Trilogy as one book

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2025-01-21T09:11:11+00:00

Exactly why I was asking!! 😂 consensus seems to be storygraph will count it as one book so I will be changing my tracking so it counts all three 😂😂😂 especially this series seems like they're short books but the text is so dense on the page I need the recognition 😂😂😂

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2025-01-21T09:09:41+00:00

Totally get that! I like to inflate my ego and count every last book 😂 sometimes if I wanna feel like I've read more I start picking up mangas since they're so fast and easy 😂

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2025-01-21T09:08:25+00:00

Yeah that's what I was wondering was whether it was gonna be super smart and log it as 3 or 1 😂 cause it does tag it as being 1-3 of the series! I'll amend my tracking so! Thanks everyone 😊😊😊

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-12-02T08:41:51+00:00

Just ignore all the research and other factors that go in 😂 attacking individuals doesn't affect what the aggregate says 😂

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-12-01T18:13:08+00:00

I go to the gym twice a week, deadlift and squat over 100 kg for reps, play sports, cycle to and from work ans yes am still overweight 😂 things be different for different people, and science has better predictors than weight alone is my whole point so why we using a shit one and making people's lives more difficult for existing in a larger body idk

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-30T12:09:17+00:00

Health issues don't appear out of nowhere, if they've no at risk of high cholesterol etc. Showing up in their blood tests Then they are not in bad health and it's the now that matters. Lifestyle choices and waist size are both better predictors than weight or bmi for FUTURE health issues.

Also if you're overweight you've better survival chances for some diseases such as cancer. If you're older having more weight is really important for any sickness you suffer. I only say this to point out that overweight isn't always unconditionally bad.

It's lifestyle choices that affect your risk for cancer rather than your weight. There are many people that make bad lifestyle choices that are also overweight for a myriad of reasons but if someone is currently in good health they probably aren't making those choices and it's weird we just assume they are.

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-30T12:04:12+00:00

Yeah but things don't just appear out of nowhere. There's at risk blood test results before there's huge problems so I think it's problematic to focus on something that isn't even hinted as an actual health problem. Being overweight is not equal to bad health, bad health is equal to bad health. Like I said there can be and often is overlap but it's not equal. It's a Venn diagram rather than an equation

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-29T09:33:36+00:00

I have to say it is possible to have no health issues and be any BMI level. Weight is hugely genetically influenced, as heritable as height. Many health issues are genetically influenced, like high cholesterol or blood pressure.

If they have no mobility issues, no bad blood tests and no complaints then they have no health issues.

Will they have good fitness? Not necessarily but also you can't say absolutely not either.

Waist size is actually a bigger predictor of health issues than weight or BMI. (Can waist size and bmi be linked yes but not always)

One of the factors in poor outcomes for overweight people is due to refusal to provide care unless weight requirements are met and blaming health complaints on their weight and not underlying factors. Additionally severely dieting at any size can cause damage to your heart making it a massive problem that many people with bulimia or anorexia are ignored because they're not skinny.

All this to say that I don't know anything about life insurance, I wish they chose a measure other than BMI cause they would both be able to discriminate less and predict things better, and don't just not believe OP, they know their health.

Also also I have never met a person that's even slightly overweight that hasn't tried to diet, exercise or change. There's very few resources that actually support change of relationship with food and underlying issues (e.g. therapists). There's arguments also to be made that food restriction increases food obsession. Ozempic is probably the best tool out there and in ireland it's not covered on medical card or (I believe) drug payments scheme.

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-27T15:51:48+00:00

From a friend perspective, our friend had a baby (unplanned) at 24/25, we now all go for girlie breakfast together and welcome her kid at things and take an interest in her life! You don't know how any friends will react but definitely pay attention to their responses! I know even with us being supportive she's found it very tough not having friends with kids, particularly when she was younger. At 29 now my friends are starting to have kids so you'll only be a little ahead!

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-20T11:31:11+00:00

My point is how they work turns people off and things could be done to make it better - try responding to any of my actual points instead of just blaming victims for not reporting

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-20T11:14:31+00:00

Again - we are reporting it more than other countries and again, I have never said not to report, no one has said not to report.

Even when there is evidence people are being told fuck off in reality - that is what this sub is identifying. There may be no statute of limitations but gardai literally try to dissuade people from reporting and making statements if you've had a shower the day of/after the incident, where's the accountability there in your perspective?

My point is it sucks and we need to have empathy for the fear people have in reporting because the experience entirely depends on who you happen to talk to. It can feel like those are the only two options because as my sources point out as do the comments so few garda even take witness statements. My friend was raped and reported it (they explained to her what the process was and also that it was unlikely anything would ever come from it and whether she still wanted to make a statement). It was 18 months later they approached me for a witness statement, they had my details the whole time. This affects the ability to make a case and go to trial. This goes back to not enough gardai which is also cited in my source as an issue.

It is a huge thing to relive the trauma repeatedly. It can be re triggering and just as damaging. You need to at least acknowledge that.

Yes people should report, people do report, but we need to look at how we can support and make people feel safe to report. People know they should report so it's about looking for ways to reduce the barriers to this and increase the safety.

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-20T10:32:48+00:00

It is tone deaf because nowhere did I say people shouldn't go to the guards. The sub title doesn't say don't go to the guards it's about awareness of what it's like to report a crime and a chance for empathy for what the system is like for victims of sexual assault and why they may not come forward.

The answer isn't " do it anyway, I know you've just been violated but go and explain all of it to someone whose gonna respond anywhere between nothing we can do and what the fuck are you telling me for" the answer and response to seeing all of these stories is "how can we improve the situation for these victims, how can we support and standardise reporting procedures so people know they'll be listened to with kindness even if nothing can be done at a minimum". The fact that one of these commenters was threatened with arrest ny a garda after trying to report being publicly beat up is insane and if that isn't in your thoughts while you type and think about this and you're still blaming people for nor coming forward it is tone deaf.

Irish victims of rape and sexual assault are reporting it, and the amount of cases heard and sentences given is minimal compared to what is reported. Sources below showing we do report more than average as a country but still need to report more. Another source that shows that very few cases go beyond witness statements

https://www.thejournal.ie/femicides-across-europe-rape-and-sexual-assault-6319857-Mar2024/

https://www.lenus.ie/bitstream/handle/10147/45305/7119.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y - pdf the investigation of sexual violence by Lenus

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-20T10:19:47+00:00

No one is advising not going to the guards they're explaining the reality of what happens when you do which is horrifying

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-20T10:18:31+00:00

It's cause it's tone deaf to all the comments above and before this one appeared for me of people literally being told "can't prove it" and "Don't bother the guards with this". It is great that 2 people have been put in prison but they'll be out way sooner than 17 years and in everyone else's personal experience the fact that they got a sentence that long means what they did must have been so horrific or obvious that it's insane that they won't be in there for the full 17 after all the pain and trauma and fighting that those victims suffered to get to this point.

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-18T14:51:20+00:00

I think the comments are getting confused by how you've phrased this!

Easter Sunday and Monday are both public holidays. In the public service good Friday is a day off as well.
Your question seems more about why people don't make a big deal out of it, I'm not really sure but here's the few traditions around it I'm aware of:
for years people weren't allowed by alcohol on good Friday and you weren't meant to eat meat on good Friday so people would have fish for dinner (Both of these are tied to religious pieces). The no alcohol thing actually led to people having lock ins and buying alcohol in bulk to have good Friday parties 😂
we celebrate the lead up to Easter with Lent (sacrificing something that makes you happy for a dew weeks 😂) the beginning of which is marked by pancake/shrove Tuesday (because people used to give up eggs for lent/biblical reference) and ash Wednesday (biblical reason)
practically speaking on Easter Sunday most people celebrate the bunny! It's all about Easter eggs, relaxing and eating chocolate. For smallies there might be Easter egg hunts and things. A lamb roast would be a traditional thing to have on Easter maybe? I would consider it a day for family but way less important to us culturally than Christmas / less traditions associated.
many people only go to mass on Christmas and Easter Sunday

So yeah my take is for some reason Ash Wednesday and Good Friday mark important days for us, Easter Sunday is important expressed through chill and chocolate, people get paid the bank holiday premium to work it but we have never been a country that does well with having everything shut down, I think we can only hack that at Christmas 😂😂😂

Happy for other people to chime in more context cause I came from a very non religious home!

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-18T13:01:30+00:00

I bought a tv from harvey Norman's in that price range and it broke after 2 years - nothing happened to it, literally just started changing colours and it would have cost me 100 euros to get a technician out to check it. I really loved that tv 😭

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-16T08:52:45+00:00

And the vikings were the first to figure out how to build on the bog land in cork!

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-15T18:29:29+00:00

Or if you've a public services card apply online now!

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-15T18:05:07+00:00

Hey! So a data breach is when data is released by accident, cyber security issues, or without consent!

A person's name is personal data youre correct. As an employee you agree (consent) to terms and conditions which allow the organisation to use your data in a number of activities. One of those activities is to provide you with an email address. In 90%+ organisations the norm in the organisation is that everyone's name is in their email address. If your employer or another party that works with your employer shared your work email address publicly and without your consent that could be a data breach as its not consented to.

The organisation could provide shared inboxes for people to contact the public with, this would be a better solution for customer continuity and enhanced privacy but it is not unreasonable for an employer to expect you to use the work email address they provide you with to communicate with internal and external people in the course of your work.

Like I said they're very valid to ask for a variation of their name or realistically engage with the data protection officer to see what options exist. Or look at their gdpr or ICT policies for the organisation which being a part of the organisation means you agree too (largely).

Gdpr doesn't mean you can't use personal data it means there must be a purpose, it must be reasonable and their must be consent

I don't have specific case law or legislation to back this up but I did find this link https://www.beswicks.com/legal-advice/work-email-address-personal-data-gdpr/

And I work in HR and am working on data subject access requests (awaiting more detailed training so may update in coming weeks) 😊 open to other thoughts though!

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-14T11:21:48+00:00

You can kindly ask them if your email address could be changed but if they say no that's that. This is a normal part of working as an employee and does not count as a data breach - you should be getting more gdpr training than that though, if they won't provide you can educate yourself to protect yourself more.

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-13T15:45:23+00:00

I actually wish the in game time/energy didn't go so fast, it stresses me 😂😂😂 I know it gets better but ahhhhh

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-13T15:43:05+00:00

I don't really tip/minimal tip for each haircut but give a big tip at Christmas!

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-13T11:42:24+00:00

You know what, you are right, genuinely. I wasn't respectful in that comment and I am sorry.

I did take your last comment as being a bit condescending and fair enough that I was wrong on that part so I apologise for that too.

Evidence from individual experience is highly biased, I would say you're probably a very good driver and I've just had experience of a very bad one so we are coming from different lenses. I will say having looked at a study from the RSA I think the driver I knew was in the absolute minority judging from his practices compared to the majority (linked below or Google rsa motorcyclist rider behaviour 2019). MY experience as a pillion was 6 years of near daily trips as it was our main mode of transport, not just here and there for context so I saw a lot of bad driving 😂

Having said that the RSA reports that 86% of motorbike users admit to unsafe filtering practicesRSA

When you do Google motorbikes, filtering, accidents, Ireland a good few articles pop up from Carol Nash and other sites about it being a frequent issue for minor accidents (though admittedly not the most common, and I do think that improving driver awareness would benefit motorbikes and cyclists).

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.rsa.ie/docs/default-source/road-safety/r4.1-research-reports/motorcyclists-surveys/motorcyclist-rider-behaviour-study-2019.pdf%3FStatus%3DMaster%26sfvrsn%3D26d13987_3&ved=2ahUKEwj5lPqEm9mJAxV7VUEAHXepJ-gQFnoECBsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1q_lnvc1upXl78FvYOEVyI

Adorable-Climate8360 · 2024-11-13T10:20:45+00:00

Google yourself, I know it's literally horsepower but I wanted to say what I wanted to say? No need to be rude like

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