I just can’t eat with students. I can’t stand the sound of smacking, or seeing chewed up food in someone’s mouth... I’m not mad at kids for doing that, because they’re little and don’t know better, but it makes me queasy.

I worked at a Japanese steakhouse while I was in college and they would make this huge staff meal, we’d all eat at like 4, clean the place up, then open at 5. From 5-midnight, you simply did not stop. Not for 5 minutes. It was insane. I made good money, but it was unsustainable.

Oh, lunch breaks.

Yes it does, especially because western Oregon has some of the highest pollen counts in the country in the summer. But meth is such a problem here that pseudoephedrine is now prescription-only. Any time I go out of state, I buy some. Thanks, meth heads!

actually it’s easier to get birth control than Sudafed in Oregon. Sudafed is prescription-only, from a doctor, not the pharmacist.

What’s a nubian?

“toned” is a stupid word. So is “long lean muscles” and “sculpted”.

See, in western Oregon we don’t have any of that pretty stuff in winter. Clear skies, starry days, auroras, polar bears? LOL. Rain, clouds, rain, rain, rain, and more rain. Starry skies and pretty snow would be lovely. We just get clouds, rain, mud, moss, and mold.

I really hate how hard they work to trick you into paying for extra things like “seat selection”and how you have to pay for carry-on bags. And the seats don’t recline and you can’t even get a cup of water for free.

That’s basically the show right there.

Mulder: I’m gonna do the thing.

yes, and there IS a difference, despite what people who have never set foot in either place seem to believe.

I was born in SC and lived there for 35 years. I hate most representations of “southerners” on tv. I can’t think of a single one I like, except for Tom Haverford of Parks and Rec, and that’s because Aziz is ACTUALLY FROM Bennetsville.

Usually those policies are so the school doesn’t get sued if Johnny shares his peanut butter sandwich with Suzy, who is allergic to peanuts. Or when Sneauflaykke’s mom has a fit that her friend gave her a cookie that wasn’t organic-fair-trade-vegan-crueltyfree.

Hmm... the kiddo was around 8 or 9 when he was in my class around 2004-2005 or so. It’s been a while, so I don’t remember exactly.

I had a student named Anakin one year. How can you NOT make an assumption about that name? That’s practically begging for your child to grow up to be an evil murderer. Just sayin.

fellow plebian here. I despise all wines except very sweet ones. I’m happy to be lowbrow.

Oh yeah, they’d been out for a while, but it still wasn’t a horrible present, especially if the recipient didn’t have/couldn’t afford one.

what. the. fuck.

I wouldn’t give a microwave as a gift today, but when they first came out they were fucking expensive! I remember the first one my parents bought. It was huge and ugly and they saved up forever for it.