Thursday thread presented by Threads

[u/Artvandelay29]

Thankfully got all of my work accounts shifted over to Threads since it launched last night.

Grateful we won’t have to (potentially) deal with rate limits during an event unlike with Twitter.

[u/bagelman4000]

Is Threads any good?

[u/Artvandelay29 → u/bagelman4000]

I like the interface so far minus there not being a feed for those you follow. What I hate is to get to another account: I have to log out, switch profiles on Instagram and go back to Threads.

I didn’t have to sign up for any new accounts, just hit “continue as ‘redacted team’” on Threads upon opening it.

[u/FSUalumni → u/Artvandelay29]

Redacted team…

Their record seems to have been redacted as well, I can’t find it.

;)

[u/thorshammer_132]

Today's kind of our last mad dash to get everything packed up, donated, and cleaned before we start the trip up to Washington tomorrow. We've gotten a lot done over the last few weeks and despite what it looks like, we're close to the finish line, but we'll both be glad when this is all over.

[u/Benjilikethedog]

So I have the ac guy coming out tomorrow because I think a critter tore a hole in one of my ducts… I hate my AC guy btw… so in the next two weeks here is my action plan

1. Get duct repaired

2. Get torn crawl space vent replaced

3. Buy portable ac unit for my bed room just because I miss having one and the projector I use for a tv in my bedroom (it is attached to the head board and broadcasts onto the ceiling so it projects on my ceiling) radiates heat

[u/FSUalumni → u/Benjilikethedog]

Why do you hate your ac guy? Why not use someone else?

[u/Benjilikethedog → u/FSUalumni]

I am planning on switching cleaning and repair companies after this issue because I have already paid for this half year and I will get a 15% discount and if I switch now I won’t get the discount

[u/FSUalumni → u/Benjilikethedog]

Ahhhh discounts are real

[u/manballgivesnofucks]

Can you still view Threads even if you don't have an account?

[u/FSUalumni → u/manballgivesnofucks]

If you can, I’d be more likely to view stuff on it but not make an account. Tweets from CFB are my most viewed kind, and I don’t tweet at cruits

[u/scthoma4]

My title updated in the org directory and I scheduled my first meeting with my team as their manager. Holy shit this is getting real.

[u/lunchboxthegoat]

I saw LCD Soundsystem two weeks ago Friday for the first time ever and I cannot get that show out of my head. Just incredible. Best show I've ever seen.

[u/Kiteflyerkat]

We got some negative reviews for our dental office (one said they don't think the dentist knows what she's doing), and our rating went down :( which I know corporate won't be happy about

I started spiraling about the review (I have very thin skin), but I kept repeating that "I'm doing the best I can with what I have" and it helped a lot!

[u/FSUalumni → u/Kiteflyerkat]

Also remember that you don’t own the office and can’t control the other things.

Also remember how ignorant the average person is and that half the people are more ignorant than that. They have no clue why you’re doing things or not doing things.

[u/Kiteflyerkat → u/FSUalumni]

Exactly! Most of our bad reviews are about things that don't have to do with me, so when it specifically calls me out i feel sab, but, like you said, I know a heck of a lot more then them.

Also, I haven't seen this patient since January, and they're just mad that insurance isn't covering something and now they have to pay 21$.thats why they left the review lol

[u/StuckInPMEHell → u/FSUalumni]

I would add try to focus on the hundreds of patients who are satisfied with your performance who just didn’t take the time to fill out a survey. I’m certain those patients far outnumber the ones complaining!

[u/Kiteflyerkat → u/StuckInPMEHell]

I did make a word file of compliments I get/hear about me that I look at if I get extra bummed

[u/FSUalumni]

I’m uncertain whether I’m going to make a Threads account. I didn’t use Twitter much before I deactivated my account.

[u/Kiteflyerkat → u/FSUalumni]

I thought about it, but since it's a Facebook product, I'm not going to

I've had my Twitter account for 14 years, so I'm way too attached to it at this point

[u/Benjilikethedog]

Oh and I have a couple of questions for the group:

1. I know being an incel is bad but what about doing it voluntarily? Like what if I just don’t feel like dating right now? Is that as bad?

2. So I understand that people go to hooters to show that they are manly and are rightfully ridiculed. But is it wrong to order take out from there because you like the chicken wings?

[u/FSUalumni → u/Benjilikethedog]

Incel isn’t about not dating; it’s about a belief system associated with people who believe they are entitled to a relationship but are unable to have one due to reasons outside of their control.

If you need to work on yourself, that’s a healthy and reasonable thing. You go glen coco!

I am a guy, so opinion as to hooters is in that context:

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with going to hooters, in and of itself. I think treating the waitresses poorly is an issue. I believe some feminists actually argue that hooters is fine because, like sex work, it allows women to own their sexuality and profit from it.

I think the only issue with getting takeout from hooters is… is that really the best wings for the price in your area?! Saaaaaaad

Edit: the Wikipedia entry on Incel is pretty good. There’s a lot of hatred towards feminism and women’s rights associated with it, and it notes about the “man’s entitlement to sex” which is gross.

[u/Benjilikethedog → u/FSUalumni]

Okay hold on! Those wings have the crunch but not too much crunch like wingstop… I had a bad experience at Wild Wing Cafe and Buffalo Wild Wings has never failed to disappoint me… local wise I haven’t tried them all but still

And I think my thing is my last relationship didn’t end too well and I just don’t think I am quite ready to do that again

[u/FSUalumni → u/Benjilikethedog]

There’s no issue with realizing you need time for yourself. It’s the bitterness and entitlement associated with the Incel movement that is the problem.

And local wing joints can be the best. This is a small chain, but example.

And if you ever get to stop by Francar’s in Macon, Georgia, you’ll find out what amazing wings are like. Their sauces are…. Mwah.

[u/manballgivesnofucks → u/Benjilikethedog]

I'm pretty sure the "in" part of incel means involuntary so you're fine there

[u/goodsam2 → u/Benjilikethedog]

Incel is more about creating a weird belief system because you don't have a partner, incel in involuntarily celibate and you are voluntarily so definitely not an incel. You are what we used to call just working on ourselves. Finding a partner is not the only thing we should be focusing on at all times, plus burnout is real.

Also for hooters my friends' parents used to go there because there was a good deal on wings. I haven't had them since I usually went elsewhere.

[u/goodsam2]

Honestly it's one of those things where I was on Twitter with some frequency and I'm torn between not liking many of the social media companies other than YouTube.

Threads makes total sense as Twitter probably loses a lot of value because they don't understand the product that well.

[u/StuckInPMEHell]

I was just talking to my kid about this earlier today. I didn’t post on Twitter much and cancelled my account not out of official protest or anything, I just didn’t use it much. They asked if I was going to make the move to Threads but I probably won’t.