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In response to: Both the Interviewer and intervewee were friends of mine years ago.

jonmc: Still in one piece, Sarge. Down in Florida.

03/10/25 | 19:26

In response to: Both the Interviewer and intervewee were friends of mine years ago.

sgt.serenity: jon mc - the finest man i ever saw play air guitar - hope you’re good

03/10/25 | 18:16

In response to: Both the Interviewer and intervewee were friends of mine years ago.

jonmc: 13 years.

02/23/25 | 15:08

In response to: Both the Interviewer and intervewee were friends of mine years ago.

jouke: How long did you work there?

02/23/25 | 12:59

In response to: Happy new fear(or)year

dg: I'm lucky that not all of those things apply, but definitely 2 and 6. I have worried constantly about job security since being very unexpectedly booted out of the job I was wholly dedicated to and thought I would be in until retirement. That was four years ago and I still can't feel secure in employment. I also can't dedicate myself to a job that way and won't ever again.

02/09/25 | 23:54

In response to: My first Lynchless day

jouke: Tx jonmc. That reference flew over my head.

01/30/25 | 02:27

In response to: My first Lynchless day

mightshould: Someone as creative as Lynch is iconic.

01/22/25 | 13:55

In response to: My first Lynchless day

jonmc: Jouke:

Listen Here.

01/20/25 | 23:38

In response to: My first Lynchless day

jouke: jonmc that would be Karel Lul

01/20/25 | 13:47

In response to: My first Lynchless day

jonmc: Charles Dikkens?

01/19/25 | 21:08

In response to: My first Lynchless day

jouke: Aww.
(personally I didn't care that much about David Lynch. But I recognise the feeling. For me that was when a well known Dutch author died)

01/19/25 | 09:58

In response to: My first Lynchless day

arse_hat: Dumbland keeps getting pulled too. I mean what if I had to come out to the yard at night to take a shit?

01/18/25 | 18:24

In response to: Happy new fear(or)year

mightshould: Yes, I get it, redvixen....one of my jobs is retail and people are way worse now. The horrible entitlement excellerated during the pandemic. Instead of respecting and appreciating folks who "serve" it seems to have created a sense that we are disposable.

01/17/25 | 04:05

In response to: Giant Pink Bunny! OMG!

terrapin: OMG, that's great, Senyar!

01/15/25 | 09:27

In response to: Happy new fear(or)year

redvixen: I completely agree with 1 thru 5. Actually 1 has an "a", as in 1A - losing tolerance for lifelong friends who have chosen an orange lunatic to idolize, and it makes me sad and angry at the same time.

6, for me, is work exhaustion. Not the work itself, necessarily, though at my age I don't think I really need/want to be working six days a week. But I've been working retail since I was 16 and I'm now 58 and people are awful and it's getting harder and harder to find joy at work.

01/12/25 | 19:13

In response to: Giant Pink Bunny! OMG!

arse_hat: The dog made me think of Flow. It came out a year ago and as of this week is available on streaming services in a bunch of different countries. Made by one guy using Blender free software. It is a very powerful story.

It's interesting that an ad agency would use the pink bunny idea after all this time. You can see the remains here.

01/09/25 | 15:34

In response to: Happy new fear(or)year

arse_hat: I'm just too burnt out to find the fucks to worry these days. I mean the fat orange fuck running the country next door running his spew hole about crushing my country with economic warfare would normal get some attention from me I think, but today, not really registering.

As for ridiculous fears I was looking for info about some movies the other day and it occurred to me if Colin Farrell's eyebrows met up with Emilia Clarke's eyebrows they might combine to form one killer eyebrow that would rule us all.

01/09/25 | 15:17

In response to: Happy new fear(or)year

eideteker: I think I'll decide to be afraid of ninjas this year. Are they out there? How many of them are following me at any given time? How would any of us even know?

Picking one ridiculous fear to gnaw at you beats thinking about the real fears, eh? 🙃

01/07/25 | 16:18

In response to: Happy new fear(or)year

crush-onastick: Traffic violence. I am constantly worried about traffic violence. Whether intentional (as in New Orleans recently) or reckless (as I see every time I walk in my neighborhood) or global (as noise pollution and asphalt damage and fossil fuels).

01/04/25 | 23:40

In response to: Happy new fear(or)year

jouke: Some variations of those. To whit:

1. US politics. But also Russian belligerence towards Europe.

6. I wonder how AI will affect my profession (software development). I have 10 more years to go.

I'm prone to worrying at the best of times. But these are real possibilities. So "I'm sure it's going to be alright" is not the best self talk.
I try to say to myself "my parents lived through the depression, WW2 occupation, cold war, oil crisis, ..., I'll weather this"

01/04/25 | 11:35

In response to: Happy new fear(or)year

JanetLand: All of the above except for number 6, and I'm worried about that for a couple of my friends.

01/03/25 | 14:12

In response to: Hitsujibungaku - 1999

arse_hat: I just realized the English link was missing. Here it is.

12/29/24 | 19:20

In response to: Not even a mouse.

arse_hat: Needs some deadmau5.

12/29/24 | 16:14

In response to: Not even a mouse.

jouke: That's a lot of mousen.
A mouse is an adorable little beastie. But not in my cellar, gnawing on my groceries, proliferating etc

12/29/24 | 14:52

In response to: Not even a mouse.

theora55: Impressive.

12/28/24 | 19:45

In response to: Not even a mouse.

JanetLand: Found a dead mouse in my basement Christmas morning. Better than live, I guess . . . [shudder]

12/27/24 | 12:15

In response to: Not even a mouse.

arse_hat: Damn it. 3 mornings without any sign of mice and then Ginger got 2 more tonight. I'm happy he got them but I had hopped it was over. No wonder ancient Egyptians worshipped cats.

12/26/24 | 22:57

In response to: Not even a mouse.

mightshould: My kitties are useless at anything other than alerting about mice.... of course the harassment of kitty interest is enough to move any potential boarders along. However; my kitties are lethal whenever a stray gecko gets inside.

Goid of Ginger to tackle the perimeter patrol so effectively.

12/25/24 | 06:11

In response to: Hitsujibungaku - 1999

arse_hat: Found the lyrics. I still don't know but that's alright.

12/25/24 | 01:17

In response to: Not even a mouse.

arse_hat: I forgot. I've also put the bodies out in the morning and it is amazing how quickly birds show up and take them. I hope they don't get angry if the supply is cut off.

12/25/24 | 01:10