Random Rants LX: I wish to register a complaint
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From the nanny state:
5 times more likely than what, not stopping smoking at all? This makes no sense!! If you are going to spend my hard earned tax money on trying to tell people how to live their lives, at least try and make logical sense while you are doing it!! Is it so hard to come up with reasons to stop smoking?
5 times more likely than what, not stopping smoking at all? This makes no sense!! If you are going to spend my hard earned tax money on trying to tell people how to live their lives, at least try and make logical sense while you are doing it!! Is it so hard to come up with reasons to stop smoking?
Lohrenswald
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It might be that after 28 days of not smoking, only 1 out of 6 go back.
Hygro
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Plot twist: there's almond snickers.
But what is "hadn't stopped for 28 days"? Does it mean everyone, whether they started smoking or not? Does it mean the set of people who have smoked, whether or not they have stopped at all? If so, surely this is not meaningfull. Does it mean the set of people did smoke, and who stopped, but started again in less than 28 days? Surely that set of people had a zero rate of successfully stopping?
So the M&S logistics centre was not exactly on the road they told me it would be on.
It was a 20 min trek away across busy motorways on he edge of Bradford from the road they told me it was on.
My feet are not happy. But the place was humongous with the most carboard boxes under the open day stairy bridgey bit that you could ever imagine.
Surprisingly, no one at the M&S store I'm doing my placement at knew about it not even the manager that I was working under. She asked how I had heard of it and I mentioned the magical job searching lady who had referred me to the store in the first place.
The job search lady sure is magical. Thank you for putting me on your top 10 list!
Oh so they have loads of admin and even apprenticeships and graduate schemes available. I selected all those plus HR as what I am interested in on their application form, then they will (e)mail me the rest, plus I can apply on their website.
It was a 20 min trek away across busy motorways on he edge of Bradford from the road they told me it was on.
My feet are not happy. But the place was humongous with the most carboard boxes under the open day stairy bridgey bit that you could ever imagine.
Surprisingly, no one at the M&S store I'm doing my placement at knew about it not even the manager that I was working under. She asked how I had heard of it and I mentioned the magical job searching lady who had referred me to the store in the first place.
The job search lady sure is magical. Thank you for putting me on your top 10 list!
Oh so they have loads of admin and even apprenticeships and graduate schemes available. I selected all those plus HR as what I am interested in on their application form, then they will (e)mail me the rest, plus I can apply on their website.
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It's got to mean of those who were actively trying to stop, those who went 28 days were 5 times more likely to succeed in the end than those who didn't. No. Hang on. It doesn't make sense, does it?
It's one of those... whatsits... thingies... conundrums. Or something.
Aha, I actually turned up in my M&S uniform I just got today! I'm still surprised as to why they didn't tell any of the nearby stores about it. The 5 min video was literally the same thing as the video I watched on my first day of working at an M&S store.
I suppose the logistics and retail parts of the company are very separate.
Zkribbler
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Social Anxiety Disorder [SAD] is the No. 2 emotional disorder, after No. 1, depression.
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I can provide two solutions to overcoming your fear of socializing:Rant: Skipped something I wanted to go to, and should have gone to, but didn't. Irrational fear of socializing, even if it was good for me
This is going to ruin my evening.
Solution 1: Join Model United Nations.
I'm 99% sure the University of Iowa fields a team. The end result is you get to hang with a bunch of chill people and go to a conference in Chicago.
Solution 2: Join Mock Trial.
Much like joining Model UN, just about everyone on it is pretty chill.
(I know random does Mock Trial, but I don't know anyone else here that does Model UN.)
cybrxkhan
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Social anxiety isn't particularly fun.... Though I think my anxiety is more generalized, social anxiety is probably a big part of it.
Actually I learned recently I can be quite a chatterbox, both online and in real life, given the right situation. It seems I did in fact inherit just a bit of my dad's charismatic, outgoing aspects in a way.
Actually I learned recently I can be quite a chatterbox, both online and in real life, given the right situation. It seems I did in fact inherit just a bit of my dad's charismatic, outgoing aspects in a way.
Kennigit
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I forgot timezones existed when I scheduled something.
Not that big of a deal, but good thing I checked. Just jumping forward 1 hour in time.
Not that big of a deal, but good thing I checked. Just jumping forward 1 hour in time.
It sucks majorly, even knowing other people have it as well
It's one of those things I know I'd enjoy, but I never work up the courage to actually do it.
That and I feel too busy for it. Senior year is already busier than all my previous years combined.
I mean, I can talk just fine once I ease into a situation and I feel like I know the people (or at least are familiar with them somewhat). It's getting to that part which is hard.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
Feelin' lonely. But at least I don't think it's gotten to my head yet.
That's true. Although you already had an opportunity but simply didn't take it, usually I don't even get to that stage. If that makes you feel any better. Okay, probably not.
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On a related note, I always tell myself there are plenty of others going through similar things to me, no matter what it is. I've been trying to hound that point into my head much more these days, because the older I get the easier it is to get trapped in the mindset where I assume everyone of our millennial generation is going around partying and having easy tinder hookup sex and drinking and being successful and normal people. Visiting my old friends in Maryland recently, I found out that a lot of them sort of deal with similar issues of loneliness, confusion, and pessimism irregardless of gender, race, financial well-being, or any other factors.
On a more cheery note, it has been extremely and unusually hot in SoCal, it's pretty much like a good summer day on the East Coast, which is absolutely horrific by SoCal standards.
That's true. Although you already had an opportunity but simply didn't take it, usually I don't even get to that stage. If that makes you feel any better. Okay, probably not.
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On a related note, I always tell myself there are plenty of others going through similar things to me, no matter what it is. I've been trying to hound that point into my head much more these days, because the older I get the easier it is to get trapped in the mindset where I assume everyone of our millennial generation is going around partying and having easy tinder hookup sex and drinking and being successful and normal people. Visiting my old friends in Maryland recently, I found out that a lot of them sort of deal with similar issues of loneliness, confusion, and pessimism irregardless of gender, race, financial well-being, or any other factors.
On a more cheery note, it has been extremely and unusually hot in SoCal, it's pretty much like a good summer day on the East Coast, which is absolutely horrific by SoCal standards.
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If the Iowa Model UN is anything like the Model UN team at St Thomas, you attend one or two meetings, put in about an hour of work writing your position paper, and then spending four days in Chicago the weekend before Thanksgiving.Joe said:
Seriously, give either a go. Mock Trial and Model UN were easily two of my favorite things about college.
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