Simon

流浪者・挑戦者・観察者 🇸🇬🇯🇵🇺🇲

[Simon @_smcf]

THE GARGOYLE

Picture this: I was a fresh-faced 21-year-old, a computer science student in Seattle at the University of Washington. Hard to imagine, given my present-day appearance as a grizzled and worldly father figure, but hear me out. Once upon a time, I was a 6’2” 165lb programmer boy.

(you can also read this on the Forbidden Website, the link to which is, as they say, in bio)

I came across a post on the UW subreddit. It had no upvotes but the title intrigued me. It read “Looking for networking experts for small business.” The poster continued: “Looking for someone to help configure some small business networking equipment in Seattle! DM if interested.” I found this unusual. Why post for networking help on /r/udub? Sure, it’s a well-known CS school, but configuring enterprise networking equipment isn’t really a mainstay on the curriculum. Even then, the best you’re going to get are students? Surely as a small business with expensive equipment, you could do better than a random student from reddit?

Nevertheless, I did know a thing or two about networking, and no doubt, as a newly minted homeowner (whole other-ass story right there) I could use a couple extra bucks. I hit him up.

We exchange emails. His name is Nick. Nick Bhandari. His email address is from some kind of finance company. Mortgage securities trading? Don’t have a clue what that is but it sounds moneyed. We arrange a phone call. On the phone you can tell this guy’s amped 24/7. I’ve never heard small-business networking gear discussed with such enthusiasm. His business has a bunch of expensive gear that they need set up. Again, how they can afford this gear and not someone better than a student to configure it is something I don’t understand, but whatever, I’m not about to talk myself out of a paycheck.

Finally we arrange to meet up so I can do the job. He gives me an address. It’s a condo downtown. Odd place for a business, certainly an odd place for rack-and-stack Ubiquiti gear. But whatever, I’m not about to talk myself out of a paycheck.

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日本の結婚なら上位20%

[ダンテ @tnk0456123789]

絶対に離婚しなさそうな夫婦がいて、結婚して2ヶ月後にマンションの801号室と802号室に旦那と嫁が分かれて住んで、お互いに干渉せず自由を奪わず、自分の時間を確保しまくる夫婦がいて、おそらくこのパターンは絶対に離婚しない。

この2人はシステムエンジニア同士で、もともと結婚願望はなかったけど『結婚しましたという肩書き』が欲しくて結婚していて、幸せな結婚生活ではないが、地獄の結婚生活からは免れている。

全然これでいいんだよ。

これで充分なんだよ。

無理矢理他人の目を気にして変な結婚をする位なら、このくらい割り切ったほうがいい。

実際この2人はこの生活で本当に幸せな人生を歩んでいるのだから。

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The storm has passed

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Typhoon Jangmi

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In Japan for your 30th birthday the municipal government sends you a ¥200 dentist visit coupon and you're genuinely excited to go use it

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@hot_cocoa_girl Is it common for women to consider single men seeking connection as comparable to beggars?

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gm setagaya

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I'm being told this works on native English speakers too

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In Japan you can steal bits right off of Shakespeare. The English speakers never read that stuff. Drop a "Yamada-san, whose issue will hiss me to my grave," at the office and people will think that came straight off the dome.

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@number_pizza111 Sub5 birdcel is insufficiently blackpilled; the fact that it looks like it takes effort gives her the ick. True lekkmaxxing featherchads didn't have to work hard for it.

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@teodorio @shinboson Oh I don't talk to women at all anymore cause of that. But as a moral question I'm pretty much 100% on team make people uncomfortable

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@typeclonghouse Does hitting gym count as a social plan

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@tailopez That's crazy deep man. This you btw?

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@taicosama Personally I think this goes way harder than hangul-only

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@HogheadJBone @Romy_Holland Singapore, just as safe, is none of those.

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Tonight it was orange, and then it was blue

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@airkatakana Because Le Sserafim is way too pure for Hybe and they need to pull a NewJeans on them yesterday

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@slope_s_ I didn't say they weren't good-looking

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Let's stop using "6 foot 2 millionaire" as a stand-in for "guy who gets laid". This harmful stereotype implies there are no 6'2" millionaire incels, when in fact there are hundreds of Meta product managers.