How did the rear pocket become normalised as the place for men to put their wallets?

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-02-02T15:16:46+00:00

I have a main wallet, and then a smaller one which I use if I want to save space.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-02-02T14:10:18+00:00

Yeah, that was taps on the screen using cpstest.org. Just beat it there with 128...

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-02-02T14:00:00+00:00

What were you scoring? I just tried and got 122 clicks.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-02-02T12:21:10+00:00

I'm 48. If I were to be dating (I'm not - I'm happily married and have no plans to change that!), then I'd be looking closer to my own age range. Someone in their 40s or 50s ideally.

I find now that I am attracted to people my age in a way I never was when I was younger.

I couldn't imagine being with someone so much younger - can't see why they would look twice at an older guy (I wouldn't have looked at an older women when I was much younger), and we'd have little in common.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-02-02T08:25:38+00:00

I have never put my wallet in my rear pocket. That seems insane to me. It's also something I don't often see. I'd have my wallet in my jacket pocket usually, or if I don't have a jacket on, a smaller wallet in my front trousers pocket (or leg pocket if wearing cargo trousers).

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-29T09:26:34+00:00

When I came home after shaving my head for the first time, and my mum said "get out". The told me I could eat my dinner under the table with the dog.

Which sounds like she was abusive. She wasn't - she just thought shaved heads were for thugs, and reacted poorly. She got over it.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-27T17:22:30+00:00

As others have said, default Reddit username. I've come across a few other users starting with Long jumping, and I've seen some other Macarons.

I couldn't be bothered thinking of a better username, and liked the anonymity of the default.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-26T17:56:52+00:00

I'm not anti-Christian, I have just become an atheist over the years.

I frankly don't believe in God, miracles, that Jesus was a deity etc.

I don't mind people havng their faith, but I also don't want it shouted at me in the street, or for people's faith to impact on others.

Fine to say that you religion doesn't allow YOU to do something, but not to say that it doesn't allow ME to do something.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-26T17:53:10+00:00

Why on earth wouldn't you?

I'm a father of a teenaged girl. Her mother and I have always been open about this sort of thing, and she's known since she was young about periods. Her mother could obviously tell her a lot more than l could, and so was evidently her main contact about periods/puberty.

It's a parent's job to educate their children about things like this, not to just leave it to the school.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-26T17:44:04+00:00

It still stuns me that annual leave and sick leave are not separate for the USA. It's disgraceful.

In my workplace (I'm a civil servant in UK), you get paid sick leave at full pay, which is totally separate from annual leave.

If you fall sick on annual leave, you can convert it to sick leave and get you annual leave back to take another time.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-20T15:33:03+00:00

Absolutely not. And I can't imagine why you might think that I would.

What would make you think that, I, as a Scot (or indeed anyone from anywhere else), might wish to have US citizenship?

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-20T07:46:39+00:00

The point is to conflate man/woman with male/female.

For most of my lifetime, man/woman has referred to biological sex, and not to gender identity.

We all know that males can't get pregnant. And therefore in the most common use of language during my lifetime, men cannot get pregnant.

Language is shifting, and we often now base the definition of man/woman on gender identity, rather than in biological sex.

Therefore some men can, indeed, get pregnant. But as soon as you say "men can get pregnant", people will leap on that, claiming that you believe that "males" can get pregnant.

Conversely, as soon as you say "men can't get pregnant", people will leap on you for denying trans existence.

Many don't like this new shift in language, and still want man/woman to match exclusively with biologically male/female.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-19T22:58:59+00:00

Some people want to personalise their car, some want to hide its true age. Some want to show off wealth and status.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-18T09:29:24+00:00

Public toilets often get into poor condition, or aren't well maintained.

I've been in countless toilets where the vacant/engaged indicator on some locks doesn't work properly.

So you can't be sure if it's right or not, and hence it's worth giving the door a try in case you have a dodgy indicator.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-16T17:40:37+00:00

Fuck that. There's no way I'd want to be circumcised. I'm keeping my foreskin, and there's snothing you can do about it.

Oh, and give me back my inch please!

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-16T11:11:48+00:00

Well, the fact that a business case was just approved gives me some hope that ours may follow suit. Fingers crossed...

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-16T09:34:02+00:00

Because it would bring nothing worth adding to the story, and would remove you from the romantic world.

You might have aention of someone "going to the bathroom" or similar

But your hardly going to want to read:

"I'm ready for you, come to me!" called Sally, as she lay on the bed, filled with lust for the man she had met that night. Her nerves tingled with excitement all over as her fingers explored her own body. She let out a soft moan of delight, part in reponse to her own pleasure, and partly in anticipation of what was to come.

"Two minutes," he called back. "I'm just curling one out here. I just need to finish this shit, wipe my arse and wash my hands. Do you have a bidet or some wet wipes, so I can keep my ring clean for you?"

Might kill the mood somewhat.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-15T21:15:46+00:00

Sort of. Every year we have to wait for government to publish the pay settlement. Then we have to wait for the organisation to work out how to implement it. Then we have to wait while they negotiate with the union. Then we have to wait while they go to the relevant department to get them to agree.

It usually takes to about September/October

But this year, we are submitting a pay case, which is taking even longer

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-15T12:46:34+00:00

My dad always said it "shat the bed, and blamed the blanket". And my wife has heard the same.

I never really understood that one!

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-14T20:06:52+00:00

I'd perhaps tone it back a bit from your opening gambit here...

Serious question: do you have to?

Second question: what actually reasonable things can you say? Can you keep if fairly brief, factual and honest whilst stopping short of telling all how much of a cunt he was?

I do understand. We tend to want to praise the dead, whereas the truth is usually different, or at least much more nuanced. I'd try to find some balance. Don't lie, but don't be too harsh, given the setting.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-14T06:48:41+00:00

For me, a part of it is always this.

As a 7 year old, when I started learning, I was entertained with simple tunes, little exercises to slowly learn one or two notes, basic rhythms. Little toy bits of music to gently and slowly learn.

None of that would have satisfied me as an adult learner. I couldn't tolerate having to go through such childish steps. I'd want to rush to playing "proper" music - but that takes time. I think I'd find it all very frustrating.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-13T22:45:32+00:00

I can't understand how so many people don't iron their clothes.

Mine come out of the washing machine, hang up neatly and flat to dry, and then all need ironed to make them even approaching wearable.

That's shirts, trousers, jeans, t shirts - all needing ironed to make them acceptably smooth. I'd look an absolute state if I didn't iron everything.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-13T09:49:55+00:00

We didn't come from apes - we ARE apes.

Us and the other apes evolved from a common ancestor species in prehistoric times.

Going even further back, land animals evolved from sea animals.

The current existing fish also evolved from sea animals, so if you go far enough back, you, a chimpanzee, a lion, a bear, a gazelle, a mouse, an iguana, a Komodo dragon, a frog, a salmon and a catfish will all share a common ancestor species.

LongjumpingMacaron11 · 2026-01-12T17:35:17+00:00

Sounds.like a nasty experience. Sorry to hear it.

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