I fucking hate dating/hook up apps. Writing a profile feels like I’m writing a resume, everytime I talk to someone it feels like a job interview. Everyone’s bullshitting 'cause we’ve been conditioned to treat our insecurities/flaws like the fucking plague.

Weaker than FMB in my opinion. I think the second half of the album is better than the first, even though I do like Automation and Straws in the Wind. Just feels like it’s not as cohesive as some of their previous work. For me it’s a 7/10 right now, but maybe it’ll grow on me.

Would anyone be interested in a thread that catalogs bands/artists with leftist views? Would anyone want to help me with that?

Yeah, I was thinking of something like that… I fucking suck at lying though. How did you deal with references?

Given that you know each other already, I would be careful to not get your signals crossed, e.g. if you’re not explicit about your meet up being a “date,” your friend might not know that a one-on-one park hangout has a romantic undertone. I think I agree with ScreamoBMO. Being up front and honest is probably your best bet, but try to do it in a way that allows you to maintain your friendship if she doesn’t reciprocate your feelings.

I don’t have moral qualms about lying to employers, I just feel like I’ll be bad at lying or mess up in some way and I’m not entirely sure I can find multiple people to lie for references.

In my experience this makes you an easy pass for employers. Officially, it’ll be something else on your resume that made you unsuitable because they can’t legally deny you employment on that basis but to them, it’s about how profitable you are and illnesses aren’t profitable.

Landlords are the same. I was on disability a few years ago and the amount of landlords who demanded that I disclose my illness/passed when I told them how I would be paying my rent was absurd. Legally that’s 100% illegal but basically impossible to actually prove or find someone who cares.

I’ve never heard of a work certificate, is it just a plain text document or something more fancy?

Same here… makes me wish I was in a place to do some sort of co-op or something while I was in school. It’s a real catch-22, need experience to get a job but can’t get a job to get that experience.

How much effort did you have to put into making a fake company? Did you make the company relevant to the type of work you were looking for? I have an feeling that people in my field would recognize a fake company, so maybe I should do something more tangentially related.