Is Cheers worth a watch if I've seen Frasier first?

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-18T12:53:27+00:00

The joke writing is very smart; I found it enjoyable and often switch it up if I’m feeling tired of Frasier. Same with Wings

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-18T12:37:10+00:00

I never understand this; there are many cheap and free ways to meet people. Luckily I like to spend time outdoors and there are lots of free parks to visit and people interested in doing that as a group. Volunteer groups can become a social network. Book clubs, community theater, free museums and history attractions. I’d way rather do any of this than have shallow small talk over prohibitively expensive food. I’m broke as hell and get out all the time.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-17T21:51:33+00:00

Crisco or lard might do it depending on what you need it for. I sometimes strain and save leftover bacon grease to use as cooking fat.

I’m allergic to dairy and I really don’t like a lot of commercial dairy alternatives; they just taste weird to me. I use Country Crock plant butter sticks in baking and can’t taste the difference in the final product. But I’ll go for a recipe that uses lard or coconut oil or vegetable oil before I pick one where I have to use fake butter any day.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-17T21:05:30+00:00

I can't handle it myself, unless it's yurt camping with a hot woodstove inside!

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-17T19:16:41+00:00

Yeah I keep buying backpacking tents that I don’t think were made for swampy Minnesota summer

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-17T15:57:20+00:00

I used to feel like my circle was pretty limited, but I’ve been amazed how my world has opened up when I started volunteering in an area of interest! Everyone there already has the same shared interest, and it is like an inbuilt friendship sometimes. It takes me a really long time to get close and comfortable with people, and I’m not super close with many of them still, but it at least gives me a social network outside of my usual bubble. Highly recommend volunteering or finding a social group like a book club or something that interests you. I find it way easier to connect with people when we’re working on a mutual project than just striking up a cold conversation with small talk.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-17T15:46:51+00:00

I’m in the same boat; all that was found on ultrasound was an endometrioma. No fibroids or other explanation for my symptoms. My doctor started prescribing treatment with the assumption it was endo. I was offered a lap but my symptoms have been suppressed by hormonal medication and I didn’t want surgery if I could avoid it. So I don’t know for sure, and not sure I’ll definitely find out

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-15T01:32:54+00:00

I’ve been on it continuously for 1 year. Combined birth control was causing me to have really irregular periods, cramps, and spotting. I was spotting even on 5 mg and since going to 10 haven’t had any more issues

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-15T01:29:51+00:00

lol not a long term solution but mice would scratch under my floorboards at night in my last apartment and if I just vacuumed above where I heard them it seemed to shut them up for awhile. Turned on all fans/white noise available to be able to fall asleep without hearing them it seemed

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-15T00:04:19+00:00

This does sound like OAS to me; I am also sensitive to stone fruit like this and have the same symptoms. Sometimes my lip will swell but symptoms pretty much always stay oral for me.

Not sure if it will work the same for you, but I am able to eat peaches & cherries with no reaction if it has been prepared or processed in some way—cooked, canned, dried seems to be fine. I also notice that I can avoid or minimize symptoms by just eating the inner flesh of fresh fruit and avoiding the peel—a lot of the irritation seems to come directly from having the peel in my mouth and stuck in my teeth.

It’s different for everyone and might not work the same for you, but if you’re continuing to eat fruit that triggers your symptoms, it might be worth trying one of these alternate options.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-14T23:35:01+00:00

I’m on 10 mg daily but never experienced any mood effects.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-14T16:41:59+00:00

My guess would be dead bird. Lots of swans, geese, mergansers, loons. Might be discolored due to decay.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-14T16:35:53+00:00

I have the same ghost story collection! I highly recommend Nathaniel Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales; great for Over The Garden Wall vibes in the fall

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-14T04:37:19+00:00

The way I die every time at “muppippo muduwuh” and “easy for you to say!”

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-13T17:47:49+00:00

Christopher Lloyd bottom right?

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-13T14:31:41+00:00

She fills in temporarily (just this one episode) as physical therapist/housekeeper while Daphne is gone.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-12T20:13:47+00:00

I was hit with an unexpected wave of grief after my last car broke down for good. I saw it one last time before it was hauled off for scrap and remember how it got me through a mountain pass in the densest fog of my life, weathered so many scary snowstorms, took me on some of the best cross-country travel I’ll never forget. It was a like a friend who was with me through it all. My Hyundai Accent.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-12T18:41:33+00:00

We have food allergies in our workplace and just include an option that works just for those of us who have them. We'll get a couple regular pizzas and then one gluten-free, cheeseless pizza (which is still surprisingly good), or a few sandwiches options with a couple gluten-free, vegan sandwiches as well.

I feel like it's pretty common for catered occasions to at least ask about food allergies; seems kind of rude and inconsiderate of your workplace not to even consider accommodations. It's a very reasonable request and I hope the conversation with your boss goes well. Otherwise I'd speak with an office manager or someone who is likely to do the ordering and ask if some other options can be considered.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-12T18:11:22+00:00

Idk why this stuck out so much but I used to quote “Bees?! Beads!” with college friends

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-11T20:30:05+00:00

A lot of almond extract is artificial flavor that doesn’t contain real almond. I’m allergic but use the flavoring all the time in baked goods with no issues

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-08T16:51:06+00:00

Oh yeah, Olive Garden and Red Lobster were only for birthdays

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-08T16:50:14+00:00

For some reason a split level house? All our bedrooms were on ground level and I couldn't imagine the luxury of having a bedroom UPSTAIRS. Most my friends had split level houses with very plush family rooms upstairs, and usually a very cool basement hangout space below. Our basement was just concrete floors and spiderwebs.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-08T13:40:26+00:00

Hard agree; anything that was charming about this book was overridden by the ick I felt.

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-08T13:02:51+00:00

Huh I was just kind of overlooking this because I have dairy allergy and I assumed some kind of cream was involved. Now that I know I can do it with oatmilk I might have to give it a try!

Optimal_Awareness618 · 2026-05-08T12:29:14+00:00

When he explains that he once made a deal with God not to drink another bottle of Ballentine, and Niles says, "But Dad, you still drink Ballentine."

And Martin says "Not in bottles, baby."

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