I get really nasty infected ingrown hairs if I go the removal route so I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t. So I opt the for the damning that doesn’t involve pus.

Yesterday I shoved my hands under the dryer in a gas station bathroom and a little girl waiting to use the toilet jumped an inch in the air and put her hands over her ears. I felt like a real jerk.

This has nothing to do with kids but I once lost a ring down an auto-flush toilet and I’m still pissed about it. I liked that ring enough that I was pushing up my sleeves to go in after it when WHOOSH bye bye ring.

Time for everyone to school you about why you should eat like they do.

I have one question for the people who insist it’s not about racism, but “cultural pride” or whatever: why are you so proud of treason and losing?

I’m a cat person and you do something similar when you introduce a new cat to the household. Seems like a good idea all around.

When I was a child, my parents kept the ice cream rock hard and openly mocked me for letting my serving soften up a lot before eating it. When I found a newspaper interview with a professional ice cream taster who said he did the same because too-cold ice cream numbs the taste buds, I practically rubbed it in my…

I loved the one where this is repeated over and over and set to Depeche Mode’s Just Can’t Get Enough.

Good call. I made the mistake of using Pinterest to collect aromatherapy diffuser blends because I like mixing my own household scents. Now my Pinterest feed is all bullshit, all the time. “Lemon EO cures diabetes! Basil cures PTSD! Leave baking soda paste on your legs for 48 hours and the hair will be gone…

Based solely on this, I like your dad.

This reminds of me of the pre-email trend of glitter confetti in letters and cards that went everywhere when you opened them. I’m glad that’s over because the mess always pissed me off.

My mom lives in an eclipse town and local media is exhorting her to purchase several days worth of gas and groceries. I considered driving down to her place but decided against when I imagined all the traffic on the rural highway we call “the goatpath.” No thanks. And now the area is socked in with wildfire smoke that…

I obviously don’t know the motivation for selecting this text. But as an educator, I’m picturing a 60-something professor who’s “always” used this text is too lazy to review and select a new one. This is the same professor who needs an IT specialist on hand to use the document camera (they use that because they never…

Me, when I realized my straight-out-of-Footloose cousin’s intended was Catholic and her family was running the wedding show: “Thank God. At least there will be booze and dancing.”

Probably not the intent, but this will at least be a good way to spot who reads an article before commenting.

As an instructor using that approach, it’s more fun for teachers as well. Guiding students through practical exercises is why more enjoyable than talking at them for 50 minutes.

Thank you for your answer. I try to get along with the people around me and make an effort to use the language to describe them that they would prefer.

Serious question: is it bad etiquette or otherwise shitty to note when a trans person is better looking as their chosen gender than they were as their assigned-at-birth gender?

It happens because it feels better to believe bad shit happens for a good reason instead of knowing you could be minding your own business and be maimed/killed for no reason.