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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My friend, an immigrant to my country, was laid off two weeks ago and wasn't able to land a new job. She was 4 months away from getting her PR, but without a new job, she wouldn't qualify. After many stressful nights of crying, doing resume review and interview practice, she YOLO'd and sent the CEO of her old company an email asking to be employed until she got the PR, and the CEO simply said "Sure".

Absolutely crazy, and rare to see that sort of compassion. I'm super happy for her, even though it might be awkward, but getting over this cusp will lock her in on her new life.

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That’s definitely rare. Good for her and her CEO

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

In this context, the question really boils down to "Do you want to ruin your former employee's life to save a bit of company money?". Which should not be a hard decision, but there's way too many people who would disagree here. Kudos to the CEO to realize this and do the right thing, and good luck for your friend.

[–] Torvum@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I think it's more that most of these issues would never actually reach the CEO if brought up through standard channels. Some bs middle management explanation of why it's not possible, even though they never passed it up. CEOs are still people, and if they just randomly receive an actual personal email that wasn't debated over by a board meeting or considered inconsequential by people they hired to micromanage, they're likely to just say fuck it why not.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You know how you get electric cars? Know how you get electric bikes?

You get electric boats now!!!!

Currently floating about on one on an alpine lake and it's completely silent and nature is just fuckin amazing so why disturb it. Just trundled past a duck family and they barely moved

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 5 points 2 years ago

There's a lake near where I live that doesn't allow gas boats. It's electric or manually paddles only. It's very nice how quiet it is out there.

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Haven't had a smoke or vape in more than a week now. I know I'm not out of the woods yet but this is a big achievement for me.

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good for you. Quitting nicotine is fucking hard. I quit smoking over a decade ago, but I finally got completely off nicotine products just last year.

Just some advice that helped me: keep a zero nic vape around so if you're out drinking (or some other situation where your willpower is low) and find yourself needing to vape you have one that you can hit without backsliding with nicotine. Otherwise you're going to find yourself hitting a buddy's vape loaded with 50mg nic salts or something, and you'll be back to square one.

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[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago
[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I finally had an opportunity to photograph the neighborhood hawk last weekend. I've been trying to photograph this guy for YEARS, but he always takes off before I can go get my camera.

Image

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Wow, and it's a great shot too! He's looking right at you, very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[–] trevron@beehaw.org 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I bought a house and I get to move in tomorrow! It is big hype for sure.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s a massive achievement! Congrats!!!

[–] trevron@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you, I never thought it would happen πŸ˜‚

[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Was supposed to watch something with my best friend last night but we just ended up chatting for like 4h. Never fails to cheer me up

[–] PostingInPublic@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Watched a bunch of tits (the other tits) romping about the hazel bush, they were hilarious.

[–] TheHalc@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

Tell me more about Hazel's bush...

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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

A friend came by that I hadn't seen in a while and while hanging out she asked me if she could put some make up on me. I agreed and when she was done I felt attractive for the first time in a long while. That was a nice experience. :)

[–] munter@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

Sound great! Being gently touched in the face always feels wonderful, I think, no matter whether in a romantic or a non-romantic setting like yours. Scratches the itch for intimacy with another being.

[–] ezures@lemmy.wtf 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The release of Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, big fan of Jet set radio. Casual tricking and good vibes, also Hideki never misses.

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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

My wife absolutely adore JSR and has been looking for a playable version on PC.

Thank you for helping me make her day!

[–] multicolorKnight@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

I went on a vacation trip last week. We took the ferry fron Connecticut to Long Island, rode our bikes from Orient Point to the Hamptons, took the train to New York City, hung out in Brooklyn for 4 days. No car the whole way. It was awesome. Brooklyn is super cool, biking in NYC is the best way to enjoy the city. I am full of ideas for the next trip.

[–] FlashZordon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Got health insurance AND dental b so finally fixing some dental problems that I've had for years without worry of going broke.

[–] MycoMadness@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

That's dope! I finally have insurance too, can't wait to get caught up on my health!

[–] DTFpanda@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Aye congrats homie

[–] lemmybenny@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Public holiday 3 day weekend

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago
  • the humidity is way down

  • my wife and I are actively clearing our house of things we don't need and want anymore

  • I'm successfully knocking a lot of small, tedious tasks off my to-do list

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

I got a picture of mine featured in a newsletter on Buzzly.

[–] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unironically the republican primary debate. My favorite part of any election season is when they drag a bunch of these clowns out of the woodwork and we get to watch them slaughter each other (verbally) over the course of six months like teenagers in an 80's movie. Too bad the fascists are always the ones that win.

[–] multicolorKnight@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

One can hope for a barroom free for all, much damage all around.

[–] i_am_hungry@meganice.online 8 points 2 years ago

Got a 18-105mm lens for my camera and have been taking videos of absolutely everything, like my kitchen and bathroom.

[–] dru5k1@lemmy.1up2down.social 8 points 2 years ago

My girlfriend.

[–] munter@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

I played my first official league game of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and it was a great experience. Not professional gaming or anything, just hobby gaming in the lowest league. But I always wanted to do that and finally found a group of nice people to do it with.

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

You're not alone in that.

[–] Bouga@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Polaris just dropped their upcoming LP's third track, "Overflow", and it slaps as intended.

Metalcore band from Australia, if you don't know them, chek them out.

[–] MycoMadness@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago

Quality time, spent with quality people. Getting to see my significant other for their birthday weekend despite the distance was great.

[–] not_amm@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

I finally feel alive again. I lost my pet some weeks ago and it devastated me, but I have a new dog that came before she left me and I have to care for him and my chihuahua too.

I also wasn't sure how I would survive all the time I have to spend on my faculty (my schedule is horrible) and the lack of attention span I have, but yesterday I went to the library and studied a little bit, I've been understanding Algebra topics and haven't missed much homework. I'm managing to organize everything I need and, even if next time I won't, I've been helping to organize an important event for my career.

Life hit me, but I'm recovering.

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

My new mattress is getting delivered tomorrow. I've been sleeping on a cheap crappy Ikea mattress for years, and I just couldn't ignore how bad it is anymore. Hopefully with the new one I'll finally be able to sleep longer than six hours without waking up feeling like I've been in a fight.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

People being open and friendly on Lemmy.

...and figuring out how to make Silero text to speech work with any length text and got it integrated with a chat bot to talk back to me. I also just got speech to text working. Now I just need to train it on my voice and background noise and I can have a real world voice conversation with offline AI I tune and control.

Getting my mom's car fixed on my own

I don't go out very often but I did with with some coworkers and one of them thanked me and said they had a nice time

[–] gordonthefatengine@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Not sure if it's happiness per-se, but I'm excited about joining uni next week.

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Just discovered EU's DMA this week. Made me happy.

[–] Rocky60@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

56 hours in brutal heat and humidity working in a steel mill with a weekend off

[–] mrdeath@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Happy?

It's triple digit weather for the 9th week.

My friends 16 year old son just got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

My daughter is having a rough recovery from an apendectomy.

I'm having to work extended hours due to staff shortages.

Payment from my last job is a week overdue and I don't know how I'll eat or get to my new job.

My back is fucking killing me from being on my feet 12 to 14 hours a day.

What is happiness again?

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/67/ca/f6/67caf6c31b89b9f9d0573e3008548afb.jpg

When I thought about this guy every time I went out of my way to fuck shit up

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