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I have extremely dry/coarse heels. I don’t do anything about them because they’re in the perfect place to easily scratch my lower legs, which get itchy a lot

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Whichever is most convenient (for me)

I was born in Ukraine during the Soviet Union years, raised in Cuba, my parents won the immigration visa lottery and we came legally to the US. I'm now a US citizen.

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Homies who escaped communism unite!

My family left the PRC, and my girlfriend’s family fled Cuba. We’re big fans of life here 🇺🇸

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I discovered an invasive species of eel as a kid while at summer camp. It was verified by the Smithsonian.

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This is awesome!

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I was in a bank when it was robbed on Valentine’s Day. And I’m deaf in one ear.

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I’m deaf in one ear too! 🧏‍♀️🦻Getting a CRoS hearing aid changed my life.

🤔I can’t swim but participate in many water activities and I can drink many seltzer beers

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Many😈

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I’m ambidextrous and never had a PB&J sandwich in my life. I’m also scared of horses.

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I'm also ambidextrous, a premie, and afraid of horses... Seriously, those things are massive and do not like people

I snort when I laugh too hard. 🐽 my friends call me Piggu. 🐷

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I have a twin who used to talk for me up until middle school so I had to take speech classes in order to get caught up 🥲 this is why I’m shy

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When I was about 17, one night I was sleeping in my room—when the door flung violently wide open and a red spirit forcefully rushed into my room and pounced straight into my chest. I was spazzing out on my bed, choking—desperately crying out for help on my head. I could sense the pure evil nature of the spirit...at that point in my life, I was in a mentally, emotionally low point, and I knew that the darkness in my life had drawn the spirit. My family members also had experienced strange things before—my mother got baited into a fanatic religious group in her youth and had weird things happen to her after she left it—like getting choked in her sleep, becoming locked in the bathroom from the inside. My cousin also once woke up to find a pale, long-haired woman on the floor bowing to her. These things from the past send shivers down my spine when I remember them, but it is what it is.

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This is called sleep paralysis and is relatively common. Some research has indicated that it could be genetic.

I spend most of my free time knitting 🥲

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I am congenitally missing all of my wisdom teeth. I will never develop them.

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Lucky! I only had one, but then of course I went and had complications when that one was removed. My cheek got air trapped in it and swelled up like a balloon, looked like a chipmunk for a whole week.

My grandfather’s 1st cousin was the famous “town crier” munchkin in the Wizard of Oz.

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My birth father was a convicted felon

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I’m also a crack baby and my birth mother was a prostitute. Now I’m in consulting.

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I had a dream about a person I had never met in 2015 whom I ended up running into at work three years later and was able to describe in detail (per my dream) the apartment he grew up in, location of the apartment ona n island, nearby beach, the color of the building, number of the building from a group of apartments, floor number, his room, his name before his parents renamed him, scar on his body, exact rib he recently broke etc. I have never been to his place of birth and never met him before the accidental run in at work. We share the name meaning in two different languages and other odd things, like a single genetic black line through our thumbnail etc.
Oddest thing that's ever happened to me, and him I'm sure.

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One time I forgot a suitcase at a restaurant on my way to the airport. The police actually located me (I didn’t have my name on the tag) to make sure I wasn’t a security threat because unattended luggage seems to be an actual risk

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My favorite biographies and autobiographies are about old US mobsters and it’s my favorite era to read about in history. I know way too much useless info

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I can do a really convincing large dog bark.

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I've had to have two courses of rabies shots. If I get bitten again, I'll need to get a blood test before I can get it again.

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Wow!!

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I survived being dropped on my head, getting a foot stuck in a moving bicycle wheel and a volcanic eruption. All before the age of 2. Turned out okay though 😅

I see you, SM1

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I’m allergic to tarantulas; their “fur”, not eating them.

This is so interesting! I had a friend who had this problem with hedgehogs, only found out when he handled one in college.

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Enrolled in Stern for a few weeks.
The number of the alumni and current students that go to top consulting firms FT& summer intern are countless even for a small class size.
Stern is way more than a finance school. Given its location, do you want to spend your 2 years in a rural area or heart of Manhattan? Location is almost everything for business school. (I have a friend in Cornell that frequently travels about 5 hours to NYC for events.)

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What are your home office must-haves? I want to spruce up my office and have a stipend from my firm to help with office furniture and tech. I already have dual monitors, a decent webcam, and a ring light for video calls. Would love to hear others’ suggestions!

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New 🐠: Female rider. Took my bike on Skyline Drive last weekend.

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First-year tax staff that started end of Q3, and just had my first year-end performance evaluation meeting. Still a blank slate in terms of tax experience, but I honestly do have a slight interest in international tax. Brought it up and I was given some names to find some work opportunities in that area. Besides SALT, any other specialized areas I should try to get some experience in? Also open to any tips and tricks to help tailor my workflow and experiences for the months to come.

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Can anyone pls refer me a job role application/production support -3 years exp ??

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Any other first years out there worry that this virtual environment just won’t be able to teach them? I worry I’m not getting the same “plugged in” experience when I can’t knock on a door or walk into an office. Doesn’t help that my anxiety is heightened by feeling so isolated. The learning curve is high enough as is and I’m not sure I’ll ever learn enough virtually to be useful in big law...am I alone?!?

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Hi..
What is the hierarchy structure - Senior Software Engineer, Senior Specialist, Consultant, Senior Consultant? Are they all in E2 band?

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What package can we expect for Senior Program Architect with 14+ years of experience in Salesforce India?

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Transitioning from line of business familiarity (understanding financial statements) to... real(?) Finance (bonds and cap markets and other debt sales) any advice on books or resources to learn really from step 0?

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Successful commercial banking exists?

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Where do all the creatives gather in Denver?

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Scenario: US visa expired in 2021. Applied for a Canadian tourist visa to hopefully go for H-1B stamping in Canada once they open appointments.
Biometrics completed. Haven’t received any comm regarding my tourist visa approval. My partner already revived the visa long ago even if we allied together. Could it be because my US visa has expired? The reason I gave for applying for visitor visa was just for tourism purposes.

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Any idea about salary for game artist?

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Just put in a little over 6 months...thinking about transferring offices. Is it possible?

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Has anyone made the jump from the tax group of an AmLaw 100 firm to a Big 4 tax group? I have questions.

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Hi Everyone I have joined FIS one month back only, I am just Okay with my current project. I see here everybody is leaving FIS and telling it's not good. I have changed Infosys within 7 months.Now, I don't want to switch this early. Can somebody tell me about the good points, pros in FIS. I really want to change my mindset so that I feel happy here and can give back something to organization.FIS Global

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Hi everyone! I’m going to be in NYC next week and would like to connect with a few local CRE brokers while I’m in town. Anyone open for a happy hour?

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I generally feel confident in my work, but lately when I make mistake, I just overthink everything afterwards. I start worrying about people judging me or not wanting to work with me on my own team and client. Some people say “imposter” syndrome might be affecting me. I wish I could just get over something and move on.

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What is “the 71”?

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Industry on HBO >>>>>>

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I’m 💁‍♀️🐠. Was in a long-term relationship that ended last year and since then I’ve been on an extended celibacy run to work on myself etc. I’m looking to get back into the dating scene. Part of me wants to just get some 🍆 action (to quench the thirst) then start to look seriously. Any advice on dating?

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We need a better a singles bowl

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Who’s high af right now?

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Love how BS credit score is. Got my score up to 800 last month only to go on vacation so my credit utilization went up to 8% due to the increased spending and my score dropped 35 points because I didn’t immediately pay the balance after charging the purchases. I always pay my balance in full each month and have never missed a payment, how is 8% credit utilization determined to be that big of a risk that my score got immediately wrecked, I don’t understand

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I’m not liking these back to back deadlines 💔

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I’ve turned 27 years old today and my father doesn’t give a shit about it. We didn’t celebrate. He yelled at me for waking up too late (it was 11am and I live in my own apartment). My family is here just to visit. I come from an immigrant family FYI. It’s like we’re not allowed to have fun somehow and always focused on work and chores. I hate all this negativity… Been patient and trying to stay patient.

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Hypothetical Q: If a house has two half baths and three full baths, how are they counted? 4 Baths, or 3.5 baths +.5 baths?

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Every other Friday, I got these farewell emails from my long-time colleagues. I am sad yet I’m too lazy to look for another job.

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Need help: my dad did an interview for US citizenship in May and he passed but they said they will do some ‘investigation’ and will hear back within 120 days. Its been more than that and we haven’t heard back. We have an international travel coming soon and we are a bit worried about this situation whether the immigration will cause any issue regarding this while returning. Please suggest any advice

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Insta ads these days be like 🤦🏻‍♀️

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I think deep dish pizza is overrated.

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Have a crush on my co-worker. He asked me out to go rock climbing one-on-one after we were texting for a while and I acted awkwardly when we went because I didn’t know if it was a date (nothing was explicitly said). Now I’m stuck in this weird limbo state where things have fizzled out but I’m re-reading texts and think he might’ve actually had a crush too and I pushed him away. Ambiguity sucks.

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Probably the least racy confession on here but I really liked Windows 8 and I'm sad there's nothing like it anymore

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One of my staff is quitting. I'm secretly so happy because he is really bad at being an auditor. I don't have to answer the same question 8 times a week, re-do all the work he did after 3 rounds of feedback and hours of coaching, and have time to actually get the my own work done.

#silverlining

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The sound of people yawning loudly gets on my nerves

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My managers/partners think that I love my job because I am a top performer and have always had very good work ethic, but the truth is that I hate what I do and have developed severe anxiety working in PA for over 2 years.

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Hulu commercial times are getting out of hand

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