Bean-posting is the inside joke around Lemmy. Every once in awhile, the whole place goes ape over beans.

Had a similar situation happen at one of my old workplaces. Super culty. You’ll survive.

In addition to what others said (namely, that companies tend not to give “references” anymore, but instead give “verification”, which is where they confirm the dates of employment), if you need references, I recommend getting coworkers who liked you to write a letter of recommendation and send it directly to you for you to include with your job applications.

You can whip up a “letter of recommendation” template to send to your work friends, then just ask them not to include a date on their letter. I’ve been reusing some old letters of recommendation for years and future employers seem to appreciate that I include them in my app.

Yep, this approach exactly.

I hope you like beans

Wait, is that jet really about to bust a sweet jump off that ramp?

That was a great video — thanks for sharing

Is this your first time going through Remake? It’s one of my favorite modern games (mostly for the nostalgia, but I also really enjoyed the combat).

Loops

Is it bad that I agree? Eff TikTok

Love some Minecraft. It’s just digital Legos

Looks dope!

I think your statements about paganism is what the Protestant branch of Christianity would say as well.

Another slightly unrelated anecdote: I once heard from a former priest that Catholics pray to the saints because they can’t believe that a father (male-like God figure) could be compassionate and would care about their troubles. I don’t know if that’s true, but I think it’s an indictment of men as fathers in general :/

The criteria for sainthood is three-fold:

1. The person must be dead.
2. The person must have lived a life of heroic virtue for the Christian life.
3. There must be more than 1 confirmed miracle attributed to the potential saint AFTER they have died. (Though I think martyrs only need 1 miracle.)

The idea in the Catholic faith is that the dead watch the living and plead with God on the living’s behalf. Therefore, if a miracle happens after a person has prayed to a potential Saint, that Saint may be attributed with that miracle (for the proposes of sainthood).

I like to think of it like the commission that clothing store clerks get. When you go to make your purchase at the Bloomingdale’s, the cashier would say “Did anyone help you with your purchase today?” And if you say “yes, Mandy recommended I get the red windbreaker instead of the grey overcoat”, then Mandy the store clerk gets the credit for the sale.

The potential saint gets credit for the miracle. There’s usually a long investigation by the church to prove that 1) a miracle actually happened, and 2) that the saint was “involved” somehow. In this case it seems like the investigation was abbreviated.

Can’t imagine what it would be like to lead so many people at 28. Really cool story.

I once was on stage doing comedy and was surprisingly killing it. I pivoted and made a joke about how being anti-vax was stupid and everyone hushed up real quick.

That’s when I knew I was surrounded by fucking morons. (Morons who loved jokes about putting your groceries into a Dolce & Gabana store bag so you can feel superior to the other shoppers.)

This is every dang day of my life!

need to get on ADHD meds.

I would go on long nighttime walks on the nature trails near my home.

1. I wouldn’t mind the bugs because I’m a tiger.
2. I wouldn’t get tired or sweaty because I’m a tiger.
3. I wouldn’t be arrested for walking on the trails at night because I’m invisible.
4. The hobos who live on the trails wouldn’t be able to see me because I’m a tiger and I’m very stealthy.

I could hear this gif

Knew what it was before even clicking

GIMME CHOCOLATE

It stays pretty slow but does begin to get a bit… weirder. The end of the season was rad and got me really hyped for season 2. I’ve actually watched the first season 2 times now.