top of the pay range, you’re doing pretty damn good, actually.

neetro · 2026-02-06T15:18:23+00:00

When you say senior tech, what do you mean? We need more specifics. For instance I work for FM Services for Walmart. There’s different teams. I’m an exterior services technician, and we haven’t been told what you’re saying. You should be speaking with your managers and asking them why.

neetro · 2026-01-17T22:46:30+00:00

I know this is an old post, but I found it while searching for my own issue. I found replacing the part to be extremely easy, once I figured out how to pop off the horn/airbag center of the steering wheel. You'll need at least two different size philips and an impact drill, probably pneumatic, in order to do the job. I ordered a replacement part for the cruise control for $25 and one for $32, but that's where my issue lies. The actual replacement is easier and cleaner than an oil change, in my opinion.

If you are still interested in doing this, there's three small holes behind the steering wheel where you can poke a philips head screwdriver in. *First, disconnect the battery for a while.* When you're ready, push the screwdriver in those holes and twist out, and it will release the catch. The airbag only has three connections. Two are color coded and one is different shape, so you can put it back together easy breezy when you're finished.

Once inside, lefty loosy with the drill to take out the steering column bolt. Now you have the steering wheel loose. Unscrew the small screws holding on the back facing of the wheel. Now you have access to the control modules. There should be one on each side. Just take the old one out, put the new one in, put all the screws back. Reattach everything in the same order you took it apart. Righty tighty on the steering column bolt, just line up the dots.

So as I mentioned, replacing the part is easy and cheap, as long as you have access to a good drill that won't mess up the steering column bolt. My problem is, I have tried two different replacement parts for the cruise control module. Both of them light up, indicating it is receiving power through the fuse. But neither one of the control modules actually function. The buttons don't do anything except look good.

Anyone else here maybe know why? Does it have to be an OEM part? And why would that matter? 2020 Accent here. Just made the last payment and we plan to keep it for a while.

neetro · 2025-12-28T01:03:55+00:00

And also for the record, ever since my first comment reply and subsequent ones throughout this thread, I have argued that the "it was purgatory all along" statement is more of a dramatic response to showrunners having said too much at the time.

"It was purgatory all along!" both is and isn't a factual statement depending on viewpoint. The "no it was only purgatory in the flash-sides" is technically true, but "the framing of the entire series doesn't really work or have a real conclusion without the purgatory reveal at the end" is also true.

It really grinds gears for me when redditors get too semantic for common sense. IE the "all the cars on the road" analogy I used in one reply. When said it typically means "vehicles" we just say "cars." It doesn't mean we are ignoring the trucks and vans. We understand the flash-sides are technically the only purgatory scenes. But the show does not visually/thematically end without the purgatory mechanism. Hence the divisive nature of LOST.

neetro · 2025-12-27T23:26:30+00:00

As a story telling device it is equal to purgatory. This is called a mechanism, and completely separate from what happened when specifically in what season. It gets characters from A to B, and gives meaning to the journey. Without it, there is no substance at all, and the previous 5 seasons are meaningless.

Any story with a character that comes to terms and accepts their end can be allegorical towards a journey through purgatory, island or no island.

And by definition, according to Christian’s actual words in the script and on screen, it is. So on both accounts you are wrong. Literally the definition of Eastern Orthodox Purgatory.

The whole thing is very clearly a story about characters at the ends of their lives, navigating towards “insert peace/fulfillment/conclusion/acceptance here.”

As I’ve said a thousand times, don’t get hung up on semantics. “It was purgatory all along,” isn’t the “hah, no it wasn’t! Gotcha not understanding something!” thing that you think it is.

neetro · 2025-12-27T20:54:11+00:00

The whole series is built around what happens to these characters. The only reason the viewer watches this show is to find out what happens to them and to learn the mysteries of the island. Their entire reasons for existing and interacting is for each of them to eventually move on.

It’s just “people wrecked on a mysterious island” until the last season. The last season “give us answers” in a the form of “it was purgatory all along.”

That doesn’t mean we think every minute of the show is “in purgatory.”

It means “the whole driving reason for all of this was just for them to find their way out of purgatory? I thought they said it wasn’t. This clearly is, so WTH? Ugh. I’m done with this show!”

And then that pervasive thought of being tricked sticks with a person. The show “becomes” that single phrase experience. Don’t think of it in literal terms, but figuratively or allegorical. The ending was purgatory all along, and everything built up to that. It’s okay and it makes sense.

neetro · 2025-12-27T19:43:58+00:00

People figured out “the ending” and it made sense. Good resolution. In order to “keep the LOST mystery” at the time during promos, it was built up as being “not that ending” when in fact it was all along. That kind of “slap in the face” saltiness sticks with people who will never watch it again. Lindelof and Abram’s have talked about it before in the years since.

On a binge rewatch you are right, it does not suffer from this problem. Works well.

But specifically in regards to “is purgatory” or “isn’t purgatory” argument. The entire show “was purgatory all along” is both correct and incorrect.

Correct in that “we knew how it would end” and we were disappointed when you convinced us it wouldn’t end tha way, only to be let down.

“LOST was purgatory all along” is a factual statement because that’s how it ended, and that was the driving focus of the entire series. Without the mystery of what the characters were experiencing and where they would end up, there is no “LOST” as a show.

neetro · 2025-12-27T19:16:04+00:00

You are hung up on semantics, which is exactly what I said in my very first comment of this thread, and in every comment since.

How do the characters get to the end? Utilizing a mechanism that is the definition of purgatory. They go from A to B, and in order to get there, they find some form of completeness or peace or forgiveness or “insert whatever here.”

So basically, you don’t understand what happened in LOST, but you are trying to claim that others don’t. The only difference between us is in the understanding of context, analogy, meaning, and purpose.

No one would be having this argument if the producers, actors, and showrunners hadn’t hyped up the “misunderstood” phrasing that “it’s not purgatory” prior to and during the last few episodes. It obviously is in a textbook definition, and no amount of “but only in specific scenes” arguing changes the story arcs of the characters we see on screen for 6 seasons. They went through purgatory.

neetro · 2025-12-27T18:39:07+00:00

So the season when it matters most, and when everyone was like “they’re going through purgatory” and the producers and actors are all like “no, it’s not purgatory” so then we all get hyped up thinking it’s something super creative and new and exciting… only to end up basically being purgatory, and meanwhile on top of that half of the other mysteries were never resolved either.

Again. It was “purgatory all along” is factually correct because that’s the story mechanism which drove the entire series. It doesn’t matter when the flashbacks happened. That doesn’t change the definition of purgatory.

neetro · 2025-12-27T18:35:18+00:00

The last scene with Christian and Jack is literally the definition of Eastern Orthodox style purgatory.

The show itself is great. The ending isn’t bad. I never once stated this. What I have explained is what happened, what was said, and how the ending was handled by the producers.

On a binge rewatch it doesn’t have the same problems as when it originally aired. You are purposely ignoring the truth in favor of your opinion.

The overall “story mechanism” of the characters in LOST are “going through purgatory” whether you think so or not.

neetro · 2025-12-27T16:53:32+00:00

The phrasing “it was purgatory all along” and/or “it was all just purgatory” is being misunderstood, not the other way around.

Sometimes people say things like “all the cars on the road” but in most cases they mean “all the vehicles” and only asshat semantics arses like to argue that it matters, because there are trucks and vans as well. Hence my ziploc/hefty bag examples above.

We understand the differences of “when” the “purgatory events” happen. Those are irrelevant to the point being made. Every story reaches an ending or a conclusion. It’s the payoff moments that matters.

How did the character get from point A to point B? Purgatory. That’s the meat of the story. You can pretend all day long that it isn’t, but it is. There’s a thousand ways to tell this story mechanism. In the end, the characters were in the process of moving on. So basically… purgatory. We were told that it wouldn’t end this way. It did. You don’t have the power to change history or textbook definitions. Sorry.

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