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(A2A - deleted attribution just in case.)I’ve been thinking over how to answer this, and the best advice I could come up with is, “Don’t be creepy, but be weird.”Yes, it’s a fine line. I’ve been that person making the faux pas (did I even use that phrase right?), or the awkward advances, or unintentionally convincing people I’m totally insane and plotting to murder them in my basement. Conversely, I’m often the one smoking in the corner all evening staring into a potted plant.TL;DR: Anxiety is the worst, but maybe you can learn from my mistakes.Don’t Be CreepyDon’t drink too much.You’re probably going to be nervous. If the munch is at a bar, alcohol is the answer to all of your problems! Until you have one or three drinks too many, make an ass of yourself, and no one wants to be seen with you ever again. Especially if you’re an anxious person, the correct number of drinks is 0–1.Don’t talk entirely about your fetish.It can be awesome to be around people that don’t hide the things they’re into. It’s so liberating! Time to talk about all the things YOU like! …Well, no. You have to listen as much (or more) than you talk, if you stick to one topic people may wonder whether your fetish is an obsession, and it can seem bizarre to have only sexual interests. When first getting to know people, it may be better to treat a fetish like any other hobby, and only go into lengthy detail with a fellow enthusiast or curious person who actively wants to hear more.Don’t treat people like sex objects (unless they ask.)You’re allowed to try to meet people and make connections with them… this is basically the point of a munch. Asking them to have sex the night you meet them, or fulfill your fetish, is often going to seem creepy. A good alternative is to attempt to exchange numbers, ask them their contact info on whatever social media you use locally, or ask them on a date. This allows them to say Yes, No, or counteroffer with “I would prefer sex now to a date tomorrow.”Don’t ask out everyone in sight.Be careful about only trying to connect romantically/sexually/fetishwise with the people you hit it off with the best. If you’re playing the “numbers game” hoping to get some experience with the first acceptable partner who says yes, you’ll just look creepy and desperate, and everyone will immediately know about it through the powerful gossip web which operates in sexual minority communities. See: me as an 18-year-old bisexual attempting to date women. *facepalm*Don’t scare the hell out of people.Fair or not, there are certain things that society associates with danger. For example, if you say, “I love knives! I collect them” to someone who hasn’t mentioned being a fan of knife play and/or a survival enthusiast. Try as you might to explain that the knives are optional, once someone thinks you want to literally wear their skin, it’s hard to build up that trust. I learned from that to start with “I’m into roleplaying and like edge play, and by the way, do you enjoy horror movies?”…But Be WeirdAdmit to your interests (or most of them)Going into detail about things that would gross out or terrify the average person? Not the best idea, as established. But if you never mention what you’re into at all, you’re never going to know that the person across from you (or their roommate’s sister’s cousin) is interested in the same thing. Even if someone doesn’t share enough of your fetishes to be compatible as a partner, they might make a good friend; being honest about sexuality is a good way to build up kink community street cred.Are you an outcast, weirdo, geek, certifiable, etc.?Good. BDSM munches are like the freaking Isle of Misfit Toys. Talk about your weird hobbies, the secrets that make you uncomfortable with the rest of humanity, or how your pet is your best friend and you’ll fit right in. If you belong to none of these categories, that will be bizarre in comparison, so they’ll sympathize with you being the odd one out.Wear whatever the hell you want.*People often strike up conversations based on what other people are wearing. If you want to blend in, figure out the dress code and only wear, e.g., costumes on costume night. If you want to be noticed, wear what you would to the best dream you ever had. Overdressed? Look like a freak? Own it and you’re a star, dahling. The kink scene loves people who are fearless.* - Note: Some events have actual dress codes, but munches don’t usually fall into this category (other than theoretically having shirt-and-shoe policies where valid.)Don’t be afraid to say “No.”Always stand up for your own boundaries, no matter how minor something seems/is made to seem, or you could run into trouble. Small mistakes or boundary violations can quickly escalate. BDSM while drinking/not sober? Bad idea, say “no” and keep saying it. Being touched by/being asked to touch someone who makes you uncomfortable? Whatever your age, gender, or inclination, if something is wrong and/or you don’t want to do it, don’t do it - even if that paints you as the villain somehow.Okay, hope this helps. Enjoy your Munch, ask before you spank anyone, and good luck meeting nice twisted people.

In 2010, IBM employed 105,000 workers in the U.S., a drop of 30,000 since 2003, and 75,000 people in India, an increase of 9,000 since 2003.Source: http://good.co/working-at/ibm and IBM - WikipediaIBM’s employee management practices can be traced back to its roots. In 1914, CEO Thomas J. Watson boosted company spirit by creating employee sports teams, hosting family outings, and furnishing a company band. In 1924, the Quarter Century Club, which recognizes employees with 25 years of service, was organized and the first issue of Business Machines, IBM’s internal publication, was published. In 1925, the first meeting of the Hundred Percent Club, composed of IBM salesmen who meet their quotas, convened in Atlantic City, New Jersey.IBM was among the first corporations to provide group life insurance (1934), survivor benefits (1935) and paid vacations (1937). In 1932 IBM created an Education Department to oversee training for employees, which oversaw the completion of the IBM Schoolhouse at Endicott in 1933. In 1935, the employee magazine Think was created. Also that year, IBM held its first training class for women systems service professionals. In 1942, IBM launched a program to train and employ disabled people in Topeka, Kansas. The next year classes begin in New York City, and soon the company was asked to join the President’s Committee for Employment of the Handicapped. In 1946, the company hired its first black salesman, 18 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 1947, IBM announced a Total and Permanent Disability Income Plan for employees. A vested rights pension was added to the IBM retirement plan.In 1952, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., published the company’s first written equal opportunity policy letter, one year before the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education and 11 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 1961, IBM’s nondiscrimination policy was expanded to include sex, national origin, and age. The following year, IBM hosted its first Invention Award Dinner honoring 34 outstanding IBM inventors; and in 1963, the company named the first eight IBM Fellows in a new Fellowship Program that recognizes senior IBM scientists, engineers and other professionals for outstanding technical achievements.On September 21, 1953, Thomas Watson, Jr., the company’s president at the time, sent out a controversial letter to all IBM employees stating that IBM needed to hire the best people, regardless of their race, ethnic origin, or gender. He also publicized the policy so that in his negotiations to build new manufacturing plants with the governors of two states in the U.S. South, he could be clear that IBM would not build “separate-but-equal” workplaces. In 1984, IBM added sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy. The company stated that this would give IBM a competitive advantage because IBM would then be able to hire talented people its competitors would turn down.IBM was the only technology company ranked in Working Mother magazine’s Top 10 for 2004, and one of two technology companies in 2005. On October 10, 2005, IBM became the first major company in the world to commit formally to not using genetic information in employment decisions. The announcement was made shortly after IBM began working with the National Geographic Society on its Genographic Project.IBM provides same-sex partners of its employees with health benefits and provides an anti-discrimination clause. The Human Rights Campaign has consistently rated IBM 100% on its index of gay-friendliness since 2003 (in 2002, the year it began compiling its report on major companies, IBM scored 86%). In 2007 and again in 2010, IBM UK was ranked first in Stonewall’s annual Workplace Equality Index for UK employers.The company has traditionally resisted labor union organizing, although unions represent some IBM workers outside the United States. In 2009, the Unite union stated that several hundred employees joined following the announcement in the UK of pension cuts that left many employees facing a shortfall in projected pensions.A dark (or gray) suit, white shirt, and a “sincere” tie was the public uniform for IBM employees for most of the 20th century. During IBM’s management transformation in the 1990s, CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. relaxed these codes, normalizing the dress and behavior of IBM employees to resemble their counterparts in other large technology companies. Since then IBM’s dress code is business casual although employees often wear formal clothes during client meetings.On 16 June 2011, the company announced a grants programs, called IBM100, to fund its employees participation in volunteer projects – the year long initiative is part of the company’s centenary celebrations.

Dress codeI have two or three pairs of identical business casual Lee pants in different colors for the office in winter. I have two pairs of lighter LL Bean pants, different color, for the summer, one on, one in the wash. I like the functionality of a fifth pocket for the comb and such. I have three pairs of identical Sketchers canvas shoes in different colors i wear at work. They are so much more breathable than leather and look semi-decent. I keep rotating the colors but don’t have to think about anything else.I wear my clothes until they literally break. Two pairs of my pants ripped at work when i bent over. I used duct tape to fix them. Another pair broke on my ass when i bent over to pick up a newspaper.I have 3 pairs of identical khaki cargo pants for casual occasions, again in 3 different colors. My sister says i dress like i was going to the jungle. Or like Mr. Bean.I have 5 pairs of identical sleeveless shirts, with different patters.I hate t-shirts (they stick to my back when sweaty) and blue jeans (they stay wet forever). Once someone approached my wearing my shirt and khakis in Philadelphia and said i can’t possibly be american.Two of my shirts from the same series:By the by, i don’t grin like an idiot when being photographed unless i’m truly happy or amused.I could wear the same color all the time but it doesn’t cost me too much to pick different colors and make NTs happy.I travel light, with one additional change of clothes. I usually carry an extra pair of underwear in case i soiled the other one. I wear white underwear so that i know it’s clean. Many NTs don’t want to know. I smell my armpits to see if the shirt is fresh. I have no problem doing it in the public but, since NTs don’t like it, i avoid it when it doesn’t inconvenience me too much.Back in the days when we had to wear ties to work, i wore my tie untied, hanging in two pieces from my neck. To me, it serves no purpose.When i was a child my mom said i could wear a belted potato sack, as long as it did not hamper my movement.I walk barefoot at home and often take off my shoes when seated at work. Shoes are to protect feet from extremes of temperature and sharp objects.ReligionI think a personal God either doesn’t exits or doesn’t intervene. I don’t waste my time on prayer and religion.Most people get the idea of God from their religious upbringing. I think it is irrational to assume that the religion one was accidentally born into, or raised in, is the one true religion (as different religions don’t “teach the same thing.”).A cartoon i drew:I find the notion of vain God requiring worship, carrot-and-stick God rewarding the “righteous” and punishing the “wicked,” intervening God responding to prayers, quite ridiculous.The concept of God that tells people what to wear and what to eat is progressively more ridiculous.The next step would be God requiring ritual sacrifices, human sacrifices, etc.But i avoid challenging the beliefs of others unless i think they do harm to individuals or the society, or i think the person is hypocritical.But my secular God tells me to be good and contribute to the society.I think a difference between a human and a chimpanzee is quantitative not qualitative. A person only preoccupied with food, sex, shelter and using more or less sophisticated tools, whether it is a shovel or a computer, never goes beyond the level of a super-chimpanzee. Maybe the abstract thinking, art, and poetry make us a bit different.IntelligenceI disagree with some opinions here that Apies are inherently smarter. However, i think we can do more with our IQ as we can focus better.When i was 7 i knew chemical formulas of many compounds. When i was 10-12 i was memorizing various alkaloids and their source and properties. My favorite book was an encyclopedia, including in french i did not speak. But i sill remember what false morel mushrooms are called in french.I remember pi to 10 decimal places: 3.141592654…I can recite long poems i learned in childhood.When my college roommates were getting shitfaced or trying to get laid, i wrote programs to produce fractals:After all, i thought, girls will be all over me when they see my fractals.Dating and love lifeWatch the movie Adam, the story of my life:Adam (2009 film) - WikipediaOr read The Rosie Project:The Rosie Project - WikipediaThe protagonist’s wish list could as well be my wish list: "A questionnaire! ...to filter out the time wasters, the disorganized, the crystal gazers, the horoscope readers, the fashion obsessives, the religious fanatics, the vegans, the sports watchers, the creationists, the smokers, the scientifically illiterate, the homeopaths, leaving, ideally, the perfect partner." "People can tell you the supposed characteristics of a Gemini but can't find the interest to learn what they, as humans, are made up of." "I never watch sports. Ever. The reasons are obvious. Or should be obvious to anyone who values their time." "You'd better not let me down," said Rosie. "I'm expecting constant craziness."I find high heels, fancy panties/knickers, and makeup as sexy as a barrel of sauerkraut. I consider high heels anatomically incorect pointed shoes instruments of torture. I have zero fascination with mammary glands but find the brain endlessly fascinating.I often don’t understand women but i know i can please them or placate them by giving them reproductive organs of certain plants, such as of the genus Rosa.My dating disasters would fill a book. But some very smart women like my company.EntertainmentI’m very jealous of my time.I don’t watch TV. I watch some shows on DVD or Netflix.I have zero interest in spectator team sports. I don’t consider them just a waste of time but a waste of life.I don’t listen to most popular music. I like music that has melody not repeated rhythm. Listen to a lot of world music and movie themes. I use the whistle test. If i can’t whistle it i won’t like it.The movies i watch typically don’t make top 7 at the box office.I read voraciously, write, paint, and invent. I read mostly non-fiction as fiction is, by definition, a bunch of lies. However, recently i warmed up to some fiction as long as it contains some good technical, ethnological, or historical information.Time well-spent is learning something new. Time best-spent is creating something new.I spend a lot of time outdoors and by myself.So the benefit is, from my standpoint, that i don’t waste time and don’t need a wide circle of friends to keep me entertained.DietI don’t dine out much. I don’t like waiting, being served, tipping. I like some authentic ethnic food.I cook simple meals for myself. The same stuff each week, but different on a different day. One day wheat-free pizza i top myself with prosciutto crudo di Parma, next day grass-fed steak with buckwheat and veggies, grilled-cheese sandwiches, kale soup.I don’t drink soda or anything with sugar, corn syrup, or artificial sweetener. I don’t eat hot dogs, burgers, other junk, avoid ground beef.I avoid refined starchy foods, white bread, bagels, “enriched” wheat flour. I like whole-grain rye.I used to study food nutritional value tables for fun when i was in 8th grade.I’m trying to make sure food production did not involve poor treatment of animals or people involved in production and distribution.I don’t go shopping for food unless i pass the store for some other reason. I know exactly what i want and get it quickly.I don’t waste food. I get a conniption shit fit when i see food wasted.