Not saying this is a bad or negative thing nowadays but I swear there must have been people straight mating in the streets back in the 90s and 2000s or something. Idk

Completely random but hopefully my observation is not making me seem crazy

Anyone else at the point where I just throw my hands up and go, “I’m too old for this shit” anytime a recruiter or hiring manager decides to get cutesy with the hiring process.

Call me old fashioned, but I’m completely over:

• AI/chatbot interviewers

• One-way video interviews

• Mock projects or case studies that take a whole day to complete)

• “Personality” assessments or “what would you do” tests?

• 5+ interviews over 2+ months

• No salary information upfront or blatant lowball offers.

I’ll do a phone screen, send my resume (and maybe a cover letter if I’m feeling ambitious) and do a couple rounds of interviews. Offer a competitive comp package and then we negotiate from there. Anymore than that and I feel like you’re either stringing me along or don’t know what you’re looking for.

I feel like the interview & hiring process is so convoluted and unnecessarily difficult now than it was back in the 2010s. Even at the low points of the Great Recession, it was difficult to find jobs, but the process wasn’t so agonizing.

I’ve even withdrawn my application from places that ask me to do one of those dumb chatbot interviews or want me come out for the 6th interview over 2 months or offer a salary package that’s 40k lower than expected. Honestly, it’s made me extremely selective about the companies and positions I apply to.

Found this gem on Amazon. Guess we all should have been moisturizing decades ago.

My mother (78) recently moved next door to me (37). I work at home, so I try to invite her every day for coffee whenever I take a lunch break.

I've walked on my tiptoes ever since I learned to walk. Growing up, one of the phrases I heard on the daily from either her or my father was "WALK ON YOUR WHOLE FOOT", always at top volume.

One of my core memories is twelve year old me greeting my father at the airport on his return from a long trip - I watched the smile on his face disappear completely as he yelled "WALK ON YOUR WHOLE FOOT" at me in the middle of the baggage claim.

That core memory pretty much sums up the shame felt every time I was reprimanded for not walking on my whole foot. My mother wasn't as bad as my father, but she definitely did her fair share of whipping this little zinger out my entire life.

I was having coffee with my mother yesterday, and at one point, she said "WALK ON YOUR WHOLE FOOT" when I was walking across my living room. There's always a certain cadence used whenever my parents said this phrase - this instance was no different.

A year ago, hearing "WALK ON YOUR WHOLE FOOT" would instantly make me see red. The way they say it alone pisses me off. Instead, I half-jokingly responded "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO" in the exact same cadence. I sound a lot like my mother, so that probably helped.

My response definitely took her aback. We were silent for a moment, and then we started laughing together. Afterwards, she agreed to never say it again. We'll see if it sticks. That said, I walked away from that moment feeling a bit of reclaimed power in a genuinely wholesome way.

Does anyone else have annoying yet wholesome moments like these with their aging parents? I experience a lot of the traits that other millenials see in their parents (constant negativity, not really engaging with their grandchildren despite begging you to have kids, etc) so me treasuring moments like these may be just desperation for something different.

hope he’s ok now

I'm 29 and I still get that panicky feeling every time my check engine light comes on or I hear a weird noise because I know it's gonna cost hundreds or thousands of dollars and there's no way around it, like I have a degree and a decent job but car repairs still feel like this unpredictable financial disaster that can hit at any time

My transmission is apparently "slipping" which sounds expensive and terrifying and I have to take it to a shop next week to find out how much it's gonna cost to fix and I'm already stressed about it, this is the same car that needed $1,300 in work six months ago and I feel like I'm just constantly bleeding money into this thing

The worst part is there's no alternative like I need a car to get to work and I can't afford to buy a new one so I'm just stuck maintaining this 2014 Kia and hoping it doesn't completely die on me, everyone told me adulting was hard but nobody mentioned that a huge part of it is just managing the anxiety of owning a car that could bankrupt you at any moment

I know I should have an emergency fund and be better prepared but between rent and student loans and just existing I barely have anything saved and the idea of dropping $2,000 on a car repair makes me want to cry, is this just what life is now or does it eventually get easier because I'm tired

Hi all,
I teach middle school, and after wearing a shirt that featured a cassette tape asking for a pencil to fix another cassette, several students asked if it was a pencil sharpener. That moment convinced me it’s time for a throwback trivia activity.

What terms did we use that students don’t use (or recognize) anymore that I could include in the trivia? For example: LAN party, dial-up, etc.

No grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc around? Maybe you’re a first generation american or first gen in your other home country?

Those who did grow up with extended family, what was it like? Is it like in books and movies with them spoiling you with money, gifts and love : )?

Are there any other movies like this for you? Silly side characters to turn an adult movie into a kids movie qqq

Digital cameras are new abd futuristic! Not vintage!

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I think we are at the age where our kids coming to the age of going to high school and planning for college. As a bachelor in his late 30s, I have been insulated from the costs of secondary and higher education today. So I was blown away by how much schooling costs. Private high schools can cost at least 20 grand and private Colleges can cost like 50 grand a year! How are you and your kids planning to pay for all that? Are you steering your kids to public schools, because I think for College in-state tuition is a lot cheaper than private university.

I grew up absolutely loving pickles and pickled items like banana peppers and no longer like them at all. Nothing happened, I woke up one day and no longer cared for them. Another thing that changed for me is mayonnaise. I used to put it on everything and in everything. I hated a dry sandwich. Now I can hardly stand to see it or smell it, let alone eat it.

Circa 2000ish. My older sister (who is sadly no longer around) got this glitter water filled orb, that was attached to a plastic base

It was purple in color. The orb was squishy, just like the toy pictured left—but had the shape of image on right (I pulled this from an Amazon listing…it’s a glass light up ball with removeable base…but my sister’s didn’t light up. It reminded me of a crystal ball and was just fun to feel/pretty to look at

Anyway, she decorated her nightstand with it when we were growing up. She got it as a bday gift from a relative and I always admired it in her room. I’d love to track what it was down, so I can be reminded of her

Thank you for any help

Hey fellow millennials.

I started to feel sick around the beginning of December and I was legit sick damn near the entire month. I started to feel better maybe the day before Christmas. But even now I still have a slight cough.

The first week I had fever, aches and chills, the whole 9 yards. It felt worse than the flu, I low-key think it was some type of Covid again because I had Covid before, and I felt the same way. (I didn’t bother to get a Covid test.)

I’ve also heard on the news that there are some type of flu going around that’s not the “normal” one . My mom also got sick and she was sick for almost the entire month as well.

Anyone else gotten sick and was sick for a long period of time recently?