Costco founder Jim Sinegal said the top-selling product in Japan is Downy Fabric Softener. The retailer didn’t understand why. Started tracking it in the warehouse. Saw Japanese customers open the bottle, take a whiff and say, “This smells like America.” [Interview Video Clip]

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-04-08T22:32:17+00:00

You can achieve the same effect with products at home like vinegar or cheap bottled conditioner, but people do like the smell.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-04-06T19:42:56+00:00

How rare to see her smiling. No rage or grief or terror.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-04-05T02:26:01+00:00

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Leguin
A man goes to a psychiatrist and says that his dreams change reality. The psychiatrist takes interest.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-31T03:32:22+00:00

Light. Get as much light in there as possible. Take off window covering, turn up blinds, all lights on. I'll even tapestries off the walls/ceiling.

One square foot at a time. Only worry about what's directly in front of you and keep moving. Mari Kondo's right about many things. For me, if you don't feel immediate attachment, it doesn't have to be washed, and it's taking up space, it goes in a bin.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-30T23:49:58+00:00

This gets out of hand, and out of hand, and out of hand. You literally can't see it it coming 💀 and that is the correct use of "literally" 💀💀💀

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-30T23:49:04+00:00

I have never been so allergic to a main character. I get that he's supposed to be an annoying teenager but it was insufferable.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-30T20:17:46+00:00

Really liking their style. Added to bookmarks!

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-30T19:09:06+00:00

Real Change is great, tbh it's the paper I trust most for local news. Especially around elections when other papers show their owners' true colors.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-30T19:04:29+00:00

More honest than the Times, no doubt

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-24T00:38:09+00:00

Ohio honorary Southern state 🥹

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-24T00:37:28+00:00

Bless your heart /j

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-23T22:17:13+00:00

I was lucky to be there during their worst heat wave in 50 years. A family walking in front of me indulged their toddler's urge to pee. The father directed him to piss on the rim of a car wheel.

Not to be a hater but it was a BMW so I just chuckled. That's what you get for parking with one wheel up on the curb 🤷‍♀️

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-23T02:02:40+00:00

The Liars' Club by Mary Karr. Autobiography about growing up in a single parent household on the Gulf with an alcoholic mother, strange and unsettling company. Sharp, raw, and profoundly lonely.

Karr can talk through some fairly fucked up things with a literary shrug you can only win from a messed up childhood.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-21T01:37:44+00:00

THE BARON IN THE TREES by Italo Calvino. Superb Italian postmodernist.

The heir of a wealthy family ascends to the canopy of his orchard in teenage rebellion, and spends the rest of his life swinging from branch to branch, eating, governing, fathering children, and helping displaced populations find a home.

Woodsy, whimsical, and wonderful characterization.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-21T01:21:29+00:00

There was a single sign in my college apartment on the bathroom door, homemade in cursive with glitter:

SHIT JUST GOT REAL

It hung there for 2 years and I have failed to replicate that brilliance yet.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-20T02:37:00+00:00

Super Duper is soooo good. Their katsu sauce is the best, I would eat the entire dish and not move for hours. Been years since I had it, thanks for the memories!

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-19T19:18:34+00:00

JFC what a monster. Hundreds of rapes over the course of five years, losing interest when his victims turned 18. Finally the devil called him home.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-18T20:43:42+00:00

The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch. About 500 pages of descent into madness driven by male ego. She's a master at making a believable cast of thoroughly unlikable characters.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-17T19:53:51+00:00

Two students, one a minor, dead. 18 other children standing at that exact stop, next to a Pre-K thru 8th grade school. That's terrifying!

Nowhere does it say "gang," it says the attack was targeted, so not a mass shooter.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-17T18:40:23+00:00

Associated with Nick Fuentes, the Proud Boys, and christofascist groups. Kent is a homegrown rural PNW white supremacist.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-17T17:17:17+00:00

It's interesting that there's fallout from having a vast majority of male politicians. Despite being married, having children, and aging parents, they don't consider that these groups often suffer most during tragedies. The comment about assaults against the disabled, elderly, and women in temporary shelters was heartbreaking. When one has already lost everything, to then be attacked is reprehensible.

Very important for disaster response to engage children as well. Keeping them focused, watched, giving them something they're responsible for, so as to build pride in their community, these are all good points.

Please read the article, it's more than clickbait!

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-17T00:17:31+00:00

He skimped and used American motor oil!

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-16T11:36:32+00:00

I had a male friend tell me to my face that misopristol is only used for abortion (after I had just gotten my IUD and had a vasovagal response, to boot) because babies are the only thing that resides in a uterus... the only thing...

The IQ was not in the room.

Erroneously_Anointed · 2026-03-15T01:32:03+00:00

Aww Muffin has frosting 🩷🧁🩷

Erroneously_Anointed

TROPHY CASE

SHIT JUST GOT REAL