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Cypress Hill did an entire greatest hits album in Spanish ('Los Grandes Éxitos En Español') which is, well, what it is. Here's No Entiendes La Onda (How I Could Just Kill A Man).
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 5:05 PM on April 20, 2020 marked best answer

I have heard it mostly while drinking with people whose first language isn't English, and the key here is 'drinking with people', where grammatic agreement and correct idiom isn't really first priority
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 6:15 PM on April 14, 2020

Solzhenitsyn's One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, written after his own time in a camp, seems like the kind of thing you're interested in; Arthur Koestler's Darkness At Noon is also a novel about imprisonment rather than a first hand account per se, but it's informed by his experience of being in [Francoist] prison in civil-war era Spain.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 8:58 PM on April 8, 2020

It’s a bad idea. Paper masks are designed as single use only items, do-the-job-then-throw-it-away PPE, so aren’t meant to survive getting wet or clogged with fluid (from sweating, in my experience working in them). If they look like they’ve been in a toolbox for a year they’ll already be that less effective. Will they work? Probably. It depends if you’re happy with probably.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 4:07 PM on April 4, 2020

The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the best known, where the person from the aloof (by definition) religious/cultural group turns out to be the merciful neighbour.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 11:03 PM on March 29, 2020

Back the RAFFWU.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 4:14 AM on March 28, 2020

There's a fundamental distinction to be drawn here between the effect of the opinions of others, and the worth of the opinion of others. One is unavoidable, for all the reasons that you've said, but the other is to perceive or judge yourself.

Let's say that your boss doesn't like you—doesn't think you're a good worker, doesn't trust you, doesn't like to chat to you on your breaks, just doesn't like your face. That's going to… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 4:42 PM on March 25, 2020

2001: A Space Odyssey is classically great on this—long shots of Bowman, the astronaut, jogging around his gravity wheel, and such. Arthur C. Clarke's novelisation (written contemporaneously with the screenplay) goes even further into how Bowman entertains himself with, and then without, the assistance of the ship's computer.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 9:28 PM on March 24, 2020

My two slightly defy your criteria but are worth it, I think.

I'll go in for What's Opera, Doc? admittedly not live-action (and which is, thanks to copyright, quite difficult to find online in full and in acceptable quality). It's one of the greatest of the Looney Tunes in its golden age, and it's both an adaptation and a parody on a number of levels—a straight Bugs Bunny cartoon, adaptation of Wagner, parody of Disney's Fantasia (the Night on Bald Mountain), parody of… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 7:37 PM on March 10, 2020

I can't help seeing bodies as hairy bipedal gross things

And to add to the others’ explanation of Catholic traditions of evolution: if you accept that human bodies are extremely imperfect, you also appreciate the full implications of God sending Jesus to the world as a person. Someone who ate, grew hair, sweated, read, worked a job, got angry, got tired, wept, suffered, the same as the rest of us.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 2:00 PM on March 9, 2020

‘Quitters remorse’ is absolutely a fake idea and it is one of the ways organisations like yours get people to work in conditions that wouldn’t pass muster in other sectors. Leaving jobs is part of every workplace and a completely ordinary thing to do.

All you need to do to do it right is brief your coworkers about what you’re doing to manage the shift, what they need to do to support your replacement, then give your replacement a great handover.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 11:08 PM on March 7, 2020

A variant of Bingo in a spreadsheet, one customised to things that happen or events in your workplace? I've used this for day-long seminars (as an aide to paying attention).
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 5:43 PM on March 5, 2020 marked best answer

I would suggest doing some of your holiday in a camper van. Like GeeEmm says, Queensland is a lot bigger than non-Australians give it credit for—the reason Australian campervan holidays are dominated by backpackers and retirees/grey nomads is because they've got so much time. With a baby, you should know as well that if you go into the remoter (inland) bits of QLD, medical facilities can be far between and phone reception patchy.

Around Brisbane/Gold… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 3:21 PM on March 2, 2020

Do you own a paper street directory for your area, or have a map?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 9:18 PM on March 1, 2020

Here is my volunteer emergency service's recommended list for household emergency kits. It's designed for evacuation, rather than sheltering in place, and some of it's specific to Australia (our emergency information is done by AM broadcast), but the rest is pretty universal.

Do you have a list of contact details for emergency services, information sources, and potential sources for getting assistance (or for helping out yourself)? That's research you can do for your area now.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 6:35 PM on February 27, 2020

My boss has made it clear that coworker is now our enemy

There are a very limited number of organisations in the world where this kind of attitude is healthy or viable, and most of them are military ones. Unless your former coworkers is a secret agent who's defected in the old-school Cold War style (and, because you're happy for them, it does not sound they are), this isn't a healthy way for professionals to deal with competition. You ought not to feel guilty, you should… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 3:26 PM on February 27, 2020

This is one article of advice about preparation I've seen circulated by friends of mine who work in public health (in Australia).

These are things we can do to reduce our risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Stay at least 2m away from obviously sick people.
We’re trying to avoid receiving a cough/sneeze in the face, shaking hands, or being in the range of droplet splatter and the “drop zone”
Wash your hands for 20 seconds &… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 8:51 PM on February 25, 2020 marked best answer

Spike Milligan, the comedian, has written conventional autobiographies, and also wrote a unique (seven-part, 'increasingly misnamed' trilogy) memoir of the Second World War.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 5:03 PM on February 20, 2020

There's different kinds of home repairs and it's almost impossible for strangers to tell you what's worth doing without a lot of knowledge about your house (and climate). Solar would be a better spend than a fancy new kitchen or some new appliances, but not nearly as useful as roof/gutter repairs, or more insulation, or damp coursing, or more efficient heating, or so on or so on.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 4:03 PM on February 17, 2020 marked best answer

Victor Klemperer's diary is the classic first-hand account, though he saw what was happening very very clearly.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 12:15 AM on February 7, 2020

Sure, you could be an adult about it, and find a mutually acceptable price for your labour and time, but I vote for the low road, writing the most archly satisfying 'if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it' email to say, no, they can't have you back cheap.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 2:29 PM on February 5, 2020

I've learned that I'm drawn to intense activities involving careful planning, critical decision-making, and attention to detail, often in adverse environments. I read accident analysis for fun. And I like team-based environments rather than working alone in my cube

You should consider moving towards doing rescue, either professionally or as a volunteer, because a paragraph like this accurately describes the job. I don't know how it works in the US, but here there's… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 8:03 PM on February 2, 2020

This FPP, and even more so, its comments, are a canon for reading material. Go nuts!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 11:06 PM on January 30, 2020

Postcards!
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 3:34 AM on January 29, 2020

The context is the Old Testament practice of animal offerings and sacrifices for sin. The crucifixion is God (the father) making an offering of His son on behalf of the entirety of humanity—hence the term ‘Lamb of God’. For Christians, it’s the last sacrifice that ever needs to happen. The resurrection, along with the other Gospel miracles, is proof of divinity. The concept is developed by Paul in particular as a way of saying this salvation, through Christ, is offered to everyone.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 10:46 PM on January 27, 2020

Probably the most unique modern description of the why of living alone are Ted Kaczynski's (the Unabomber), which I won't link to, as his Manifesto and other work is very disturbing and hateful.

The Guardian did an article a while ago on some current-day solitude-seekers, some interesting, others less so.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 7:16 PM on January 20, 2020

With respect for preparing to walk (rather than setting out a specific itinerary), I have done a great deal of walking and I would recommend doing the following:

* buy ankle-supportive walking boots now and start wearing them in. Sneakers are not enough. There is no horror like trying to wear in new boots on a hike. Don't worry about buying the best or the most advanced boots, how much you pay is far less important than the number of times you've… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 6:17 PM on January 19, 2020 marked best answer

‘Feeling like a quitter’ is an absolute sucker’s game, there is absolutely no more glorious feeling on earth like telling a boss you don’t like to take-and-shove their job, it creates self-respect like few other workplace actions (with the possible exception of joining and being in a union), and I sincerely, at a fundamental level, feel it is the duty of every person who works to walk out of a bad job at least once.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 5:34 PM on January 2, 2020

I keep up with a group of people who work as political advisors, consultants, campaigners. You can post politics, it’s completely normal, it just has to be distinguished from as you say, SHARE IF YOU AGREE political posting.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 12:26 PM on December 16, 2019

Dr John's Gris-Gris ends, and does it ever, with I Walk On Guilded Splinters.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 8:13 PM on December 15, 2019

I was in a job like this, where my direct supervisor constantly pulled me up on errors I'd made, showed me where my work was incorrect or somehow deficient, and gave me highly personalised lectures—about my care and ability to concentrate—about my performance. When I realised that it was a deliberate strategy to keep her employees off-balance by giving them ambiguous and insufficient instructions (that would always be interpreted wrongly), and encouraging 'mistakes' by having everyone always… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 2:00 PM on December 12, 2019

You can assume best intentions, and use the related principle of charity, but those alone aren't enough, for all the reasons you already know about—intentions matter, but only to a point. The best way of dealing with this I've found is to have a focus on outcomes, which is what you're really interested in, rather than individual inputs. In your example, the desired outcome isn't just to raise money, it's to equitably run a library, which is broader and more useful.… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 10:05 PM on December 10, 2019

Leslie Nielsen played only one sort of character in his entire career: the deadpan, confident, straight-talking leader. First in straight roles in adventure and disaster movies and then, without any alteration, in comedies, because when you alter the surroundings, the act turns from serious to hilarious...
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 4:42 PM on December 9, 2019 marked best answer

It's hard to know because this varies from sector to sector, but in most industries this is normal and even expected. In mine it's quite standard for a firm to subcontract tasks requiring expertise that they don't have, which makes the contracting firm effectively a project manager. You would be responsible for ensuring that the ceiling tiling is done to the standard required (even though you, teapot maker, don't know how to do it), and you wear the risk.

Is it ethical?… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 4:23 PM on December 5, 2019

Tannins taste like a really strong cup of black tea without any milk in it.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 8:18 PM on November 25, 2019

I volunteer for a community emergency services organisation, and we have a predetermined structure for 'after-action review' (AAR) after incidents, emergencies, training, or just after responding to being called out to assist.

- What did we do? This can be as simple as a sentence, or be highly detailed or lengthy, but should cover the entirety of what happened, what was attempted or achieved. It's almost never the case that everyone involved in a… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 11:53 PM on November 22, 2019

Project Cybersyn was a Chilean theory-attempt to manage economic systems cybernetically.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 6:56 PM on November 14, 2019

The 'exclusions' for life insurance policies are the documents you should have a look at. They will tell you in big letters whether they'll pay out for 'acts of war' or violence or terrorism. The US State Department—like most world governments—issues warnings to its citizens about travel, and life/travel insurance is one of the main reasons why: insurers will typically not pay out at all to people who travel to or remain in war zones despite warnings, or issue policies to people who intend to.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 4:55 PM on November 12, 2019 marked best answer

Count noun vs. mass noun. It’s conceivable to have more than one environmental crisis so the definite article specifies it, whereas ‘climate change’ is a different form of concept. ‘A/the climate change’ would refer to a specific effect not the general concept.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 5:50 PM on November 7, 2019 marked best answer

If you enjoy Biblical variants on this theme, Richard Beard's Lazarus is Dead is the story of the two resurrections in Christianity, but from Lazarus's point of view. It's entirely based on canonical scripture, and on things we can reasonably know—and it's also a minor literature review of other authors' reworking of the Lazarus story.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 7:19 PM on November 6, 2019

My experience was of an order less than that of your partner—I began and studied for four years of a PhD, then, well, didn't finish it. It's a long and irrelevant story, but the point of it is that there's a freemasonry of us who've experienced that personal crisis of identity, of the interesting and challenging career path that comes to a sharp end. It's nasty, and profoundly disorienting, and leaves you unsure about who you actually are. We're everywhere. Solidarity.

I… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 2:05 AM on October 28, 2019

Whenever I'm job seeking I make sure to go back to my own advice about anxiety and applying for work—it's far less meaningful than anyone gives it credit for, as a process. Toss the fishing line into the river, and sit down.

The other one I like to give, about writing cover letters, is not to write it in your own voice. Most people carry themselves in writing with a mix of professionalism and modesty and reserve, which is fine for behaving like an… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 5:04 PM on October 27, 2019

Where I am it's pretty frequent in the public sector—an organisation will advertise, then be told that the money doesn't exist, or they have to find a job for a redundant person, so they stop the process mid-hiring. A couple of times I've been to a second interview before being told, sorry, the money ran out. You should reapply, it's about the position, it's not about you.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 8:18 PM on October 26, 2019

Another obvious question: how much stretching down do you do after you finish? If you're not stretching—or not stretching enough—then you'll definitely get ongoing pain.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 10:03 PM on October 24, 2019

I asked a very similar question a few years ago, as I was in a pretty similar position and state of mind to yours, and got some excellent advice. I didn't make the switch to the tools, but I did retrain and get into a completely different industry I like.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 7:09 PM on October 24, 2019

In heritage (sometimes called conservation, preservation, in Chile I think it’s probably ‘patrimonio’?) the question of explicit/implicit bias to what is kept is central. The Athens and Venice charters were all about protection of monuments and obviously meaningful places, and the earliest popular movements for heritage tended to stress old buildings of architectural/historical importance. Notre Dame, the Parthenon. But especially in cities, where preserved buildings tended to be things like… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 2:40 PM on October 24, 2019

The kangaroo signs are a national symbol because they're pretty much everywhere; tourists love them and think they're cute, but if you want to die, or at best, write your car off, ignore a kangaroo sign.

Wombats come out in the evening, and will also write your car off. Beware of packs of large flightless birds while driving in the morning or evening. You would feel bad about hitting a koala. You'd feel even worse about hitting an echidna. Don't even think about running… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 4:24 PM on October 21, 2019

If she liked Bulgakov and Tolstoy, she will absolutely get into Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 6:13 PM on October 17, 2019

Jawaharlal Nehru was a widower when he was Prime Minister (1947-1964), as was Morarji Desai for some of his tenure (1977-1979). Indira Gandhi was a widowed Prime Minister of India (1980-1984), and P.V. Narasimha Rao's (1991-1996) wife died decades before he was leader. A.B. Vajpayee (1998-2004) has never married.

Considering India's far shorter history of electoral democracy, I think it beats Canada easily.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 9:07 PM on October 15, 2019 marked best answer

Consider Lord Kames (1692–1782), who used a similar phrase as a goodbye to other judges:

Perhaps he will be remembered longest by his bitter addition to the sentence of death he pronounced on a gentleman, with whom he had frequently played chess: "That's checkmate to you, Matthew"; or by his feeling good-by in the Robing Room to his collected Brethren: "fare ye a' weel, ye bitches"...

posted to Ask MetaFilter by Fiasco da Gama at 8:21 PM on October 13, 2019 marked best answer