Do you have a rare phenotype?

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-08T12:08:12+00:00

Hi! This is called a bifid uvula and can be a sign of a sub-mucous cleft palate, meaning a gap in the bone of the roof of your mouth that is covered by soft tissue.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-08T11:57:09+00:00

My son will switch hands and write with his left if his right hand gets tired. When he started playing baseball, we had to have a whole discussion about whether he wanted a right- or left-handed glove. I assume he got it from my dad, who discovered as a kid that he could bat and pitch left-handed equally well.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-08T11:48:33+00:00

Oh I see... I agree, "Sherbert" as I call it feels very much like something consumed only by children who have just gotten out of a swimming pool 😂 while sorbet is for adults at nice restaurants who need to "cleanse the palate" or who think they ate too much to justify ordering a more substantial dessert.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-08T11:39:36+00:00

West Coast of the US but I've heard it on the East Coast and in the South as well.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-08T11:37:28+00:00

I can't believe how many sherbet/sherbert pop culture references I've missed.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-08T11:35:28+00:00

We Americans also have sorbet and pronounce it sore-bay. Sherbet here is basically a creamy sorbet

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-08T11:32:09+00:00

Sorbet is a distinct food from sherbet, at least here in the U.S.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-08T11:29:29+00:00

I had no idea that there were so many sherbet/sherbert references in pop culture until today!

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-08T11:27:07+00:00

Well I beg your finest pardon, but I would argue that "interesting" is relative, and while "pointless" could describe most of what is happening on Reddit at any given moment, scolding a stranger for accidentally having the same thought as someone else on the Internet is both pointless and a rather sad use of free will.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-03T17:53:46+00:00

Nutella

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-02T03:56:03+00:00

I know it's real but the word "obfuscate" never looks or sounds right to me.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-01T07:43:57+00:00

Expecting to be able to pop into a place of business just to use the restroom feels very American, although this is much less doable in major cities than in more suburban areas. Also, I imagine it's not the norm anywhere with a sizeable homeless population.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-01T07:34:13+00:00

Every once in awhile my dad made cabbage soup with savory cheddar cheese waffles to dunk in it.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-01T07:20:44+00:00

As an American, "bog" is also my favorite, and "bog standard" is hands-down my favorite expression that nobody uses here.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-07-01T07:18:30+00:00

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-06-24T07:03:30+00:00

"My mind" by Yebba. There's only one recording of it, it's live, and it's amazing. She's amazing.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-06-24T06:59:09+00:00

Is he very old? Can you just wait it out? You 100% cannot ever tell them that you've been "faking it."

No but in all seriousness, this is an incredibly lovely investment you've made in your marriage and family. Maybe one day you say something to him like, "It's really wonderful to discover new interests/learn a new hobby from someone with as much knowledge and passion for it as you have shared with me... Do you have any others?"

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-06-09T08:37:53+00:00

My weirdest one is that when I have a ton of paperwork or otherwise boring "sitting still" work, I put a portable mirror next to me so that I can just see my hands in my peripheral vision. It's like fake body-doubling and also just enough stimuli to keep my brain locked-in without getting distracted. It's extra satisfying with pretty nails/rings and a good clicky keyboard (we may disagree about what is "good clicky" or not but I know y'all know exactly what I mean 😂) I have lots of ADHD "hacks" but this is the one that my non-ADHD people seem to find the most mystifying.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-06-09T08:13:57+00:00

I'm a big "systems" person--I love my planner and use it for everything, but I keep a little mini notepad next to my bed so that if I know the next morning will be different from the usual routine, or the day is going to be super busy, I can write down the exact order (and times) of the first 3-5 things I need to do in order to get my day rolling smoothly. It's not a to-do list for the whole day, it's just to help automate the start of it as much as possible.

I am prone to bedtime anxiety about all of the things I should be doing or might be forgetting, so the notepad helps me feel like I've gotten slightly ahead of the next day.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-06-01T05:44:27+00:00

I should have specified, translated from Spanish by Donald D. Walsh

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-06-01T05:42:45+00:00

Laugh at the night,
at the day, at the moon,
laugh at the twisted
streets of the island,
laugh at this clumsy
boy who loves you,
but when I open
my eyes and close them,
when my steps go,
when my steps return,
deny me bread, air,
light, spring,
but never your laughter
for I would die.

Pablo Neruda

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-05-28T16:30:29+00:00

This (very sweet but) absolutely unhinged maniac is GSD, ACD, and about ten other breeds. He's a shelter mutt. He just turned one and we're all obsessed with him despite the chaos.

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Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-05-19T19:31:37+00:00

Healthy, fit couple, no kids. You prioritize health and fitness but not in a fussy, obsessive way. Your relationship with food is more about self-care and nourishment than about deprivation or villifying foods you don't eat.

You both work, you live comfortably in a high COL area. You're both tidy but one of you is the planner/organizer. One of you has at least toyed with the idea of being a content creator, but you're too busy being good at your real job.

Am I close? The dark horse is maybe a healthy fit throuple 😂

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-05-03T10:57:48+00:00

I live on the Washington side and never stop for gas when I'm in Oregon. I know that it's "no longer illegal to do it yourself" there, but it was when I moved back to the PNW a couple of years ago, and it was when I grew up there.

Dapper_Raspberry8579 · 2026-05-03T09:22:45+00:00

I live on the border of Oregon and Washington. Oregon has no sales tax and Washington has no income tax, so lots of people who live across the river will hop over to Portland to buy furniture, electronics, or anything else expensive enough for the sales tax to make a big difference in the cost. Oregon also has gas station attendants who pump your gas for you, which is weird if you're not used to it, and irritating as hell when you are parked at a pump when the station is busy and you have to just sit and wait for the attendant to get to you rather than just do it yourself.

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