u/Affectionate_Pickles

I’m hesitant to say it’s my dream job, because it’s not a crazy job, but it truly is. It’s a job in a different department at my current organization, and I love the people here and it’s a chance to work in a subject I’m truly interested in.

Unfortunately, I’m completely unqualified. I probably only got to the 2nd interview because of the fact I already work here, not because of my resume or anything. And I feel like I did awful on the second interview.

I spent a year diverting from my original education path to pursue this career and I’m afraid it was all in vain, and if I don’t get this job, I’m going to struggle finding another one. It’s really competitive at the entry level. I feel like I made a stupid decision in pursuing this career when I could’ve gone the practical route.

Please pray for me, pray that I will be able to prove myself and show myself as a worthy employee in a 3rd interview, and pray that I will get accepted for this position so that I may start contributing to society and being fruitful. This would be my first full time job, so I’d finally be able to work towards moving out and planning my marriage with my fiancé.

I’ve been trying to keep Matthew 21:20-22, John 15:7, and Luke 17:5-6 in mind but I’m having a severe lack of confidence in myself and I’m fearful of failing, and the position I’ll be in if I do fail.

Look, I know the millenial gray is overused and boring, but if I had to choose between that and an asylum white interior… I’m picking gray.

All white houses are just TOO BRIGHT. Please get out of my face.

As a bonus mini hot take, here’s how I feel about the scale of boring house color schemes:

Beige > gray > white

Hello!

To keep it short, I’ve been a mod for a few weeks, and sometimes I have issues with a ban, but after exiting and reopening the app it’ll fix itself and the ban will complete. But I have done bans in the past, so it’s not a perms thing.

Right now, I am just completely unable to ban a user. I’ve tried on both iPadOS and iOS, deleted and redownloaded Reddit, made sure the app was updated, made sure my device was updated, etc. I even got off my WiFi and used my cellular data to see if that magically fixed anything. (Spoiler: it didn’t.)

I’m not sure if it’s specific to this user; I don’t have anyone else that needs banning right now to test it out. But I have a user who I am trying to give a temporary ban, and when I click to complete the ban after entering all the info, it says “Sorry, please try again later.” I have also attempted to go into mod tools and manually input their username and do it that way, but I still get the same message.

What gives? And why is reddit so vague when there’s errors such as these? It makes it nearly impossible to pinpoint the problem.

We are both 21, and have been together 5 years. Both have extremely conservative families.

When we first started dating, we both agreed that we didn’t believe any of these things were sins. We were both theatre kids in high school so our entire friend group was the LGBTQ+ community. Then he started going to a private Christian college. It slowly evolved into “I don’t think it’s a sin, but I don’t understand it or necessarily support it”, and then into “it’s a sin”. I still don’t believe any of these things are sins, so we no longer align. He doesn’t harass any of these people or give his unsolicited opinion to their face, but he is no longer an ally. And any time I talk about one of my lgbtq+ friends or a content creator, etc., he MUST say something about them being gay, even if the conversation has nothing to do with it, and I’m afraid he’s becoming homophobic.

I had a talk with him a few weeks ago about how I still don’t believe it’s a sin, and gave my reasoning that most verses that people use were mistranslated. He believes that because the Bible is a gateway to building a relationship with God, that He would NEVER allow it to be mistranslated. I talked about discussions people have on online forums like reddit and Quora, and he says that these sites are not trustworthy and I need to find real sources. Which I’m not saying he’s completely wrong, online forums are not always right, but there are very few Christian topics that have true reliable sources (he’s a science major so I think that he is stuck on the fact that, on religious topics, sources look a lot different than what he’s used to). I pointed this out, and along with a few other points (such as it just generally making no sense that it would be a sin), and he told me that I’m just ignoring the facts because I don’t want to believe it, and that we don’t have to understand everything in the Bible and that we should just listen regardless.

On being transgender, he believes that the sex-change surgery is considered a mutilation of the body and can be considered “ruining the temple”. I’ve told him that very few trans people get this surgery for the reason that it’s hard on the body, and the people who do only get it down because their gender dysphoria is so bad that it required extreme treatments. I’ve also explained that gender dysmorphia is a diagnosable thing cause by hormonal imbalances, which is why people “transition”, because ignoring it causes mental health issues and there’s no other way to treat it. He says he understands this, but simply feels “convicted” by it regardless and “doesn’t know why.”

On abortion, I’ve told him that the Bible literally says nothing about it. He says “well God says that he knew us in the womb before we were born”, and when I told him how that specific verse was about reassuring John the Baptist about his purpose in spreading the Word and has nothing to do with abortion, he says that it doesn’t matter what the original meaning is because it can be interpreted and applied to different subjects too.

I feel like I can’t debate this with him, and it hurts to debate with him because it’s almost like he doesn’t want to understand where I’m coming from. Like, he’s said that he feels empathy for me in my struggle with the topic, but in all of our talks he just has no leeway and can’t (or won’t) see where I’m coming from. But he’s also studied the Bible more thoroughly than me, both in how much he’s read and the fact that he took theological classes at his college. So he absolutely knows more than me on most subjects.

I do want to reiterate that I know this post makes him seem bad and I don’t want to paint him in that light at all. He truly is a good person and has such a kind heart and is an amazing fiance, but for lack of better wording, he is extremely vulnerable to brainwash/is easily influenced. I think him spending less time with high school friends and being forced around people with these ideas is what changed his views, not that he came to these beliefs on his own. He’s said himself he doesn’t truly understand why being gay is a sin and that he constantly struggles with the idea, but he believes that he isn’t allowed to question it because it’s disrespectful to God. The only exception is that he’s never understood the concept of being trans or nonbinary, but it never bothered him in the past, he just simply had the view of “I don’t understand it, but it’s not my business and I will respect their wishes”. When my ex best friend was non-binary, he respected their pronouns to the best of his ability, and even now that she no longer considers herself non-binary, he always asks how he should refer to her when we talk about her. So even now with his new views I can tell he tries his best to be loving and respectful despite the fact that people have been telling him certain things on what to believe.

I don’t want people telling me to break up with him, because I do believe that God has brought us together and that this is something we are meant to work through to make our faith and future marriage stronger, but I do want help on how to approach future conversations with him when I feel like I’m at such a disadvantage regarding my knowledge and the influences in his life.

I’m very happy that with an open-world concept, we can now see our miis walking around town between locations (versus in the last game we could only see the given island spots), but now I feel like they use certain places too LITTLE?

The restaurant is the only place they seem to care about. But they quite literally never use the Ferris wheel without dragging them there, and they only used the park at the beginning on the game. Now, I never see them there!

I just wish all parts of the game were equally utilized, it almost feels like we had a trade off when we got a more open world.

I’m very happy that with an open-world concept, we can now see our miis walking around town between locations (versus in the last game we could only see the given island spots), but now I feel like they use certain places too LITTLE?

The restaurant is the only place they seem to care about. But they quite literally never use the Ferris wheel without dragging them there, and they only used the park at the beginning on the game. Now, I never see them there!

I just wish all parts of the game were equally utilized, it almost feels like we had a trade off when we got a more open world.

How many couples do you see that just genuinely don’t seem like they mesh, or even like each other? How many people do you know whose parents just absolutely despise each other, and can’t even put aside their differences for their child’s accomplishments? How about people with 3+ divorces and still have a girlfriend somehow?

My take is that too many people have romantic relationships. This could just be the area I live in, but I feel like minimum of 40% of relationships I see are just not healthy in any way. And I don’t mean like, “oh they argue sometimes but they work to fix it”, I mean, these people just genuinely have no drive to compromise, communicate, forgive, etc. So many people have broken relationships and just don’t care to fix it. Of course, outsiders don’t always know the full story, but we all probably have multiple couples (past or present) that come to mind instantly.

I’m not talking about aromantic/asexual people either. I think majority of people WANT to have romantic relationships, but they don’t want the troubles that come with it, and those troubles are what makes romantic love so deep and intimate. If you know that you are not willing to work through issues such as learning to live together, finances, work-life balance, keeping the romance alive, etc… it’s best to have the self-awareness to recognize you are not able to keep a relationship alive and healthy and it’s better off to either get therapy for it to be a better partner, or stay out of relationships.

Once again to clarify, it’s okay to not be skilled at romance. It’s okay to make mistakes. But it’s not okay to purposefully avoid taking the right steps to improve or prevent these situations, just because it’s easier in the short run.

I know the “pineapple on pizza” discussion is very popular in hot take communities, but I want to being a new viewpoint to the table.

Look, I’m not a huge fan of pineapple on pizza, but I can see why people like it. Some people LOVE conflicting flavors (ex- salted caramel, or pregnant women who like pickles and icecream!), so I can see how pineapple on pizza can seem appealing to people with that taste palette.

Me personally, I like pineapple, I like pizza, I just don’t like them together. Similar to how I like cashews and peanuts, but I hate having them in my brownies or cookies. Keep it separate!

Supreme pizza on the other hand… I don’t even like eating mushrooms on their own, let alone them tainting my favorite food. Aside from mushrooms, supreme pizza just has WAY too many ingredients going on, most of them being mid (onions, pepper, sausage), and it just ruins the whole thing.

This is probably the picky eater in me for most of this opinion, but regardless, i think if people actually tried pineapple pizza, there would probably be more fans of it than supreme pizza.

Tell me why it is now considered normal to have 3 interviews for positions that maybe pay $15 an hour? It’s a waste of time and creates unnecessary stress on applicants to manage and decide between job offers.

I interviewed for a temporary position that was only going to last one month, 22 hours a week. I had to do both a virtual interview and in-person interview. Not only that, but they didn’t even call and let me know I didn’t get the position, I had to learn from a friend. So by the end of it, the process took 3 weeks. I don’t see how that is necessary in any capacity for a receptionist position. Another position I’m interviewing for is full time, 40k annual. So, that I can understand 2 interviews for, but no; I was told there would be 3!

Absolutely bonkers.

Hi! I wanted to take the time to introduce myself, as I was just very graciously accepted as a mod today (thank you u/supercabbage802 , happy to be here!)

Hello everyone, I go by either Pickles or Pixel, and my pronouns are she/her! My current account is only a year or so old, but fear not! I have actually been using Reddit for about 7 years! I am not new to the platform.

I have not previously been active on this subreddit, though I am active on other hottake/adjacent subreddits, notably the10thdentist (On my old account, I even got accepted into the subreddit ControversialClub, though I noticed the subreddit has since been removed… gee I can only imagine why!! There definitely wasn’t constant chaos going on there. /sar ). With that said, I am very much familiar with how quickly posts can devolve and turn into large arguments rather than fun, niche debates about harmless subjects. That is why I am here; solely to manage spam/rule-breaking posts and comments! This way, supercabbage can more focus on the overall meta of the subreddit/big-picture stuff.

If you have any questions regarding how I plan to help moderate this subreddit , or even just any random fun questions you’d like to ask, please feel free to unleash! I like to talk. A LOT.

P.S. - Sorry to the person who was already a victim of my first mod mistake on this subreddit, whose comment got removed by mistake then immediately reapproved… it wouldn’t be a day of my life without a really inconveniently-timed fatfinger of the screen. Don’t worry, I left a note on your account that you’re innocent!