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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Idk what OP is doing wrong, but in my experience bartenders and service workers are always hooking up - with each other, with patrons, at after work social engagements...

The job sort of requires you to be social, to be friendly, to engage with strangers, and to empathize with other people.

That's not to say the relationships last. Plenty of drama in the service industry, too. Lots of substance abuse. Lots of cheating. Lots of traveling, boom and bust with the economic tides, and risk taking for better or worse.

But the idea that you're just a bartender for ten years and nothing is happening in your life is crazy.

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago (5 children)

You are missing one crucial aspect.

90%of greentext is completely fabricated.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 days ago

If this is true or not is almost irrelevant, these people exist, male and female.

I might have become one of them if not for just sheer luck.
Neurodiversity can have all kinds of effects and not being able to connect with people can be one of them.

Just be kind, to your fellow humans, not everyone can do what they want to do.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's odd that she would avoid alcohol while pregnant but not sushi.

[–] Soktopraegaeawayok@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What's wrong with Sushi while pregernant?

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Here ya go: https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/can-pregnant-women-eat-sushi

tl;dr:

“Undercooked or raw fish increases the risks of exposure to certain types of bacteria during pregnancy and is more likely to contain bacteria and parasites,” says Dr. Lisa Valle, DO, OB-GYN at Providence Saint John’s Health Center.

Listeria, a bacteria that causes listeriosis, is a type of food poisoning that can pose a serious health risk for you and your baby. And pregnant women are at a higher risk of getting listeriosis.

In addition to vomiting and diarrhea, it can cause preterm labor, stillbirth, and miscarriage. Additionally, if a baby is born with listeriosis, there can be problems with their kidneys and heart, as well as infections of the blood or brain.

To help prevent listeriosis, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that pregnant women avoid eating sushi made with raw fish, among other foods like hot dogs, lunch meats, and unpasteurized milk.

I guess you could probably have like vegetable tempura or avacado rolls or something, but depending on how it's prepared it might still be around the raw fish.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

There's also a risk of heavy metal exposure, especially mercury.

Wow! Yeah never knew it could be dangerous like that to pregnant ladies. I dont have any kids though, so.

[–] reddifuge@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Holy fuck. Do you really think sushi is as dangerous as alcohol to a fetus?

The two aren't even close.

[–] aow@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

People try to avoid known risk factors when pregnant, some stuff really is bad to roll the dice on. A lot of newly pregnant people also go overboard avoiding stuff that's classified as dangerous. It's not an unusual thing to say.

[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

But are they also gay?

The only true part is they are alone.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

It's Truthy.

Very believable, even if OP is just passing along the story

10 years as a server in a sushi restaurant, from 21 to 31, made me think this is an Asian dude who's parents own a sushi joint and he is required to work there.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know a lot of people like that. Likeable, but something just keeps them from forming those kind of relationships even just for a hook up.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know a few, myself. But none of them are up till 4am on a Thursday night hanging out with other hot drunk horny 30 year olds.

The post says he's a waiter at a restaurant, not a bartender, though.