Thehalfjew

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[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean, maybe. But flood waters are a massive deathtrap. He had to have known at any second he could step into a strong current and be sucked under. He had no rope. No support. Dude's a hero.

[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

So these aren't cool mice? Because I was excited when I thought they were cool mice.

[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know I'm in the minority, but I really like Genysis. And I can enjoy Salvation when I think of it as a "what if" kind of thing. But T3 and Dark Fate were both hot garbage.

[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting idea! When she doesn't have string, she just chews a toy to death. But I'm not sure if that's evidence against or for your idea

[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

My cat eats a few bites of food then finds a string, swallows it down a good bit, then pulls the string back up from her throat and takes a few more bites of food. This continues for her whole meal.

There's nothing more disgusting than stepping on her food string. It's cold and wet. So gross.

[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Look, I know this is a late response and all but this is serious: it's feeding a mogwai after midnight that turns it into a gremlin. Gremlin feeding times have no impact on their behavior.

[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Stop trying to make fetch happen.

[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

Not sure if they get much hate but they sure get a lot of shit

[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I used to feel the same as you. But the short answer here is because the law chooses to focus on the welfare of the child over either of the parents. It isn't about being fair to the mother or the father. The mother and the father made the child. The child needs care. The mother and the father are the most reasonably responsible for its care.

[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Fair enough. Sounds like A is going to have to decide whether they talk to B directly, complain to the supervisor that B still isn't meeting expectations, or drop it. But keeping you in the middle isn't going to solve the problem and it needs to stop. You can say that firmly but nicely and with validation. (The validation is important to maintaining your relationship with A.)

At the end of the day, this sounds like a failure at the management level. If B is known to be underperforming, it's on management to either find a way to help B improve or replace B. Management's failure here is hurting all 3 of you. A has a right to be pissed. B needs guidance or the boot. And you need to be free of this mess.

[–] Thehalfjew@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think you need to tell A that sharing this feedback with you won't help B change, and that they need to address B directly or talk to their supervisor.

You can also say that sharing this feedback with you is putting you in an uncomfortable position, as you are friends with both of them, and you need it to stop. It's perfectly okay to validate A's complaints ("I understand why you feel the way you do") so that A doesn't feel like you are dismissing them. But that doesn't mean you have to be in the middle.

Having spent many years in corporate life, I can tell you that one of the biggest blockers to people improving is that no one tells them there is a problem to begin with. Person B may have no idea they're underperforming. And to be fair, I can't tell from this whether their supervisor would even agree that B is underperforming; B may be doing just fine from management's perspective, in which case A needs to let it go.

Good luck!

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