Native language French, fluent in English, practicing Cantonese and German.
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Pat12@lemmy.worldOPto Sailing@lemmy.world•What is the implication when you ask if someone can swim?English6·1 year agoSeems like a basic safety/planning kind of question since you’d be in the middle of a body of water
I think so, too. Swimming with a life jacket in my opinion is more difficult than swimming without one. However, I would think that treading water is more difficult than swimming with a life jacket so maybe if swimming with a life jacket is the expectation, then that’s ok.
Pat12@lemmy.worldOPto Sailing@lemmy.world•Process of sailing - please help me to confirm my understandingEnglish1·1 year agoBacking it up one step further, a common beginner mistake is to decide on a destination irrespective of the wind direction. This sometimes makes sailing more difficult than it needs to be and can result in the unnecessary torturing of guests as the captain stubbornly pounds into wind and wave to achieve a destination not superior to other options that would provide a more congenial travel experience.
this is really helpful, thank you!
Pat12@lemmy.worldOPto Sailing@lemmy.world•Process of sailing - please help me to confirm my understandingEnglish1·1 year ago420 or laser type boat
Pat12@lemmy.worldOPtoNew York City@lemmy.ml•What salary should I ask for? Junior finance role. They are offering $65/year in NYC.1·1 year agohmm maybe there is health insurance but it wasnt mentioned during the initial call. i ask for compensation of 90-100K, said it was negotiable and expect it will be negotiated down, at least it wont be 65K.
Pat12@lemmy.worldOPtoNew York City@lemmy.ml•What salary should I ask for? Junior finance role. They are offering $65/year in NYC.1·1 year agoNot sure what that means but yeah, no health plan or stock options. There’s a 401K with some matching. It’s just the salary with the bonus.
Pat12@lemmy.worldOPtoNew York City@lemmy.ml•What salary should I ask for? Junior finance role. They are offering $65/year in NYC.1·1 year ago10% annual and prorated. no other compensation. just salary and up to 10% bonus. no gym membership or housing etc mentioned.
Pat12@lemmy.worldOPtoNew York City@lemmy.ml•What salary should I ask for? Junior finance role. They are offering $65/year in NYC.2·1 year agobonus is up to 10%
i can deal with work-related stress but if i have to worry about paying bills, that’s what i completely want to avoid.
Pat12@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Court agrees to block collection of Trump's $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175M71·1 year agothe world of the rich vs the average person…
Pat12@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their ERs slowed to a crawl4·1 year agoof all the places to not have easy access to healthcare…
Pat12@lemmy.worldOPMtoFemale Fashion Advice@lemmy.world•What are your favorite ways to add visual interest to your outfits?2·1 year agoi love the yellow pulling from the blazer
Pat12@lemmy.worldOPMtoFemale Fashion Advice@lemmy.world•What are some of your frustrations with fashion?2·1 year agoand unfortunately it’s the fabric for most of the readily available clothes now!
Pat12@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Blinken unloads on Bibi: "You need a coherent plan" or face disaster in Gaza92·1 year agohas the US considered…not funding them?
Ignoring the fact that gender dysphoria is a real thing whereas hysteria isn’t,
I’m not sure how you can make this your premise; back then hysteria was very much “a real thing”. Also one could say that doctors have manipulated people undergoing surgery now into giving consent
socialism has been shown to be worse,
uh…
I got downvoted recently for saying “If you’re friends with someone, wouldn’t you want to know if they’re also friends with someone problematic?” and “I would definitely want to know if my friends were close with people who’d been in prison.”
Pat12@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is something that 2020s kids will never get to experience?1·1 year agoThough to an extent, the lack of community, especially amongst children is due to the complete lack of independence and they have to depend on their parents to drive them everywhere.
where do you live that there’s not even a playground or a residential street within walking distance of your home?
Pat12@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Parnas calls out GOP rep at hearing for ‘doing the bidding’ of Russia3·1 year agoWish it’d be acceptable for people to call out reps/senators for “doing the bidding” of other countries too
When I’m feeling blue about something for a while, I do try to exercise daily. I don’t know whether or not endorphins make a difference for me but I do not that I feel more awake after exercising. I like the feeling that I accomplished something for that day and it keeps my routine regular. The alternative that I can spend a lot of time thinking about something troubling me and I’m not productive.
Pat12@lemmy.worldto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is something that 2020s kids will never get to experience?19·1 year agoI wouldn’t use “never get to experience” but i would say it’s much harder to have that real sense of community that we easily found in the 90s, early 2000s, etc.
People are more connected to others but still more isolated from others. We were less connected to other people back then so people made a real effort to come up with fun activities and bond together. For kids, it’s the lack of just playing outside in the neighbourhood with friends. For adults, it’s the lack of third places and community/religious events.
Can you give some examples?