I hope the little guy got all fixed up.

Thanks, I hate it.

None of us did.

I didn’t get a say in whether or not to be born. I’m just here now and I have to deal with all of this shit.

29 days “lost” at sea, is therapy for all of the external bullshit we deal with every fucking day.

By “we” I mean people in society, not just men. Everyone struggles with making their way in “this world” we built for ourselves. We made it to be this horrible.

I felt this comment.

Thanks, I hate it.

I’ve been there, done that. Welcome to the club my friend.

The only reason I got through my last layoff without stooping into a deep depression is that I’ve done this dance so many fucking times that I’m tired of it all.

Luckily I had a new job about a month later, which I 100% acknowledge is luck.

I still miss my previous job, it was much better than the one I have now. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not angry at being employed, I’m just sad that I didn’t get to remain employed with the last workplace.

I get it, 100%. Nothing you said is really all that abnormal. You clearly liked the job, and there’s no good way to express that loss. It’s just something you have to go through all the stages of. Eventually the whole ordeal will seem further and further away and you’ll settle into a routine and get your life back to where it should be. You lost something and it’s okay to be sad about that.

What isn’t good is if you start getting any worse than where you are at now. If you start sliding deeper into it, or you feel like you’re drowning, please seek help. The people who care about you don’t want to lose you.

My advice for the future is: never invest more than you’re willing to lose, whether you’re taking about money or emotional investment, the reality is that you can lose it all in a snap. Make sure you know what you’re risking and ensure you can sacrifice what you’ve invested if there’s a sudden change from management. Take care of yourself first, then worry about everything else.

I can only give you examples from my thoughts when I was faced with this dilemma and what I did about it.

Simply: wired headphones don’t need to be charged. Having “true wireless” (aka airpod style) headphones, you need to stop listening to charge your headphones, which seems unnecessary to me, and I’m worried it would happen at inopportune times; I’m pretty bad with keeping things consistently charged, I usually charge them, toss them in a bag then promptly forget about them for a few months until I need them, and with some stuff, that means it’s dead by the time I pick it up again. Not a problem with wired headphones.

My car also is pretty old, not tape deck old, but the Bluetooth in the car is still Bluetooth 2.0, which isn’t the most energy efficient.

So when I got a phone with no headphone jack, I set out to solve a few things. Among those things: if it’s wireless, I need to be able to charge while listening, and output to my car’s aux, and an unpowered/wired headphone.

My solution to the dilemma came in the form of a device from Fiio, the BTR5. Basically the BTR5 is a Bluetooth headphone jack. It just connects over bt and outputs to a 3.5 (or 2.5 balanced) jack. It charges by USB C, and can charge while listening and it’s actually designed to do that. It has a “car mode” that will turn on/off the device depending on whether it is receiving power or not, so it will come on when you turn on your car by hooking it up to your vehicle semi permanently.

Now, I can charge my phone, and my BTR5 while I’m listening, giving me practically infinite use time. I have a small collection of IEMs that I can toss in a bag and it doesn’t matter if my BTR5 is dead or not, since I can charge it with my battery bank that holds a charge longer than other battery powered things I have.

On top of that, the BTR5 can also playback via USB. Aside from that, I also picked up a USB C charge/listen dongle as a backup and that works with my IEMs, or any other 3.5mm headphone or aux connection.

I also have a direct USB C to headphone adapter that came with one of my smartphones. Between all of my options I have never needed to make any compromises on when I listen to music or how I want to listen.

I also have some fully Bluetooth headsets, my favorite is from trekz, which mainly makes bone conduction headsets; i mainly only use that one headset but I do have others that I don’t pick up very often.

I find that most consumer Bluetooth headsets cannot be charged while in use. Even if you can physically plug in the charger while wearing them so it should be able to do both, I usually find that they will turn themselves off while charging. The trekz are not immune to this. I like them mainly for the bone conduction, but because of their inability to charge while in use, I tend to put them on the charger the night before I plan to use them.

I just throw my BTR5 in my bag with a few sets of IEMs, and my USB to headphone adapters. I have my power bank in my bag all the time as well (along with a USB C charger, which powers/charges my phone, laptop, power bank, BTR5, etc).

I don’t know what other people’s requirements are, but I found my solution. I won’t throw any shade at anyone who has different requirements, nor uses their tech differently. My solution isn’t your solution. I’m happy with my setup, and it works really well for me. I can put in my IEMs, wire up my BTR5 and listen as long as I like, when the BTR runs low on batteries I can stuff my battery bank in my pocket and plug it in to charge and have no interruption in my listening. I can also just plug the BTR5 into my computer by USB C and it will connect as an audio device over USB C and I can get my computer audio over my headphones without needing to unplug them.

I hope that fills in some gaps for you, I’m certain my use is not the only use cases that require a 3.5mm jack, and I know I have more significant demands than most (otherwise airpods wouldn’t be popular). So I know I’m in a minority, and that’s fine.

Let me know if you have any questions, or comments. Take care.

Sorry, but that comes off as a bit arrogant. There’s still plenty of use cases for wired connections.

Older cars that either have aux or still need a tape deck adapter, that don’t have Bluetooth.

Until recently, you couldn’t use wireless headphones on planes.

On top of that, there’s vanishingly few USB C to headphone adapters that also allow you to charge your phone, so if you’re using wired headphones, and you need to charge your phone, you have to stop listening, in order to plug in to charge.

There’s a lot of compromises and trade offs.

I’m not saying that one is definitely better or not, there’s a thousands of ways to connect everything that works. Not every solution is going to work for every person and every use case.

I get what you’re saying, but no. Just no.

For feedback, I would just print off the federal labor codes for my country, highlighting specific sections. I’d just hand it to the management verbatim. I wouldn’t cherry pick or leave anything out, just emphasize specific passages.

Guess what? That’s illegal here.

It would be a thinly veiled threat that I’ll ruin their lives if they don’t back track immediately… All said without uttering a single syllable.

OSHA probably cares.

The company should care, because if the workers are dropping off because of heat stroke, they’re not creating value for the shareholders.

As a straight, I agree with this.

Me personally, I’m ok, for the most part. I’m sure you are too … But all of my fellow straights? Most of them are… Well… Very not ok.

As someone who is straight/cis/male, and very secure in that… Anyone who takes offense… Probably gay. Just saying.

I don’t take any offense to this stuff. I know who I am. I know what I like. I know where I stand in the grand scheme of things. I live by a very straightforward philosophy: don’t like gay sex? don’t have gay sex. Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t get gay married. Don’t deny someone else of what you don’t want for yourself.

We’re all different, and that’s a good thing.

Do not apologize. That’s quite the story you have.

If you’re unhappy with where you are, who you are with, or who you are, you can always change. It’s never too late and trust me, as a long term supporter of the LGBTQ+ movement (despite being very straight/cis), they are a very accepting group.

As an outsider, I can’t tell you what, how, or when changes are going to work best for you, nor what changes you could, or should make. That’s entirely your decision and it’s a big one, and I’m sorry about that. I’m only saying that it’s not too late to figure out who you are and how to be comfortable with your life.

All the best. Take care of yourself.

I need to check into this, but maybe someone knows.

I assumed that if you’re using incognito and you don’t sign into your Google account, the activity wouldn’t be tied to your Google account. It might be recorded and sent to Google, but anonymously, unless you signed into Google/Gmail/YouTube/whatever, while incognito.

The obvious is that your activity wouldn’t end up on your Internet history in your non-incognito Chrome.

Spear phishing disagrees with you.

If you’re targeting a specific individual, cloning their SIM or performing another number hijack or even intercepting their SMS in flight, are all viable.

For broader, more general attacks SMS is usually enough to keep anyone out.

Honestly, probably not much less secure than SMS.

Mushroom mushroom

Oh, I didn’t think you were disagreeing.

My entire point is that since task paralysis can be a symptom of an executive dysfunction, it is worth the time for OP to talk to their doctor about it.

I don’t think that the previous poster said, nor implied that OP definitely has an executive dysfunction because of this one symptom.

Neither of which I think you have refuted at any point, in any capacity. :)

I’m still not a doctor, but as a first-aid certified person, signs and symptoms can be extremely useful in helping someone. It gives you a starting point to try to figure out what’s happening.

Further investigation is always required.

Medical diagnosis is a science. Things need to be proven. You can’t just go on vibes or feelings or whatever.

Since OP describes some symptoms that can be associated with executive function disorders, doesn’t mean that they definitely have those conditions. Only a qualified doctor should be making that kind of conclusion.

Days in lieu, from working OT on salary… IMO, is required.

I don’t work for free; if you’re paying me to be present for specific hours, regardless if it’s salary or not, then I expect to work during those hours and not any other time.

If, as a salary employee, I’m paid for results and as long as I meet my deadlines (and deadlines are reasonable) I can work whenever, then yeah, I’ll probably put in unpaid OT sometimes. I’ll tell you something though… With my level of experience, it would be unusual for anything to take so long that it requires that I work more than what is typical.