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I’m looking for books ( or TV Shows) with a protagonist similar to Georgia "George" Lass from Dead Like Me.

She’s apathetic, cynical, and sarcastic. Stuck in a dead-end job, doesn’t really know what she wants from life or the future, and has basically no sense of direction. She doesn’t have friends, avoids people, and spends most of her time in her own head with internal monologues.

One line that really captures her mindset: “Experience has taught me that interest begets expectation, and expectation begets disappointment… so the key to avoiding disappointment is to avoid interest.”

What I find interesting is that, at the end of the day, all you really have are experiences and she actively avoids them.

So yeah I’m looking for that kind of detached, introspective, almost emotionally disconnected protagonist. Not really focused on afterlife themes, more on the personality and tone.

Any recommendations?

Hey everyone, this might be a bit off-topic, but I wanted to get your perspective...

I recently checked out a small company because I was considering working with them, and the whole setup raised some questions for me. I’m currently starting out in the tech field and was looking at this as a possible internship.

It was a very small operation, just two people in a room with multiple computers running at the same time. The idea was to use automation tools to perform repetitive tasks across several machines simultaneously.

From a technical perspective, it was interesting, since it involved coordinating actions across multiple systems. But the actual task they described felt off.

Basically, I was asked to use tools like OpenClaw / Claude-based automation to automate views on a YouTube playlist and also interact with ads when they appeared.

There was also a 10-day trial period, and I already did the first day this past Thursday. I later found out they had already cycled through a few people doing similar tasks.

Now I’m not sure if I’m overthinking this or if these are serious red flags.

Where do you draw the line with AI/automation? Would you continue with this or walk away?

edit: He also talked about creating a company registration, using his own portal to make it look like it had been operating for around two years, and using that to apply for a cultural grant.