Just wondering from people's experience, how much your work history matters during the application/interview process?
I've worked at a school during exam periods, as an exam officer, which is a local government job and means I'm familiar with that kind of environment. Shows that I passed all the background checks too.
But, that's about it in terms of 'relevant' experience. I'm working as a retail worker, at the moment.
So, is it important to have more school-based jobs, or is it more of a situation where they just want to see if you've held a consistent job before, are on time, reliable, etc.?

Hi all, last week I was under a lot of stress from work and interviewing for other jobs and I had a drink. It tasted horrible and as I was drinking it, I was thinking, “what am I doing?”
I didn’t have any more drinks after that, but I’m upset feeling like I ruined my sober streak. I keep telling myself I’m not going to count it because I didn’t spiral and have any more, but I don’t know. I haven’t had any since. I’m also glad that didn’t lead to a drunken night or a hangover.
IWNDWYT.

Something I've realised about myself is that im quite risk averse when it comes to money. As a result of this I've avoided the idea of a mortgage for many years, possibly to my detriment.
Only in recent times when interest rates went up and my relatively affordable and stable rent ended have I been swayed that taking on some debt may be necessary to survive. This coincides more recently with the tech industry entering a slump and my future employment prospects becoming far less rosy. With that said, I rode that wave of low interest, cheap money in my career and had a prettty good life without striving too much, prioritising time and experiences over money, and still managed to save about £100k.
My naïve dream when I was younger was that I would somehow manage to save my way to owning a home, and I guess that is still possible to an extent. It is feasible I could buy a small flat, it'd just be far away from employment opportunities, in an area with more social deprivation and/or terrible transport connections. I'm in Scotland.
I have a mortgage in principle for £312k, to get a half decent 2 bed flat where I live I'd be looking at £200-300k. Assuming it comes in around the middle and I only borrow about £200k of that, putting down 20% my mortgage would be something like £1100 a month at the best rates available. My rent was formerly £850 for a 2 bed and is now £1200 for a 1 bed, this has had a huge impact on anchoring the acceptability of that new mortgage higher in my head.
I could probably find an equivalent in terms of quality and space in a neighbouring city for 50-100k less (cutting the mortgage payment by £300-400) but this would incur £300-400 a month in commuting costs (not to mention time). My cautious nature is pushing me towards the cheaper option. Worrying that I will end up out of work and appreciate that £300-400 a month buffer if I have to take a lower paying job.
I am also kind of petrified that if interest rates drop the £100k I've saved is going to immediately be far less useful as prices begin to rocket again.
TL;DR Single, Takehome ~£3800 pcm, Borrowing £200k over 25 years ~£1100 pcm at 4.5%, ~£50k down, ~£50k in emergency savings, am I being too l cautious by being a bit afraid of these numbers?

Could u guys please submit pathway to do step by step after Dv winning. What I want to know is my passport will ready after August 13, is that ok? How much will cost to go from my country Burma to US? How to live and survive? I am currently offshore mechanical technician and what kind of job can I get at us? Which state to choose? Lots of thing I want to know so please kindly explain slowly but surely step by step to do so? Will Ds 260 will accept after August 15?

25Y/O and stuck on what to do. Bg in graphic design/illustration. Recently diagnosed with a chronic illness
I have a university degree in graphic design and although I don't enjoy GD per say I love illustration and animation. I've been a freelance illustrator for a few years but haven't really had much work on. Have been doing barestaurant work part time to pay the bills. This was okay as I was slowly progressing with my work and getting better and better at it.
In janurary i got diagnosed with something that makes bar&restaurant work near on impossible for me due to the pain. I need something non physical and ideally remote. A remote graphic design or illustration job would be literally perfect and was what I was aiming for before falling ill but I've been applying for jobs in it for around a year and have only had one interview.
My partner earns around 50k and I really am just aiming for anything above 21k right now to get into the industry. Been applying for junior roles even though I'd place myself higher than that and even those I'm not hearing back on.
Applied for remote call Center roles as I had one a few years ago which was okay for 6 months to increase my funds but am not even hearing back from them!
We're saving for a house and wanting to start a family within the next few years due to my condition so I can have healthy pregnancies but want a job to build up my funds. I'm half thinking about becoming a tattoo artist as once I've done the apprenticeship it's good money but it's hard to get apprenticeships and there aren't many shops near me. (I live in the middle of no where in the Uk with one town nearby) but I know I would enjoy being a tattoo artist.
Please could anyone offer some advice. Thank you 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
I have a portfolio I could link if anyone would be willing to offer their feedback

Just wanna share that those in the title above is me for the past few weeks. I'm feeling better now, I just thought of sharing my fangirling experience, so far, with Wang Yibo. lol.
This sub is really becoming my open diary. With every lovefool and stupid stuff I share here and on X over a person who doesn't even have an idea of my existence, I just know I will cringe at myself in the near future. Well, fun times.

Challenged over FPU

But fun times are not always there. Almost four months since I knew Yibo, last week was the first time I encountered a controversy with him involved. I was just talking to my sister about how I didn't want this fangirling to end quickly, but then evening came THAT DAY, and I saw the'stills.' It felt like my heart dropped so hard.
Apparently, it was already a dreaded scene for some fans back in 2021. For me? It was my first time seeing it, and I had trouble processing what I saw. My hype really went 📈📉. Later, I was able to calm down after learning that the context wasn't what I thought. So I was okay with it..... but only for awhile. I kept seeing more people talk about it on various social media sites, so I was worried and stressed about the backlash Yibo got, and the way others responded to the'stills' doesn't sit right with me either. That's why the idea of including that scene really upsets me, both in terms of harming Yibo's international image and for those who may be hurt by it. Those really had me conflicted, and... troubled too, I guess, because I was unfollowed and blocked by some Yibo fans when I shared how I hoped for the production team to release any statement to at least give enlightenment to the audience. I also want to understand those who might not agree with me, but the aggressive banter wasn't helping to appease how I felt towards everything that was going on. It was oh challenging week. I had to let it go. Thank goodness that I was in the mountains for my brother's wedding last week, so somehow I couldn't think much about it. Bottom line, I won't be making any more reactions about that film. lol.

Challenged as an international fan

I can't understand Chinese. I don't have Weibo. But still, Yibo's overall personality keeps me here. lol. I always thought about the different experiences between me and the Chinese fans and some international fans who could understand Chinese. Just by those merches and chances to see Yibo, I lost already as an international fan. Watching interviews and catching some humor without subtitles must be nice to have that advantage. On the other hand, there were some controversies I would also like to understand better. And make fair judgments. For now, maybe I'll just accept the fate of being an international fan and consuming limited information, I don't care. Just give me Yibo contents. I know nothing lasts forever, and my feelings may also reach the point where they will lie low. Until then, I will keep this fun experience going.

Challenged in the fandom

I think I just entered a fandom that experienced SO MUCH that's why I need to be careful. I notice there are a lot of fan wars going on; it's both funny and irritating for me to see them. I could only learn what had happened and understand it. But I'll just share that as a new fan, it doesn't feel good to be doubted as part of another fandom. It's almost offensive to me. lol. It's like I have to prove that I only like Yibo and don't have any hidden agenda. Sometimes it kills the vibes, ngl. But I guess I have to understand. Based on what I've read about past issues, this fandom has experienced a lot. I need to be sensitive to that. Considering how affected I was by the recent backlash Yibo received, I can only imagine how tough it must have been for those who have supported him longer. I really have a lot to catch up on. Happy Yibo moments and even the controversies, at least I have to be aware of them. So far, I think I would just enjoy fangirling and talking to myself lol. The reason why I don't give up this subreddit (even if it isn't necessary anymore to do this coz everyone can just go to X to see updates) is because I consider it my safe space. I still post on X 'tho, staying true to myself. But this subreddit makes me feel better. It's my sort of diary now, pouring my OA fangirling experience over Yibo. (I've got to mention that I really appreciate some of my mutuals on X too. They are two of them that I mostly interact with. And I also really like some accounts I follow so it wasn't that I hate it there.)
To end this... I blame Wang Yibo for making me deal with all of these. 😆✌️
And then YIBO-OFFICIAL would just drop this. For what? For always making me weak.
https://reddit.com/link/1cvldde/video/9fgq3a7z2d1d1/player

TLDR; long story short, I'm not allowed to talk to her about him. I love him so much and it's been hard times between us, he has made real efforts to renew the trust between us recently. I opened up about still feeling mentally stuck, unsure about how to move past problems mentally. He's doing a good job and I keep getting flashbacks to all the micro-cheating discovered over the past year.
I have serious insecurities and self-esteem issues now, and get incredibly anxious even when exposed to day-to-day triggers.
I opened up to her (it had been months since I last talked about him), I said she didn't even need to open the message or reply, because I felt better just being able to talk to someone about it out loud.
She replied with a HUGE paragraph saying I can't talk about him anymore, says she only wants to give advice if I take it (she generally doesn't give positive advice, she mostly just shits on his character :/ ). Called the relationship toxic (despite his recent amazing efforts), called me crazy, took my self-awareness as "complaining over and over again" and said she would "support" me so long as I don't talk about him. I apologised for opening up but have not forgotten what she said for days. I feel I can't talk to anybody else about this in my life, and find it difficult to open up to begin with. I honestly have not brought up that much to her!
Any advice from people who learned how to forgive and improve self-confidence mindset after partner micro-cheating? Or what to do when you're strictly not allowed to discuss your partner to your closest friend anymore?
I want to respect her boundaries of course, but this makes me so sad because he is very important to me, it hurts to not be able to talk about him and our improvements or struggles. Plus I barely told her the tip of the iceberg and feel very unsupported by her.
————— P.S, I have a detailed explanation of this, if you'd like to know more I'm happy to comment. It's a very complicated.

I (25M) have finally accepted that I won't get to experience having a romantic relationship in my life. I'm fairly ugly, probs a -40/10 by my estimate; I look like Leto II from god emperor of dune. In addition to this I have autism and work a low wage job. I just don't see why a woman would go for me when there are far more superior options out there, and even normal guys are struggling these days. At the end of the day though it's not that bad. Tbh I'm lucky where I live in a country with good access to healthcare and a bunch of other stuff.
Not to mention I've found ways to distract myself. I plan on visiting brothels, and I'm working on writing a space opera, and one of my short stories was published in a magazine recently. I've thrown myself into writing fiction, in particular sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. It requires a lot of focus and study. As for sex, well brothels and sex work is legal in my country, and It's not like I'm gonna get a GF anyways. Not everyone gets to experience everything in life. As long as we don't end up living in I have no mouth and I must scream I'll probably be content. For emotional connection, I'm lucky that I have a small group of bros who are also losers like me that emotionally support each other. I've got family as well.
For those coming to the same spot I advise to find a hobby to throw yourself in, and to only be friends with those in the same spot as you who also probably won't escape the situation.

With numerous Shopify partners in the UK offering exceptional services, we’ve compiled a list of the 10 fastest-growing Shopify agencies in the UK, highlighting their ecommerce solutions and impressive growth.

Our article provides an overview of UK Shopify Partners by focusing on their:

• Expertise: What each Shopify Partner brings to the table, highlighting their ecommerce strengths.
• Approach: How they work with clients, including their workflow, teamwork, and commitment to getting the job done right.
• Success Stories: Examples of each partner’s successful projects, showing how they’ve made a real impact.

Here is a brief overview of the full post:

Eastside Co

• Location: London, UK
• Founded Year: 2012

Eastside Co is a respected Shopify Plus Partner known for designing visually stunning and intuitive online stores, supported by strong and effective marketing strategies.
Expertise:

• Shopify Web Design & Development
• Shopify Marketing & App Development
• Discovery Audit & Migration Support

Case Studies:

• Wild Deo: Achieved over 6,000 pre-orders and expanded into Germany.
• Origin Coffee: Increased sales by 23% and conversion rates by 36%.

Blend Commerce

• Location: Alcester, UK
• Founded Year: 2018

Blend Commerce specializes in customized ecommerce solutions, focusing on improving online stores through services like email marketing and site optimization.
Expertise:

• Shopify Design & Development
• Growth Strategies & Retention Marketing
• Email Marketing Engagement

Case Studies:

• Digestive Health Brand: Achieved a 106% revenue increase.
• Droplette: Improved subscriber retention and Customer Lifetime Value by 126%.

Swanky Agency

• Location: Exeter, UK

Swanky Agency is a leading Shopify Plus agency with a strong presence in the UK, Australia, and France, specializing in high-performing Shopify Plus stores.
Expertise:

• Shopify Plus Internationalization
• Ecommerce Data & Analytics
• Shopify App Development

Case Studies:

• YuMove: Boosted conversion rates by 33%.
• Olivia Von Halle: Increased year-over-year revenue by 35%.

Superco

• Location: London, UK

Superco is a full-service Shopify Plus agency known for launching and scaling cutting-edge ecommerce businesses.
Expertise:

• Design: UX Design, Content Creation, and UI Design
• Build: Front-end Development, Migrations, Custom App Development
• Grow: CRO & Testing, CRM Marketing, Data & Analysis

Case Studies:

• Represent: Boosted revenue growth and helped become a UX finalist for The Drum awards 2023.
• Ursa Major: Enhanced customer retention, increasing subscribers by 32%.

Underwaterpistol

• Location: London, UK

Underwaterpistol is a Shopify Plus agency with over twenty years of experience in crafting industry-leading online experiences.
Expertise:

• Shopify Plus Design and Development
• Conversion Rate Optimization and SEO
• International Expansion and Multichannel Strategies

Case Studies:

• LiveArt Market: Launched a marketplace achieving $5 million in sales within two weeks.
• The Couture Club: Increased conversion rate by 28% and loyalty program sign-ups by 58%.

Herd

• Location: Hull, UK

Herd is a Shopify Plus agency known for its innovative approach to ecommerce solutions tailored for ambitious global brands.
Expertise:

• Shopify Plus Development and Migration
• Conversion Rate Optimization and International Expansion
• Custom Apps and Integrations

Case Studies:

• Motorpoint: Optimized paid media strategy, resulting in 21% cost savings and 196% more test drive leads.
• Face the Future: Boosted revenue by 36% and transactions by 43%.

Brave the Skies

• Location: York, UK

Brave the Skies is a Shopify Plus agency specializing in creating bespoke Shopify sites across various industries.
Expertise:

• UX Design & Web Development
• Client Experience Management

Case Studies:

• Ro & Zo: Overhauled online store, increasing conversion rate by 8% and online orders by 227%.
• Drake’s: Migrated from Magento to Shopify Plus, leading to a 153% increase in online orders.

Kubix Media

• Location: Birmingham, UK

Kubix Media is a distinguished Shopify Plus Partner known for enhancing ecommerce businesses.
Expertise:

• Replatforming & Shopify Design & Development
• Retail & POS & Store Operations
• Paid Media Marketing & Email Marketing with Klaviyo

Case Studies:

• Hoodrich: Enabled significant growth and broader international market reach.
• Creep-O-Rama: Revitalized website with thematic redesign, enhancing engagement and conversion rates.

Born London Limited

• Location: London, UK

Born London Limited, also known as BORN Group, is a leading digital commerce agency with offices in London and New York.
Expertise:

• Customer and Brand Experience
• Physical and Service Design
• Behavioral Experience & Data Management

Case Studies:

• RADO: Enhanced ecommerce functionality and content management.
• Billabong: Rebuilt ecommerce framework, improving user experience and operational efficiency.

Inspira Digital

• Location: UK

Inspira Digital is a UK-based Shopify Agency specializing in end-to-end Shopify solutions.
Expertise:

• New Shopify Store Launch & Migration to Shopify Plus
• Support for Existing Shopify Stores
• Shopify E-Commerce Consultancy & B2B Ecommerce

Case Studies:

• Cheerful Buddha: Facilitated international launch with a new Shopify 2.0 theme.
• Westend DJ: Managed transition from Magento to Shopify Plus, enhancing online store capabilities.

Final Words on Shopify Agencies in the UK

With numerous Shopify partners and agencies in the UK, each offering distinct expertise and innovative approaches, our review highlights the fastest-growing Shopify partners in the UK. Their commitment to excellence, detailed discovery audits, and specialized ecommerce solutions are tailored for a variety of client needs.
As ecommerce demands change, partnering with skilled Shopify agencies can significantly advance your operations, providing the necessary support and creative solutions to meet modern challenges effectively.
Bonus Content: You can also explore top 10 DTC Brands in the Lead Foremost 50 [2024].

Im looking for Appointment setters for my digital marketing agency payment could go between $1000-$6000 depending on performance
This job includes a previous full training
Main goal is to get new clients to book a session with us; we work with a database with over 1000 clients and email marketing automation
Job requirements:

• English and grammar skills
• the appointment setter must be proactive & creative
• responsible & constant
• sales experience
• VOTE UP OR I W'ONT REPLY

I guess this is more of a vent post, but if anyone has advice I would really appreciate it. I was supposed to move to Montreal in a week but my partner's job told us last minute that they need us to stay in Vancouver so now we're stuck cancelling flight tickets and such and trying to find a place to move into before our leases end on May 31st. We're both newly graduated university students so we don't have any pay stubs, and although I can provide an ok bank statement and my partner has a good credit score, it feels like nobody wants to rent to us. I try to be super polite and I've made my schedule very flexible to look at listings. I've applied to some places even without a viewing because of how urgently we need a place. My partner has a new job and can show proof of his employment and income but that doesn't seem to matter either. My assumption is that someone will always have more money than us because we're both newly graduated university students so we can't compete with families or people that have been out of school for a while, financially. Especially because we are looking at nicer, two-bedroom apartments, because we can easily afford it, but I know that the people applying to those places probably have more income than us considering I'm unemployed at the moment. With less than two weeks before we have no where to stay, I'm feeling extremely hopeless and depressed. I spent all night crying because I don't know what I'm supposed to do to convince people to rent to us over other rentors. I've never been homeless and I never want to be homeless, but I don't know where I'm supposed to stay if no one will rent to us. Airbnb's and hotels are super expensive, especially because we don't know how long we would have to stay there before finally getting chosen. Did any of you guys have a similar problem? How did you find a place to live? I'm desperate, but I also don't want to apply to places that don't meet our requirements. I'm sending out around 15-30 messages a day to different listings and barely any of them reply to me.

I have applied for some PhD positions and had interviews last week for most of them in France. I'm still waiting for Norway by June. The problem is I got an offer for a position which they have secured half funding and to secure the other one they had to put the name of the student while I told them I have applied to other positions they have selected me. Will it be terrible if I refuse the position later on if I get accepted to some other more preferred choice. It's mostly economical and not research based option because I like every position I have applied to and seem enthusiastic about.

Many of you are already having remote jobs and I also aspiring to get one especially a remote job from USA or from any high paying countries.
I wanted to understand 1. Which site helped you to get remote job? 2. Where you should not spend your time for remote job search? 3. Mistakes to avoid while filling out forms? 4. Number of jobs you applied? Number of times you interviewed? Number of offers you received? 5. Live coding round? 6. How much time the whole process takes?
This will help me and others to prepare better for such jobs.

My co supervisor is a toxic person. I have not even been officially enrolled onto the PhD program but he is already showing red flags.
He became my supervisor by self appointing himself. Didnt ask. He also has no knowledge or expertise in the hydrology and mountain tourism (admitted many time yet he self appointed himself.
He also giving me updates and feedback on my application and proposal as long as my proposal required changes. He said my proposal was not strong and needed some changes. He was responding till this time.
Fast forward, I changed my proposal amd submitted it to my supervisor who loved it and said it was very good. Ever since then, he has been ignoring my emails.
His feedback was required but he has ignored every email I sent him. My first supervisor responds immediately or within a couple of hours but he didn't reply after the changes and her approval.
He also intentionally delayed my application outcome for about 2 months because he was not signing on the forms. My lead supervisor had given me the update that she had filled out her form and I should hear from the doctoral college soon but that soon turned to weeks. I finally emailed her and she found out that he had not signed the forms that required my application to move forward for an offer.
She had to "remind" him and only then, I received an offer.
He never replied or emailed.
I have worked with him before and he was very disorganized and unprofessional in his own tasks.
A friend of mine told me that his female friend had him as her dissertation supervisor during her MSc and he caused a lot of stress for her , asking her to change her dissertation, would get annoyed a lot and was just very irritable. He also made another student change his proposal 7 times.
He is also a bit strange because once he came up to me when I was sitting on one of the library computers, passed by me and suddenly started patting me two to three times on my shoulder while talking. I found it weird but ignored it.
I feel like he's a sadist who likes to watch students stress over work, and he likes to make them feel inadequate.
What should I do?

As of yesterday, the asset library website Storyblocks is giving me an error message, basically making it impossible to use the site. I can't get it to work anywhere, the Initial website works at first, i can look at assets and such, but as soon as i try to log in, i am getting an "unexpected error" message and after that, if i try to access the main page again, i am getting an application error "on client" side, which makes no sense since other people are getting this as well. this can be replicated on different devices, browsers and from different Internet access points. very unfortunate if (like me) you want to finish some work that relies on the asset library which you are paying for!
usually, i understand that errors can happen and that it takes time to fix some things, but there has been no communication on Storyblocks side, they have not replied to emails or DMs and things are starting to look very unfavorably for them. after all, you are paying quite the amount of money to use these services.
Does anyone have any experience with other asset libraries that offer sound, video and audio assets that they can recommend?

Let me start with the summary version:
It all began when I first stumbled upon Inside Edition's videos of women - that's WOMEN getting slammed, insulted, and blasted for "showing too much of their body (with kids around)". Then it escalates further when they show a school is photoshopping out women's cleavages to make them look "modest" for their yearbook. I feel this type of treatment towards the female human is all wrong! Like, can't anybody learn to appreciate and look at the female body without censoring it in any way? Can't you let ANYBODY, including kids, get a chance to learn about the differences between the male and female human bodies????
Then comes along... you guessed it. That one video Inside Edition publishes. And after seeing her top blurred, my inner voice in my head: "That's the last straw!" Like, can't some of us get a chance to learn something new that just aroused our curiosity? Such as how the human body changes with time in terms of both genders? Like, now, I can finally visualize myself (my whole body) from little boy to fully grown man. But when Inside Edition published that footage, the new question that took me by storm is: what would a female look like from little girl to fully grown woman? At least this can give me a better visual illustration.
But with YouTube's broken comment system GHOSTING certain-to-random comments, even on my backup YouTube account, I can't seem to get ANY messages across!
Speaking of which, when I tried to post this on and , they BOTH perma-banned me for NO REASON and muted me from talking to their mods for 28 days!
Why do I say "no reason"?
"Hello, You have been permanently banned from participating in this subreddit because your post violates this community's rules. You won't be able to post or comment, but you can still view and subscribe to it.
If you have a question regarding your ban, you can contact the moderator team by replying to this message.
Reminder from the Reddit staff: If you use another account to circumvent this subreddit ban, that will be considered a violation of the Content Policy and can result in your account being suspended from the site as a whole."
As you can see, there is no specific reason listed in the message above. So this is why I claim or what I mean by "banned from a sub for 'no reason'. - Even for something that was never officially listed on that sub's rule board.
Once more, I, along with these parents of their own daughter proved one major point: if a male can go topless/show their body, then so can a female - regardless of age!
Can't I get a chance to learn something new? Some evolution/development processes for certain things can be a little more complicated then you originally first thought.
Now here's the detailed version:
Ok, before you start reading below, I want you to visit this and read the whole article to better understand my situation: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/guelph-parents-angry-after-topless-girl-8-told-to-cover-up-1.3124762
I got banned from Lemmy social site servers for "CSAM" all because of this: the Napalm Girl pic and another thing I saw on Inside Edition's channel in addition to some nude statues - literally artwork of naked people - all because I was trying to protest ~the inconsistencies of censorship towards the female human~ - regardless of their race AND age!
Let me be clear on one thing: I didn't post any "CSAM" on the Lemmy servers! I'm protesting something that I feel is unfair towards the female human.
Please ~actually watch these before jumping to conclusions~ so you can actually understand what I’m really protesting!
Women Who Were Told Their Outfits Were ‘Too Revealing’
Mom Says She Was Kicked Out of Gym For Revealing Tank Top: I Felt Humiliated
Cops Dragged Woman Off Beach After Complaint About Her Bikini
It’s one thing to say a girl’s outfit or body is “too revealing”,
Teens React After Yearbook Photos Are ‘Modesty Edited’
it’s two things to photoshop out a girl’s cleavage to make her look “modest” for a yearbook or a portrait!
9-Year-Old Saves Family From House Fire
But censoring a topless preteen girl who thought up an ingenious strategy to stay cool like her friends in the same stuffy room while at the same time not caring who’s around her? THAT’S REALLY CROSSING THE LINE!
It's all thanks to some videos from Inside Edition's YouTube Channel.All these videos Inside Edition posted are developing a question in my mind that's getting the better of me: why so much hate on the female human - even as children? Like, why do they censor the little girl's chest? Can't anybody learn to appreciate the appearance of the female body? Just like those parents of their own 8 year old daughter, I too am genuinely outraged by this type of treatment towards the female human!
And what's the big deal with nipples? I'm just trying to ensure everyone is treated equally regardless of race, and gender... AND age (after what I just witnessed). And if no one's gonna speak up about this, I might as well step up to the plate. After all, somebody's got to do it!
That little girl in the final video made two non-verbal messages clear: one: if a boy can do it, then so can a girl! And two: no one is too young for anything! As long as you have the knowledge capacity and I.Q level to do it properly and safely, you'll be fine. I was able to refuel my dad's car and cook my own dinner when I was 6 and without setting anything ablaze by accident.
However, when I try to illustrate with that video, even though Inside Edition is an official news channel, the responses I get back are rather bitter! They remove my post or ban me from the sites I post on for "promoting nudity involving a minor"!
~WHERE~
~CAN~
~I~
~ASK~
~OR~
~SHARE~
~THIS~
~SUBJECT?!~
Due to my autism, I only know basic English. So I need to illustrate to get most of my messages through. I thought hard, I tried, and low and behold, they were removed hours later mainly because they "didn't fit the subject of the forum". Even though my multi-subject based thread does have some material relating to this forum's topic. These sites and mods are all really stretching my problem solving skills beyond the breaking point for this one. I'm merely protesting with these pictures and videos as illustration. I'm not that good with words, so I need pictures to get half my messages across as noted above.
Many subreddits or forum sites don’t accept URLs, pictures, specific website URLs, or even a combination! Thereby hindering my ability to fully explain what I’m witnessing! In this case, the sentences “It’s one thing to say a girl’s outfit is ‘too revealing’, it’s two things to photoshop out a girl’s cleavage to make her look ‘modest’ for a yearbook.” actually corresponded to several videos I beared witness to on Inside Edition’s YouTube channel.
I actually tried to post that URL with that blurred 9yo girl in a subreddit in the past and you won’t believe this: I actually lost my reddit account for 2 days for “promoting nudity involving a minor”! Other sites like the adult video forums who accept uncensored nudity-based images I mentioned just delete my thread! Another site I recall banned me for 1 year for “spam” - even though I only made this protest post twice (after they removed it once).
So that meant I had to approach this from a different angle: after that experience, I got a little paranoid from using that said video URL to illustrate. So I tried explaining this protest without the URLs - and this is in conjunction with certain sites restricting my ability to post images, URLs, certain site URLs, or a combination. It seemed to end up making things worse! Because without the visual evidence, it makes it much harder to fully explain what I’m witnessing.
So without the URLs included - that visual illustration, on the sites I tried along with Lemmy World, it actually made things worse! That’s what lead Lemmy.World mods to ban me for life for “CSAM” or made other people think I watched child porn when I clearly didn’t. The lack of visual evidence (due to my past reddit experience combined with the site’s posting restrictions) is what lead to this “pedophile” confusion. So please help me talk some sense into the Lemmings world, Lemmy.ml, and Lemmy.world mods that this was all a major misunderstanding and Lemmy is pretty much the only reddit alternative out here where I can try asking another question. My attempt to appeal has failed on 3 Lemmy social sites - even after I tried notifying the mods on the third Lemmy server site before making the post, so I need your help now!
I felt after Inside Edition uploaded that blurred 9yo girl video… I thought to myself “That’s the last straw!” Someone needs to protest these absurd censorship laws that they apply to the female human!
Why can males show most of their body but females can’t? - In most cases that is? Whatever happened to "Free The Nipple"?
Children should have the same… rights to do things as any adult! It’s about possessing the knowledge capacity and I.Q level to safely execute this action. E.G, on those “Family Day” episodes of The Price is Right and Let’s Make a Deal; those kids made smart choices when picking the correct numbers to items to win a prize.
I’m not joking around here! This type of treatment towards the female human needs to stop - this includes race and age. - It’s like racist people, but in age form.
Does it look like I’m laughing for fun? Of course not! Since no one else is protesting this, and YouTube has a flawed comment moderating system hindering my ability to post on even random videos (I.E, "ghosting"), I have to take more drastic measures to protest by stepping up to the plate and shouting out “Can’t we all be equal in terms of a huge variety of traits?” Yeah, the last thing I need is a vein-bleeding broken-record robot impeding or hindering my ability to seek answers to a question!
We need to learn to appreciate or accept how the female body appears regardless of race and age!
Stop trying to blame it all on me! None of the stuff in the vids posted, is that. If it was, Inside Edition would be the guilty party, and Youtube for not having already deleted them. If it doesn’t violate Youtube’s TOS, it should be fine to post anywhere. If there was even a hint of impropriety to it, at the minimum the vid would have been age restricted.
No one would answer! Not even Inside Edition themselves were willing to offer an answer when I even found their email address, the sites dedicated to helping those in mental, suicidal, or emotional distress (those forum sites even PERMA-banned me for "spam" - that's right, SPAM! (Even though there was absolutely no mention of a permanent ban or rule about "spam" in their forum guidelines!) Is that the definition of "spam" when I make a bad thread only once?! And when I try to appeal the ban, the same message "please contact the administrator if it was done in error" is blocking my ability to click the contact button! Or sometimes it's a blank white page with that message in the top left corner of the window! - Which adds more insult to injury, because I can't click anything as all the buttons have disappeared! That means I can't log out of that site either!), OR the adult video forums that support uncensored nudity images would accept that video link URL let alone the entire topic itself! So I really am at a loss for thoughts and words on what I just experienced! Heck, I even tried the professional therapists of talkingforchange.ca But even they too were too reluctant to talk as they claim my post regarding the censorship of women is not for their platform and they disconnected the chat 2 seconds after their last reply to me. And I highly doubt that ANY site will allow me to illustrate with a picture of the Napalm Girl (Phan Thi Kim Phuc) when she was 9, certain pictures of Pampers diaper boxes (why do you think they (Pampers, Huggies, etc.) even allow a pic of a topless little boy or girl to be plastered on a diaper box we see in grocery stores/supermarkets everyday?), Leela when she was an infant in the episode Leela's Homeworld, or even Belgium's famous kids: Manneken Pis/Jeanneke Pis. That, combined with YouTube having a flawed comment moderating system hindering my ability to post comments on certain-to-random videos (I.E, "ghosting"), I'm forced to take more drastic measures to get my messages across. All this combined, ~I'VE NEVER FELT SO SHUNNED FROM THE INTERNET IN ALL MY LIFE!~
But here's a strange catch: sometimes on some sites, Napalm Girl is censored, other sites she isn't. So I felt that I need to protest this. It seems everyone is too chicken to even start this subject! Don't these numbskulls know not to judge a book by it's cover?! This is where I ask myself "NOW WHAT?!". This can't be one of those "exceptional" cases where they say "suicide never solves anything" doesn't apply to these types of situations. In other words, all hope for resolving these types of situations really is lost. I really do feel left in the dark on both the subject of sound effects and nudity!
Once more, I'm not being a ped, I'm protesting all these absurd censorship rules and regulations that revolve around the female human - regardless of race and age - after what Inside Edition posted. Watch the videos I found again for clarification. In other words, ~the inconsistencies of female human censorship~.
Can you really - you know, hurl insults at Inside Edition or blast them for what they did? It was their idea to publicly publish the footage. Just like how that one photographer made the choice to publicly publish footage of the Napalm Girl when she was 9 and completely nude. Therefore, it should be ok to share this footage anywhere.
But some areas censored Napalm Girl's nipples, but others did not - excluding her groin. Then there's the diaper boxes I found in any supermarket. And finally... Surprise surprise: typical women being scolded by other people for wearing something "inappropriate" or "showing too much of their body". I look around and since no one else is protesting about this, I might as well do it! After all, someone's gotta step up to the plate to hit that ball! I will not sit idling by the sidelines and continue to watch the female human get treated/censored like this! I will stand up, step up, and speak out towards these absurd reactions, rules, and regulations that revolve around the appearance and censorship of the female body! What about the famous Jeanneke Pis in Belgium? Do you think she along with other nude statues are trying to promote pedophilia?

October last year I matched with a guy on a dating app. I’ve never really had a march quite like it, an instant connection, amazing conversation, so much in common, nice physical spark. I was excited . On dates he would hold my hand and talk about how he feels we get along so well
But he kept me at a distance, never flirted over text, messaged in a really formal way, took several days to reply. Confusing given that we connected so well on dates . He had a few problems in the bedroom where he said he was ‘thinking too much’ but I was patient. He said he felt comfortable with me. But whenever I stayed over, he always seemed to want me to leave asap in the morning, never wanted to hang around for long. He planned dates very last minute. He spaced dates apart once every 3 weeks. I got really anxious but I didn’t tell him this. I was always communicative, put effort in, and I know I put my best self forward
Then he lost his job, had visa issues (he’s from abroad) and eventually said he didn’t feel romantic and that he wanted to be friends. He said it was a him thing and nothing on me. He also said he sees himself moving back home other side of the world next year
He remains friends but still acts a bit strange. Sometimes he texts me all of the time, sending memes and recipes and other times he disappears for a while. Then he asked to see me and he took me to play golf, he was hugging me a lot , touching me subtly and telling me once again how he feels that me and him get along so well. He told me he might go back to his home country next year but he’s not sure
I went on holiday last week and during that time, he was liking every story post I put up of myself, sending me messages asking about my holiday. I then replied back to him and I said ‘how are you doing?’
He didn’t reply. It’s been a week. He continued to like my stories and posts but won’t reply back. This doesn’t make sense to me . He hasn’t even opened the message and I don’t understand and I’m worried once again what’s wrong with me
He’s moved a couple hours away for a new job and I couldn’t help but see if he has a new hinge profile. He has just gotten a dating app profile and seeing it has made me sad. His profile even says he is looking for a long term relationship 😞
I don’t get it . I’m 29 and never had a partner and me and him really clicked. Could it be he still likes me somewhat?
I’m upset tonight cause I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’m an attractive woman, he used to tell me I was pretty and that he loved my company, but why would I never be good enough for a relationship. I still have feelings for him and I’m scared I’ll never lose them but also scared i won’t ever be liked by anyone
I’ve never had feelings for anyone like I did him. And I don’t get his behaviour or if it means anything
Like is it even normal to be attractive and get friendzoned.

I 22F and my bf 25M are currently on a break for the week. I’m doing my uni finals at the moment, and I have been a bit stressed. I noticed my bf wasn’t really talking to me the way he normally would and I asked him what’s up. He sent me a really long text detailing now he thinks we are never on the same page (1), he keeps thinking about how I read his diary (2), I called him my ex’s name by acccident (3), and he is stressed because I am frustrated about my exams (4). I’ll detail these more now.

1. He wants kids. I met him online and told him in my profile I was strictly against kids. Recently, I have come around about that, but I am still unsure. I’m not against them but I have explained I would need to do what I want and live my life a bit and have a house and job before I could decide that. I am also a child of divorce and saw how that really affected my mum, and I explained to him how that also put me on the fence. He said he doesn’t want to be with someone for years and it feel like a “waste” if it doesn’t work out kids wise and he doesn’t wanna start dating in his 30s. Another thing is travel. I had told him I would perhaps like to travel after uni, but I am forgoing that. I said it would be nice to go away on holiday like his other friend couples do maybe once a year, but he thought that I was insinuating we MUST go this year. I explained that I wasn’t expecting him to, because he wants to save for a house (rent), and he can’t get any hols anyway. He was really silent after that as if we had “argued” and in his eyes that was an argument he brought up this week. I didn’t raise my voice at him or argue, rather said that wasn’t what I meant and explained further.
   
2. This one is bad, I know. I was in a really bad place mentally, and I thought that something was wrong with him since he sometimes suffered from anxiety and dealing with the future. I had only read the last entry he put in and immediately after I read it I told him as I felt so guilty betraying him. I’ve apologised profusely and I’ve been going to counselling to help my own anxiety and depression. I wanna note that I’m not like that around him, it’s mainly when I’m by myself so he doesn’t really see that side of me. In the moment I was genuinely worried for him. I know it still makes what I did bad.
   
3. This one really tears me up every day. We were playing around, and instead of saying his name in a playful annoyed way I said my exes. He immediately shut down and wouldn’t talk to me or hear me out. In fact, he kicked me out of his house. I get that what I said was not nice to hear, and upon talking to my counsellor she said it was a common thing to do, and doesn’t mean I was thinking about my ex. I wanna say that I DO NOT think about them and have blocked and deleted them from my life. In doing that however, I did begin to spend more time with my gay bestie who happens to have the same name as my ex and I happened to talk to on that day. I really believe it was a mistake and I thought he was trying to move past it but he keeps bringing it up.
   
4. He doesn’t like to be around me when I’m stressed. When I’m frustrated, I’m not angry at him or raise my voice at him or be passive aggressive, it’s more so internalised at myself. He was offering me advice this year and feels like because I didn’t stick to a schedule to complete my uni tasks, I was ignoring him. I work last minute, it’s how I have always worked and I get great result. Not to mention, in his final uni year he was the same as me. I dont really get this argument to be honest.
   

I also wanna note that he told me he wasn’t sure if this is the “real” me or if I was on my best behaviour at the start of the relationship. Everything was great at the start, but in my first week of uni my grandmother died, I then had to have surgery 2 months later to remove breast tumours (non cancerous), and I guess that and uni stress really caught up with me. He saw that I was doing better by going to the gym and feeling better about myself, but said that I snap back at times and don’t like myself. I think this is normal as some people have off days but I think he’s annoyed by it.
Also, at the start of our relationship he was really anxious about us, and I helped him through it. He was also stressed about jobs, and I had helped him prep and make a new cv as I’m good at that stuff and he got job offers. In fact at one point he said to me that he thought I was with him for money. I had more in savings than him at that point and paid for things/went 50/50. I am also lined up for a higher earning job than him when I’m out of uni.
We are on a break atm until my exams are over (20may). I genuinely don’t think these are things to waste 1 year over especially when I’m gonna be out of that stressed environment soon. He replied one night to my goodnight I love you saying “love you” but only replied x last night. Am I the problem? Am I overreacting for feeling like an awful person?
My parents say he’s not treating me nicely or fairly, and my friends say that the only thing I did wrong was read his diary. I just feel like an awful person.

Hi guys! I need some advice. So I will change some personal information because he might seen this post and he might hurt me. So here's the story:
My bf and I met at valorant 4 years ago. We're both 26 both have job. We met when we're both bronze and we're both Immortal now. Before when our relationship was still fresh, we love playing together. Win or lose, doesn't matter at all as long as we're having fun. And now we're both immortal, we still duo. I admit I don't have a good aim but I play good, i even carry him sometimes. So the thing is were on our 4 years now and my bf always get mad at me everytime we lose round. He always blame me even I'm top fragging. And lately he told me to stop being try harder. And he's hurting me physically. After hearing that words, I started to lose my passion on playing games. Btw I'm gamer since I was young. All this time I only play for fun, i play it seriously but I don't mind If i lose because it's part of the game but this man never accept that. Even our other team is the reason why we lose, he always blame me. So it's been a week since I stopped playing and earlier he asked me if we can play and I said I'm not in the mood to play anymore.
Btw, I already talk to him about this before and he said he will change, but it's getting worse now. What should I do?

Have a job interview at a local maccas tomorrow and was wondering if anyone knew what to expect?
What kinds of questions do they ask? (Apart from the usual ‘why do you want to work here?’ ‘Why do you think you would be a good fit’ etc). (Also if you have any good answers to those questions please comment them because I always struggle with them!!)
Also it’s at the restaurant itself so I’m assuming I would just tell someone at the counter I’m there for a job interview and then the interview would be conducted in the restaurant? Like in the ‘dining’ area?
I like to prepare for these things so I can be my best for the interview!
Thanks in advance!

I had a phone interview for two different IT intern positions with this manager for a Credit Union Bank for about an hour where he asked about technical and personal questions and it seems like I did well( that's what I thought) Until few days ago I go the Noreply email from the company saying that they went for different candidates.
So I was curious about the manager who interviewed me look like so I searched up his name on LinkedIn to see his picture.
It looks like he saw that I lookedup his profile and sent this message saying that he would like to connect and be a ressource for me in any way.
What should I say to him or What should I do?