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If you’re in a group and talking about someone who isn’t there, imagine they are. That way, you’ll never say something you might regret later.
When I got my first car my grandmother told me “don’t do anything to it that makes it stand out to the police.”
Professionally, the question that needs to get answered isn’t the question being asked. Always get context.
HR rep: if you’re gonna go down take people with you.
Don’t Panic
Might not ever be the best piece of advice, but it’s always the second best piece of advice in any situation
This is a good piece of advice for hitchhiking around the galaxy
Always know where your towel is.
Did you sketch that frood, Triumph? Now there’s a hoopy frood, who really knows where their towel is!
Back in college, we made a party punch that we called Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters, and you’d be able to drink maybe one red solo cup worth.
If you have to whine or criticize something make sure to have a way to make it better. If you bring up a problem, bring up the solution with you.
I really hate this advice.
You don’t necessarily need to bring a solution.
The solution may come in many ways but the most important thing is bring the problem to the light so everybody become aware.
If you’re not satisfied with something whine and criticize the hell out of it. If you’re right others will show up and together we may find a solution.
Sometimes you feel something is wrong but not necessarily know how it can be fixed, but you know it’s wrong.
Don’t hold yourself from complaining just because you don’t have a solution, bring whatever you feel to discussion.
I get rather annoyed when someone says “I have a problem” without any further thought shown toward it.
Sure, you don’t need to always have the solution, but if you have something worth complaining about then it’s something worth putting at least a little time and effort into thinking about solving before complaining. That reflection will often come through in how the problem gets put forward such that it’s easier for everyone to help find a solution.
Good advice
A shit solution can absolutely be worse than the initial problem, for sure.
This is great advice. I’ve heard it refined to “bring the energy to be part of the solution” - which clarifies that one doesn’t have to have all the answers, but had better be willing to engage with solving whatever one complains about.
When I managed a team, my one big rule was to always have them try to offer something constructive to a problem, rather than them come tell me there was a problem and hope I fix it.
I would quote the Simpsons, “We’ve tried nothing and we’re out of ideas” (I never said this condescendingly)
Eventually they would come up with quick ideas and share them. And regardless if they were right or not, I would encourage them to go further and try out their idea without solving it for them. This built so much confidence in the team, they did amazing work.
Bringing the energy to be part of the solution (you don’t need to SOLVE it) really can bring a team together
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Your job is not your family. You owe them nothing. Do your job well and leave the work at the door when you leave at the end of the day. Unless you’re an owner, every bit of extra work you do is you being robbed.
Lately i talked to a lot of elderly people or people who just retired because work. They don’t know each other, they don’t even live close to each other, but the thing they have in common is the need to talk to me about young people who don’t want to work anymore. Telling me stories that “young people” just leave work when their shift is over, not caring about the company at all.
They’re upset the McDonald’s employee isn’t the happiest person ever, catering to their every whim. Thats really it. They want us to be little happy bootlickers who work our asses off for nothing.
I complain about young people too but this isnt why. Dont work shitty jobs for shitty pay. If you must work a shitty job, they better fuckng pay up. Isnt that the whole “invisible hand” capitalists love so much? If you can’t find workers , you’re either an asshole, or not paying enough.
Ask them if their employer paid for their retirement (pension). Ask if they were repeatedly laid off because the work can be done [poorly] cheaper in another country. Ask if they were union.
Many companies used to be loyal to their employees and vice versa. That is all but gone now and the companies cry that nobody is loyal.
Having just been made redundant this week after 15 years this is so true.
I managed it very well, very rarely having committed more than my allotted hours each week but I know for many they would have to have been very disciplined to achieve this.
I leave with no malice or ill feeling as a result. I’d hate to think how I’d feel otherwise
Agreed but this can be difficult to parse when you’re union organizer
Or you work for the olive garden.
This was specific to calculus homework but it has turned out to be very good advice, “when you don’t know what to do, do something”. Often decisions can be paralyzing or problems can feel insurmountable but doing nothing is a choice. Very rarely is it the best one.
Me: this seems like sound reasoning, I should follow it and be more decisive
My ADHD:
Instructions unclear—(noun) (adjective) (preposition) (noun).
(em dash) (em dash) (em dash)
Yeah. I see a lot of people get stuck on problems where they get free iterations because they try a couple of things, get stuck, and require others to come up with more ideas.
Analysis paralysis is real. And it’s funny, I joke that I made a lot of poor decisions as a kid, I was impulsive, did what came to mind, but it all led me to a pretty good life, and so I’m all about just do it and deal with it.
I am not sure that’s a good in idea, but I’ll reassess from my deathbed.
An okay plan applied immediately and vigorously is INFINTELY better than a perfect plan ten minutes too late.
“Better put on a condom”
Yeah, never go out in the rain without your coat on.
You’ll need something bigger than a hammer to kill it.
Never pay for any kind of digital content.
Actually, I gave this advice to myself. I hope it counts.
I hear what you’re saying. I would chanve that to avoid it as much as possible or qualify it by adding only pay for digital content that you can easily identify the value without using the word convenient or if it doesn’t change they way you interact with the app.
Example Paying for digital backups of you personal data is convenient for you and the cloud company to sell your info.
Buying a digital only video game because there’s no other choice is one thing. Buying a $50 character skin is a waste of money because it doesn’t change how the game functions or plays.
In both scenarios I don’t own anything but I get value out of a video by unwinding and having fun. Giving my data to a stranger and paying them a subscription to double dip when I could just by a USB stick or HDD, is hard to justify.
Buying a movie on Prime for $25 or buying the DVD for $20 seems like a no brainer to me. I own nothing with Prime and if they take it down then I have to pay watch it again on another platform. If I take care of the DVD I will have it forever.
Nah I like supporting indie game devs and software developers. Also occasionally musicians on Bandcamp.
I remember when OF was new and people would go around trying to shame people for consuming free porn and bragging how they were such good superior porn consumers and how they were ‘supporting young women’.
I notice folks don’t do that anymore.
Did you just push the red button? Never push the red button.
DO IT! Just… DO IT! YES YOU CAN! Just do it! If you’re tired of starting over, STOP. GIVING. UP.
