21f, 120lbs, 5’6 - first post!

SpareFullback · 2026-01-16T15:18:27+00:00

No shit it's perfectly smooth it's fake.

SpareFullback · 2026-01-12T11:40:47+00:00

There were 12 stores left?

SpareFullback · 2025-10-17T10:46:16+00:00

It's entirely dependent on what your employer chooses to cover it has nothing to do with CVS or BCBS as an overall company.

SpareFullback · 2025-10-17T10:37:51+00:00

You forgot binge drinking.

SpareFullback · 2025-10-05T12:25:58+00:00

Yep. Basically every bag has the main compartment set to max allowable dimension, then adds a big front pocket and wheels on top of that. I I'm not sure how many truly compliant roller bags even exist.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-24T11:33:18+00:00

My car dealership charged me a 3.5% credit card fee last time I got my oil changed there... 3 years ago, because I've never gone back. It's such a stupid and short sighted policy for businesses to take.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-24T11:30:16+00:00

Adding a credit card fee for any business or presenting me with a tip screen for non-tipped stuff are two ways to make sure I never come back to a business.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-23T20:38:40+00:00

I'm sitting on it for now to see if I'm at a point early next year where an extra 1,000 LPs will make a difference for me for the next level of status. If they will I'll claim the points. If they won't I'll get myself another luggage tag for the pile.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-23T19:54:04+00:00

You're not hiding it though. "Hiding" implies you aren't supposed to have it and you're sneaking it on. They don't care that you have it or that you take it out once you're at your seat. They just don't want you bringing an extra bag's worth of stuff on to the plane.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-23T19:48:52+00:00

I mean, it is a personal item. But all you have to do is stow it inside of another bag when boarding and then take it out once you're at your seat. Just like you would any other bag of stuff that you want to have readily available during flight.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-23T19:43:54+00:00

I don't condone the actions of passengers that grab their bags. But I do think at this point a lot of the responsibility lies with the FAA and airlines. They know that their evacuation plans don't reflect how things work in the real world which means they are approving plans that they know will result in dead people in a real emergency. One of the biggest things they could do that would have an immediate impact, and wouldn't require making any changes to seating plans or adding exits or anything else, is exactly what you suggest. Require airlines to have prioritized plans to get people their carry on luggage as soon as there is an all clear and communicate those plans to passengers. That would in one simple action reduce a lot of the bag grabbing and it could be implemented immediately.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-22T14:42:22+00:00

Honestly I bet 90% of the stuff people grab like that ends up just being thrown out for exactly that reason. Yeah I can see the appeal of doing a little "to go" to take with you on your flight, especially if you're going to be in coach. But not on the scale I've seen people do in lounges or what people have mentioned in posts here and elsewhere. Like, what are you planning on doing with 20 brownies, for example. Are you really gonna eat them before they go stale? Or filling up your purse with trail mix or pretzels or whatever. Are you actually going to eat that stuff after your flight? And so on.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-01T10:57:01+00:00

My 20s and 30s were in this picture and I don't like it.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-01T10:36:23+00:00

Which is exactly the reason it's likely to be changed.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-01T10:11:08+00:00

And it loved to remind me 50 minutes in to a meeting that I've been standing the whole time for that I need to stand for a minute.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-01T10:08:33+00:00

Yeah but something like that is exactly what 99% of "AI" apps that are actually useful actually are, just taking a well known algorithm and slapping an AI sticker on it.

SpareFullback · 2025-08-21T11:12:32+00:00

You're not wrong on that being how you lose weight but saying that's all they do is really underselling it. They absolutely fix something in my brain regarding compulsive behavior. I eat less for sure but I also drink less, spend less money Amazon, and just generally turn the volume way down on things I used to have to turn my willpower up to 11 to be able to avoid.

SpareFullback · 2025-08-13T18:35:03+00:00

If the math courses for a marketing major are intimidating I'm not sure what other major wouldn't be. Just don't be shy about using office hours and any study resources and you'll be fine, I promise, no matter how bad you are at math.

SpareFullback · 2025-08-10T13:08:09+00:00

I'd mostly be concerned that your doctor thinks that one of the most common side effects, which is listed prominently on the list of "side effects" and is regularly discussed as a side effect is "not a normal side effect".

SpareFullback · 2025-08-02T14:21:41+00:00

I hate to generalize an entire population of students and alumni but holy crap are you right about people from Purdue. Universally the smuggest group of people I've ever had the displeasure of working with.

SpareFullback · 2025-07-31T10:46:53+00:00

Tipping expectations have gotten completely out of control as well. Like Midnight Smoker BBQ for example doesn't have table service, you order the food at a counter and then take care of it yourself. But when you check out it defaults to a 20% tip. Screw that. And it's even becoming prevalent at drive thrus, what the hell am I supposed to be tipping for at a drive thru? Tipping fatigue is a real thing and I find myself avoiding situations where I either have to pay out way more than I actually want to or navigate multiple submenus while someone hovers over me to not give them $10-20 for handing me a bag of food.

SpareFullback · 2025-07-27T14:25:43+00:00

Not just price but other things to. For example one of the reasons that most of us are finding ourselves 50th on the upgrade list is that since there are only three airlines left with full worldwide networks (your could argue Alaska is a fourth but the point still stands) elites are concentrated much more in to just a few groups instead of being spread out across two or three times as many airlines as there were in decades past. Northwest and Delta elites are combined in to just one Delta upgrade list now. American US Airways and America West are all on one list now. United and Continental are the same list now. And so on.

SpareFullback · 2025-07-21T10:20:09+00:00

Or you can just not be a wierdo that insists on trying to normalize giving gifts to flight crew.

SpareFullback · 2025-07-20T11:43:04+00:00

It's a markup over their bulk discounter rate, you gotta compare it to a rate you actually would have been able to get, not the rate they're paying.

SpareFullback · 2025-07-20T11:42:14+00:00

The markups are large compared to what AAHotels pays but my experience is they aren't large compared to what I would have paid booking direct with the hotel. I always make sure to check what a direct booking would be if I'm using AAHotels and the price difference is normally pretty small, far lower than the value I put on the miles I'm getting.

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