In this world of digital payments, I don't have cash on me. When I do, I give a little here and there and its usually met with thanks.
I wish there was an easier way give 50p or something digitally by tapping my card against a reader of theirs, but the setup cost and the chance of misuse is high
It even works with dark mode, I'm pretty impressed I have to say. Not even reddit at its peak had this
Oh wow. Are you in your early 20s? I think it's something you might just grow out of if that helps.
that is indeed niche.... what time do you need to be up to resort to this, and what time do you go to sleep?
As someone who transitioned from a deeply introverted anxious young adult with a persistent stammer, to a relatively outgoing person who is capable of clear communication, the secret is caring less and forgetting that you exist.
There are steps though to get there:
- Look at a person. De-age them back to when they were a shy or excited or inquisite toddler. That's their base model. Anything built on that is just extra wisdom or fluff or bluster.
- Talk to people like you would an innocent child, just use more grownup words.
- Cheat questions:
- "How was your day today" "what did you get up to" "hows your upcoming week looking"
- Cheat responses:
- "nice!" "well done!" "oh damn"
- Cheat moves:
- Eye contact. Look at people in the eye, then look away when describing something, then look them in the eye again.
- Nodding: Make nodding gestures as they respond to you
- Hands: Gesture with your hands when you describe something.
- Smile: You don't need to smile, but it helps. You can look away when you do it.
- Listening helps but is top-tier and isn't a requirement
- Learn to build connections through topics though. If they're talking about cats, remember your dog.
- Signal it's your turn: I suck at this and wait for gaps, which usually means I forget what I wanted to say, but you can signal in other ways
- Yes: Finger gun and a nod whilst inhaling
- No: Polite laugh and a head shake whilst exhaling
- Random: if someone won't stop, they need to be stopped. Just jump in with your crab story, who cares.
This should hopefully get you along the way to forgetting that you exist in a conversation, and it should become second nature after a while.
This is a really interesting thread, OP - well done, and thanks for the app recommendation
head over heels (adv.)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/head over heels
1726, "a curious perversion" [Weekley] of Middle English heels over head (late 14c.) "somersault fashion," hence "recklessly." Head (n.) and heels long have been paired in alliterative phrases in English, and the whole image also was in classical Latin (per caput pedesque ire). Also compare tail-over-top and top-over-tail, both forms attested from mid-14c.
Same with anything. I didn't see the Barbie hype, went in an watched it and thought it was good. Same with the Wakanda film. Didn't see any of the hype and had a great time.
People are afraid of their homes burning down, and of torrential rain flooding their homes. Wouldn't these cancel each other out?
Same, but I tend to YDR most days if im feeling down or NLC if I'm up
Well at least the US will be like the rest of the civilized world. UK public school history:
- Battle of Hastings
- Henry VIII
- (Cromwell is briefly mentioned in passing)
- (Noticeably large gap)
- WWI + WWII (Churchill is briefly touched on)
- (Noticeably large gap)
- Cold War
No skeletons in our closet, we're a civil people!
Who did Fiona actually marry at the end of Four Weddings and a Funeral?
At the end there's a lot of matching up going on, except for Fiona who is practically photoshopped into a gag image of Prince Charles.
I feel they did her character a big disrespect, as she was easily one of the more interesting female characters.
How the hell did they shoot Austin Powers?
Three of the main characters were the same actor, and yet there are shots with all of them in the same scene. When I saw this as a young adult I didn't even notice that Mike Myers was playing three roles and was genuinely dumbfounded years later when I found out.
How did they do those scenes so seamlessly?
Why is this game trending?
It's a 2016 game. It has cutesy pixel graphics. That's literally all I know, but it has been spamming my frontpage for two weeks now, despite me not being subscribed to this community.
Why now?
A Polite Encounter? (Part 2)
... and now for the resolution! I took all the suggestions from Last Week's Comic to heart and tried to come up with something that satisfied most of them:
**List of Idea Contributors:**
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*****
New premise out in a few days!
Low resource system activity reporting tool? i.e. "What caused that CPU spike on my laptop 10 mins ago?"
Any recommendations for low-impact tools I can use to better understand the activity of expired processes?
A Polite Encounter?
You decide what happens next. Outcome dependent on two factors: how much I like the answer, and how many votes it got.
Updates weekly.
I've just been introduced to Taco Bell. What should I be trying?
I've moved back to my country of birth and Taco Bell seems to be a thing here now.
I've tried the quesadillas and the crunch supreme and it's been... life changing.
What else should I be trying?
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Edit: Recommendations so Far
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Kimcartoon was taken down today (DMCA)
For years, this site served millions diligently, but was taken down today by DMCA
What songs does your local Ice Cream Van play?
Ours plays the 1979 hit Music Box Dancer which is weird because it's definitely not public domain.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=GoQzA8NTuLA
What do you think Disney's Recess characters are up to now, as adults?
I can imagine Gus joining the army depending on his relationship with his dad.
Books that are worse than the film (which was already bad?)
I've started reading Jumper by NameDoesNotMatter. I would like to formally apologise about all the harsh things I've ever spoken about that film.
Fine, the cast is unlikeable and the action scenes are just fisticuffs in the air, but my god, in comparison to the teenage dreck that is the book, it's a masterpiece. At least they tried to build a credible back story for the main character.
In the book, he literally thinks everyone is out to sexually assault him (and somehow they seem to), he solves his problems by throwing money at it, instead of any actual creativity, and the author desperately tries to portray him as a mature-for-his-age adult, despite the fact that his first reaction to anything is crying followed by petty revenge.
I'm just flicking through the pages, pausing at any plot bits, and then flicking on.