It is possible to do scientific testing without spreading a virus outside of the carefully controlled laboratory environment.

I have a friend who is too beautiful (and unfortunately meek) for her own good, attracting stalker types with horrifying regularity. This is a great change.

How the hell. I’m in Seattle and watched it and it was so faint, barely visible at all. You wouldn’t have even noticed it if you weren’t looking for it.

Probably dumped them. Guess I could be worse…

Just FYI, the striped pole attached to the hydrant is so it can be found under snow.

Okay, but to be fair, school does not teach about taxes.

Probably because if they did, they would have a neverending supply of rebellious little adults on their hands, from either side of the political sphere.

This is not very helpful when you’re making little cog workers and soldier yes men.

“Vibe” is just a regular noun.

Thrift shops and used furniture stores. Buying a quality piece of furniture second-hand is the only way to get it for a good price.

Lucky. I’ve only had that happen once, but I’ve got shipped a bad motherboard twice over the years.

That is practically the perfect example of a good act which is also an act of harm reduction.

The a series is really not small. I’ve had them for years

And not one of them is a small option.

It has always blown my mind that they leave all their shit and garbage up there. Any and all responsible hikers, backpackers, and mountain climbers have a “pack it in, pack it out” policy. It’s the norm. Yeah, packing shit sucks, but you love nature, so you deal with it.

Jesus, someone get that kid to a doctor.

I had problems with my Pixel 5 crashing all the damn time but haven’t had any issues with the 6 (or when I had the 4).

Good. Now if only we could get the wealthy and powerful to switch to a form of economy which prioritizes stability over infinite growth.

Answering the phone. Listening to voicemails.

There’s no reason I should fear these now, but I was hit by a car back when I was in college (nearly 20 years ago now), and I had no health insurance and couldn’t pay any bills. I was already barely affording to eat.

So, almost every single call I got was related to a bill that I knew I couldn’t pay. The trauma of that has stayed with me to this day and I will often leave voicemails which are perfectly innocuous unlistened to for days, weeks, eternity…

That kind of stress just stays with you.

Answering the phone. Listening to voicemails.

There’s no reason I should fear these now, but I was hit by a car back when I was in college (nearly 20 years ago now), and I had no health insurance and couldn’t pay any bills. I was already barely affording to eat.

So, almost every single call I got was related to a bill that I knew I couldn’t pay. And they were relentless. The trauma of that has stayed with me to this day and I will often leave voicemails which are perfectly innocuous unlistened to for days, weeks, eternity…

That kind of stress just stays with you.

This also extends to opening the mail.

Oh my god, is that a thing that happens? That sounds horrible.

I think that’s too realistic to fit the question.