Friday 3/10/23
Celebrate:
Festival of Life in the Cracks Day
International Bagpipe Day
International Day of Awesomeness
Landline Telephone Day
Mario Day
Middle Name Pride Day
National Blueberry Popover Day
National Preschooler's Day
National Ranch Day
Pack Your Lunch Day
Salvation Army Day
US Paper Money Day
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A new study from New York University says it takes us less than five seconds to decide if we like a song . . . and our opinions don't change depending on whether we listen to a snippet or the whole song.
But in general, we like the song more if we hear the whole thing before the excerpt.
The study says, quote, "The fact that a small excerpt is enough to tell us if we like it or hate it, suggests that we respond more to the general vibe that a song brings to us rather than its musical notes per se."
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Last year the buzz word was Quiet Quitting. Now there are a few other work terms that are trending. Business Insider has compiled this list.
1. Copycat Layoffs. The idea that layoffs are contagious. When one corporation starts canning people, other companies decide they should too.
2. Resenteeism. When you stay in a bad job because you don't think you have any other options. So you start to resent it more and more.
3. Bare Minimum Monday. It's like "quiet quitting," but just for the start of the week. You skate by and let yourself ease into it slowly.
4. Chaotic Working. It's also called "malicious compliance." It's when you break rules at work to help out a friend. For example, by giving them an employee discount, or up-sizing their food order for free.
5. Shift Shock. It's when you're excited about a new job. But after a few shifts, you realize you HATE it. It's also called "new-hires' remorse."
6. Boomerang Employees. It's when you go back to an old job, because your new one didn't work out.
7. Career Cushioning. It's when you don't necessarily hate your job. But you start looking for other jobs in case layoffs are coming.
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A woman named Karen Green had an original iPhone from 2007, which was still factory-sealed. Back then . . . 16 years ago . . . she had just scored a new management job at PetSmart.
And to celebrate, her friends bought her an iPhone. But Karen never ended up opening it . . . she already had a phone that she liked, and she had a contract with Verizon. At the time, iPhones could only be used with AT&T.
But since it was a gift, she just kept it. A while back, she heard that a first-generation iPhone sold for thousands on eBay. She had it appraised in 2019 for $5,000. And now, she finally decided to unload it.
It sold at auction on Sunday for $63,356.40. It was expected to sell for $50K. Karen's friends probably paid $599 for it back in 2007.
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Just because someone else commits a crime doesn't mean YOU should.
Earlier this month, some idiot got into it with the cashier at a Circle K store in Memphis, because she wouldn't sell him a beer.
So to get even, he grabbed a whole display of chips, put them in his car, and drove off. It's not clear if the cops caught him yet or not.
But while the cashier was distracted, another customer named Joseph Braswell noticed the guy had dropped two bags of chips outside. So he picked them up and started EATING them.
Police found him a few minutes later with crumbs on his face. And security footage showed what happened.
He's facing a charge for theft of property worth $1,000 or less. Each bag of chips was valued at $4.98.
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Someone went through stats and found three things people with perfect credit scores of 850 have in common . . .
1. They're usually older. There aren't many 25-year-olds with perfect credit scores. According to Experian, 70% are over the age of 57, and just 4% are under 40. It takes time to build credit, so keep expectations in check.
2. They have more credit cards, but lower balances. Your credit won't skyrocket just because you get more cards. But it does help as long as you don't USE them more. The average American has four credit cards, compared to six for people with perfect credit.
3. They still have debt, but in personal loans. The average interest rate for a personal loan is around 10%, or about half the rate for credit cards. People with perfect scores actually owe almost TWICE the national average in personal loans. But they have much lower balances on credit cards, and car loans too.
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Thousands of people took an online poll that asked if random things are "turn-ons" or "turn-offs." Amazing how we all have different likes. Here's what people said . . .
1. Tattoos. 77% said they're a turn-on. But we're less likely to agree about piercings. 49% said they're a turn-on, and 51% said turn-off.
2. When someone you're dating responds to a text immediately. 86% said it's a turn-on. 14% think it's a turn-off, and maybe a little desperate.
3. When someone's really funny. Yeah, it's a turn-on for 98% of us. So, 2% of us are all business.
4. When someone's super talkative. 62% said it's actually a turn-on.
5. When someone's overly confident or cocky. For 81% of us, it's a turn-off.
6. Loud talking. 94% said it's a turn-off.
7. When someone gets jealous really easily. 79% said turn-off. But just being overprotective is different. 56% said that's a turn-on.
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A woman in Florida named Shannon Hunter has been charged with urine testing fraud. She was due to provide a drug test last week . . . but she must have known that she wouldn't pass, because she did NOT pee in the cup.
Instead, she filled a pill bottle with "soda and tap water" . . . hid it . . . and then during the test, she secretly used THAT. We don't know what kind of soda it was.
It sounds like the probation officials caught Shannon faking the test in the moment. But either way, she wasn't going to get away with it . . . a soda and water mix would surely result in a failed test.
Shannon pleaded no contest, and will have to serve up to 20 days in jail . . . pay fines . . . and she could have her probation revoked.
Her rap sheet includes convictions for theft, possession of drug paraphernalia, domestic battery, narcotics possession, and driving without a license.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - In the 1800s in Austria, single women would put an apple slice in their armpit during dances. At the end of the night, when it was nice and sweaty, they'd give it to the guy they liked. And if he felt that way about the woman, he'd EAT it.
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