The guy in charge of letting people in to one of the most prestigious universities in America is overworked? The hell you say! (That's supposed to be read as friendly, not actually incredulous)
For real, it's not like job applications where a lot of folks just cut the pile in half and toss them, then cut it in half again and toss them (yeah, I've seen managers do that for jobs with high application rates). They've got folks going through just checking that the admission was properly submitted, another layer making sure the people who properly submitted are qualified, then they're weighted to toss out any that fall below a certain percentage of qualification. Then the dean makes decisions. And they're still probably way overworked.
Something like this got tossed out by the lowest possible level and that person wouldn't even have the authority to write anything except a standard form letter that gets signed with an autopen.
I lied on mine until the day I no longer had to. Because I hadn't lied I wouldn't have gotten the jobs that I was qualified for.
Now if I want a different job I call up one of the head hunters that's been trying to get me to come work for their client. And that's the ONLY reason I don't lie on it anymore. I'll lie to a damn company in a heartbeat.
The problem is that the second you responded to something like that you'd be buried in copycats the next year all hoping to go viral. So you've made your job more difficult or burnt bridges on the way out the door.
If I could go back to 27 I'd take the interesting job. I've done both but waited until my late 30s to really spread my wings. I did a whole bunch of cool things that I wish I had done 10 years earlier so that I wouldn't mind settling into a more boring thing later.
I have the K10 Pro. The K series are great keyboards. Right now mine is mostly stock (red switches, and I changed out WASD even though I don't really do computer gaming because it reminds me of my misspent youth) because every week I decide on a different switch and keycap combination. Last week I wanted black and purple with super loud clickity clacks. The week before I wanted something silent in light grey, dark grey, and red. Today I was thinking about getting vintage looking typewriter caps.
I think those keycaps look fantastic. Enjoy the new job and keyboard! Congrats on both!
Buc-ees (a Texas gas station chain) has been expanding beyond Texas recently. I've driven all over the US and have never seen anything quite like them anywhere else. The gas is cheap, they have their worker salaries posted (and are way above what other similar places pay), they're incredibly clean, their bathrooms are huge and immaculate, they have restaurant quality food, halfway decent barbecue, a whole home goods/apparel section, a huge variety of snacks, and a load of merchandise (from rocking chairs to roto molded coolers to huge grills and smokers).
It is part of the state identity. With the expansion I bet it will become part of the southeastern regional identity. And if you're near one it's worth stopping at.
Depending on your definition of laid back, maybe Dredge? You can run through it in probably 10ish hours if you're just trying to complete it. But if you want to see everything, relax, and fish you can stretch that to 30 pretty easily (it's claimed you can do it in 16-17 but I've spent 30 just hanging out and fishing and I don't have it all yet because of the relaxed pace I set).
The stressful parts never really felt stressful to me. Very little is timed. At its core it is an inventory management fishing game with a couple of jump scares. Plays well on the deck.
Otherwise, Stardew Valley like others have suggested.
The guy in charge of letting people in to one of the most prestigious universities in America is overworked? The hell you say! (That's supposed to be read as friendly, not actually incredulous)
For real, it's not like job applications where a lot of folks just cut the pile in half and toss them, then cut it in half again and toss them (yeah, I've seen managers do that for jobs with high application rates). They've got folks going through just checking that the admission was properly submitted, another layer making sure the people who properly submitted are qualified, then they're weighted to toss out any that fall below a certain percentage of qualification. Then the dean makes decisions. And they're still probably way overworked.
Something like this got tossed out by the lowest possible level and that person wouldn't even have the authority to write anything except a standard form letter that gets signed with an autopen.
It's an entertaining fake, but definitely a fake.