As someone outside the U.S., what is your default persona for anonymous/pseudonymous users until you know more about them? Just curious. Like, if you don't have any information about them, do you read the words in the voice of a person just like you?
Not awful. I've had only positive experiences. No buyer protections, but it's hard to get scammed buying something in person from someone local, unless you get it home before realizing it's fake/broken, or they kidnap you and lock you in their basement. There are pretty simple precautions you can take against either, not that there's any foolproof solution...but I wouldn't say awful.
This is a common problem when studios want a seasoned non-white actor: they find out they haven't seasoned any. If you fail to cast minority talent in small roles through the years, you end up with only white actors with the chops for big roles.
I'm not sure it's a meme yet...right now it might be more of an obscure reference? Seems like people don't recognize the photo, and out of context it isn't obvious what it should add to the text. I am curious about the context, though...like...maybe this will become a meme and we'll start seeing it a lot? What's the deal with the picture? Are they celebrities?
The collection method the way it's described prevents it from coming into contact with air (just water), but you bring up an excellent point I hadn't considered, which is that maybe millions of years of farts are to blame for the current state of things
They said they had to stay behind for 30 minutes, but they didn't say what they stayed behind from. Lunch, maybe, or study hall? Recess, if they're at a rare middle school that still offers it? Art? Seems like there's a way it could work.
They're destructive and difficult to deter. If squirrel hate is more common among Boomers, it's probably because they've lived long enough to find this out firsthand.
Just to add on: face away from the bathroom mirror and look into the hand mirror, angling it until you can see the reflection of the reflection of the back of your head.
(Figured if someone out there actually needed this advice, the actual method might not be totally obvious to them without explanation.)
It's imperative to get to know a kid's parents and check with them before ever inviting a minor to interact with you in their absence, especially alone. Huge red flags.
A mother struggling in public might well accept your help—as long as you offer it to her. If you instead address the kid, that's gonna be a no from most parents.
If they're matching the pace of the car ahead, explain the offense.