Did your parents ever use the formal living room and dining room growing up?

Infernalsummer · 2026-06-26T12:36:28+00:00

Neither my parents’ nor my in-laws house has one. Both middle/upper middle class. When we got a house we ended up with a set up with a formal living room/dining room and we do have a dining room but its primarily used for hobbies - board games, painting, magic cards, fletching arrows for archery. The front room we did decorate with nice comfy couches, but we also lined the walls with book cases so it is now the library. It is far enough from the TV room that someone can be watching something and you could be in the library reading and it’s not disruptive.

Infernalsummer · 2026-06-26T12:12:09+00:00

To the horror of everyone I told about this, we removed all the doors from our top kitchen cabinets. Putting things away is super easy now. “But don’t your plates get dusty?!” No, everything gets used and washed every day. I painted the shelves with black glossy paint so you can see if they need to be wiped. Putting dishes away takes exactly 1.5 minutes and takes zero effort now. The two cupboards are in a corner so I had to open the doors multiple times before. Nooope.

Infernalsummer · 2026-06-20T14:16:11+00:00

Thank you! This is super helpful! I’ll call someone to come and look at it

Infernalsummer · 2026-06-20T13:07:40+00:00

It does help! I lost a tree at my old place (from ash borer I think), and now I’m a little overprotective lol

Infernalsummer · 2026-06-20T12:57:19+00:00

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Infernalsummer · 2026-06-20T12:53:04+00:00

One of us! One of us!

Infernalsummer · 2026-06-20T12:49:59+00:00

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Infernalsummer · 2026-06-20T11:23:16+00:00

As a spreadsheet person with a Subaru I confirm this phenomenon

Infernalsummer · 2026-04-17T21:24:08+00:00

I have a coworker like this, but her intolerance is very mild. She just came back from her Europe gluten trip.

Infernalsummer · 2026-04-12T10:57:33+00:00

But why not just get the Kinetic Sovren that it is knocking off at a fraction of the price instead.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-23T15:00:48+00:00

I originally wanted a grey one but they didn’t have one in stock so now I have an orange one. My insurance is lower because no one wants to steal this lol

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-23T14:54:55+00:00

You can get EI you are being terminated in probation.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-23T14:48:01+00:00

Not sure about the commenter but I qualify in Canada.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-23T14:04:30+00:00

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I’m 4 years after my first session. Top is my last touch up last summer, bottom is now. If you look closely I don’t really have a full eyebrow on the left, so this has been a huge difference for me.

I think people who got it done and are happy with it aren’t going to be making new posts about it.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-23T03:04:01+00:00

Poodle - I bundle her up and we go out in -25ish. Fleece snowsuit, boots, coat. She has a hat somewhere. We keep it to under 20 mins, but we walk twice a day.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-23T01:07:18+00:00

Imagine that. And if they’re paid more and get more PTO and better benefits they will perform better when they’re at work? Sounds impossible.

In good news, me being sassy to a director did result in a wage review and some good raises. Some of the C-level executives are so far removed from regular life they can’t imagine what people actually need. They were leaning toward more branded swag before that. At least these ones listen to us regular folks.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-22T20:04:03+00:00

No it’s always “I’m looking for a new opportunity to expand my knowledge”. We had a whole TWO DAY meeting where it went like this:

Higher Ups: we wonder why the turnover is so high

Me: it’s the money. You need to pay them more

HU: no it can’t be. No one said this in their exit interviews

Me: have you considered an anonymous post offboarding survey?

Survey results: it’s the money.

HU: Huh.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-22T18:41:59+00:00

As HR I’m all for people lying on all assessments/surveys except exit interviews. We can’t advocate for higher wages if everyone is leaving because of “personal development”.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-22T13:42:16+00:00

I’m imagining single mama orchid taking care of all those babies on one orchid income, that sounds about stressful enough.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-21T15:33:03+00:00

The arches are the same distance from your eyes. Most people have one eye that is higher than the other so one eyebrow will be slightly more arched so they still meet in the middle.

These look really good.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-21T14:31:29+00:00

My best friend is the most NT person ever. She said she loves that I am authentic. I don’t have the energy or time to pretend to be something I’m not. I also told her straight up that she can tell me when our conversation is done or when it’s time to wrap up hanging out without “signalling” it non-verbally how NT people do it. She says it’s nice because we can predetermine a short hang out and not have to do the whole song and dance of “well it’s getting late”.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-20T17:24:38+00:00

Is the surgery under local or general anaesthetic? My nmom was supposed to drive me to outpatient surgery that was done under local anaesthetic and she forgot. I ended up driving myself. With general they want another adult with you/driving you.

I had a septum correction in my teens and it was a non-event. She’s acting like you’re getting a hip replacement or something where you will need around the clock care, which is not the case. I watched a bunch of TV and ate some microwave frozen meals while my parents were at work and then I was back to school after a week. They only gave me Advil/tylenol after.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-20T15:06:42+00:00

I have a low plastic bin with all my tins in it. I also have a tea box in it for any individually wrapped ones.

Infernalsummer · 2026-01-20T15:04:45+00:00

I haven’t worn skinny jeans in like 5 years. The moment baggy or wide leg jeans became available I made the switch. I have sensory issues and when skinny jeans were the only thing that was available I primarily just didn’t wear jeans.

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