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Side of bed debate - Which side is left?
  • Either:

    • you establish a convention and both learn to choose one perspective or the other
    • one of you tries to do that and the other pretends not to agree, because it's cute and fun as a form of teasing

    Pick one and I hope whatever you pick works for both of you. Agreement is easy, but teasing can be fun.

  • I this a firm and polite way to tell an opinionated coworker to stop pushing his agenda I don't care about?
  • "Unsubscribe."

    This is not necessarily effective on its own, but it's a way to find out what the situation is. It is a simple way to open the discussion about your lack of interest in what they have to say. Sometimes they just shut up.

  • My (20F) colleague (60sF) is a workplace bully, what do I do?
  • That is hard. If the manager is likely to side with her, then that limits your options considerably. In that case, if you truly need this job, then put your head down, persist, and let this delightful woman be wrong.

    "Sure." And then don't do it. Over and over.

    I'm sorry that you're dealing with this. It's not you; it's them. I suspect you're wonderful and I'm sorry that your employer doesn't recognize that.

    Peace.

  • How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals
  • I relate to your position. You are wrong. You absolutely do choose to hate or not hate. This lies entirely within your control.

    I used to have the impulse to hate them, but I don't any more.

    On the list you cite, emotions is the one thing you choose, even though it might not feel that way right now. I don't expect you to believe me. I will cite Lisa Feldman Barrett and the book How Emotions are Made and you can decide whether you want to explore or not.

    Either way, peace.

  • My (20F) colleague (60sF) is a workplace bully, what do I do?
  • If "Go fuck yourself" is not your style or otherwise inadvisable, then another option is to start with "You will not call me that. You will call me by my name. Thank you." Say this as calmly and evenly as you can. Keep saying it. Don't let her rattle you into straying from this.

    If she insists, then pick a name to call her and insist on it no matter how much she objects. I doubt I need to suggest such a name, but rather I trust you to engage your creativity.

    Even so, I don't have any objection to "go fuck yourself" if you think that wouldn't put your job in jeopardy.

    Good luck. Peace.

  • Why did I need to restart to upgrade my recovery partition?

    I tried to upgrade my recovery partition today and it failed with "No such device"/OS error 19.

    I found this discussion on Reddit in which @mmstick suggested restarting, but with no explanation as to why that was needed or would work. It worked for me.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/xun8vu/error_updating_recovery_partition_no_such_device/

    I'd like to know why it worked and why it was needed, mostly for two reasons: to generally understand the situation better and to imagine what I might have been able to do that didn't require restarting.

    Thanks.

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