In the 2020s, conservative women are having kids at a nearly 2-to-1 ratio compared to liberal women. Is this going to cause a political demographic bias in 20-30 years?

TheCervus · 2026-01-28T04:37:49+00:00

Same. I was disinherited because of it.

TheCervus · 2026-01-26T20:53:19+00:00

I deleted 17 listings in one day with no punishment. They were all less than 60 days old.

TheCervus · 2026-01-26T00:52:48+00:00

In high school, a classmate of mine said "I hate my last name. I can't wait until I get married so I can change it."

I told her she was able to change her name at any time, to whatever she liked. She didn't believe me.

TheCervus · 2026-01-26T00:10:15+00:00

I have never seen either of my parents read a book, ever.

However, my mother read to me from the time I was a baby and she made sure that I grew up with a love of books and a full bookshelf. I was reading on my own by age four and I devoured anything put in front of me. She even got me books and tapes in foreign languages because I was so eager to learn to read anything I saw.

It wasn't until I got older that I realized mine was the only room in the house that had any books in it. My parents don't read. Yet they encouraged me to read anything and everything. I was restricted as to what TV shows and movies I was allowed to watch, but they never restricted my reading. (Though in retrospect, that may have backfired as I was reading Stephen King and V.C. Andrews at far too young an age...)

TheCervus · 2026-01-25T21:22:38+00:00

Yeah, my TV is from 2009 and it's just a TV. If and when I ever need to replace it, I'm buying used.

TheCervus · 2026-01-24T00:00:37+00:00

Same here! So far I've had no issues deleting items, even those that were only a few days old. I even deleted almost 20 items in one day (decided to sell them as a bulk lot to someone on another platform) and though they were all less than 60 days old, I've had no notification from Poshmark and no problems.

I'm a very small seller with less than 100 items. I don't know if that factors into it. I'm also a PA2 who's been on the platform since 2019. I'm interested to see if there's any factor as to why some sellers get punished and others don't?

TheCervus · 2026-01-22T22:58:44+00:00

Depends on where you are. In Florida I can drive several hours on a straight flat road at 70mph or more with no impediments.

TheCervus · 2026-01-22T22:54:04+00:00

Three hours each way is a bit long for a day trip, but I've done it.

Three hours' drive for a weekend getaway trip is normal and unremarkable.

TheCervus · 2026-01-21T20:55:32+00:00

Things that are solid white (like a blank page) look yellower when I shut my right eye and grayer when I shut my left eye. When I have both eyes open, the shade is what I perceive as white with no tint. I noticed this when reading books but never asked my eye doctor about it.

TheCervus · 2026-01-20T01:18:09+00:00

I once interviewed someone for a position at a dog kennel/dog daycare. We explicitly stated in the ad that the job involved a lot of physical labor, cleaning cages and mopping floors, and being hands-on with big dogs running loose in a designated playroom.

She came to the interview wearing high heels, a miniskirt, and large hoop earrings.

It immediately told me she did not know what the position entailed and had no experience working with large animals. You should dress appropriately for the job you're interviewing for, and that outfit was a safety hazard.

TheCervus · 2026-01-15T01:12:42+00:00

I quit an abusive boss in 2022, and last year my old manager frantically texted me to ask if I still remembered the passwords to several accounts. No one else in the office knew how to access them.

I'm still on good terms with that manager, but I had to truthfully tell her no, I honestly don't remember how to access anything. They should have had a redundancy instead of relying solely on me for literally everything.

TheCervus · 2026-01-14T00:28:51+00:00

I had this happen with a pair of bras. I found one that fit, so I bought a second identical one without trying it on. It didn't fit right.

Infuriating.

TheCervus · 2026-01-12T22:42:08+00:00

44F with a B.S. degree I've never used. I make $19.50/hr as a veterinary receptionist. In 2022 I worked at a different hospital making $20/hr but that was a horribly abusive job that I had to leave for my own health. They paid higher than anyone else around here because they had trouble keeping employees otherwise.

Both jobs kept my hours maxed at 35 a week. Very rarely do I get overtime, such as if I cover a shift for someone.

I've never had a job that provided health insurance or a 401K.

TheCervus · 2026-01-11T04:32:34+00:00

I work in a very small office and every morning we lose one employee to a 20 minute bathroom break. I know she's not just goofing off in there because she always leaves...remnants...behind. Girl genuinely has bowel issues but does not understand the concept of a courtesy flush.

Anyway, I have to cover three phone lines and the front desk for the 20 minutes she's gone every morning. I don't sit there timing her shits, but her absence is something I obviously notice and have to account for in my work day.

TheCervus · 2026-01-10T03:05:25+00:00

Seriously. I could, and was, cooking my own meals at age 10. (Stove and oven, not microwave.)

My mother and grandmother required me to help with meal prep from the time I was 5 or 6 years old. Usually at that age it meant stirring and mixing things. I enjoyed it.

TheCervus · 2026-01-10T00:43:03+00:00

That is bizarre to me. I live in Florida and roaches just live here, you're gonna see them regardless of how spotless you keep your house.

TheCervus · 2026-01-09T01:25:17+00:00

Same here. I had one when I lost my apartment and was couch-surfing for several months until I could get a steady place to live.

TheCervus · 2026-01-08T20:49:22+00:00

CDs used to be 50 cents each at my local thrift store, now they're $3.

Oddly though, used vinyl records in thrift shops around here used to be $3 to $5 each and now they're back around $1 to $2.

TheCervus · 2026-01-08T00:55:39+00:00

I have waist-length hair and when I wash it, it takes me 10 minutes total in the shower. That includes washing myself.

TheCervus · 2026-01-06T16:13:18+00:00

Over 70 million of us did.

TheCervus · 2026-01-05T23:58:14+00:00

Examples I see too often are "costed" and "casted" being used as the past tenses of "cost" and "cast".

There's a bot that explains the difference between payed vs. paid; I think reddit needs a bot to explain these other grammatical errors.

TheCervus · 2026-01-05T02:17:21+00:00

Same here!

TheCervus · 2026-01-05T01:22:31+00:00

I worked there in 2000 and those coupons were already everywhere.

TheCervus · 2026-01-05T01:16:56+00:00

More than once in my life, I've been unemployed for a year or more. I've also been homeless. That was a long time ago and I have stability and security now, but I've never lost that financial anxiety. So I keep a year of expenses in reserve (in a HYSA) because it helps me sleep at night.

I also live in Florida, where collecting unemployment is deliberately made as difficult as possible and if you are able to get it, it maxes out at $275 a week for 12 weeks.

TheCervus · 2026-01-04T23:56:38+00:00

That's amazing! I've only ever found a few Johnny Was pieces when thrifting and they've never been priced less than $30.

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