@localpost noice. My stress ball lives at home on my desk, but the duck lives at work.

@fix-my-monitor did you at least manage to get a refund through your bank/card provider? That sucks.

@NeatNerdPrime gutted for you. My brother picked a couple up for us way back. Also a pair of dev ducks. I finally decided to sticker bomb my laptop so I'm hunting for my devRant stickers.

Sorry to hear that you're feeling that way. It sounds like severe depression, but it's absolutely something that can be changed.

I hope that you're able to speak with your doctor as soon as possible, because the quicker you do, the quicker you'll start to get your life back.

@retoor asking the important questions.

@vane welp, I knew it'd happen eventually.

@vane it looks like I'm melting! Nope, not changed anything?

@retoor thanks, I think so too. I also make sure to tell her regularly.

@retoor her name is Molly and she'll be 13 this Saturday.

@retoor Thankfully, my own cat is neither fat, nor lame.

@electrineer still the best version https://youtu.be/ALZZx1xmAzg/...

@cafecortado 100,000?! Definitely missed that one.

I'm not feeling detached, but I'm currently facing the fact that I'm going to have to move on from here in the next year or so. I like the job, I like the people, I like how much I'm learning and growing here, but the pay isn't going to keep up with inflation and the cost of living. It sucks.

Not sure it'll do much if you're already on adderall, but seen as I don't have any of that my go to is adding some L-Theanine to my coffee. It might be worth checking out the nootropics subreddit too, brain fog questions come up on there fairly regularly.

increasing badger population

If I get the chance to pair program with someone, I sit down and stfu. I'm gonna let them do all the talking, unless I have a question or need to clarify something. One on one time with another dev? You're damn right I'm gonna try and learn as much as possible from them in that time.

@jestdotty oh, horribly inefficient, but it happens sometimes.
Next time though I'll try thinking of the money and see if it helps. Thanks.

@jestdotty I wish that were the case. Needing the job and the money is why when I've had a day like today, I end up having to stay up until silly o'clock in the morning to play catch up.

Immortal please.

When you say that Santa isn't real...?

Keep it up @kiki, we're rooting for you!

@Lensflare Ace, cheers, I'll look into that! I'm looking at 3d printing my own keyboard for work so I'll have my keys wherever I want, but it'll be good to have things set up for when I'm just using the laptop on it's own.

@Lensflare I've remapped a couple and it's helped. I just need to get around to doing the rest.

I use a Mac at work and switch between Linux and Windows at home, depending on what I need to do.

I'm forever using the wrong keyboard shortcuts and it's absolutely infuriating.

I work with a good group of people, but I don't have any drive when I come back from having time off either.

I'm taking time off to not deal with work and to enjoy myself. I'm not spending my personal time getting my head out of relaxed mode and into work mode.

@TheBeardedOne just a nickname I'm afraid. We plan on having more and we thought there might be ramifications to legally naming them all the same thing.
I'm not sure if once a sibling arrives this one will become Crotch Goblin Number One, OG Crotch Goblin, Crotch Goblin I, or something else.

@netikras I didn't realise I was out until it was too late. I'd fully intended not to be out, I was supposed to work on some personal projects in the evenings and it just didn't happen.

Next thing I knew I'd had a taste of freedom and was staring down the barrel of my first day back in.

@tosensei I just found out that my favourite dark chocolate is only 36% cocoa, 1% over the minimum amount to be classified as dark. I feel so deceived, and a fraud.

@tosensei There's a club? Do I still get to join if I only get to work on it for half of the year? I don't have a dry/protected space to work when the weather gets shitty.

@kiki ah, thankfully I can't say that I have that issue.