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Nervous Rex

Nervous Rex

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  • Nervous Rex
    Watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy with my wife for the bajillionth time. We usually take about a week to watch the whole thing. Don’t be hasty!
    Nervous Rex
    A friend just told me that he missed me in some meetings that I used to attend because when I was there he “didn’t feel weird.” That’s a compliment, right?
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    I think so? I think I am that person for people, too. Let’s take it as compliment.
    Luca
    Luca
    I’m also that person for people. I agree that we should take it as a compliment.
    My friends may feel weird when I’m not around, but they’re certainly going to be bored :)
    Nervous Rex
    I am an absolute master at putting my foot in my mouth. In any social setting, I can find the most optimally wrong thing to say. The only reliable defense I can find is to keep my mouth shut and never say anything.
    Nervous Rex
    I have interviews and any situation like them where I feel like I'm being put on the spot. I try to look calm and collected, but it makes me slowly build up adrenaline so that by the time it's over, I am shaky and anxious. It takes so long to recover from.
    Nervous Rex
    I’m left-handed, but right-elbowed
    tree
    tree
    How does that work?
    Nervous Rex
    Nervous Rex
    It doesn’t. It’s just me being nonsensical.
    tree
    tree
    Oh. OK. It might have been like how I am right handed and was surprised that it's easier to stand on my left leg and do an exercise than it is to stand on my right leg to do the same type exercise. (Point toes and inscribe circles, about a foot off the ground, leg out stretched.)
    Nervous Rex
    Just finish a work course on microagressions, sensitivity, etc. I didn't get about half of it, but I am apparently now "trained".
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    Nervous Rex
    Nervous Rex
    I always try to be respectful and kind - I have a personal goal to be known as one of the nicest people in the company. But this training had such subtle differences in the responses that I could choose from, that I had a hard time telling why one answer was right and the other was wrong. It's just too finely nuanced for me.

    Also, apparently, not making eye contact is a microagression.
    Luca
    Luca
    That is a personal goal of mine too- I always want to be kind :)
    Sounds like that training may have taken it a step over the line though… and not accommodating to autistic people- Not making eye contact?? What??
    Streetwise
    Streetwise
    Remember keep YOUR personal boundaries don't be a people pleaser you'll implode if you do that
    Nervous Rex
    If you stand before a mirror in the dark at midnight and say “X=(-b+/-(b^2-4ac)^0.5)/2a” three times, I will appear and spout random math.
    Crossbreed
    Crossbreed
    Hey, daddio, you DO know that "quadratic" is based on the Latin word for "square," don't you...? 8-)>
    Nervous Rex
    Nervous Rex
    No, I didn’t! Thanks for that.
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