I don't understand how someone can graduate elementary (or primary in England, I think?) school and still believe the 15 minute city conspiracies. They have to be some of the stupidest that I've ever heard. Like if you know how to put your shoes on and you don't keep forgetting to breathe, you should be smart enough to know better.
I really disagree with your secondhand comment. Buy more secondhand, less new! Cheaper, better for the environment, and you can find some cool things you wouldn't otherwise. I get nearly all my small kitchen appliances from thrift stores. Most people get them as like a wedding gift or something and then never use them, so they are practically new. All my clothes except underwear and socks are thrifted, most of my furniture, my dishes, most electronics... I love thrift stores.
My neighbour asked why I don't decorate for Christmas. I guess he didn't notice the pumpkins from Halloween that were still by my door in December, frozen. If I put out Christmas decorations, I'm not going to remember to take them down until July
I hurt my knee and I couldn't walk easily even with assistance. They did x-rays and determined it wasn't broken and said I probably (and that word is important) just sprained it and I would be fine in a couple weeks. The hospital refused to sell me crutches, and when I said I needed them to walk, they told me I could walk just fine because it wasn't broken. Several months later and I'm still not better and I've been told I probably tore a ligament and I might need surgery. Gee, maybe I wasn't being a dramatic cry baby after all???
It depends on the person. One of my kids goes to 104 every time she gets a fever. It scared the crap out of me the first time but now I know to expect it.
I am SO tired of this shit. "Waaah you aren't condemning Hamas hard enough!!!" My god just shut the fuck up already. I can't tell anymore which ones of these people are just stupid and which ones are being disingenuous. I swear to god these people will accuse anyone of antisemitism if they aren't starting every single fucking sentence with an "I condemn Hamas" disclaimer.
As a Canadian, I really enjoy listening to Americans pronounce French words.
Editing to say, my French isn't great but I don't think you really say the N in gratin (or maybe that depends on regional accents, I'm not sure). I would say it more like "grah-ten" but without really saying the N. You kind of just hint at its existence. Maybe? We need an actual Francophone here...
I have been using convection ovens for way longer than I have had an air fryer and it's honestly different. The smaller size and the basket shape makes it cook faster and it's just so muxh easier to toss the stuff in the basket than it is to flip everything over halfway through baking. Deep frying does taste better but I hate cleaning it up after. I thought air fryers were stupid for years but then I tried one and I was wrong.
This has never made sense to me. I love the smell of food. When people apologise for the smell of garlic on their clothes, all I can think is "Why?? You smell delicious."
I slow down a liiiiiittle bit more just to annoy people like you when you start honking. I'm driving past my kid's school. You can put on your big boy pants and find some patience.
To go pick it up myself, I have to: get warm clothes on my children, load them into their car seats, brush snow off the car, drive all the way there, get my children out of the car and into the restaurant, carry the food and corral my children back to the car, get them back into their car seats, drive all the way back, remove all the children from their seats, and then get their winter clothes off and put away. I'll pay $15 to not do that.
In Canada we have a lot of that and I always assumed we import things from America and then just change the labels. The metric usually converts to a more reasonable number in imperial.
I do honestly love hearing the honking and watching them fly by. I always point it out to my kids. I've seen lots of Canada geese in my life and they've never hissed at me, so I don't have a problem with them other than the poops that are just everywhere.
I don't understand how someone can graduate elementary (or primary in England, I think?) school and still believe the 15 minute city conspiracies. They have to be some of the stupidest that I've ever heard. Like if you know how to put your shoes on and you don't keep forgetting to breathe, you should be smart enough to know better.