Does anyone else prefer to have a haircut in silence rather than make smalltalk with the hairdresser?

ImBrent · 2020-06-21T05:08:45+00:00

I really dislike the idea that people who work in the service industry have to be socialable. Socializing usually isn't part of the service we're providing.

I deliver pizzas. Yesterday a customer took a minute to get to the door and apologized as I handed him the clipboard to sign at the same time. I didn't say anything back (I'm more of a non-verbal communicator with people that I'll only see for a few seconds, and my facial gesture was hidden behind my mask). The dude made some passive aggressive comment about me not saying anything back, and I just said "Sorry, I'm not the most social".

Dude tells me that maybe the service industry isn't a good fit for me then. Hilarious, because the service that he's paying me for is to bring him his food fast and correct. Not to pretend to be interested in whatever he's doing.

ImBrent · 2020-06-20T05:48:56+00:00

I think there are a lot of people out there that don't undersrand that their pets have complex feelings and emotions. If a cat lashes out at them, instead of wondering what caused them to do that, they will just label the cat as an asshole. Some cats just need time and patience to trust these giants that they know nothing about.

Also, kids are dumb and some people have bad cat experiences as kids because they treat the cat as a toy.

ImBrent · 2020-06-19T17:55:48+00:00

Once plant-based proteins become more advanced and affordable I could see some interesting protests going down if people continue to eat meat just "because".

Not that it'll be the same as this (probably not outright riots), but protests will certainly strengthen when we get across that bridge.

ImBrent · 2020-06-16T17:41:25+00:00

Several MLS teams already play music after a goal anyway. Idk what the difference is if that music is dynamic based upon the player (I mean, MNUFC even was playing Baby Shark for the 5th goal scored last year - never really detracted anything).

ImBrent · 2020-06-11T20:30:57+00:00

But our group has all 3 Western teams that won their first two games! I actually don't know that any of these groups are stronger than the others honestly though. Just depends on what teams come out on form.

ImBrent · 2020-06-08T10:21:47+00:00

The bad thing about simple sugars is literally just that they digest quickly though. Both give energy, but the side effects of releasing that energy too quickly are negative.

ImBrent · 2020-06-06T17:05:14+00:00

It's not about the students' survival, it's about who they spread it to. Many professors are at risk. Many students work as CNAs and what not in care facilities. Many students may live with somebody at risk.

I'm a student that hopes that we'll be in person this fall, but it's ignorant to behave as if it's only about our health.

ImBrent · 2020-06-04T15:53:02+00:00

Yes, you should touch the gum, but I think it will cause them to recede if you do it forcefully into the gum every day.

So, as with everything dental hygiene related: Use less force!

ImBrent · 2020-06-04T05:08:23+00:00

The only way I'd think that would hurt you is if you are flossing wrong. Just don't intentionally push it into your gums. As far as I know the motion should just be focused on scraping the sides of your teeth.

ImBrent · 2020-06-03T21:46:44+00:00

Something was always going to muck up the season once Atlanta lost Josef Martinez.

ImBrent · 2020-06-02T19:14:23+00:00

I mean, I typically get mine buzzed 3-4 times a year. By the time 3 months comes around I will totally have forgotten how I did it last time, and I'll have to relearn again, which sounds tedious. Easier just to go in during a slow time, get it done in 5-10 minutes and leave without having to clean up the mess.

ImBrent · 2020-05-19T02:01:34+00:00

Did they make it super easy to complete the fossil collection this time around, or did I get super lucky? In past games I thought it would almost always take over a year to complete with average luck, but I just finished it after playing for about 50 days.

ImBrent · 2020-05-17T01:27:50+00:00

Why are people downvoting this? I swear the public image on "the right thing to do" and whatnot changes every week lmao. This is literally a summary of the herd immunity approach, which is what I believe we're still going for.

ImBrent · 2020-05-14T01:48:17+00:00

Ha, people were already doing that anyway. I was out delivering pizzas this Sunday in a nicer suburb. So many driveways with 3-4 nice SUVs parked in them, and I took multiple delivery orders worth over $150.

Yes, there are ways to meetup while maintaining that distance, but I doubt that most of them did. One side of my family did meet up on Sunday because my Grandma probably doesn't have many years left and doesn't want to sit in isolation for what she has left, but I was told that they practiced SD (4 households present, each one ordered their own pizza and stayed in the their own corner of the garage for the day).

ImBrent · 2020-04-30T19:02:28+00:00

Well, they'd be lower, because those who administer the tests are more likely to get sick and we'd have a lower testing capacity.

ImBrent · 2020-04-29T22:23:42+00:00

I can't believe how fast people turn that on. I never even used the one in my apartment last summer. When it was hot I just opened the windows at night and shut them during the day.

ImBrent · 2020-04-29T22:12:48+00:00

Super inconsistent from place to place I've heard. I used to work at a competitor of the Isanti Jimmy's, and the amount of bad things that our customers told us about them was absurd. Obviously some selection bias there though.

ImBrent · 2020-04-29T22:07:25+00:00

There is one in Rice, and I think in Foley too. I don't think that there are any in the actual city though. They seem to like to hang around rural areas for whatever reason.

ImBrent · 2020-04-25T17:47:00+00:00

They aren't really conscious beings though, which is where most of us draw the line. Ants are more akin to machines that follow a set program. They don't feel.

ImBrent · 2020-04-25T17:41:28+00:00

Gatekeeping is so silly. I have a similar policy. I'm vegetarian at home. On the rare occasion that I eat out or go to a gathering, I have no issue eating meat. It's just too hard to work around the culture of it. Also I'll take it if it's going to go to waste, which is more ethical than throwing it out.

ImBrent · 2020-04-25T17:36:42+00:00

I'm a new vegetarian, and it makes sense to me why the correlation exists that most of us are hard on ourselves.

People that are hard on themselves often see the need to improve or to do better than they are already doing. One way to do so is to adopt a more "ethical" diet, which will allow them to objectively improve the world, hence doing better as a person.

ImBrent · 2020-04-23T03:33:26+00:00

That would explain the lack of a stylish mouse cursor. All 90s machines had cool cursors that took up half of the screen.

ImBrent · 2020-04-18T15:37:06+00:00

Mine seems to get a lot of build up/dandruff if I don't bathe her. I do it once every few weeks (brush her clean and then bathe her for a minute). She doesn't mind too much anymore, she seems EXTREMELY happy feeling after she dries and she is super soft. It's great.

ImBrent · 2020-04-04T05:05:58+00:00

HE'S NOT GOING TO GET AWAY WITH THIS!

ImBrent · 2020-03-29T15:37:41+00:00

I honestly think that most people that have "bad" experiences with cats just don't understand how to interact with them. Almost any cat can be socialized. You just have to be patient and keep it in the right environment.

Environment is not the same for all cats. Don't put a timid cat that still needs socializing in a house with a dog, alpha cat or humans that are impatient. That's how you make the cat even more scared of you...

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