The Water Cooler

Twyxz

08:27

I opened the election chat and got really confused as to where I was

Magisch

08:45

I put in my nomination for this year's

motosubatsu

09:08

@Lilienthal personally I tend to just go with it.. unless it's a particularly bad day the hassle of spending 10 minutes convincing someone that yes young people can have arthritis too is more than just dealing with the momentary pain

Twyxz

09:30

@motosubatsu Morning :)

motosubatsu

09:43

Mornin Twizzy-Whizzy

how's tricks

?

Twyxz

10:10

I'm currently working on the 20k rep challenge this year haha

Probably go for more gold badges too

motosubatsu

@Twyxz 20k should be doable this year easily enough

Twyxz

Yeah definitely

I didn't start posting properly until after June last year and even then it was on-off so this year should be done easily

Magisch

47 days of repcapping and you'll be at 20k

assuming no accepts

Twyxz

Is that it?

so one rep cap a week and i'll be there in a year haha

it's fne because Moto will put a bounty for all his rep and i'll get it

Magisch

20.000 - 10601 (your current rep) = 9399 (what you need to earn)
9399 / 200 (daily repcap w/o accepts) = 46,995 (amount of days you have to repcap to 20k)

Twyxz

10:20

Is that meant to be a dot

I hope I don't have to rep cap 47k times to hit 20k

Magisch

ah in german notation . is the thousand seperator and , is the decimal seperator

avazula

@Twyxz Darn it you English people and your way of expressing numbers :p

(I admit I prefer your notation though)

motosubatsu

@Twyxz I always knew you were a fantasist

Twyxz

@motosubatsu Not even half? :/

motosubatsu

10:36

@Twyxz perhaps..in exchange for the ST. I could use a new tip-run car

Kilisi

You guys griping about Fattie? He/she certainly has a unique style but isn't causing any harm as far as I'm concerned. Some gems in the answers.

Twyxz

10:54

@motosubatsu the disrespect, the ST is worth at least all the rep

motosubatsu

@Twyxz maybe it used to be, but I hear the current owner has ragged it senseless

avazula

Sorry for not knowing but, what does ST stand for?

Twyxz

You heard wrong

@avazula It's my car, Focus ST

motosubatsu

@avazula it's just a reference to @Twyxz 's car

Twyxz

Sports technologies it stands for I think

avazula

10:57

@Twyxz ha :D now I understand better. Thanks!

Twyxz

@motosubatsu What do you mean I ragged it senseless, it gets beaten by sleeper focus'

Means I didn't even try

motosubatsu

@Twyxz bouncing off the limiter in 1st won't be going very fast :P

Twyxz

sounds fast tough @motosubatsu hahah

well not necessarily fast just abruptly annoying

motosubatsu

11:28

@Twyxz like owner, like car? :P

Twyxz

@motosubatsu I don't know what you been watching but I haven't bounced off any limiters in a while :/

motosubatsu

12:03

hey @JoeStrazzere didn't get chance to mention yesterday but glad to hear you're doing better and sorry to hear about your dad

Joe Strazzere

@motosubatsu thanks

Magisch

hey @JoeStrazzere

motosubatsu

hey @Mu30murugans2katgmail

welcome to the Water Cooler

Joe Strazzere

12:22

@Magisch Hi

Mister Positive

13:02

Hello all, we have our first nominee!

Magisch

@MisterPositive \o

Mister Positive

Hello @Magisch

Be curious to see who else runs

@Snow Hodor.

Magisch

@MisterPositive Lets hope there'll be many good candidates!

Mister Positive

Agreed @Magisch

Mister Positive

13:20

[ENTERING SLEEP MODE]

Richard U

@Magisch why are you running? You're hardly ever in here.

you also have very little work experience.

Mister Positive

@RichardU I may run

@Magisch There is no harm in you running. I can (should) a good experience for you.

Magisch

@RichardU I visit TWP relatively regularly (if mostly just to read). Also I do a lot of moderation-adjacent stuff across the network

I list most of it in the nomination

Richard U

@Magisch yes, but how much do you know about the workplace in general?

Oh, BTW people.... The pronoun police are at it again. I'm getting all of my He/she his/her being changed to they/them again.

Magisch

@RichardU I mean, I have 17k rep here and have been active on this site since late 2015

And a mod is not supposed to be the ultimate subject matter expert. More like a human exception handler

I have written over 150 answers in my time here, too

Richard U

13:31

@Magisch That's 37 per year.

I'm just curious because you never seemed particularly interested.

Mister Positive

@Magisch Don't let anyone deter you. If you want to run for moderator, just do it.

Richard U

I think Kilisi should run

Magisch

@RichardU What gives you that impression?

Richard U

@Magisch you just never seemed to be particularly active on this site, either in giving answers, or in here.

Magisch

by that measure I'm not particularly active anywhere

which, fair enough I guess

Richard U

13:36

You've got six answers with scores over 100.

Mister Positive

@RichardU Good sir, why does this matter? How does that directly relate to @Magisch potential to be a moderator.

motosubatsu

@RichardU easy there buddy.. while I must say there's some valid questions there (no offense @Magisch but you haven't been particularly involved on TWP for some time) you're coming off a touch aggressive at the moment (no doubt unintentionally)

also there's a chat room for talking to candidates over there

Richard U

@motosubatsu I was just curious as he never expressed any interest in being a mod here.

Mister Positive

@Magisch as I said run if you want to run. Answer questions about your candidacy that are reasonable, and move on.

Magisch

@RichardU candidate chatroom, if you wish to continue. But it's a legitimate question

Mister Positive

13:42

"You've got six answers with scores over 100." -- this really isn't relevant.

motosubatsu

@RichardU I appreciate that.. like I said there's reasonable questions there just that it might be better to dial the intensity down a bit :)

Mister Positive

@motosubatsu Have you made your mind up yet? I am still contemplating a run...

Magisch

I'd say if you want it, and feel like it'd be fun / interesting for you, go ahead and run

judging your ability to do it is the electorate's job

motosubatsu

@MisterPositive never say never but I'm about 98% sure that I won't

Mister Positive

@motosubatsu I am more like 50 50. I just came out of a 6 month span where I was working a full time job and a full time side gig. Its nice to have a bit of time to spare.

Magisch

13:51

Mind you, becoming a moderator is only a ~30 minute a day commitment if you want it to be. Obviously most do more, and this site probably has work for more, but the requirement is only 30 minutes a day

so it doesn't need to swallow all your free time

Mister Positive

@Magisch I am counting on averaging 1 hour a day if I run.

Magisch

If you want clarity on that you could ask one of the existing mods here, they have the best overview of how much the workload really is

Mister Positive

@Magisch Thanks.

Richard U

14:05

Where is the candidate chatroom, anyway?

Sorry @Magisch I saw your announcement here, so I started replying here.

motosubatsu

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Open Discussion for workplace.stackexchange.com/election/6

Richard U

I threw a few in there

Mister Positive

@RichardU Nice ones too.

Richard U

@MisterPositive I fully expected a panicked rush of moderators into that room to see what I ws up to ;)

Mister Positive

14:20

@RichardU LOL

Nofel

14:31

hello everyone

Richard U

@Nofel welcome and salutations.

Mister Positive

@Nofel Hello

Nofel

hello

Mister Positive

@Nofel How is your day going?

Nofel

@MisterPositive gr8. I am so use to citicism that when I hear "Good" or "looking good" instead of my mistake. I go in panic mode

Mister Positive

14:39

@Nofel LOL

Nofel

yea that is my inner dialogue

@RichardU hw is it going

Richard U

14:55

@Nofel major shakeup in the company.... people are running scared

Mister Positive

@RichardU Uh oh.

Bough sold layoffs, what?

Richard U

@MisterPositive layoffs and resignations of VP level management. New bosses, HR is sniffing around... SSDD

Mister Positive

that is no fun

Richard U

@MisterPositive The way the course of my life has run, I actually get nervous when things AREN'T falling apart.

Mister Positive

ugh

Richard U

15:05

@MisterPositive as all of my suicide attempts have failed miserably (and one comically) I have stopped trying. I figure the almighty isn't through using me as a celestial chew toy yet. Then again, I think I'm one of the few people with a funny story about a suicide attempt, so there is that.

Mister Positive

:-|

Nofel

@RichardU undtstandable coz when things r too good to be true u feel like something wrong

Richard U

@Nofel yes, when wrong is normal, right feels wrong.

Mister Positive

yuck

Richard U

@MisterPositive ever wonder why some people go from one abusive relationship to another? It's what they're used to. When someone like that finds themselves in a healthy relationship, they will sabotage it. It's sad.

A friend of mine went from one to another to another, until the last one put her in the grave.

Mister Positive

15:17

@RichardU most grim

Richard U

@MisterPositive yeah, it's probably why I blow up at people doing things that are self-destructive. I can't stand the thought of anyone going through what I've seen.

Nofel

@RichardU life is hard. I tried saving my ex 3 times. no one asked me how am I doing. it took a toll on me

dying is easy, living is hard.

Richard U

@Nofel dying is easy, comedy is hard -Edmund Kean

Nofel

and in my religion, suicide is a sin that is never forgiven

coz life is so precious that one cannot imagine and if God is suppose to tell one how important 1 life is. we would be 1000k times thankful for every heart beat and every breathe.

u have a garden (kids), see them grow. what more beautiful than that.

Richard U

@Nofel being suicidal is a form of mental illness, and it's hard to describe. Your thoughts go there, and only there. You are not thinking of anything other than how much it hurts to be alive. Then, when you make the decision, you get a rush of euphoria. Again, this is mental illness, there is nothing rational about it. It just feels so good that your troubles are going to be over. Your mind goes to thinking that everyone would be better off without you anyway.

There is nothing rational about it.

but boy, can you rationalize.

Nofel

15:29

haha I can see that

"I let weight hammer me, so the world doesn't"

my fav quote for explain how gym makes me feel

@RichardU I m reading book "subtle way of not giving a f"

it explain how e give too many f about all things hence we feel poor and exhuasted

Richard U

@Nofel I've been in a kind of a funk since Christmas when I saw my girls. My oldest made a comment "Daddy doesn't laugh anymore". She's right.

Nofel

@RichardU kids make u see a reflction, its good but one shld reflect.

after becoming parent I find myself answerable to myself thn ever before and I change that for my kid sake

they deserve our very fast

Richard U

@Nofel Yes, indeed.

Nofel

16:02

@RichardU do u know any good on focus or short attention span

Richard U

@Nofel just break things up into as small things as possible

Nofel

I do that, but even 2-3 mins become impossible coz my mind wont stop thinking

reminding me, check this, do this, that, "Oh u seen this video"

Richard U

@Nofel then I use music, so that my mind can slow down. I also take lorazapam.

Nofel

the last one i counter it by telling myself "if u seen the video and know why dont u remember it then"

Mister Positive

Only one candidate thus far. That is surprising.

Nofel

16:08

@MisterPositive what for

Mister Positive

Moderator

Nofel

I can put my name too

wonder if anyone wants me

coz all I do is ask Q

Mister Positive

LOL

Richard U

16:21

@MisterPositive I think anyone putting themselves out there is brave.

@Nofel and by brave, I mean it EXACTLY in the same fashion as an MP would say it to another MP.

Nofel

where is the page where I can nominate myself

Richard U

I've been a mod elsewhere. I only threw my hat in last year for the hell of it. I didn't expect to win, but I didn't expect what happened either.

Wow, I've gone a whole five minutes without having to rollback an edit where someone changed my pronoun usage

Mister Positive

workplace.stackexchange.com/election?cb=1

motosubatsu

I think I know why people don't bother listing location on questions

take this one:

1

Q: Fired for "breach of privacy"

One of my close friends has allegedly been fired for "gross misconduct" via breach of privacy with no prior warning nor issues. The company's (a big american pharmaceutical) HR has investigated their phone, with consent, and was unable to find anything. They were working under an interim agency...

The OP explicitly mentioned the location in the question - the first answer ignored it and posted from a US perspective anyway

Mister Positive

@motosubatsu Nice answer you supplied.

motosubatsu

16:34

@MisterPositive thanks

it was always going to get closed.. I just wanted to get a counterpoint to the EveryCountryIsAmerica(F##kYEAH!) answer that was there

Richard U

@motosubatsu people don't realize just how different things vary country to country.

@motosubatsu and to be fair, anytime we get a question on tipping, Eurocentrism rears it's ugly head as well.

Richard U

18:07

1

A: Repercussions of informing manager about health issues only after the end of probation period

France doesn't have the best track record with dealing with Autism (as I'm sure you know better than I) although I think they are getting better and getting the disabled worker status (I presume from CDAPH?) gives you significantly improved protection. Obviously this means you need to address th...

@motosubatsu b.. bbut.... 'MURICA!

motosubatsu

20:53

@RichardU or "Mexico" as it will be any day now apparently :)

DarkCygnus

sup people

Richard U

@motosubatsu well, we do have a HUGE chunk of their population

@DarkCygnus ah, escaped the election room, eh?

DarkCygnus

lolz

was starting to wonder why so many mods

was wondering if you did anything new recently :D hehe

Mister Positive

@DarkCygnus LOL that was pretty damn funny@@!!

Gotta roll peeps, take care!

DarkCygnus

21:18

c ya @MisterPositive

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