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Turkey smuggler, the evolution of budgie smuggler

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen bigger! I’m okay with them usually, but they can make you uneasy. I had one living under my car bonnet for about a month in one occasion, the guy would come out at dusk and scare the shit out of me while driving. He would run all over the outside of the car and not fall, which is remarkable considering I did up to 70kms ph.

I would go to HR since this sounds like covert harassment to me. Don’t think it’s ridiculous - you have the right to be left in peace. Lots of red flags on your post. However, it’s worth trying to talk to him first, so here are my suggestions:

If you are working: sorry Mr Loy, this is not a good moment. I’m trying to get work done

If you are not working, but also not ballsy enough to tell him to go away: sorry, I need to go ( go to the toilet or just pretend to be in a rush)

If you really want to set up boundaries anytime (recommended): thanks Mr Loy but I’m not interested

The tone in which you say things has a lot of weight though. If you can sound tired and bored of him, all the better. People who pick and harrass others typically go after people who react either hysterically or annoyed, or also after people who appear coy or shy and polite. I hope this helps.

It’s hard to say given I don’t have a clear list of Vietnam spiders but this is a Sparassidae, ( a huntsman), and as for family some possibilities are Sinopoda, Rhithymna, Pseudopoda, and Heteropoda.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Sparassidae_species&wprov=rarw1

My vote goes for huntsman spider, and a male one at that, but I can’t say which species. Will have a quick lookup and see if I can narrow it down for you

Yes it looks like a huntsman to me too. We see very similar ones here in Australia

Sorry, but it’s not. Look at the leg length and proportions, also the last segment of each leg- our mystery spider is a type of huntsman spider

HAKUNA… MATATA!

Araucaria species. Because of their shape. They are the best.

I also really really like Magnolia trees, the large grandiflora ones ( those with the large glossy leaves and white flowers). I mean the flowers are amazing, but the way their trunks develop in very large specimens is so good, those semi buttressed roots and aerial offshoots hanging down are crazy amazing.

So yeah, araucarias and magnolias.

A very tacky car freshener. Some are dirt cheap, the cardboard ones I’m talking about. Pick a design that is silly or ugly for them… Or maybe a fragrance that you know they’re not a fan of

Never welcome news to hear studios closing down :(

Darude Sandstorm.

Not even joking

Do tabletop games count? If so, then… Dungeons and Dragons haha. I’m learning the ropes, having fun with it :)

Nah still alive but haven’t finished the article… It’s really long

Ok here we go. Will be back with an update, but just in case, I don’t consider myself particularly tough

That is true but doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a tech person. I don’t consider myself one, in fact I come here for help when I have questions or issues. I do appreciate foss and privacy but I’m not hardcore on either. I’ve certainly known a lot of people with even less understanding than me about tech, but I don’t think I qualify as a tech myself and I believe there are many others here in a similar situation as me

+1 on this camp.

This really depends on which version we’re talking about. Transformers as a franchise is rather inconsistent… This is my love hate franchise, I’m either all in or I absolutely hate it.

I think across most iterations I’m going to say Optimus Prime, Jetfire, and Megatron are characters I usually like.

But one of my favorite characters is Starscream from Transformers Prime, he is absolutely hilarious if you haven’t seen the show. Loved it. Typically Starscream is one of my least liked characters everywhere else.

The comics have a lot of variety in their art, I like Don Figueroa’s Jetfire a lot ( https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c7/48/46/c7484659f119f6f9a27bfbb6e2332291.jpg ) and the majority of Alex Milne and Nick Roche’s designs.

I really appreciate it, thanks for sharing. I feel identified with some of what you’ve described, you give me hope.