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I'm O+ which means it'll match against something like 80% of the population instead of the 99% of O- so I get a whole lot of "we need your special blood, andrew. we neeeeeed it" emails.
If I wasn't already doing the whole donation thing to try and tamp down my squeamishness about my own blood and needles I'd be thoroughly guilted into returning anyway.
Would.. would I want it back afterwards?
Yeah, I had a similar experience when I gave blood.
Vasovagal syncope sucks.
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My mom was a super donator and donated platelets as much as humanly possible each year. I still try to donate when they have blood drives at school since I got that O-. Can't do it tomorrow though as I am teaching WW1 and the last time I donated while wearing a WW1 uniform and then teaching for blocks afterward did not go well for me.
Your post reminded me I needed to book an appointment so you can claim credit for an extra pint now
Imagine all the emails and call I get for the o-. So fucking many desperate pleas for my blood. I'm like, look, I'll get you when I can but I need all my blood right now. I got a lot going on and being two pints of red blood cells low isn't a new wrinkle I can handle at the moment.
I'd find somebody with anemia and get plugged into them like Max at the beginning of Fury Road in exchange for room and board
or become the personal blood bank of a Mister Burns type lunatic billionaire
It sucks needing blood though since you can only use O-
I'd like to personally thank you, as a random online person and also career healthcare provider, on behalf of the people you've helped and lives you've saved. Seriously, thank you.
I mean, they pay me $30 and give me all the OJ, crackers, and calcium chewables i can eat so it seems like a fair trade. Plus they have those blankets that are already heated. I would do it just for those.
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I feel like it's made up for in lemon squash, orange clubs and kitkats, though.
Get a helmet, I'd say. coworker got hit by a car a month ago. got a scar on his forehead, was in hospital and home for 4 weeks and now is back at work at 50% as he still gets dizzy and can't concentrate if he stays longer.
Yes the US is one of the few, or maybe only, countries where they give you money for all of those donations. Plasma is a big one for poor and homeless people a you can give often and it pays pretty well, like $1k a month sometimes. The place i go to doesn't technically pay you, they give you points and you can use those points to buy prepaid gift cards.
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first it was the drugs and then it was the "oh, you did gay stuff? eww"
I’m sorry to hear that @Depressperado I’d take your hot gay drug blood in a pinch.
I give blood once a year. I should do it more really.
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Today my triumph was selling a painting I did. Which there is no photograph of, as per the agreement. It’s just a singular piece of artwork that the buyer and whoever goes into their dining room can see.
It depends on where you live on what disqualifies you. In SC if you get piercings or tattoos at a licensed studio it doesn't matter. I am sadly not sure how being trans interacts with the homophobia. Like does a trans woman having vaginal intercourse with a man count as gay or straight sex in their eyes? No clue. But if you want to find out you should be able to call your local vampires and ask them.
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wait you made them a physical NFT?
that's dope though, getting dosh for your art feels so good!
try and make them a patron
edit: not like a patreon patron, a regular art one
Which means of course that last night would be the third time I slept the full night all year
Going to the classes regardless of course but also *damn*, brain
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Insomnia class sounds like a thing I’d make up for a bit. Like a demon appears in the corner of my bedroom at night to go over algebra.
I’m glad you’re getting your real, helpful insomnia class.
Also: You’re doing good @Veevee keep it up!
It's CBT-I! So based on a treatment program where they teach you different sleep methods
Seems like it works based on the old man on his couch who straight up has fallen asleep by the end of hour 1
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To make it as simple as possible, but without any actual money or ability to buy a sign-in system, I have worked the last several weeks making an automated excel workbook. One sheet has the sign in screen. The computer is connected to a barcode scanner. Students scan the barcode on their student ID into the sign in sheet, which is all locked except for the spot the barcode scans into.
This is where that button I was asking about in the tech thread comes in. I hooked up a reprogrammable button that the kids then hit and a macro runs which transfers the number into a results sheet. A bunch of formulas and VBA then runs that time stamps each entry and also pull the student's name and lunch period into the next columns to easily see if students are skipping.
Students are using the button for the first time and they are all remarking how neat the whole thing is. Plus they can sign in way faster so no line and they can get the most out of their lunch period.
So far, barring some hiccups on my part when resetting the data, it is working perfectly. This is my magnum opus. I never want to make anything in excel ever again. Holy shit.
It's an aesthetically garbage but structurally sound repair, and I won't be in danger of accidently flashing my holiday companion with whatever the crotch equivalent of sideboob is
If this follows the usual pattern this excel sheet will spread to all schools and become a core piece of the library infrastructure that nobody understands or can maintain and just hopes it never stops working.
I mean I sure as hell won't fix it for anyone.
The best thing about it is that I can greet everyone by their name and other teachers are like, whoa you know every kid in the school? And I am like yes. Indeed. I am not simply reading them off this spreadsheet.
I always preferred "hanging brain"
it feels more pizazz-y
This is what i am familiar with. Although i have not actually said it in probably 20 years.
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Real "Emperor's New Clothes" moment I don't think he even realized was happening during our talk, like, "Really? And then your proposed patent says Robert Downey Jr's Estate ends up owing you a stipend to use his voice in ten years? Well, that's fascinating"
Reminder that it is national banned book week.