Switzerland.

Saskatoon?

Canada. But it should piss you off so it doesn't really count.

Sioux City, then?

Head over heels always bothered me more than it should as it is normal to have your head over your heels.

Ha, not at all. Have been with my SO for 10+ years but never understood the point of holding hands. Scared they'll run off if given the chance?

Wtf? You two really never hold hands?

Can't think od any occasion, no. Fortunately we keep the same pace when waking without one having to drag the other.

Are you talking about strictly walking and holding hands or just holding hands period? Yeah, walking and holding hands can be a little bit of a POA but never holding hands under any circumstance for 10 years just seems a little odd and almost impossible haha.

I could've added in public, but yeah particularly when walking I guess. If she was hanging on avoiding to fall off a cliff l would prob give her a hand.

Just seems possessive and what's the point?

It's a form of affection so I guess that's why people do it. Do you two ever kiss in public?

Occasionally, and for some reason I have almost no prob with that.

I acknowledge couples holding hands shouldn't piss me off, but I don't think I'm the only one irked by it

Everybody in the world works in marketing or advertising.

Apparently in other countries this is normal. But yeah I've fallen into that trap a few times - just assuming they must be gay if they have a "partner".

At most of my jobs there's a milder version of this where the business side wants something and the dev managers agree to a very aggressive schedule because they have less leverage than they should.

As a dev lead I've learned to counteract it with underselling and over-delivering - because they really have zero idea what we do or how long it takes to do it.

When something is hard - you make it sound impossible. When something is medium, you make it sound hard. When something is easy - you make it sound medium. When something is super-easy - you tell them it's super easy, just so they don't think you're sandbagging on the other stuff.

When you figure out something you were unsure would work or not - having first told them it probably wouldn't work, you blast your miraculous accomplishment from the highest rooftops. I AM A GOLDEN GOD!

EZ game.

Yes, that's the way it works at my current place and I'm fine with it.

That scumbag marketing company was really something else. Before I joined the 'data architect' managed to delete a Dev database and the backups had been failing and no one had noticed lol.

The poor dev lost 2 weeks of her work but the account managers insisted the deadline remained, and instead of providing more resources to redo the work her own managers forced her to work evenings and weekends (without overtime). The fact she was Indian and it was her first job in the UK was not unconnected with her treatment.

Football coverage being too quick with changing what down it is.

This, it not only pisses me off, it gives me anxiety. Re: uber

In your pick up notes say you are deaf.

If I were a bigger dick I'd do this, but as a beta-cuck I'd just cancel on someone who was a great conversationalist, if it was a long ride.

I find regardless of whether or not you like conversation, Lyft tends to have better drivers than Uber. Unfortunately they also tend to be a little more expensive. Before I use either of them I compare the prices and look at the distance, and think to myself whether or not it's worth it.

I read that the hearing impaired thing as a trick drivers will use to curb chatter from passengers.

Re driver friendliness. I mostly use Uber in houston and found the drivers to be remarkably friendly compared to California. My wife and I had a really friendly driver here in Cali one night, and after a bit of convo it turned out he was from houston.

I had a driver in Vegas cry two times on a trip after asking about my family and finding out I love my kids. That was awkward.

Underappreciated musical imo

He talked for the entire ride and English was not his first language.

This is pretty brilliant, ty.