Whoa whoa whoa. Slowdown. I didn’t downvote you. I actually forgot to vote at all

And you’re insinuating that I’m a retard because I downvoted you? Take a day from lemmy friend. We all get worked up and I believe you’re worked up

Ha! I love it. It looks like that old, grumpy cop that’s 3 months from retirement

I’ll take half right

I would argue that it’s not ok due to the context of the word and self-deprication creates negative feedback loops

Words like moron and idiot can be used as generalized insult. They can be offensive, but it doesn’t refer to a certain person or people. Moron and idiot are both defined as being stupid and stupid is defined of lack of intelligence or common sense. The word “retard” refers to people that have mental retardations. The individual person can control being stupid, but they can’t control being mentally retarded.

And if you start a brigading campaign against them, it’ll just be used to raise their platform.

Don’t stoop to their level

What about a goatee?

Not necessarily whatever you want because you have to follow DOT standards, but utility locating is a good one. The standard is steel toe, reflective vest, and in some cases, a hard hat. Other than that, you’re good unless the company mandates something different. You can also get good money, experience, and networking in that field. Since you’re such a young person, and if you have a good personal drive, you’d greatly excel at it because it is a relatively physical job

Exactly what I was thinking. They’re probably like “We’ll set a hotel up for you in Syria or Lebanon. Trust us”

Then the best I can suggest is don’t let what anyone says get to you. You can only control what you do, and if someone tries to manipulate you, and you catch it too late, well that’s just a valuable lesson for the future

Improve your empathy. It sounds hard, but when you focus on body language it gets a lot easier. People will give away what their goal is before they even spit a word. You can say “Hey” to them and that is most of the time all you need.

Just saw this comment. Yes it was silly, and in no way meant to be taken literal. Looking at the history of those states that were under the USSR, putin is trying to keep control of them

You could just talk to me directly, but fine. I’ll delete the post

Agreed. I tried to make due, but I won’t hold it against the mods if this gets deleted. Just needed to get it out

I see it as the neonazi movement in the US in late 90s and early 2000s. They want to be edgy, but don’t have a significant structure to actually do anything important. Around 2006 I ended up stealing a knife from a neonazi that came in to the restaurant that I worked at. It was a Mexican restaurant btw lol

I don’t have the same area code as the area I live in so it’s pretty simple to weed spam calls out

Definitely going to watch it.

Insane!? You’re talking about Insane right?

Probably 20-30%. I don’t answer calls from different area codes than mine