Read the post I quoted and my post again. Read them closely this time. Notice the word irk every place it appears.
Yes, I saw both. My comment should have been directed at the poster you quoted.
UGH on a fucking pogo-stick.
Just found out from a sister that my other sister’s boyfriend is a Trump supporter. They’ve been together for five or so years, saw him maybe eight or so times a year at family shit…and all this time…the swellest, almost-too-nice-a-guy type, apparently backs Pres. Grand Marnier Choad.
We’ve never talked politics - just basically fishing, which I know absofuckinglutely nothing about (and have been in no way eager to further myself in said area).
When fall approaches and a dark shroud starts to descend upon me about the state of things, I wonder if the topic will still remain unavoidable by then. 
Sorry you are going through this, too. When my sister was here, I didn’t really feel the resentment I’d had. I figured my mother was dead, so I just let it go. Then she went through the house like a tornado, got everything she wanted and went back to her life. Didn’t say anything like she was sorry she couldn’t help or she appreciated how much work it was going to be to settle things. So the resentment is back. I may never see her again and I’m not sad about that. I’ll just send her a check when it’s all done.
My brother, on the other hand, has been acting right. It’s kind of spooky. He’s been at the house almost every day packing things. He actually threw out all the leftover food people had brought and washed the dishes so my mother’s best friend could pick them up and return them to their owners. I keep feeling like there has to be a catch somewhere. But maybe he will prove me wrong. It’s good to be getting some help.
Thank you.
The only time I’ve complained about a lack of meatless offerings was an Ash Wednesday when a work cafeteria that normally had at several possible meatless or all-veg options chose that specific day to put pork in every single dish. I pointed out that in order to “show it to those Catholics” they’d also screwed up every single Muslim, Hindu and vegetarian. The dude behind me on the line piped in, ID’d himself as a Communist Union Worker’s Rep and lifelong atheist and backed me up.
Remembering to put up a meatless option when you normally don’t, I won’t expect: it means extra effort. But doing extra effort to not put the usual meatless option? That’s fucked up.
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Been out of work for a couple months, doing little things here and there around the house. My mother wants me to go “spend time with her” but not only is that bad for my nerves in general (and I’m already stressed), she’s back to not wearing the hearing aids around the house. So long as I can walk on my own two feet I refuse to live in a home in which the TV’s volume is set to 100%.
I hate, hate, hate having to take a dump at work. Cheap penny-wise-pound-foolish facilities managers get the rock-bottom cheapest toilet paper that no matter how much you wad up, your finger will still bust through giving you stank hands. This stuff doesn’t even have perforated squares - just one continuous roll of wood pulp. Crepe paper is studier than this, so you need to rip off about 8 inches worth and fold it up. And then they wonder why the toilets clog so often and their plumbing bill is so high.
And the water pressure is so weak, I think I have a trace of dookie stuck under my ring fingernail. :mad: If you’re gonna make me be Edward Poopiehands, at least keep the soap dispensers filled. :mad::mad:
So today is Leap Day for 2020. And it looks like Google just had some telephone (not even fax) in the [url=]doodle for todayj.
Leap year Doodle
HUH?
Die Capacitrix fixed the link for me. That doodle looks lame.
Agreed. Well, they have plenty of time to come up with a better one for next Leap Day.
A bunch of really religious Christians picket the women’s health center on Saturday, putting “The Bible says” before every sentence and talking about how getting pregnant is a gift from God (presumably even by rape) and how Jesus is the only way to heaven. I enjoy going there, talking to the volunteers and bugging out the rah-rah’s.
Today one of them said I work in a “thrift store.”
Well, I will tolerate anything anyone says about me if it is not a lie. Doesn’t the Bible say “Thou shalt not lie”?
So I get to go really off on the guy, calling him a liar because I do NOT work in a thrift store. I work in an upscale discount store, and if he doesn’t know the difference he is stupid. And a liar.
Our cleaning crew at work is really stingy with toilet paper. If there’s just a tiny bit of toilet paper left on a roll, they won’t replace it. If we’re lucky, there might be a little bit of leftover toilet paper in the big restroom. We can’t get into the supply room to get more. I’m so very tired of having to fix things when other people don’t do their jobs. (A related rant is coming soon to the workplace griping thread)
Okay, but what is the difference?
Wow. Overreact much? If you would have gone off on me like that, I would have told you to shove it up your ass. People can make mistakes. It doesn’t mean they’re lying. A gentle correction would have gone a long way. Or do you get off on being the center of attention?
I think she “gets off” as you put it, on telling a misogynistic, fundamentalist, anti-choice, holier-than-thou, self-righteous, religious freak who enjoys insulting, denigrating, and terrorizing women who are trying to get basic healthcare where he can go and where he can stick his fucking picket sign.
Thrift stores mostly traffic in pre-owned merchandise.
That said, how did she know where you work?
Well, then go off on him for that. But calling a thrift store a discount store sounds like a case of misdirected rage.
We need a new thread for a new month. Anyone?
Done. March on!