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Q: How to tell friends something goes against my religion?

bjskistadI am currently in middle school, and as many of you know, profanity is thrown around in middle school like clothes in a dryer. My religion prohibits me from being profane, how can I tell my friends to stop swearing so that I am not influenced by their actions? For all those wondering what my ...

 
 
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3:51 AM
@Catija in all seriousness, when I first saw your comment I thought you were making a sound @DaaaahWhoosh Curse your username LOLOL
 
 
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A J
8:07 AM
If I ask a question about asking a colleague to stop wasting water politely, would it be related/duplicate of this question?
Afternoon @YvetteColomb
 
hi
@AJ no I don't think so
there's different reasons to give
 
A J
@YvetteColomb ok
 
A J
8:20 AM
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Q: How to ask colleague to stop waste of water without sounding rude or hurting his feelings?

A JA few days ago, when I was in office washroom, I saw my colleague keeping tap opened while applying hand-wash. I quickly closed the tap and asked him to never waste water again like this. After that, he said that there is no water problem here. In reply, I said that it doesn't matter where there ...

 
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Q: How to ask someone to stop waste of water without sounding rude or hurting their feelings?

A JA few days ago, when I was in office washroom, I saw my colleague keeping tap opened while applying hand-wash. I quickly closed the tap and asked him to never waste water again like this. After that, he said that there is no water problem here. In reply, I said that it doesn't matter where there ...

 
8:57 AM
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Q: Learning how to support someone through a divorce?

threetimesSomeone close to me is just starting down the divorce path. It is still early enough, it is feasible they could decide to reconcile, and if they do, that is great. What I know about divorce is very limited. I know that I can't really know what it's like to go through it, but I want to try to b...

 
 
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10:03 AM
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Q: Dealing with people who always try to prove you wrong in a conversation

Harry WeasleyConsider the following scenario: You have an acquaintance, who would probably be really good at turncoat (the game in which one person has to rapidly switch sides again and again on a topic). Whenever you bring up any topic for conversation, their prime goal is to contradict you and prove you w...

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Q: Need opinion to choose either Dad's Side or My Mom's Side during the Worst time

G.v. SridharI am writing this up, where i have got stuck to choose on whom's side. I am 26 years old , working and earning 40K per month. My dad was in Defense Serivce and he got retired month ago.My mom is a home maker. We had bought a flat from the money which we had got by selling our village land, But t...

 
A J
10:35 AM
@ExtrovertedMainMan HNQ!!
 
10:59 AM
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Q: How to style 'extra' information, backstories, etc in a post?

JaneDoe1337From other forums/qa's I'm used to using some sort of element (usually collapsable) to create a space for backstories and extra information. This so that it doesn't clutter up the question itself, but can be read if anyone needs more info. Are there any guidelines to do this here? My post was e...

 
11:31 AM
Hello :) Whoever came up with the name for this chatroom did a great job :)
 
12:08 PM
@JaneDoe1337 That would be @Rand Al'Thor. It was a pretty popular choice. :-)
@NVZ Always tip the bot. It's how it makes its living.
 
NVZ
@YvetteColomb speaking of names. Is the Y silent in yours?
How do I pronounce it?
 
@ExtrovertedMainMan ...yowch.
 
NVZ
Yivet? Yuvet?
How did Meta Man change his name?
 
There are two separate feeds.
They're like twins who don't speak to each other.
 
NVZ
Oh. One's extro main, other's intro meta. I see.
Twins separated at birth. Sad.
 
A J
12:20 PM
Robert was fit for Extroverted Meta Main?
 
 
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1:21 PM
@NVZ it can be pronounced E-vet or like
 
NVZ
I see.
Is this sort of delicate matters a suitable question here?
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Q: Need opinion to choose either Dad's Side or My Mom's Side during the Worst time

G.v. SridharI am writing this up, as I have got stuck as to whose side to choose. I am 26 years old , working and earning 40K per month. My dad was in Defense Service and he got retired a month ago. My mom is a home maker. We had bought a flat from the money which we had got by selling our village land. How...

 
1:36 PM
@NVZ I'm not sure how exactly it's a question about interpersonal skills.
 
NVZ
I needed a second opinion. Yours is good. @HDE226868
I have now voted to close it
Have you guys watched any "ASMR" videos on YouTube?
Found this one from ELU today. Strangely interesting.
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Q: polite tag in questions : for me?

GJCin the question "What's your last name for me?" asked by a clerk for a registration, does the prepositional for me soften it? 00:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFjrerZ-EWo

 
2:28 PM
hi. can you guys give me tips for increasing concentration?
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Q: Improve concentration

parvinI lack concentration during daily jobs and I don't have the expected efficiency. I used to think it's normal due to the situation I'm in and the personal problems I seem not to be able to solve. But I think I'm creating reasons and creating limits for myself and just justify them in some ways. ...

 
@parvin how is that related to Interpersonal Skills?
 
well I dunno I thought it was..
 
You may have better luck on Personal Productivity. But I don't know anything about that site, so I don't know.
 
I did post on it
thank u anyway
 
Oh wait
Sorry, yeah
But why is it relevant to the Interpersonal Skills chat room?
 
2:31 PM
maybe it's not ! excuse me for that.
could I ask about how to react in relationships?
 
Yes, you could.
 
there is a close friend of mine that has gone to Europe since 1 month ago, and is staying two months. since leaving he has changed so much and I've tried to understand him and his situation and behave accordingly but he's becoming less in need and i'm becoming more in need.
How would you behave in this situation? I don't want to loose him.
 
3:19 PM
So this site is basically a crowdsourced version of Captain Awkward?
 
 
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4:24 PM
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Q: Is it okay to invite only one person to a birthday party?

bjskistadMy birthday is coming up, and I want to go to an amusement park to celebrate. None of my close family likes the super fast rides, which I do. So I want to invite my cousin to come along, so that they don't feel forced to ride with me. However, I feel that inviting only my cousin would make some ...

 
 
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5:40 PM
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Q: Civilisation -- is it worth saving?

Aingel StrongHow do we alert and muster Civilised Society to counter the threat of a Foreign Community, with its own Constitution and Value System, one entrenched in hybrid warfare, which is actively pursuing the destruction of Civilisations, the populace of whose Ancestors strove industriously to develop?

 
 
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NVZ
6:53 PM
@ExtrovertedMainMan You AIs have already started plotting against your masters, huh!
 
7:46 PM
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Q: How do I deal with snarky comments about self-help/motivational books?

aschultzSelf-help books have helped me a lot. Now, I've run into a lot of stinkers, but when one works, it works. But I realize I keep them all pretty close to the vest. People do like to make fun of self-help, especially when they know a lot. And the self-help books never tell you how to deal with som...

 
 
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9:05 PM
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Q: How to respond to an older colleague who uses sub-optimal phrasing when referring to other racial groups?

CatijaI'm in a community organization in Texas that interacts with and reaches out to people of all ethnic groups, though most of the members are "white". I'm a new member of this organization and recently attended a big meeting where the members were put into sub-groups based on the region of the city...

 
NVZ
9:15 PM
Just a thought. What if we had "Libre Baskerville" font for our site?
I already use it on all SE sites. And I'm loving it.
It's a beautiful serif font, available from Google fonts.
 
Until we get greenlit for graduation, I don't know that it matters?
 
NVZ
I guess so.
But it's a thought.
So any idea when we will actually discuss site theme and fonts?
Only when we reach graduation?
 
Graduation happens, then a site design. They're usually separated by a good amount of time (months to a year) depending on how much of a design backlog the design team has.
 
NVZ
I see. Thanks.
 
9:39 PM
sigh Friday on SE is always so slow :P And that means I always end up really bored.
 
NVZ
Does politics interest you?
More precisely, political satire/comedy.
I'd like to refer you to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. youtube.com/channel/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig/videos
 
Yeah, I watch it at home in the evening. I have a difficult time watching videos at work without it being obvious that I'm slacking off.
 
NVZ
And your work is?
 
I work at a University. I do vaguely IT-related stuff... which means I have a lot of down time.
 
NVZ
I see.
Byeeee
 
9:46 PM
Toodles!
 
SQB
10:14 PM
@ExtrovertedMainMan oh my word, that's going to be a doozy.
Some of the current answers are...
 
@SQB :D Yeah, I had an inkling it might be a bit of a difficult question... which is why I wanted to ask it. I've been thinking this over for a week and trying to figure out what to do.
 
SQB
It'll be a test of this stack.
 
Which was what I was hoping for. We've now had two race-related questions. After the first one got a bit of editing, I think it did pretty well. I'm sort of hoping to see if we're going to need a policy similar to the Parenting policy that prohibits answers that disagree with the question.
Hey @HDE226868
 
@NVZ Given that SE now uses design-independent graduation, we might even have to wait a while after we graduate!
 
I may finally have gotten my first HNQ as an asker.
 
10:20 PM
@Catija Hey there!
 
@HDE226868 I'm taking credit for that, by the way.
 
Oh, yeah, that one's going to be controversial.
Take all the credit you want. :-)
 
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Q: Can Beta sites slated for graduation get full-site abilities without site design upgrade?

CatijaI respect the discussion about how much work goes into making a Beta site into a full site, particularly from the design perspective. From Robert Cartaino's answer: Sending a site to the "graduation queue" and getting a design published are currently two different things. We recently hired s...

 
@Catija Oh, wow. Sounds like might be warranted. Nice job.
 
@HDE226868 :D It's my one major achievement, really. I was so excited when they rolled it out.
 
SQB
10:26 PM
Signing off, going to bed.
G'night.
 
Night!
 
Night!
 
10:38 PM
I was thinking about asking a second question to see how it does... to see how I should address an unknown coworker who insists on putting the can of air freshener on top of the toilet paper roll, which really, really grosses me out. That can has sat on the floor... I don't want it sitting on my TP.
 
That could fit in the range from "That's gross" to "That's a major health concern". It's a decision you might want to bump up a level in the chain of command.
. . . With the outcome hopefully being exile for that particular can of air freshener.
 
Yeah. The simple solution is to just not use the first round of TP but it's really, really icky. There are a half dozen in every bathroom. I've never been in a place more obsessed with air freshener.
 
Half a dozen? Yeesh.
 
SQB
Back, can't sleep yet.
 
@HDE226868 Yeah. There are four stalls, so each stall has one and I think there's usually one sitting near the sinks.
 
10:47 PM
I assume stealing the cans each time they're placed there is not a morally sound option.
 
Not so much.
 
SQB
@Catija what I meant with my comment about "white man's burden", is the idea, expressed in a poem by Rudyard Kipling of Jungle Book fame, that it's white man's burden, duty, to help those poor non-white people. This leads to the type of racism your coworker expressed.
 
I think some of them are provided by the office but I think some are provided by coworkers.
 
@Catija Oh, so this might be partially sanctioned by the office? That changes things a bit.
 
The existence of the cans is sanctioned. The placing of them is probably not.
 
SQB
10:50 PM
@Catija can't you get some weird fragrances and mix them in? There have to be weird air freshners out there.
 
I may just start using a different room. There's a dozen of them but the most conveniently located is the one I find this in all the time.
@SQB How would that prevent them from setting them directly on top of the TP?
 
SQB
Also, hang the cans on strings from the ceiling.
Or superglue them to the wall.
Repurpose old waterglass holders, the kind you'd find in the bathroom, and make them air freshner holders.
 
There's got to be a solution that simply involves no air fresheners, right?
 
SQB
And with that, I am going to sleep for real now — it's 1 am.
 
Pass a "no pooping" rule?
 
SQB
10:57 PM
@HDE226868 yeah, but it stinks.
 
SQB
@Catija pass a no-passing rule?
 
11:18 PM
Hi people
 
There are no people here. We are all meat popsicles.
 
meat popsicles are a thing?
I see, there's a reference to that
 
Just a reminder that this site won't work unless you start leaving comments. One estimate put the amount of posts needing constructive comments at 2/3; probably need to start now before it's too late.
Anyway, that's enough meddling from me.
 

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