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🐢️ I've worked late every day this week. Without details, we basically have a product we need to go-live on Tuesday, and it seems I'm like the only person who is able to do it. I did it in the requisite 3 days I was given, but I'm a bit ticked that a) when asked how long it would take, I was pressured into giving a date sooner than I would have liked, and b) all of the tech I was using was well-known and adopted by others none of whom were available to help me. So it was just kind of a floundering situation and me trying my best. I hate it when you're struggling and other people watch you struggling and could be the guy who turns over the turtle but instead they just watch. And even if you explicitly ask for help, they're like 'over there is a place where you can turn yourself over, maybe, idk I haven't looked at that code in awhile' with a vague gesture and point. Not great experience, all in all. And as always I feel like I can't say anything about that without people thinking I'm hard to work with.

🖍️ Picked up some pinch hits for exchanges recently, forgot how much fun that was. I think the low effort exchanges are more likely to be pinch-hittable for me, there's one right now that I could take for a much higher minimum but man, I just can't. I'm so tired.

🦩️ This list-as-many-animals-as-you-can game was super fun: https://rose.systems/animalist. I got 135, which I think is pretty good for someone who is normally thinking about mushrooms which, and this is true, are not animals. Mostly it was snakes and birds that saved me. I need to expand my animal horizon. Out of curiosity I tried amoeba and it gave me a very snarky answer. I'm also pleased that it understood 'bin chicken'.

❓️ Here's a meme, since my mind is too mush to do anything else. I stole it from tumblr, you can steal it from me you want.
<b><em>ask game for aging (tumblr) population</em></b> <b>1 what's your favourite kitchen appliance?</b> <b>2 do you have a collection of anything?</b> <b>3 what's the best job you've ever had?</b> <b>4 what's the worst job you've ever had?</b> <b>5 what's your favourite piece of furniture and where did you get it?</b> <b>6 what's your go-to recipe when you want to make something that requires minimal effort?</b> <b>7 are you married or do you intend to get married?</b> <b>8 do you have kids? do you want them?</b> <b>9 are you on good terms with your parents?</b> <b>10 do you have siblings? do you hang out with them?</b> <b>11 do you vote?</b> <b>12 what's the biggest purchase you've ever made?</b> <b>13 what are your hobbies?</b> <b>14 what's a hobby you'd like to get into?</b> <b>15 do you collect anything?</b> <b>16 how long have you known your oldest friend?</b> <b>17 are you a member of any clubs or associations?</b> <b>18 have you ever changed fields in your career or education?</b> <b>19 how many wisdom teeth do you have and have you had any removed?</b> <b>20 what's your favourite beverage?</b> <b>21 do you have any living grandparents?</b> <b>22 do you have nieces/nephews/godchildren/other kids in your life that aren't yours?</b> <b>23 what's the coolest place you've visited?</b> <b>24 what's your most recent degree and has it been useful to you?</b> <b>25 would you rather own a dishwasher or a laundry machine if you could only have one or the other?</b> <b>26 do you make a list before going to the grocery store or just wing it?</b> <b>27 what's your favourite household chore?</b> <b>28 what chore do you hate the most?</b> <b>29 do you have houseplants and how are you at keeping them alive?</b> <b>30 what's your living arrangement? (who do you live with, in what kind of building, do you own or rent or other?)</b>

( my answers... )