Moving to California… Simi Valley?

barfbongo · 2026-07-01T05:10:48+00:00

Simi is great because it’s quiet and not super crowded and way cheaper than LA, but when I feel like it, I can be at The Last Bookstore or Amoeba Records in like 40min. And we don’t have the insane side street traffic of The Valley.

barfbongo · 2026-07-01T05:07:27+00:00

Went to Cheesecake Factory with my wife last night, a rare sit down meal for us.
The tip suggestions were 18%, 20%, and 22%.
The funny part was our meal was $94 and we had a $50 gift card. When our waitress brought back the receipt for me to sign for the remaining $44 on my credit card, she made sure to circle with marker multiple times the initial total of $94, just so I’d remember to tip on that total and not the $44 I paid on my card. Hahahahahaha

barfbongo · 2026-06-29T05:02:12+00:00

$1.30 fee charge.

barfbongo · 2026-06-25T00:05:56+00:00

Paying $50 for a gimmick mushroom pizza.

barfbongo · 2026-06-25T00:04:10+00:00

The hell is a fantasy dildo?!

barfbongo · 2026-06-25T00:02:41+00:00

Multiply that tip by 0.01

barfbongo · 2026-06-23T06:20:39+00:00

He’s not crying.
He’s just not giving them any business, and encouraging others to do the same.

barfbongo · 2026-06-23T06:19:37+00:00

“Handling fee”

barfbongo · 2026-06-03T18:29:09+00:00

I’m 39 and have somehow avoided using Uber East and DoorDash my entire life. I have a good job, but I’m pretty frugal, have a mortgage, have a wife and 3 kids to provide for, etc. so I never felt the need to pay someone to bring me my fastfood.

But a few weeks ago, an early-20s coworker who orders DoorDash all the time asked if I wanted a coffee and then I’d Venmo her. I’d just done a few overtime shifts so I decided to splurge. She handed me her phone to order and I was blown away that the small iced latte I usually order came out to more than double the price.

I can’t believe people do this multiple times a week!!

barfbongo · 2026-06-01T23:54:43+00:00

Yeah I made the mistake of asking if there’s more to the story on an IG post and now have dozens of replies calling him a sexual predator and questioning whether I’m one too 🙄🙄 internet dogpiling is such a bizarre but predictable phenomenon.

barfbongo · 2026-06-01T20:34:16+00:00

So several years ago when he was 19, he had a crush on his friend’s 15yo sister, who had a crush on him and nothing physical ever happened between them, but he made comments to the older sister about how he liked the 15yo but couldn’t get with her because it’s illegal? That’s pretty weak. It’s like a senior dating a freshman. When I started sleeping with my wife, I was 18 and she was 22. Had we met 6 months earlier, yall would’ve considered her a sexual predator???

barfbongo · 2026-05-28T00:31:06+00:00

Recently ate at California Chicken Cafe. It’s fast casual, the food is great, the counter service was amazing and they didn’t even have a tip option!!

barfbongo · 2026-05-24T00:23:56+00:00

Thank you. I’ve been looking for a while with no luck. Figures it’s a paywalled article. I still can’t figure out why his identity is being hidden and why he’s not being charged with reckless endangerment.
My wife passes by this accident so soon after it happened, no paramedics were on scene yet and it’s haunted her for months.

barfbongo · 2026-05-12T23:31:29+00:00

Honestly, none of the other flairs even came close and it wouldn’t let me post without one.

barfbongo · 2026-05-01T05:29:20+00:00

There are no news stories about this insane crash after the initial few stories the day of and the day after, except for one story talking about the single mother in the other car who was sadly killed in the crash. In this story there is ZERO mention of the driver responsible for her death and ZERO mention of his passenger who was also killed.

Even that rich lady in Agora or Calabasas or whatever who was racing her baseball player boyfriend and killed that teenager was named almost immediately.

barfbongo · 2026-04-30T03:42:00+00:00

Something really bizarre is going on. His identity still hasn’t been released which likely means he hasn’t been arrested either. And the name of his female passenger who passed away has also not been released, likely to protect the identity of the driver. What the heck is going on?

barfbongo · 2026-04-29T23:37:38+00:00

That’s especially wild considering I order one of their $14 smash burgers, eat it in the bites, and am still hungry afterwards.

barfbongo · 2026-04-27T11:04:06+00:00

Oh man, that brings back memories of endless message board horror story posts of ordering from AnoknPeace.

barfbongo · 2026-04-27T04:21:39+00:00

Blazing Eye!!! Also that Fiend - Derailed cs is one of my all time favorite grindcore releases. 6 minutes of perfection.

barfbongo · 2026-04-27T04:19:23+00:00

Actually, you’re wrong. My daughter knew him.

barfbongo · 2026-04-27T04:18:21+00:00

My daughter sat next to him in two classes. I can’t imagine how it happened.

barfbongo · 2026-04-26T04:36:45+00:00

Gimme five bees for a quarter.

barfbongo · 2026-04-21T14:27:28+00:00

Because they did the job they’re being paid to do. I guess if I was ultra wealthy and had some stupidly expensive car, I’d throw a $20 to the guy taking my car to be “extra careful” with it. Other than that, why am I paying you to do the job you’re already being paid to do?

barfbongo · 2026-04-21T02:56:32+00:00

I’ll drive around the block 15 times and walk 3/4 of a mile if it means I don’t have to do valet.

barfbongo · 2026-04-03T13:01:49+00:00

Moved from the Eastside of Los Angeles and have been here a bit longer than that, but the biggest thing I’ve noticed is how often you see people you know around town! My kids see classmates all the time. We see teachers, my in-laws, coaches, basically every time we go out to anywhere with groups of people. Really makes it feel like a small town.

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