It really is such a great chair that I expect I’ll have it forever. One arm got damaged by my old desk being just the right height that when I sat, the arm could go under and when I stood, the chair raised a bit and put pressure on the arm. Other than that, it’s as good as the day I bought it, outside of cosmetic wear. This is after ~20 years. What an investment!

Oh, I wouldn’t like that. I swing back in my chair a lot of the time that I’m seated.

I thought I really liked it at my old job. So when I moved I bought an electric adjustable desk. Turns out I just had a shitty chair at the old job. When I wfh, I have an Aeron, so I’m perfectly comfortable. I have only raised my desk a few times when I wanted to show something on screen to other people. Having the right ergonomics makes all the difference.

Five pounds.

Yes, it’s a superpower.

At this point in my life, I’m extremely comfortable admitting when I’m wrong. It earns credibility.

I’ve been on both sides of it. While not super regular, I’d say it’s not uncommon. Discussing it openly isn’t.

My buddy went to Amsterdam and had the restraint to only get handjobs and has never otherwise gone behind his wife’s back. I’d be surprised if any of my other friends did anything. One couple has guests over for mutual threesomes, so no need for infidelity for them. I know my ex hooked up with another female despite knowing she had a bf. People are ok with lowering their standards when an opportunity presents itself.

I want OpenAI to collapse.

Maybe try to research cities that successfully pulled it off and emulate tactics they used. See if you can reach out to people who led those campaigns for advice.

No, but I spent a lot of time and money practicing to cook the perfect steak. Now I can eyeball it and adjust the time as needed for a splendid outcome. My partner does most of the other cooking.

Oh yeah. In 2020, when I saw how awful a huge part of my fellow citizens acted.

I’m in Oakland and have a trans flag hanging in my office window. Gotta support my friends.

I came from a midwest city of ~400k people that was surrounded by small towns. It was a culture shock when I came to the Bay Area and all the servers at a cafe had tattoos and piercings (this was 20 years ago; the midwest has caught up with this). When I lived in the midwest, they made me take my earrings out to deliver pizza.

Big cities are absolutely more accepting of diversity. You said yourself that the Pride parade is pretty large. Go get a feel for things. You don’t have to have some transformational sense of acceptance. It might happen slowly due to the years of repression (but maybe it’s right away, which would be awesome). I’m happy that you’re looking for where you fit well because there are definitely those spaces. Good luck!

I try to live my life happily while causing the least negative impact for others.

You make Bender sad.

“Opportunities” when talking about shitty metrics.

Thanks, but it was so long ago that it doesn’t matter to me anymore.

My gf was finishing a semester before she was to move out to California with me. I awoke to a butt-dial voicemail of her dry-humping a guy. She tried to say it wasn’t what it was. I transferred the audio to my computer and sent it to her (online, but in 2002, so I think it still applies to the question cause we didn’t have voip and such). She couldn’t defend it. I never spoke to her again.