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the 2021 daily meme, week 1
Jan. 12th, 2021 07:19 pmQuestions from https://emaciatedwords.livejournal.com/137468.html
1. What’s one question you hate being asked? "Will you knit me a pair of socks?" especially when asked by a stranger who sees me knitting. No. Not even if you pay me. Yes, I knit and crochet things for other people; if I'm closely related to you or am good friends with you, and if I think you'll appreciate the work and the finished item, then sure, I'll make you something (if I have time, and on my own schedule). Random stranger? I'll give you a pint of my blood, but I won't knit you socks.
2. Has the media influenced your view on the world? Well, if they're any good at what they do, then certainly; if I go to a given news source, the stories they choose to emphasize are the ones I'll find out about most easily. Just like my view of my neighborhood's safety will be different if I read NextDoor posts than if I look at an actual graph of crimes in the area.
3. What could make other people angry about you? Anything, I assume. There are assholes who'll get angry because I'm not their religion or I don't share their politics or I don't act the way they think a middle-aged woman should act or I don't automatically defer to them.
4. Do you miss anything from your teenage years? The extensive free time by myself.
5. What about your current life situation makes you feel grateful? I bought a house before my city became too expensive for people in my income bracket to afford houses.
6. What is distracting you? Everything.
7. What past failure actually proved to be a blessing? Probably flunking out of grad school after first year. I'd never have made it in that field, and I found my actual career field less than six months after receiving the "sorry, you didn't do well enough to stay in the program" letter.
1. What’s one question you hate being asked? "Will you knit me a pair of socks?" especially when asked by a stranger who sees me knitting. No. Not even if you pay me. Yes, I knit and crochet things for other people; if I'm closely related to you or am good friends with you, and if I think you'll appreciate the work and the finished item, then sure, I'll make you something (if I have time, and on my own schedule). Random stranger? I'll give you a pint of my blood, but I won't knit you socks.
2. Has the media influenced your view on the world? Well, if they're any good at what they do, then certainly; if I go to a given news source, the stories they choose to emphasize are the ones I'll find out about most easily. Just like my view of my neighborhood's safety will be different if I read NextDoor posts than if I look at an actual graph of crimes in the area.
3. What could make other people angry about you? Anything, I assume. There are assholes who'll get angry because I'm not their religion or I don't share their politics or I don't act the way they think a middle-aged woman should act or I don't automatically defer to them.
4. Do you miss anything from your teenage years? The extensive free time by myself.
5. What about your current life situation makes you feel grateful? I bought a house before my city became too expensive for people in my income bracket to afford houses.
6. What is distracting you? Everything.
7. What past failure actually proved to be a blessing? Probably flunking out of grad school after first year. I'd never have made it in that field, and I found my actual career field less than six months after receiving the "sorry, you didn't do well enough to stay in the program" letter.