Man therapy today was not helpful. For some reason my therapist wanted to talk about my dating life and I was not prepared.
“Are you seeing anyone?”
“No.”
“Are you looking?”
“Not really.”
“Do you want to be in a relationship?”
“Um, sure, I guess?”
“Then why aren’t you looking?”
“Because of a deeply-held belief that I’m not attractive or desirable, conditioned by a lifetime of bad relationships with abusive people and poor socialization skills, amplified by severe body dysmorphia. Add that to being a mom who works weird hours and being a giant femme lesbian, I’m not exactly what anyone is looking for and I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t date me.”
“Well I think you’re just fine the way you are!”
“Obviously,”
Maybe your therapist was looking to hook up?
Me being a dumbass, I kinda wondered that for a moment
She doesn’t strike me unprofessional but if she wasn’t my therapist, she’d be my type.
But no, I don’t think that’s the case
Nothing stopping you from one day saying, "I don't want to be your patient any more. I'll go somewhere else for therapy. Maybe you can recommend a good one over dinner."
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Let's play Mario Kart or something...
I’ve been very cautious about unions at my place of work, as this is an international company and not an especially bank making branch. Figured if a union was going to appear the company would just leave. Then a union for the bus drivers rolls in and offers to include the tour guides in all the benefits. Turns out transport workers unions have some real weight on them and so far things are looking good.
I’ve been very cautious about unions at my place of work, as this is an international company and not an especially bank making branch. Figured if a union was going to appear the company would just leave. Then a union for the bus drivers rolls in and offers to include the tour guides in all the benefits. Turns out transport workers unions have some real weight on them and so far things are looking good.
Teamsters are like... THE union
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AtomikaLive fast and get fucked or whateverRegistered Userregular
Man therapy today was not helpful. For some reason my therapist wanted to talk about my dating life and I was not prepared.
“Are you seeing anyone?”
“No.”
“Are you looking?”
“Not really.”
“Do you want to be in a relationship?”
“Um, sure, I guess?”
“Then why aren’t you looking?”
“Because of a deeply-held belief that I’m not attractive or desirable, conditioned by a lifetime of bad relationships with abusive people and poor socialization skills, amplified by severe body dysmorphia. Add that to being a mom who works weird hours and being a giant femme lesbian, I’m not exactly what anyone is looking for and I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t date me.”
“Well I think you’re just fine the way you are!”
“Obviously,”
Maybe your therapist was looking to hook up?
Me being a dumbass, I kinda wondered that for a moment
She doesn’t strike me unprofessional but if she wasn’t my therapist, she’d be my type.
But no, I don’t think that’s the case
Nothing stopping you from one day saying, "I don't want to be your patient any more. I'll go somewhere else for therapy. Maybe you can recommend a good one over dinner."
Man therapy today was not helpful. For some reason my therapist wanted to talk about my dating life and I was not prepared.
“Are you seeing anyone?”
“No.”
“Are you looking?”
“Not really.”
“Do you want to be in a relationship?”
“Um, sure, I guess?”
“Then why aren’t you looking?”
“Because of a deeply-held belief that I’m not attractive or desirable, conditioned by a lifetime of bad relationships with abusive people and poor socialization skills, amplified by severe body dysmorphia. Add that to being a mom who works weird hours and being a giant femme lesbian, I’m not exactly what anyone is looking for and I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t date me.”
“Well I think you’re just fine the way you are!”
“Obviously,”
Maybe your therapist was looking to hook up?
Me being a dumbass, I kinda wondered that for a moment
She doesn’t strike me unprofessional but if she wasn’t my therapist, she’d be my type.
But no, I don’t think that’s the case
Nothing stopping you from one day saying, "I don't want to be your patient any more. I'll go somewhere else for therapy. Maybe you can recommend a good one over dinner."
I guess?
She’s been a great advocate for me and she’s a PhD and a queer lady whose office is very close to my apartment, and I see her weekly
Man therapy today was not helpful. For some reason my therapist wanted to talk about my dating life and I was not prepared.
“Are you seeing anyone?”
“No.”
“Are you looking?”
“Not really.”
“Do you want to be in a relationship?”
“Um, sure, I guess?”
“Then why aren’t you looking?”
“Because of a deeply-held belief that I’m not attractive or desirable, conditioned by a lifetime of bad relationships with abusive people and poor socialization skills, amplified by severe body dysmorphia. Add that to being a mom who works weird hours and being a giant femme lesbian, I’m not exactly what anyone is looking for and I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t date me.”
“Well I think you’re just fine the way you are!”
“Obviously,”
Maybe your therapist was looking to hook up?
Me being a dumbass, I kinda wondered that for a moment
She doesn’t strike me unprofessional but if she wasn’t my therapist, she’d be my type.
But no, I don’t think that’s the case
Nothing stopping you from one day saying, "I don't want to be your patient any more. I'll go somewhere else for therapy. Maybe you can recommend a good one over dinner."
chu from the stories you told about the levels of management above you...
there's no way a union is going to be worse
Like think about the thing where they told you to do all these tasks you couldn't do in the timeframe and also told you couldn't drop any and refused to prioritize them? (aka fishing for you to work unclocked hours)
No union lets that shit fly.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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MrMisterJesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered Userregular
My impression is that unions almost never cost more in dues than they bring back in wages, and that's before you even get to stuff like pto and grievances. My bro is a union organizer, tho, so I'm biased
He says the main thing organization campaigns have to fight through is fear--fear people will get fired for organizing, fear that if the vote comes out positive the company will close shop to set an example rather than organize a union contract.
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What I said was 85% comedy.
Precisely 85%.
And yes, most therapists know how to deal with that situation and have gotten TONS of training on it.
And maybe part of the reason you feel good with this person is because they are trained in how to make you trust them so that you can open up, and for lots of people where that is hard a ton of other emotions can spill into that opening.
I know of two situations where a therapist went out with their (former) patient. One turned into a great marriage and the other led to the therapist moving and starting life all over somewhere else.
Not exactly GREAT odds here.
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Let's play Mario Kart or something...
My impression is that unions almost never cost more in dues than they bring back in wages, and that's before you even get to stuff like pto and grievances. My bro is a union organizer, tho, so I'm biased
He says the main thing organization campaigns have to fight through is fear--fear people will get fired for organizing, fear that if the vote comes out positive the company will close shop to set an example rather than organize a union contract.
To be fair both of those thing have happened, and our current federal government is doing its best to outlaw unions.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
My impression is that unions almost never cost more in dues than they bring back in wages, and that's before you even get to stuff like pto and grievances. My bro is a union organizer, tho, so I'm biased
He says the main thing organization campaigns have to fight through is fear--fear people will get fired for organizing, fear that if the vote comes out positive the company will close shop to set an example rather than organize a union contract.
To be fair both of those thing have happened, and our current federal government is doing its best to outlaw unions.
Both those things are illegal, but yes, see your point no. 2
Republicans have waged a campaign of starvation against the NLRB, much as they have for the entire regulatory state they so loathe and yet cannot get the votes to actually repeal
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Like, honestly, the Kroger union probably isn't great, but it isn't going to get better by having less members.
I work with trade unions almost every day, and my company recently became signatory to a local union, and they remind me every day that unions are overall a force for good. Yes, even the UAW.
Signatory member... elevator constructors or iron workers?
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
Tr3vor got justice today, Preacher. Let's be happy with that.
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
Tr3vor got justice today, Preacher. Let's be happy with that.
But should we? I mean brent, brett, bradly, and brenttoo also got justice, but did they?
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
When I get back to Washington you and I are going to sell organic artisanal crystal enhanced water.
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Like, honestly, the Kroger union probably isn't great, but it isn't going to get better by having less members.
I work with trade unions almost every day, and my company recently became signatory to a local union, and they remind me every day that unions are overall a force for good. Yes, even the UAW.
Signatory member... elevator constructors or iron workers?
a local chapter of IBEW actually! (maybe signatory isn't the right word?)
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
Plenty of real people got fucked over too - musicians and local workers
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
Tr3vor got justice today, Preacher. Let's be happy with that.
But should we? I mean brent, brett, bradly, and brenttoo also got justice, but did they?
Chad, Price, and Windsor can sleep easy tonight knowing this fraudster won't trick them again any time soon.
Half the reason I didn’t much care for a union for my work was the fragile nature of this branch, and half things are okay besides the insurance just being “you will get your salary for a few weeks if you are injured enough to not work”. Nothing else. I don’t think the union is getting more than that but the slight salary increase is nice.
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
Plenty of real people got fucked over too - musicians and local workers
Damn it you're right Eddy. But but the chads the chads got something from this. Can't we just like tell him to pay the workers?
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
When I get back to Washington you and I are going to sell organic artisanal crystal enhanced water.
I'm in. I've got a hose and some cardboard bottles we can do this.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
Plenty of real people got fucked over too - musicians and local workers
iirc the majority of the ticket sales were in the sub $1000 range, the trust fund wastrels weren't the ones who bought into it, it was the trust fund wannabes
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
NYT called it "disastrous". Really? Rich assholes don't get their exclusive island concert, that's where we put the "disastrous" line now?
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
Plenty of real people got fucked over too - musicians and local workers
I mean I've only ever looked at this from about 5000 miles away, but from my arm-chair, the thing that really gets me is:
Why fraud? You successfully managed to get a bunch of shitty little rich kids to hand you a bunch of money. Why not just throw them a party? And then have a successful business?
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
NYT called it "disastrous". Really? Rich assholes don't get their exclusive island concert, that's where we put the "disastrous" line now?
Its one of those things where you can really see the class divide at play. Like the conditions sounded shitty, but like the NYT probably used nicer language to describe the horrendous conditions in puerto rico verus the fyre festival.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
Plenty of real people got fucked over too - musicians and local workers
I mean I've only ever looked at this from about 5000 miles away, but from my arm-chair, the thing that really gets me is:
Why fraud? You successfully managed to get a bunch of shitty little rich kids to hand you a bunch of money. Why not just throw them a party? And then have a successful business?
Because you want to be chauffeured around in a Maserati and it turns out you can't pay yourself enough to do that while keeping it all on the level
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MrMisterJesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered Userregular
The fact that this guy started another even-more-fraudulent scheme while he was out on bail is mindblowing
Yeah the stupid thing is, if the fyre people were borderline competent they probably could have done the actual concert. I mean when ICP manages to run their thing better than you do, that's got to hurt.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
The bros organizing this thing were incompetent amateurs.
I mean maybe I'm crazy. I'm definitely an amateur party-thrower. But I feel like on that budget I could half-ass a party that wouldn't need an airline to mount a "rescue mission" or if it did, it would be in a good way.
The fact that this guy started another even-more-fraudulent scheme while he was out on bail is mindblowing
he sounds like a sociopath!
he's got a case of the ol' afflueza
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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@spool32 the Sonic analogy for Michael is basically perfect. It revved up so hard that the NOAA 5 day forecast map shows fucking Mali on it.
Yeah the stupid thing is, if the fyre people were borderline competent they probably could have done the actual concert. I mean when ICP manages to run their thing better than you do, that's got to hurt.
The thing is, ICP came up from nothing. They started running shit themselves and scaled through everything so they have legitimate experience.
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
Plenty of real people got fucked over too - musicians and local workers
I mean I've only ever looked at this from about 5000 miles away, but from my arm-chair, the thing that really gets me is:
Why fraud? You successfully managed to get a bunch of shitty little rich kids to hand you a bunch of money. Why not just throw them a party? And then have a successful business?
Because work is hard. Having an actual festival takes like time and experience and effort. Just look at the classic documentary Wayne's World 2.
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Nothing stopping you from one day saying, "I don't want to be your patient any more. I'll go somewhere else for therapy. Maybe you can recommend a good one over dinner."
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Teamsters are like... THE union
I guess?
She’s been a great advocate for me and she’s a PhD and a queer lady whose office is very close to my apartment, and I see her weekly
I’d hate to fuck that up
MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... Maybe don't though.
And they are appropriately trained to deal with an inquiry of that nature.
And the reason they have that training is that there is a GIANT ball of ethical issues there.
there's no way a union is going to be worse
Like think about the thing where they told you to do all these tasks you couldn't do in the timeframe and also told you couldn't drop any and refused to prioritize them? (aka fishing for you to work unclocked hours)
No union lets that shit fly.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
He says the main thing organization campaigns have to fight through is fear--fear people will get fired for organizing, fear that if the vote comes out positive the company will close shop to set an example rather than organize a union contract.
Precisely 85%.
And yes, most therapists know how to deal with that situation and have gotten TONS of training on it.
And maybe part of the reason you feel good with this person is because they are trained in how to make you trust them so that you can open up, and for lots of people where that is hard a ton of other emotions can spill into that opening.
I know of two situations where a therapist went out with their (former) patient. One turned into a great marriage and the other led to the therapist moving and starting life all over somewhere else.
Not exactly GREAT odds here.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
To be fair both of those thing have happened, and our current federal government is doing its best to outlaw unions.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-11/festival-fraudster-who-targeted-status-seekers-gets-six-years
Both those things are illegal, but yes, see your point no. 2
Republicans have waged a campaign of starvation against the NLRB, much as they have for the entire regulatory state they so loathe and yet cannot get the votes to actually repeal
I'm doing so little with my life
People need to be madder than they are afraid, and they need to be able to imagine things being better
This was one of those "man people committed fraud" But then it was like against a bunch of trust fund baby morons and it was like "is that really a crime?"
pleasepaypreacher.net
Tr3vor got justice today, Preacher. Let's be happy with that.
But should we? I mean brent, brett, bradly, and brenttoo also got justice, but did they?
pleasepaypreacher.net
When I get back to Washington you and I are going to sell organic artisanal crystal enhanced water.
a local chapter of IBEW actually! (maybe signatory isn't the right word?)
Plenty of real people got fucked over too - musicians and local workers
Chad, Price, and Windsor can sleep easy tonight knowing this fraudster won't trick them again any time soon.
Damn it you're right Eddy. But but the chads the chads got something from this. Can't we just like tell him to pay the workers?
pleasepaypreacher.net
I'm in. I've got a hose and some cardboard bottles we can do this.
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iirc the majority of the ticket sales were in the sub $1000 range, the trust fund wastrels weren't the ones who bought into it, it was the trust fund wannabes
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
NYT called it "disastrous". Really? Rich assholes don't get their exclusive island concert, that's where we put the "disastrous" line now?
I mean I've only ever looked at this from about 5000 miles away, but from my arm-chair, the thing that really gets me is:
Why fraud? You successfully managed to get a bunch of shitty little rich kids to hand you a bunch of money. Why not just throw them a party? And then have a successful business?
Its one of those things where you can really see the class divide at play. Like the conditions sounded shitty, but like the NYT probably used nicer language to describe the horrendous conditions in puerto rico verus the fyre festival.
pleasepaypreacher.net
The bros organizing this thing were incompetent amateurs.
Because you want to be chauffeured around in a Maserati and it turns out you can't pay yourself enough to do that while keeping it all on the level
he sounds like a sociopath!
pleasepaypreacher.net
I mean maybe I'm crazy. I'm definitely an amateur party-thrower. But I feel like on that budget I could half-ass a party that wouldn't need an airline to mount a "rescue mission" or if it did, it would be in a good way.
he's got a case of the ol' afflueza
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
The thing is, ICP came up from nothing. They started running shit themselves and scaled through everything so they have legitimate experience.
Because work is hard. Having an actual festival takes like time and experience and effort. Just look at the classic documentary Wayne's World 2.