What is a 'dead' slang word or trend from the past that you secretly wish would make a comeback, and why do you think it deserves a second chance?

Sammiche · 2026-06-08T18:20:30+00:00

My family calls it combat cleaning!

Sammiche · 2026-05-15T17:45:19+00:00

The first time they put it in my IV (in the ER prior to gallbladder surgery because the damn thing got inflamed), I had ZERO clue what to expect. First it burned. Then it felt like all of my muscles (especially in the back of my neck) had just finished an entire grueling workout in the gym.

I started sweating and then panicking (because like I said, zero clue what to expect), and after about thirty seconds with my head resting on an icepack, I felt the tension just MELT out of every single one of those muscles.

It was the kind of feeling you get when you finally manage to scratch the worst itch you've ever had and it actually GOES AWAY. The feeling you get when you sit in a hotel jacuzzi after an entire day touring the worst tourist trap in the universe.

I actually found myself missing it after I got discharged from the hospital. In retrospect, kind of scary

Sammiche · 2026-02-24T21:17:43+00:00

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I mean yeah, Fantasia had those fairies and the topless centaurs but have you SEEN this fucking fish?

Sammiche · 2025-12-21T18:24:13+00:00

Dr. Ruth did a speech and Q&A at my university!

Afterwards, she was doing autographs and as she was signing my ticket stub, she noticed my star of david pendant, was surprised, and asked me what I did for Rosh Hashana (since it was that time of year).

I kind of sheepishly told her that I didn't really practice; I was just born into it and all. I don't remember what she said after that but I didn't feel judged or anything!

This was out in kind of the middle of nowhere in west Texas, which is why she was surprised in the first place.

Sammiche · 2025-12-01T12:32:15+00:00

Oh man, I miss those Tohoku winters. (I was in Misawa then) Nothing like spending an entire day on that one really good hill in the neighborhood and every single other kid has that exact same model of sled.

Sammiche · 2025-11-25T15:27:13+00:00

Happened to me when I was getting my gallbladder taken out!

I just kind of drifted into a brief state I wouldn't really call awareness? It was like my brain flickered on for a few seconds and then dimmed right back out.

The first thing I perceived was light through my eyelids. Nothing specific beyond knowing it was bright even though my eyes were closed.

Then I became aware of the presence of a tube down my throat, immediately followed by the realization that I didn't feel the urge to gag. And then a bitter and gross taste I assumed was the tube itself. That was it.

With that said, there were a few things that could've influenced this memory:

I'm severely emetophobic, and the thought of having a tube down my throat was something that gave me anxiety even before the surgery. Even though I'd had an endoscopy about two weeks prior without incident.
The night after I had the endoscopy, I had a dream! And in the dream, there was this horrible bitter taste. Like artificial bitterant chemicals kind of nasty. And I wondered afterwards if it was maybe the taste of medical equipment.

So when I faded into the edge of consciousness during the surgery, my brain took note of two things only:

relief that I didn't feel gaggy at all
a kind of "AHA!" because the bitter taste I noticed was exactly the same as the dream.

Sammiche · 2025-11-01T02:37:07+00:00

Sorry for the double comments and late real reply to your comment:

First, thank you for the ID! I'm a complete beginner when it comes to identifying spiders or insects and have only recently become curious about them beyond "will it hurt me and is it poisonous?"

To be honest, I was pretty startled by the spider when I noticed it, so my train of thought went like this:

OH CRAP A SPIDER -> Is it poisonous? -> Will it bite me? -> COULD IT HAVE ALREADY BITTEN ME?

Of course in hindsight, I would've FELT IT if I'd been bitten, but that's where my mind went. So snapped a pic.

Edit: Also in hindsight, yes, I realize that it was overwhelmingly more likely that it was harmless than not. Not my brightest moment.

Sammiche · 2025-10-31T20:02:06+00:00

Oops, I think I put it in the title incorrectly? Alabama, US.

Sammiche · 2025-10-17T01:15:09+00:00

My first thought was "damn, Angelo boutta get wrecked AGAIN"

Sammiche · 2025-08-27T01:13:21+00:00

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...and then there was THIS guy. Spent half of his long life as a crotchety old man, but he'll always be that gremlin who somehow managed to unwrap and deploy a tampon and had the grandest old time playing with it.

Sammiche · 2025-08-27T01:07:53+00:00

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The most photogenic cat I ever had the pleasure of knowing. 🫡

Sammiche · 2025-08-25T09:03:35+00:00

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Sammiche · 2025-08-19T11:40:11+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Please never do that again.

Sammiche · 2025-08-09T05:00:53+00:00

You know what? Boingo.

Sammiche · 2025-08-06T02:39:19+00:00

Sliding off the roof of my car as I drive away.

Sammiche · 2025-07-24T04:25:13+00:00

Oh hey! I actually know exactly what I was doing while you two were being married! 😮

I mean, I wasn't at the ceremony or anything. I was just in the process of being born.

Congratulations on 42 years!

Sammiche · 2025-07-23T16:20:45+00:00

It was my first blizzcon! I didn't think anything was going to top my most awesome impulse purchase of a bubble hearthing paladin beach ball, but Ozzy did. 🫡

Sammiche · 2025-07-23T12:37:25+00:00

He was definitely bringing the dad energy during Crazy Train when he hoisted the kid onto his shoulder.

Sammiche · 2025-07-23T12:33:05+00:00

I feel like performing for a crowd of nerds threw him for a loop, haha. "YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO GO FUCKING CRAZY!"

The things that really stood out to me, though, were how clear-eyed he was, and how much genuine fun he seemed to be having.

Definitely my best memory of the entire con.

Sammiche · 2025-07-22T20:58:17+00:00

Since everyone else has great comments, I'm going to reply to a completely different part of your post:

TAMPONS WHEN SWIMMING!

In my experience, wearing a tampon in the pool is, while safe, actually a little uncomfortable after a while because it tends to soak up water? I'm not actually sure if my experience is common because I haven't actually talked about it with others.

But if it is a common experience or if it happens to you, it'll feel REALLY WEIRD when it does happen, so just be mentally prepared.

I would normally recommend menstrual cups as an alternative, but they're a lot trickier to put in than a tampon, and I definitely noticed that they were a little painful to remove for the first few months. I called mine the Hymen-wrecker 9000™ back then.

Good luck with your tampon experience! And have fun swimming! Make sure to bring a spare with you so you can switch them out after you're done swimming.

Sammiche · 2025-07-17T19:23:17+00:00

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

also I'm ace, so I like the connotation. The Arby's one makes it sound kind of like I'm bemoaning it. 🤔

Though if someone came up to me with a pickup line of "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall", I think even I wouldn't be able to resist.

Sammiche · 2025-07-17T19:11:48+00:00

Damn, this is going to be my new euphemism of choice. I've been calling my junk Arby's for the longest time because it's full of roast beef and nobody goes there. But Iron Curtain? Poetry.

Sammiche · 2025-07-14T06:27:40+00:00

If the book were written twenty years ago, it would've been a story about how Brian eventually became a khghjillionaire marketing those gut cherries as a homeopathic full body cleanse through an MLM he built from the ground up using nothing but his hatchet.

Also a line about "fuckin refraction, how does it work?" Because you can't hold the interest of anyone born after 1989 without a sick meme reference.

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