sevan

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[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Same. I have a fence that's barely still standing now that I removed the ivy. I've been pulling it and spraying it for several years now. I know I'll never win, but I'm doing my best to keep it in check. The most painful part is when I go to garden centers and see it for sale. It makes me want to cry.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 111 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This didn't make sense to my American brain until I realized it was Boris Johnson, so this is a joke for people in advanced nations where medicine is a basic service.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That would be my response, but a lot of people can be guilt tripped into coming in to work anyway.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 46 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I used to work for a call center that had an automated call out system, so you didn't have to talk to anyone or give a specific excuse. However, at some point management instituted a policy requiring supervisors to call their employees to "check in on their wellbeing." I don't even have to be cynical to know the real purpose because I was in the meetings where they talked about it as a tactic to reduce absenteeism.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Wish listed! Also bought Be a Rock, I look forward to being a rock later tonight, it sounds fantastic!

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

When I was in the office, always metal. At home I'm more likely to listen to classical, but still metal if I need to be totally focused.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

I put on music, preferably with full coverage noise canceling headphones to block as much outside stimulus as I can. Depending on the mood, I might put on something soothing (listening to Sean Townsend on YouTube right now) or I might go with metal.

If you are in US K-12 education and have a diagnosed condition (depression, anxiety, autism, etc.), you can have your parents request a 504 plan with the school. This requires the school to make reasonable accommodations for someone with a disability or illness that makes it difficult to be successful otherwise. When my daughter was suffering with anxiety and panic attacks, we worked with the administrators to setup safe places where she could go to calm down. The teachers were required to let her go any time she needed a break from the classroom.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

I can definitely ID 2 mosses: long moss and short moss.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Can't he just make a girl out of mud or whatever and animate her? Seems simpler than dating.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

I meant moving to another country permanently, not traveling, but good to know that the US system can reach out and punish me if I have the audacity to travel out of network. :(

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

To some degree you can get use Glassdoor with the help of the element zapper from ublock origin. What you can circumvent is pretty limited, but you can at least get a bit of information without jumping through all their hoops.

What that said, I would not put a ton of trust in the reviews section. As people have mentioned, companies can get bad reviews removed, but also most happy employees aren't taking the time to go submit a review. I use it more to see salary ranges for job titles, both generally and at specific companies. Even that is subject to how honest users are about their title and salary, but employees have much less access to that kind of info compared to employers, so I have to take what I can get.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Another vote for the cake.

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