Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by bin_bash on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:07AM
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I’m curious, are you female? I don’t think I’ve ever been asked that unless I was unbelievably angry. Like maybe once or twice in my entire adult life.
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Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by LandR on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:29AM
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I get asked quite often if I'm angry, grumpy, down, "what's wrong?" even when I'm absolutely fine and none of those things.
I was even stopped by a random stranger in a supermarket once and they asked if I was OK... I said I was fine, and then she asked if it had been a long day... erm. Guess it's just my face.
I remember in the supermarket I was actually just thinking about if a man could beat a giraffe in a fight.
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by WJW on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:54AM
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With technological help like guns, obviously the man wins. Without technology but with enough preparation, humans probably still win because they could rig up traps and whatnot. Straight up the giraffe would wreck a humans because they can kick really hard with their long legs.
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by gpm on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:17PM
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Terrain probably matters a lot here. On flat ground the giraffe kicks the shit out of humans. On uneven terrain with nooks and crannies to hide in and trip up the long legged thing, and rocks to throw at it to keep it mad, I think a human would have a good chance (not a giraffe fighting expert).
Humans probably have more stamina, if you can drag out the fight.
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by coredog64 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:46PM
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> not a giraffe fighting expert
I think it's hilarious that HN needs such a disclaimer.
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by gpm on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:47PM
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I was originally trying to come up with an interesting acronym like IANAL (I am not a lawyer), but gave up ;)
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by mLuby on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:05PM
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Lots of FAANG people on here (Fighting An Antagonized Naked Giraffe).
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by CharlesW on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:22AM
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Speaking from personal experience, this happens to male humans as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resting_bitch_face: "Using a type of facial recognition system, they found that the phenomenon is real and the condition is as common in males as in females, despite the gendered word bitch that is used to name the concept."
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by coredog64 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:47PM
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Resting Jerk Face is gender neutral.
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by silicon2401 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @02:54PM
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As a male, it's happened to me quite often, since my age was in single-digits. I just have a naturally serious expression, I guess. It also applies to people from other cultures like eastern Europe, where it's not the default to go around smiling and laughing in public or making small talk to strangers. Default expressions vary quite a bit and maybe yours is just more cheery or neutral.