Dave N. wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:36 am There is a young woman at my workplace who talks to me a lot about her personal life, which is a total shitshow. Strangely, the busier I am, the more she wants my attention. When I try to get her to keep it professional, her feelings get hurt. It’s tiresome.

She’s also an aspiring songwriter and wants me to hear her lyrics about her recent breakup. Sometimes she sings me the song. Cringe.

I understand the pandemic has been hard on gen z, but I’ve had to do a lot of playing therapist to my younger workmates, and I’m reaching the end of my rope.

Trust me man, set some professional boundaries or you will regret it. It's better to be a little rude up front than apologetic or worse down the road.

Chud Fusk wrote: Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:32 pm

Dave N. wrote: Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:36 am There is a young woman at my workplace who talks to me a lot about her personal life, which is a total shitshow. Strangely, the busier I am, the more she wants my attention. When I try to get her to keep it professional, her feelings get hurt. It’s tiresome.

She’s also an aspiring songwriter and wants me to hear her lyrics about her recent breakup. Sometimes she sings me the song. Cringe.

I understand the pandemic has been hard on gen z, but I’ve had to do a lot of playing therapist to my younger workmates, and I’m reaching the end of my rope.

Trust me man, set some professional boundaries or you will regret it. It's better to be a little rude up front than apologetic or worse down the road.

Yep. now I might be reading this all wrong but under no circumstance should you become the rebound guy

How do you post a picture from your PC/Mac on here? Only options I see are URL's to images.

I have not used Adobe products in about seven or eight years.

I do not search for them on the internet.

But I visited the thread about graphic design on this forum a couple days ago and today I am getting Adobe and Lightroom ads on Instagram.

andyman wrote: Sun Jun 12, 2022 5:28 am

enframed wrote: Sat Jun 11, 2022 8:01 pm I have not used Adobe products in about seven or eight years.

I do not search for them on the internet.

But I visited the thread about graphic design on this forum a couple days ago and today I am getting Adobe and Lightroom ads on Instagram.

It could be worse - were you discussing the topic with someone in your house?

Nope.

I hurt my back because I slept the wrong way. This is what being middles aged means - "I slept the wrong way and now I am injured". FFS

seby wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:07 am I hurt my back because I slept the wrong way. This is what being middles aged means - "I slept the wrong way and now I am injured". FFS

It’s also a tallguy thing, too. We don’t always fare well in the one-size-fits-all world.

seby wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:07 am I hurt my back because I slept the wrong way. This is what being middles aged means - "I slept the wrong way and now I am injured". FFS

This is exactly what led to me dismissing my spouse' cancer symptoms. Fatigue? Random Pains? That's life in the slow lane baby. Get in, we're going sleeping.

Dave N. wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:58 am

seby wrote: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:07 am I hurt my back because I slept the wrong way. This is what being middles aged means - "I slept the wrong way and now I am injured". FFS

It’s also a tallguy thing, too. We don’t always fare well in the one-size-fits-all world.

guitar shrinkers

Working on math. The problem: Given a circle enclosed within a square, what percentage of the area of the square is the area of the circle? The radius is defined as x, the side of the square as 2x. Easy. Calculate A for the square ((2x)^2) and A for the circle (pi*x^2) and subtract the latter from the former.

But it doesn't work. I spend more than an hour on this, following one blind trail after another, wondering what kind of math wizardry is going on here.

Finally I notice that I had given the result of (2x)^2 as 2x^2, not 4x^2.

This is the real fun of math...