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[itisnotlogical]

I just learned about "Stop a Douchebag." It's a Russian activist() movement that aggressively blocks people from driving on sidewalks, and if the driver won't move or wants a fight, they put a giant sticker on their windshield. It's fun to watch in the sense that it's always fun to watch a wrongdoer get theirs, but god damn. These people get almost hit/fights started/guns pulled on them more times than an episode of COPS, before they even take out the sticker. They're stone cold, but you shouldn't have to be for something as mundane as "This is sidewalk, that is road, have a nice day."

[Dunamisdeos]

In Russia sidewalk driver you on the road walk i don't know there's a Russian meme joke in there somewhere I'm tired and my back hurts.

[Iduno]

I'm staring at the screen, wondering what to write. Despite having been here for so long, and rattled on about so much, I still struggle with being candid.

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I've had a day where I talk to myself more than usual. Not uncommon. I'll play out a really sophisticated scenario in my head, and I'll play out all the characters myself. I'll get to live a fantasy of having friends, be admired and respected, get to feel like I'm smart and successful, talking to women without being a dickless chump, and finally feel like somebody. Then as the day nears its end, I'm snapped out of it, and I remember "Yea... that's not me... not even the people I'm imagining are anyway realistic. Real people are petty and selfish, disgusting and banal, not interested in talking about whatever pretentiously 'intellectual' thing you imagine talking about, barely interested in talking at all... what do people talk about? How do people get close to eachother?... It's an unfathomable mystery, a secret, one you're not privvy to, and never will be. Perhaps you should've done something productive today rather than fellate yourself with delusional comforts. You're always going to keep yourself too mentally weakened and anesthetized to actually obtain this shit you actually want? What a retard, what a weakling, what a waste."

Yeah, it's not a safe world, and people who are worth being around (ie aren't just loudmouth jackasses) are usually not sure it's safe to talk about what they actually care about before getting to know people. Only advice I have is be okay with who you are, relax, and give people time.

[Levi]

I need to write a resignation letter and this is harder than I thought

I wrote one recently, it looked like this:

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February XX, 2019


Dear BLAH,

Please accept this letter as notice that I will be resigning from my position as BLAH for WORKPLACE_BLAH.  My last day of employment will be on BLAH. 

I have very much enjoyed my BLAH years of employment with the WORKPLACE_BLAH and have learned a lot from my time with our excellent team. 

If I can be of any assistance during the transition, please don't hesitate to ask.

I wish you and the WORKPLACE_BLAH the best of luck and much success in the future.

Sincerely,

BLAH

[ChairmanPoo]

I need to write a resignation letter and this is harder than I thought

I wrote one recently, it looked like this:

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February XX, 2019


Dear BLAH,

Please accept this letter as notice that I will be resigning from my position as BLAH for WORKPLACE_BLAH.  My last day of employment will be on BLAH. 

I have very much enjoyed my BLAH years of employment with the WORKPLACE_BLAH and have learned a lot from my time with our excellent team. 

If I can be of any assistance during the transition, please don't hesitate to ask.

I wish you and the WORKPLACE_BLAH the best of luck and much success in the future.

Sincerely,

BLAH

I sent it before this, but it was curiously similar.

Bleh. Unpleasant situation all around

(TL,DR: I went to a new workplace, was misled as to what impact would this make on my odds of getting a permanent post. Did not get it but was expected to cover temporary post until it suited my employers. Decided to call it quits)

[Kagus]

I'm guessing the girl isn't making your choice any easier?

[hector13]

I seem to recall you wanting rather badly to leave America. Do you think your recent experiences will make coming back different this time round?

Also, you’ve been a way for a while. Coming “home” may be like going to another foreign country as a lot of things are going to have changed while you were gone.

[itisnotlogical]

Phlegm in my throat made me have a nightmare about swallowing a large piece of glass, which led to me lying half-awake for a few minutes unable to decide if I should try to breathe or move because I couldn't tell if the dream was real or not.

[scourge728]

Again in a week?

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You see, you said "ask again in a week" but I took it as ask "again in a week" so I asked that

[ChairmanPoo]

Have you heard about Ulysses syndrome? It spins around how migrants/expats end up feeling like they dont fit either at home or abroad

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/lying-the-philosophers-couch/201807/ulysses-syndrome%3famp

I feel very identified with this bit

I asked them all the same questions: “Do you feel home where you are now? Or, do you want to come back?” The answer was always the same: “I don’t feel at home now and I don’t think of my original country as a home either. I can’t feel at home anywhere

[Rose]

I can 100% relate. I feel at home neither in the US or India

[Magistrum]

Again in a week?

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You see, you said "ask again in a week" but I took it as ask "again in a week" so I asked that

Terrible jokes thread is right this way, sir.

[Kagus]

So, in contact again with the gal I developed feelings for and who then ghosted me for nearly three weeks. She's really apologetic about how she handled the situation, says she was going through a very dark time the past few weeks, has missed me a lot, and is scared of losing me as a friend.

I made it clear that I was sorely hurt by getting ghosted, that I was willing to be friends again once I'd had time enough to clear my head; but that it'd only work if I knew we could both act like adults, and also that I'm going through a pretty chaotic period of my own and would need some time to deal with that. We've agreed to meet up on the 19th (or thereabouts) to talk things over in person.


And I'm just sitting here realizing that I am definitely going to get myself hurt over this, again. The high road's got a lot of rocks on it.

[Frumple]

The original Chewbacca has died.

[heydude6]

And I'm just sitting here realizing that I am definitely going to get myself hurt over this, again. The high road's got a lot of rocks on it.

At least you know what you’re getting into. When I was younger, I’d keep throwing myself into these situations out of some misguided idea that I’d somehow get the girl. You on the other hand are only doing this because you have to.