I work for shitty companies and just take like 8x longer to do tasks. That’s the only way I kinda justify it.

I’m pretty sure everyone I work with is doing it too, because our velocity has become normal/expected now.

Also for the ones constantly monitoring your “available” status, proper mouse jigglers are great for when you want to take a looooong lunch or watch TV.

I also got a cheap used phone for logging in to employer Teams or Slack so I can pretend to be at a computer even if I’m at the store grocery shopping or at the bar drinking.

edit: Similar to another comment, I use the money for my community. Donating to food banks, buying clothing to donate, I recently donated a couple of computers to people who needed them, a few monitors, a cellphone, I helped my friend pay off their medical debt, etc.

I couldn’t do that without the money these jobs pay. If I’m still meeting expectations but it isn’t detrimental to my mental health and I can take their money and do good, I call that a win.

Meh, let people judge. Sucks they don’t feel comfortable enough in their own meat skin to do the same.

My wife converses with herself when nobody is around. What the fuck ever, it helps her process things, it is fine.

What does this mean?

I’d prefer he pardon Luigi.