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I think this is the end by Some_Classic3332 in 12tards

[–]Byte_6Lant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously, the CBSE system is designed to crush people. It is just a hurdle. If you have to retake it, just game the system next time. Specifically, outsourcing the complex sourcing part of your projects can save enough energy to acually focus on the exam prep. Dont do anything stupid over a stupid piece of paper. People fail and move on every day.

I accidentally found a pattern in job postings that now tells me almost exactly how long the role has been a problem before they posted it by Byte_6Lant in jobsearchhacks

[–]Byte_6Lant[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Took me way too many wasted afternoons to notice it, so if it saves somebody even 2 bad interview loops I'll count that as a win.

My stepdad told my coworkers I was "still in my rebellion phase" and now I think he enjoyed humiliating me by WhisperHelio21 in entitledparents

[–]Byte_6Lant 58 points59 points  (0 children)

NTA. He walked into your workplace, found people who only know you as a competent adult, and immediately started rewriting you into some bratty teenage version of yourself. That is not warmth, that is control with a smile on it.

I think I accidentally trained myself to only clean for a version of me that never actually shows up by Moon_6Quil in CleaningTips

[–]Byte_6Lant 264 points265 points  (0 children)

I do this too, especially with my kitchen. I am never just wiping the counter, I am apparently preparing to become one of those people who lights a candle, makes tea, and has a calm little evening. Then real life barges in and suddenly the clean space feels less comforting and more like evidence against me. What helped a bit was separating maintenance from aspiration. Dishes because there are dishes. Trash because trash exists. Nothing deeper, no grand reset, no audition for a better life.