I’ll never forget when the guy called his friend over to prank him too. In that moment, the fundamental truth of the Internet was revealed.
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Does anyone have any good resources on how to improve your “interpersonal communication habits”? Someone I worked with thinks this may be a flaw I have that has been holding me back and given the fact that my manager told me I needed to work on being more sharp without giving me any clues on where to go, figured this might be a good place to start.
Ditto. I keep failing interviews because I suck at talking to people, especially when I’m nervous.
The only real answer I have for either of those is to practice, though the same practice can help both.
In the before times, I’d recommend going to social outings where you know just one or no other person in order to get accustomed to starting conversations from scratch. Gaming meetups, star parties, punk shows, et cetera were great for practicing.
For interviewing, that’ll at least help get you accustomed to talked to people. While still getting that skill, the best tip I’d have is be sure to ask direct and related questions about the position you’re applying for. Once you have a better handle on talking to people, it also helps to get your interviewers to laugh a bit.
What’s the best way to dispose of books from authors that turn out to be awful people, like Scott Lynch or J.K. Rowling? Destroying them so no one else can read them seems valid but certain methods of doing such, like burning, have negative history associated with such that should be avoided.
When libraries take books out of circulation, they attempt to sell the books off for a pittance. As you obviously don’t want to do that, just skip to the next step: Tear off the covers and toss them into the garbage.
ETA: If someone is that desperate to read books that they would dig into the trash, just let them.
You could also hollow out the book, cut up the paper so that you can hide something inside after.
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Oooo, I didn’t even think of that.
I’ve been working with an artist for the past month and they recently said they are attempting to leave an abusive living situation. It’s been a few days past when we had a check in scheduled and I haven’t heard anything from them. I’m kind at a loss for what to do, I’m worried about their well-being but I don’t have any means to contact them or people who might know them.
That’s a tricky situation. With them being an artist, start by reaching out to them about a commission, or the project you were already working on, through direct communication, like phone, then maybe social media if that fails. That is the best way I can think of to ensure they’re safe without letting onto whoever else may be with them that they’ve expressed concerns about safety.
Anyone have a good resource on how to create a project? I have been spending almost every free moment outside of work on one that I am doing solo and would like to open it up to more people to make it a bigger reality. Any good starting point on how to take an idea from your head, write it down on paper, define what is needed, and ultimately ask the internet for help?
Make a web site. It can just be a simple free static web site that you whip up in 5 minutes that explains what you are doing, that you need help, and how to help. Then post links to that site in relevant places. Then hope someone comes.
What kind of project?
I was thinking of a simple site with page with embeds to videos (youtube, lbry, internet archive, etc.) where you can either randomly find videos from conventions or can search for specific things that you are into. Say you wanted to know more about game development, bam here is a list. I am thinking the static site is the way to go, want to flesh out the ideas first before moving it out of shit talk territory.
I think Apreche probably is on the money for how to get started. Getting the initial project landing page knocked together would probably be a great start, especially since your final product is a web resource. If you’re looking for people to help, I think recruiting from the con staff might be a solid option, especially because people in the magfest circles are very in the maker space.
I mentioned somewhere else I was putting together a campaign, but holy cow, it’s been herding cats.
Everyone’s on Discord, but no one responds. I posted a bunch of stuff today and started messaging people directly (I know I don’t check all of my channels, especially after Gen Con, I have another six!) what am I doing wrong? For three weeks, now, I’ve told them to talk to me about character creation, but two of them have literally never discussed it. At all.
Do I just give up? Boot people who don’t respond? Switch platforms to something that’s less “noisy”?
I typically move forward without them or find replacements in that situation.
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Make a discord just for the game, for starters. If they don’t bother to join, they’re not interested. If they don’t followup, they’re not interested. They’ve got your name, they can contact you if they change their mind.
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When a person actually wants something, they go out of their way for it. If players aren’t actively engaging in your game, it’s obviously they don’t actually want to play. They may have agreed to it, but they don’t actually want to, or at least don’t want to that badly.
Even if you manage to drag or wrangle them to the table, how do you think it’s going to go over? Doesn’t sound like a good game to me. Any group activity only works when the people actually want to participate.
Find players who want to play. When I say want, I mean want in the same way that a KPop fan waits outside in a line in a tent overnight because they want to see BTS.
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I wasn’t clear -i made a server and they all joined. But yeah, there isn’t much follow-up.