The Chat Thread (Read OP)

**Septentrionalis** · December 10, 2020, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by AoRun

How's your 2020 goin' so far?

A

year, but I have no doubt that

ones may be up ahead. A couple of old friends died tragically at young age, third one badly ill, and the lockdown has taken a toll physically and mentally. At least I've got a super nice workplace with the nicest of peers and managers and our business is good unlike many others' these days. So I shouldn't be complaining.

Originally Posted by Morticia Iunia Bruti

. Nearly the whole year was home schooling.

Do you actually have to do home schooling in the sense of teaching your kids yourself? Or do you refer to the kind of thing that we have here in which kids attend classes by remote meetings?

Originally Posted by Morticia Iunia Bruti

The screws of one wall cupboard got loose, so that one Kitchen Mixer fell down, 3 cats got sick and needed the vetenary, one died.

2021 can only be better.

I apologize for having smiled at that for a brief moment. You made it sound like that is a single chain of events with the mixer and the cats, and that sounded humorous in a tragicomic way to my dark sense of humor. I am not smiling anymore, and I sure wish you a much better 2021.

**Septentrionalis** · December 10, 2020, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by AqD

What odd place is that? Here sun goes down at 3pm...

Brother AqD (pronounced "a cutie") is not exaggerating. It is really getting dark at that time, and the sun does not rise until after 9 am. So many of us spend the few hours of daylight locked up in offices with artificial lighting, but both go to work in the morning and return home in complete darkness.

Originally Posted by Turkafinwë

I haven't checked under my couch for years and I'm afraid to do so at this point

You are just like the monster then. I heard that he is afraid to look under his bed, because Chuck Norris might be hiding down there.

Originally Posted by AoRun

My 2020 has been tough. I lost my high paying job due to redundancy issue and it was so hard to find a work as a Cobol Developer here in the Philippines. So I studied Xamarin Mobile Development and finally I landed a job. I will start this December 21.

I didn't know that there even were Cobol developers anymore, so it makes sense. I feel bad about that and your relationship, but hearing about your studies and getting a new job is really an inspiration! Good job, man. And the best of fortune with your new employment!

**Morticia Iunia Bruti** · December 10, 2020, 02:41 PM

I'm the one, which is in home schooling, as i'm in a two year long retraining to a software developer.

Yes its feeling like a big bad chain of bad luck.^^

I'm not offended, as i love dark humor.

**Septentrionalis** · December 10, 2020, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Morticia Iunia Bruti

I'm the one, which is in home schooling, as i'm in a two year long retraining to a software developer. [...] I'm not offended, as i love dark humor.

Oh, but that is so cool. Makes sense for someone who does modding. Developer work seems to me like something way too advanced, given that I only assess business needs of companies and make software customization on top of platforms prepared by developers. But I am a people person, and just love getting to know actual software users' everyday problems and solving them the best that I can.

**Morticia Iunia Bruti** · December 10, 2020, 03:36 PM

Sounds interesting too.

**Commissar Caligula_** · December 10, 2020, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by AqD

What odd place is that? Here sun goes down at 3pm...

Its still bright until 8:30-9pm at the moment. Summer is the only time Melbourne is liveable, the rest of the time its gloomy and

.
It also rises at 6am. How do I know? Because I keep on waking up at 6am every day... not happy about that

**Cookiegod** · December 11, 2020, 04:24 AM

meanwhile I have light on at all times during the day.

**Flinn** · December 11, 2020, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by Cookiegod

meanwhile I have light on at all times during the day.

stop wasting your time, where is my PM?

**Cookiegod** · December 11, 2020, 05:08 AM

I don't have time for more than one-liners currently

**Flinn** · December 11, 2020, 05:37 AM

oh poor lad

come, let me help you

**AqD** · December 11, 2020, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by Cookiegod

meanwhile I have light on at all times during the day.

I want to rub you with butter and bake you in oven!

**makanyane** · December 11, 2020, 10:00 AM

I keep telling you, you're not allowed to eat the cookies!

**Septentrionalis** · December 11, 2020, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by Commissar Caligula_

Its still bright until 8:30-9pm at the moment. Summer is the only time Melbourne is liveable

Summer?! Are you sure that humans are supposed to be living in the Southern Hemisphere?

**Sir Adrian** · December 11, 2020, 12:10 PM

Australia is an illuminati conspiracy

**AoRun** · December 12, 2020, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Morticia Iunia Bruti

I'm the one, which is in home schooling, as i'm in a two year long retraining to a software developer.

Yes its feeling like a big bad chain of bad luck.^^

I'm not offended, as i love dark humor.

Software Development is awesome and it is like an art

**AoRun** · December 12, 2020, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Flinn

You are most welcome to post about your issues in the Personal Help and Advice forum, if you like to of course

I will look into this forum. Thank you!

**AqD** · December 12, 2020, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by AoRun

Software Development is awesome and it is like an art

unhealthy obsession, all the same

**Akar** · December 13, 2020, 03:06 PM

2020 has been great for me, honestly. I hate leaving the house anyway so now I get to see my friends exactly as often as I want, without having to feel guilty about not seeing them. About once a week is enough for me.