At work today I got pulled to cashier from working the Target cafe (because half our staff called out over three inches of snow) and this lady was buying a face mask for her husband. English was not her native language, but she was trying to tell me that her husband had some sort of allergic reaction to the last one he used and hoped it didn’t happen with this one. However, instead of just describing the either hives or acne he broke out in, she chose to say, “like the red bumps all over your forehead”.
Now, I’m someone that has struggled with breakouts and cysts on my face for YEARS and my face had cleared up for the first time in months recently and I was feeling pretty good about my luck. Until this woman smashed it all down. I understand that when you’re trying to describe something to someone in a language not your own, it can be hilariously difficult, however if this is something that was an embarrassment to your husband, why would you point it out on my face? Then keep talking about it? And her tone was definitely condescending.
There was that lady, and then the older black gentleman that, when I didn’t immediately settle a very aggressive dispute over who got in line first between him and another man, told me how dare I stare at him with my “ugly cracker face”. I’m staring perhaps because I’m stunned that in a civilized society you think it’s necessary to verbally assault a man that thought he’d gotten in line first. I was so stunned I didn’t know how to react because God forbid it’s 2015 and I’m in a safe suburban area and a man I’ve never met before is threatening mine and another stranger’s life because he couldn’t order his popcorn first. I’ve never in my life had someone threaten me like that, and I’m just really thankful Assets Protection was nearby to at least get the man to back away and leave. Over something so stupid.
I don’t know what happened, but everyone was just ridiculously cruel today. Not even Black Friday or Christmas Eve were guests so awful. I’m thankful I’m getting a week vacation to live-in nanny up north because I don’t even want to think about going back in for a while now.
Maybe this dress debate was started as proof that we should hand control of the internet over to the government If this is what we do with it, do we really deserve it? The Net Neutrality and DressGate are the same debate.
I’ve literally done everything I can to that image of “THE DRESS”, read about the optical illusion and done what they said to make it change color, and I can’t make it look white and gold. It is blue and black. It never changes.
I’ve been assigned to write a creative non-fiction piece and I thought about writing about my experience with my mild blood phobia, but I couldn’t even get through reading articles about blood phobia.
Shout out to the two strangers that saved my unprepared butt this snowstorm:
Guy in the parking lot with the brush that helped me clear off the rest of my car roof, you’re awesome.
Neighbor whom I’d never met before but helped drive my stuck car up the snowy hill of my street, you’re getting fresh baked cookies as soon as the weather clears.
Y’all always going on about tall boys but have u seen tall girls??? tall enough to tuck you into the crease of their arm and to curl around you when you’re sad and to protect you from rude ppl this is all I want I just want a tall protective girl
what’s even better is when you’re the tall protective girl and then you meet the impossible– an even taller protective girl.
Or a guy that doesn’t mind you being you. That’s also rare.
it’d be cool if there were like Sesame Street style shows for teenagers and Young Adults that teach you things like what to do at the post office and how not to be an asshole at parties
Why, so high schoolers and college can be forced to sit through them and laugh at them? Because any life education videos I’ve ever watched were drowned out by obnoxious commentary and comments of, “this is sooooo gaaaaaaay”. And then we were forced to watch some ones about parties, sexual assault, and drinking at my first uni, guess what happened? People came drunk to them.
Oh my God between the snow storm and my brother not getting off his PS4 like I asked him to 30 MINUTES AGO our WiFi was lagging so hard my paper couldn’t be submitted on time. I finished with 15 minutes of breathing room to submit it. For my brother’s sake, this prof had better be one that believes in the 5 10-minute grace period.
I’ve pretty much been home alone for the duration of my sickness and it’s not been easy. Little things like laundry and dishes and letting my dogs out to go to the bathroom have been terrible chores. I don’t like being sick and alone.
I think you should very VERY glad you didn't get that vaccine when you were 3 months old. research dtap & SIDS.
I actually did have DTaP when I was a baby (can’t remember when though), but it requires a booster every five years I think. And from what I read, it’s easier to have when you’re younger, the older you are the worse the side effects get, especially by the fifth or sixth dosage. I want to say this is my fourth or fifth though so that would make sense. I didn’t know this before I got the vaccines, but the information was provided to me by the hospital, I just didn’t bother to read. Derp!
And I did just look into DTaP and SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), and after about 30-45 minutes of reading, I found more scholarly sources claiming there isn’t a link than articles claiming there is a link. SIDS is at its peak occurrence between 2 and 4 months, which incidentally is also the average time of vaccines in infants. However, correlation is not causation.
Has anyone heard of negative side effects to the meningococcal or TDap vaccines?
Because I can’t even keep water down I’m so sick and I’ve not been feeling well since I got the vaccines Friday morning. I tried asking the internet but the results have been that a very small percentage of people get sick. I feel like I was punched all up my left side of my body and even water makes me want to hug the porcelain.
Oh my gosh this is so frustrating. Now all the movie reboots make sense. I don’t know if the WoT would make a good movie series though, maybe TV, but the characters do a lot of sniffing and braid tugging and not wanting to do anything, hahaha.
To everyone struggling in school right now, remember this:
The word “essay” comes from the french word, “essayer” meaning “to try”.
Even the inventors of the style knew they were flopping around and bsing.
Does the Wheel of Time series get better as the books progress? because I found the first one to be too verbose for my taste.
It goes back and forth. My mom has been reading them since they started and she loves them. I actually just got into them this summer and I’ve been listening to the audio books as I commute, clean, paint, etc.1 It’s a bit hard to get into because it is such a detailed world, but once you do the story is incredible and satisfying. It’s got about four or five plot lines per book though so I guess it depends on whether or not you like that. My boyfriend, an avid reader of just about any kind of story, isn’t into those sorts of things, but I love it enough to invest the time! Because it really is a time investment, haha. The world is well developed and fascinating and almost all the characters are interesting. I’d say though that book two gets better, three kinda drags, but four is excellent. I hope that helps!
