@ablata_at_alba The only thing I really remember about AYA was how absolutely no one wanted to talk to anyone outside the group they came with. A bar where no one wants to make new friends or fall in love.
DC (uncommonly) has two lesbian bars, and the sports-themed basement watering hole attached to a gay bar is doing fine, while the pastel woke one is noted for its frequent gofundmes
Election night is either going to be the funniest day online this year or the final death of political polling as a meaningful institution, there’s no in-between at this point
If the bar goers value that space so much that having one night only where masking is optional would be such a horrible thing then why don’t they actually either pay the bar fee or at least get a drink or two while in there so that the bar owner can idk pay rent
As an older Gen Z who now has to hire people, I now fully understand having rules to select for “people who are capable of being mildly uncomfortable in front of company.” Really hard to have a functional workplace without this trait.
There’s this misunderstanding where people think Gen Z doesn’t know about all these unspoken social rules; they know, a lot of them just don’t care, and it upsets people to realize they didn’t have to care either.
i think this misses out that it was one night a week where masking was optional, and the decision was made because the bar was losing money, the owner was homeless and $50k in debt, because the people who went didn’t even buy shit there they just hung out
@weheaa You seem like a nice person so I’ll answer earnestly: you’re right that a job is a necessity, but some jobs are more difficult with tight deadlines that Need to be done well. Social cohesion at work makes this easier on everyone so social rules are considered in the interview
this is somehow worse than the wet hair thing but in general if you cannot pin point a specific reason why doing something in a job setting is unprofessional other than “bc it is” then literally what is the point of that rule. why do u wanna act like a cop over nothing
Re: jobs: Life experience here. A job that hired you that didn’t care about how you presented yourself, were sipping on a drink and checking your phone during the interview is likely to be a FAR more toxic place to work than one where you had to follow social norms for 20 minutes
Mona is a parent advocate who has fought and sued New York’s public education system to make things better for all families who rely on public schools. She sees through BS faster than anyone I know and isn’t afraid to call it out. Grateful that our advocacy overlapped.
Last job I advertised I had 100+ applicants. Even culling people who weren’t qualified there was 20+ who were. So yes hiring someone I like is part of the deal
They don’t even have any ideas for how to actually change anything. They just assume that if they refuse to participate, society will eventually bend to their will.
yes! and her presence and money! she felt her daughter was immune to the issues she was aware of in the school system for unclear reasons. when she realized her daughter was not immune and was being negatively impacted, her response was to send emails reminding them who she was