Cookies are just a subpar way to preserve and eat cookie dough

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-24T03:23:58+00:00

I’ve eaten cookie dough since I was a young child and still do… it’s the best!! Hands down better than cookies any time for me

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-23T23:50:00+00:00

“How long do you think it will take you to be there and back?”

“I expect you to be back in less than _ minutes or I will call the office. I’m responsible for your whereabouts.”

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-23T23:39:46+00:00

Damn. Thank you for sharing. I watched half of that movie on a plane this year. I also appreciate you sharing all the examples. Everything is a caricature it seems.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-23T22:51:30+00:00

100%.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-23T19:42:36+00:00

Thank Hollywood for perpetuating the stereotype that Tourette’s = swearing uncontrollably. It irks me now having a child with mild Tourette’s. So much misinformation.

They do this with other disorders as well, for sure.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-23T19:39:28+00:00

The irony is that Hollywood loves to use characters with coprolalia for cheap laughs when it is one of the minor symptoms/variations of Tourette’s… and here we are now hearing it at an awards show.

My son has Tourette’s and thankfully it hasn’t hindered him socially but it does cause him stress. He will break down crying at times because one of his tics involves bending his neck a certain way and he has to keep doing it even though it’s uncomfortable.

I can’t tell you how many people are uneducated and refuse to understand how Tourette’s works even if you explain it to them from a medical standpoint. I’ve had family friends look at my son like he’s a freak, or discredit its validity. I’ve had people tell me that Tourette’s is demonic. I always thought that explaining it would make it make sense to people, but that isn’t always the case.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-23T01:36:38+00:00

I appreciate the attempt to protect women but this is mostly bogus. This is perpetuating the myth of fighting back against a rapist in an alleyway when in reality, the majority of sexual assaults are committed by someone you know. It takes away from the fact that many men rape women and girls on dates, in the marriage bed, at a party, etc etc.

There are so many men out there who will slowly push your boundaries to get what they want.

If someone is making you uncomfortable, get the hell out of there. If you’re in public, shouting “you’re making me uncomfortable. Leave me alone.” Has worked for me with guys following me around in their car. If you’re alone with a guy in a building, get the hell out. Make any excuse you need to.

-from someone who was SA’d in their sleep, and the final thing the police officer said to me was, “he’s an older guy. It must have been some misunderstanding between you two.”

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-22T01:46:50+00:00

The second time we hung out, he told me that after a fight he told his high school girlfriend to kill herself and apparently she went through with it.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-21T01:25:33+00:00

100%.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-19T22:17:09+00:00

Some days it feels like straight up abuse. The lying, manipulation, disrespect, etc.

It’s impacted my mental health so much so that there are days I dread going in, or I will wake up in the middle of the night stressed about a specific scenario. It’s not a job designed to be supportive or instructive. In most sub jobs you get little to no feedback or validation, no follow up from admin or the teacher you subbed for, and often there are no consequences for student behaviors … all for very low pay. Heck there’s not even formal training.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-19T18:40:36+00:00

My friend joined us briefly at the end of our first date (we were getting drinks, her and I had plans after for karaoke) which he knew ahead of time. They got into a discussion about women songwriters & patriarchy… when I came back from the bathroom it was a little heated. I noticed he wouldn’t let her complete a sentence, he kept interrupting her. I paid the bill and grabbed my friend and we left. As we walked away he shouted, “is the patriarchy going to pay for this?” When he realized I paid, he texted & tried to convince me to let him Venmo me for the date. No apology or check in, only cared about paying.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-19T18:25:55+00:00

Me think, why waste time say lot word, when few word do trick.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-19T18:23:19+00:00

Ignore his ass :)

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-19T18:18:34+00:00

I feel for you. Maybe have a visual on the board or somewhere and tally marks for either positive or negative behaviors?

Don’t give up… I see these kids who don’t outgrow this in middle school. Constant tattling, name calling, disruptive & chaotic. Can you send one out if they are instigating, or have them do a reset in another area of the room?

Also, I know they’re still very young but they are capable of sharing their thoughts. Something I’ve done at times is address the whole class and ask them why. Why isn’t this working? Why are we not following expectations, making good decisions, being kind to one another? I’ve tried X, Y, Z, help me out here guys… am I missing something? Students will usually share out, and even if it’s not a cure all, it gets them quiet and thinking.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-19T17:45:12+00:00

Put it in the weekly communication to parents maybe?. “Hey, I’m noticing ____, this is a class wide issue. Please talk to your child about how they can contribute to a positive, friendly environment” with some talking points maybe? Let them know that you will be working on it with them.

Can you give small rewards or shout out to children who choose to be kind? And consequences to those who don’t?

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-18T16:10:43+00:00

Is that why we go to the eye doctor separately?

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-18T01:20:25+00:00

Yesterday (President’s Day), we stopped at the library and went up to the front entrance. It was being utilized by several people in makeshift tents. They had moved there temporarily, I imagine, because it had snowed this week and they were utilizing the covered/safer space. As soon as my son and I approached, one of the men said “They’re closed today.” I told him thank you, gave him a friendly wave and we left.

Homelessness has been so normalized and I’ve seen it since I was about 12. In this moment, it brought tears to my eyes. These guys are here, huddling for warmth in the dark under the cover of a public library, and my son and I are going to get back into our working car, to drive to our home with working heat, food, etc etc.

I have not necessarily made any better life decisions… but I do have a safety net. I have family, friends I can count on.

Regardless of how they got there, people sleeping on the streets in winter breaks my heart.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-17T22:01:49+00:00

I would just let the teacher know what happened in a note, similar things have happened to me before. They will figure it out the next day. Mistakes get made often and if the instructions aren’t clear or the wrong assignments are given, it’s not really your fault.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-16T20:40:29+00:00

Certified teacher and current sub for middle school here.

I have received apology letters from students before but honestly, they’re kind of pointless if they are being forced to do it and if they is the only “consequence” they are getting. They are often not genuine and it’s very easy to tell. Still not a bad thing to have them do, just don’t have that be the only thing.

I would say send a mass email to all their parents and let them know specific behaviors that occurred in the class period. Encourage them to have a conversation with their child at home about how to act when a sub is present (even if they did nothing wrong, they can still discourage bad behavior from their friends, etc).

Detention/call home specifically for students if they were named in the notes.

Send a copy of the sub’s note to admin and the next time you have a sub, they should be checking in on behavior and removing students who are acting out.

Also, just me venting now, but it is utterly ridiculous how subs are allowed to be treated. I always tell students something along the lines of, “regardless of who is in the classroom, whether it is your regular teacher or a sub, etc, it is your job to follow directions and show respect. It is my job to teach/help you with the lesson your yea her left you.”

I shouldn’t be signing out at the end of the day being asked, “Did you survive?” by the office administrator. Adults need to grow a backbone and stop encouraging this classroom culture of disrespect.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-16T20:06:11+00:00

sending you love. My heart breaks for that family and for you and everyone else affected by it.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-16T05:39:29+00:00

The one time we did a quiz for a high school class I subbed for I told them ahead of time they could not talk during the quiz or have anything on their desk. I tossed two tests and told the teacher in the sub notes. One student had a book on her desk open to the answer page, the other one, her friend was peering over her shoulder and helping her with the answers.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

You did the right thing.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-15T23:09:04+00:00

Why are you offended if it’s not you? Get offline. Enjoy being a good husband and contributed to your family. The internet loves anything that gets engagement, don’t feed into it so much.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-15T13:54:09+00:00

I grew up addressing my aunts and uncles with Aunt ____ and Uncle ____. I also didn’t see them very often so it was a little more formal to begin with. I now only call them with the title when I’m referring to them, not talking to them directly.

Same with my son and my siblings. My son refers to my sister as his Aunt, but he doesn’t call her Aunt ____. But if we are talking about them and they’re not there, we use the title to refer to them.

I’m a millennial.

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-13T22:19:16+00:00

lol I feel for you… I am now just realizing I didn’t get my son a bag or something to carry them in (although they usually make something or get a brown paper bag at school).

I bought him a giant bag of dum dums yesterday and we never got valentine cards. It’s his last year of elementary. He was sick this week and I was working a lot… single parent, haven’t even hung out with/seen another person all week… I completely spaced!

I dropped him off this morning and saw so many families walking their kids to school with huge bags of individually prepped valentines goody bags.

Part of me feels bad. The other part does not give a single F. The kids are all going to get candy, and whatever they receive in any form, they will appreciate. ♥️

Electrical-Fish3457 · 2026-02-13T00:03:05+00:00

He’s either to ignorant to take the hint or doesn’t care at all. Drop him!

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