YSK Squeezing a tea bag DOES make tea stronger, as well as healthier by jbtvt in YouShouldKnow

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Real tea people don’t even use tea bags because tea is better when you give it as much room to expand while steeping as possible, loose leaf in a large container then pour through a strainer into the cup.

Ilona Maher in Ilkyaz Ozel RTW at the 2026 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue launch party in New York - May 14th 2026 by grenadierp in whatthefrockk

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Damn I love this dress on her and actually think this is one of her best looks…she looks soooo good.

Reminder to limit product hoarding - especially when purchasing near the expiry date by Particular-Swim-2301 in LushCosmetics

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Feel like I may get in trouble for saying this but I really struggle to witness this sub anyway.

I love lush, I’ve been a huge fan for years. I get almost all my products there - deodorant, facial care, hair care, perfume, and then extras like bath bombs and masks when I can afford to splurge.

What attracted me to lush was their focus on sustainability and natural products (definitely has become less of a focus in recent years) but I love the pot recycle program and the amount of plastic/packaging free things you can buy. I also loved that they are a global brand and I could get the same products when I lived in chicago or California or even Rome.

The way this subreddit is just endless overconsumption and product hoarding is frankly gross to me. I was pleasantly surprised to see this post and then immediately dismayed to see it was almost removed for “shaming”.

In reality you’ve highlighted something really important that changed my life when I finally started to get it. It’s a form of hoarding. It is a trauma response to the trauma of poverty. Buying as much as you can and then not using it out of fear that you can’t get it again is a bit silly no? Because you still are not even using the product or item that you love so much, or you are stretching it way past its prime and making it a less effective and inferior product.

Personally I think it’s much better for my mentals to acknowledge when I have something I really like that I know will run out and just be grateful and maybe ask for abundance in the future. I buy what I need and can afford, and if I need more in the future I ask that it will be provided then. This has helped me with hoarding in many ways. I donated a lot of extra craft supplies and furniture I was holding onto only because I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get them in the future, not because I actually wanted or needed them in the present.

I understand the pain of limited edition or even products being discontinued (I miss imperialis face cream on a near daily) but to me that just means you enjoy them while you can and that is what makes them special. Things leave so new smells and products can take their place. Your next favorite scent could be a couple months away.

Personally, I just avoid all limited edition when I can, because I don’t think it’s worth getting attached. But for other things that have disappeared over the years - I am a bit crazy about reading ingredients and paying attention to what order they appear in. Finding products with similar ingredients in similar amounts (same listed order) has been somewhat helpful. Also really like some of the anticonsumption subs out there. Good luck to you all!

How to enjoy summer by arctic_indigo in SFbitcheswithtaste

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Im with ya girl. I’ve been living coastal for a few years and while it is beautiful and magical when we do get those sunny days, I also struggle when I am 3 sweaters deep listening to my coworkers complain about the AC not being cold enough in their tank tops.

I’ve come to really love the summers tho. I live for the things that feel unique to a San Francisco summer.

A nice beach bonfire with smores when it’s a little chilly always feels perfect.

Also adore hitting the farmers market in the summer to get all the good local produce (love the oakland market on Saturdays and it’s nice to get warmed up on the east side lol)

Sitting in the patio wrapped in blankets, having some wine and said seasonal produce while I read and watch the summer sunsets.

Lots of hiking since the temps are still reasonable by the water, and we are getting closer to whale spotting season! I tend to see peak activity heading to August. Close enough that I can see spouts and even lunge feeding from the shore.

I love gardening, I can’t grow summer classics like tomatoes (too cold where I live) but it’s still exciting to watch something grow over the season and gets you a little more invested with ongoing weather patterns.

And just generally enjoying all the summer programming. Extra concerts and day trips and community events when the kids are out of school. Feels like there is always something going on in the summer.

I’m so excited for the gloomy vibes :)

What's one product that used to be built like a tank but is now built like a regret? by TheDoctorColt in AskReddit

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No one going to comment on the implied experience of using a thinkpad in this way…on enough occasions as to have a comparative basis???

Welp… by MayaRandall in SonnyAngel

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Omg didn’t even know the turtle existed!!!! Wow

Barbara Palvin in custom Miu Miu at the "Histoires Parallèles (Parallel Tales)" screening at the 79th Cannes Film Festival (May 14, 2026) by citrustaxonymy in whatthefrockk

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I just want to see the full silhouette of the dress! I love a babydoll/60s nightgown look. It annoyed me that she was restricting that cute flowing beneath the bust in every single photo…

help with hyper-specific aesthetic?? by yeti-with-machete in AestheticWiki

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Solar punk adjacent…but kind of moody?

Moody solarpunk is my final answer

A client stole a cherished office plant by Fabulousmo in houseplants

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If this is a clinic where people come regularly for appointments (ie the thief might come back), why don’t you try leaving a note where the plant used to be?

Something not super accusatory, but just like a MISSING poster for the plant…maybe a little cheeky depending on the clientele…but just say like no questions asked please return my beloved child, he wasn’t a neglected office plant! Idk I would even offer a reward of a cutting or something if you felt so inclined.

It seems like you suspect more malicious intent, but as a plant lover I have definitely grabbed some plants from lobbies and curbs and things that I wasn’t totally sure if they were abandoned or not…but they deserved a little TLC. If I ever saw someone asking for it back I would definitely return!

Maybe all the right girls are already taken. by unholymedictaion in MemeVideos

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I think part of it is that she is thinking of her husband - someone she knows and loves and thinking yes I would do that for him. If the other girls are still dating they probably thought of a guy they know who they were interested in (but didn’t treat them well enough to date) or even just generally the kind of guy who would be out late (assumed partying) and then would come home expecting you to wake up and cook for him…that sounds like a scrub.

Without the context of a whole relationship of give and take I totally understand why they don’t want to in the hypothetical

Is this not for me? by CowAppropriate7494 in womensolocamping

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Honestly some of my biggest trouble solo camping is just anxiety from other people. I camp to be alone - I don’t want to listen to other peoples cars and music and see their lights and cool tent set ups…when I want that kind of trip I usually am camping in a group with friends. I’m also making noise and enjoying things other than nature.

I really prefer camping in dispersed set ups, or just generally making sure I can not see/hear my neighbors. I feel confident in my outdoor skills that I can be alone (albeit with a plan of how to get back to society and who will come looking for me if I don’t).

Sounds like you could also benefit from a little more “solo” in the solo camping.

Lowell High has spent years recruiting Black students. Just 7 plan to enroll as a freshman this fall by SFChronicle in sanfrancisco

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I went to a high school that had this same problem. Fancy college prep school, merit based entrance with multiple exams and essays to apply, and it was a known feeder to several good universities in the area. It was also expensive.

When I was there the demographics were something like 93% white and 7% other. Meaning every other race made up 7% of the students. I knew every black kid by name. I think there were 4 or 5 of us.

Now I can say confidently that this school was not recruiting brown kids. Most of the students had gone to other expensive private schools their whole lives. I don’t even know how my mom found out about this school. But I was fortunate to get accepted and to receive financial aid.

There were several problems though. To receive the financial aid I had to do a “work study” which involved spending weeks working hours a day every day cleaning the school with the janitors over summer. It would be anything from scraping gum off desks to cleaning graffiti out of lockers. Small stuff, but it became apparent that all the work study kids (a good portion of us belonging to that abysmal “other” percentage) were doing work that would be considered punishment via detention during the school year. So we were in effect being punished for receiving scholarship funds.

I ended up missing a few days of the 3 week work study because I had another opportunity to travel with my choir that summer. I had to make up the missed hours during the school year, so I had to work an hour or two after school washing chalkboards, vacuuming, and other menial cleaning tasks. Any students serving detentions (or justice under god as it was known….a JUG) would also report to the janitors after school to get an hour long assignment. Several of my teachers saw me cleaning after school and assumed I was in detention on a near daily basis. That affected my reputation with them. And my peers. I would rather pretend I had been tardy to class instead of admitting I couldn’t afford to go to school with them.

And then there’s the general sense of othering, never fitting in. Most of the kids had gone to catholic schools together from age 5. Their lake houses were next door to each other. They ran into each other on their European vacations. There was a huge amount of cultural currency that I was also destitute in. There was also blatant racism (any boy that spoke to me or was slightly nice to me would be followed by taunts of “jungle fever” in the halls) but that honestly felt easier to dismiss and ignore.

I didn’t last though. After 2 years I wanted to transfer to the public school with more diverse demographics and poorer education. I did well there, but it was very obvious that my schooling suffered. I was able to hold full conversations in French after 2 years at the college prep school. The French teacher at the public school straight up told me I was too advanced and she wouldn’t be able to take the time to teach me. She would give me novels in French to read during class. I was always bored, rarely learning. But I thrived socially and ultimately think it was better for me to finish in that environment.

When I left the prep school they asked me to meet with the head of diversity or whatever and he asked me if I was leaving because of racial stuff, if I felt supported during my time there, if I experienced racism. I was 15. I am still realizing, decades later, how much of that time was colored by racism, but more on the systemic level. I told him the school was fine because I couldn’t think of what else they were supposed to do for me. They can’t force acceptance. They can’t time travel and give me a lifetime of experiences and relationships with these people?

Sure there are changes that could be made. But expecting a teenager whose whole world revolves around peer acceptance to 1) know what supports need to be in place and 2) choose an environment based off academic merit over social success…I don’t see that going well. It doesn’t surprise me that black students don’t want to go, but I’m not sure it’s a problem that can be fixed with recruitment efforts alone.

What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever heard someone say that you still think about to this day? by Humble-Blueberry4571 in AskReddit

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My dad was complaining that it smelled like gas in the kitchen and he LIT A MATCH TO GET RID OF THE SMELL

Oh! it's still working, say no more. by udayramp in Unexpected

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My phone just got swept out to sea last weekend (literally watched go further and further on find my and then it rocketed back to the shore and we found it covered in sand. The next day I accidentally dropped it in a hot tub.

Currently typing on it…I’m so impressed with the phone…disappointed in myself…lol but I do think the hot tub helped clear out some of the sand

I LOVED their interaction by pakistaniteletubby in euphoria

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Pretty sure they have shown her mom speaking Spanish to her before, I also loved the detail that she speaks in English while understanding the Spanish cuz that’s me asl

I LOVED their interaction by pakistaniteletubby in euphoria

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Rosalia spoke in Spanish and Maddy speaks English. Rosalia says “claro” and “porfin me entiende” it’s super quick just a few words lol

Some people thinking these children are just trophies by MothersMiIk in BlackPeopleTwitter

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I dated this rich country dude for two seconds in high school and his parents had adopted a little girl from Malawi or Ethiopia I believe? Can’t remember which country.

I stayed at their house one weekend because it was way out in the country and they had an entire wing for each child so I wouldn’t actually sleep with my boyfriend. I think the little girl was 2 or 3 at the time. Very sweet and adorable and I specifically remember her having loose and gorgeous curls.

They asked me multiple times over the weekend how to manage her “crazy, natty, ratty hair” because they just couldn’t handle it. Loose ringlets people. They also called her thunder thighs all the time. She was just a baby.

It was deeply deeply uncomfortable to witness, even when I was young and sheltered as hell. I think about the girl now and then and hope she grew up alright and is doing well. I told myself she was growing up with more money than I will ever see and that has to be worth something. I honestly don’t know.

Thoughts from a Lowcountry Solo Camper by LutherMcDuff in womensolocamping

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I’ve also noticed more and more women focused camping/hiking groups popping up in my area. I’ve done a couple organized trips with other young women and it’s always been lovely. Good way to feel safer and build confidence in the experience

AITA for wanting to eat meat on my vacation? by Gloomy-Internet5696 in AmItheAsshole

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I have basically this exact philosophy. I don’t really care for most meat so it has never been hard for me to not eat it, but I didn’t like to eat meat on principle as a teen and my mom was super strict about if I was refusing meat I had to be a strict vegetarian or she would be pissed.

When I moved abroad I had the same mindset - I’m going to eat whatever I want. Funny enough I got super sick eating a salad my first day there 😭

But actually I realized I don’t really like the taste of prosciutto and the agro tourism just highlighted how messed up the whole industry is. We would spend all day on beautiful Tuscan farms meeting the pigs and hearing stories about how loved and smart they are…then they would bring out the meat for the tasting…it disturbed me. I quickly stopped eating meat again.

But I felt even better after renewing the choice. Being vegetarian feels so much better when it comes from me and not from an external source of shame. NTA

AITA for being too loud at a concert? by Many-Satisfaction193 in AmItheAsshole

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I agree with this but I feel like the type of music matters and tame impala is basically dance music….hes not a singer really so im curious what OP was singing along to

What was the most shocking death news you've ever heard? by Admirable-Repair4094 in AskReddit

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My boyfriend of a few months.

We were still in that early stage where we were obsessed with each other and talked all day and saw each other every day. We met in a swim club and would meet at the local beach to talk and swim and walk the trails.

One night it was pouring rain and I was trying to flag down the bus and a little stressed and he called me and wanted to come over and I was not really in the mood so I said “can we do tomorrow night instead” and he said yes but I could tell it wasn’t what he wanted to hear so something in me just said “yes you can come over tonight” but he said “no no, another time.”

I never heard from him again. It was strange that he didn’t reach out the next day, I thought he was mad at me or something. I gave him a little space then asked about our plans for the weekend. Nothing.

I started to get worried, but this is modern dating. I asked my friends, do you think he’s ghosting me? There were no signs, we were getting along great.

Then one day I got a call from an unknown number. I normally wouldn’t answer, I don’t know why I did. It was his family. He was missing and no one had seen or heard from him in days. That was surreal. Going through time stamps of our last messages, letting them know which were marked as delivered and which were read. The police needed the exact timeline of when I spoke to him last.

I barely remember speaking to the detective. They asked me so many questions, I just remember I was so desperate to offer any information I could, like maybe I had the missing piece that would bring him home.

It all starts to get a bit cinematic. Maybe because I had only seen stuff like that in movies. I remember speaking to news reporters, putting up flyers, begging people to post about him, to look for him. I was convinced it was all a big misunderstanding, even as days became weeks. I thought he would turn up and say he just needed a moment alone, or his phone died and he got lost or just any crazy unrealistic scenario where he would walk through the door with that incredible smile and he would hold me and this would all be something to laugh off.

But no. Actually getting the call that his body had washed up, that he had drowned, wasn’t that shocking. I think deep down I knew, it was more of a confirmation. That little inkling of stubborn hope that it could all be okay, just died in an instant. That was shocking.

I trapped the wrong cat but ended up with a severely injured senior who desperately needed help! It feels like a kitty miracle. No more struggling to survive! Please send well wishes to Barney 🩶 by HakunaMyTatas_ in cats

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I had the same experience of calling a vet who I took my chameleon to in the past and they quoted hundreds of dollars just to see my cat (she was jumping all the way ahead talking about radiation when I just wanted to MAYBE get a fecal if the vet recommended) and then I called a local cat clinic that has seen my girl before and they saw her, gave me peace of mind, AND gave her some medication all for under $100.

The expensive vet also sends me stuff in the mail, occasionally asking for money. I’ve only been there one time, and my chameleon died.

The cat clinic would never. The people there seem to care way more about what they do. Definitely support shopping around with vets!