The Awkward Silence

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A J

01:06

@Rainbacon Total Covid-19 cases.

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ElizB

03:13

@Tinkeringbell hey.... i'm alright lol lots happened

can talk later

4 hours later…

CaldeiraG

07:09

@AJ :(

#32 here

Morning!

Tinkeringbell

07:33

Morning!

CaldeiraG

07:50

How are ya?

Tinkeringbell

Slow, mostly.

Just finishing up testing my code.

And you?

Extroverted Main Man

08:48

Q: How to avoid having to have my father solve conflict between me and my mother?

Last Sunday, I found a bird in our backyard that was probably attacked by the neighbors cat, half-eaten, visibly wounded, dying and clearly not 'salvageable': it didn't even try to move/fight/avoid me when I approached and picked it up. I finished it off and threw it in the garbage bin. Yesterday...

2 hours later…

CaldeiraG

11:14

@Tinkeringbell good, :)

yesterday and today it's been sorta of a nightmare because of some databases XD

but it's on track now to get fixed, hopefully by the end of the day it's ok

Tinkeringbell

12:08

Nice! :)

Rainbacon

12:27

@AJ :(

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Rainbacon

14:08

So, my coworkers and I just found out that the software our company uses for feedback provides a Tinder style rating system for your coworkers and has leaderboards where you can see who the highest rated people are

If they make us start using this feature, I'm gonna nope out of there so fast

Tinkeringbell

O.o

Yeah. That seems unhealthy.

Rainbacon

14:41

Super unhealthy. Fortunately so far they're only having us do anonymous feedback

Tinkeringbell

Which... also isn't very healthy, but marginally better.

Rainbacon

15:05

Yeah, I have some ... thoughts ... about feedback culture and a forced "growth mindset", but I'd say I'm probably in the minority on them

Tinkeringbell

15:41

That, and the fact that anonymous feedback, especially in workplace settings, is too often just a workaround, a sign of a place where open feedback and communication barely exist.

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Extroverted Main Man

17:45

Q: What (what) should I do in this life

if I can not and could not tell you anything else. how can this question be answered. How. How. How. How. How. How.

work-life-balance

ElizB

@Tinkeringbell I'm sorta back because I've been away a while

Mithical

o/ Eliz

ankii

18:03

@Rainbacon so you could talk nice to get points and then skip work ?! sounds like a nice deal

ElizB

o/ :)

M.A.R.

Four score and seven reps ago

\o_

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Extroverted Main Man

20:06

Q: How to politely let someone know that their feedback is unhelpful?

I am on a forum where I frequently post creative projects in progress before publishing them. I ask for constructive critique / feedback / opinions on these projects from fellow creators. Sometimes this involves me presenting multiple options for the project and I ask which option is more aesth...

politeness sharing

M.A.R.

20:52

@ExtrovertedMainMan "-1 I'm voting to close this opinion as off-topic because"

shoelace

21:20

I wanted to ask how did the accepted answer got deleted for this question

Q: How to tell my friends to forget all our past conversations and trust me from now on?

I am 21 years of age and I've been a stupid teller of lies in my past. I've almost never lied in situations where it can be hurtful or destructive. I usually have had spun yarns about past life experiences. Initially, I did it to inspire people with my imaginary stories in which story characters ...

friends conversations trust

Tinkeringbell

@ElizB I'm glad you're back, even if it's just sorta :). Sorry for the slow response, I was out tonight.. we can talk later, hopefully!

Em C

21:55

@shoelace It was flagged; IPS has citation expectations that answers need to include personal experience or references (which was added in a comment to let the answerer know).

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