QualifiedKitten

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How soon do you get there?⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  They said “frequently by several hours”, you’re talking about averages. Due to where I live, the only route I’ve taken regularly is on the list of worsts, and has definitely been several hours behind schedule on a significant proportion of the times I needed it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rage bait ravings⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Millennial here, I read it by skipping over the emojis, as if they didn’t exist, and it was at least as understandable as most other random internet ramblings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This could be interesting⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Finding Nemo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bisexual⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What? How? Like… I just… What’s the train of thought where that makes any sense?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Satan Was The Good Guy This Whole Time?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Did this many of you seriously manage to read that without getting unreasonably annoyed and distract by the “dirt” on your screens? Like damn… I even took all my meds today and still couldn’t get past that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cool Bug Fact #47⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not afraid, in fact, I desire it. But there’s a couple people who’d be pretty upset if I left, and I don’t want to hurt them, so I’m stuck here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will never understand how anyone wears these.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely! Just thought it was interesting and tangentially relevant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will never understand how anyone wears these.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun tidbit: high heels shift the stance from plantigrade to digitigrade. Many animals, including cats and dogs, are digitigrades and naturally walk on just their toes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is my laundry machine broken?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What if you’re using liquid detergent?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨meal choice⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You have $3 to spend and can pick any combination of items. The items in the top row cost $5 each, the items in the middle row cost $4 each, and the items in the bottom row cost $1 each.

  Spoiler

  Since you only have $3, you can only afford to choose from items in the bottom row.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do dogs actually like having their belly rubbed or do they just know we really like to rub their bellies?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One of my cats is also a lover of belly rubs, to the point that I joke about his belly being a trap again. When we snuggle and I wrap my arm around him, he’ll often adjust his hind legs so that my arm is sandwiched between them. He also sometimes wraps his front paws around my arm and pulls my hand in towards his belly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*Proceeds to append an exclamation mark*⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My new job has us doing various security trainings every month and they also send out fake phishing emails. I initially ignored the emails prompting me to do the training because they require you to click a personalized link in the email to access the training. Eventually, my manager reached out and asked why I hadn’t done the training, so I explained, but finally clicked through to do it. That month’s training was about how a long passphrase is more secure than a list of character type requirements. Guess whose password requirements are a list of character type requirements?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tiddies are nice but the metric system is better⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to upvote metric, but downvote “tiddies”. 😡

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gotta go sad!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, you’re telling me that if I just walk slower, I’ll be happier?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sound of silence⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it depends on the beach. If it’s somewhere with lots of other people, somewhere super accessible, then I kinda expect it. But if it’s a less populated beach, maybe one that’s more difficult to get to, I probably chose it in hopes of listening to nature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s Swiff_er_?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Growth⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just like the bisexual flag colors better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ngl kinda hoping people start arguing over this⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My bathroom is my foster room, so yes, the door is often closed, but definitely doesn’t solve the TP problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there an "Avoid Amazon" community for people who want to support smaller online retailers?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Another issue: multiple times I have gone out of my way to avoid Amazon only to find out the company is still using Amazon for delivery anyway. The most recent one was shoes. I literally went to the physical store to try on shoes, but decided on a color/size combination that they didn’t have in stock. The sales person did their magic to order the shoes for me, and they were still fucking delivered by Amazon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it weird that I cringe whenever someone calls my name and I avoid using peoples names when talking to them?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Chiming in to say, yep, me too. One example that used to really drive me nuts was when I’d go to the gym and the person at the front desk would acknowledge me by name, even though we’ve never had an actual conversation or anything. It felt fake and forced and I hated it so much.

  I also always felt so awkward as a kid talking about my friends’ parents. Mr./Mrs. LastName usually felt weird, but it also usually felt weird to use their first names, so I’d almost always refer to them as Friend’s mom/dad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it isn't⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Assuming it’s a real cat, my best guess is that it’s a black & white cat with advanced vitiligo? I’m not aware of any coat genetics that would explain that sort of spotting pattern.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't believe it's been renamed for a year now!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They still haven’t actually updated it on all the government sites though.

  Image

  Source: oceanservice.noaa.gov/…/supp_tide07b.html

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a millennial, and regularly talk to friends & family on the phone. There’s plenty of situations where I’d much rather talk on the phone than communicate via text.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Slight edit based on a conversation I had once at a bar with people of widely varying ages: Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you ever feel guilty for trying to sign up for government assistance programs?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope. I got laid off over a year ago, then diagnosed with cancer. I feel guilty for being detered by how complicated some of them are and for not taking full advantage of the programs while I’m at a point where I really do need them and qualify for them. I’m on the mend now, and as soon as I can find a job again, I’ll be glad to be paying back into those programs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah, you’re right. I was focusing on just where the first day of the week lands, not the full month calendar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, since there’s only 7 different possibilities, then over a sufficiently large sample, the probabilities would all still balance out to 1 in 7.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Find some organizations you’d be interested in volunteering with and pull up their websites to find out what they need. Some will list it on their websites, but for others you might have to send an email or submit an application first. Yes, some organizations will ask their volunteers for a minimum commitment since training takes effort, but others will have opportunities for you to commit one day at a time.

  A friend of mine volunteers at a local food bank and also a tiny home building group, and just signs up for random shifts here & there when their availability matches the scheduling needs. Me personally, I’ve been volunteering to foster cats for years now. The organization I’m with also needs volunteers for a variety of administrative roles, driving/transportation, and trapping (TNR). There’s another group I’ve been meaning to check out that just does some park maintenance once a month, and their info page says “no RSVP necessary”, so you can just show up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How/why does Microsoft teams exist?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. I’m unemployed & job hunting right now, and have had a few interviews via Teams. I’m running Mint and using the Teams web app in Firefox, and for some reason, the sound has never worked properly, so we’ve ended up switching to phone each time. The sound works fine in Zoom. My next interview expects to conduct it via Teams video, so I found a friend with Teams to help me troubleshoot later today. I was thinking maybe it was a Firefox problem, but it works fine in Firefox for you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck you in particular⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Joke’s on them! They’re annoying me into saving my money!