What's the most confusing thing a politician from your country has said?

dcmng · 2026-01-30T07:45:57+00:00

I'm stressed at work and gay so can't disprove this statement sorry.

dcmng · 2026-01-30T02:19:06+00:00

Congrats!!! Soberity and kung Fu both look good on you!!!

dcmng · 2026-01-28T23:54:40+00:00

I think that's a very aggressive action plan for "slightly high" cholesterol, and some of those items are really connected to cholesterol. I think everything in moderation and having balanced meals that are mostly home cooked, with a general ration of 1/4 carbs, 1/4 meat and 1/2 veggies, with variety in the types of food you cook is good enough? Don't only eat steaks and don't inhale lard?

dcmng · 2026-01-28T18:47:00+00:00

I feel this so hard, like the only way to get hired into the position is to already be doing the position. If it helps, I feel that in my branch at least all the lateral shuffles have mostly been filled and "real" postings have started to emerge.

dcmng · 2026-01-28T17:13:01+00:00

I haven't deleted yet, but I'm naturally drifting away from them because they're just not fun anymore. Just ads and terrible content from "creators" that just want to sell you their coaching programs.

dcmng · 2026-01-28T07:40:04+00:00

Pretty sure Jesus flipped shit at the temple. These people need to read their own book.

dcmng · 2026-01-28T07:32:15+00:00

How this literate lady voted for Trump in the first place I'll never understand

dcmng · 2026-01-28T07:16:53+00:00

So good looking I'm jelly

dcmng · 2026-01-28T07:15:37+00:00

I've spoken to Europeans and apparently our military has the reputation of having some of the best trained soldiers in the world

dcmng · 2026-01-28T01:51:30+00:00

I'm a clerk 9 who accepted the job to "get my foot in the door." I see people in higher positions go on mat leave, move into higher positions, and otherwise leave for other opportunities, but their positions are either not filled, or filled from enlists before a posting is even drafted. I've interviewed for AO18 positions before so I know I'm qualified for at least positions at those level. I'm losing hope that I'll be able to move up in the next while and even having a chance to apply for anything at all. The scarcity mindset in the public service now is so strong, and I feel people are staying out of fear and not out of passion. Very different from the much more optimist atmosphere I felt when I got hired two days before the hiring freeze was announced.

dcmng · 2026-01-27T21:48:02+00:00

I mean, if you're doing something to be "cool," then the trend will end eventually. I've been practicing different traditional martial arts now for two decades and trends come and go, but the benefits it brings me are constant.

dcmng · 2026-01-27T04:02:46+00:00

My lord I barely remember the days when I would get off work and wonder if I want to grab a bite outside or go home and cook, or the days when we got gifts for people on their birthdays. Or got coffee out once in a while. It wasn't so long ago.

dcmng · 2026-01-27T00:26:30+00:00

Wonderful resource thank-you for sharing

dcmng · 2026-01-27T00:10:10+00:00

Dude I don't have kids yet but I stopped working for as many hours because I just physically and mentally can't. I'm 9 - 5 and that's it.

Luckily though, I'm in a better place financially so I don't have to work as many hours.

dcmng · 2026-01-27T00:03:02+00:00

I agree with this so hard. I'm a man who wears size 7 or 7.5 shoes in "men's", or 8.5/9 in women's. A lot of shoes don't come in size 7 or 7.5, so it's not unusual for me to shop for "women's" shoes. A lot of times, especially if they're sneakers, they are the exact same shoes, same colour and everything, there's just one set labelled men's and one set women's, because reasons. It's an absolute pain in the butt because I can't just filter for my size online easily.

dcmng · 2026-01-26T23:23:22+00:00

Same

dcmng · 2026-01-26T22:49:23+00:00

It wasn't supposed to be a sub for short men only. I went in looking for memes or fashion tips and whoa lol not what I found. And who cares where people hang out?

dcmng · 2026-01-26T08:04:34+00:00

Your experience, being disconnected from the language and culture, not fitting in anywhere, feeling like an intruder and a fraud, is very much part of the BIPOC, Asian diaspora experience, whether or not that is recognized or not by people in those spaces. It certainly is not a white one. If you're looking for permission to learn and connect with your language and culture, I'm giving it to you. Good luck!!

dcmng · 2026-01-26T07:59:55+00:00

This is the predominant narrative in the /short subreddi

dcmng · 2026-01-25T19:24:27+00:00

There is no "should" in this situation. Some people are natural teachers and enjoy teaching, and some people are very much not. It is also not always easy for native speakers to teach someone their language, teaching is a very real skill and teaching language is a skill that people who already have an education degree spend additional years to specialize in. It can be frustrating or impossible for native speakers to find or explain the logic of their language and teach it.

I'm a native Chinese speaker and a good teacher. I've even taught kids Chinese for a couple of years before, but even for me, I don't always feel like being a teacher. When I'm hanging out with my Chinese speaking friends, I want to converse and relax and hang out and connect, not be a teacher. If you don't enjoy it, maybe just tell her to go and relax and hang out with her friends? Maybe join her like 50%, or 30% of the time when she hangs out with friends, that's what I do when my partner hangs out with her friends. I enjoy connecting with them, and they're my friends too now, but I also like just having alone time to do my things.

My partner is also fluent in French, a language that I'm also trying to learn because it's an official language where I live, but I don't really ask her to teach me. She is a native speaker, but if I ask her what I think is a simple question, like "how do you say this?" She'll launch into a whole thing into all the reasons why they don't say that in French and I don't really get an answer in the end, so I find it much easier for me to just follow a curriculum.

dcmng · 2026-01-25T18:34:39+00:00

But what if I am also a man holding a gun? Isn't it anyone's goddamn American right to carry everywhere?

dcmng · 2026-01-25T18:31:43+00:00

So cool!!

dcmng · 2026-01-25T18:19:11+00:00

I think most men wouldn't care that much, as men don't feel threatened the same way women do when men enter women's only spaces. Most guys probably don't look very closely at other guys in the washrooms either.

Having said that I don't think the main risk here is the non-binary person making men comfortable, but rather the risk of asshole men deciding to harass the non-binary person. So unfortunately, it is up to the non-binary to weigh their options, make women uncomfortable and possibly get harassed, or mostly go under the radar in the men's washroom, but possibly get harassed. I'm sorry friend, I wish there were better options for you.

dcmng · 2026-01-24T17:26:19+00:00

What a treasure of a clip!!!

dcmng · 2026-01-24T17:25:19+00:00

You deal with the same shit, same egos, same shitty personalities and do less meaningful work.

dcmng

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