‘Liz has a whole Facebook group’: Board game lovers reveal the joy of ‘subjective Guess Who’

The only thing more fun than playing games is making up your own dumb rules for playing games. Sorry, sticklers for the rules, but some really are meant to be broken. I’m not saying that every board game deserves to have its premise completely upended, but a few big names can benefit from having an …
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Redditors Despair of the Professions That People Make Their Entire Personality

There’s no denying that for most of us of working age, our jobs take up a big chunk of our lives. Even when they’re kind of boring, it’s understandable that they start to become a part of our identities if we stick with them for long enough. Not everyone we know is going to be …
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Satirical Video About the ‘Personality Hire’ Sparks Dialogue About Roles in the Workplace

While my employment history is a checkered one, I have noticed that some trends reoccur no matter what job I am doing. The most prominent of these are the different types of coworker that I come across at work. It seems like every workplace has the joker, who can’t go five minutes without trying to …
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People Discuss The Creepiest Personality Traits of All Time

A wise man once said, «I’m a creep. I’m a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don’t belong here.» Creep is one of the most popular songs ever written, and it’s easy to see why. Everybody feels like a creep and a weirdo occasionally, and if you feel like it enough, it …
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Explain Like I’m 35: Who are Lalalala and OKOKOK Girls? (April 30, 2023)

It seems like we have an infinite number of ways with which to categorize ourselves these days. We can try to boil down our personality with Myers-Briggs tests, or our astrological big three. Some proudly display what Hogwarts house they belong to. Others still base their identity around the kind of brands they buy. Then, …
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Explain Like I’m 35: Are You a Soldier, Poet, or King? (February 18, 2023)

People on the internet have long been obsessed with defining themselves via increasingly niche communities. Ever since the days of GeoCities and forums, individuals have found ways to show that they’re not like the other girls.  As children of the online, it was inevitable that Gen Z would take this even further than any other …
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Update: Company Still Bans Applicants From Reapplying For 12-Months After Failing ‘Personality Test’

When I was applying for jobs, I was a bit skeptical of any company that asked me to take a personality test before the interview. I understand wanting to hire somebody with good vibes, but isn’t that what the multiple rounds of interviews are for? You would think companies might do such a test to …
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Company Bans Job Hunters From Reapplying For 12-Months After Failing «Personality Test»

When I was applying for jobs, I was a bit skeptical of any company that asked me to take a personality test before the interview. I understand wanting to hire somebody with good vibes, but isn’t that what multiple rounds of interviews are for? You would think companies might do such a test to understand …
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People Who Dated Rich Explain the Eye-opening Things They Learned

It’s no secret that the ultra-wealthy basically live in an alternate universe to the rest of us. When you have never had to worry about your next paycheck or indeed have one at all, it creates a whole different mindset to the billions of others you share this planet with. It means that many are …
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Thread Discusses Common Things People Base Their Whole Personalities On

Human beings love to stuff themselves into little categorical boxes in order to simultaneously fit in and stand out. But to strongly identify with something outside yourself sounds pretty absurd when you really think about it. Is the type of breakfast cereal you consume really such an integral part of your core being? Do you …
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