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Linkcastle t1_ja2waof wrote

Reply to comment by yParticle in LPT: turn off your phone sometimes by OtherworldDk

I changed all the sounds for the types of notifications I get, so I know I got the notification, but also what kind of thing it was for.

Just the other day, someone told me my phone went off and my response was just "It's an Email on my Personal Account, it can wait"

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nafk t1_ja2uqvu wrote

Reply to comment by Potential-Ad5470 in LPT: When calculating something such as rent or pay, a month is 4.345 weeks by MikeTorsson

Sure. It doesn’t account for leap year either. Neither does OP’s subject. Does that make the original question wrong?

Most of the comments in this thread are discussing rounding. It’s why I started out with “anyone that finds this thread useful…” are also likely to also find it useful to know that 13 period accounting is a real thing and very related to the original subject.

if we moved to a system of 13 months in a year a lot of things in life would be much simpler to calculate.

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NightOwlIvy_93 t1_ja2sk51 wrote

Reply to LPT Never underestimate how much you impact other people’s lives. by shoppingfortruth

That's true even if it's just passive. I remember working in a kindergarten and there was this adorable, timid and shy girl who never really spoke to any of the adults. I was in charge of the art room she often spent her time there, quietly drawing something. We didn't often interact but I let her draw in peace and never forced her to interact with me. When I announced that I was leaving the kindergarten her mum approached me cause the girl wanted me to write into her friendship book. I did my best to draw a nice Chi cat into the book

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TropicalRogue t1_ja2siqg wrote

Reply to comment by Regnes in LPT: If someone is talking loudly over speakerphone in public and you want them to shut up, join in on their conversation. by ConnieKai

I've done this, and I told the person on the phone all about the rude jackass on speakerphone. I made a point to be audible and loquacious but polite and not SUPER insulting. Just making fun of him for bad manners and situational unawareness.

When dude noticed and started to say something like "hey, fuck yo-" I just made a cartoonishly animated show of covering the phone mic, holding it away, and like a rabid weird Al yankovic screamed "IM ON THE PHONE!" At him with the "just a minute" gesture.

I think I outcrazied him, because he did not opt to continue our interaction. He also didn't continue his phone call, but I'm pretty sure it just made everybody else more uncomfortable than if I'd not tried to intervene.

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4Ozonia t1_ja2q59i wrote

Reply to LPT: turn off your phone sometimes by OtherworldDk

Using DND often, and I don’t allow notifications on much except calls and text. When I want to know if I got email, I choose when to go look, for example. Also have my phone on vibrate 80% of the time.

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CheeseMakingMom t1_ja2or9d wrote

Reply to comment by lamelumi_ in LPT Request: I'm going on a baptism of a book for the first time. by [deleted]

If it is a book launch, you’ll want to wear something nice, be groomed, and be ready to participate in the applause for your friend’s mom’s new book. She may have a table to sit at to meet and greet fans who purchase her book, and may sign (autograph) books for them.

Collecting signed first edition books can be an exciting hobby, even for the casual reader.

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CheeseMakingMom t1_ja2n8yp wrote

Reply to comment by lamelumi_ in LPT Request: I'm going on a baptism of a book for the first time. by [deleted]

In English, then, you’ll be expecting the parents/guardians of the book to gather at the front of the worship hall, in front of the congregation, and your minister will splash water on the book (hopefully the pages are waterproof) mumbling some ancient incantation. At the conclusion of the baptism, the book will be presented to the congregants as the congregation’s newest flock member.

What is the title of the book?

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