Odd confessions.

I like the ones that aren't blatantly trying to mock something/someone

I've come to notice that my speech patterns seem to be a mish-mash of the speech patterns of various people I know.

How do you even notice such a thing?

It's not that hard. I do tend to think about the things I say and the things other people say, and how they/I phrase them. I've noticed some similarities and overlap (e.g. picked up starting responses to people with "I mean,^note punctuation included " from one of my friends, getting people's attention by shouting "AY." from another, the way in which I say sarcastic statements as a somewhat of a mix of how two of my friends do it).

Stupid verbal tics.

grumble grumble

edited 21st Mar '15 3:24:00 PM by BaconManiac5000

Sometimes I will move a snail off of the sidewalk and into the plant area it was moving towards. Then I wonder what that experience of being moved is like for the snail.

Imagine driving to the McDonald's down the road and suddenly Cthulhu picks up your car and plops you down in the McDonald's parking lot.

Basically. But that doesn't really give me experiential knowledge of what it's like since that can't actually happen to me (because I never eat at Mc Donalds).

edited 21st Mar '15 4:14:56 PM by death_vlk

For a while I wanted to study law, but was advised instead to study something else because a law degree would only be useful in England and Wales, and something useful outside of the UK as well would have been more useful to me.

Hence why the adviser said that politics would be more useful to me... and he was quite right.

Eh? I'm confused.

Basically the main reason many study a law degree is to go into the legal profession, and studying law in England or Wales means you can only really function in the English and Welsh court system, separate from Scotland's and Northern Ireland's. You can in theory take the various exams to become professionally qualified for Scotland after some study, but many other professions which stem from a law degree are cut off unless you do a great deal more effort.

Hm. That's a bit strange, but I'll accept it. What opportunities were opened up to you via studying political science?

It's due to the UK's history - England and Wales was for some time its own nation, Scotland is another and Northern Ireland is and isn't another, and all three have separate court systems.

The main thing that Poli Sci had for me was developing things like connections and lots of other social aspects which work quite well in most business situations - combine that with philosophy and how I learned how to play the Honest Advisor or Devil's Advocate which has done quite a bit for me in most jobs.

edited 23rd Mar '15 1:26:20 PM by RatherRandomRachel

Good ol Scots Law.

I accidentally forgot to pay for a drink today and I feel really guilty. Like, disproportionately guilty compared to the price of said drink.

I know exactly how you feel.

When I was a kid, because of how scared I was of the pictures from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, I wanted to prank call Stephen Gammell and say "You know, you're a lousy artist."

I once considered changing my name to something really long so that my middle initials would form the letters of the alphabet.

I now realise how stupid an idea this was. XP

Sometimes I'm afraid that I act too narcissistic or arrogant.

My dog is pretty hot.

Laying in the sun, that is. Kek

I went through a phase where I was a meninist/MRA.

A what now?

MRA = Men's Rights Activist. One of those guys who, in a discussion about feminism and women's rights, goes "but what about men's rights?" and tries to make the discussion about how bad men have it. And usually doesn't actually talk about the genuine issues men have and just complains about stuff that doesn't matter, and/or blames feminism and women for those things even though the actual cause is near-universally the patriarchy.

Yeah. Thank the gods I grew out of that.

I'm adverse to the word "patriarchy" thanks to SJ Ws.

Zarek - funny thing is how many masculinists (separate from MR As) side with feminists but tend make points on issues like the lack of care for male abuse victims (which is a genuine cause for concern) and how many hate male gender roles like the idea that a man needs to go on 'conquests' to be a man, and many also point to issues transmen have, like how many have to be some sort of Testosterone Poisoning-style buff manic man in order to get therapy in many areas.

edited 4th Apr '15 3:21:45 AM by RatherRandomRachel