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2024.05.29 05:27 CinderpeltLove Supervision Requirements for Interns (MHC)?
(MHC, NY State) I am interning at two disorganized sites and I am about 150 direct hours away from being done with my hours despite having 500 total hours (out of 600 required) finished due to my sites and my school being disorganized about internship logistics.
For the most part, I’ve been getting 1 hour (on average over time) of supervision at each placement. However, right now, Placement #1 only has 15min of supervision a week cuz most of my supervision hours were coming from internal “group supervision” which recently ended cuz I am now the only intern. Placement#2 keeps canceling supervision or being late tho sometimes we do two hours of supervision to make up for those hours.
Obviously, I am not getting the best supervision and support from my school but will my internship hours still be approved for my graduation and limited permit if I get maybe on average 1 hour of supervision total (combined from both sites) a week?
Or will I run into issues with this?
I can’t wait to be done with this…(I like the field and my clients; I hate all the internship logistic stuff I am currently dealing with because my school and supervisors are under-responsive).
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For the most part, I’ve been getting 1 hour (on average over time) of supervision at each placement. However, right now, Placement #1 only has 15min of supervision a week cuz most of my supervision hours were coming from internal “group supervision” which recently ended cuz I am now the only intern. Placement#2 keeps canceling supervision or being late tho sometimes we do two hours of supervision to make up for those hours.
Obviously, I am not getting the best supervision and support from my school but will my internship hours still be approved for my graduation and limited permit if I get maybe on average 1 hour of supervision total (combined from both sites) a week?
Or will I run into issues with this?
I can’t wait to be done with this…(I like the field and my clients; I hate all the internship logistic stuff I am currently dealing with because my school and supervisors are under-responsive).
2024.05.29 05:23 Impressive_Study_776 No FASFA offer yet
So I submitted everything requested by fasfa but still haven’t received my offer from my college. Is that normal? In the site it says it was processed and when i reached out to the financial aid office at my school they said it’s still pending. My final grades were posted tonight as well does that mean they’ll give me an offer or what? I don’t remember it taking this long.
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2024.05.29 05:21 sunashigure1 How to perfect Dazzling Devil special enemy hidden boss, in-depth guide. No damage, no items, no Martial Arts, Hard "Twilight" difficulty (useful on Midnight too).
 | Another hidden boss/special enemy we can find in chapter two – Dazzling Devil. We can find him in the Kanda region (north of Edo; where the Military Academy and Kanda Medical School are). submitted by sunashigure1 to riseoftheronin [link] [comments] He's rather challenging to perfect with restrictions (high Ki damage, sheer power, combos, range, 4 Martial Arts and different timings), but has a glaring weakness we can take advantage of – predictability – his Sky Splitter Martial Art. If we keep enough distance, we'll force him into using that specific and punishable move, in fact. Dazzling Devil has no ranged attacks and his Hoshin-ryu style relies on shortening distance (and using aerial attacks), so all we need is to learn the aforementioned Sky Splitter's exact timing, keep deflecting and punishing it. That said, at times the AI may choose other moves (mostly 4-hit combos), so it's advised to just block them. Be careful of his ability to block and counter with a fast Martial Art (Grab). It's worth knowing that his other two Martial Arts are delayed (~1 sec). Our every action costs Ki and his high Ki damage means a potential guard break, so we definitely don't want to trade blows with him. Best to keep it simple - keep calm, stay away, deflect those Martial Arts and you'll control this fight. More tips: -Dazzling Devil wields the Greatsword, so it's best to choose the Chi style for this fight (better Ki management), -recommended level for this fight is 30+, so be sure to reach that threshold at least (non-challengers), -beat a special enemy to get high rarity items + "The Seven Military Classics" (in the treasue chest nearby) - use it to earn one Skill point of each type, -uses mostly 4-hit combos and deals high Ki damage, but if we are high on Ki ourselves, he won't be able to break our guard with them (all "regulars") anyway. Just be watchful of the unblockable Last Rite and Charged Slash Martial Arts, as he likes to end his combos with them. If you can't read them well, try dodging forwards instead, -running costs Ki, so don't overdo it, -Blade Flash (R1; after attacking) to regain more Ki. Good luck! |
2024.05.29 04:52 FullofSeoul The reason for the Korean hate towards Eunchae: A targeted attack (and insight into Korean students)
I just read a post about how Eunchae should be protected more, and I could not agree more in that the vitriol towards her has gotten way out of hand.
In that post, I noticed that people kinda brushed passed the controversy of her teasing high school students as a non-issue (which, don't get me wrong, it definitely is), but I'd like to provide some cultural context because it was this specific moment that garnered the most hate for her among Korean kpop stans. Coachella doesn't even come close.
I want to explain why her comments generated so much outrage, and in particular, how her words were taken out of context and purposely made to sound so much worse.
The Situation (and the context)
On a 3/17 Weverse ~11min, Eunchae made a bit of a joke where poked fun at students having to get up early, saying that "That must be hard~ I had to do that too at one point too~~" and the conversation then continues onward with the other members about how difficult it was to get up that early during their student days.
This was combined with another live on 9/07 ~27min (though the context starts a few minutes prior) with Kkura. In it, the two of the discuss conversations with their non-celebrity friends. Boomer Kkura tends to just talk or text, which surprises Eunchae, since she almost always prefers to facetime instead (don't worry Kkura, same). Kkura mentions that the first thing she asks her friends are, "you haven't gotten married yet right?" whereas Eunchae says that her friends have been recently talking about becoming high school seniors. That topic closes with Eunchae talking about a recent conversation she had video call she had with her close friend, who complained that she had to get up early, upon which Eunchae teased her and says, "I start at 11 tomorrow! Hella lucky~"
Maybe a bit of a crass joke in the first clip, but nothing too major, right?
The Attack (and the twisting of facts)
This is where the usual suspects come in: Twitter.
Disclaimer: I'm going to be completely honest here. I don't follow Pann or FMKorea or all the other niche online communities except since the HYBE/MHJ situatio, but while researching this topic, I searched Eunchae's name on both sites to see how the situation unfolded (I can't really search theqoo very well because that site has the worst user-friendliness I've ever seen).
The situation blew up on March 15th (as far back as I can find), with this Twitter post blowing up and a Pann post (now deleted, restored w/ Wayback).
(Note, regarding the deleted Pann post, it was referenced in this YouTube video by one of those trash drama Youtubers and had 150k+ views at the time of their video)
There were also some pretty weird posts on Pann around this time, nitpicking her response in an EASY interview to say she thinks LSF was successful and spreading twitter posts of private documents to prove that she didn't get accepted to Hanlim (I will not be sharing this one.) Many comments at that point on Pann are still quite sympathetic to Eunchae, with the top comments defending her and telling the twitter bitches to go away (although the doxxing post still got 600+ upvotes and 300k+ views)
After this though, the narrative began to change, combining the clips above and turning it from Eunchae teasing students, to Eunchae teasing High School Seniors. And things began to take a huge shift.
After this began to spread, March 23rd, comments started to become more negative (example posts on March 17th and March 23rd).
Alright, I can hear you saying, students, high school students, so what?
Korean Seniors and the Suneung
If you're at all familiar with Korean culture, you know where I'm going with this.
The Suneung is the Korean equivalent of the American SAT, except it is so much more than that. If I had to explain it, the Suneung is your entire life. Imagine your college application, except screw your class grades, your extracurriculars, your letters of rec, your essay. The only thing that really matters is your SAT score.
It is a huge deal. The entire nation BBC article falls silent on the day of the Suneung. Stores close, construction stops, traffic is redirected, the stock market opens late. On the day of the Suneung, there are no flights.
It happens 1 time a year. Just once. If you miss it or get a bad grade, you repeat a year just to get a chance to retake it.
And high school seniors carry all of that stress. They are studying for a test that is the culmination of their entire education and determines their entire future. There are many, many stories of students falling into deep depression, even after doing well on the Suneung, because studying for that test consumed them to the point that they don't know what to do after it's over. These students study in excess of 15 hours a day, from 7am to 10pm.
You do not touch high school seniors, ever. There is a saying that even parents tiptoe around their kids once the test date nears.
Also, keep in mind that the primary demographic for kpop are young adults. People that are in school, preparing for this test that they will eventually have to overcome. Some of those people might be repeating a year (or two or three or four) while studying for that test.
And so, when the narrative shifted from Eunchae teasing a close friend about having to get up early to Eunchae making fun of High School Seniors for having to get up early, things turned ugly quick.
And then Coachella happened. And then MHJ opened her big mouth. And you guys know the rest.
So that's my little story. I hope this provided some insight as to why it seems like the hate for Eunchae seemed so particularly loud on the Korean side, and how she suddenly switched from nearly universally loved to the opposite.
In conclusion, fuck Twitter yo.
P.S. Is this post worth posting on the kpopthoughts subreddit? I'm split because it provides context, but also this has kinda flown by international eyes and I don't really want to accidentally add fuel to the flame. LSF and Eunchae have it hard enough as it is.
P.P.S. Sorry mods, I noticed the other post was removed. If this post breaks the rules, feel free to remove and I'll repost it in the weekly thread or something.
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In that post, I noticed that people kinda brushed passed the controversy of her teasing high school students as a non-issue (which, don't get me wrong, it definitely is), but I'd like to provide some cultural context because it was this specific moment that garnered the most hate for her among Korean kpop stans. Coachella doesn't even come close.
I want to explain why her comments generated so much outrage, and in particular, how her words were taken out of context and purposely made to sound so much worse.
On a 3/17 Weverse ~11min, Eunchae made a bit of a joke where poked fun at students having to get up early, saying that "That must be hard~ I had to do that too at one point too~~" and the conversation then continues onward with the other members about how difficult it was to get up that early during their student days.
This was combined with another live on 9/07 ~27min (though the context starts a few minutes prior) with Kkura. In it, the two of the discuss conversations with their non-celebrity friends. Boomer Kkura tends to just talk or text, which surprises Eunchae, since she almost always prefers to facetime instead (don't worry Kkura, same). Kkura mentions that the first thing she asks her friends are, "you haven't gotten married yet right?" whereas Eunchae says that her friends have been recently talking about becoming high school seniors. That topic closes with Eunchae talking about a recent conversation she had video call she had with her close friend, who complained that she had to get up early, upon which Eunchae teased her and says, "I start at 11 tomorrow! Hella lucky~"
Maybe a bit of a crass joke in the first clip, but nothing too major, right?
This is where the usual suspects come in: Twitter.
Disclaimer: I'm going to be completely honest here. I don't follow Pann or FMKorea or all the other niche online communities except since the HYBE/MHJ situatio, but while researching this topic, I searched Eunchae's name on both sites to see how the situation unfolded (I can't really search theqoo very well because that site has the worst user-friendliness I've ever seen).
The situation blew up on March 15th (as far back as I can find), with this Twitter post blowing up and a Pann post (now deleted, restored w/ Wayback).
(Note, regarding the deleted Pann post, it was referenced in this YouTube video by one of those trash drama Youtubers and had 150k+ views at the time of their video)
There were also some pretty weird posts on Pann around this time, nitpicking her response in an EASY interview to say she thinks LSF was successful and spreading twitter posts of private documents to prove that she didn't get accepted to Hanlim (I will not be sharing this one.) Many comments at that point on Pann are still quite sympathetic to Eunchae, with the top comments defending her and telling the twitter bitches to go away (although the doxxing post still got 600+ upvotes and 300k+ views)
After this though, the narrative began to change, combining the clips above and turning it from Eunchae teasing students, to Eunchae teasing High School Seniors. And things began to take a huge shift.
After this began to spread, March 23rd, comments started to become more negative (example posts on March 17th and March 23rd).
Alright, I can hear you saying, students, high school students, so what?
If you're at all familiar with Korean culture, you know where I'm going with this.
The Suneung is the Korean equivalent of the American SAT, except it is so much more than that. If I had to explain it, the Suneung is your entire life. Imagine your college application, except screw your class grades, your extracurriculars, your letters of rec, your essay. The only thing that really matters is your SAT score.
It is a huge deal. The entire nation BBC article falls silent on the day of the Suneung. Stores close, construction stops, traffic is redirected, the stock market opens late. On the day of the Suneung, there are no flights.
It happens 1 time a year. Just once. If you miss it or get a bad grade, you repeat a year just to get a chance to retake it.
And high school seniors carry all of that stress. They are studying for a test that is the culmination of their entire education and determines their entire future. There are many, many stories of students falling into deep depression, even after doing well on the Suneung, because studying for that test consumed them to the point that they don't know what to do after it's over. These students study in excess of 15 hours a day, from 7am to 10pm.
You do not touch high school seniors, ever. There is a saying that even parents tiptoe around their kids once the test date nears.
Also, keep in mind that the primary demographic for kpop are young adults. People that are in school, preparing for this test that they will eventually have to overcome. Some of those people might be repeating a year (or two or three or four) while studying for that test.
And so, when the narrative shifted from Eunchae teasing a close friend about having to get up early to Eunchae making fun of High School Seniors for having to get up early, things turned ugly quick.
And then Coachella happened. And then MHJ opened her big mouth. And you guys know the rest.
In conclusion, fuck Twitter yo.
P.S. Is this post worth posting on the kpopthoughts subreddit? I'm split because it provides context, but also this has kinda flown by international eyes and I don't really want to accidentally add fuel to the flame. LSF and Eunchae have it hard enough as it is.
P.P.S. Sorry mods, I noticed the other post was removed. If this post breaks the rules, feel free to remove and I'll repost it in the weekly thread or something.
2024.05.29 04:41 slo707 Literally just graduated and was asked for rates HELP
Hello! I just graduated with my BFA in Graphic Design and have been offered an opportunity to design a billboard rather unexpectedly. The opportunity is the result of a referral from work I did for a design sprint in school. It’s a rather small billboard and builds on a community logo I created for the neighborhood it will reside in.
The timeline - soon (getting specifics is impossible) The budget - affordable (?)
I asked if they had a budget to consider in an attempt to get them to give me a better idea of expectations but they were really not being open about it.
Considerations: This is a non-profit. They quite possibly expected I’d to still be a student when reaching out. I want to be very reasonable in my pricing. The person who reached out to me is also highly connected in the world of design. I can’t stress enough how much the potential to create connections is.
Workflow: I’d likely present 3ish directions after doing some visual research specific to the client and site. Then iterate one. I’d prepare the file to print in conjunction with a their chosen printing service. At least this is my thinking.
Also: I have time blindness (ADHD). Estimating time is really impossible for me. Providing an hourly rate concerns me for that reason
I told them I’d get back to them in 24 hours. How much do I quote?
Bonus if you can offer sources for sample contracts. I never intended to work for myself, this just fell out of the sky, and I was taught none of the business side of the industry.
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The timeline - soon (getting specifics is impossible) The budget - affordable (?)
I asked if they had a budget to consider in an attempt to get them to give me a better idea of expectations but they were really not being open about it.
Considerations: This is a non-profit. They quite possibly expected I’d to still be a student when reaching out. I want to be very reasonable in my pricing. The person who reached out to me is also highly connected in the world of design. I can’t stress enough how much the potential to create connections is.
Workflow: I’d likely present 3ish directions after doing some visual research specific to the client and site. Then iterate one. I’d prepare the file to print in conjunction with a their chosen printing service. At least this is my thinking.
Also: I have time blindness (ADHD). Estimating time is really impossible for me. Providing an hourly rate concerns me for that reason
I told them I’d get back to them in 24 hours. How much do I quote?
Bonus if you can offer sources for sample contracts. I never intended to work for myself, this just fell out of the sky, and I was taught none of the business side of the industry.
2024.05.29 04:11 richied930 How do you build a social life from absolutely nothing?
So I've recently come to the horrible realization that I have no social life, no dating experience, and I have no idea how I'd get started on either. To make things clear from the start, this isn't cause of social anxiety or anything. I'm not a nervous persona and never had issues holding a conversation. My problem here is born of pure ignorance. I just don't know where people hang out or really how to establish relationships both platonic and romantic. I can maintain a friendship fine. I got friends. I just don't know how to start one. These people just found me and I managed to not scare them off.
To give you some background on I've just always been solitary given most of my hobbies (playing guitar, drawing, movies/books/games) are stuff you do alone in a room. I also never hung out much with people outside school cause I lived pretty far from everyone in school. I got into this nerd school thing (I'm honestly not sure what it's called cause it wasn't private) in case you're wondering what the circumstances are where I lived far away from everyone else. So even though I wanted to and people wanted to hang with me, I never really had much opportunity to since I always had stuff right after class and shit was too far to really meet em over weekends. And even in the very rare cases I was able to visit friends or they were able to visit me, these people are naturally gonna be pretty similar to me so we just did the same shit I'd do alone just with other people in the room. I figured stuff would change in college but for financial reasons I went to community college, and the one I went to was very much a "finish your classes and leave" kind of deal. Most people there weren't even around my age. So I ain't really meet people and I couldn't hang out with my friends and meet people through them cause they went out of state. Got a job but at a Thai restaurant but they ended up putting me in the back where nobody I interacted with regularly spoke English. After that I transferred to a state college and here I thought "finally, now's my chance to have a normal social life and hang out with people", but of course God had a really funny sense of humor cause right before I graduated from county the pandemic happened. The universe saw I had a chance at having a social life and through divine intervention prevented that from happening. So I basically just spend the last to years of my college online. Last year was hybrid so I went out a little but going to a tech school turns out everyone there is also pretty much isolated nerds. My roommate didn't even leave his room. I had to make sure he wasn't dead a few times and honestly I'm not convinced he wasn't. I'd fully believe if he reanimated by the fungus that grew from his pizza. Anyway then I graduated and since the job market wasn't great I took an opportunity for a job in Maryland when it arose. Thing is that state is very far from where all my friends, family and really everyone I know lives so if I was hoping to meet people through them after they came back from college that got ruined. Cheapest place I was able to find that's close to my work was a studio so I have no roommates. All my coworkers are also about a decade+ older than me and have families and shit, so I can't really hang out with them. I feel like I keeping winning a lottery in how to live the most accidentally isolated life ever. My parents are probably happy I'm the rare person that actually focused on my education and didn't go out partying and shit (tho that's more due to circumstances and not choice), but I imagine the pressure of finding someone's gonna ramp up eventually and I'd rather get ahead on that.
So if anyone can just give me some basic advice on where to meet people please help. Both for platonic reasons and not. I know bars are a thing just based off movies but I'm not much of a drinker. I can stomach it if that's the only place but I imagine people are hanging out outside bars in real life. I just don't know where. Also naturally have zero dating experience. Not even like the basics. Never asked anyone out/went on a date. I know rule 1 and 2 and probably some others is to not be ugly and I'm not. I am short but I figure I can make up for that. I can talk to women fine, I don't get nervous. Granted I've never tried pursuing someone before and I sure as hell don't know how to close a deal or tell if someone's interesting so who know I might choke there. Part of this is my fault I know, I probably could've made choices to put myself out there more or be more proactive but I've always felt content with my life and never really wanted more till now. Just kind of woke up alone one day and thought "I don't think I've talked to another human being in person, that wasn't a coworker for months" and I want that to change. So any words would be appreciated. Pretend you're teaching an alien or something cause I'm pretty sure whatever stuff you're assuming I already know when you're writing your answer I probably don't.
Oh also I've never been into social media. Never really had much going on to post about outside drawings and shit. I know most dating is online and a lot of people meet through Instagram. Not sure what I'd do there. I have like no photos of me, cause of the isolation thing, my page is just doodles from my notepad. I can take a mirror selfie but I don't know if that'd be sufficient. Maybe for Tinder but probably not one of the more reputable sites, but again, what would I know. I'm genuinely clueless.
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To give you some background on I've just always been solitary given most of my hobbies (playing guitar, drawing, movies/books/games) are stuff you do alone in a room. I also never hung out much with people outside school cause I lived pretty far from everyone in school. I got into this nerd school thing (I'm honestly not sure what it's called cause it wasn't private) in case you're wondering what the circumstances are where I lived far away from everyone else. So even though I wanted to and people wanted to hang with me, I never really had much opportunity to since I always had stuff right after class and shit was too far to really meet em over weekends. And even in the very rare cases I was able to visit friends or they were able to visit me, these people are naturally gonna be pretty similar to me so we just did the same shit I'd do alone just with other people in the room. I figured stuff would change in college but for financial reasons I went to community college, and the one I went to was very much a "finish your classes and leave" kind of deal. Most people there weren't even around my age. So I ain't really meet people and I couldn't hang out with my friends and meet people through them cause they went out of state. Got a job but at a Thai restaurant but they ended up putting me in the back where nobody I interacted with regularly spoke English. After that I transferred to a state college and here I thought "finally, now's my chance to have a normal social life and hang out with people", but of course God had a really funny sense of humor cause right before I graduated from county the pandemic happened. The universe saw I had a chance at having a social life and through divine intervention prevented that from happening. So I basically just spend the last to years of my college online. Last year was hybrid so I went out a little but going to a tech school turns out everyone there is also pretty much isolated nerds. My roommate didn't even leave his room. I had to make sure he wasn't dead a few times and honestly I'm not convinced he wasn't. I'd fully believe if he reanimated by the fungus that grew from his pizza. Anyway then I graduated and since the job market wasn't great I took an opportunity for a job in Maryland when it arose. Thing is that state is very far from where all my friends, family and really everyone I know lives so if I was hoping to meet people through them after they came back from college that got ruined. Cheapest place I was able to find that's close to my work was a studio so I have no roommates. All my coworkers are also about a decade+ older than me and have families and shit, so I can't really hang out with them. I feel like I keeping winning a lottery in how to live the most accidentally isolated life ever. My parents are probably happy I'm the rare person that actually focused on my education and didn't go out partying and shit (tho that's more due to circumstances and not choice), but I imagine the pressure of finding someone's gonna ramp up eventually and I'd rather get ahead on that.
So if anyone can just give me some basic advice on where to meet people please help. Both for platonic reasons and not. I know bars are a thing just based off movies but I'm not much of a drinker. I can stomach it if that's the only place but I imagine people are hanging out outside bars in real life. I just don't know where. Also naturally have zero dating experience. Not even like the basics. Never asked anyone out/went on a date. I know rule 1 and 2 and probably some others is to not be ugly and I'm not. I am short but I figure I can make up for that. I can talk to women fine, I don't get nervous. Granted I've never tried pursuing someone before and I sure as hell don't know how to close a deal or tell if someone's interesting so who know I might choke there. Part of this is my fault I know, I probably could've made choices to put myself out there more or be more proactive but I've always felt content with my life and never really wanted more till now. Just kind of woke up alone one day and thought "I don't think I've talked to another human being in person, that wasn't a coworker for months" and I want that to change. So any words would be appreciated. Pretend you're teaching an alien or something cause I'm pretty sure whatever stuff you're assuming I already know when you're writing your answer I probably don't.
Oh also I've never been into social media. Never really had much going on to post about outside drawings and shit. I know most dating is online and a lot of people meet through Instagram. Not sure what I'd do there. I have like no photos of me, cause of the isolation thing, my page is just doodles from my notepad. I can take a mirror selfie but I don't know if that'd be sufficient. Maybe for Tinder but probably not one of the more reputable sites, but again, what would I know. I'm genuinely clueless.
2024.05.29 04:11 richied930 How do you build a social life from absolutely nothing?
So I've recently come to the horrible realization that I have no social life, no dating experience, and I have no idea how I'd get started on either. To make things clear from the start, this isn't cause of social anxiety or anything. I'm not a nervous persona and never had issues holding a conversation. My problem here is born of pure ignorance. I just don't know where people hang out or really how to establish relationships both platonic and romantic. I can maintain a friendship fine. I got friends. I just don't know how to start one. These people just found me and I managed to not scare them off.
To give you some background on I've just always been solitary given most of my hobbies (playing guitar, drawing, movies/books/games) are stuff you do alone in a room. I also never hung out much with people outside school cause I lived pretty far from everyone in school. I got into this nerd school thing (I'm honestly not sure what it's called cause it wasn't private) in case you're wondering what the circumstances are where I lived far away from everyone else. So even though I wanted to and people wanted to hang with me, I never really had much opportunity to since I always had stuff right after class and shit was too far to really meet em over weekends. And even in the very rare cases I was able to visit friends or they were able to visit me, these people are naturally gonna be pretty similar to me so we just did the same shit I'd do alone just with other people in the room. I figured stuff would change in college but for financial reasons I went to community college, and the one I went to was very much a "finish your classes and leave" kind of deal. Most people there weren't even around my age. So I ain't really meet people and I couldn't hang out with my friends and meet people through them cause they went out of state. Got a job but at a Thai restaurant but they ended up putting me in the back where nobody I interacted with regularly spoke English. After that I transferred to a state college and here I thought "finally, now's my chance to have a normal social life and hang out with people", but of course God had a really funny sense of humor cause right before I graduated from county the pandemic happened. The universe saw I had a chance at having a social life and through divine intervention prevented that from happening. So I basically just spend the last to years of my college online. Last year was hybrid so I went out a little but going to a tech school turns out everyone there is also pretty much isolated nerds. My roommate didn't even leave his room. I had to make sure he wasn't dead a few times and honestly I'm not convinced he wasn't. I'd fully believe if he reanimated by the fungus that grew from his pizza. Anyway then I graduated and since the job market wasn't great I took an opportunity for a job in Maryland when it arose. Thing is that state is very far from where all my friends, family and really everyone I know lives so if I was hoping to meet people through them after they came back from college that got ruined. Cheapest place I was able to find that's close to my work was a studio so I have no roommates. All my coworkers are also about a decade+ older than me and have families and shit, so I can't really hang out with them. I feel like I keeping winning a lottery in how to live the most accidentally isolated life ever. My parents are probably happy I'm the rare person that actually focused on my education and didn't go out partying and shit (tho that's more due to circumstances and not choice), but I imagine the pressure of finding someone's gonna ramp up eventually and I'd rather get ahead on that.
So if anyone can just give me some basic advice on where to meet people please help. Both for platonic reasons and not. I know bars are a thing just based off movies but I'm not much of a drinker. I can stomach it if that's the only place but I imagine people are hanging out outside bars in real life. I just don't know where. Also naturally have zero dating experience. Not even like the basics. Never asked anyone out/went on a date. I know rule 1 and 2 and probably some others is to not be ugly and I'm not. I am short but I figure I can make up for that. I can talk to women fine, I don't get nervous. Granted I've never tried pursuing someone before and I sure as hell don't know how to close a deal or tell if someone's interesting so who know I might choke there. Part of this is my fault I know, I probably could've made choices to put myself out there more or be more proactive but I've always felt content with my life and never really wanted more till now. Just kind of woke up alone one day and thought "I don't think I've talked to another human being in person, that wasn't a coworker for months" and I want that to change. So any words would be appreciated. Pretend you're teaching an alien or something cause I'm pretty sure whatever stuff you're assuming I already know when you're writing your answer I probably don't.
Oh also I've never been into social media. Never really had much going on to post about outside drawings and shit. I know most dating is online and a lot of people meet through Instagram. Not sure what I'd do there. I have like no photos of me, cause of the isolation thing, my page is just doodles from my notepad. I can take a mirror selfie but I don't know if that'd be sufficient. Maybe for Tinder but probably not one of the more reputable sites, but again, what would I know. I'm genuinely clueless.
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To give you some background on I've just always been solitary given most of my hobbies (playing guitar, drawing, movies/books/games) are stuff you do alone in a room. I also never hung out much with people outside school cause I lived pretty far from everyone in school. I got into this nerd school thing (I'm honestly not sure what it's called cause it wasn't private) in case you're wondering what the circumstances are where I lived far away from everyone else. So even though I wanted to and people wanted to hang with me, I never really had much opportunity to since I always had stuff right after class and shit was too far to really meet em over weekends. And even in the very rare cases I was able to visit friends or they were able to visit me, these people are naturally gonna be pretty similar to me so we just did the same shit I'd do alone just with other people in the room. I figured stuff would change in college but for financial reasons I went to community college, and the one I went to was very much a "finish your classes and leave" kind of deal. Most people there weren't even around my age. So I ain't really meet people and I couldn't hang out with my friends and meet people through them cause they went out of state. Got a job but at a Thai restaurant but they ended up putting me in the back where nobody I interacted with regularly spoke English. After that I transferred to a state college and here I thought "finally, now's my chance to have a normal social life and hang out with people", but of course God had a really funny sense of humor cause right before I graduated from county the pandemic happened. The universe saw I had a chance at having a social life and through divine intervention prevented that from happening. So I basically just spend the last to years of my college online. Last year was hybrid so I went out a little but going to a tech school turns out everyone there is also pretty much isolated nerds. My roommate didn't even leave his room. I had to make sure he wasn't dead a few times and honestly I'm not convinced he wasn't. I'd fully believe if he reanimated by the fungus that grew from his pizza. Anyway then I graduated and since the job market wasn't great I took an opportunity for a job in Maryland when it arose. Thing is that state is very far from where all my friends, family and really everyone I know lives so if I was hoping to meet people through them after they came back from college that got ruined. Cheapest place I was able to find that's close to my work was a studio so I have no roommates. All my coworkers are also about a decade+ older than me and have families and shit, so I can't really hang out with them. I feel like I keeping winning a lottery in how to live the most accidentally isolated life ever. My parents are probably happy I'm the rare person that actually focused on my education and didn't go out partying and shit (tho that's more due to circumstances and not choice), but I imagine the pressure of finding someone's gonna ramp up eventually and I'd rather get ahead on that.
So if anyone can just give me some basic advice on where to meet people please help. Both for platonic reasons and not. I know bars are a thing just based off movies but I'm not much of a drinker. I can stomach it if that's the only place but I imagine people are hanging out outside bars in real life. I just don't know where. Also naturally have zero dating experience. Not even like the basics. Never asked anyone out/went on a date. I know rule 1 and 2 and probably some others is to not be ugly and I'm not. I am short but I figure I can make up for that. I can talk to women fine, I don't get nervous. Granted I've never tried pursuing someone before and I sure as hell don't know how to close a deal or tell if someone's interesting so who know I might choke there. Part of this is my fault I know, I probably could've made choices to put myself out there more or be more proactive but I've always felt content with my life and never really wanted more till now. Just kind of woke up alone one day and thought "I don't think I've talked to another human being in person, that wasn't a coworker for months" and I want that to change. So any words would be appreciated. Pretend you're teaching an alien or something cause I'm pretty sure whatever stuff you're assuming I already know when you're writing your answer I probably don't.
Oh also I've never been into social media. Never really had much going on to post about outside drawings and shit. I know most dating is online and a lot of people meet through Instagram. Not sure what I'd do there. I have like no photos of me, cause of the isolation thing, my page is just doodles from my notepad. I can take a mirror selfie but I don't know if that'd be sufficient. Maybe for Tinder but probably not one of the more reputable sites, but again, what would I know. I'm genuinely clueless.
2024.05.29 04:10 richied930 How do you build a social life from absolutely nothing?
So I've recently come to the horrible realization that I have no social life, no dating experience, and I have no idea how I'd get started on either. To make things clear from the start, this isn't cause of social anxiety or anything. I'm not a nervous persona and never had issues holding a conversation. My problem here is born of pure ignorance. I just don't know where people hang out or really how to establish relationships both platonic and romantic. I can maintain a friendship fine. I got friends. I just don't know how to start one. These people just found me and I managed to not scare them off.
To give you some background on I've just always been solitary given most of my hobbies (playing guitar, drawing, movies/books/games) are stuff you do alone in a room. I also never hung out much with people outside school cause I lived pretty far from everyone in school. I got into this nerd school thing (I'm honestly not sure what it's called cause it wasn't private) in case you're wondering what the circumstances are where I lived far away from everyone else. So even though I wanted to and people wanted to hang with me, I never really had much opportunity to since I always had stuff right after class and shit was too far to really meet em over weekends. And even in the very rare cases I was able to visit friends or they were able to visit me, these people are naturally gonna be pretty similar to me so we just did the same shit I'd do alone just with other people in the room. I figured stuff would change in college but for financial reasons I went to community college, and the one I went to was very much a "finish your classes and leave" kind of deal. Most people there weren't even around my age. So I ain't really meet people and I couldn't hang out with my friends and meet people through them cause they went out of state. Got a job but at a Thai restaurant but they ended up putting me in the back where nobody I interacted with regularly spoke English. After that I transferred to a state college and here I thought "finally, now's my chance to have a normal social life and hang out with people", but of course God had a really funny sense of humor cause right before I graduated from county the pandemic happened. The universe saw I had a chance at having a social life and through divine intervention prevented that from happening. So I basically just spend the last to years of my college online. Last year was hybrid so I went out a little but going to a tech school turns out everyone there is also pretty much isolated nerds. My roommate didn't even leave his room. I had to make sure he wasn't dead a few times and honestly I'm not convinced he wasn't. I'd fully believe if he reanimated by the fungus that grew from his pizza. Anyway then I graduated and since the job market wasn't great I took an opportunity for a job in Maryland when it arose. Thing is that state is very far from where all my friends, family and really everyone I know lives so if I was hoping to meet people through them after they came back from college that got ruined. Cheapest place I was able to find that's close to my work was a studio so I have no roommates. All my coworkers are also about a decade+ older than me and have families and shit, so I can't really hang out with them. I feel like I keeping winning a lottery in how to live the most accidentally isolated life ever. My parents are probably happy I'm the rare person that actually focused on my education and didn't go out partying and shit (tho that's more due to circumstances and not choice), but I imagine the pressure of finding someone's gonna ramp up eventually and I'd rather get ahead on that.
So if anyone can just give me some basic advice on where to meet people please help. Both for platonic reasons and not. I know bars are a thing just based off movies but I'm not much of a drinker. I can stomach it if that's the only place but I imagine people are hanging out outside bars in real life. I just don't know where. Also naturally have zero dating experience. Not even like the basics. Never asked anyone out/went on a date. I know rule 1 and 2 and probably some others is to not be ugly and I'm not. I am short but I figure I can make up for that. I can talk to women fine, I don't get nervous. Granted I've never tried pursuing someone before and I sure as hell don't know how to close a deal or tell if someone's interesting so who know I might choke there. Part of this is my fault I know, I probably could've made choices to put myself out there more or be more proactive but I've always felt content with my life and never really wanted more till now. Just kind of woke up alone one day and thought "I don't think I've talked to another human being in person, that wasn't a coworker for months" and I want that to change. So any words would be appreciated. Pretend you're teaching an alien or something cause I'm pretty sure whatever stuff you're assuming I already know when you're writing your answer I probably don't.
Oh also I've never been into social media. Never really had much going on to post about outside drawings and shit. I know most dating is online and a lot of people meet through Instagram. Not sure what I'd do there. I have like no photos of me, cause of the isolation thing, my page is just doodles from my notepad. I can take a mirror selfie but I don't know if that'd be sufficient. Maybe for Tinder but probably not one of the more reputable sites, but again, what would I know. I'm genuinely clueless.
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To give you some background on I've just always been solitary given most of my hobbies (playing guitar, drawing, movies/books/games) are stuff you do alone in a room. I also never hung out much with people outside school cause I lived pretty far from everyone in school. I got into this nerd school thing (I'm honestly not sure what it's called cause it wasn't private) in case you're wondering what the circumstances are where I lived far away from everyone else. So even though I wanted to and people wanted to hang with me, I never really had much opportunity to since I always had stuff right after class and shit was too far to really meet em over weekends. And even in the very rare cases I was able to visit friends or they were able to visit me, these people are naturally gonna be pretty similar to me so we just did the same shit I'd do alone just with other people in the room. I figured stuff would change in college but for financial reasons I went to community college, and the one I went to was very much a "finish your classes and leave" kind of deal. Most people there weren't even around my age. So I ain't really meet people and I couldn't hang out with my friends and meet people through them cause they went out of state. Got a job but at a Thai restaurant but they ended up putting me in the back where nobody I interacted with regularly spoke English. After that I transferred to a state college and here I thought "finally, now's my chance to have a normal social life and hang out with people", but of course God had a really funny sense of humor cause right before I graduated from county the pandemic happened. The universe saw I had a chance at having a social life and through divine intervention prevented that from happening. So I basically just spend the last to years of my college online. Last year was hybrid so I went out a little but going to a tech school turns out everyone there is also pretty much isolated nerds. My roommate didn't even leave his room. I had to make sure he wasn't dead a few times and honestly I'm not convinced he wasn't. I'd fully believe if he reanimated by the fungus that grew from his pizza. Anyway then I graduated and since the job market wasn't great I took an opportunity for a job in Maryland when it arose. Thing is that state is very far from where all my friends, family and really everyone I know lives so if I was hoping to meet people through them after they came back from college that got ruined. Cheapest place I was able to find that's close to my work was a studio so I have no roommates. All my coworkers are also about a decade+ older than me and have families and shit, so I can't really hang out with them. I feel like I keeping winning a lottery in how to live the most accidentally isolated life ever. My parents are probably happy I'm the rare person that actually focused on my education and didn't go out partying and shit (tho that's more due to circumstances and not choice), but I imagine the pressure of finding someone's gonna ramp up eventually and I'd rather get ahead on that.
So if anyone can just give me some basic advice on where to meet people please help. Both for platonic reasons and not. I know bars are a thing just based off movies but I'm not much of a drinker. I can stomach it if that's the only place but I imagine people are hanging out outside bars in real life. I just don't know where. Also naturally have zero dating experience. Not even like the basics. Never asked anyone out/went on a date. I know rule 1 and 2 and probably some others is to not be ugly and I'm not. I am short but I figure I can make up for that. I can talk to women fine, I don't get nervous. Granted I've never tried pursuing someone before and I sure as hell don't know how to close a deal or tell if someone's interesting so who know I might choke there. Part of this is my fault I know, I probably could've made choices to put myself out there more or be more proactive but I've always felt content with my life and never really wanted more till now. Just kind of woke up alone one day and thought "I don't think I've talked to another human being in person, that wasn't a coworker for months" and I want that to change. So any words would be appreciated. Pretend you're teaching an alien or something cause I'm pretty sure whatever stuff you're assuming I already know when you're writing your answer I probably don't.
Oh also I've never been into social media. Never really had much going on to post about outside drawings and shit. I know most dating is online and a lot of people meet through Instagram. Not sure what I'd do there. I have like no photos of me, cause of the isolation thing, my page is just doodles from my notepad. I can take a mirror selfie but I don't know if that'd be sufficient. Maybe for Tinder but probably not one of the more reputable sites, but again, what would I know. I'm genuinely clueless.
2024.05.29 03:47 Significant_Gas_4678 Work anxiety
I don’t like my current job! I was off for a little bit ( cause my schedule is awful) and tomorrow is my first shift back and I’m so anxious. We moved to a new site and there’s a million new processes. I barely know how to navigate the building. Idk I’m so nervous about how this is gonna go. There’s so many unknowns and I just don’t like what I’m doing. I’m so burnt out from this job.
I’ve been applying to jobs and I had an interview on Monday with a place I did my school internship with. So management knows me well and I know they’re good people. They said they won’t make their decision until the end of three week, but it makes me so anxious not knowing if I’m free to send my 2 weeks notice yet.
I just want to get out of this job and to not feel super anxious whenever I’m at work. The overnight shifts fuck me up and my anxiety has been super high since starting this position. I don’t regret it, but shit I got the experience I needed and I need to get out
I’m also really nervous about asking for references. One supervisor said no, but I feel weird about asking a manager of another site or their boss. I know I need to do what’s best for me, but shit it’s so nerve wracking
Idk I just need a big life shift cause I’m miserable and so anxious all the time
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I’ve been applying to jobs and I had an interview on Monday with a place I did my school internship with. So management knows me well and I know they’re good people. They said they won’t make their decision until the end of three week, but it makes me so anxious not knowing if I’m free to send my 2 weeks notice yet.
I just want to get out of this job and to not feel super anxious whenever I’m at work. The overnight shifts fuck me up and my anxiety has been super high since starting this position. I don’t regret it, but shit I got the experience I needed and I need to get out
I’m also really nervous about asking for references. One supervisor said no, but I feel weird about asking a manager of another site or their boss. I know I need to do what’s best for me, but shit it’s so nerve wracking
Idk I just need a big life shift cause I’m miserable and so anxious all the time
2024.05.29 03:47 Different_Horse6239 5 wonderful nights in Paris - with (lots of) pictures
To start - the photo album - https://photos.app.goo.gl/m816j6qm54nRQ5uw8
I'm a little bit late writing this up, some things won't be relevant any more, apologies. This itinerary is for someone who likes to be out doing stuff all day every day, most people will find it way too full on. If you are also like this, though, I'd say it was well-planned, I never felt overly rushed, though I could've maybe done with an extra half hour here and there (this is more a problem with Paris' need to book everything a month in advance with a specific timeslot than my planning). I found the people to be very friendly, and never had any trouble communicating - though my French is passable, most people switched to English quite quickly, and not just customer-facing staff but even people I stopped to ask for directions from.
Wednesday 25th October Finished work slightly early to get the Eurostar at 18:01 from London St Pancras. 2.5 hour train (and lose an hour to time zones). The hotel was near Place de la Republique, so walkable from Gare du Nord (Hotel Mimosa - cheapest hotel available when we booked. No complaints, nice staff, really clean, didn't try the breakfast). Only had time to check into our hotel and have a quick drink nearby (the end of the PSG game was on).
Thursday 26th October Disney! I wasn't sure about it since it was the middle of French school holidays, and there were certainly some long queues, but my friend insisted and I'm glad we did (although only because I went twice as a kid, if you don't have the nostalgia I don't think it's worth it on a busy day - one year I spent Christmas eve/day here with my mam and had Christmas dinner at the Cinderella inn). We went to Gare du Nord early to buy Navigo Decouverte passes (even though the week runs Mon-Sun and we arrived midweek it's still the best option, no faff with the little paper ticket booklets, covers as far as Disney/Versailles, and is pretty cheap), got the metro over and made it for almost gates opening. Got really lucky and managed to book a table for 2 at Bistrot Chez Remy (the Ratatouille themed restaurant) for the evening whilst on the train there (do this on the Disneyland app), even then the restaurant is only about a 6.5/10 but it's amazing compared to your walk-up options, I'd suggest trying to book one of the better ones a few weeks in advance (be aware of prices though!). The main park is exactly as I remember with one or two Star Wars things shoehorned in, the Studios park is completely different though - before it was all "behind-the-scenes" type stuff, now it's "everything we own that isn't Disney" (so half the park is painted Marvel, half of it is painted Pixar). Particularly sad the Armageddon experience is gone, as well as the statue of Mickey holding Walt Disney's hand. Last time I was here, Crush's Coaster had just opened so was 2 hour queues and I never got to ride it, and somehow 17 years later they haven't shortened. Maybe next time? Rides close at 10 but we stayed for the fireworks, was quite late getting back.
Friday 27th October Slightly later start, easy morning finding somewhere for breakfast, didn't have to be at the Louvre until 11:30. We tried the side entrance that I've seen mentioned on here a few times, don't think it works any more though. The queue to get in even for timed tickets is enormous, thought we'd be stuck there for hours but dead on 11:30 it started moving, and we were past security and into the main hall in about 20 minutes. Made a beeline for the Mona Lisa, having read about a lengthy queue we'd discussed just getting a drive-by/glimpse of it rather than waste the day, but actually there were about 50 people in the pen ahead of us (which is about 10 people wide) and we were at the front in maybe 5 minutes? My photo of it is timestamped 12:02. Saw the Winged Victory, didn't see Liberty Leading the People as it was down for restoration, but it should be back by the time you're reading this. The place is huge and I definitely missed loads (forgot to try and find Napoleon's apartment). I do like art but I found lots of this to be a drag - I like colourful/interesting stuff, but find portraits of old generals and paintings of Jesus incredibly tedious after a while. Glad I went, not sure I'll return though. I budgeted 3 hours which was pretty much perfect for me. Next stop Saint-Chapelle - the windows are as beautiful as you imagine. I've seen a lot of people saying it's a waste of time and money - it is very expensive for what it is, it is just the one room, depending on your budget it might not be for you, but if like me you're happy to chuck money at stuff when on holiday it's absolutely worth the time. I think we stopped at a cafe at this point? One of the typical Parisian ones, where you sit facing out onto the street. Afterwards we walked over to see Notre Dame (still closed due to the fire) and then down into the Latin Quarter. We stumbled upon a free street art exhibition just across from the Pantheon which I really enjoyed, then started looking around for an early dinner - which turns out to be quite challenging in Paris, nowhere opens before 7 it seems, but we did find an Italian place nearby. We needed to get to the Stade de France for 9 so the plan was to be south of the city to make sure we get onto the metro before it gets into the centre and fills up - needn't have bothered though, lots of trains, never got too packed, as organised as any other modern stadium, just aim to be at least 30 minutes early and you can't go wrong. Rugby World Cup 3rd place game - England beat Argentina 26-23, looked like it might be a walkover early on but it turned into a really tight game, great warmup for the main event. Second dinner at Au Pied du Cochon, the 24hr restaurant that gets mentioned on here a lot.
Saturday 28th October Started at Musee d'Orsay, 10:30 entry. This museum is much more to my taste, and a manageable size. The impressionist stuff is all up on the 5th floor and is spectacular, I have never before (and will probably never again) go to a gallery where I instantly recognise so many things! This was a particularly incredible experience as they also had a Van Gogh exhibition on at the time (focused on his works at the end of his life, when he was living in France and his work was becoming very sinister - sadly no longer on) and I'd just recently taken my mam to the immersive Van Gogh experience in Edinburgh as part of her 60th. The other exhibition was Louis Janmot's Poem of the Soul (a really long poem and a load of paintings to accompany each segment) which I can't claim to have heard of before, I wish I'd had a bit more time to enjoy it fully but I had other plans so only had time to look at the pictures. Catacombs were booked for 14:30 - interesting experience, I'd say worth doing but not a must. It's good to have something planned other than museums. Afterwards, had time to see Jardin du Luxembourg and Montparnasse cemetery (didn't take any pictures in here, feels wrong somehow, didn't find anyone famous anyhow), before finding dinner in Montparnasse. Then the World Cup final - South Africa v New Zealand, another very tense game! I seem to have a habit for picking rugby finals with early red cards.
Sunday 29th October Trip to Versailles, 12:00 ticket, full access. This is the one place where, even with a timed ticket, you have a long wait to get in. I got in at 12:40, and I was fairly early so near the front of the queue for my timeslot. The palace itself is fine, bit nicer than my house but not worth the trip on its own, the gardens are stunning though, I spent over 2 hours in them, and still pressed on to see the other areas. My favourite was Marie-Antoinette's hamlet, the pictures don't really do it justice but it felt like I was in a fairytale. I headed back to Paris and got to the Eiffel tower just in time to see it twinkle at 7pm (it does so every hour on the hour after dark). Walked over to Trocadero (the best place to view the Eiffel tower), then along to the Arc de Triomphe and down the Champs Elysee. Took the metro up to Montmartre to go into Basilica Sacre-Coeur (free entry, and by this time no queue at all - they ask for no photographs so there's nothing in my album from inside, but there's plenty online). Ate nearby then had tickets for Moulin Rouge at 11.30 - like Saint-Chapelle, it's quite expensive, but a good time if you do decide to go. This was my most tiring day, over 35000 steps.
Monday 30th October Final day in Paris. I'd managed to get a spare ticket for Musee de l'Orangerie on an site called Headout (usually you would have to book this a while in advance, like most things in Paris, I guess someone returned one last minute? Could only get one, don't think my friend particularly wanted one anyway), 12:00 entry. I picked a route to pass a couple of landmarks - Opera Garnier, Madeleine, Obelique du Louxor. Monet's water lillies are, as you'd expect, absolutely gorgeous, and the only reason this museum exists really. There's some good stuff in the permanent collection in the basement though - I think I remember seeing a Picasso down there? I don't remember what the temporary exhibitions were at the time but I remember being unimpressed. Went back to the Eiffel tower to see it in the daylight, and stumbled upon Musee du Quai Branly. I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, it's a collection of objects created by humanity when in a loosely "tribal" period? Which happened at vastly different time periods for each continent. And also there's some samurai stuff, even though Japan had a fairly well developed civilisation by the time they came around. The more you think about it the more it falls apart really, basically it's a museum full of really cool stuff. Had to rush this a little bit to catch the Eurostar (train at 17:00), was also panicking because I couldn't make contact with my friend, who had my luggage.
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I'm a little bit late writing this up, some things won't be relevant any more, apologies. This itinerary is for someone who likes to be out doing stuff all day every day, most people will find it way too full on. If you are also like this, though, I'd say it was well-planned, I never felt overly rushed, though I could've maybe done with an extra half hour here and there (this is more a problem with Paris' need to book everything a month in advance with a specific timeslot than my planning). I found the people to be very friendly, and never had any trouble communicating - though my French is passable, most people switched to English quite quickly, and not just customer-facing staff but even people I stopped to ask for directions from.
Wednesday 25th October Finished work slightly early to get the Eurostar at 18:01 from London St Pancras. 2.5 hour train (and lose an hour to time zones). The hotel was near Place de la Republique, so walkable from Gare du Nord (Hotel Mimosa - cheapest hotel available when we booked. No complaints, nice staff, really clean, didn't try the breakfast). Only had time to check into our hotel and have a quick drink nearby (the end of the PSG game was on).
Thursday 26th October Disney! I wasn't sure about it since it was the middle of French school holidays, and there were certainly some long queues, but my friend insisted and I'm glad we did (although only because I went twice as a kid, if you don't have the nostalgia I don't think it's worth it on a busy day - one year I spent Christmas eve/day here with my mam and had Christmas dinner at the Cinderella inn). We went to Gare du Nord early to buy Navigo Decouverte passes (even though the week runs Mon-Sun and we arrived midweek it's still the best option, no faff with the little paper ticket booklets, covers as far as Disney/Versailles, and is pretty cheap), got the metro over and made it for almost gates opening. Got really lucky and managed to book a table for 2 at Bistrot Chez Remy (the Ratatouille themed restaurant) for the evening whilst on the train there (do this on the Disneyland app), even then the restaurant is only about a 6.5/10 but it's amazing compared to your walk-up options, I'd suggest trying to book one of the better ones a few weeks in advance (be aware of prices though!). The main park is exactly as I remember with one or two Star Wars things shoehorned in, the Studios park is completely different though - before it was all "behind-the-scenes" type stuff, now it's "everything we own that isn't Disney" (so half the park is painted Marvel, half of it is painted Pixar). Particularly sad the Armageddon experience is gone, as well as the statue of Mickey holding Walt Disney's hand. Last time I was here, Crush's Coaster had just opened so was 2 hour queues and I never got to ride it, and somehow 17 years later they haven't shortened. Maybe next time? Rides close at 10 but we stayed for the fireworks, was quite late getting back.
Friday 27th October Slightly later start, easy morning finding somewhere for breakfast, didn't have to be at the Louvre until 11:30. We tried the side entrance that I've seen mentioned on here a few times, don't think it works any more though. The queue to get in even for timed tickets is enormous, thought we'd be stuck there for hours but dead on 11:30 it started moving, and we were past security and into the main hall in about 20 minutes. Made a beeline for the Mona Lisa, having read about a lengthy queue we'd discussed just getting a drive-by/glimpse of it rather than waste the day, but actually there were about 50 people in the pen ahead of us (which is about 10 people wide) and we were at the front in maybe 5 minutes? My photo of it is timestamped 12:02. Saw the Winged Victory, didn't see Liberty Leading the People as it was down for restoration, but it should be back by the time you're reading this. The place is huge and I definitely missed loads (forgot to try and find Napoleon's apartment). I do like art but I found lots of this to be a drag - I like colourful/interesting stuff, but find portraits of old generals and paintings of Jesus incredibly tedious after a while. Glad I went, not sure I'll return though. I budgeted 3 hours which was pretty much perfect for me. Next stop Saint-Chapelle - the windows are as beautiful as you imagine. I've seen a lot of people saying it's a waste of time and money - it is very expensive for what it is, it is just the one room, depending on your budget it might not be for you, but if like me you're happy to chuck money at stuff when on holiday it's absolutely worth the time. I think we stopped at a cafe at this point? One of the typical Parisian ones, where you sit facing out onto the street. Afterwards we walked over to see Notre Dame (still closed due to the fire) and then down into the Latin Quarter. We stumbled upon a free street art exhibition just across from the Pantheon which I really enjoyed, then started looking around for an early dinner - which turns out to be quite challenging in Paris, nowhere opens before 7 it seems, but we did find an Italian place nearby. We needed to get to the Stade de France for 9 so the plan was to be south of the city to make sure we get onto the metro before it gets into the centre and fills up - needn't have bothered though, lots of trains, never got too packed, as organised as any other modern stadium, just aim to be at least 30 minutes early and you can't go wrong. Rugby World Cup 3rd place game - England beat Argentina 26-23, looked like it might be a walkover early on but it turned into a really tight game, great warmup for the main event. Second dinner at Au Pied du Cochon, the 24hr restaurant that gets mentioned on here a lot.
Saturday 28th October Started at Musee d'Orsay, 10:30 entry. This museum is much more to my taste, and a manageable size. The impressionist stuff is all up on the 5th floor and is spectacular, I have never before (and will probably never again) go to a gallery where I instantly recognise so many things! This was a particularly incredible experience as they also had a Van Gogh exhibition on at the time (focused on his works at the end of his life, when he was living in France and his work was becoming very sinister - sadly no longer on) and I'd just recently taken my mam to the immersive Van Gogh experience in Edinburgh as part of her 60th. The other exhibition was Louis Janmot's Poem of the Soul (a really long poem and a load of paintings to accompany each segment) which I can't claim to have heard of before, I wish I'd had a bit more time to enjoy it fully but I had other plans so only had time to look at the pictures. Catacombs were booked for 14:30 - interesting experience, I'd say worth doing but not a must. It's good to have something planned other than museums. Afterwards, had time to see Jardin du Luxembourg and Montparnasse cemetery (didn't take any pictures in here, feels wrong somehow, didn't find anyone famous anyhow), before finding dinner in Montparnasse. Then the World Cup final - South Africa v New Zealand, another very tense game! I seem to have a habit for picking rugby finals with early red cards.
Sunday 29th October Trip to Versailles, 12:00 ticket, full access. This is the one place where, even with a timed ticket, you have a long wait to get in. I got in at 12:40, and I was fairly early so near the front of the queue for my timeslot. The palace itself is fine, bit nicer than my house but not worth the trip on its own, the gardens are stunning though, I spent over 2 hours in them, and still pressed on to see the other areas. My favourite was Marie-Antoinette's hamlet, the pictures don't really do it justice but it felt like I was in a fairytale. I headed back to Paris and got to the Eiffel tower just in time to see it twinkle at 7pm (it does so every hour on the hour after dark). Walked over to Trocadero (the best place to view the Eiffel tower), then along to the Arc de Triomphe and down the Champs Elysee. Took the metro up to Montmartre to go into Basilica Sacre-Coeur (free entry, and by this time no queue at all - they ask for no photographs so there's nothing in my album from inside, but there's plenty online). Ate nearby then had tickets for Moulin Rouge at 11.30 - like Saint-Chapelle, it's quite expensive, but a good time if you do decide to go. This was my most tiring day, over 35000 steps.
Monday 30th October Final day in Paris. I'd managed to get a spare ticket for Musee de l'Orangerie on an site called Headout (usually you would have to book this a while in advance, like most things in Paris, I guess someone returned one last minute? Could only get one, don't think my friend particularly wanted one anyway), 12:00 entry. I picked a route to pass a couple of landmarks - Opera Garnier, Madeleine, Obelique du Louxor. Monet's water lillies are, as you'd expect, absolutely gorgeous, and the only reason this museum exists really. There's some good stuff in the permanent collection in the basement though - I think I remember seeing a Picasso down there? I don't remember what the temporary exhibitions were at the time but I remember being unimpressed. Went back to the Eiffel tower to see it in the daylight, and stumbled upon Musee du Quai Branly. I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, it's a collection of objects created by humanity when in a loosely "tribal" period? Which happened at vastly different time periods for each continent. And also there's some samurai stuff, even though Japan had a fairly well developed civilisation by the time they came around. The more you think about it the more it falls apart really, basically it's a museum full of really cool stuff. Had to rush this a little bit to catch the Eurostar (train at 17:00), was also panicking because I couldn't make contact with my friend, who had my luggage.
2024.05.29 03:46 Emergency_Ad_1590 Me (25F) can't get over my ex (28M)and his blames
So recently i posted about the past story for my breakup . Before him I dated 2 other guys 1 in school and the other LDR for 6 months during college time. After those relationships ended I didn't felt this much pressure in my head like I'm feeling now . I can't get over the fact like how can someone show this much love and care and after some time tell that it was all lust and it's your fault if you thought it was love . He said love is not just food , sex and roaming around its supporting and understanding each other's too...I supported that guy everytime he faced something, literally every fu*king time and he still blames me that the relationship ended because of me? I cannot take this blame and I'm very furious and mad at myself.
Eg 1 : recent thing happened that his new bicycle got stolen from his flat , his mom made a big scene about that . That he should not have bought that cycle now 6k is wasted and everything. Later that night he left his home to go and live with his friend in noida . He was also looking for a flat for himself to stay later . As I also say at home , I called up my friends who are in noida and can help with a flat and also few brokers to get a flat . There is more to this story... But how else should I have supported him? Isn't it was all that I could have done ...i also asked him if he wanted to meet next day and search for flats he said NO . Later he was telling me ' that I was suffering so much for a place to stay that night , why didn't you asked me to stay in your place ' tf i live in 1bhk with my parents , how could I ask him to stay there . Eg2 : HR caught him downloading p*rn video in laptop ( we work virtually) I was all with him every day assuring him nothing will happen and i has helping him to look for another job as well . But later it was all fine he just got a warning not to open banned sites. But he still says you didn't supported me or looked after me . What else can I do more??🙁
We are working together in a big MNC , but I can't take it anymore . His presence, everything is driving me mad ...my performance has dipped ..I am having belly and chest pain everyday. I want to switch job . I am trying but I'm getting far locations like manesar and far places from gurgaon. I can't relocate there as my parents are in Delhi . Please if anyone can help me get out of here , I'll be grateful. I cannot sleep or eat properly.
I have operations background, and 3+ yrs of experience as a team lead . I'm up to take anything, I just want to get away from here , my brain is not being able to take it anymore. Sometimes I feel like dying to stop all these thoughts.
Please help me!
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Eg 1 : recent thing happened that his new bicycle got stolen from his flat , his mom made a big scene about that . That he should not have bought that cycle now 6k is wasted and everything. Later that night he left his home to go and live with his friend in noida . He was also looking for a flat for himself to stay later . As I also say at home , I called up my friends who are in noida and can help with a flat and also few brokers to get a flat . There is more to this story... But how else should I have supported him? Isn't it was all that I could have done ...i also asked him if he wanted to meet next day and search for flats he said NO . Later he was telling me ' that I was suffering so much for a place to stay that night , why didn't you asked me to stay in your place ' tf i live in 1bhk with my parents , how could I ask him to stay there . Eg2 : HR caught him downloading p*rn video in laptop ( we work virtually) I was all with him every day assuring him nothing will happen and i has helping him to look for another job as well . But later it was all fine he just got a warning not to open banned sites. But he still says you didn't supported me or looked after me . What else can I do more??🙁
We are working together in a big MNC , but I can't take it anymore . His presence, everything is driving me mad ...my performance has dipped ..I am having belly and chest pain everyday. I want to switch job . I am trying but I'm getting far locations like manesar and far places from gurgaon. I can't relocate there as my parents are in Delhi . Please if anyone can help me get out of here , I'll be grateful. I cannot sleep or eat properly.
I have operations background, and 3+ yrs of experience as a team lead . I'm up to take anything, I just want to get away from here , my brain is not being able to take it anymore. Sometimes I feel like dying to stop all these thoughts.
Please help me!
2024.05.29 03:28 Jaded_Interview5882 What is a multi session school?
How does the workday look different at a multi session school? I read UFT’s site and saw it’s an extra 30 minutes added to the workday with changes regarding Monday PDs, professional activities, etc. Are classes just a few minutes longer? What would be the purpose of switching to this?
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2024.05.29 03:06 sml0802 I’m At A Loss With My Pain
Hey there. I will start this out by saying I do plan on being seen by a doctor again, but I need help with what steps to take, and what kind of questions to ask/things to bring up. This is going to be a little lengthy as I want to give all the information I can, because I’m not getting the advice I need, to know what to do. I’m also typing on a phone so I apologize in advance if I miss any typos.
Now to provide context. I am a 23 year old woman, and I have been dealing with sciatica ‘like’ issues since I was 14/15. I can’t really pinpoint exactly when it started, but I just remember being in early high school and I was significantly too young to be having this (usually). I was told it was sciatica around 17 ish, and it was suspected the whole time. My parents had 5 kids age ranging currently from late 30s to very early 20s. We’re re pretty spaced out and they had me and my younger sibling when they were almost 40. My parents passed down quite a few bodily issues, and while I know sciatica is not “literally” genetic, I know things that are hereditary can lead to said sciatica. They have problems ranging from blood pressure issues, muscle spasms, autoimmune diseases, etc. As for what I personally know I have is sciatica, PCOS, a type of arthritis in my hands (a lot of computer work in school and I’m an artist), GERDS, carpal tunnel, and the list goes on.
As for what I dealt with. When I first started experiencing it, it would just be a pinched kind of pain in my lower back. Moving on to pain moving into my hips. We knew it was probably sciatica when I would “lock up” so to speak. It was so hard to move and the couple of times I’d get it I would miss school for about two days until it eased up. During this time I always had a severely irregular period cycle (the first time I ever had it, I was 11 and had it for 2 weeks). I did not know I had PCOS until I was diagnosed last year, which explains why I struggled with weight my whole life. I was never super obese or anything like that, and I was fairly active my whole life.
But when I started high school, I went to an “early college” where I was dual enrolled in high school curriculum and college at the same time. It was solely academic other than one “gym” class which was required to graduate, and the few credits you could pick between from the college. This meant no sports, and I had to put an effort into moving more on my own. I taught myself to dance and joined the school dance team (which they changed to club), I did yoga periodically in a yoga club and on my own, tried working in the college gym as we had access to it until certain hours, I would go on walks frequently. Yet my weight could still change so easily. I ended up around 270 my senior year, I still held my weight better than realized because I had a fair bit of muscle. But it was clearly unhealthy at this point, I wore a size 18.
After high school I moved out and started working at a salad place and in turn I was eating way better. I wasn’t working out as often, but I worked a second job cleaning bars during day hours when they were closed (ownemanager and one of age person at least around while working), office spaces, construction sites, etc. I eventually became much healthier and I got down to 170 pounds. I was in roughly a size 12/14. I could have gone down more but again I had a lot of muscle. I thought my healthy lifestyle was helping because I hadn’t had a flare up in the 7 months I was there. And one day it hit me out of nowhere. But I wasn’t home. I lived above one of the bars we cleaned at the time so I had to climb a flight of stairs. It took me an hour to do so. From this point on if I work an extra long day on my feet or it was super busy, my day could end with me limping from back pain. Grabbing my hip or butt and then stuck in bed the second I’m down, and stuck for the rest of the night.
Jumping forward to present day, that was the easiest it was going to be. I learned to cope more but the pain has progressed over the years. It spread to my legs, mostly my right, particularly bad times can make my upper back hurt from accommodating to my lower back. Recently, about 5 weeks ago it was the worst I had ever felt. I take virtual therapy and I have to sit on a bed to have privacy at home (I moved back in with family and live with 6 others). I have therapy twice a week, and meet with my psychiatrist every few weeks. This particular week I had an appointment 3 days in a row. At least an hour each. My back always feels a bit stiff after, but having no breaks triggered a flare up. It was so bad it would wake me at night. It was the first time it affected both legs at the same time, and it was just overall the most intense the pain has ever been. My oldest sister also deals with pretty severe sciatica as well (she’s 5’2 and has a GG chest) and offered me some nerve pills she had leftover. It was the only thing that helped and I could still feel the pain. I could barely walk and had to be helped out of bed to go to the bathroom. It was that bad for three days, but then I could walk. It’s been almost a month and I’m still getting the effects. I went to a walk-in and got an X-ray and they didn’t see anything. Said to just strengthen my core. I want to get more help but my sister has been thrown through so many hoops in regards to this and she’s almost 40. I feel like I’m not taken seriously because of my age.
I’m at a loss. I can’t be seated for more than 10 minutes before the pain starts and my legs start to tingle more (I’ve had constant nerve activity since). Long car rides are uncomfortable, therapy is hard to sit through, I can’t sit to do chores like fold laundry, standing can be too much. I desperately want to get back to working out but it’s been so bad I’m scared to hurt myself farther. Any and all advice is appreciated!
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Now to provide context. I am a 23 year old woman, and I have been dealing with sciatica ‘like’ issues since I was 14/15. I can’t really pinpoint exactly when it started, but I just remember being in early high school and I was significantly too young to be having this (usually). I was told it was sciatica around 17 ish, and it was suspected the whole time. My parents had 5 kids age ranging currently from late 30s to very early 20s. We’re re pretty spaced out and they had me and my younger sibling when they were almost 40. My parents passed down quite a few bodily issues, and while I know sciatica is not “literally” genetic, I know things that are hereditary can lead to said sciatica. They have problems ranging from blood pressure issues, muscle spasms, autoimmune diseases, etc. As for what I personally know I have is sciatica, PCOS, a type of arthritis in my hands (a lot of computer work in school and I’m an artist), GERDS, carpal tunnel, and the list goes on.
As for what I dealt with. When I first started experiencing it, it would just be a pinched kind of pain in my lower back. Moving on to pain moving into my hips. We knew it was probably sciatica when I would “lock up” so to speak. It was so hard to move and the couple of times I’d get it I would miss school for about two days until it eased up. During this time I always had a severely irregular period cycle (the first time I ever had it, I was 11 and had it for 2 weeks). I did not know I had PCOS until I was diagnosed last year, which explains why I struggled with weight my whole life. I was never super obese or anything like that, and I was fairly active my whole life.
But when I started high school, I went to an “early college” where I was dual enrolled in high school curriculum and college at the same time. It was solely academic other than one “gym” class which was required to graduate, and the few credits you could pick between from the college. This meant no sports, and I had to put an effort into moving more on my own. I taught myself to dance and joined the school dance team (which they changed to club), I did yoga periodically in a yoga club and on my own, tried working in the college gym as we had access to it until certain hours, I would go on walks frequently. Yet my weight could still change so easily. I ended up around 270 my senior year, I still held my weight better than realized because I had a fair bit of muscle. But it was clearly unhealthy at this point, I wore a size 18.
After high school I moved out and started working at a salad place and in turn I was eating way better. I wasn’t working out as often, but I worked a second job cleaning bars during day hours when they were closed (ownemanager and one of age person at least around while working), office spaces, construction sites, etc. I eventually became much healthier and I got down to 170 pounds. I was in roughly a size 12/14. I could have gone down more but again I had a lot of muscle. I thought my healthy lifestyle was helping because I hadn’t had a flare up in the 7 months I was there. And one day it hit me out of nowhere. But I wasn’t home. I lived above one of the bars we cleaned at the time so I had to climb a flight of stairs. It took me an hour to do so. From this point on if I work an extra long day on my feet or it was super busy, my day could end with me limping from back pain. Grabbing my hip or butt and then stuck in bed the second I’m down, and stuck for the rest of the night.
Jumping forward to present day, that was the easiest it was going to be. I learned to cope more but the pain has progressed over the years. It spread to my legs, mostly my right, particularly bad times can make my upper back hurt from accommodating to my lower back. Recently, about 5 weeks ago it was the worst I had ever felt. I take virtual therapy and I have to sit on a bed to have privacy at home (I moved back in with family and live with 6 others). I have therapy twice a week, and meet with my psychiatrist every few weeks. This particular week I had an appointment 3 days in a row. At least an hour each. My back always feels a bit stiff after, but having no breaks triggered a flare up. It was so bad it would wake me at night. It was the first time it affected both legs at the same time, and it was just overall the most intense the pain has ever been. My oldest sister also deals with pretty severe sciatica as well (she’s 5’2 and has a GG chest) and offered me some nerve pills she had leftover. It was the only thing that helped and I could still feel the pain. I could barely walk and had to be helped out of bed to go to the bathroom. It was that bad for three days, but then I could walk. It’s been almost a month and I’m still getting the effects. I went to a walk-in and got an X-ray and they didn’t see anything. Said to just strengthen my core. I want to get more help but my sister has been thrown through so many hoops in regards to this and she’s almost 40. I feel like I’m not taken seriously because of my age.
I’m at a loss. I can’t be seated for more than 10 minutes before the pain starts and my legs start to tingle more (I’ve had constant nerve activity since). Long car rides are uncomfortable, therapy is hard to sit through, I can’t sit to do chores like fold laundry, standing can be too much. I desperately want to get back to working out but it’s been so bad I’m scared to hurt myself farther. Any and all advice is appreciated!
2024.05.29 02:39 Kiosade Negative Skin Friction within a potentially liquefiable zone?
Hello, I'm a geotech in California, and when we do investigations for any projects related to K-12 schools, they must be reviewed by a special group of geologists who determine if we've sufficiently addressed all geotechnical and geologic hazards at the site.
I recently had a report come back with a comment from the geologist group saying I need to account for downdrag and negative skin friction due to post-seismically-induced liquefaction in the report. I'd never really even heard of that concept before, as it never came up in any of our other projects in the past decade, so I read up on it and found some sort of equations to use (Principles of Foundation Engineer, Das, 2016).
For some background, the site is underlain by a layer of about 8' of medium stiff sandy clay over a layer of 4' loose silty sand, which is further underlain by about 5' of sandy clay before you start encountering bedrock. I calculated skin friction using f(n) = K'σ'(0)tan(δ'), and downdrag using... well, idk how to write it here but it's the integral of Dpif(n), where D is the diameter of the pile. I assumed that the pier will rest at 12' down, or right after they get through the sand layer essentially.
In the example problem I'm following, it seems that in this case, only the clay layer induces negative skin friction/downdrag force, which makes sense to me I suppose, since the liquefiable layer would be assumptively be liquified and therefore acting almost like water, right?. I go and submit my calculated values to the geologists, and they tell me:
"Post-liquefaction induced downdrag is indeed that, a post-liquefaction condition wherein the soils are regaining/have regained their original strength, so neglecting strength within the liquefied zone is unconservative. The negative skin friction should be estimated based on the non-liquefied strength of the soil profile and the cumulative drag load should be calculated considering the full thickness of soil to the bottom of the liquefied zone."
Essentially they want me to also calculate the negative skin friction and downdrag force the liquefiable layer will induce on the pile... but does that even make sense? The way I see it, downdrag is caused by the liquefiable layer settling, dragging down the clay layer above it, which "grips" the pile and pulls down on it. If sand is starting to "regain it's strength", well isn't that at the point AFTER the settlement occurs? How can it even contribute to downdrag?
If anyone has a better, simple way to calculate this stuff, I'd be grateful to learn. The book I used doesn't explain where they came up with their formula, and every other reference i've found online fails to provide a similar, simple equation to use for some reason. Makes me feel like I'm doing it wrong, I dunno.
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I recently had a report come back with a comment from the geologist group saying I need to account for downdrag and negative skin friction due to post-seismically-induced liquefaction in the report. I'd never really even heard of that concept before, as it never came up in any of our other projects in the past decade, so I read up on it and found some sort of equations to use (Principles of Foundation Engineer, Das, 2016).
For some background, the site is underlain by a layer of about 8' of medium stiff sandy clay over a layer of 4' loose silty sand, which is further underlain by about 5' of sandy clay before you start encountering bedrock. I calculated skin friction using f(n) = K'σ'(0)tan(δ'), and downdrag using... well, idk how to write it here but it's the integral of Dpif(n), where D is the diameter of the pile. I assumed that the pier will rest at 12' down, or right after they get through the sand layer essentially.
In the example problem I'm following, it seems that in this case, only the clay layer induces negative skin friction/downdrag force, which makes sense to me I suppose, since the liquefiable layer would be assumptively be liquified and therefore acting almost like water, right?. I go and submit my calculated values to the geologists, and they tell me:
"Post-liquefaction induced downdrag is indeed that, a post-liquefaction condition wherein the soils are regaining/have regained their original strength, so neglecting strength within the liquefied zone is unconservative. The negative skin friction should be estimated based on the non-liquefied strength of the soil profile and the cumulative drag load should be calculated considering the full thickness of soil to the bottom of the liquefied zone."
Essentially they want me to also calculate the negative skin friction and downdrag force the liquefiable layer will induce on the pile... but does that even make sense? The way I see it, downdrag is caused by the liquefiable layer settling, dragging down the clay layer above it, which "grips" the pile and pulls down on it. If sand is starting to "regain it's strength", well isn't that at the point AFTER the settlement occurs? How can it even contribute to downdrag?
If anyone has a better, simple way to calculate this stuff, I'd be grateful to learn. The book I used doesn't explain where they came up with their formula, and every other reference i've found online fails to provide a similar, simple equation to use for some reason. Makes me feel like I'm doing it wrong, I dunno.
2024.05.29 02:32 Sakura-Empress What is the best site to obtain a TEFL Certification?
Hi, I’m currently studying World Languages in school, but unfortunately I’m not obtaining any immersion with the languages I am learning. I started the process of applying to a school in South Korea, but have also realized that i needed a job. Preferably one that aligns with what i want to do for a future career as to get a head-start with some experience.
With the classes and time schedule i’ll be taking at the university there, i figured i could work a teaching job teaching english. I know you cant just “throw” yourself into teaching but it’s hard finding a reliable site or source to obtain the certifications needed for these roles that are being offered.
Does anyone know of a good site?
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With the classes and time schedule i’ll be taking at the university there, i figured i could work a teaching job teaching english. I know you cant just “throw” yourself into teaching but it’s hard finding a reliable site or source to obtain the certifications needed for these roles that are being offered.
Does anyone know of a good site?
2024.05.29 02:31 autisticgerard How to make this neocities site viewable on all platforms?
a little bit of context: i started this as a school project for my end of the year capstone, and i was gonna use what i had to make my own personal site. at school we use 27in imacs, and in a rush to just complete the project and get an A, i didnt think about how it would look on my 15in laptop.
How can i make the site viewable on all devices/how can i make it look like it did on the 27in imac?
heres the code
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How can i make the site viewable on all devices/how can i make it look like it did on the 27in imac?
heres the code
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2024.05.29 02:18 GoblinKing79 I literally just want my dog and I to stay housed
Long story short: I left teaching in December (which I talk about a lot on here). I'm hoping to break into data analysis at some point.
Lately, I've been working as an AI trainer, contracting per project. My last project, which I was counting on to get the money I needed to avoid eviction, ended early. I know, dumb to count on a single project. I have 2 projects coming up (I learned my lesson), but not in time to avoid court. I've been working on fixing all this for so long and was doing so well, until this happened. If I'd had just one more week, I would have made enough to take care of this myself.
I've also been attending 2 graduate school programs while I do all this because, even with a math degree, once people see the word teacher on my resume, they don't want to hire me (even though I used analytics every day as a teacher)! I need to be more marketable, so I'm working on an MBA and a graduate certificate is data science and business analytics, both online. Sadly, teaching is not highly respected in the US.
Honestly, if it weren't for my dog (tax in comments), I'd just live in my old (paid off long ago) beater. Because I was a teacher, I don't have social media, except Reddit, because of Secret Santa. If you want to know why I don't use it anymore (or anything else), just ask!
To preempt- I had a payment plan with my landlord that I had made on-time payments, but it was only valid until April, and now I'm screwed. I need $3,700. I'm a hardworking person who made a dumb mistake. I'm just learning how to work on contracted projects and I made a mistake. I really don't want my dog to pay for my screw up, ya know?
Please help!!! I do have an official campaign, but not on an approved site, so here's an approved one: https://venmo.comtwiggn
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Lately, I've been working as an AI trainer, contracting per project. My last project, which I was counting on to get the money I needed to avoid eviction, ended early. I know, dumb to count on a single project. I have 2 projects coming up (I learned my lesson), but not in time to avoid court. I've been working on fixing all this for so long and was doing so well, until this happened. If I'd had just one more week, I would have made enough to take care of this myself.
I've also been attending 2 graduate school programs while I do all this because, even with a math degree, once people see the word teacher on my resume, they don't want to hire me (even though I used analytics every day as a teacher)! I need to be more marketable, so I'm working on an MBA and a graduate certificate is data science and business analytics, both online. Sadly, teaching is not highly respected in the US.
Honestly, if it weren't for my dog (tax in comments), I'd just live in my old (paid off long ago) beater. Because I was a teacher, I don't have social media, except Reddit, because of Secret Santa. If you want to know why I don't use it anymore (or anything else), just ask!
To preempt- I had a payment plan with my landlord that I had made on-time payments, but it was only valid until April, and now I'm screwed. I need $3,700. I'm a hardworking person who made a dumb mistake. I'm just learning how to work on contracted projects and I made a mistake. I really don't want my dog to pay for my screw up, ya know?
Please help!!! I do have an official campaign, but not on an approved site, so here's an approved one: https://venmo.comtwiggn
2024.05.29 02:15 crmsnkatt 4br/2+ba in Beaverton?
My stepdaughter just moved in with us from Texas and we need a bigger place. I’ve been looking for 4 bedroom 2+ bathroom houses for a while and it seems like every time somewhere pops up on a property management site, it’s already gone by the time I contact them.
Does anyone know of a 4/2 house coming up for rent soon? Around $3000 or less a month? I need to stay in the Beaverton School District for my son, who is autistic and has trouble adjusting to change. I’d really like AC, W/D hookups at minimum, and a fenced yard for my ESA. But those are more “yes please” than “must have”
Thanks for any help y’all can provide.
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Does anyone know of a 4/2 house coming up for rent soon? Around $3000 or less a month? I need to stay in the Beaverton School District for my son, who is autistic and has trouble adjusting to change. I’d really like AC, W/D hookups at minimum, and a fenced yard for my ESA. But those are more “yes please” than “must have”
Thanks for any help y’all can provide.
2024.05.29 02:08 0x9015 37 male, what now?
hey there - long time lurker first time poster. Not really sure where to go, what to do, so here I am.
This is an extension of my consciousness so I'm sorry for the word vomit and thank you in advance.
I feel like I've been in this weird phase of ..what started as a quarter life crisis..and has morphed into a mid life crisis.
I've worked in tech/consulting since 2010, in a series of progressive roles, from analyst to VP, averaging $300k-$400k for the last 7 years.
In 2018 I quit consulting to go back to b school to get an MBA, took a role as a VP, in 2020, and I quit a month ago. Straight quit, I walked away from around $200k in commission & w/out having another job lined up, essentially told my CEO to fuck off, I was just absolutely burned out from the company, the role, the people, the whole "working remote" and "zoom" culture, the transactional nature of the role, and transparently I felt like a "hired mercenary", selling software I really didn't believe in but it paid well, and I knew how to sell, so I did it.
I live in a nice house in a nice community, I'm married to an amazing && beautiful woman, I drive a porsche, no consumer debt, $$ in the bank, an MBA from a tier 1 school.
I started doing BJJ around in 2020 because life started "feeling easy", which has helped to an extent w/ my mental state, but I don't know what to do now. I feel stuck. I feel like I can do anything, but i dont know what.
Whenever people/counselors/advisors ask me what do i want to do, the only thing i can respond with is a list of things I absolutely won't do & hate (similar to the aforementioned list).
Over the past month, I've found myself spending *a lot* of time reminiscing on my childhood (I was an only child, grew up poor, on welfare, etc.); I've been going to antique video game stores to buy/play nes/snes/genesis games, etc. Everytime I pick up a genesis game...in the box..with the manual, it puts a huge smile on my face. I love the 16bitness of it, noise, graphics, how they write about the characters in the manual. etc.
I feel like I'm going into this weird place where I'm craving the past, maybe because it signified the uncertainty, unknown and path of excitement of "whats to come" e.g. jr. high -> excitement of high school, high school -> going to college, college -> getting first $$$ job, getting an MBA -> becoming a Vp, etc. I feel like there are no surprises in life left, like unless I do something drastically different, this is it. I don't feel 'old', mentally i feel strong, physically I think i might be in the best shape of my life, but I am absolutely stuck in trying to figure out "whats next". LIke I have no idea what I want to do, the thought of going back into sales or consulting makes me want to stab my eyeballs out, I remember being 24 and wanting to be the CEO of a huge F500, now I cringe at the thought of it. It's a soul crushing experience.
BJJ is cool, I like doing it because it keeps me in shape, I hang out with young dudes who I can mentocoach in life & they can mentocoach me in BJJ, but I'm not delusional there is no $$ in that path.
Sometimes I joke with my wife about buying a farm, investing in an HVAC/plumbing company, and entering the workforce of people who use their hands to "do stuff", I respect those people so much, they are the backbone of America. My house would be up shit creek, no AC, no water, without these guys. I have mad admiration for them.
I have enough $$ until the end of the year to float our current lifestyle, at which point if i don't have a job it will be down to my wife's income (she is a product manager in tech). We can survive off of her income but it doesn't position us for 'growth' and transarently she's going to be bust my balls if i dont have a job/path/plan by then. My wife and I have been working from home together since COVID, i love her, shes an amazing co worker, but if I sit at home for the next 20 years she is going to kill me.
So i don't really know what to do. One of my friends said "for the first time in my life, I have an abundance of time to think/explore, and that is an uncomfortable feeling because you're not waking up with something to do".
Another told me: "neo, there is no spoon" <--- and this one hit me hard (it's a quote from the matrix for those who don't remember).
My friends think I'm doing well (although I think they're also unhappy), my peer's think I'm doing good and have a path to 'the top', my mom tells me to keep my head down and work, that I'm lucky, but I look at people our age e.g. mark Zuckerberg and think I am shitting the bed and missing the marks. They all think its insane that I'm comparing myself to him, but why not? he's approximately our age and has achieved more in life than I ever have.
I think ghost towns are interesting, I've visited some ghost towns over the past few weeks, I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for , but it's cool to see what life was like a generation before us and how people used to live.
I've been in the crypto space as a hobbiest for 5 years, have a low six figs in it, but the recent market action has made me extremely jaded on the premise of crypto as a hedge against the us dollar / debasement, i feel like its become another asset class of wallstreet that draws a lot of parallels to forex.
I don't have any kids, we've been trying for 4 years now, no luck. I think this a huge drag on me personally, i want to have kids, so does my wife. All of our friends have kids, all of them, except us. The whole IVF experience sounds incredibly unappealing and something neither of us want to do, so we're at a standstill for that. not sure how to proceed. When I go on LinkedIn & look at the 'recommended jobs' it presents to me, I want to throw my laptop out the window, VP of saas AI blah blah blah, salesforce consulting director blah blah blah, VP growth blah blah, all meaningless work, creating digital pieces of paper we push from one team to another, convincing others that these "web sites" we build are going to transform the world, when they're not. a generation from now one is going to give a shit about some back-end ERP software that "revolutionizes" the CPQ process.
Tomorrow I'm going to drive ~6 hours to an abandoned ghost town in nevada, then later in the week I'm going to visit some old friends from high school I haven't seen in many years, but I feel really really lost, more specifically I don't feel like I can spend the rest of my life "hanging out' like this, I need something to do.
so..i guess my question is, what do i do now?
Thanks for reading,
Lost millennial.
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This is an extension of my consciousness so I'm sorry for the word vomit and thank you in advance.
I feel like I've been in this weird phase of ..what started as a quarter life crisis..and has morphed into a mid life crisis.
I've worked in tech/consulting since 2010, in a series of progressive roles, from analyst to VP, averaging $300k-$400k for the last 7 years.
In 2018 I quit consulting to go back to b school to get an MBA, took a role as a VP, in 2020, and I quit a month ago. Straight quit, I walked away from around $200k in commission & w/out having another job lined up, essentially told my CEO to fuck off, I was just absolutely burned out from the company, the role, the people, the whole "working remote" and "zoom" culture, the transactional nature of the role, and transparently I felt like a "hired mercenary", selling software I really didn't believe in but it paid well, and I knew how to sell, so I did it.
I live in a nice house in a nice community, I'm married to an amazing && beautiful woman, I drive a porsche, no consumer debt, $$ in the bank, an MBA from a tier 1 school.
I started doing BJJ around in 2020 because life started "feeling easy", which has helped to an extent w/ my mental state, but I don't know what to do now. I feel stuck. I feel like I can do anything, but i dont know what.
Whenever people/counselors/advisors ask me what do i want to do, the only thing i can respond with is a list of things I absolutely won't do & hate (similar to the aforementioned list).
Over the past month, I've found myself spending *a lot* of time reminiscing on my childhood (I was an only child, grew up poor, on welfare, etc.); I've been going to antique video game stores to buy/play nes/snes/genesis games, etc. Everytime I pick up a genesis game...in the box..with the manual, it puts a huge smile on my face. I love the 16bitness of it, noise, graphics, how they write about the characters in the manual. etc.
I feel like I'm going into this weird place where I'm craving the past, maybe because it signified the uncertainty, unknown and path of excitement of "whats to come" e.g. jr. high -> excitement of high school, high school -> going to college, college -> getting first $$$ job, getting an MBA -> becoming a Vp, etc. I feel like there are no surprises in life left, like unless I do something drastically different, this is it. I don't feel 'old', mentally i feel strong, physically I think i might be in the best shape of my life, but I am absolutely stuck in trying to figure out "whats next". LIke I have no idea what I want to do, the thought of going back into sales or consulting makes me want to stab my eyeballs out, I remember being 24 and wanting to be the CEO of a huge F500, now I cringe at the thought of it. It's a soul crushing experience.
BJJ is cool, I like doing it because it keeps me in shape, I hang out with young dudes who I can mentocoach in life & they can mentocoach me in BJJ, but I'm not delusional there is no $$ in that path.
Sometimes I joke with my wife about buying a farm, investing in an HVAC/plumbing company, and entering the workforce of people who use their hands to "do stuff", I respect those people so much, they are the backbone of America. My house would be up shit creek, no AC, no water, without these guys. I have mad admiration for them.
I have enough $$ until the end of the year to float our current lifestyle, at which point if i don't have a job it will be down to my wife's income (she is a product manager in tech). We can survive off of her income but it doesn't position us for 'growth' and transarently she's going to be bust my balls if i dont have a job/path/plan by then. My wife and I have been working from home together since COVID, i love her, shes an amazing co worker, but if I sit at home for the next 20 years she is going to kill me.
So i don't really know what to do. One of my friends said "for the first time in my life, I have an abundance of time to think/explore, and that is an uncomfortable feeling because you're not waking up with something to do".
Another told me: "neo, there is no spoon" <--- and this one hit me hard (it's a quote from the matrix for those who don't remember).
My friends think I'm doing well (although I think they're also unhappy), my peer's think I'm doing good and have a path to 'the top', my mom tells me to keep my head down and work, that I'm lucky, but I look at people our age e.g. mark Zuckerberg and think I am shitting the bed and missing the marks. They all think its insane that I'm comparing myself to him, but why not? he's approximately our age and has achieved more in life than I ever have.
I think ghost towns are interesting, I've visited some ghost towns over the past few weeks, I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for , but it's cool to see what life was like a generation before us and how people used to live.
I've been in the crypto space as a hobbiest for 5 years, have a low six figs in it, but the recent market action has made me extremely jaded on the premise of crypto as a hedge against the us dollar / debasement, i feel like its become another asset class of wallstreet that draws a lot of parallels to forex.
I don't have any kids, we've been trying for 4 years now, no luck. I think this a huge drag on me personally, i want to have kids, so does my wife. All of our friends have kids, all of them, except us. The whole IVF experience sounds incredibly unappealing and something neither of us want to do, so we're at a standstill for that. not sure how to proceed. When I go on LinkedIn & look at the 'recommended jobs' it presents to me, I want to throw my laptop out the window, VP of saas AI blah blah blah, salesforce consulting director blah blah blah, VP growth blah blah, all meaningless work, creating digital pieces of paper we push from one team to another, convincing others that these "web sites" we build are going to transform the world, when they're not. a generation from now one is going to give a shit about some back-end ERP software that "revolutionizes" the CPQ process.
Tomorrow I'm going to drive ~6 hours to an abandoned ghost town in nevada, then later in the week I'm going to visit some old friends from high school I haven't seen in many years, but I feel really really lost, more specifically I don't feel like I can spend the rest of my life "hanging out' like this, I need something to do.
so..i guess my question is, what do i do now?
Thanks for reading,
Lost millennial.
2024.05.29 02:04 Firm_Cryptographer26 SLP vs. Gen Ed Teacher
Hi, I am currently working as a para in a 6-8 self-contained classroom. I have wanted to be a special ed teacher ever since I was in kindergarten but due to the intense behaviors in my classroom and the lack of discipline in response to it, I am starting to question that decision. I have been looking into getting certified in both Childhood 1-6 and Social Studies 5-9 instead but a friend of mine has recently suggested I look into becoming an SLP.
I have a very mild-mannered / calm type of personality and am worried that I will not be able to take control of a classroom and have good behavioclassroom management. The smaller group setting of SLP appeals to me since it would be easier to control and manage plus, if you have a behavioral child you only have to deal with them for 1-2 times a week for 30 minutes. The intense workload, pressure, lack of support, and disrespect teachers face daily having to grade endless amounts of work, manage a classroom of 20-30 kids, and especially communicate with parents constantly seems like torture. I am also worried that I will not be able to understand all the content that I need to teach especially in Math which has always been my weakest subject. I also am worried about co-teaching and especially if I am the special ed teacher in the room I would naturally fade into the background or be seen as the weaker teacher. I am already seen this way as a para due to being in my early 20s. However, I do enjoy going into the Middle School Gen Ed Classroom for Clusters and find that I could possibly do that job. I love social studies and am really good at it which is why I want to go for that since I already have the 30 credits to go for additional certification in that area. I also would enjoy teaching ELA I just am worried about whether or not I would be an effective teacher.
Another thing about SLT that I like is that you have much more autonomy over what you can do with kids and it is usually a lot more on the fun side and you can mostly focus on ELA / Language stuff and not have to teach math which is my worst subject. I had speech and language therapy as a child and always loved going there because we always played games and read interesting stories. It was my favorite day of the week.
I also like that you can really tailor what you are doing towards the individual needs of the child and aren't micromanaged by parents and admin. My only hesitation is the coursework required to obtain the master's. The amount of clinicals, prerequisites, and science required for this degree is insane. I am very much an ELA/SS type person and am horrible in Math/Science. I also have ADHD and a Learning Disability and am worried that the coursework will be way too challenging for me. I also do not want to work with adults in clinicals and learn all this medical stuff when all I want to do is work in the school. I am also worried about the distances of the clinicals from whatever college I go to and want everything close by. I currently work within walking distance from my house and am worried that resigning and going for SLP is a risky move since I most likely will not get a job there. If I went for teaching I would be able to do it while still being a para since they have many online or weekend programs. I also would be able to do my student teaching there and wouldn't have to worry about going to these 50 million clinical sites far away from home. I also feel I would have a much higher chance of getting a teaching job there than if I were to do SLP but I am also worried about the workload of teaching which is why I am looking into SLP. I know being an SLP is probably way better than being a teacher nowadays but the schooling just sounds awful. If someone could give me some guidance that would be great.
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I have a very mild-mannered / calm type of personality and am worried that I will not be able to take control of a classroom and have good behavioclassroom management. The smaller group setting of SLP appeals to me since it would be easier to control and manage plus, if you have a behavioral child you only have to deal with them for 1-2 times a week for 30 minutes. The intense workload, pressure, lack of support, and disrespect teachers face daily having to grade endless amounts of work, manage a classroom of 20-30 kids, and especially communicate with parents constantly seems like torture. I am also worried that I will not be able to understand all the content that I need to teach especially in Math which has always been my weakest subject. I also am worried about co-teaching and especially if I am the special ed teacher in the room I would naturally fade into the background or be seen as the weaker teacher. I am already seen this way as a para due to being in my early 20s. However, I do enjoy going into the Middle School Gen Ed Classroom for Clusters and find that I could possibly do that job. I love social studies and am really good at it which is why I want to go for that since I already have the 30 credits to go for additional certification in that area. I also would enjoy teaching ELA I just am worried about whether or not I would be an effective teacher.
Another thing about SLT that I like is that you have much more autonomy over what you can do with kids and it is usually a lot more on the fun side and you can mostly focus on ELA / Language stuff and not have to teach math which is my worst subject. I had speech and language therapy as a child and always loved going there because we always played games and read interesting stories. It was my favorite day of the week.
I also like that you can really tailor what you are doing towards the individual needs of the child and aren't micromanaged by parents and admin. My only hesitation is the coursework required to obtain the master's. The amount of clinicals, prerequisites, and science required for this degree is insane. I am very much an ELA/SS type person and am horrible in Math/Science. I also have ADHD and a Learning Disability and am worried that the coursework will be way too challenging for me. I also do not want to work with adults in clinicals and learn all this medical stuff when all I want to do is work in the school. I am also worried about the distances of the clinicals from whatever college I go to and want everything close by. I currently work within walking distance from my house and am worried that resigning and going for SLP is a risky move since I most likely will not get a job there. If I went for teaching I would be able to do it while still being a para since they have many online or weekend programs. I also would be able to do my student teaching there and wouldn't have to worry about going to these 50 million clinical sites far away from home. I also feel I would have a much higher chance of getting a teaching job there than if I were to do SLP but I am also worried about the workload of teaching which is why I am looking into SLP. I know being an SLP is probably way better than being a teacher nowadays but the schooling just sounds awful. If someone could give me some guidance that would be great.