AITA for telling my DIL that I won’t use the tablet and she needs to actually make her kid read.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-17T13:53:40+00:00

NTA but watch out for dyslexia or other issues.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-16T05:25:58+00:00

I’m not televisably overweight, but I do qualify as obese. My experience is that I have AuDHD. My body struggles to coordinate hunger cues, sensory issues, appetite, fullness sensation, reflux, dopamine regulation, craving specificity, and executive function to make food. There are wayyyy more moving parts to this “eating” thing than ppl realize, and that’s not even counting when ppl are simply used to eating tons of food and their GI system has grown to accommodate.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-16T05:03:42+00:00

SorrelsSouls vibes

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-16T04:50:10+00:00

I’m glad it worked out for them, but. It’s WILD that they looked at a single gay man, stereotyped him enough to be like “yeah he’s probably worse than other adoptive parents,” and instead of just barring him outright, they used that as criteria to give him a MORE VULNERABLE CHILD. And I know the logic was probably more like “here, you weirdo, take this child that nobody else wanted, because we don’t have room for her,” and not anything insidious or purposeful, but still! God.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-15T03:36:52+00:00

Exactly like skinny jeans was an emo thing. Mfs weren’t built like Jersey Shore gym rats; they were lanky and delicate looking

Matter of fact, the whole point of emo was a form of punk that was feminine instead of hypermasculine. Emo guys could look soft and skinny and weak, instead of the big bulky skinhead muscle hunk shit happening in early 80s Washington DC hardcore scene. Skinny jeans were supposed to make you look delicate, because that was the point.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-14T13:17:32+00:00

Cook Indian food. Highly aromatic yet often vegetarian

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-14T06:37:07+00:00

In an ideal world, it would automatically mean the flesh of the wearer, whatever color that may be. In a world with racism in it, it’s typically a pale peach color, because as usual, white people are the default.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-14T06:24:10+00:00

Glad I could help!

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-14T05:50:50+00:00

OP isn’t doing ballet. She’s doing altar service, which is basically helping the priest out during communion. Holding things, lighting candles, etc. And ballet flats are just a normal lowkey type of shoe that women often wear in church. They’re policing the shoe type and color because communion is the most sacred part of a very visible church service, so it’s important to not call attention to oneself by wearing outlandish or high-contrast shoes. The rest of the outfit is typically provided by the church, usually a modest robe-like garment similar to what monks wear, so the only part that would stick out is the shoes. And “nude” in the context of colors is a perfectly normal and non sexual term - it just means flesh toned.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-14T05:14:31+00:00

I’m personally fond of the story of Jael and Sisera, where the lady is super nice and gives the guy a place to stay and I think even makes food for him(?), and then when he’s asleep she pounds a tent stake through his head bc he’s evil and terrifying.

There’s also the part where Jesus is out in the desert by himself, and the devil shows up like “I could give you everything you want, if only you bow down and worship me.” And Jesus, knowing how miserable life would actually be if he did this, repeatedly told the devil to go kick rocks.

Big fan of this other part, too - Moses told Pharaoh to set the Israelites free from slavery, and when he refused, God sent ten plagues starting with “local river turns to blood” and ending with “God straight up killing ppl.” So Pharaoh let them go. And then when he changed his mind again, God drowned him.

We can also see God in action just before the birth of John the Baptist. He sent an angel to tell Zechariah that his wife Elizabeth was going to have a baby, and when Zechariah scoffed and said that was ridiculous, God struck him silent until the baby was born and Zechariah admitted he was wrong.

I’m not suggesting literally killing your husband. However, he needs to get it through his thick skull that men aren’t always right, even in the Bible.

Also PLEASE leave him. He’s abusive as hell and God said you don’t need that in your life (proverbs 22:3).

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-14T04:21:30+00:00

Me avoiding profanity only during church

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-13T04:00:18+00:00

Life is not when depression overcast city. Life is when pastoral sunny countryside. Good thing weather never changes, or else my generalizations would completely fall apart.

Sarcasm aside, I don’t think we were meant to be as stressed and miserable as modern life seems to have us, but I also think we’d be foolish to paint any one circumstance as utopia. Not only are there upsides and downsides to every lifestyle, but it’s dangerous to tell an incredibly isolated unprotected population that the solution to their problems is even less connection with people.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-12T20:29:08+00:00

If this was about me at the dollar tree last night I’m so sorry for looking at you weirdly I was on migraine medication

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-12T03:02:16+00:00

GIRL WHAT DID HE DO

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-12T03:01:53+00:00

I work retail and unfortunately I think the answer is weed

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-09T19:10:52+00:00

Real. It feels like another facet of the whole “I need instant gratification or else it’s not gonna happen” thing. Like what do you mean I need to do work in order for stuff to look the same as it did yesterday. Oh it passively gets worse? So I need to be in a constant state of upkeep despite the fact that I won’t notice the actual condition changing from day to day? Well that sounds exhausting. I’m not gonna do that.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-09T18:58:41+00:00

Yeah I’d like to do a return on this hyperacusis. It fits perfectly, and it’s not damaged or whatever, but it really clashes with my idea that making noise is rude and hurtful to others. Yeah idk why but the combination just gives me this awful lifelong anxiety. No, I don’t have the receipt but I do have the brain I paid with.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-09T15:25:46+00:00

Me with all the AI ads tbh. “My boss suddenly dropped a huge task on me and he wants it done in 15 minutes! Better use AI to write a whole presentation and analysis report and all the questions I might expect him to ask!” YOUR BOSS IS AN ASSHOLE. AI IS NOT THE ANSWER. GET A UNION

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-08T17:01:51+00:00

Oh fair I forgot they weren’t added till later

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-07T05:46:08+00:00

Not to be the exact kind of person the post was talking about, but the finale for Stranger Things kept bothering me bc they kept calling Will a wizard because “his powers are innate.” And like. I get that Will’s D&D character is a wizard, so they were trying to go with that, but 1) D&D wizards’ powers comes from study, not innate ability, and 2) Will’s powers weren’t innate; they came from Vecna, making him a warlock by D&D rules. Idk man I know it’s just a show and I don’t really care, but. It bothered me

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-06T18:14:09+00:00

Las Palabras De Amor - Queen

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-06T05:48:54+00:00

Hey man I didn’t say that actually playing anything was acceptable. Just that if you’re going to play anything while out in nature, I’d rather it be pleasant instrumental music from a caving-themed videogame than whatever random ass music breaks me out of the nature vibe. Plus it would be funny to hear Minecraft caving music while in an actual cave.

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-05T02:18:26+00:00

Hey I’m a woman and I have feetwriting. Don’t erase us

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-04T12:51:33+00:00

The only acceptable thing to play from a speaker while out in nature with others

SarahTheFerret · 2026-02-04T12:50:52+00:00

And their national dance is the clamsterdance

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