“Coworker 4 - talking too much in general about any topic (they would just prefer I shut up tbh unless there is zero work)”

I am this person lol without knowing them at all I can say at least for this type of person I think the best thing to do is just be direct about work stuff, get to the point right away after the initial pleasantries of initiating the conversation. If they’re anything like me they might actually dislike conversation for similar reasons that you feel anxious. I just don’t have much to say other than strictly work related business and it stresses me out to be stuck in a “meaningless” conversation.

If coworker 1 really is “a bitch” then there isn’t all that much you can do, just treat her similar to coworker 4 and just accept that she might be judging you for stupid reasons. That’s more of a “her problem” than a you problem. As they say “you can’t make everyone like you.” but that doesn’t have to mean there’s anything “wrong” with you, some people just don’t mesh well.

Every day these people find a new way for me to hate them with a fucking burning passion.

It slightly saves my sanity. Only slightly though.

Compelled speech it is then?

So when are bakers going to be forced to bake cakes for gay couples?

Oh, right, hypocrites. Naturally.

Because they’re so small I think a bowl of tardios would be more like a liquid, probably not very viscous, and more than likely wouldn’t taste like anything. I think the “texture” of that would feel disgusting though

Ahhh a fellow American I see.

Justice is “just us” and is exclusively meant to maximize misery.

I’m not so sure about the binoculars part there… I have an 8" dobsonian telescope and I have a hard time finding those two.

“You see, the problem is that I’m a Democrat with actual power and that means I cannot do anything that is actually needed. I must remain feckless in the face of corruption. It’s what we do best.”

Use it as an excuse to strengthen your bond I guess. Just say something like “all I want is to do (XYZ thing you know you both like: dinner, movie, whatever.) with you, I don’t need anything more.” If that even is something you’d even want to do of course. Don’t force it if it isn’t what you want.

Just be honest with them, you could even possibly try to explain the anxiety you feel about it all and let them know you’re happy just being with them in whatever way.

Either that or pick a food you like lol for me I’d probably just say “get me a big ol’ bag of chocolate covered pretzels and I’ll be in heaven.” :P

Doesn’t have to be! Add some flavor! I was always partial to adding a bit of pineapple juice.

As another person suggested try to substitute with something similar.

It doesn’t have to be purely fizzy water, I used to mix seltzer with a little pineapple juice. Pick whatever you like and start there, you might eventually appreciate just the seltzer on its own and not need the juice.

Just try not to replace a ton of sugar with a ton of sugar, so even with the fruit juice 1/2 & 1/2 would be a start as opposed to 3/4 juice 1/4 seltzer, the opposite of that of course being best.

“Orange is the new scum.”

This is why I really don’t want to have to use Linux, but Microsuck just can’t stop with the fucking greed and I’m absofucukinglutly not running anything with recall… :(

The only reason I’m still on windows 10 is because I’m dreading the weekend of head banging against table I’m going to have when I do the switch to Linux before October… Not looking forward to getting it all set up and working

A little late to the conversation there wired.

Match group killed most dating apps years ago when they acquired as many as possible and turned them all into tinder clones, literally removing useful features, not even including them in “premium” versions.

Hinge was the last to hold on to being “acceptable” to those that used it (I need more profile than pictures so I didn’t care for it) but I guess that’s changed now too.

Monetizing human needs never ends well… Seeking a partner is a human need and these corpo fucks know it and drooled over the prospect of exploiting it. I gave up on them a few years ago so I’m just staying single I guess.

Alternate reality Magoo land headline:

Trillions of dollars of Democrat fraud found and eliminated by the Trump administration!

Article: Democrats bad. Musk good. Fraud fraud fraud, black DEI, abortion money. Luxury hotels for Mexicans. Seig Trump!

I better be able to customize my baboons butt color!

Of fucking course not. They’re Republican propagandists, why would they ever face consequences?

“Nvidia to relase RTX 7090, get yours for only $23,000!”

Fucking seriously… I wish there were aliens that could save us from ourselves, but it’s just oligarchs all the way down…