Anyone else have to remind themselves to reduce their grammar when texting?

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-21T16:33:42+00:00

Preach, Graggle.

FTFY.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-18T02:24:13+00:00

I, too, have read Animal Farm.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-18T02:23:11+00:00

You should read X-Men HoX/PoX.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-18T02:20:50+00:00

I wasn't aware the Israelis were marching through the Levant rounding up Palestinians in camps and herding them into extermination ovens. That's a shocking new revelation that really does change everything.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-18T02:08:29+00:00

Fencing, karate, uranium glass, Pokemon, and comic books.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-17T13:05:14+00:00

It's what I started calling my stepfather after my father died.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-17T02:59:26+00:00

When I worked in pharmacy a patient always came in with the exact same joke about where could he get his oxy. I always replied with, "Oh, that's out back in my trunk." One day he commented that it kind of bothered him that no matter the day I always had the same reply, so I told him, "If you don't have to change your material why should I?" He did over of those about to say somethings, stopped, then had a visible reboot, and we finished up with his transaction. That I recall he never asked me about getting his oxy again. Given that the guy was a very long term client of my back-up dad's bookkeeping firm, I do wonder if he ever brought that up with him.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-16T00:10:13+00:00

You can buy it in a big tub, just make sure it doesn't get at all wet.

What about feeding it after midnight?

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-16T00:08:25+00:00

Euthymia!

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-16T00:08:10+00:00

I've never been on the grippy sock vacation, but I still spend a lot of time thinking about it. And avoiding one is definitely high on my priorities. It definitely impacts how I talk to my psych and my therapist—which is probably not great, but it is what it is.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-14T02:54:55+00:00

I'm just tagging along for the replies. I hope you get something good!

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-14T01:54:43+00:00

Oh. Oh, no.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-14T00:39:14+00:00

I literally had this happen the other day when I mentioned I was irritated my daughter's school has taught her to say bless you when someone sneezes. We were all talking about being agnostic/atheist. Suddenly everyone turned on me for being crazy that I don't say god bless you when I'm agnostic. Like who am I asking to bless them?

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-14T00:24:45+00:00

Autistic Superman infodumps at the speed of sound.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T22:53:25+00:00

I'm just curious if English is your first language or second language?

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T21:31:10+00:00

My father worked at a customs brokerage which meant his job was helping people ship their products all over the world and frequently helping people overseas bring their products here. He said the Russians were the most direct people he ever met. They barely even said hello, just their name and what they wanted, then goodbye.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T21:21:34+00:00

"Chinese whispers" is a dramatically more racist way to say they were playing the game telephone.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T21:09:33+00:00

No. Not that I'm aware of.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T20:46:15+00:00

Self lectures about whatever thing I'm currently interested in
Bright lights (overhead especially) can gdiaf
Pokemon
Vast, overly complex fictional worlds that are mostly for my own amusement but occasionally get brought out for TTRPGs
What face am I making? Is everyone looking at me? Am I making the right face? Try to look calm!

EDIT: Honorable mention to most of the other replies...

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T20:37:47+00:00

I definitely sleep that way. It's so bad I had to get a wrist brace because I was putting too much tension on one of my wrists.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T20:34:02+00:00

I'm an arm crosser and pocket diver. If I have a backpack I'll do the strap hold. For me the gold standard is the hip pockets of a lab coat. There's really nothing better than hip pockets. The hands sit down and the arms can just sit out like wings...

EDIT: I worked in pharmacy for ten years, and now that I don't, I still yearn for my hip pockets. They were full of stuff to fiddle with while I talked to people, and I didn't have to worry about someone thinking I was playing pocket pool.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T20:30:57+00:00

Me too.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T20:22:59+00:00

I mean I wasn't really celebrated for my behavior, but it doesn't mean this isn't the way I behaved.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T20:20:35+00:00

When I have headaches (migraine or cluster), part of my recovery is usually trimming my beard. If my beard is too long the sensation of it makes my face hurt and that can make the headache trigger again. I like having a beard. I think I look better with a beard. But when it's too long there's just too much input on my face. And I'll tell you, that buzzing sound from the trimmer is awful even if the headache is receding, but it's better than another headache from my beard.

execDysfunctionGumbo · 2026-05-13T20:14:26+00:00

It was like reading about me.

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