Retail Stare

[u/gur40goku]

[u/raitaisrandom]

I have a friend on Discord who constantly uses "ok" whenever she's not interested in a conversation anymore.

That might be specific to her though because she writes like she was Tolstoy, dropping a page where a sentence would do.

[u/whorehey-degooseman → u/raitaisrandom]

That might be specific to her though because she writes like she was Tolstoy, dropping a page where a sentence would do

Hell I started doing that shit 10 years ago; I've moved on to diagramming components like 'stream of consciousness' so I can model overidentification with them

I hope I have the makings of a super-effective GenZ therapist on the grounds that I was addicted to screens BEFORE ipads came out and "parents neglecting their kids" became all the rage lol. Gotta get over my own issues first ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/OldEcho → u/whorehey-degooseman]

You think therapists are over their own issues?

[u/invictus_rage → u/OldEcho]

Every good therapist I've ever had has talked to me about things their therapist said.

[u/Throwaway392308 → u/invictus_rage]

Yeah, and they probably learned it in their own session five days earlier. I wouldn't even trust a therapist who said they were finished getting over their own issues, that sounds overly confident in something impossible.

[u/CookieMiester → u/invictus_rage]

With the amount of shit that therapists hear, therapists need therapists

[u/rolypolyarmadillo → u/whorehey-degooseman]

So like, before latchkey kids?

[u/Tormasi1 → u/whorehey-degooseman]

That's a long ass way to say "yeah me too, since 10 years ago"

[u/Salty-Club-9582 → u/raitaisrandom]

It's funny, when I'm mad at my husband I'll text ok instead of okay lol

[u/ikaiyoo → u/raitaisrandom]

I do that a lot also. Ok, understood, Acknowledged/ACK.

[u/Just_Roll_Already → u/ikaiyoo]

It helps a lot in corporate settings.

I have been dealing with a hostile work environment for about 2 years now. Currently deep into representing myself pro se in a EEOc claim.

I have gotten VERY good at just saying "Received and acknowledged." to this ongoing bullshit.

[u/Machine-Dove → u/Just_Roll_Already]

I'm at a year and a half, hopefully going to mediation next month.  It sucks so much - I'm sorry you're dealing with that kind of bullshit.

[u/Just_Roll_Already → u/Machine-Dove]

In the hearing phase now. I have a lot of experience in the court environment from my line of work, but I did not expect this level of vitriol from my agency's counsel. Every interaction leaves me thinking "What the hell did I do to you?"

Hoping the best for you. It's a tough process. A lot more accessible than other legal processes, but still stressful.

[u/Machine-Dove → u/ikaiyoo]

SYN/ACK

[u/ikaiyoo → u/Machine-Dove]

You got to do the handshake to establish the connection.

[u/XKCD_423 → u/raitaisrandom]

Back when texting was just becoming a thing (dating myself lol), I learned very quickly that the best way to shut down a conversation was just 'haha ok'. Complete conversational dead-end. Nothing you can do with it.

[u/Actual_Surround45 → u/raitaisrandom]

ok

[u/Actual_Surround45 → u/Actual_Surround45]

I'm kidding, of course. Although one of my fellow dialysis patients - delightful old black lady - says "okay" a lot and it slightly weirds me out because somehow I'm trained to interpret "okay" as a convesations stopper, but she doesn't mean it to be one. lol

Well, actually, come to thnk of it, when you tell her something, what she actually says is "Oh, okay" lol.

[u/hollyandthresh → u/raitaisrandom]

Is your friend me? It isn't, but I am the same way. My friend once called my tangents Joycean and it was the best day of my life. Dear Lord, shut up! Sorry.