I live in a shared house where the utilities are under the lease holders name (Bob). I have a written agreement with Bob where he said I can see the original bills for utilities. I don't know why, but Bob gets together with another roommate named Dylan, and together they (allegedly) add up the bi...
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@avazula Things were a bit broken and a lot of people were upset with that. So there was quite some moderating to do to steer stuff into good directions ;)
And it still is having some understandable issues with e.g. accessibility. Some people are really put off by it (I heard it may be hard on people with an ASD), people not liking this in general, site breaking for people because it's quite heavy to load apparently...
So it has a bit more issues than last year's rubber duck, it seems ;)
Yeah - it is hideous, but that is kind of the point
I like Jon's post about it - and the hope it will help some visitors cross over from visiting to find the answer to staying and being members of the community:
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having viewed thousands of stack* pages over recent years, this gag was the cake. finally went through the wibble of checking how this login system worked these days and signed up. just to say, thankyou devs for enlightening my day!
@avazula I just decided to visit my old skyblog again. There are approximately 140 posts on it ^^' (I'm talking about the visible and not deleted ones)
@avazula :/ The stupid part of your life are the best, IMO. It reminds you of a time where you were mostly carefree (but it might just be me who have forgotten that I wasn't that carefree at the time either)
@Tinkeringbell I loved the stack creation simulator. That was really fun.... made me play that simulator rather than working for the full 3 days.... And I just realized it was an aprils fool, when it was over x'D
There was a game, where users could join. A group of 40(?) users were playing a game, where they just opened a new stack for the network. You had options like "moderating answers more strictly", "advertise your platform" and so on (overall like 5 choices I think it was). In the end, all users had to vote which options the community wants to take. and the highest voted won and was what happened. You had X turns to fulfill the prequesites to get into the next stage (closed-->open beta--> release) and then you had either won and your paltform got released or you lost and it got closed ^^
@dhein Yeah, that what we called "Le bug de l'an 2000" in France. When everyone was afraid that all the technology might stop working when the calendar would switch to 2000
@Ælis I'm now listening childhood songs at work and it's hard not to sing along (I'm in an office today)
I really should try to get at least this one thing done today, then I can procrastinate again until tomorrow, because I need to ask someone something if I can't fix this ;)
@Ælis I hate water, I hate soap, I don't want this to ever happen, yet I have to every week. I try to hide in the basement or the closet, but when I try to sleep, my owner takes a hold of me! :P
I don't want to go and take a bath!
I really don't think they'll a.) know the song and b.) appreciate me singing it :P
@Ælis It's a freely translated Dutch (actually Belgian) song.
I kinda like those songs, as they're really calm but still fun
I even have one from the same album that I like to listen to whenever the world seems bad (too much war or terrorism or stuff...). It's a really childish one about world peace, with the quote 'Grote mensen moeten nu eens leren, dat woorden mooier zijn dan schiet geweren' (Big people need to learn words are prettier than shotguns)
@Tinkeringbell That seems like a really beautiful song. I, personally, like to listen to the "Totoro" soundtrack (and also other soundtracks but they are all from the Hayao Miyazaki movies) when my anxiety gets too much.
@Tinkeringbell I know some songs like that (all in French), they are often nice (and kind of funny in the mean way) to hear indeed, but I need the right mindset to listen to them
Also, I'm curious, do the Netherland also have child song with hidden sexual content? I realize growing up that French had a lot of song like that
@Rainbacon But that doesn't cost that much and it's easy to find, right?
@Tinkeringbell Short answer: I'm autistic. Long answer: Imagine that you have a hard time telling the difference between people who are serious and people who are joking. You work really hard at it and feel fairly confident that you've learned how to do it. Then this one day comes along where everyone goes out of their way to try and sound as serious as possible when in fact they are actually joking.
@Rainbacon I must say, I appreciate April Fools better when I now before the joke that a joke will be made (and thankfully, we don't really do prank in French this day, it's only on the internet that I have to be carefull)
@Rainbacon That's kinda the point of the theme though :P I think no-one is seriously browsing the site for long in that theme, unless they're playing with said theme :)
(I also feel I should point out that I might not be as horrified as others due to being pretty neurotypical)
...I don't know if I can trust anything I read today. Is this real? Is this? I'm pretty sure the second one isn't, but what about the first? *confused*
@scohe001 I'm just trying to not be awkward :/ I don't understand why they are thanking me when 1) they helped me and 2) it's my job to present what I have done to them. So, I don't know what answer they expect of me after thanking me
@Ælis I think it will need a decent amount of context in the post
It sounds like an on-topic question to me. Perhaps if you phrased it as "What is the etiquette for responding to someone thanking me for doing my job?"
@Ælis if you're posting a sandbox link, you have to add a "woof!" to the end of the message! You can't take Sandman's job without putting in the effort :P
What is the etiquette for responding to someone thanking me for doing my job?
work-environment, etiquette
My manager has the habit of thanking me after every one-on-one meeting we have. Here is how those meetings goes:
I present my work to my manager
My manager gives me feedback and helps m...
From Wikipedia:
April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is an annual celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools.
As the name implies, traditionally, April Fools' jok...
@Tinkeringbell I keep thinking about your question, but the "look a bit foolish" and, at the same time, "harmless" makes it nearly impossible to answer. The "group joke" suggestion is a good idea though.
@Tink I might've taken a too-far-back scientific approach to the problem, but I gave it a shot! And resisted the urge to put a bunch of misleading April Fools jokes in it :P
@scohe001 Hahaha yeah this is more scientific then expected, but it's awesome!
Only thing that can be said against it is that it might need a bit more April Fool's, and a bit less general joke/humor for my taste... But that's up to you
Yea I found a few sources on "pranks" which would be closer to April Fool's, but the opinions were pretty polarizing and it basically boiled down to "know the person you're pranking," which I figured probably wasn't helpful enough to make another section on
@Ælis Thanks. I went ahead and emailed the teacher for that one that's due tomorrow because that's a 1500 ish word paper and i'm in no condition to get that done in 2 days ah haha
so i asked him for the rest of the week to finish it and I'm already picking out the topic today so I can get started on it
Is it generally seen as rude/disrespectful to give parental advice to a parent (not your own) when you're many years younger than them and still a childless 'child'? I'm considering asking a question about it :P
@Rainbacon would it be considered that way no matter how the advice was delivered? ie. more of a suggestion like "hey, have ya thought of doing x, y, or z"?
Probably, I don't know that I have answer level material about it, but the people I'm thinking of are very set in their ways and would probably dismiss such a suggestion without looking at its merits
@Anilla "advice" to me feels a little stronger, like you're suggesting (ha.) that your solution is better than others that the person is thinking of. A suggestion is more neutral
@scohe001 That's the way I think of it as well. I would freely give suggestions, but I usually give advice if someone comes up to me and asks me what I thought about it
So my friend's mom has been having problems with my friend vaping. They're legally able to, so it's not like they're breaking the law or anything. But the mom keeps taking their vapes away or breaking them and I feel like it's not gonna help their situation. Like I've been the kid who's had loads of restrictions and such placed on them and it really doesn't help to make yourself the enemy of your kid like that (imo).
She fears that her child is going to develop some sort of lung disease and other health problems in the future (which, I def understand)... but I feel the way she's going about it isn't helping. Like I've been on both sides (the mom and the child) and understand how they both feel about things
I wanna help their situation out somehow... but im not sure where i'd go about it
hah, yeah. I need to figure out which question ima ask in the first place... like it all depends on which action I go for. plus... I need to deal with my other question in the box... i've been procrastinating on finalizing it
@ElizB dhein suggests I remove all those fictional examples and instead ask the question directly (and maybe list answers/questions as my examples). do you have any thoughts on that as well?
@Anilla humm... i think they're not bad, you don't need to make up new ones, it feels like I want to get the point of your question without reading so much into it
@Anilla sorry, my mind is occupied with trying to arrange my schedule and make sure I have time this week to complete everything I need to catch up with in school
My classmate and 'friend' is really starting to creep me out. It was obvious that he has liked me and did weird stuff earlier this year but I just shrugged it off. Now im starting to get creeped out. He took a picture of me from across the lunch room, and recently asked me out. I said no thanks, ...
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having viewed thousands of stack* pages over recent years, this gag was the cake. finally went through the wibble of checking how this login system worked these days and signed up. just to say, thankyou devs for enlightening my day!
What is the etiquette for responding to someone thanking me for doing my job?
work-environment, etiquette
My manager has the habit of thanking me after every one-on-one meeting we have. Here is how those meetings goes:
I present my work to my manager
My manager gives me feedback and helps m...
From Wikipedia:
April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is an annual celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools.
As the name implies, traditionally, April Fools' jok...
