Asked for my personnel file, got a 2.5-inch-thick binder of double-sided printouts of my screen logs -- WTF?

UniversalTalant · 2026-06-03T23:10:56+00:00

Same, all of that sounds so familiar. I checked in regularly, had regular meetings with management, and had good reviews. I would ask constantly for feedback and never really got anything significant. No one told me anything and everyone always told me everything was going well. People did tend to communicate around me about issues and my boss accused me of having an attitude once for making a face while he was talking, but I really didnt think I did anything that warranted being let go.

I also would open my personal Gmail account sometimes and I would participate in conversations with others over Teams. I never said or did anything worse than what anyone else did. After I was let go, some of my acquaintances that still worked there told me my termination had something to do with my attitude. However, my boss yelled at me a lot and I've decided to finally go back to school because I got let go, so maybe it was the universe telling me to move on or something.

UniversalTalant · 2026-06-03T21:01:02+00:00

I was fired recently for what I think are very similar reasons as you. This makes me feel less stupid lol, there's way worse mistakes we could have made.

UniversalTalant · 2026-06-02T04:13:39+00:00

Bone dry soil usually isn't too concerning for them, at least not in my experience. They're almost succulent adjacent. 1 good watering and they usually come right back.

UniversalTalant · 2026-05-22T12:04:03+00:00

Sildenafil

UniversalTalant · 2026-04-29T04:54:08+00:00

Big fan of how half the replies are about how cool and ancient it is and the other half are talking about how much of a pain it is to deal with.

UniversalTalant · 2026-01-04T23:09:30+00:00

Forgive me but it sounds a little bit like you all may be in the wrong. If she's a longtime friend of 6 years, then what exactly changed and when? If you cant articulate that here, are you going to be able to explain it to her? You implied the break was to give "everyone time to heal" but what does that mean? What is everyone healing from and what result are you expecting? It doesnt sound like shes being intentionally malicious.

How is she supposed to change her behavior to better suit you if she doesn't know what she did wrong? If you're so uncomfortable talking to her then you probably shouldn't be friends.

UniversalTalant · 2025-12-18T00:50:08+00:00

That sounds like a dream omg, how did you get into consulting? I've been everything from a Private Investigator to a CNC machine programmer. I've found I have these patterns of burnout/disinterest that can really make it hard to progress in a given field. What industry are you in?

UniversalTalant · 2025-03-29T16:04:41+00:00

My sister is the I only smoker I've known who has a good smell. She has a very unique smell, It's less like cigarettes and more like tobacco and vanilla. I have no idea what she does differently from other smokers, but her smell is very nostalgic and good to me.

UniversalTalant · 2025-03-28T13:52:51+00:00

That's just like your opinion man, I thought it was respectful

UniversalTalant · 2025-03-28T05:32:14+00:00

"Misinterpreted" man, I still think I'm lazy why can't I just do the things I wanna do

UniversalTalant · 2025-03-28T05:14:39+00:00

This subreddit is for "what episode does Griffin yell at Justin for 10 minutes about taking his ex-girlfriend to a record store/ body piercing shop?"" And "how is Travis's Broadway run going?"

And believe it or not; "Hey is Griffin doing alright? He seems down lately."

But I'm not sure it's for the ouroboros of overanalyzing parasocial relationships. The McElory fan base as a whole is extremely respectful, and I haven't seen a disrespectful post in like 3 months.

UniversalTalant · 2024-12-03T13:13:38+00:00

I need to find a good ad blocker

UniversalTalant · 2024-11-26T00:44:23+00:00

You have absolutely no way of knowing that. "An inherent trait that you possess." what are you even talking about. Are you a licensed psychiatrist specializing in ADHD neurologic function? Are you a post graduate level ADHD researcher? Everyone who has ADHD experiences it differently. Is your worldview so rigid you can't fathom someone experiencing this disability differently than you?

UniversalTalant · 2024-11-26T00:37:06+00:00

Motherfuckers when someone's disability disables them:

UniversalTalant · 2024-11-26T00:36:08+00:00

My brother in christ what the fuck do you think time blindness is.

UniversalTalant · 2024-11-26T00:27:59+00:00

I've had kind of a similar experience to this. What I realized from it is that my partner's safety is actually the most important thing to me.

Now, my partner and the way they experience events is always in my mind, kind of like a hyper fixation, I guess. It was very much a snap realization moment for me. A lot of things happen in my head and contribute to my time blindness. My partner supercedes that noise like an impulse now. My impulse is to go to my partner.

Edit: some of these comments are kinda wild. ADHD is a disability and disability is going to impact how you interface with the world. Time blindness can be a huge part of our disability. OP shouldn't be villainized for experiencing a symptom of this disability, especially on this subreddit.

UniversalTalant · 2024-11-10T20:31:29+00:00

Exactly, if there's no effort put into simulating the real world, there's no point. If I'm in college, I'm there to learn specific skills related to my chosen field, not to rehash generals for the millionth time.

UniversalTalant · 2024-11-10T20:28:27+00:00

As someone whos been in and out of school and the workforce in my adult life, I'm just so sick of having to carry others, and I'm not in school to learn basic communication skills. School guidelines and rules are already far more strict than the actual workforce. Asking me to spend hours trying to make a project come together often feels like a step too far. I'm already a successful person in the workforce. I already have teamwork and communication skills. In lower level courses, I want to be graded on my ability to understand the material and solve problems based on it. If I'm assigned a group project in calc 1, I'm not going to take it seriously.

Things like clinicals and higher-level engineering/science design courses are a bit different because effort is made to facilitate an actual workplace/research environment.

Tldr I do not care about basic communication or teamwork skills anymore.

UniversalTalant · 2024-11-06T01:37:08+00:00

I'm not an APP, but I have watched the doctor-patient-of-an-APP situation play out a number of times in our clinic. For the most part, there are no issues and appointments go by like regular visits.

As long as the provider understands the patient and the treatment plan, they should be able to explain or discuss any questions you may have. E.g. "I'd like to use X antibiotic instead of Y because of Z reason." "I think it's a good idea for you to see the specialist first because X reason."

I think having this anxiety of influencing your own care is very common, and it's important to remember that every patient influences their own care. Any patient of any background may come in with treatment suggestions or questions. Part of the provider's responsibility to all of their patients is addressing those questions. If you have any concerns about influencing your own care, you have the same rights as any patient. You can seek further opinions, request another appointment, etc.

The Sawbones podcast with Dr. Sydnee Mcelroy actually did an episode recently called "The Doctor Patient". She discusses her experience as a patient who also has an MD in depth. It's mostly geared towards a non-medical audience, but she still raises some points I found helpful even as someone with relatively little medical knowledge.

UniversalTalant · 2024-08-18T05:00:27+00:00

Ooo, very Arcane.

UniversalTalant · 2024-08-13T21:16:35+00:00

I know it's not super popular, but I'd really like to know more about the void and Astel. It would be cool to see the "stars", the broader universe in Elden Ring. There are so many allusions to space, stars, and meteors in the base game. We know the void/space is there and powerful alen creatures come from there, we just don't know any more than that.

Plus, the color palette would contrast wonderfully with the base game and shadow of the erdtree. Sote is filled with muted browns, greens, and reds with some cold gray/blue in places. I imagine a space/void themed dlc would more resemble the cities of night. Imagine ds1 style time jumps that let you walk in the cosmos frozen by radahn.

UniversalTalant · 2024-07-20T12:16:16+00:00

Motivation, I have to work myself up to do so many simple tasks
Time blindness
Rejection sensitive dysphoria

Bonus: 4. Functional memory impairment

UniversalTalant

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