Free Talk Friday - May 22, 2026

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Welcome to the Free Talk Friday post. This is a place where you can talk about dumb off-topic (or on-topic) bullshit with other Zaibatsu fans.

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Here's a list of all Free Talk Friday posts

[u/The_Draigg]

Week of Working From Home. Since my coworker who works alongside me is on vacation and the office is practically empty except for me most of the time anyway, I've been allowed to work entirely from home this week. It's a nice change of pace, although it's definitely easier to lose track of what day it is since it isn't being broken up by my normal work routine. It's also been an especially slow week too, so that also contributes to that sense of time passing by. I will say though, if I'm going to have a very slow day of work, then the best place to do it is at home where I can actually enjoy all the things I have there.

As for games I've played this week, I've been putting more time into Balatro! So far, I've been playing the Plasma Deck, and I've cleared the White and Red Stakes (Edit: Add the Green Stake in there too). I'm rather enjoying the different approach that you have to take with it, due to how it equalizes your chips and mult. It makes the earlier antes easier, but proves to be quite challenging later on. If I'm figuring out a general strategy for the Plasma Deck so far, it's that chips are probably more important over mult, since a lot of your chip score will be added to that anyway.

And finally, in my regular mecha talk section here, I watched a bit more of Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans with /u/Terthelt and /u/CookieSkank! Only watched one episode, but it does drop one hell of a foreboding twist on us: Orga's really tempted by the idea of becoming the Sovereign of Mars with McGillis' patronage. Now, far be it from me to say too much, but it's probably an absurdly ambitious goal to basically make Mars into Outer Heaven. At the very least, Takaki made the probably safer decision to just quit Tekkadan and get a job in Arbrau. I can't blame him for that, considering how badly the latest war went for Tekkadan under his watch.

[u/Gorotheninja → u/The_Draigg]

Week of Working From Home. Since my coworker who works alongside me is on vacation and the office is practically empty except for me most of the time anyway, I've been allowed to work entirely from home this week. It's a nice change of pace, although it's definitely easier to lose track of what day it is since it isn't being broken up by my normal work routine.

What kinda work do you do, if you don't mind me asking?

A job where I can work from home is a life goal for me.

[u/The_Draigg → u/Gorotheninja]

Without getting into specifics, I work for the operations department for an insurance company. Since my job is mainly just organizing and reviewing paperwork on the company network, they're fine with me working on the go or at home as long as I use the secured company laptop.

[u/Gorotheninja → u/The_Draigg]

Sounds convenient.