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cait (and adonis)

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big famous microblogger pet account reactionary goddess of uselessness and cash tips [she/her] texan in ma. Adonis' mom

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · Aug 12

Adonis and his string: a collection

orange cat playing with a leather shoelace. it's in his mouth

orange cat pawing for the shoelace. his mouth is open

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1m

man what. lmao

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social
Holy cow. This screenshot is like saying
"because I have an idea it must be possible."
The plumber analogy is instructive but wrong. It's more like if she had a plumber over and asked her to make her laundry do itself. It's not something a plumber can do.
It's not something anyone can do.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 4m

it's really funny how often people react to posts of mine that piss them off by assuming I am too stupid to make or understand jokes and so I must be serious and they should react accordingly. do you dumbasses think I actually think there is a dungeon under the white house

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 15m

my husband works from home! he's never alone

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 21m

lol what a dumbass comparison

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 7h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24m

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/j...

Definition of JOKE

something said or done to provoke laughter; especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist; the humorous or ridiculous element in something; an instance of jesting : kidding… See ...

www.merriam-webster.com

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26m

if I describe how often someone brags about me or praises me or tells me how grateful they are to have me, it would sound like I'm lying. but they were trying to fill the role for a while and couldn't find the right person (because the right person was me)

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 32m

at first I just said "ok let me know where I can help I guess?" and by the end of the day I was like go do your jobs and get away from my desk. I've got this

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 36m

I know, I was shocked! my Big Boss was like "I'll have to talk to HR and see how to do it but if I have to I'll just cut you a paper check" lmao

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 37m

and it's just like... a job. I'm not changing the world or anything but it's a normal regular job that requires the skills and personality I already have. I get to talk to and help people. It's longer hours but only 4 days a week. but it feels like I've worked there for years

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 46m

the other day one of my coworkers (the one who called in sick in the above story) told me completely genuinely to my face "you're the best thing that's happened to us in a long time". girl shut up or I'll cry

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 49m

at the end of the day they were like "not only do we obviously want to hire you but we insist on paying you for today. please come back next week and never leave us"

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 52m

my second interview was supposed to be like a short unpaid observation day but when I got there they were panicking bc someone called out sick so I just... started working. I knew all their systems and had done the job before so I just showed up and took over

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 54m

but it's killing me because I have such funny stories. this entire process has been hilarious. my coworkers are hilarious and kind and keep telling me how much they appreciate me and bragging about me in front of clients

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1h

I'm coming up on a month at my new job and I'm still hesitant to talk too much about it because 1) the internet 2) i don't want to jinx it but it's been really good so far and I'm hoping it will stay that way

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1h

"i'm not president 🙄" girl we know

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1h

girl.... okay

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 8h

Harris slams protestor during book tour.

“You want to talk about legacy? Let’s talk about the legacy of mass deportations, of not voting, and Donald Trump.”