CronoDAS comments on Love and Rationality: Less Wrongers on OKCupid - LessWrong

19 Post author: Relsqui 11 October 2010 06:35AM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 14 October 2010 12:12:57AM *  2 points [-]

"Incapable of holding a job, due to being riddled with psychological and/or social issues" is about the worst thing I seriously consider as a reason for leaving it blank.

I think I've had my share of this, too. :(
Did I ever tell you about the two jobs that I was fired from, one after 3 days and one after five?

(definitely not making a good impression on my Internet crush here)

(I wonder where my strange urge to make self-depreciating remarks all the time comes from?)

Comment author: Relsqui 15 October 2010 01:17:16AM 11 points [-]

self-depreciating

You mean self-deprecating. Self-depreciating would mean devaluing yourself, whereas self-deprecating means ... uh ... devaluing yourself.

... I see why a lot of people get that one wrong.

Comment author: erratio 15 October 2010 01:20:24AM 5 points [-]

Monetarily versus socially. Interesting how a single letter difference can carry that nuance

Comment author: Relsqui 15 October 2010 01:32:00AM 5 points [-]

Language is utterly mad, and I kind of love it for that. :)

Comment author: Perplexed 15 October 2010 04:20:22AM 4 points [-]

You can deprecate yourself quickly and then move on to other things. Self-depreciation take time and continued attention.

Comment author: Alicorn 14 October 2010 12:27:24AM 0 points [-]

I don't remember you mentioning them, no. Whatever your past struggles with employment, though, I've certainly got the impression that now you avoid it because you don't like to work, which can be spun as I describe above; past history isn't as relevant.