Well that explains why my daily ice baths aren't working o.O

I know, it was a good question and Medieval life was interesting- that's why I answered with some info and numbers and stuff. Apologies if I sounded terse, it's possible my humours are out of balance.

BRB, taking an ice bath to calm my levels of yellow bile and assuage my choleric spirit.

Sometimes a nursing mom just really wants a White Russian but all she has is Kahlua and an old bottle of vodka in the freezer. Gotta make do, you know?

Speaking for myself, here.

They drank beverages with a lower alcohol content (2-3%) and unless they were rich, they watered it down much further.

And didn't the infant mortality rate in the Middle Ages (1300-1700 CE when people drank more alcoholic beverages than plain water) range from 25%-50%...? Not like doctors were examining all those…

Not judging the neighbors or saying they were wrong, just pointing out how horrifying it must have been for Shaneka Thompson. To not only be the victim of such a violent crime but also come so close to dying alone while surrounded by people who hear you screaming and either can't or won't come to help... her…

I can't imagine how terrifying it must have been for this woman to have been gut shot in her own home, muster the strength to get to her balcony and scream that she had been shot and didn't want to die, then to bang on a neighbor's door and beg for someone to open the door and help her while she bled out onto the…

Your neighbors are being negligent. The dog is in danger and is a danger to others. Not even talking about potential biting or destroying other peoples' porchly goods- if the pup is in the street and chasing cars, the dog is going to lose that battle and soon. Or a child on a bicycle is going to lose when the dog…

Don't worry about it, I mix them up too. Can't tell you how many times I've caught someone breaking the law and immediately placed them under friend request.

Checked Google Maps and it is a 1 min drive or a 4 minute walk (across a smallish road). Pretty darn close and walkable.

The bigger mystery to me is why they didn't just go to the Hard Rock casino instead. If you're gonna break the rules, go nuts and let your students hit the slots! Whoever wins the most money has to…

A friend gave me a giant bag of delicious sour hard candies and some lemon candy canes, been eating them nonstop and now my tongue is all sore and burny. It hurts.

Can I cure this by eating more of the candy- YES/NO?

Doubt there are many of them actually in law enforcement because the Oath Keepers are considered an anti-government/militia organization and that doesn't go over well in most agencies. Ex-police or randos who failed out of the academy but still call themselves cops? I'm sure they're all over it. And maybe a few people…

Stick a toothbrush in me, I'm done.

Which one? Frein, Holley, Cole...? I'm in Bundy Ranch territory where the Miller shootings are still fresh so personally, yes, I remember all those people. White survivalist "sovereign" militia nuts are scary as shit.

But yeah, bring those names up and prepare for blank stares/silence 99% of the time. Guess it would be…

This makes me laugh every time I scroll past it. Thank you.

Yeah. Finding tall-sized clothes is such a pain in the ass and I have to do 90% of it online. Long shipping times, the frustration of exchanging/returning items and having to wait for a replacement that usually sucks even more than the original, plus eating the S&H costs over and over has worn me down. Given up on…

Kept them. I'm willing to overlook all sorts of grossness for clothes that are long enough. Would probably draw the line at bloodstains. Probably.

Well when you put it that way, I'd definitely take a little cat fur over mice using my future clothes to make little rodent forts (or whatever it is that mice do with pants).

In fact, from now on I'm going to assume all new clothes are covered in mouse pee unless they come with a few cat hairs and the following…

I get how the disconnect happens. When people order clothes then return them and those items are resold online, the stores have to crisply refold everything and maybe steam some creases back in, then reseal them in plastic- it really does give the illusion of newness.

That's why the cat hair pants threw me. VS obv…

*Sneezes while rooting around shelves at the VS warehouse, grabs the nearest pair of clean looking panties to dab nose, places them neatly back into a plastic bag and drops them in a box with the rest of your order*

You're good to go!

But seriously I recently got a pair of gym pants from VS online, the pants were still…

"Don't worry, I lit some sage and smudged that Tazorac before I used it."

*pours Listerine into a flask, smiles serenely*