And yes, thats how a lot of people spend their days, but not theonlyway. I am someone who truly hates the idea of working in an office setting. Is it commuting that bugs you? Is it something as apparently minor as spending the day under fluorescent lights? For good measure, Ive included BLSs employment outlookbut take this with a grain of salt. If youre a green-thumb kind of person and like being outside, this might be the career for you....
Someone asked Reddit to list theREALLY REALLY weird subreddits.They did. They also listed a lot of cute but not actually weird subreddits. Ive collected the actually weird ones, plus some of the cute ones. NSFW subreddits are marked as such. BreadStapledToTrees: Literally that. Photos of bread stapled to trees. There are new pics every day. Sometimes there are variations, like howthe crucifixion of Jesus technically counts, if you believe in transubstantiation....
You always hearthatcoach before you see them. Theyre yelling something about being out of position or not running hard enough for the ball. They stared at him with confusion. The girls on my team giggled because we were all there to play soccer. Im sorry, Ill do that more. She smiled back, showing me the gap in her front teeth. Sounds good, coach. That dadand plenty of other parentsare sucking the joy out of recreational sports from the sidelines....
A tabletop gaming group is a weird social commitment halfway between project and just hanging out. What you dont want to do is take out negative real-world feelings in-game. It works great as an episode ofCommunity. But even subtly punishing players in-game for real problems can turn sour, or even encourage dickish behavior. you better approach this like a mature adult. Or, alternately, like a coward. But players can want very different things out of a game....
Be careful when you ask for writing advice. But some only want to bring you in line with their idea of correct writing. There are pedants for every area of knowledge: people who gatekeep under the guise of educating others. And editor Pippa Bailey roasts them inan essay about the evolution of language. It is superior and elitist; language not as a means of communication but of status. A pedant thinks that their language was handed down from on high in its current form....
Not all bees sting. Larger predators are often engulfed by the sheer strength of their numbers. There are fourteen species of stingless bees that are native to Australia. Among these, the sugarbag bee or bush bee is particularly notable for the beautiful hives they make. They are predominantly black and their bodies are covered in microscopic hairs. The sugarbag bee builds hives in a distinctive spiral pattern unique to the species....
Microscopic bits of plastic are everywhere.Theyre in the oceans, being eaten by marine life.Theyre in bottled water, having detached from the plastic of the bottle itself. While thehealth implications are unclear, here are a few ways you’re free to avoid microplastics if youd like to minimize how much youre exposed to. Drink tap water instead of bottled water Since bottled water contains microplastics, tap water may be better. Sherri Mason, a chemist who has studied plastic in drinking water,tells Consumer Reportsthat youll be ingesting plastic either way, but theres generally less in tap water....
I dont understand why he doesnt just…learn! My ex was talking about our 13-year-old son, and I completely empathized with his frustration. And, for that matter, why dont the positive reinforcements cause more repetition of good behavior? Much of the discipline we provide our children has to do with external motivation. The technical term for this is extrinsic motivation. The kind of motivation I want to dominate my kids decision-making isintrinsicmotivation....
Microwaves are either a total kitchen life-saver or dangerous radiation machines, depending on who you ask. In reality, they are great for certain purposes, but not for others. Heres how to figure out what to microwave and what to skip. What other things are safe or unsafe to use in the microwave? Dont worry, though, your microwave most likely wont kill you. Just heed these recommendations for safe microwave cooking....
That and a dollar will not get you a cup of coffee, unless that is another two dollars. Itll still cover your tip at most bars, which sucks for bartenders. During summer breaks, Id buy a pack and sell per piece to our neighborhood kids. TheEyeDontLie did too: I started my empire with a three-pack of gum. It was a strict school, so chewing gum was banned. There was an opportunity....
It is the most remote island in the world. Its nearest inhabited neighbor isTristan da Cunha, an isolated spot by itself, located 2,260 kilometers away. Bouvet Island is less than 50 square kilometers in size and is almost entirely covered by a glacier. But underneath that ice lies a fiery volcano thats still warm to the touch, so to speak. Since the last eruption, some four thousand years ago, everything has frozen over....
They may even mean welltrying to alert others to potential hardships. Regardless of their level of self-awareness, being around a chronic complainer can be grating. The truth is, chronic complainers are a whole different breed. Guy Winch, Ph.D. atPsychology Todayexplains the differenceperfectly: Optimists see : A glass half full . Why do these things always happen to me?! Negative people in general arenotoriously difficult to deal with, but the chronic complainer requires a separate approach....
In the coding world, this is called rubber duck debugging. Because coders are weirdos, they have a tradition of asking a rubber duck. One version of the rubber duck story has a boss whodirects his employees to talk to a taxidermied duck. He makes them ask the duck their questions, questions he is sick of answering. And one engineer discovers that just by explaining their question to the duck, they discover the answer....
