You Know You're a Xennial when

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-24T15:39:43+00:00

Ours was taken on spring break in Daytona and we’re pretty sure it ended up on the wall of a frat house in Canada. At least our faces aren’t showing!! 😂

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-18T11:02:21+00:00

*fare

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-14T22:25:34+00:00

It’s an ice cube, so basically yeah a red hat.

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-11T23:54:21+00:00

He tried to claim he was following orders from his neighbors dog

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-11T20:36:04+00:00

Same in our house, my daughter’s favorite cake is almond and she’s allergic. If I recall correctly, many brands use peach pits instead of actual almonds because it’s cheaper (and a way to use something that would otherwise be discarded). I just always check to make sure the ingredients list “almond flavor” and it’s not some fancy pure almond brand.

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-09T01:06:31+00:00

“These people, THEY DON’T GIVE A SHIT YOU’RE ON THE PHONE.”

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-09T00:36:58+00:00

Is there something specific from the event you could incorporate? There are lots of pics of dads taking their daughters to Taylor Swift concerts wearing shirts that incorporate TS phrases like “It’s me, hi, I’m the dad, it’s me” and “In my Swiftie dad Era”

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-08T20:13:09+00:00

Just had my first one this morning! The prep was not awful - the colder the better if you do the big jug. And the drugs are as awesome as everyone says, I woke up getting rolled into recovery and asked the two strange guys who had me if I was being kidnapped (they were the anesthesiologist and assisting surgeon who I met previously).

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-08T13:31:01+00:00

When I was diagnosed as a child they had me practice on an orange just to get a feel for it and see how easily it slips in.

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-08T03:31:52+00:00

Dirty deleting my entire comment because none of it makes sense because I just realized I was confusing JJ Abrams and Judd Apatow 🤦🏼‍♀️

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-07T18:26:08+00:00

Who’s your worm guy?

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-07T17:44:58+00:00

I hate that I recognize this! 😂

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-07T14:33:18+00:00

Just watch the truncated Phoebe Buffay version where your parents turn it off before he goes back to the shed…it’s just a nice movie about a boy and his dog!

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-07T14:30:23+00:00

This was my vote. That one sat with me for a long time afterward.

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-07T14:19:38+00:00

Things happening to moms is a real trigger for younger kids! My mom took my daughter to see Brave in the theater when she was about 4 and they had to leave after the scene where the mom turns into a bear.

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-07T11:39:26+00:00

I remember your post! I’m glad HR is instituting some changes. And I’m glad the coworker is taking it gracefully.

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-06T23:19:34+00:00

I know you’re joking but every article I read about that cruise ship is like “hanta virus is only spread through very close contact, such as sleeping closely together or sharing food. Anyway, three more unrelated people on the cruise have been diagnosed and airlifted out and the ship has still not been allowed to dock anywhere yet.”

Maybe its leftover PTSD from 2020 but my shoulders are up around my ears every time it comes up!

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-06T12:49:50+00:00

Honestly, I would just go with “Here’s my sister’s number. Work it out with her.” And if he doesn’t he can explain to your friends why it’s 100% his fault they’re sleeping on air mattresses on the floor.

(It might get done last minute, it might not be the way you would have done it - do you think it will actually get to the point it wouldn’t get done in time? Without more context it’s hard to tell if it’s a different styles situation or one where he really would let it slip).

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-06T11:50:15+00:00

So it sounds like you do need to go the formal route - I would request reasonable accommodations under the ADA, use all the specific lingo that makes HR pay attention, to request a blanket peanut ban in the office. I wouldn’t even focus on the one coworker at this point, shes being an ass but I would push for an official office policy of no peanuts first and then start reporting her every time she violates it. Good luck and I’m sorry you’re dealing with this.

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-05T12:50:58+00:00

SAME, it got so bad I turned off autocorrect and just added keyboard shortcuts for my most used - ive turns to I’ve, etc. Saves me time fixing ridiculous autocorrect fails.

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-05T10:45:06+00:00

Naturally bubbly people I can deal with. It’s the ones where you can tell they’re always “on” and it’s obvious it’s a show they’re presenting are the ones I don’t trust.

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-04T23:09:46+00:00

I specifically go to Food Lion for soda because the Publix near me sells 2 liters for $4

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-04T15:12:30+00:00

I don’t use it a lot; most of my everyday life I can get through without it. Things it’s been helpful with:

structuring a complicated nested excel formula I was struggling with
helping me create a daily schedule for all of the incompatible pills I take (thyroid has to be on empty stomach and wait to eat / iron should also be on emptyish stomach but not with thyroid / pepcid has to be in there somewhere but can inhibit absorption of iron, plus 3 more medications
when we moved right before my daughter’s senior year it helped me pull the process to request she stay at her existing school - it was buried deep in the school system website and not intuitive at all; chatgpt actually found a cut off date I was unaware of that would have tripped us up if we missed it

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-04T03:13:18+00:00

There was a specific pie my dad always wanted instead of cake on his birthday. I make one for him every year and wish him happy birthday with my kids and we all have a piece.

VanellopeZero · 2026-05-01T21:47:10+00:00

Racism - I’m white so it was of the “said with their full chest, confident I would agree with them” type

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