mynameispengyu
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ohh, sorry to hear this and i feel for you in this kind of situation you are in now. stay strong always mate.
What's on your mind today?
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Jetflag
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Thanks.
Got some closure and did a little kenika Kai for the little life today at sea.
Jetflag
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So not only did Norway have their first launch..
- they failed in a spectacular fashion
- they unwittingly created the worlds most expensive snow-from-roof cleaner.
- they unwittingly created the first artificial arctic wave-pool, which, take that from the local expert here, actually looks quite fun/surfable!
10/10. props! Would like to see more, especially in that scenery
- they failed in a spectacular fashion
- they unwittingly created the worlds most expensive snow-from-roof cleaner.
- they unwittingly created the first artificial arctic wave-pool, which, take that from the local expert here, actually looks quite fun/surfable!
10/10. props! Would like to see more, especially in that scenery
Jetflag
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Thinking of setting up my own little label for future releases.. the amount of waiting, back&forth paperwork and schedules see that a lot of stuff either never or really late gets released.
Jetflag
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Thanks man I left early only to find out that they were having food after I left which shows that they never really saw my worth.
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PegaSus
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I know it's a cracking release, but come on. Ridiculous lol:
Lately I’ve been reflecting on how many corporate environments feel emotionally sterile — like everything’s been smoothed out, flattened, and stripped of life.
The “polished” vibe — clean beige carpet, uniform desks, fake plants, emotionless lighting — feels more like a simulation than a place for real humans. Even the furniture has no soul. Everything is perfectly straight… but lifeless.
I know it might sound strange to say the furniture feels lifeless, but if you’ve ever walked into one of those places and instantly felt your body recoil, you know what I mean. It’s not just the job — it’s the environment. Cold. Rigid. Disconnected.
What bothers me most is that you can’t see any of this until you’re already inside. Job descriptions don’t say “this workplace may suppress your humanity.” You find out when your nervous system starts shutting down just from being in the space. I have found that exposure for too long gives me a lot of anxiety attacks and my body just wants to move.
Have you ever felt this kind of emotional dissonance in a workplace?
Are there ways to spot these environments before diving in?
And if you’ve escaped it — where did you go that felt more human?
Curious if anyone else has experienced this — especially those of us who live through music, emotion, and nuance. Because most advice out there just says, “see a doctor” or “take meds,” but never questions whether the system itself is the problem. Something I have felt about Music too which has largely been ignored.
The “polished” vibe — clean beige carpet, uniform desks, fake plants, emotionless lighting — feels more like a simulation than a place for real humans. Even the furniture has no soul. Everything is perfectly straight… but lifeless.
I know it might sound strange to say the furniture feels lifeless, but if you’ve ever walked into one of those places and instantly felt your body recoil, you know what I mean. It’s not just the job — it’s the environment. Cold. Rigid. Disconnected.
What bothers me most is that you can’t see any of this until you’re already inside. Job descriptions don’t say “this workplace may suppress your humanity.” You find out when your nervous system starts shutting down just from being in the space. I have found that exposure for too long gives me a lot of anxiety attacks and my body just wants to move.
Have you ever felt this kind of emotional dissonance in a workplace?
Are there ways to spot these environments before diving in?
And if you’ve escaped it — where did you go that felt more human?
Curious if anyone else has experienced this — especially those of us who live through music, emotion, and nuance. Because most advice out there just says, “see a doctor” or “take meds,” but never questions whether the system itself is the problem. Something I have felt about Music too which has largely been ignored.
PegaSus
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Jetflag
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All the time, what you describe is very recognisable..
but It doesnt bother me. Or at least, I don’t let it.
a workspace (for me) is precisely that. A space to work. It’s not supposed to be soothing, therefor I’m ok with it not being that.
I don’t go to an office to feel comfortable or be emotionally in tune. I go to said place/ space to preform a task/ get a job done, and then leave.
I have other spaces for my emotional well being (Man cave, ocean, house, garden, church etc)
I want to be in an environment where I can breathe. Where I don’t have to force myself to shrink, to sit in chairs and desks that feel cold and soulless, or play along with systems that never saw me. I don’t want to escape to outer space — I just want to find a space down here on Earth that finally feels like mine.All the time, what you describe is very recognisable..
but It doesnt bother me. Or at least, I don’t let it.
a workspace (for me) is precisely that. A space to work. It’s not supposed to be soothing, therefor I’m ok with it not being that.
I don’t go to an office to feel comfortable or be emotionally in tune. I go to said place/ space to preform a task/ get a job done, and then leave.
I have other spaces for my emotional well being (Man cave, ocean, house, garden, church etc)
It genuinely bothers me because I want to be in a place where I define the terms — not where I’m forced to follow rules written by others who never had my experience. I feel like my career has been set up for rejection and failure from the start because I was never given the space to choose for myself.
I want to work in an environment where I can breathe — where I don’t feel like I’m shrinking to fit in. And honestly, if I can’t find that space here, it sometimes feels like people would rather go out into outer space and keep working like this.
What skills or tools actually help with this? Because I find myself needing to take another shower the moment I get home — just to wash off the emotional weight I absorb all day. Whether it’s the stress from the customers I speak to or the cold, lifeless environment around me — even the furniture feels dehumanising. It’s like nothing in that space acknowledges I’m a real person and I am human and I am grounded it's quite sad that most environment are like that.
I’ve also spent time around people who are completely two-faced — high-maintenance, emotionally shallow, and robotic. The kind of people who treat basic human interaction as if it’s beneath them — like empathy is cringeworthy or inconvenient.
You’re expected to play along with this artificial coldness, and the moment you show any vulnerability, sincerity, or realness — you’re looked down on. It’s like they’re trying so hard to appear polished and “professional” that they’ve stripped away every ounce of humanity.
And when you don’t fit into their sterile, performative way of existing, you’re made to feel like you’re the problem. Like being a person with emotions, questions, or even a bit of soul makes you “difficult and it's slowly chips away at my humanity and my self worth and self esteem and confidence too and I personally hate and if I go to a doctor or a psychologist they will feed me drugs which is not the solution I am looking for or they think I am crazy which I am not as well.
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Jetflag
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you have, the way I see it, two paths/options.
1: strengthen yourself by voluntary exposure to said hostile environments in a controlled manner, till you can cope or even thrive in it. Think of it as emotional fitness/ power training for your mind. <- this is the method I employ, hence my (concious) disconnect between what I consider to be places of healing, and places of work. Embrace the suck/ see it as a a threadmill.
This is, coincidently, also the method used to help people who suffer from agoraphobia or claustrophobia. you start by 10 seconds in an elevator, then if that works, 20, then a minute, then 10 minutes, then an hour etc.
2: i've said this before: Start your own (one man) business. it is the only alternative option by which you can remotely dictate the work environment/ rules because in any other, you will be offering services to someone who dicates the rules.
in either of the two cases: good luck man
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It's a work in progress man - I already have to give talks to older people next month that will be unpaid and then I have to give a talk at my library if they like me.you have, the way I see it, two paths/options.
1: strengthen yourself by voluntary exposure to said hostile environments in a controlled manner, till you can cope or even thrive in it. Think of it as emotional fitness/ power training for your mind. <- this is the method I employ, hence my (concious) disconnect between what I consider to be places of healing, and places of work. Embrace the suck/ see it as a a threadmill.
This is, coincidently, also the method used to help people who suffer from agoraphobia or claustrophobia. you start by 10 seconds in an elevator, then if that works, 20, then a minute, then 10 minutes, then an hour etc.
2: i've said this before: Start your own (one man) business. it is the only alternative option by which you can remotely dictate the work environment/ rules because in any other, you will be offering services to someone who dicates the rules.
in either of the two cases: good luck man
Bobby Summa
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Spiritual Warriers, here to fuck up the status quo and provide the space for peace. Straight from the Angelic realms. They mean business and they mean WAR. War on hatred. War on needless suffering.
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Altair
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Just played my second gig! Was kind of short notice - the same promoter who helped me get hooked up with my last one threw an outdoor party in town (while it was only a few degrees out). There were a few mixing errors since I wasn't used to a few of the deck functions, but overall it was a great time. Finally played my own track live too!
Bobby Summa
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. And great track… just trying to purchase it now dude! -
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