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Cake day: April 17th, 2026

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  • A few years ago, my dad was upset about how “you can’t say man or woman anymore. How are you gonna call the cops on someone robbing you? Say ‘It was a person average height!’ Or they’ll arrest you for using the word man!”

    I just asked if he was fucking stupid and does that sound like something that would even remotely happen, then said I was leaving if that’s how he thinks and left. Ignored any attempts at contact until he apologized and admitted he might be a little incorrect, which was progress enough to start.






  • So, you say you aren’t out of touch and then immediately describe how out of touch you are

    As an aside, it’s been a long while since I hired someone who was unemployed

    I have 10 years of experience in my field and two difficult certifications where even one is uncommon and highly desired. I am a prime hire. When my company got out bid and had to lay off the entire workforce, it still took me almost 7 months to get rehired and that was with sending an average of roughly 40 applications out every day. I used my entire savings and my partner had to dip into theirs to supplement rent in that time. The single one that called me back ended up hiring me during the interview.

    Now, let’s do a little math since your terminal victim brain can’t seem to empathize with people less lucky than you got in life: assume a quick and decent personalized letter only takes 10 minutes. Not so bad, right? For 40 applications, that’s 400 minutes divided by 60 (the number of minutes in an hour) and you get 6.66 repeating. Nearly 6 and a half hours per day just doing a ‘quick letter’ and you’re complaining that you have to ask a couple more questions during an interview, where you’re still making money. You’re right that one of us is definitely an out of touch fucking moron and it sure as hell isn’t me