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- Comment on Day one and done 2 days ago:
First of all, I just checked the Dominos site and that price is a straight up lie even with a coupon. Second, are you really trying to say they make pizza that’s any better than frozen? Last time I ate there, it was borderline inedible, and I’m not a snob - I used to happily eat the Totino’s party pizzas that are like, $1.25.
- Comment on Day one and done 2 days ago:
Pfft, I always buy a frozen pizza specifically because I already know I’m not gonna feel like cooking after grocery shopping because it sucks. I don’t even pretend anymore. All that fresh food is for another day.
- Comment on Hades II is now available in Steam Early Access! 2 days ago:
In my case, little of column a, little of column b.
- Comment on Hades II is now available in Steam Early Access! 3 days ago:
I’m starting to question my life a lot. I’ve played over 4k hours of BoI since the first version. I remember when people warned about WoW before I really gamed and how people were sinking their whole lives into it and I was like, “wow, can’t imagine, that’s crazy,” and now I’m those people. I should go outside.
- Comment on What kind of institutional gaslighting is this? 1 week ago:
Exactly. I’ve always known my boss was great at most of her job but not very good at people management (because I don’t think she particularly wants to do it), but being blindsided with things it’s too late to even address was so demoralizing. What the heck am I supposed to do about a phone call from December about an issue that’s been long since resolved?
- Comment on What kind of institutional gaslighting is this? 1 week ago:
I had basically this exact conversation with my supervisor last week. She was like, “I like to have ___ done by Thursdays,” because I was sick on Thursday and said I’d do it first thing Friday morning. So I said, “Ok, so is the deadline for this task Thursdays then? Because that’s never been communicated to me.” And she said, “Well, I like to have it done by Thursdays.” Holy fuck, JUST TELL ME HOW MANY PIECES OF FLAIR I NEED.
Anyway, I’m looking for a new job because I can’t work in a place that wants to penalize people for not living up to expectations they didn’t know existed. My entire review (first one in 2 1/2 years) was a series of “Remember this thing from months ago? Well we didn’t like how you did that but we never said anything and just sat on it until now.” Cool, thanks for setting me up to fail, appreciate that.
- Comment on NEW JOB! 1 week ago:
I’m starting a job search today and dreading it. There are only like 5 positions open right now that fit with my skills and also pay even close to a livable amount of money, so that’s not great. Deceased sounds like a great opportunity at this point - no commute and you don’t need a living wage if you’re not living.
- Comment on EPIC personality test. Which personality are you?!? 2 weeks ago:
Oh I cry reading stuff all the time. I read a lot of historical queer fiction because I’m a masochist, and then I cry because it was so unfair.
- Comment on EPIC personality test. Which personality are you?!? 2 weeks ago:
Two weeks before the party, I say I’m totally in and excited, and then the day of, I remember I don’t want to do that and say I’m pretty sure I’m getting sick. Then B.
- Comment on European mind cannot comprehend this 3 weeks ago:
The fun part is that they probably didn’t! My insurance is actually pretty good, so all I pay is a $250 copay for each surgery. My insurer now gets to pay for the time of two surgeons, two anesthesiologists, and the multiple nurses involved (at least 8, between pre-op, procedure, and recovery). Plus all of the other costs. So at least I get the knowledge that it probably cost them an extra $15k.
- Comment on European mind cannot comprehend this 3 weeks ago:
Yuuup. I wanted a hysterectomy. Was told no because my insurance doesn’t cover “elective” hysterectomies. Ok, but it’s not really elective, my periods have become increasingly debilitating and birth control isn’t managing it. Nope, sorry, missing work regularly because of symptoms is totally normal and women just have to deal with it. I ended up getting a bilateral salpingectomy (which is covered electively) because I wanted to make sure pregnancy was really off the table, and they found fibroids. A year and a half later, it’s gotten bad enough that now the stupid hysterectomy is no longer considered elective.
So now my insurance is going to pay for TWO surgeries instead of just the one I originally wanted because some dumbass bean counter decided that’s how it should work. Super cost effective. And I really love having to recover from multiple surgeries, it was really fun the first time, so I can’t wait for a second, worse time. But hey, we can’t possibly trust doctors and patients to know what’s going on more that someone who has never and will never meet either of them!
- Comment on How my morning is going... 3 weeks ago:
Eh, pretty much all of my info has been part of one breach or another and nothing has happened. I keep locks with all the credit bureaus and monitor my report regularly, which I think everyone should do, but there’s not much else you even can do about it unfortunately.
- Comment on This is a Test 4 weeks ago:
Considering that he got shot in the arm, not the face, my real life response would probably be, “really, man? You didn’t think you should give this to someone else before ems got there?” That’s why I’m not a doctor. Because I’m pretty dumb and bad at hiding my reactions. Also the part with all the blood.
- Comment on car insurance 5 weeks ago:
I need to check on whether I get a discount for paying all at once. I’m finally at a point where I could manage it but I have no idea what it would save.
- Comment on car insurance 5 weeks ago:
Totally possible. CO has gotten pretty expensive for everything. :/ It may still be time to get some other estimates again, though.
- Comment on car insurance 5 weeks ago:
Where on earth are you getting insurance for 2 cars for $500/6 months? In middle aged, drive a 10 year old car, and have a perfect driving record, and mine’s about $100/month. I’ve priced the same level of coverage with other companies and that’s pretty much what all of them offered.
- Comment on Why is only the ? and ! put at the front and upside down of a sentence in Spanish? 5 weeks ago:
*sí
- Comment on Hustle tip 1 month ago:
Nope, you’re not the boss of meeee.
- Comment on Hustle tip 1 month ago:
I’m gonna put butter on them and you can’t stop me. Damn, I wish I had a sleeve of saltines.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I mean, they don’t give you that option if you need anything more than the most basic stuff. I used it for a long time and qualified for the free one, but the second I needed one extra form for something to do with school, they wanted like $50. And of course they wait until the end to reveal that so you’ve already done all the work.
- Comment on A worthy charitable cause 1 month ago:
Wow, how dare you. Everyone knows it’s not really rape if you force the child to marry you afterward.
- Comment on Yeah UPS, that's proof 1 month ago:
I don’t disagree. Ultimately it’s the fault of companies who expect drivers to do way too much to do it well. Having them waste time on a picture is incredibly stupid when a lot of times all it does is prove the delivered to the wrong place. It feels like the kind of thing thought up by upper management with no idea what the actual day to day of the job is like.
- Comment on Yeah UPS, that's proof 1 month ago:
Based on the number of photos people post on Nextdoor of their package at a totally different house, I’m not sure why these companies bother. Maybe they could train drivers to actually use their brains to see if they’re at the right place first.
- Comment on Plant Natives 1 month ago:
We actually have a non-profit where I live that grows and then puts together sets of native plants that will cover a certain amount of space and all grow in the same light/shade. We used their boxes, so less luck with the mint and more that we sought out plants like that. We also have some tall grasses, coneflowers, penstemon, about one million ice plants, and some others I can’t remember.
I don’t know if other states have similar orgs, but it’s a really great way to make native/pollinator-friendly gardens accessible to novices. All I had to do was plant them and weed them.
- Comment on Plant Natives 1 month ago:
Eh, maybe, but native plants tend to be a way better option for new gardeners because they grow so much better. My mom and I tore out all the grass in our front yard and put in native plants and they’re the first plants I didn’t manage to immediately kill. If I’d tried roses, they probably would’ve died and I’d have given up. Instead, I have catmint thriving maybe a little too much and it’s full of bees!
- Comment on Anxiety symptoms we don't talk about 3 months ago:
I think getting drunk before a christening is just sensible, because it’s boring.
- Comment on Can you survive on pickles alone, for a while? 3 months ago:
Oh good, it’s not just me. I came here to say that the odds of shitting pure pickle juice are way too high to make it worth the risk.
- Comment on God why did I say yes 3 months ago:
Did you know that you can be the one that cancels?? I know, it sounds crazy, but I’ve done it and it totally works! Game changer.
- Comment on The way this is spelled out really irks me. 4 months ago:
I said the same thing. My ex-husband was military (though not boot at all) and you could absolutely find this truck in the px parking lot. Probably driven by a 20 year old with a kid and a pregnant wife who goes shopping off base in his uniform solely so people will thank him for his service.
- Comment on Headlines be like 4 months ago:
Also, all the violence involved in the industry. I prefer my sparkly shit to involve less blood.