shame is for other people

you-get-proud-by-practicing:

i have witnessed almost everything on this list in the past year. this would be funnier if it weren’t such an accurate description of my job. 

10 Tricks to Appear Smart During Meetings

by Sarah Cooper for medium.com

Here are my ten favorite tricks for quickly appearing smart during meetings.

Like everyone, appearing smart during meetings is my top priority. Sometimes this can be difficult if you start daydreaming about your next vacation, your next nap, or bacon. When this happens, it’s good to have some fallback tricks to fall back on. Here are my ten favorite tricks for quickly appearing smart during meetings.

1. Draw a Venn diagram

Getting up and drawing a Venn diagram is a great way to appear smart. It doesn’t matter if your Venn diagram is wildly inaccurate, in fact, the more inaccurate the better. Even before you’ve put that marker down, your colleagues will begin fighting about what exactly the labels should be and how big the circles should be, etc. At this point, you can slink back to your chair and go back to playing Candy Crush on your phone.

2. Translate percentage metrics into fractions

If someone says “About 25% of all users click on this button,” quickly chime in with, “So about 1 in 4,” and make a note of it. Everyone will nod their head in agreement, secretly impressed and envious of your quick math skills.

3. Encourage everyone to “take a step back”

There comes a point in most meetings where everyone is chiming in, except you. Opinions and data and milestones are being thrown around and you don’t know your CTA from your OTA. This is a great point to go, “Guys, guys, guys, can we take a step back here?” Everyone will turn their heads toward you, amazed at your ability to silence the fray. Follow it up with a quick, “What problem are we really trying to solve?” and, boom! You’ve bought yourself another hour of looking smart.

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“anyway, whatever i guess.”
- me, probably, about some complex personal emotional problem  (via geeses)
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runawayrenki:

anti-shippers that are more obsessed with a ship than the actual shippers

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jemeryl:

weepingwitch:

allhailtherenegades:

"so she’s gay now?"

yeah she turned in all the paperwork last week and her acceptance letter came this morning, it was all pretty sudden

it’s ironic because this is actually the process for mainstream society to recognize you as trans

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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kepral:

i find it rlly fuckin funny when straight homophobic dudes make shows with only dudes and then get surprised when they look in their fandom and it’s just gay porn 

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samanticshift:

anti-sj bloggers: omg, why are sjws offended by everything?

anti-sj bloggers: i am deeply offended by your headcanons, your media criticism, your donate button, your mental illness, your lived experience, your “made-up words,” your life choices, and virtually every aspect of your identity

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futurefantasticisdead:

that guy you just called sexist? he’s the CEO of a major corporation. that guy you just called racist? he’s a cop. wait hang on I’m seeing something here

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toopaletofunction:

staythatswhatimeanttosay:

One nation, under Canada, above Mexico.

with liberty and justice for some 

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mental-elemental:

In all fairness though, I think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wins the award for “Biggest regret of accidentally successful text post.”

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