This is me, bothered by a recent reply to an email sent to MBB several months prior...
From: Mormons Building Bridges
Date: February 19, 2016
To: Chino_Blanco
Subject: Re: PRIDE parades in 2016
Hi Chino
Yes, there will be groups marching with the MBB banner in various pride parades around the country as there have been in past years. The mission of MBB remains the same: "In accordance with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Mormons Building Bridges is primarily a community of faithful Latter-day Saints who are dedicated to conveying love and acceptance to all those who identify as LGBTQI and those who experience same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria."
Thanks for your interest. Take care.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015, Chino_Blanco wrote:
Hi there,
Are you still planning to march in 2016?
There's been concern that MBB have been marching in PRIDE these past few years while not actually representing any identifiable affirming group.
I’m sure this is not a new point of consideration on your side, but just wanted to note that I share that concern.
Cheers,
Chino
This event is how they keep score on the effectiveness of their propaganda.
So glad it’s sort of over.
Last year I avoided getting asked which Memorial I attended.
Fully expect to have to dodge the question again from at least a couple of quarters.
The answer will be I went with friends to another town.
Which is true. We walked all over taking pictures of the cherry blossoms and visiting antique stores and eating amazing food that had nothing to do with flat bread of red wine.
When asked how many showed up?
I don’t know. Also true.
But there was a very good crowd there....to enjoy the blooming trees.
Yes I enjoyed the Memorial immensely ....by not attending again. It was the best Memorial ever.
Hope next year I won’t be playing these stupid games anymore.
Going to have lunch with a bunch of atheist and agnostics today.
Cheers to all who enjoyed or not the wine and bread.
Forgive if the flair is incorrect.
I don't know where else to vent. Maybe you people will understand. This past one year of applying for PhD positions has left me feeling like shit.
I am currently working as a staff scientist. think of it as a tenure track job... with a real good pay (for what they make us do.... next to nothing... and the resulting trauma of it) when you consider other graduates of my sector in my country.
I don't even remember from when, but I knew I will be a scientist. curiosity runs through me. And technically, I am.
This is how it goes in my country for PhD. You crack the fellowship exam, face the tune of interview and you are good to go. So you will understand why I never even focused on grabbing that gold medal. It didn't matter. I was involved in the subject I was interested in and thats it.
The position I am in right now, with this job security, people envy me. And thus it sounds insane to them that I want to leave.
I can go on and on about my PI but It will make no sense. The way I am supposed to work here, I fell stifled. only way I survive 'scientific' discussions with him if I just nod and don't offer any input. almost five years and no first author publications yet. Getting published is something out my hand when every alphabet has to be vetted multiple times by my PI (he terms the delays as 'due to nature of our work') my lab environment is demotivating and toxic (maybe?) And also, I messed up my personal life here pretty bad. real bad.
Finally, last year I mustered enough courage and decided I will apply for PhD overseas and resign. Can't get fellowship in my country as I have crossed the age limit.
It has been more than one year and almost hundred applications. I applied to both structured programs and individual projects. And yet, I have nothing on my hand. Like my five years as a independent researcher doesn't matter. My curiosity and ability to learn doesn't matter.
Apart from those professors, who simply don't even bother to give a single sentence reply, everywhere else, they want you to somehow score 150/100.
"we had more qualified candidates than you"
qualified in what? The specialized experience they ask for is insane. And even for those post I qualify , they also sing the same tune. I applied to one grad school which has focus in the exact same area I am currently working - same reply. advertised positions even in the exactly same field - same reply.
You want interdisciplinary research but won't hire a person with research expe
... keep reading on reddit ➡He wrote to so many people, described his situation and made grand claims about who he was. He enumerated the wonders he would be able to do for them and the riches he would bestow, asking them to just put their faith in him.
Yet millions upon billions of us rejected him.
Pfft, yeah right! I didn't "reject" him. I don't "hate" him. There is no deep-seated vengeful, angry, spiteful self-righteousness that told me I don't need him.
He simply doesn't exist. We are being scammed, and some of us are better at identifying (edit: or have learned how to identify) scams when we see them. No external evidence to support claims, abundance of internal inconsistencies, mistranslations and logical fallacies, and the entire emotional premise that although I'm no one and I don't know you, I matter to you, and unimaginable treasures are headed my way if I just believe (edit: and give you money).
I'm very curious. I didn't know rejections were so high.
That’s the story of my life
We are agnostic and haven’t really discussed religion. My daughter is 5 and recently watched the Netflix Christmas story and was pretty into it. I thought this would be a good point to talk to her about religion. I explained that is what the church in our town is for, so people can pray to god and they believe Baby Jesus came to teach us how to be good people. Her reaction, “well that’s stupid it’s just a story!” I said well lots of people believe it. She said who would ever believe in stupid baby Jesus anyway?!? I explained everyone can believe what they want and she can’t call baby Jesus (or anyone) stupid. Thought we were good but she talked to my mom this week and asked if she knew “that people actually believe in baby Jesus? That’s so stupid!” Ugh! We live in a fairly religious community any ideas on where to go from here?
https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1202881993618444288
"The public are fed up with interviews that are all about the interviewer and endless interruptions. The format is tired and broken and needs to change if it is to start engaging and informing the public again. Will focus on talking to voters about their priorities including investing in our NHS and helping with the cost of living.”
So he basically wants interviews that just allow him to talk with no interruption? Cool.
I (35HLM) am so tired of the silent rejections from my (33LLW).
This isn't a very long post, just wondering if other people have been hurt by this too. I would rather my wife say, "No, not today.... No, I'm not in the mood, etc"
Instead, we are awake in bed and I try to initiate sex, she then becomes a lifeless body. It's like she's playing possum and if she can convince me she's dead I will lose interest and give up.
It works.
It also hurts.
Knowing she is wide awake and laying there completely ignoring me is the worst feeling in the world.
