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[Kaymyth she/her]

17 minutes ago, Calderis said:

Extremely hot sauces are also good for food thieves. 

Only if they are things you legitimately intend to eat yourself. Setting nasty "traps" for food thieves is no more ethical than stealing the food in the first place.

[Calderis he/him]

4 minutes ago, Kaymyth said:

Only if they are things you legitimately intend to eat yourself. Setting nasty "traps" for food thieves is no more ethical than stealing the food in the first place.

I happen to like hot food. A lot. 

I also happen to think that as long as it's only disuasion and not lasting harm, there's no issue with traps. If you do something that requires medical attention then yeah, that's pretty messed up. 

[Guest]

4 hours ago, Draginon said:

Quick question: What kind of jerk goes around eating other people's food???!!! I had a couple of these premade smuckers pb&j sandwiches and someone ate one. Who does that anyway???

Every once in a while, we get corporate emails kindly reminding all employees to not eat food which isn't yours into the fridge... We also get others to kindly remind all employees not to forget to bring back the cafeteria utensils they have inadvertently brought to their desk because the cafeteria is starting to run low on those 

[Sunbird she/her]

Re: food thieves, I haven't had a problem with them at work so far, but my grandma is an unapologetic food klepto. If I leave chips or donuts or ice cream anywhere she can see and reach it, she'll just eat it and then "apologize" when I confront her about it before doing the exact same thing two days later. I finally started keeping my chips and donuts on top of the fridge where she can neither see nor reach them, and only buying ice cream containing peanut butter because she dislikes peanut butter. Now that she can't walk to the fridge without assistance, though, my food is safe once more.

[Draginon he/him]

@Kaymyth @maxal The thing here normally I'm not at the campuses, kind of secluded in my own area where there's just one small fridge for two people, and this is the first time it's ever happened to me. Also I sometimes do stuff that requires the freezer segment, the campuses can have pretty nasty freezers where it's iced over with brown ice!, so I usually have no choice when I'm there for the summer.

 @Sunbird Okay, that's actually hilarious and reminds me a bit of my dad. Me and my mom have to get food for him when he's in town, he's a truck driver, and if we don't he eats everything. He stopped for a while after I had gotten jelly babies for the first time and told him it had strawberry juice made in them, and he claims to be allergic to them and the only thing he said about them was that it tasted funny so I'm not sure how allergic he is to them.

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

I don't understand how i'm supposed to live this life when I'm surrounded by the filth that is humanity. How do you lot do it?

[+Extesian he/him]

6 minutes ago, SmurfAquamarineBodies said:

I don't understand how i'm supposed to live this life when I'm surrounded by the filth that is humanity. How do you lot do it?

Avoid the filth and wash regularly. Or embrace the filth and never wash again. I tend to choose the latter.

[Calderis he/him]

23 minutes ago, SmurfAquamarineBodies said:

I don't understand how i'm supposed to live this life when I'm surrounded by the filth that is humanity. How do you lot do it?

Humans as a whole are pretty disgusting. 

Individuals can be awesome. 

Find a group of awesome and ignore the disgusting masses. 

[SmurfAquamarineBodies he/him]

24 minutes ago, Extesian said:

Avoid the filth and wash regularly. Or embrace the filth and never wash again. I tend to choose the latter.

I tried embracing the filth but all that did is cause me to grab the back of a work mates head with the intent of pushing his stupid, lazy, entitled face into the deep fryer ( I didn't because I kinda wanna travel and I can't do that if I'm a murderer, or rather convicted murderer ). So I don't try to embrace anything these days.

So instead I look out at the world around me marveling that people are too stupid to look up from their insignificant lives and see what we are doing to the planet we call home.

[Shqueeves]

1 hour ago, SmurfAquamarineBodies said:

I don't understand how i'm supposed to live this life when I'm surrounded by the filth that is humanity. How do you lot do it?

Easy. It's called social isolation. Step 1: convince everyone to avoid you. Step 2: avoid everyone

[Sparkrunner he/him]

Spoiler

I just solved your problem. ^

Edited August 15, 2017 by Roadwalker

[Delightful]

On 08/08/2017 at 8:13 PM, Silverblade5 said:

My sister is the laziest person ever. She lost her keys again, and instead of spending a couple minutes actually looking, she decided it would be a better idea to simply take mine instead. I found them within 2 minutes. I'm not giving them back, as she already has mine. Next time she tries this I'm going to relieve her of her teeth.

That's a wee bit violent. I hope things work out well with her. 

 

On 12/08/2017 at 0:42 PM, Darkness Ascendant said:

@Pestis the Spider @Claincy @overlordjebus @StrikerEZ
I definitely know I'm late on this but.

I have horrible motivation problems myself, I'm not motivated to do anything, I don't distract myself, I don't do anything, I just sit and do...nothing. Just sit there listening to the noises of average day in our household , I can't motivate myself to do things that I love, not even do something like eat.

It's just

Everyone has food that they love, like, need to eat.
And sometimes.

The food just tastes like...sludge, bland tasteless sludge.

And you keep doing the things you need to do, you keep doing the things that you love to do.

But its not the same. You just...you don't get any enjoyment, or satisfaction, or well.

Anything.

It's just bland and tasteless.

And then it gets to the point....where like me

Where you don't eat, sleep, read, write, well

Do anything.
Because really...what's the point.

You don't really derive anything from it, other than the ability to eat more sludge.

Personally I find motivational issues come hand in hand with health issues. I was really 'lazy' as a teenager until I discovered that it was a medical problem that could be fixed. Nowadays I have issues when the brain weasels, sometimes subconsciously, tell me I'm worthless so what's the point in doing anything? 

13 hours ago, SmurfAquamarineBodies said:

I don't understand how i'm supposed to live this life when I'm surrounded by the filth that is humanity. How do you lot do it?

Surround yourself with better people. They exist. 

[Draginon he/him]

1 hour ago, Delightful said:

Surround yourself with better people. They exist. 

Or just specifically a Sharder

[officiumdefunctorum she/her]

A friend of mine is struggling in so many ways, and I live too far away to do anything more than support his GoFundMe. He was the victim of a horrific rape and battery a year ago and still hasn't fully recovered. I want to do more and don't know how.

[Blightsong he/him]

Today I got called a n***** and an abomination (I'm mixed race) by a white supremicist. I haven't really had to deal with these people before in real life but recent events seem to have gotten them out of hiding. Feels pretty bad to be seen as nothing more than an animal.

[officiumdefunctorum she/her]

13 minutes ago, Blightsong said:

Today I got called a n***** and an abomination (I'm mixed race) by a white supremicist. I haven't really had to deal with these people before in real life but recent events seem to have gotten them out of hiding. Feels pretty bad to be seen as nothing more than an animal.

I'm so sorry that this happened to you. I wish shame and fear were reserved for their like alone, and not their targets. 

[Blightsong he/him]

2 minutes ago, officiumdefunctorum said:

I'm so sorry that this happened to you. I wish shame and fear were reserved for their like alone, and not their targets. 

Ghost hug back, friend. I've had friends go through sexual assault and it is tremendously sad to see the aftermath.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

@Delightful It only got worse the moment I realised that I was not normal.

[Calderis he/him]

11 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

@Delightful It only got worse the moment I realised that I was not normal.

On the bright side of things, studies have shown that people with depression, although the minority, have a more realistic view of the world. 

So on the bright side (if you can call it that) we're abnormal but normal people delude themselves. 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Just now, Calderis said:

On the bright side of things, studies have shown that people with depression, although the minority, have a more realistic view of the world. 

(if you can call it that) we're abnormal but normal people delude themselves. 

*chuckles

When we die, we'll die peacefully! (no matter how traumatic and painful that death may be, death's always welcome at my door ) 

[Delightful]

3 hours ago, Blightsong said:

Today I got called a n***** and an abomination (I'm mixed race) by a white supremicist. I haven't really had to deal with these people before in real life but recent events seem to have gotten them out of hiding. Feels pretty bad to be seen as nothing more than an animal.

White supremacists are the actual literal worst. I'm so sorry you had to experience that. Stay safe. *hug* 

2 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

@Delightful It only got worse the moment I realised that I was not normal.

I disagree with your premise. 'Normal' is a fiction. No one is normal, which by definition makes everyone normal. You're fine. <3 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Just now, Delightful said:

I disagree with your premise. 'Normal' is a fiction. No one is normal, which by definition makes everyone normal. You're fine. <3 

Meh, normality is relative, and I am definitely not fine.

[Delightful]

7 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

Meh, normality is relative, and I am definitely not fine.

I'm sorry.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Just now, Delightful said:

I'm sorry.

Thanks anyway.

[A Budgie she/her]

5 hours ago, Calderis said:

On the bright side of things, studies have shown that people with depression, although the minority, have a more realistic view of the world. 

So on the bright side (if you can call it that) we're abnormal but normal people delude themselves. 

Interestingly enough, there's a branch of Philosphy that is concerned with basically this. They said it was a good idea to lower your expectations and be prepared for the worst to happen, so if it ever does you'll be alright. It's followers were called the Stoics, and it was rather depressing.

@Blightsong I already commented on this when you posted about it on the Discord earlier, but I'm going to say here I'm still sorry to hear that all that happened to you. *hugs*

@officiumdefunctorum *hugs* for you as well. I'm saddened to hear your friend has had such a horrible time, and sorry you feel so unable to do anything about it.