AlecSadler

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I had a landlord that would let you mail checks to get around it. But the leasing docs explicitly stated there was a 6% fee for every day rent was late and rent wasn't considered received until the check cleared.

So we had to mail the check like 2 weeks in advance in case it didn't arrive quickly enough and then sometimes he'd deposit it 1-2 after receipt and then it'd be a nail biter if it fully cleared in the 24-72 hours necessary for him not to consider it "late".

I hate that guy and he's like 90 now and still not dead despite cancer and two heart attacks.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I feel this might be part of it. I love Colbert but I don't like late shows and never watched his except a couple clips online. I know I'm not the only one.

I don't even watch the Daily Show anymore but I always watch Jon Stewart's clips. Again, I can't be the only one.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Fuck this administration, I hope they burn in the hell they believe in. I hope they all get cancer.

I try my best to find redeeming qualities in everyone, but there is none to be found in them.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago

I read that in his voice and it worked perfectly. You nailed it.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

At peak I (barely) juggled 7. I'm down to 3 now though because the sleep deprivation and stress was too much.

I still meet all deadlines, support the team, and meet or exceed expectations in performance reviews. That might be why it's a little harder to maintain, I know people who don't give two shits about that stuff.

I've probably taken years off my life, but I've bumped up being able to retire a little earlier so I guess it evens out.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 month ago

Hopefully the homicide rate against ICE staff goes up soon though.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do they even check their email or voicemails or even messages on Instagram?

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

True story. I started studying for a final basically the night before the final, but quickly realized I just wanted to play video games instead.

So I spent an hour and a half pulling up all my previous scores in the class, including two copies of the syllabus from two places just to be sure. I made a spreadsheet (in OpenOffice at the time, haha) laying out the scores and weighting them a few different ways per interpretation of the syllabi.

All models basically indicated I could skip the final and sleep in and, worst case, still pass the class by something like 1.2%. I checked, double checked, triple checked my figures.

...and then I spent the night playing video games and purposely didn't set an alarm the next day.

I was very relieved to have passed the class by the 1.2%.

I was not a good student. I do not advise this. I think I graduated by like 0.1 above the minimum required GPA.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Well my not being white and owing back taxes glory days might be over...darn

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Same, and for every voter they might actually lose they'll replace it with heavier gerrymandering and kicking opposing voters off rolls.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This was in the US, west coast, about 7 years ago.

I'm not entirely sure the company did it purely for ADHD, I think possibly because they knew 8hr meetings 5 days a week were a boring, slog for anyone and they at least acknowledged that one could fidget and still pay attention.

edit: Sadly as with most things in the US, they got acquired by some megacorp and went to crap. Bunch of people I knew laid off. I don't even think the office exists anymore.

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