Yikes 🫪 I’d never actually finished a full post of his — and still won’t (had to close this one about 1/3 of the way through) 😅 What an insufferable tool.

It’s pretty much just “ready, set,” and then instead of ‘go’ it’s an “ey!” type of sound effect

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Reminds me of the show Baskets

Agreed. When a therapist or friend or anyone, thinking that they’re being caring, suggests to me, “How about setting a reminder?” as though I’ve never tried that, I’m like, “… Okay, how about I show you my multi-layered alarms/reminders lists? Buckle up, buddy!”

Or the genuine question, “Have you ever tried a planner?” Let me show you the entire half bookshelf I have of planners. Now let me describe to you how/where each system went wrong and what was happening in my life at the time. Oh wait— you’re gone now

For sure.

I’m no expert but I’ve been on the hiring end where I had to review and compile candidates’ letters, profiles, applications and then send the summaries/compilations up to my bosses (the actual hire-rs). I’d say just actively use your preferred name everywhere on LinkedIn, letters, resumes, etc., then only after you get the job and HR needs your govt info for tax/deposit purposes, send them whatever you have that’s valid at the time.

For real, such a disappointment.

Wholeheartedly agree

I was not a homeowner at the time (still not) but anyway I have so much respect for you for quitting. Thank you

I might be wrong but I don’t think this actually pleases “far left” — far left prefers maximums / taxing billionaires rather than just raising the minimum without any regulations to keep costs from rising indefinitely

Hello meee

me toooo hi 👋

Aw! I used to love Lord V’s videos just for piano content. Nice to see it here

I would too 😆

Also this is mostly all to say, I don’t understand genres past say release year 2005 😅

Sorry I typed Limp Bizmit but meant Bizkit…

It’s not very intuitive, for sure. It really is about if you were there at the time and probably place (up until, say, 2005) hearing XYZ song/style becoming popular on the radio and mass media. Only then do you pick up the lingo and see how other people referred to it.

Plus, go browse the racks at a music store in another country (preferably where the main language is different from your own). I remember seeing a Tower Records in a major Japanese city have a whole area designated as “Black Music” (not like a seasonal feature/display, but a section/‘genre’) and being baffled, like all soul blues funk R&B early rap gangsta rap and dance pop was all one section (filtered only by skin color)? But then again, is all J-pop or K-pop always the same style, or do English-language listeners lump a lot of things together by overarching basic criteria? (Like just shuffling music off based on country/language of origin etc)

Alternative rock was different to the popular rock from on mainstream stations in the 70s/80s and early 90s. See also “college rock.” But then alternative rock becomes mainstream and fractures into subgenres (for example, compare Limp Bizmit once called “nü rock” and White Stripes “garage rock” — fairly different styles), less mainstream artists continue plugging away in their various “indie” lanes, plus what does “college rock” (like REM of the 80s) mean in the 2010s/2020s anyway? Short answer: big fat nothing; long answer is, first you start doing deep dives in music journalism of yore, browsing the categories/sections at record stores, talk to old music heads and hear their opinions (mostly opinions, right, less ‘facts’), and then you have a better lay of the many various musical landscapes and keep exploring.

Hypothetically, if they are truly professional and in operations rather than being analysts, etc., they would leave work at work but basically be too exhausted to truly helicopter-parent at home. I’m projecting a bit though, because once you become a parent you are exhausted beyond belief (substitute “I” for all those “you”s, heh)

Depends on the generation of the parent too, I think (have they kept up with modern surveillance technologies?). If you haven’t watched the TV show “The Americans” it could be interesting. Set in the 80s but there’s two kid/teen children of agents in it, so secrets kind of start going both ways

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