frickineh

@frickineh@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got these (notes) provided by my school..⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I struggle with being social because I’m usually so worn out by work, but my friends are honestly the best - they know I have a couple of hours in me, and they don’t mind at all if I kind of wander off to read or lay down for 20 minutes to recharge. Sometimes they want to do the same thing, sometimes they keep doing whatever we’re doing until I get back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got these (notes) provided by my school..⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Literally the only defining characteristic is how much energy you have after socializing. The rest of this is total bs. I love being social if I’m in the mood, but I’m still an introvert because it wears me out. L

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eat that ramen⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s chill, we’re all gonna die of cancer from all the microplastics in our brains anyway. Or in Civil War II or something. Whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are dating apps a fraud since the beginning?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, they used to be more or less good - they all had slightly different vibes instead of being the exact same thing with different fonts. Okcupid used to publish a lot of fun data and was kind of a middle ground, Match was known for being for more “serious” daters, and plenty of fish tended to be a little trashier - not that there wasn’t plenty of overlap, that was just kind of the reputations they had. You could pay for things but you could also do just fine with free accounts, and the ads focused on how many people had had success with them.

  Now they’re all owned by the same company and it shows, and they’ve decided dumbing the experience down to the most superficial stuff and letting bots and people advertising OF or their MLMs take over is fine. I don’t think any of them are worth the time they take to download at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yet they know what dishware I'm looking for...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah turns out, “sitting in my room alone playing video games,” isn’t much of an alibi. I should get some hobbies that involve people. Like…multi-player games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it would solve world hunger, what would be the largest item you could fit in your ass?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there like, prep time? Or do you just have to decide and make it happen on the spot?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SAD⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah dude, it was some time in 2014. I’m good with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yule Tidings⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, look at this guy going right to the “bending the laws of the universe” boasts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Performative Perp Walk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh Eric Adams can fuck all the way off. They all can, tbh, but especially him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨neotropical cockroaches⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Entomologists in shambles

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨where's my damn plume⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was about to be offended and then I remembered how I got out of breath walking up the stairs this morning. (To be fair, I’m anemic af and almost certainly have a touch of long covid, but still.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Writing tip: just start brain dumping⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to write intros like that as placeholders because I always wrote the real intro once I was sure where I was going with a paper. I learned to make placeholder text red and all caps after almost making that mistake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks wants a Bachelor's degree for a barista⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the best part - they’re all bad! I’m lucky I usually stick to government and most use governmentjobs.com, which isn’t perfect but it’s miles better. But when I’ve been looking for a second job or trying to see what’s available in the private sector, I have yet to find a site that isn’t trash.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks wants a Bachelor's degree for a barista⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed has been trash for years, so that tracks. That’s why I’ve only ever used it to figure out who (maybe) has jobs open and then apply directly - they have so much bad information.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks wants a Bachelor's degree for a barista⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this a 3rd party site? Every barista job on Starbucks’ actual site says no experience or education required, so I’m pretty sure what’s more infuriating is how god awful pretty much every job site has become.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How am I supposed to obtain income?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What state do you live in? I used to take unemployment claims and there was no requirement to file the initial claim by a specific date (though I’m sure there would eventually be a cutoff). The hard deadlines were once the claim was filled because claimants have to go in weekly and certify that they’re still unemployed and actively looking for work. It’s possible you can still apply, and layoffs tend to be processed faster. I’d strongly recommend trying. The worst they can say is no.

  Also, I realize your situation really sucks, and I don’t want to downplay that at all, but I wouldn’t be surprised if at least some of your expectation that you’ll be rejected is coming through in interviews. Interviews are at least part about how good your acting skills are, which is ass, but also reality. I have often crippling depression and anxiety, but I’m great at faking positive and confident, and I’ve been offered most of the jobs I’ve interviewed for in my life. Not because I’m always the most educated or experienced candidate, but because I seem like I’ll be tolerable to work with.

  Oh and lie if you’re overqualified - say you’re looking to take a step back because you want to go back to school or something. Stupid but people respond better to that than the idea that we want to pay our bills and a job is a job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Absolute slander⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Valid question. I haven’t eaten there in years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Absolute slander⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe Chick-fil-A wouldn’t give them a third sauce packet. Did you ever think maybe this person was doing their best in a sauce-deprived world?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good News!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah, and the misunderstanding could be solved if the leads had one 5 minute conversation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good News!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The latter is Lifetime.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good News!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just add her falling in love with (and then subsequently blowing up?) a man in a flannel shirt and I think you could talk hallmark into it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good News!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow how dare you? Big city career woman goes home to small town for the holidays and falls in love with her childhood sweetheart and dumps her evil fiance who worked on Christmas, big city career woman who swore off men falls in love and surprise! he’s actually the prince of a small but wealthy English-speaking country in Europe, and big city career woman goes home to small town for the holidays and saves one of the local businesses from foreclosure and falls in love with the owner who is also hot Santa are totally different stories.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This world is cruel…⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think there’s necessarily anything wrong with that, it’s just not going to be compatible with everyone. I would never date anyone who didn’t prioritize travel at least a little, but that’s definitely not universal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This world is cruel…⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Fun” fact, this is actually why my mom has no interest in camping as an adult. Her family was homeless a lot when she was a kid and her mom disguised it as a fun extended camping trip. The kids bought it for the most part, because the family really did camp for fun, and they were used to fishing for dinner and things, but she said as she got older, she realized things like the month long trip in November were because they lost their housing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This world is cruel…⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It could also just be women thinking, “I’d like to visit _____ when I’m able, I want my partner to go with me.” Working in a passport office, I’ve met a shocking number of men who have never left the US (or sometimes even the state) by choice. Then their wife or girlfriend wants to go to Mexico or something, and they come in talking about how they’re only doing it for her and they’d never travel if it was up to them.

  Anyway, I’d consider traveling one of my hobbies even though I can’t afford to do it often - plenty of time is spent planning and looking at things to do, so it goes beyond just the few days of the trip.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The only thing I disagree with is that he finds being president stressful. He’s both incredibly stupid and lazy, so I don’t think he really even gives a shit about what his staff is doing as long as they keep jerking off his ego and don’t interrupt his golf and McDonald’s time. He’s likely not even aware of most of it, except whatever gets fed to him to post on social media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bitey⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, we gotta pump those numbers up. Get our bite force on the next level.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mine's a Juicer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of ours gets stuck on the 3 different sets of measuring cups. Why do we have 3 full sets? No one knows!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon watches an old concert video⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And I had horrific, untreated anxiety and depression. Fun!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vinegar⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The vinegar situation where I am atm has kind of made me more depressed? Some of it is straight up ass, and the salt & vinegar chips have been pretty terrible across the board. I love vinegar, too, so I’m very sad. Maybe the vinegar has to taste good to work.