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Danilo Piazzalunga

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · Dec 30

Say hello to Pixie!

She's a 10 years old, grumpy lady who likes playing (as if she were still a young kitten!), grooming her bossy sister, and following a breatharian diet (turning down all of her food).

A mostly white cat, sitting in a loaf-shaped posture on a pink blanket over a sofa.

A mostly white cat, sitting on a pink blanket over a sofa. A front paw is sticking out and she's looking at the camera.

A mostly white cat, sitting on a pink blanket over a sofa. A front paw is sticking out and her eyes are closed.

A mostly white cat, curled up and sleeping on a pink blanket over a sofa.

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 8h

When you and your Italian coworkers speak English at your workplace.

A screenshot from the infamous intro cutscene of Zero Wing, showing a line of dialogue (with a comically bad English translation) below an image.

A starship deck with some crew members sitting at their battle stations. Some large screens are all flashing red.

Captain: "What happen ?"

Another screenshot, with another scene and another line of dialogue.

A blond man in a blue spacesuit is punching a table (or the ground) with a fist, whereas his other hand is pressed against his face. He looks very upset, almost desperate.

Captain: "What you say !!"

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 22h

I have a GUM Sonic Sensitive toothbrush (but I'm not the one using it). Its vibrations are way softer than those of other toothbrushes.

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 22h

That was the ending of Robbie Williams's "Rock DJ" videoclip.

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 22h

Great news! Did you cook anything nice?

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 22h

You should *not* be an outsider, that should be normal!

About zero-sum games: I think this originates from role models, which make it appear as the only plausible way to build a relationship.

I'm guilty of this, and I try to stay out of the zero-sum mindset as much as I can!

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 23h

She'd better have a good reason for this, like her phone got dropped into a ditch and she couldn't call you!

Anyway, I'm happy it worked out (eventually)!

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

Siren is right! That's highly unprofessional.

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah! Good luck!

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

That's brilliant! A clever and fair way to deal with workplace freeloaders (who, fortunately, are very few).

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

The danger of becoming a bottleneck is too real! I've been on either side too many times!

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

That's excellent advice, and I should have learned it sooner!

I pull this even when I actually think I should help, just to make sure that it's okay to drop what I'm currently doing.

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

This specific thing isn't a big deal but, yeah, there are many other tiring situations. 😅

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

I'm glad you found another place with, hopefully, more respect for your boundaries!

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

I do! I was tempted to post this quoting your piece of advice!

Yeah, this sounds like one of these cases.

I'm probably helping them in a better way, by "forcing" them to, uh, learn how to actually solve such a problem by themselves (which they should already have, BTW; learned, not solved).

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

They are probably trying to dump their work on me, honestly. 😅

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

Work ethics dilemma: I'm helping an experienced coworker doing their job. Is it okay if I help them, stopping short of doing their job myself?

The key aspect here is: they are more experienced than me, and (supposedly) more qualified for this specific task. I wouldn't do that to a junior.

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so glad to see it's working, and that you're already benefitting from it!

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

They updated the website, and I got my reservation!

Your post might have just saved my life :3

(or, less dramatically, the schedule of a sprint sometimes in the upcoming winter.)

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

The hardest part was knowing that I need boundaries. The second hardest thing is discovering what these boundaries are.

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

Given how easy it is to tap accidentally, I assume I'm not the only one.

(However, if you see a notification, and then your post has been saved zero times, I probably did it... This means that I have involuntarily been a poltergeist!)

Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! That's basically what I've been doing for all this years at work in addition to my job (encouraged by not-so-unspoken rules), realising only recently how much it has been draining me.

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Danilo Piazzalunga @danilopiazza.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so sorry :(