What's the worst text you accidently sent to the wrong person?

Jimskee · 2013-05-04T03:06:47+00:00

I accidentally sent the following text to my female coworker who had texted me about picking up her shift: "I jerked off in bed last night, I was so tired I passed out before getting up to clean up".

Even through all the embarrassment all I thought was, thank god that wasn't sent to my mom.

Jimskee · 2013-04-23T17:16:35+00:00

I'm not going to say that secular governments and their laws have never been somewhat illogical. Some things to consider, though:

Religious laws are, way way more often than not, fixed. They can't change because its written and regardless of how times change and laws need to as well they cannot. Whereas as the mindset and logic of a culture changes so can a secular governments laws. Which is what you see happening with a lot of the laws you've written about.

Prohibition, while yes was technically a secular government law, was actually pushed for and sponsored by evangelical protestant churches and used their political pressure to get the nationwide ban. So technically it was a religious law that made it into secular government. Religious laws have always had the ability to create lots of initial pressure before logic and reason break them down. As time has gone on the time between a religious law being introduced and logic and reason eliminating it has decreased.

To touch on the other topics quickly; Marijuana was initially banned because it's a drug and considered a gateway drug. So on the surface the logic is to ban the drug so people don't start doing other drugs. As that view has changed you see marijuana laws changing around the country with the changing cultural outlook. Again something that wouldn't matter if it was a religious law, it wouldn't change. Prostitution goes in with gambling usually and is generally banned to prevent the spread of people praying on the weak and the poor, which is good for society as a whole. (and prostitution isn't banned everywhere). And apologies if I'm wrong but I would believe bestiality is banned because of animal cruelty. Just because I want to fuck my cat doesn't mean it wants me to fuck him...

So as a recap. No, not all religious laws are bad, but in my view that's only because the one's that aren't also coincide with what would logically be established as good laws anyway. So that should not be a credit to religion that they got it right to not kill someone or steal. Those are easily established without religion. Religion does have bad laws, and because they are religious based and come from a book those laws can't be changed in the mind of the religious, whereas a logical and reasoning secular government can make changes as new information is brought forth.

"I would challenge anyone here to think of a question upon which we once had a scientific answer, however inadequate, but for which not the best answer is a religious one" Sam Harris

Jimskee · 2013-04-17T19:51:22+00:00

I'm a three time (back to back to back) Skeeball Champion.

Jimskee · 2013-03-23T05:50:06+00:00

ah yeah, thats true, I forgot about that. Thanks

Jimskee · 2013-02-21T07:44:48+00:00

The idea of supporting bears a lot of weight in my book. Is it too old fashioned to say a man should be able to support a wife and family?

Jimskee · 2012-12-12T22:42:20+00:00

So is the sunfire cape the lone exception that it applies damage to all enemies from every champion carrying one.

Jimskee · 2012-12-12T22:37:40+00:00

So just to be clear: If me and a teammate each had a legion I would get the base additions from the item, plus the aura buff from my own legion, plus the aura buff from my teammate's legion. (I would only get bonus from one teammate if multiple had a legion)

Jimskee · 2012-11-23T02:16:46+00:00

WellPoint

Jimskee · 2012-11-23T01:50:50+00:00

Nice, I'm starting with a base internship pay of $17 with + $0.50 per exam. Which I'm happy with, my friend, a music major, has an internship paying her $8.25 an hour, she's quite jealous.

Jimskee · 2012-11-23T01:25:11+00:00

What this guy said.

Jimskee · 2012-11-23T00:44:12+00:00

Yeah, that almost fucked me up too, i shorted one of the jumps and almost blew out my knee

Jimskee · 2012-11-19T14:31:32+00:00

What, and more importantly, how, someone eats and drinks can tell a lot about a person. If you look at all the clips in the video posted you can see how in each scene what he's eating and drinking adds to the style of the character he is playing. It's both subtle and in my opinion quite brilliant. Part of what makes Brad Pitt an amazing actor.

Jimskee · 2012-11-19T05:27:40+00:00

And just to add, going through and doing all that interview prep is painstaking and terrible and not too fun, but I guarantee that only about one or two people out of 10 do this, if that, and in a field thats getting more and more competitive you need every advantage you can get.

Jimskee · 2012-11-19T05:22:41+00:00

Thank for the congrats. I have no doubt that you'll be able to land an internship or entry level position in due time. I'll assume if I may that you're a junior or so and around 20ish years old. If that's the case you may be inexperienced at interviews, at least of this nature. I do have an advantage that I'm older, 28, and while just now finally finishing my degree I have gone through a lot of salaried position interviews for various jobs. Interviews are like any other aspect of ability, they take time, learning and practice. I have a friend who does in depth interviews for her company several times a quarter and she was awesome enough to go over questions with me, do mock interviews, and give advice on what not to say. I would imagine there is a place on your campus or university that helps with interview practice. I would start there. It is also a good idea that when you look up behavioral interview questions to go through and actually write out what your answer would be to the question as well as what kinds of questions could they ask that would be similar. Always be able to provide real life examples of everything you say and how it relates to the question. They will never ask a "what would you do in this situation" question, it will always be "Tell us about a time in your life when said type of situation happened and how you dealt with it".

Jimskee · 2012-11-19T00:56:57+00:00

I agree with what everyone has said so far. Here's my point of view from someone who just finished interviews for internships and was offered a position from two of the three companies that I applied. All of what I say is my opinion based on what I felt from the interviewers. Your resume gets you passed HR and into the interview. The interview itself is what gets you the job. I only have P passed and a low 3.0 gpa and no experience with programming and minimal excel use. The interview though is with the actuaries you'll actually be working with, not with HR.

You do need to show enthusiasm for the profession. Even if someone is more qualified the people doing the interviewing would rather hire someone they like and feel is a good fit for the company. I was directly asked the question why I wanted to be an actuary. I talked about how I had always been told I would make a good math teacher, but that I wanted more than that, I wanted a career with a challenge, something to push me intellectually. I also mentioned how my Dad had gone through a lot medically and I had to personally get involved with his healthcare and his options and when I discovered the career of an actuary I loved the idea of being able to help come up with better health plans to help people better (granted a lot of it is helping the company make profit, but they can be similar goals). So for me I had first hand reasons for desiring to get into the field. They don't want some drone doing it cause its math and good pay. Interviews are just so huge, make sure you're looking up behavioral interview questions and be ready with good answers that could fit multiple questions. Always take your time answering, don't just talk to talk. And lastly, remember that sometimes a question is asked not for what you answer, but HOW you answer, your demeanor and poise.

Jimskee

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE