I was in highschool and I used to do my art homework at lunch just before class started. So I would do still life drawings and stuff and then hand them in. My art teacher would always deduct points because she said, "you're supposed to do it at home".

I didn't have a desk. Parents were poor and didn't have work at the time so we were staying with my aunt who didn't have much room for us. Even if I did have a desk there would be my cousins running around and noise and stuff.

I figured I made the compromise. I didn't divulge why, I just did it for each homework assignment and she kept getting cross with me. I was like, whatever ...

I eventually failed that course because I just hated that teacher and it's only course I ever failed. Later on I wound up having the highest average in my year and getting multiple scholarships, so whatever.

I thought they were scared of Jesus on a bird and were crying about it.

As an extroverted person? Play some online games with the mic on and talk to your team. They'll tell you to shut up constantly, :D

Seriously though, if you get your energy from meeting people like I do. It's important to be self-reflective more and do hobbies that are calming. I can draw for hours and it's amazing or even calligraphy! I've been doing crochet as well now. I just lose hours and it's a nice mindfulness exercise.

If you're concerned about talking too much then I would say just practice listening more. I wouldn't say I interrupt someone when they're talking but I do interrupt the flow sometimes because I can carry silence a lot. Which is kinda why people like having me around (convos don't get boring) ... however, I used to definitely go too far with it. So, it's good to sit back and let conversations and quietness play out and you can see how others would have carried the convo without you. I remember reading about Sir Patrick Stewart about it:

Patrick Stewart has said that playing Jean-Luc Picard changed him as a person. "...I suppose [he] even had some influence on me. I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean-Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well."

I knew I was killing conversations when I hung out with ANOTHER outgoing person and they kept doing what I was doing to a higher degree and I was like, "it's kinda nice having someone carry conversations like this ... at the same time, it's kinda draining because I can't get a word in".

"saves the restaurant"

I mean yes, but also no ... 🙁

A man of class I see 🧐

"In the Heart of Transylvania! In the vampire hall of fame-ya! 🎵"

Oh man, I totally forgot about that! Classic movie!

Could be used for stop him from reproducing.

I used to just have him on the background talking to the camera when he was fixing a laptop. Then would listen to his random takes on stuff and then his political activism.

As much as I agree with him, I am just raged out. I can't do John Oliver, I can't do so many left-leaning ones because they clip right-wingers and I don't want to hear about how everything's getting worse ...

Let me tell you something about LOTR and Vigga Mortensen and the kicking of a helmet ....

I loved this game from the start. The story choices made me want to cry from the very beginning and I fell for the person on the radio. It was an incredibly short but intense and then empty (I think, intentionally so which I liked) experience.

Don't they get to auction this shit off for millions ...

For Pete's sake, I go to Banksy exhibits and stuff. 150K for that amount of cultural engagement is peanuts.

We hired this senior dev ... when we asked what this PR (code change request) was, he didn't know. He stammered and then regurgitated what AI told him. I had to tell him, he's on thin ice if he thinks he can vibe his way through this job.

All his work is AI comments everywhere. I'm like, you didn't read what you wrote. What fucking relevance is putting down all of this info? I said, if you don't have the courtesy to read it, then why the fuck am I? There's little respect for my time in dealing with those that use it so much.

So, yes, I can very much deal in a world without AI. It may be slower in some areas but yes I can. Especially if it means exposing all my shitty coworkers work habits.