Questionable Content XVI: Yes, Butt

[Willie the Duck]

Well yeah, because for a couple pages she was invasive. And then she mysteriously stopped being evasive and they were just talking.

I'm not clear how is that different from my point.

[Wildstag]

I'm not clear how is that different from my point.

It's not particularly, but your statement was "it's interesting how", which is usually phrased as a statement that wants either agreement or explanation. Your diction prompts response in some way.

Edit: I may also be dumb, I have considered that.

[Maryring]

It's not particularly, but your statement was "it's interesting how", which is usually phrased as a statement that wants either agreement or explanation. Your diction prompts response in some way.

Edit: I may also be dumb, I have considered that.

Not stupid at all. Drawing two elements together in a sentence and forming a link between them invites one to compare and contrast, and "it's interesting how" does carry common implications to suggest hypocrisy.

Mind, personally I agree with you. Willow can both be invasive in Clinton's personal life, and have good chemistry with him.

[Mechalich]

I don't think it's meant to be a joke at all. Just something that was poorly thought out on Jeph's part.

If anything, the AIs getting sprays is would be the ones guilty of appropriation.

Probably. Non-permanent body art is uncommon in most advanced Western nations. Tattooing, similarly, was quite rare until fairly recently but has now become widely accepted. At the same time, non-permanent body art, in the form of red ochre, dates back to the stone age, and highly advanced temporary body art such as henna at least 3500 years.

QC is a testament to the power of 'write what you know,' but it's also a testament to the problem of writing what you know when you don't actually know what you're talking about.

[Max_Killjoy]

QC is a testament to the power of 'write what you know,' but it's also a testament to the problem of writing what you know when you don't actually know what you're talking about.

So true, more than once.

[Traab]

Its funny but this thing with willow is honestly more or less how everyone becomes friends. They latch onto one member of the group and get introduced to everyone in the circle in short order, then generally put down roots.

[Keltest]

Oh look, Faye and Bubbles having actual chemistry. Lets get more of this, and less of the Clinton/Elliot fake chemistry.

[Wraith]

Is this the first time that Clinton has actually said he's directly attracted to another guy? So far I think he has only said he was considering being attracted to a guy, or words to the effect?

[dps]

Oh look, Faye and Bubbles having actual chemistry. Lets get more of this, and less of the Clinton/Elliot fake chemistry.

Clinton has more chemistry with Willow in just the few strips since she was introduced than he has had with Elliot.

[mythmonster2]

Oof, this hits hard. At least she's getting a rejection letter and isn't just getting ghosted.

[Traab]

Oof, this hits hard. At least she's getting a rejection letter and isn't just getting ghosted.

God I hate that. You know what I wish? I wish it was law that you get a rejection letter that states why you were rejected. It would be SUCH A BIG HELP if you screwed up somehow and got told about it so you could fix it for next time, or if you lack a certain something this field looks for so you could go get it. Otherwise you could screw up a dozen job applications and never know it because you dont know what you did wrong. Maybe make it only for those who get to the interview step, but yeah, it makes me so paranoid when I get rejected and dont know why. Should I do something different next time? What? Was it just a matter of someone with better qualifications applying? Was I not supposed to share my squirrel head collection with the HR guy?

[Agi Hammerthief]

Was I not supposed to share my squirrel head collection with the HR guy?

Jobs that I care about I call back after a rejection to ask precisely that. Just in case the guy who got the job drops out.

I visited a company that ghosted me on tour once.
When I got a peek in the HR I knew it wasn‘t about me: Applications where stacked in baskets.

[Willie the Duck]

God I hate that. You know what I wish? I wish it was law that you get a rejection letter that states why you were rejected. It would be SUCH A BIG HELP if you screwed up somehow and got told about it so you could fix it for next time, or if you lack a certain something this field looks for so you could go get it. Otherwise you could screw up a dozen job applications and never know it because you dont know what you did wrong. Maybe make it only for those who get to the interview step, but yeah, it makes me so paranoid when I get rejected and dont know why. Should I do something different next time? What? Was it just a matter of someone with better qualifications applying? Was I not supposed to share my squirrel head collection with the HR guy?

Speaking as a manager with hiring responsibility, you often don't have the option to do this. Particularly if it is a situation where you weighed person X's 10 years job experience but unfamiliarity with your particular systems architecture versus person Y's 8 years, but with more direct applicable skills. Or where it would violate privacy of the person who did get the job. That said, I make the effort to always send out a personalized rejection letter, along with HR's general one. If people call and ask what happened, I try my best to tell them if it was something they did in the interview, as compared to us simply choosing someone else who was more qualified. If it is the case you mention regarding 'if you lack a certain something this field looks for so you could go get it' -- absolutely. If someone literally does not meet our needs, I will make sure to make that clear (although usually those won't actually get to me in the first place, as I try to make sure all qualifications are clearly stated in the job description, and then HR filters the applications for them ahead of time).

Job hunting stinks. It really stinks right now what with Covid and such, but even before that it was horrible. Every position I fill I run into at least one fresh faced young person who clearly really wants the job (or one like it) and has been job hunting for 50-150% longer than they thought it would take to find a job and have no idea what they aren't doing right.

[SaintRidley]

The librarian job market is about as brutal as the academic job market, so I feel Claire on this very, very keenly. Honestly, you're lucky half the time to even get a rejection letter at all. Even if you get invited to have an interview, you still aren't guaranteed a rejection letter.

[Maryring]

Even a generic "thanks but no thanks" letter is many times better than just simply being ghosted. Knowing that you're no longer in the running is disappointing, but it does ease up on tension and uncertainty. Ghosting is unfortunately the norm, and in my experience, 19 out of 20 times, ghosting is what you get.

Honestly though, ghosting is bad for the company in question too. It leaves a poor taste in the mouth for your applicants, and they're certainly not going to be positive when talking about your company to their friends in the future.

[dps]

When I was responsible for making hiring decisions, often times it came down to having 3 suitable applicants for 1 position, and the one who got the job was the one I got ahold of on the phone first.

[geoduck]

When I was responsible for making hiring decisions, often times it came down to having 3 suitable applicants for 1 position, and the one who got the job was the one I got ahold of on the phone first.

The old sitcom Night Court did this idea, when we and the other characters learn that the young and rather eccentric Harry Stone became a judge because while his name was very last on the list, he was the only one home to answer the phone when the hiring call went out. (And yes, this was very much pre smartphone days..)

[VoxRationis]

Putting my thoughts on the heartlessness of the hiring process aside...

So do Claire's glasses have rests on the rims, or what? The bridge doesn't look like it should contact the nose of the wearer.

[georgie_leech]

I'm not sure one could ever untruthfully say that about Pintsize.