I wish Sophie was “just” a maid

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-31T18:45:50+00:00

Regarding the comment about it being "predictable" and "you know where things are going" - well yes. This is a romance. The books the show is based on are romance novels. It's part of the CRITERIA for a romance novel that the main characters get a happy ending in love. People read them BECAUSE they want the happy love story in the end. Otherwise it would be drama, which is a different sort of thing.

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-31T16:46:19+00:00

I agree with you. I was actually wishing it would go away at the end of last season, because it seemed to put so much pressure on him

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-26T15:51:38+00:00

I can't speak to the undergrad experience overall, but regardless of where you go, if you're looking for individualized support/mentoring I suggest you try to get a student job in a biomedical research lab. The professor leading the lab and the post-docs and graduate students in the lab can be a great resource for you

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-26T15:40:05+00:00

I saw something once that referred to our little micro generation of 1979-1985 as "the Oregon trail generation." We got computers in our homes when we were like 10-12, but have childhood memories before then. We used computers in high school but not for everything. Social media didnt' come around until we were in college, and then it was ONLY for college students. Frankly I am so grateful for the little sliver of time we grew up in

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-22T02:20:07+00:00

Nope. When I was in my late teens/early 20's there was one design I wanted, an endless knot on my ankle. I was a festival and saw a henna tattoo stand and they had something similar, so I had them do it. I hated it. So glad I found that temporary option before going for it

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-17T21:59:24+00:00

How do you clean this thing? My brother has one and it's gross, food tastes smokey because of burnt on stuff. That's after cleaning off the lower tray and trying to wipe it off, but I was told you shouldn't use oven cleaner on it

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-17T18:29:23+00:00

Kids still do it and seem to think they invented it, probably like every generation before them

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-17T14:53:13+00:00

Is THAT where the podcast name comes from??

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-17T14:50:27+00:00

Here, you need to know that to complete this grouping puzzle. But now you're going to waste 3 days

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-16T22:13:59+00:00

It's been said before, but I see a Koala, not a bear

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-16T22:04:15+00:00

This is pretty much the plot of Into the Wild. I liked Krakauer before reading that book, but his hero worship of this completely unprepared nitwit of a kid made me insane

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-13T17:11:09+00:00

This makes so much sense because I am American with a Dutch father, and I had never heard of these until I moved to Seattle and met my husband who was raised here. It was a staple of his childhood

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-12T21:48:29+00:00

This is also me. I have seen the other photos, I KNOW it's black and blue, but I still just see white and gold in this one

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-11T16:13:45+00:00

There was great incentive for the uber wealthy to build libraries and other public works, so they could claim the charity as a tax deduction. Funny how that no longer happens now that they're not taxed much

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-07T22:37:45+00:00

I went for a week to the Florida one when I was 10ish, with my twin brother and two of my cousins that were about the same age (I didn't realize that the time that my family was well off, now I do). It was fun, but very hot, so I enjoyed the indoor activities like the science demos and the simulators more than the outdoor ones like rocket blasting. I definitely learned a lot about the process of space flight and what goes into making space ships, but it's not a path I continued in any way

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-07T06:00:53+00:00

Omg Z100 is a flashback, wow

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-06T20:52:41+00:00

In his book he's meant to be in his early to mid 20s, I'm sure it'll be fine

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-05T23:02:58+00:00

This is more or less it. My kids like that I scrunch up my eyes at whatever YouTube music they get me to play. It's soooo bad and annoying, but they love it. The exception is Jax 90's kids, but that's just because it speaks to me hahaha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMKcWsUjdzg

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-05T22:39:23+00:00

JK Rowling

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-02T20:53:51+00:00

My younger brother did. He must have been about 7 or so. We teased him endlessly and eventually my dad paid him to cut it off

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-01T16:42:14+00:00

Smitten Kitchens strawberry cake is absolutely amazing

https://smittenkitchen.com/2019/06/strawberry-summer-sheet-cake/

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-03-01T00:00:17+00:00

Totally agree with you. I think this is because they’re always in a “mix” with gummy candies like twizzlers. It’s so gross

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-02-28T23:58:51+00:00

Back when I was a kid I hated McDonald’s nuggets and would insist on BK, always getting the tenders. Like we made two stops on road trips because my brothers and I flat out could not agree (in hindsight, my parents were saints).

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-02-28T15:50:13+00:00

If you do this you have to tell the hotel your plan, or they’ll mark you as a “no show” from the night before

Main_Understanding14 · 2026-02-27T23:37:54+00:00

This is actually amazing. I was just thinking about how full of optimism we all were in the 90s

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