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WCDT Strips 3821-3825 (3-7 September 2018)
bhtooefr:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 04 Sep 2018, 10:53 ---And this isn't even touching on being self-employed...
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Or even multiply employed or having variable income, or having a mix of 1099 (self-employment and other things that aren't in the scope of employment) and W-2 (employment) income.
(For a few years, I had to do my taxes twice, too, because my dad used to show livestock under my name, so I got 1099s for the premiums from that, and had to calculate my taxes with and without the 1099s included to know how much he owed me for taxes.)
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: zechstyr on 04 Sep 2018, 11:29 ---Can confirm that libraries are noisy places nowadays. The ol' shushy librarian is a stereotype we try to squish.
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In the university library which my wife was deputy head of in her last job, there was a period when the students found it necessary to shush the librarians.
Case:
--- Quote from: Lucina on 04 Sep 2018, 11:30 ---She had no reason to assume the idea she had was wrong.
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Neither did she have a reason to assume that the idea she had was right - hypothesis testing is not only for scientists; most modern societies cherish critical thinking, even while many of their members treat their prejudices and biases as "fundamental and universal truths, until proven otherwise denial of their defectiveness has become impossible" (*)
(*) With the added corollary that error will only be acknowledged when all who could feel the merest hint of embarrassment or discomfort have long passed away, and that as soon as the new truth has become accepted, nobody must ever mention that parties unknown have once believed in quite different 'truths'.
Lucina:
--- Quote from: Case on 04 Sep 2018, 11:50 ---
--- Quote from: Lucina on 04 Sep 2018, 11:30 ---She had no reason to assume the idea she had was wrong.
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Neither did she have a reason to assume that the idea she had was right - hypothesis testing is not only for scientists; most modern societies cherish critical thinking, even while many of their members treat their prejudices and biases as "fundamental and universal truths, until proven otherwise denial of their defectiveness has become impossible" (*)
(*) With the added corollary that error will only be acknowledged when all who could feel the merest hint of embarrassment or discomfort have long passed away, and that as soon as the new truth has become accepted, nobody must ever mention that parties unknown have once believed in quite different 'truths'.
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I mean, sure, but most of us probably have some detail off about our partner's life before we got together that we think we know, but don't. That's not exactly unusual.
Case:
--- Quote from: Lucina on 04 Sep 2018, 12:32 ---I mean, sure, but most of us probably have some detail off about our partner's life before we got together that we think we know, but don't. That's not exactly unusual.
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Ain't that the truth ... :-D
Fwiw, in my headcanon, Claire 'just happened' to be around when she struck a conversation with Thai, and brought up the conditions of Marten's employment as casually as possible, since Marten had worried about it himself. She felt a little guilty about going behind his back, but figured that where Marten's wellbeing is concerned, it's better to be safe than sorry, particularly given his laisez-faire approach to finance and employment.
Since Claire is so 'casual' going about her little it's-for-their-own-good schemes that even her brother smells them from a mile away, Thai probably read her like a book before she had finished the first sentence, and started asking some questions.
Or maybe this is not the first time that Claire has confided in Thai? In my alma mater, more experienced grad students would feel a duty to advise and assist their fledgeling peers, up to & including providing the occasional shoulder to cry on.
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