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Post by tzarine on Feb 20, 2024 2:53:32 GMT 2
i am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not interested in your verbal diarrhea - wannabe businessbro i am not interested in your fashion blather
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 20, 2024 10:49:28 GMT 2
Private Eye does a necessary job in deflating the pompous and bringing scandals into the light. But it is a depressing read. So far as I can remember it never publishes anything positive. This morning I figuratively spluttered over the breakfast marmelade (honey actually) when PE printed a scathing review of a book widely praised elsewhere. But its final words were: it just happens to be better written. No. No book happens to be better written. It takes talent and hard work.
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Post by tzarine on Feb 20, 2024 23:47:42 GMT 2
so im doing a submission & they want a photo! what if im not cute, they're not gonna publish me? gonna get tzar to do one tomorrow hair is dirty
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Post by lumi on Feb 21, 2024 13:26:30 GMT 2
so im doing a submission & they want a photo! what if im not cute, they're not gonna publish me? gonna get tzar to do one tomorrow hair is dirty They will probably prejudge your writing based on how you look. You know, whatever preconceived biases they have such as people who look like they're from culture X are good/bad at writing X (insert specific genre) etc. Maybe, if they reject your submission, you should resubmit with various different photos - use a man, use a manly man, use an old women etc. Just until they see a photo they like to match your topic/genre etc. It is surely similar to companies wanting photos with job applications. In cou tries like this where it isn't illegal yet, they also ask for other personal details which have no relevance to the job. I actually had my first jib interview aty current school cancelled because I was pregnant. They didn't even make up a different excuse - they openly stated that was the reason. I knew they wouldn't want me once they knew I was pregnant (would have probably been obvious in person at the interview), so I disclosed it when I was contacted for an interview to save them wasting my time.
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Post by tzarine on Feb 21, 2024 17:22:47 GMT 2
lumi thanks for your support!
a former litmag that closed used to do this. hated them for it. they were also prestigious & charged high submission fees. there is a certain image in the art world these days. was talking to someone who went to art school bout it. when i was rejected for the stanford fellowship, the asian woman they picked had a shaved head & a sleeve of tats. its a clear image they are looking for. one of the eds @ a pub that rejected me was someone who wore big glasses & a tilted bow tie.
the same w school & jobs.
but i will play the game bc thats what ive learned w the ny literary mafia
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 21, 2024 17:52:53 GMT 2
Tzarine, I've just trimmed my beard so I look cute. Submit using a photo of me.
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Post by Baz Faz on Feb 21, 2024 17:54:30 GMT 2
Actually, now I come to think of it, my publishers don't use my photo on the cover. Obviously I'm not cute.
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Post by tzarine on Feb 22, 2024 19:00:10 GMT 2
baz you are cute what do your publishers know?
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Post by Netsuke on Feb 22, 2024 20:06:28 GMT 2
I have to go to work today. I really must. I have lost my work mojo and still haven’t got it back.
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Post by Scrubb on Feb 23, 2024 5:06:44 GMT 2
I'm annoyed with the fact that my extremely slight runny nose of the past couple days is turning into an actual cold now, and I'd like to just curl up on the couch, but I can't because I have to do some work on my contract. Plus, I'd been thinking what a messed up template the document is in, and now they've asked me to format it and that's going to take me ages as I'm remotely logged in to their page and it's a version of word that I'm not very experienced with.
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Post by slowcoach on Feb 28, 2024 14:11:31 GMT 2
From the Beeb TV News 24: No! That is nonsensical.
FWIW A birth rate is normally stated as the number of births per year per thousand of population. South Korea's birth rate is around 6 (per 1000 per year). They are misnaming the Fertility Rate, which is an expectation of how many children each woman would have in her lifetime. The often preferred rate is the Reproduction Rate, the lifetime number of daughters per women. Because lets face it strangling males at birth is neither ere nor there but aborting girl fetuses leads to a demographic catastrophe. Time for my snooooooze.
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Post by Voy on Feb 28, 2024 15:14:51 GMT 2
^ - my instant thought was to ask, what part of the kid was missing...
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Post by slowcoach on Feb 28, 2024 16:14:56 GMT 2
It is garbage but then who cares? Not the Beeb for sure.
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Post by shrjeff on Feb 28, 2024 18:34:55 GMT 2
slow, that may be the most accurate the modern beeb has been all decade!
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Post by lumi on Mar 5, 2024 14:37:15 GMT 2
The birthday gift I ordered for the party of my sons friend this Saturday arrived today. U fortunately it is a fake copy of the original which I ordered. I am so annoyed. I feel embarrassed to give it as a gift, especially considering I paid regular price and intentionally avoided the cheaper knock off's. The person I give it to may not know it is a fake as this isn't a well known brand here, but if they search online for the game they will see it (this fake version) is cheap. I really don't have time to go shopping for something else before the party and I think it would be weird to tell the mother of the child (who I work with) that my gift is an imitation. Grrrr.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 5, 2024 14:53:34 GMT 2
quandary, lumi... I wouldn't know what to do either.
my moan is that I had a really shitty night. I usually sleep really well, but last night was horrendous. I need my sleep.
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Post by Voy on Mar 5, 2024 15:01:35 GMT 2
Annie - something must have been in the air - me too. I usually sleep like a rock and last night.... not.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 5, 2024 15:27:50 GMT 2
hugs, voy.
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 5, 2024 21:47:08 GMT 2
The birthday gift I ordered for the party of my sons friend this Saturday arrived today. U fortunately it is a fake copy of the original which I ordered. I am so annoyed. I feel embarrassed to give it as a gift, especially considering I paid regular price and intentionally avoided the cheaper knock off's. The person I give it to may not know it is a fake as this isn't a well known brand here, but if they search online for the game they will see it (this fake version) is cheap. I really don't have time to go shopping for something else before the party and I think it would be weird to tell the mother of the child (who I work with) that my gift is an imitation. Grrrr. I understand your dilemma and don't know what I'd do I your place. That said, I assume it's a very young child, like your son. A 7 year old wouldn't be able to tell the difference in quality, so if the item works as intended, the kid will enjoy it regardless. Maybe I'd tell the mother what happened with them sending a knock off, but that I'd decided the kid wouldn't really care.
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Post by lumi on Mar 6, 2024 13:19:44 GMT 2
Yeah, I think I am going to still give the gift as it looks the same but they changed the game title and brand (used the same font though!). If I didn't know the original brand, I wouldn't know this one is a knock off. I will tell the mum what happened and buy an alternative/additional gift next week when I have time. This way we still have a gift to bring to the party which I am sure can still be enjoyed, and I will feel better knowing I have been honest about giving a fake and will give a genuine gift as well. I reported that it was a counterfeit on the website I purchased from so should get a refund, so in the end it should all work out OK (though these people selling fakes just make a new account so the issue goes on).
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 7, 2024 9:22:30 GMT 2
I have put do much weight on!!! I will get back on a healthier path from today
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Post by tzarine on Mar 11, 2024 23:16:24 GMT 2
ignorant idiot never ask an adult woman why she smokes cigars ive smoked them since before you were born
you dont get it cause you dont know the joy of hanging out over havanas
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Post by tzarine on Mar 17, 2024 3:38:07 GMT 2
assh%^&*()_+ set off fire alarm not a nice sound
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Post by tzarine on Mar 17, 2024 22:03:32 GMT 2
ok asst%^&*()_ stop it w the fire alarm dont open your door when you burn something
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Post by tzarine on Mar 18, 2024 21:06:49 GMT 2
c0nt you set off the fire alarm again!
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Post by tzarine on Mar 19, 2024 2:31:48 GMT 2
asshole douchebro pseudo resident i held the door for you your look of disdain @ me cause im the dogwalker, deliveryboy, cleaner
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Post by slowcoach on Mar 19, 2024 8:04:27 GMT 2
Nasty vicious out of control villager's dog bit my wife.
This is not the first time.
Now she has a very poorly paw, visit to A&E, follow up appointment at 10AM.
The postman witnessed, (she was showing him where the owner lived), so I guess it will be common knowledge by now.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 19, 2024 8:12:42 GMT 2
oh, no! hoping your wife will recover swiftly, slow! what can be done about vicious villager? what are other villagers saying about him?
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Post by slowcoach on Mar 19, 2024 14:23:58 GMT 2
My phrasing was deliberately ambiguous. Dog is the nastier more viscous of the two.
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Post by Voy on Mar 19, 2024 14:53:58 GMT 2
another one wishing a speedy and (relatively) painless recovery for your wife - and local condemnation for the nasties !
Are there any laws there about dogs that bite repeatedly being put down?
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