Disability insurance should be the main point here. If you work with your hands and you want to insure that you get disability insurance that pays you out for missed wages if you can no longer use your hands because of a disability. There are many types and lots of fine print so it’s something that will need to be…

I just buy the store brand. They usually have sliced, whole and cubed and I keep a couple cans of sliced, one whole and one cubed because I never know what I’ll be making but they sure last longer than fresh at my house and are just as tasty. And a lot quicker.

that is so romantic!

i think this would rule with homemade yogurt.

THANK YOU. I hate this misconception that cats just want to be left alone. Cats are social creatures who happen to be ok being a little solitary. But they’re very loving and get very attached.

They don’t “feel guilty” when they do something wrong. 

There are a lot of people I don’t want to be around either (including most other people’s children), but they’re not barred from a restaurant because I want to go there.

If you want a pet that will be happy being left alone most of the time, get a cat rock.

If you want a pet that will be happy being left alone most of the time, get a cat.

The sin that should be #1 on this list: Stop taking your dog everywhere with you. Don’t take it to the grocery store, don’t take it to restaurant patios, don’t take it to a street festival, don’t take it anywhere that isn’t a park or a vet. And when you do take your dog somewhere, put it on a leash. There’s no valid…

“Pretending your dog is a person” or worse, pretending your dog is a infant human.

Entirely correct, but oof is it hard.

Good list - with one caveat. It’s your dog. Do not let your vet pressure you into treatments that will extend a life, when that life may be miserable. A friend of mine was convinced by a vet to treat their dog’s liver cancer with chemo. It cost a fortune, the dog was miserable, and it extended the dog’s life by maybe a…

I don’t buy everything at Walmart, but I do buy meat there and it’s often cheaper than other stores. I like being able to get some groceries, all of my household things and other stuff at once place and not pay a ton 

She’s been taking Wellbutrin/Bupropion for a few years now. I don’t know if it works for everyone, but her drive is stronger than it’s ever been, including the time before she took any meds. 

It doesn’t even have to be just a small town. Lots of cities have food deserts, where people who live in the poorer parts of town don’t have choices for where to buy groceries. Especially in areas where the cities are more spread out geographically and have little to no public transportation. You’re stuck going to the…

Agreed. “Organic” only restricts the types of pesticides and certain other chemicals that can be used; it has no other restrictions.  Factory farming can absolutely meet organic regulatory standards.

There’s type 6, too:

Organic food is always more expensive than the pesticide-laden, factory-farmed stuff

The dollar stores in the US do indeed carry smaller bags/boxes of munchies than big box grocery stores.