Yes, definitely. It's easier now that I'm part of operational support and can oversimplify it by referring to myself as an IT dude, but back when I was part of the field rotation, when I tried to sum up what "offshore seismic survey technician" is, I was sometimes asked "so, how's it like working on an oil rig?".I wouldn't know, I've never been on one. I've been on ships around them, but never on the rigs themselves.
2020, covid really starting to affect the company I worked for. And there was a townhall meeting where it was announced that there would be layoffs. (This was long after management had taken a pretty big pay cut to reduce cost. To be fair, they did right by us for as long as they could).
I was among the last to join the company, being hired despite there technically being a hiring freeze in effect (it helps to know people), so I assumed I'd be among the first ones to go.
Shortly after the townhall I got a phone from my manager. "Shit, here comes the call" I thought to myself. He was offering me a promotion instead.
Turned out that the guy whos position I'd been offered had been open about wanting to leave for a while, and he had chosen to do so now to save one headcount for the layoffs. But his position still needed to be filled, so they picked someone from the department that was most likely to see the most layoffs. And that was my department.
More like a building where several strangers each pay for a flat, and people are free to come and go to different flats as they please.
I also think there would be a couple of distinct groups sticking to their own flats, and none of the others in the building wanting to visit them. These flats are known as "Defederated". Now and then a newcomer will stumble through the door, have a look around, and decide to never open that particular door again.
Note that I'm not mentioning any particular instances, so if you feel offended by this, that's probably on you.
Some 20 years ago it was kind of an in-joke between a few friends and I that whenever people were coming over, we'd be in the middle of watching top gun. I don't remember how it started.
A friend of mine was in a similar situation. He's by no means an antivaxxer, but he was skeptical about the covid shot due a lot of public misinfo (rushed, mRNA vaccines not having a proven track record, etc), and his stance was in effect "At some point, but right now we don't know enough about the long term effects".
Then a friend of his ended up with long covid, and I think it dawned on him that we don't know the long term effects of the illness itself either.
I'm happy to share that he's now up to speed on all of his vaccines, covid and 5G included.
Seconding this. I find that sometimes in the comment sections, there is an actual worthwhile exchange of interesting ideas and information, and when I participate in this I sometimes manage to fool people into thinking I'm intelligent.
Instead of my favorite, which is very well known, I've chosen to promote a different awesome song in an adjacent genre:
Destiny Potato - Addict
Excellent song, and the buildup + guitar solo = chefs kiss