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Post by windfisch on Feb 14, 2020 19:30:06 GMT -5
The Oscars don't deserve Parasite - they *are* the parasite.
(Everyone should still watch Parasite, though.)
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Post by Snake on Feb 17, 2020 16:40:53 GMT -5
Parasite was uniquely interesting. It got really weird once the tone changes up, halfway through.
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Post by windfisch on Feb 20, 2020 19:15:28 GMT -5
The weird part is one of many reasons I love that movie.
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Post by Woody Alien on Feb 23, 2020 9:41:19 GMT -5
Parasite was uniquely interesting. It got really weird once the tone changes up, halfway through. I saw Parasite too and liked it, though after having seen the director's previous Snowpiercer and The Host the tonal changes didn't surprise me as much. I still think I preferred Jojo Rabbit in terms of Oscar films with tonal changes though.
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I can't say I'm happy obviously, especially since just now pretty much all sports events, cultural events, carnival etc. have been cancelled around here, and schools, theaters and cinemas are getting closed. However, what worries me the most is not the epidemic in itself but the hysteria that is developing and in general the fact that many Italian people are bound to not follow rules, either for being gullible idiots or thinking they know better than anyone else. There's already been a case of a guy who escaped a quarantined zone in order to meet the rest of his family in the South. Plus generally there's these two mindsets that could potentially cause problems, the ones who think they are living in "28 Days Later" and hoarding stuff, and the ones that minimize everything by saying "it's just like the common cold, who gives a shit". Plus, the governor of the region where I live looks just like the G-Man from Half-Life, so every time I see him on TV I'm just being creeped out and just makes me even more nervous...
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Post by shelverton on Feb 28, 2020 11:04:49 GMT -5
New job on monday, and as always I feel like an absolute fraud... Anyone else with imposter syndrome? It’s very, very difficult to shake.
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Post by toei on Feb 28, 2020 17:00:18 GMT -5
New job on monday, and as always I feel like an absolute fraud... Anyone else with imposter syndrome? It’s very, very difficult to shake. I mean, it depends. Is it really something you can't handle, even given a reasonable amount of time to learn and get used to things? Personally if I know I can do it then I don't stress about it.
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Post by GamerL on Feb 29, 2020 7:14:49 GMT -5
I haven't seen Parasite yet, but the director has been on my radar ever since The Host in 2006, it's cool that he won Best Picture.
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Post by Snake on Feb 29, 2020 16:30:16 GMT -5
New job on monday, and as always I feel like an absolute fraud... Anyone else with imposter syndrome? It’s very, very difficult to shake. Well, did you forge your MD credentials like you were Leonardo Dicaprio in "Catch Me if You Can?" I always liked that scene where he is faced with a trauma patient, and he challenges the intern what the proper course of action should be. And then run to the restroom to vomit.
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Post by Malroth on Mar 9, 2020 13:47:16 GMT -5
I developed that feeling when I made a major career move. It's important to recognize your achievements as they occur and forgive your mistakes. You'll make many - that's how we learn - but you also need to recognize and accept when you do things well. Over time it faded as I became more confident in what I was doing and learned more of the job. I also finally managed to accept that not only did they choose me because I was the best candidate, but also that they made the RIGHT choice.
Hang in there! If they hired you then they decided you were the best person from the job - and that's coming from someone that does hiring as well.
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Post by X-pert74 on Mar 16, 2020 21:34:24 GMT -5
So, the world is in the shitter right now.
At the moment I still have a job (I work retail), but I have no idea how long that will last. It wouldn't surprise me if the nature of my work either shifts dramatically, or... in a worst-case scenario, if I lose work entirely. D:
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Post by Woody Alien on May 23, 2020 11:13:09 GMT -5
Apropos of nothing, I'm really tired of seeing internet endlessly regurgitating the same terms and making it so that they don't mean anything anymore after a while. Words like "simp", "cuckold" (the original term has a filter), "waifu", "autism", "thicc", "S.J.W." and all those slang words, at first they have a precise meaning but after getting repeated all the time just mean "thing I like/I don't like". I know there's not much use in complaining about it, but I'm really annoyed by it.
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Post by jackcaeylin on May 23, 2020 13:28:01 GMT -5
Apropos of nothing, I'm really tired of seeing internet endlessly regurgitating the same terms and making it so that they don't mean anything anymore after a while. Words like "simp", "cuckold" (the original term has a filter), "waifu", "autism", "thicc", "S.J.W." and all those slang words, at first they have a precise meaning but after getting repeated all the time just mean "thing I like/I don't like". I know there's not much use in complaining about it, but I'm really annoyed by it.
Maybe, I am overthinking your situation. The internet is a rough place. I can only recommend to take a break from some "circles" or websites, because it can poison your mind.
I like KPOP, but I can never imagine to visit a board or something similar, due to the mindset. One of the reason why I took a long break from the internet. I feel now more relaxed and less agitated. It doesn't really help that certain stuff like reddit/twitter/groups/(insert something else) can poison lots of people, because it can create a hivemind and change perspective in a weird way like a propaganda or "darken the heart".
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Post by Woody Alien on May 24, 2020 12:21:02 GMT -5
Maybe, I am overthinking your situation. The internet is a rough place. I can only recommend to take a break from some "circles" or websites, because it can poison your mind.
I like KPOP, but I can never imagine to visit a board or something similar, due to the mindset. One of the reason why I took a long break from the internet. I feel now more relaxed and less agitated. It doesn't really help that certain stuff like reddit/twitter/groups/(insert something else) can poison lots of people, because it can create a hivemind and change perspective in a weird way like a propaganda or "darken the heart".
Actually I think it's sound advice. Thank you. Being worried and staying too much inside (for obvious reasons) has led me to use the internet too much, I really should find other hobbies or at least play more games and browse less sites. I don't follow KPop but I heard some pretty terrible things about the more rabid fans, so I understand why you are doing that. On top of this, to stay on topic with what you're saying, just yesterday I heard of yet another young starlet with a promising career taking her life because of online haters. I feel sick every time I read about stuff like that.
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Post by jackcaeylin on May 24, 2020 16:34:17 GMT -5
Maybe, I am overthinking your situation. The internet is a rough place. I can only recommend to take a break from some "circles" or websites, because it can poison your mind.
I like KPOP, but I can never imagine to visit a board or something similar, due to the mindset. One of the reason why I took a long break from the internet. I feel now more relaxed and less agitated. It doesn't really help that certain stuff like reddit/twitter/groups/(insert something else) can poison lots of people, because it can create a hivemind and change perspective in a weird way like a propaganda or "darken the heart".
Actually I think it's sound advice. Thank you. Being worried and staying too much inside (for obvious reasons) has led me to use the internet too much, I really should find other hobbies or at least play more games and browse less sites. I don't follow KPop but I heard some pretty terrible things about the more rabid fans, so I understand why you are doing that. On top of this, to stay on topic with what you're saying, just yesterday I heard of yet another young starlet with a promising career taking her life because of online haters. I feel sick every time I read about stuff like that.
Mental health is something fragile and can be easily exploited through the internet. Sometimes in small ways, that can lead to bigger things. For example: This is apparent with youtube recommendations, because if someone searches "one thing", then someone will get recommendations and similar variations, of the one "thing" which can create a small microcosmos regarding the view of the topic. One of the reasons why "breaks" , "leaving websites " or trying to find different and healthier websites can be a positive thing. Soothing/palliate your soul is important. I am kinda repeating myself. I try to say, take your time.
KPOP has so many issues, which is such a big topic that is hard to digest and to summarize. To cut it very short: the problem is, that Korea has a strong stigma regarding mental illness and Koreans have really really good internet, thus lots of naive and young people have access to it. It doesn't really help that many idols train from a very young age, thus the company has some parent aspect. If you combine these things, which can have some negative impacts, then the resulting problems are quite brutal.
There is still some hope. Korea is investing more money into suicide interventions and are trying to find out how to create proper laws regarding cyber bullying.
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Post by Snake on May 26, 2020 11:10:35 GMT -5
Apropos of nothing, I'm really tired of seeing internet endlessly regurgitating the same terms and making it so that they don't mean anything anymore after a while. Words like "simp", "cuckold" (the original term has a filter), "waifu", "autism", "thicc", "S.J.W." and all those slang words, at first they have a precise meaning but after getting repeated all the time just mean "thing I like/I don't like". I know there's not much use in complaining about it, but I'm really annoyed by it. Don't worry, in about 10 years, they'll replaced by a new lexicon of slang. Just like how we hardly see people today say, "gnarly," "jive turkey," "daddy-o," and "tally ho."
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