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Oh no, that's awful. It seems like so many people here struggle with sleep... :( And you're fine, really. My brain feels foggy so it's hard to figure out what to say.
There aren't actually enough of them to detect or police any crime that isn't a nail on conviction by the CPS. When I've been a victim of crime, I've gotten no help, just a report followed by being bombarded by customer feedback satisfaction forms. They go after easy to win stuff where people have made a mistake, and ignore anything that would take too much effort, unless it's high profile that is. I used to be privvy to the crime stats and I've never seen such a contrived and clearly spun set of statistics. All measured in different ways so you can't compare.
It was part of my job to produce info graphics for all sorts of things. Stats often came in via Freedom of Information but also the data we received was usually spun to fit an agenda, so it was provided in order to do that. I had to re-source the data, make it all comparable, go back x number of years to identify a broader pattern, note any inconsistencies in record or methodology then reframe the data more realistically.
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It was part of my job to produce info graphics for all sorts of things. Stats often came in via Freedom of Information but also the data we received was usually spun to fit an agenda, so it was provided in order to do that. I had to re-source the data, make it all comparable, go back x number of years to identify a broader pattern, note any inconsistencies in record or methodology then reframe the data more realistically.
LOL no it was insane. News media. Never knew what I'd be doing from one moment to the next. Had to juggle all sorts of weird shit from the serious to the comical, all at the same time. Weirdest job I ever did. And all to a 9am deadline, at least in the early years.
No need to be nervous bud. It's not much different than just shooting the shit like we are currently. But with a little Holiday talk thrown into the mix as well.
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No need to be nervous bud. It's not much different than just shooting the shit like we are currently. But with a little Holiday talk thrown into the mix as well.
I'm not back, not fully gone either. I log in about once a month mainly to respond to PMs. A bunch of SSers might have gotten amyloid plaque buildup and tau protein deposits around their brain cells without me around in public, but I'm just too busy with other crap in life.
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