How the fuck is this guy married?! I feel so bad for his daughters
How the fuck is this guy married?! I feel so bad for his daughters
Honestly, same. Ever since my own mother asked me if I knew that Swift was a witch (as in, pointy black hat, spells, and broomsticks kind of witch)(yes, I’m serious, she legit believes this, stop laughing) I knew the far right has had it out for her. Don’t know what she did to get their attention (and I don’t really care) but they’re coming with their pitchforks
The University of Alberta has a free course on science literacy. I think it’s available on coursera.
$4300 dump here in CA… and he’s been talking about raising it again
It’s a culture cultivated specifically to make it difficult to leave
This is a feature of all cults, not just the well known ones that call themselves “religion”
Congrats, Curtis and Arthur! Wonder what name they’ve got picked out for the little one?
sighs in ADHD
I don’t see any bears in this diagram…
If you can find a bear, it might be enough to distract the neighbor, and maybe he’ll share his trees with you
Same! It’s quite a useful trick if I ever need to find pants with pockets!
And they work with Voyager
I’ll admit I completely missed your parentheses and thought you were talking about the builders of fences, and I was a little confused for a second.
I know nothing about either kinds of fencing, but what you say sounds right
I agree, I’m just speculating how it would be possible.
You can’t survive 40 days without rehydration, but if you were given fluid intravenously, you can go without actually drinking anything. She states he injected her with something, maybe it was drugged, and maybe he hooked her up with an iv drip? I dunno. The whole situation is royally fucked up, any way you look at it
Well that’s not something I wanted to see right before going to sleep. Thanks, internet!
This… I don’t necessarily agree with this. If you come from a healthy, functional family, then sure, but for those of us who don’t, this is a very unhealthy attitude to keep, and is a mindset that is very easily manipulated.
Ugh. And I liked him as an author. Why can’t it be a crappy writer instead? Now I’m gonna feel bad every time I read one of his works. What an asshole.
I can tell you that what works for me is to be polite but distant. I’ll say “good morning!” to my coworkers and “have a good night!” At the end of the shift. I’ll be helpful when needed, and I’ll do my best to work well with others.
However, I’ll keep an “out” handy for when people get gossipy or nosy. I’ll bring a book along to read during breaks and at lunch, or I’ll keep something work-related in my hands when I’m around a group of coworkers, as an indicator to the group that I’m not wanting to chat.
I’ve also gotten good at turning conversation back around on really chatty, insistent people. “No, I don’t have a favorite color. What’s yours?” “Yes, I do think that patient looks like Elvis, are you a fan of his?” “No, I don’t have a dog. Do you?” Basically, be really boring with your answers, but let them keep talking about themselves, as they’re likely tire themselves out eventually. Works if you can stand it, and if you can do your job with a coworker talking at you for an hour. Last resort, and all that.
Of the examples you’ve given as responses, I think the only one that doesn’t make you come across as dickish is the one stating that you don’t want to talk about religion or politics, and even then, you sound like an asshole when you state this.
Instead of “‘I’ve worked here for a year already. It should be clear by now that I’m not a talkative person. This is a question I don’t want to answer. And I hope that you respect that.’”, you could say something like “I don’t feel comfortable talking about this”. It’s shorter and way less aggressive, and people are more likely to listen to you when you’re not all up in their face over a question, you know?
“‘that I don’t talk doesn’t mean I hate you, it means I have nothing to say’” For the record, I also think it’s ludicrous that you feel you have to say this. Maybe you could word it a little differently though, something like “I don’t mean for you to take it personally, I’m just a private person, and prefer to keep my home life at home”
“‘I don’t see what that has to do with the job’” could be “Not to be a buzzkill, but mind if we keep this conversation on work?”
Fine. Human, then.
I’ve got this sticker on my laptop at work! And whenever
the idiotsthe “engineers”my coworkershave a death wishdon’t know how to readask me to do something stupid I like to point to it and wait for them to see it