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DISCLAIMER: I don't respond to rude, snarky, or otherwise immature and mean-spirited replies. I block and ignore. Adults who want to engage with me in a mature and civil manner (even if we happen to disagree on a topic) are always welcome.

  • Correction: All it takes is for enough apathy from the people to allow such treason to exist in the first place. You get what you give.

  • Requested (and received) all of my data last week, then promptly cancelled my account. I know I'm going to miss out on all of the communities that still decide to stay on Discord - but that says far more about THEM than it does about ME.

  • I'm not really sure, either. Do some Lemmy clients curate what's in your feed based upon votes? If that's the case, I can see people trying to manipulate that...

  • No, really the best example I can give is the one I've already made about the racist neighbor. If there isn't a term for this sort of behavior, there needs to be one.

  • Both of those terms are accurate to what I'm describing. It's like racist neighbors finding everything wrong with the upkeep of your house or how much noise your kids are making just to cover up the fact that they don't want to live next to someone of color.

  • I've not heard of 'sanewashing' before. That's an interesting one. It may be 'gaslighting', but I'm not sure. A fictional example of what I'm talking about would be the guy who dates a woman to get closer to her sister. Or Homer Simpson buying a bowling ball for Marge Simpson's birthday and saying 'Well, if you don't want it, I know someone who could really, really use it....' :D

  • This is a fantastic resource to answer that very question, and I rely on it quite a lot: Media Bias Fact Check

  • It really depends on the company you're applying to. If it's a small business? Yeah, no. They usually can't afford or don't want to bother with a vetting agency. If it's some big corporation? Sure, they'll probably do that. At the end of the day though, it's a question of how suspicious you or your resume look that will decide how much energy they want to put in to vetting the claims you make.

  • You're assuming that the HR department is diligent and willing to expend the energy to track you, and the other three hundred candidates' information down for this single role. In my experience, this is a wild assumption.

  • Jesus Christ this hits hard.... 😢

  • In my experience, this is pretty much the entirety of the internet.

  • Usually those good choices come from wisdom gained from screwing up. At least that's been my experience! :D

  • I think culture plays a huge part in this. In heavily industrialized countries (like America, for example), we are taught that more is always better and that living a simple life is somehow shameful or a waste of potential (not everyone believes this, of course - I'm generalizing). Many, many studies have consistently shown that the happiest people on earth are often those who lead the simplest lives. Perspective really is everything.

  • Life is making mistakes and deciding how to live with them. :)

  • There have been times in my life where I was happy but didn't realize it until it was too late, so this checks out.

  • So.....'WOOST-a-sher'? Hmm....interesting! Thanks! :)

  • Isn't it 'WORST-er-sure'?

  • I'm pretty sure everyone understood what I meant, anyway.