Open Thread for Personal Stuff: June 2017 Flexicat Edition

Nanny Ogg’s Bosom,

Happy birthday and I really hope you find a place soon! What book is this, may I ask?
I was trying to post a pic of young Nanny Ogg but it’s in the wrong format 🙁

Re: university etc.
Once upon a mythical time, we had free tertiary ed. here. Only for a bit, though. I’m restraining myself as best I can because I tend to rant on these issues – but the whole uni as a profit & production line is very true on several levels.
I was lucky that part of my undergrad degree was very old school Humanities learning-for-the-sake-of-learning type stuff. It was wonderful.
But I (along with many others) survived doctoral study & its years of grinding poverty, only to enter the brave new world of casual academia and its crushing workload, massive job insecurity, and fierce competition for contracts. Less grinding poverty, though, which is nice.

@ Katz

I see your book is Kindle-ized, I’ll be getting that when I get home! The Soviet Union in WW2 has long been a favorite subject, especially the women involved!

@Katz:

Congrats on the book!

It’s always nice to get something published – I certainly hope I will again, but I’ve been getting over a Joseph Mitchell-level writer’s block…

@EJ:

I’m sorry to hear about losing your job and hope your search goes well.

I’m still looking for a second one since I haven’t been getting called in enough as a substitute janitor for the past few months and won’t be for Summer break – there’s been very few that have not conflicted with it, where it’s on the weekend or at least in the morning.

There’s a media blaster position available nearby that would probably fit and will look into it tomorrow or Thursday.

Hi guys, I have a weird problem I just approached dave futrelle about, but I thought I’d throw it out here anyway. I have a great website idea having to do with fetishes and kink, and I have a small team of developers working for me for free. Yay me!! big problem though- we’re all a bunch of white cis males. well, I’m a white cis female but you get the gyst- privilege city. I’m looking for free consultation for myself from GAME DEVELOPERS to see how I can get this website moving in a much more inclusive direction. I know your time is worth money but I am not lying when I say no one is getting any money from this so far- but we have dreams

anyway, my e-mail is [email protected] if you are interested in helping or if you know someone who might be.

and if anyone happens to be pals with anita sarkeesian, can you get her to call me, lol!! this site has a looooot of potential to be inclusive and I am not bragging when I say I think there will be a lot of popularity if I do it right. Cheers All!!

Hi guys
Sorry about random posting of my personal sh*t but I have a problem and thought the mammothears coul help

Awile ago one of my partners friends friends was acused of rape the whole group believes that he is innocent he has given me the creeps for years and has displayed worring behaviours so I am not so sure he is innocent (don’t want to say he is guilty coz I don’t have all the evidence but suspect so)
So obviously I am a complete bi*ch.

Someone has finally agnoliged this out loud to my boyfriend saying that they are not comfortable around me and we can’t keep burying our heads in the sand about this problem any more I don’t want this to affect boyfriends friendships

If anyone is reading and has any advice on how to seal with this situation I would be greatfull

@ dazed and confused

I empathise.

Nearly 30 years ago someone in my circle raped another friend. And it did scishm the group. A small, but still too much, minority sided with the guy’s version that he thought she’d consented/led him on.

Now I hope I’m not virtue signalling here. This wasn’t an ‘SJW’ thing. It was just sticking by a mate who’d been grievously wronged. Sometimes you just have to nail your colours to the mast.

But if this helps – it did cause friction at the time, but I tell you now, at least in the future you’ll be able to fucking live with yourself.

Thanks for your replies

Untill last night my boyfriend thought he could have me and them it worked fine as long as we wherr not in the same room it came to breaing point when boyfriend tryed to arrang a double date
I am fine never seeing them again. But I don’t want him to loose friends over our relationship.

Boyfriend and I got back together about 6 months ago (relationship history is complcated) before that his way of dealing with the accusation was to nither believe or disbelief it and pretend evrything is ok.

I told people I wasn’t comfortable around the accused and got called paranoid or ignored the thing that really bothers me is over several years many guys have fallen out with him for getting there girlfriends drunk and trying to take advantage and one guy had to rescue his sisterfrom an Iincounter with him but use the r word and everyone leaps to his defence

Sorry for the long posr I am off to read captinawaqard now