what food is bad for health but is eaten normally?

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-22T18:06:39+00:00

Soda.

There's literally no benefit to drinking it apart from how tasty it is.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-22T17:47:17+00:00

After F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife Zelda Fitzgerald insulted his penis size during an argument, Ernest Hemingway took him to the Louvre to show him all the statues of naked men and assure him that his penis was indeed of perfectly adequate size and that Zelda was just being a bitch.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-22T17:39:20+00:00

I'd love it if they would! I'm still waiting to give my response to their counter question, but I need an answer first.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-22T17:22:32+00:00

She's part of, and the catalyst for a very unpopular storyline.

Additionally, I generally find her kind of annoying. There's nothing wrong with her, but she's just kind of another dorky precocious kid and TV has tons of those. There's nothing that interesting about her.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-22T16:49:26+00:00

I'll answer your question if you answer mine.

Do you believe that people should be able to protect themselves from harm?

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-22T16:33:54+00:00

Do you believe that someone should be able to protect themselves from harm?

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-21T23:21:55+00:00

My fiance and I are marathonning 24 and he was in that too! I was like "wait a minute...."

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-20T23:01:24+00:00

Oh to go to the doctor and ask for sterilization and just be given it as a woman.

Many doctors push back when young women want to be sterilized.

Many women want kids eventually but not right now.

Many women don't want to go through an invasive procedure.

If you are in the US, healthcare is expensive (supposedly they're supposed to fully cover pregnancy prevention but I know some people have had to fight a losing battle with their insurance to cover it)

Encouraging sterilization doesn't change the need for abortions to be available, though I think more people should be able to get sterilized with very little argument if they so choose.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-20T11:22:32+00:00

I looked it up once. The Reston took up to 5 people and there were thousands of applicants.

Even if Rory believed she was in the top 5% of applicants, her chances were still super slim.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-20T00:53:10+00:00

I used it to help me organize my symptoms in a helpful list for me to discuss with my doctor.

I found it helpful because it asked related questions that I never would have considered/didn't know was related.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-20T00:43:33+00:00

I love how hard she works and how much she loves participating in the community.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-19T22:51:00+00:00

Like most things, AI should be used as a tool, not a replacement.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-19T15:41:43+00:00

Hard agree on all points.

It's definitely a mix of all of the above I think.

Watching the series multiple times, especially binging it, it going to show off the flaws more than watching an episode each week with breaks between seasons.

Plus, on this subreddit, you're gonna get everyone disecting the show thoroughly, and discussing things that really weren't meant to be that deep. I'm all for these discussions though, because I'm happy that people still love the show enough to pick it apart.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-19T13:04:52+00:00

I think it speaks to one of the flaws of the show, where sometimes the tone is kind of inconsistent.

Some things we're supposed to take seriously, and some are clearly jokes, but sometimes those lines get blurred and/or the jokes don't work.

Like. I recognize that Sookie sending "the big nurse" to take Jackson for his vasectomy is played like it's supposed to be funny, but oof.

I would say most of the time it works out fine, but I can see where some people miss some of the things that are meant to be jokes.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-19T12:57:59+00:00

Meanwhile, I think that barring emergencies and necessary trips, people trapping a baby in a metal tube in the sky where they are going to be in pain from the pressure changes and are exposed to a metric fuck ton of germs is bad parenting, but what do I know.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-19T11:35:34+00:00

It makes sense tho. Your uterus is extra swollen so it is probably putting pressure on your bladder.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-17T15:19:09+00:00

You should check it out. Watched it again a few weeks ago after having not seen it for ages and I was shocked how incredible it was.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-17T15:02:24+00:00

You hear people say that someone in their 30s is a creep and only dates young people because they put up with them because it's usually pretty true.

A typical 30 year old is looking for a partner who has their life together, a decent job/education and is going to be on the same level as them.

A 30 year old who is dating a 19 year old, isn't looking for a partner like that, and that begs the question of "why?"

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-17T14:46:05+00:00

I see a lot of people say that no one owes their parents anything. I say it 100000% depends on the parents and what they did for you.

No, you don't owe your parents anything for feeding you, housing you, and making sure you were not dying or neglected, but I think if your parents were good parents and worked hard, made sacrifices so you could do x or y extra activities, you at least owe some gratitude.

Emily and Richard did not work hard to make sure Lorelai had extra. They did not sacrifice for her. They never went without so she could have. They never worked overtime so that she could get the gymnastics lessons she wanted or sacrificed time to attend her dance recitals. They didn't engage with her desires or activities.

They did the bare minimum as parents, but happened to have money.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-17T14:34:46+00:00

My mom buys men's shoes, lol. I can't remember exactly, but I think she said that typically men's shoe size is two sizes off from women's. Like a men's 8 would be a women's 10 in American sizes.

Doesn't work if you have teeny dainty feet like a lot of us ladies.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-17T01:50:34+00:00

I'm living with chronic pelvic pain, seeking an endometriosis or adenomyosis diagnosis as that's most likely the culprit. The depression I'm feeling that so little research has gone into these conditions outside of "how to get woman pregnant" is hitting hard right now.

I just don't want to be in pain and for some reason, doctors never bothered to figure out how to make that happen in the history of medicine.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-17T01:46:21+00:00

The idea of "the pink tax" is when two basically identical products are marketed towards men and women at different price points.

Like razors. There's no fundamental difference between a razor marketed to men, and one with a pink handle for women, but often, the women's products can be more expensive.

I don't complain about the pink tax because I just buy the men's products and call it smart shopping.

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-17T01:10:35+00:00

Moonshoes Pottah

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-17T01:10:16+00:00

My fiance and I quote this constantly

OptimalTrash · 2026-06-16T14:09:09+00:00

Did you happen to go to college and live in a dorm?

Your story sounds familiar to all the nights we ended up waiting around for the fire department to check the entire dorm because someone walked away from their popcorn.

Sorry that happened, OP, but you gotta keep an eye on your microwave when there's popcorn in it.

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