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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

“I still have a cold and it’s tiring to read for a while,”

It's almost like someone is trying to tell you to STFU.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

WTF mate?!

I find the """man up""" school of thought generally works for me when faced w a tough situation but 97% of the time it's presented as an obnoxious show of bravado. What are better ways to phrase this? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I tend to think of it like a personal trainer, "push, you got this, one more rep". More positive and gender neutral.

xkcd #2899: Goodhart's Law in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago

God this is too real. One place I worked loved to pick odd company wide metrics too. Instead of just like "profit", 50% of our bonus would be determined by how low a % held stock was against revenue, globally... I worked in marketing. Needless to say the "bonus" did not motivate anyone.

two party system is a scam in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

These folks seem to have a different understanding than you.

Specifically:

Since as many as 10 percent of the lowest-wage workers leave or start jobs every month, any decrease in the number of full-time equivalent jobs will mean that some workers will take more time finding a new job, or will work fewer hours. But many of these workers may still see their annual earnings rise because of their wage increase.

There's way more than these two in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

Summer Glau: Am I a joke to you?

What's a thing that increased your power? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Dance. Started dancing (taking classes) at 350lbs 4 ½ months ago, still going now at 295lbs. Everything is sooo much easier. First exercise I really liked, improves my flexibility, strength, and cardio. And I feel mad sexy doing it.

You were disabled. You're stuck laying down most of the day. What do you do to earn a living and survive? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Marketing is becoming increasingly work from wherever. Even with AI, demand for copywriting and written content is high, if you combine that with even moderate technical literacy (wordpress, html, adobe, etc.) and there is aways demand from smaller companies.

I have no degree in marketing, but got all the free certs from Google, Mailchimp, etc., signed up for some marketing focused newsletters to learn the buzz words and just started digging in and learning.

It can start as gig work if you can't find an in-house job, and I definitely didn't make great money, but it was survivable. And the skills open up other side projects like affiliate marketing, especially if you have a cool niche passion to share with the world.

How do you *HOPE* you will die? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I want to live a long and happy life, accomplish as much as I could expect to and love generously...

...and then that one scene from Final Destination 2 with the falling pane of glass.

What is your lemmy superpower? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

Lurking... Wait crap!!

If you had one chance to eat or drink something poisonous without dying or experiencing any health repercussions, what would you try? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sitting down with a good movie and a bowl of tide pods.

The three million toothbrush botnet story isn’t true. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 65 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Tomorrow: 3 Million hacked smart fridges were used to spread misinformation that the 3 million toothbrush story wasn't true.