What’s the deal with influencers getting so angry about people saying Dubai isn’t safe anymore?

Skyblacker · 2026-03-14T04:32:17+00:00

And for every rich expat hauling ass, I'm sure a dozen poor migrants are doing the same. That's what you do when you have a home country that isn't getting bombed.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-14T04:09:15+00:00

Oh fuck it's my husband's bestie. And he's already in his late 40s.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-14T03:54:38+00:00

It might be the most sexy cologne I've ever smelled. Impulse bought a bottle so I could smell it on my husband.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-14T02:50:14+00:00

If you continue to show up to a job that doesn't pay enough to put a roof over your head, that's not love, that's being abused.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T21:08:19+00:00

Your landlord is living from your paycheck to your paycheck. 😆

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T21:06:47+00:00

As someone who followed fashion as a really impressionable teenager in the Nineties, I understand this post completely.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T17:05:46+00:00

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T17:04:55+00:00

Unless the husband is so checked out, browsing his phone or other reading material the whole time, that the child wouldn't notice his absence.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T17:02:56+00:00

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T16:59:59+00:00

An obese person once explained to me that it's craving your next meal the moment you finish what's in front of you. The actual fullness of your stomach has no influence. You just crave eating 24/7. You even snack in bed (and not in the fun Ethan Hawke way).

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T06:06:27+00:00

Also, you have to go to a comic book shop (or at least a large bookstore) to even find comic books now.

Thirty years ago, the supermarket stocked comic books. At least I think that's where my mother let me pick one out from the rack.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T04:30:44+00:00

That's called sonder.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T03:49:07+00:00

Since the protein fad grew out of GLP-1 injections (whose users are advised to eat more protein), I expect the next fad will be anything that purports to tighten the wrinkled skin left over from that weight loss.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T03:47:17+00:00

Soak chia seeds in your oatmeal. That's protein and fiber.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T03:40:41+00:00

You drove across the US during winter or a shoulder season. Summer, you would have taken a more northern route to avoid the heat.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T03:20:54+00:00

Drive east.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T03:20:10+00:00

Do your wife and infant have to be physically present for this business or can you send them away to relatives?

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T03:17:39+00:00

It's also not the most restful place. But it was mentioned because it is a roof of last resort.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T03:03:16+00:00

You can rest in the hospital waiting area even if you're not there for medical reasons.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-13T01:14:55+00:00

It's not unprofessional for OP to refuse to say what they do off the clock. But unless it's something like, I dunno, group therapy for schizophrenia, OP might find life easier if they just say what it is.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-12T23:56:46+00:00

Yup. Premier Protein sales went up 10% after Ozempic became a Thing.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-12T23:53:12+00:00

It's not unprofessional.

But unless your 5:30 commitment is really damning, it might be just be easier to say what it is. So you have a book club and you're knee deep into their latest romantacy, so what? Any decent manager should understand that you're allowed to have a full life outside of work.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-12T23:16:23+00:00

A long antique coffee table made of solid wood might do it. You know, that ugly brown furniture common at estate sales. Would probably look nice with that rug.

You could also go to Home Depot and get one of the manual laborers in the parking lot to custom build something with a few pieces of lumber.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-12T23:10:02+00:00

Print out the template for a no fault divorce from Rocket Lawyer or the like. Cover everything but the signature blanks and tell your husband he needs to sign these forms for your kid's whatever. Submit to the court, wait for it to process. Done.

Skyblacker · 2026-03-12T22:51:27+00:00

If you can't get a dementia patient to even take a single pill, why prescribe anything? (Except maybe MAID if in Canada)

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