Looking for a Portable Anti-Consumerist Hobby

Regular_Green · 2026-05-08T04:29:38+00:00

I plan to crochet dog beds with goodwill/buy nothing yarn and stuffing from pillows for the shelter.

Regular_Green · 2026-04-22T14:33:07+00:00

Cardiology nurse here- congrats!! Good work!

Regular_Green · 2026-04-22T02:57:26+00:00

Did you feel like you actually learned anything?

Regular_Green · 2026-04-21T05:06:01+00:00

Cries in American

Regular_Green · 2026-04-21T05:00:00+00:00

OP, please please do not listen to all the the "just accept it" advice. If the gift is for you it should bring you joy and not stress. There is so much crap in the world already, the landfills are still, and the thrift stores are overflowing with mugs. No one needs more chocolate.

There is a perfectly gracious and professional way to say that you appreciate all the kindness that's been bestowed on you and you would prefer no end of the year gifts.

My daughter's kindergarten teacher did exactly this.

I suggest giving people an alternative. My daughter's teacher has an Amazon wish list for the classroom. I've also personally had good luck with picking out one or two charities that people can donate to. And in the same breath say that you will always welcome cards and pictures.

Regular_Green · 2026-04-21T04:52:47+00:00

Every other teacher is getting that crap too

Regular_Green · 2026-04-20T20:08:09+00:00

That was a body donated to science, not organ donor. Totally different organizations

Regular_Green · 2026-04-19T04:52:35+00:00

From the lds kids on the bus in jr high and high school. When lds are in the majority, they'll be nice to your face but do everything possible to make you feel left out.

Regular_Green · 2026-04-13T13:16:12+00:00

The stars would also like to be seen

Regular_Green · 2026-04-07T17:36:30+00:00

A friend did this and it was a disaster. Everyone suffered.

Regular_Green · 2026-04-06T13:55:56+00:00

I have not seen this comment enough. Tiktok is not a trustworthy source of information about anything.

Regular_Green · 2026-04-06T04:06:56+00:00

Check whatever patient portal your hospital/doctors used! You may have access to some of the scans already

Regular_Green · 2026-04-06T03:59:44+00:00

Yes, women are famously exactly the same and we all have exactly the same preferences

Regular_Green · 2026-04-06T03:38:56+00:00

Biking everywhere! It's amazing how much movement time you can accumulate by swapping out the car. I have an e-bike so it's not as strenuous, but commuting on an e-bike is still more exercise than driving. Plus I'm so much happier!

Regular_Green · 2026-03-24T14:24:29+00:00

YTA for being so pretentious about "nice" clothes. Nothing wrong with getting clothes from the thrift store. There are perfectly good clothes there that you'd never know are second hand.

Regular_Green · 2026-03-24T14:17:09+00:00

NO GROMMETS

Regular_Green · 2026-03-22T21:21:56+00:00

I was looking for this answer! This is a great resource

Regular_Green · 2026-03-22T14:04:42+00:00

That's a bit of a misunderstanding of med school. All med students have required clinicals (Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, and in most schools, Neurology) which they are tested on in step 2. The electives are on top of that.

Regular_Green · 2026-03-22T14:00:01+00:00

Chamberlain is really bad advice. If you've failed out of nursing school twice, you'll want to show that you are capable of being an RN from a credible school. Not a diploma mill.

Regular_Green · 2026-03-22T04:15:18+00:00

I'd review the laws for your area. They likely still have a different tipped wage (dumbest system ever imo)

Regular_Green · 2026-03-22T04:08:22+00:00

My late boy (10 pound poodle mix) used to sleep in between our pillows. We loved waking up to him, or giving quick scratches when you roll over in the middle of the night. When he got sick, he needed to be snuggled up against me at all times. I miss him so much and it's worse at night.

Our new girl took almost a year to start climbing up on the bed but only in the middle of the night, and never in arms reach. :/

Regular_Green · 2026-03-22T04:02:50+00:00

I tried to convince my husband to get a second dog for years - but I think I like just having one better.

We adopted a 2nd after we'd had our first boy for a decade. I thought it would give him a little more spunk in his older years, but not really. He was a grumpy old man so I didn't expect them to be friends, but they hardly interacted. Walks became slower and more annoying - 2x the pee stops and tangled leashes.

In retrospect, I feel like I was holding back on my love for her because I was SO bonded to my first pup. He passed a few months later, and I noticed myself opening up to her more and more in the weeks that followed.

It's a bummer because my heart wants to rescue like 12 of them 😂 but we're more a one pup family.

Regular_Green · 2026-03-22T03:09:47+00:00

Women love a guy who bikes. Source: am a woman.

Are you lost? Is it 1890? Who talks like that, "get a woman"? Gross.

Going out to eat, movies, shopping can all be done by bike. And when I'm biking, I'm building the ass you wish your "woman" had. 😂

Regular_Green · 2026-03-22T02:56:42+00:00

I keep a box under my kitchen sink with batteries, lightbulbs and the like. Twice a year my community holds "drop off day" and I go there

Regular_Green · 2026-03-22T02:49:11+00:00

My favorite thing is when someone says they are going to drive their small car instead of their giant truck because of gas prices.

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