The last apartment I had, the landlord at some point had put very rough outdoor quartz tiles in the kitchen. They were porous and had crevices everywhere so were impossible to keep clean. Our routine became vacuuming for regular cleaning, mopping any sticky spots when needed, and getting on our hands and knees once a year to scrub the tile with soap and brushes. It was the only way to actually clean the tile and the tile would change colors every time we did it. Did I mention that this tile has been installed over 3 more layers of flooring? Classic landlord special apartment.

I remember watching that series and thinking how crazy it is that maybe 3 events in toy history massively affected everything else to come for all toys. You watched those 3 episodes and all the others after that included something about how they were related to the other 3. Except for Hello Kitty. That was like its own special episode all to itself.

I feel you. I weirdly did have vegetables and things growing up, but my mom self admittedly hates cooking. So most of what we ate consisted of casseroles made up of things dumped out of a can and any veggies likely also came from a can and we’re heated up on the stove. She also over cooked all the meat to make sure people wouldn’t get sick. So all the veggies were bland and mushy and all the meat was dry as fuck. I’ll never forget the first time I ate fresh pineapple at my inlaws house and it was one of the best things I ever tasted. I’m pretty good at cooking now and I’ve managed to help my mom improve in all ways as well. She now uses a meat thermometer that I got her for Christmas. I cooked her some fresh broccoli in a pan with salt, pepper, and garlic powder and she loved it and started making hers that way instead of boiling it. Baby steps, but we’re making progress.

They are. They’re called “conferences” and they’re typically of a bullshit subject matter your company is interested in enough to send you to.

For me, someone who uses a Mac for work but still has to use the office environment, it goes something like this:

Google the issue

Google the issue + office for Mac

Find a forum about the exact issue I’m having

Loads of people commenting having the same issue

Expert answers and says “That feature is not available for Macs at this time. How about you post it as a suggestion for the devs at this link here>>>”

Post is minimum 3 years old and there’s still no solution.

Gee thanks.

Have you never gone somewhere a bit remote where you can’t just buy everything you need? Have you ever gone on a trip that required special clothing like a nice suit or dress? Do you not have kids? Do you not have medical equipment? Etc… These are all legitimate reasons to need more items than a personal bag can hold. While it’s certainly possible for some circumstances to only bring a wallet, it simply doesn’t apply to most travel situations. Try to put yourself in the shoes of others every now and then.

Not my chair not my problem that’s what I always say

I miss shittymorph 😢

12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American pride, Canyonero!

I was going to say… Replace BlueCross with Elevance Health and stick Gail Boudreaux in there instead. Anthem just decided to start putting a time cap on anesthesia which is considered dangerous universally by anesthesiologists everywhere. You know… To prevent over billing of anesthesia and definitely not for more profit.

I’ve read this book and it’s actually hilarious. Like intentionally. Highly recommend.

You could do this for a number of characters that have a trademark favorite food.

Garfield - lasagna

Cookie Monster - Cookies

Bugs Bunny - Carrot

Bart Simpson - Butterfinger

Liz Lemon - Doughnuts?

James Bond - Vodka Martini shaken not stirred

Scooby Doo - Scooby Snacks

Shaggy - also Scooby Snacks

Pooh Bear - Honey

SpongeBob - Krabby Patty

Etc etc etc…

You have to be more specific with kids sometimes. Remember that they’re having to learn all the basic things about language we already know. I remember when my little brother was a toddler and he was playing with the flippy lid on my uncle’s garbage can. My uncle yelled “Steven! Get your butt outta my garbage can!” My brother looked at him confused and looked back at the can and started flipping it again. My uncle yelled at him again with the same response and then asked my mom why he won’t listen. My mom then said “Steven, take your hands out of the garbage can.” And he immediately understood what that meant and stopped doing it.

RIP Double Decker taco 😢

I didn’t interpret this as it’s bad to make people come to the office that physically need to be there or that it’s judging them for not taking PTO. I interpreted this as a cringe showboat where they try to show how cool it is to be in the office and everyone should love being in the office. The commentnand response at the bottom about the open floorplan say it all.

I decided during COVID to try to work on my health in whatever way I could get to stick. And I think flossing was my most successful endeavor. I did 2 things that really helped me ease into the habit: 1) I bought a water pik 2) I thought about what it is that keeps me from flossing and I let those things go. So I started off just using the water pik. I did that for about a year and sometimes I would forget, but I’d just hop back on it next time. Just doing this alone helped me to physically feel the difference in my mouth and after a bit, I didn’t like how it felt if I forgot. After about a year I started using floss and this brings me to the things I needed to let go. I needed to learn how to use floss properly, but growing up poor, I would often get in trouble for using too much of something including floss. But some of my teeth are tight and I need a longer piece to get enough leverage. I also don’t like being wasteful and didn’t like using longer pieces especially since it’s plastic waste. I decided to let all of those things go and just use big ass pieces of floss so I could learn how to do it properly. This helped a ton and over time as I got better, I used the water pik less and less and now primarily use floss every night. And now that I’ve learned how, I can use smaller pieces and also have switched to a more environmentally friendly floss. I would say this process took me about 2 years, but I don’t have issues at the dentist anymore like bleeding gums or metal tools jabbing at me. It’s made a big difference and helped me to look at other problems in a similar light: what’s stopping me from doing this and how can I remove those barriers?

While that is true, there are 2 things to unpack here: 1. Typically housing is zoned in different locations to businesses so this has no correlation. 2. This map is so big that none of those stores are actually in Chicago. They are all in the suburbs and it would literally take you 1.5 - 3 hours to get from the southern most one to the northern most one. They’re all a lot farther apart than you may realize.

I just want a picture of a got dang hotdog!

Can we start with the rich?

This made me laugh an unreasonable amount. I needed this after everything. Thank you.