Come to China and try some homemade sichuan pickles. They are lifechanging
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No-one wants a sad, limp pickle
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Are you guys talking about actual pickles or is this a euphimism
They were talking about pickles, then Mr maturity over here had to go and make a nob joke.
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Did I ever share my pet peeve of staring? I feel like jumping out of my skin when stared at. Not all stares are equal though. Itās a certain unexplainable type of stare, as if Iām being surveilled. I once had a co-worker seated at a nursing station stare at me from the time I got off an elevator to entering the bathroom on a certain floor of the building. When I got out of the bathroom and walked towards the elevator again, she stared at me the entire time again! Another time a nurse was being trained by another nurse and seemed to lose focus while I talked to a third nurse, seeming as if she was distracted by me or attempting to surveil the conversation.
I understand why the proverbial question, āWTF are you looking at?!ā came about.
Does anyone elseās blood boil from being stared at? Iāve gotten better at tolerating it.
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I donāt care too much if itās a stare that happens by chance. Like if someone is just zoning out and happens to be looking at me, no biggie, Iāve done it a million times and know itās probably more embarrassing for the one committing the stare than anything.
A deliberate one though, yeah it drives me nuts. I was walking the dogs through the neighborhood a couple days ago and someone went to their glass door and just grilled my girlfriend and I as we walked up the road, well beyond their property lines. I wanted to walk the dog back to leave a pile of crap in their yard, but bigger person and all.
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Depends on the circumstance for me ā¦ sometimes I get skeeved but usually, at least recently as of the last few years or so, Iāll maintain eye contact
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A nurse at my last workplace would look me up and down any time we passed one another, with this, like, bad taste in her mouth expression on her face. This went on for probably the first year I worked there, after which she was assigned to my team, so was my direct subordinate, sort of, and it stopped.
Anyway, it pissed me off. I donāt know whether the look was one of disdain or envy (sheās overweight and has that knock-kneed thing going on) or whether she was checking out my outfit and just has resting asshole face, but MAN it made me mad.
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Thereās a young man (19-21) that has been coming in for about 2 weeks, heās been around a gym a bit, understands a small amount, but does not understand programming. Of the last 6 times heās been in, he has maxed out on bench 4 of those days, using me as a spotter, which is fine, Iāll let him do whatever he wants until he asks for help. Well today was his 4th day of maxing out, trying to hit 220ā¦again, I had showed him a bench set up and worked with him on where to lie on the bench (unrack to over his chest was just a ridiculous distance, and genuinely unsafe to try and spot him) told him itād give him a few extra pounds since heād be able to stay tighter in his upper backā¦so today, none of that, whatever, tries 220 again and misses it, heās sitting there, all pissed because, āIāve been trying to hit this PR for a month and want it so bad!āā¦I took this as an opening and say hey! you should try some submax work, drop it to about 135-145 and work on unracking and technique, being in control and powering it off your chest. Well he gives me a bit of a side eye and says, ā135? That seems too light for me.ā Well, I explain, it is submax work and itās a great time to work on technique and you canāt max every day, because it simply wonāt improve, he literally sat there and side eyed me like I was fucking with him, kinda gets a shitty tone and just says, āThat wonāt help me get my PB.ā
ā¦alright dude, Iām out, enjoy getting stapled by 185 because you canāt unrack anything on your own and refuse to work on anything substantive.
TLDR: Having my advice (which admittedly probably just shouldnāt have given) thrown in my face pissed me right off haha
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that was meā¦ tried 225 quite a few times before I had it. I wanted it soo bad. no patience, no guidance, but plenty of effort. I finally decided to āgive up controlā of what I was doing and told myself Iād listen to someone for advice. Found a strong dudeā¦he gave me similar advice, but told me to get 12 reps at 60%, I showed him, and got 15ā¦I was on my way. What a simple concept (periodization) once you experience it, but until then, the Ego wants nothing to do with it.
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That was me but it was with 180. 180 instead of 185 and 220 instead of 225 can be infuriating.
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Try 305 for 10+ years.
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Mrs. Jewbacca intentionally got caught taking a picture of a nurse like that with her phone, ātexting itā, and then fake laughing at the non-reply.
Nurse became extremely paranoid.
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Iām definitely not as confident as Mrs. Jewbacca. I almost always err on the side of caution in social situations, and I very often regret it. (āVery oftenā relative to the frequency with which people are overtly unpleasant, which admittedly is rare.)
Iām not sure why I work so hard to protect people from discomfort who have no interest in doing the same for me.
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People that donāt know me always awkwardly avoid eye contact and make way as I walk down the hallway at work. Makes me feel like the villain all the time wondering wtf Iām doing wrong. Had someone tell me I look too serious. Canāt help how my face looks. Normally Iām walking to get a coffee so I can solve some problem Iām pissed about. I must wear that annoyance all the time.
I have the opposite effect on people ā¦ for w/e reason people want to stop and talk to me in the halls at work or stop by my desk to chat ā¦ what should be a five minute excursion to the kitchen for tea can take footers the minutes ā¦ like you I generally go for that walk to suss things out, but I canāt collect my thoughts if Iām getting chatted up every twenty feet
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OH, that reminds me of a walking-through-work thing that REALLY pissed me off! A guy I used to work with would stop me as I walked to say āhi!ā and then stand there expectantly after I responded with my own āhello.ā Like with eyebrows raised, waiting for me to talk. It was incredibly awkward. YOU caused the walk stoppage, YOU think of something to say!
He was very pleasant, but still. Definitely on my list of workplace Things That Piss Me Off.
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I have the same problem.
It also blows my mind that while Iām traveling I get zero calls from the office, just an occasional email asking a question. Althoughā¦ the 3 days a month Iām in the office, I donāt know how they tie their shoes without asking for help.
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