QualifiedKitten
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- Comment on What good thing just happened in your life? 1 week ago:
My employer offered me a modest severance package, and set my last day to be the first working day of the month, meaning my health care benefits are valid for almost a full month after my last day.
Tell me you’re American without telling me you’re American
- Comment on The g spot is in the ear canal 3 weeks ago:
I use shampoo maybe once per month, usually only when necessary to remove products such as bleach/dye. Just rinsing it with water is usually enough, but when my hair starts feeling more greasy (maybe once per week), I just use conditioner to help loosen up the dirt. If you’re curious, look up “cowashing” and “no poo” for more information.
- Comment on Asian Beauty 5 weeks ago:
Sorry, lol, that was definitely not my intention! I’ve definitely heard about the “no tattoos” thing before, especially for those following Judaism, but I’d never read the relevant text before, so it definitely surprised me. I may have to ask my sister about it, since that’s definitely her area of study.
- Comment on Asian Beauty 5 weeks ago:
Reading through various translations, the first part seems to say "don’t cut/gash your body in honor/memory/mourning of the dead, but most of the translations leave it somewhat ambiguous (at least to me) as to whether it means “don’t tattoo yourself in honor/memory/mourning of the dead” or just, “don’t tattoo yourself at all”. Also, it sounds as though cutting/gashing yourself for other reasons is isn’t breaking any rules.
- Comment on There's no rule saying dogs can't bowl 1 month ago:
That’s actually something that varies from country to country.
the American style places commas and periods inside the quotation marks, even if they are not in the original material. British style (more sensibly) places unquoted periods and commas outside the quotation marks. For all other punctuation, the British and American styles are in agreement: unless the punctuation is part of the quoted material, it goes outside the quotation marks.
- Comment on Starbucks’ new CEO faces backlash over 1,000-mile commute to Seattle office 2 months ago:
I’m pretty sure that you’re talking about applies when an employee lives in one state full time, but receives a paycheck from a company in a different state. They may live near the state line and commute across the border, or they may be fully remote, but either way, their work is consistently happening in the same location.
In this case, he’s working part time in California, and part time in Washington. The exact laws vary by state… in some states, your tax liability begins on the day you start working there, while others have a certain threshold, but I’m pretty sure he’s crossing whatever threshold there might be. So for the days that he’s working in Washington for a company based in Washington, Washington income taxes apply, and for the days he works from California, California income taxes apply.
Since Washington doesn’t have an income tax, and California does, he will still definitely have to file in California.
- Comment on Starbucks’ new CEO faces backlash over 1,000-mile commute to Seattle office 2 months ago:
Well, there’s no income tax in Washington, but I think technically you’re supposed to pay based on where you physically work. So, if he’s only working 3/5 days in Washington, that’s only 60% of his salary that falls under Washington’s rules.
- Comment on Alignment Chart Shitpost 4 months ago:
I am very much “lawful good” to “lawful neutral” in general, but when I’m fostering kittens, the TP has to go in the cabinet above the toilet. Where does that land?
- Comment on Loyalty 4 months ago:
I think you mean less viscous? Isn’t more viscosity = more thickness?
- Comment on Anon wants cigarette money 4 months ago:
There’s got to be some sort of “wholesome” community around here, right? I like this. I want to see more of this.
- Comment on What the fuck 4 months ago:
I absolutely agree, but it was already posted there 6 days ago: reddthat.com/post/20943545
- Comment on Mythbusters 4 months ago:
I could be completely wrong, but my life experience so far suggests that the best way to get better at something is to put yourself into situations where you have to actually practice the skill. I’ve been fostering cats and kittens for a few years, and I think it has really pushed me to learn how to manage my emotions better.
- Comment on Ironing 4 months ago:
Yep. The dry cycle also takes about twice as long, but supposedly it’s more gentle on fabrics. It’s a pretty nifty option for small spaces without a way to properly vent the dryer, but I can see why they’re not more popular. The machine came with the place, so I didn’t exactly choose it, but I hang dry most stuff anyway, and definitely prefer it over dealing with shared, coin operated machines.
- Comment on Ironing 4 months ago:
Ooops. Millennial here and I often iron my bed sheets. I have a weird ventless washer/dryer combo thing, and no matter how quickly I pull my sheets out or what dryness level I set it to, they come out quite wrinkled. I don’t really mind if the main sheet is a bit wrinkly, but it drives me nuts when the top edge gets all folded, and then those folds become permanent creases.
- Comment on Is Biodegradable Plastic Really a Thing? Technically, it exists. But here’s what to think about when shopping. 5 months ago:
I have some supposedly compostable bags, but I can’t seem to find anything on the package that tells me what type they are. Any clue how I might figure that out?
Looks like they’ve changed the packaging since I last ordered, but here’s one: www.amazon.com/dp/B08JHR635J
- Comment on It's time to let go 6 months ago:
Ummm, acktually, it was on my kitchen counter, and I threw it away like half a day ago.
- Comment on rosefinches :) 6 months ago:
The bird pictured is very likely male. Male birds tend to be brightly colored, while females and juveniles are often “dull-colored”, such as brown or grey.
- Comment on Why do we castrate animals instead of giving them vasectomies? 7 months ago:
I can’t speak for all other animals, but I imagine it’s often for similar reasons as why they do it for cats: removing the hormones means they’re much less likely to display unwanted behaviors such as marking/spraying, territorial aggression (fighting) towards other cats, and roaming. Those behaviors all stem from the desire to mate, and if they don’t have testosterone from the testicles, they don’t experience the desire to mate. Unless you don’t mind the smell of concentrated cat urine everywhere, adult male cats with testicles don’t make very great house pets.
With female cats, they completely remove the ovaries (rather than doing a tubal ligation) for similar reasons. If they did a tubal ligation instead, the cat would still go into heat, meaning lots of yowling and trying to escape, and an increased risk of marking/spraying, just no longer able to get pregnant. In my region, they also usually remove the uterus, but it appears that varies globally.
- Comment on Temperature 8 months ago:
My team is currently hiring, and I got to listen in on the conversation with HR when they were developing the job posting. The job posting includes requirements that the team knows they are unlikely to find, especially finding all of them in a single candidate. The posting calls them requirements, but really it’s more of a wish list. If you come across listings where you meet half of their requirements (wish list), and think you can learn some of the others, you should apply.
- Comment on Why does the film press talk so much about box office income? 8 months ago:
I hate it because income feels like a number that the studios really care about, but what about number of tickets sold? A movie released this year has a huge head start on box office income when compared to a movie from 20 years ago, since ticket prices have easily doubled. Plus, theatres often have different prices for students, children, seniors, matinees, and even IMAX/3D. So wouldn’t it be more apples to apples over time to compare number of tickets sold, rather than total income?