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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1065 on: January 12, 2019, 11:15:18 pm »
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The fact that 1 in 3 Americans aged between 18 and 24 believe the Earth is flat (Unimelb article) :( :-\

Going to the original article linked there (here): Of the 34% that don't reply "I have always believed the world is round", nearly half (16%) say "Other / Not sure" (hard to know what that means - but notably there is no category for "I used to be unsure or believe the world is flat, and now I believe it's round").  9% are saying they are now skeptical of the earth being round, but 5% are saying they are now skeptical of the earth being flat.  Hard to count both of those simultaneously as flat earth believers.  Only 4% overall say they have always believed the earth is flat.  Trying to get at people's current beliefs by asking them the history of their beliefs seems like a bad idea.

So yes, the numbers are higher than in older age groups, which is a concern - but I'm not sure it's as bad as 1/3 sounds.
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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1066 on: January 13, 2019, 03:11:46 pm »
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Going to the original article linked there (here): Of the 34% that don't reply "I have always believed the world is round", nearly half (16%) say "Other / Not sure" (hard to know what that means - but notably there is no category for "I used to be unsure or believe the world is flat, and now I believe it's round").  9% are saying they are now skeptical of the earth being round, but 5% are saying they are now skeptical of the earth being flat.  Hard to count both of those simultaneously as flat earth believers.  Only 4% overall say they have always believed the earth is flat.  Trying to get at people's current beliefs by asking them the history of their beliefs seems like a bad idea.

So yes, the numbers are higher than in older age groups, which is a concern - but I'm not sure it's as bad as 1/3 sounds.

Indeed, I fixed my wording above. That was silly of me...

Although, I'd probably consider the 30% that have doubts and/or are unsure a worse statistic :/
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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1067 on: January 14, 2019, 12:42:46 pm »
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I hate when people do things for me to "help" without bothering to ask whether help was needed or wanted :( Especially when the same people won't help when I specifically ask for it
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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1068 on: January 15, 2019, 10:22:14 am »
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I hate when people do things for me to "help" without bothering to ask whether help was needed or wanted :( Especially when the same people won't help when I specifically ask for it

That is so annoying when that happens.
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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1069 on: January 15, 2019, 01:26:43 pm »
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Gel pens.  >:(

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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1070 on: January 17, 2019, 04:24:14 pm »
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These uni enrolment forms that take forever to get through. 🙁

It may just be that I’m doing a partly government subsidised certificate but it is an absolute pain going through this process to enroll. Not to mention very confusing.
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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1071 on: January 17, 2019, 04:28:02 pm »
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These uni enrolment forms that take forever to get through. 🙁

It may just be that I’m doing a partly government subsidised certificate but it is an absolute pain going through this process to enroll. Not to mention very confusing.

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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1072 on: January 17, 2019, 05:33:07 pm »
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Slack used to have some of the most prettiest icons ever for default profile pictures. And they're now replaced with this rubbish.

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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1073 on: January 17, 2019, 05:53:41 pm »
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Slack used to have some of the most prettiest icons ever for default profile pictures. And they're now replaced with this rubbish.

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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1074 on: January 18, 2019, 02:48:32 pm »
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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1075 on: January 18, 2019, 06:07:29 pm »
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Being 3 pages from finishing the book I was on and my parents telling me family dinner is ready T_T
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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1076 on: January 19, 2019, 06:41:05 am »
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Having to wake up at 4am only to find out my flight was cancelled -_-
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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1077 on: January 19, 2019, 01:09:42 pm »
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When my flight gets delayed >:(

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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1078 on: January 19, 2019, 01:29:12 pm »
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Going out of your way to clear your schedule for the day to catch up with a friend, and that morning they text to say they can't make it.
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Re: Things that shit me
« Reply #1079 on: January 19, 2019, 02:51:49 pm »
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Wearing SPF50+ sunscreen AND still getting sunburnt :(
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