Yeah, I actually have pretty sensitive teeth, so I actually get the "please nothing too crunchy" part, just not the calling it an allergy part. That makes zero sense. It can be so painful, though I totally get her bringing it up just... Dude, say anything too hard makes your teeth hurt, it isn't hard to explain.

Well,I can tell you that when I saw the screenshot of the dog I said "yay! Newfie!" out loud to my empty house, so it can't be all that bad.

You're totally right, actually making it? Easy as pie. Getting ready? Pain in the ass. Not hard, just pain in the ass.

Homemade ketchup is the SHIT. It isn't even that hard to make. Though given that it shows just how lazy I am that I love it and it's easy but I almost never get off my ass and actually make it.

I now want to buy that bed just for the quick and easy bed making.

That made my evening. Thank you so much.

I had a friend who used to say "ugh, the dog's been bobbing for tootsie rolls again" when she would see the litter box had been, erm... Pillaged. Even thinking about her saying that now is making me giggle.

I think in a lot of ways this comes down to one of those "here is the list of flags, if you've checked more than one, be wary." You sound like the kind of person where if you DID end up clicking with someone online you'd take it into offline life relatively quickly, so your lack of online presence might make someone…

I heard a great response to this, when the inevitable "we'll, don't keep private stuff on your phone!" came up she answered. "OK, keep that in mind when I hack your bank password off your phone, take all your money and hand it out to random redditors. Because that's what happened. They stole those images from her and…

Oh totally, that's the unfair/tricky part. You don't want to assume your customers don't know what they're doing but... well... sometimes they don't. You're kind of walking that line of trying to make sure they get it but not being a dick about it.

I think the tricky part there is to try to head it off at the pass rather than trying to explain at the point where they've already gotten the meal. If you had said what you did while they were ordering they wouldn't have already been in the "what the hell is this??" mindset. It isn't really fair to you as the server,…

That is kind of awesome. How did you answer? Because I think I would say without thinking "You're... allergic to fire?"

I don't think that was overreacting at all. Even taking away everything you already knew, it's still a perfect response to a dickish, passive aggressive comment. You didn't send a three page rant ripping him a new one, you agreed with him it was a bad idea (though not for the same reason) then told him to get bent,…

I don't think it's just because you're short. I'm tall-ish and I have similar issues. If I don't recline at least a little bit then my back starts to scream and if the flight is long enough one of my legs starts to go to sleep.

Aww, you're welcome!

Yeah, it absolutely can be awkward, and it can take a little while for that to wear off. It can be really hard having your flaws exposed to the light of day that way. But that's kind of when you learn the true mettle of your friends. If they can get over the embarrassment of being called out, and really think about…

Like, if your idiot friend says something ignorant in a group, I'm sure everyone awkwardly laughs and changes the subject. Hell no. You guys need to look at them and say flatly: "Wow, that was racist." Most decent people will immediately back track. Some people aren't decent, however.

I've thought about this too, and I think it basically comes down to the fact that racism, at it's core, is really ridiculous and has no real justification. There are good people and not so great people from all corners of the world in every shape, size, and color.

I will say I don't think you need to drop the friend off the bat, but you do need to confront this. You need to tell her you're unfriending her from Facebook because her posts are racist and they make you uncomfortable. If she says something shitty you need to say "That wasn't cool. Don't say that." If she shapes up,…

Agreed. I think there are places where the comparison is apt- say, how much is sucks cleaning poop out of the carpet, or food getting everywhere, the kinds of things where dogs and babies really do pull similar shenanigans. There are other comparisons that just don't match up, and if pet owners really think they do in…