SgtSilverLining

joined 1 year ago
 

My dog is a borador, with a short double layer coat. In the summer we'd have the air conditioning on and even then she wasn't much of a snuggler because she'd overheat. Now with the colder temperatures setting in I keep a blanket and/or a sweater on me at all times. She can't even snuggle for 5 minutes without needing to leave and sprawl out on the coldest spot on the floor.

How can I make her more comfortable? Would she appreciate a cooling bed, or are there doggy ice packs?

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Girlfriends, going to the bathroom together, spending a lot of time in there? ๐Ÿง The team is going to start some rumors...

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It depends on what variant you get. Older strains could become symptomatic up to a week later, newer strains as little as 1-2 days. It's nearly impossible for the average person to know what strain they have and the older ones are still floating around.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

At my last interview, I was already making 10k more than their ceiling. I just said "my current salary is x, I'm not looking for a pay raise but could you match it?". They did! I think it was a one two punch of showing off my worth with having a high salary but also being humble by not asking for more. It also helps to approach it as a matter of fact yes or no question and not as a negotiation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My work sends out fake phishing emails and the people who click them get in trouble. Of course, they always come from one particular address that I blocked.

I wish they'd do more realistic emails though. "You won a prize you didn't apply for!" is pretty basic. If it was one of those fake invoice PDFs I always get on my personal, I'd totally let a trojan onto the work network.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried reading Mort, but it's very... dense. While I do enjoy the occasional book with flowery, descriptive language, I got a quarter of the way through it and no real plot happened.

[โ€“] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ugh, I used to follow a wildlife channel. The head of their YouTube had a kid, and then every other video was her repeating "can you say jackal?" over and over and OVER. I'm here for wildlife videos, not to watch your kid ignore the camera getting shoved in their face. But everyone was super positive towards the first kid video and she thought it was encouragement. For shame.

[โ€“] [email protected] 114 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (19 children)

Accounting is a goddamn mess. There's lots of mistakes in accounting, finance, banking, etc but we're supposed to act to outsiders like they never happen. Publicly traded companies (US) get audited every year, but no audit company would give a paying customer a failing grade. New grads are funneled into working for public firms - the 10 or so companies that cater to the world's audit, tax, and consulting needs. They're supposed to teach discipline, but in reality they only teach you security theater. You're worked to the bone until you either burn out or agree to perpetuate the system to keep your job.

And the only reason it continues to work is society's social contract agreeing that it has to work because we don't have any other options. All it takes is the rumors that the idea is failing - like in the silicon valley bank run - and we're all out of luck. With the speed of information these days all it takes is a few minutes for a situation to spiral out of control. It's bonkers.

I got into accounting because I enjoyed bookkeeping in high school. Now that I'm in it I refuse to work for anything larger than a mid sized, non public company.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Where I live we call it "Minnesota nice". As a transplant I can't speak it well, so I have no idea what anyone thinks of me. It's pretty frustrating.

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Aslan didn't allow the oldest girl into "heaven" with the other kids in the last book because she... checks notes... wore makeup and liked boys. C S Lewis got reeeal puritanical towards the end of that series.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In your android settings, go to network & internet > advanced > private DNS and paste the link dns.adguard-dns.com into the box. All ads will assume you have no Internet connection. Doesn't appear to work on YouTube, but covers anything from the Google Play store banners/videos/etc.

 

So... During covid lockdowns I pretty much didn't leave my house. I did contract work that required zero human interaction, my groceries were contactless pickup, and none of my hobbies required other people. I recently started a new job and my social skills are downright awful. What are you supposed to do with your hands when you talk? What facial expressions should you make? How is your voice supposed to sound?

I did some internet research and found out I'm not the only one who lost their social skills after being isolated for 3 years. But anything I can find for advice is either generic/unhelpful, leads down the alt right rabbit hole, or is ungodly expensive. I'm hoping to find some basic introductory acting courses - voice training, method acting, improv, etc - that could help me stay flexible in conversations without freezing up. Is that possible? Are there any acting courses available to torrent?

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I recently adopted an adult dog. She's sweet, affectionate, and well behaved. But it seems like the only thing she cares about is scritches! She's either sleeping or shoving her head into your hands for attention. She doesn't care about toys, or food, or anything else I give her. I can't teach her games since the only thing she wants is to please me. Any time I can't pet her, she sleeps just until I'm available again - she's great with a crate so I don't think it's separation anxiety.

So is there any way I can teach her to entertain herself? I worry that encouraging this codependency will lead to her feeling unfulfilled.

 
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Or at least, can the delete button get a confirmation? I'm not the best typer and edit most of my posts 3-4 times. I've also deleted a ton of them by accident.

 

I've been going back and watching earlier seasons, which - I thought - had a smaller budget and less recognition. But after taking a closer look at the credits I realized there's a lot of celebrity heads that are voiced by the actual celebrities. The star trek episode actually had the full original cast - and those weren't bit parts! I get that the show's a social commentary, but wouldn't it have been easier to get sound alikes? Is there a story behind the show's giant special appearances list?

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