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Ribbit
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39 years old
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November 27, 1985
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Upstate NY
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  1. In Topic: Weinstein Celebrity Dead Pool

    14 February 2025 - 05:40 PM

     Tiste Simeon, on 14 February 2025 - 01:48 PM, said:

    Not quite for this thread but it sort of fits. Just saw someone online suggesting Pierce Brown (Red Rising) is pretty pro-Israel and now I definitely don't want to buy any more of his books.

    Anyone know anything further about this?

    In a quick look, I can't find anything other than very brief Instagram posts about someone seeing him say the October kickoff to the Hamas/Israel/Gaza thing was the bloodiest since some other event.

    If there's more, I'd read it, but right now, what I can see through a Google search that picks up Reddit things is not the direct posts or statements themselves.

  2. In Topic: What's messing with your groove?

    13 February 2025 - 10:10 PM

    I'm in a not as bad, yet somewhat similar situation - the feels bad part comes because we hope (even now) that they'll one day change and learn.

    My person is the way they are because they do not do enough of the fundamentals of coordination or admin stuff to support the tasks they want to take and the projects they want to do. They want the training wheels off and the freedom to do what they want to do, yet they are not able to manage themselves out of a wet paper bag.

    I was also involved heavily in their hiring and I'm now responsible for getting their performance up. It's involved quite a bit of thinking about alternative motivations, how to be painfully direct, and how to bridge fairly significant perceptive gaps regarding what acceptable or high performance looks like.

    Bunkum situation all around. I hope you get to either experience the miracle of sudden improvement, a distancing, or maybe a step up in supervisory capabilities.

    Those who interview well beyond their capabilities are blessed by a laughing deity.

  3. In Topic: What's messing with your groove?

    12 February 2025 - 05:32 PM

    View PostMacros, on 12 February 2025 - 08:03 AM, said:

    Not sure where to go with this one.
    Bowed down to the man, took the money.

    Sat down to the maths, when I broke it down it equates in real term money in the bank as about a 45% raise

    If you want to tolerate it for a 2 year set point or whatever time period, that probably leaves you and your family feeling good without being trapped in perpetuity and sets up for a transfer to the next job at a higher pay bracket.

  4. In Topic: Reading at t'moment?

    07 February 2025 - 11:47 PM

    In terms of currently ongoing web novels, Shadow Slave is legit incredible - even as a fan translated (from Russian, as the author lives in Russia) work.

    I've soured on the repetitive video game style leveling up approach in terms of writing, yet Shadow Slave has mostly made it not even matter to me through great writing and fun situations. The battles and world building are phenomenal.

  5. In Topic: What's messing with your groove?

    06 February 2025 - 11:21 PM

    (Wanted to clarify that I'm very pro getting medications that are useful tools on dealing with all kinds of things and think that QuickTidal and his partner have absolutely done the work and are understandably feeling what they are now - you haven't failed at all! This stuff is really hard and is often super unique for every kid and situation.)

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    Tsundoku 

    27 Nov 2024 - 12:03
    happy #39, wow
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    Tsundoku 

    27 Nov 2023 - 09:14
    happy #38
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2022 - 20:52
    Happy another one, hope things are looking up for you.
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    Tsundoku 

    26 Nov 2021 - 22:43
    happy birthday
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    EmperorMagus 

    13 Apr 2015 - 21:01
    I love how well you write in discussions. It's like a far more articulate version of me saying things I want to say.
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    Terez 

    26 Nov 2014 - 09:15
    I needed an excuse to change my profile status so I used it to respond to your incredulity that I am still alive.
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    QuickTidal 

    29 Nov 2012 - 20:46
    Um, the NEW SANDMAN trades have the Absolute -recolouring-...but the older trades don't. You can see a comparison here at the link below and personally I think it's staggeringly different for tonal value of the panels. http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/09/23/absolute-sandman-recoloring/
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    Illuyankas 

    17 Aug 2012 - 16:02
    Oh, and cheers for calling me out on the pics on the election thread, I have a bad habit of not registering if a thread's in Discussion or not but I will cut down on the no content posts there.
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    Terez 

    05 May 2012 - 04:34
    heh, sorry, didn't mean to make it look like you were resentful of my presence or anything. I just felt most comfortable approaching you about it. As QT mentioned there are others who feel the same as him. I'll still be around, but I'm just saying I wouldn't be offended. :p
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    Terez 

    05 May 2012 - 04:11
    By the way, if you guys want to have a Terez-free WoT thread, I wouldn't object to that. To be honest, I probably won't be discussing WoT online much longer anyway. It's not good for me. ;) I'm told some people feel like they have to defend a dissertation to discuss WoT with me. Not true, really, but I get it.
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    Greyfrog32 

    11 Jan 2012 - 20:26
    and dont be rude you little bastard
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    LinearPhilosopher 

    09 Nov 2011 - 03:48
    You doubled back for GOTM and DG? tell me did you read them in the correct order?personally i read DG b4 GOTM
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    Guest 

    06 Jul 2011 - 14:53
    I will look into getting my hands on it :) By myself.
    Have you seen Valhalla Rising?
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    Guest 

    06 Jul 2011 - 14:46
    I saw you said something about Winter's Bone, I recently watched it :D I liked it :D
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    HoosierDaddy 

    11 Jun 2011 - 06:43
    I have not. I'll see it at some point.
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