proudblond
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- Comment on Simple. Elegant. Fashionable, even. Become the envy of the airport. 5 days ago:
Maybe they only check the rollers? I don’t think they checked my backpack (personal item) either.
- Comment on Simple. Elegant. Fashionable, even. Become the envy of the airport. 5 days ago:
Okay that’s fair, I hadn’t really considered distribution on a plane. Still a bit silly when my carry-on was going to end up right next to my kid’s much lighter carry-on in the overhead bin, but whatever! I also know that policy is easy to lean on when consistently enforced. I did it in any case, even if I grumbled about it. (I was still nice to the agents though!)
- Comment on Simple. Elegant. Fashionable, even. Become the envy of the airport. 5 days ago:
Maybe it’s recent? My understanding is that it has to do with overall weight and fuel costs, but I could be totally wrong. I went to Spain in 2023 and I’m pretty sure they weighed them then, but not 100% positive. This summer was to Scandinavia and they did both ways.
- Comment on Simple. Elegant. Fashionable, even. Become the envy of the airport. 6 days ago:
They do in Europe. It’s annoying. I had to rearrange stuff amongst four carry-ons while standing in front of the check-in counter because one of them was too heavy. It would have all evened out and they knew that because they weighed all of them, but they still made me do it.
- Comment on Me_IRL 3 weeks ago:
I wanted to learn to play HR#2 after watching Bugs do it for years. Little did I know that Liszt had giant hands and twelve fingers.
- Comment on Me_IRL 3 weeks ago:
Lots of Tannhauser in that one too. “Weeeetuuun, my wuv…”
- Comment on is there a name for when you stop preventing a problem thinking it's solved and it comes back? 3 weeks ago:
Fucking around and finding out
- Comment on Team Car! 1 month ago:
To be fair, if I saw a driver shouting out their window to a bicyclist, I’d also think they were insane (and a monumental asshole).
- Comment on MeowIRL 1 month ago:
I did this once when I was a kid. Saw a bug, grabbed my hunter cat and hoisted him up, expecting him to swat at it. Oh he smashed it, and then brought it to his mouth and started chomping. I had no idea to expect this and was so grossed out that I dropped him (sorry kitty — he was totally fine, if a little disgruntled).
Now my cats are pampered princesses with no huntress instinct whatsoever so I’ve resorted to a fly swatter.
- Comment on the Home Alone house then and now 1 month ago:
Hopefully the media is changing. Off the top of my head, I thought of “Inside Out,” where the girl is an only child (I think?) and her family is depicted as pretty loving, just going through a tough move. I suspect a lot of kids’ media has also adjusted to two kids max; I’m specifically thinking of shows like Bluey and Daniel Tiger for instance.
- Comment on the Home Alone house then and now 1 month ago:
I’m really sad as a Millennial that this aesthetic has been dubbed “Millennial gray.” I’ve watched some videos on it that make the case that it’s a backlash from the 70s aesthetic we grew up with combined with poor financial prospects in early adulthood, meaning we couldn’t buy a lot of or very nice furniture. Now that I’m firmly middle-aged, I can afford better stuff and my husband and I are slowly turning over crap particle-board furniture for nice solid wood pieces (often secondhand) in the craftsman style.
- Comment on knew a few guys like this 2 months ago:
Yuuup, people don’t believe me when I say that my pasty white butt was in the minority growing up. I’m pretty sure my middle school in SJ was about 50% Vietnamese only, not even accounting for other POCs.
- Comment on Thirsty much? 2 months ago:
I tend to agree with you, but then I remember the convo I had with my mother-in-law about why trans people had to wear clothing that affirmed their gender when it made her uncomfortable…
WTF, I can’t even. I just avoid talking to her as much as possible at this point.
- Comment on Gotta make sure your watching its back 2 months ago:
I’m a bit confused — are you talking to me, or about Amber Heard? Feeling pretty attacked, which, if that was your goal, congratulations I guess?
For what it’s worth, I honestly did not follow the case very closely and what I did see was tons of conflicting narratives depending on where I was reading or hearing about it. I have no idea who to believe. Probably they’re both shitty people.
None of this has anything to do with my comment about the justice system, which was in response to yours asking about the verdict, compensation, etc. as though those things mean truth. I don’t believe they do mean truth; I’ve had personal limited experience suggesting otherwise and there are plenty of cases that have ruined people’s lives that were later overturned.
I’m not trying to be combative, but I feel a bit defensive because of what feels to me like vitriol from a random online commenter. If I misunderstood, I apologize.
- Comment on Gotta make sure your watching its back 2 months ago:
This assumes the legal system is infallible.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 2 months ago:
I live in the area and yeah, it’s everywhere. It’s become a game to spot the billboards that aren’t for AI companies.
- Comment on My Local Public Tennis Court Requires Online Registration 2 months ago:
Maybe the reason they’re sitting mostly unused is because much of the public feels similarly to OP and doesn’t want to jump through a bunch of hoops just to use a tennis court.
- Comment on Girl Scouts are ramping up their tactics 2 months ago:
Gross. One thing I heard from my parents as well as generally on the internet is that the Girl Scouts have waaaay less national support from the organization than Scouting America. As in, they have way fewer resources and can’t afford to provide a lot of support for individual troops. So I can’t say I’m surprised. Part of me thinks it’s a gendered issue; part of me thinks it’s because BSA/SA have Mormon support; maybe there are also some other factors. But it has always rubbed me the wrong way that Girl Scouts get shafted.
- Comment on Girl Scouts are ramping up their tactics 2 months ago:
My brother sold nuts through Boy Scouts, and they now call themselves Scouting America so that girls can be involved, so maybe that’s where the nuts came from? I don’t think I’ve heard of any Girl Scout troop not selling cookies; it’s a big deal and the main fundraising for activities. Unfortunately.
- Comment on Your Cat Is Being Nice? Think Again. A new study finds that sometimes cats groom each other specifically to be annoying. 2 months ago:
Every scientific headline I see about cats just confirms what cat owners already know.
- Comment on Which are you? 2 months ago:
I found myself wondering if that was Michael Buble but I rather doubt he has a wrist tattoo? (Also seems too classy to eat corn that way, but who am I to judge?)
- Comment on the perfect organism 2 months ago:
Cats often shake their prey to break their necks so it’s very possible to make a kill without piercing the skin (or, in this case, exoskeleton?).
Source: my cat sometimes shakes her head when eating her kibble like a pampered, indoor cat who has never caught live prey would know to do.
- Comment on Toothbrush heads 2 months ago:
I did this once after getting these toothbrushes for my kids. Of course we didn’t figure it out before opening the package. Thankfully I found someone in the school community who could use them. Sorry it happened to you, too!
- Comment on Sonic turns 35 today—what does this franchise mean to you? 3 months ago:
My family had an Atari, then a Sega Genesis (and maybe even one of the earlier Sega consoles? But I’m not sure, I was really little) but we never had a Nintendo before the 64, which my little brother saved up for and bought with his own money. He and I played a lot of Sonic together, 2-player, usually with him playing Tails but not always. We fought a lot as kids but when we played Sonic together, we didn’t fight. I think it was one of our only true bonding activities and I’m so thankful for it because we are friends as adults.
- Comment on I miss Wilfred 3 months ago:
I’ve never understood 1) how this works, and 2) why???
- Submitted 5 months ago to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on Think I can rub this one out 5 months ago:
I think it’s just cropped out. Is the very edge of it on the left side of the pic? It’s hard to tell.
- Comment on Think I can rub this one out 5 months ago:
OP’s picture is cropped with a gray background.
- Comment on The Struggle 5 months ago:
Wow seeing that gif was a forcible mental teleportation back into the early 90s.
- Comment on they don't know 6 months ago:
They’re so spunky!
