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IT’S JUST GOING TO BE ABOUT ME

[wilwheaton]

[leoriowithaknife]

redoing the image description without the colored-text and all-caps formatting which make it inaccessible (and because the addition above the original image description was made by a TERF)

[Image description] a 3-by-3 table with text on a white background, by @danidonovan (on Twitter, Instagram, Patreon). Each section of the table contains a scenario with an X beside what not to say and a check-mark beside what to say. The Xs and check-marks have been substituted with the words “Don’t say” and “Instead say” and blank underscore spaces have been replaced for maximum readability for screen-reader users. From top left to bottom right, the table reads:

E-Mail Like a Boss

“I Took A While But You Can Deal” Don’t say: Sorry for the delay Instead say: Thanks for your Patience

“My Schedule Matters, Too” Don’t say: What works best for you? Instead say: Could you do [time/date]?

“Yeah, You’re Welcome” Don’t say: No Problem / No Worries! Instead say: Always happy to help!

“I Know What I’m Doing” Don’t say: I think maybe we should do [blank] Instead say: It’d be best if we did [blank]

“Wording This Is Hard” Don’t: *Re-writing email for 40 minutes* Instead say: It’d be easier to discuss in person

“Do You Get It?” Don’t say: Hopefully that makes sense? Instead say: Let me know if you have questions

“Where The Heck Are We On This?” Don’t say: Just wanted to check in Instead say: When can I expect an update?

“I Made A Small Error” Don’t say: Ahh Sorry! My bad! Totally missed that. Instead say: Nice catch! Updated file attached. Thanks for letting me know!

“I Have A Appointment” Don’t say: Could I possibly leave early? Instead say: I will need to leave for [insert appointment here] at [time]

[end of ID]

[humoristics]

The thing with statistics - via

[angremlin-deactivated20250312]

Numbers don’t lie but people can sure as fuck pick and choose the numbers they give you and phrase things to make them sound like they mean things they don’t

[agentumbls]

learn fucking stats or at least how they can hurt

[karethdreams]

As a wise man once said: There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

[thespecsappeal]

Forget pulling all-nighters and chugging coffee until it’s practically coursing through your veins. You know what gets me hyped up? Earl Grey tea on slow sunny mornings after a good night’s sleep. Submitting an assignment early, knowing you’ve completed it to the best of your ability. Reading for pleasure. That feeling of limbless relaxation after a good workout. Unearthing all your buried interests and falling in love with them over and over again.

Repeat after me: success is not suffering. Success is nOT-

[fandomsandfeminism]

There is a phrase used to describe people, often strangers, as “ships passing in the night.” The phrase is meant to describe how fleeting the intersection of two lives can be, how briefly people we don’t know can flicker in and out of our lives. 

But when I read about the Titanic, I think we can push the phrase further. Because sometimes, as you pass another ship in the night, you may hear a cry in the dark. A person in danger. A shout for help. Distress rockets and SOS signals wailing into the night. A stranger in crisis. 

And in those fleeting moments as your ship passes theirs, you get to make the choice- are you the Californian, the closest ship to the Titanic, which saw the distress rockets and saw the lights on the horizon and sat and did nothing; or are you the Carpathia, turning on a dime, pushing all steam to the engines, racing to help?

We can not say for sure what caused the Californian to not help the Titanic in that night of crisis. Whether is was apathy or incompetence or fear, we don’t know.

 But we know that every single soul who survived the Titanic survived because of the Carpathia. Because the crew and the passengers of that ship raced nearly 60 miles through ice fields above their maximum speed in the dead of night, readying life boats, readying triage, to pull them from the water. 

So, yes, we are ships passing in the night, and when given the chance to turn away or do good, always err on the side of reckless compassion. 

[hymnsofheresy]

#controversial opinion but i feel that cremation should honestly be more accepted in christianity. you know “memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris” and all that jazz. i think it would be more poetic in a sense. 

[hymnsofheresy]

for those who are asking the latin is “remember, man, that dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return”

[thecassiopeiankind-deactivated2]

“memento, homo” is how i start my to-do lists

[vakariaan]

Allow me to say I’ll stand beside you. Against Corypheus, my countrymen, or spurious rumour. So long as you’ll have me.

[timhortons]

i hope youre all lying and hyping your cv/resume’s up

[timhortons]

i have never gotten an interview and not been offered a job position after it

[timhortons]

I mean lets be honest if everyone else is gassing theirs up like no tomorrow and you’re being as honest as you can who th are the recruitment team going to be more interested in

[timhortons]

There’s people working in my banks head office with me WITH MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE than me BUT ARE GETTING PAID LESS

[timhortons]

we’re doing the exact same job role

[timhortons]

the point I’m trying to make here is if you’ve handled finances for a company you’re now what i would call a treasurer my g, if you’ve done admin work you are now a secretary (or as I’ve put Management secretary)

[timhortons]

you help some kid with his homework? you’re a private tutor.

keep your bullets points for the job role as concise and important sounding as possible AND ALWAYS EMPHASIS THAT YOURE A TEAM PLAYER IF YOURE GOING TO WORK IN A TEAM.

[timhortons]

go into that interview room and get your story straight the night before and remember that interviews are two way conversatons yes they might be grilling you but at the end of it make sure to grill them BACK. do you have any hesitations about my qualifications? my suitability for the job? any feedback on my cv? how long have you been working at this company? do you like it here? whats the work environment like?

I ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS GET THE SAME FEEDBACK WHEN THEY GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH ME

“ive never been asked those questions before” / “you were one of the strongest candidates”

[timhortons]

throughout the interview emphasise that youre about progression, that you want more responsibilities than you did at your previous job, tell them the hours here are more suitable for me than my last ones were, AND WHEN IT COMES TO SALARY NEGOTIATION its all about continuity. tell them again that it boils down to progression. make up a reasonable figure for how much you were paid in your last role (do your research for how much the industry youre applying to or the role youre applying for pays, base it on that) tell them you expect more than you were previously paid. do not give them a figure. progression is your primary focus, tell them if youre progressing youre happy. leave it at that.

[timhortons]

LIE THROUGH YOUR TEETH AND GET THAT MONEY

[infiniteglitterfall]

I had an interview yesterday, at the place I’ve been temping, where I busted out the “is there anything about my skills or background that makes you concerned about my fit for this job” question for the first time.

Neither of my supervisors had never gotten it before either. They had to think for a while, and then it turned into them telling me how great I am and what they love about me.

This stuff is real. I would also say: none of it is lying. This is taking experience that you normally downplay and write off, and putting it in accurate words they’ll understand.

It’s hacking the capitalist system. Why ISN’T helping a kid with homework “tutoring”, when the only thing missing is a paycheck?

It’s especially important for anyone who isn’t a cis white man, because many of us are so thoroughly trained to feel like we are not good enough.

Privilege tells people they can fake it, and that they’re good enough just as people and can learn the skills on the job. Abuse and oppression tell people they aren’t good enough as people and that even their high skills are probably below average, and that unless they had the specific job title or were using certain skills officially, nobody will think it counts.

The goal is to at least fake the confidence of a privileged person, to give the employer a chance at seeing the skills that you’ve been trained to undervalue.

[queenklu]

I would also say to answer any query of “Have you done [X small task] before?” with “I have, but it’s been a while.” Or, “I have, but it was a slightly different program.”

100% THEY WILL GLADLY WALK YOU THROUGH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, and I stress ‘gladly’ because claiming prior knowledge boosts their confidence in your abilities and any slips you make are already covered by your caveat. 

[leupagus]

blackstoic may have deactivated their account but this advice is fucking gold and all y’all looking for jobs or who think you might one day need to look for a new job PRINT THIS SHIT OUT AND STAPLE IT TO THE WALL. 

[sixpenceee]

Snake Gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina var. Anguina) is a beautiful white and strongly scented flower, fringed with long, lace-like tendrils. It opens in the evening or in the early morning, so the plant can be pollinated by moths. It is a member of the pumpkin family. The shoots, tendrils, and leaves of the plant are also eaten as greens. With some cultivars, the immature fruit has an unpleasant odor and a slightly bitter taste, both of which disappear in cooking. (Source)

[hotchailatte]

19 apr ‘19

i hope i am worthy of you.

[baasama]

up diliman 🌻✊

[nav-igator]

Fly me to the moon is still stuck in my head

Also I’m in U.P. :’’’’)

And I haven’t done anything I said i would ....

[nav-igator]

night in the woods

Do you remember the peace you felt when playing this in a wide, white, apartment, alone, overlooking the construction of another building? 

It was another pocket universe. Remember it; it was simple and happy.

[nav-igator]

April 13, 2019 Okay, hello. Moving to Quezon City has really got me thinking about my future. Too much. Instead of watching youtube all day I am now looking up courses and things to do in the summer all day. IM GAINING AND ACCOMPLISHING NOTHING Okay so these are the few issues in my mind right now. - Should I shift to MBB? The facts: - I still have to do my best in the first year. Get the unos - If I want to shift, I have to do it in my first year. The only extra subject I’ll have to do is MBB10. - I am going to medschool. The cons: MBB isn’t really a premed course right? I mean yeah sure it’s a biology course but fuck me apparently I’m not getting any advantage against my other premed mates other than the biochemistry part. Biology seems more suited as a premed, and it helps with the NMAT/MCAT. There are also no board exams afterwards. Idk if I can take the chemist one.

Neuro stuff - Neuro orgs in UPD? - Neuro orgs in the PH - MATLAB, R, PYTHON stuff - IYNA This is kind of an all good start I just want to remind you that you have to complete the application before Tuesday. SUSHI NORI AFTERWARDS!

- Lifestyle choices Okay this is kind of a big bubble, but what I really want to accomplish is a: - Proper 4AM morning routine complete with skin care, exercise - My uniform outfit (7 shirts, 7 pants, 7 bras, 7 panties) I think I have the shirt part covered. - Macros and eating/making proper food. Mealprep ftw. YOU CAN DO THIS MAN!!! I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!

Iwantout stuff - Language learning (should I just stick to French lol)

[nav-igator]

march 7

I didn’t get to go to the coffee festival BUT 

i played horizon for 8 hours straight. 

It’s not very good but it was fun. 

[hellenhighwater]

I see a lot of people who tell young people–especially young people who are heading into college–that they should “do what they love.” And they’re right. You should do what you love.

But there’s a world of difference between doing what you love for you, and doing what you love for a paycheck. 

I went to undergrad for graphic design and 3-D design–art and more art, I usually say–and I loved it. You know what I didn’t love? Trying to collect my fees from clients. Trying to meet unrealistic, over-simplified or over-specific briefs from people who didn’t know what they were talking about. Coming home, having worked creatively all day, with no creative juice left for the things I wanted to do.

You know what I would tell you instead? Do something that you can be interested in, with people you like.

You don’t have to love it. Loving your work can be a lot, and it often means you have to live in your job 24/7. Some people can do that. Not everyone can, or should.  But if you can find work that’s interesting enough that it doesn’t feel tedious, and people you can enjoy spending your 9-5 with, and you can make money, that’s great! It means you can do the things you love for you.

I’m in law school now. It’s interesting work, and difficult, and I like doing it. I like how complicated it gets, and I like the stories it tells. But I don’t come home and read law journals for fun. I come home, and I sculpt, and I draw, and I paint, and I read. I do these things for me.

And I love it. 

[shimmeringecho]

Gods I wish I’d had this ten years ago when everyone was pushing for me to do art for a living. Probably wouldn’t have burned out as hard as I did

[lily-penny]

I believe in a universe that doesn’t care and people who do.

Angus, Night in the Woods (via lily-penny)

[nav-igator]

Hello World

March 5, 2019

I’ve just had this feeling again. With the whole future thing.  I was watching a video from DoctAURA. a youtube channel about medical students in the Philippines. There was this one video about the timeline to be a doctor. About 20 years. 

20+18 = 38. 

I’m staring to really think about the path I want to go to. I want to learn about the brain, how it works, and how it affects me. I want to study neuroscience, but I also want to know about the human body. What keeps it ticking. 

There aren’t a lot of paths to neuroscience in the Philippines. There’s this society in UP. Maybe i could contact them. It would be easier if I’d just pass, but if not, I guess I’ll have to do it from DLSU. 

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idk what happened just now, but i suddenly feel okay. I cried a little bit and i suddenly felt better. What was that. 

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IF THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY