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  • BillyClark@piefed.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldDraw!
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    18 hours ago

    I once had to “explain the gap in my CV” when applying for a loan. And apparently, “I didn’t feel like working for those 6 months,” wasn’t a good enough explanation. Even though I think literally everybody personally understands the concept.

    I ended up saying that I spent the time taking care of my parents, since I did spend some of that time taking care of them.


  • One important skill for school is to look at the entire question so that you can understand what the teacher is asking for, even if they don’t format the question exactly right.

    In this case, your answer would not fit into the 6 spaces provided for the answer.

    So you have to ask yourself what they meant by “Write the following words”. Since “the” is the same word repeated twice, once you’ve written “the” after 5, then I could argue that “the” has already been written.

    Therefore, if there are only six blanks for the answer, looking at the entire question, I argue that the answer I provided is most likely correct.




  • I think people should rate things consistently, and both of those criteria in the post are fairly subjective. Like, they could both vary based on your mood.

    Here’s my 3-star rating system, which is less subjective:

    *** I would happily watch this movie again, or I have already enjoyed it multiple times.

    ** It wasn’t bad, but I don’t see myself watching it again.

    * I would refuse to watch this again, or I turned it off because I couldn’t watch it once.

    Of course, it’s not perfect. Movies like Dear Zachary would be forced to be 2 stars. But for the most part, since star reviews are to help people decide what to watch, if the criteria is whether or not people would want to watch it a lot, I think the intentions line up with the implementation better.



  • Exactly. It’s sad, but in America, if you say something to a cop, and the cop, for example, “misremembers” and says that you confessed to a crime, you can be in hot water. If you simply don’t speak to a cop, then it’s more difficult for the cop to “misremember”.

    That’s an extreme example, and it’s getting less likely with cops wearing more bodycams, but there’s simply no reason to take the risk of talking to a cop.