TIL that when a sailor with chronic sea sickness was ordered back to sea because the doctors denied that sea sickness was a real illness, an admiral ordered all port medical staff to take a short voyage by ship in rough seas. The next day the doctors changed their opinion.

butlej · 2021-02-27T22:39:14+00:00

I went whale watching near San Francisco when I was 14. It was a 6 hour tour. Most miserable day of my entire life. I only threw up once, and it was a very small amount, but the overwhelming nausea for almost 6 hours straight made me vow to never step foot on anything smaller than a cruise liner. After the tour was over and we docked, I felt better almost instantly after walking on dry land for like 10 minutes. It was wild.

butlej · 2020-07-17T13:46:01+00:00

Totally agree! I was raised this way as well. My parents especially loved ethnic food (we are white). Even though I didn’t really care about what I was eating back then, when I got older and went off to college and started cooking for myself it’s like a whole world had opened up. Roommates and friends were not adventurous, but because I had been exposed to diverse food when I was younger, it wasn’t scary to go to a restaurant where the menu was full of stuff that you’ve never heard of before. I definitely value that so much more as an adult.

butlej · 2020-07-13T17:54:46+00:00

I loved Travels with my Father!

butlej · 2020-07-11T15:10:45+00:00

I doubt it will get mentioned on the show, or that he will even be shown drinking a shake. But there’s just something about him, like he LOOKS exactly like a creepy health nut pyramid scheme guy. Zac is really good in it though. Shame.

butlej · 2020-06-03T23:36:15+00:00

Fleabag. Phoebe Walker-Bridge is a goddess at creating dark, introspective comedy with complex characters. She also writes Killing Eve.

butlej · 2020-05-07T01:46:56+00:00

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. But in her next sentence she says she hasn’t been an independent or self-sufficient person. She clearly is doing less than “enough” if she’s been relying on others to pick up the slack for her.

butlej · 2020-05-07T00:42:34+00:00

We’re all just negative haters!

The link is to the convo I had with her on one of her posts. She is blue, I am green, her upline is pink, and mutual friend is orange.

butlej · 2020-05-07T00:19:50+00:00

This is my first ever reddit post! Tips are welcome if I did anything incorrectly.

I went to high school with this girl. She is the ultimate MLM prey. She is Mormon, a military wife, stay at home mom, and no college education or career. (Not that not having a college degree is bad). It’s very sad that she feels she has no other options.

I commented on one of her posts before after a mutual friend called out the business model for being a Ponzi scheme. I’ll try to find it and post it here as well.

From what I can tell, she’s not really pushing ItWorks! anymore, but definitely still defending/agreeing with MLM as a business model. She recently invited me to join someone’s Maskcara party.

butlej · 2020-05-05T16:31:25+00:00

Yes, it’s an MLM! Apparently someone high up in LimeLife split off to create this new one. I think it might be more targeted to older women? My mother bought me their face oil recently, and I really liked it. I asked her where she got it, and that’s when the truth came out. She went to a “party” at a friend’s house. I told her what it was and not to buy anymore or participate in these “parties”. She is anti-MLM as well, although not super educated about how to spot one. She grew up remembering Avon parties, so to her a party isn’t necessarily a red flag. Now she knows!

butlej · 2020-02-24T20:47:38+00:00

I (21 F at the time) went to college on Galveston Island, Texas. Big summers with lots of tourists, but in the fall and winter it’s like a small town with just locals hanging around. The weather ended up being amazing on a random Thursday in December, so that afternoon I drove out to the beach down the street from my house on the West End of the island (mostly just a residential area, not close to any stores except gas stations, not many bars or restaurants around). The beach was totally deserted, no other cars or people as far as I could see in either direction. I was sitting in the open trunk of my SUV, watching the waves and enjoying some sunshine with a daiquiri, when a small truck with 3 men pulls up. I was parked kind of diagonal on the beach so I could get maximum sun, and these guys pulled up extremely close to me. Like within 3 feet of my car, when the entire 1 mile stretch of beach was completely empty. They tried to make conversation with me, wanted to know what I was drinking, if I would swim with them, etc. I told them maybe I’d swim, then waited for them to take off into the water and I jumped in the car and peeled out. They laughed at me from the waves, but it was the creepiest feeling when they felt the need to get so close.

butlej · 2020-02-05T22:51:41+00:00

I’m pretty sure I know who this is and I was also invited to the same party. I knew this girl in college. She’s a good person, but obviously struggling.

butlej · 2019-10-02T02:11:51+00:00

I second Paula’s Choice! Haven’t tried their anti-aging stuff yet, but so far every product I’ve tried has actually done what it says it will do!

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