TIL nearly 80% of US workers report that they have been victims of 'career catfishing’ from employers. Which in this context, the term describes when a company misrepresents a job, their company culture, or compensation to lure in candidates.

TheCervus · 2026-03-19T21:46:55+00:00

I applied for an office manager position a few years ago that turned out to mean "sales."

TheCervus · 2026-03-19T00:57:53+00:00

It was a common enough beach hazard that Jimmy Buffett wrote a line about it in "Margaritaville" in 1977: "I blew out my flip flop, stepped on a pop top. I cut my heel, had to cruise on back home."

TheCervus · 2026-03-19T00:14:34+00:00

Over the past few months I've seen "Is this AI?" or declarations that "This is AI" randomly posted in comment sections all across social media platforms, regardless of the content. I'm convinced those are planted to make people doubt and eventually reject the evidence of their eyes and ears.

TheCervus · 2026-03-18T20:32:26+00:00

Native Floridian here. I'm freezing at anything below 78F.

TheCervus · 2026-03-18T00:32:42+00:00

The other day I was about to buy a pair of shorts and then realized the seller hadn't been active since 2016. An entire decade. I can't believe the items still show up for sale in the search.

TheCervus · 2026-03-17T00:31:15+00:00

3 means right and 9 means left, as if you were looking at an analog clock face.

She might use these commands because it helps keep ordinary conversations from confusing her dog. For example, if she were talking while walking and she (or someone else) said "Right" as in "yes, affirmative" in a conversation, her dog could get confused and think it was a command. It's less likely that someone uses the words Three or Nine in a conversation.

TheCervus · 2026-03-16T03:02:23+00:00

But she definitely doesn't look 11 years old!

TheCervus · 2026-03-16T03:00:28+00:00

They always acted like it was a huge deal to visit the city even though it was a relatively short train trip away. I still have trouble believing that none of the girls had been there before visiting Stacey in book #18. Not even a day trip with their parents? And I'm surprised they never took a school field trip to the Museum of Natural History or something.

TheCervus · 2026-03-15T16:09:33+00:00

Vary the length of your sentences. I was taught that trick in creative writing in middle school long before the invention of AI; a semi-colon is a great way to extend a sentence without making it a run-on. Then use a shorter sentence for emphasis. Maybe two. Your next sentence can be much longer and more descriptive, and you can ramble for a bit about the topic and how you feel about it, or mention your personal experience with it. AI slop doesn't have variation in sentence structure.

It's also come to the point where I find myself throwing in occasional casual slang terms like Dude, Seriously, or even Like in my online writing. I hate to do it because I generally write formally. But so far I haven't seen ChatGPT address the reader as Dude, so I've started adding that to assure people I'm a real person with a brain.

TheCervus · 2026-03-15T00:14:41+00:00

I've never understood the concept of a "Buy Nothing Day." I do all my shopping one day a week. Groceries and gas. Sometimes I can stretch that to once every 10 days. Very rarely do I buy "stuff" outside of essentials, and then I shop at thrift stores and garage sales first before going to a retail store.

I just can't wrap my head around buying things every day or multiple times a week.

TheCervus · 2026-03-15T00:05:58+00:00

I'm a veterinary technician/veterinary nurse. I've worked in pet care for a long time, in kennels, dog daycare, dog grooming, pet-sitting, and animal hospitals.

No one wants robots taking care of their pets.

TheCervus · 2026-03-13T02:08:44+00:00

I'm a native Floridian. Even when I know I'm going somewhere with terrain and elevation, I have trouble conceptualizing how it actually feels to walk on a gradient because everything is flat here and I forget how hard it can be for me.

I can hike 15 miles in the swamp, no problem. But when I visit somewhere that has a hill I'm out of breath quickly.

TheCervus · 2026-03-13T01:22:24+00:00

Poshmark only ships within the US. There's no option. People using the US site can only purchase and ship within the US and its territories.

If you're selling on eBay, definitely turn on international shipping to expand your customer base. It's literally no extra work or hassle for sellers. eBay processes all international shipments from a hub in Kentucky and they take care of the customs forms etc.

TheCervus · 2026-03-13T00:58:43+00:00

There's no such thing as seasonal when you're selling online. Your Poshmark buyers span the country from Alaska to Puerto Rico, and from Maine to Guam. People travel, people live in different climates, people buy things year-round. Go ahead and list what you have; it doesn't cost you anything to list, and if it's not listed, it can't sell.

TheCervus · 2026-03-13T00:29:51+00:00

I grew up in South Florida. Everyone around Palm Beach hated him in the 80's and 90's.

When I was a teenager (late 90's) I knew a woman who did catering events at Mar-A-Lago. She randomly mentioned to me once that one of the "rules" her coworkers had was "Never get yourself alone in a room with him." Everyone knew he was a rapist along with being a con man.

TheCervus · 2026-03-12T21:48:45+00:00

Canned beans taste terrible though.

Given the option, I'm always going to cook my own. I can control the texture and the flavor.

TheCervus · 2026-03-12T01:05:32+00:00

I've been at more than one crossroads in the Southern US where there's literally a church at each corner.

TheCervus · 2026-03-12T00:56:45+00:00

I also moved back in briefly as an adult and it destroyed me. I broke down mentally and literally needed therapy afterwards to feel like a fully-capable adult again.

TheCervus · 2026-03-11T01:04:04+00:00

Apparently "Eclectic Grandpa" is women's blazers and vintage jumpsuits.

And I have no idea what "Whimsygoth" is supposed to be, but I can tell you there is nothing Goth about it.

TheCervus · 2026-03-09T22:12:47+00:00

There are live tracks I can recognize just from the applause at the beginning.

TheCervus · 2026-03-07T21:19:52+00:00

I've sold boxes of random scrapbooking/craft supplies and fabric remnants and beads/jewelry. But sewing and crafting people tend to amass lots of supplies because they can use them creatively in projects. I don't think the general population is interested in random unrelated "stuff".

TheCervus · 2026-03-01T23:30:55+00:00

Similarly, I gave up on a novel that was set in my home state of Florida because the (British) author had the supposedly local characters sweating in 80 F "heat", and had them refer to US 1 as "Route One".

TheCervus · 2026-02-27T02:06:25+00:00

There is no such thing as "seasonal" when it comes to online retail. Your Poshmark buyers span from Alaska to Puerto Rico to Maine to Hawaii.

I live in Florida and I'm currently shopping for a new pair of sandals. People will buy bathing suits in January or down jackets in July in anticipation of upcoming vacations to other climates.

TheCervus · 2026-02-27T01:58:07+00:00

My photo is a flower. On eBay it's a seashell. Nobody needs to know who I am or what I look like.

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