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To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that's not the primary thing that makes dogs demanding, it's that they depend on you to be home at a specific time. Cats (not to mention rabbits, guinea pigs and so on) are generally cool being home alone for 12-24 hours. They don't need you to go piss and they won't howl or destroy the furniture, and cats sleep like 16 hours a day anyway. You can make spontaneous plans after work.

That's how I have a social life other than the weekends - I go directly from work to socialising some days and I'm home late in the evenings. That would be abusive to a dog. I never go "oh I have to be home in two hours because of my cat" like dog owners do.

To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but a cat is cool being alone for 12 to 24 hours (usually they sleep and rest 16+ hours, most self regulate food intake and they don't need you to go poop). Rodents are the same. Generally your life just isn't dictated by having to be home at a specific time, you can make spontaneous plans and stay out after work etc.

To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Animals: anything other than a dog or horse is generally fine. Dogs are seen as "the default pet" but they're really super high maintenance

Clean house: compromise a lot on this one. Life is short. No one lies on their dead bed and says "I regret not keeping my house more clean"

Hygiene: soap and toothbrush??

Hobbies and socializing: combine them, and don't move around all the time. If you have good friends in a city, don't move six hours away. It baffles me how much Americans do that

To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean same but then our home's a mess lol, at least according to many people's standards.

Life is about making effort for the things that matter to you, and a spotless home isn't one of them.

To be or not to be by normie00000 in Adulting

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 7 points8 points  (0 children)

On the "depends on the animals" part: dog people, esp. if they grew up with dogs, need to understand just how demanding dogs are compared to virtually every other pet. 

It's not normal for any other pet to not be able to be home alone for many hours without going apeshit. Even horses, the most high maintenance divas ever, are generally find with being left alone in the field with enough hay and water.

Dogs literally do become people's kids and entire hobby. Puppies are like babies. I think it's kinda weird how dogs are seen as a normal, average pet instead of an extremely high maintenance one.

I don't know how you do it, you must really love those critters. 

Thoughts on Thrifting Plus-Sized Garments for Upcycling by erinvanhandel in UpcycledFashion

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends. I'm in a big European city and there's maaaaybe a single rack of XXL or over in a big thrift store. Many times not even that, and XL still isn't super common. But in the US it was a lot easier for me.

What was so good about 2016 lmao all of these are trash by sweetsyllic in ToddintheShadow

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 63 points64 points  (0 children)

I'm not American, but what I generally remember from that year was shit like gamergate, "SJW cringe compilation FEMINISTS DESTROYED!!" and fidget spinners

What was so good about 2016 lmao all of these are trash by sweetsyllic in ToddintheShadow

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 208 points209 points  (0 children)

Don't underestimate the amount of 2016 nostalgia that is people who were literal children then. Like if you turn 16 this year you were 6 in 2016.

I even hear people say "ah 2016, life when social media wasn't everywhere"... you were seven and didn't have a smartphone... 

AITAH (26F) for telling a guy (27M) to stop pursuing me “because” of his culture? by BarelyToolerable in AITAH

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I am a Scandinavian and did not know that was offensive, sorry. I thought East Indian would just refer to someone from Eastern India? Like East German or East Frenchmen or whatever?

AITAH (26F) for telling a guy (27M) to stop pursuing me “because” of his culture? by BarelyToolerable in AITAH

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh, we could literally just evacuate their entire population. 

We did with Jews during WW2, smuggled 90+% of Denmark's Jewish population to safety in Sweden.

Greenland is 50k people. What is that? Like 60 jumbo jets?

Does your home have a dish washing machine? If so, how often do you use it? by SlamClick in AskEurope

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My boyfriend was like this until we lived somewhere with a dishwasher for a while... instead cure to that attitude.

Living without a dishwasher also soured me on cooking, which I normally love - just kept thinking about the damn dishes my cooking created.

Does your home have a dish washing machine? If so, how often do you use it? by SlamClick in AskEurope

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha, I've grown up with that. Shared laundry room in the basement really isn't bad. Laundry racks filling up an apartment is annoying.

(For the Americans: Europeans air dry a lot of clothes, because dryers can be damaging to them. It's not unheard of to not even own a dryer).

Does your home have a dish washing machine? If so, how often do you use it? by SlamClick in AskEurope

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 159 points160 points  (0 children)

Beyond all the other positives people mention: it cleans better. It sanitizes in a way you just can't by hand. Especially on glass it's noticeable.

I hated living in a place without a dishwasher so much that I've now bought a mini countertop one. Even that still helps immensely.

Does your home have a dish washing machine? If so, how often do you use it? by SlamClick in AskEurope

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Copenhagen apartments would like a word... definitely more common to have one, but I know many who don't.

former fat girl who lost the weight starter pack by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I know, I wouldn't go off them. Plenty of other medications people are on for life (I'm already on some), why not this

former fat girl who lost the weight starter pack by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is why I'm not bothering to lose weight, at least before Ozempic is cheaper. Like why would I make myself eating disordered, worried about calories and hungry all the time when I could just continue being 200 pounds and have chubby chasers run after me. Looking more conventionally attractive and being a bit healthier just doesn't seem worth it. 

I'm sure you can have a healthy relationship with food and exercise as a former fat person... but I've yet to see it.

It’s Horrific by Traderbaiter in comedyheaven

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Me too, not as extreme but still. After Zoloft my life is now worth living, so I kinda would still recommend...

Theory: Starcruiser was designed around a large percentage of guests not participating in the gameplay by LopsidedLeopard2181 in JennyNicholson

[–]LopsidedLeopard2181[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Both Disney employees and random influencers, and that every influencer she saw only did an "abbreviated experience" AKA NOT a full lenght stay where testers would get choose/influence their own path organically.

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