The problem is, with a CS or nursing degree, you get a bunch of theoretical knowledge, and then how to apply that to a practical skill. But with English, the practical skills just aren't translated, which is frustrating. The ability to do a lit analysis can be super helpful when sifting through a 3 month long email chain trying to figure out what's going on. A psych degree can help you actually understand what a client wants and help them articulate it. But they don't teach how to apply those soft skills, which is really unfortunate, as most 22 year olds don't know how to take an abstract skill and apply it directly.

Big side effect I had was all these anxiety dreams about not wearing a mask in public suddenly stopped. Just... Stopped. The waking up in the middle of the night due to anxiety dreams stopped, and suddenly I was getting a solid night's sleep. I had to start inviting my cats into bed with me to get a proper bad night's sleep again.

As said by others, unlimited time off effectively means no time off. Your supervisor will approve the occasional vacation, but you try to get more than that and it's a pain and 'conversations.'

Furries going from running post apocalyptic RPs to running suburbia RPs.

I mean, second life was great for geeky RP shit, but that's SUPER esoteric. And I don't see Meta being a good space for that.

First computer I interacted with was a Mac SE, but the first PC I owned myself was absolutely a Frankenstein's monster of old parts from my friend's computers. Still, it ran Half Life and Thief, so I was happy.

I live in a historically black neighborhood that was largely owned by a slumlord. Most of the properties were pretty bad, but it was that or living on the streets for the families living in them, and the rent was really cheap. When the slumlord died, his daughter sold the properties, and they were cheaply flipped and are now AirBnBs. Half my blocks is AirBnBs. This used to house around 6 or 7 families with a bunch of kids, and there's a good chance they're now living out of their car, kids taken by CPS and put into foster care.

The solution I'd like to see is, if you have more than 3 properties, half of them need to accept section 8 vouchers.

I think a big part of this is a lot of college students look at expected salaries for specific majors, not realizing that these are *mid career* people, not starting employees. Yes, with a psychology degree I was eventually making 40-60k a year working in the field (six figures when I worked in tech for a while with minimal academic experience in tech but a good understanding of how to get dev teams to communicate effectively), but when I first got out of college, I was making 14k on a good year. Just shows that you need to build up the work experience before you can make the big money.

The internet has changed socialization, but these alarmist takes that they're less valid or that the internet is brainwashing or addicting teens is the same shit we've heard since they were panicking about the novel. Stop giving these idiots a platform.

I work for a disability nonprofit, and one thing that is really common is disabled people (often with some invisible disability, such as autism, etc.) that are really burnt out because there's absolutely this idea that you have to be this model employee to be worthwhile. On top of that, the idea of accommodations is shunned, which is absolutely ridiculous because anyone who is disabled and seeking accommodations is trying to be better at their jobs. That's a big piece. And given how awful the past few years have been, a lot of people are dealing with trauma to the point of it actively impacting their lives, but don't feel like they can ask for help with it, even if it would make them a better worker in the long term. (And a lot of the time, the bosses wouldn't give accommodation anyway.)

I worked in IT for a while, and am now a social worker, and trust me, the 5 day workweek is slowly turning into the 7 day work week. So long as there's an ever increasing demand, it'll stay that way, and it sucks.

Flipped classroom is absolutely the way to do it with hybrid. Glad you found success, there are so few stories like this these days, really makes me happy.

So this is a bit more complicated than a question of just online learning vs in-person learning. The research shows, pretty consistently, that hybrid learning is the most effective. In person learning is decent, but you end up with issues with having learners with different pacing. Online only is pretty awful, kids check out and don't form those important relationships with teachers and their fellow students. But with hybrid, you can have the kids watch the lectures on their own time, then class time is devoted to troubleshooting learning difficulties. But it's important with hybrid education to really look at what is good pedagogy and what is just an excuse to sell a flashy new learning platform that adds no value.

I manage early 20something year olds, and while they're a bit more bold about things that I was, I think it's great. A lot of this is just a blatant attempt to create generational division where there's the possibility of the millenials and gen Zers combining forces to challenge unjust labor practices.

Had an old co-worker get a cushy position working for the ATF, then they ran a background check and part of that included a question about smoking pot. He admitted to doing so in college, and he was terminated for it. I know they've since updated their practices, but that crap alone just shoots them in the foot.