Really it should have been “80s indie music for the youths” because this was also the year of Running Up That Hill. I fully expect my entire alterna-girl wardrobe/music/etc to make it onto Netflix in the next year. 

You’re not speaking out of turn at all. There is definitely a reason he became a bully, it’s actually pretty heartbreaking. But given that that’s true of most bullies, it makes it harder in some ways to walk away or to self-protect. My brother is in his 50s though, and at a certain point, you have to be responsible…

It can be tricky if your family is mostly great and it’s just one person who’s the asshole.

HMart and Woori Mart have passable fresh soondubu jjigaes. They both may also stock BCD Tofu House (restaurant chain) packaged soondubu kits:

Yeah, I use both of these and they work great, bags for meat, mason jars for things like egg bites, compotes, bitters/extracts/liquor infusions, or anything else liquidy.

Speaking of shows that disappeared from the collective consciousness, my top five Christmas episodes definitely includes Northern Exposure’s in which Maurice the resident conservative discovers his Korean family, Holling, the septuagenarian barkeep turns the local Unitarian church into a full-throttle Catholic mass…

Whenever the best tinned fish get too expensive, I always switch to mackerel, which seems to be the unloved stepchild of tinned fish, so it’s nearly always cheap. For the same reason, it’s my go-to for fish patties, since cooking ameliorates the smell.

The answer: Blair Waldorf.

Oh I use it all the time now. I make shredded salads, vegetable fritters, soups/stews, and lots of other things that require a bunch of prep. When I started upping my veg intake, my mandolin became a total kitchen champion. But I’d have kept it even if it was just my once-a-year cucumber slicer, because it completely…

I would add here that these kinds of kitchen fads might be somewhat embarrassing after the fad has passed and annoying to store for neurotypical people, but a lot of these kitchen items are a godsend for us neurodivergents.

Some of your examples are the reason I have two of my other “kitchen stuff” rules:

Wednesday, despite being much older from a creation POV, is  really the perfect Gen X role model for younger people obsessed with the 90s. 

Ouch. There’s osme damning with faint praise.

This is basically a deconstructed onigiri rice ball. For easy meal-on-the-go, use sticky rice, follow the recipe (optionally, you can season the rice with seasoned vinegar), but instead of furikake, mold the rice and tuna into a triangle and wrap in a seaweed wrapper such as this:

Air mattresses are a necessary evil for some, but if circumstances allow, I’m a big fan of instead getting a cot and cot-sized trifold foam mattress. They are much more comfortable, don’t leak, and store fairly well, though not as compactly as an air mattress. Totally worth it if you have a little extra space. 

Given that she starred in that horrifying Louis CK Woody-Allen-alike vehicle, I imagine that would be up there. 

Incredible.

Kicking & Screaming wasn’t bad. Though it’s very 90s. It’s basically non-shitty Singles. 

Nick Holt leaning into smarmy douchey asshole parts has been the Tony Stonem epilogue I never knew I needed. 

I feel like the caveat here should be vegetables that are nutritionally starches, like corn and peas. They are actually healthy, and if someone is eating a consistent variety, it’s not horrible to think of them as veg. But if they are the default vegetables, that’s not a great option.