As original as the hacker news cynic

Put your part completed degree on your CV with a caveat like its pending or incomplete. It should get you passed the initial screening. Then it's on you to pass the tech test. Expect to fail many before you get good at them

Surprised nobody mentions the smell. A heady mix of piss and weed

Not just piss. Piss is OK (I have several kids and the smell is nothing anymore). It's heavily fermented piss and feces and the odiferous chemicals that stick to your clothes that really sucks.

Which ocean? People used to think this about raw sewage discharge. Check the state of UK beaches

That's impacting people who want to swim or surf in the sea. It's not impacting food supplies. Fishing boats operate much farther out.

Don't hate yourself. If you can go a few weeks at a time that's good. Better than me. You are certainly better off for that. Blowing off is not all bad. Maybe feeling shit for a couple of days is a price worth paying for decompressing once a month? I'm not advocating that I would love to stop but at the same time... I also like it and it's part of my culture. Do your best, limit yourself, feel good for your achievements not bad about the failures

Reveal please

get out more

"But in the majority of life situations, like business or political meetings, there is no humor at all"

That's your problem right there

I genuinely worry about this community when after >100 comments nobody has said "k9s"