True crime is a popular podcast genre.
GWF was a decent podcast until
- they ran out of guys they had fucked
- got a little success and the whole show became metoo of the week
Hey Bryce. You and SA are closely moored to reality, which is fine if thatâs your thing. To me, if it can be actualized itâs not enough of a fantasy. In my fantasy, Iâm irresistible to people Iâm attracted to because they realize I want the best for them andâd do anything I could to make that happen. But thatâs impossible and silly, so itâs perfect.
If you canât tell, I had a couple of beers thinking about the girl who ditched me and today was her birthday. Well it was; itâs a new day now but Iâm gonna have another beer.
4 Likes
Iâm sorry. Iâm lucky not to have been traumatized that way. There are two sides to the coin of attraction and you can be hurt on either side of it. Out of control, itâs dangerous. Humans are so fucked up.
I had a dream this girl sold me out to have my organs harvested. Ha, furthest thing from real life thing sheâd do ever. But breaking a heart, no problem.
Yikes. That is on the creepy side. Like Orange is the New Black kind of stuff. But itâs an actual dream, not a fantasy? Doesnât seem like something youâd wish for.
Iâve been doing a lot of waking up in a cold sweat myself lately. Itâs the antidepressant. Funny, only the ones that work do that.
Ah. Itâs another human failing that we think everyone works the way we do. Possible or not, fantasy and nightmare are both imagined reality. And itâs not âwhat we wantâ necessarily. That makes sense.
A friend is super interested in serial killer stories and that seems like it would be disturbing to me. Like why would you read/watch stuff like that if it scares you? But she says she gets a feeling of control from it so maybe itâs like that?
Really? Considering what millions still alive lived through?
1 Like
I hear you - the year Newcastle threw away a 12 point lead and failed to win the Premiership was much worse to live through
2 Likes
What if your team had won ALL the cups & Leagues available to win during the 4 years Trump was president and once he lost youâre team crashed out the cup to the bottom team in the league, would you find that implausible?
Or a true story?
1 Like
Not quite all of them.
As a fan of the Toon I find the idea of winning any trophy outside of my comprehension
1 Like
I mean surly we beat a 1st division teamâŚ
Iâll see myself out 
this is really the worst, if I recommend someone, the absolute LEAST you as the recruiter dipshit should do is give them a courtesy call, even if itâs an obvious non-fit. Iâve had referrals who were great fits not even get that much, and itâs embarassing to me personally and it absolutely wrecks the companyâs reputation.
During my last job search I had one ex-cow-orker put in a referral for me, and I didnât hear anything back from them. Itâs pretty common, I didnât pester him (it wasnât exactly at the top of my list). Five and a half months later I got an email out of the blue from an internal recruiter at the firm that they were âexcited to move forwardâ with the process (of course by then I had moved on to a new job and Iâm guessing their position wasnât even the one I originally was refereed for). As you can probably guess, it was extremely presumptuous.
I emailed the recruiter back. âI donât know what this is in reference to, I havenât seen a job description or anything. XXXXX, who I had worked with at YYYYY, referred me for a role back in April and I havenât heard anything since then. Perhaps if you could give me some more details about this current opportunity I can figure out if itâs of interest or not.â
No response.
And to make it worse, Iâm guessing they do this a LOT because I posted about this on linkedin and the guy who referred me texted me within probably 10 minutes to see if it was his company. Heâs been burned by their recruiting team before.
3 Likes
Seems very unhealthy to let your koala eat fake pine needles WTF.
1 Like
right, but sales is one of the few areas where you have a really objective set of data to measure the candidate on AND you have the people doing recruiting saying that particular data is the only thing they care about. In most other cases, itâs a lot more subjective.
One of my favorite bosses had a big difference of opinion with me on a lot of candidates, we almost never agreed. We were hiring for a job that has VERY subjective success criteria, and we had one candidate I liked a lot and he cut her in the late rounds because she was âtoo quirkyâ which absolutely set me off, I remember yelling at him âI am at LEAST 900% weirder than her, you follow my instagram, come on!â
re: the Dan Luu tweets, lots of people are spectacularly bad at interviewing, but thereâs a way to get better! itâs called⌠practice! Just go do lots of interviews, companies will literally let you practice for free!
1 Like
I interview well, but I canât imagine doing it unless I absolutely had to.
2 Likes
I have interviewed a lot of people in my life and the vast majority are just terrible at it. Even doing basic research on the company and job you are interviewing for is a bar Iâd guess only 50% of people make it over.
2 Likes
I absolutely hate when candidates have zero curiosity about the role and the company. Some people donât even ask rudimentary questions. Iâll never hire anybody that I donât feel is interviewing us as much as we are interviewing them.
2 Likes