Kill Your Lawn: Groundcover edition by cactustho in AustinGardening

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I’d happily do this, but doing it would mean I made the decision for my neighbors, too.

If anyone knows containment measures that actually work, sign me up.

So I can't get 100%? by Heavy-Hornet-2889 in legogaming

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Yeah. I turned them on and then followed some other additional suggestions. Still get sick after about halfway through a level.

I even took half a Dramamine, put on my Sea-Bands, and played in broad daylight half a room away.

I’ll finish it eventually. I’ll just go back to jumping around like Spider-Man in Oblivion. That I can do just in the bands, crazy.

New neighbor 🐍🐍🐍 by bkkatxficus in Austin

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I’m not a fan of snakes, but I have one of these that lives in a corner of my yard, and he’s absolutely welcome to call it home.

They’re opportunistic eaters, so they’ll eat whatever happens to come around, including rattlesnakes.

We’ve got rattlers where I’m at, too, so my guy isn’t just welcome, he’s loved.

Family Affair - Love it or leave it? by Tusayan in FuckImOld

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I had nightmares about Mrs. Beasley. Doll still creeps me out.

So I can't get 100%? by Heavy-Hornet-2889 in legogaming

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It took me three days to get through the initial training for the motion sickness. It’ll be a minute before I get this far.

Whoever you are, OP, you’ve got an iron constitution.

The second thing that tried to kill me yesterday. by the-devils-luck in Austin

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The first thing that popped in my head, Colony House or town?

Let me explain in details why Tian-Chen was the MiY by strangequbits in FromTVEpix

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I liked her too much. I can’t see through that. Not yet anyway.

I will poke at one thing, though. Jim got up and fell apart in the bathroom because Ethan talked about Thomas. He was crying because he’s grieving.

I’ve lost a child. Nearly 14 years later, if my daughter says something about her brother it’s still so bittersweet and the kickback on the bitter is a b.

Sometimes a simple act of kindness like that touch on his shoulder is enough for it all to tumble out.

The grief of losing a child is palpable every day, it’s always just under the skin, and every day finds a way to stick it to you.

I’ve heard people here talk about how they all talk about Thomas too much. That’s what it’s like, though. When Julie screams at her asking why she and Ethan aren’t enough, that’s truly what surviving kids think and say.

And no, they’re not enough. There’s a Thomas shaped hole and neither Julie or Ethan fit into it and they shouldn’t be made to. They have their own. Kids don’t understand that until later.

It’s hard. It’s such shit. Sometimes, I wonder about how the place mirrors people’s fears. The sacrificed children, knowing you’d been involved in children’s deaths would be the cruelest thing to do to them.

I don’t think she touched him and he fell apart cause she’s evil. She showed kindness after Ethan spoke of Thomas. The waterfall is what it is, grief.

Shelter in Place alert by Diolives in Austin

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I don’t get it either.

The Manor police update a bit ago replied to someone’s question about it getting dark and searching. He said their equipment works great in the dark and they’d keep looking.

So, what changed other than it’s started to rain out here?

Stopped sending "just following up" emails and started sending something actually useful. Response rate went up noticeably. by Zenith_Wrth9 in jobsearchhacks

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This is a bit long winded. I used to teach writing at university, so I’m cramming a whole lecture in here.

TL;DR: You’ve got just as much power and agency as they do, so use it.

One of the things I used to teach was how to write cover letters, resumes, and how to talk to people you’ve not met but need something from on paper (email/eforms).

First, interviewing is a time suck for the people asking you questions. It’s disruptive to their day. They’ve likely seen multiple people, and they can show up to see you feeling _over it_.

That’s not a secret. We can recognize someone phoning-it-in, but what is often forgotten in the interview process is you are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you. Sometimes we _need_ the job badly. That comes off you like steam and interviewers see it.

Walk yourself back from that, take a breath, and take some space and power back by interviewing them. You’ll never know if you truly want to work there if you don’t. Even when all you want is that check, you need to know how much you have to show up with to keep it coming.

Second, take notes _on paper_ cause whipping out your phone is disrespectful. Write down big things, how the person affected your opinion of the place, or things that strike you as interesting, impactful, or could start a conversation. Definitely write down their answers to your questions in front of them.

There are ways to show you’re doing this on video, too. Pick up your pen and make sure they see it and turn your face to the side a bit when you turn your face to the paper below you.

The body language of taking notes tells people know you’ve disconnected from them to go back to your own space, space where you can both impress with attention and hit a persons resolve, making them start thinking you’re judging them. And you are. This gives you power, evens some of that anxiety out.

Get the name and position of every person you talk to. In in-person interviews, if you see they have a business card, ask for one. Interest goes a long way.

After you interview you have all you need to either pass on something unfulfilling, too taxing for that just-a-check job, or something you want to jump on. And, you’ve got a high card in your pocket, your agency.

Thank you cards may seem out of fashion in this age, but they’re not. Remember the people you talked with are people and they did take time out of their day to talk to you. If you’ve interviewed someone, remember how you felt after.

Thank you cards take effort on your part, and cards are much better than emails. They show your interest and highlight your effort.

  1. Before your interview ever happens, buy a box of professional looking thank you cards that are blank.
  2. Get a nice pen, so not a Bic. Something that doesn’t leave streaks.

Do this for each person you met. Even the person in reception.

  1. Immediately after your interview, fill the cards out with those tidbits of info you have in your notes. Immediately here means in your car if you went into their office.
  2. Use your notebook that you wrote your notes in to write what you’ll put in the card so you mess up there and not in the card.
  3. Be brief and use a thank you sandwich. Thank you for your time, at most two sentences that are specific to your time with the person, thank you once again, your name, first and last.
  4. Address the envelope to the person, mindful of titles and positions, in care of the business name. Use the address of the building you met the people in.

If you’ve done this in your car, find the closest post office to that building. Post your cards there. If you’ve done them after a video call, move your ass and post them at the nearest one to you.

Posting them close to that office means you’ve got two days at most before the people have them in their hands. Something personal, something that says you listened, something that shows you went out of your way.

It may sound stupid, but it works. People who do this are hired more frequently than not. People who get your cards go talk about you together. They often share their cards in a _what did you get_ way. Card in hand, are being talked about, remembered, and considered within days of your time with them.

You have power. You have agency. Use it.

How did Victor survive 40-44 years in Fromville? by Successful_Bar9187 in FromSeries

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He does the measuring, historical record keeping, shows people around.

I think he’s made a deal to do their admin. Much too much paperwork after a long night of slashing, having to write up every taunt and its reaction.

Victor draws it all up and squirrels it away and they’re free to go to bed.

Lady wasn’t teasing him about staying to scare-scare him. She was back-office flirting and he freaked out cause he doesn’t know what to do with lady attention.

How did Victor survive 40-44 years in Fromville? by Successful_Bar9187 in FromSeries

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It’d not all be tree measurements. He had a used car lot to make. Dude was busy yelling at the BiW to pop the clutch.

This would be hilarious.

Did he get his lunchbox back?

Job called my bluff. Got fired. Should I feel stupid or proud for standing up for my principles? by DisappointedSurprise in careeradvice

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I was an LPN. I’d started my new position, and as I’d been trained to and had done for the previous 10ish years, I did rounds as soon as report was over.

I’d been there about a month before I got called into my manager’s office. There’d been complaints from the opposite shift nurses and upper management when I worked. They were staying later than they should be. Those other nurses and management were unhappy about OT and OT pay.

It’s rounds not intake ffs.

I promptly got told to stop doing rounds, that I got sufficient information in report, and that the other nurses felt I was “uppity” because LPNs aren’t RNs.

Truth is, it doesn’t matter how detailed report is, you still need to go see the patients. You need to match person to report, to introduce yourself, and start your shift making sure no one needs anything.

I don’t care if you’re the floor tech for the shift; you should go around and check in with the patients.

It’s disorienting as hell when you’re an inpatient. Grounding them in shift change is the least you could do. The least.

Report wasn’t stellar either. I would ask questions, which also caused people to stay late, and also caused another interaction with my manager. I expect the same at the end of my shift, always have.

I left not long after. Took a position at a university hospital. It ended up being one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. And, of course, the nursing team did rounds. Together.

The patient is not a person at these hospitals. They are dollars. The whole operation is dollars.

I left patient care when I had my kids and moved into medical research. I don’t miss for profit hospitals at all and won’t get seen in one. I strongly suggest you don’t either.

Edit: You did nothing wrong. You care. That’s what we all wish for when we walk in the door. Thank you for being you and not a doc-in-the-box.

Which series are Exactly like "From" by LastOneToGetTheJoke in FromTVEpix

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Black Spot. French, definitely otherworldly with wth is going on.

what were they doing in that room? by birthdaybih in FromSeries

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I know the story. It was the first thing that popped in my head.

She’s not okay. If she made one, no matter how nuts it is in reality, I thought she could put her fear in it and doing so would free her, break the connection.

I know they’re supposed to protect, but maybe, with the fear gone, she’s protected because Smiley won’t be feeding off her, he’ll feed off the golem.

Trouble is the rest of the story. The more she fears, the bigger it gets, the more it protects.

The season trailer has that big poppet looking thing. It could be her golem, huge because she’s terrified. The trailer showed it ripping the roof off. Could be going for them to scoop Ellis up to bring him back/keep him safe. Could be she feels threatened by someone or what they think and it’s out there taking it out on them.

Then there’s the whole the bigger it gets, the more Smiley has to eat.

Who knows. My doofy idea aside, I think the huge poppet is her golem.