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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Going Back After Getting Depression Under Control (Post BA) |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2024, 3:45 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,299
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| I graduated Summa Cum Laude four times. Take it from me: No one cares about your GPA. No one at all. Don't worry about it. I also hear you about the depression. I was depressed for the first part of my life. I had a shocking experience and it just went away. I don't think that can be replicated, bu... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Sometimes Get an Inkling to Turn to Crime or Dropping Out |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2024, 5:48 pm
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Replies: 3
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| And I don't even mean murder or stealing, but as an example selling drugs or something like that (obviously bad example as many drugs are commoditized). Or perhaps smuggling. Or in a less extreme version just getting enough money to go live in the jungle. Dating suck and making a living sucks (proba... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being Gaslit by Society |
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Posted: 09 Nov 2024, 1:39 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 599
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| I used to have a manager whose favourite thing to say was "You're reading too much into it" I mean I just can't help but to call people out on this kind of thing if it's directed at me so I ended up getting ghosted and later unfairly dismissed When I first worked retail I could see a mill... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being Gaslit by Society |
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Posted: 09 Nov 2024, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 599
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| I have noticed a trend over the past 10 years. I mention something and someone basically says you are a stupid neckbeard go away you don't know what the f**k you are talking about. Then I see it pop up on Reddit or New York Times a few years later, but now it has a name and all that jazz. It seems ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Work is Mad I Automated a Process. |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2024, 6:43 pm
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Replies: 0
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| So I got called into the office by HR, because they sensed unusual activity on my computer. So background: my company had me pick assignments, and you would have to click for up to an hour at a time in order to get work. So my idea was to build a PowerShell script that would refresh, check how many ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Being Gaslit by Society |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2024, 7:18 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 599
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| I have noticed a trend over the past 10 years. I mention something and someone basically says you are a stupid neckbeard go away you don't know what the f**k you are talking about. Then I see it pop up on Reddit or New York Times a few years later, but now it has a name and all that jazz. It seems l... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What does the phrase 'social skills' mean in 2024? |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2024, 7:10 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,588
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| That seems to mirror the whole thing about social intelligence. I watch the instructional videos at work and it is like no s**t Sherlock, but then people get into networking and a host of other stuff and it seems like beyond basic nicities (I do you a favor you do me a favor) there is a whole strat... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What does the phrase 'social skills' mean in 2024? |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2024, 6:44 pm
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Replies: 22
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| My personal understanding of 'social skills' is pretty simple. It fits the following: 1) Having basic skills with reciprocity and mirroring where appropriate (ie. if someone's polite / amicable your mirror, if they're imperial you don't). 2) Saying things that are topical / on-point with the conver... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Get Interviews But Not Jobs |
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Posted: 31 Oct 2024, 9:50 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 911
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| If you have an autism diagnosis, you will be disqualified from the military. I’m sure they will see your chronic unemployment at age 30 to be another red flag. Well I am not diagnosed formally. Also I am employed, but I have been stuck in the same position 4 years and it went from hard to super har... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Get Interviews But Not Jobs |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2024, 8:18 pm
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Replies: 11
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| So I have always had a harder time getting jobs, but with some luck I would get a job. This was pre covid. Post covid, I have been applying on and off for jobs for 2 years and towards the start I got to the final rounds in another city, but I went towards that because I could have been fired (but w... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Trt/HCG and Depression |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2024, 4:48 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 298
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| So I have been taking HCG for depression and low T for about 2 months now and my depression and anxiety seemed to melt away. I think this is due to pregnenolone and dhea, which seem to really help calm my brain. I imagine raising testosterone helped too. Once I have more money I want to get back on ... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: hemochromatosis |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2024, 4:30 pm
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Replies: 5
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| A family member had it, but after bariatric surgery she has lower to lower normal levels. I tested my self and all good. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Going Back to School |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2024, 3:56 pm
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Replies: 2
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| I did speak to someone about that and I think it is 2 or so years must pass before they allow it. I plan to speak with a recruiter out of state as the one here seems grumpy. I am trying to think of plan B but my other plan Bs seemed nuked (tech and finance). I have also considered the maritime indus... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Going Back After Getting Depression Under Control (Post BA) |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2024, 3:52 pm
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Replies: 5
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| Yes. I know that autism is one of those things that is a dq, but as I am not formally diagnosed (a therapist said I may have pddnos 15 or so years ago, but even that is murky in terms of record). I will try my luck as the job market seems just as inhospitable and simply have a degree does not seem t... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Going Back After Getting Depression Under Control (Post BA) |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2024, 1:15 pm
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Replies: 5
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| When I went to school previously, I got my degree, but with a crap GPA. At the time I had depression and anxiety, but now not so much. I still get frustrated, but there is not such an existential element to it. I have a lot of prereqs done so I will likely go into a post BA program to take classes f... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Going Back to School |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2024, 1:10 pm
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Replies: 2
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| So long story short, I have a Bachelor's in Business, but a low GPA. If I decided to go for my Masters, I will need to get my GPA up. I have been in the same industry for 6 years but have actually been making less in the past 2 (below 70k). I have been applying to jobs over the past 2 years, but it ... |
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