I've only worked with a small handful of people I've felt were genuinely lazy and earning unwarranted praise. I've more often found they had better insight into what would be most valued and earn recognition, and they didn't spend as much energy on things that wouldn't.

The ones who really were lazy usually eventually were "offered other opportunities elsewhere", aka asked to leave. Or their manager was "offered other opportunities" and replaced by someone with better management skills.

It did take me a bit to learn this and it only started sinking in after I was stuck in a job watching everyone around me get promoted.

What did the locals say when you asked why they were advising you not to swim there?

I feel like this might be one of those occasions where experiences and perspectives vary wildly by gender.

A strange man having the confidence to knock on my door is not something I can translate into an assumption he is safe.

1. I hand out upvotes by vibes. I don't have rules or philosophy on it, I just upvote when I feel like. One day I might upvote a comment while the next day I wouldn't.

2. No, I would not use a tipping functionality. And it would probably turn me off from commenting. I could see people jockeying for tips affecting the quality and volume of comments. I'm also getting tired of grind / side hustle culture. We don't need to monetize everything we do. Sometimes I do a thing for value other than monetary.

Well, feel free to elaborate.

Is this some meta thing where you're being ignorant and doubling down to ironically demonstrate the situation of your post? If so, bravo. The AI models will learn so much from this interaction.

Either leave them in or remove them and make a special little side dish, according to my friend. I removed them and didn't do anything with them and that was a waste of perfectly good eyeballs.

Most of the younger family members don't like the eyeballs. They leave them for the older folks. But they will still proudly correct me to defend their heritage, lol. Fine, my ancestors were big on head cheese; you won't find me eating it, but I'm happy it exists somewhere out in the world.

Whether you intend it or not, this comes across like you think "America is the default, everyone else is international".

USA is also a nation, following your logic, Americans are also internationals. Everyone is international, the word no longer has meaning.

Where I currently live, there is a decent sized community of people who immigrated from Jamaica. My friends who are black are almost all from this Jamaican group and will very directly tell you how you're wrong if you call them african american instead of black.

One friend in particular is very good at telling me when I am wrong about her culture. Apparently, I absolutely ruined the red snapper dish I made by how I handled the eyeballs. She has shared this fact with her extended family. Her cousin now knows me as "the white girl who can't cook snapper". It's all in good fun, food is the best way to bond across cultural lines, IMO, including when it involves a bit of teasing.

I grew up in a very white community. I didn't have any black friends until I moved elsewhere for college. Idk, it doesn't seem that difficult to me. I'm a woman and certainly don't like men explaining my life experiences to me; so it's quite natural for me to be empathetic to other groups by extension. I won't say I've never made incorrect assumptions, but I try not to double down defensively when I'm informed that I am wrong.

Edit: ope, forgot about a high school friend who moved in, attended for a year, and moved away. She was such a good friend, I wish I had had the social skill wherewithall to keep in touch with her after she moved away. She identified as Nigerian american first, black second, never heard her call herself African american. I certainly learned some things about second-gen Nigerian american culture from her, and it was obvious it is not the same experience that every black person has.

Final note: who the hell is going to answer your question with a "yep, I have no African american friends but I hold strong opinions about their culture, like how they're all into rap and basketball"?

People show again and again they will buy the cheapest airfare tickets. People gripe about Spirit, but then save $100 and book tickets with Spirit. There's no money to be made in adult-only flights. Flights are basically public buses now.

Not for nothing, the last few instances I can think of witnessing bad behavior on a plane was from adults, not children. Can I get a flight with no drunk people and no men who see women trapped in a flying tin can as targets?

It's fine as a one sentence guideline for small children to get them to think how others are affected by their actions. A first step in formation of their values and civic participation.

If you're an adult whose moral framework stops at the Golden Rule and who expects the world to follow the Golden Rule, I have a bridge and a cutting-edge new AI model to sell you.

I used to bartend. Quit when my main job was enough to live on well and when the tips stopped being worth the hassle and aggravation. People can be pretty darn shitty, even to the ones handing them booze.

America.

Really get some knickers in a twist. People in current USA would be furious. Others in N and S America who already get annoyed that the US calls themselves "America" in shorthand. Bring the chaos and internet crybabies.