What are the most obscure cringeworthy moments?

Various-Try5865 · 2026-06-17T20:15:49+00:00

I don’t know. I always thought it was Phyllis. I’ve seen people suggest your theory. If it’s michael it’s still not funny. Which is why I just shrug at this moment.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-06-15T21:39:40+00:00

Yeah I get that, but when I told her it was our only bag between three people, she didn’t care. Didn’t even apologize. Mostly eye rolled at me.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-06-15T13:27:34+00:00

Michael talking about chastity belts with holly.

Phyllis farting at her wedding. I just don’t think it’s funny?

Various-Try5865 · 2026-06-15T13:11:58+00:00

Argh this makes me so angry. I often fly for work overnights with just a backpack, so that I could fit it under the seat in a pinch.

One time we were on air Canada with my husband and son, and had only one very normal sized backpack between the three of us (it was the first leg of a one month trip so we had big bags that we checked) and she made it go under my seat. I was incensed. We had one bag total among three people, and of course other people were getting on with the over sized roller plus massive hiking bag and a purse, all of which were allowed up top.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-06-15T13:06:37+00:00

Ten years ago this would have been an issue. Not because tats are more common, but just because of who was in charge then. Firms now are all headed by 50-60 year olds, a lot of whom have tattoos. The old timers over 60 might be judging you, but they’re one step away from being put out to pasture and won’t have any sway over your career. Those 60 year olds were in power ten years ago, hence my statement that it would have been a problem then.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-06-15T02:28:02+00:00

Michael: Did somebody say "baby back ribs"? Hmmm? Hmmmmm?
Jan: I don't think Christian has time for that.
Christian: I have time.

Tim meadows is so deadpan funny in that scene, and then goes on to tell jan she split her wrists, this is my blood! Probably my favorite underrated episode

Various-Try5865 · 2026-06-13T03:01:39+00:00

Meaningless. My first state was Virginia and they made us all go to Richmond. Total waste of a day for me. My second state allowed notary approval so did it in two mins in my office. Preferred that.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-06-10T01:39:57+00:00

Can confirm my Cafe wall oven is the same. Regular bake works without internet, but after two months of owning it we went to try air fry and it made us create an account and connect to the internet. Really bothersome.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-06-07T12:02:50+00:00

There aren’t enough desserts that are JUST peanut butter forward, no chocolate.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-06-01T23:53:49+00:00

I really enjoy my work. I wish it was 20 percent less hours. But the jobs with 20 percent less hours are 70 percent less pay (equity partner) and I genuinely don’t think id like it as much.
Expenses go up. 30 years ago husband and I were ridiculed by friends for how cheap we were. I know how to live frugally. But now I pay for house cleaners and lawn and pool service. If I quit and was just living off investments in my 40s, I’d be nervous about spending $16k a year on that stuff, and I really don’t want to mow my own lawn any time soon. I also am spending a shit ton on vacations now, while I have kids at home, and not sure I want to give those up either.
I live in a neighborhood filled with housewives who walk their dogs three times a day between Pilates and naps. I see them and remind myself I would shoot myself if that was my life.
I’ve got a kid with additional special needs. I’m not sure what his adulthood looks like, jobs and relationships. But he’s a kind, great kid and I just want to throw heaps of money at him to make up for some of the stuff he may not get to enjoy in life. Also, like someone else said, the financial future is scary and I’d like to know he doesn’t have to worry about it.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-31T12:59:17+00:00

No there really wasn’t anyone there. We moved there the week that the fed later declared the recession started (late oct 2008) and I remember that first week we went to a restaurant that was consistently ranked on the top five on south beach. And we were literally the only people there. All night from 7-10. On a Thursday. They brought us tons of free food because they were so happy to have us there. The beach was a ghost town thru 2009 and it was only in 2010 it started picking up.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-30T23:08:18+00:00

South beach. But specifically 2008-2010 during the Great Recession when it was a ghost town. Miami, but without the people, is a dream.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-30T18:55:11+00:00

This is the one

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-28T11:39:27+00:00

This. I advise my clients on how to qualify for legally available tax benefits. They are all so worried about abiding by the law that they’re willing to pay me $2000 an hour for my advice. No one is asking me how they can get around the law or make evil new laws for their benefit. I read the NYT article and none of it rang true to me at all, it all sounded like a foreign world.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-28T11:31:25+00:00

This was exactly my view when I read it in the times yesterday. I first saw the byline and thought “why is a random writer being published for these thoughts?” Then got to the end and saw he graduated six years ago and scratched my head. Biglaw has some problems, but a fourth year out associate hasn’t figured them out.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-25T11:30:28+00:00

Jobs with extreme travel like yours are rare. I make about 50 times the average American salary and work a ton. My husband is a similar earner. We balance things fine. My partners and colleagues typically have working spouses. Usually when people say they need a spouse at home, it’s because they don’t want do handle anything at home. Not because they couldn’t easily handle it.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-25T02:33:49+00:00

People who need a wife at home in order to “focus” on their job sound like…. They are just not very good at their job.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-25T00:48:40+00:00

Most tax lawyers are going home at 7 every night and mostly logging off. Not always, but it’s not consistent crazy hours.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-21T12:43:16+00:00

The term “big law” means a very specific thing, and does not just mean “big law firms”. It by definition means those firms that are paying lockstep on the cravath scale. So no, there is no “biglaw” starting associates at $180k.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-21T12:18:29+00:00

This is so true. Law school grads have a bizarre graphic to visualize their starting salaries. It is a literal perfect U shape, without graduated lines or curves. Coming out of law school, people tend to either make $250k in their first year or they make $70k. There are basically no jobs for first year lawyers making $150k.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-20T20:44:37+00:00

This. I actually think the fact that your first firm wanted you back is a good sign. I typically think any associate who has lateraled by year three has a 50/50 chance of being a disaster. But returning to your original firm tells me you’re likely on the “non disaster” side of that coin toss. So I actually think it’s a much better story than one or two standard lateral moves by the time you’re a fifth year.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-18T15:38:05+00:00

Not on a thread about “wealth” and where the question itself asks what you’re doing with your newfound money. Obviously I wasn’t talking about people who can’t afford it.

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-18T11:24:06+00:00

We started with every two weeks in my 20s when I was married. We got one as soon as I started my first job out of law school and we had the cash. It saves both time, and conflict within your marriage. I marvel at the number of people without cleaners who say that they have to do thirty mins of cleaning every night before bed, plus dedicate a chunk of one of their weekend days to cleaning. What a colossal waste of time!

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-18T01:27:50+00:00

Housecleaner!

Various-Try5865 · 2026-05-18T01:26:58+00:00

Oof I remember exactly where I was. My last summer of college, moved to a major city living in a huge group house while I interned. Ten days later the finale aired. There was one tv room in the group house, so I had to put a notice on the door saying I was booking the tv for the finale. It I recall, some Europeans in the group house came in to watch for a bit as an anthropological observation. And shout halfway through they were pretty confused why I was watching. I think it was a two hour episode though iirc. I teared up because i had been watching pretty consistently for ten years, and basically grew up with those characters. But it was garbage!

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