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16 votes
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Men have no friends and women bear the burden
27 votes -
What's missing from your life?
A bit of a darker or at least more introspective question than I usually ask, but I think it's a valid one and something worth considering. It's something I've been grappling with recently myself....
A bit of a darker or at least more introspective question than I usually ask, but I think it's a valid one and something worth considering. It's something I've been grappling with recently myself.
As you reflect on your life, is there something which makes its absence known? Something you wish you had, but don't? Do you think you'll ever be able to change, fill, fix, or work around it? Do you think it'll change with time or remain permanent? How does the missing whatever-it-is impact your life?
A final note: given that people are likely going to be sharing some difficult stuff, it's important to remember that empathic listening, particularly online, isn't usually about offering solutions. Questions are often better than answers in conversations of this type.
45 votes -
Who begs to go to prison? California jail inmates
4 votes -
How Montreal freelancers are organizing
4 votes -
What happened when I met my Islamophobic troll
9 votes -
'The choice is this: if we go we will be killed; if we stay here we will starve'
5 votes -
The curious cons of the man who wouldn’t die
3 votes -
Washington becomes first US state to legalise human composting
12 votes -
Answer Sheet California is overhauling sex education guidance for schools — and religious conservatives don’t like it
10 votes -
With workers hard to find, immigration crackdown leaves Iowa town in a bind
8 votes -
Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston
5 votes -
My Cousin Was My Hero. Until the Day He Tried to Kill Me
10 votes -
Solitary voices: Thousands of immigrants suffer in solitary sonfinement in ICE detention
8 votes -
California teachers pay for their own substitutes during extended sick leave
10 votes -
Sex work
22 votes -
The loneliness problem in LA starts with traffic. Could it end with a walk?
6 votes -
Having a library or cafe down the block could change your life
16 votes -
Sex strikes have a long and controversial history as a tool of women's protest
8 votes -
Where's masculinity headed? Men's groups and therapists are talking.
14 votes -
‘Fairbnb’ wants to be the unproblematic alternative to Airbnb
8 votes -
Gunmakers are profiting from toy replicas that can get kids killed
6 votes -
Asylum seekers are being “disappeared” in private Louisiana jails
11 votes -
On letting people enjoy things
9 votes -
‘Women have only one way to survive--learning to fight’: Boxing in the DRC
4 votes -
Truly progressive policies to support stable, affordable rental housing for all are a golden political opportunity
11 votes -
How does a rural Colorado county with three people per square mile send thirty students to an Ivy League institution?
9 votes -
The Teacher Shortage is Real, Large and Growing, and Worse Than We Thought (Part 1)
22 votes -
Affordable housing crisis: Why are US cities struggling?
5 votes -
After men in Spain got paternity leave, they wanted fewer kids
17 votes -
Making playgrounds a little more dangerous
12 votes -
I’m writing an article about “How to hand over the reins when you leave a job.” I’d like your advice about what I should include.
My premise is that you genuinely want to help the company and the next person who moves into your old position. Maybe you got a promotion, or you found an even-better job. In any case, you want...
My premise is that you genuinely want to help the company and the next person who moves into your old position. Maybe you got a promotion, or you found an even-better job. In any case, you want the old coworkers to succeed, and you want to make a smooth transition.
So there’s a few pieces to this:
• What do you do when you leave a job?
• What have other people done, when they left/moved on, that gave you the knowledge and skills you needed to excel?
• What did they NOT provide that you wish they had?
It’d be easy for me to focus on “what did you do” but none of us know how successful that was. So tell me, rather, about your experience as the person picking up the reins. What did that teach you about the process?
Anecdotes welcome! (And tell me how to refer to you in the article. Private is fine.)
10 votes -
How we fell for cheap old houses
8 votes -
How to rebuild the labor movement, state by state
9 votes -
The American Dream is killing us
14 votes -
It’s time to stop referring to maternity leave as “generous”
10 votes -
People in Alabama prisons are shackled to buckets for days on end
11 votes -
Do police know how to handle abuse within kinky relationships?
16 votes -
‘Build more housing’ is no match for inequality
10 votes -
Secrets of a Maya supermom: What parenting books don't tell you
7 votes -
Listening to my neighbors fight
8 votes -
Labor in Algeria’s revolt
5 votes -
Poor neighborhoods make the best investments
7 votes -
Blow up: How half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island
10 votes -
This is what it sounds like hiding in a dark classroom during a school shooting
15 votes -
How would you bring together friends who still don't know each other?
If you have friends who used to be in separate circles but are going to finally meet, how would you handle that property? Let's say, you all meet, you know each of them, but they know about each...
If you have friends who used to be in separate circles but are going to finally meet, how would you handle that property?
Let's say, you all meet, you know each of them, but they know about each other very vaguely. How to introduce everyone gently and keep conversations going in a non confusing way? What are the dos and don'ts there? Personal real experience of "joining" friends would be nice to read about too!
13 votes -
Why you need a network of low-stakes, casual friendships
8 votes -
Taking mushrooms for depression cured me of my atheism: Psilocybin not only eased my depression, it showed me a new way to live.
22 votes -
One out of every 11,600 people in San Francisco is a billionaire
5 votes -
An Alabama “ISIS bride” wants to come home. Can we forgive her horrifying social media posts?
14 votes