I once told my EMT student that if he said “quiet” one more time I was throwing him off my truck and sending him home. He laughed. I was not joking. I’d been slammed all week and it was a pretty chill day and I needed the break.

Instead of telling co-workers goodbye in EMS, it’s common to say “be safe”

I think it might have been the end of last year rather than this year, but: “Everything is Tuberculosis”

Incredibly well written and absolutely fascinating.

Back in ye olden times I used to carry my iPod classic in my bra. It was the perfect place to secure it when I went for long runs or otherwise wanted both hands free. I scared the shit out of my dad once when he came upon me in the dark and the screen was still lit up from me reaching down and changing songs. He was like um why are your boobs glowing?

I’m so sorry

Don’t move across the country with him, get a divorce, your gut instincts are right, he’s been cheating on you this whole time and he’s about to financially ruin you.

You know how when someone asks you to tell them about yourself and suddenly you can’t remember a single trait you have? That’s this question for me. I have trouble talking to other people because the stuff I’m into is so weird and obscure and I’ve definitely been like “well most people don’t like this but I really love…” , so I started to get really excited reading this question because finally one for me! except now I can’t think of a single obscure thing I’m into :)

I have the sport x20 and while they’re above your budget ($80) I just wanted to add my recommendation to soundcore. They’re my favorite over the ear earbuds that I’ve tried so far. They’re super comfortable, they stay in my ear whether I’m running or laying down with my head against a pillow, and the sound is pretty good. The only thing I don’t like is that the charging case is really finicky and if I’m not paying attention sometimes I dock them to charge and go to use them the next day and they’re completely dead. But I like them enough that when I can find a spare $80 I’m hoping to buy a second pair because I’m tired of constantly transferring this case around between my different backpacks for work, school and normal life and then having to go on a treasure hunt to figure out which bag I had them in last when I want to use them at home.

Forgive me for commenting completely off topic, but I’ve scrolled past this post in my feed 4 different times today and every time I’ve read it as “what would you do if you found out you were a Republican?” and started laughing before rereading it correctly.

I’m not even trying to make a political statement, it’s just the absurdity of it, it would be just as funny to me if you insert any other political party.

Where I live I literally would not be able to take public transport to get to my current job, or my current school (both an hour drive away in different counties from where I live, public transport doesn’t cross county lines). I looked into taking public transport to get to my last school when my car broke down, but it would have been about a 5 hour one way trip involving 3 different buses and a 3 mile walk between one of the bus lines in order to go 16 miles (I couldn’t have walked or biked it because it’s all major highways and said highway crosses a river with no pedestrian crossing - that’s miles out of the way). I got a rental car instead.

We don’t go to Ravenholm

“I just want to go hug my cat right now”

See maybe it’s my part of the world, but I’ve always seen guys use an up nod as sort of a “yo, 'sup fellow human” , and a down nod as a “hello there”. The up nod just has a subtly more chill bro feel to it, but either is fine lol.

Now I need to go poll some guys.

As a woman, seriously, just give me the bro nod to acknowledge that I exist but am not that interesting to you and keep walking. If you go out of your way to show that you aren’t a threat now I’m thinking you’re a threat, and if you pointedly ignore me now I’m wondering if you are actually far more interested in me than you should be but you want me not to notice.

Brief eye contact while acknowledging that I exist tells me you aren’t afraid of me remembering your face but that you aren’t being weird and staring or trying to hide from me.

You know, everyone who I personally know who passionately argues that if you give people free money they won’t do any work has been a stay at home mom.

Stay at home moms get “free” money from the spouse who goes to work and supports them.

I would also argue that stay at home moms work harder than a lot of us who have full time jobs. I get to leave work and mentally check out, they’re “at work” all the time.

Someone should point this out to the people who make this argument.

The apartment complex where I live is posted no soliciting. Management heavily encourages people to call the police if solicitors ignore the sign. Even more shocking, the police will actually come and throw solicitors off the property if they’re contacted. (This is also the same police department that tracked down and got an arrest warrant for the random stranger who broke into my car the day after it happened)

If you’ve never heard it before, look up the song Gold Rush by Death Cab for Cutie. It’s about losing places that are tied to memories.

You win. The amount of times I’ve wished the real world had subtitles…

You think you’re getting into a fun sex thing.

What you’re getting is tied down and forced to watch the extended editions of Lord of the Rings.

“The man in black fled into the desert, and the gunslinger followed”

• opening line for the Dark Tower novels by Stephen King, which is an absolutely phenomenal series that blends western and sci-fi elements with just a tad of fantasy and horror for flavor.

Food is so expensive. I’ll be like I’m going to cut back and save money this week, so no meat, no fresh fruits or veggies, no snacks, no prepared meals and only 1 meal a day this week. I’ll leave the grocery store with one small bag of food and a $85 bill and I’m scratching my head going “how the fuck?” It feels like no matter what I buy it all costs the same