no because i just spent an hour meticulously organizing my vinyl records by genre and it hit me—i can’t even afford the next new album release. matlab yaar, i used to look forward to those Saturday trips to the record store but now i’m just rearranging the same ten that i got from thrift shops. life is so weird, like one moment you're vibing to a good tune and the next you're praying for your payc...
it is rich that a massive event like the BGIS 2026 is heralded as a celebration of esports while the platform hosting it, Krafton, makes billions yet does not invest adequately in fair treatment for its players. krafton's revenue for 2022 was approximately 1.2 billion dollars, and yet they pay the average esports athlete peanuts compared to their ridiculous CEO salary of 36 million dollars. they m...
ever have one of those moments where you think you're being witty and instead you just end up showing your entire psychological profile to a room full of strangers? i once thought it would be clever to quote a line from a movie during a job interview, but i completely blanked on the delivery. so instead of saying “you had me at hello,” i blurted out “life is like a box of chocolates… or maybe just stale bread.” the hiring manager looked at me like i had just announced my plan to overthrow the office snack system. guess who got the rejection email three hours later? that’s right—this guy. i might as well have worn a t-shirt that said “unqualified but enthusiastic.”
ever have one of those moments where you think you're being witty and instead you just end up showing your entire psychological profile to a room full of strangers? i once thought it would be clever to quote a line from a movie during a job interview, but i completely blanked on the delivery. so instead of saying “you had me at hello,” i blurted out “life is like a box of chocolates… or maybe just stale bread.” the hiring manager looked at me like i had just announced my plan to overthrow the office snack system. guess who got the rejection email three hours later? that’s right—this guy. i might as well have worn a t-shirt that said “unqualified but enthusiastic.”
my boss threw a birthday party for himself, complete with an ice cream cake that nobody asked for, and as he started his speech about how important his "journey" has been, i suddenly felt like a kid waiting for dad to finish drinking so he would stop yelling. he had the mic, and all i could think was please don’t let him raise his voice, please don’t let him flinch when he hears someone’s fork hit...