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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
DiggWasCool Link ParentAnd even after they see it and believe it, they only believe it for themselves in their situation, but not for anyone else. I know someone who is vocal victim blamer on facebook, but when it...And even after they see it and believe it, they only believe it for themselves in their situation, but not for anyone else.
I know someone who is vocal victim blamer on facebook, but when it happened to her, suddenly her story changed. And then a couple of years after her situation, it's back to "oh but you asked for it because of xyz, but I didn't ask for it and was assaulted."
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
DiggWasCool Link ParentInteresting... How long ago was high school for you? It's been 21 years since I graduated high school. And of the people I still stay in touch with, literally no one is anything like they were...Interesting... How long ago was high school for you?
It's been 21 years since I graduated high school. And of the people I still stay in touch with, literally no one is anything like they were back then.
It was a different story when we were all 24 and people were still talking about high school like it was yesterday. And it slightly changed by the time we were 30, when some people still talked about high school days a little bit. and it is completely different now that we're 40/41 years old.
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Comment on Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’ in ~tech
DiggWasCool LinkAh of course! You fired people who have experience and who want to leave work at 5 because they want to go home to eat dinner with their kids. You replaced them with a bunch of 22 year olds who...We have a team a quarter of the size, who are much more junior, who work a lot harder, who have better energy
Ah of course!
You fired people who have experience and who want to leave work at 5 because they want to go home to eat dinner with their kids.
You replaced them with a bunch of 22 year olds who don't mind working 15 hour days until they realize they're being ripped off. Those same 22 year olds who are going to launch a new policy/procedure but because of their inexperience, they will forget that time zones exist and because they didn't account for timezone in their new policy, 60% of people won't get their next paycheck on time and another 20% will get their health insurance cancelled, and another 10% won't get their 401k matching.
That incident alone is going to be a bigger waste than if you had kept those handful of 46 year olds who had some experience.
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Comment on What was the best job you ever had? in ~life
DiggWasCool Link ParentThe economy eventually recovered and I was able to find a higher paying job in 2011. I ended up working this early morning shift job at the rental office for just about two years.The economy eventually recovered and I was able to find a higher paying job in 2011. I ended up working this early morning shift job at the rental office for just about two years.
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Comment on What's something that you missed out on? in ~talk
DiggWasCool LinkI'm shocked that every comment isn't about bitcoin or apple stock. Normally when a question like this gets posted on the other site, 99% of comments are "I wish I had taken bitcoin seriously back...I'm shocked that every comment isn't about bitcoin or apple stock.
Normally when a question like this gets posted on the other site, 99% of comments are "I wish I had taken bitcoin seriously back in 2013," or "god i wish I didn't sell my apple stock when it doubled from $1.90 to $4.00"
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Comment on What was the best job you ever had? in ~life
DiggWasCool Link ParentI worked a couple of different regional restaurant jobs and they were both a blast. Even some fast food restaurants (Arby's or Taco Bell) were a fun time.Line cook at a medium sized chain. Genuinely enjoyed it, the food, the hard work, the camraderie.
I worked a couple of different regional restaurant jobs and they were both a blast. Even some fast food restaurants (Arby's or Taco Bell) were a fun time.
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Comment on What was the best job you ever had? in ~life
DiggWasCool Link ParentThere were definitely a few days I didn't want to wake up early. It helped that I lived in the apartment complex and it was a 90 second walk from my apartment to the rental office where I worked....There were definitely a few days I didn't want to wake up early. It helped that I lived in the apartment complex and it was a 90 second walk from my apartment to the rental office where I worked. The fact that virtually no one called or walked in for the first two hours helped. Shifts were relatively short (6 hours and 15 minutes).
And I couldn't screw anything up, it was virtually impossible to fuck up, people's lives weren't in my hands, or things like that. Most of my interactions with the residents were along the lines of "my AC isn't cooling enough," "alright, we're on it," and then I'd fill out the intake form to get our AC contractor to come by, or "hey, I've got a package from fedex coming later today and it needs to be signed, will you sign it and hold it until I get off work?"
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Comment on What was the best job you ever had? in ~life
DiggWasCool LinkI'll start off with my job back in 2009. During the great recession, I was laid off a few times between September, 2007 and February 2009. Not sure what it was like for you all, but it was brutal...I'll start off with my job back in 2009. During the great recession, I was laid off a few times between September, 2007 and February 2009. Not sure what it was like for you all, but it was brutal for me, one company filed for bankruptcy, one was acquired by another company and then they promptly laid off 95% of us, another one had to furlough us for months on end until they couldn't pay us. So I lost, three different job during that recession.
Anyway, in March, 2009, I ended up getting a job at the rental office where I lived. It was a typical suburban apartment complex in the US and I got the job because I was the only one willing to work early morning hours. The rental office had to be open at 6am every day. Apparently not many people wanted to work that early for the kind of pay they were paying.
I got there at 5:45 every morning to unlock the place, make the coffee, and then just sit around for 6 hours drinking coffee, reading books, and occasionally a resident would call or stop by. I got a hefty discount on my rent because I worked there. My girlfriend at the time worked a morning shift at a Panera Bread around the corner and after her shift ended at 9:30am, she'd come by with some free bagels she got at her job and we'd just sit there and talk while eating our bagels until my shift ended at noon.
What a great time that was. I had cheap rent, got paid to read books, got to hang out with my girlfriend while eating bagels for a couple of hours every day, and when my shift ended, we'd walk over to a park nearby for a long walk. Then we'd walk back to our apartment and watch Arrested Development and It's always sunny on Hulu because Hulu was so new and only had 12 second ads! My god! what a life that was!
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What was the best job you ever had?
Earlier today we had a post about dream jobs, and that had me thinking, what was the best job you ever had? Why did you leave that job? Did you know it was the dream job while you were at that job...
Earlier today we had a post about dream jobs, and that had me thinking, what was the best job you ever had? Why did you leave that job? Did you know it was the dream job while you were at that job or did you only realize it years later?
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Comment on What's your dream job? in ~life
DiggWasCool Link ParentHow niche is niche in your dream scenario? You could certainly do this now and slowly build your channel up but the money won't be there. I'm friends with two different guys who have niche car...I think I would enjoy being one of those smaller niche channels,
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< I don't want to be super successful or richHow niche is niche in your dream scenario? You could certainly do this now and slowly build your channel up but the money won't be there.
I'm friends with two different guys who have niche car YouTube channel. One of them has fewer than 2k subscribers and his videos regularly get 2,000-3,000 views and occasionally a video will get 50k views (he'll have one or two per year that will get 50k). And according to him, he makes all of $7-$8 per video. Meanwhile he spends a few hours on each video. The other guy I know has 19k subscribers and his videos also get about 2,000-3,000. As far as I know he's never had a video get more than 3,000 and he also claims he makes a few dollars per video. And this guy has been posting videos since 2011.
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Comment on What's your dream job? in ~life
DiggWasCool Link ParentTo this day, this was one of the best jobs I ever had. I bagged groceries, collected shopping carts, and occasionally I'd help an older person with heavy items to their cars. I loved 97% of it....Bagging groceries, collecting shopping carts;
To this day, this was one of the best jobs I ever had. I bagged groceries, collected shopping carts, and occasionally I'd help an older person with heavy items to their cars.
I loved 97% of it.
The 3% I didn't enjoy? it was the management nonsense. Forcing you to work until midnight on a friday night, and then forcing you to open the next morning at 6am. You had about five hours of sleep. Management required that all employees wear slacks and long sleeve button up shirts even though it gets 100 degrees in the middle of July and good luck collecting carts in that heat. Oh but guess what, you can't sweat or they force you to leave because your shirt isn't clean. Motherfuckers.
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Comment on Lost/losing the drive for friendship in ~health.mental
DiggWasCool Link ParentNobody knows, but it's provocative!Nobody knows, but it's provocative!
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Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? (Results) in ~talk
DiggWasCool Link ParentI'm curious to see how many users (at least those who answer the survey) are from the States and Canada... Very few english speaking websites/services have majority non-US/Canadian users.I'm curious to see how many users (at least those who answer the survey) are from the States and Canada... Very few english speaking websites/services have majority non-US/Canadian users.
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Comment on What are your go-to meals that you cook? in ~food
DiggWasCool LinkI already replied with my very healthy burrito in this comment but the easiest and laziest for me is leftover quesadillas. I almost always have some cooked rice left over, and I also always have...I already replied with my very healthy burrito in this comment but the easiest and laziest for me is leftover quesadillas.
I almost always have some cooked rice left over, and I also always have some cooked/canned leftover beans. I'll take the leftover rice and beans, put them in a tortilla wrap with some cheese and then chop up whatever leftover vegetables I have. Put that quesadilla in the oven for about 10 minutes for all the food to warm up and for the cheese to melt, and bam! You've got yourself a quesadilla most people would pay 18 bucks for at a restaurant!
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Comment on What are your go-to meals that you cook? in ~food
DiggWasCool Link ParentNice to see other people do this too! I started this recipe several years ago to make "healthier" burritos. I initially started off with just beans and onions (your recipe), and I've since added...Nice to see other people do this too!
I started this recipe several years ago to make "healthier" burritos. I initially started off with just beans and onions (your recipe), and I've since added peppers, and guac (avocado, onions, and tomatoes). So, I'll chop up some onions, peppers, saute them, then add a can of black beans to the same pan, taco seasoning, and then cook all that for a few minutes. While that's cooking, I'll mash up some avocados with onions and tomatoes, and then I'll combine all this and make about three burritos.
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Comment on A boom of independent US bookstores, just when we need them most in ~books
DiggWasCool LinkA short article about a rise in independent bookstores. And here is the link to the archive page: https://archive.ph/DplK1A short article about a rise in independent bookstores.
And here is the link to the archive page: https://archive.ph/DplK1
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A boom of independent US bookstores, just when we need them most
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Comment on How are we all feeling about piracy these days? in ~movies
DiggWasCool Link ParentThank you! I assumed it was HP (the computer/printer company).Thank you! I assumed it was HP (the computer/printer company).
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Comment on How are we all feeling about piracy these days? in ~movies
DiggWasCool Link ParentThank you!Thank you!
In full transparency, i haven't pirated anything in a while so maybe my experience is outdated, but pirating was so inconvenient that I'm actually surprised so many people are doing it. Sure, I can watch a movie that just started playing in the theaters last night, but I don't really want to watch a movie someone recorded on their phone at a weird angle while they were eating a six course meal and the person next to them talked the entire time.
Yes, I know not every pirated movie was like this but way too many were.