I find it really disorienting when people don’t notice or won’t/can’t comply with normal social cues. It happens most frequently with neuroatypical people, in my experience, and so I’m already on edge about being perceived as rude or dismissive in those situations. Anyway, when the normal social prompts don’t work, I…

These cues only work on normal people who have some kind of civility.

This will bring the point across swiftly:

As an ICU nurse/educator I have to watch people wash their hands and grade them all the time. To make sure length of time is followed, I tell people to sing simple songs such as “ABC” or“Happy Birthday” or “Yankee Doodle” among others (to themselves). Friction is important, and getting between your fingers as well as…

Maybe he means ‘not content’ as in “ :( “ ?

It helps the soap lather up so it’s easier to spread over your hands. It’s not totally necessary if the soap dispenser already dispenses a foam or whatever. Honestly, if you’re using soap, you’re good.

just FYI, skip the hot water. It’s not hot enough to kill anything. It’s really not about what you see (dirt/grime) but what you don’t see. But other than that yeah good stuff. When I tell people that hand sanitizer is good for like a minute if you don’t touch anything and less if you do.

I had a brief moment of terror trying to figure out where you would put a sleeve and why, and why nobody ever told me to use one.

You’re overreacting, Barry. The NCAA official simply performed an ocular patdown and assessed that the sleeve was a threat.

I was thinking of a different type of cup in an athletic context and was very confused.

It’s good to see that the NCAA continues to be an extremely reasonable organization.

“You forgot this: Boom roasted.” Boom roasted.

You forgot this: Boom roasted.

Ironically, he could use some work on his offensive lines.

Today, Joe Thomas is all our dads.

much like the town itself

As someone who lives in Reno and shoveled two feet of snow today, I endorse this message ... but it is nice to get back to this

Better late than never:

WE DON’T HAVE TO GO BACK TO RENO YET!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!