I flew Northwest but sorry “best airline” is only because you’ve never flown KLM. There are airlines better than KLM but they tend to be a bit more specialized.

Delta flew a friend of mine from China to the US without LIGHTS. When he complained they gave him a $50 dollar voucher. I have an equally horrible Delta story on my first flight with them (I tend to fly airlines that go out of business: TWA, Northwest, PanAm... so I somehow managed to never fly delta despite being a…

Everyone is saying carry on space is the reason but I wait till the absolutely last minute to board, rarely check my bags and since I gave up rolling carry-ons have never had to gate check. My secret? This bag:

Your brother sounds like an ass who is picking fights. If it’s not in line of sight why does he care?

I had the copper IUD and my periods actually got lighter.

A lot of culture outsides of the US frown upon women putting things in their vagina (including tampons) that aren’t a penis. Additionally, moon cups and menstrual cups in general depend on having somewhat clean, and parasite free tap water to rinse them off in . In general, when things dry fully they’re clean,…

THANK YOU! I feel like context CAN matter - if you steal a loaf of bread because you’re starving to death that is not the same as stealing an equivalent cost of beer cause you wanted to party and you’re not yet 21. If a kid mouths off in class, and the kid has been generally well behaved but you know they just lost a…

This is a false counterpoint, since the other part of konmari is to bring less stuff into your space in the first place. If you buy ribbon it’s about buying as much ribbon as you need and can use in a reasonable space in time. I live in a small space too, so when I have to buy something like wrapping paper, I pick a…

You can also try telling your mom thank you for her gifts but you’d much rather she give the money to charty x in your name moving forward than spend it on coke stuff. Or whatever.

I wrote about this upthread, but I read her vertical folding technique and felt like I needed a storage solution for my undies, socks and bras (to subdivide my drawers because I like having one type of item per drawer). I googled it and realized I could “find” the solution for free using card board I stole from my…

This isn’t true for everyone, but I’d say it’s true for *most* people. I read a book once that said if you’re life is too cluttered with what is you don’t have space for what can be. I thought it was new age fluffiness but I got rid of a ton of crap and things that I wanted came into that space. And by “things” I…

Make him read this book seriously. I read her book and I found it useful , especially her vertical folding style for clothes:

I was like 25 before I realized that the Goonies took place in Astoria, OREGON and not in queens. I just sort of assumed there were huge cliffs somewhere on the East River. I’m from east of Flushing to avoid doxxing myself, but I live north of Jackson Heights now. I go to your farmers market a lot.

Are you from Queens too? Or is there another Astoria Boulevard in the world?

Seriously “they’ve never been in trouble before” is the same reason why clean cut, white guys from “good families” get a pass on serious crimes, while “thuggish” looking kids of color with single moms get the book thrown at them for minor offenses.

But they’re not outstanding kids. They’re two kids who are good at sports, they’re outstanding at the sports they played. Maybe these two kids were also generally great kids, but being all conference doesn’t make you an outstanding kid. You’re effectively saying that because the guys are good at sports the rules…

Does this school not have lockers?I am not sure why they couldn’t just stow their dress shirts in their lockers or ask for special permission. I went to Catholic School but my sister went to a public school with a uniform (yes they exist even in the US) and well rules are rules. The only authorized exceptions were…

Ok that makes more sense and actually my favorite thing to do is to choke those guys out. I’m youngish and regularly get my ass handed to me by a woman 20+ years my senior. And your point is fair.

I kind of take issue with “the men are stronger: it’s just biology” because... well it’s true (if we’re talking brute strength lifting things). Women have less muscle mass as a proportion of body weight than your average dude. Women are also more flexible. This doesn’t mean that any given woman is necessarily weaker…

It’s free if you buy something from Ikea...