Preeeeettty sure his name is Jance Dance Vance, and I won’t be convinced otherwise.

I bought a milkshake on a beach boardwalk a couple weeks ago, as a treat, cuz I was at the beach, yknow, why not. The last time I had a milkshake was probably this time last year. They only offered one size, 20 oz. I would have preferred less, but whatever. My friend got a single scoop in a cup. About a third of the way into my shake, she was done w her scoop, and i did not want to eat anymore milkshake, but I also didn’t want to be wasteful, so I ate the rest of it, but it was not good anymore. It was too much sugar, and then my tummy hurt haha. Her lil scoop was the perfect amount and cost less than my stupid thing.

Sorry, you didn’t ask for this anecdote. It was all to say: I agree with you, sure they taste good, kinda, but only for a minute and then the suffering comes.

Protoyiff has been added to the lexicon. Thank yooooo verymuch.

It’s called the scrub mommy because it has a soft side :)

(I didn’t make that up, thats their advertising).

Also it does 2x the work for less money than the scrub daddy costs. I didn’t make that up either, but it’s true, they’re cheaper, and that’s very funny.

Man that’s a tough one. I think you’re doing the right thing by not calling and I’m going to share an anecdote to explain why.

My coworker was walking home late one night and encountered a homeless man. It was negative degrees outside. He wrestled with the idea of what to do because he didn’t want the cops to bother or hurt this guy. He wasn’t belligerent or bothering anyone, but my friend was worried about him because it was freezing outside. My friend decided to call 911. He wanted an ambulance to come. Instead the cops came and took the man away in handcuffs. When he was telling me the story at work the next day, he cried. He’s a big bearded stereotypical “tough guy” and I’d never personally seen him show emotion like that. He felt so bad, and he regretted calling.

One of those drunks you see might hurt someone, but that’s on them for choosing to drive or the bartender for not calling the cops or cutting them off. Where I’m from, part of bartender certification is getting trained on how to take customers keys and when to call a cab and when to call the cops.

A lot of words in this post to say:

I think you’re making the right choice.

Xx much love

Cat.

I have similar thoughts for a solution- just don’t have any sex or gender indicators on ID cards. Have a whole separate medical card that isn’t for identification. You keep it in your wallet in case you’re ever in an emergency, and doctors will use it to know if they should treat you like an xx or an xy or something else if it so applies. It could have a list on the back where you write any current medications, so a Dr knows what interactions your body might have to any treatments. This would be useful if, for example, you’re a female presenting biologically xy Trans person who shows up unconscious in an ambulance. Then the doctor can look at that person’s card and say “I will give this person the medical care that an XY person needs” vs saying “this person’s ID card says male but they look female, should the treatment be for a man or a woman?”

As a non medical professional I’m sure I am oversimplifying the ordeal and glossing over important points, but it’s just something I’ve thought a lot.

It was very funny, I like this a lot, thank you.

Ouch, now my back hurts and I feel called out.

My orange boy was also the smartest cat I’ve ever had. I do love the “one orange braincell” meme, but I’ve always heard the… idk, rumor? Wives tale?.. that orange cats were the best hunters, and that was true for my guy.

I mean you’re not far off, -280 plus -145, plus -37 overdraft fee for each of those automatic withdraws that came out before the check deposits in a few hours, even tho they’ll all be dated 8/25 on my bank statement. The 280 said “pending” since before midnight, went negative at 12 on the dot, the 145 came out at 3am, and the checks don’t go in til 9 :')

Same, right now I’m -$300, ask again in 12 hrs when two paychecks hit the joint bank acct, I might be able to make the car payment AND the car repair payment, yippee.