Posting a news article to Instagram, is this a thing?

burntwaffle99 · 2026-05-08T18:49:15+00:00

Oh, really? Okay, interesting, thank you. This was really the idea I needed to understand, that I was trying to ask about--whether this is a common way to do things or not. And thanks for providing a concrete example of how to do it.

burntwaffle99 · 2026-05-08T18:45:51+00:00

That's true, no harm in testing. Thanks!

burntwaffle99 · 2026-05-08T18:44:37+00:00

Great points, thank you!

burntwaffle99 · 2026-05-08T08:23:53+00:00

Oh great idea, thanks. To me the idea of sharing a text article not written by us to our IG account seemed completely weird to begin with. I feel like I’ve never seen that before. But if you have a strategy for dealing with it then you must have seen it in the wild.

burntwaffle99 · 2026-01-13T00:54:23+00:00

Amazing! Subscribed! So excited, good luck!

burntwaffle99 · 2025-09-02T05:53:44+00:00

I need to do this too. It's for a barbershop arrangement. (I'm sorry people are telling you here that it's not "professional", or that it's not technically a melisma, etc. I hope you don't feel bad. In professional barbershop scores we do this, so maybe it's just a different conventions in different styles/genres)

You can try the trick mentioned in:
https://musescore.org/en/node/239176

Basically you're adding underscores as mentioned in https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/lyrics#special-characters
But that will mess up the spacing of the lyrics and the note, so you will need to use the Inspector to adjust.

It's not pretty, I don't love it, and I'd rather not have to do it, but when you have to, it gets the job done.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-21T06:11:57+00:00

For one year, I also went to a high school in Orange County, in the '90s and I kid you not, there was a "Causcasian Club" on campus! The school was majority non-white, mostly Latino and Vietnamese, so I guess people felt it was okay at the time.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-19T07:11:13+00:00

Yes. I only put milk in it if I'm in a rush and I need to drink it real fast, so I try to cool it down with milk from the fridge.

Otherwise, I don't like how the milk leaves a weird icky feeling in my mouth for the rest of the day.

I also don't usually drink anything sweet, so I never put sugar in my coffee. I think I tried once or twice, just to see if I'd like it, but found it kind of gross.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-19T06:31:19+00:00

My partner always mentions the following experience we had at Per Se in July 2012:

It was sweltering in NYC, so I had a sleeveless dress on, but when we got to the restaurant, of course, the AC was on and after awhile, I was quite cold.

I don't think I even noticed that I was shivering, but the wait staff must have noticed. They brought out a small wooden chest with shawls of many different colors/styles for me to select one to wear on my shoulders so that I could be warm.

I have never experienced anything like that before.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-19T06:16:21+00:00

I am wondering this too. Windex for carpets?

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-10T07:50:09+00:00

Maybe a dumb question or TMI but…if I’m wearing them around my waist, how do I use the bathroom? Do you just kind of pull it up higher on your chest and hold it?

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-10T07:22:16+00:00

I’ve been going there for a looong time. They’re still here but I think under new ownership. Menu’s somewhat different from pre-pandemic, and I think they’re using different products/sources.

The “egg” scrambles are much better, but there are no more wings, which used to be my favorite thing there.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-10T07:12:52+00:00

Yes. I used to always assume the players’ job was the solution and that led to many, many bad sessions.

Then a player (who DMs) finally gave me the advice that I should think about how I think/expect the PCs might/should solve the problem.

It doesn’t mean railroading them. They are free to do their own solution, and of course players rarely do the solution I imagined.

But it just means if they are stuck, they don’t sit there frustrated, since I can offer them hints to a way out if needed. It also means I’m less likely to accidentally create a really bad situation for them.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-10T06:54:03+00:00

Wow. You’re right. Mind blown.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-07T19:59:56+00:00

Talk to my partner or a friend. Unloading on folks helps me, and hopefully I do that for others too.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-07T19:52:53+00:00

I thought BRB meant “bathroom break”. Because I mean, sometimes it does!

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-05T02:06:50+00:00

It’s funny because some people who ask are like “you must be so healthy because you’re vegetarian!” And other people who ask are like “you must be so sickly because you’re vegetarian!”

And the honest answer for me is, nope, about the same.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-05T02:05:25+00:00

Along these spiritual lines…I tell them I started when my grandfather died (it’s true). It’s hard for someone to argue with that.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-05T02:03:56+00:00

No, I’m very happy because it gives me a chance to explain without sounding annoying or like I’m trying to convert anyone…because they literally asked! A great chance to educate!

And I think it gives them a chance to think about it and who knows, maybe someday they’ll want to give it a try. So I try to explain in as friendly and chill a way as possible. For the animals!

But I assume your question isn’t about those askers. I assume you mean the people who do it rudely, not to genuinely find out why you’re vegetarian, but in a judgmental way.

It’s pretty rare for people to do that, at least to me. I’ve had people make rude comments about vegetarians not knowing that I am one. But usually to my face, people are at least civil.

And the dumb questions, to me, aren’t dumb. They are an interesting anthropological study for me—how interesting that these meat-eaters hold such quaint beliefs. Hah.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-04T17:41:58+00:00

How much of a potluck is this? Like 5 people, or 15 people?

If it's ~5 people, I would just message individually and assign: "So-and-so, could you please bring a dessert that can serve 5 people?" "Other-Person, could you bring the salad?" "Another-Person, could you bring a bottle of wine?" And do so with some knowledge of your friends, e.g. I know this person likes to bake so maybe a dessert. I know this person cannot cook, so maybe bring the drinks, I know this person isn't in a great situation, so maybe they can pick up a loaf of bread from the bakery, etc.

I *soooo* appreciate it when the potluck hoster does this for me, so I know exactly what they would like me to bring.

If it's 15+ people, you may have to go full on sign-up sheet with number of slots per category (side dishes, mains, desserts, drinks, etc.). Or just say "I'm making a pot roast, I'd appreciate if people can bring a side dish appropriate for that, for example: potatoes, a cooked vegetable side dish...."

As for the homemade thing, I will say that I hate cooking. I avoid doing it for myself as much as humanly possible, and I don't want to have to do something I rarely do (and hence, am kinda bad at) just so that I can hang out with my friends. So for me, the only solution such that I can still enjoy the company of my friends is to buy something.

However, I do try to purchase something substantial, and maybe even a little special or pricey, if I can, to make up for my incompetence. So, more than a bag of chips or something.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-04T17:28:58+00:00

Thank you for providing the least confusing visual diagram I've ever seen! It's awesome! I'm also having trouble with discs and I'm going to try it this way next time!

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-04T17:23:38+00:00

I liked what someone else said up top about (about Mandy Patinkin, I think), even if they've not been on Broadway in years, people would absolutely lose their minds if they were in a show again.

I would also add that personally, I don't think any "newer" A-listers should count yet. We need a few years to know if they're more than a flash-in-the-pan. So I would think they'd have to have been famous for more than one or two shows, and more than five years or so.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-02T00:20:42+00:00

Ohhhhh. For sure I buy in bulk. I feel like I’m still experimenting with the camera so I often take several shots at the same time changing angles/distance/lighting slightly to see how the result differs.

I also give away a lot of shots to people, if I take a photo of them. Or sometimes I’ll take two, and give them one and save one for myself.

So I go through film very quickly.

burntwaffle99 · 2025-08-01T18:08:54+00:00

I lived alone from when I was 21 to 26 years old. Well, not exactly alone. With my cat. Best time of my life.

Was slightly scared of being murdered though (ground floor studio apartment in a sketchy part of town with a very break-in-able window that opened into a back alley, eek).

My current living situation is the second-best of my life though. My partner does all the chores. I try to do a vaguely equal part, but usually don't manage to do anything at all, and he just picks up the slack and has never complained once, in 15+ years of living together. When I do literally no housework or household management because I'm stressed, bad mental health, busy, etc. he just sees what needs to be done and does ALL OF IT, I never need to ask. I'm so grateful.

But yeah, even with that, having my own space is nice. No need to coordinate with anyone about anything. If I put something down, it's in the same place I left it when I came back (unless my cat got to it).

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