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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • For those who want to know, that makes Xitter sound like halfway between Sitter and Shitter.

    As an English speaker you can try to make that sound by saying the Y in YEET and paying close attention to how exactly your tongue is positioned and where in your mouth the air is being constricted. Then try to position your tongue as if you want to say “yeet” or “yes” again, but make an S sound at exactly the same constriction point where you made the Y sound before. If you’re successful, it should sound like a hybrid between S and SH to your English ears.

    That’s how I make it anyway, actual Mandarin speakers might find issue with my explanation.



  • Just recently I got a job offer where I had clearly stated I’m willing to work a maximum of 80%. When I went there to take a look before committing to it, they mentioned that because of the high amount of orders they have, they need everyone to put in an extra hour of work every day for the foreseeable future and I’d be expected to do the same.

    My thoughts: Hey asshole, I even told you I’d prefer 75% and that the maximum of 80% is for health reasons, and you’re here trying to push it to 90% on the sly?

    Obviously I rejected the offer. And then they had the gall to report to the unemployment office that I wasn’t willing to work the 80% they advertised as their minimum.

    Edit: Good news was that I was able to land an all around better job just two days later.