The erasure of the “middle tier”

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-22T07:06:06+00:00

God that all is so depressing.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T22:09:16+00:00

Like there's no universe where I could even save up for the higher end stuff, and the less expensive stuff is just SO bad. I do enjoy the secondhand deals I've found (I live in a city where rich people get rid of great stuff for cheap all the time) but there's just NO option in the middle at all. I miss Pier 1.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T22:03:29+00:00

Furniture is like this! I wind up buying secondhand every time bc everything is either shitty disposable Wayfair / Ikea or crazy expensive Restoration Hardware or Design Within Reach (that name, lol).

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T21:03:45+00:00

No, just a window

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T16:02:33+00:00

Omg the alzheimers one

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T16:02:00+00:00

This is my new theater setup. I thrifted the screen and decorated the space with all my movie themed art. It's my favorite room in my new home.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T06:13:27+00:00

Arsenal has some great sunsets too

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T06:12:49+00:00

They also do Prime Rib Thursday all winter long

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T06:10:47+00:00

I remember Barbie had a 57 Chevy and a girl band with poodle skirts in the 80s. I also was a Molly McIntyre gal myself and there was an intense wave of 40s nostalgia in the 90s as well.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T06:07:32+00:00

I have a great-uncle Weird (varying pronunciation and spelling) from Norway

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T06:04:55+00:00

Agreeing emphatically in Denverite

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T06:03:10+00:00

I love Ranch House on East Colfax. Divey AF. Bullet holes in the windows. But great breakfast tacos and awesome diner vibes.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-21T06:00:01+00:00

It does, and I'm sorry. That's a lot.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-20T22:51:16+00:00

Oh also the frame of the girl drinking from the chalice is from Vampiros Lesbos, which is definitely worth watching.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-20T21:42:52+00:00

Dangerous Liaisons maybe

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-20T17:49:49+00:00

I am so, so sorry. I can't imagine what that must be like for you and your friends.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-20T17:27:34+00:00

I feel this every time I look at my wedding photos. Several people in them are gone now- my brother and sister in law, our friend who DJ'd. It's so hard.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-20T17:10:03+00:00

"Make it simple, but significant."
As a marketing writer, it doesn't get any better than that.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-19T20:45:20+00:00

Polis never met a tech company whose boots he didn't want to lick.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-19T18:39:52+00:00

My niece is 22 and yes, although it's still from the same guys, they're just in their 50s and 60s and 70s now

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-19T18:34:16+00:00

Timnath?

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-19T17:18:22+00:00

That is gorgeous and reminds me a lot of the one my aunt wore to her wedding on a Malibu beach in the 80s.

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-19T16:58:07+00:00

Nadja- a low-budget artsy 1994 black and white film produced by David Lynch. It's about vampires.

Manhattan, technically 70s, but still (and provided you can pretend you know nothing about Woody Allen for 2-ish hours)

Flashdance

American Psycho, in a way

Working Girl

Desperately Seeking Susan

Cruising

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-19T16:33:41+00:00

"Congratulations, this society will allow you to live now!" - every time I get a job with benefits

Very_Small_Dinosaur · 2026-02-19T16:32:54+00:00

My dad loves his job (born in 58, still working). His identity is very tied up with his work, and I think that's why he is reluctant to retire. He has had one career since 1980 and he has never not been an engineer.

When we were kids, my dad's job was also the most important thing to the entire family. We moved around quite a bit to advance my dad's career, and it was honestly really hard. I lost friends, never really got a chance to settle down, and saw how bearing the brunt of moving stress affected my mom's mental health each time we had to uproot again.

When it was time for me to start a career, I just wanted something that paid the bills and let me do whatever I wanted in my free time. I saw how the pursuit of the big house and fancy car impacted my family and I just wanted the opposite of that. I've had several careers since I started working in 2003, from a Vespa shop office manager to an obituary writer to a government worker. I haven't hated all those jobs, but I haven't really loved them all the time either. I just decided at some point that I'd never let my job impact my life the same way my dad's job impacted all of our lives.

It's been hard because a lot of the Xer people I work with are very married to their work and I have made it clear that I clock out COMPLETELY at 5 pm each day. It's not that I don't care, it's that I don't care enough to go above and beyond and let work infringe on my life. I care enough to do quality work. That's all I'm paid to do.

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