The only thing I ever ask for is that the dividing line be relatively clear. Give me a ‘and now, time for the recipe,’ sentence then an actual recipe.

So you’re saying DON’T use a rando website to seriously estimate the value of what is likely the most expensive thing you own . . . interesting.

Fun article, but I feel like the problem is anyone who needs convincing isn’t going to be convinced by any kind of reason. They are having an emotional reaction to something that isn’t about them, and it’s very hard to change that with any sort of discussion.

My guess is they are offended by your awful attitude, not which pronoun you picked. I screw up all the time (I’m an old working with a university) no one has ever done anything worse than politely tell me what they prefer and then I adopt their preferred word.

In the case of those first couple of issues, the question isn’t ‘how to deal with relatives who disregard your parenting,’ it’s ‘how to explain to children why a relative is no longer in your lives,’ with links to articles on conspiracy theories and their interplay with mental illness.

I feel like the actual lesson here isn’t ‘don’t,’ do it, but ‘pay attention.’ 

This taboo really needs to die. It’s uncomfortable, I agree, but we have an insanely lopsided and unjust system and it is supported by a lot of strange issues around money. This keeps Americans unaware of just how messed up the system is, strange inherited views about the ‘American Dream,’ keep us believing everyone…

I’m not sure the primary problem with this was that the rest of the ‘leadership,’ in Texas was going to have to work a few extra hours, especially since there’s a zero percent chance that Ted has more than a couple hours a day booked that aren’t handled by interns.

Maybe I’m wasteful, and I don’t like to flaunt my wealth, but I’m rolling high enough to chuck a dollar’s worth of spoiled milk then pay for a three dollar container of butter milk.

Open blinds in the day take advantage of any sun, assuming you have windows facing that way. At night close all curtains, drapes, and blinds to add insulation to your windows.

A lot of people have those smallish camp generators. Mine won’t run the house, but it’ll power a couple space heaters if this were to happen where I live. 

Ah yes, you have to be careful how you handle the valves on stringed instruments. 

One recommendation. It sounds like you tried this, but a lot of parents don’t. Actually learn to do whatever activity they are interested in.

Turn them in. That’s the brilliance of the fines. No need to discuss it. We’re almost a year into these measures, there are signs everywhere, if you are violating mask rules it’s not an accident. I’m going to harness my inner Karen/privilege and find the first person I think can write them a ticket and laugh to myself…

I’m a millennial but I’m about to go hardcore boomer.

To me it’s mostly about whether or not you chose to be a public figure. Celebrity isn’t a new thing, and if you want your achievements lauded on that level, you’re going to get derision on that level. The price of having a huge number of people interested in you is they don’t just show up for the good days. I’d agree…

Bullet journal beats the lot. A dotted or gridded notebook only costs a couple bucks, they can be reorganized into any format you like, and adapt well when something weird comes up in your life (for instance all your classes go online suddenly due to a pandemic) it adapts instantly. Not to mention the process of…

Bullet journal beats the lot. A dotted or gridded notebook only costs a couple bucks, they can be reorganized into…

I am saying this sincerely, not meaning it snarkily in the slightest. If it’s honestly difficult for you to say ‘actually it’s pronounced [blank],’ when speaking with someone, you might want to at least look into social anxiety issues. They are absolutely real, there is no shame in having them, and you can absolutely…

Not for nothing, but it seemed incredibly clear to me the point of the article wasn’t to let people trashing others online off the hook, it was to point out that doing this is also douchie.