Weekly Bloomer Thread: The week of October 3rd (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I'm going to make these weekly because daily is a bit hard to keep on top of. So from now on these wil be every posted every Monday (US time) Once a week is enough, right? Still not sure what comm I should post these in, because c/bloomer is locked. Maybe I should post them in c/doomer as a joke? Also, if anyone has any ideas for me to make these better, tell me! Anyway, as always:

Here it is, the daily thread to share all things good and positive!

Did you make strides in unionizing your work place recently?

Hear about a strike?

See a cool bug?

Help out a comrade?

If so, share it with us in the comments here! It doesn't matter big or small! This is a space to recharge and remind yourself what you're fighting for.

Comment anything here, as long as it's good vibes!

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[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

I had to pay rent online this morning because new property management has everything going through a fucking app, so I forgot my debit card on my desk after setting it up and didn't notice until I was ordering tacos from the taqueria on my way to work.

Thankfully I go there all the time and so they hooked me up with 4 crunchy tacos on the promise I will pay for them on my way to work tomorrow.

Someone is getting a fat fucking tip.

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah, taquerias are the glue that hold this country together

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah I seen them straight up just give a free plate of food to a homeless dude because he came in and waited patiently off to the side for there to be a lull and just asked for a burrito.

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

That's so awesome. True comrades

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

I live in California and for every reactionary (usually white passing) latino there are dozens of real comrades in the community.

Look up Barrios Unidos for some good bloomer shit.

The true revolutionary potential in the imperial core lies with colonized peoples. This is what led me to joining up with Sungmanitu and the Chunka Luta network.

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Ayyyye when I was at UCSC I wanted to intern there! But then I thought about it long and hard and figured it wasn't my place as a white person lol I did end up getting a real cool internship though. Now I'm wondering which taqueria it was...

I agree with you 100 percent on that. I'm just starting to read theory, and after I get a good foundation I really want to focus on writings by and about non-white Marxists and socialist movements. The whole concept is meaningless if we don't center colonized people and their interpretations and perspectives imo

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

On day 5 of covid so I'm stuck in the house, and my coworker made a big batch of soup and brought me some along with some firecider and elderberry syrup. It was a kitchen sink veggie soup with a ginger and garlic base with lime to squeeze in it and it was so good! I hate my work with a fiery passion but I stay because the huge majority of my coworkers are such lovely kind people kitty-cri

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

fire cider is so fuckin good. Some folks used to make and sell it at the store I used to work at but some company tried to trademark it and do a bunch of legal bullying/patent trolling and then the courts decided fire cider could not be trademarked and all it resulted in was a bunch of companies including the one that started the legal battle going out of business.

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

It is! This particular one is soooooo tasty, I made one and it was...a bit too garlicky lol but I definitely want to make some this year. The brand I was given, though, is Wildlfire Elixirs which is local to where I am.

That sucks that the people at your work were put out of business! At least the assholes who started the fight went out of business too.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Aww wholesome

Get well soon meow-hug

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Awww thanks! What good news do you have to spread today?

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

I guess that I've been managing to do well in my degree so far. Not to doxx myself. I wasn't sure I was good enough to pull it off but I'm doing way better than I thought I would.

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Aw glad to hear it! College can be challenging but it's not as difficult as ots made out to be. Though I guess that depends on your learning style, maybe. And if you're indeed newish to school you'll likely just improve from here, get it!

[-] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

That is so kind! If it weren't for the comradery I swear the employees would just walk out of so many places at a moment's notice. Many people I've known at different jobs seem to be motivated only because they know it would be worse for their coworkers if they did less or quit suddenly.

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

That's definitely been the case with this job and my last for sure. I have a huge fuckin problem of being compulsive about picking up slack. Idk if it's because I care so much, if it's a control issue, neurodivergence or what but if people call out all the time at my work, I will fill in as many shifts as I can manage without unraveling because I know what it's like to work short staffed and I hate for my coworkers to deal with that. Then I burn out, haha 🙃

[-] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

wait why is c/bloomer locked? are we condemned to only be doomers here?

[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

I was curious about that as well; I too would like a crumb of bloomer content pls

[-] drinkinglakewater@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

Probably it only had one mod who deleted their account and then the comm got locked for being unmoderated

[-] sexywheat@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like the weekly bloomer thread

fidel-cool

So does Big Chungus

[-] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

I realized something as I'm looking for a new job...I can lie too. Hell, it's employer's fault for being too picky for their own good, plus they lie to their employees all the time and no one cares.

I'm a HORRIBLE "self-taught" programmer, but with enough luck I can bullshit my way into making a bunch of dummy projects for a portfolio. I have been trying to make videos on and off for a while. Guess what? I'm an editor-in-chief now.

Porky's a cheater, and will routinely call anyone who plays fair as suckers. So this is the one piece of advice I will trust porky on, I will stretch the truth if it means not starving. I mean hey, I'm a businessman, and isn't a businessman lying actually just an endearing quirk that should be rewarded?

[-] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

What is a lie? In this business world as business people, it is our duty to ensure our brand is seen as peerless!

I hate deception but you're right, it is pretty much necessary to make it these days unless you are really fortunate. The annoying part is making yourself look good enough to get the position, but keeping expectations low enough to impress them with your work and not get saddled with extra.

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I bet that hedgehog is really good at coding

[-] isame@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

That is, in fact, a very dedicated furry.

[-] wax_worm_futures@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Almost done building a rack to keep da bugz in, this will allow me to keep up to 400,000 mealworms at once (about 50x what I have right now), in half the floor space.

I had been hoping to have this done 6 months ago but a bunch of surprisingly cool events got in the way. And also procrastination. But it feels like I have the upper hand on procrastination.

[-] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

What are you doing with all those meal worms?

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

They're going to force us to live in the pod and eat bug

[-] drinkinglakewater@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Had a small get together with a bunch of friends I haven't seen in a while and one couldn't make it last minute so the next day he surprised me with a cake. Really made my week!

[-] blakeus12@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

i actually got to picket with the UAW! it was really cool to meet some union members. at the location i went to 4 managers are working 10 hours a day, 7 days a week to attempt at picking up the slack. i asked why the managers were working and apparently the local uaw doesn't allow managers to join the union. also i figured out i am related to a very prominent uaw figure (not going to share my family name ofc) who even has his own Wikipedia article.

as for unionizing at my workplace, i have mentioned it in passing and a few coworkers said they would join a union if someone asked but wouldn't start one. so i guess that's good??

anyway it was a good weekend. stay safe comrades