Tumblr had an “old dogs” setting that reversed the site to pre-Twitter collapse look but they wouldn’t let new users have it, so people were selling their old accounts in bidding wars. Staff encouraged this by answering “just buy an old account lol” to an ask. Someone suggested they start selling the old dogs setting to newer users and they did, but buying it deleted your account and had the error message “we fucked it up.” I was updated on this in a very rapid fire sense (over the course of a minute) as I kept refreshing my dashboard.
I love you translator notes I love you translators caring that I fully grasp the meaning of the original text I love you translators adding cultural context and specifics so I can better understand what’s going on I love you long rants on why a joke is impossible to translate I love you translators adding their little comments to the scene I love you translators feeling human and involved in the material I love you translating as a form of art I love you little t/n abbreviation
the most compelling thing a guy can ever say is to another guy and it’s “i wish you were a girl” . like record scratch. wow the implications that this phrase has. i think it needs its own bechdel test
i keep seeing that “just say you have an NDA to explain employment gaps” post and while i’m glad someone put it down it still makes me grit my teeth knowing people out there are still following that goofy advice somewhere.
as someone who has both successfully used this strategy in interviews and conducted interviews themselves as a retail manager, if you are a Creative Sort wanting to fluff up a gap you will have far more success just saying you did freelance commission work. most employers won’t be nosy enough to ask for examples if they aren’t hiring you for creative reasons but you can provide some personal work as examples of “commissions” and literally no one is going to verify if a customer actually existed for them. the fact that freelance work implies some level of self-direction and organizational skills is a bonus, and from my own experience it also simply makes a good impression to share some of your creative projects because it demonstrates there’s a lightbulb on, so to speak. in the end the interview is about determining if you will make a good member of a team, not how amazing and interesting you are.
never dig yourself a deeper hole than you have to. if you have to tell a lie, have at least three truths to back it up, you know?
ALT
