My nephew was born 5 weeks after my LO and due to TONS of IL drama, we hardly ever see him and neither does my MIL. She compensates for this by spending extra time with DS. In my heart I know this is great and she really is not that bad on the MIL scale, but recently I lost it when she was on the phone with DH and asked to come over for the 1000th time that week. I know she could hear me and I just didn't care. I felt terrible afterwards.
@psychdoc12 - add me to te dying to know list. Oh look there's a typo I'm too lazy to fix. Other people do that right? I see typos, I don't care. I'm bumping one-handed. Does that bring me intelligence down? Just wondering.
@ellaf I disagree--littering is never okay, not even bananas and apples.
My FFFC is that I still play candy crush.
It's not that spelling and grammar have to be perfect. We all make typos and I definitely post in sentence fragments. Half the time, I'm nursing or lying down and ain't nobody got time for that. When I said I judge on spelling and grammar, I meant that I notice repeated mistakes that seem to be attributable to ignorance, or just a general lack of complexity in the way that ideas are expressed. This is a hard thing to explain which I guess is why it's a FFFC.
I think of you as very smart.
I'm betting you think of me as dumb because sometimes I just can't get my thoughts into words. #sorrynotsorry
I still play words with friends with the ob/gyn I worked with for 5 years, 5 years ago. It's the only way I keep in contact with him, although I've become FB friends with his wife and I've only met her IRL once. I cheat and he still beats me. #notsmarterthanadoctor #stillstupideventhoughicheat
I'm generally a non-confrontational person(hence the feeling bad afterwards). I blame the sleep deprivation. I was starting to feel like I was spending all of my maternity leave watching her hold my baby. This time she wanted to come over at 9am. My response was something like this: "NO! No, No No! There is no way I am getting myself up and dressed that early!" Seems pretty tame as I type it but it was loud and mean. DH was shocked and I have no idea where it came from, lol!
I judge posters based on how smart I think they are. I divide them into categories in my mind (dumb, average, smart, really smart) and the category that an individual is in affects how much attention I pay to her posts. A bad habit I need to break.
This is interesting. How do you make a judgement on their intelligence based off of posts on a web forum?
The same way I would if I were having a face-to-face conversation. Complexity of sentence structure, grammar, level of sophistication of topics they choose to discuss. Along with any mentions of level of education or career. There's no formula to it. I just get a sense. And I'm not claiming to be accurate.
@psychodoc12 Based on your qualifications for judging a poster's intelligence, I would place you in the dumb-average category. You reference using grammar as a way to make your judgment. In your response, I see two sentence fragments - "complexity of sentence structure, grammar, level of sophistication of topics they choose to discuss" and "along with any
mentions of level of education or career." Both fail to contain a subject and predicate, which are required to have a complete sentence. Also, you start a sentence with a conjunction - "and I'm not claiming to be accurate." A conjunction, like the word and, functions to connect clauses within a sentence. This cannot be accomplished when used at the beginning of a sentence.
#practicewhatyoupreach
I judge posters based on how smart I think they are. I divide them into categories in my mind (dumb, average, smart, really smart) and the category that an individual is in affects how much attention I pay to her posts. A bad habit I need to break.
This is interesting. How do you make a judgement on their intelligence based off of posts on a web forum?
The same way I would if I were having a face-to-face conversation. Complexity of sentence structure, grammar, level of sophistication of topics they choose to discuss. Along with any mentions of level of education or career. There's no formula to it. I just get a sense. And I'm not claiming to be accurate.
please don't judge my posts by lack of capitalization- often typing one-handed and it's just easier
@crunchymama11 If you started using capital letters, it would totally throw me off. Since I'm usually mobile and can't see who started a post, when the title is in lowercase, I automatically know it's you or @cousinvicki, so I open it. If your posts were in upper- and lower-case, I'd assume you'd been hacked and my universe would implode. I'm only slightly exaggerating.
I don't open like 75% of my emails and it drives my husband nuts. Pic for proof of how bad it is. I clean out my inbox like once a year. It deft needs to happen soon...I have like 27k unread emails.
Oh my gosh! That would drive me crazy. I currently have 8 emails in my whole inbox. I delete everything!!
I don't open like 75% of my emails and it drives my husband nuts. Pic for proof of how bad it is. I clean out my inbox like once a year. It deft needs to happen soon...I have like 27k unread emails.
I do this too... I currently have 39,385 emails unread on my yahoo account.
I judge posters based on how smart I think they are. I divide them into categories in my mind (dumb, average, smart, really smart) and the category that an individual is in affects how much attention I pay to her posts. A bad habit I need to break.
This is interesting. How do you make a judgement on their intelligence based off of posts on a web forum?
The same way I would if I were having a face-to-face conversation. Complexity of sentence structure, grammar, level of sophistication of topics they choose to discuss. Along with any mentions of level of education or career. There's no formula to it. I just get a sense. And I'm not claiming to be accurate.
@psychodoc12 Based on your qualifications for judging a poster's intelligence, I would place you in the dumb-average category. You reference using grammar as a way to make your judgment. In your response, I see two sentence fragments - "complexity of sentence structure, grammar, level of sophistication of topics they choose to discuss" and "along with any
mentions of level of education or career." Both fail to contain a subject and predicate, which are required to have a complete sentence. Also, you start a sentence with a conjunction - "and I'm not claiming to be accurate." A conjunction, like the word and, functions to connect clauses within a sentence. This cannot be accomplished when used at the beginning of a sentence.
#practicewhatyoupreach
I'm the opposite. I used to strictly bump at work and did t use caps. Now I bump strictly mobile and my phone caps for me. Honestly it's weird for me to see me "speak" this way since I never cap.
My favorite place to bump is in the bathroom. My FI doesn't understand the importance of the bump and talks to me when I'm clearly trying to read educational material. Yes, I'm in the bathroom.
I think it is funny that people jump on psychdoc for admitting she judges people when we ALL do it--judging people based on past actions and using that judgment to put people in categories is part of what makes us higher-order mammals.
I think it is funny that people jump on psychdoc for admitting she judges people when we ALL do it--judging people based on past actions and using that judgment to put people in categories is part of what makes us higher-order mammals.
I'm guessing you made the 'smart' list, with all your logical arguments backed by scientific research.
Haha...I just like researching things before having an opinion about them.
In my job, you state an argument in a legal brief, then you have to back it up with cites to prior cases or legal journals that are written by judges and legal scholars. If you just state an opinion and don't back it up with authority, you might as well not say anything at all because the judge will give it no weight.
yesterday my 2 1/2yo ate about 1/4 a bag of frozen green beans...still frozen. she kept getting them out of the freezer by the handful.
i tried to stop her, but she threw a tantrum. this was my reaction
This is my favorite FFFC of the day!
My toddler pitched a fit when I tried to take away the apple core after she had eaten her apple at lunch last weekend. So, I just handed it back to her and she ate the core, seeds and all.
I kinda want to know who made the "not smart" list... #pleasedontletmebeonit
I cringe, literally, when I go back and read one of my posts and see errors that I missed. I judge myself -hard- because of my profession and have to immediately try and edit, hoping most people haven't noticed. I blame the spell corrector on the iPad for most spelling errors!
I kinda want to know who made the "not smart" list... #pleasedontletmebeonit
I cringe, literally, when I go back and read one of my posts and see errors that I missed. I judge myself -hard- because of my profession and have to immediately try and edit, hoping most people haven't noticed. I blame the spell corrector on the iPad for most spelling errors!
Most people that would be on that list can't keep up with the pace of the board and don't fit in and so don't last long. It's interesting how people don't like the idea of there being lists, yet still want to know which list they're on! @lnn2 you're not on the dumb list, btw.
I think it is funny that people jump on psychdoc for admitting she judges people when we ALL do it--judging people based on past actions and using that judgment to put people in categories is part of what makes us higher-order mammals.
#throwbacktoninthgradebiologyclass
#judgealltheincorrecthomonyms
#unlessyourfirstlanguageisnotenglish
#becausetheenglishlanguageishard
I have two: 1) I still haven't unpacked my hospital bag from when LO was born. I've slowly been taking things out and putting them away as I need them, but since I didn't need 99% of that crap, it's just been sitting there, half full of books I didn't read, the jewelry I wore out of habit, pads, etc.
On a related note is 2) I painted my toenails bright orange the night before I was being induced because I wanted them to look pretty if they were in people's faces all day/night. There's still a tiny bit of nail polish on both of my big toes, and I don't plan to take it off until I get a manicure. In a weird way, it makes me smile every time I look down, because it was one of the last things I did pre-outside baby.
I totally still have my pre-baby pedicure polish on my toes. No shame.
"For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him." x 2
I know it's late but it's still Friday so....
I've had a stomach bug for the last two days. Although I'm not a fan of throwing up or feeling nauseous, I almost enjoyed being sick because it gave me a legit excuse to stay home from work, sit on the couch all day, not have to be on kid duty and not have to clean the house.
Also, the nauseous feeling I had was eerily similar to my morning sickness so the thought of pregnancy crossed my mind (although the odds are not likely). So today I rummaged through our bathroom closet and found some of my (expired) ovulation tests from ttc dd. Since I've read (and personally tested because I like to pee on things) that they will be positive if your pregnant I figured I'd give it a go. Well it was negative, and even though that was a completely unreliable way to test for pregnancy, I totally trust the results.
"For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him." x 2
It's technically Saturday now but been up since 3AM watching the baby sleep and bumping. #problemsofanightshiftnurse
I am still not sure I know how to gif anymore I had just gotten good at gif-ing being 90% mobile before the format changed. I will try here. I always want to play but can't/too embarrassed to ask. #notreallyapartoftheo13wolfpack
ETA: yep it appears I tried to gif the nope octopus and failed. Whomp whomp.
ETA trying again:
Holy crap I did it. #googleisawonderfulthing #maybeicanbecooltoo #ineedsleep
I littered last night and got followed home by a cop until I pulled in my driveway. I shouldn't litter, I know, I suck. I promise to never litter again
I littered once and had an excuse. It was dark and I was driving home from work. A gigantic spider was crawling on my dashboard. So I was grabbing anything I could in my car to try and smash him and then I'd throw it out the window. It was awful. I was terrified. I got pulled over by an undercover cop. I cried, he searched my car with his flashlight for the spider. I got no ticket. But I'm pretty sure i got the spider.
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Lol ... yeah. I love the going off (cuz I never would have the nerve) and the feeling bad later (cuz I'm not that nice!)
Eta: quote fail, sorry.
#teampsychdoc
#imkidding #sortof #seemybadges #iusetheconjunctionANDallthetimeatthebeginnngofasentence #igivenofucks
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I'm the opposite. I used to strictly bump at work and did t use caps. Now I bump strictly mobile and my phone caps for me. Honestly it's weird for me to see me "speak" this way since I never cap.
#throwbacktoninthgradebiologyclass
#judgealltheincorrecthomonyms
#unlessyourfirstlanguageisnotenglish
#becausetheenglishlanguageishard
In my job, you state an argument in a legal brief, then you have to back it up with cites to prior cases or legal journals that are written by judges and legal scholars. If you just state an opinion and don't back it up with authority, you might as well not say anything at all because the judge will give it no weight.
That bleeds over into my personal life.
#lawyerproblems
485&&65 in owl levels. That's as far as they've released it on my phone.
#ineedalife
My toddler pitched a fit when I tried to take away the apple core after she had eaten her apple at lunch last weekend. So, I just handed it back to her and she ate the core, seeds and all.
Whatever floats your boat, little stubborn girl.
I cringe, literally, when I go back and read one of my posts and see errors that I missed. I judge myself -hard- because of my profession and have to immediately try and edit, hoping most people haven't noticed. I blame the spell corrector on the iPad for most spelling errors!
#grammarhastoomanyrulesandishard
#i'veworkedtoolonginmyprofessionandweirdsentencesarestartingtolookright
#iblametheinternetchatsitesformydeterioratinggrammar
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#2 due 12.23.17
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#iwannabecool
#addmetothedumbdumblist
#takestoolongtotypewithmygiantthumbs
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I am still not sure I know how to gif anymore I had just gotten good at gif-ing being 90% mobile before the format changed. I will try here. I always want to play but can't/too embarrassed to ask. #notreallyapartoftheo13wolfpack
ETA: yep it appears I tried to gif the nope octopus and failed. Whomp whomp.
ETA trying again:
Holy crap I did it. #googleisawonderfulthing #maybeicanbecooltoo #ineedsleep
480. ::hangs head in no social life shame::
But I'm pretty sure i got the spider.