I don’t know that I’ve met a person who doesn’t like mac and cheese. Are you opposed to it completely? Or just certain types of it? Sorry, you’re just such a unique specimen! Tell us your ways!

Thank you for sharing such a difficult, personal story with us. [circle of trust] 

pizza is great for meetings so long as you actually rotate the type and where you order from.

Pizza is a food that most people consume outside of work fairly regularly, so combine that with its ubiquity in offices, and it begins to feel like one’s weekly diet is half pizza.

This is one of those “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” situations. 

I had a dish once when I was traveling through China that was just fresh sliced tomatoes covered in sugar. I actually thought it was salt before I tried it, because I couldn’t fathom putting sugar directly on tomato, but it ended up being one of my favorite dishes I had that entire trip.

I don’t know why this sounds weird to people.  Tomato and citrus are are great combination and the main reason why salsa works.  

I largely agree with this list, but the inclusion of Butterfinger is an attack on common decency. GOOD DAY, MADAM.

Hold up the menu and enthusiastically jab your finger at the item you wish to be served whilst grunting hungrily.

The few times I have been abroad, I’ve at least tried to communicate in their language when I could. I found that (yes) pointing to the item on a menu helps, but trying to pronounce the item in their language with a good attitude and definitely a smile goes a long way in helping to learn about their culture and…

My 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Pickup

2004 V70R. Partly because I love it (in spite of the turning radius) and we’ve driven across the country together and partly because I don’t think I’ll ever be able to buy a 6-speed, AWD, comfortable, fast, safe, understated wagon ever again.

1999 Volvo Wagon. Last of the boxy wagons. Last of the true Swedes before Ford ruined it all. 5cyl turbo.

We do, indeed, but that presupposes that the powers that be actually want America to be bright and well informed.

Every day, I *really* can’t believe that this utter and complete moron was elected to be the president of the united states.

Counterpoint: 80s and 90s era crap-cans were also objectively terrible. Hyundai Excel and Geo Metro to name two off the top of my head. The 1970s weren’t great but so long as you were down with 10mpg significant fun could still be had.

There is a small mom and pop bodega type store near me, nestled in the PA wilderness, that sells these. I can never tell if they are a new item that isn’t regularly restocked, or if these are still on the shelf from 19-dickety and are stubbornly taking up space that the owner says would like to fill with something…

What’s crazy is that nobody knows where these things come from. They just happen to appear in candy dishes. My theory is that they are actually alive and nest in candy dishes waiting to be devoured. Only in a human stomach can they lay their eggs.

My dad smoked 3 packs of Kent Kings a day. To emulate him I got that exact pack of Kings candy cigarettes. He saw it, knocked it out of my hand, and gave me a real cig to smoke. I was 7 and thought I would die. Later I found out he took off the filter so I’d get sick and never touch them again.

It worked.

Is there a more old-timey candy than candy cigarettes?  Can you imagine the fit parents would throw today if these started popping back up in supermarket checkout lanes?