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    I was going to meet this guy I met on discord. I cannot stress enough how this never happens. All friends I have always live in Asia, America or [insert any country besides Sweden here]. So after months of chatting on and off with each other, he suggested a meeting. I said that sounded like an alright idea, let's do so at a neutral place. A park or something like that. It was only going to be an hour drive for each of us and he seemed to really look forward to it. Until the other day when he blocked me on discord and changed his profile picture. At first I was thinking he got his account stolen, but then I remembered the profile picture he used was a picture I had picked for him. Did I do something wrong? Did he get cold feet? Like, I'm introverted, I don't care that much about meeting people, but if he had told me he changed his mind but still wanted to remain friends, I would have been fine with it.

    I've basically never been on a date ever, and I've still been on bailed on. Big bruh moment I felt like letting off my chest :donke:
     
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    Sometimes, I would look out the office building and start to think...

    The city looks so different from this height (L50), one of the highest floors I can ever visit. I can see the unique angles of other high-rise buildings that won't be possible to observe from the ground floor, and the lights in them. Are there still workers in them?

    Whenever I look at the city skyline, I always wonder who else is like me, still working late into the night. Are they doing night shifts like me, or are they doing OT to crunch deadlines?

    Do they take breaks to admire the same view, or are they overwhelmed by work and can't wait to get out of the office once work ends, never ever get to see this night view.

    I hope none of the offices have just that one dude being stuck in the office, late night, with no one else around. It will be such a boring time. No one else to chat with, but can only prepare coffee from time to time to stay focused.

    The night in the office can get so quiet without anyone around, and you will start paying attention to sounds you normally don't hear. With the absence of fellow humans chatting or shifting around, you start to hear the ticking of clock, sounds of the fridge running, droplets from the water cooler, perhaps even the fan noise of your work PC being overloaded due to various software being active to get the tasks done.

    Occasionally, may even hear the random startup noises of the printer and you start questioning yourself - "what, why did it startup? What triggered it???"

    Standing so high up in the building, I would also start to think about the building itself, such as the costs or potential troubles.

    How much did it cost to build such a high building, and how do they ever clear the exterior windows? I have never seen someone cleaning the exteriors but I assumed some skilled workers probably did so when I was too focused on my own work. Imagine the courage it takes to scale L50 height (even with the special lifts), and the patience to clear all L50 windows.

    Also, sure it's awesome to have this view of L50 daily, but I would hate to walk down if something ever happens such as a fire or power shutdown. What would I do in such a situation, do I just walk down slowly, or do I just hope for the best and pray someone would rescue me instead. This made me think about how much we are relying on technology. The usage of elevator/lift for ease of access to great heights, as well as the usage of IT security (apps) to access my office. Being at L50 also greatly heightens the chance of getting strike by lightning during a storm, the lightning feels so much louder due to the more frequent lightning strikes.

    Although L50 is already very high to me, due to limited land space + ever-growing human population, would we aim for even higher buildings to "solve" space constraints? L100? Or even L200?

    And if we are, for example, building more L100, would we tear down the old buildings that are merely L10~20? How would that impact all of us? Would the city view be full of tall buildings obstructing each other? If there are higher buildings popping up everywhere, would I still get to see the same view from L50? Even the view from L100 could be drastically different, such as being unable to see the roads on the ground floor clearly anymore. Would the elevator/lift be designed differently to work in the new L100 building? And would the windows be ever cleaned at such a great height? I assumed the base of the building may have to be designed differently too to accommodate the weight + height of the new L100 building.

    And back to the "crisis", what would I ever do I am somehow stuck at L100 due to fire or power shutdown? I think I probably can walk down L50, but L100? Would it be easier for me to escape from the rooftop via a parachute or I gonna crash due to skill issue. Human brains will start to conjure up ridiculous solutions when we believe the usual solutions are not gonna work out.

    Perhaps adding a giant tube slide as an emergency escape so I can somehow slide from L100 to L1??? Sounds silly but I do think they can work, at least to a certain extent? That is gonna be one hell of a slide though. I also hope while the office workers are evacuating via the giant tube slide, no one gonna get stuck and cause a "traffic jam". That is likely another pain in the ass for the firefighters to deal with while they are trying to put out the fire. Now that I think about it further, this seems very likely to occur. Although I am using just a laptop, someone may try to save their data files by jumping into the giant tube with their office desktop (or their personal belongings) and jam it.

    Speaking of fire, what happens if there's a raging fire at L50 or even L100, can the fire engine even reach it? Or do we wait for the fire to die out and pray the building's structural integrity isn't compromised by the fire? Maybe adding a water tank on top of the building can help with easier access to water, but that probably will affect the weight load of the building to a large extent. My "solutions" from random thoughts seem to be spawning even more problems. Not a building designer or engineer myself, shall leave it to the professionals if they ever get to designining L100 buildings for common usage.

    While I am still having random thoughts (as depicted above), and admiring the view of the night sky, a voice interrupted my train of thoughts.

    Colleague: "oi Dave, what you doing? End work already! Go home, go home!"

    Me: "nothing much, was just thinking what can I bullshit on the forums later"
     
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    Gonna go Japan soon

    Unable to purchase the standard Pasmo/Suica anymore, only the new Pasmo Passport/Welcome Suica is available for tourists

    Old card: expiry date is 10 years from last use, so technically unlimited unless you spoilt it
    New card: only valid for 28 days and it expires, not possible to refund

    So if anyone is going to Japan, please don't top-up too much in the new cards
    Note: had a mini panic attack when I couldn't find my old Pasmo+Suica for awhile

    From https://trulytokyo.com/how-to-get-a-suica-pasmo-ic-card/
    "Valid for 28 days, after which it expires. No refunds available, so make sure you use all the cash balance before you depart."
     
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    [trigger warning ]


    I just got my car stolen under gun threats with all my musical instruments and belongings 3 nights ago and I feel heavily defeated.

    — • —

    odio con todo mi corazón enfrentarme de manera condescendiente con el concepto de conformidad.
    es un estigma. una fachada. una manera mediocre y humillante para justificar sumisión y humildad.

    "por lo menos estás bien!"
    ______"gracias a dios no te pasó nada!"
    ____________"lo material se recupera, la vida no!".

    ...

    porque en el marco de las cosas que suceden en este país, tal vez, solo tal vez, hubiera preferido morir a que me arrebataran todo lo que era mío.
    mi carro, mi bajo eléctrico, mis pedales, mi amplificador, documentos, teléfono celular, CDs originales, el collar de Valentina, el suéter de Carmela.
    todo lo que más me costó conseguir, todo con lo que yo trabajaba y podía comer. todo lo que significaba mucho para mí. lo que me acompañaba.

    es un pensamiento sumamente idealista y comeflor tener fe en la humanidad. incluso más desfachatado es creer en los venezolanos.
    para mí era claro: si yo soy una buena persona; mi círculo cercano está rodeado de buenas personas —> los demás también pueden ser buenas personas.

    ¿no?

    ...

    siempre me pregunto:

    ¿estos mamagüevos son felices cuando llegan a sus casas?
    ¿despiertan a sus hijos, los llaman a la sala, y les muestran las nuevas pertenencias que trajeron a casa con una sonrisa?
    ¿ponen música salsa en una corneta bluetooth y bailan con sus mujeres mientras toman guamasos de ron o anís en celebración de lo obtenido?

    _____________________________¿o tal vez se sienten en conflicto?
    _____________________________¿tendrán problemas para dormir en paz debido al remordimiento tan grande de sus actos?
    _____________________________¿alguna vez se habrán retractado y hecho el bien en lugar del mal?

    tengo tantas preguntas retóricas con las que no me siento muy en paz.

    quizás hay misticismo en todo esto. seguramente estaba escrito (¿pero en dónde..? quiero ver...).
    quizás era necesario sufrir un golpe, un shock, un trauma más para tomar acción. para crecer.
    o quizás es solo la insoportable levedad del ser.

    estoy muy agradecido— y al mismo tiempo no agradezco nada.

     
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    Down with a cold

    Tried taking some Panadol and it didn't help

    After a few hours, then only I realized the panadol expired in Sep 2024 :donke:

    Appreciate the delivery guy sending me Panadol at 1 am :admincry:
     
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    Logged back in and was excited to try out the Halloween Event
    Most of it is JQs. Nevermind. I don't have the hand/eye coordination or timing ability for JQs. Especially timed ones (Witch's tower, gauntlet).
    Looks like I'm gonna just afk, do pierre, log out, repeat.
     
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    Someone defamed me for posting a smega at exactly 0:00 servertime which them to fail at entering Pierre. They whispered me explaining that this was the reason why they defamed me. Naturally I responded by teleporting to them on an alt and defaming them, and then I logged in on another alt and was about to do it again when that coward logged out!! How dare THEY!!!!! I am entitled to defame anyone I want up to THREE TIMES!!!!!! I DEMAND JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    Why are people paying inflation prices when there is no money and then making that norm?
    Why is one "questionable sale" of 10b over the conventional price, making the future sales that price?
    Why is concept of scaling not a thing? If you pay for the surge price for a item at an unbelievable price and more of that item comes up, surely we scale the downgrades also to a reasonable valuation?
    Why is there no understanding of desperation purchases vs a legitimate pricing to stabilize?
    Surely we look at the price at the same item that was POSTED 1 week before and not bump your item for 10b that price???
     
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    An open letter to certain people.


    Hello my dear bootlickers, snitches, PDF files, animal abusers, gaslighters, simps, cloutchasing worms and those who harm the weak in general (which are all of the above, usually, or at least one of those mentioned). You aren’t people. PERIOD. You are not human in my eyes. Every single one of you. You may (somehow) look like us, act like us, but you are SUBHUMAN. You are trash. YOU DESERVE NO RIGHTS, AT ALL. Cockroaches have more value than everyone of you combined. You have no redeeming qualities. Guess what, worms? Karma is a bitch and it’s coming to bite you in the ass, sooner than you think. You will not be safe, wherever you are. Your lives will never be the same, sooner or later. Every word and action has reaction, and by knowing and CRUSHING your subhuman kind for years, you always run away and hide like the rats you are when it’s time to face the consequences for your actions, with someone or something you can no longer intimidate or bribe. Someone who is stronger, more connected and more wealthy than you. So you are forced to run. Because all you can do is seek weak targets. You pick them strategically. I know exactly how each and every single one of you is operating.

    Now, listen to me, you can run, but you can’t hide. Always remember that if you are any of the mentioned above and reading this message. Your safety is temporary. Your sanity is temporary. Everything you hold dear, is temporary. Everything you stand for is temporary and can be taken away from you by someone stronger than you, just the way you terrorized the weak. There is ALWAYS a bigger fish, and those who live by harming innocent people will eventually meet that fish. And it will happen the moment you least expect it.

    “His judgement cometh and that right soon.”
     
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