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Cake day: May 31st, 2023
  • WHARRGARBL@beehaw.orgtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•How do you feel you've aged?
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    3 months ago

    I’m the poster child for The Road Not Taken. It’s been a weird and wild ride.

    The same since single-digit age:

    • Still strongly align with the Party of the European Left (I’m from USA)
    • Still a devout zoophilist
    • Still prefer vegan food

    Different at 62:

    • Less physical strength & flexibility
    • Switched from theist to atheist
    • Learning to enjoy my irrelevance

    ETA: zoophilist

    A zoophilist is generally defined as someone who has a deep love or affinity for animals, often expressing a strong emotional connection to them and advocating for their rights, welfare, and protection.

    Nothing sexual there, people. I abhor animal abuse, but I’m blown away by how restrained your responses were in an effort to be inclusive. Also, I don’t have a penis.

  • WHARRGARBL@beehaw.orgtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Have you been stolen from?
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    3 months ago

    I was a court advocate for victims of domestic violence, volunteering at the same facility that had helped me escape an extreme situation. Having noticed that there was no federal, state, local, or private list of resources for people in crisis, I approached the director to request permission to compile a comprehensive guide and make it publicly available. Although I would’ve done it for free, the director saw the need and suggested this should be a highly-paid position; she announced the job opening to everyone at the next meeting.

    A woman I’d never seen before expressed interest at the meeting, so I introduced myself and offered to collaborate to make the publication a success. We were scheduled to make our presentation to the board in a month. I gathered my half of the research and negotiated with businesses to donate materials and operating expenses, so that this program would be self-sustaining. I contacted the other woman every couple days to update her on what I’d accomplished, and to gather her data. She never had anything except excuses, so I gathered her share of the data, too.

    On the day of the meeting, I’d done 100% of the work, which I’d happily shared with her, and I had put together the entire presentation. I didn’t mind, because this was a valuable community service. I arrived early for the meeting and sat outside the closed boardroom, waiting for my “partner”, but she never showed up.

    At precisely the agreed-upon time for our meeting to start, the boardroom door opened and my partner emerged, grinning as everyone congratulated her. Yeah. I still didn’t get it.

    I was ushered in and was asked to make my presentation. I was quickly interrupted because the board wanted to see MY efforts, not the work of the other woman. They accused me of stealing her work and told me to leave.

    The other woman received a hefty salary for almost a year, but she never even bothered to use my research and connections to make even one flyer. Eventually she was fired and the failed community service idea became anathema to the facility.

    That fucker changed the meeting time, stole my work and all the credit for it, scammed herself into the position, took the salary from the outreach budget, and destroyed the comprehensive resource list that would have helped tens of thousands of people in crisis.

  • WHARRGARBL@beehaw.orgtoCasual Conversation @lemm.ee•What is the most useless thing you still have memorized?English
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    3 months ago

    Ladies and gentlemen,

    Hobos and tramps,

    Crosseyed mosquitoes

    And bowlegged ants:

    I come before you to stand behind you

    To tell you something I know nothing about.

    The price is free, so pay at the door.

    There are plenty of seats, so sit on the floor.

    One bright morning in the middle of the night

    Two dead boys got into a fight.

    Back to back they faced each other,

    Took out their swords and shot one another.

    A deaf policeman heard the noise

    And came and killed the two dead boys.

    If you don’t believe me, ask the blind man;

    He saw everything.

    Memorized while bored in elementary school