I can’t tell if this is a shitpost or not. (Intentional or otherwise).

The Nature vs. Nurture is poorly phrased.

We have: (a small selection)

• genetics
• epigenetics
• physical environment
• emotional environment
• information environment
• social environment

All shaping us at the same time. So yes, if you would go back in time and be the same genetic you, but like adopted at birth somewhere else, you would still be you genetically, but everything else would be different.

Maybe better, maybe worse. Even if life brought you down some bad backroads, you never know. Maybe this is the multiverse that takes you to where you really want to be. Your best self. We’ll see.

:(

I saw this one coming before I clicked on the post.

Fascists.

Edit: They are technically edible, just very hard to stomach.

I’ve never had such a toxic statement come from the person who is supposed to look out for their employees wellbeing. They at least act like they have your best interest at heart.

Sorry to hear about your rough time. If I can share an insight, in the hopes you find it helpful; you have an overly high view of what managers are and do. Good ones try to do this, but the default is not this at all.

Your managers are there to make sure you get the job done in a manner consistent with their operating policies and proceedures. This can vary a lot depending on the job and industry, but it usually means, fast and cheap and profitable.

At no point does your well being enter into the equation. The very rare exception is for highly skilled ultra-rare empoyees in critical roles. They are too valuable to lose and get some consideration. Everyone else is disposable.

It’s cheaper and easier to fire somone you lose confidence in, than it is to deal with someone with chronic issues who can’t seperate their personal and professional life. Your messaging would be interpreted by most managers in this context. You’re sowing the seeds of doubt and it can’t help and can only hurt your standing in a company.

My advice, seek comfort and support outside of work. Don’t let your boss know anything worse than cold&flu. Never share chronic conditions unless absolutely necessary. It almost never helps, but can and will be used against you in a secret court of employer opinion.

Source: Am manager, Have hired and fired many times, never because I wanted to. Always because the business demanded it.

Choices abound. Make one, move, stretch your legs a bit?

Online dating is a bit of a misnomer. It’s not dating. It allows people to optimize selection based on superficiality, and stops anyone from from getting to know anyone. It’s also high stakes because arranged meets with matches are purpose driven.

Put it down. Turn it off. Go do something you love and meet people. All sorts of people. Have fun, casually. Somewhere in there, you’ll find someone special.

(Not directed to you OP, just online daters in general)

Yah, you’re not walking away from that so casually. Gimme the story in 300 words or less. ;)

Edit. Never mind. I saw the post right after. Thanks for sharing.

No one can time the market. The answer depends on your risk tolerance and security buffers. It is schrodinger’s market. It is always the best and worst time to hypothetically jump in or out of markets. It’s only after you do that the probability wave form collapses and becomes one or the other.

Predictions depend on a stable system. No where is stable so don’t bother.

Curious. I love you and I never even met you.

Tell my wife I said “Hello”.

I sympathise, but the cliché is not strictly true. Nature is all about diversity. Just like humans have a certain ratio of “bad apples” born where someone is hard wired wrong, so do dogs, and likely all animals.

Psychopathology is real. It would be a mistake to deny Nature it’s agency. There are people who belong in an institution. Dogs perhaps moreso.

To your point, yes most problems are attributable to bad trainers, but even here there is something missing. Bad breeders - natural reproduction would select for fitness, and truly bad dogs would be limited to a small fraction of background instances. We have lots of people actively breeding killers with outsized agression and fear and ferocity, with hair triggers, on purpose. I’m not talking about guard dogs where fierce protective instincts are balanced with loyalty and bonding and intelligence. I mean literal psychokillers.

I’m circling around Pit-Bulls and the like, but I need to be clear. The breed is fine. Some of my best friends are pit bulls. Diversity naturally makes most of them good dogs, just more context dependant and trainer demanding. I’m not talking about those. I’m only referring to a small subset that were overbred and the natural background level of freakshow.

If you’ve only known pets from reputable breeders, accidental litters or the shelter rescues, understand that these select for the good dogs. If that’s all you know, you would have reason to doubt that bad dogs are possible.

Fine. Winning lottery numbers then. I can ponder the depths of the other ineffable questions from a beach with a tasty beverage somewhere nice.

How does one get grants for this type of research? Asking for a friend.

Not all. There are some bad boys out there.

Winning lottery numbers for next draw. When will humanity go extinct? Where are the nearest 1 billion species with near human level intelligence or greater. How do we safely and conveniently travel faster than light.

So many to choose.

You sure you want that?

Biometrics are a username not a password. Authentication is not authorization. This sounds like trying to stop man in the middle attacks with something susceptable to man in the middle attacks.

Maybe I’m just not getting the idea.

With your Barber’s consent, anything is possible. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

This. Are you me?

Not a Barber but my Barber loves me, and I him. You are a posable manequin meant to hold a position. They will gently guide your head to the desired position whenever a change is required. Gently acquiesce. Tip generously.