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My previous job really shook me. It was my first job straight out of university, the pay was great, there was a lot of growth, and I stayed there for about four years. The first years were good, but after that it became increasingly toxic. I eventually ended up with a terrible manager — manipulative, hypocritical, conniving, and mostly focused on using me and the team for his own growth. The guy basically acted like he was living by The 48 Laws of Power. A lot of my coworkers weren’t much better either. There was constant backbiting, blaming, lying, people trying to undermine each other, etc. Eventually my manager let me go.

I’m in a much better and more peaceful job now, but I still feel like the old one is stuck in my head. I randomly think about coworkers teasing me, doubting me or putting me down, and more than anything I still hear my old manager’s voice in my head whenever I make a decision at work. I’ll do something completely normal and immediately start questioning whether I’m doing it wrong, making a mistake, or whether my work is good enough. It feels like four years in that environment trained me to constantly second-guess myself, and it’s making it harder to fully appreciate the good job I have now and just focus on learning and growing.

Has anyone else experienced this after leaving a toxic workplace? How did you stop carrying your old boss and coworkers around in your head and start trusting your own judgment again?

My previous job really shook me. It was my first job straight out of university, the pay was great, there was a lot of growth, and I stayed there for about four years. The first years were good, but after that it became increasingly toxic. I eventually ended up with a terrible manager — manipulative, hypocritical, conniving, and mostly focused on using me and the team for his own growth. The guy basically acted like he was living by The 48 Laws of Power. A lot of my coworkers weren’t much better either. There was constant backbiting, blaming, lying, people trying to undermine each other, etc. Eventually my manager let me go.

I’m in a much better and more peaceful job now, but I still feel like the old one is stuck in my head. I randomly think about coworkers teasing me, doubting me or putting me down, and more than anything I still hear my old manager’s voice in my head whenever I make a decision at work. I’ll do something completely normal and immediately start questioning whether I’m doing it wrong, making a mistake, or whether my work is good enough. It feels like four years in that environment trained me to constantly second-guess myself, and it’s making it harder to fully appreciate the good job I have now and just focus on learning and growing.

Has anyone else experienced this after leaving a toxic workplace? How did you stop carrying your old boss and coworkers around in your head and start trusting your own judgment again?

Was in Lake City today with my mother. We went to get McDonald’s, parked in the side lot and ate in the car. My car has movable curtains, and I had them pulled forward while eating.

I noticed a police car slowly drive past us, then come back and park next to me. They told me to step out, asked whether the car was in my name, where I lived, and then asked for my CNIC. Once they saw my mother sitting inside, though, they pretty much immediately let me go.

It made me wonder if they stopped me because of the curtains and thought they could make an issue out of them. Since my mother wasn’t initially visible, maybe they also assumed I was sitting there with a girl or something.

Afterwards I started reading other people’s experiences online, including stories of police allegedly trying to extort money, checking wallets or banking apps to see how much someone has, and becoming threatening when people don’t cooperate.

It’s pretty demotivating, honestly. You should be able to go out, sit in your own car and mind your own business without worrying that a routine police interaction might turn into harassment or someone trying to take money from you.

Has anyone here had similar experiences with Punjab Police, especially in Lahore? And what’s the best way to handle a situation like this?

Was in Lake City today with my mother. We went to get McDonald’s, parked in the side lot and ate in the car. My car has movable curtains, and I had them pulled forward while eating.

I noticed a police car slowly drive past us, then come back and park next to me. They told me to step out, asked whether the car was in my name, where I lived, and then asked for my CNIC. Once they saw my mother sitting inside, though, they pretty much immediately let me go.

It made me wonder if they stopped me because of the curtains and thought they could make an issue out of them. Since my mother wasn’t initially visible, maybe they also assumed I was sitting there with a girl or something.

Afterwards I started reading other people’s experiences online, including stories of police allegedly trying to extort money, checking wallets or banking apps to see how much someone has, and becoming threatening when people don’t cooperate.

It’s pretty demotivating, honestly. You should be able to go out, sit in your own car and mind your own business without worrying that a routine police interaction might turn into harassment or someone trying to take money from you.

Has anyone here had similar experiences with Punjab Police, especially in Lahore? And what’s the best way to handle a situation like this?

I have Corolla Altis 1.6 2025 model. Ever since I got it, I just keep looking at the interior. Its all plastic mostly. Plastic dashboard, plastic center console, light buttons etc. Like is this normal for all cars? Even civic has plastic dashboard. Somw cars have leather padding. When driving, i feel like im driving a box of plastic with some mixed steel frame.

I've been a data analyst since before the recent AI boom. At my previous company, AI use basically meant pasting SQL into ChatGPT and asking it to fix, join or optimize queries. It wasn't connected to our warehouse, so I still had to do everything myself.

I've now moved to a much larger company where Claude/Hex are integrated with our warehouse and semantic layer. The difference is insane. I can describe what I need and it finds the right tables/columns, figures out joins, writes and executes the SQL, explores the output, checks nulls/value distributions and helps validate the result.

It's incredibly productive, but it has me wondering:

1. Am I deskilling myself? If AI writes my SQL every day, won't my ability to write complex queries from scratch eventually deteriorate? It sometimes feels almost like cheating

2. What does this mean for data careers? If AI can already write SQL, explore schemas, analyze outputs and perform basic data-quality checks, how much of traditional analytics work remains?

3. Should I automate everything with AI? Should analysts be trying to automate as much of their workflow as possible—SQL, analysis, emails, meetings, Jira, documentation, etc.—because people who don't will simply fall behind?

I've been a data analyst since before the recent AI boom. At my previous company, AI use basically meant pasting SQL into ChatGPT and asking it to fix, join or optimize queries. It wasn't connected to our warehouse, so I still had to do everything myself.

I've now moved to a much larger company where Claude/Hex are integrated with our warehouse and semantic layer. The difference is insane. I can describe what I need and it finds the right tables/columns, figures out joins, writes and executes the SQL, explores the output, checks nulls/value distributions and helps validate the result.

It's incredibly productive, but it has me wondering:

1. Am I deskilling myself? If AI writes my SQL every day, won't my ability to write complex queries from scratch eventually deteriorate? It sometimes feels almost like cheating

2. What does this mean for data careers? If AI can already write SQL, explore schemas, analyze outputs and perform basic data-quality checks, how much of traditional analytics work remains?

3. Should I automate everything with AI? Should analysts be trying to automate as much of their workflow as possible—SQL, analysis, emails, meetings, Jira, documentation, etc.—because people who don't will simply fall behind?

I've been a data analyst since before the recent AI boom. At my previous company, AI use basically meant pasting SQL into ChatGPT and asking it to fix, join or optimize queries. It wasn't connected to our warehouse, so I still had to do everything myself.

I've now moved to a much larger company where Claude/Hex are integrated with our warehouse and semantic layer. The difference is insane. I can describe what I need and it finds the right tables/columns, figures out joins, writes and executes the SQL, explores the output, checks nulls/value distributions and helps validate the result.

It's incredibly productive, but it has me wondering:

1. Am I deskilling myself? If AI writes my SQL every day, won't my ability to write complex queries from scratch eventually deteriorate? It sometimes feels almost like cheating

2. What does this mean for data careers? If AI can already write SQL, explore schemas, analyze outputs and perform basic data-quality checks, how much of traditional analytics work remains?

3. Should I automate everything with AI? Should analysts be trying to automate as much of their workflow as possible—SQL, analysis, emails, meetings, Jira, documentation, etc.—because people who don't will simply fall behind?

I'm going to get new tyres for my Honda City Aspire (2026). Size is 195/65. Which is better, XM2 or CC6? My priority is reliability and comfort. Also, when I buy a new set, should I buy a stephny tyre too or keep unused one?

Suneel Munj (PakWheels CEO) is always thrashing Honda. Calling Civic and City "lafafa". Talking about their interior, questionable reliability, suspension etc. Its so hypocritical. Meanwhile he worships everything about Toyota. He practically said Yaris is better than City. Everything he says against Honda can equally be said for Toyota. I don't get why he's so heavily against Honda. Cause I feel Honda beats Toyota on most aspects.

EVs are expensive. Maintenance is tough because either parts are super expensive or theyre not available. Resale is bad. And the fuel savings arent much if you consider the payback period.

Say I compare a 50 lac honda city with a 1 crore EV. The EV will give me 1/3 fuel cost of city. But it would take years for that fuel saving to pay me back and reach honda city cost. Meanwhile, if i just buy a normal car with better parts and resale, Im still spending less in long run.

Ive always considered switching to EV. But the cons always outweigh the pros. Plus, I hardly see EVs. Like maybe 10% of cars are pure EVs thst Ive seen on all roads.

I have Honda City Aspire 2026. It has 175mm tyres. I want tyres that are thicker and taller. Can I put 205s on it? What is the max size that wont lead to rubbing?

I've seen multiple rishtas for a wife. They're all happy with the normal criteria, like my salary, house, car, family etc. But beyond that, women are so demanding.

Like without even getting to know me, or develop a relationship, they start with their demands "i need a monthly allowance of x amount, i need servants, i dont want joint family" etc. Just a whole bunch of "i want this i want that". Two of them even asked me to buy them a car and finance their masters degree. And barely any of them are willing to do any house work on their own, nor work a job (even tho I dont ask them to) nor get to know my family.

They all want me to be their father, none of them want me to be their husband. Its been like a year, and I just feel so tired. This is no offense to women. But Im just heartbroken that I may not find someone sincere. Ill just find someone who uses me as an ATM.

Thinking of either City or Elantra. However, people keep saying go for EV. I dont feel comfortable. EVs dont have reliable maintenance and have low resale. I dont want if I get into an accident then I have to wait for dealership to quote me expensive imported parts. And also one day day see if resale value gets lost.

I feel like the way I accelerate might be bad for the guy or fuel economy. I notice I gradually press my foot down on it till certain speed then release and coast, and then repeat. Or sometimes i keep foot on same position. Sometimes i floor it but then car high revs until it changes gears.

Was at a restaurant today, and there were 3 girls at a table near me. Close enough to overhear them. Two were decent looking, one was ugly. One of the decent girls was talling about her relationship and her boyfriend. The ugly girl just kept rambling off negativity, telling her to belittle him, put him in his place, forget about him etc. Its sad that hard working guys have to tolerate so much, especially from attacks of third party women.