The gas is terribly funny to my inner-child so I don’t mind.

If you’re in a busy place like a store or a restaurant, particularly one that is in a tourist area, don’t bother trying to speak the language - the primary goal is economic efficiency and if they speak English, trying to speak the language can come across as more performative than anything.

1. extra shirt
2. deodorant
3. book or magazine
4. sleep mask
5. noise-canceling headphones

100% disagree.  Don’t be a dick about it, but it really is one of the easiest ways to get customer service attention if you don’t have a few hours to spend on hold.

Hm, I’m sorry if that’s what you took from it because that’s rather scorched earth way to phrase it.

If by some chance we ever get a president worse than him, I’ll be amazed (and horrified).

My fiance had conjoined twins as patients and they were attached by the skull. Long ways, like the tops of their heads were attached. They successfully got them separated and it was all over the news, but what would you classify that!