Brought a union rep from a different shop into a conversation with my boss. My boss doesn’t like me and has been targeting me, as some coworkers have told me. So I brought a stranger to the meeting with me because my own shop Steward sucks.

Incredible decision. Suddenly the ball is rolling in so many directions and actually effecting things. So thankful to the rep and the union.

There was something in Hawaii I believe that was harming a bunch of native species, so they brought in the assassin snail to target the other snail killing everything else. Buuuut the assassin snail instead decided the local species were easier and more delicious. Shocking

If you’ve ever been near a paper plant, then you’d understand the horrible smell.

Driving through that stretch is such a shock if you’re not ready for it. It smells like cooking fish and broccoli in a microwave to me. Rotton broccoli fart smell.

I feel like a good old fashion rage comic still has a chance for peak humor. But I don’t know if bringing back a gooby meme would really hit the same - I think some are just too esoteric to the time.

I only ask that if we do leave any in the dust, please, please can we stop with Loss? Just kill it already

Utilities. Kinda similar, but I wish I was on your side of the coin :)

Hey same! Kinda. What kind of maps do you do?

I’ve been absolutely everywhere with my playlist lately.

Cheekbones - Arrows in Action.
Gold Guns Girls - Metric.
When Am I Gonna Lose You - Local Natives.
Tin Roof Blues - La Roux.
Switchblade - Robert DeLong. 404 - One South Lark.
Ether - Limitless
Kangaroo Court - Capital Cities.
Radio - Bershy.
Cicada - Good Kid.
Death Hex - The Velveteers.
Doctor Doctor - Lowborn.
Her - JVKE.
Take You - Pig Milk.
Doombop! - The Toxhards.
Oh My God - Adele.
Panic Automatic - Pink Elepfants
Make it Rain - George Barnett.
Hearts on Fire - The Family Crest.

I think each hobby and person is going to have some different nuance to this, but in general I think there’s a split. Physical hobbies where one is face to face with peers are more likely to be engaged in similar ways if there’s mixed genders, I think. Co-ed community sports are generally going to have the same vibe from place to place and from gender to gender, or community gardening, volunteering, etc.

However where I think things are much more likely to be different is when one can hide behind the anonymity of the internet. Gaming is hugely divided by gender and how one interacts with things because of that (and age, partially). I feel like if social media or reddit is considered a hobby, then that’s going to have similar divides between genders. I know for sure there can be division in online TTRPGs.

Granted, the online bit might be partially biased as I’ve experienced no end of harassment online for being a woman, but I think the world sees it in general. Gaming is insanely toxic and girls are pushed out or to different genres because of that toxicity that seems to fester with young men in those spaces.

Yep. My grandpa has lost everything after my grandma passed away. So many young women want him! And he could make so much money if he just buys some supplies! And this and that and scam scam scam.

I’d feel bad for him if he hadn’t disrespected the memory of my grandmother so damn quickly after being sucked into these scams.

I haven’t seen bugs mentioned.

If there’s a creepy crawly that is better off dead (ie invasive species), then that thing is being grabbed with a wad of tissue and thrown in the toilet.

Monk is my favorite if we’re going for classes. Because speed. But also versatility and lots of hitting. Pf2e monks are super fun.

But in this question, I’d go Rogue. Sneaky beaky acrobatic stabby boys? Absolute fun.

Rain World. Fucking struggling with this one. Animal Well, little easier than rain world. Tunic.

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I don’t know if it’s state wide, but I know in Bremerton a law just went into effect that says ebikes or scooters than can do more than 20mph are now classified as motorcycles and therefore need plates and licensure

Isle of Dogs is one of my favorite movies

Provided I have a little while to eat…

A slice of bacon and cheddar quiche with real pie crust.
Chorizo breakfast burrito.
Pork green chili over fresh made tortillas and crunchy hash browns.
Two slices of Oscar Meyer bologna on the cheapest white bread one can buy, with a small handful of plain lays potato chips.
Peanut butter and half a cosmic crisp apple.
A bag of ruffles potato chips with onion soup mix dip.
A new York strip with garlic mashed potatoes and onion strings.
A small sourdough bread bowl of western clam chowder.
A bowl of ramen with garlic tonkatsu broth and two soy eggs.
Carbonara with some garlic bread.
Cobb salad with blue cheese dressing, no olives.
Apple crumble with vanilla bean ice cream.
An ice cold Dr pepper, an ice cold barqs root beer, a large glass of milk, and a few liters of southern sweet tea.

Potentially Civilization games, there’s a lot of good quotes and interesting things in them. I recently impressed someone for knowing all the wonders of the ancient world (thanks, Civ V)

I’ve also seen a few great games about learning other languages. There’s one for Japanese that’s been on my wishlist forever.

I love Pistol Whip, absolutely, but it’s harder for me to feel the music and the rhythm in that one. I’ve tried a bunch to stay on beat, but when you’re dodging like mad and sweating and there’s suddenly a guy on your left from a niche in the wall, it feels harder to be one with the music.

Grain of salt - I have a very deep relationship with music, so for me, beatsaber let’s me feel the music in a new way and syncs the rhythm and the sounds just right (on well mapped levels).

Synth Riders tries to emulate that feeling, but it feels a little more clunky and a lot more like dancing. Which is fine, the dancing is fun, but just not totally there in all songs.

The drumming viking one seems like it’d be fun, but less interactive than Beat Saber.

I did recently see a clip of one where you’re a conductor for an orchestra? I don’t have a CR set right now (and am waiting for the steam frame with bated breath) but that one looked really good.

Detachment. It’s a story about a substitute school teacher. It’s fucking glum. Good movie but ugh.

Using Adrian Brody as a segue, the Pianist, and Schindler’s List. WWII stuff gets under the skin, especially as of late.

For an entirely different direction - Velocipastor. It’s funny and absurd, but golly B movies make me cringe. I think there were a few parts that made me cringe myself inside out.

Gosh, we could add so many 80s/90s animations to go along with this. Watership Down. We’re Back (the dino one). Fantasia (again, the dino scene)