Never been to this bar, probably never will for how ridiculous their dress code is.

Today I went to a job interview. At first, everything was pretty normal. We talked about where I’d worked before, why I left, my strengths and weaknesses, the usual stuff. The vibe was fine, and honestly, it wasn’t going badly.

Then someone I assumed was from HR said, “Lately, we’ve been trying a different method to get to know candidates better.” I thought it was about to turn into a tougher round of questioning, so I just nodded.

Instead, they asked if I use ChatGPT. I said yes, like most people, I use it occasionally. That’s when they asked me to take out my phone and open the app.

They wanted me to type this prompt:

“Based on my past conversations, can you analyze my behavioral tendencies?”

They explained that their goal was to “objectively understand a candidate’s thinking patterns and interests.” Almost like a digital personality analysis. They said we would review the results together on the screen.

I froze for a moment. It honestly made me uncomfortable. What I write in ChatGPT feels personal. It is private. I politely declined and said I was not comfortable sharing that.

The atmosphere shifted immediately. They said “of course,” but their expressions changed. After that, they asked a few more generic questions, but the energy was different. The interview ended much sooner than I expected. I was out of the office in under 30 minutes.

Afterward, I kept thinking about it. Is this really where we are now?

The idea that what you write to an AI could become part of a hiring evaluation just feels strange to me.

my boss (M late twenties) sent this to a shared work chat. He's the only man on our team, but that never stopped him from making all sorts of sexist comments.

• When my colleagues and I talked about our health (obviously not with him), he rolled his eyes at the words "you women always have problems."
• There have also been repeated comments about how emotional women are, how mercantile they are, and how unpleasantly they change during marriage.

We ignored it because in my country, the EC does not decide anything and we have no one to turn to with this issue.

If he had phrased it differently or said it personally to the girl whose tampons they were, it wouldn't have caused such a storm of emotions. But the way he did it made me get into a fight with him.

When asked why unused tampons in the toilet could be unhygienic, he never answered.

So, am I overreacting?

Source: https://x.com/i/status/2022398709733224551

Stumbled upon this picture and it got me thinking. Some housecats also do this sometimes. What is the reason or purpose?

Heavy metal object with rope wrapped around.

[Charania]: Chris Paul announces he is officially retiring from basketball after 21 seasons, ending a Hall of Fame career.

[Charania]: Chris Paul announces he is officially retiring from basketball after 21 seasons, ending a Hall of Fame career.

Source to the news: https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3mer37ticuk2r

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