(Serious) advice you wouldn't tell someone without anonymity

[obliviousbeard]

People keep saying this but looking back at my library it's mainly fiction novels and pulp, and I feel like they mean for me to read something else. Except I don't know what exactly.

What's wrong with fiction? Reading anything is good, and trashy pulp novel can be at least entertaining (see: Sven Hassel, Destroyer/Remo Williams etc). Just grab something that seems interesting, decide if you liked it or nah, then try something else.

 

[We Are The Witches]

No, I don't. It is also why I said store them on 2 hard drives separate from your computer. Keep a notebook of points for you to record afterwards. Keep receipts. Use an Etag. Your credit card also tracks where you were, as does steam or any of the consoles. AI can't forge receipts, it can't back up documents with receipts and hand written notes. It will always be obvious that a conversation is AI generated and not a recording. And don't fucking use CHATgpt to do your record keeping.

Someone saying "He must have used AI for all of these things" is just going to look like a monumental retard and any workplace who accepts that explanation is opening themselves up for severe litigation.

Proper notekeeping will save your ass.

Of course, I'm not talking about those cases though.

Here's a hypothetical: you're at work and someone accuses you that at some point you went out of your office and made a sexually suggestive comment or something like that/more serious towards them, must have been when no one was around, and the place does not have security cameras everywhere.

You simply do not have an alibi/evidence that no, at 9:13 in the morning you were sitting inside your office instead of out.

Now in this case, imagine if this person had an AI generated conversation (supposedly without any telling that it's AI, and faithful enough); it's simple & short, probably just several seconds in lenght where we can hear """you""" making that comment.

That's the type of stuff I'm talking about, not some retard using ChatGPT to forge an official document.

 

[JamusActimus]

Body count, seeing a psychologist, relationship with their parents and not having a hobby are important factors when choosing a partner

 

[Idiotron]

Better advice would be "dont work for jews"
If your work is so bad your being forced to do this then you only have yourself to blame for staying there.

OK, point me towards the good and honest company that never does anything illegal and never exploits a single employee.

 

[regginknurd]

1. Lying works. It just works. But you can't do it like a retard and don't lie off-the-cuff because your stupid lying ass will forget the lies and then you'll be playing "who did I tell what to" for possible decades. If you're going to lie, tell the same lie. Also, if you're willing to lie then be willing to face the consequences when you were sloppy and some idiotic mistake let someone find you out for being a dishonest prick.

2. Don't wait for your parents to die to be yourself. Your parents will eventually die, but that isn't a timeline to plan your big "coming out" ceremony with sexyality/political-stances/religious-belief/ect. Unless your parents are fucking whack-jobs, they may disagree with whatever you have chosen to do, but they will still love you. Sure, there may be some off-hand comments around the holiday dinner table, but that's essentially no different from your buddies ribbing you for making a dumb (as they see it) choice.

If you don't? Worst case scenario: you were a cross dressing weirdo or a closet nazi (sometimes interchangeable). For some fucked up reason YOU died first. Now your family has to go through all your shit and find out you were an IRL weirdo. Not only have they lost their child (or sibling), but now they'll be burdened by a secret to continue to keep, that wasn't theirs in the first place, or feel like THEY did something wrong for you to be such a closeted "insert thing here."

3. Keep your own bank account no matter if you are married or dating or what not. This is your money in case something happens. Keep it at a different bank, have the mail regarding the account delivered to your work or just have it digital statements only (this seems like a no-brainer but I've heard from too many people about the horrors of having their little dragon horde raided because they let their pee-pee parts get touched and they spilled all their beans).

4. If you don't want conflict with friends/family/neighbors do not date an ethnic/political/class group outside of the circle you exist in. If you're a middleclass, corn-fed peckerwood, don't be surprised if you neighbors stop talking to you when you bring home a cat-eating refugee as a partner.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Let me tell you a little something about love. It has a voracious appetite. It eats everything. Friendship. Family. It kills me how much it eats. But I'll tell you something else. You feed it right, and it can be a beautiful thing, and that's what we have.

You know, when someone believes in you, man, you can do anything, any fucking thing in the entire universe. And when you believe right back in that someone, then watch out world, because nobody can stop you then, nobody! Ever!

 

[JamusActimus]

Let me tell you a little something about love. It has a voracious appetite. It eats everything. Friendship. Family. It kills me how much it eats. But I'll tell you something else. You feed it right, and it can be a beautiful thing, and that's what we have.

Part of becoming an adult is knowing the difference between love and infatuation.

Loves helps you build, infatuation swallows everything (lol). The secret is knowing when it's love and when infatuation is involved.

I've seen quite a few 40+ year old men get infatuated post divorce and it's always pathetic.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Part of becoming an adult is knowing the difference between love and infatuation.

Loves helps you build, infatuation swallows everything (lol). The secret is knowing when it's love and when infatuation is involved.

I've seen quite a few 40+ year old men get infatuated post divorce and it's always pathetic.

I was just quoting a line from Christine to shitpost, but your advice is pretty sound, and it is indeed pathetic.

 

[The Hardest R]

1. If you’re wrong about something, admit it, shut the fuck up and move the fuck on. Most people are willing to forgive, forget, and ignore but there’s few things more pathetic than a faggot who gets angry or “well ackchuallys” people when they’re wrong.

2. You are not that important…and that’s a good thing! To tie to point 1, 99%+ of us are insignificant and you’ll find how much of a relief it is that you don’t have to be some faggot who likes to front about being tough, smart, etc. Just live your life.

3. You’ll eventually forget most of the thots you fucked. Casual sex is an utter waste of time.

 

[peachlover669]

OK, point me towards the good and honest company that never does anything illegal and never exploits a single employee.

Find a locally owned construction company

 

[PonderosaPete]

When someone asks you if you want to see their cock, it's not a rooster they're offering to show you.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

Confidence is a superpower. If you go through life acting like you’re going to succeed, other people will go along with that.

 

[Popper Whiting]

Of course, I'm not talking about those cases though.

Here's a hypothetical: you're at work and someone accuses you that at some point you went out of your office and made a sexually suggestive comment or something like that/more serious towards them, must have been when no one was around, and the place does not have security cameras everywhere.

You simply do not have an alibi/evidence that no, at 9:13 in the morning you were sitting inside your office instead of out.

Now in this case, imagine if this person had an AI generated conversation (supposedly without any telling that it's AI, and faithful enough); it's simple & short, probably just several seconds in lenght where we can hear """you""" making that comment.

That's the type of stuff I'm talking about, not some retard using ChatGPT to forge an official document.

That is not going to happen. I have phone records, emails, my own personal records. The very notion that someone recorded me saying something very specific for several seconds saying a bad thing without providing the greater conversation raises questions. Why didn't the person provide the entire conversation? I don't work off camera, most people don't. Your bosses work on the same theory I do, record everything, so most places are recorded, so it happening off camera is unlikely. This is my workplace, because it is mining, but I also have to tag into my office with an access card, every worker does. To open any door you tag, even the break room. Why didn't my tag register to that specific room? Why didn't my office register me leaving by me closing the door? It doesn't work in my situation, and for most workplaces.

For that person to lie successfully they need to account for so many variables. Which is why I say record everything, because you don't end up having to cover for variables.

Lying casually without scrutiny is easy. Nobody usually bothers to check so people get away with it. Lying with scutiny, that is stressful and impossible. A good lolcow example right now is Nick Rekieta. The guy is a habitual liar, has been all the way along. But one of the things that has really spiralled him, is the scrutiny. He is having to maintain, modify and keep track of all the lies, whilst being an addict, it isn't the one and done deal most people are used to, and that pressure is breaking Nick. It means changing things and playing catch up as new details emerge, to keep the lie a person ends up telling more lies, which means more effort, more things to keep track of, more stress. It is nearly impossible to successfully maintain a lie under scrutiny, everyone cracks without help or support (and that involves paying lawyers a lot of money). By recording everything a person doesn't have to lie, they don't have the stress of having to recall, they simply pull out the notes and they've got reference. Simply put a lie of the type you've proposed takes time and effort, that is only going to get worse for the liar as good record keeping means a person can successfully and truthfully account for all of their details with very little effort. The risk vs reward is not worth it for the liar, and it becomes not worth it for HR as they now weigh the cost of an unfair dismissal suit with an unreliable narrator, even if they win it is going to cost.

 

[MadStan]

Don't lend money to family. Give them money yes, but never lend it.

 

[The Hardest R]

Don't lend money to family. Give them money yes, but never lend it.

This extends to friends as well. If you get paid back, great, but don’t expect it. Treat it like a gift.

 

[We Are The Witches]

That is not going to happen. I have phone records, emails, my own personal records. The very notion that someone recorded me saying something very specific for several seconds saying a bad thing without providing the greater conversation raises questions. Why didn't the person provide the entire conversation? I don't work off camera, most people don't. Your bosses work on the same theory I do, record everything, so most places are recorded, so it happening off camera is unlikely. This is my workplace, because it is mining, but I also have to tag into my office with an access card, every worker does. To open any door you tag, even the break room. Why didn't my tag register to that specific room? Why didn't my office register me leaving by me closing the door? It doesn't work in my situation, and for most workplaces.

For that person to lie successfully they need to account for so many variables. Which is why I say record everything, because you don't end up having to cover for variables.

Lying casually without scrutiny is easy. Nobody usually bothers to check so people get away with it. Lying with scutiny, that is stressful and impossible. A good lolcow example right now is Nick Rekieta. The guy is a habitual liar, has been all the way along. But one of the things that has really spiralled him, is the scrutiny. He is having to maintain, modify and keep track of all the lies, whilst being an addict, it isn't the one and done deal most people are used to, and that pressure is breaking Nick. It means changing things and playing catch up as new details emerge, to keep the lie a person ends up telling more lies, which means more effort, more things to keep track of, more stress. It is nearly impossible to successfully maintain a lie under scrutiny, everyone cracks without help or support (and that involves paying lawyers a lot of money). By recording everything a person doesn't have to lie, they don't have the stress of having to recall, they simply pull out the notes and they've got reference. Simply put a lie of the type you've proposed takes time and effort, that is only going to get worse for the liar as good record keeping means a person can successfully and truthfully account for all of their details with very little effort. The risk vs reward is not worth it for the liar, and it becomes not worth it for HR as they now weigh the cost of an unfair dismissal suit with an unreliable narrator, even if they win it is going to cost.

I won't argue against your second large/last paragraph, if assumed to be under ideal circumstances, because in that case I can agree.

However my hypothetical was aimed not directly at you or your situation, but to the average person. You say (amongst other things): "I don't work off camera, most people don't. Your bosses work on the same theory I do, record everything, so most places are recorded, so it happening off camera is unlikely", well maybe not in your workplace, but most people (at least here) do work off camera.

My last workplace had exactly 0 cameras, no access cards, no nothing of that sort, and this is true for a lot of people; you say that "it doesn't work in most workplaces", that's just inaccurate.

So indeed in my example it would be mildly weird that not all the conversation would be provided, or maybe it would and just be passed as a brief exchange, but sadly not enough for it being dismissed. Ultimately though, assuming the AI generated sample is faithful and its metadata as well if necessary, there's not much you can do in that situation.

Obviously skepticism, critical thinking & justice should deal with this easily, but that's not the world we live in, not the one I live in. If you have those security measures around you, great, not many others can depend on that.

And to clarify, you recording everything would not work here, unless you literally hold a camera in your face even when you go to the restroom, or are literally, constantly recording yourself at every single minute while on your workplace, which is not a feasible option if you're doing not-office work.

 

[grimacefetishist]

Nobody gives a shit about ideologies when it starts affecting their real life, so stop letting whatever ideology you have ruin yours.

Kiwis like to pretend it's just the left who let their ideology ruin their lives but kiwis are just as retarded. If a nigger actually walked up to one and complimented them and said "What's up homey" they aren't going to be thinking "eww a nigger" or whatever super duper upvoted racist post they last saw, they're going to be thinking "oh he thinks I'm cool, I think he's cool too".

This is best exemplified by Daryl Davis, a nigger who convinced hundreds of die-hard KKK faggots to abandon their ideology just by doing the sheer unthinkable task of actually befriending them.

USE IDEAS. DON'T BE USED BY THEM.

 

[Popper Whiting]

And to clarify, you recording everything would not work here, unless you literally hold a camera in your face even when you go to the restroom, or are literally, constantly recording yourself at every single minute while on your workplace, which is not a feasible option if you're doing not-office work.

I will admit, I am extra paranoid. My work is mining safety and security. My job is to minimize leakage (expenditure) through theft, negligence, damage, loss of life and compensation. I've had to write policy on snake bites after a guy was killed by a taipan working for our company. I've been in Western Papua helping identify gold theft from a mine (stealing of the gold dust concentrate from sorting machines and selling it to Chinese organized crime in Manokwari stored in 2 litre cordial bottles) from in an area where the Indonesian military and Papuan Rebels are killing each other. I've had to deal with staff members getting caught with drugs in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, where I've had to organize our company VIPs to negotiate with those countries VIPS to let these people off with a wrap over the knuckles. I have to background check people working in mines in Colombia and Peru because of the corruption there (and you'd be surprised what you find in people's backgrounds). I've seen workplace accidents, thefts, false claims. actual instances of sexual harrassment, workplace sobriety, workplace psychopaths, and the very mundane myriad of workplace injuries (usually backs, knees and shoulders). I have to ( along with others) advise bosses on each situation and present reports to insurance companies, before actioning changes to minimize risk. It can be exciting, but it is mostly taking these incidents and going into them into tedious detail in order to satisfy regulatory requirements (in different countries) in order for the mining company's financial department to haggle down our insurance premiums. And after 15 years I've just hit mid level of that type of work.

I suppose it colors my world view, I walk into most situations trying to work out how things are going to fuck up and what things are most likely to get fucked up, unless they're already fucked up in which case I am analysing and working out how they fucked up. It is from this experience that I give the advice develop a habit of good note taking and book keeping. Things will always go wrong, whether it be another person slandering you or some of the more outlandish ways things go wrong. If you keep yourself in the right, and well documented in the right, it will save your ass for when things go wrong. A good example is this dash cam vid:

Without the dashcam, this woman would have been fucked. She'd have to explain what happen, she'd have to gather witnesses, she'd have to pay for a lawyer and even then it would be her words against a car full of witnesses. But because she had the dash cam (i.e. She recorded what she was doing) it saved her ass and dropped the other people squarely into the shit. This is the type of thing I suppose I see a lot of, either deliberate action or fuck ups, where one party is clearly lying and trying to drop the other person into the shit. The people that get through and survive (hell even thrive) are those who are able to document consistently and cover their own arse as a matter of habit.

Given my work I got to admit people on here are very good at working out, or accurately speculating as to what is going on, and it is one of the reasons I love coming here.

 

[eatler]

I might get laughed at but to anyone who is lost and is looking for meaning in the world I would recommend taking an art class. Taking some courses at community college helped me rethink how I see the world. Drawing, art history's and color theory were pretty eye opening corses.

People keep saying this but looking back at my library it's mainly fiction novels and pulp, and I feel like they mean for me to read something else. Except I don't know what exactly.

I think he was more so implying if you only read from the Internet and not from a book then its a problem. I'm sure if you wanted you could go to the book side of the farms and ask for recommendations.

also I didn't think anyone else read pulp in the 21st century, they are fun reads.

 

[PaleTay]

Most people kind of suck, value the ones who don't. You can motivate others to do good in life and for their friends, but the people who are intrinsically good are rare.