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CaldeiraG

07:07

@lila :)

morning

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Tinkeringbell

08:22

Happy Kingsday!

CaldeiraG

09:06

@Tinkeringbell yay :)

public holiday?

Tinkeringbell

09:37

Yeah.

Woke up, went downstairs and the dementor was there... So it's still Kingsday but I shouldn't have called it happy. Jinxed it.

Alex Robinson

09:49

a dementor huh

Tinkeringbell

Yeah

M.A.R.

If a mentor teaches you things, does a dementor make you forget the stuff you've been taught?

Tinkeringbell

What used to be a grandpa is now nothing more than a demented, abusive asshole that sucks all life and joy from a room... A dementor.

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CaldeiraG

12:58

@Tinkeringbell nice

@Tinkeringbell :/

Sarov

@Tinkeringbell Oof. My condolences.

SmokeDetector

13:22

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Tinkeringbell

@Sarov To be honest... I can't wait until that moment. As harsh as it sounds....

M.A.R.

13:45

@Tinkeringbell I think I did tell you that almost the same has happened to my grandma

She passed two weeks ago due to Covid

I like to think she's at peace now. She was especially miserable after grandpa had passed

Tinkeringbell

It's... on the one hand, I'd be superhappy when it goes and I don't have to deal with it anymore. On the other, I know my dad still sees it as his dad, and I also dread the whole grief hullabaloo that's guaranteed to happen when it goes.

Journeyman Geek

@Tinkeringbell usually better when the mind is not the last thing to go :(

Tinkeringbell

Yeah.

Sarov

14:05

Wait, it's better when the mind is not the last thing to go?

Journeyman Geek

@Sarov yup

Sarov

Why? Wouldn't it be better to keep the mind until the end?

Journeyman Geek

@Sarov exactly

Its better to go lucid (and hopefully peacefully) than to lose your mind

I have a neighbour who has been slowing sinking into dementia and its... hard

Mithical

@JourneymanGeek That... came out backwards, then.

Sarov

Mm.

Journeyman Geek

14:08

@Mithical I'm reading it as exactly what I meant, but language and I are not on the best of terms at times

Tinkeringbell

It's okay, I got the gist ;)

Extroverted Main Man

14:43

Q: How to show support for remote colleague after his family member died?

Remote coworker had an immediate family member pass away. When this has happened to my in-person colleagues, a signed card from people around the office was a decent way to show support. But eCards seem a little... cheesy or perhaps insincere. Not sure. Any tips? I wish it was easy to show some k...