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Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by akoboldfrying »

thepuppet33r wrote: post #5

It's a clever concept, but I'm leery of having someone send a letter on my behalf to someone. You all haven't trademarked the idea, have you? I think I'll just write a few of these up myself and send them out.

Good idea. Elsewhere in the comments, user kynetic mentioned that their terms include:

> We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.

Which somewhat takes the shine off this in my opinion.

(That, and also: How hard is it to post a letter yourself?)

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by dmurray »

davely wrote: post #51

Love the idea! But! I don't love the idea of sending PII for friends and family to an unknown source in order to facilitate this. You can ask your friendly neighborhood LLM for a template and go to town! "I'd like to create a positive spin on "Cease & Desist" letters for the holidays that I could send to friends. Let's call them a "Continue & Persist" letter. How can I make something cute and uplifting that I could s…

This is pretty good! An LLM is actually the right tool to generate this kind of copy that demands a given style but is ultimately soulless.

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by TeMPOraL »

costcofries wrote: post #99
bragr wrote: post #22

This reminds me of how my father (a lawyer) sent fake subpoenas to invite people to his brother's bachelor party. Most found it hilarious but it freaked a few people out. I suspect that this would have the same problem.

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Not really. For most people, nothing good ever comes with such letters.

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by nolok »

richardw wrote: post #114
adnanaga wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it truly is free hahah we're using some free survey website plan and then Mark would fill in a template in google docs, print, and post the official letter. I think we hit our limit on the form though. We didn't expect it to blow up! Mark is gonna kill me when he checks his email

“Yeah we pivoted to hiring and blackmail only later. Killer skills went to hiring, dodgy office romances went to blackmail. Profits are excellent.”

While true, it doesn't even have to be a pivot. It can be a sale of asset (volontary or necessary), an acquihire where the project and data just become some old vault to be disposed of and dozens other scenario.

I'm sure no one at Yahoo actually thought or had any plan for all of that personal data to be data mined wholesale by Verizon a decade later. And nobody at Google right now believes all that data could be sold to Comcast or whatever. But things happen and then...

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by anxiety2024 »

costcofries wrote: post #99
bragr wrote: post #22

This reminds me of how my father (a lawyer) sent fake subpoenas to invite people to his brother's bachelor party. Most found it hilarious but it freaked a few people out. I suspect that this would have the same problem.

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Howdy. I'm someone who's been diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I have panic attacks somewhat regularly, I take medication, I've done therapy in the past, etc.

Just to clear up what I perceive as a misconception - it almost sounds like you're suggesting people prone to anxiety have neglected to reflect on that, like they're just being lazy about it out something.

Buddy, I know I have anxiety. I know about the traumatic experiences I had in the past, and my family history, that contribute to my condition. I've reflected on it plenty.

"Working through it" doesn't do what you think it does. It's not a cure. What you learn to do is understand the patterns of thought you get into, to recognize when you're falling into an unhealthy pattern, and tools that you can deploy to manage that situation.

It's more like managing hazardous waste than flicking a light switch. I wish it were otherwise!

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by nicbou »

revscat wrote: post #16

As someone who is coming to increasingly believe that 99% of the world problems are caused by powers seeking to intentionally divide us one from the other, I cannot tell you how much joy this brings me to see. I wish you great success in this effort, however small it might appear to be in the scheme of things.

Gratitude goes a long way.

My job puts me on the receiving end of a lot of gratitude, and I absolutely adore it. It's one of the main perks of the job. After experiencing it, I have become a lot more lavish in my praise, and frequently email people to thank them for their work. Most of them are very appreciative of it, especially when they make their work freely available.

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by nicbou »

DavidSJ wrote: post #67

On a few occasions I’ve called the phone number on a professional vehicle’s “how’s my driving?” bumper sticker to report the driver for good driving. It’s always a fun experience.

I often give drivers a thumbs up when they are careful around bikes. German drivers are especially wary of cyclists, and I'm often surprised by how constantly they look out for me.
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