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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I quit my 20+ year career as a sysadmin about 2 years ago and started turning my backyard into a massive garden. I'm currently trying to figure out places to sell large quantities of hot peppers and I'm about to start selling matted and framed photos of flowers and wildlife from my garden.

Fuck IT.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Damn it! It's Duck, Duck, Grey Duck! NOT goose!

***A Minnesotan argues about the important stuff

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago

20+ years at M$ sounds like hell on earth. Might be better for mankind to work for 20 years at an oil company ffs

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

i'm a data analyst. there's an urge to say fuck this shit and start a brewery. That urge is there every single day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I used to be a Toolmaker long ago and far away. And there is a, and not undeservedly so, stereotype of Toolmakers as cranky old assholes. And the job tends to make us intolerant assholes.

I too had reached a point where I had enough of being angry, cranky, and hateful to everyone and myself every day. So I finally took all that cranky angry hatred and decided to channel it into something more constructive - I became a Medic for the next 15 years. And when that pissed me off enough I decided to teach math in my tiny rural school for 4 years until I retired.

I am a very slow learner........

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

We always need more brewists. Do it !

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Not in computers. I'm an accountant. I don't have enough money to throw the double middle fingers. Can somebody please, for the love of all that's holy, show me the way out or, you know, come sneak onto my property when I'm not looking and delete me?

Edit: JUST now, I got told that I'm unprofessional because I refuse to give my personal cell phone number to all three thousand of our clients. I said that my private phone funded by my personal money is not a business asset and they can give me a company phone if they want me texting clients. This was met with a huff, turning of a back on me, and storming off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

sell all your earthly possessions and buy two geese, one male and one female. then you, too, will be a goose farmer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

To avoid inbreeding issues you might want to start with a few more than that...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Okay, thats the response for rich people. Whats the offer for less rich who would like to "disconnect from the system"?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

start crying!:D

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It's a case by case thing, obviously there's no single answer, it's going to depend on your existing skills, your location, the availability of geese, and so on

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I'm sincerely envy. I wish I could do the same.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

We found John Stardew!?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I worked in IT for 20 years. I became a handyman and have 7 geese.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are geese good animals to have?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes and no. They are much cleaner than ducks and they can be exclusively fed on grass once they are feathered out. This makes them unbelievably awesome in addition to their guard dog ability. In the springtime you get giant goose eggs. Which is a big perk. Since we got our first two geese we have not lost a single chicken or duck to hawks. Which is why we got them. We were losing 1 to 3 a year just to hawks.

The downside is that like all birds they poop everywhere And their poops are more undigested grass than runny stuff. And in the spring when you get those giant eggs the geese can become extremely aggressive. This means separating them from the other birds to prevent injuries and it means learning how to wrestle geese in a safe manner. And it means always being on guard. You will not be safe on your own property.

But for me the benefits far exceed risks. They pay for themselves. They give giant eggs, they stop hawks, they mow the yard, they require no feed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not safe ? what do you mean, a goose can hurt people ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait really, they represent a danger ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Geese are legendary for their attack skills. They aren't bad most of the year but in the spring they will mess you up if you get too close. You can go to YouTube and search for "goose attack."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There were a bunch of geese around my grandparents' house when I was a kid. God those things would torment me. They had free range of the property and I tended to completely avoid the area they hung out because they were hyper aggressive and would chase after me every time I got anywhere near them. I was six years old, so it felt like they were as tall as me and they were definitely faster.

It wasn't so bad once I got a little older, a little taller, and relied more on my bicycle than my feet for movement.

Nonetheless, those things gave me childhood trauma to the extent that I still can't stand geese some forty five years later.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

If they're not tormenting you, they're not doing their job. That's their niche. They have one job.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn't this Jeremy Clarkson's career path, more or less?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Car driver turned farmer. Both kinda low level jobs.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

To have such a good career payout that you don’t need a career.

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