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In my wallet I have my Wilderness First Responder card, effective Communication in the healthcare setting card, Suicide and mental health awareness card, and a sheet with the Arabic Alphabet. What do you have in your wallet that may give away the fact that you are a premed?
 
MemeLord said:
In my wallet I have my Wilderness First Responder card, effective Communication in the healthcare setting card, Suicide and mental health awareness card, and a sheet with the Arabic Alphabet. What do you have in your wallet that may give away the fact that you are a premed?
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No money in my wallet, so that might give it away.
 
MemeLord said:
In my wallet I have my Wilderness First Responder card, effective Communication in the healthcare setting card, Suicide and mental health awareness card, and a sheet with the Arabic Alphabet. What do you have in your wallet that may give away the fact that you are a premed?
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Just curious, why the Arabic alphabet as opposed to using your phone or something?

Also what’s the communication thing for? Never heard of that before now but interested
 
google12 said:
Just curious, why the Arabic alphabet as opposed to using your phone or something?

Also what’s the communication thing for? Never heard of that before now but interested
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A sheet of paper seems a lot more accessible than the phone which involves searching, internet connection, and battery.
 
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google12 said:
Also what’s the communication thing for? Never heard of that before now but interested
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It is a pocket version of this:

TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance & Patient Safety)

TeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based set of teamwork tools, aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. The training provides guides, videos, and exercises to practice the skills.
www.ahrq.gov www.ahrq.gov

Really really great training. Been to 3 different trainings over the last 6 years and have taught the first course. Really helpful in getting a grasp on how to effectively communicate between coworkers and departments.

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A sheet of paper seems a lot more accessible than the phone which involves searching, internet connection, and battery.
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High Noon said:
but you don’t know the Arabic alphabet well enough that you need to have it in your wallet..?
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Just curious, why the Arabic alphabet as opposed to using your phone or something?
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When I learned MSA the first time round was in between airport rides a few years ago so I wrote it all down and studied it/practiced it on the plane. keep it there now because I just haven’t taken it out lol

Also, I put Spanish on my application. I don’t know enough Arabic to feel anywhere near conversant or even basic. Read and write but don’t know what I am reading or writing and then greetings, courtesies, some food items, directions and map-related things, and how to give instructions to a detainee.
 
Even have an excuse down pat when a friend sees. “No bro that hot gf I told you about from a different school in a different state who gets no breaks is on birth control”
 
Just curious for some self help: Is this post the kind of thing that comes off like trying to be showoffy or like a ‘flex’ or whatever? I was just cleaning out my wallet during a layover and noticed all the stuff I had and thought it would be fun to share...for the sake of self improvement, can someone explain this to me?
 
MemeLord said:
Just curious for some self help: Is this post the kind of thing that comes off like trying to be showoffy or like a ‘flex’ or whatever? I was just cleaning out my wallet during a layover and noticed all the stuff I had and thought it would be fun to share...for the sake of self improvement, can someone explain this to me?
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This post is fine imo :laugh:
 
u_raptor said:
Well I think the reputation you may have created on Reddit could contribute to that one :laugh:
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Nah, the reputation came later yesterday. I went from creating the account, to 870 karma, to 350 karma, to deleting all content and the account in about 2.5 days. Fun ride. I understand it now, but fun ride.

Anyone else....? I wanna know how I am flexing....I will acknowledge I am an dingus from this, but I don’t know why. Anyone?
 
MemeLord said:
Nah, the reputation came later yesterday. I went from creating the account, to 870 karma, to 350 karma, to deleting all content and the account in about 2.5 days. Fun ride. I understand it now, but fun ride.

Anyone else....? I wanna know how I am flexing....I will acknowledge I am an dingus from this, but I don’t know why. Anyone?
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Dang man I have like 2800. #flex. What a rollercoaster for you
 
MemeLord said:
Just curious for some self help: Is this post the kind of thing that comes off like trying to be showoffy or like a ‘flex’ or whatever? I was just cleaning out my wallet during a layover and noticed all the stuff I had and thought it would be fun to share...for the sake of self improvement, can someone explain this to me?
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Well I guess it’s a little like you’re saying hey guys I’m a strong outdoorsy rugged consummate professional with sensitivity to mental health who is worldly and cultured
 
Ludwig2000 said:
Well I guess it’s a little like you’re saying hey guys I’m a strong outdoorsy rugged consummate professional with sensitivity to mental health who is worldly and cultured
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I guess I am saying that through this...but what is wrong with that? These are all things that are from either classes I have taught, classes I have attended, or jobs/volunteering positions I have been in. I don’t get what is wrong with that? I am uncertain, truly...are you able to elaborate or change the angle of approach?
 
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I mean it’s probably somewhere between a “flex” and a humblebrag. I don’t know why reddit would be particularly outraged about it but I can’t pretend to know what they’re outraged about >50% of the time
 
I think it’s just the succession of things that all speak to leadershippy qualifications, with the flair of the Arabic alphabet rounding them out. Compare to the self deprecating posts from the others
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
I didn't really think of this thread as a flex or a humble brag. I thought it was just a fun little game of sorts.
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That is what I was going for, but I got different reactions from different people and the limited response means it either is just not applicable or rubbed others the wrong way. Either way, I don’t want to be that guy.
 
Sharing any one of these experiences is no problem, but just the nature of your wallet clustered all of these things together and it comes off like OK OK you’re an international man of mystery we get it
 
Ludwig2000 said:
Sharing any one of these experiences is no problem, but just the nature of your wallet clustered all of these things together and it comes off like OK OK you’re an international man of mystery we get it
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I honestly think this one was innocent. He wanted us all to have a little fun and started it off. Yeah he's got a bunch of cool things in his wallet, but I don't believe the intent of bragging was there.

All in all cool s*** in your wallet @MemeLord. I got some IDs, my selective service card (luckily, for that one secondary ), library card, and an ice cream 10 for a free come punch out :laugh: nothing would say premed over here
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
Daaaaaang!
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I feel like you would have been fine if you hadn't mentioned that you were from SDN prior to that. That's why you got all those downvotes. They don't like SDNers over there :bag: :ninja:

Edit (just in case): Part of this is a joke.
 
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Ludwig2000 said:
I think it’s just the succession of things that all speak to leadershippy qualifications
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I am not shy about being used to being in leadership positions, but this connotes that?
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the flair of the Arabic alphabet rounding them out
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I just thought that was funny because I just forgot it was in there lol I speak it enough to ask for directions and have a POW take things out of their pockets...is that really something that comes off as bragging? I am just not that self aware with this I guess...
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Compare to the self deprecating posts from the others
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A lot of people do this on here and elsewhere I have noticed. Why is it offensive for me to not talk down about myself and instead ask others to share their “wallet accomplishments”? I don’t quite understand.

Thank you, BTW for your feedback.
 
Ludwig2000 said:
Sharing any one of these experiences is no problem, but just the nature of your wallet clustered all of these things together and it comes off like OK OK you’re an international man of mystery we get it
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It was also filled with business cards, a recipe for quiche, and old bus passes....Along with the IDs and credits cards and such.

Like...ok, so just without context sharing this comes off like “I did all these cool things, now what about you, plebeians?” Like...is that the vibe I am giving off?
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
I feel like you would have been fine if you hadn't mentioned that you were from SDN prior to that. That's why you got all those downvotes. They don't like SDNers over there :bag: :ninja:
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Particularly in that I was not very clever in attempting to hide my identity and I am already known for being...over the top....but yah, wild ride.
 
MemeLord said:
It was also filled with business cards, a recipe for quiche, and old bus passes....Along with the IDs and credits cards and such.

Like...ok, so just without context sharing this comes off like “I did all these cool things, now what about you, plebeians?” Like...is that the vibe I am giving off?
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Haha maybe it would’ve gone over better if you’d included the recipe for quiche, idk dude. I obviously don’t think it was offensive or aggressive. Now I’ve got to go to bed, and if I wake up in a cold sweat with a killer argument for why it was or was not a humblebrag I still ain’t postin’ it till the morning
 
Ludwig2000 said:
Haha maybe it would’ve gone over better if you’d included the recipe for quiche, idk dude. I obviously don’t think it was offensive or aggressive. Now I’ve got to go to bed, and if I wake up in a cold sweat with a killer argument for why it was or was not a humblebrag I still ain’t postin’ it till the morning
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Thanks for your time, either way! Goodnight, stranger!
 
I think the reason why you got so many downvotes is because they're a little sensitive over there. They may have felt threatened by you.
 
Doktor_dud3 said:
It's not everyday the gods come down from Olympus to rub elbows with mere mortals 😀
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Memelord is not a god. The former eternal ruler of the hellfire, but now just a dude.

Was my complete and utter failure at integrating into Reddit a result of taking my full SDN flame and just supplanting it straight into Reddit without even caring to adjust to or learn the culture difference?

Edit: updated to Thor from Kung Fury
 
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MemeLord said:
Don’t do that. Statements like this act to fuel the ego I am trying to tone down.

If one may come off as “threatening” how can they not come off that way?
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Some of the things in your wallet may have screamed over achiever to them. The arabic alphabet for one.
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
The arabic alphabet 😕
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No. Explanations of my wallet things and how can I talk about these things without coming off as bragging/whatever. That really is not the intent, there are stories to everything. That is what I was hoping to do with this, was open up a little bit of everyone’s story, but it didn’t turn out that way.
 
MemeLord said:
No. Explanations of my wallet things and how can I talk about these things without coming off as bragging/whatever. That really is not the intent, there are stories to everything. That is what I was hoping to do with this, was open up a little bit of everyone’s story, but it didn’t turn out that way.
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Look, you don't come off as braggart to me but some people might write you off as one. It's something you're gonna have to learn to deal with eventually :shrug: . There will be lots of times when people will think that you're bragging about something when you're honestly not. It happens to a lot of people.
 
@MemeLord I'll humor you, but you probably already know this. Reddit is a cesspool for group think and agreeableness. If you have a controversial opinion and you air it, then you lose short term because your comment will be negged and then you lose long term because you will likely be taken down by the collective karma police. This means that people who may go against the grain will selectively choose many times to not comment at all because they have been socially conditioned or are aware that their opinion does not actually matter when it comes to subreddits that are controlled by brigades.

Do you want to know what the worst part is? Often times prominent users on a subreddit operate as a collective interest rather than as individuals who manage to consistently navigate public opinion. Vote brigading occurs often through sub-chat groups which are convenient through apps like Discord. This happens frequently in games such as League's subreddit where someone will casually drop the link to their reddit thread with the reasoning being implicitly understood (dropping this here for you to upvote my thread so it can make it to the first page). Likewise, the same happens when someone posts something controversial (can we wipe this opinion off it doesn't belong here).

I don't know if you really care about people who need to operate as a mob in order to materialize their opinion, but I think it's a flaw with the platform if the medium is supposed to be a platform for free speech but in and of itself relies on treating itself as a game in order to be used as an actual conversation medium between different parties.
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
Look, you don't come off as braggart to me but some people might write you off as one. It's something you're gonna have to learn to deal with eventually :shrug: . There will be lots of times when people will think that you're bragging about something when you're honestly not. It happens to a lot of people.
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LOL Well, Liv moore....I get it a lot so I know I am doing something wrong.
 
Select All That Apply said:
@MemeLord I'll humor you, but you probably already know this. Reddit is a cesspool for group think and agreeableness. If you have a controversial opinion and you air it, then you lose short term because your comment will be negged and then you lose long term because you will likely be taken down by the collective karma police. This means that people who may go against the grain will selectively choose many times to not comment at all because they have been socially conditioned or are aware that their opinion does not actually matter when it comes to subreddits that are controlled by brigades.

Do you want to know what the worst part is? Often times prominent users on a subreddit operate as a collective interest rather than as individuals who manage to consistently navigate public opinion. Vote brigading occurs often through sub-chat groups which are convenient through apps like Discord. This happens frequently in games such as League's subreddit where someone will casually drop the link to their reddit thread with the reasoning being implicitly understood (dropping this here for you to upvote my thread so it can make it to the first page). Likewise, the same happens when someone posts something controversial (can we wipe this opinion off it doesn't belong here).

I don't know if you really care about people who need to operate as a mob in order to materialize their opinion, but I think it's a flaw with the platform if the medium is supposed to be a platform for free speech but in and of itself relies on treating itself as a game in order to be used as an actual conversation medium between different parties.
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That....went in a direction I wholly did not expect. I did not know this. This is a potential possibility.

I also don't want to simply assume it is a brigade of swashbucklers disliking to please others. If I am personally doing something wrong, not just on reddit but here, I wanna fix it.

But still, thank you for the insight in to reddit operation! I did not know this was a thing and am glad I am no longer partaking because you are correct, I do not care about people who need a mob.
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
Is it mostly from people who know you well or relative strangers?
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Strangers. 95% of the people on here express the occasional annoyance but in general recognize me as chill-if-a-little-offputting. I was on reddit for like a day and a half and the SDN lurkers called me cancer. So....there are many more strangers lurking and judging then there are people interacting.
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
There it is
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And that is what matters. I can be all the rage to people I know, but ADCOMs, patients, other people on the interview trail are all strangers...If I am only cool once you get to know me, then that is an inherent disadvantage to me as a professional.
 
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