What's on my mind? An annoying person who has managed to suddenly invade and pop up on another site where I've been a member for a while.....
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Oh goodness... Hopefully you can avoid them.
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On a somewhat related topic, someone said some not very nice things about me in a discord voice channel tonight. I made sure to tell them that what they said was a personal insult and, ultimately, to never bring the topic up again, at least around me.
Exactly what they said was so personally insulting, I'd rather not say it here. Sometimes, people just don't make sense (actually, a lot of the time). I've had people say nasty stuff about me before, but not to that level. Though, I should've probably stopped the discussion well before it got to that point, because, honestly, I knew that was coming.
And no, they were not joking, they sounded quite serious. Even if they were, it would've been the most unfunny joke ever.
I am still very upset.
Exactly what they said was so personally insulting, I'd rather not say it here. Sometimes, people just don't make sense (actually, a lot of the time). I've had people say nasty stuff about me before, but not to that level. Though, I should've probably stopped the discussion well before it got to that point, because, honestly, I knew that was coming.
And no, they were not joking, they sounded quite serious. Even if they were, it would've been the most unfunny joke ever.
I am still very upset.
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Now, that is absolutely fascinating.
As I also write with a fountain pen, I shall take even greater pleasure in doing so from now on.
And this is also fascinating.
I love reading about (and thinking about) this sort of stuff.
Ignore them. When someone says something unkind about you ask yourself this question.
Is it true? Is there something I should change about myself?
Chances are the answer to both is no.
Other people’s opinions are just that.
Just cut those negative people out of your life. If you can’t, then just shrug it off and don’t dwell on it.
I think that one of the problems with social media is the combination of apparent intimacy, or proximity, mixed with the detachment of distance.
This seems to give some people permission - in their own mind - to behave appallingly in front of a keyboard, or online, and to behave in a way that they would never dare to behave in real life, or in a face to face encounter, or exchange.
Distance - especially the distance afforded by the online space, along with the presumption of some sort of relationship, the impression of intimacy - doesn't give people the right to behave like jerks, (an American word I do like, as it is wonderfully descrptive of a certain type of conduct).
As @Apple fanboy rightly counsels, simply ignore them, - and, if necessary, feel free to cut them - negative people, and people who are toxic and deliberately hurtful - out of your life, to excise them from your world - although I readily accept that this is far easier said than done, especially when you are young.
As you mature, you will develop a somewhat thicker skin, and greater confidence in yourself and your judgment, and will find that other people's opinions come to matter less, and will have considerably less power to hurt you.
That thicker skin is vital in the real world. Many of the young people I work with are very delicate little flowers. You have to be so careful how you speak to them. It’s exhausting!
When I started working I was considerably younger than they are. I had to learn to develop a very thick skin. I dread to think how these people would have gotten on back then. There was no such thing as HR. Just your boss.
I wonder if I should open a kebab restaurant in New York in the future? About 4 years later or so. I haven't been able to get the visa yet. Passport is ready. Do you think I will become rich from a kebab restaurant in New York? 😁
I have no idea. Although it's an amazing goal that I fully support
As long as it is a good one, you should do well (and Turkish food is excellent; actually, Turkish lentil soup is absolutely amazing).
Just back from the city, with Jersey milk, French bread (and French butter), cream, cheese, (plenty of cheese), and a few slices of galette des rois.
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I was going to eat kebab, but I wanted a burger and ate Arbys's.
Turkish kebabs can be really, really, good.
And I must say that I am rather partial to the excellent meze dishes, the invariably excellent bread, that extraordinary lentil soup, and the variety of salads that one is offered in Turkey.
My parents (who travelled frequently to Turkey) used to love the cuisine, especially the lamb dishes.
You only ate the meat of the lamb. We Turks benefited from every part of the lamb except its eyes. Brain salad from his brain, liver kebab from his liver, boiled kidney from his kidneys, syrup from his bones, head and feet from his head, marrow broth from his bones, tripe soup from his tripe, shanks from his legs...
We get a lot of protein, that's why we are smart and strong.
Also the lamb brain tasted like gel.
I've done all those things, so hopefully future incidents are prevented. It's put me in a bad mood today, nonetheless.
On a Saturday? Just go do something fun instead.
After all isn’t that what being a student is all about?
As @Apple fanboy rightly remarks, do something fun, something you enjoy, something that will take you out of yourself, instead.
These are years - when you are a student - when you will have the time - and the supportive academic and intellectual environment - as there are no professional commitments or personal relationships eating into your daily routine and demanding vast resources of time, and mental and psychological (and physical) space and energy to address - to pour yourself into studying what interests you.
Enjoy that.
I loved my time as a student, and spent days drinking coffee (and chatting, debating, discussing and dissecting stuff) with friends or classmates, or, occasionally, professors.
Don't waste your precious time for worthless people, it's not worth it.
Restaurants are the most common businesses that are opened in the United States by individuals, but restaurants are also the business most likely to fail, especially within the first year.
Getting a restaurant established can be very challenging especially in a big city like New York. The typical wisdom is, you should have enough money saved to run the business for a year without making a profit. I know that sounds harsh, but typically businesses fail because they haven’t been able to stay around long enough to get established.
I never knew this person was "worthless" until now.
Negative people and trolls just feed off responses. Don’t give them what they want. Just ignore them.
Sure, and that is always a painful discovery, and a hurtful one, even when you are no longer a student; a betrayal of trust, - at any level - can be really upsetting.
However, once you do learn that they are "worthless", well, just try to remove them from your life. Walk away.
You don't need to (or want to) stoop to their level, or their behaviour, but likewise, you don't have to admit them to any portion of your life in the future, or waste any emotional energy on them.
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I’ve never felt so totally UN-interested in any Apple product as in Vision Pro 😂
Yet, I’ve read a lot in the threads about it. Just because I want to figure out why I am so uninterested.
What I got this far: the really cool ones buys it and the un-cool are not interested.
So I probably belong to the later part, and I really don’t want to get into a discussion about it with the really cool ones. Because for me this device has no point. It just looks so ridiculous, and probably uncomfortable too after not so long time.
See if it comes out a VisionPro Mini, and if that can change my mind? 🥱
Yet, I’ve read a lot in the threads about it. Just because I want to figure out why I am so uninterested.
What I got this far: the really cool ones buys it and the un-cool are not interested.
So I probably belong to the later part, and I really don’t want to get into a discussion about it with the really cool ones. Because for me this device has no point. It just looks so ridiculous, and probably uncomfortable too after not so long time.
See if it comes out a VisionPro Mini, and if that can change my mind? 🥱