Re: Dumb and Angry

One of my poetry classes in college required us to submit to three places for our final and several people, who had never been published, ended up getting accepted. A lot of people never take that first step because they are afraid of those rejection letters, but I say wear them with pride!

Also, you can apply to jobs out of your reach....while employed. In fact it’s a responsible way to increase your income and happiness level, which are great ways to improve your ability to provide for yourself and your family.

The person who started this is pretty clearly talking about writing, a mostly freelance field in which you have to pitch ideas constantly and, famously, even extremely talented writers are often rejected and get demoralized. This advice is obviously more applicable to freelancing than it is to a job hunt for a 9-5.…

I think this approach to failure is more about risk taking than survival. The idea is to take on more risk that you are going to fail, so trying to aim beyond what you consider your current reach. Failure in this case is rejection, which is usually much scarier than in actual practice as anyone who has applied to…

Deja View.

This would work if women’s pockets weren’t uselessly tiny.

number 4 could be misconstrued as attempted assault depending on who you’re talking to and what you’re talking about. even at work, in a normal discussion, if someone touches me my blood starts boiling. i dont know how that’s even sound advice - suggesting people touch other people?? yikes.

I’ve had co-workers cry at work, and it’s never been an issue to me. I can’t stand the stigma our society has around crying. It is NOT a weakness. It’s a human expression. Not that crying at work should be happening every day, because that would likely be a sign of a larger problem, but if it happens, it happens. I…

The problem with using a picture of your significant other as your phone wallpaper is that it’s awkward to ever change it away.

When I go on trips, if I’m using the metro a lot or will need to navigate around with a map, I usually screen shot the map and then put it as my lock screen. Basically so I have a quick reference to general directions that doesn’t kill my battery.

I bought my phone case on Amazon, and saved the thumbnail of it to use as my wallpaper, so my phone looks the same inside and out.

Eh, I’d say there are probably rare occasions where it’s ok to leave your number (though, enough men think that a smile indicates attraction that I’m sure they don’t have the presence of mind to know when it might possibly be welcome)... also, leaving a number is kind of a way to display interest without making…

Yeah, I’m stunned Salty didn’t emphasize this more. You’d be stunned at how many people fail to remember that servers are paid to be nice to you. Telling you her name, paying attention to your every word, answering your questions, laughing at your jokes, making little chit-chat...all of these are basically part of the…

My second question is: What’s motivating you to ask her out in the first place?

In this #MeToo climate, we’re really going to talk about the guy, the guy who decides what size tip he’s leaving, mind you, hitting on his server, and whether that’s ok or not.

Since I finally reached a point where I made enough money to pay my bills, save some for retirement, and have some fun money, I decided that whenever I get a raise (if I do), I subsequently up my 401k contribution percentage so that I don’t “see” the raise. Because I already know I can survive well on what I had. If I…

Open multiple no-fee savings/checking accounts, and give each one a purpose.

It makes it much easier to tell at a glance, how much money you have for any given purpose.

I currently have 2 checking accounts and 6 seperate savings accounts.

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The ‘gyp’ one actually wasn’t too obvious to me, because I grew up with people in my family saying the word, and I thought it was spelled ‘jip’, so of course, I made no connection to ‘gypsy’ in my brain. And honestly, even if I had, at that time I had no knowledge of the Romani people or their history. Then about…

Back in the day I spent some time living in the UK (I’m American) and used the word “bugger” on a couple occasions, not really understanding what I was saying. The thing is, though, everyone else in the room did understand what that word meant, so they (fortunately) informed me. Just because you happen to be ignorant…